The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1942-10-22
AT LEAST 1919
FROM
SERvIcEMEN

Pvt. Stanley M. Senta, 180th Sig.
Rpr. Co., Camp Crowder, Mo-, thinks
his branch of the service is tops. He
says:
81 have now received The Ely Miner
for several weeks and certainly appre-
ciate it, I didn't realize how much I
missed it until after I received the
first copy. Now I can hardly wait
for Tuesday to come around. Being the
only Ely boy in the signal repair unit
makes it quite lonesome for me.
Ct certainly believe that I have hit
into about the best spot one could
ask The chow, the non-coms, and
officers are tops. Where group of
men like this sets out to do a job, it
seems to be play and not work. 1t is
just like playing football or anything
else. Teamwork is one thing that is
stressed in our company.
ct want to thank you all again for
the splendid work you are doing in
trying to satisfy the men in the
VFW members can understand how
well we would appreciate anything
from our home town and folks. I
hope to be seeing you all soon and
will be waiting every Tuesday. Thank
you"
From 1t. Walter B. Leino, 100 18th
st. NJ, Fargo, N. D., comes the fol-
lowing to the VF'W:
"For close to two years I have
been receiving The Miner through your
kindness and thoughtfulness and it is
high time that I write to express my
deep appreciation. The Ely Miner has
been good comfort to me. 1t is Ely,
all of her thoughts, her daily life, her
people are expressed in it, and when
I have been relatively far afield it
has reached, through devious routes,
to bring me back home.
ct think the servicemen'S page idea
is an excellent one. During the past
10 months have seen papers from all
over the eastern states and none have
page belonging exclusively to the
boys in uniform May it flourish. I
know that all the boys in the service
enjoy it.
st noticed that The Miner carried
an account of some of my activities
up to the time I had the privilege of
attending a course of instruction in
the officers branch of the Adjutant
Generals School in Washington, D.
c. Since graduation I have been as
signed for duty with the Army Admin
istration School, a Officer Candidate
School No. /, here in Fargo, N. D.
"My duties here consist Of Instruc-
ton in various phases of army CLASH
fication, and as personnel consultant
to the school. 1 need not elaborate
the fact that my work is varied and
very interesting. enjoy the pleasure
of serving with a splendid group of
officers and men, and the experience
is simply incalculable in value"
Seaman Dan Mestnik has been trans
ferred from Great Lakes to the Uni
versity of Minnesota, where he is con-
tinuing his training.
| Pvt. L. j. Pechek, 34th Sch. Sod
Bks. TIT, has graduated from Scott
Field, ILL.,, and is now at a new base
I Last week Marine Clarence Hedloff
was enormously reported as being q
| first class private. He has had a cor
poral's rating for some time, and Is
now in line for his sergeants stripes.
Staff Sgt Albin M. zaverl, in desert
"foreign service" writes:
CT am dropping you few lines te
let you know that am still receiving
that paper of yours, The Ely Miner
for which I am deeply grateful In the
nine and half months I have spent
in this desert foreign service, it ha.
been my only contact with what!
going on up there There have beer
many Minnesotans come through here
but none from Ely or vicinity.
"The eleventh of this month wa
lmy first anniversary in the army. I
doesn't seem that long and I hop'
the remainder goes by just as fast.
am still attached to the hospital uni
i out here and we are training groul
now. The new men come in here TO
their training and are shipped out +
other camps or from cadres. The wor
| is very interesting. I am in charge G
| the sick and wounded Office, whic
!! is the same as the registrars Office
iany other hospital. All the hospits