Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-25

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1t rains there most of the time
and is very cold but they have plen-
ty of fire wood and good stoves. He
is in the observation corps of a
heavy artillery unit and played a
part in closing the Ruhr gap. His
brother, Ray, is a ship filter third
class with SeaBeeS in Hawaii. He
is maintenance man at navy cold
storage plant. Their brother Law,
Winnie Reed, navy machinists mate
first class, is stationed at Norfolk,
Virginia, awaiting overseas duty
aboard destroyer. His wife, the
former Ruby Schultz, joined her
husband in Norfolk and they are
enjoying leave in New York City
and Washington, D. c., now.
Two Winterhaven marines are
convaleScentS at the San Diego
naval hospital frcm wounds re-
ceived while fighting with the third
marine division in the Pacific. They
are: Corporal John Hill, son of Sam
uel G. Hill, and Private First Glass
Herschael c. Jose, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Jose. Pfc. Jose was
wounded at Two Jima and has been
awarded the Purple Heart medal.
Two more Imperial Valley fl
year-old youths have enlisted in San
Diego as apprentice seamen in the
naval reserve and are awaiting calls
to active duty. They are Norman
Eugene Snow, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Glenn w. Snow, of 1926 Euclid. Ell
Centric, and Armando Carrillo, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfonso Carrillo.
of 430 Mary street, Calexico. Re-
cruit Snow is an alumnus of Gen.
tral High school where he played
on the football and basketball
teams. After leaving school, he was
employed in El Centre in a home
appliance store. A former student
of Calexico Union High school, re-
cruit Carrillo has been employed
at hardware store in Calexico. He
has a brother, Alfonso Carrillo, who
is a corporal in the army.
Captain Walter S. Russell of Ell
Centre, who holds the Distinguished
Flying Cross, Air Medal with two
Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Purple
Heart, is now stationed at Boca
Ration army air field, a technical
school of the AAF training COM
mand. He was an air crew combat
member with the Italy-based 18th
air force. Captain Russell was
graduate of Central Union High
school, and attended the University
OF California. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. c. j. Russell, Of El Centre,
His wife resides in Delray, Florida.
Lieutenant Albert A. Schoell was
home recently for a 20-day leave
from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He enlisted in the army signal corps
in September of 1912. This was
his first visit home in 81 months.
Twelve months of his army career
were spent in the Aleutian Islands.
His wife, the former Belva Black,
was with him in the east for the
last eight months. She will remain
in El Centro with her parents for
the present. Lieutenant Schoell will
report back to Philadelphia.
Private Bert j. Kirby, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Kirby of Ell Centre,
was in El Centre recently en- route
from Camp Roberts after seven
months training to FIT. George at
Meade. Maryland. His brother, T5
Edward l.. Kirby, is serving in an
evacuation hospital in France. TIE
boys attended school in inland.
Miss Stella Mae Blaschko, Sp CT)
&c with the WAVES, flew to I'M
perial Valley for a visit with her
mother, Mrs. Elsie Blaschko, and
brother, Grant, of the Mt. Signal
district. She made the round trip
from Atlanta, Georgia, by air. She
teaches flyers to use the instru-
mentS in planes. While in Cali
fornia she also visited her sisters
in Coronado and Los Angeles. Her
brother Chief Warrant Officer t.
Blaschko, is with an army mainte-
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