' FOUR MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
On The Home Front
MedfordvIvTribune
News From Jackson County for
Men in the Armed Services
The Mall Tribune suggests you ellp and mall this news
roundup to talatWa ei friend in seiTica.
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Valley folk are looking for
ward to the Fourth of July holi
day, when plcnici, fishing trips,
parades and rodeos will be the
order of the day. The Jackson
County Sheriff's Posse is hold
ing the fourth annual rodeo and
horse show Saturday and Sun
day, Klamath Falls is staging a
rodeo July 2, 3 and 4 and Ash
land has planned a patriotic par
ade and celebration for the
: Fourth.
Warm, bright days have has
tened .ripening of early cherries
and harvesting of these has start
ed, while thinning is in full
swing in the pear orchards.
Voting in the special state
election last week was "very
liKht. A special levy for build-
, inns for state institutions carried
throughout the state but the vot
ers said "no" on cigarette tax
for the support bf schools. One
; of the state projects will be
new dormitory at S. O. C.E. to
coal i0,uvu. y
A fire this week destroyed the
mess hall, kitchen and storeroom
at Camp Prescott, used to house
Mexican agricultural workers.
Ashland has been without .Its
famed Lithia water recently and
city officials stato the shortage
Is due to the operation of a dry
lea Dlant near the SDrlnes. A
new pipe is to be Installed to the
upper springs.
Again the news of the week
has been filled with stories of
returning servicemen. T. Sgt.
Friday, June 29, 1945 1 battle stars and presidential
citation ribbon.
Many honors continue to come
to valley servicemen. Pvt. Lee
H. Bumgardner, who served in
Belgium and Germany, lias been
awarded a silver star and Lt.
Col. Lyle P. Wilcox and T. Sgt.
I B. F. Sparks have been given
bronze stars. Col. Wilcox is at
Erlangen, Germany, with a tac
tical unit and Sparks is In the
Philippines.
An unusual honor was that
given Lt. J. D. Logan, navy air
I corps, who was made an honor-
ary member of the Brazilian air
I force after 14 months duty dur
ing which he helped train Bra
zilian airmen. He has been in
Rogue River on leave and will
report for duty with the naval
air transport.
Roy Elmo Myers, Flc, of
Shady Cove has been cited for
courage during the Iwo Jima op
erations and Pfc. Russeu R. Mee,
also of Shady Cove, has been
awarded the combat infantry-
mans badge for service on Lu
zon with the Sixth Infantry. Roy
L. DeFluiter has added a star
to his Asiatic-Pacific ribbon for
the Iwo Jima campaign and Cpl.
Duane L. Child now wears the
Philippine liberation ribbon and
the bronze star for the Leyte
campaign. Lt. Col. Charles M.
Thomas of the famed 41st Infan
try Division has been given an
oak leaf cluster to his bronze
star.
Cpl. Lester L. Foley of Cen
tral Point has been given an
A.A.F. award at a B-29 base In
the Marianas.
Pvt. Everett E. Taylor's fam
ily received a letter from a Fil
ipino boy who became acquaint
ed witn tne private, now in a
Philippine hospital.. The Fili
pino wrote that Mrs. Taylor
should be proud to have a son
who has been a saviour of hu
manity.
Former prisoners returning
home last week were Cpl. Ray
Crosby, Staff Sgt. Cecil Claflin
and Lt. Boyd Bellamy. Cpl.
Crosby, one of the first Jackson
county men to be taken prisoner
by the Germans, was a captive
27 months but survived the bit
ter ordeal in fair shape and is
said to be little changed. Lt.
Bellamy was a prisoner 111
Clarence A. Tingloaf, Pfc. Mor
ris Corby and Hjalmcr Edwards
are home after having been hon
orably discharged. Tlngleaf and
Corby served with the 7th AAF
in the Pacific, and Edwards
wears seven campaign stars for
the North African, Italian and
European theaters, the Purple
Heart, Croix de Guerre and com
bat Infantryman's badge. Lt.
Jack Martin, pilot, has been
placed on inactive duty. He
wears the air medal with five
clusters and the Pacific theater
ribbon with four clusters. Henry
L. Stewart has received a medi
cal discharge and is now home.
Pat Shaw, CMM, has been
spending a 30-day survivor leave
jhere, John E. Barraclough, war
rant officer, is home after three
and one-half years in the Pacific
and T. Sgt. Dclmer Wright is
here from McCaw hospital
where he was a patient after
three years overseas duty.
Home after a year in Russia Is
T. Sgt. Paul I. Losey and Lt.
Richard Witt is back in this
country after more, than two
years Pacific and Asiatic duty.
Alton Mingcr, merchant murine
who has made 11 voyages since
the start of the war, was recent
ly home for a brief visit. Also
here is Sgt. Roland- F. Hogue,
home from Italy.
' T. Sgt. W. H. McCart Is home
from. England .where he served
as a radio gunner. He wears the
air medal with two clusters, two
months and the sergeant three
months.
Pfc. Harvey H. Lunsman was
killed in action on Okinawa May
22 and Johnnie J. Kerry, T'4,
and Pfc. CharJcs A. Calhoun,
have been wounded while serv
ing in the Pacific region. Pvt.
Ray Mann of Central Point has
returned to service with the
"Avengers of Bataan" after be
ing wounded for the third time.
Albert N. Espey has been pro
moted to first lieutenant at an
8th AAF base in England and
Robert Iven to the rank of cap
tain at a 21st bomber command
base in Tinlan.
Weddings announced last
week were Alpha Whillock to
Captain Wayne Crews, Hum
Cuffell to Capt. John Hunter dt
Philadelphia, Frances Fitzgerald
to Earl Weaver and Barbara
Stuart to Jack Gardner, Jr. The
Gardners have gone to Norfolk,
Va.. where the groom will attend
naval school. He is a veteran of
17 months overseas duty. Capt.
and Mrs. Crews will live near
BREAD tS AT ITS BEST
for BttiROy when ifs
Phoenix. Ariz , and Capt. u,nd I Camp Haan Named
the east after which .the officer
reriorts at Ft. Dix. The engage
ment of Mary Ellen Loeffler to
Ensign Larry Jackson. of Rich
field, Kan., has been announced
Debarkation Spot
Los Angeles, June 29 !U.PJ
Camp Haan, Calif., was estab
lished today as debarkation cen
ter of the Los Angeles port of
embarkation to process troops
returning from the Pacific.
The army said returned sol
diers will spend not more than
48 hours at the new center be
fore going to reception centers
throughout the country.
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