The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-13


sponsored by Teen Recreation Gen.
ter, Village Community Building.
10 p. m. to 3 a. m.-Dance, open
to public, in charge of the Tenants
Civic Association, Willow Lodge
Auditorium.
Africa and there are still piles ot
abandoned and wrecked German
equipment visible from the air.
marking the retreat otthe German
forces. Metal parts are being grad
ually cleared away and used in
heavy industry.
Sgt. Theodore ]. Washington,
writing from somewhere in the
Pacific theater OF operations to the
Ypsilani Goodfellows, says, 1T ID
hard to express in words how the
boys felt when they received the
Christmas gifts provided by the
Goodfellows. There are times when
our morale is very low, and 1t Ia
things such as your wonderful or
ganizatiOn does that cheer us up
the most"
James F. Quigley. who is Mess
Sergeant of the detachment with
which he is serving in the South
Pacific area enclosed a menu in q
letter recently received here show
ing that the boys had had turkey
with all the trimmings for their
Thanksgiving dinner. 81 can assure
you" he wrote, that this meal was
pretty special and we don't eat
like this often. The thing that
amazed me was how the fellows
could find room for all the food
they put away"
Major and Mrs. Marlen Reber
have left for Rapid City, South Da-
kota where the Major will resume
his work as an instructor. They
had stayed two days with Mrs.
Reber's parents, Mr.. and Mira.
A. ]. Thibodeau, and then spent
until last Saturday with Major Reb-
er's parents in New oxford, Pa.
They came here again last Saturday
10 spend four days longer.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Hinsch gave
valentine party at their home
Tuesday evening for their son, PrL
vate Robert A. Hinsch, US, A.AF.
and his friends. There were twenty
guests. Pvt. Hinsch will take his
basic training at Keesler. Miss.
He received purse OF money aud
numerous gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Coxford re,
ceived letters dated Dec. 20 and
Dec. % from their son Staff Sgt
William Coxford, telling Of his mar
row escape from death on a shin
in the Philippine Islands. The ship
he was on. burned. and sank after
being attacked. All OF the passen-
gers were saved, but their posses
sions were lost. The men were
quickly rescued. Staff Sgt. CoIford ;
said that he cleared the ship With
out a scratch. He wrote the letters
to his parents, thinking that they
had heard the news before.
Staff Sgt. Coxford has been in
Australia, New Guinea, Neither
lands. East Indies and the Philip
pines. for the past rs months. Hs
is with the 9TH Air Force, 3oth
Fighter Squadron, Sth fighter group
communications. lie said that hs
had received no mail since Novem.
Der
Perry Jay with the Army in the
South Pacific writes I'VE had q
nice Christmas present on Christi
mas Eve. We had an Air Raid and
saw a Jap plane go down in flames.
This is Christmas Day and we
hope to see more Japs go down the
same way adding, 80 FAR we
have been lucky in inyasions. We
have been on three and came out
OK" He saw action in New Gull
near. but has now been transferred
to another Pacific base. There Is
a lot OF entertainment over here"
he continued. They may not be
the best We ever have had, but
they serve the purpose Just as
well as the dances back home
Cpl. Jay y. Knapp has written
New Years greetings from France
where the company with which he
Is serving is biileted in a former
concentration camp. The stationery
was German soldier issue" he
said, THAT We picked up when they
made their mad rush for the Sieg-
fried line. our wash may Freeze"
he continued, but surely Wen
hang it on that line."
Sgt william ID. Hornbeck. son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. ". ]. Hornbeck,
f. Michigan Ave. is home on q
30.day furlough, after serving three
and one.halt years in the South
Pacific area.
Cpl. Leonard J. Morton is return
ing from II months overseas in the
Asiatic-Pacifc thester Of opera
lions and will be at Camp Swift,
Texas. before coming here for a
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