Milford chronicle., 1944-07-21


Mrs. NAPLES Jester has received
word that her husband, Private
Jester, has arrived safely some
where in England.
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Lieutenant Commander Henry d
Sipple is visiting Mrs. Sipple and
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
V. Sipple, at Rehoboth.
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Staff Sergeant William Field is
visiting his wife, Mrs. Irene Field.
and parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
A. Field of Slaughter Beach.
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Staff Sergeant Eugene Murphy of
Meridian. Miss, has arrived home
for a furlough with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Murphy.
A. s. John p Geyer is now sta
toned at Franklin and Marshall
College in Lancaster, Pa. He is
enlisted in the Navy VIZ program.
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]. B. Vinyard, S. C. SIC of the
U. S. N. c. B.. was home on Sum
day visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman w. Vinyard of Fred
erica.
Pfc. Myron Warren returned to
Camp Grant the past weekend af-
ter spending a nine-day furlOugh
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Warren.
Philip Keller. NJ. o. NJ. Bic. from
the Naval Base at Little Creek,
Va. with his wife. were at home
with Mrs. Jennie Short over the
holidays.
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Sergeant and Mrs. Edward w.
Eckstorm are spending an S-day
furlough in Milford. Sergeant Eek
storm is stationed at Langley
Field, Va.
Sergeant and Mrs. Fred S. Field
have returned to Camp Chaffee,
Arkansas. after visiting Sergeant
Fields parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Claude A. Field of Slaughter Beach.
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Word has been received by Mrs.
Madeline Ponder of Milton, of the
safe arrival of her husband, Pfc. /
John B. Ponder in Italy. At pres
ent he is stationed outside of /.
Rome.
Cyril D. Webb, A. s.. son of Mr.. :
and Mrs. John w. Webb. of Mil
ford, reported at Sheepshead Bay,
Brooklyn, N. Y, last Tuesday
where he began training in the
Merchant Marine.
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Petty officer Harrison William
Lynch. S. o. NJ, Bird, spent the week
end with his parents. Bill, after
passing his sound detector tests in
Key West. Florida, is now station
ed in Norfolk, Va:
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Charles b. Austin. Seaman 2Ic,
and Bennie Dorbrokolski. NJ. NJ.
lie, spent the weekend with
Charles parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry L. Austin. They are sta
toned at Norfolk, Va.
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Pueblo Army Air Base, Pueblo,
Colo. July 13-Sergeant William
Handloser, son of William T.
Handloser of Greenwood, was re-
Gently promoted to the grade of
staff sergeant at Pueblo Army Air
Bass. Sergeant Handloser is a
maintenance man on the base. He
entered the service in July 1912.
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Calvin E. Murray, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward J. Murray, of Frank
ford, has begun training as cadet
in the Army Air Forces Training
Command School at Yale Univer-
sity. His training there is aimed to
prepare him for the duties of a
technical officer in aircraft arma
ment, and upon completing the
course he will be commissioned a
second lieutenant.
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July 10, 1914
Dear Sir:-I got your paper to-
day and enjoyed reading it.
1t tells me about some of the
things 1 think about down here
and what a lot of the boys are do
ing. The Service Slants is what
all of us boys away from home
read first.
/ thank you.
Private Charles E. Holland !
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Pfc. Alfred Danegger, son of Mr.. , I
and Mrs. Emil Danegger, is spend /
ing a Today furlough with his ]
family. in Milford Pfc. Danegger S
is stationed at Camp Livingston, {
Louisiana, and is combat photo ,
grapher with the 19Sth Signal Pho +
to Company. Alfred spent last week i
end with Private Wallace McFaul, G
who is stationed at Camp Howe, l
Texas, and reported that Wallace i
was fit and fine" 7
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Second Lieutenant Willard F. t
Jester, 25 years old, pilot of an a
Eighth Air Force BIZ Flying For
trees has been awarded the Oak /
Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal for
exceptionally meritorious achiev-
ement while on heavy lombard
ment missions over enemy occu-
pied Europe. He is the son of Mr.. 4
and Mrs. Willard S. Jester of Har s
rington. His wife, Mrs. Anna q. I
Jester, lives in Riverside, N. j. Be- :
fore entering the service he was y
employed as a cost accountant for 4
the Eastern Shore Public Service !
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Sergeant John A. Morris, hus- 4
band. of Marguerite Morris of Ell q
lendale, is now overseas and has a
in a course designed n
to bridge the gap between training n
in the States and soldering in an L
a ctiva theatre of WAR. At one of &