The Coolidge examiner., 1944-07-21

been promoted from corporal to
sergeant, according to word re-
ceived by his mother, Mrs. Earl
Newcomb, Sr.
SGT. JAMES r. URToN, serv-
ing with the U. S. army air corps
in England, is getting along o. k.
according to a letter received by
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. r.
Urton, last week.
PVT. WOODROW w. HENSLEY,
formerly of Valley Farms, is sta
toned at Camp Robinson, Arkan-
sas, after being inducted into the
army June 22nd.
RAY WELLBoRN, ANN 2/C,
writes briefly from the South Pa
cific to tell his. parents, Mr. and
Mrs. c. c. Wellborn, not to worry,
he will write them more fully when
he can. His letter last week was
the first his parents have received
since early April.
PFC. HOMER r. WATSON, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Watson,
was graduated recently from the
army air forces flexible gunnery
school, Laredo, Texas, a member
of the AAF training command. He
Is now qualified to take his place
as a member of a bomber combat
crew. Along with his promotion
he received a pair of aerial gun
ner's silver wings and a promo
tion in grade. He was prepared
for his place in Americas stepped
up air offensive by a comprehen-
sive six-weeks course in every
phase of aerial gunnery warfare.
Besides learning to fire every type
of weapon from camera guns to the
deadly caliber so Brownings, he
studied turret manipulation, air
craft identification, stripping and
Resembling machine guns while
blindfolded. He climaxed the
course by air firing on towed tar
gets. Watson arrived home Sun
day on a weeks furlough.
MARCELLA MILLS CLEMANS,
20 years, seaman second class, has
completed her basic training and
indoctrination course at the naval
training school, Bronx, New York,
and has received orders to report
for /. B. M. duty at Washington,
D. c. She is the wife of James E.
Clemans and the daughter of Mrs.
Mabel H. Mills.
J. c. ROSE, MN 1/c, wrote his
parents, MIR. and Mrs. j. G. Rose,
Sr., a letter they received Monday
in which he informed them that he
was all right. He has been serving
for the past IS months somewhere
in the South Pacific. He came to
Coolidge with his parents in 1880
and helped his father on their
ranch before he entered service in
1912.
PVT. SHELTON T. SMITH has
been transferred from Camp Adair,
Oregon, to San Francisco, accord
ing to word received this week.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
w. Smith, who have made their
home in Coolidge for the past two
years. Smith is married and his
wife lives in Eloy.
CPL. SAMUEL A. SIMMONS
writes from Camp Rucker, Ala
bama, to give us his change Of ad-
dres. "The last time 1 wrote you
l was in Fort Eustis, Virginia, in
the anti-aircraft and now I'm in
the infantry and in Camp Rucker,
Alabama! I guess the infantry is
all right, but not for guy with
flat feet. have been here since the
18th of May and have no idea how
much longer it will be. You
know it's a funny thing-there are
three states that start with an A
I'm in Alabama, my wifea nd baby
are in Arkansas, and my Nom, Dad,
brothers and sisters are in Ari-
zona. I'll surely be glad when we
can all get together" Cpl. Sim
mons (who has been promoted to
his present rating since we last
heard from him) says he guesses
we know the main purpose of his
letter. He still likes to read the
Examiner and has not received 1t
since his transfer. His addres has
now been changed on our mailing