The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-01-11

France. Both are sons of the late
Clarence and Effie Hetrick, former
residents of Accident Pvt. Kenneth
E. Hetrick is in Germany He is a son
of Mr.. and Mrs Harvey Hetrick, of
Bittinger.
Pvt. D. Maurice Davis, with the u.
S. Army engineers, who was stationed
at Fort Belvoir Va. is home for
several days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Delbert Davis. He will leave
Sunday for the west coast for prob
able overseas assignment.
Mr.. and Mrs Alvin H. Friend. of
McHenry, recently received word that
their son, Cpl. Ernest S. Friend, had
arrived somewhere in Italy. Mr.. and
Mrs. Friend have two other sons in
the service. Leo +. Friend, Ne,
USNR., is somewhere in the South
west Pacific, and Cpl. Wilmer C.
Friend, is stationed in Nashville, Tenn
1t. Foster O. Speicher. L. S. Army
corps Of Military Police, left Sunday
night for his station in JcfferSonvillc,
Indiana, after spending a ten-day fur
Tough here with his wife and daugh-
ter.
Charles X. Taskcr, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Tasker, formerly of Oak
land, entered the L. S. Navy, Deem
Der 4. He is taking recruit training
at the Naval Training Station at
cambridge.
Arthur Naylor Jr., ensign in the
IT, S. Naval Reserve, stationed at
Miami, Fla, is spending fourteen
day leave with his parents, Mr., and
Mrs. Arthur Naylor. Two other sons
are in the service, Pvt. Lewis Naylor,
with Pattons third army; and Ensign
Howard d. Naylor, enroute to some
Pacific destination. A fourth son,
Allen Naylor, left Wednesday for Bal
timore after having been accepted for
u. S. Navy training. The latter is
seventeen years of age.
Pvt. John H. Wilson, of Fort Myer,
Fla, recently spent nineteen-day
furlough with his relatives in Oak
land and Eglon.
ia Curry A. Tasker. student in
a battery coast artillery school de-
tachment at Fort Monroe, Va, is
spending a twelve-day Through with
his father, W. A. Tasker, near Swan
ton.
S/Sgt. Emroy Glotfelty has recently
been transferred from Amarillo Air
Field to the Douglas Aircraft Corp,
in Santa Monica, California, and has
started training as an engineer on
C-54 transport plane. His wife, Emma
Schweger Glotfelty, of Baltimore, has
joined him there at his base.
Pvt. Willard Moon, son of Mrs.
George Moon, of Oakland, is now To-
Gated in France. He recently wrote
that he hadn't seen any snow thus far
but that it gets cold enough anyway.
He recently visited Marseilles. The
past Christmas was his third in the
army and the first not spent in the
hospital,
Pfc Raymond Bittinger arrived
home December "a to spend ten
day furlough with his wife and son,
and also his parents, at the Park. He
returned to New York last Thursday.
Mrs. Franklin d. Custer, who re-
sides at Mt Lake Park, has been in
formed that her husband, First Lieu
tenant Franklin d. Custer. has ar
rived in Italy He is a veterinarian
officer in the 10th Mountain division.
Inc seventh class III lne ScnOOI 1Of
battalion surgeons assistants at the
Army Service forces training center,
Camp Berkeley, Texas. designed to
train medical administrative corps
officers in siN-wccks course of in
struction is now midway through its
training. Among the officers enrolled
in the class is 1t. Frederick c. ks
ner, "a, son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. A.
Kisner. of route 2. Deer Park He has
been in the service since June 10,
1871, and was graduated from off
Ger candidate school in 1914.
Pfc. Charles w. Lewis. stationed
with the Army Air force at Barlow
Florida, has returned to his base after
spending a fiftecn-day furlough with
his mother, Mrs May Lewis, and othel
relatives.
Master Sergeant William Spiker
who had spent thirty days here witt
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dice Spikel
and other relatives, after more thar
two years in Australia and New
Guinea, is leaving this week for the
west coast where he will return tC
his unit.