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Show Roosevelt Grade School Has Large Enrollment Registration at the elementary elemen-tary school was larger than anticipated an-ticipated for the first, week of school, reports Principal Leland Wilde. The enrollment was 472 with a few more pupils expected to enter by the beginning of the third week. Eighty-two percent of the present enrollment arc being served hot lunch at the Hot Lunch Center. The number served serv-ed has increased each day. The Hot Lunch project is becomming bigger and better each year. A complete faculty has been on the job since the beginning day of school and conscientiously conscientious-ly working for the betterment and benefit of the children. We were sorry to lose the services of 'Anna Michie who resigned be-1 be-1 cause of ill health. Teacher placement for the school year is as follows: 1st grades Faun Lcavitt and La-Rue La-Rue Nixon. 2nd grades Erma Anderton and Lillian Wilkerson. 3rd grades Dorothy Walker and Olga K. Roberts. 4th grades Ruth Jorgensen and Ada F. Gomm. 5th grades Nora D. Mathews and Dicia Emert. 6th grade Ella Nybcrg. 7th grades Blanche Murphy and Leland Wilde. Music James L. Gomm. AWARDED BRONZE STAR j With the 27th Infantry Division Divis-ion on Saipan, for meritorious service in connection with military mili-tary operations against the Japanese Jap-anese during the successful campaign cam-paign for Saipan Island in the Marianes, 1st Lt. Howard Dill-man Dill-man Blumer, of Roosevelt, a member of the Field Artillery of the 27th Army Division, has been awarded the Bronze Star medal. Presentation of the medal was made at a ceremony on Saipan Sai-pan by Major General George W. Griner, Division commander. Lt. Blumer is the son of Mrs. Belle Harmston of Roosevelt. v Pa fa. SEEN ACTION WITH THE MARINES Home from the Marianas where he saw action at Saipan and Tinian, Marine Corporal Sam Arrats of Fort Duchesne has reported at the San Diego, California, Marine corps base for reclassification and reassignment. reassign-ment. He is wearing the Presidential Presi-dential Unit citation and star for the second award. He was home last week on his first furlough since going overseas. Cpl. Ar-jats Ar-jats made his home with Tommy Tom-my Arrats at Ft. Duchesne before be-fore entering the service. BROTHERS HOME ON FURLOUGH Master Sergeant James LaVar Hancock, who is in the Mechanical Mechani-cal division in the Army Air Corp, was home on a few days furlough last week, returning to his base at Mather Field, California Cali-fornia Sunday. M-Sgt. Hancock entered the Army in July, 1940. TOM HANCOCK .Tamp? Thnm;i? Hancock of the U S Navy, has just completed his "boot" training at Farragut, Idaho, and spent last week, home. He left Monday to report back for duty. They are the sons of Leo V. Hancock of the Hancock Han-cock Cove. SERVING OVERSEAS Pvt. Gerald M. Bolton, rifleman, rifle-man, is serving with the 349th Infantry Regiment, one of Lt. General Mark W. Clark's Fifth Army units which smashed the Gustav and Hitler lines and chased the Germans from the Garigliano to the Arno River in Italy, Highlights of the regiment action below Rome came at Maenza when one platoon ambushed am-bushed an entire German armored armor-ed company attempting to flee the town. RETURNS FROM SEA DUTY Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Swain spent the week end visiting at the home of Mrs. Pearl Swain. Mr. Swain is in the U S Navy and has spent the past six months serving overseas in the Southwest Pacific. He will report re-port at Bremington, Washington October 11th. Mrs. Pearl Swam accompanied them home to Provo Monday where she will spend the week. COMPLETES COURSE CHANUTE FIELD, ILL. Pvt. Glenn Hancock, son of Alva D. Hancock of Bluebell, Utah has completed and graduated from this school of the ARMY AIR Forces training command. While attending this school he received instruction in the Electronics course, and in various technical ! operations vital to the majnten-ance majnten-ance of the country's fighting planes. |