The Ely miner., 1942-10-01

from Minnesota and the Iron Range
On our way down here we went
through ST. Paul and Minnesota sure
did look good to the bays as we went
through it. Now that I have seen the
East and the West, still will say that
Minnesota is the best.
"I would like to thank you for the
paper, and hope that will enjoy
reading it out East as well as I did
in the West. And many thanks for
the good service that you have given
me by sending me the paper in the
past"
Now wearing the navy "blue" is
Frank John Volk, II, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Anton Volk, who recently en-
listed in the u S. navy and is now
going through recruit training at the
U. S. naval training station, Great
Lakes, Ill. During this training, the
new recruit will be given an aptitude
test to determine whether he will be
retained for further instruction at one
of the navy's many service schools,
or assigned to active duty at sea or
some other naval station.
Pvt. Torsti w. Franti, elongated one
time basketball star here, is now learn
ing to be an aviation mechanic. In
the 311th Tech. Sch. Sqd., barracks
822, Sheppard Field, Texas, he writes:
ct just received The Ely Miner and
I want to thank you for all the news.
Down here at Sheppard Field every
thing is nice. I'm going to aviation
mechanic school studying the B-25 and
B-26 bombers. We get actual expert
ence working on the airplanes.
"We go to school in two shifts. One
week we go from 6 a. m. to 2 p. m,
the next week from 2 p. m. to 6
D. m. The only thing I don't like about
the first shift is that we have to get
up at 400 in the morning and go to
school while the stars are still out.
Besides having eight hours of school
we get two hours of drill and eXer-
else so we are kept pretty busy. After
drill we have to study about one hour
day or sometimes more.
"The paper is a good thing to read
and receive so keep them coming"
Words of appreciation for The
Miner have been received by the VFW
from Pvt. John E. Ostlund, Hq., Det
Sta. Compl 1747, Fort Riley, Kan.
PvtS. John Pulls, John Starkovich,
Stanley Loushin and Felix Alfalfa,
Camp Robinson, Ark, have been trans
ferred to another camp.
1t. o. Kivipelto has been trans
ferred to the 477th Bombardment
Squadron, Barksdale Field, La.
Pvt. Rudolph j. Scufsa has trans
ferred from Camp Lee, Va, to Camp
Rucker, Ala, where he is in an
engineers unit.
Dan E. Mestnik is now in recruit
training at Great Lakes, Ill., men,
Der of Co. 87O, WAS, 1st Bat, 1st
Rgt.
Pvt. Richard P. Cardew is attending
radio operators school at Tyler,
Texas, and is living in the Blackstone
| hotel, room 412. "We live at the
hotel, just as civilian would" he
said. "Hotel employees clean the rooms
| and make the beds, and We live like
kings! We have very nice quarters
and ere not crowded at all. (Sounds
like a training camp "heaven," no
doubt to some servicemen) I want to
thank the VFW and The Miner for
the paper"
Pvt. Clayton j. Gardener is stationed
at Camp Haan, Calf. "We are hav-
ing a lot of hot weather, around 12C
degrees here on the desert" he said
"but the nights are cool enough tc
have two blankets and a quilt over
U.S."
He is now on desert maneuverS with
Bty. B, 401st CA CAD, Sep. Bn., and
wants to hear from Ely friends.
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