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16 SERVICE NEWS (Continued from page 1 0 j £ tenance crew at Roseburg, for he has sent several souvenirs to friends in Rose burg. Pvt. Warren “Shorty” Househoulder, formerly a member of the maintenance crew at Roseburg, has embarked from the east coast for parts unknown. We had a visit recently from Sgt. Dickerson of the Marines, formerly with the Patching and Oiling Crews. He is noW stationed at San Diego. ■ More information on Tech.. Sgt. Lewis J. and Clayton K. Ansell S 1'/c, sons of Leonard Ansell, of the LaGrande Section Crew. Lewis is now in France with the ordinance department and Clayton is a gunner in the Pacific area. Sgt. Bernard and Pvt. Robert Grui^» „sons of Edward Gruis and brothers of Don and Clarence Gruis< (employees of the LaGrande Shops) are „in the service.; Bernard is now serving in Italy while Robert, a new recruit, is in the tank battalion and is stationed at Ft* Knox, Kentucky. Clifford .(Dutch) Allstott, formerly a mechanic in the Shop, is* stationed in San Diego. Jim R. McPherson . S 2/c, son of James “Scotty” McPherson of the La Grande Shops is home on leave. He is stationed at the Naval Training Center in San Diego. Pfc. Gail Williamson, a brother-in- law of Edward Chidsey of the Mainten ance Division in LaGrande is now sta tioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gail was with the Oiling Crew at Ba ker at one. time. ^Sgt. Donald Travers©, former em ployee with the Oiling Crew, is ,s-iâè,< tioned in Champaign, Illinois. His wife, the former Virginia Kletz, and baby are with him. I Joseph E. Gately on November 1, 1944, returned to the State Highway Department, Traffic Engineering Di- yjsiop ,after 32 months in the service. Joe enlisted as a Shipfitter (Draftsman) in the “Sea Bees” in February 1942, and took his basic training in Rhode Island and Virginia. After four months he went overseas, with the 3rd Naval Construction Battalion and Was station ed on New Caledonia, While there, he contracted asthma and was sent to the States in February of 1943 after 8 months in the South Pacific. From Feb ruary to May of 1943 Joe “bounced3! from hospital to hospital in California waiting for doctors to determine if he was fjlr for limited duty or a Médical Survây. Finally he was assigned to the Santa Ana Naval Air Station at Santa Ana, California, where her was located until July of 1943. From Santa Ana Joe Was transferred to San Diego, Land- Eugene Concrete Pipe & Products Co. P.O .B O X 947 - EUGENE, OREGON
