The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-09-11
Service Briefs


OF Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Woodward,
has entered the University OF Wis.
consin to begin his course in en-
cheering, as a member of the Army
Specialized Training Reserve.
While at the University he will be
considered and treated as a student
and in conjunction with his AGA
demic work will receive basic mill
tary training.
Corp. Robert Fashbaugh has been
transferred from Seattle, Wash, to
Cheyenne, wyoming.
Corp. and Mrs. Chalmer Bruder
are spending Corp. Bruders Is day
furlough in this vicinity. visiting
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Bruder. Tecumseh, and Mr.. and
Mrs. David Finn. Belleville.
Word has been received from
Pvt. Delmar Bruder that he is now
in Sicily. Pvt. Bruder was previous
ly stationed In y. Africa.
Pvt. Wilbur McDermott. son o;
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McDermott.
Oaklawn Blvd, is spending a seven
aay faTS0asS ,S Sstss nj i,.-r --.s,
He is stationed at Fort Jackson,
S. c.
Sgts. Beryl Westover and Herbert
Kidder. Ypsilanti. were at the next
table to that OF Mrs. Eleanor Roos-
evelt at a luncheon at the Signal
Corps barracks in Australia at
which her escort was Capt. Morley
Wilson, Robert Moverson, Red
Cross, Ann Arbor, sat at her table.
Cpl. Paul Hoeman Is spending
seven day Through with his moth
err Mrs. Mable Taylor, 2021 Ide St,
Ford Dam Subdivision. Cpl. Hoe
man, who is stationed at Camp Nc
Cain, Miss, will be honored this
evening at a dinner given by his
sister and ,brother-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Layton Acre, at their new
home. 210 w. Spencer st. Guests
will be Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Taylor,
Roger and Wanda Taylor. Leslie
Hoeman. and Mrs. Lillian Acre.
Edwin Acre, who has had
medical discharge from the Army,
has returned to his home and IS
now employed at the Ford Bomber
Plant. Previously he was station
ed at Fort Sill, Okla.
Lynn A. Porter, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth w. Porter, SOP n.
Adams St, has been promoted to
the rank OF sergeant. He is sta
toned at Laughlin Army Air Field,
Del Rio, Tex, where he has been
since February.
Major Robert Brocklehurst. re-
turning from the Aleutian Islands
after many adventures, is in Ipsi-
lanti. and Friday night was the
center OF interest in large family
party which took place at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Ford. His
wife and little son. and his father
in-law, Alexander McLay, New Hud-
son and three brothers-in-law, Allen,
Cecil and Alec McLay with their
wives from Detroit were among
the guests. Adventures following
Pearl Harbor, especially relating to
Attua and to Kiska, were told.
Corporal and Mrs. A. X. Penttila
have been visiting Mrs. Penttilas
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. V. H.
A. Fem. They came Thursday on
the boat from Cleveland. Corp.
Pentrlia is stationed at the Army
Airbase in Puerto Rico.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Miller re-
ceived word from their son, third
class petty officer Maynard Miller.
carpenters mate, that he has ar
rived safely in San Francisco, after
spending the last week at home on
his furlough.
Mrs. Mildred Marker OF 531n W.
Cross St. Ypsilanti, was sworn in
as a member OF the Women's Army
Corps. on Thursday, at the Detroit
Recruiting Office, 206 Bull Build
ing. and left at once for training at
Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs. Mark
er's brother, Cpl. John X, Hart
man. Kalamazoo, is now stationed
in Kentucky.
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