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Show News from Our Boys In the Armed Forces Bill Hardy To Join Navy j j William Rogers (Bill) Hardy, son j J of Mr. and Mrs. Rogers Hardy re-turned re-turned last week to get his par-. i ents sanction to join Uncle Sam's,; Navy for a six-year period, aftei1 j ; a thrilling month's trip to Alaska ; and return since Aug. 4, with the Merchant Marines. ' After the close of school last spring, Bill worked in Las Vegas until the end of June, when he '. joined the Merchant Marines, go- ing to Seattle from where the ', Vanness, a supply cargo, sailed ; Aug. 4, returning Sept. 7. While , they actually contacted no sub- ; marines on the voyage, Bill ad- . mits they saw some of the re- suits of sub destruction. They touched at Nome, Ketchekan and other Alaskan ports and also put in at Dutch Harbor. The entire 1 voyage, with all its risks, was a ' thrilling experience for this Dixie boy, who really wants to join the the Navy now, and for six years, 1 although he is still of an age to require his parents consent, which they have given. ' He is going this week to Las Vegas to work until deer season, and after one more try for a venison, which is a sport he and . his father particularly enjoy to- gether, he will return to Seattle j to report for service about the end of October. U. S. A. V. VVorthen Arrives Safely After a month of waiting, Mr. i and Mrs. Claud Worthen re- 1 ceived a letter Tuesday of this I week from their son, Wayne, say- 1 ing he had arrived safely with i the 115th Engineers and was well i and happy. His letter was filled with praise for the beauty of the i islands where he is located and i for the fine group of men with 1 whom he is associated, and like s all the other boys, will be happy to have letters from the home i town. U. S. A. Letter from Grandson Mrs. Eliza Judd is in receipt of a letter from her grandson, Richard Judd Hinkson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hinkson, of Modesto, Mo-desto, Calif., who is now somewhere some-where in the Pacific with the U. S. fleet. The letter is one of the V-Mail notes which was forwarded for-warded to Mrs. Judd by Mrs. Hinkson. Judd, as he is known, used to live in St. George. There is little he can tell his people in the Victory Vic-tory letter except that he has visited vis-ited Hawaii twice and Australia once, and is feeling great, concluding con-cluding with the regular urge for more letters from home, and a request that when she can, his mother "please send some chewing chew-ing gum", since none is available where he is. No question but he has been supplied by this time. U. S. A. Peterson Charles Writes Supt. O. B. Fry and family at the Shevwit Indian reservation, reserva-tion, Santa Clara, received a letter let-ter mailed over the week end from Pvt. Peterson Charles, who is somewhere outside the U. S., with the 394th Engineers. Pvt. Charles, son of Foster Charles, also left St'. George in 1941 as a member of the 115th Engineers. He has had several transfers since the company landed at San Luis Obispo. His present address is Pvt. Peterson Charles, A. S. N., 38002572, 394th Engineers, Co Depot, APO 860, co Postmaster New York City, N. Y. He savs he wishes all his former associates associ-ates at the reservation and at school in St. George would take time to write him a post card or letter, because letters are the main item needed by the boys these days, and the most cheering cheer-ing thing they can receive. |
