The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1942-10-15

Sgt. Nicholson, a graduate of the
Oakland High school. entered the
armed service April Is, 1871. Accept
ed for flying training in January.
1912, he has completed the primary
training at the Mississippi Institute
of Aeronautics, Jackson, Miss, and
the Basic Training at Cochran Field,
Georgia.
Among those joining the U. S.
Army at the Cumberland recruiting
station last Friday was Harold c..
Paugh, Vindex, who was sent to Bow
man Field, Ky.
Mrs. James Junkins, Jr., Altamont.
has received word that her husband.
stationed in Hawaii. has been pro-
NOTED to the rank of staff sergeant.
Junhins enlisted in October, 1910. and
has been in Hawaii since the latter
! part of December, 1871. Mrs Junkins
/ was the former Miss Verna Comp.
Privates Harrison Stewart and Ed
/ ward Means, stationed at Camp Cor
i don, Ga, are spending ten-day fur
Tough with their parents in Oakland.
Bruce Smouse, stationed with the
infantry at Fort George G. Meade,
near Baltimore, spent the weekend
here with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Daniel f. Smouse. Smouse was pro
NOTED to the rank Of sergeant on
j September 25.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Stevenson, Mt.
Lake Park. have received word that
their son, Robert H. Stevenson. had
been advanced to the rank Of first
class seaman. Stevenson enlisted in
/ February and began his training on
March TO- He is a member Of the
signal corps Of the U. S. s. Indiana
( Private Earl H. Kitzmiller, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph f. Kitzmiller.
/ Oakland, was recently transferred
from Camp Wheeler, Ga, to Camp
Shelby, Miss. He is with an ordnance
unit Of the United States army.
Glenn SchelI has completed his
training as an aviation gunner at
TyndaIl Field, near Panama City, Fla.
and was recently promoted to the
rank Of sergeant He is a son of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank A. SchelI. formerly
Of near Oakland, now residing at Mid
die River
Pvt. Donald limbaugh. stationed
at Fort Eustis, Va, and undergoing
training with the anti-aircraft units
Of the U. S. Army, spent the week
end at the home Of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry A. limbaugh. north
Third street.
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Mr.. and Mrs George Kerins have
received a cablegram from their son,
2nd Lieut.. George Kerins, Jr., stating
that he has arrived safely in England
Kerins is a statistician for the Army
Air corps, and prior to receiving his
commission was given a siX-weeks'
course on that subject in Harvard uni
versity.
/ Among the thirteen men who en-
listed in the United States Army
Tuesday at the Cumberland recruit
ing station, were Daniel E. Butler, Mt.
Lake Park; Willis Conrad, Gormania.
W. Va. Butler was sent to Bowman
Field Ky, while Conrad was assigned
to the coast artillery.
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Mr. and Mrs w. P. Warsaw, of
Kempton have heard from their son.
Private Pierce Warsaw, who has been
seriously i'll of double pneumonia, and
was in an oxygen tent forty hours
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Army Hospital Annex, Fort Francis
E. Warren, Wyoming
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Nh and Mrs. A. L. Lantz, Kempton,
w. Va, have received word from their
son, Cadet Clifton Lantz, that he has
successfully passed his preliminary
examination at Ellington Field, Tex.
The graduating exercises were held
last Friday.
Private first class Edward Marko-
wich, Kempton, has successfully
passed his preliminary training at
Fort Bragg, N. c., and is now a quail
fled parachutist. He has made five
jumps from plane in flight. Edward
is visiting his wife and parents at
Kempton.
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Corp. Cleadus Corbin, of Carlisle
Barracks, Carlisle, Pa, spent a few
dayS with his narpntS Mr. and Mrs