The daily monitor leader., 1945-11-06

wrist last week playing foot
ball 1t Cheboygan. However,
he's slated to be home In three
weeks and his wife, Muir.
iel, Of 23ll1 Euclid avenue,
st. Clair Shores, can hardly
wait for his return.
Born and reared in st. Clair
Shores, Norman is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Chastain.
He was q popular student at
Lake Shore High School, which
he left at II without waiting for
graduation, in order to get In
the Coast Guard. His only
brother, Robert, has been u
months In the South Pacific
with the navy.
Thousands Of men during
the years Of war have had
close brushes with death
but Chastain figures that his
was the "brush- -with-death to
end all brushes-with death.
BACKING OUT the car be-
side their residence, Mrs. Olive
Kerwin's son the other day slow
ed beside the house to say
something to his mother
and she noticed the clothes line
had been caught in the car and
pulled down. She waved him
on with q at's-all-right- didn't
do-any-harm" attitude and
so he kept going. An hour later
Mrs. Kerwin noticed the porch
railing and steps torn from the
house and she couldn't
figure what had happened
until another member Of the
family explained that THAT was
what her son was trying to tell
her. And she had assured
him it was perfectly all right"
as though pulling down
porches and railings was an ev-
eryday occurrence!
James Eberts, officer Of the
Boys Hobby Club Of Mount
Clemens, and Beatrice Dahms,
organizer, write to thank tho
M0nitOr-Leader for aid given
in organizing this group
(Which incidentally needs
warm, downtown headquart-
ers) and expresses thanks
to the following persons and
firms who have helped: Board
Of Commerce, Hillcrest Studio,
Paganetti Lumber Company,
George Phillips, of Phils Mar
ket, Charlie Baxter, of La
CrOix sales, Claude Vince and
David Carpenter.
SOLE KNOWN SURVIVOR
among enlisted men and non-
commissioned officers of Sell
fridge's 18th Pursuit Squadron,
which went to Nichols Field late
in 1910, M. Sgt. Raymond White
head has received personal
commentator from President
Truman. In signed letter
the sergeant's communicating
chief expresses his Joy at White
heads release after three years,
eight months of Jap imprison-
ment. Mrs. Whitehead, who
hadn't heard Rays voice from
Oct. 1910 to Sept. 20, l945
lwhen he phoned from the West
Coast) is on her way to Long
view, Texas, where her husband
is recuperating in Harmon Hos
pital. Their grandson, 15-month-
old Gary Raymond Clifton, will
60 along and is thrilled to death.
Whoever arranges civic recep-
tions in the Bath City certainly
should consider one for the re-
turn home of this Mount Glenn
ems hero.
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Mount Clemens and Utica
boys who knew BILLY" Har-
vey Pfc. Bert w. Harvey
Jr., should lose no time in
writing to their pal and
IT, there's any chance of them
taking q trip to Battle Creek,
they should certainly visit him
at the hospital. BILLY" needs
some bucking up, as a little
morale boosting and your
letters and visits can do 1t.
A sniper got BILLY" in
the spine during the fighting
in Normandy and after
more than q years hospitali-
zation, he's still fighting the
battle against paralysis
and Is now able to spend four
or five hours . day in = wheel
chair. Get on "Billy's" side and
help him win! His address:
Pfc. Bert w. Harvey, 3S545053,
Ward 8, Percy Jones General
Hospital, Battle Greek, Mich.