The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-06

Pictured is Elizabet Tunnicliffe,
20. as she was sworn into the
WAVES in Detroit. She had been
anXiously waiting until she became
twenty. the required age, so that
she could join her two brothers,
: Ensign William Tunnicliffe and
Seaman &c Glenn Tunnicliffe, in
the Navy. She is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Tunnicliffe. $50
sherman St. and is employed by
the Ford Motor Company. She at
tended Michigan State Normal Col
lege and will be leaving some time
in June for the Naval Training
Station, Hunter College, y. Y.
Second 1t Harold Conrad. son Of
Laurence E. Conrad. 306 Garland
St., a pilot at the Kingman Army
Air Field and former gunner in the
Sth Air Force at Pearl Harbor. was
recently elected junior vice com
mander in the local Kingman, Rob
ert ]. Curran Post, Number 1915 of
the Veterans Of Foreign Wars. This
is the firss time in the history Of the
post that men at the Kingman
Army Air Field have held office in
this organization.
Mathew VI. Meyer, son OF Mrs.
Ivah L. Meyer, 1884 Holmes Rd.,
has been promoted to the rank of
staff sergeant at Biggs Field, Texas
where he is at present assigned to
the B-24 four-engined bomber train
ing program.
An Eighth Air Force Fighter
Station. England-Generai Dwight
D. Eisenhower recently visited this
Psi Mustang base, on which Cpl.
Wallace Carrier, 81, and Cpl. Carl
E. Davis, "a, both Of Ypsilanti.
Mich, are stationed, and told per
sonnet that they would be called
upon to .keep the planes flying from
dawn to dusk during the invasion.
Two Ypsilanti men are receiving
their initial naval indoctrination at
the L. s. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes, III. They are: Peter
Joseph Rectenwald. Jr., %, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Joseph Recten-
valid. 102 Middle Drive; and John
Howard Robertson, II, 1854 f.
Michigan Ave.
TX Air Force Service Command
Station, England: The promotion OF
Private First Glass Walter f. And
rews OF Ypsilanti, to the grade Of
corporal has been announced in
England by the headquarters Of this
TX Air Force Service Command air
craft assembly depot to which he is
attached. Corporal Andrews is a
surgical technician in a medical de-
tachment. Before entering service
on March 20. 1913, Cpl. Andrews
was employed as an inspector in
the Ypsilanti plant Of the Ford Mo
tor Co. He attended Ypsilanti High
School and was a member OF Lodge
No. 1872, Loyal order OF Moose.
A Ninth Air Force Service Com
mand Advanced Depot, England,
May ). Making the maximum pos
sible utilization OF civilian expert
ence, Corporal Ray r. Allen, finan.
cial clerk at a Ninth Air Force
Service Command depot and ma
tive OF Prestonburg, KY, has been
promoted to the grade Of serg-
cant, according to recent an
nouncement. Sergeant Allen was
a member Of the Masonic and IOOF
Lodges. His wife. Mrs. Jane r. Al
len. lives at 1865 w. Sutton Court,
Willow Run.
Recent arrivals at Enid Army Air
Field Okla. for the 1O-week basic
flying course included Aviation Ca.
Diet Thomas +. Harner, 20, son OF
Calvin II. Harner. 400 South Huron
St, Ypsilanti. He came from
Chickasha, Okla. where he finished
the primary flying training course.
After completing basic flight train.
ing he will go to another air
field OF the Army Air Forces Train
ing Command for advanced instruc-
ton.
Aviation Cadet Joseph A. Mueller,
son OF Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Muel
Ter. 6490 Whitaker Rd., is enrolled
in the class OF cadets currently TAX
ing basic flight training at the In
dependence Army Air Field (Kan'
sas).