Milford chronicle., 1943-09-03
Service Slants

! !: Service SIdntS
John A. Hayes, 10 years old, sol
= of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert /. Hayes
4 r. ID. 1, Milford. graduated thii
week from course in aircraft en-
| gines conducted by the Army Ali
| Forces Training Command at the
! Wright Aeronautical Corporation
at Paterson, N. j. Hayes, who had
J previously graduated from an air
plane mechanics school in the AAF
Training Command, has been pro-
NOTED to corporal in recognition
of his aptitude for specialized tech
. nical work. Only men who receive
grades we'll above average in gen.
eral alertness and mechanical ap-
titude tests are selected for tech
nical training. While at the Wright
plant Hayes received specialized
training in the repair and mainte-
nance of Wright airplane engines.
Now he is qualified to take his
place as a specialized member of
the combat crew of an Army Air
Force unit. Before entering the
Army, Hayes was employed by the
Milford Ordnance Company. His IA
ther. Sergeant Robert l. Hayes, is
stationed with the U. S. Army at
Fort Salisbury.
Engaged in the~last phase of
their training before they actually
get behind the controls of an army
plane, eight men from the State of
Delaware. including one from Mil
ford, are now stationed at the
Army Air Forces Prefiight School
for pilots at the San Antonio Avia-
tion Cadet Center, the nations
largest pool for air crew trainees.
Upon completion of their pursuits
at the preflight school. the cadets
will he sent to a primary flying
field. there to take up a new phase
in their training as potential COM
bat pilots. Basic and advanced
courses will follow. Those from
Delaware include Aviation Cadet
Raymond B. Hamilton, of Milford
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Two Delaware officers have re-
Gently been promoted according to
War Department list released to-
day. They are: Leslie Matthews
DObson, Medical Corps. Millsboro,
promoted from captain to major.
and Anderson Timmons. Air Corps.
of Glendale. promoted from second
IN fret
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Roland Franklin Walker. Seaman
2 c, who now is going to gunnery
school at Little Creek, Virginia.
spent the weekend with his mo-
ther and wife here. Buddy. as he is
known to many of his friends, has
been promoted to captain of his
gun crew.
NJ. Nelson "Chuck" Wright. sea-
man second class. of Milford. who
has been at Bainbridge Naval
Station. has been assign
ed to the Ship Personnel Depart
ment at that base.
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John ROthermel. seaman 2/c, has
his boot training at Balm
bridge Md. and has been the guest {
IF his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
F. Rothermel and family. for the g.,
past nine days.
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Private Harold Burdick return !
ID to his base at Smyrna. Tenn. d
lfter spending a ten-day leave with
lis mother. Mrs. Birda Burdick and |
lis grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs z
Henry Parker.
Corporal James F. Salevan left I
m Sunday for Fort Lewis. Wash Il
ngton. after spending a furlough II
With his wife at Lewes Beach and V
lis parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Salevan. a
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Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Short of Mil "
ord have received word that their
on, Carl Nelson Short. has been "
romoted to private first class He 81
stationed at Camp Forrest,
enn. 81
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Sergeant Edward Murphy. who
as been in the South Pacific for c
le past 10 months, is now spend NJ
lg a months furlough with his M
arents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Muir
hy. NJ
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Carlton j. Fisher. u s. N. is en- di
ying a two weeks furlOugh be- cI
re transferring to U. S. Naval
Station at st. Louis to
tier electrical school.
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Corporal Randall B. Donovan,
:. has returned to Camp MaXey,
exas, after spending a Today fur
ugh with his parents, Mr., and
RS. Bert Donovan.
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In letter received from overseas,
. Paul Fisher, U. S. ~, was al
wed to mention that he had been
gagged in the initial phase of the
Gillian campaign. ou