Milford chronicle., 1945-02-16

W. News of o.
Mrs. Marshall Culver has re
ceived word that her husband. Pvt.
Marshall Culver, has arrived safely
in France.
After having spent IL months in
the South Atlantic era. Eemra
Cannon. W. +. { is spending
thirty-day leave with his wife and
daughter.
News has come To our press that
Sergeant Hayden a. Scott, son Of
the late Prof. J. Graham Scott. is
confined to the t. S. Army Hospital
Plant in England.
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Mr.. and Mrs. David +, Grecnly,
of South Walnut Street. have re-
Gently received word OF the arrival
%afely in France of their son, Pic.
.Iitchcll {. Greenly.
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Cadet AHdshipman stephen
Vaughn was the guest of his par
ents Mr.. and Mrs Malloy G.
Vaughn, of LeWcS. several days last
week He is training in the Mer-
chant Marine.
Pvt Grover c. Donovan. Jr.. OF
Indiantown Gap. Pa. and Donald
G. Donovan. L. S. ~. stationed at
Camp Pcary. Va, have been spend
ing Il few days in Milford with their
mother. Mrs. Alma +. Wilt.
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Steve Roberts. L. s. Navy sta
toned at Bainbridge. Md. who fin
ishcd his boot training. returned
there Wednesday, after spending
nine days with Mrs. Roberts and
their children
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Staff Sergeant Alpheus {. Lynch
has returned to his new base at
Normoylc Field. San Antonio. Tex
as. after spending tWenty-day
furlOuSh home with his mother
Mrs. Nellie NJ. Lynch and family
on South East Front Street.
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Word has been received that Pri-
vatc Irwin r. Brasure, son OF Mr.
and Mrs Gardner Brasure, and Pri-
vate William Purnell, son OF Mr..
and Mrs George Purnell. ST.. all of
Laurel. gladly met somewhere i'll
France Both boys are doing fine.
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Mrs. Sara French has received
word that her husband. George
French has been promoted from
petty officer ; { To petty officer {.
He has been serving on a transport
ship in the Pacific for the past
fourteen months and has rarticj-
patcd in six ma jor nvasions.
SGT Allen Bauchcr recently re
turned from the South Pacific,
where he flew over 81 missions.
visited among his many friends in
Milford on Wednesday. Sgt. Bau-
cher, who formerly conducted the
barber shop, now operated by Bill
Love. was accompanied to Milford
Ivy Mrs. Banchcr.
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Sgt Fred y Till was promotc'
to stan sergeant. according to wore
received by his mother. Mrs. Nj
colas Till. From Belgium. h,
wrote of an amazing thing. The.
we're served chicken one day am
the chickens came from Milford
Del You can bet they tasted bet
ter to him because they came IRON
his home town.
Two Milford boys were mad
very happy ON Sunday January -
George French. r. @. , e. and Nor
ton Leverage, 5 l {, met ON al
island in the Pacific. They ha
been looking for each other eve
since they have been iii the Paci
tic. but never hoped that fate woul
be kind enough to bring both ship
to the same port at the same time.
The boys had dinner togetho
aboard Seaman Leverage's shil
then enjoyed an evening of tai
of the folks at home and of haI
pCningS in good old Milford.
They both report that il did thcl
Il world of good to see some on
froFrAome.
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Joseph l.. Wright. Fireman Fir>
Class. I. S y. r. resident ,
Milford. is now stationed ut III
Atlantic Fleets Amphibious Train
ing Base at Little Creek. Virgins
taking the specialized invasio
training course for duty aboard
new ISM Landin% Ship. Medium
Joe was student at Milford IIi2
School before he Joined the Nav
in May. 1914. He went through It
cruit training at BainhridSe. VI
While at school he was u mcmb,
OF both the football and bascba
teams. His parents. Mr.. and Nh
J. Lewis Wright. reside on ~ y
Front street, in Milford
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The announcement was recent
made of the promotion of Raym0l
W. Calhoun. son Of Mr. and Nh
Ward Calhoun. of DaGsbOrO. al
husband of Mrs. Dorothy CalhOl
of ROXana. to first lieutenant in Il
Medical Corps somewhere
France. on New Years Day. |
was commissioned as second lie
tenant in 1913. when he was grad
ated from Officers Candida
School at Camp Swift. Texas. \
ter that he received more advanc
training at Dickinson College. p
and was attending school i'm Nor
Africa when the Allies invad
Italy Since that time his wo
had kept him too busy to atte