Smyrna times., 1945-01-11

seas bars and one service stripe in
dicating three years of service to
his country.
Corporal Merritt A. Haley enter
ed the armed forces during the
month of April 1941. His first
station was at Camp Lee, Virginia.
From there he went to Camp Bel
vior, Virginia for basic training.
After this his next stop was Lang
ley Field, Virginia, and at that time
entered the 21st Engineers Avia-
ton Battalion. This outfit moved
on to Iceland where it stayed for
twenty-three months under another
name. From there over to England
for a stay of ten months, and then
on to France as of D-22 (meaning
% days after D Day..
Corporal Haley was serving in
the Engineers as an electrician dur
ing most of his time in service. He
arrived home December 4th, 1914
and left for re-assignment to SER
vice on January 3rd, 1945. Drib-
bles wishes this young soldier the
very best of luck in his further
travels. Perhaps fate will be a bit
kind from here on out. With three
years of overseas service to his
credit, it is quite possible that
Corporal Haley may receive sta
tion here in the States for the dur
alton of this war. 1t would seem
only fair at that.
Mrs. Carrie Marie Betz has two
other sons now in the service, one
Pfc. Russell ]. Haley, stationed
somewhere in the South Pacific,
and Pvt. Robert Haley who entered
the service on December 10th, 1914.
To date Dribbles has not received
'Bobby's" address.
To Mrs. Walter L. Brown, Sr.,
Smyrna, Delaware, RID 2. Thank
you very much for having forward
ed us your sons address. We fully
appreciate your thoughtfulness in
keeping this column advised of
Walter, Jr.'s change of address. In
this way you are doing your part
towards keeping tbe olling for
Our Boys and Girls the Ser
vice. Please give our oest wishes
to your son the next time you
write to him.
To Mrs. Louise Morris Clayton,
Delaware. Once again thanks for
your recent letter advising of the
change of address of your brother,
Pvt. John D. Heverin, who is now
stationed in England.
We're passing the word along
that Pvt. John D. Heverin wishes
to be remembered to all his friends |
back home. This wish we believe |
will be mutual all the way around. |
There is no doubling the fact,
that although your brother likes |
his surroundings in England, he
would much prefer to be right back |
home from where he started. That |
Dribbles believes is the most |
normal reaction in the world to an
American stationed on foreign soil.
1t seems as though the beauty and
pleasures of home are magnified
through the number of miles that |
you from it. The joy and
comforts are somewhat overshad-
owed by your very nearness. 1t is
quite unfortunate that life sort of
works out this way, but in so many
cases you will find this to be true
answer. Please give John Drib-
bles' best wishes, and invite him to
write in whenever he may have
bit of spare time.
To Mrs. Beulah Steel, Smyrna,
Delaware. 1t was cry kind of you
to respond to Dribbles' request re-
garding Service addresses by send
ing in Howard's and Nelson's so
promptly. These were published
under the date of December 21st,
1914.
With one son already overseas,
and the other expecting to be ship
ped most any moment, this war
has become quite real to you,
Mrs. Steel. Dribbles will appre-
ciate your cooperation if you will
make it a point to keep him advis-
ed of any further changes that may
occur in either Howard's or Mel
sons addresses during their Service
careers. Meanwhile, if you have
any news of interest to report,
please feel that this will always re-
main your privilege. And, don't
forget to extend Dribbles' best
wishes the next time you write to
your sons.
To Franklin Wodall, Kenton, Del
aware. Thanks lot young man
for your last change of address on
your brother, Julian Biddle Wood
all, E. M. &c, U. S. Navy, now sta
toned somewhere in the South Pa
cific. We listed this address in our
issue of December 21st, 1914.
n.,Iinnt nf I'D dlrcr.e.