Imperial Valley press., 1944-08-11

"The sun is shining a little now
and we are able to get some eggs.
butter, and milk" Technical Serg-
cant Robert Holt, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herb Holt of FL Centro. wrote
his parents from Somewhere in
France, because 7 can ask for
those things in French. The cider
tastes like vinegar. You should see
the washing machine we made. 1t
really washes the clothes. The let
ters and packages are coming
through fine. Tell everybody hello
Tor me-" Sergeant Holt is with an
army engineering maintenance crew.
OUR MEN IN SERVICE-Aaron
Pfc. Jack Aaron, son of Mrs. Ola
Aaron, was home Wednesday on
leave from Muroc Field where he is
a gunner in the army air corps
Lieutenant Robert l.. Wilson, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G. Wilson of
684 Vine street, El Centre, who
is an instrument flying instructor
at Douglas, Arizona, flew over FL
Centre Tuesday en- route to San
Francisco. He circled town, hop
ing to attract his parents atten-
ton, but they failed to notice it.
James Stevenson, 20, son of Mr.
and Mrs. c. E. Stevenson of FL
Centro, is stationed with the army
air corps at Buckley Field, near
Denver Colorado. He was inducted
June %. Stevenson was graduated
from Central Union High school in
l94l. Before he entered the service
he was employed by the Faure
Tractor company in FL Centro.
At Luke Field, Arizona, Eugene
w. Fausett, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. p. FauSett of Ell Centre, sue
ceSstully has completed his flight
training, received the army air
corps silver wings, and been deSig-
mated a flight officer in the army.
Lieutenant George .. WaShburn
IS now serving as a liaison officer
in the intelligence section of the
largest air service command depot
IN Britain. Before he entered the
service he was with the telephone
company in Ell Centre. His wife,
The former Georgiana Sones, and
baby have gone to Lancaster to be
with her husbands mother. 1t.
Washburn'S father died in Ian
caster last Saturday. Another son,
Corporal Stanley Washburn, is in
India.
Somewhere in italy, Robert Nor
gan, brother of Mahlon Morgan of
HoltVllle, has been promoted from
sergeant to staff sergeant. He is
a squad leader with the first arm
ored division of the fifth army.
Two more Imperial Valley youths
enlisted in the navy at San Diego
and have been assigned to training
there. They are Earl Wesley Grif-
fifth, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis J.
Griffith OF Ell Centre, and Charles
Kral, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Kral Of CaleXico Griffith is a grad
uate of Central Union High school
in Ell Centre and has brother
Gilbert, who is a third class petty
officer in the navy. Kral is a grad
uate OF CaleXico Union High school,
He has been employed by the
SCJthern Pacific railway.
Private Windle Roach was home
on leave last week. He has been
taking training with a field artil-
lery radio observation battery at
Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. He stopped in
El Centre while en- route to Mon
terey. He has been in the army
since last January.
India is the present address of
Lieutenant Albert r. DeVore, former
81 Centran now in the army. "I
nave visited Bombay on a short
leave and found it most interesting
and a city of paradoXes, OK carts.
beggars, Rolls RoyceS, beautiful
buildings, Streamlined apartment
houses, temples. novels. 1t has a
population of 100000 not counting
the COWS. Made a tour of the CITY
and saw one spot, The Towers of
Silence, where the Parsis put their
dead out to be devoured by the
Vultures. The vultures are sleek
and well fed looking. Everyone you
run into here has a cobra in q. bas-
ket. II you hand over a few annas
10 the cobra owner, a cobra rears
up under your nose. Visited a Hindu
Jam temple and walked around on
the marble floors in my socks. There
were huge silver altars and some
peculiar idols loaded LIN uith n,hnt