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- Page Eighteen. THE REGISTER-GUARD, EUGENE. OREGON. News of Lane County Men Serving Uncle Sam I y ' ij f: i i . Av? ; i A. i if4 ' - JAMES (LEFT) AM) OTIS JAY, sons of Mr. and Mrs. William Jay, Noli, are built serving in (he U, S. navy in the Pacific area. 1 ! 'Roo Hunting Sport of Yanks 'Down Under' Kangaroo hunting Is among the sports of American soldiers in Australia, judging from a let ter received by Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Rankin, 383 W. Broadway, from their son, Lt. Robert R. Rankin, now on duty "down un der." "I've done some real hunting over here," he wrote. "Some of us went kangaroo and pig hunt ing today. We got two 'roos, five pigs and one emu (Australian ostrich). It was great sport chasing them down in a Jeep. You never saw a funnier sight than the one we made. Four men bouncing around in the jeep try ing to hit a 'roo on the Jump." Lt. Rankin was at sea in the Pacific area when Pearl Har bor was bombed. Later he saw action at Java before being transferred to Australia. He was a student at the Uni versity of Oregon before enter ing the army air corps. At the university he was a member of Phi Kappa Alpha. Oakridcje Sailor Describes Coral Sea, Midway Battles ROBERT (BOB) SAVAGE, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sav age of Marcola, who is a ma chinist's mate second class, serving with the U. S. navy somewhere in the Pacific. THE SWINDALL BROTHERS, Eldred (left), and Wilfred, are both in the army. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Swindall, Eugene. Eldred, a graduate of Eugene high, and a former OSC student, is now stationed at Karachi, India, with the air corps. Wilfred, a private with the 59th infantry, un derwent training at Camp Welters and Camp Benkelcy, Texas, before being transferred to Fort Devins, Mass, Dave Crittenden at Will Rogers Field Private David M. Crittendon, formerly of Eugene, is one of the soldiers stationed at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma, army air force bombardment base. Private Crittendon is assigned to a bombardment squadron as a mechanic. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Crittendon, 2259 Kincaid street, Eugene. Before entering the army In j January of this year, Private Crittendon resided at Eugene and was later employed by the Boeing aircraft company. Before report ing to Will Rogers Field on May 13, 1942, he was on duty at SheD- pard Field, Texas. vy-Vv'- " I "2. O V h V; I . vr Springfield Boy On Duty In Australia Serving with American forces someplace in the Pacific area is Serg. Robert A. DeHaven. son of Mrs. Rober L. DeHaven, Spring field. He enlisted In the army In Aug ust, 1941, from Eugene and under went basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri. Later he served at March Field, California, where he was made a corporal. He was promoted to a sergeant shortly before leaving for over seas duty on January 12. - w' 5- 8 j-Ax I A fy:J By MRS. CHARLES CRONER (Register-Guard Correspondent) OAKRIDGE First Class Fire man, Howard Shuey, home on a furlough following participation in the Battle of Coral Sea and later In the Battle at Midway, admits he was "quite scared for about five minutes," then he forgot every thing except to kill as many Japs as possible. Howard is the son or Tom Shuey and has lived in this area practically all his life. His1 motner is dead. He nas a brotner, i Jack Shuey, now with the army In Australia. Howard joined the navy j Dec. 7, 1941, and is a 50-calibre! machine gunner. He can not tell; on which ship he is serving. I The attack at Coral Sea was not ' a surprise, the youth reports. Scout i planes were sent out by the Japs Major McEwen Takes Posl With Engineers Muior John James McFwpn former football coach at Uia IlnlJ versity of Oregon, has reported for active duty in the office of chief of engineers at Washington D. C, according to a press dis- paicn. Maior McEwen whn urtnfUaA Webfoot teams about 15 years ago, was assigned to his post June 17. A graduate from West Point in 1917, he served through the World War as an infantry officer, and from 1919 through 1923 was football coach at the military academy. He resigned from the army in 1925. John Warren, pres ent Oregon mentor, was among the Webfoots who played under McEwen. He later coached at Holy Cross. and dropped a great many bombs. Most of the Jap planes were shot down by the Americans. After the battle, Howard said his outfit re turned to Pearl Harbor. It was In the Coral Sea battle that the youth said he was scared at first it was his first battle. Then came the Midway en counter. Howard's ship was bat tered but reached its objective. "A great many planes and ships took part in the battle, but the Ameri cans sank all but three Jap battle ships and left one of them so badly damaged it probably didn't get to port," Shuey said. He took the first shell out of his machine gun be fore the battle of Coral Sea and also at Midway and removed the powder and kept them as souve nirs. Howard is enjoying his travels In that he gets to see much of the rest of the world. Ht particularly liked Australia and said the peo ple are very friendly. In some of the countries where he has been he said there was a shortage of food and money was of no value. Referring back to the Japs, Howard said: "The Japs will fly low enough so that you can see them grin broadly and will wave at you, then drop a bomb on you." Recently, Howard saw two other Oakridge boys while on duty (he can not say where). They are Walter (Lefty) Kissinger, son of City Marshal and Mrs. William Kissinger; and Wallace Ellefson, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ellefson. Editor's Note: Below Is the ,7 Whistle." desired to be elipJeS tailor, or marine. The "Whistle" u In?"! ItU? fellow at sea or to some dlsUnt 'T? hi. home town. To that "n My T", "Eft Hons, either from men to sefcnr . 5m- are sincerely sollelted 3 ?m u? or ' " "reiuil. stodiei, " numeiown WhistlJ A rtly dlnrt of eonuaimtiT fcr Un, Strife Soys; tugene'i AthVH, Week's Highlights Lane county is doing Itself proud In the current ruber sal vage drive . . . especially are the baseball oW iS' service station ntunim ,v straight . .01t : as middlemen without one cent of J4 w Oint HP personal nrofiL Dlff.r.t n land Fir... I .WW '. panies and service groups are viel ne?day they JH ing to outdo one another in the 4"2- However ST1, 1 campaign, says Chairman AH 7 mate Ho . ' 1 ger, and so far only one case has the CascadTV0 C; been found wh. . r.ic,i. waae tec price loaded a tire casing with field. UcJ.Z. rocits. lotter, was VLT has another play coming up Cincinnati ReKl'! early in JuIt when i,i,i. xA, " rerpnt u n". Ioa.: man will take me iH V-.'l. A C 1 hat She. from Punkin Crick." Maybe h appeared in iL this is a sign of a dwindled treas- Boss. He', wSJfT ury usually U, says McGurk himself in JS2f Anyway, Glen Hasselrooth wiU Champ ,m 0 : direct, and Marlon Krenk will . ing disouaifl ,?JL..'L sor,e. for tni "'west A lot of . wk tor the shoot at th. T,,.... ween out uiass naj bn W CORPORAL WEB Me. PHERSOX of Springfield, is with the regular army in Ha waii. He graduated from Springfield high in 1940. Rodney Jensen at St. Mary's for Training Rodney Jensen, 19, son of Mr and Mrs. Elmer Jensen, Rt 5, Eu gene, is now at St. Mary's college in California undergoing pre-flight instructions as a U. S. naval avia tion cadet Jensen, a graduate of Eugene high school where he played foot ball, attended the University of Oregon for a year before enlisting in the navy air corps. CORPORAL ROBERT (Bob) MATLOCK, one of Uncle Sam's volunteer soldiers who was on duty In Hawaii when war broke out. He is (he son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Matlock of 311 Sixteenth av enue east, Eugene, and a grad uate of Eugene high, rlnss of 1934. He also attended the Uni versity of Oregon. Lt. Ray It. Hewitt Lt. Ray Hewitt Gets Marine Commission Home on furlough this week Is Lt. Ray R. Hewitt. 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Hewitt. 1923 F.. ! nun, who has Ju't received his wins in the marine air corps at the Corpus Christi naval air sta tion in Texas. Lt. Hewitt, who will he here un til! the last of June, entered the marine corps from the Universiiv of Oregon when a junior. He Is a member of Delia Tau Delta fra- ; ternity. j After his furlough he will he stationed at Fort Worth, Texas for additional training in person nel work. Vernon Sprague Now at Annapolis Vernon Sprague, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Sprague of Eugene, this month received his master of arts degree from University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He en tered the service immediately and has left for Annapolis to enter training for the war physical fit ness program. Vernon received his B. S. de gree at the University of Oregon in physical education. Last sum mer he did advanced work at University of Southern California, going to Ann Arbor the past win ter. Mrs. Sprague has left Ann Arbor to return to the west coast and will visit here for a time with Mr. Sprague's folks. M m I ADAMS GRADUATES Richard T. Ariam. ID . - ..,, u, BVM1 (II Mrs. Hugh Smith of Eugene, will graduate Saturday from the naval training school at the Sand Point naval air station. Seattle, where he has attended a school for aviation machinist's mates during the last four months. Young Adams enlisted in the navy on September 13, 1941. Kenneth Ruth Places High In Marksmanship Kenneth Ruth of Eugene, now in training with the marines at San Diego, Cal., was one of three men in his platoon to place high est in marksmanship, according to word reaching his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ruth of Eugene. Of the three ranks, marksman, sharp shooter, and expert, Kenneth plac ed as expert in rifle and as sharp shooter with pistol. He has been on the rifle range for the past few weeks. ROLLIN A. MOORE, 24. son of Mrs. C. M. Vermillion, Springfield, has been in the navy since October, 1941, He attended the gyro-compass school at the Brooklyn navy yard. Rollin is a Thurston high graduate. Cecil Dresser Promoted To Staff Sergeant Sergeant Cecil H. Dresser of the army air forces, stationed at Mc- Chord field. Washington, was re ' cently promoted to the grade of staff sergeant. J Staff Sergeant Dresser enlisted i In the army on January 30, 1940 ! at Vancouver Barracks. Wash. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. i Dresser, Dexter, Oregon. PRIVATE PROMOTrn Melvin M. Mason, nf Kim-n,,t. Marcola. has been promoted from private to private first class, ac-1 cording to word received from the ' Harhngen army gunnery school 1 at Harlingen, Texas, where he is I stationed. I WILBURN McFARLAND, son of Mrs. Claude Miller of n,.4A 9 I ' I. t. I in this south sea scene. He joined the navy in September, , 1941. I Two Creswell Boys In Army Air Corps Two more Lane county boys, Jahu B. Wilson of Eugene and Jack D. Wagar of Creswell, have been accepted for training in the U. S. army air corps ground school and have left for an air corps re placement center, the army re cruiting office announced Tuesday. Wagar Is the son of Mrs. Har riett E. Drew. Wilson Is a former student at Eugene high school and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Wilson, route 2. Lt. Lorence Receives Flying Commission Lt.. Howard C. Lorence, son of E. H. Lorence, 75 E. 24th, has re ceived his commission at the Enid army flying school in Oklahoma, according to word received from there. He now undergoes advanced training, which will include form ation and night flying. HOME OS LEAVE Alwin P. Johnson, nrlvate first class, of Fort noncrlac TTtaH im home on a 15-day furlough on business and is visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. John son of Springfield. He entered service on March 7. 1941, and this is his first furlough, although he was home last September on a three day leave from Camp Rob- erts, Calif. Johnson is in the ninth ' corp area service command at Fort : Douglas. He will spend .Sunday : with his brother-in-law and sister, I Mr. and Mrs. George s. Mrr. I ken at Dallas, Oregon. . m fairgrounds frolic. City Recorder John Fields got shoot at the "e1 of Cn?.Pl fCimers th,!s week ?ay GIass "a, beSfc -- .... puueemen and n practice rounds mrf !' ul n wants more. Frank and J. B iw Might be that the salaries, which there to uphold fe w, weren't mentioned, hav. . town v me hot ! thing to do with the trouble. "Jumpin' Joe- , t0 ead the American is, Th Hf.ne. tins . 1 . ... t --'..o. .cam coming up 6 kwow, uouiaai ri Monday evening may have some haiIi"St him as the pu J surprises, "Coagulator" Merriam baU PIa.v- His cunrl suggests. If they are not on their ava?c is .376, just i J iocs, uie air raia wardens and an" 01 another wihb- nummary ponce may und them- uonion nntr ( selves bottom-side up in a shell kini ' hitting wfco , hole. , . . were around, but he hj The combination navy-bond fmu lift ith tte r- drive was a fine, patriotic affair. y' IJ'e Harri. W wonaer about the recruits who v ' ,m 01 0111 ' had to walk hnm.i versity of Oregon, m "Irannants Oen.rat m,..,.. ,he ""vivon of the Led ' VHOiUS H Martin, told the lumbermen a bohm- , lot of things about the war. He Aifc.n m, ZrJZ'S objected to reporters' use of the JS? Mr- M 8 Bml e! nicKname, "ironpants." but the Mn Aim swSm reporters off the record (more DuKtiie". to Mr. md iti or less)-had a reply: If all the & ,r"4.M. general s adjectives used to des- tr,. Mr. md m. Vi cribe the Japs had been included Mr- "'' Mrj- 01m P!te u " in th. .nTO ..I !"4 Mr. snd lln u would have been embarrassed. On the home-eountv nniitiat marriage ucissb-J front, both democrats and repub- stlVml' M-S"H.mJlScto? licans began Dreliminarv nrpani- ciawson. both stit Ukc i zation for the NovemW .wti 5"k. ""P1" 1 . : ' " pnrtiand: Georm w. Horn this week. Both county central orim. bmh (yrmS: it, pnmmlHm nt anA AiuAj and Mjrlrl Ti-wm. botii ricers. C. A. "Shy" Huntington for r.t ir,. -j 1 the third term heads the repub- nOT- rufpn; wind e3 lican group; and D. W. Crites has ctt tfl oeen namea cnairman for the Pwini. A vKiorn w. n fc June Kerh. both tiifew: aldtton and Tmt SUnberrr, '.and; Irvine O. Jackun 19 Conant both Eufene; Clffl H Esther AnkarberK, both Xura democratic central committee. , Society Notes June Is doing a good Job living up to its reputation for weddings. Friends in Eugene have been congratulating Joe C. Keever and Muriel Tyson, (June 18), James port: Mr Marr Bdora etc J Robert Stevenson and Marjorie (Bobsie) Roehm (June 12). Kath- both of Rodeo. CaL: Btrsi Ipen Dnucrherfv anH Mtnnan n Portland! Edward at Bri rjtt i ii . n . - Grove: Infant daufhter Of Mr n nuras wune Ul. Vivien l.ev- WllllJm w,bln. Jr Bar, ltt went down to Fort Ord for a imam damhter of tai military wedding to Lieut Ober- lin J. Evenson, June 7. Mr. and Mra. W. L TWUnr DIED Mn. Martha Aaartd Mr, rrrd Ludford. Mn A: mers. Ed McClanahan. Ttri Mra. Grace TiveT. and Hu!r- all of Eugene: CltrftmJ Mwl GENE V. IIAXSEV. 19 n of Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Hansen. Cottage Grove, is now aboard a United States naval vessel. He left for duty December 8, 1941 and was a former Cottage Grove high student rv LEWIS A. CROW, 17. son of Mn. W. A. Dull. Trent, joined the navy in June, 1941. He Is an aviation metalsmilh, sta tioned at the San Diego naval air station. He attended Dras ant Hill high. SOI.DIFR STAR LONDON. June 13rl)l"c,ene Raymond, film star and first lieu tenant In the United Slates army air force combat command, ar rived in London today. Lighting fixtures Give softer light . . . moi beauty to your home. ELECTRIC 1070 UUUmett C8S GOLD SEAL i I CONGOLEUN j I RUGS Lyons & Peters MIOGLEYS. 1 Saatari Doors rhlnet Work PHONE 1059 Insulate Now! Throughout the summer, Veep your rooms cool end eomiorlobU with RED TOP insulating wool placed between celling Joists. Il costs to little! Throughout the winter, insulation will greatly reduce your fuel bill and keep your home warm and livable. INSULATION PAYS FOR ITSELF! Ask for particulars Twin Oaks Builders Supply Co. If e dont render complete Building Sen ice. WHO POFS? EUGENE JUNCTION CITY 669 High St.. Phone 2600 Phone 92 REDECORATE VI ( MINTS J PAINT to repair for defense! ... to conserve your old furniture for the duration. Repair and prepare now with lasting Fuller Paints! Preston & Hales 857 Willamette phon , WALLPAPER LUGGAGE LEATHER GOODS Candidate Davis 21; Gets Commission oon Monday will be the twenty first birthday anniversary for Candidate Earl D. Davis, who on next Thursday will receive his second lieutenant's commission at the engineer's training School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Earl is the son of Mrs. D. C. Lindgren, 1338 Washington street, Eugene. Candidate Davis has been In the army for three years. He held a technical sergeant's rating, going to Fort Belvoir from Camp Beauregard. Louisiana, having had charge of map reproduction for the fourth corps, third army, at Beauregard. HERE OX LEATI Private William L Hi' the U. S. marine corps w Seattle is home on fariisl ing his family. HU win i dren will Join him the nxsrtpra fan br He is stationed st i M"! depot there. FORESEES Sum Ui BUTTE, Mont. u-1 close of the war, the fi v. . lilvn-.nllM stead, according to . 4 -. f the SunstrJ mine. He declares toJ sumption of silver wi the past few months tx ily being used as fi for tin. They all use Electricity! loacry, many oi tne iaciui.f u.. 1 trical appliances are busy w:tn -i ... J .1.- j ,i i.. Kriiart rurr.ber w:ii t c73--"! ui9 uuiuutjii, uiiiy u ii.iii.t for home use, thus releasing vast surp.:es materials for the war efforti i of v ... . . . ,r v.. VsrL-.7 loure worlclng lor victsit -i ., j equipment in gooa o.utri - - g. ;-l vour o!octrir-ol crcDliar.ces . . . ky n".a-' ' Repair now, and be assured cf s; ie-,
