The Ypsilanti daily press., 1945-07-11

toned in New Guinea he remarked
about desolation and the great var
iety OF various insects and tropical
birds whose plumage 10 beautiful.
He also mentioned the jungle veg.
citation as q riot OF color. In trad.
ing quite frequently with the ma
tiyes, soldiers find the best trading
article Is q package OF cigarettes
which cost from $500 to $3.50 q
pack. Another good trading item IL
bar OF soap, especially the scent
ed kind.
But he says, "All things consid-
cred. there Is no place like home
and home to me is Ypsilantl, Mich.
igan's prettiest city"
Cadet Nurse Helen Porter has
been spending her weeks leave
from Kalamazoo here. Part Of the
zine she and her mother, Mrs
Kenneth Porter, spent camping at
East Tawasa. and Mr.. Porter Joined
them there for the week end. Sgt
Lynn Porter has been spending Q
few days with his parents on his
way from a camp In Texas to Coral
Gables, Fla. where he will take
special training in electro -phonics.
Major s. L. Poohar and family
leave today for their new assign.
ment a. Scott Field. III. The Major
has been personnel staff officer
at the Willow Run Air Base for the
past year and a half and has made
his home in Ypsilantl during that
time. Last winter the family occu-
pied the Mellencamp house dur
ing the three months the Mellen.
camps were in Florida. The Poo
hars have made many friends In
the city and the Air Base.
Mrs. Elva Driescher and sons,
SlSgt. Frank Driescher and Pri-
vate Gerald Driescher have re-
turned from a visit to Mrs. Dries
cher's sister, Mrs. George Ross, In
Cleveland, o. Pvt. Driescher leaves
this week for his station, Camp
How're, Texas
Seaman &c Henry Lewis Van
Ripper, on leave from Bunter Hill,
Ind, with his wife and two chill
dren, has been visiting his sister,
Mrs. Carl Hornberger. Sunday Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Eyre and Mr..
and Mrs. August Rocco. Marshall.
were guests at the Hornberger
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben H. VAnden
Belt are entertaining this evening
for their son, Lieut.. Ben H. Vanden
Belt. Jr., who is home on furlough.
The guests will be 1t. Vanden
Belts classmates Of 1912 together
with his teachers at that time. Two
OF his classmates happen to be
home on furlouoghs at this time,
1t. Philip Fletcher and Pfc. Karl
Klaffke.
Clarence L. Davis, r, II, OF 514
1st Court, and Duane c. Seleska,
II, 1902 Packard Road. are now in
training at the U. s. Maritime Ser
vice Training Station. Sheepshead
Bay. New York. They will receive
six weeks OF basic training, and fol-
lowing completion OF this "boot"
training, may enter specialized
training, which includes three
weeks OF practical experience
aboard a training ship at sea.
Pfc. Dwight S. Dibble has ar
rived at Camp Grant. ILL.,, after
lengthy service in Europe. He will
receive a 80 day furlough, after
which he will report TO a camp
within the United States where he
will receive additional training for
service in the Pacific.
Pfc. Thomas II. Burnette, son OF
Mrs. Ruth z. Bumette, is a mem
Der OF the 3rd Battalion OF the
339th Polar Bear" Regiment,
which discovered a vast collection
Of priceless art treasures that had
been taken by the Germans from
Italy and hidden In a 18th Century
castle. Included were $50 pieces
OF art, paintings, sculptures, carv-
ings, and antiques. They were the
works OF Rembrandt, Rubens, Ra-
phael, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Hol-
bein and Velasquez.
Ben II. Vanden Belt, Jr, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. b. II. Vanden Belt,
2l9 N. Normal Street, has received
his commission as Second Lieuten-
and in the Signal Corps during
graduation exercises at Fort Mon
mouth. New Jersey, Officers Can
didate School.
Sgt. Ira c. Davis, husband
OF Mrs. Elaine Davis, has been
promoted to his present rank from
a private first class, while serving
with the 3srd Division In Northern
Luzon. He has been in service for
two and one-half years, two OF
which have been spent overseas
in the Pacific Theater.