Imperial Valley press., 1944-05-12

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islands. For his participation in
the Bougainville campaign Pfc.
Horton is entitled TO wear a bronze
battle star on his Asiatic-Pacif
campaign ribbon.
Pvt. Edward Wylie and his wife
and son are visiting in FL Centre.
He is on leave from an army camp
near Tampa, Florida. He won first
places in the high and broad jumps,
second in the l00yard dash and
was en- the wining relay team of
his outfit in Olympics held at Drew
/ Field near Tampa. Cpl. Walter
| Smith and his wife also are in FL
/ Centre visiting relatives and friends.
/ He is in the army air corps at
Ardmore, Oklahoma. Wylie and
/ Smith are married 10 sisters, the
| former Virginia and Margaret Tay-
lor The men arranged to get their
/ leaves at the same time so all could
meet in FL Centre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claire Burke of El
Centre had as their guest last week
end Mrs. Burke's nephew, Fred
Roose, II, s2c. with the navy at
San Diego. He is attending the
fleet service school in the coast city.
Well in advance of Mothers Day,
Mrs. Alex Meyer received an at
tractive card commemorating the
event from j. w. Fox, navy ships
cook on a boat out of San Fran
cisco There were no cards on the
boat so the men got together and
designed one of their own. The
men composed a poem and illus
trated it so that it made delight
ful souvenir.
Two Imperial Valley boys are
among a score of l7-year- re-
Gently sworn into the navy at San
Diego. Jack P. Morrow, son of
Mrs. Ona Lee Morrow, 631 Pine
| st., Holtvi1le, was one of them. His
brother, Robert. also is in the navy.
Laurence Duff. Jr., enlisted and
was placed on inactive duty to al
lew him to complete his course at
San Diego High school. His par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence l..
Duff. Sr., now live in San Diego.
His brother, j. S. Duff, is now a
/ private first class in the marine
corps.
Pvt. Frank R. Brewer of West
Eighth street, Imperial, has teen
sent to the ordnance replacement
training center at Aberdeen Prov
ing Ground, Maryland. where he
will receive his basic training
as an odnance soldier.
1t. Albert DeVore, former Ell Gen.
tran, has been sent to a pert OF
embarkation in the eastern part of
the United States. His wife and
/ small son plan to remain with 1t.
/ DeVore's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
| T. DeVore, in Ell Centro while he
/ is outside OF the United States. He
has been stationed at Albany Geor-
gia, for some time.
Friends of Fred Bucket, Jr., will
be interested to know that he has
been promoted to the rating of
radarman third class. He is sta
| toned at Los Alamitos.
! Among the men who recently en-
| listed in the navy at San Diego
/ is John j. Barron, II, son of Mrs.
| Toy Frances Timmons of 1850
Brighton street, Ell Cnetro. He
/ has been enrolled in the navy Viz
officer training program. Before
he enlisted in the navy he was en-
/ ployed in an airplane factory. He
attended school in Ell Centro, grad
uating from Central Union High
school where he played on the
tennis team and was business man
ager of the school annual.
( At State Teachers college in Valley
| City, North Dakota, Wilson B.
Lewis, 18, of Brawley is enrolled
in the navy Viz program. He
is a sen of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy B.
Lewis of SO 2B street, Brawley. He
attended Brawley High school and
/ Junior college and the Brown
Military academy at San Diego.
Before he entered the service he
was employed by a hardware ccm-
pany in Brawley.
When Gail Miner was returning
/ TO the United States from service
overseas, one of his companions
/ composed this poem:
When l get back 10 the U.S.A.
Coin to spend my life in cabarets.
I'll have the general on KIP;
III have a couple of colonies wait
on me.
And the captain I'll have open
the door.
Tkerell be two louies scrub the
floor
Have the sergeant bring my booze
While the corporal shines my
shoes;
When I get back tc the good old
U.S.A.
Pfc. N. E. Mckenzie, stationed
in the Ell Centro area, received
word from his brother-in-law, Cpl
George Banks, that he is in New
Britain and is driving jeep he
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