The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-12


chow where he is and beer on Sun
days for supper-but only one
bottle He is interested in how
the high school Bears are getting
along and hopes they win lot of
games this year . Wish | was
there TO play for them. 1t would
be good 10 be back on the team,
but | am on a big and greater
team running for a different goal
and in the end the score is sure
going to be piled up against the
Japs and Germans. because team
that PLAYS dirty first never wins.
They make few touchdowns, but
that is just part of the game"
CLIFFORD LEROY MIuBURN,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Milburn,
who reside. about seven miles
southeast of Coolidge. is now in
naval training at San Dieggo. His
address is Company 43-455. U. S.
Naval Training Station, San Diego.
33. Calf Clifford is II years of
age and an only son.
ROBERT COATES has recently
heen promoted from soundman
PC to sOundman 1/c and is now
attending a radar operators school
in the Hawaiian Islands. accord
i"g 20 word received this week
hv his mother, Mrs. Phil Coates.
Young Coates. whose letter broke
two months silence. said: You
think of something to write, then
YOU think of the censor. and final
u there is so little to say YOU
tear the letter up"
RONALD J. ELLIS. s PIC. sends
his chance of address and writes
f~"m California. Thanks for send
ing me the Examiner. You can't
imagine how glad We are to re-
ceive q local naper It's inst like
hi~ loro letter telling us of what
10 roonle we know are doing" ="
Tnis former county attorney. en-
hstod in the navv September of
'h's wear a"d is now attending a
~"dar operators class at San
0'ooo
PVT TOM HoRNEP n, rna,eu
'-ors with the Timber Wolf Divi-
"'"n in Oregon. writes that he is
"iust another rookie in this mans
"rmv NV ioh is communica-
''""s ard truck driving. and when
.N"~ give this bunch of Timber
NVoivos thair charce tho wor won't
lTst long because they've got
what II takes" Horner saws he's
not much on writing letters and
eends verse instead, to tell us
what it's like to be on maneuvers
in OREGON.
Somewhere in central Oregon.
whore the sun is like a curse.
hrd the lava dust blows thicker
than tho shiftino desert sand.
AID soldiers dream and wish
for a greener. fairer land.
Somewhere IN central Orn0on
whore a girl is never seen,
Where the skv is never clondv
""d the grass is never green.
"N"re We never get q pay day.
""d never have a cent.
P''t rover miss the money.
because we canrot pet II spent.
Somewhere in central Oregon
where the ants and lizards play,
And hundred other snakes
reolace each one you slay.
Take me back to good old Arizona.
there let me live and dwell,
Far from this God forsaken place
"a substitute for hell.
Young Horner is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. H. Horner.
PVT. L. WESLEY MCINTYRE
writes from San DIEGO. California,
to say how much he enjoys re-
eeiving the Examiner each week.
He has been serving for about
three months in the headquarters
company service battalion and
saws he likes it very much. "The
boys are a great bunch of fellows
most of them thinking about
home and the things they have left
and above all they will be glad 70
get this job over, 50 they can all
go hack To their hOmocv
PVT. EUGENE K. WARD, anti
aircraft. arrived Sunday from
Camp Ham. California, to visit
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. B.
Ward, on a ~ day furlough.
Eugene, who entered service June
18th of this year, has been on
desert maneuvers. He was born
at Coal Hill, Arkansas, November
ii, 1926. and has made his home
IN Coolidge for the past seven
years. Before entering service he
was employed in defense work in
Arizona and later in California.
PVT. JIMMY ENRlQUEZ, artiI-
lery. arrived Sunday from Camp
Carson. Colorado, to visit his
grandfather and other relatives,
Young Enriquex. born in Winkel-
man, January 9Th, 1924, has made