The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-11-11

d uIle 4, anu July L. IlS says IIt IL J
getting along fine, gets a parcel each
week from the Red Cross; that the
food is better and that he will get
clothing soon from the Red Cross /
which he says 1--WE need bad" He is |
working in a hospital taking care of
Allied soldiers. He said he had few
privileges such as taking walk
through the Black Forest which he
declares is very lovely" He said they |
also had basketball team.
The War Department has informed
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Schaefer, |!
Grantsville, that their son, Sgt Mark |
L. Schaefer has been transferred to
another prisoner of war camp in
Germany He is now at Stalag, !
Germany.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Ellis, of Crel- |
lin, have been advised of the promo
ton of their son, Doran Ellis, from
private to corporal. Corp. Ellis has
been in the service for fifteen months, |
being overseas for the past year. He
is stationed in the central Pacific |
area.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold E. Fox, of
Friendsville, have been advised that
their son, Corporal Wilbur j. Fox, has
arrived safely overseas. He is sta
toned somewhere in England
&"%
First Lieut.. Foster o. Speicher, who
was at Fort Custer, Mich, has been
transferred to Camp Breckenridge,
Kentucky.
Pvt. Allen H. Kitzmller, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Kitzmiller, of Oak
land has been transferred from Camp
Grant, ILL.,, to Los Angeles, California
He was indicted into the service on
June 8.
Mrs Walter E. Dawson has re-
ceived word that her husband Ensign
Walter E. Dawson, in the amphibious
division of the United States Navy,
has been advanced to the rank of
lieutenant, junior grade. Lieut.. Daw-
son is on active duty in the South
west Pacific area.
James C. Beachy S/2c, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Marshall Beachy, Grants
vile, who was indicted into the U. S.
Navy on April 21st, took his basic
training at Bainbridge Md. From that
point he was sent to the Storekeep-
ers' Store, Newport, R. l., and from
there he was transferred on Octo-
Der Both to Treasure Island, Califor-
MIA. A letter received on Monday by
his parents said he had a very pleas
ant trip to the West Coast and was
in good health.
Pvt Maxine Frantz, in the U. S.
VI al ne wi pS, SJdIlOllGtl dI NdlllD LIZ
Jenue, n c., has been informed that
her husband, Pfc. Glenn W. Frantz,
has been promoted to the rank of cor
poral. Corporal Frantz is with the
Black Hawk infantry at Camp Howe,
Texas. His wife is a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Darwin Hauser, Oakland.
Pfc Timothy Gilmore, son of Mrs.
Grace Gilmore, Of Crellin, who has
been in the North African area with
tank battalion, has been promoted to
the rank of corporal technician. He
has been in the service since August
~, 1912, and has been overseas since
March l, 1913.
Pvt. William Naylor, who has been
stationed at Camp Lee, Va, since his
induction several months ago, spent
the weekend here with his wife.
Mrs. H. Robert Dewitt, who recent
! ~ leCtlNtu NOIu lHdI net HuSDdllu,
Pfc. Dewitt, had arrived safely over
seas, has received two N-mai letters
from him. one written on October
Goth, at which time he was in North
Africa.
Mrs. Wendell R. Turney was mott
fled yesterday that her husband had
been advanced to the rank of
sergeant. Sergeant Turney is at Camp
| Wheeler, Ga.
Pvt Alvin f. Wrightsman, son of
Mrs. NJ. S. Biscr, of Morgantown, w.
Va, and husband of Mrs. A. f.
Wrightsman, of Deer Park, has ar
rived safely somewhere in England,
according to information received this
! week