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Ted Smith, son of R. M. Smith, Dis­
trict Maintenance Supt. at Corvallis,
enlisted in the Navy on May 2nd and
was sent to San Diego for boot camp
training. He writes home that he is tak­
ing some rather strenuous exercises that
are guaranteed to remove the "bulge”
from any one’s anatomy. However, Ted
is doing* all right and passed the Navy’s
strength test with 30 push-ups and 50
set-ups.
Alvie Putnam, son of Joe Putnam,
section foreman at Corvalli,s and now
a Lieutenant J.G. in the U. S. Navy, has
been flying an observation plane based
on a Cruiser. Recently he suffered a
broken leg when he slipped on one, of
the ship’s ladders. This accident landed
him in a hospital somewhere in the
Mariannas. As soon as transportation is
available and he is sufficiently recov­
ered he will be returned to the United
States and given at least 6 months
Stateside service.
T / 5, Cecil W. Head has reported sev­
eral interesting comments on his ac­
tivities since late April. "One town we
went through we found mixed emotions
of crying, laughing, throwing of flow­
ers,' and silence from the people . . .”
"We really have been on the move
lately and it is more like a rat race
and I do mean rats. We are now at last
resting, getting clean clothes, showers
and sleep.”
Cec is with the 9 1st Inf. Div. He has
been overseas since March, 1944, and
has, spent the most of this time with the
5 th Army in Italy. Prior to entering the
armed forces in October, 1942, Cec
was employed by the Highway Dept/
and worked for Mr. Glaisyer, Secretary
to the Highway Commission.
Roger E. "Pinky” Card, C.M. 3/c
stopped in Myrtle Creek the other day
to sayhello to the fellows with whom
he used to work. He was on his way
back to duty after spending a few days
with his folks at Jacksonville. Mr. Card
spent some time in the Aleutians, but
for the last few months has been sta­
tioned at Clatskanie, Oregon. He is very
anxious to get back to his old job with
the Highway Commission.
Sgt. Joe Arnold, former shovel op­
erator with the Highway, Department
is now with the U.S. Army Engineers
somewhere in England. Recently Joe
met Lt. (Tex) Carlton and Tex gave
him a copy of The Oregon State Em­
ployee. Joe liked the O.S.E. and wanted
to subscribe. The Oregon State Em­
ployee is mailed fre.e to all former state
employees in the service upon receipt
of their address and we hope that you
will find it interesting. We have Joe’s
address and he is on our mailing list.
There is a berth on a speeder shovel
waiting for you Joe when you get home.
Ash Taber was home on a thirty-day
furlough in January and at preseiit is
in a Navy Hospital in California1 being
treated for an eye infection. Ash was
helper at Odell Lake prior to joining
the Sea Bee’s a year ago last August. He
is now a G.P.O.
Wei Maxwell is now in overseas duty.
We don’t know whether he is gunnin’
fo r a hun of out to slap a Jap, but we
do know he would like to hear from any
of his old friends. He is now a first
class machine I gunner and, as you re­
member, was head office man for Mr.
Toole.
The following interesting letter was
written by Pfc. Donald E. Hardcastle
from a French village on March 12: "I
wish to thank you for the copies of
The Oregon State Employee which I
have been receiving right along. Cer­
tainly enjoy them and especially any
scenes of old Oregon. I happen to be
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