The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-23
COOLIDGE SERVICE MEN will

SOOLiOSG OGntISG WEN VIII
help us keep their papers comings"
if they give the last address to
which we sent it, as we'll as their
change of address. In this way,
the old address can Immediately
be located on our galleys and the
new one substituted. We want you
service men to get your papers as
speedily as changing addresses
will allow.
HAROLD r. LASSlTER, S 2/C.
arrived Monday from Camp Peary,
Virginia, on Is day leave to visit
his family. He was born near Du-
rante, Oklahoma, July II, 1917,
and entered the service in March
of 1914. He has made his home in
Coolidge since 1889, is married and
the father of son.: Lassiter has
two brothers in the service, Sgt.
Zivillo, stationed at Luke Field,
and Eugene, S &c, who entered
the service in April and is taking
his basic training at San Diego.
1T. VIRGIL w. CHANDLER
wired his mother, Mrs. E. D.
Chandler, Friday that he was back
in the States. Chandler has been
serving in the South Pacific thea
ter of operations for over a year
and Mrs. Chandler, upon receipt of
his telegram, was expecting him
to arrive home hourly via plane.
Later, through a telephone call to
relatives in Los Angeles, she
learned that he was in quarantine
for 21 days-a usual procedure,
which she had forgotten in her
excitement. Chandler's wife, who
has been visiting relatives in Los
Angeles, left for San Francisco to
be near her husband. The tele-
phone will serve as their means
of communication until he is out
of quarantine.
T/cPL. DON GREGG, recently
reported in the South Pacific
through an error, writes to remind
us that he is serving in the North
Pacific and has been since leaving
the states on active duty many
months ago. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Gregg.
PVT. LLOYD RAYMOND ROB-
BERSoN writes from Camp Bowie,
Texas, to inform us of his change
of address. He believes he has at
last been permanently assigned, he
says, and has waited until now to
let us know, due to the fact that he
has been shipped around to sew
eral different places lately" He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. M.
Robertson.
PVT. RAY WELLBoRN, ANN
2/c, writes his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. c. Wellborn, after long
silence, that he couldn't get a let
ter through sooner-and even now,
there is not much to say except
that he's 80. K" Wellborn Joined
the Navy for six years, the first
half of which he completes this
month. He hopes the "last hitch"
will pass as quickly as the first
three years and that the war will
be over so he can come home. I'm
glad l joined the navy" he writes,
because I'd rather be here than in
the army-even though don't like
it as much as / did at first. Either
me, or the navy, has changed"
Wellborn is one of the survivors
of the aircraft carrier Lexington,
sunk in the Coral Sea on May 8,
1912. He was here in February on
a months leave.
JOHN CARTWRIGHT, ARM 3/C,
left Thursday to report for duty
at San Diego, California, after
spending a weeks leave visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Cartwright. and his wife's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn of Florence.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Cart
wright, who was with him in San
Diego. Cartwright has recently
completed six months at a radio
technician's school in Atlantic City,
N. j., which was followed by three
months advanced training in San
Diego. He is Coolidge high
school student and was employed
by the Popular Department Store
before enlisting in the coast guards
January Of 1943. Cartwright ex-
poets to be assigned to active duty
in the immediate future.
MARcELLA CLEMENTS, S 2/C,
has completed her training at