The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-10-15
Service Briefs

IIlNdltS blduCuc MdIlt JOuusOH
and Alice B. Ciyne of Ypsilanti have
been called to active duty in the
L. s. Marine Corps Women's Re
serve and will leave October IS for
Camp Lejeune, New River, n. c.,
for their boot" training. Private
Johnson is the daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Johnson, OF ia River
Blvd. She attended Ypsilanti High
School, graduating in 1913! Prior
to her enlistment she was an en-
ploye at Durants Flower Shop,
serving as bookkeeper. designer.
and clerk. private Clyne Is the
daughter OF Mrs. Flora B. Clyne,
1l04 Pearl Street. She formerly
attended Roosevelt High School
and Cleary College. Her past occu-
patton with the Signal Corps, De-
troit Field Section, should serve
her well in the new future she has
chosen for herself Two cousins
now serving overseas with the L.
s. Army and one with the Air
Corps in Mississippi, make up her
family now serving their country.
Before her enlistment Private
Clyne was active in USO work and
as a member OF the American Red
Cross.
Pvt. Donald McCollum, Wayne,
husband OF Mrs. Mary McCollum.
has notified friends here, that he
is stationed at Camp Banding.
Fla. The McCollums were former
residents OF Ypsilantf, Pvt. McCol-
lum having been employed at the
Ford Bomber Plant
S. Sgt. Harvey r. Hewitt. Com
pany c. 321st Infantry, Camp Horn.
Arizona, has been awarded the
Armys Good Conduct Medal for
exemplary behavior. efficiency, and
fidelity while serving in the Army
Of the United States.
Mrs. Clyde Mehl left Ann Arbor
Thursday for Philadelphia, Pa; to
meet her husband Fireman First
class Mehl, who has just returned
from overseas. They will return to
Ypsilanti. Monday, to visit Mr..
Mem parents.
PFC. Ralph Kring is home on
furlough from Camp Stewart, Ga,
and is visiting his mother, Mrs. r.
F. Kring. In Blissfield.
PFC. Robert Goss, who had been
in Fort Jackson. s. Car, has now
been transferred to Fort Meade.
Md.
Mrs. Dennis Lund, wife OF Ensign
Dennis Lund, has been visiting
here from Norfolk, Va, and in two
weeks will return to Norfolk. to be
with her husband who is in the
Navy.
Second Lieutenant Harold ID.
Erickson, who was co-pilot, OF a
BIZ that was downed July 2S west
Of Mnden, Germany, has written
home that he is a prisoner of war
at Stalag Lust No. 3, which is APP
parently camp outside OF Ores
den. His letter. dated Aug. %, says
he is safe and doing well. six men
live together and do their own
cooking. He writes that. thanks to
the Red Cross, they are well fed.
From dawn to dusk they are al
lowed to roam the camp, and make
use OF the library, swimming pool.
school, and theater, where they put
on their own shows. The officers
have no work. He writes that he
needs warm clothing. candy and to-
Dacco. 1t. Erickson enlisted in the
Air Force in May, 1912. and is the
grandson OF Mrs. Reginald Cook.
| G000 Whitaker Rd.
Lieut.. Robert Horton has been
transferred from New Guinea to an
island in the South Pacific. He has
made many collections in Austria
liza and New Guinea for the Mich
igan State College. where he had
] been a student, and the New York
Museum Of Natural History, and is
continuing that work in addition TO
his military duties.