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home. He says most of the nat.ves
there are employed in spraying the
stagnant swamp water in malaria con
trol and they receive the elegant sum
of $1.60 per month each.
C. H. "Botch” Maison, Chief Store
keeper, U.S.N., returned home recently
from 28 months of service in New
Guinea, the Solomons, the Gilberts, the
Marshalls, and other spots lesser known.
Botch is now at Treasure Island after
his 30 day leave. He stopped in to visit
the highway shop boys just before tak
ing off for the Island and had quite a
visit with his former pals there. He
also visited the Accounting Division
office where he found but few of the
old familiar faces that were there when
he left for the service in early 1942.
Botch says he doesn’t care much for the
Islands but as it is all a part of the job
he has no regrets. He informed us he
had his first airplane ride on a navy
transport between two of the Pacific
islands and did not have to be told
twice to sit still.
Lt. George Sothman, Army Engi
neers, is stationed at Camp Claiborne,
La., so advised Harold Heath, president
of Klamath Falls Chapter No. 12. We
would appreciate a word or two more
about George, or, better yet, from h'm.
Lou Kerber, Chief Machinist Mate,
Seabees, on 10 day leave from Camp
Parks recently visited w ith his former
associates at the highway shops and
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office at Salem, and the D.M.S. office
at Portland. Lou has been at - Camp
Parks about nine months having been
sent there upon his return to the States
in December from the South Pacific
where he spent 19 months. Lou says he
hopes to Jse running that old paving
crew again in the near future, but says
he wants to get the old fight over with
first and is afraid that won’t be very
soon. We hope he is wrong as to the
time.
Marvin J. Van Horn, C.M. 2/c, is a
concrete finisher on one of the Admir
alty Islands. Marvin is a former Alsea
crew member and has been in Samoa,
New Caledonia, New Zealand, etc.
These boys surely get around and with
the experience they are getting we can
see where the highway department will
have a first class force when they all
return.
P.F.C. Jack Holman, A.A.A., says he
has 28 months in on the Hawaiians and
would like to get back to the States as
he would like a change of scenery even
though some of the scenery there is
quite nice. Jack enjoyed the June-July
issue of our magazine very much.
Capt. H enry A. Meyer called at the
Public Utilities Commission office in
Portland where he was employed prior
to entering the service and paid a wel-