The Coolidge examiner., 1945-05-25
Neevs Exchange Column for Coolidge
Men In The Armed Forces

which is little more than yard
so you can see about how things
are. Cigarettes are 50 a pack or
| the black market and a chicken is
from ST to SO for frying size. Eggs
| are 80 cents each" Captain Stew
ard recalls that he sailed from the
States two years ago on April rs
of this year-it seems long time
he says.
CPL. KEITH CONDlT writes his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Condit,
from Italy to let them know things
are running along all right. Once
in a while he sees some boys he
knows, the corporal says. but never
any from Coolidge or Florence.
He and the fellows who share his
tent have managed to get hold of
a long frame affair covered with
canvas and have a Ping-pong table
set up in it right beside the tent.
One of the boys received a few
balls from home land we have some
tough set-to's sometimes" Spring
has come for sure now, Condit
says, and with that and the sue
cess of our armies in Germany it
promises to be an excellent sum-
mer.
LLOYD S. ATkIsSoN, cox,
writes his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. w. Atkisson, that where he is
now "everything is about under
control" l was in Saipan when l
sent the Jap money. l can tell you
where | was then, but l can't tell
you where l am now" He is the
ships painter, Atkisson says, cal
though they rated me cox because
they don't rate a painter on a ship
this small" AtkissOn has come to
learn many things since he went
overseas. he says. One is that
there isn't much to this kid stuff
of just living to have a good time,
and another thing is that you can
get lot more out of men by treat
ing them right than you do by
driving and bulldozing them. The
coxn's on his ship are peace
loving, God fearing" men and easy
to get along with, Atkisson says.
PVT. HARLEY CARTER arrived
Thursday from Camp Roberts, Cal
ifornia, to spend a ten-day furlough
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. C.. Carter and family. Pvt Car
ter, IS, entered service in October
of 1914 and this is his first fur
Tough home. The Carriers came
here a year ago from Arkansas to
live.
CPL. HOMER B. ASHLEY re-
ceived a medical discharge on May
II from the U. S. Marine corps.
He is the son of w. c. Ashley and
with his brother, Sgt. Clifton Ash
ley, fought on Gaudalcanal. Cpl.
Ashley was recently married to
Miss Dorothy Dameron of Wash
ington, d. c., and he and Mrs
Ashley will continue to make theiI
home in Washington.
CAPTAIN GEORGE S. GlESZL
is home on 45-day leave to visit
his wife and son, George Scott, Jr
after serving approximately yeal
in the European theater of opera
tions. He and Mrs. Gieszel, nee
Betty Jane Anderson, left this
week to visit the captains parents
NJ. and Mrs. E. E. Gieszel of Gil
bert.
FRANKIE ABBOTT RosIPKo
recently enlisted in the WAVES
and is now awaiting call. Hel
husband, Sgt. John Rosipko, has
| been in the service four years anC
in France since June 1914. Mrs
Rosipko is the daughter of Mr.. ant
Mrs. w. F. Abbott.
HARRY w. BRITAIN, of Phoe
nix, captain of Coolidge high schoo
football and baseball teams before
he was graduated in 1887, has
joined the U. S. Marine corps an(
now is undergoing basic training
in San Diego. Private Britain was
vice president of the student body
at Coolidge high school, and is tht
husband of the former Ann L