Evening star., 1942-09-13

In the British Isles.
Basil G. Sillers, jr son of Basil
G. Sillers, 1855 Kalmia road NV,
who is stationed somewhere in the
British Isles, has recently been pro-
NOTED to the grade of sergeant.
Sergt. Sillers was formerly employed
in the legal department of the
Southern Railroad.
At Ithaca, N. Y.
Blair Rouse, son of DR.. E. H.
Rouse, Orange, Va, has been COM
missioned lieutenant q. g. in the
u. S. N r. and has reported to
Cornell University for training. 1t.
Rouse graduated from Randolph
Macon College, Ashland, Va, and
after teaching for several years
attended the University of Illinois
where he received his Phi. D. degree
in June of this year.
At Maxwell Field, Ala.
Four local men are now enrolled
as aviation cadets in the Army Air
Forces School here. They are
Cadets Thomas M. Judd, 214 East
Thornapple street, Chevy Chase,
Md; William E. McLawhorn, IL
Watkins street, Chevy Chase, Md;
John H. Fauntleroy, 7006 Varnum
street, Landover Hills, Md, and
Edward T. Mueller, 3607 Tilden
street, Brentwood, Md.
At Camp Murphy, Fla.
George S. Worthington, tech
nician, fifth grade, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George E. Worthington, 1886
Forty-fourth street NV, recently
completed special course for radio
technicians at the Signal Corps
School here
At Jacksonville, Fla.
Ronald F. Asheton, son of Mrs.
Eva E. Asheton, 635 G street NE,
recently graduated from the Avia-
ton Machinist's Mate School here
and was promoted to corporal rat
ing. Corpl. Asheton enlisted in the
Marine Corps January of this
year and was sent to Paris Island
for 'boot training" before being
transferred to this station. Having
completed an intensive course in
airplane engines and now qualified
aircraft mechanic, he will probably
be assigned to a marine air unit
for further duty.
At Miami Beach, Fla.
Corpl. Louis Daniel Raper, son of
Cano M. Raper, United States Sol
diers' Home, has been admitted as
an officer candidate to the Air
Forces Officer Candidate School
here.
Other Washingtonians recently
admitted to the Air Forces Officer
Candidate School here are Sergts.
Richard Eugene Kyle, husband of
Mrs. Dorothy Catherine Kyle, 1850
Second street Sc; Robert Eyer
Mayer, husband of Mrs. Margaret
Mayer and former flight engineer
at Boiling and Chanute Fields;
Archie r. Strosnider. husband of Mrs.
Helen L. Strosnider, 1857 Nicholson
street NV; Albert P. Thompson,
son of Mrs. Blanche Thompson,
1920 Ninth street NE; Benjamin
Simon, husband of Mrs. Frances G..
Simon, 812 Jefferson street NV;
Pvt. Robert D. Baxter, husband of
Mrs. Katherine H. Baxter, 1910
Twenty-fifth street NV.
Corpls Charles B. Lounsbury, ward
of Ralph G. Lounsbury, 1913 Twen-
tyninth street NV; William Fran
els Sink, former photographer and
statistician for Geological Survey
son of Mrs. Mary G. Sink, 1915
Clifton street NV; Curtis H. Por-
terf1eld, son of David P. Porterfield
800 Madison street NV; Stephen
c. Stuntz, jr., son of Mrs. Stephen
c. Stuntz, Vienna, Va; Jack P
Wolfe, husband of Mrs. Virginia S
Wolfe, las House Office Building
and Peter Henle. former advertis-
ing assistant and junior economist
in the War Production Board, hus-
band of Mrs. Theda Ostrander
Henle, 1929 Connecticut avenue
NV, and Thomas Vernon White
former bank teller at Riggs National
Bank, husband of Mrs Charlotte
King White, 639 Twenty-third street
Arlington, Va.
Technical Sergt. William T. Con-
rer, jr., son of William T. Conner
3l4 E street NV; Master Sergt
William Boyd Leatherwood, former
machine operator in the Govern
ment Printing Office, brother oi
Edna E. Leatherwood, 1920 Nine
teenth street NV; John J. Bourke
son of Mrs. Susan M. Bourke, 36ll
r street NV. and Sergt. Benedict
M. Morgan, son of Mrs. Julia NJ
Morgan, 2123 California street NV
At Pensacola, Fla.
Aviation Cadet Laurence E. Rich.
srdson, son of L. E. Richardson
1913 Ninth street NV, last weel
completed his basic flight strainin.
course at the United States Nava
Air Station here and has beer
transferred to the Naval Air Sta
ton, Miami, Fla, for advanced
training. Prior to his entering tn,
naval service he received his LII. B
degree from Southeastern Universi
ty. Upon completion Of his ad
vanced training at Miami Cade
Richardson will receive the Nav,
wings of gold" with the designation
of naval aviator and will be com
missioned an ensign in the Nava
Reserve or a second lieutenant il
the Marine Corps Reserve.
At 81. Petersburg, Fla.
Pvt. Robert D. Cosbey. son of Dol
r. Cosbey, recently arrived at tn
Army Air Forces Replacement
Training Center here to start hi
30-day basic training. Upon com
pletion of this training he will b
sent to an advanced school to pre-
pare for line duty" in maintainin
and servicing warplanes.
Pvt. David P. Montague, jr., sol
OF Mr.. and Mrs. David P. Montague
14ll South Twenty-eighth stree
Arlington, Va, is also new arrive