Milford chronicle., 1942-03-27
MILLSBORO

the canteen workers here. Thi
makes the fifth group, one of eacl
who goes weekly to take refresh
ments to the soldiers at BETHANY
Beach-on Wednesday afternoon
Lessons in canteen aid will b,
given by Mrs. Ollie T. Atkins, be
ginning shortly, and later still nu
triton classes will be started.
The canteen workers are Mrs
Schumacher, Mrs. Elyizabeth Walk.
er, Mrs. Paul Schumacher, Miss Vir-
ginia Lingo, Mrs. Harold Gardner
Mrs. Joseph Piegert, Mrs. Harry
Williams. Mrs. Norris Goodwin, Mrs
Wilson McCabe, Jr., Mrs. H. B
Mitchell, Mrs. W. H. Ayres, Mrs
]. r. White, Mrs. Gertrude Walls
Mrs. John Cordrey, Mrs. Harold
Dobson, Mrs. Walter Belts, Mrs.
G. v. Wood, Mrs. Edgar Timmons,
Mrs. Ollie Atkins, Mrs. Virgil Hud-
son and Mrs. E. e. Carey.
The class in first-aid was held
on Wednesday of this week be-
cause the Firemen's convention, on
Tuesday, was held in the fire
house, where the classes are
taught.
Mrs. G. S. Williams is among
those who have been ill, and is
improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Mitchell have
moved into their new home on
Laurel road.
Every one sympathized deeply
and sincerely with Mr.. and Mrs. L.
B. Moore when they were torn
with anxiety and suspense over
not hearing from their son, Paul,
since the beginning of the war
with Japan. So we know that
every one will be delighted to hear
he is well and contented, and
discontinued lines of communica-
tion is the reason mail from him
has not been coming through.
The tone of the letter is genuine
proof of the morale of our boys
who are in the thick of war activi-
ties, and Mr.. and Mrs. Moore were
kind enough to allow the letter to
be published to help cheer other
parents whose boys are far away.
440th Ord. Co. Avn. b.
Way Out Yonder,
January 25, 1912.
Lear Mother and ALI
Hello again, to all of you. HOw's
the winter back home now? Here
the temperature is almost always
70oF. 1 thought 1 saw rain in
Martinsville, but when the tropi-
cal rains start the drops are as big
as grapes. Last night l drove the
sick truck and half the time on the |
muddy road the back was ahead of
the front. We drive black-out and .
one has a time lodging the cattle !
that roam the hills here. When it
gets dark here you can't see 20
feet ahead of you.
In the last letter l wrote you,
January End, told you l was put
on as mechanic. Well, just outside
our tent we have "tarp" stretched
and a bomb truck under it being
repaired. Today, being Sunday,
we are taking the day off resting
and writing letters. About that
other letter. sent it by air mail.
You should have received it by
now. However, now that service
is discontinued we are to send our
letters marked soldiers mail"
There is no charge on it and it
goes by boat from Australia. 1
think. l have received no mail
since the last of November and l
don't know what to say about you
Guess the best address to
use is still Philippine Is
lands.
Probably all the mail is piling up
wherever the depart ]
nent is located, and will be sent s
lver when things improve bit. ;
Don't look for a letter so very often .
because it takes about month, s
hink, for this to get to you. Don't |
lend any more letters with a soc
itamp because I guess you know g
he clipper has been discontinued. I
You probably get more news about
What goes on than we do. Only I
When a plane comes in or news Y
;omes over the radio do we know
What goes on. I
We've been living away from the Il
ield--along a creek bed. Had a
OK hole for protection from planes. v
n spite of the war you get lot a
f laughs. The Japs sent two pur- v
uits over early one morning and 1
an up to the hole, shoes in one 4
and and helmet in the other.
lived in head-first and landed in F
ny stocking feet in six inches of h
ed mud. Falls are common; in
lct, the other night guard Slip N
ed on the hill by our tent and slid r
II the way down on his belly right :
nder our tent. In our old COM
any site, where we were when a
le Jap news agency claimed they ii
ad wiped off the map with W
ombs, these wild steers would
lme around late at night and eat te
lie camouflage off the tent above b.
Du. You'd throw a stick at him al
nd away he'd go toward someone M
se's tent. A
Now in the new area we have Ell
hat we call "the little man who 10
asnt there" l think it is big W
De very much like a man in the hi
ay he moves. He visited several tn
nts and now they are all looking W
II a chance to shoot him. He m
;ared some of the guards the
her night so bad that all they Al
'uld do was look and cuss. to
One of the best jokes l have 1t
,ard in long time happened in an
e kitchen. A cook was searching m
+ some supplies in the dark. WI
here are king cobra snakes on to
is island whose bite causes death w
Is minutes, without treatment. M
le cook told the officer that he CT
d been bitten by something ge