Imperial Valley press., 1945-02-11


Ord for visit with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Milner.
Lieutenant Humphrey Blaisdell,
of Calexico who sold automobiles
in El Centre before the war, is pi-
loting planes for Uncle Sam in the
Orient these days. He wrote DR..
w. S. Wong of El Centre recently
and asked If there were friends of
his whom the doctor wished him to
visit while in China.
Among the newly arrived men at
Thunderbird Field No. | at Glen
dale, Arizona, is Aviation Cadet
Forrest r. Dupont, 10, son of Cap
tain and Mrs. N. E. Dupont, Ell
Centrans now living in Denver,
Colorado, where Captain Dupont is
with the army. His brother, Lieu
tenant Norman Reece Dupont, also
is in the air corps.
Technical Sergean Walter
Schultz, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Louis
Schultz of. Ell Centro. has arrived
in France and is in charge of an
army quartermaster unit. He said
conditions are much better than
he thought they would be. His
brother Ray, shipfitter third class,
| is with the Seabees in Hawaii. Their
brother -in-law, Winnie Reed, ma
chinists mate l/c is in Orange,
Texas, with the navy. He was
transferred there from Norfolk,
Virginia. Mrs. Reed, who has been
visiting relatives in northern Cali
| fornia, arrived in Ell Centre We'd
nesday and will leave next week to
join her husband. ~
| Leroy Atkinscn, fire controlman
second class, husband of the for
mer Doris Ingley of Holtville, and
son of Mr. and Mrs. l.. r. Atkin-
son of Heber, has gone overseas
after spending few days with his
relatives in Imperial Valley. He
has been in the navy since he was
graduated from Central high in l94l.
He served aboard a destroyer in the
Pacific area for a year and half.
During that time he engaged III
several surface and air engage
ments against the enemy.
RAYMOND Osa, seaman second
class, was in Ell Centre visiting his
wife and parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lorenzo Osa. He just completed
10 weeks in navy boot camp in San
Diego He was graduated from
Central Union High school in Ell
Centre. He entered the navy No.
vember %.
Basic training at Camp Roberts
is keeping Private Carl Maggie
busy. He was indicted January
%. He is a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Patsy Maggie of El Centro.
Sergeant Claude l.. Smith, son OF
Mrs. w. l.. Edwards Of Ell Centro,'
is en- 30-day furlough. He has
been stationed in the 'Aleutian ISL
ands for 18 months. Snow % feet
deep covered the ground when he
left for the states, he said. He IS
a radio operator. He first went to
Lake Charles, Louisiana, for visit
with friends and plans to be in Ell
Centre February IS CT .16 to see his
many friends
From Fort Benning, Georgia,
comes the news that Amos jackson
J Delozier, Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. j. Delozier, ST., of Ell Centro,
was commissioned a second lieuten-
ant. The new lieutenant was in
Quoted into the army August 6,
194l, and served with the thirty
seventh infantry division and held
the rank of technical sergeant be-
fore he attended officers candidate
school. He attended Central Union
High school and Junior college IN
Ell Centro.
Private Marshall Belch Of El Cen
tro is becoming acquainted with
snow and an army cavalry unit at
Fort Riley, Kansas. He insists he
is in a mechanical cavalry unit and
that there are no horses in it.
Captain Fred Heald of El Centro
has been made chief surgeon at an
army air field located ITS miles
from Calcutta, India, and is in
charge of the air depot hospital
there.
H. A. Mullen, Jr., seaman second
class, sen of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A
Mullen, Sr., has been overseas IL
months. He participated in the
invasions at Angular, Leyte, and
Lingayan.
Leaving no doubt as to his plans
for the future, Lieutenant Z. M
Sproule of Imperial, had this to
saw in a letter he wrote from Aus
trali.. 20 5ae county board CT sup
ervisors: "At present I am in the
army transporting personnel anc
supplies in the southwest Pacifit
area for the air transport com
mand. But asure you that | VII
return to Imperial Valley at M
earliest opportunity"
Private First Glass Melvin t. Wo'
mack, sen of Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Wo'
mack of El Centro, recently wal
graduated from gunnery school a
tho arnv air field at Kingman
Arizona. He is now ball turre
gunner on a Bit and is awaiting
assignment. Pfc. Womack has livet
in Ell Centre all his life.