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Show With the Colors Mr. and Mrs. Dick Jones Wednesday Wednes-day evening shortly after 7 o'clock had the thrill of their lives when they were placed in telephone communication with their son, James M. Jones, seaman second class, who had just arrived at the Oajkland naval hospital, presumably presum-ably from the base hospital at Pearl Harbor. Jimmie, gunner's , mate aboard a cruiser in Pacific service, was. seriously wounded in the Philippines some time ago when his ship, standing by in an effort to put out the fire on the carrier Princeton, suffered several casualties as the Princeton blew up, scattering debris in every direction. di-rection. Lynn Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. 0. R. Williams and a fireman aboard the cruiser, also was injured but was hospitalized for only a short time and has been home on leave for the past two weeks. Jimmie told his folks that he had stood on his injured foot for the first time that day but still was I not able to use his right hand for writing, it having been in splints all this time. His stay at the Ookland hospital, temporary though it may be, should be a bit happier for the fact that a cousin is employed in that hospital as a dietitian, while an aunt, a sister of Mrs. Jones, resides re-sides in Oakland. Added to our service men's subscription sub-scription list this week was the name of Stanley Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lewis of South Mil-ford. Mil-ford. Stanley joined the ' navy some two years ago and was assigned as-signed to a construction battalion, more commonly known as the "Seabees", and is now believed to j be located on one of the Mariana j islands. He has a rating of motor j machinists mate third class and is j enjoying the work immensely. Mrs. Norman Lamb and little daughter, Lola Dornae, have come to Minersville for a holiday visit with home folks and friends. Mrs. Lamb is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Davis and she and her daughter recently returned to Salt Lake City from Fort Riley, Kansas, where they visited with Private Lamb. The latter is in ! training with a cavalry recconnais-J recconnais-J sance unit and has since been j transferred to Camp Polk, Louisi-i Louisi-i ana. Mrs. Lamp expects to join I him there later. I j Mr. and Mrs. Carl Elmer have ' received the good news that their ' two sons, Sergeant Don Q. Elmer ! and Corporal Gael Elmer, have I visited with each other "some-j "some-j where in Italy," where both now ; are located. Don, who is attached to a bomber repair unit, has been ; in Italy for nearly a year, while 1 Gael, member of a crew of a Fly-!ing Fly-!ing Fortress, has just arrived I overseas. ! (Cortinued on Inst pngel With theCoIors (Continued from paee 1) Staff Sergeant Donald L. Gus-tin Gus-tin and wife visited Monday and Tuesday at the home of Sergeant Gustin's sister, Mrs. James Smith-son. Smith-son. They were enroute to Xephi after a short honeymoon trip to southern California. Theyi will spend a short time in Nephi with the sergeant's mother before he reports for further duties in the service of Uncle Sam. The News is in receipt of a very attractive V-mail greetings from How C. Limb, F 1c, who is with a navy aviation overhaul unit in Pacific service. How's ability as an artist and cartoonist is well, known and the V-letter page, bearing bear-ing the inscription, "Christmas Greetings from the Pacific," is decorated with palms and other tropical vegetation surrounding a thatched building, no doubt representing repre-senting a tribal headquarters. And last week we received from . How a copy of the mid-September issue of "Our Navy", featuring an article on Salvage Diving. |