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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1943)
SnvflB Moon 17iere They Are-What They Are Doing X ' , - 1 ' Libert Earl Croghan. Up cook third class, who was honorably dis charged from the United .States navy August 14, last week became the first World war H member of Chapter No. t, Disabled American Veterans. For another distinction, this picture shows him receiYta . the obligation as a member from his father. William Croghan, sen ior vice commander of the chapter. Earl will now complete his high school coarse. Interrupted by war service. His twin brother, Alton Bruce Crochan, also a ship's cook third class, is with a carrier-based naval aviation unit in the Pacific, and an older brother, Duane Crochan. aviation radioman who was on the Oklahoma when it was bombed at Pearl Harbor, is rnart at It close at San Diero eollerc for officer's training. Staff Sft. Georre J. Bohrer, S40 Bieber street, Salem, is on duty at the fleet post office in San Francisco, sorting; mail for ma rines serving overseas. The for mer first sergeant of the Ore gon state police and special in vestigator in the arson depart ment of the state police, is han dling air mail letters. His wife, a lieutenant in the US army nurse corps, is serving overseas. Sgt. Otto Bowman, in private life a Salem attorney, and CpL Frank Lynch,- associated with the Salem Abstract company for a j number of years before entering ! the army, have arrived in India, i by coincidence making the trip n the same ship though they are In different units. ! f CpL Richard Sneed, who is tak ing an intensive training course at an army ordnance plant near Jackson, Miss., writes to friends here that his brother, Harold F. Sneed, who is in the navy, is a diesel engineer serving in the At lantic. CpL Robert Wayne Johnson, mechanic in the army air corps, will .leave Monday morning for Salt Lake, Utah, i after visiting during his week's furlough with his grandmother. Mrs. W. V. John son, and aunt. Miss Lelia John son, 858 Cascade drive. This is his first furlough since he enlist ed a year ago. He has been train ing at the Willow Run plant in ' Michigan. . -:;"m,. - i ' V. - Judging from enlistments, Sa lem and surrounding communities have been navy, minded during vcioDer, according to those ac cepted and announced last week by Chief Quartermaster Robert B. Fallon of the local recruiting station. Joining the Seabees, navy . construction corps, were J. W. En dicott, rigger from Grande Ronde; E. F. Gillespie, gas and diesel ex pert from Aumsville; M. P. Jones, oiler, Ajumsville; J. H. Wallace, engine operator, McMinnville. Accepted in the 17 - year - old group were Norman E. Balkhurst, buverton; Ben Hur Gene Berry, route six, Salem; William. Junian Minter, route four, Salem; Ron ' aid E. Olsen, route two. Wood- burn; Clarence Dale Scott, Inde pendence; Curtis W. Short, route , two,:rWoodburn; Edward Thomas Weaver, Independence; and George Manual Grinde and John W. Cotton, both, of Salem. . . JEFFERSON Jack Parrisli has written- his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Parrish, that he has been an Instructor at a convalescent camp DRS. CHAN... LAM Or.V.TXml.D. Or.O.CfamalJD. CHINESE nerbalists . 241 North Liberty Upstair Portland General Dectrtc Co Office open Saturday 911 ly . - - . . . . : :-:-.-: x . . , v : ' l W -'5V " r t- I ' " r ' V ': ' V 1 10 a.m. to l.p m.: to t pjn. Con- f I i at home en leave, with orders to where he will be assigned to a . in plane identification. He is avia tion cadet in the army au-. corps fstationedjtt Santa Ana, Calif. Richard Van Winkle, son of Dr. J. O. VanWinkle,, is vwith the US maritime service, and has been overseas four times. He entered the service June 12 and likes it fine. . . . . " .V-';: .: LJ L. Shields has received word that his cousin, Lt. A." B. Shields, has been promoted to the rank of captain. He is doing surgery with an evacuation hospital unit in Sicily and has been overseas since last ; fall. u Cpl. Clinton Page, son of Mr, and Mrs. A. L. Page of the Par rish Gap district, was graduated from f the F6rt Crook ordnance automotive school, Fort .Crook, Neb. The course covered all phases ; of automotive repair and main tenance for all types of army vehicles. : " lm Chmrgm of Dr. Fred Pageler Registered Optometrist Associate Ef tsterca . Optometrists: Dr. Arthur W. . Knlm4orf Dr. M. J. Kelly Dr. Robert Gilbert Dr. W. B. Tock Dr. WUlUm SMOeos Dr. 1. L. MeKlooey ' - Are Yoh o Blood-Doftor? Call the Red C Today! IE Q0 FREE E(AMI- Withewf ebligotiosi, we witl gledry ed vise if ye are in ., need off glasses ... Come in any time K at your convenience for FREE Optical . Examination. ' .z 'All Vcrii Gucrcnfood as a sb ! m u tn.ro rit nooirn LuiLxuaofc, 5 7273 a conncr.cint sz aos yl - Clyde Charles Parsons, : whose home address is 1020 South Water street, Silverton,' has been pro moted from first lieutenant to cap tain in the air corps, the war " de partment has announced, r LINCOLN Mr. and Mrs. IT. Ward f Ashford have received some letters from their two sons, Jason and Harry, who were in ra dio school in Salem for six months before going to California., Jason, the younger of the boys, has been in four monttfs. He has been ac cepted for ASPT and plans to take basic engineering at Sacramento Junior college where he has been stationed. : Jason has been four months at Camp Koehler and three months at Sacrameton ERC Jun ior college. The older boy, Harry, has two weeks schooling left At present he Is in New Orleans. in the transportation corps. I Pvt. Paul Hanklns. former Sa lem high school pupil and States man carrier, is spending a brief furlough from Camp ? Rucker, a Is hor, with hi mother. MrsL Nellie A. ' Hankins and brother7 and sisters. He has been in the service 14 months. Pvt. John David Caplan, son of Mrs. M. M. Caplan of Salem,' was sent this week to Stanford univer sity with r an - army specialized training unit to take basic engin eering. Young Caplan, graduate of Salem high school this year, had "entered Oregon State college on a- scholarship ; awarded him ' at commencement time and four days after classes started was called to army duty, having enlisted in the training classification. 1 ' " ' ST. LOUIS Don Lemery, for mer resident of .St. Louis, recent ly wrote Mr. and Mrs: Alex Man ning that he is in the Seabees. He left, here several years ago, doing a lot of traveling before entering the navy. 4 , v Pfc Ivan , Manning I recently, wrote relatives here that - he is getting along fine and that things are going well. . . : ZENA Aviation Machlnbt's Mate Second Class Howard Kaf fun and Mrs. Kaffun, the; former Miss Hilda Crawford, have been here on his .15 days delayed or ders visiting her parents, , Mr. and Mrs. W. -Frank Crawford of Zena. He is specializing In carburetors and has six months more train ing to become first class. He has just left this week on active duty. Mrs. Kaffun, who went to Chi cago last year to be near her hus- DR. SEMLER Dentist $0$ 2 A )WJJ it) Mooo I M III II J al 7 I J cl I II 1 c W;.;. crcc:i ct."tz::.li::. ca. band, will remain here. While in Chicago near where her husband was stationed, Mrs. Kaffun work ed as stenographer and book keeper at Douglas Aircraft com pany, and later at the Cudahy Meat company. AUMS VTJXE Merle Jones left Saturday for Norfolk, Va, where he Uiilx start training in the Sea bees. His parents, Mr and Mrs. F. A. Garbe, gave a family, reunion in his honor here last Sunday. . ; Ernest Gillespie left Thursday for induction into the army. He is the sixth son of the family to enlist in the army. ' - s Norlyn Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. c Selmer Brown, ' who has been in - the ' a r m y training at Camp Adair for t the last two months, , Is ' at his 'hdme here on sick leave. He recently twas hos- pitalized for a major operation. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Steiner have received word from ; their son, ' Wo tako - Eye-Catehlnr Flattery Fur Fell Hals 2-98 Breeze-soft felts In off-face, beret or pompadour styles bedecked with veils, bows, sparkling sequins. Quick-Chan ge Dickeys Tailored or soft styles for suits. Washable rayon. FABRIC HANDBAGS : Big. carry-all - QA size with - dress- - JL i90 maker details. New colors. 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