The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-06-01

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
n. Schlaff, seaman &c, on his
18th birthday anniversary cele-
brated in England May 26. Son
of Mrs. Hazel Schlaff. 90 South
Walnut street, he's on a destroy
er. His brother, Pvt. Leo, is with
the field artillery in Germany =.
and Pfc. Lloyd Schwartz.
who marked his 22nd year of
life with the Military Police in
Calcutta, India. His folks live
on the Runyan road.
From the Third Army now
In Austria comes a pleasant
note to this Friday column
from Cpl. Jack Henk, 30, SON
OF John A. Henk, thanking us
for the weeks news summary
for the lads overseas. Thanks
Jack and we hope your
6O-plus points grow and
grow!
HONORABLE MENTION -
PFC. Leo Stojsih, % Rose street.
won silver star for heroism in
the German scrap. Seaman
NC Leroy j. Socia, a SMHS
boy, had battleship grandstand
seat for the Okinawa show, aft
er II months in Atlantic and
Pacific action. 1t. Col.
Warren E, Vinzant, "a, New
Haven, is co of an AAF fight
er-bomber group in England.
He rates 80 combat missions:
youngest of his rank 1--WE be-
lieve) in the AAF; has the DFC
and Air Medal with Is clusters,
and a great record of combat
service. Storekeeper NC
Ralph P. Pfromm, MCHS boy,
OF Wolf road, saw much action
with a destroyer in the Atlantic
and Mediterranean. 1t
George H. Owens, IS, Fairchild
road, freed from Bavaria, is now
awaiting transportation back to
the States. 1t. Vincent r.
Forton, New Baltimore, won the
Bronze Star for good work at
Leyte and Mindoro.
Latest Of Mrs. Henry La
Croix' 1872 four-leaf clovers to
servicemen have gone to SGT.
Edward Wagner, Pfc. Ralph
Martell, M. Sgt. Raymond
Shoe and SPC &c Eddie
Robinson in the States; BMZC
Raymond Trombley and S
sc Amos Rathburn, on leave
from overseas; Pies Robert
Highbee and IsadOre Haupt.
mann, Philippines, and Sgt.
Howard SOcia, in an English
hospital.
SMALL WORLD - Two for
mer 504 Fuller & Peltier) cab
drivers bumped into each other
in an English pub. Oscar MAJ
last, USN, was quaffing his
brew when in walked Joe
Stochey, US Army. Sure.
they talked about all the boys
Of Shorty" and Lou who arc
now in uniform: Jack limerick,
on Okinawa; Harry g. frankie
Swales, US Navy; Rube Wadeil
and Wally DePointe, US Army;
Ray Miller, USAAF tail gunner
and Jim Peltier, now flying for
the US Navy in the Pacific area.
The 504 Boys are plan
ming a bang-up postwar reun-
len and it's just going to
be too bad"
Driving to Mount Clemens
from Lakeland, Fla. Capt.
Daun Anthony had lots of
trouble with a tire on his car.
A gas station owner refused a
new one to Daun unless he had
priority. The young officer
led the man to his car, showed
him his wife and three infant
sons in the back seat, and said
there's my priority. He got
the tire.
SPORTS STUFF-The wealth
erman hasn't been kind to our
softball leagues. In the seniors.
the leaders are Selfridge 800;
Covered Wagon, Hillcrest and
Super Cleaners with 10 each)
Junior leaders 0-0) are
the Odd Fellows and Mayfair.
:. The d. N. Cooley girls set
back Port Huron Memorial Day
6-5. Bather thinclads are
doing swell, and we hope they
keep it up this weekend at the
Ferndals league finals tonight.
Bob Manning "a four-letter man
for sure) won third in the state
with shot put of "a IL feet, and
jim Charbeneau finished in a
dead heat in the century TO place
fifth in the state. There we're
only inches between the runners
in the 10-second dash. The
NC men slumped in baseball, !
being beaten last week by Port |