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work his lifetime career when he gets
back and has requested membership in
our Association. Give him three cheers!
Sgt. Frank Whittemore. Frank is
gunnery instructor at Yuma Airbase,
where he has been stationed for about a
year. He visited at the Salem Shops re
cently, where he worked as machinist
for about 12 years before going into the
Army. He also served in the last war
overseas and will be remembered by
many as a member of Salem’s great
American Legion U.S. Championship
Drum Corps. Frank said the Yuma
weather was getting springlike when he
left there in June, it being about 110
degrees F. the day he left.
Cpl. John F. Kergil. We have very
little information on John but hear he
is in England. John’s last job with
the Highway was Assistant Office man
at Astoria. If anyone up there has more
information on John, please quit holding
out on us and send it in. This goes for
all the boys.
Rex A. Grabenhorst, Mo.M.M. 2/c.
Rex is on the high seas somewhere in
the South Pacific. Rex says his ship
moves around so fast he is allowed only
one air mail letter a week, and that of
course goes to his wife. He says, how
ever, he wants his old friends to write
to him and he may find time to answer
THE INK SPOT
206 N. High St.
Salem, Oregon
Phone 9678
“D istinctive M im eographing”
them between watches. Any letter will
be appreciated as it will serve to keep
things looking better. Highway em
ployees will remember Rex on Boldt’s
oiling crew.
Lt. Com. Harold B. Say, U.S.N.R.
Commander Say was Director of Travel
and Information for the Highway De
partment until July 7, 1941, when he
reported for duty and his duties have
kept him in Washington most of the
time. Harold, however, had the good
fortune to be in England in June of
this year and was over in Normandy
and saw the naval bombardment of
Cherbourg.
Caroline Strohmaier, Y. 2 /c Waves.
Caroline is at Treasure Island where she
is doing her bit for the Navy. Caroline
is doing office work there and should
be O.K. as she was one of the Salem
Shop office girls, for about five years
before going in to the Waves late in
1942, and did an excellent job while
with us. Caroline says she enjoys her
work very much and during her train
ing period had the opportunity of see
ing quite a lot of country she could
not have seen otherwise.
Edward P. Dietz, A. O. M., 2 /c, N a
val Ordnance. Eddie spent his Boot
Camp days in Norman, Okla., and was
shipped out shortly afterwards to the
South Pacific where he spent about 12
months chasing Japs. He was recently
sent home for further training and is
now at the U. of W. in Navy V 12. He
says they really give you the works up
there and he has very little spare time,
but likes it very much. He worked for
Roy Boldt before going into the Navy
in 1942, and is a graduate of Salem
High School.
Bill Burch, Ordnance Spec. 3/c. Bill
spent a 10-day furlough in Salem the
last part of July during which time he
managed to visit friends at the Salem