The Coolidge examiner., 1944-02-25

where eleven Arizona men got to-
gether at an American Red Cross
Service Club at an unnamed base.
Members of the group were photo
graphed and their broadly smiling
group picture appeared Saturday
in a Phoenix paper Fennel look
ed right at home" with the bunch.
KATE MORRIS GILLESPIE left
recently for Ft. Des Moines, Iowa,
to take up her duties in the wom-
ans army corps as an air WAC.
Pvt. Gillespie has been recon-
mended for communications du-
ties with the AAF.
EARL NEWcOMB, JR.., has re-
Gently been promoted from private
first class to corporal, according
to word received by his mother,
Mrs. Earl Newcomb, Sr. Earl has
been serving overseas with the
United States marine corps since
April, 1943.
PVT. JOE MARLER writes from
Camp Roberts, California, to say
that he didn't miss a line or pic
ture in his good old home town
Christmas paper" He adds that
he especially wishes to thank Cool
idge Fire Department, Woodmen
of the World and l. o. o. F. for
| their greetings in the Edition. He
I would have written sooner, Mar
Ter says, but has been almost con-
stantly on the move since Janu-
ary 1st. 1--WE are now in Cali
fornia, and where We'll be next I'm
wondering" Marler is in the in
fantry and likes it very well, so
far. At present they are getting
ready for maneuvers "and there is
frost on the ground almost every
morning-and that, in FEBRUARY, in
California;"
CPL. CLIFTON r. ASHLEY had
an attack of malaria while here on
weekend pass from Ell Centre to
visit his father, w. c. Ashley, and
family. The elder Ashley had to
obtain an extension of the pass
before his son was able to return.
He contracted malaria while serv-
ing on Guadalcanal.
CALVIN AsHcRAFT has recent
ly been promoted from private
first class to Sergeant and is be-
ing sent from Australia, where he
has been for the past year, to the
New Guinea area, according to a
letter received this week by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Ash
craft, who make their home on
the Clemans Ranch east of Cool
idge.
JACK MCCULLOUGH is the
fourth son of Mrs. Belle McCul-
Tough to enter the service. He
left Saturday for FIT. Macarthur and
will be sent from there to an Army
Air Corps training base. McCul-
Tough has been doing defense work
in Alaska for the past nine
months, returning here the latter
part of December, preparatory to
entering the service. Mccullough
is married and has two children.
His family resides in Coolidge.
TED MCCULLOUGH, PHI. M. SIC
is now stationed at a hospital
base in the South Pacific, accord
ing to a letter received by his
mother, Mrs. Belle Mccullough this
week. He has received two rat
ings in the past three months and
has now been allowed to write that
he was with the third marine di-
vision at Bougainville. McCul-
Tough is in the medical corps and
is one of four brothers in the SER
vice.
KENNETH cHEsLEY, S 2/e,
completed his boot camp training
at San Diego Monday and was
sent to a hospital corps training
school. He is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jake Chesley and has three
brothers in service.
ROBERT MOORE, RIM &c, coast
guard, will leave today, February
25, for San Diego after a Today
leave at his home He is son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry o. Moore and
has been at Atlantic City, New
Jersey. He has a brother in Eng
land.
LON HARRELL, JR., S 2/C, mem
Der of a submarine crew, flew
from New York to Tucson via
plane, arriving Wednesday after
15-hour trip. He stopped in
Coolidge briefly to visit his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. p Har-
rell, en- route to Phoenix to spend
his leave with his mother.
PFC. DAVID STONEHoCKER
U. s. marine corps, arrived Mon
day from Camp Pendleton, Cali
fornia, to spend short furlough
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. E. Stonehocker, and family. Pfc.
Stonehocker has recently COM
pleted his basic training. He will
leave today to report for duty.
SGT. JACK CoRBlTT, a gunner
in the U. S. air corps, is now in
New Guinea, according to word