Where They Are What They Are Dolus
Richard Bahnsen, aon of Mr.
and Mrs. G. Y. Bahnsen, follow
ing his graduation from the army
air forces technical training com
mand school in Detroit, ' MictL,
has been advanced to the grade
-of corporal and has been trans
ferred to army air force, units
5 where he will - service aircraft
power turrets. ' ; "
CpE Bahnsen has been with, the
army air force six months and
-rwas - formerly, employed :' at the
Hunt .Bros. Packing company in
Salem. -. .
- FoUewinr the completion' of
.13-week course in basic army
training, four local men w e r
ready Friday to assume their
places as line soldiers in the forces
of the country. These men were
Pvt. John M. Meier, son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. Meier, Silverton road,
Salem, , and Pvt. Walter G. Yo
com, Pvt. Jack G. Allison, son
nf ' Vr ind Mrt R. A . Allison.
and Pvt. Phillip H. Scott, son of
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Scott,
all of McMinnville.
Mrs. Andrew O. Baker of Salem
received a letter from her hus
band. Major Andrew O. Baker,
stationed in North . Africa, who
said .that the natives were very
much like the reports of them in
histories and. stories. He also re
ported that he has seen many
. donkeys and camels.
r Robert G. Brady, jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Brady
of' 350 Garden road, Salem, has
been promoted to the rank of first
lieutenant at his station with the
army engineers.
Lt Brady is a former member
of the Oregon national guard of
Salem and is the husband of. the
former Miss. Jean Anunsen, who
is making her home in Salem.
Local men enlisting at the Port
land naval recruiting station re
cently are Harry A. Harris, Jr.
Salem; Myron Pursley, Aurora;
Cornish C Henley, Dayton; Frank
Tichy, Jefferson; Franklin C Ta
bor, McMinnville, and Robert W.
Mala, Sheridan.
Pvt. Donald C. Scott of route
three, Salem, former director, of
the Sweet Home high school band.
has, been promoted to the grade
of corporal technician in the army
band at the immaterial replace-
ment center. Camp Joseph T.
Robinson, Ark.
Jack Otis Meckridge, son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Meckridge of
route two, ; Salem, recently tele
phoned his parents from overseas
on his 21st birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Zersan
of Salem have received a letter
front their son, Lt, Charles Zer-
zan, jr, who Is stationed in India
; with , the army.' He reported that
some of " the men of his - outfit
: captured an 18-foot python and
that - another man in his group
was ' hospitalized as a result of
an encounter with a baboon. ,
MIDDLE GROVE Tech. Sgt.
Clyde A. . Randall, stationed in
the engineering division at Camp
Bowie, Texas, spent a few days
of his j 15-day furlough visiting
: friends - in Salem and with his
grandmother, Mrs. . Mary Hern
don, and Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Scharf in this community.
(SILVERTON K o b e r t Hamre
i has been transferred from Farra-
gut, Idaho, to San Diego where
- he is attending sounds schooL
James Sjovangen, in army serv
. Ice at Camp McRaye, Calif., has
been ; visiting his . grandmother,
" Mrs. P. O. Henderson, recently, f
- , Mr. and TJrs. George Anderson
; have learned that their sons, Don-
- ;aij and Robert Anderson, are
now j together t again In New
.Guinea after having been sepa-
rated for some time after leaving
Australia.; -
. Bill Duncan, Ray Elliott and
Robert Burr, three Silverton high
'school boys yrbo recently' Joined
'.the navy, are .taking their basic
. "training at Bremerton, Wash.
' - .James t Fkman, ' aviation' cadet
at Loan, Utah, has completed bis
preliminary air training and ex-
- pets to leave this weekend with
: a I sroup of some. 150 other men
ffcr ' advanced training at Santa
Jtglgn - Floyd X31ertson has
i been - transferred from " a naval
. trruning station at Washington,
DC, to a California post. He is
Cj son of Mr. and Mrs. O.G.
ELIertsonwV-i y-M-$ :' - ;? -Harold
Loron writes that Jie Is
; and around again after a
si .e i-.-of r rheumatic fever which
- kf pt him confined to the hospital.
II a is in navy training atTarra
gut, Idaho.. - . -
Sit. and Mrs. B. F. Howell have
1 learned - that their son, . Albert,
is now in England.
E. J. Becker at Clatskanle. Other
relatives at Clatskanie include Mr,
and Mrs. R. W. Nusom, Mr. "and
Mrs. F. R. Nusom, Mr. and Mrs.
G. W, Thurmon. ' ' '
GE3VAIS Pvt. Gilbert L. Me
Cullough, who is stationed at the
slider base at Camp MackalL
Hoffman, NC, has been spending
this week visiting friends at bis
home near Gervais.
STATTON -A promotion to
technical, sergeant has been
earned by Lynn Darnielle, who is
stationed at Camp Stewart, Ga.
He is the son of Mr. ' and Mrs.
John Darnielle of Salem and en
tered service Just a year ago, af
ter having been employed at the
Stayton MalL -
A -notice was received by Mrs.
Mathilda " Nietling of ' Sublimity
that her son, Pvt; Aloysios Niet-j
ling, taken prisoner in the Philip
Dines. : has been transferred ' to
Camo i Hoten. Mukden, Man
chukuo. No direct word has been
received by the NieUings from
their son.. - ' : ; . .
SCIO Cpt Gayie Parrisli vis
ited this week at the Scio home
of - his brother-in-law .and sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Kolla Morris, tie is
stationed in ' the quartermaster
supply depot at Fort Stevens, tie
enlisted in the army in the fall
of 1940 and wears the pre-Peari
Harbor campaign ribbon.
Cpl. Carlos Bilyeu is on fur
lough from a California army
training camp at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ott Bilyeu,
at Scio. ! - .
Robert W. Irish, sen ef Mrs.
Corrine N. Irish of 2054 North
CaDitol street. Salem, has arrived
at the Pecos army air field to take
his basic flying training as a stu
dent pilot " . . t
Pfc Edward F. Rogers ef Lyons
has recently completed a course
of instruction in the radio opera
tors' school at the marine corps
base in San Diego, Calif.
David Clark Jordan, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C A. Jordan of Salem,
has recently been graduated from
the naval training station at Far
ragut, Idaho, with the grade of
seaman 2c. At present Jordan
is in Salem visiting his parents
and will leave for specialized
training in a naval radio school at
the end of his leave.
Charles L. Wood, stationed with
the artillery forces'in north Afri
ca, has recently been promoted to
the rank of captain. In a letter to
his father in Salem he mentioned
meeting members of the .French
Foreign Legion for Americans at
a dinner, i These men, he reported,
eat, drink and curse like any good
Yankee and are not at all like
the Hollywood variety of le
gioneer. .':.;,."
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Pvt. Darrell Do wain Lewis was
recently graduated from the field
telephone ' school -, at his marine
corps i base in san Diego, Calif.
He is now ready for fur ther
training with a ; signal battalion
and will be assigned soon to com
bat duty.'
XXDSDuDGE Orland G&bert
Backer, first class "gunner - with
tha US navy, left this week for
San i Francisco, Calif 4 to f report
for duty following "brief visit in
Oregon with friends and relatives,
lie is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Becker, former residents of
Eliriedge. Mrs. A. W. Nusom, who
lives on- the Wheatland f e r r y
read, -is his grandmother. His
wire, lary Erunk, is employed
at the - naval supply, station in
C Calif . She : accompanied
In: north cn his tri End re
t I v:i;i .hira'.to':'rcsusi8 her
t VI with Becker vrtlla
I : -1 l.:-"9- was - his - brother.
.:r!:er at the , Salem
" . : ' v;lih the Eeckers,
r ; ..'.:, Ilr. tad llrs.
DALLAS Mr. and Mrs. H J.
Eastman have received word from
their son, Blake Eastman, that he
had been transferred from the ar
my engineers at Camp Claiborne,
La., ' to Sheppard Field, Wichita
Falls, 1 Texas, where he - will : be
with the army air corps. ' :.v
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Venter has
received i word from-' their ; son,
Jasper Clarence Venter, that he
has : completed - his course in - the
armorer's school of the army air
force technical command at Low
ry Field, Colo, and was graduat
ed July 6, Venter has been at
Lowry Field since May 11.
' Pvt. Elmer Abel has' returned
to his station -at San Luis Obispo,
alif, after spending - a week's
furlough with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs." H. E. -Abel.
;i Mrs. Amy E. Violette -has -re-r
ceived word that her son, Dr.
Lowell X Eddy, has -been pro
moted to Captain at Sacramento,
Calif.' Dr. 'Eddy was a resident
surgeon lit Virginia Mason hospi
tal in Seattle before "entering the
service. ; f ' '"' "tJX --rZs: & 0-"?
Junior -RowelL first - class sea
man, has written his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. Rowell, that he
has successfully passed his exami
nation for cook third class. He en
listed shortly after Pearl Harbor
and has been on active duty with
the Pacific fleet most of the time
since that event. .
I Master Tech. Sgt. Ivan L. Bus
ter, who lived at Rickey pricj to
yniigting in the marines 18 years
ago, is a prisoner of the J apan
ese, his mother, Mrs. Ed Westen
house of Liberty, learned from the
navy department Saturday. He
bad been- reported missing since
the fall of Corregidor; word of his
capture was sent' through the in
ternational Red Cross. Buster was
a radioman in the marines, hav
ing seen action several years ago
in Central America and having
been stationed twice at Shanghai
for a total two-year period, be
fore being sent to the Philippines.
When Harold D. Alderia ar
rived at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George IL Alderin!
last Tuesday on a 20-day furlough,
he had two surprises for them.
The first was news of his promo
tion from staff sergeant to tech
nical sergeant in the air force. The
second was his bride, the former
Miss Eillie Lambrecht of GuLTport,
Miss, who became Mrs. Alderin
at Biloxi, Miss, on June SO. Tech.
Sgt. Alderin, has been in the ser
vice for four years, having been
stationed in Mississippi for the
last two. The couple will leave
Friday for bis post at Keester
Field, Miss.
Yftrd has been received that
Monty G. Wagner, brother of Kel
ler Wagner, former Salera and
Portland " prize fighter, has been
promoted from private first class
to corporal at Fort Leonard Wood,
Mo. Pvt. Keller Wagner recently
won v the 1 heavyweight . boxing
championship at Camp Barkeley,
Tex. ' - '
POSTLANDV Ore, Jaly ll-VP).
Navy recruits" announced - Satur
day: James1 Wright, James JE.:
Emanuel. George R. Ellis, Cyril
Crab tree, -Kenneth 1 F. Nugent,
Willis F. McAdams; Francis L.
Bench and James V.'Harber, all
of Eugene; ' Gerald D. Smith, ' jr.
Drain; Russell K. Halladay, Al C
Leach,v Reedsport, and ' Harry W.
Helenius, ' Sherwood. . , '., t
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Charles F.' ITagner' of MU -AngeL
"abo ve,"ras one of 22 young men
- from Oregon' whe recently f re
' ceived : their "wings,-and see
- end llentenant's . :' commissions
upon graduation as ' army air
. eorlp pilots at exercises si the
Gulf Coast Training center. Li.
Wagner received bis training at
EHlngton held. Housion, Texas.
"; 8C O TTST.HLL3 "Ccrwla,
Lcue, 'who ; recently joined", tie
navy, left 'for a training czizp,
Wednesday. lie was visitin at
the home cf his grandparents, llr,
and Mis. Charles Heinz, while
waiting to be called. !
Mr. and Ilrs. Walter Lilies re
ceived a cable from their son,
Charles, Friday ; morning - from
Honolulu, Hawaii. Charles expects
to come home soon on leave. ". '
AU3I3TnX&-FraacIs llcl'Zin
man, second class ' seaman from
San Francisco, arrived here with'
his wife for a three weeks leave
to be spent .with relatives. 3 He
will visit also at Portland witbi
his parents, Mr. and Mrs." Frank
McManman.' Iiis ship is tempor
arily in cry cock. , .
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:: Ted Cupp. 17, seaman te, hav
ing completed ' fhl training at
Farragut, i spending, a furlough'
in Salem with" bis - motheri .Mrs.'
Blanche Cupp," and a sister and
two brothers. -:rK former Salem
high school student, " he was em
ployed fat The". Statesman prior
to his.wUistment. . ;'- ', ' ' '
Lt, Norlyn Stephens, tlctured on
dnty la . New Gciaesi. Etephens
V graduated from S a 1 e m high
"school and attended Timiamette
cniverslty before " enlisting In
- May, IS 12. He eomIeted offl
v: cer -traJtaiag In November, 1912,
and ."arrived -in New Guinea
last Zlarch Ce is in the engi
neer's maintenance department.
. Mrs. Stephens ' lives in Salem
-and bis aunt, 'Mrs. Rose' Wilkes
- with whom he lived, is also m
Salem resident. 'A'.t:":- -:
a rc-1 "thrZl this week observes
two cf its" sons home from wsr
in a foreira area. Richard and
Carl Bond arrived from the At
lanta coast July 4 to spend a J
day furlough with their parents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bond. Tne
boys entered . the naval reserve
last .September 15, and recently
had been in ' Africa. They both
contracted amoebic dysentery and
filter recovering were sent heme
for further recuperation. Ecinj cn
their own home soil has already
proved such a tonic that they are
off to the beaches this weekend
on a fishing trip. ' -'
Much of their time on the "dark"
continent was spent at service in
a commissary store. They brought
home some -infierestin- specimens
of butterflies, awalking fish and
fieri ess lizards. -' ; ' '.
Both boys were graduated from
Monmouth schools including Ore
gon College - of - Education, ' and
had been teaching prior to, their
enlistment Carl was married in
June, 1942, to Miss Lenora : Jen
sen, who also . is a graduate of
OCE and taught last year at Sher-
IZzru Ck"l:ft'-Monn:aut:i rc:-.tly
f-Tdn Ecach, Ha, t3 ,c::.:r, a
L tralnL-2 tat:cn.. C. :1 .ex
pects to visit -his v.-L'j I 's re
tJm to the cast , coast. 1! t Leys
b - stationed fcr a t.n2
DavisviUe, RI, following Cus of
their furlousn.
Monday niht, July 5, a f-;ly
party was given in tVyrr.nor
and to observe th . t.x'.."--y c
their mother, Mrs. J. H. r:r:;i, at
the home cf a trcC.cr-in-: end
sister, Mr. nd I.Irs, llr.v:.: J Crook
cf Dallas. Preacnt were; f 2 Tend
boys, - Carl McMahaa t.rA Llxss
Amanda McMahan, Ms Cklrley
Ceeley, Mr. and Mrs." J. II. Bond,
Mr. and Mrs. Ilerschcl Tend and
son Wayne, and the hosts.
EiLVESTcrr rvt. c.Jj f.
Moser, son cf Mr. and Mrs. C. G.
Moser, writes that fca Is com
pleted his studies at a rpecidized
school in Fort Denning, Ga, and
now is with the field artillery at
Camp Mackall, NC. He is a full
fledged ' paratrooper, having re
ceived his wings in May. To date,
Moser has made IS jumps and
Amwt, tn make two more soon.
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We have purchased some of the most outstanding cxxits
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a coat as we can definitely save you money.
COATS & SUITS
Broken lines at special prices. .Navy, black and other
s numerous colors, including some fur trimmed coats. While
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