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ature has been rising steadily as his
ship sails on. One wonders as to his
final destination. His new mail address
is C. V. Hess, MM2/ c , 579 CBMU
Pit. 4, c /o F.P.O. San Francisco, Cal
ifornia. Charles is feeling a little let
down to have missed V-J day on shore
and would appreciate hearing from his
friends at home.
Perry F. Conner, SK2/c, with the
Seabees in the South Pacific, writes that
he is receiving the Oregon State Em
ployee and enjoys it very much. Perry
met Charles Hess, also a former High
way employee, over there and they pro
ceeded to rebuild Oregon highways. We
hope to see both of you back in Salem
soon.
Tom Osborn, AOR 3/c, a bombar
dier in the Naval Air Corps now sta
tioned at Whidby Island,. Washington,
and his brother, Jerry, Aviation Ma
chinist Mate, now stationed at the
North Bend Naval Air Station, visited
at the home of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Osborn of Salem during the
first week of July. Tom will be remem
bered as a former Willamette University
student and employee of the Travel
Bureau of the State Highway Commis
sion.
Eugene Brake and Motor
E. E. Merewether, Proprietor
Wheel Aligning a Specialty
From C.P.A. News:
We received the following letter
from Max Saunders a couple of weeks
ago. From what he writes, he seems to
have fared army life O.K.:
“I want to express my appreciation
for the News which has come quite reg
ularly to me. I’ve enjoyed every bit of
it. I’ve had a new address since near
the middle of June (moved on Sunday,
as usual) but I haven’t been too anxious
to send my change of address letters
until we were settled. There have been
all sorts of rumors about going home. I
don’t think we will be here more than
a couple of months longer because they
seem to be sending them back in re
verse order to the time they came
overseas, and this outfit wasn’t here
until last October.
*T was glad to hear that Bill DeCew
was safe. The 515th went into combat
March 13 in time to help the 7th Army
kick off two days later. We came
through without a scratch from enemy
action. Except for 'bad check Charlie’
there were almost no German planes
around us, but plenty of our own. The
Air Corps has given themselves lots of
publicity but they deserve most of it.
Regards to all, Max.”
Here’s a letter we just received from
Ted Thompson: "Bout time to send my
new address as I miss the C.P.A. News.
Eugene Planing Mill
General Mill Work
Telephone 2080
940 Pearl Street
Eugene, Oregon
Mill & Office - Cor. Third & Lawrence
Phone 1793
P. O. Box 504
Eugene, Oregon
Jackson Hotel and Coffee Shop
Fine Foods
Machlin Robinson, Manager
Comfortable Accommodations
Medford, Oregon