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Show News from the Washington County People At Service Camps and Nation's Battle Fronts Seaman Knglettead Visits Home on a ten-day leave to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Englestead of Hurricane was their son, Seaman Homer Quinn Englestead. He arrived on Dec. 5th and returned Dec. 14th. Seaman Englestead entered Camp Farragut, Ida., in October and has just recently completed his boot training. He returned to Farragut for his next assignment. Pa a On Convalescent Furlough Pvt. Jerry M. Wilkins arrived Monday from Fort Douglas for a two week's convalescent furlough, fur-lough, having been in hospitalization hospitaliz-ation for several weeks, due to an Injured shoulder. He says it is surely good to be back home for a few days with his family, and he hopes in Dixie sunshine the remainder of his visit. He must report back at Fort Douglas Jan. 4th. Pa Pa A Genuine Surprise Mr. and Mrs. Ammon Jolley of Leeds received a genuine surprise early Christmas morning, when their son, Pfc. Vernon Jolley walked in on them unannounced, and told them he could remain with them until Jan. 12. His parents say they are sure now about Santa Claus. Pfc. Jolley has been in the military mili-tary service for three years and recenty returned from six months-active months-active duty in Kiska and the other islands of that area. Since returning he has been assigned to Camp Carson, Colo., with the ski troopers. His joy was increased in-creased over Christmas in being able to sit with the family and eat a meal leisurely, as he told them a little about dehydrated foods, and hurried meals on the battle front. He is happy to be back in the U. S. again. P Pa Writes from England In his letter last week SSgt. George H. Hardy told his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gile Hardy that he is in England and feeling fine. Recently he was assigned to Mess Sergeant duty and says with 650 men to help feed and manage for, he figures he won't have time to worry about anything. He also reports having enjoyed a really good Thanksgiving dinner. The Hardys have another son, Alvin F. Hardy, who has been in the service for five months, and who came home just the day after Christmas with an honorable honor-able discharge from the Army. His return was timed just right to join other family members in celebrating his father's birthday birth-day anniversary, Dec. 26th, which they all appreciates. n n Cpl. O. Gubler Is Home Cpl. Ovando Gubler stopped at the News Office Tuesday to ask that his paper be sent to him at LaVerkin, since Uncle Sam has given him an honorable discharge to return home and take care of his fruit orchards for the present, with the understanding that they will call him in again if they need his help otherwise. He has been in the Army the past 16 months and says it has been an excellent education, although al-though he offered no argument when they advised him he could return home. He received his release re-lease at Walterboro, N. C, Dec. 20th, which didn't give him time to get home for Christmas, but did give him an interesting trip across the U. S., which he appreciated. ap-preciated. ss Sa n ac J. Woodard Graduates ac Joseph F. Woodard, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Wilson Woodard, Wood-ard, graduated the fore part of this month from the A. A. F.T.T. division of the State College of Jonesboro, Ark. He was with Squadron 'D which held the record rec-ord for honors at the graduation and were also given individual honors. On Dec. 18, he was shipped to San Antonio, Texas, to continue his training with the Army air forces. He reports that he greatly enjoyed the educational privileges he received at Jonesboro and hopes the next set-up will be equally interesting. a m a Visits Parents lor 12 Hours J. Harvey Savage, TM3C surprised sur-prised his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Riley C. Savage and family of Leeds, by dropping in on them unexpectedly Christmas night for a 12-hour visit. Stationed at San Diego, he had been granted a 72-hour pass, and just couldn't resist coming home, even though he could remain only 12 hours, especially at Christmas time. Ps Pa I Arrives from Ft. Benning Pfc. Leo O. Holt arrived home the evening of Dec. 23rd to spend his furlough from Ft. Benning, Ga., and incidentally to enjoy Christmas with his wife, the former Mona Fawcett, and their five-month-old daughter, Merri Lee, whom he had not previously seen, and with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James LeRoy Holt. The distance from Ft. Benning to St. George and return takes up half of his furlough time to cove giving him only a few days at home, but this opportunity to meet his baby girl made the visit worth while, and he isn't complaining. com-plaining. His job in the Army includes in-cludes helping to unload the prisoners pris-oners of war when they arrive, along with various other work. Pa pa p Two Sons Home for Christmas Christmas day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Valentine McArthur were their two sons, Pvt. Therol L. McArthur and Cpl. Lorraine McArthur. Therol has recently been transferred from Buckley Field to the gunnery school at Las Vegas His visit was a surprise sur-prise and was only for a few hours Christmas day. Lorraine came from Ogden and was able to remain over Sunday. Pa Pa pa Waiting for Next Assignment Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Bracken of Veyo received word recently from their son, Clarence Leslie Bracken, Flc, that he is standing stand-ing by in San Diego for his next assignment, which will take him into active service. Another son, Pfc. Jay Bracken, is serving his third year with the U. S. Army, and is now in the Aleutians, where he has seen plenty of active duty. Veyo relatives also received word from SSgt. Dee Burgess, who is somewhere in the Pacific, reporting that he is receiving his Christmas cards and packages okeh, and that he watches the papers eagerly for any news from home. Pa Pa Pss Enrolled In tJ. of Nebraska Among the reports received over the week end from military training train-ing centers is one from the University Uni-versity of Nebraska at Lincoln, Neb., which states that Merl Prince, son of Mr. and Mrs. James I. Prince of New Harmony is enrolled at that institution training as a student of aircraft. During the three to five months he will attend this university he will take, numerous academic courses, as well as elementary flight training. When he completes com-pletes this training he will receive his classification as a pilot, navigator navi-gator or bombardier and go on to other schools to continue his training along these lines. Pa ta Pa Arrives from Ft. Lewis Sgt. John Nordin arrived in St. George Sunday, Dec. 18, from Ft. Lewis, Wash., to spend his furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Nordin at Motoqua. Just after his arrival his mother was called to Phoenix, Ariz., due to the death of his half-brother, Lew Burgess, so he held down the Motoqua ranch with his father, during her absence, and after a short visit left Monday to return to his military post. PS Pa P D. Johnson Enlists In Navy Miss DeLora Johnson called at the News office Wednesday to subscribe to the News and reported re-ported they had received word from her twin brother, DeLoy, who enlisted with the U. S. Navy Dec. 13th, and is now engaged in his boot training at Camp Farragut, Far-ragut, Ida. Camp Farragut is plenty cold for a boy raised in sunny Dixie, DeLoy reports, but says he is thrilled with his work thus far in the U. S. Navy training. Pa Pa. Pa Spends Christmas At Home Eugene Chadburn, Seaman 2c, arrived unexpectedly at his home in Veyo last Friday morning, Dec. 24th, to spend the Christmas holidays holi-days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Chadburn and other relatives. On Wednesday evening the Veyo M. I. A. sponsored a community dance honoring Seaman Chadburn. Relatives and friends from nearby near-by towns attended. Pa Pa Pa Boy from Virgin Rewarded A news release from William B. Daume, headquarters, U. S. troops in Seattle, Wash., makes the following fol-lowing report to the Washington County News in a letter dated Nov. 20, concerning a boy from Virgin, Utah, who has been rewarded re-warded for efficient service. The leter says: "SSgt. Anthony C. Earl, son of Sylvester H. Earl of Virgin, Utah, has recently been awarded the Good Conduct medal for exceptionally ex-ceptionally efficient and capable performance of his duties. SSgt. Earl is now stationed in the Aleutian Aleu-tian area." This will be cheering news for Sgt. Earl's relatives and friends. Finishes At Buckley Field Mr. and John Hafen of Santa Clara have received word that their son. J. Ballard Hafen, who has been training at Buckley Field, Colo., has completed his basic training and is awaiting shipping orders. Under recent examinations he passed high in the physical test and was able and happy to contribute con-tribute his soldier's allotment of two pints of blood for the plasma bank. The Hafens have two daughters, Lucile and Myrla employed in defense de-fense work in California and were home over Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Lucile is leadman and instructor in her group. Pa Pa Pa Seaman Gifford Visits Winferd B. Gifford, Seaman 2c surprised his wife at Las Vegas and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Gifford of LaVerkin with an entirely unexpected Christmas. His wife is the former Annabelle Eaves and came with him from Las Vegas to visit in LaVerkin. They have a small daughter, Diana, and this is her first glimpse of her father. Seaman Gifford has spent the past nine months in the combat areas, receiving medals for action in and around Sicily and in the South Pacific. He has been in the thick of three major battles and has returned unhurt, although al-though he says that one enemy bomb made a hole in his ship large enough for a Garrett truck to pass through. ma En W. Brooks Takes Time Off Four county papers in one mail were enough to persuade Waldo Brooks, F2c to take time off, and he says he really had a celebration cele-bration just reading all that was reported in the four issues. Recently he put into a port where some of the St. George boys were stationed and says that was next to a real visit home, although he hopes to have that greater privilege later. Pa Pa Pa Pvt. Ence Meets Son Pvt. Kenneth Ence could have only a few hours home Christmas afternoon and Sunday forenoon from Camp Roberts, Calif., where he is stationed in military training, train-ing, but this gave him an oppo- tunity to meet nis son, corn Dec. 23rd, and bring a Christmas package pack-age for Mrs. Ence and the baby, who were at the local hospital. |