The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-11-15
Service Briefs

AIS Royce @. Barnes has been
transferred from Santa Ana, Call.
tornia, to Carlsbad, N. M, Army
Air Field, where he will receive ad-
vance bombardier training. His
brother, &c Eugene II. Barnes
is stationed at Newport, Rhode
Island. He is receiving Radar train.
Ing while waiting for his ship to
be commissioned.
A/C William Swihart. having fin.
ished his pre-flight training in San
Ia Ana, California, has been home
on a ten day furlough, the first
he has had since entering the
service. He is now being given
advanced training at Kirkland
Field In Albuquerque, New Mex.
leo.
Cpl. John d. Kennedy, who spent
his last furlough here in Septem-
Der. prior TO embarkation, has no
titled his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Guy c. Kennedy, that he has ar
rived safely In England. His wife
is attending the University OF Mich.
igan. where she is In her junior
year.
Pfc. Custer +. Erlewine (Lefty)
writes his brother Warren OF Ypsi-
lanti, that he Is well and Is keeping
up on his bowling regardless OF
no bowling alleys in New Guinea.
He writes, 1--WE have made up a
new game called Can Bowling"
For pins we use beer cans. We
use two indoor baseballs for
bowling balls. So many OF the fell
lows became interested in the
game we decided to form a league.
Now, we have an eight team
league and play according to A. B.
c. rules. We also have a prize fund.
For a bowling alley we use our
Recreation Hall floor. Gee, 1t sure
is a lot Of fun"
Lefty" Erlewine was one OF
Ypsilanti's top bowlers. He bowled
in the Travelling League and he
also bowled with an Ann Arbor
team called the goth Century LET
tvs, composed of Left Handlers.
To most OF the Wacs the French
capital Is the gayest city they ever
have seen. but to Private Virginia
c. Hughes, Gil st. John St., who
is visiting Paris for tn second
time, the wartime capital is "a
strangely quiet city"
A former teacher in East Com
merce High School in Detroit, Pvt.
Hughes travelled through England,
France, Germany and Italy in the
1930s. Paris was a city where
everyone was always laughing and
talking excitedly, to an accompani-
ment OF gestures" she comment
ed, but now the people in the
streets are preoccupied, and there's
only a low undertone OF converse
ton In the cafes. After four long
years OF German occupation Paris
ians are just beginning to talk and
laugh freely once more"
Assigned 10 the Officers Reclas-
sification branch, Pvt. Hughes
checks case histories of officers in
the European Theater who have
been declared unsuited for their
present assignments, checking both
for completeness and proper doc
umentation of the evidence pre-.
scented. If the evidence seems In
sufficient she takes the case to her
department chief for his action.
Her job requires detailed knowl-
eedge OF Army regulations govern
ing the rehabilitation of officers,
as we'll as familiarity with estab-
lished presidents in handling such
cases.
Pvt. Hughes received her mas
ter's degree in commercial educa-
ton at Wayne University, Detroit
She is a graduate OF Michigan
State Normal College.
After basic training at Fort
Des Moines, Iowa, she attended the
posts non-commissioned officers
school. Before going overseas in
April, Pvt. Hughes worked In the
Adjutant Geenral's office at Fort
LeaVenWOrth Kansaa