The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-19


Master Sergeant Harold Terrall
who has been in an engineering unit
in Teheran, Iran, for three years
writes his parents that they should
not expect to hear from him for
some time, so they conclude that
he Is moving to another base. He
sent his mother an exquisitely en-
graved silver bracelet from Iran.
Capt. and Mrs. Karlos Dickinson
returned Wednesday from bust
ness trip to Chicago and a visit to
Capt. Dickinson's parents in Ham,
mond.
Fred Carroll Upthegrove has fin
ished his boot training at Great
Lakes Naval Training Center and
has received the signal honor OF
being appointed Apprentice Petty
Officer lie. He has arrived home
to spend several days with his
parents.
Mr.. and Mis-. George Manning are
now grandparents, a son, David
George, having been born to Lieut..
and Mrs. G.. Eugene Manning, at
Dansyille, Mich, where the mother
is living during Lieut.. Manning's
stay in South America.
Pvt. Donald Wiseley who has
been home on an emergency fur
Tough because of the birth OF his
daughter on March s in st. Joseph
Hospital, Ann Arbor, will return to
San Antonio. Texas, where he is
stationed. The baby weighed eight
pounds and three ounces at birth.
Mrs. Wiseley lives at 70S Hemphill
St.
Mrs. Harold Harris Is going to
San Marcos, Texas, to join her hus-
band who is attending Aviation
School there. Cadet Harris will be
at San Marcos until July l when he
will be graduated and his wife
will accompany him home.
Mrs. Herbert Murray has left for
Texas where she will remain with
her husband until he leaves for
overseas.
Mrs. Elmer Ensign has received
word that her husband, Pvt. Elmer
Ensign was wounded in France on
February 25. Pvt. Ensign is with
the Seventh Army.
Aviation Radioman First Glass,
William Z. D. Davis, L. S. n, r.
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
n. Davis, 9S6 Ecorse Rd., participant
ed in the Lingayen Gulf invasion
of Luzon as a combat aircrewman
Of an Avenger torpedo-bomber. A
graduate OF Ypsilanti High School
he entered the Navy in September,
1912. and joined his present squad
ron on January 10, 1914.
Pfc. Charles woodward and Mrs.
Woodward left Friday night for
San Francisco after spending his
furlough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry woodward. They will
make stopover with friends at
Coronado, EN- route home. PFC.
woodward will report for duty, Mar
26. He expects to be reassigned 10
the same ship. His seven year old
son Charles Perry woodward, De-
troit. visited at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Perry woodward while MS
father was here.
Pvt. William NJ. Hixson, son OF
Carl NJ. Hixson, NH Willow Lodge,
has reported to Keesler Field 10
take the Army Air Forces Training
Command examinations to deter
mine his qualifications as a pre-
aviation cadet. As an applicant foo
training that will make him flying
officer, ne will be given a series OF
medical and psychological tests
which will indicate the type OF air
training for which he is best suited
by aptitude and personal character
istics.
Pfc Bromar Allen OF the Marine
Military Police writes home from
the South Pacific that he recently
met Pvt. Ernest Shomer, an Army
engineer and they had a line time
talking about the many ueople they
both knew In Ypsilanti
Pvt. Clarence J. Sampler has re-
turned from four months overseas
in the European Theater Of Opera
tons on the ". s. Hospital Ship
Thistle. He Is temporarily being
treated at Stark General Hospital
prior to being transferred to anoth-
er Army hospital for definltive
treatment. He has been awarded
the Purple Heart. His home is at
$40 Arnet st.
Roger r. We'll, q, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond r. We'll, 34ls-A Tex
an St, st. Louis. Mo, has been pro-
NOTED TO the grade OF staff Ser
geant at a Fifteenth Army All
Force base in Italy. Sgt. We'll works
in the Medical Department OF his
squadron. After attending the Roos-
evelt High School, he was employed
by the Acme Fast-Freight Co.
We'll entered the service In Janu-