The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-04-06


ing him to Baltimore were his sisters
Mrs. Harold Lewis and Mrs. Robert
Ream, and Mrs Lewis daughter. to
spend several days with his brother
in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin
! Glotfelty, and his sister, Katherine
Wilt, before returning to his camp.
Mr.. and Mrs Francis II. Cover re
! ceived word from the war department
! that their son, Pfc. James II. Cover,
stationed at Camp Adair, Oregon, is
= enroute to an overseas destination.
SGT. Jasper f. Bowman, L. S.
! Marine corps, with Il special weapons
group somewhere in the South Pacific,
has written to say he Just received
another copy of The Republican. |
never stopped to realize how wonder
full the Republican paper was until |
arrived here, where news is very
scarce" Sgt. Bowman likes very much
! the Men in Service" column and was
much interested in the letter written
! by Cpl. Walter Ashby which was pub
lished recently. He declares, 81 agree
with him in every respect. If the peo-
pie back home could live under these
conditions Just one day, you would
/ soon see a change.
Since arriving overseas | have met
/ only one service man from Garrett
/ county. That was Archie Drennings
S , e. We were at Pearl Harbor for
while, then came here. There were
! Japs here at one time. but none now.
We were very busy at first but things
are getting easier as time passes
Thanks for the swell job you are
doing on the paper. | will be looking
, for more copies as the months pass
by
Nas;gn and Mrs. George Lefevre, Of
! c...icI:, Pa, spent several days in
Fr.cads lie with relatives. Ensign
"2':'r left for Washington, D. c.,
}Nhsr> 4, will be stationed.
Robert Barnes, Of the Military Po-
, lie. Wh) had been III Puerto Rico
f f. lily three years, but who has
l2,c&..- spent furlough of three
weeks with relatives in Fiendsville,
left that place on Saturday for Fort
George G. Meade. where he will prob
ably remain.
Pfc Warren Wakefield, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Wakefield, Friends
vile, following d fmlough spent with
his parents. has returned to his base
in Louisiana.
Pfc. Warren Wakefield, stationed at
Camp Livingston, La, with the T. S.
Army, spent a twelve-day furlough
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs Walter
Wakefield and friends, at Friends
Vile Mr.. and Mrs Wakefield also
have another son in the service. Wal
ter Junior Wakefield, a corporal tech
nician, who is with the army stationed
somewhere in Great Britain.
Relatives have received word of the
birth of son, to Sgt. and Mrs. Frank
Wyant, ct a hospital in North Caro-
lima. Sgt. Wyant son of Mr.. and
Mrs James Wyant, of the Cove, has
been in the service for three years
Pfc. Stanley Holiday is visiting
relatives and friends in the Cove sec
ton for thirty days. Pfc. Holiday has
served overseas for thirty-two months
and since his induction both his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Judson Holiday,
have been called by death.
Sgt. Claude Riley, of Kansas, spent
ten days with his mother, Mrs Anna
Riley, at Cove
Pvt. Walter Smith received his hon
orable discharge from the army on
March 30, at the Deshon hospital,
Butler Pa. Pvt. Smith has returned
to the Cove to be with his wife and
children.
Lieut.. William C. Smith, who has
been stationed with an infantry unit
in Iceland, has arrived safely in Eng
land. He is son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Smith, of Oakland.
John R. yelling, S &c, who re-
ceived his boot training at Sampson
N. Y, is now in school at Ports
mouth, Va.
* = :.
Sgt. George D. yelling from Camp
Forrest, Tennessee, arrived in Oak
land Monday night to spend a seven
day furlough with his mother, Mrs
Clara yelling, and other members of
the family.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. J. Glotfeltv
Grantsville, received word that their
son, Seaman 2/c Burton, who had