The Ely miner., 1943-05-13

thousands Of miles and seeing many
cities, that you can't beat the good
old homespun girls of Winton and
Ely,
Cpl. William Reko has been enrolled
in a special course of instruction at
the signal corps school at Camp Muir
ply, Fla. -.
The Miner urges servicemen to be
sure and send in changes Of address
In advance printed plainly without
crowding. Nearly every week we re-
ceive a card or two from the post
office department marked mo such
outfit" or mo such person here"
Changes Of address should be sent
directly to this paper.
Pvt. Earl o. Hardy has been trans
ferred to the 17th Airborne Div. 517th
Para. INF, Service Co., Camp Toccoa,
Ga.
Members of the Little Ely" at
Camp Campbell, KY, are about to be
separated for they ar nearing the
end Of their basic training, according
to Pvt. Herb j. Kerntz.
Kerntz reported ON the number of
hours the soldier boys put in when
he said that I'VE average between IA
to 16 hours day.
The training is hard and nerve
racking, but the boys from Minnesota
just call 1t another days work
pvt. Louis Kotzian is laid up with
an infected foot, but the other Ely
boys are in the pink Of condition.
"Tell the Ely girls that they are
still tops with u.s."
Private Kerntz, who was able to be
optomistic even though he was SUI
fering with the misery Of a tooth
extraction" said he believed he would
be sent to officers school
An Ely soldier stationed on an island
in the South Pacific made a special
request of a local friend.
"I'm going to send you some money
and you send me roll Of snuff every
two weeks" writes Pvt. Millard Pear
son.
"It's been pretty cold up there this
winter. It's Just the opposite here
It's good thing we don't have to
work very hard. A. was, saying she
can't get any more canned beans
Some of those women will have to
quit being can-opener cooks. We have
all the can cooks now, but we get fed
pretty good at that. I'm pretty sure
we are lot better off than the ser
vicemen in the last war"
John J. Maier, sFIC, Bty. 2519, area
D-10. Camp Peary, Williamburg, Va,
had been at this Seabee base but two
days when he was forced to submit to
an emergency operation.
Aux. Frances Lab has completed her
basic training in the WAAC's at Fort
Des Moines, Iowa, and Is now sta
TONED with the 13lst Post wAAC Hq.
Co., Army Air Force Base, Bergstrom
Field, Austin, Texas. She say that
"this state is very pretty, but terribly
hot"
Another Elyite complaining about
the Texas heat Is Pvt. Sidney w. Jarva,
Co. A, 55th Bn., 3rd Pit, Camp VOL
ters, who declared, boy what would
MT I give for dive into BURNSIDE.
We've had rain here only once since
I arrived. I'm in a heavy weapons bat
TALON, and right now I'm finding out
what makes machinegun shoot"
Now it's Little Vermihon Range"
at Camp Sheppard, Texas Compos-
ing it are eight Eyites, Pvts. Ellwood
Lindholnn, John p. Grahek, william
Harrinen, William Anderson, George
Hill, Conrad G. Tikkakla, Peter Chosa
and James w. Pete. and Towerites,
John II. Larson and Martin ]. Cor
nick.
They all arrived at camp without
being in contact with each other, Pri-
vate Pete writes, and once they all got
together and established a Little
Vermilion Range ito keep in our
minds our home towns, which we will
always remember. It sure helps to
have your friends with you.
"The Texans talk of their state, but
We can make them feel windblown any
day. Don't Let ANYBODY kid you, for
Ely is the only place.
''There are few mud puddles here
and q few trees about three inches
thick and 10 to Is feet high. The