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Show News from the Washington County People At Service Camps and Nation's Battle Fronts "Hilly" lirrlt WriUtt Tin- Ni-ws ri'f-ivi-d an intr-i-,luiK l-tli-r this wi-i-k from Wil-li;im Wil-li;im "Hilly" Morris, son of Mr. mill Mrs. Alfred Morris of this nly, Hivin;; " review of hi.s training train-ing Miiifi- In- entered the U. S. Navy .several months ntfo, anil ro-liiiihn ro-liiiihn Ihe regular arrival of hi.s ,.,- every Tuesday, which ho appreciates. ap-preciates. Following his hoot, camp train-inn train-inn in San I'ieco, he attended medical (hospital) corps school at Lout,' lieach, and on Jan. 1st, received re-ceived his promotion to the rank of Pharmacists Male 3c, with months of schooling in clinical laboratory procedures ahead of him. He says iiiarters and food al Ihe hospital .arc of the best, anil he is receiving Rood treatment treat-ment al Ihe hands of tho U. S. Navy. H ft Kiillh Wulliue I'romolMl A recent N'ws release from Ft. Sill, Okla., announces the promo-lion promo-lion of Keith Wallace to Technician Tech-nician 51 h Grade, at the Field Artillery replacement center headquarters head-quarters there. Mr. Wallace accompanied by hi.s wife and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Itluth, arrived over the week end to visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Wallace. Wal-lace. Ilefore leaving Ft. Sill, he compMed hi.s examination for junior chaplain, and hopes he may eventually enter that branch of Ihe military service. lie was active in Dixie junior college athletics ath-letics find had filled an L. D.S. mission in Texas and vicinity, bc-foiv bc-foiv joining the U. S. Army, tm ra Complete Schooling Mr. and Mrs. Charles Madsen have just received word from their son, Delbert Murray Mad-sen, Mad-sen, who has just completed his schooling at Chicago, has been promoted to Fireman 1c and is being transferred to another training train-ing school in Maryland. Fireman Madsen telephoned his parents Sunday, the occasion being be-ing his 20th birthday anniversary, said he was well, and hoped his transfer would place him near his sister, Sgt. Velma Madsen, and would give them an opportunity oppor-tunity to visit each other if possible, pos-sible, bi 9I HiUvor Junnt Visits Mother Flight Officer Halvor Jones ar-rived ar-rived Tuesday morning from Foster Field, Texas, to visit his mother, Mrs. Katie Augason. He has been stationed at this advanced ad-vanced flying school for an extended ex-tended period, and is on delay en route to his next assignment. This is his first visit home in more than two years and he finds most of those with whom he used to associate are in the service. His one brother, Dee Jones is still in Kngland. Another brother, Lieut. Viron V. Jones is somewhere some-where in the Pacific; and the other brother, Milo L. Jones, is in training in North Carolina. h h ft A. Ilivfm At Son Antonio Among the 23 Utah boys in training at San Antonio aviation cadet center at San Antonio, Texas, is Cadet Arlo J. Hafen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Hafen of Santa Clara. The cadets receive nine weeks of instruction at this center, learning the fundamentals necessary neces-sary for actual flight training in primary, basic and advanced schools, and receive physical and mental training to prepare them for Army air force pilots. Cadet Hafen, with the others, is working work-ing for his advanced silver wings. n m TO C. A. Jones lromoted To Major Mr. and Mrs. Burley M. Jones of Virgin have been advised of the recent promotion of their son, Capt. Clifford A. Jones to the rank of Major in the U. S. Army field artillery. Mr. and Mrs. Jones haw made their home in Virgin for several years, where Mr. Jones closed his oil field business for the duration, in order to make a more direct contribution to the war effort, and is now foreman at the Basic Magnesium, Inc., plant. Their son. Major Jones, received his L.L.B. degree at the University Univer-sity of Missouri, and was practicing practic-ing law in Las Vegas when he was called into military service in Jan. 1942. He held a reserve commission as First Lieut., when he entered the Army, and rejoined his division after completing field officers' training at Ft. Sill, Okla. Another son, First Lieut. Herbert Herb-ert M. Jones, w h o resided in southern Utah for several years, is stationed in Hawaii with the headquarters company of the infantry in-fantry division with which he is connected. He holds an A. B. degree de-gree from the University of Missouri, Mis-souri, and was taking his second year of law at the University of Arizona when he was called to duty under his reserve commission commis-sion in Jan.. 1942. The two brothers reported for duty within a few days of each other. Attend Graduation Ceremonies Witnessing the Army air corps graduation ceremonies at Luke Field, Phoenix, last Friday, were Mr. and Mrs. James F. Cottam i of Veyo, their son, Melbourne, of I Salt Lake City and daughter, j Mrs. Willard Milne of St. George land Mrs. Laura Egan of Delta. The 4C0 graduates included L. LeRoy (Tex) Mosley, son of Mrs. Kgan, who received his silver wings and rank of Second Lieut. His next assignment is to Baton Rouge, La. This is the second time the Col tarns have attended a graduation gradu-ation at Luke Field, their son, Lieut. Garth B. Cottam having completed his training there just iK-fore going overseas for active duly, which resulted in his fatality. Hi.s name is now posted on the honor roll at the entrance of Luke Field,' and the graduation ceremonies included tribute to former graduates who have made the supreme sacrifice. More than 300 cadets marched in the graduation grad-uation parade. Fa ra Arrives Overseas Safely Mr. and Mrs. Vivian J. Frei of Santa Clara received word recently re-cently of the safe arrival overseas, over-seas, somewhere in the South Pacific, of their son, Pfc. Victor J. Frei, who says he has surely covered plenty of ocean on the voyage. Pfc. Frei joined the Marines in July, this choice of service depriving de-priving him of the usual preliminary prelim-inary furlough after induction. He completed his boot training at San Diego, and after a week home, embarked Oct. 18 for overseas. over-seas. A stopover at one island base gave him a chance to write home, and his letter of Dec. 4, saying he had reached his destination, destin-ation, says he has visited many places of interest, which he hopes to tell them of eventually. )W M W. Patton Promoted A news relase received over the week end from the pubb'c relations re-lations office in San Francisco, tells of the promotion of Willard H. Patton to the rank of Staff Sergeant Serving with a troop carrier unit of General George Kenney's Fifth airforce somewhere in New Guinea, SSgt. Patton, who is from Indiana, is the husband of Clara A. Blake Patton of St. George. Before joining the Army in September, 1942, he was employed em-ployed as an internal grinder in defense work. II. Johnson Promoted News comes from Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Johnson of Hurricane of the promotion of their son, Harold S. Johnson to the rank of T4 Sergeant. Ser-geant. He is now stationed in Philadelphia, having recently completed com-pleted three months of schooling in Baltimore, and is proud of the high rating he received along with his promotion. He is now battery mechanic. Sgt. Johnson was home recently to visit his parents, and while in the West also made a trip to San Jose to visit his three sisters, Edith and Leora who are employed em-ployed there, and Annie and her family who reside there. He has a brother, SSgt. Byron Johnson stationed somewhere in Australia, m n m Training At Yale Univ. Beginning his training as aviation avi-ation cadet at Yale university, New Haven, Conn., recently is Donald C. Frei, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Claud Frei of Santa Clara. His training will prepare him for the duties of a technical officer in communications, and when his courses are completed he will be commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. Lieu-tenant. West Point traditions and discipline disci-pline are in effect at the training command school at Yale, says the report, and his training will prepare pre-pare him for active service in flying fields of the United States or overseas. After being comis-sioned comis-sioned he will be placed in charge of a crew of enlisted men spe-cilaists spe-cilaists in the communications activities ac-tivities essential to the aerial compaign over Europe. Pa Ka Pa L. G. Cottam Graduates Among the 460 graduates at Luke Field. Phoenix, Friday, Jan. 7th, was Lester G. Cottam, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Cottam, who was accorded his silver wings and promotion to the rank of Second Lieut. Luke Field trains pilots for advanced single engine planes. He had his pre-flight training at Santa Ana, pilot training with Army flying units at Ontario Flying Field, Calif., and Marana air base. Ariz., before entering Luke Field. A graduate of Dixie high school and Dixie junior college, col-lege, he was a member of the Dixie Hell Cats, and one of the first ten graduates from the C. A. A. courses of that institution. D. Workman At Navy School Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Workman have received word that their son, Dilts Workman, S2c is now attending at-tending the Navy School of Music at Washington, D. C, having completed his boot training at San Diego. Seaman Workman was assigned to a band on his arrival at Washington Wash-ington and was happy to make contact there with Third Class Petty Officer Stanley Exeter. Both boys were formerly members of the Idaho Falls high school band, which took the honors at the regional reg-ional meet in Ogden two years ago. Another member of the band is also attending the Navy School of Music. Ha J. V. Ilauser Home for Visit Home for an extended leave from active sea service is Chief Water Tender J. V. Hauser, who is spending the time in Veyo with Mrs.. Hauser and their small son, Glenn. With the U. S. Navy for the past eight years, Mr. Hauser says it is interesting to see the wide variety of sea-going craft that have come back into service recently, re-cently, everything from the old sailing craft to the most modern streamlined ships. Appreciating the quiet of this area, so far removed from what is going on elsewhere, Mr. Hauser says it is really good to be home. Places that were especially interesting inter-esting to tell of during his first years in Navy service, have lost their glamor under war, he says, and many will never be the same again, but he still expects to follow fol-low the sea when its all over, la S (s Enrolled In Radio School The Naval air technical training train-ing center of Memphis, Tenn., reports re-ports the enrolment of Ben Lorenzo Lor-enzo Slack, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin K. Slack of Toquerville, as an aviation radioman at that school. Before entering the service Mr. Slack graduated from the Hurricane Hurri-cane high- school and' attended the U. S. A. C. at Logan for one year. He had his boot training at San Diego. ts Ha M Seaman P. Reid Now Father Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Reid received re-ceived word Jan. 1, of the birth of a daughter, at noon that day in Cedar City, to Seaman and Mrs. Phil Reid. The baby's father is their son, and the mother is the former Glenda Morris of Kanab. Attending the U. S. Navy Metal-smith's Metal-smith's school in San Diego, it will no doubt be several weeks before Seaman Reid gets a glimpse of his little daughter, but he is hoping for a leave for that purpose pur-pose when his present schooling is completed. |