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Show News from Our Washington County People At Service Camps and the Nation's Battle Fronts By MABEL JAKVIS Tills to War Hark on the mainland after .several weeks in New Guinea, Carl DeLoy Johnson, Seaman 1C had an exciting experience. When his ship docked off New Guinea he was sent ashore on a motor launch with and for mail. During the required time a.shore his ship was ordered to move and he was left there, a guest of the post officers who, he reports, made him very comfortable. He returned to .San Francisco on another ship hut is hoping to have his old post hark and is working for a special assignment. n n n Kills Smith Honored The Mother's Service Club of Toquerville entertained at a social last week honoring Ellis Smith, Pharmacist Mate 3c with the U. .S. Navy Air corps who was home on leave visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Smith and other relatives and friends. This is his first visit home in a year and the old town looked mighty good to him, he said. He returned Saturday Satur-day to the U. S. Naval Air Station at Quillaipute, Washington where he will await his assignment to a hospital ship for active duty. Pa Pa Pa A C Eldon Lanjr Transferred A pleasant letter came this week from Mrs. Helen Jennings Lang who, with her sister, Mrs. Lois Jennings Rracken, is employed employ-ed in the Production Records office at North American Aviation in Inglewood. Her husband, AjC Eldon S. Lang has just been transferred trans-ferred from Santa Ana to Ryan Field whore he will receive nine weeks of primary flight training. Ho has been in the service 16 months and will be weeks yet before he gets a furlough, but he's glad to be flying again in preparation for one of Uncle Sam's potential pilots. After Cadet Lang reads his copy of the News, he sends it on to his wife and she and her sister devour it. Mrs. Bracken's husband, Lieut Hamblin Bracken, is overseas. Both girls say they are happy to be employed in a vital war industry while their husbands are doing their part otherwise. IHi ftl B Report From Overseas Mrs. Walter H. Slack of Toquer-ville Toquer-ville has just received important news concerning her son, Cpl. Kilburne Porter who is with the Armed forces somewhere in England, Eng-land, and was recently lauded for his efficiency as a technician in the Air Service Command. He is one of a group whose business it is to keep the delicate instruments of the bombers in top order. They must be overhauled daily and "carefully adjusted to get our planes to their pin-point targets," reads the report. Before entering military service, Cpl. Porter was employed by the U. S. Army Air force in Ogden as a fleet technician. techni-cian. His wife is residing in Evanston. Wvominp for the duration. 8 Pvt. C. Brooks In New Guinea Located down in New Guinea, Pvt. Clair Brooks is thinking about the cherries, apricots and other fruit back home and wishing wish-ing he had "some green apples". He also boasts that he is growing grow-ing "a pretty good looking beard, even if I do say it myself, and it is red". Just why the beard he doesn't say, but maybe it helps to keep off the insects. He urges the brother and sister back home to be sure and help mother and dad. and wants Carl to learn to milk, because when he comes back he wants someone else to have that little job, which was his for so long. He says he is well and has gained a few pounds on Army rations. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. William Brooks. Sj h Moves to California Norman Atkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum Atkin, who has been training with the Army Air forces in Bozeman, Montana, is now in Merced. Calif. After two months of training at Merced, he expects to go to Santa Ana and get his flfght training under wav. Pa Ra Has 48 Hours Leave The -iS hours leave isn't just time to kill for Kent S. Bentley, Seaman 1c who manages to get four or five hours at home in St. George as lie did over last week end. His wife, the former Maxine Nelson, is employed in the office of Milne Truck Line, and his mother, Mrs. Ellen S. Bentley is secretary of the local draft board. Asks for Room on Trip Jean Burke Chadburn who is Mo.M.M.lc with the U. S. Navy wrote his sister, Mrs. Spencer Reber last week to make room for him when they take their next big fishing trip as he has hopes he will be able to join them. Mate Chadburn, who is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Chad-burn, Chad-burn, has been on duty in the Southwest Pacific since July 1942, and says the mountains of Utah will sure look good to him after two years in the tropics. (Hi Ha Wa Cpl. Cook at Williams Field . Cpl. Kenneth Cook is returning Saturday to Williams Field, near Chandler, Ariz., after spending two weeks in St. George visiting his mother and resting. He has been at Williams Field for more than a year and is now responsible for checking the radio equipment on the planes before they leave the field. Radio work was always his hobby and he is able now to use his past experience to advantage. ad-vantage. Fa a pa Lieut. D. Snow Writes Writing from somewhere in England, First Lieut. Dean B. Snow, son of Pres. and Mrs. Harold Har-old S. Snow of St. George says in part, "Imagine the uproar when we went briefing on the morning of June 6, and found we were supporting the invasion". Later letters indicate that he is well up on his missions, flying with only a few hours rest out of each 24, he wonders how the German people have stood the bombings as long as they have, especially now there are two or three thousand planes at a time giving them the works, and producing pro-ducing a sight beyond one's imagination. im-agination. The Snows other son, as Stafford Staf-ford Snow has been transferred recently from Bozeman, Mont., to Santa Ana, Calif., where he will begin his cadet training. At present pres-ent he is in the hospital following surgery July 4, but says he is doing well. He anticipates another an-other 60 days in the hospital and will then continue his flight training. h A A Bostwich Advanced to Sergeant Writing from Somewhere in England during the first week of June, Myrle W. Bostwich reported he had been advanced to the rating rat-ing of Sergeant. The invasion hadn't started when he wrote, but he, with others, was working overtime over-time in preparing for D Day. Here in St. George, his 15-month-old son, M. W. Jr., knows little of what is going on, but he doe know the soldier in the picture is daddy, and reports to him a dozen times a day. His mother, the former Rose Riding, says she can't understand what he says, but he makes a serious job of it. n n n CpL M. Prince Visits Here Cpl. Melvin Prince of Camp Howze, Texas, spent the past week in St. George with his parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Prince and other relatives. Enroute home from his post he stopped at Bunk-erville Bunk-erville to get Mrs. Prince and their small son, Don Melvin, who came on to St. George with him for the visit. Family dinners honored hon-ored them during the week, one at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hemenway. Sa Pa jsa Seaman Ruesch Visits Here Seaman and Mrs. Delworth Ruesch visited in St. George over the week end, guests while here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bleak, parents of Mrs. Ruesch, who is the former Peggy Bleak. Seaman Ruesch has just finished his boot training at Far-ragut Far-ragut and has returned to receive his next assignment. Mrs. Ruesch is employed at Hill Field, fa ft ft Sgt. Stirling Here On Visit Sgt. T. Eldon Stirling is home this week from Camp Howze, Texas, where he has been training train-ing the past six weeks with the infantry. His prior training for 14 months was with the tank division. di-vision. This is his second visit home in three months, and he has enjoyed helping on the farm and visiting with relatives and j friends. When this war is over, he says he will be happy to come back to farming. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. David Stirling of Leeds. Sgt. Mitchel Here for 10 Days Sgt. Jed Mitchell arrived last Thursday evening from Camp Howze, Texas, to spend 10 days with his mother, Mrs. Vera Mitchell, Mitch-ell, his sister, Mrs. E. J. Simmons, and his grandfather, J. M. Gates. He is looking well and says everything every-thing is going fine for him at Camp Howze. He will report back on July 19. ts h B Enjoys Big League Baseball Cpl.' Schuyler B. Everett has always been interested in baseball, base-ball, and this year is realizing a long expressed desire in seeing the National league teams play. He was pitcher for the winning team at the Wright Field competitive games, and is now playing on the winning team at Wilmington, O., where he was transferred recently. Just before leaving Wright Field he was accorded the Good Conduct Con-duct medal. Han Pvt. Thompson In Texas Mrs. Hyrum Thompson came in Wednesday to subscribe for the News for her son, Pvt. William E. Thompson, who is in training at Sheppard Field, Texas, with the Army air corps. He is assigned as-signed at present to the mechanic me-chanic division, which is right along his line. His letters indicate indi-cate that he is well and enjoying en-joying his work so far. S3. Ea ?a Visiting Soldiers Honored The Mothers Service Club of Virgin sponsored a party last week for Lieut. Jack L. Schofield and Cpl. James E. Cornelius who were here visiting from their respective training posts. The evening was devoted to games, a short program, pro-gram, dancing and serving of refreshments. Pa Pa fa Improving From Operation Grant Cornelius P;0 2;c in the U. S. Navy is reported improving at the Naval Hospital, Oakland, Calif., where he underwent serious eye surgery recently. His eyes i were injured while on duty at j Bougainville Island in the South- west Pacific. Acording to reports j the operation was successful. He j is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James ' Cornelius of Virgin. |