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13 months in France under the protection of the French patriots, the first hour or so of which was spent in the middle of an evergreen blackberry thicket. The krauts who searched for him a few minutes after his parachute landed neg lected to crawl into the thicket. Pete says he has a good idea of how a hunt ed rabbit feels. If there has to be, a next time, Pete, we hope you will be on the other end of the hunt. Cpl. Pete Thomas, a member of "Chuck” Headrick’s patch crew before joining the army, is somewhere in the Pacific area. Get us a few Japs, Pete! Tech. Sgt. Lewis J. Ansell and Clay ton K. Ansell, S 1/c, sons of Leonard Ansell, of the La Grande section crew are both overseas and we would appre ciate more information as to their whereabouts, if anyone has such. P.F.C. Max L. Smith, U.S. Army En gineers, a former member of the Enter prise Section crew is believed to be somewhere in France. C. J. Bodewig, A.M.M. 2/c, U.S.N., a former member of the Baker main tenance crew, has been in the Navy about 26 months, and is now in Corpus Christi, Texas. Lt. James D. Hanley is with the Army Engineers in Alaska. James was formerly with the highway department in Baker. He says the weather up there is much worse than home as the wind blows harder and the cold gets colder. TS D. A. Van Gilder, known as Darwin to the Moro section crew where he worked for some time prior to en tering the service, is somewhere in the Pacific on one of the smaller is lands, after having been in New Guinea. Darwin says New Guinea is quite pret ty even if it is quite a jungle. He has been running a roller for one of the Army Construction Engineer outfits and says he makes the wheels turn fast, as the faster they turn the quicker he will get the job done so he can come (Continued on page 24) HE gave a Gallon., can YOU spare a Pint? • O ut there, on the fighting front, w h e n b lo o d spurts there’s no way to shut it off with a paltry pint. Many a wounded m an has lo s t a g a llo n o r more ere aid could reach him. That’s why they often have to borrow a little from the folks at home. W ill you spare a pint—a couple o f tea- cupsful—to save some sol dier’s life? It’s the only per sonal con trib u tion w e can make to help w in the war! Better arrange the appoint m ent w ith th e R ed C ross Blood D onor Center now. W ILLETT’S C A P IT A L D R U G STORE 405 State St., at Liberty • • • • • PRESCRIPTIONS COONS TOP HAT For Fine Food 1275 State St. - Salem
