Show News of Manti Men In Uniform Surprise Visit Mr and Mrs 1 Grant Dyreng were vere pleasantly surprised when their heir son Gaylen and friend Dean Winkler Vinkler arrived home on ona ona a weeks week's unexpected furlough from rom San Diego Mr Winkler Vinkler stayed until Wednesday and then left eft for Logan to visit with his folks Mr 1 and Mrs Airs Dyreng accompanied Gaylen as far as Cedar City on Saturday and the family amily visited there over the week end with Charles and Jean Gaylen's ship the Essex has las been in dry dock in San Diego for some time and has undergone extensive remodeling which has made it one of the most modern aircraft carriers afloat float Gaylen has served three of f his four year enlistment and will vill be shipping out from San Diego about the first of Decem- Decem ber Arrives In Alaska Rodney Lyon son of Mr and Mrs LaMont Lyon arrived at Ft Richardson Alaska on October October Oc- Oc tober ober 12 This post is located six ix miles northwest of the city of f Anchorage and is about 1300 miles from Seattle Washington The trip took five days and four our nights and was on a rough stormy tormy sea Rodney says seasickness seasickness sea- sea sickness is far worse than carsickness carsickness car- car sickness because you cant can't get getoff getoff off ff and walk Fort Richardson resembles the theop top op of Six Mile file Canyon with all its ts pines Rodney says At the present time the temperature drops to about 30 degrees above zero ero but in the dead of winter it t goes down to 20 or 30 be- be low ow They have issued him 35 pounds of clothing and he says he ic looks like on Eskimo when all 11 dressed up Skis were also issued During the hunting season sportsmen have their choice of I Moose Caribou sheep bear benr and I goat The principal game fish of f Alaska are Cutthroats Bolly Bony and Rainbow Rainbow Rainow Rain- Rain bow ow The first year in Alaska servicemen are residents non-residents and nd the license costs but buthe the he second year they can obtain one for Rodney says he figures it will pay him to stand by Food prices in Alaska are only a few cents higher on canned goods than in Manti he say says I He sends his best wish wishes s to all the folks at home Commission and Wings The gold wings of a n naval aval a val aviator and a a commission as Ensign Ensign En- En sign ign were awarded to Lee Thurston Thurton Thur- Thur Thur-I Thur ston ton at Pensacola Florida re re- re Lee will go to Corpus I Christi Texas for further training train train- I ing ng before reporting for duty with the Pacific Fleet To Korea Staff Sergeant J. J R. R Maxfield 1 husband of the former Marilyn Dyreng has been sent to Korea Kor Kor- ea as head of a crew of 16 men meno mento mento to o remodel planes Maxfield Maxfield Maxfield Max- Max field has been an instructor at Amarillo Texas for the past three years Marilyn is spending spending spend- spend ing ng a month at Lyman Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming with her laws in-laws and will then come to Manti 1 to spend the winter with her folks Mr and Mrs Grant Dyreng I |