The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-09-22

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LYMAN PARKER VISITS
RELATIVES IN ENGLAND
Tech. 5 W. Lyman Parker. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Parker. Ged.
des Rdp writes vividly OF his 27-day
furlough from Germany via Paris
to England. He says a. soon as
their group crossed the Rhine at
VervierE Belgium, they eheered, as
now they could wave aud smile TO
everyone. whereas in Germany a
smile at a civilian might cost them
S65. In Holland and Belgium the
people have filled in trenches and
bomb craters and are working IN
gardens. In the bombed cities they
are cleaning the bricks TO rebuild
with. In France there are many
gardens. In none OF these countries
is the damage anything compared
with the devastation in Germany.
He advises the American women
not to copy this years Paris styles
as all the women have two shades
OF hair and wear enough paint at
one time TO last the average person
a year. You never see white hair
all the older women's hair is bright
blue. They try to see how high
they can make their hair.do- he
saw some a foot high, he said, with
hats TO match.
The English fields are golden
with buttercupS, and blue lupines
grow along the railroad tracks. At
Hornchurcb station he was met by
his cousin Jack. whose house was
not damaged, though Jacks moth.
er'S and sisters houses were
bombed TO the ground. He was glad
he had taken along a lot OF candy.
cigarettes and soap, for these
things mean much in England.
He writes that he will never for
get We day in England. The peo-
pie used up all their blackout
blinds and had fires and danced
in the streets for two nights till
a. m. and afterwards they all went
back to their work.
Jack took him TO Quainton,
country village that has never
changed. II still has It's old plaster
houses with thatched roofs and
footpaths through the fields OF
crops. He stayed with a cousin In
the house his grandfather was
born INIT was built in 1924. He
went to church in the stone build
ing put up in 400 and Sat in the
pew that has been reserved for
the Parkers ior generations.
Returning they saw France in
He got great kick out
Of the way they pasture their cows.
Each COW is tied to a 20 foot chain
and they are staged out In long
rows-as many as AZ In a row, so
the pasture is left very even and
no grass is wasted.
He was given several days in a
rest camp near lie Havre before
going back to Germany.
Raytus Lionel Kennedy s &C.
514 Jefferson ST., has completed
his recruit training at this naval
training center, Sampson, y. Y,
and has been granted leave. Upon
his return to Sampson, he will be
eligible for further assignment
which may qualify him for a petty
officer rating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Young, 1915
Huron River Drive, have received
word tina: their son, Petty officer
Arnold Young. USN, has been as
signed to a Ism. rocket ship. P.
0. Young disclosed in 4 recent let
ter that he had flown to nearby
Pacific Island and spent the week
end with his brother, Pfc. Forrest
USMC, and his brother-in-
law, Pvt. Norris Akans, UsMC.
S Sgt. Robert f. Lee, son OF Mr.
and Mrs. Otis c. Lee, 2O3 Wallace
Blvd. received his discharge from
the A .A.F. Wednesday at Fort |
sheridan, H., returning home
morning. Sgt. Lee enlist
I'd in December 1871, and served
a months overseas IN Africa, Sici- !
Y. India, China and Burma. He mas
accumulated 123 points. including /
line battle stars and the Distin-
Euished Unit Citation. He complet- |
ID a trip around the world, and
,pent three and a half months en- |
route home from Calcutta, 81 days
Of which was spen. at sea.
Ii Ellis B. Freatman, Jr., u, son
II Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis B. Freatman,
BIS West Forest Ave. has returned
o Camp MaKey Texas, after enjoy
ng a Is day furlough. The young
infantry officer is Company Com
nander OF Co. B, IRT.C.
Pvt. Iora Atkinson has been /
transferred from Camp Atterbury, |
Ind, to Santa Ana, Air Base CAM
Pvt. Lyle Atkinson has been
transferred from CLechosloyakla
o selingenporten, Germany.
Mrs. Vera WILDER has just re-
ceived word that her husband
pvt. Philip Z. WILDER has been
sent to Fort ord. California.
Competing in the officers tennis
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