Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-06-11
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Pvt. Lawrence Embree of For
Bragg, N. c., is spending a few day.
furlough with his parents, Mr.. an(
Mrs. Dennis Embree, of Bristo
township.
Robert Benjamin, Charles Kear
and Leo Smith of this place, who
enlisted in the U. S. Navy, left
Tuesday morning for Cleveland
where they We're inducted into the
service. From there they expected
to be sent to the Great Lakes, H.,
training school. Charles Grether
of near Rokeby Lock, who enlisted
at the same time, will be inducted
later. 1t was necessary for him to
receive the consent of his father,
and his papers had to be sent to
South America for his signature.
His father is employed as a carpen-
ter.
The following young men of this
years graduating class of M. & M.
have enlisted in the U. S. Navy:
John Mcbride, jr., Richard Stew
ard, Robert Benjamin, Charles
Kean and Charles Grether. James
Richarson, another member of the
class, was turned down on account
of being underweight.
The address Of Robert Norris,
who enlisted recently in the U. S.
b, 22nd E. T. Bn, Fort Leonard
Wood, Mo-, End Platoon, .. S. A.
Ralph Leroy Broedel, Bristol
township was sworn in recently as
an aviation cadet at the Naval Avia-
tion Cadet Selection Board, Colum-
bus. This was the first step in the
strenuous program of procuring the
coveted navy wings. He will be
sent to a Naval Air Training school
for preliminary instruction. At the
completion of the course, Broedel
will be commissioned an ensign. He
is student at Ohio university,
Athens. II
Howard Dye, son of DR.. and Mrs
C. S. Dye of this place, who has
been stationed at Camp Crowder,
Mo-, in the signal training battalion,
has been transferred to a camp in
California. Charles Bruner, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bruner, of
near Meigs, who has also been at
Camp Crowder, has been transfer
red elsewhere.
Leo Mccoy of this place received
letter Tuesday from Pvt. John
Ham, who is in Australia. The let
ter bears date of May 10 Pvt
Ham states that he had heard Mr..
McCoy's son, Robert Mccoy. is
some place in Australia, but had
been unable to locate him or find
his address. Ham wrote that
things in Australia are mu,r the
same as in the United States, with
the exception that they drive on
the wrong side of the rOad-and
adds that they are not so much
advanced as most of the people of
the e. s.
The address of Elmer A. Taylor,
son of Mr.. and Mrs John A. Tay-
Tor, of Malta, who was recently in
Quoted into the service in Michigan,
is: Pvt. Elmer A. Taylor, Co. B,
1909 RecaDtiOn Centar Pkc 10A2
Fort Custer, Michigan.
Pvt Monford Frash of Camp
Blanding, Fla, arrived Monday for
a short furlough with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Frash, and fam
lily, Malta.
The following soldiers, stationed
at New Orleans, La, former mem
bers of Company l., 166th Infantry,
o. N. G., came yesterday to spend
a ten-day furlough with their home
people: Pvt. Dale Grandstaff, Cpl.
Glenford Bankes, Sgt, James Flan-
agan. and Sgt. Galen Barrett.
Sgt James Flanagan, who is
stationed at New Orleans, La,
left camp June 8th on a furlough,
which he is spending with his wife
at Columbus, and both will visit
here with Mr.. Flanagan's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. James Flanagan OF
Kennebec hill.