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Show News from the Washington County People At Service Camps and Nation's Battle Fronts j (Editor's Note: To meet space requirements, our soldier items are brief this week with the longer stories being held for next week's paper.) Thurmer Jacobs and Spencer Esplin, both Seaman 2c arrived Sunday for 15-day furloughs from Camp Farragut, Ida. Pvt. Burke Dyson Randall took the late bus Sunday to return to his post in the Tropics, having recovered from injuries received on combat duty in the Central Pacific area. This is his first furlough in four years. Miss Vivian Snow, who is an enlistee with the WAVES at the Naval training station at the Bronx, N. Y., phoned her mother Saturday noon just to urge that home folks keep letters going to their boys and girls in the service and saying she knows now just how much of a thrill letters from home are, "better", she says, "than all the Chrstmas packages". Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Cornell left Wednesday for Compton, Calif., where they will make their home. Mr. Cornell is a Veteran of the Spanish-American War and is busy at present writing his memoirs of military service in the Philippines 40 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Gile Hardy have had good word from their son, Cpl. George Hardy, who is England Eng-land and feeling fine. More about him next week. The recently organized Dixie chapter, Veterans of Foreign Wars held their first regular meeting last Saturday night in the Liberty hotel. Commander LeRoy H. Cox could not attend. Ernest B. Cornell Cor-nell had charge of the meeting and announces two new members were added, making their enrolment enrol-ment 16. Twenty letters from home with one mail. That's the record recently re-cently reported by Lieut. Elmer Pickett, who is tsill in an overseas over-seas hospital, but improving. He had been without word from the folks for weeks, then the letters caught up with, each other, and the twenty were delivered the sam day. Captain and Mrs. Virgil Snow left Wednesday evening for San Francisco, where they will visit for a few days prior to his departure de-parture for his military Post. Captain Snow, who is a surgeon with the U. S. Army, has been in the Central Pacific area for more than a year. Mrs. 'Snow will return this week end. "We won't be home for Christmas Christ-mas after all," writes Seaman Ross Mickleson to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edw. Mickleson. "There's too much to be done. However, things are going fine and we'll have good news for you before long. My two pals are still with me." Located overseas, but where he gets the County News regularly, Seaman Rex McAllister says he gets much enjoyment out of it, but wonders why he hasn't rated the column yet. We gave his father the reason, "The family has not reported!" Rex has a promotion coming up and we'll watch for it, if they'll tell us. ' Roosevelt Gubler returned late Tuesday to Las Vegas after spending spend-ing a 15-day furlough at Ivins with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Gubler Jr. He is a mechanic me-chanic at the Las Vegas post and this is his first furlough home in a year, even though stationed so close. Sst. Dee I-ang Returns Sgt. Dee Lang returned home from Fort Shelby, Miss., Monday evening with an honorable discharge dis-charge from military sendee on account of physical disability. A member of the 115th Engineers Engi-neers when he left St. George in March, 1941, Dee has had training train-ing in several of the larger Army camps during the almost three years, and has won promotions in rank. He expected until r2cently to go overseas, but since Uncle Sam has discharged him, he is back now to do his par: in other ways on the home front To Visit Relatives Here Mrs. Spencer Truman and baby girl arrived last Saturday from Rosemead, Calif., to visit with Lieut. Truman's family, and with relatives in Santa Clara and to introduce their daughter to friends and relatives. Lieut. Truman is overseas and his wife and baby are making their home with her parents at Rosemead for the duration. Both are well and Lieut. Truman will have plenty of reason to celebrate cele-brate when he returns and meets his daughter. Mrs. Charlotte 7" turned Monday from visum" tives in Glendale, Utah s'h accompanied home by Mrs. Merl Brinkerhoff, whQ on business. ' ca")e Mrs. Orson" Hal left as, day evening for San FYaL where she will visit her daiZf0 Ensign Adelia Hal auMn, |