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Show . .- News from the Washington County People At Service Camps and Nation's Battle Fronts Dilworlli I.iiml firaduatos Dilworth P. Lund, son of Nan I'. Lund, lias Kiadualcd from an inl'-riMvr course in airplane me-chatiirs me-chatiirs at Shrppard Field, Texas. This field, near Wichita Falls, TVxas, is one of the many schools of the Army air forces technical tiaininK command which trains the specialist technicians to maintain main-tain our nightly air armada. He is new qualifier! to play a vital role in I he air forces ground crew teams that "keep 'em flying". Before entering the school, he was trained af one of the basic training centers of the Army air forces technical training command and learned to fight the Axis with other things besides the. tools of his trade. ra P-a County Hoys At Fiirrjcut Men from St. George are beginning be-ginning their career as Navy men this week at the U. S. Naval training station, Farragut, Ida., largest in the west. While here they will prepare themselves both physical anrl mentally for the very important pob as a member of the fighting fleet. Upon completion of this basic training, these men will be given an opportunity to qualify for specialized spe-cialized (raining in one of the many fields offered by the Navy. The men are: Kent Albert Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hansen, St. George; Phillip Phil-lip Calvin Reid, husband of Mrs. Phillip Calvin Reid, Kanab; Austin Ernest Norvell, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Norvell, St. George; Hyrum Ashley Cannon, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Q. Cannon, St. George; and Glen Lewellyn Ken-worthy, Ken-worthy, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Kcnworthy. Pa Pa P HcK'ins Basic Course Pvt. R. L: Scow of Hurricane has begun a 12-week basic phase course in the Army specialized training unit at St. Norbett college, col-lege, West. DePcre, Wis., according to an announcement by Lieut. Col. Franklin W. Clarke, commandant. The course "will continue into October. Private Scow is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Olof B. Scow of Hurricane. P3 R (5 Two Sons In Service With two sons in military service serv-ice at extremely different, localities, locali-ties, Mr. and Mrs. Vivian J. Bracken of Central can always count on plenty that is interesting when letters come from the boys. 1 Pfc. Jay V. Bracken, writing from somewhere in the Pacific, tells of his interesting work and of some of the requirements he has recently completed assuring his parents he has plenty to keep him busy and is learning to do things that afford him much satisfaction. satis-faction. The other son, Clarence L. Bracken, who is a Fireman 3c, tells especially of the U. S. O. clubs where he is located and of the fine big Pepsi-Cola building which they have turned over to the service men, where they have lunch rooms, game and reading rooms, anrl rooms where the boys can clean up when they have time off. He feels the boys are given the finest treatment by these groups and has no complaints. com-plaints. Pa P.'J Pa Leslie Ashby Writes In the first letter they have had from their brother, Leslie, in several weeks, Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Ashby learn of his whereabouts in the overseas area, that he is well and finding plenty that is interesting besides his work. One of the items that cheered him was the fact that one of his visits to a U. S. O. club in the area, Leslie noted on the register the name of a certain St. George boys, whom he did not get to see, because the other boy was evidently evi-dently on convoy duty. But it was like seeing someone from home to see where one had been and signed his name. Pa Pa . Rs Transferred to Ohio Aviation Cadet ' Arlo J. Hafen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Hafen of Santa Clara writes home that he has been transferred from Sheppard Field, Texas to Xavier University in Cincinnatti, where he will spend several months in pre-flight training courses. Cadet Hafen is thrilled with his opportunity to see so much of the United States and says he is enjoying en-joying his school work, which is also an opportunity he had not county on in connection with (his military service. Pa Pa Pa Promoted To Corporal In the U. S. Army since March, 1943, Thomas E. Stirling, who was promoted to the rank of -Corporal in July, writes that he is with a tank destroyer battalion and likes his assignment no end. Reared as the son of a Leeds farmer, Cpl. Stirling is accustomed (Continued on page eight) News from Our People In the Armed Services (Continued from page six) to warm weather and hard work and isn't fretting under his military mili-tary training duties at Camp Hood, Texas, where he received his promotion after four months' service. fta Pa Pa Pfc F. Graff Writes Writing his mother, Mrs. Eliza Graff, from somewhere in Canada, Pfc. Francell Graff, better known to his many friends as "Red" Graff, tells cheerfully of his location, loca-tion, praising the scenery and weather in that area. He says his work is somewhat easier during the past few weeks and that the mosquitos are not as troublesome this summer as they were last. A member of the Mess Sergeant's Ser-geant's staff when he left St. George with the 115th Engineers in March, 1941, Pfc. Graff has had a real round of experience. He reports that he enjoyed his three weeks' vacation last April and sends best wishes to all his friends and former associates. Pa fa Pa Boy Anderson Writes A letter from Roy J. Anderson written July 21st tells of the receipt re-ceipt of his first" copy of the News, which he says reached him "in good shape". He says the Washington county boys where he is located are always happy when they get the News in their hands and are always waiting for the home paper. "Tell Dad, if you see him, that he sure made friends with his son and others when he paid for the subscription for the home paper, and boy, am I glad to get it", writes this soldier. Roy left St. George with the 115th Engineers Engi-neers in March, 1941, and is overseas. over-seas. He also extends greetings to the office force and says he is well and happy and really having a grand time. Pa Pa Ps Wins 2nd Lieutenant's Bar Paul F. Dostalek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil J. Dostalek of New Harmony won his silver wings on July 28 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant at the gradu-tion gradu-tion exercises held at Freeman Army air field advanced twin-engine twin-engine pilot training school at Seymour, Ind. From Freeman Field, Lieut. Dostalek will go to a specializing school where he will learn further refinements of flying. Pa Pa Pa Three Home On Furloughs Home this week on furlough from Camp Farragut, Ida., are three St. George boys, all Seamen Second Class. The three include Carl Cottam, son of Mr. and Mrs Arthur Cottam; his cousin, Ross McArthur, son of Mr. and Mrs, Moroni McArthur; and June Barton, Bar-ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo L Barton. All three boys have finished their preliminary training at Farragut Far-ragut and are out of the rank of "boots". They are looking well and say they feel fine, in spite of the heavy work and long hours of training. They have plenty of praise for Camp Farragut, and say the food is really good, though it is a break to get a chance at mother's cooking once again. They will return to camp shortly to get their next assignment. Si PS B Knight Boys In Service Proud of what their two sons are doing in the military set-up are Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Knight of Santa Clara. And they have a third son who has just turned 18 and expects to be getting into training before long. The other two boys are already overseas. The eldest son, CpL Alfred Knight was the first boy to leave Santa Clara for the present conflict. con-flict. He enlisted in January, 1940 and has been on the job in the Aluetian Islands since early April. The second boy, Pvt. Clinton Knight, who was inducted in October, Oc-tober, 1942, has just advised his parents of his safe arrival at his post on the Hawaiian Islands. Both boys write that they are well, keeping busy and looking forward to the finish of the big job when they can come back home again. |