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Show News from Our Washington County People At Service Camps and the Nation's Battle Fronts By MABEL JARVIS IdiT In )iit. Aiidrus Answering a n-ci-nt let tor fi'orn Captain Calvert Andrus wlio is ,:ai ioiii-l at. Kurt Lewis, Washington, Wash-ington, we are hapiy to report that I hi- young people of St. flemge have access to excellent rec: ea I iona I facilities as well as scouting activities. Juvenile delinquency delin-quency is not a major problem here, generally xjK-aking. Perhaps the outstanding center is the Municipal swimming pxl in ennnee: i';.i with the power plant which is gla.-.ed in and affords year-'round swimming This has been in operation one year and is under well supervised use almost every day of the week. Seoul in'; has long been of major- interest here, as well as the associate T'.ee Hive activities for "ills. These yoiin',' people have had picnics on the hill, roller skat in:; parties, fishing trips and swimming parties during the summer sum-mer imd--r good siiM-rvi.sion. Unquestionably, Un-questionably, the olrl home town will be plenty glad of Captain Andrus' trained help with youth recreation when he conies home and are happy to note his interest, in this part of the population. M ra fa Honored Aiiin Honor has again come to Cpl. Barnard Secgmillor, son of Mrs. Mary Ann Soegmiller, and to Sgt. Kenneth Smith, son of Mrs. Siddie Smith, both of St. George, a 12th Air Force release from Italy announces. an-nounces. Both boys have been awarded bronze stars along with their unit, for participation in the French campaign. Sgt. Smith is a sheet metal worker and Cpl. Seogmiller an armorer with Mitchell Mit-chell bombers of that area. Pa Pa Pa 0hi1o1'N Overseas Training Second Lieut. L. Clell Covington Coving-ton of Hurricane who is in Europe Eu-rope with the Air Service recently completed courses in orientation which bridge the gap between U. S. and combat training. His training train-ing included lectures and instructions instruc-tions on chemical warfare, defense and personal health. He is ready now for combat action. A son of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Covington of Hurricane, he was employed with Douglas Aircraft before entering the service. J ('riniiu-!iLs on New I One would have to be away from home for months to appreciate appreci-ate how folks feel about the home town News. Thoughts on this subject which reached us in a recent rec-ent letter from .Mrs. Charles Perish of Sherwood, Oregon, are worth passing on. We also have many comments on this order from soldiers. Mrs. Parish is the former Pearl Hafen of Santa Clara. Her sister, i Mrs. Keith Tobler of Hurricane lakes the News and forwards it lo her regularly. She reads first the Santa Clara items, then the soldier stories and says not an item gets by her without being read. This keeps her from homesickness home-sickness and that means much, when one can't make frequent trips home. Pi P2 ri .Money Returned To Sailor Seaman Wayne Earl was home last week visiting his father, J. W. Earl, and other relatives in St. George. Like most of the boys, he had money when he came home. He had the misfortune, however, to lose a $10 and a $20 bill while down town shopping. shop-ping. It was just taking a chance, but he advertised, and the bills came back. The bills were found by T. Wendell Bayles, who made many inquiries then told his small son, Jimmy, if nobody advertised the loss, he could have the $30 for his bond buying bank. Naturally. Nat-urally. Jimmie went castle-building. Then they saw the ad, and Jimmie was happy that Uncle Sam's sailor boy could have his money back, even if it did sort of empty his bank. Pa Pa Pa On Furlough Pvt. and Mrs. Glenn Haren and small son, David arrived Monday to spend the week with Mrs. Haren 's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Cannon. Pvt. Haren is flight engineer with a B-29, and has just finished one phase of his training at Dalhart, Texas. Pie flew to Pasadena to join Mrs. Haren and their son who are residing with his mother. When he reports back to Dalhart this week end, he will be assigned to a field in Nebraska for the final part of his training. Joines WAVES Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Webb have ju.st been advised that their daughter, Miss Glenna Webb was sworn in with the WAVES at Salt Lake City last Saturday. She I has been employed as stenographer stenograph-er with the Federal Service in Salt Lake City for three years, having been graduated from Hurricane Hur-ricane high .school and the L. D. S. Business college. She will return to Hurricane to visit with her parents and family for two weeks before leaving leav-ing Dec. 11, to report for training at Hunter College, New York. She is the third member of their family to enter the service. Pa Pa Pa Home From Pacific SSgt. Dee Burgess is spending his furlough in Central with relatives rela-tives after spending the past two years in the South Pacific Islands. A dance and social were given in his honor Wednesday night. Visiting here with Sgt. Burgess are his father, Ray Burgess and his sister, Mrs. Roxie Christopher-son. Christopher-son. S3 P3 P3 j Pfc. C. Wilson Now Home Claimed to be the first Hurricane Hur-ricane service man to muster out after four years infantry and hospital hos-pital service in the U. S. Army is Pfc. Carlyle G. Wilson of Hurricane. Hur-ricane. He returned home last week from Italy, coming by way of New York, across the nation to Walla Walla, Wash., and home. He was given the privilege of a month's furlough or to muster out, and he felt he could serve best now in some defense plant or in food production. He mustered out at Walla Walla, Oct. 5th, having enlisted July 18, 1940. At one time during the African campaign he was reported missing in action. Quite naturally the first question of friends at home was on this subject. It was Nov. 9, 1942. They had been attacked the previous night and retreat became necessary. They withdrew in groups, some at dawn, some at noon and some at night of Nov. 9. After giving first aid, water, pills and patches to the wounded, and firing his rifle, he also withdrew at sunset, hiding hid-ing in a dark place. That night several French and German soldiers sol-diers passed him in the dark. He could see them on the skyline, but was concealed from their view. On the morning of the 10th the Germans and French gave up, and the Yank Army paraded through the city. In the rush of affairs he missed his own company and joined another. He was unable to join his own unit until late that night and by that time the report that he was missing had been released. re-leased. He says it was pathetic to see the starving old people and children child-ren in Italy. Often he took great joy in sharing his rations with hungry Italian children, or with mothers who, with infants in their arms were sick for want of nourishment. nour-ishment. One day he noticed a man lying on the sidewalk. He stopped and asked some small boys if the man was drunk. "No, fammy", they answered, pointing to their own hollow stomachs. The sandwich from his pack relieved re-lieved the man. "Food and kindness," he says, have won the people of Italy to the American soldiers. He insists that if every citizen of the U. S. just had to face the agonies of one battle, "there would be less strife and no strikes." Pa Pa Pa In New Guinea Pfc. Earl D. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Smith of St. George is now in New Guinea. Interested in woodwork, he notes the great variety of hardwoods on the islands. He says it is difficult for him to adjust to native customs. The Smiths have two other sons in the service. Sgt. Kenneth Smith is gunner and camera man with the air forces in France. When he wrote last he had completed com-pleted two missions. He sent several sev-eral souvenirs from Italy before being transferred to France. He was with the ground forces until recently. T5 Carl Smith serves with the semiphore group of the signal sig-nal corps. He has been overseas one year this month and writes that he is well. Pa Pa Ps Wounded in Action Mrs. Alice Walker of St. George was advised Sunday that her son, Pfc. Sherman Russell of Rock-ville Rock-ville has been wounded in action in the battle of Paleu Islands, and has been awarded the Purple Heart. b s (a Cadet D. Judd Transfers Naval Aviation Cadet Donald S. Judd, 20. son of Mrs. Verna Judd, has been transferred to the Naval air station. Corpus Christi, Texas, after successful completion comple-tion of the primary flight training train-ing course at the U. S. Naval air station at Norman, Okla. After three months of advanced flight training at Corpus Christi, Cadet Judd will pin on his wings as a Naval aviator and be commissioned com-missioned an Ensign in the Naval Reserve, or Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve. |