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TWO MEDfORD MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, March 9, 1943 Our Men and Women in the Nation's Service E S GIVEN HERO SON i Mr. and Mra. Joe Vakoc it 510 South Riverside avenue, have recently received the presiden tial citation and purple heart awarded their son, Pvt. Wllford J. Vakoc, who died In the serv ice of his country Sept, 2, 1944, In France. Pvt. Vnkoc, serving with com pany L, 8th Infantry unit, was killed In the vicinity of Brest while performing the duties of a rifleman with his platoon, at tacking an enemy pillbox. He entered training June 22. 1S43, at Camp Haan, Calif , In May, 1944, he was transferred to the Infantry and moved to Camp Carson, Colo., where he received ix weeks' training, then being sent overseas and landing In England, Aug. 23. From there he went immediately into battle In France. According to the parents no other details have been received though they received letter last week from a buddy of their son, saying Pvt. Vakoe had "vol unteered for a very dangerous assignment, in which he was k i I PVT. WILFOHD VAKOC killed." The buddy was wounded In the same engagement and sent to England for hospitaliza tion. Pvt. Vakoc was born Aug. 10. 1024, In Verdigre, Neb., and came to Ashland with his par ents in 1037. He attended school and later was employed at the Drive-In Market until his Indue- SS' IKS- i tlon. He was known to his many irlendj as "Willie." A brother, George Vakoe of Medford, also survives besides the parents. PVT. WESLEY E. SURRA! Allied Force Headnuarters Italy. Signal property used by allied force headquarters in the Mediterranean theater of opera tions is procured, stored. Issued and repaired by the 3140th sig nal service platoon. This platoon is a unit of the 3141st signal service group, which Is respons ible for the complex communica tion facilities in this theater. Pvt. Wesley E Surran, son of Mrs. Ells A. Surran of Applegate, Ore., is a member. Men of the platoon are highly trained and skilled In processing. testing and repairing complicated ana technically intricate radio. teletype and telephone equip ment used In the vast signal sys tem oi allied force. SOT. CARROLL WATSON' A clipping from the Windmill army newspaper published by men oi the Tomahawk snecial service section, believed to be the first American army news paper printed on German soil in world war II, has been received by Rulph Watson of Trail, from nis son, uarrou o. Watson. Sgt. Watson is attached to the 246th engineer combat battalion, which has set records for engineer sup port of infantry and armored units during campaigns in Nor mandy, northern! France, Bel gium, Holland and Germany, Sgt. Watson was wounded in Holland, recently returning to his company from a horpital in the British isles. . in January and remarked how odd the difference in the seasons seemed, with Christmas coming during warm weather. Hober is stationed at a south Pacific Island base. A graduate of Medford senior high school he has been in the navy nine years. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Hober, 822 North Cen tral avenue, and a sister, Mrs. Bruce Wilson, Uvea at 1022 West Ninth street. PFC. JOHN BREWER After ten months overseas, Pfc. John R. Brewer, son of Mrs. C. R. Brewer, 307 Laurel street, Medford, recently arrived at Hammond General hospital, Mo desto, Calif., to receive special ized treatment. He 'was wounded while with the 1st armored division in Ger many for which he was awarded the purple heart. He also has the combat infantryman's badge. W. L. HOBER Writing of a trip to New Zea land, W. L. (Red) Hober, now a chief warrant officer in the navy, stated that he enjoyed the visit very much and found the climate and country much like Oregon. Hober made his visit CAPT. JAMES ANNINO Strother Field, Kan. Among the officers recently reporting to this 72d fighter wing base of the second air force after over seas service is Capt. James An drew Anning of 617 Western avenue, Medford, Ore., who served for 22 months in Puerto Rico, Trinidad, China and India and wears the distinguished fly ing cross and the air medal. Capt. Anning was a student at Medford high school before en tering service in June of 1938. He was promoted to his present rank on May 1, 1044. At Strother field he will be assigned to duty as a combat fighter pilot instructor. RICHARD FREDERICK Selman Field, Monroe, La. Richard Frederick, son of Mrs. Madge B. Frederick, 809 S. Peach street, Medford, is among representatives of 43 states and the District of Columbia to re ceive wings and commissions as aerial navigators hee Feb. a when the AAF training com mand graduated class 45-7 in ceremonies at the post theater. Completing an intensive course nf all kinds of aerial navigation, the graduates .trained directly under AAF central flying train ing command direction, will shortly be putting their know ledge to use in every theater of the war. Sgi. Chester O. Webb 15th AAF in Italy Chester O. Webb, 223 W. Sixth street. Medford, Ore., engineer-gunner of a B-24 Liberator in the 15th air force In Italy, was recently promoted to the grade of ser geant. Since arriving overseas last November, he has participated in bombing attacks on aircraft fac tories and oil refineries in Vien na and German Industrial in stallations at Blechhammer and Munich Other targets were air fields and railroad yards in northern Italy and southern Aus tria. Ha la authorized to wear the distinguished unit badge as a member of heavy bombard ment group which has been cited by the war department for "outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy." He attended Medford high school and was employed by Webb and Carlton's Paint store Medford, Ore., prior to entering the service in April, 18M. Sgt. Webb's wife, Mrs. Mary Ann Webb, lives in Greensburg. Mo. His mother, Mrs. L. E. Webb, lives in Medford, Ore. SGT. DOLPH GUYER Sgt. Dolph Guyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Guyer, 319 Port land avenue, recently wrote his parents telling of a wound re ceived in action in the Philip pines. Set. Guyer wrote, "I was wounded on Feb. 11, but it is not serious, but I am being evac uated and hope to get a good rest. "Life in a hospital is O. K. and they have given me very good care. I was wounded in the right arm by a sniper's bullet and it is swollen a little bit, but after an operation I know it will hea) fast. , - "I received all df your Decem ber malt and quite a bit of Jan uary mall. The mail has been held off for quite some time." Olive lyJSA Barber's WJJ Letter ' I have two little girl neigh bors. We've exchanged scarcely a dozen words yet I'm getting very well acquainted with their small selves. Each day I watch the flurry of their, colorful dresses as they dash off to school and have to smile at the mater nal pose the elder one has toward the younger. . Each morning they have the air of being terribly pressed for EVERY ED MS SAVES WITTE .-cheaper ele eraie mi $325,000 SAVINGS TO ELECTRIC SERVICE USERS EVERY CUSTOMER BENEFITS Ye. beerlnnlno- with ' A cicuuic ierv.ee dui. lvlki California Oreon Power Company cuatomer benefited by thi. r.te reduction, totaling Ww.22K . RESinF.IMTIAI licroe ?nMTutMnSLLl reJceive ,reduclin in the price of SOMETHING these day., when all of the re.t of our family . expen.e. are going up," one of our cuatomers commented. Copco't rate, for home electric service will average only about V4c per kilow.tt-hour. Thi. i. only naif the national average. COMMERCIAL USERS Grocer., druggUt., garage and filling .tatlon operator In fact all busine.. men .hare in thi. reduction. Copco't VXS3 u ,ower lh" RURAL USERS Farmer., too, .hare in our .y.tem-wide rate reduction. Electricity for agricultural production and to relieve farm labor .hortage. i. reduced again. Farm rate, in thi. area compare with the nation', very loweaL ' AUTO CAMP USERS Good electric .ervice mean, so much to the comfort of living in auto camp. Now, with our new, lower electric rate, auto camp resident, may enjoy more of the com- iotu ana convenience, or electricity. INDUSTRIAL USERS ALSO BENEFIT l!.!.T ejlV?lM he,P intry in thi. section build more lZu C.hla? ?,eCtrlcity help indtutry make more po.t war job. and build greater payrolls - MONTH One of America's BUSINESS MANAGED Electric Comos nies time. I Imagine they are and that it's their own fault, the still sleepy girls burrowing their heads deeper into their pillows every time their mother called them. No doubt they can judge to a hair the extent of her pa tience and don't get up until that hair has been reached. School mornings I get occa sional glimpses through the win dow of short pajama clad legs in a frantic patter about their bedroom, fairly tumbling over each other in an eifort to make up for lost time. Sometimes they axe so late that their last minute frenzy gets me excited too and I think I sigh with as much relief when they're finally ofi for school as their mother. Not so long ago one of them got a permanent ThorauBhlv feminine, she took cars to loiter Deiore the window ao I might see. I felt my face curling In tender amusement at her small conceit; remembered my own conceit when I had been a little girl and my mbther uncurled my hair from the white ragt around which it had spent the night. Thla memory span, our chronological difference and though we have exchanged no . yet I know her little girl pride that her hair before so straight should now be so enchantingly curly. A rich home, theirs; a home where there is the sound of high girlish laughter; where funny little feminine poslngs must give parents many a, chuckle. No doubt there are bits of embrold ery lying about with stitches none too even; also dresses which small owners ao eaullv ileave for mother to hang up. All mcse wouia seem riches to those denied parenthood and aucb sweet companionship. Some day 1 too will get a per manent and then I'll stand in my window and show I also have my share of vanity. Thus a new link will be formed in our silent friendship. Of 88,173 employed In n.f manufacturing in 1940. 88.374 I or more than a third, are now I with the fighting forces. . 1 VANDENBERG ACCEPTS CONFERENCE INVITATION Washington, March 6 CU.R) Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R. Mich., today accepted President Roosevelt's invitation to serve as a member of the United States delegation to the interna tional security conference at San Francisco, He said ha had been assured by the White House that there would be no restricting nn hii freedom of individual action . SPRING MERCHANDISE Coats. Suits. Millinery Allarauona by prta LADIES COATS ft SUITS . IN HALF SIZES Burelson's Ladies' Ready-To-Wear 31 No. Central Avenue I IMPERIAL CANDY COMPANY SEATTLE 4, WASHINGTON . MEN WANTED for ditch clearing $6.40 per day traniporfition furnished. Apply at Dis trict Office or phone Medford 6111 or Ashland 8981. TALENT IRRIGATION DIST. Uncle Sam is Depending On Medford Our city, which has contributed her man power to the ob of winning the war. now Is being asked by the War Department to . y ' contribute womanpower. toe. to the Job of finishing the war. Medical and Surgical Technicians are urgently needed and the Women's Army Corps needs a special unit from Medford to represent this area at one -of the 11 Army Hospitals in seven western states, where America's war wounded are , going through another battle ... the fight ' recovery and the health they so richly deserve fox the work they have done. IF YOU'RE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 20 and 49 (inclusive) AND NOT IN ESSENTIAL WAR WORK, YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO FULFILL JOIN THE SPECIAL MEDICAL DEPT. UNIT BEING ORGANIZED IN THIS AREA NOW! As representative ef Medford la the special Medical De partment unit now being organised, you will reeelve your basic training In Ft. Oglethorpe, Ca.. and U qualified, will attend medical or surgical technicians' school before going to active duty at the army hospital you select SERVE at an ARMY HOSPITAL in One of These Citiest (g7 VAN NUYS, CALIF. AUBURN, CALIF. PALO ALTO, CALIF. MODESTO, CALIF. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. FT. LEWIS, WASH. BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH SPOKANE, WASH. DON'T DELAY APPLY TODAY! WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS RECRUITING STATION ("women's Army Corps Recruiting Station, ""1 Posf Office Building, 1 I Medford, Oregon. I Please send me details about the Women'. I Army Corp. Medical Unit. NAMI -. STREET Lf'H' I STATI J Sponsored In the Interest ef Victory by the i i 204 N. Riverside Phone 2969
