Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-04-23
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and Mrs. Frank Sheridan, OF Ports
mouth, formerly Of this place, re-
Gently graduated from Officers,
Training School at Fort Benning.
Ca, with the rank of second lieu
tenant. Sheridan is a graduate Of
Ohio State University, and has
many relatives here.
or the As who left last Thursday
for Fort Hayes, where they were
given their army type examination,
nine failed as follows: Williams
Russell Smith, McConnelsville; Da-
mon Rodney Hurst, Malta route
one; Ernest N Wood, ChesterhflI
route; Laurence M. Spencer, GIous-
ter route two: Harry Donivan Ham
bel. Malta route three; Dean Ed
ward MePeak, Chesterhill; Charles
Perry Woodward, Chesterhill route:
Wilford James Hale, CrooksvilIe.
and Paul Childs, McConnelsviIle
route three. We understand one
was rejected because of rupture,
and all the others on account of bad
teeth.
Ralph James, who is at a subma-
rine base, New London, Conn,
spent several days last week with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
James, near the Big Oak filing sta
ton, on the Pennsville-Malta road.
His wife is in New York City.
George E. Snyder, of this place,
who volunteered some weeks ago in
the air corps and has been at an
Oklahoma camp, left last week for
Santa Ana, Calf, for advanced air
corps training. When he completes
27-weeks course, he will receive
lieutenant's commission. Before
entering the service Snyder was
employed in Bakers jewelry store
of this place.
In a letter written by Private
Franklin j. Patterson, 94th @. M.
Co. (R.H.D.), Camp Blanding, Fla.
to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
G. Patterson, he states his company
received orders April 14th to move,
and they were leaving Wednesday
evening for a Desert Training Gen.
ter at Indio, California. They were
going by train and would be about
five days making the trip as they
would not take direct route and
would travel slow. He said they
had set-up so would be COM
Portable on trip; said he is feeling
fine and can stand it If any of them
can. He does not know how long
they will be in. desert, and that they
water day per person. The 94th
@. M. C. will run rai,head of their
own while there and will issue ra-
tions.
Herman Spencer, of Malta, who
is at Fort Ord, Calf, sends this Of
flee copy of the Army Day souv-
enir edition of the Fort Ord Pano-
rama, 12-page paper which is
profusely illustrated, and shows the
soldiers of Fort Ord on parade, at
Monterey, Calf. 1t was a new sort
of parade because there was not a
single marching soldier in the two
mile long event. Two pages show
the 10th Cavalry which for the
most part is from Cleveland. Mr..
Spencer is with that outfit. His adj
dress is Herman Spencer, H. @.
TT. 10th Cavalry, Fort Ord, Calf"
Private Kenneth Ray came Sun
day to spend seven-day furlough
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. 81.
Ray, of Ringgold, and other rela-
tives and friends. He is at Camp
Forrest, Tenn, and is with the
339th Infantry division, which is
the former state of Illinois 0. N. G..
That division was at Cincinnati
Army day, April 6. Mr.. Ray is a
grade teacher in NJ & M, and
when he entered the service was
given a leave of absence
Private, first class, Dana E.
White was with the convoy of
troops recently sent to the east
coast from Fort Knox. KY, where
he has been stationed since enlist
ing in September, 1910. He attended
armored force school there and
graduated as radio technician. In
a letter to his mother, Mrs. Barak
of near Stockport, he says:
The truck convoy took three days
to travel from FIT. Knox to their
present location, stopping enroute
near Washington C. H., O., and
Pa, passing through
GAINESVILLE and Cambridge" His
present address is P. F. G. Dana E.
White, 15013057, Co. G.. 18th A. R.,
1st ARMD Regt, APO. PSI, care
Postmaster, New York City, N Y.
Private Paul Beatty who has
been at Jefferson Barracks, Mo-,
has been sent to Oakland Airport,
Oakland, Calf. His address is
Glass 2S, AF.T.D, Boeing Sch. of
Oakland Airport,
Oakland, Calf
y
Robert Finley, seaman. second
class. of the Annapolis Preparatory
school, arrived Tuesday evening for
a 30-days furlough, which he will
spend with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Finley of Malta, and
other relatives. His sister, Miss
Pollyann Finley, and Miss Janet