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Show News from the Washington County People At Service Camps and Nation's Battle Fronts Commissioned Second Lieut. Wendell D. Leavitt, of Mes-quite, Mes-quite, Nev., was commissioned a Second Lieut, upon successful completion of the Officer Candidate Candi-date course at the infantry school at Fort Benning, Ga. Lieut. Leavitt Leav-itt is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Leavitt of Homedale, Ida. The new Lieutenant enlisted in the Army May 19, 1943 after completing four years of R.O.T.C. training at the U. of Nevada before going to Officer Candidate school three months ago. He held the rank of Corporal before being commissioned. The new officer is a graduate of the Virgin Valley high school of Bunkerville and the University of Nevada at Reno, where he was prominent as a student in the College Col-lege of Agriculture, obtaining a B. S. degree and a teachers' cer-tficate cer-tficate for vocational agriculture. He was a member of the Aggie club, Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and Scabbard and Blade, s la (a Arrives At V. of Nebraska Pfc. Eldon S. Lang, 25, of St. George, son of Mr. and Mrs. Parley Lang, St. George, has arrived ar-rived at the 348th CTD (aircrew), (air-crew), University of Nebraska for a course of Army air force instruction in-struction lasting up to five months prior to his appointment as an aviation cadet. During this period he will take numerous academic courses, as well as elementary flying training. Upon completion of his college training he will be classified as a pilot, navigator or bombardier and go on to schools of the training command for training in these specialties. )a Pa fta Arrive At Training Base Two St. George men reported this week at ' Farragut, Ida., second sec-ond largest U. S. Naval training station for training preliminary to becoming members of the fighting fight-ing fleet. Thee men were David Spencer Esplin, son of Mrs. Lucy Graff and John Thurmer Jacobs, husband of Mrs. J. T. Jacobs. These men will receive intensive training and at the conclusion of the recruit training, they will be given an opportnuity to qualify for additional specialized training. 14 In Marine Corps Training , Privates Robert F. Fordham, 20, of St. George, and Duard Mil-lett, Mil-lett, 22, of Springdale, are enrolled en-rolled in the Marine Corps pre-officer pre-officer training course at Colorado Colo-rado College, Colo. Pvt. Fordhham is a former student stu-dent at the U. of U., while Pvt. Millett is a former student at the B. Y. U. Each will continue his studies until he is called for training train-ing as an officer, training at a Marine Corps base. In addition to their classroom work they are taking basic military mili-tary training from Marine Corps drill instructors. Pa Pa Av.Cadet Henderson Writes From his new training station at Condor Field, 29 Palms, Calif., ac Ralph D. Henderson gives his change of address and says this school where he is now located lo-cated has the best record of any primary training school on the Coast, "but it can't do much to make us forget the green valleys of Utah". 1 Cadet Henderson had his preliminary pre-liminary work at Santa Ana and was transferred to his present location and officially made a cadet a month ago. He expresses appreciation for letters and news from home which he says help so much to break the desert monotony. Pa Pa pa Two Boys Complete Training The Merced Army air field of Merced, Calif., has just reported the completion of basic Army "air training of two Washington county boys, aviation cadets James W. Guerrero, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Guerrero of Motoqua, and Orlo H. Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orson Hall of Pine Valley. Both boys were given a 43-K rating, which appears to be satisfactory. sat-isfactory. Cadet Hall was employed at farming before entering the service serv-ice and has been assigned to Douglas, Ariz., to continue his training. Cadet Guerrero, who was employed by R. E. Millsap construction company, prior to his induction, will continue his training at Williams Field, Chandler, Chand-ler, Ariz. CpL O. Gubler Writes Writing from Waterboro, South Carolina, Cpl. Ovando Gubler tells of two recent transfers, but says he will now be located for a longer period, he thinks and he wants the paper to follow him. Cpl. Gubler is a brother of the muchly-moved Lieut. Donworth Gubler, and indicates he is " enjoying en-joying his work in the Army immensely im-mensely and is always happy to receive news' from his home-town area. Pa Pa Pa S. Snow In Colo. Hospital Pvt. H. Stafford Snow figures that luck don't stay with him for some reason. A knee which he had the misfortune to dislocate dislo-cate before leaving home prior to his induction, gave him trouble again on Sept. 2nd, while on the drill field. Now in the hospital at Buckley Field, Stafford's only complaint against Army life is this one knee that is keeping him temporarily inactive. He writes that it seems to him half of the St. George boys of recent induction are at Buckley Field, and that helps not to get so lonesome, especially while he is in the hospital. Pa Pa Pa Lieut. D. Snow Phones Lieut. Dean B. Snow telephoned his parents Sunday, night from Davis Monthan Field, Tucson, Ariz. One of the first questions was if St. George had gone over the top in the Bond drive, and asking them to buy a Bond for him, which his father had already done. Dean has been grounded for more than a week with a ,bad cold, but is now back on the job and ready to enter the second phase of his training in the B-24 bomber. Pa Pa Pa Lu Duff in Promoted Mrs. B. H. Forsythe of Toquer-ville Toquer-ville received word recently from her son, Leonard Duffin, who is at Moses Lake, Wash., announcing his promotion to the rank of Sergeant. Leonard spent his early (Continued on page eight) News from Our People In the Armed Services (Continued from page six) life in Toquerville, his father being be-ing the late Ernest Duffin. Besides Be-sides his mother, he has many relatives in Toquerville, where he was known for his work as a Scout and Scoutmaster. Entering the service Nov. 11, 1942, from the State of Washington, Wash-ington, where he was employed at the time as a first-class mechanic, me-chanic, he had his basic training in Florida, followed by four months training in Lincoln, Neb., where he became Private First Class; thence to Seattle, Wash., where he was made a Corporal, and received six weeks' intensive training in airplane mechanics before be-fore being transferred to Moses Lake. fa rs Pa Jean Burke Chadburn Promoted Relatives of Jean Burke Chad-burn Chad-burn have been advised of his recent re-cent promotion - to the rank of Chief Petty Officer 2c which is high rating for a young man in the Navy. Burke, as he was known, enlisted Jan. 7, 1942, being then aged 17. He shipped out July 17, 1942, and is somewhere in the South Pacific, Pa-cific, according to his letters. He has never had furlough since entering en-tering the service, and when last the family knew, he was employed em-ployed as an aviation mechanic. A letter received not long ago from his commanding officer, commended Burke for his good work, his orderliness and his progress in his training, which are evidenced by his promotion to his present rank. fa fa f5 Home On Furlough Home for a 15-day furlough and enjoying his visit with his parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Seaman Sea-man and friends, is Pvt. Ted Seaman, who is stationed as , a guard at the Prisoner of War camp at Florence, Ariz. Pvt. Seaman has had the ex-perience ex-perience of one hazardous overseas voyage at which time the prisoners were brought to America, and says he would be glad to make more such trips, since he feels that just guarding, while the boys pick cotton is not really doing as much as he should like to do. The prisoners, says Mr. Seaman, Sea-man, are good workers and give very little trouble, although they will be glad of course when they can return to their homelands. They seem to have lost all respect re-spect for the Germans, who brought this misery upon them and want the allies to be victorious, vic-torious, and soon. fa fa Visits News Office Mrs. J. C. Barnhurst of St. George came into the office Wednesday to subscribe for the News, so she can give her sons more information infor-mation as to what is going on in the home-town and the county when she writes. Her one son, Sherly Prisbrey adds an A. C. M. M. to his name and will complete 'his fourth year with the U. S. Naval forces this December. He is in the Coast Guard service and likes his work but says he will also be glad to come home when the job is finished. fin-ished. Occasionally he puts in at Norfolk, Va., but most of his time is spent on the high seas. Her other son, Pvt. Ford Prisbrey Pris-brey is attending the school of mines at Socorro, New Mexico. If he makes the grade at the conclusion of this present nine months of schooling he will be assigned to other schools for advanced ad-vanced work. His questions in every letter are regarding his former school companions. He wants to know where they are and in what line of service, and other items of interest. tof fa fa Edwin DeMille Promoted Mr. and Mrs. Oliver DeMille of Hurricane, report the promotion of their son, Elwin to the rank of Corporal in the field artillery of the Army. Elwin entered the service June 7, ' 1942, at Fort Douglas, going first to Camp Roberts, Rob-erts, Calif. From there he was sent to Angel Island then to Camp Bowie, Texas. His last home base was in New Jersey. He was sent to North Africa in January 1943, later being sent to Sicily, where he is still stationed. sta-tioned. He spends his liesure time swimming at the beach, playing horse shoes, writing letters and reading chapters from the New Testament. One of his Lieutenants Lieuten-ants is from Cedar City, Arthur M. Dix. |