The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-09
Service Briefs

Robert schnurstein, s. G. l/C, sol
OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Schnur
stein, 300 n Normal St., returned
} TO New York after a seven DAY
leave. He is on convoy duty on q
ID. L. ship. His relatives did not
know he was in the States. He
brought back souvenirs and gifts
with him from Tunis, Rome and Ma
pies. His brother Pvt. Homer
Schnurstein is still with the Red
Arrow Division in New Guinea. In
a recent letter he said he was o. X.
and expected to be home by Christ.
mas. He has been in New Guinea
20 months. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Schnurstein and Mr.. and Mrs. Leo
Schnurstein and son Gerry took
Robert Schnurstein 8. c. nc TO De.
troit Saturday and spent the day.
He took the train from there to
New York.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Robert
Bailey are the parents OF a son,
Walter Wayne, born July %, In Iron
Mountain. Lieutenant Bailey Is sta.
toned in England as a member of
the Eighth Air Force. His fellow
officers tell the following story
about him:
AN army public relations office
Is an odd place for an expectant
father TO be, but II was the scene
OF the traditional mad pacing, sub
dued excitement and smoking OF
many cigarettes for Second Lieu
tenant Robert w. Bailey of Ypsi-
lanti. bombardier on BIZ Flying
| Fortress.
II all started when he filled in
December II, 1914, as his birth
date on a routine public relations
| QUESTIONABLE at this Eighth A.,
Force bomber station commanded
by Lieutenant Colonel Glendon p.
Overing OF Orange, Mass. Closer ex.
animation revealed more mistakes,
but the reason and excuse for II all
came out in the space reserved for
the names and ages OF children.
Lieutenant Bailey had inserted,
Amy day now-even minutes"
When asked to correct his errors
he was surprised to see what he
had written, and fastened &c
change his entries. When asked II
he was excited he tried to keep q
calm front but finally admitted that
he was Excited Happy? oh every
thing rolled into one" and he lit
fresh cigarette from the butt OF his
old one.
Robert Bailey met Inger, his wife.
while they were both students at
Cleary Business College in Ypsi-
lanti, and 1t bloomed into a school
boy.school-girl romance until they
were married In Cheyenne. Wyom.
ing, October IS, 1871, about seven
months after he entered the AAF.
The 2S-year-old bombardier is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Bailey, SOB
West Michigan Ave. His wife. Mrs
Inger Bailey, lives at 220 Lane Ave,
Iron Mountain, Mich.
Prior to his entering the military
service in March OF 1871, Lieuten-
ant Bailey was an inspector in the
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn.
AiC william Swihart after train
ing for several weeks at Williams
Air Field near Chandler, Arizona, Is
now stationed at the Army Air Base
Santa Ana, California.
Pvt. william Coleman will return
to Keesler Field, Miss, Thursday
after spending his"l4 day furlough
with his wife and new daughter,
and parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner
Coleman
Mrs. Earl Langworthy, the former
Miss Doris Smith, has received
word that her husband, Pfc. Ear
Langworthy, was wounded in az
tion July lS. while serving with the
u. s. Army in France.
Mrs. Florence Baldwin has gone
TO Camp Gordon, Georgia, TO visit
her son, Staff Sergeant Yales Ever
ell, who Is serving in a tank divl
sion. She will be there about ter
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. James N. Jackson
have received a telegram from theil
son, Pvt. James. Jr., that he Is sta
toned with the Army Air Corps IL
Tulsa, Okla, and also have received
word from their other son, Petit.
officer Carl Jackson, that he is Il
the Pacific war area.
Mr.. and Mrs. 3. r. Kerr have re
celved word from their son, Robert
that he will be home on furloug!
today. and they have been hurryinl
TO get settled in their new home