Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-16

BraWley High school, where he was
president of the student body and
of his freshman, junior and senior
classes. He was a four-year football
man and participated in track. He
has a brother, Robert William Aus
tin, serving in the army.
Away over in Italy Corporal Theo-
Gore r. Mahaffey, 90, OF 767 Ell Cen
tro avenue, Ell Centro, recently
completed his first year Of foreign
service. He is a staff clerk in a vet
eran B-24 heavy bombardment
group Of The Fifteenth Air Force
and has been in the army since
September IS l942.
I'm dirtier lnan q pig all the
time" wrote First Lieutenant A. j..
Spizzy, FL Centran who is with the
Seventh Army in Europe. Il sure do
get ripe. The other day l washed my
hair for the first time in three and
a half months" He is anxious to
hear from his friends. His address
ie Ol32"755, Co F., ia Inf. APO IA,
care Postmaster, New York, N. Y.
Private James A. Mealey, sen OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Mealey OF Impe-
rial district, is somewhere in the
Philippines. He wrote that he is haV-
ing trouble with Filipino money,
lots of it but puzzle.
Corporal Checker Smith has gone
to Greensboro, North Carolina, after
enioving leave in FL Centro. His
mother and brothers and sisters
iourneyed to Yuma, a sort OF CEN
iral place for the group, for fam
nv reunion with Corporal Smith
and mis- wife and little daughter.
Cadet Elmer Ray Miller, son OF
MIS-. Bertha Miller of HoltVille, sue
cessfullv completed the basic Tying
training course at Mariana army ar
field at Tucson, Arizona, and was
graduated at impressive ceremonies.
He will be sent to advanced lying
training school He attended Holt
yille Union High school and Central
Junior college in FL Centro.
Private Buster j. Cummings oil
Holtville a crane operator, IS a
momber of the l75th engineer gen.
eral service regiment which recent
" spanned the Serchio river on the
Fifth Army front in Italy with
27O-foot timber pile bent bridge.
Andrew O. Dubois, son of Mr.. ana
Mrs. John L. DUBOIS of Ell Centro,
was commissioned a second heu-
tenant in the army upon completion
of the officer candidate course at
tho infantry .chool at Fcrt Ben
ming. Georgia. He was lnducted INTO
tho army March 26, l943 and served
with the list infantry division pc
fore going to officers school, Be
fore his induction he attended
Central Union High school ana
Junior college in Ell Centre.
Ensign Robert Weakley arrived IN
Fl Centyo Tuesday for a visit with
his parents, M. and Mrs. Guy
Weakley. and other relatives ana
friends. He was among the ll35 men
commissioned as Cnsigns IN the
naval reserve in ceremonies in the
cathedral of St. John the Divine
New YORK City on April En-
SION Weakley must report at Bow
doip college for pre-radar training.
His brother, Frank, is still at Treas
ura Island
BiIlv Swerdfeger has been pro-
NOTED from corporal to sergeant IN
ON army military police battalion
in the Philippines, he wrote ms
wife. tha former Ruby Norris, IN III
Centro. His wife and small SON.
Billy. are living in Ell Centre during
Sergeant STerdfeger's absence.
Back in the dear old U. S. A.,
were the words Captain Walter
Stanley Russell telegraphed his
Darents. Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Russell
of Ell Centre. the moment he stepped
on shore after his return from the
Mediterranean theater OF opera
tions. He served there nine months
with the Fifteenth bomber COM