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SERVICE NEWS
shape in New Guinea, New Caledonia,
New Hebrides and the Admiralty
groups. Les paid a welcome visit to the
shops at Salem where he was employed
the time he joined the service and has
many things to tell about his experi
ences. His battalion received a citation
for their service in New Caledonia.
Commander Harold B. Say, former
director of the Travel and Informa
tion division of the highway commis
sion, was a recent visitor in Salem. He
was en route to Washington, D.C., af
ter having spent a short time in Hono
lulu. While at Pearl Harbor, Mr. Say
saw a number of former highway de
partment employees including Henry
Jelium, Ray Webber, and Al Skelton.
Mr. Say was recently promoted from
Lt. Commander to a full Commander.
His address is Room 0124, Navy De
partment, Washington, D.C.
1st Lt. Wm. M. Smith, Army Engi
neers, has recently embarked for the
European theatre of war. Mr. H. G.
Smith, Construction Engineer, who
with his wife recently returned from
Illinois after a hurried visit before Bill
embarked says he is in good shape and
should be able to march into Berlin
without any trouble.
Capt. Malcolm Smith was a welcome
visitor in Salem recently. Malcolm, who
was employed by Eddie Clymer for a
number of years has been in the Air
Corps for two and a half years now,
being stationed in various fields in the
southwest. A t present he is at Thun-
derbird Field, Phoenix, Arizona. Look
o u t' for the scorpions and tarantulas
Male, they grow big in the desert!
H arry Broadwell, Resident Engineer,
advises that his son Rolland, who is a
First Lt. in the 289th Combat Division,
Engineers, is stationed at Little Rock,
Arkansas. He entered the army shortly
after Pearl Harbor. If he is as tall as
H arry we would hate to meet him on a
battlefield. Harry, you know, is nearer
6’6” than he is 6’ and built proportion
ately.
Odist Cantril, Section Foreman, at
St. Helens, advises that his boy is now
ball turret gunner on a B-28 bomber,
stationed somewhere in England. He
has been in active battle long enough
to know what they mean when they
say, cornin’ in on a wing and a prayer.
Dick worked on maintenance back in
1942.
Frank Niles, C.C.M., in the Seabees,
is building roads in the occupied islands.
Fran kworked as street inspector in the
Portland District for the past several
years. Mr. Niles received one of our
magazines and was very pleased about
it.
Ray Harris, former patrolman helper
at Multnomah, paid a visit to the Port
land D.M.S. office this week. He is
stationed at the Naval Air Station,
Pasco, Wn. Multnomah looks good to
him and he will be glad to get back to
work there, when the fireworks are
over.
Leland Smith, formerly of the High
way Weights and Measures Dept., is
stationed at Irquois Point in the Hawai
ian Islands. Smith is with the Seabees,
title C. M. 1/c.
J. R. Pilcher, C.M. 1/c, formerly
with a survey crew, is also at the
IrquQis Point. Rumor has it that the
boys in this part of the world have
been having quite a time at the Royal
Hawaiian hotel and learning to eat poi.
Mrs. Margaret Davidson has every
right to feel proud of her four sons in
the service, all former employees of
the highway department. Sgt. Floyd
Davidson, former rollerman for- the
paving crew, is on the island of Saipan.
Delbert (Deb), former street foreman,
for Chuck Headrick, is in the navy
stationed at Mare Island. His rate C.M.
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