Milford chronicle., 1944-08-25
News of Our Boys and Girls in Uniform

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Friends of E. Parker Hitch. vii
be glad to know he arrived safel
in England.
We are proud to receive wor,
that Corporal Gus Watson has beel
promoted to sergeant.
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Mrs. Margaret A. Lindale hal
received word that her husband
Private William T. Lindale, has
arrived in France.
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Mrs. Amanda Dawson has receiv-
ed word that her husband, Private
w. +. Dawson, Jr., has arrived
safely in England.
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Corporal James II. Condiff, Jr.,
of Houston, has been spending the
past week with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James H. Condiff. Cor
pOral Condiff is stationed at Camp
Crowder, Mo.
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Private Leon Donovan has finish
ed his basic and is home ON a g.
day furlough. He wants to thank
his many friends for the birthday
cards they sent him at Camp Grant,
ILL.,. for his 18th birthday.
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Roland Melvin, Seaman lie, has
been spending few days this
week with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roland Melvin, Sr., Of Har-
ringtOn. Seaman Melvin has just
returned from a trip TO Egypt.
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Corporal Nelson S. Hill and Win
fred Stuckey of Camp Pickett, Va,
spent a few days with friends and
relatives here. Corporal Hill, be-
fore joining the Army, was en-
ployed by the American Stores Co.
here.
George V. Deputy, son of J. Lof- f,
land Deputy, has been reported a |
prisoner of war in Rumania. Young
Deputy was reported missing af-
ter completing 13 missions. His
many friends will be glad to learn
he is safe, although a prisoner of |
the enemy.
Word has been received that
Sergeant Ralph NJ. Spanish, sta
toned somewhere in England, is
suffering from severe burns in an
Army Hospital there. Sergeant
Spanish is with a refueling unit
attached to fighter group some
where in England.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Williamson
received word from William Lee
Sparklin that he had just return
ed from Mackay Queensland, Aus
traha. Before going overseas Bill
graduated from telephone and
telegraph school in Florida. He is
now at headquarters in Dutch New
Guinea.
Pfc. Herbert Laurence Tilghman
of the U. S. NJ. G. R., who was to
have had his rating as corporal
this week, is gravely i'll in the
Naval Hospital. His mother, Mrs.
Betty Willis, and his brother, Ser
geant Cecil Z. Tilghman, are at his
bedside. 1t is hoped he will soon
be moved from the critical list, and
be well on the road to recovery.
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Mr.. and Mrs. James d. Mills =
received word from the War De-
partment that their son, Staff Ser |
geant James E. Mills was wounded |
in action in France on July 30. The ;
extent of the injuries are not I
known. He was taken by plane to {
a hospital in England. James is a {
mechanic in the armOred division {
and was in the invasions of North s
Africa, Sicily and France.
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Maxwell Field, Ala. - Lloyd M.
Baxter, % years old, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas NJ. Baxter, 705 |
North Walnut street, Milford, is
now enrolled as an aviation cadet I
in the pre-fiight school at Maxwell a
Field, Alabama, an installation of a
the Army Air Forces Training Com Q
mand. Here the cadets are recelv- n
ing nine weeks of intensive mill n
tary, physical and academic train O
ing. Aviation Cadet Baxter was
graduated from Milford High "
School, class of 1910. g
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Private Raymond Edward Hud- :"
son, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey A. q
of Ocean View, has re- Il
ported to Keesler Field, Biloxi. +,
Miss, to take the Army Air Forces n
Training Command examinations h
10 determine his qualifications as q,
4 pre-aviation cadet. AS an appli- a,
can't for training that will make .,
lim flying officer, he will be Civ
IN series of medical and psychol- n
1gical tests at Keesler Field which :,
will indicate the type of air crew h
for which he is best suit
I'd by aptitude and personal char VI
lcteristics.
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Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Mills have
had letter from their son, James .
.. Mills, saying he is in hospital
n England, having been carried
tCIOoS thc SHdnhOl ny pldHc dItCi
le was wounded in France on July o..
10. Sergeant Mills landed in Afri- ii
"a, December "a, 1912, has since 8,
leen in Sicily, England and France. h
He was trained at Fort Benning, n
Ia, and Fort Knox, Ky. AS he lies
n the hospital will any friends G,
iend a message to Staff Sergeant n
James E. Mills, 320654G8, Eng a,
and, 41S0 Hospital Plant, Ward a.
Y. S.-4. A. P. o. lis; care post
master, New York City, N. Y. D
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