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Show Hews from the Yashington County People At Service Camps and Nation's Battle Fronts Graduates At Luke Field Hugh Jacobson, who has been in the Army air corps for the past year, was a recent visitor at Pine Valley, having received his wings at Luke' Field, near Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 1st. I lis mother, Mrs. Eula Jacob-son, Jacob-son, attended the graduation exorcises ex-orcises and pinned his wings on for him. Mrs. Jacobson just received re-ceived word that her other son, Hogarth, has left for overseas duty. Hogarth is a First Lieut, in the Army air corps. ra a Wendell Hall Writes Writing from somewhere on the seas, Wendell P. Hall tells of the regularity with which the News has reached him during the past many months, while he was stationed sta-tioned on an outlying island base, and says nothing is as welcome as news from home in those secluded se-cluded places. Mr. Hall has been in the central cen-tral pacific for more than 16 months as a member of the first battalion of Sea Bees in that area and was recently promoted from third to second class carpenter. He is one of the 17 male descendants de-scendants of the late Horatio Pickett, from whom he no doubt inherited his interest in this trade. Mr. tKi taqn Pvt. Blankenagel Writes Just a few lines over the week end from Pvt. Harvey Blanken-agel Blanken-agel says he has been transferred from Camp Barkley to Camp Maxy, Texas, and wants the change in address made on his paper. Also transferred to Camp Maxy from Camp Barkley is Pvt. Gilbert Gil-bert D. Tobler, so the two boys can get together now and then when not too busy otherwise. Local friends of both boys will be pleased to know of their whereabouts. where-abouts. Pa a Clair Paxman Promoted Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Paxman were advised this week of the promotion of their son, Clair, to the rank of Corporal at his post at the Kennedy general hospital in Tennessee, where he has been stationed for the past ten months. His wife and baby, who have been here with his parents, left last week for Hurricane where they will spend two months with her sister, Mrs. Marian Stratton. Cpl. Stratton has been in line for this promotion for several weeks and is happy to have fin-i fin-i ally been advanced. Recently, he, with three associates who are on the staff in the receiving office of the hospital, were cited for their excellent work in their office. of-fice. A special mention of this was made in the camp paper, a copy of which was sent to the Paxmans. Calls At News Office Looking forward hopefully for a furlough which will permit him to come home and see his folks, is J. Vivian Bracken, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Bracken of Central. Cen-tral. His mother called at' the News office last Friday to check on his subscription and make sure he was still lined up for the paper. Pfc. Bracken has' been in the military service for three years and has spent the past two years; in Alaska in the department of communications. During the entire en-tire two years he has had no furlough fur-lough home and while he enjoys his work and isn't complaining, he figures it would be a real break to spend another Christmas in the , old home-town. fil R H Cpl. Jed Mitchell Visits Surprise arrival Monday at the home of Mrs. Vera Mitchell and her father, J. M. Gates, was her son, Cpl. Jed S. Mitchell, who has been granted a few days furlough from Camp Bowie, Texas. Cpl. Gates has been hoping for a furlough sometime this month, but figures it is a streak of good luck to get home just at deer season time. He will report back to Camp Bowie next week for further assignments. The Army diet seems not to have added to his weight, as it does to many of the slim ones, but he figures he feels well and likes his job. A h J. Cornelius Visits Parents Jesse Cornelius, Seaman 1c has just returned to his Naval base after visiting for several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Cornelius and other relatives rela-tives in , Virgin. He was able to tell his family many experiences. During his months on the sea, Jesse reports he has traveled from the Solomons, and Australia to Alaska and the Aluetians on the Pacific, and to North Africa and Sicily on the Atlantic on convoy con-voy duty. Among the trophies he carries with him are leather pouches and cigarettes he found on Attu. Pa Pa (sa Proud of Grandsons Mrs. Varah A. Armstrong, former prominent Logan florist for 30 years, who has made her home in St. George for 18 months, just doesn't like to be called "grandma", though she is many times entitled to the honor, and she is plenty proud of the military mili-tary record being made by five of her male descendants. Recently pictured in the Salt Lake Tribune were three of these boys, the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Armstrong of Logan. Lieut. Herbert Armstrong has been in Hawaii three years, was (Continued on page eight) News from Our People In the Armed Services (Continued from page six) there for the Pearl Harbor incident, inci-dent, and has never yet had the privilege of coming home to meet his year-old son, who was born in the United Slates. His brother, Charles, was just three days off from getting his glider commission commis-sion when that division was disbanded dis-banded and is now in radio service serv-ice training in South Dakota, and a younger brother, Harold, is an aviation cadet in training at Santa Ana. Mrs. Armstrong also reared two orphaned grandsons from childhood. child-hood. Of these, Capt. William T. Nye, has been serving for months in the South Pacific, having trained train-ed at Quantico, San Diego and elsewhere. The other boy, Pfc. Raymond Nye, is with the Army medical detachment in Sicily, having hav-ing been in northwestern Africa all last winter. It was when these boys went into the service 18 months ago, Mrs. Armstrong decided de-cided to sell out her florist business busi-ness and come to St. George to be near her granddaughter, Mrs. Ray Whiple. Despite her dislike for the name "Grandma", she is a most interesting person and is proud of the work her five grandsons grand-sons are doing for their country. T5S a Promoted To Corporal Recently promoted to the rank of Corporal, Carl W. Smith was home last week for part of his 15-day 15-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew G. Smith and other relatives. He was able while here to go deer hunting Saturday and Sunday, but had to leave on Monday to get back to his post on time. Cpl. Smith entered the service Feb. 10 of this year and received his present rank Oct. 1st, which is good work. He has been stationed sta-tioned at Nashville, Tenn., but will report back to a camp in North Carolina to which he has just been transferred. He . is a lineman in the Signal Corps and likes his work fine. pa fsa To Enter Air Corps Norman A t k i n arrived last Thursday from Phoenix, where he has been instructing in primary flying for the past several months at Thunderbird Field, and is here taking in the deer hunt while awaiting orders. , Last Tuesday Norman finished his examinations for the Army air corps at Santa Monica, passing the requirements okeh, and he is now waiting his call into service which he expects will come within the next two or three weeks. Even though he has progressed sufficiently in aviation to be an instructor, Norman has a hunch that when he is , assigned to a training station he may have to do the work from the ground up, the same as if he had had no previous training. Recuperating from Injuries Stephen Corbett (Steve) Eaves, S2c is spending h i s furlough from Navy service with relatives in LaVerkin, while recuperating from injuries received while on duty in the South Pacific. One of the few to escape death when the ship on which he was a gunner in the Coral Islands episode, epi-sode, Seaman Eaves has been hospitalized both on the Islands and in California. He is plenty glad to be alive and home to enjoy another deer hunt. Among the medals which he possesses are the Purple Heart, symbol of wounds received in action; ac-tion; bars for "Present Unit Citation", Cita-tion", "Navy Expedition", and "South Pacific American Theatre of War". Despite his injuries he is now" about back to normal and will soon be ready to go again. Pa Pa Pa EnlLsts In Naval Reserve Don Carlos Schmutz called at the News Office Wednesday, a little blistered and sunburned from his deer hunt, but reporting he is well and will be on his way this week end to report in San Francisco Fran-cisco Monday for formal entrance into the U. S. Naval Reserve, in which he recently enlisted. Returning from an uncompleted L. D. S. mission to Switzerland and Germany just when the war began in 1939, he finished his mission in the United States, then entered the war industry at Douglas Doug-las aircraft, Santa Monica, after taking sheet metal courses at Dixie junior college. Early in 1942 he qualified as an instructor in aviation mechanics and for 18 months taught this work in connection with the B. Y. U., going from there three months ago to Instruct in the same work in Ogden in connection connec-tion with the Weber junior college. col-lege. Due to a lack of students this program is now closing and Mr. Schmutz and five of his associate as-sociate instructors have entered the Naval Reserve, where they will receive additional special training before going into actual service overseas. In the group of instructors he lists Weldon Mathis, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mathis of Price, former Dixieites, and nephew of W. B. Mathis of this city. This young man he says is recognized as one of the best instructors in Utah in aviation mechanics. Both he and Mr. Schmutz have to their advantage a speaking use of German which will be of material advantage to them in the service they are now entering. Mr. Mathis also rates high In mathematics and other subjects relating to airplane air-plane mechanics, says Don Carlos, and has helped him materially in reviving his use of German. |