Thommen Has
Chadwick lodge No. 18
Albert Maiden
Hears From George
" A letter received yesterday by Al
bert Maiden was from his son,
George, taken prisoner on Wake
Island in January, 1M2. when the
Japs captured the civilians working
on the islands as well as the service
men.
The letter was evidently written
last January and was sent to the mine
near Holland, Ore., where George
and his father were working before
he went to Wake, It was forwarded
from Holland.
Mr. Maiden has
opinion that most
when they read the following letter,
that the Jap praise was included to
make sure, the missive passed the
censors there:
Wasley Laird Graduates From
Marine Reserve Officers School
Second Lieutenant George Wasley
Laird, 26, of Coquille, waa scheduled
to be graduated from the Marine
Corps Reserve Officers School yes
terday at Quantico, Virginia. After
completing his advanced officer in
struction he will then be ready for
duty at a «oecialist school or a com
bat organization.
. Lieutenant Laird won his gold bars
1 lust spring after being gruduated from
the officer candidates class. He is
Tom Martin, seaman second class,
' the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Laird
san of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martin,
and the husband of Mrs. Lurene
arrived home last evening from Camp
'Laird, of Bullards Route, Coquille.
Farragut, where he has been for the
past two months. Tom is home on a
ve in track. After entering the na- L*
Haynes Of This City
fifteen-day leave.
il service in January, IMI, he went 1> Now An Army Captain
San Diego, Calif., for recruit
Mrs A. N. Foley has received word
Just came In today at Norton’s—
aiding and has served at sea. He from her son, L. E. Haynes, who is the Webster Dictionary'at $1.36 and
is been commended for rescue and ' and has been for some time stationed ten cent spiral arawlng pads for
Ivage work.
, ¡n Washington, D. C., that he was re- school. Get yours while they last, s
The Submarine School, the only one cently promoted from a first lieuten-
its kind in the Navy, is attended ancy, in the Army to a captaincy.
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