TWO MEDfORD MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday, March 9, 1943
Our Men and Women in the
Nation's Service
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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
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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.
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