The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-30
Service Briefs


-Four Ypsilanti. Michigan men.
Matthew Ernest Soller, Jr., Is, son
OF Dr. and Mrs. Matthew Ernest
Soller, 1920 Washtenaw Ave: Lee
Roy Perry. %. husband OF Mrs. Syl.
via Perry 3Ol Maple St; Clare vii
liam Turner. &c. husband OF Mrs.
Frances Turner, l0l4 Parkwood
St; and Garford Austin Bassett, 81.
husband OF Marjorie Ann Bassett,
l03 " Ainsworth Blvd, are receiy.
ing their initial naval indoctr!na-
ton at the L S. Naval Training
Station, Great Lakes, Illinois.
Robert j. Kerr, 10, who Joined the
Navy in September. 1913, has been
selected for duty aboard an Ism
Qanding ship, medium) newest yes
sci IN the Nays swift.striking inya.
sion fleet. The seagoing landing
ship on which he will serve is the
most advanced type in the Nays
amphibious armada now plying the
Atlantic and Pacific battle zones.
Kerr lived with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel f. Kerr, at $50
Washtenaw Ave. He went through
recruit training at the Naval Train
ing Station, Great Lakes, Illinois.
Ensign Alvin Joslyn has complet-
ed his induction training at Holly
wood. Florida. and has been trans
ferred 10 the amphiblous training
base at Fort Pierce. Florida.
Ensign Warren lie Baron, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. T. c. LeBaron, $500
Crane Road, arrived home for a
weeks leave from Camp MacDon-
ough, Plattsburg, New York, We'd
nesday. Ensign LeBaron was grad
uated from school at Plattsburg
Tuesday.
Corp. John Z. Murty, USING.
who is stationed at Santa Barbara,
Calf. is spending a Is day fur
Tough with his mother. Mrs. Ernest
j. Murty at the WiIloughby apart
ments on Judd Road.
Five Ypsilanti men, Clayton A..
exander Hopp. IS. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Clayton Joseph Hopp, 964 w.
Cross St; Duane Leroy Thayer,
IS, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Leroy Thayer, 210 L, Forest Ave:
Richard Duane Lee. IS. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Otis C. Lee, 2O3 Wallace
Blvd; John Edgar Davidson. Is.
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. John A. David
son, 704 Congress ST.; Elba Leoni-
das Forbes. Jr., IS, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Elba Leonidas Forbes, Sr., 232
n. River Blvd, are receiving their
initial indoctrination at the L. s.
Naval Training Station, Great
Lakes, Illinois.
Arthur D. Gripton, 20, son OF Mrs.
Genevieve A. Gripton OF 2l5 Lincoln
St, won his Navy Wings OF Cola"
and was commissioned an Ensign
in the Naval Reserve this week fol
lowing completion OF the prescribed
flight training course at the Naval
Air Training Center, Pensacola,
F1a., the Annapolis OF the Air"
End 1t. wallace A. Schrontz son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. G, c. Schrontz, 4O4
Ballard St, has completed pilot
training at Brooks Field. Texas.
twin-engine advanced flying school
Of the Central Flying Training
Command
1t. (j.g) Joseph w. Steere, I. S.
Navy, is spending several days
leave at the home OF his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Steere. 300 S.
Huron St. 1t Steere is a torpedo
bombing squadron pilot.
Second 1t. Roger Curtiss, L. s.
Army Air Corps. is spending "A
days furlough at the home Of his
Parents Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Cur
tiss. 929 Pleasant Drive. 1t. Cur
tiss recently received his wings at
Craig Field. Selma, Alabama, where
he will return July II for further
orders.
Cloyce F. Glenn, son OF Mrs.
Ethel Glenn. 50 Johnson st, has
been promoted from the grade OF
Private First Class to that OF Cor
poral at the Army Service Forces
Training Center, an Army Service
Forces installation commanded by
Colonel Holland l.. Robb, CE.
Cpl. Harold C. Herbst, who Is on
a ten day furlough from Camp Van
Dorm. Mississippi, is visiting his
mother. Mrs. Edith Herbst.
SISgt. Theodore NJ. Christensen,
20, 209 n. Normal St, returned
from service outside the continen-
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