Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-30

chow is very good and we usually
get plenty. We do have trouble with
ammunition though. We've had to
ration it at times simply because OF
those dam strikes. 1t isn't being
made fast enough and you can't kill
ferries without ammunition"
Lieutenant Colonel Burdette Kin
ne, who has been plotting an army
plane against the Germans for many
months. arrived at his parents
home in San Diego Tuesday and is
planning TO visit friends in Imperial
Valley within a short time. He has
a 30-day leave.
Preceded into the service by two
brothers, Raymond McPhetridge, II,
of Ell Centre, enlisted in the naval
reserve in San Diego as an Appren-
tice Seaman. He is the son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. McPhetridge OF
1880 El Centre avenue, Ell Centre.
Their other two boys, both in the
army. are Staff Sergeant Gene Nc
Phetridge and Staff Sergeant Clyde
Mcphetridge.
Seven more 17-year-old Imperial
Valley youths-three from FL Centre,
three from Brawley and one from
Holtville-have enlisted in the naval
reserve as apprentice seamen IN san
Diego. El Centro residents are Nolan
DeVoine Harvey, son OF Mr.. ana
Mrs. H. w. Harvey of 3l4 Palm
Courts; Dale Lawson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G.. Reese, of 692 Vine street,
and Haskell Wilkerson, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. w. r. Wilkerson, OF l35
North Imperial avenue. Young Har-
vey has a brother, Private First
Glass Roy D. Harvey, serving in the
army air corps, attended Central
Union High school, where he par
ticipated in all major sports and
was a member OF the Varsity G
club. Dale Lawson also attended
Central Union High school. Prior
to enlisting he worked as a stock
clerk for an Ell Centro auto supply
firm. Young Wilkerson was stu
dent at Ell Centro High school and
was a baseball and softball player.
His brother, Private Virgil E. Will
kerson. is in the army. The Braw-
ley youths are: Alfred Melvin
jackson, son of Mrs. Bernice Thomp-
son and graduate of Brawley Union
High school, where he was member
OF the swimming team; Eddie b.
Armstrong son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eddie A. Armstrong, who also at
tended Brawley High school and
participated in track sports; and
.Josue G. Montez, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leandro R. Montez. OF 1902 j
street. The Holtville enliStee was
Dwaine Taylor, son of j. E. Taylor.
First Lieutenant Arthur j. Wyly,
who attended High school in E!
Centre. left France recently and is
now somewhere in Belgium. He has
been with the same company two
wears and is now its commander.
He wrote that he would like to
think his popularity with French
and Belgium children under six
wears old is due to his winning per-
sonality. but realizes it is the choc-
olate candy he gives them. Paris,
in his opinion, is the best European
CITY he has visited but California
tCps them all His sister, Mrs. Wilma
Claypoole. lives in FL Centro His
wife and two-year old son are living
in San Diego.
! "Out of quarantine at last" is the
good news received by Mr.. and Mrs.
| j. D. Horton from their son, Private
! Leslie (Jack) Horton. First he was
ouarantineC Tor scarlet fever and
then as scarlet fever carrier. After
the carrier problem cleared up,
/ he developed a severe throat ailment
which forced him into quarntine
again. He was sent TO Kessler Field,
| Mississippi after he entered the
army last November. Now he is at
Lowry Field, Colorado, and attached
to, of all things, hospital unit.
Word has just been received that
Private First Glass Maurice Buster
/ Greeley is in France. He left the
United States last February. He at
tended school in El Centro. His
mother is Mrs. John Hester of Ell
Centre.
Herb c. Brown, seaman first class
in the navy, is in the Marshall Is
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