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Show Hews from Our Washington County People At Service Camps and the Nation's Battle Fronts By MABEL JAKVIS Attending Sound School Douglas Manning, potty officer 3C with the U. S. Navy is in San Diego at tending a sound school for 12 weeks. Mrs. Manning, the former Olga Beatty of Toquerville is in Long Beach with her sister anil hrothor-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Hirschi, awaiting her husbands hus-bands graduation. tn fa Pa Three Sailor Home for visit Foy Seogmiller, Marvin Woodbury Wood-bury and Clayton Atkin, all S 2'C, arrived last week end from San Diego for five days leave with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Seogmiller, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Woodbury and Mr. and Mrs. Rud-ger Rud-ger Alkin. All three boys took active part in the ward services! Sunday and made brief talks on their recent experiences in boot training. Seaman Seegmiller and Seaman Woodbury arc assigned to Amphibious training and Seaman Atkin is with the Armed Guard. Five days isn't much of a visit but they are happy for that much, fa fs S Continued School Mrs. Lloyd McAllister, the former for-mer Ifelene Beatty of Toquerville has just returned from spending lour months in St. Louis with her husband who is a Fireman 1C in the U. S. Navy, having graduated recently from the electricians school there. He is assigned now to attend advanced school at Camp Peary, Va. Pa Pa Pa Letter from Italy The following paragraph is taken from a recent letter written by Lieut. Howard (Hap) Morris in Italy to his wife, Roma Nisson Morris of Washington: "The other night we had a little bombing.' C. P. and tent. I lost all my clothes short coat, pink pants, blouse, shoes, raincoat and valve pack (suit case). They looked as if the rats had had a good time but of course we knew different. Captain and I were down at "A" Battery and when we returned our nets over our beds and our tents were full of holes. It's a good thing I wasn't in bed. Ralph's large picture has fragment holes in it. I am going to send it home so don't be alarmed when you see it. Every one of the officers in Hdq. lost their good clothes." The picture of Ralph Howard, the Lieutenant's seven month's old son has arrived and Mrs. Morris is going to keep it along with a trinket bought in Naples, for her son to have as souvenirs when he grows up. 'The above letter was written just before Rome was taken. Another letter written the day Rome fell said that was a great day and a great sight. The people were so thrilled they yelled cheered, clapped and threw roses at the soldiers as they passed through the streets. Lieut. Morris has been unable yet to send some of the roses from Rome. He also witnessed the fall of Casino and took part in that great battle. He'll tell them more when he comes home, which he is hoping "will be before many more months roll by." Pa P pa Seaman 2!c Workman Home Among the sailor lads home on leave this week is Dilts Workman, Seaman 2 C who was included in a feature item m last week s News. Seaman Workman is full of praise for the U. S. Navy and says he has had a great time while training in Washington, D. C. He made a brief report in the east ward services Sunday. Pa Pa Pa Cpl. Hawkins Visits Cpl Arland L. Hawkins arrived Sunday evening from Camp Shelby, Miss, to make the acquaintance of his son. born in the local hospital July 11, and visit with Mrs. Hawkins, the former Dorothy Doro-thy Whitney of Hurricane, and with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Hawkins. He says the son fully compensates for the long journey home even if he has only a few days furlough. Cpl. Hawkins' son will be christened Kenneth LeRoy. He is the fourth generation of living males on his father's line, the other two being the grandfather, LeRoy Hawkins, and great-grandfather, Alfred Hawkins of Bland-ing. Bland-ing. Also, he is the fifth living generation on his maternal line. His mother was Dorothy Whit-ney; Whit-ney; his grandmother, Mrs. Lettie To bier Whitney; great-grandmother, Mrs. Mary E. Tobler; and g rea t - great - grandmother Mrs. Mary Stucki Hunt, all of Hurricane. Junior Hinton Promoted Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hinton of Hurricane received letters last week from their son, Junior, who is on a destroyer somewhere in the South Pacific. Among other interesting items in his letter was that of his new rating as Seaman 1C R.D.M. He says he keeps plenty busy and is where the thermometer goes up and up at times, but is feeling okeh. He has been in the service a full year and is happy to keep track of many of his friends through the News. Pa Pa Pa Seaman Drake Marries Seaman Albert Drake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Drake of Enterprise has returned to his post at Norfolk, Va., after a 20-day 20-day leave home with his family during which he was married to Miss Karma Keyes of Central. He is a grandson of Mrs. Mary Drake, wio spends her winters in St. George, and was the first Enterprise Enter-prise boy to be wounded in action. His left hand is still a bit worse for injuries, but he is gradually getting the use of it. However, it is rather unlikely that he will be assigned to further combat duty, even though he'd be willing to go. Pa Pa Pa Lt. M. Hirschi in New Guinea Flying a P-47 "Thunderbolt" fighter somewhere in the New Guinea area is Lieut. Melville Hirschi, husband of Gena Higbee Hirschi, who with their small son are residing in St. George until Lieut. Hirschi returns. During the final weeks of his training with the Army Air forces, Lieut. Hirschi was stationed at Winsor Locks, Conn, and Mrs. Hirschi spent several weens wiui miii dnu iu- j gether they visited New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D. C. and other places of interest. They found New England beautiful and interesting. Pa Pa Pa Recieves Promotion The Public Relations Office of the Hdq., Panama Canal Department Depart-ment report this week the recent promotion of Junior L. Walker from second to first lieutenant. The announcement was from the Panama Coast Artillary Command. Lieut. Walker is a battery officer in an anti-aircraft gun battalion. He has served with the armed forces guarding the Panama Canal since June 14, 1943. Mrs. Walker, the former Aileen WOrthen, and their small son are making their home for the duration in St. George with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Worthen. Mrs. Walker teaches school during the winter months. Pa Pa pa Receive Special Assignment Donald Truman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Truman and Dick Miles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Miles, all of St. George, didn't get to come home with the other boys from San Diego over the week end. Both have been given special assignments and expect another several weeks of school before they have that little "leave" that takes off a bit of the first homesickness. home-sickness. Both are now Seamen 1JC and with the prospects of the schooling they have hoped for, figure they can get by a little while longer. Pa Pa IS Seaman 1C Dale Prisbrey The five Utah boys who were given the rating of Seamen 1C this month at Norman, Oklahoma, included Dale Prisbrey, son of Mrs. Effie W. Barnhurst of St. George. Before enlisting, Seaman Prisbrey attended Dixie junior college and was being recognized for his art work. Pa Pa Pa SSgt. Tobler Writes from Italy Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tobler of Santa Clara have had interesting letters recently from their son, SSgt. Wendell Tobler, 21, who is in southern Italy serving as a waist-gunner on a B-24. On July 9, he had completed his 32nd bombing mission, and seen plenty of action over Germany, Bulgaria, Yugo-slavia and elsewhere. Sometimes, Some-times, he says they knock off a mission every day, and other times there are lulls between, but he should be reaching his 50, which is the assignment in that theatre. He has two brothers in service, Pvt. Kenneth Tobler is with the heavy artillery training at Camp Shelby, Miss., and Pfc. Dale Tobler Tob-ler is radio operator with the paratrooper planes training at Alliance, Al-liance, Neb. |
