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Show News from Our People In the Armed Services Completes Basic Flying Lemoore Army Air Field News release of Feb. 14, announces that aviation cadet Leonard E. Burgess, Burg-ess, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Fred-erick Burgess of Mesquite, has successfully completed his basic flying training at that field and is now taking his final hurdle at an Army air forces advanced flying fly-ing school before receiving his silver wings. fia ps Sgt. Hunt In Picked Group This week's news release from the armored school at Fort Knox, Ky., lists Sgt. Clawson Hunt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hunt of Enterprise, as one of a picked group of technicians from armored units all over the country to enroll en-roll at that school for courses in tank mechanics. This is one of the world's largest technical institutions, insti-tutions, and turns out thousands of specialists for "service with the hard-hitting armored divisions and separate tank battalions." Working on both diesels and gasoline gaso-line engines the boys at this school learn all about power units, engines, suspension systems, tank mechanism, trouble-shooting and repair, and preventive maintenance. mainten-ance. A big order, but boys like Sgt. Hunt can cover the ground. tas ta Calls At News Office Mrs. H. B. Ray of Henderson, Nev., the former Mrs. Golda Cox Dill, called at the office Friday to subscribe for the News and report a happy visit in St. George with her son, Lee Cox, S2c and wife. Seaman Cox was home on leave from his boot training at Farragut, so Mn and Mrs. Ray and two small daughters, Dorothy and Nancy Ann DiH, , took the week off from defense work at Henderson to visit him. His wife, the former Ann Neilson, is employed em-ployed at the local ration office. Seaman Cox: returned to- Farragut Monday morning. IB IS K FYt. Sorenson Keturas To Camp Pvt. Sidney Sorenson returned Sunday to Camp Adair, Ore., after spending a week in St. George with: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. WiTiard Sorenson and other relatives. rela-tives. He is training in radio- communications com-munications and certainly likes his school, but doesn't enjoy the eold weather of Oregon so much. His brother, SN Stanley Sorenson is in Jamestown, N. C, at the Army air corps college, and says also that he misses good old Dixie sunshine in that area. Pa is Pa Seaman Cottam. Writes An interesting letter came this week from Karl Cottam, Seaman 1c, U. S. N. R., who is in scouting service in the Pacific area and says he has now completed requirements re-quirements as a machinists' mate, which is along his line of work. Seaman Cottam extends special appreciation to the group in St. George who gave him a six-months six-months subscription to the News when he left for the service. He says the paper means a lot to boys that far from home. fla Glen Kenworthy Graduates At the- Feb. 6th graduation ceremonies of the Naval training school (electric) students at the Naval armory, St. Louis, Bluejacket Blue-jacket Glen L. Kenworthy, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Kenworthy of St. George was recognized as eligible for petty officer rating as' electrician's mate third class. This rating was based on his high scores in the required aptitude tests, his courses including the practical -use of electrical tools, soldering, wiring, diagraming and repairing of telephone circuits, along with the study of principles of electricity and magetism. He has since been assigned to active duty at a shore station. IS ' Pa Pvt. Beber Visits Parents Enroute from Orlando, Fla., to Camp Hammer, Fresno, Calif., Pvt. Darwin Reber who has been in military service for the past year spent his furlough in St. George with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reber, and in Salt Lake City visiting his sister, Miss Roma Reber, who is teaching school at Tooele. His brother, Seaman Kent Reber, was home recently from San Diego, where he is training with the medical detachment of the U. S. Navy and has been assigned as-signed to continue his training at Shumaker, Calif. Both boys say they are interested in their military mili-tary studies and are feeling fine. Sa Ba Pas Sgt. Larson Visits News Office Sgt. C. M. (McKay) Larson called at the News office Wednesday Wed-nesday to subscribe for the paper. He and Mrs. Larson and their seven-month-old son, Robert McKay, Mc-Kay, arrived Friday from Hamilton Hamil-ton Field, Calif., to visit his parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Larson Lar-son and family. They left today, (Thursday) for Kanosh to visit Mrs. Larson's mother, Mrs. Eth-ella Eth-ella Avery. This is Sgt. Larson's first visit home since he entered the service 16 monts ago. He says being a Sergeant is okeh in the Army but junior pays no heed to military mili-tary authority. However, he figures fig-ures the boy is all right. Sgt. Larson holds the rating of link trainer in connection with the Army air forces and says he is getting a real thrill in his work. They will return to Hamilton Field Feb. 28th. x ' Pa 1 1S9 X Pfc. W. Fullerton Visits Here Pfc. Walter Fullerton and wife, the former Lois Jolley, were in St. George Friday and Saturday visiting Mr. Fullerton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Fullerton and other relatives. They left Sunday for Long Beach, where they will visit Mrs. Fullerton's mother, Mrs. McMurrin Wulffen-stein Wulffen-stein and will go on from there to Camp Campbell, Ky., where Pfc. Fullerton will continue his military duties. |