Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-12-17

| cOlIoSe lSdIUS. camp MCooy 10 d
new camp. At this time of year it
| is very cold, the mercury already
this season has dropped as low as
16 below zero.
| Corporal Technician Millard Pen
nell of Camp Gruber, Okla, came
Tuesday to spend a weeks furlough
/ here with his wife, and to visit his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Pennell,
! of Malta. Corporal Pennell is
with the 313th Medical Battalion.
! Richard Spung left Tuesday for
Gulf Port Field, Mississippi, follow
ing a brief furlough spent here with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. O..
Spung. He is in the air mechanics
school, taking the course of flying
mechanic. Norman Taylor of this
place, who was also home On a fur
Tough, is in the same school, and he
and Spung occupy the same bar
racks.
Pvt. Fred Gouldsberry, who is
spending furlough with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Goulds-
East Bloom, spent Tuesday here.
He is a baker, and expects to be
sent overseas, soon.
Mrs. Jack Flanagan, of Zanes-
vile, has joined her husband, who
is in the service, stationed at Camp
VOTERS, Texas. Pvt. Flanagan's
brother, Sgt. James Flanagan, is at
Panama City, Fla. His wife is with
him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. W. Newton,
of Chesterhill, are in receipt of a
letter from their son, Kenneth d.
Newton from Algeria, Africa, the
first they had heard from him since
Sept. %. He writes: Dear folks:-l
Nice, sunny, warm day here. Hope
you have the same. / was just told
I could get few lines to you in a
short time, so am trying my luck
again. Haven't heard from any of
you since the middle of September.
sure wish l could. Haven't seen
any of the other boys from around
home lately, but SO far as / know
they are o. k. You tell the rest
am feeling fine. l send by love to
all.-Yours, Kennie.
Gale Phillip Adkins of Stockport
enlisted recently in the us. Navy
at Parkersburg, w. Va.
Dale McFerren, son of Mr.. and |
Mrs. Wilbur McFerren, of Center |
township, is now in Algeria, accord
ing to a recent letter to his parents.
Address of Pvt. Robert w. Sher-
man is Glass 27-43 Edgewater Hotel
Santa Monica. Calf.
The address of Pvt. Dwight D.
Shuster is: Co. F. 355 Inf. APO. SO
Div, Camp Carson, Colo.
Mr.. and Mrs Orrin Pierpoint of
near Pennsville received word this
week that their son Conrad Pier
point had landed safely oversas,
after having been On the water
many days.
Raymond Startling left Tuesday
for Camp Edwards, Mass, after
spending his furlough with his par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Startling
of near Todds.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Heron of
received a letter this
week from their son Tech. Sgt. Paul
Heron of Dutch Harbor, Alaska
The letter was dated Nov. Is. He
stated that he was Ok. 1t was q year
ago Monday the Sgt Heron land
ed in Alaska. The decoration he re-
ceived for gallantry, while in action,
has been given considerable prom
inence in city papers, as we'll as
locally.
Letter From Wendell Ray I,
Mr.. and Mrs. Delmer Ray received
The following letter recently from
heir son Wendell Ray from Africa.
rhe letter was written on a square
II thin wrapping paper and folded /,
n to make 1t an envelore likel
Iquare. The letter: T.
Dear Mother: Well 1t has boen a I
ong time since have v-~'tsss 70
'ou. so by now youfs shcwll gaow !