The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-28
Service Briefs

and Long Beach. Mrs. Allen stopped
in New orleans on the way TO Ypsi-
lantl.
Clayton Hopp, Jr., who enlisted
in the Navy upon the close OF
school, is in the Great Lakes Train
ing Station, Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Man
ming have received a letter from
their son, Lieut.. Eugene Manning,
that he has been transferred from
Boston 10 a South American port.
He Is an instructor in anti-submar-
Inc warfare. His wife returned
from Boston to their home in Dams
Vile, Mich.
Robert Kishlar Gaudy, 221 So.
Washington ST.. son OF Mrs. Harold
Gaudy. has entered the L. $. Naval
Reserve Midshipmen's School locat-
cd on the campus OF the Univer'
sity OF Notre Dame, Notre Dame,
Indiana.
Pvt. Martha j. Colburn OF Ypsi-
lanti 10 receiving basic training at
the Third WAC Training Center
at Fort oglethorpe, Ca, which VIII
qualify her for assignment in one
OF the 23s types OF non'combatant
army Jobs offered TO women In this
country and abroad.
A daughter OF Rev. and Mrs. Har-
vey c. Colburn, 1922 Pearl ST.. the
WAC private received her educa-
ton at Ypsilanti High School; Mich
igan State College, East Lansing;
and University Of Michigan, Ann
Arbor She Is q member OF Kappa
Delta Pi honorary educational ira
ternity, Michigan Composers Club,
and American Association OF Uni
vsrsity Women.
Prior to entering service Pvt.
Colburn was teacher OF music and
art for River Rouge, Michigan,
Board OF Education. She has tray-
eled in France, Germany. England,
Holland, Austria, Switzerland and
Italy.
A brother, sISgt. william H. Col
burn, Is stationed in Alaska.
Cpl. Dorothy Jane Champion
(U.S.M,C) arrived Monday to spend
week OF her furlough with her
mother Mrs. Katherine S. Cramp-
ton, and family. Cpl. Champion is
stationed at Camp Lejeune, North
Carolina.
Mrs. Ronald Sprague, formerly
Miss Jennie Shipley, left Thursday
for Sheppard Field, Texas, where
she will remain with her husband,
Pvt. Ronald Sprague, who has been
hospitalized. Mrs. Samuel Coleman,
who Is going to visit her husband,
stationed elsewhere, will accom-.
pany Mrs. Sprague as far as Shep-
pard Field.
Mrs. Ray Burrell returned Wed
nesday from a plane trip OF eight
days to Richmond, Va, where she
visited her two sons, located only
fifty miles apart. Sgt. wesley Bur
rell at Camp Pickett and Lieut..
Alfred Burrell stationed at the
Richmond Army Air Base where he
is receiving advanced training.
Pfc. Lyle Litchard, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Rae Litchard, 210 Ferris
ST., who has been stationed at the
Fifth Army Rest Center in Rome
after serving several months o.
combat duty. has been transferred
to the Headquarters Company, &C
cordihg to word received by his par
ents.
Enlisting IN the army November
1912, Private Litchard has served
In North Africa, Sicily and Italy,
! during his overseas duty since May
1913. Prior to that time, he was sta
toned at Camp Crowder, Mo.
A graduate OF Ypsilant High
School in 1910. Private Litchard in
his letters described the Rome CEN
ter. which consists OF the buildings
built by Mussolini for the Olympic
games, as an ideal place TO rest.
Made of solid marble, the buildings
/ are used for various activities in
Guiding tennis, swimming, gymnas-
tics, motion pictures, and stage
shows. The building interiors are
lined with mirrors.
A/C Byron Keefer Is home on a
ten day furlough from lndepend'
ence, Kansas, at the end OF which
he will 90 to San Antonio, Texas,
for pre-flight training.
A letter from Cpl. August Parisot
10 Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lister, with
whom he made his home when IN
Ypsilanti, states that he is now In
Italy.
PFC. Karl Klaffke, Camp After
bury. Ind, where he has been swim
ming instructor the past Few
months is spending his furlougf
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Car.
Klaffke.
A/C Robert Moffett, who wa'
graduated from the gunnery schoo
at Harrington. Texas, last Saturday
has been transferred to Hondt
Field. Texas for his advanced navi
cation training.