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42 SERVICE NEWS (Continued from Page 4 i) port and in the course of his work may get a chance to visit his parents: and friends— soon, we hope. Tom Cooper, son of Mrs. Teresa Cooper of the State Industrial Accident Commission, is home from Farragut, Idaho on a week’s leave. The -'Navy seems to agree with Tom. Chief Wayne Lithgow of the Sea- bees, is in the Mariannas, or was at last writing. He may be in Tokyo soon. Everett Lyman is also in the Seabees and is on one of those Islands, being a neighbor to Lithgow. ★ Reported missing since September 28 in action over Germany, Lt. Robert S. Stearns, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carey Stearns, Lapine, was killed in action, his parents have been notified. Lt. Stearns, a bombardier, was in a plane shot down only ten miles from Berlin. The young officer went overseas last May. He was attending Oregon State College when he ¡entered the service. Previous to that time he worked on the maintenance crew at Lapine. ★ Pvt. James Koch Risen, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Risen, Bend, has been killed in action in the European ‘theater of war, his parents have been officially notified. Only recently Pvt. Risen had been reported missing in ac- tiofi. Pvt. Risen volunteered for enlist ment while attending Oregon State Col lege, prior to that time he was employ ed on the construction party of W. S. Hodge at Madras, His father is with the Highway Department Bend. Cpl. Joseph Miller, former' Highway Shop mechanic at the Salem shops, is now soldiering at Fort Sill. Joe is help ing keep the jeeps and trucks going down , that way and advises he is re ceiving a lot of good schooling on con voy movements and expedience as well "as mechanical subjects. Joe expresses his appreciation of our magazine and Says he is all for it. Elbert Elliott, formerly employed on the Coryallis Section Maintenance Crew, is .now on Leyte Island and. is pretty busy dodging sniper bullets. Andy Ayers, also- from Corvallis,! running shovel for the C .B /s on Leyte. The Hohner boys, Joe and Paul, are together on a beautiful island in the Pacific) but would glady trade it for one look at Oregon.' Orville Waddell, now serving as sig nalman on a Landing Craft in the Pa cific Area, reports that he has joined the boxing team and is really making a business of fighting these days. He said that he was having it easy while his boat was being used to evacuate the wounded from Leyte. Marine Captain Grover Betzer, son Van Aken Sand & Gravel Co. OREGON’S LEADING UPSTATE AGENCY Excavating - Ditch Digging We specialize in Concrete Sand and Gravel Office Phone 1608-W Forest Grove, Oregon
