The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-01-10

News items about Onion
COunty's boys In the armed SER
0ices OF the United States, for
publication In this column, are
invited by the journal. COntri-
buttons should be mailed to the
Service Editor Of the Journal,
or telephone to Mrs. w V
Behrens. Phone 4-267I.
T/5 Max Inskeep, son of Mrs.
c. C. Inskeep, Marysville Route 5,
has the following new address: T/5
Max Inskeep, 35976224, Military
Government Sec., H. @. Oath Corp
} Team 3, APO235 8oP. M. San
Francisco, California.
GunnerS Mate Third Class Wal
lace Radcliffe arrived at the home
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Radcliffe, of Redwood, Sun
day to spend a 30-day furlough.
G. M. Radcliffe has spent IS months
in the Pacific and seen action a
round New Guinea and the Phil
{ ippineS. He was a gunner on the
aviation Octane Gas tanker, the
u. S. S. Elkhorn. The ship dock
ed Dec. % at San Pedro, Calf
M/Sgt. Russell L. ElSom, son of
Mr.. and Mrs Lee Elsom, of near O.
strander, was honorably discharg-
ed from the Army Dec. q, at Ind
.iantown Cap Pa.
Mr.. ElSom was inducted July 3,
1941 and served in the European
Theatre since Nov. 1914, with the
193rd Gen. Hosp.
Before being inducted, Mr.. Ell
som was a senior in the College OF
: Agricultural Education at Ohio
State and has already resumed his
studies there.
Mr. and Mrs Elsom and daugh-
ter Joyce Ann are temporarily
making their home with Mr.. FL
SONS parents.
Cpl. Jerry Rohr, who is assoc
lated with his father, H. j. Rohr,
and his brother, Capt. l.. r. Rohr,
in the Rohr Furniture CO., has
been discharged from the Army
and arrived home Tuesday.
In the Army more than three
syears, Mr.. Rohr was overseas more
than 21s years with an anti-air-
craft unit. He served in several
different islands in the South Pac-
ific
Sgt. Carl Barnett, TOP E. Fifth
ST., arrived home Tuesday evening
with his honorable discharge from
the Army. He had been home on
30 day furlough and was then sent
to Camp Atterbury for his final
discharge.
A mechanic with the State High
way Department here before the
war, Mr.. Barnett plans to return
to his former job soon. He has been
in the Army more than three years
and was overseas % months as d
mechanic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Graydon McKit-
rick report very pleasant visit
over the New Year from their son,
Ph.M. SIC William G. McKitrick.
With her extensive repair of the
damage sustained during the Ok
inawa campaign having been COM
pIeted at Hunters Point, San Fran
cisco, Robert l.. McKitrick re-
ports that the U.S.S. Storms was
leaving San Francisco Bay, Jan. 2
for her future home port at the
Brooklyn Navy Yards. She is ex-
pected to reach Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, Jan. IL, where the crew will
be given refresher courses, starting
north for New York at some later
date. Seaman McKitrick's address
will now be-Robert Lee McKit-
rick S2/c, 572-82-32, U.S.S.
Stormes, DID. 780 (R. and S. div)
!. c/o F.P.O., New York, N. Y.
NAVAL DISCHARGES
Service men discharged from the
Naval Personnel Separation Cent
er at Great Lakes, ILL.,, JAM 6, in
cluded:
William ]. Rebel, GIN BIC, 72o
Z. Sixth ST., Marysville; and Ken
meth v. Kincaid, RIM BIC, Peoria
Rt. l.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Bolenbaugh
w. 3rd st, received word today
their son, Richard, is very i'll in an
Army hospital at Fort Leonard
Wood. He would be very glad to
hear from any of his friends. His
address: Pvt. Richard A. Bolen-