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\ l, 1.11 t> iiE A t> Q H A rm :R s. SO UTHW EST PA CIFIC. I s . It «UP» 1.1 Col <• i i l y n M t l l i k n t <Sr«*V«* h r. been , iW « il< U , t | ,t «if the IIIO .I « X t t ' l l e i i l O litn * m | llu H i iti? h cnipii'«* at th i «•- < |iii J of Pi in»«* Mini .h,r John ( ’m tin of A ustralia for savin# Au tr.ilian tro ps pocketed bv aft over w helm ing force of J.ips d u rin g the 1. ie S .it i t i ia u a c a m p a ig n Munkres* battalion s la s h e d through «lense Jungle*. to rescue the A usli .iliahH a n d destroyed in,i se* of the eneinv, ttie citation ..ml He w.i the f, i t A m erican field otficei below general grid«' to receive an aw ard Iron, an allied ii.di Hi in the houthw est Pacific th eatre. Iiir il. ll K arpBtein T rain in g As A viation S tu d e n t ROSW ELL ARMY AIR It...w ell, N M Recently at the- field is aviation C arl II K arpstem , o n o f ! K i i listelli. roule I, R e.i Av S K arptdcm has been a to ttie provisional avi iti. m detachm ent for p r e flight Ii lie joined tile arm v in J 1IM2 P rior Io com ing to III w. 11 Army Au Field, Av S i tern was m foreign s . tv E ngland fcr six m onths. V e te ra n P acific N avy O fficer Local Visitor 1,1 i.l G i Kail G ipe, who re cently re tu rn « ! from service in III- Solitliw c-t Pacific w here he v. i a w .i d 'l l i S ilver S tar f ir g.d- 1 ititr.v in . etion at lliak. is visit- mi. ,.t tin- A .1 ll.u tr.u n p f home. I ,t G ip.' i a g rad u ate of Pacific i nivci its Hr. hom e I in C alifnr- G eh rts F ig h tin g w ith F a m e d In fan try U ni, WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, ltuly l»f< ViiF.il F. G o h iL . iii . k I iiih t Mr. and Mr Le' n I) »vi ed to th e ir hom e at Laurel from B rem erton, W ash., wh ti in be»-n serving • ■ a He» field <1 r< ctor He w ill leav flay night for H im ilton F.» d t<, .erve .< Ited Crons field toi in charge Thi is a pr ?moti n for «and he will have th ree as under turn one being in eh th e hospital w ith a staff of u n d er her Mr Davis and Kistants will cover all ai from H am ilton Field to Id gon b o rd er along th«* eoast H am ilton Field, w hich i San itafael. th e port of e «ation and has 24-hour iter can teen and m otor corps sc Lemon Completes Sixty Missions it. sm all hi li.ily with the .161 it In fu n tiy W e a th e te I tw o hoi ‘if belling Iti-ginn lit. winch s| i .ii tie.iil'-it tin' minutes ni» (» battleships, ■ i i I v . i i h i uf I. ie iilin . iiit G i'iic iu l tai nine de ti uyei Murk W ('lu rk 's Fifth A rm y f r o m V elletri to th e Armi R iver w ith O ctober 21 Comp»» Foui ' m h m d f u l o f out having urne given ground. T he 301st I purl of thi* Wist Powder River ' divi non, c u rre n t ly m the Florence-B ologna d r iv e . g ii u ii f - r . uf C .iiiie li i I. flg h t iiiK checker« or n ro m i. But it would Thursday, December 1. 1941 HILLSBORO ARGUS—S be a place where boys . and girls could go and enjoy themselves in similar place could be rented I If it was run exclusively by Mtw n i By Roy Marts) the company of other boys and Dues by the week or month cculd j ugers,” it should be a success - be collected to make this possible Jim Johnson. girl of their ages Many people I'm sure would be P e p C lu b In itiates glad io ii.ri'rib u tc the use of a P< club held a form al in itia phonograph and records. Games tion W ednesday night at the home could be bought or borrow ed for of B arbara Person, com bined w ith a urn The Moose hall or some Hilhi News News oi Men and Women in Uniform Australians Honor Lt. Col. Munkres W hile then C hristm as party T h >se in- itia'ed w ere Giria G orm an. Lucy Mann B arbara P erson and Ix;e Am. K rarnien. Hi Y H as X m as P a rty Toe Hi-Y C hristm as p arty wa held Morid iy night at th e home i I F*;n. Patter-> n with B ruce Cam p heli as program chairm an. Blue H to In itiate 41s, Ve, to R etu rn To P acific G ro u p Initiation» will be held w ithin th e next two weeks, according to P re dent Jack Doyle T h ere will ( ’. I W arren 'B ill. K ent arrived be an indefinite num ber of new FIFTEEN TH AAF IN ITALY m em bers as all or alm ost all of in H illsboro D ecem ber 7 on a 30- S rrn iu l L ieu ten an t Jo h n L W at will be tlay h ave from tris ba e in the th e foutbill letterm en kins 2h b o m b ard ier on .» B-17 South Pacific Follow ing his fu r Flying Fortress, has recen tly ar- lough. C pl K ent will re tu rn to l i v e d o v i t.se a n d b e e n a s s ig n e d ins ha e A mi in h er of the o r . « t r i a l ( l u h G e b \ r w P in s to a n a d v . li n e d 15th AAF boinbef battei.v F 218th field a rtille ry . P hyllis Englen p resid en t of the i, , . ,i, I • . Iv L t W a t k i n . •• ho •• Kent was am ong those m obilized Phi ■ club, announced th a t the wife. Mi- M arjorie W atkins. re- m H M b M i ld s in c e liu - n h a s seen club now has n ew -p in s. The club ides at P 'itla n d , atten d ed H ills over tw o arid a h alf years of duty al o plan.1 to have a skating party boro high chool and W illam ette ovi ’ .ea- He w ear the American utiivei »ity. prior to his en terin g defen e service m edal and the t h e an «u p s . A pril 2, 1943 He r e A siatic-P acific area cam paign m e- ceived hi com m ission and bom Attend G. It. Formal b ard ier wing« at Deming. N M . More than 18 couples attended Ju n e 10, 1944 H h fath er. Arno. the G irl R eserve scm i-form al dance W atkins, resides at H illsboro route Saturday, D ecem ber 16. at th e Y. A mong the various service men W. C. A. recently hom e oh furP ugh was Pvt Elvin O. W .IFi r. who arriv ed Hold W affle Feed G reetin g s! I I M ON an hom e N ovem ber 23 to visit re la A llene A m acher. Nancy Pitm 1 Ttie Argos acknowledge tives and friends h ere and at and G loria B ates held a w affle •on’s Greeting:- from: .Sgt Je rry P o rtland a fter finishing basic feed in the school cafeteria i Mon- V.ivia fn in Italy. train in g at C R. T (.' at Ft Riley. day evening a fte r school. Ten girls from H illsb ro a tte n d Kansas. Elvin, or “Sw ede" as he nt a I’rlMmer s b e tte r know n to his friends, is ed »he trad itio n al ' H anging of the FIRMALE-IOWA H ILL G the son of Mr and Mr O liver G rieris." at the Y. W C A. in ¿ringer is n o t.a p riso n er of v Those atten d in g w ere W alker, who live on N orth F re e P ortland prin ted m th.' p aper lu t ve Yungen, P riscilla M erkel, man avenue He left D ecem ber 8 Jean large t w is five inches. In arm o r fr m P ortland by tram for Ft Ord. R u 'h R ichard , K itty yd. Jo an plate, in |,e. d. in n u m b er of guns Cal . w here he w as to re p o rt by Seym ore, and D orothy B .dw e.l in land-based planes, in v irtu ally 12 noon on D ecem ber 10. e v ery th in g w hich n orm ally give W hat T his Tow n Needs oik - naval force sujx-riorily over W hat this tow n needs is a ree- another, th n Jap an ese had a hug« W a its A ssig n m e n t rea' n hall. It n eed n 't be anything ad v an tag e over th e A m ericans the A C Silas H Vcrmilyea. J r ¡3 fancy, som e place w h ere high m orning uf O ctober 2« tem p orarily stationed at L aughlin school just students can com e to dance, S h eer courage w u the d ay ' The Field. Del Rio, T exas, aw aiting as play ping-pong, listen to th e radio, co u rag e uf tiie fliers w ho dived signm ent to pre-flight school, ac and play games. th eir plane th ro u g h intense anti- cording to w rd received by his If the churches w ould consent, a ircr «ft fire to attack the Jap a- m other. Mrs S R V erm ilyea, Sr., w hy not have the Y outh F ellow n,• warships, of Hie c a rrie r crew s ro u te 2. F orest G rove. sh ip Leagues, or som e sim ilar w hich fueled, arm ed and launched gro u p of teen-agers' organize it. planes in th e m iddle of the b a t T h ere are tw o or th ree d ifferen t tle. of th e d estro y ers and d estro y In N a v a l H o sp ital h ere in tow n w h ere once Jo h n Donohue. S F 2 c. has r e a places er escorts w hich race thro u g h week boys and girls could com e heavy su rface fire to get w ithin tu rn e d to the U nited S tates a fte r to dance. T h ere could be a soft gun and tropedo range uf th e 28 m onths service w ith th e navy in drin k bar w hich could be rem oved th e Pacific and is in a "naval hos so as not to in te rfe re w ih th e ac larg er enem y w arships. Cnmji' Re F our's W ildcat and pital in S eattle, according to w ord tivities in the building the o th er by his wife, Mrs. Eva days of the week. A venger pilots, based aboard one received of the escort c a rrie rs n t the K ais Donohue o! Hillsboro. M aybe a t first it w o u ld n 't be er-b u ilt C asablanca class, typified anything to ta lk about. T he soft tiie courage of th e fliers d u rin g heavy cruisers w ith bombs and drink b ar would perh ap s be only lM ■ -‘ I tables set around w ith th e d rin k s th e h o u rs before th e enem y fleet torpedoes. tu rn ed T his fleet action clim axed seven in an o th er room an d o rd ered o r a self-service system could be w o rk S hells w ere strad d lin g its car- m onths of d u ty for VC-4 in th e com bat zone, d u ring w hich it par- ed out. The gam es m ay only be ■ ■ ■ ■ . o d in amphibious < peratlon ■ fl ’hl deck. w I ut V C-4: W i l d c a t , at S aipan. T inian, P alau. U lithi and and A vengers took th e air W ildcats wei<- n ev er designed Leyte. C om posite F our and its e a rn e r for strafin g capital ships o f w ar. But Com posite F or. know n in th e o c o rt« l tra n sp o rts to th e enem y- held islands w ithout losing one escort c a rrie r fleet as "D eacons surface vessel. T he fliers bom bed Demon ." did ju t that. T he little fighters dived down and strafed the beaches to w eaken through the Jap an ese flak and enem y rc s b ta n c e before th e la n d wooped m low to strafe b a ttle ings A fter tiie troops w ere ashore, ships. cru isers and d estro y ers w ith they gave a ir support, blasting gun installations and th e ir SO calib re guns T h e ir at- em placem ents. p( rs. nn el ahead of o u r advancing infan try. m any sm, Composite Four and its escort made fivt c a rrie r have a near iierfect safety on cap ital record Front April 24 to Novem E v erett b er 1R m ore than HhO so rties w ere t'SN R i Lt. W a tk in s A rriv es A, B om ber B ase in Italy MERRY CHRISTMAS ROYTYPE Typewriter RIBBONS and CARBON PAPER O ur h e a rtfe lt w ishes for a M erry C hristm as a re sent y ° u 'hi* y e a r w ith th e sincere hope th a t all fam ilies will be re-u n ite d in th «‘ i°y 8 of a victorious fu tu re — soon. ~ I I Manufactured by Royal Typewriter Co. S J I y— ' f QJrfe? "t"j . d Typewriters, Adding Machines Repaired We have enjoyed serv in g you d u rin g the p ast y e a r and hope we m ay aid you again. ADDING M ACHINES FOR RENT WILEY'S GROCERY DEL JONES «32 E. Baseline, Hillsboro Phone 4541 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. week days AND EMPLOYEES H illsboro, O regon T hird and M ain St To a ll of y o u not just a s cu sto m ers, b u t a s . . . s in c e re frie n d s w h o m we have e n jo y e d serv in g th ro u g h the y e a rs. W e th a n k you a n d h o p e th a t yo u e n jo y to th e fullest a ll th e h a p p in e s s of th e Y u letide S easo n . . . . G arrett & Weik, Props. * n O u r C h ristm a s g re e tin g s this y e a r g o no, o nly to our g o o d frien d s h e re a t hom e, b u t to a ll th e m illions of A m erican m en a n d w o m en w ho wil 1 g re e t th e h o lid a y in d is ta n t la n d s. W ith o u r g re e tin g g o o u r h o p e s for a s p e e d y , c o m p le te Vic tory a n d a la stin g p e a c e . m em ber of C om posite Squadron Four, according to w ord r«?celved irom the navy d ep artm en t. He has completed 6h com bat missions. His ictions include S aip an and T inian. M arianas Islands. P alau and U lithi. .'aro lm c Islands, and Ix-yte. Vi- ,av IS Islands Philippines. Willie till' W ildcats strafed , th e A venger p ith s carried bom bs and torpedoes <1 wn th ro u g h th e sam e wall of flak. "D eacon's Demons" c c cred ited w ith d am aging tw o ,f the enem y' b attlesh ip s and tw o l ’ L dam aged in launching or landing From A ugust 15 to O ctober 19. m ore than 250 sorties w ere flow n by W ildcats: only one w as slig h t ly dam aged. It w as re p aired and flown again the -am e day. C om posite F o u r m ade extensive and effective use of rockets in th eir su p p o rt of ground troops. H undreds of rockets w ere e x p e n d ed. in addition to about 2iK).0O0 pounds of high explosive- and a l most 300.000 ro u n d s of .50 calibre machine gun ammunition. T TV 4 V A ' Z j 3L •N rH5s ^ M s0 Á 00 N t> BUSTER BROWN SHOE STORE ERIC MARGGI, Prop. 207 E. M»ln St. Hillsboro, Oregon BUSTER BROW N BHOfS lo t tors ANO citlt YOU C A N T LOSE WHEN YOU Is there a gas range in your hope chest? Copr. 1944 by TM S«ven-Up Company TRY RICH. You like it ... it likes you DELICIOUS There’s a merry twinkle to 7 - Up that's exactly suited to the season's mood. 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