The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-25
Service Briefs

Scores Of special benetts are
available for war veterans,
widows, and other relatives.
Consult Bayard Buehen, dlree-
tor Council OF Veterans A.
fairs, American Legion Home,
III S. Huron St., Ypsilantl.
Telephone 7os.
Sgt. James Barnes. son OF Mr.
and Mrs. ]. Milton Barnes. Wallace
Blvd, writes from India that he
was initiated into the Royal Order
OF Neptune, with its salt water
bath and royal haircut. and that
night guard duty aboard was a
pleasure because OF the beauty OF
the ocean at midnight.
Pfc. Lewis Freeman arrived Fri.
day from Muroc Army Air Base in
California for a ten day visit with
his wife and family at 81 Frederick
st. Pc. Lewis is a cook in his
outfit. 'He was formerly employed
at Shaefer Hardware Co. and the
Bendix plant at Wayne.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. j. Court received
a telegram, Sunday, from their son
F &c Robert Court, congratulating
them on their 26th wedding ami
versary, F &c Court Is stationed
at Camp Bradford, near Norfolk,
Va.
RMM SIC George Holbrook who
Is home on leave from Norfolk, Va,
has received word o; the death OF
his mother, Mrs. Flora Hallen beck.
rs. at her home in Battle Creek.
RMM sc and Mrs. Holbrook and
daughter Beverley will attend he
funeral at Battle Creek, Tuesday.
Corporal Ronald Spragg has left
for Mather Field, Sacramento, Cal
ifornis. reporting for further or.
ders after spending a ten day fur.
Tough with his wife, also Mr.. and
Mrs. Archie Spragg and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Shipley and
family.
A combination birthday and fare
well party were given him Satur.
day night by his parents at their
home with an attendance o. IS.
Ice cream and birthday cake were
served.
Pfc. Edward Grams. now with a
medical detachment in the Philip
pines, is at present hospitalized in
a Manila hospital from climatic IA.
tigue.
James F. Horton, seaman frs.
class. USNR. son OF Mrs. Helen R.
Horton. $3.50 Denton Rd.. Belle,
vile, fought aboard the USS Oak
land, a light cruiser, when she
helped sink a Jap destroyer and a
1900 ton transport and shoot down
IL Jap planes while on duty in the
Pacific.
Honeymooning at Sun Valley are
Lieut.. and Mrs. o. r. Barnes,
USNR. He is in charge of the Wei
fare and Recreation Department
there. The couple were recently
married in San Francisco before
arriving a: the resort. Mrs. Barnes
was the former Martha Heffel. 1884
Cherry St, Kansas City. Kansas
Lieutenant Barnes is the son OF
Mrs. A. E. Barnes, 956 w. Cross
St. He has served fourteen months
in the Atlantic on convoy duty.
Receiving his initial Naval In
doctrlnation at the u. S. NavaI
Training Center. Great Lakes, Hi
nois. is Earl c. sibson, husband
Of Valera L. Sibson, 20O4 Harding
Rd. when his recruit training Is
COMPLETED, he will receive a period
OF leave.
SISgt Marshall Abramson has
arrived at Camp Grant, Illinois, az
ter lengthy service in Europe and
| has departed for home on 80 day
furlough. After he has returned
from his furlough, he will receive
additional training for service in
| the Pacific under the War Depart
ment redeployment program.
Lieut.. Laurie Stobie has arrived
home on 30-day furlough after ~
months overseas. He was trained
at Fort Custer, then sent to Ice.
land for months, then to Ireland
and went to Normandy after the
invasion. Later he was in Luxem'
bourg, Belgium and Germany. He
was wounded and spent two
months in the hospital at St Liza,
France. He has orders to report to
Camp Campbell, KY, at the end OF
his furlough.
Mrs. Ernest Skelt, Mrs. Jerry
Beamish and son Richard have re-
turned from a visit to Lieut.. and
Mrs. Perry Skelt at Frederick
burg. Va. Lieut.. and Mrs. Skelt re
turned with them on his Today
leave.
Pfc. Martha Colburn has been
sent to the School for Personal
Services at washington and Lee
College, Lexington, Va, for few
weeks OF special training. after
which she will have a furlough.
Pvt. Leo E. Throne arrived a.
the home Of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Ernest Throne, Thursda,
night on a delay en- route furlougf
from Fort McClelland, Ala, to For
Riley. Kansas for further training
He is with the intelligence and re
connaissance division. He will re
mort NJ Fort Riley. Aug. 2