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Show News from the Washington County People At Service Camps and Nation's Battle Fronts rs;IonKH To 'Rangers' Perhaps the only Washington county boy thius far to belong to the military division known as "The Rangers", is Cpl. Andrew R. Price, son of Mrs. Roy Williams Wil-liams of St. George, the former Anne R. Price. Ranger Price is now on maneuvers ma-neuvers at Camp Forrest, Tenn., where he was transferred recently from Camp Rucker, Ala. At Camp Rucker he was retained over an extended period as instructor and may return to that post after maneuvers. According to information received re-ceived the Rangers are given the same intensive and fearless training train-ing as the British Commandos, and in writ ing home to his mother, Ranger Price says he has found the field of activity which he most desires and hopes to go overseas with his division when the time comes. U. S. A. - -Home on Furlough Home for a two-week's furlough fur-lough since Sunday is Pvt. John R. (Ray) Spendlove of Hurricane, who with Mrs. Spendlove, the former Marie Larson of Washington, Washing-ton, called at the News Tuesday to subscribe for the paper. Leaving St. George Oct! 6, 1941, Pvt. Spendlove went first to Ft. Belvoir, Va., and from there with the highway engineers to British Columbia, helping to construct the big road to the north. Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, Watson Lake and other areas that were once only story book places are now familiar locations to this Dixie boy. With plenty of good fishing and hunting as the recreational recre-ational diversions for the men in service, the heavy work of highway high-way construction can be accepted without complaints, and the boys are really given good treatment, says Pvt. Spendlove. U.S. A. 'Missing In Action' Mrs. Eliza Judd of this city received word from her daughter, Mrs. Louis Hinkson in California, over the week end, including the telegram from Rear Admiral Randall Ran-dall Jacobs, Chief of Navy, reporting re-porting that Richard Judd Hinkson, Hink-son, electrician's mate 2c is missing miss-ing in action somewhere in the theatre of war. Details are lacking. lack-ing. Richard has been in the service for more than a year, and for several months on active sea duty. U. S. A. Pfc. Rex Leavitt Writes Genuine appreciation for the weekly home paper is expressed in a letter of May 26, to the Washington County News from Pfc. Rex A. Leavitt, now stationed sta-tioned at Camp Clipper, Calif. Pfc. Leavitt writes: "It is true that it is a small paper, but to the men who are in the service it means a great deal, making it possible for us boys who are some distance from home to keep up with the important im-portant things that are taking place in the county." Pfc. Leavitt was inducted into the Army, March 1, 1942, being assigned to Fort Lewis, Wash., for basic training. On Feb. 6, 1943, he was married in Seattle to Miss Ruth Preuss, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Preuss of that place. Mrs. Leavitt is now employed in Las Vegas, awaiting her husband's return. Transferred to Camp Clipper, April 4 of this year, he is under desert training as a gunner on trio 6-m.m. mortar, being made a Pfc. May 7, He is grateful for the useful training and experience ! he is receiving and says the morale of the men in his company as a whole is very high. , The fine support of home folks is going to help more than anything any-thing else in the final victory, assumes this Dixie boy, who says he is proud to be an American soldier. U.S.A. Receives Diploma Cheering news came to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Johnson of this city over the week end in the receipt of the diploma issued to their . son, Mazel K. Johnson, at the Chicago college where he was training as radio operator and mechanic me-chanic in military service. Among more than a thousand graduates he received the highest rating, having high speed and accuracy in his work. The Johnsons came to St. George from Tropic. In his childhood this boy w a s greatly interested in music and after graduating from the Tropic high school and the B. A. C. at Cedar City, he attended a music college in Michigan, learning learn-ing to play the clarinet, trombone, saxophone and piano. Later, in filling a two-year mission he was given the opportunity to sing and play frequently over the radio in connection with his work. In his present location he has been selected by the chaplain to conduct the music of the chapel service, has organized glee clubs, quartets and other groups and re-' ports he never has a dull or lonesome lone-some moment in his busy schedule. T. Sgt. Johnson Visits Tech. Sgt. Grant B. Johnson was home last week from his training post at Blythe. Calif., for a 10-day furlough with his parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Johnson. John-son. He also visited friends at his former home in Tropic. A brother of Mazel K. Johnson, he is also music-minded and being able to make use of his singing at this camp where he is in the Army air force. He also filled an L. D. S. mission before entering military service and figures this was valuable training for his present pres-ent duties. U. S. A. WUford Cannon Writes Transferred recently to the National Na-tional Medical Center at Bethsada, Md is W. W. (Wilford) Cannon, Can-non, now a Ph. M. 3c, whose letter home indicates he is happy for the opportunity to study at this great center, where he is at present assigned to the Neuro Psyciatric clinic, writing up surveys sur-veys and case histories and medical medi-cal reports. A graduate embalmer before he entered military service a year ago, Ph. M. Cannon is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff Cannon of St. George. He expresses appreciation ap-preciation for the effoTt being made to train men in all of the lines of essential military service and says, "if we all get in and work and fight, our pleasures and wants will be satisfied sooner, so I'm really in this thing to do all I can to make this period of sacrifice sacri-fice as short as possible, and believe be-lieve me, I'll never shirk until it is done". Along with congratulations to his sister, Elaine, who recently graduated from Dixie junior college col-lege he urges her to go on and get all the education she can, because of the value it gives one in life. His detailed description of the National Naval Medical center, where President Roosevelt, Senators Sena-tors and others of rank and importance im-portance are cared for, .and of the research work done at this institution in-stitution is all very interesting. U. S. A. Arrives At Camp Reports from Camp Monticello, Ark., announce the arrival at that place of Auxiliary Mae Elizabeth MeGregoiy of St. George, who has begun training at Branch 'B' of the Fifth Women's Army Auxiliary Corps training center. On her arrival she was assigned to a basic training company and began the routine of Army "processing", "proc-essing", drill, tests, etc. She will train for a month and then be given advanced military training which will prepare her to replace a man in some non-combat Army job. |
