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Show News from the Washington County People At Service Camps and Nation's Battle Fronts Cpl. Schamp Killed In Action Frionds in St. George received word over the week end from Mrs. Rhoda Johnson, of Gooding, Ida., telling of the death of her son, Cpl. Orval Schamp, who was in the U. S. postal service with General Clark's Fifth Army. The announcement received by Mrs. Johnson said her son was killed in action Nov. 13th, in Italy. Cpl. Schamp is a former Dixie college student ,and was well-known well-known in St. George. His father, Thomas Schamp was a veteran of the Spanish-American War and died in Leeds a few months ago. Surviving Orval, are his mother and two sisters, Mrs. LaVerna Prescott of Bremerton, Wash., and Mrs. Ellen Beachell of Filer, Ida. No other details are available Pti U:a Pa A Surprise Vinit Mrs. Mcrvin Dyer, the former Emma Lee Atkin and her friend, Mrs. Sally Boyd surprised Mrs. Dyer's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hemenway with a visit over last Friday. They were enroute to California, Mrs. Boyd to join her husband at Camp Roberts and Mrs. Dyer to spend Chrislmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Atkin and family. Mrs. Dyer has been in Walla Walla, Wash., the past several weeks with her husband, who was recently advanced to the rank of First Lieut, in the Army air corps, and made assistant operations oper-ations officer before leaving for overseas. His work will include responsibility in flight formations and operations of the bombing groups to which he is assigned. While here, Mrs. Dyer showed her grandparents the sweaters which she and her husband have knitted for Christmas presents for her family, and Mrs. Hemenway Hem-enway says the Lieutenant's knitting knit-ting is even better than that done by his wife. tsa Pa Pa II. Cannon Now A Major Reports from Camp Mackall No. Carolina this week list Major Howard W. Cannon, on of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cannon of this city, as one of the officers of the air forces troop carrier command, com-mand, participating in large scale maneuvers involving an entire division di-vision of airborne troops. His - -i; rnment is that of group exec-l exec-l officer of a troop carrier, ft .s battle exercises in which participated involve the movement move-ment of fully-equipped officers and men in troop-carrying gliders and huge transport aircraft, as well as demonstration of procedure proced-ure followed in evacuating wounded wound-ed men from battlefields to base hospitals by air. The troop carrier car-rier command is responsible for getting men and equipment into battle areas throughout the world, says the report, and the giant C-47 twin-engine planes used are a military version of the familiar Douglas airliner. Major Cannon has really been places and trained for many phases of military duty since leaving with the 115th Engineers En-gineers in March, 1941. (9 19 b John Wade Promoted To Sgt. Letters this week from John Wade in the Central Pacific to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Israel Wade report he has just been promoted to the rank of Sergeant, which pleases him and his parents par-ents greatly. He says he is in good health again and has been working hard for this promotion. The Wade's other son, Howard, has also been promoted' and is now a Private First Class. He has been awarded two medals, one for rifle firing, and one for his accuracy with the 37 mm. anti-tank gun. fi )a Brother Is Missing In Action . Mrs. Stephen Kirkland received word last week that her brother, Sgt. Ewell Temples, a radio operator op-erator on a Flying Fortress, has been lost over Burma since Nov. 27. Sgt. Temples is from the southern states. Pa Si )si S3c Melvin Terry Writes Letters this week from Melvin Terry, S3c indicate he will not be able to come home for Christmas Christ-mas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jed M. Terry and sister, Clara Joyce, but he is happy in the thought they will be having a good time and will be glad to know he has finished the first difficult weeks of his training and is now in school. Like most of the boys, he found the first weeks plenty difficult, but the way looks brighter. He is enrolled in the torpedo school and wearing the insignia of his school on the right arm of his blues. Most of the units have their insignias on their left arm, but the torpedo unit is different. dif-ferent. He says the schooling won't be easy, but when his wprk is completed he hopes to go on a sub or one of the other seagoing sea-going craft of that division or even assigned t the Marine corps. Capt. Olds Coming Home Mr. and Mrs. George Olds of St. George plan to celebrate Christmas with enthusiasm this year, having received word by V-Mail Saturday that their son, Capt. George R. Olds will be here with them from overseas. A military mili-tary news release just received at the News office explains t.iat Captain olds has completed fifty combat missions, as a U. S.-A. S.-A. A. F. B-17 Fortress bombardier, being squadron bombardier of the "Red Devil" squadron in the Mediterranean theatre. Captain Olds joined the Army Jan. 26, 1942 as an air cadet. He received his bombardiers' wings at Albuquerque, N. M., July 4, 1942, and left the United States for foreign service March 12, 1943. His first combat mission was on May 5, 1943, just before the surrender of Tunisia, and was directed at LaGoulette, the port of Tunis. His 50th mission was on Nov. 18, against Eleusis airdrome, air-drome, near Athens, Greece, which was the principal German bomber base from which Junkers 88's were striking at the British in the Dodecanese Islands. On this mission Captain Olds was the lead bombardier, and he hit the assigned area squarely, says the official report. A graduate of Dixie junior college, col-lege, Captain Olds worked as a carpenter in Salt Lake City before be-fore he joined the Army air forces. He reports having had many narrow escapes from flak and German fighters, but "that's my diet for a 'long time", states Captain Olds. H h SSgt. Truman Returns To Post SSgb Rodney J. Trumar returned re-turned last week to his training post at Camp Forfeit, Tenn., after enjoying a ten-day furlough in St. George with his mother, Mrs. Florence Truman and other relative" While he was here a family gathering was held at the home of his sister, Mrs. Murray 'Bracken. 'Brack-en. Here for the event were Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Elmer and Mr. and Mrs. Max Hannig and families of Pioche. Sgt. Truman also spent a day at Veyo visiting another sister, Mrs. June Chadburn. Pa IS Sa Pfc. F. Anderson Marries Announcement was received this week from J. R. Crawford, of 3103 Austin Ave., Brownwood, Texas, of the marriage of his daughter, Maedelle, to Pvt. Frank W. Anderson, a Washington county soldier who is stationed at Camp Bowie, Texas. The couple were married in Stephensville, Texas, Dec. 5, at 5 p. m., and drove from there to Fort Worth for a short honeymoon. hon-eymoon. Pvt. Anderson is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Anderson of Pintura, Utah. He was inducted in-ducted into the U. S. Army Mar. 4, 1942, and is a tank mechanic in the ordinance maintenance division. Mrs. Anderson, who is an auditor audi-tor at the Camp Bowie depot, will continue her employment for the duration, after which the couple plan to return to southern Utah to make their home. Wa" Pa Lieut. E. Cox Visits Here Home for at least part of the Christmas holidays are Lieut. Jr. Grade Everard Cox of the Navy air corps, and his wife, the former Lela Sullivan. Mrs. Cox, who was in Logan attending school joined her husband at Salt Lake City and they arrived in St. George Saturday evening, visiting while here with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Cox, and with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Sullivan Sul-livan and families. Lieut. Cox in his military service serv-ice to date knows the scope of the ocean as well as the land, says he is in the best of health and while he has enjoyed his voyages thus far, is happy to have the privilege of two weeks land leave to vis.it the home folks. Mrs. Cox plans to return to the U. S. A. C. after the holidays. h h R Flies Over St. George Several local people gave special attention Tuesday, Dec. 7th, when a formation of four 4-motored Liberator bombers flew over St. George, then returned to circle part of the city. One bomber flew separate from the others and Howard Snow, five-year-old son of Pres. and Mrs. Harold S. Snow called his mother into the yard, insisting his brother Dean was the pilot. A letter from Lieut. Dean B. Snow verified Howard's assumption. assump-tion. Lieut. Snow reported the formation forma-tion was making a cross-country flight from Blythe, Calif., over Pine Valley and back. Naturally he was hoping some of the folks would get the idea when he circled the town right over their home. By now he will have their letter saying Howard and his mother were watching. Vaughan Hafen Promoted Vaughan Hafen, son of Mrs. Selina Hafen of Santa Clara, was recently promoted to First Class Petty Officer in the U. S. Navy, according to formation received by his mother. After serving nine months in the personnel department de-partment at Camp Peary, Va., he was transferred to Gulfport, Miss., where he is now stationed. Prior to enter'mg the service in January, 1943, Mr. Hafen and his wife, the former Jimmie Lee Crane, of Las Vegas, resided for one year at Amarillo, Texas, where he was employed in the general office of the Santa Fe railroad company, and where Mrs. Hafen is still employed. She visited vis-ited recently in Mississippi with Mr. Hafen. lfia Pa is Rex McAllister Promo uid Aviation Machinists' Mate 1c is the title Rex McAllister now adds to T-'s name in the U. S. Navy, having been promoted to thf.t rank very recently. Rex has advanced to this rank in less than one year of service, which is making progress. According to reports there is one step higher he can take and he hopes in time to make that grade in the Navy air forces. The folks at home feel pretty sure they know where he is located lo-cated and know he will be able to tell them some real .stories when he gets back home. Frequently Fre-quently he is -able to visit with his brother-in-law, Carl Barton, who has been in the service four years and now with a bomber crew. Mrs. Barton and their little daughter are making their home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. W. McAllister for the duration. dura-tion. Asked what she'd like for Christmas, his daughter said her first wish would be for her daddy to come home, and if he couldn't come, she'd like a doll. Looks like it will be the doll this year. Pa P Pa Home With Parents Visiting in St. George Wednesday Wednes-day was Mrs. Elmon Hendricks, the former Ivena Terry, of Enterprise, Enter-prise, who is making her home with her parents while her husband hus-band SSgt. Hendricks is in the Army. He left for overseas just a few weeks after their marriage, so she is hoping he will be returning re-turning before long. Sgt. Hendricks has been in the Australian area for more than two years and figures it will be a few months yet before he can come home. However, he had a surprise recently when he met two Enterprise boys, the brothers Merrill and Norman Laub at an M. I. A. social. He had known them previously, but the fact that they came from his wife's home-town made them good friends, and since they had come from the U. S. rather recently they found things to talk about. Pa Pa Pa Lieut. Sullivan Returns To Post Second Lieut. John Richard (Dick) Sullivan arrived Sunday from Camp Polk, La., having been called home on account of the serious illness of his infant daughter, daugh-ter, who was suffering from pneumonia pneu-monia but is reported improving. Lieut. Sullivan was transferred recently from Camp Lee, Va., to Camp Polk, and returned to his post Wednesday evening. Mrs. Sullivan returned two weeks ago from visiting her husband at Camp Lee. Pa Pa Pa Changes Address Again Most recent word from Lieut. Donworth Gubler is just a brief V-Mail message from somewhere in England which says, "Here is my latest address and last address ad-dress for some time, I hope, but will not promise. I suppose you'd like to see me settle down somewhere, some-where, too. "I'll be looking forward eagerly eag-erly to receiving the News over here." Lieut. Gubler made enough moves in the United States, that it should please him to have a more definite location, and most of the boys from this area seem to like England. Insurance and Real Estate W. O. BENTLEY Phono 10S Pickett Bldg. |