The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-04-05

toned at Camp Beale, Calf
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Jerry Phillips of Kalispell, who is
just out from Navy boot training at
San Diego, Calf, accompanied his
father, Elmer Phillips of the State
Fisheries department, on his trip
Monday to Libby. The Phillips fam
lily are former residents of Lincoln
county where they have many
friends.
Villa Louise Edmunds, who has
been working for the forest service
in Libby the past six months as a
clerk stenographer, has enlisted in
the WAVES through the Navy re-
cruiting station in Missoula and
WAVES headquarters in Seattle.
She will 60 to the naval training
school in New York City in about
a month for basic indoctrination.
1t O. g. Nina Larson arrived
Saturday for three weeks visit
with her sister, Mrs Pete Peterson,
and other relatives and friends.
Lieutenant Larson arrived in the
States about two weeks ago from
the South Pacific where she has
been serving in the Nurses Corps.
Pvt. Vim. T. Larsen. with the
Combat Engineers, left last Monday
for Camp Ord, Calf. for further
orders.
Moscow. Ida. March %, l945
To The Editor
Perhaps it might interest some
of your readers to learn where
some Of the boys and girls in the
Service and former residents Of
Libby might be
ID Lenore Powell is now hos
pital apprentice first class i'll the
Waves and located at Memphis,
Tenn. Lenore, a graduate of Libby
High School has been in the Waves
since August 81, 1914.
Keith Powell, an apprentice sea-
man, is still at the University of
Colorado in the VIZ program He
will complete his Senior year at
the end Of June and then will be
assigned TO midshipman's school
for four months before his commits
sion.
Roland M. Powell Ri. &c. has
been at sea for something over eight
months end is assigned to the U.
S. S. Richmond Roland has taken
rart in several battles in the kur-
lies. The task force to which he is
assigned first shelled MatsuWa Jime
on November 81, the Shrubachi
Wan on January 5, and has been
Smelling MatsuWa again since
March II.
At the time they shelled Surf
bachi Wan, they experienced an 81
mile an hour wind during the peri
cd Of gun-fire.
All Of the above graduated from
the Libby High school and lived
in Lincoln county for Is years.
G, E. POWELL.
A TX Engineer Command Battal-
ion, Belgium. Corporal Otto Oft, OF
Eureka. Mont, is serving as Com
Dany Finance Clerk with the o26th
Engineer Aviation Battalion which
has been released from the censor
secret list with six other battal,onz
Iof the Ninth Air Force Engineer
! Command.
! The battalion has been engaged
in the construction and rehahilita.
, tion Of front-line airfields in France
and Belgium since D-day plus six
when it landed on the contincn
/ in Normandy. The battalion was
one of the first TX Engineer Com.
mand units to arrive in France anc
has put into operation many air
fields for the tactical operations o
the u S. Ninth Air Force Before
4 invasion operations, it was engaged
in the construction of air bases fol
heavy bombers and their fightel
escorts in the United Kingdom
Before induction in April 1912
Corporal OFT was employed by tn,
Sabin Hardware Company in Eu
reka, and was also employed as
motion picture projectionist in tina
city, He has now completed NOR
than 80 months overseas duty. FL
holds the Expert Rifleman media
the Good Conduct ribbon, the Eu
ropean Theater of Operations dec
GRAFTON, and five gold Oversee
! Bars.
His parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
Olt, reside in Eureka.
! We are in receipt Of letter fror
! D. Lenore Powell HA lie, who
| with the WAVES at u. S. Nave
Hospital (Staff), Memphis, Tenn
} She writes:
Dear Editor:
Really enjoy reading the Wester
{ News as that's one way | find OF
what's happening in Libby and ais
: where my old friends are. 1t seem
that all of us are scattered some
r where in the world, and / bein
t away from them all. / haven't mi
S anyone from Montana but | Gel
tainly hope to someday
2 I've been at duty at the Nav;
e Hospital in Memphis since Januar
e and / wouldn't trade being a WAV
for anything. | took my hospit
. corps training at Bethesday, Nc
e and was lucky to be made a hospit
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