THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1945
PAGE THREE
2 Bend Brothers
Meet in Italy
How two Bend brothers were
reunited at an Italian army base
after having not seen each other
lor three years, is related In a
letter which has been received by
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Hllgers, 1375 Newport avenue.
The boys are William Hllgers,
Brk. 3c, assigned to a tank land'
ing craft,, and TSgt. George
Hilgers, with the army air corps.
Through the medium of the
American Red Cross, the sailor
learned that his brother was in
the Italy base, got a four-day
leave and flew to the meeting.
William entered the service in
December 1942, and has seen
much action in southern France,
Sardinia, and other Med(tteranean
battle zones.
. . Attemps Succeed
The brothers had tried for
many months to see each other,
and their first night together was
spent in recalling old times, dis
cussing their Bend friends, and
comparing their different war as
signments. Their last night to
gether was spent in attending the
opening of a new theater on the
air base.
William was an employe of The
Shevlin-Hixon Company here be
fore entering the service, and
George had been employed in a
mill at Winchester, Ida.
Sisters
Sisters, April 5 (Special) Mrs.
Chester McKenzie and daughter,
Dina Sue, were in Sisters Tuesday
visiting relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Sharp re
turned to Portland last week-end
where Mrs. Sharp will receive
further medical care.
Mr. and Mrs. Vallard Stokoe
and son, Vick, are moving this
week to the state fish hatchery
where Stokoe will be employed.
Marines Mop Up on Okinawa
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Mrs. Cora Murphy.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Ward of
Brooks Camp, spent Friday eve
ning at the Guy McLaughlin
home.
Mis. Walter Hnnnan's sister,
Mrs. Cora' Murphy of Beaverton,
Wash., spent a week visiting in
Sisters.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hnnth nnd
family of Redmond, were Easter
dinner guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Jess Ireland.
W. F, McGregor had a very
pleasant surprise as his brother,
Eugene McGregor from North
Dakota, whom he hadn't seen for
20 years, came to visit him. The
two brothers visited a third broth-
cr, Jay McGregor at Olympia,
Wash., spending a week there.
After returning to Sisters, Eugene
left for his home in North Da-.
Kola.
Mrs. Xlma May and Mrs. Au
rora May attended Easter church
services in Bend.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zumwalt
had as their Easter dinner guests
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Howell Rob
erts and son, Burt; Mr. and Mrs.
Burt Roberts of Bend, Mrs. Nellie
Bembry and children of Sisters.
Lt. (jg) David Zumwalt is sta
tioned at Oakland, Calif.
Mrs. Nellie Bembry has re
ceived some beautiful gifts from
her husband, Fred, who is sta
tioned in the Hawaiian islands.
One is a heavy brass ash tray and
mntph hrilHm- pnmhinnH mnito
U. S. marines of the newly-formed 10th army search for Japanese snipers entrenched in a tomb I lne center js finished with smaller
nlng with 1G members present. I
Next meeting will be held Friday
evening April 7, at 8 p. m.
Marcia, daughter of Mrs. Freise
returned from Cheyenne, Wyo.,
last week.
George, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walt Boardrow, is still In the hos
pital with his condition un
changed. '
Mrs. Ettis Brockett received a
long distance telephone call from
her husband who is back in Cali
fornia for a few days, so she left
Sunday evening by bus to his sta
tion near Los Angeles, where she
will stay with him until he leaves.
Elliot Corbett, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Corbett, of Portland,
who was In an Infantry division
in Germany and who was report
ed missing In action, had reported
back to his group and three days
later was Killed in action on Ger
man soil.
Mrs. Baine Gammon. Mrs. Or-
ville Hanson and Mrs. Perry were
in Portland Friday.
near the beach on Okinawa. In their first landing on a heavily-populated Japanese island, the Yanks
faced only slight resistance in securing the beach-heads and swiftly captured two airdromes and a
series of villages. U, S. navy radio-telephoto from Guam.
Their daughter, Patricia, will
make her home with an aunt in
Bend until school is out.
Loretta Little of Bend, was vis
iting last week with her sister,
Mrs. Stan Day. After this week
Miss Little will make her home
with her other sister, Mrs. L. B.
Naff, of Bend.
Mr. and Mrs. V. Reddick and
son returned, from Portland
Thursday night, after visiting
there since Saturday.
.The Christian church Sunday
school gave an Easter program
Sunday morning with about 130
people present. Mrs. Maurice
Hitchcok was In charge of all
the preparations for the program.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Martin and
children, of Brooks camp, were
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Brunbridge.
- The first buckaroo dance of the
season was very well attended,
considering the snowy weather.
Those who cut wood Sunday for
the Townsend club were Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Harris. Mr. and Mrs.
James Chandler, Dale Chandler, nephew. Van Burleigh, visited at
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Dobklns, Mr. , the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert
and Mrs. Archie Telfer and Ray-. Demaris Saturday evening. Van
mond, V. H. May, and A. Coburn. Burleigh is home on a furlough
bullets, several necklaces made of
polished shells and earrings to
match, also a bracelet for his
daughter, Marie, barrettes to
match, all made by him from
polished shells. Mrs. Bembry said
she will put them on display at
Aitken's store in the near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Winkle and
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The men did the heavy work and
their wives saw that their hus
bands and friends were well fed,
and helped with the lighter work.
Tom Davis and Art Richards
built a new chimney for Mrs.
Merldeth Bailey.
from India
Mrs. Paul Miller will bo the
new librarian at Sisters.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Was-
mundt of Tonopah, Nev., at son,
March 4, weight 8i pounds.
rwo college boys from corval-
Mrs. Fred Huddle is home from I lis had quite a bicycle tour on
the hospital. their Easter vacation. The boys,
Mr. and Mrs. Seigel Potter went : Don Metcalf and Grant Smith,
to Eugene last week as Potter had i left Corvallls by way of Wlllanv
to report for his physical exami-lette and when they arrived at
nation. They returned Thursday. ' Sisters they stayed all night as
Mrs. Delia Ullman is in Sisters , the snow in the pass was too
for a short visit. She has sold ; deep. They started out the next
War Briefs
Crerar Jumps Oil
Veterans Voice
Plea for Decks .
Of Playing Card
A call for new or used playing
cards is being n.ade by member,
of Beta Sigma Phi as mllltaiy ; :
hospitals throughout the county
reveal a dirth of the rccreaiia,
items.
Anyone wishing to donate att(
for a hospitalized serviceman
requested to leave it at either U
Union Pacific railroad office-or
in the lobby of the Cozy hotel.
Committee in charge of nar.
shalllng In the cards include
Dorothy Applegate, chairmin,
Margaret Dougherty and Kathrjn
Her. ,
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(By United Pi-cm)
Western Front Third army
tanks pour through breach In
Germany's central lines, some 130
miles from Berlin.
Eastern Front Russians lay
siege to Vienna along bu-mue arc
vanguards reported fighting in
city's southeastern outskirts.
Pacific Japanese premier and
cabinet resign admitting helpless
ness to halt American invasion of
homeland: American forces on
Okinawa meeting first major op
position; MacArthur announces
Philippines campaign in final
stages.
Air War Fleet of 1,800 Ameri
can war planes blasts targets in
Munich-Nuernberg area of south
ern Germany.
Italian Front Eighth army ad
vances on Adriatic coast; patrol
clashes occur elsewhere on front.
After a long period of inaction,
the Canadian First Army, headed
by Lt.-Gen. H. G. D. Crerar,
above, swung Into action in the
all-out drive on Germany, and
what may be the final push of
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most of her furniture and is ship
ping what is left to Portland,
where she will make her home.
She expects to return to Portland
next week-end.
Mrs. Ben Roberts and children
of Bend, visited with Mrs. Bill
Doolin Thursday morning
route to ssalem
day and went home by way of
the south Santiam.
Mrs. Botf Keeney and children
have moved to Tumalo on the
Jess Scott ranch.
Lt. Richard Eastman of Rose
burg, is home on furlough from
en India. He, and Mrs. Eastman will
go to a rest camp at Santa Mon
Mrs. George Meyers left Thurs- j ica, Calif. He will have a 30-day
, ciay.to visit ner parents, Mr. ana-'uriougn Detore being re-asslgned,
Mrs. Thomas, of Madras.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hannan
had as their Easter dinner guests
Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Alvie Han
nan and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Orville Hannan and children, Mrs.
Harold Jones and children, and
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Brown and
family have returned to Sisters
to live.
Clydine Bush returned to col
lege after her Easter vacation.
The Sisters Townsend club held
its regular meeting Friday eve-
Harold Rollins
In Repair Unit
Bremerton, Wash., April 5
Harold R. Rollins, metalsmith,
3c, USNR, of Oakland, Calif., is
now stationed with the ship re
pair unit which is in training at
the Puget Sound navy yard in
Bremerton, Wash., His wife, Ber
nice, and son, Richard, are living
in East Port Orchard, Wash. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rueben Rol
lins, are residing in Bend, Ore., at
716 Harriman street.
Rollins was born in Bend and
Is a graduate of Bend high school,
where he played on the football
and baseball teams. Prior to his
enlistment In the navy's ship re
pair unit in San Francisco in Feb
ruary, 1944, he was employed as
a stock clerk In Oakland. He re
ceived his basic training at Far
ragut, Idaho, before reporting to
the Puget Sound navy yard for
advanced training in October,
1944.
8 Inches of Snow
Falls on Summit
, As light showers visited the
lower regions of Central Oregon
today, snow flurries struck the
crest of the Cascades in the night,
depositing eight inches of new
snow up to 8 a.m. on the Santtam
summit; It was reported by the
state highway department here to
day. Continued snow In the high
er areas was forecast for tonight.
The new snowfall on the Suntl-
am, where plos were again
brought Into service to maintain
the traffic flow, brought the total
depth there to eight feet, it was
reported. . '
Reports were lacking from the
Willamette and Wapinltia high
way routes,' indicating that the
storm was localized to the north
of the Three Sisters, highway de
partment officials said.
"Shots;1 in Bend
Only Firecrackers
What the Informant thought to
be "wild west shootln'" in the
1400 block on West Fourth street
late yesterday, proved to be two
small boys discharging firecrack
ers. Bend nolico reported today.
Mrs. L. B. Carter, 1445 West
Fourth street, telephoned head
Quarters, that she believed some
one was discharging firearms
nearby, qnd .that . even as she (
talked on the telephone she heard
another ."shot."
Officers deprived the boys of
their firecrackers, and sent them
nome.
City Commission
(Continued from Page One) ,y.
erans' council, were asked to sub J
mit plans and estimates to the S
commission at its next meeting. r i
Estimate Made ? .!
Davis, acting as spokesman fot ,S
the council, said that house bill
339, recently passed by the state- -j
legislature, authorizes cities to
lew for the building of such a s
structure to the memory oi u. o.,:
fighters. He estimated that be- ;,
tween 2,200 and 2,500 soldiers and.
sailors would return to Bend after -i
the war, and "these men should. -.
have a suitable place In which to(- ;
congregate," he added. '!
The commission adopted, after
a final reading, the city's first,. .
zoning ordinance, which regulates ft
the types of buildings and busi-f-i.
nesses which may be erected In j:
residential districts. . f
Fire Chief LeRoy Fox reported V
that In March there were 22 fire I
calls, two of them outside tne city, m
and that fire loss totalled only f.-:
$150. He said that the majority of
the fires were flue blazes.
Report Maie
In March, Police Chief Ken C.
Gulick reported, his men made
113 investigations, issued 68 traf
fic tickets, arrested 14 "drunks",
and collected $234 in fines and for
feitures. .
Besides Davis, Cooper, Euston
and Moody, the meeting was at
tended by William Van Allen,
Mayor Niebergall, Commissioners
Loyde S. Blakley and Melvln
Munkers, City Manager C. G. Rei
ter, City Attorney Ross Famham,
City Recorder George Slmervllle,
and Chiefs Gulick and Fox.
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