Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1943-01-07


Pvt. Robert Heston, who has been
stationed in Utah, is visiting his
mother, Mrs. Audra Heston, and
sister Miss Betty, of the Homer
Garrett home.
Pvt. Olin Hupp, who has been
spending few days with his wife
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. O. s..
Hooper, will leave this week for
Camp Blanding, Florida.
Cpl. Lee Jackson of the medical
force has been transferred from
Kearns, Utah, to Springfield, Mo.
He says Springfield is nice place;
food is good, and abundant. Most
of his associates are college men.
They wear white uniforms and he
likes them very much. His address
! is: Cpl. Lee Jackson, Enlisted Tech
nical School, O'Reilly General Hos
pital. Springfield, Mo-, Co. E,
(T243). ~
Arthur III. Sealock, jr., who left
Cambridge with the Marine recruits
on Dec. II, is taking his boot train
ing at the Marine Corps Base, San
| Diego, California. He would appre-
ciate letters from any of his former
schoolmates. Address: Pvt. Arthur
H. Sealock, jr., Platoon 1898, R. D.,
4 M ID Col
| Cpl. and Mrs. Don Scott came
Tuesday on six day furlough which
they are spending with their home
people Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Scott,
! Bristol, and Mr.. and Mrs. Simcox,
near Unionville. Cpl. Scott is station
ed at Camp Lee, Va, and his wife is
staying nearby.
Guy Blackburn of Camp Crowder,
Mo-, is spending furlough with
| relatives in this vicinity.
In card to John w. Fox, Gus
Abel who is at Camp Lee, Va, wrote
/
said if there were only some women
there to take care of him he would
be in fine shape, but as it is there
are only about five girls for $4,000
soldiers. He stated it was too dead a
place where he is in camp, and said
he wished they would send him
across the pond so he could get a
couple of Japs.
In communication, under date of
Abel who is in New Guinea, he wrote
of Sc eing Bob Mccoy who brought
him several copies of the Morgan
County Democrat published in Sep
tember, and stated that was the lat
est word he had from home, and for
Mr.. Fox to tell the editor of this
paper that the Democrat is surely
getting around
In a letter dated Dec 9, Sergeant
Robert Mccoy, who is in New Guinea
wrote his parents that he was all
right, and George (AbeD was the
same. He speaks of seeing Lieut..
Abel quite often. Sergeant Mccoy
says he has received several letters
from home people recently, and it is
needless to state that they are much
appreciated, said 4hat he will be an
swering them soon. He states he re-
ceived "a canteeh Of goodies and
package from his, parents. He wrote
"by the time you get this letter you
will have read in the papers about
the Allies making a downpayment
for Pearl Harbor (The attack on
Wake Island) That is just a sample
of what we are going to give them.
think that they will remember Dec.
z, 1912, at least they will know that
we are still in there fighting"
Edward Perkins of the naval air
corps. who has been in school at the
Cory Field, Fla, writes that he has
finished his schooling there with
good grades and has been assigned
as an instructor He states that he
will now be flying all of the time.
He wrote that he had Christmas din
ner with Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Wall
ace who are at Fort Barrancas, Fla
Perkins holds the grade of petty
officer, and his job is instruct
ing in instrument flying and nav
igation. He states the base is turn
ing out 100 pilots a month, and
the same schedule is to keep up
with "a hours a day-three eight
hour shifts. and no Sundays or hol-
idays OF. In a card to Harold Saw
age, he states that 1--WE have two
wonderful bands here and have
heard some good concerts, but not
like our old band. They wanted me
to go in for band work, but / would
rather fly-more money and better
advancement. Hope to see you this
month"
Cpl. Elmer A. Taylor, of the army
air base, who has been at Tulla-
homa, Tenn, was recently trans
ferred to the weather department of
Camp Williams, Wis, where he will
be In school for six weeks.