The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-03-14
Service Briefs


Donna Hebb have returned from
Portsmouth, New Hampshire,
where they visited Paul Chapman,
Jr., Seaman &c. He was confined
to the Naval Hospital with influ.
enEa but was discharged from there
March and spent considerab BILE
time with his visitors. He has been
in the Navy thirteen months and
for the past nine months has been
assigned TO a submarine service
ship operating in the North Allan.
tic. He is diver and has received
a commentator for bravery in &C.
ton.
Mrs. Robert W. Miller, formerly
Elizabeth Burtis OF this city. ar.
rived home Sunday afternoon from
Geneva, Neb. Mrs. Miller will make
her home with her mother, Mrs.
Lena Shemanski. until s. Sgt. Mil
Ter returns from overseas.
: Two Ypsilanti, Michigan, BlueJac-
kets were promoted to the rate OF
Hospital Apprentice second class
during this weeks graduation cere.
monies at the Hospital Corps School
at the U. $. Naval Hospital at Great
Lakes, III. The newly graduated
men will continue TO train at other
Naval hospitals before being sent
TO duty at sea or at other shore
stations. The Ypsllanti men are:
Joseph f. Fortunate, IS, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Fortunate 325
Wallace Blvd, and Neil E. Blank,
son OF Ben Blank, $40 Ballard st.
Pvt. Eileen L. Baltzell. Ypsilanti
WAC, holds an important Job at
Camp Grant, H.. where she was as
signed last October after taking
basic training at Fort Devens.
Mass. She does clerical work in the
Station Hospital. The daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Baltzell, 2l5
North Prospect St, Ypsilanti. Pvt.
Baltzell has a brother. Marvin, In
the army, and brother, Martin. in
the navy. Before joining the WAC
last May. she was a riveter at Will
low Run Bomber plant and prior TO
that was an attendant nurse at
Ypsilanti State Hospital. Born in
Lincoln. Neb., she was educated at
Ypsilanti High school and at Mich
igau State Normal College.
Elmer Johnson, F. &c. whose wife
resides at 925 n. Huron ST., is now
an integral member of the Amphib-
ious Forces OF the United States
Navy. At the completion OF his pre-
liminary LIST training at the Am
phibious Training Base. Camp Brad
ford, n. o. b., Norfolk, Virginia,
Elmer Johnson, F &c, has been
assigned to the crew OF an LIST for
active duty. The LIST is especially
constructed for the transporting OF
troops and heavy equipment.
First Sergeant Charles Southland
who is spending a short furlough
at the home OF his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Southland, is leaving
for Santa Rosa, Cal, where he is
stationed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Harner and
daughter Judy are visiting Mrs.
Harner's brother. James Smith, and
family in Ruston, la. Before re-
turning, they will stop at Maxwell
Field, Ala, to see Mr.. Harner's
brother, Air Cadet Harold Harner.
At Camp Crowder, Mo-, they will
visit Mrs. Harner's brother. Pfc.
Arthur Smith and Mira. Smith.
Wallace Mcdonald. who has been
taking his boot training at Great
Lakes. H., was home over the week
end to visit his mother, Mrs. Ida
Mcdonald, and other relatives, He
and his mother went to Ann Arbor
where they visited William Ball,
fireman, first class, who was home
on a short leave. He is a nephew
OF Mrs. Mcdonald. Mrs. McDonald's
sister and husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Schneider, Jackson, we're in
Ann Arbor Sunday to visit Wallace
Mcdonald and william Ball. Mrs.
Mcdonald has also received a let
ter from her brother. corp. William
Schaible who is in Australia, He
enclosed a. photograph.
James c. Gilbert. Seaman &C,
who has been stationed in New
Orleans. La. has been transferred
to the training station at Port Hule-
meme, Cal.
Petty Officer sc Henry Polzin
left Saturday for his base in San
Francisco after spending his IA day
furlough in Ypsilanti.
Potential air crewmen from Mich
igan in training at the San Antonio
Aviation cadet Center's lombard
ier.navigator pre-flight school in
clude Robert w. Moffett, S07 Pearl
st.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Fortunate re-
turned from Hot Springs, Ark, Sat
urday evening. En- route home they
STOPPED at Chicago to be present
when their son Send class Joseph
Fortunate. II. A. We. U.S,N.R.. was
graduated from the Hospital Corps
at Great Lakes, Thursday. Charles
Fortunate was also present for the
graduation Of his brother.
1t. william l.. Kruse arrived
home today from Turner Field, Al
40 NJ sr1,