Show v news from 1 j 1 those in the service I 1 sf y mrs ernest porter has received word from her son and daughter in di law lieutenant andars and mrs blaine porter of the arrival of a baby daughter born last week at long beach cal lieutenant porter Is serving in the army air corps this Is their first child seabee bert giles son of mr and mrs loyal giles Is suffering from spinal meningitis at a base hospital in california his parents have returned from a visit to him they report he ais i Is getting along fine private E D vest left by train tuesday evening for his base at lowry field colo after spending a fur ough with his folks here while here rivals private vest miss virginia welliam ind mr and mrs E T vest spent a i reek leek end in provo visiting relatives nd friends A breakfast was given 1 I i honor of private vest sunday lorning at the home of mr and mrs tonald donald L jones private vest and miss virginia becham were dinner guests of miss 1 roberta joberta guild of spanish fork and w ent a very enjoyable afternoon vis et ing there ria hillard J williams of morgan has he an een promoted to private first class atlle Is stationed at camp lee va it mrs llla lila croft of morgan has reora ived a letter from george C kendy lieutenant general gg U S A amander mm ander in regard to her son the ater reads m recently your son staff sergeant t alter L croft was decorated with I 1 e air medal it was an award made wi recognition of courageous service P his combat organization his fellow neriman airmen his country his beer ine 0 and to you 0 i he was cited for meritorious nc N ile while participating in rial dal flight in the southwest pacific ini im june 26 1944 to september 2 14 4 your son took part in sustained ritt r rational lonal flight missions during ich hostile contact was probable f expected these flights included bing missions against enemy in lations flatirons flat ions shipping and supply bases aided considerably in the recent besses in this theater staff taff sergeant croft gunner on a fa liberator bomber enlisted in the corps in may 1943 and was as ted overseas in june 1944 rs george wright has received d that her son sergeant albert J Is in germany since he left ag united states in december he has i in francer belgium holland and low fow in n germany e said ald that things in holland were laper aper to buy t than ban anywhere he had I 1 that they could get their laun done tor for two packages of cigar lind a bar of soap they were ra toone to one oat loaf of 0 bread a week luumi loaves of bread were three feet il ayad large around as a milk bot es wright also heard from adoth I 1 n sergeant leland J wright has spent the past ten months in it a I 1 said the red cross pave gave them a t e and were three white ION W and three chinese girls present at daout jA bout out a hundred soldiers |