Milford chronicle., 1957-01-11
FISHERS DISTRICT
BY Mrs. Nora Rust

We are glad to hear the good
news of the Improvement of Ar
thur Collision, who has been i'll ali
through the holidays. On Wednes-
day he was pleasantly surprised
when their daughter, Mrs. Mildred
Lofand and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur
Hynson and granddaughter paid
them visit, bringing a birthday
cake and ice cream to help Mr..
Collision celebrate his birthday an
niyersary. Other recent guests
were MIR. and Mrs. Charles Dear
man, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Rust and
Messrs. William Coulter, Thurman
Adams, Sr., and Edgar English. He
has received a large collection of
cards and had many friends to
visit him during his illness and
he extends his appreciation and
thanks to all
We were very sorry to hear of
Roger Adams. 19-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Adams of Den
ton, being involved in an automo-
bile accident which resulted in the
amputation of one leg, five inches
below the knee in the Easton Hos
pital the past week.
1t is good news to hear Alva
O'Bier is able TO be at home again
from the Milford Memorial Hospi-
tai. On Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Arlie
Sipple and son and Mr.. and Mrs.
Dennis Hall were his visitors.
Az Jackie O'Bier of the Dover
Air Base is spending a few days
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Merle O'Bier.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Mast have
been spending a vacation with rel
atives and friends through the
western states.
National Guardsmen Stanley
Mansfield, Gordon Warner, Jr., and
Samuel Powell have returned to
their base at Fort Jackson in
South Carolina after spending the
holidays with their parents here.
Mrs. J. w. Rust was a visitor of
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Faulk on Fri
day evening.
A very interesting letter receiv-
ed from Ensign Ralph Harmon
makes one feel almost like they had
visited U. S. Naval Air Station at
Whidbey Island as he describes it
pretty much stuck out in nowhere
but very pretty with all it's is
lands, mountains and surrounded
by water, located 80 miles north
west of Seattle and 100 miles south
east of Vancouver, and about 60
miles from Everett and Belling-
ham-Everett on the way to Sc
attle and Bellingham on the way
to Vancouver. The island is about
rs miles long and approximately
10 miles wide and connected to the
mainland at one end by ferry and
the other end by bridge. The boys
stay at the base pretty much of the
time during the week but on week
ends he says everyone takes off
for one place or another to some
city or place of interest within
their 1900 mile limit which ex-
tends as far east as Minneapolis !
and circles around down through
West Texas, giving them a wide !
area for cross country hops of |
week-ends but no chance of getting |
home on week-ends for those who /
live outside their limit. Ralph is
in VA (HM) 10, a heavy mining
squadron and they fly P2V6's pa
troll bombers. BY the last of sum-
mer all planes will be equipped for
rocket launching and he is thrill
ed to think if anything should hap |
pen he will at any rate be among |
the first ones in it. Their flights |
have been mostly around the area,
but beginning the first of the year
they are scheduled for navigation |
hops. He has already been to nav
agation and ECM school. He is
legal officer of a squadron of So
officers and approximately 325 en-
listed men and says they are all
swell guys On his way out to the
Pacific Coast he travelled ATS /
miles and enjoyed every bit of it,
During his stay in Dallas he visit
ed the SMU and talked with the
dean and registrar, and said they