To Camp Meade, MD Pvt. Phillip Linn, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.P. Linn, left Sunday for Camp Meade, MD, Mrs. Linn will remain here. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lucas. Gets Promotion Raymond Zane Rema, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Rema of Catching Creek, has been promoted to Gunner’s Mate, 2nd class. He entered the navy a year and half ago. Missing In Actin S S Darrell Lincka has been reported as missing in action over Germany since March 11, according to a telegram received by Lincks (Maxine Dement), from the War Department, Tuesday night. Here From South Pacific A.O. M. 1-C Wilmer Northup, arrived from the South Pacific Sunday, and is spending a furlough with the Charles Belshaws and other relatives. Takes Diesel Course Pfc. Aaron E. Blanck, son of Mrs. Hidla Blanck of Myrtle Point, has completed a specialists course in diesel tank engines at the Flint, MI, army ordnance school, says a release from that army base. Resting In Hawaii Chas. A. Schellhammer has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Schellhammer, that he is resting in the Hawaiian Islands, after have taken part in the battle of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. He says he is well and happy. Gets Service Call Keith Mintonye, who has been standing by for several months for a call to active service with a navy repair battalion, go his orders this week and will report for duty at a Pacific coast port on April 6. Mrs. Mintonye is employed at the Dement law offices and will remain here with their small daughter, Sara Kay. Here On Leave Cpl. Leonard Moore, who is spending a 15-day leave here from his duties in the army air corps at Tonopah, NV, spent the last week-end with his brother Filbert, at Albany, who is also on leave from the service. Cpl. Moore, who recently returned to the States after having spent three and half years in the Alaskan area with an engineer corps unit, is now operating a refueling tanker at the air field at Tonopah, and awaiting assignment to futher air corps duties. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.P. Moore. Grandson Not Lost Mrs. J.L. Crosby, of Medford, who has been visiting here for the past two weeks with a daughter, Mrs. N.A. Gant, reports that her grandson, James Schell, Jr., a second mate in the merchant marine, has been reported by the navy department as being alive. He was recently reported as missing in action in the south Atlantic, and it is assumed that his ship must have been sunk or damaged but that he reached land safely. Mrs. Crosby expects to leave for Los Angeles soon to visit the young man’s mother. Mrs. James Schell, Jr. Promoted To Chief Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Mayse received a letter Monday, from their former hired man, Joseph H. Tadlock, in which he stated that he has been promoted from first class to chief machinist mate in the navy. He is believed to be in Australia, says it is very hot, but that his is in good health and has hopes of getting home on a furlough to the USA, in a few months. Returns To Duty S 1-C Vern Knight returned to San Francisco last Tuesday, where he expects to go aboard a ship, after having visited since Saturday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Knight at Bridge. He is a naval gunner serving aboard merchant ships and at one time spent 14 days on a life raft when his ship was sunk. Praises Red Cross Mrs. R.A. Pointer received a letter Monday, from their son, Dick, who is now in England with a medical corps unit, in which he praises the Red Cross for their work for the service men. “The Red Cross ‘Clubmobile’ was here today with their coffee and doughnuts. We certainly appreciate the Red Cross over here. They do no a lot for us.” Souvenirs From India Mrs. Wayne Cook recently received a large and interesting collection of objects from India, sent her by her husband, Capt. Wayne Cook, who is stationed in India. Included in it are: dolls dressed in costume; had wrought enameled brass plates and candlesticks; rings, necklaces, pins of silver, opals, sapphires, aquamarines; coins, cigarette boxes; a dagger in case; a black velvet purse with the Taj Mahal embroidered in silver thread; a knife for beheading; samples of all kinds of woods grown in India; hand-embroidered vanity set; and a heavy woolen robe. The display in Breuer’s window, has attracted much attention. Back In Active Service Mrs. I.G. Bingham had a letter Monday from their son, Alfred, who left the States in October and since that day has been with General Douglas MacArthur’s 6th army in the South Pacific area, in which he states that he is back in active service. He was in the hospital for 10 days before the first of the year, apparently from some injury in action, but has returned to duty and says that he is OK. He is believed to have been in the Admiralty Islands action recently. He says, “Don’t worry about me Mom, I am OK, and everything is fine here. The outfit that I am in is strictly a Texas outfit.” He says they go swimming frequently, disregarding the sharks. His letter was written by candlelight in a tent, where he says the water sometimes runs through in rivers when it rains. Enjoy Wedding Trip Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Hall arrived here Saturday evening after having spent the past three weeks at Los Angeles, and other California points, on their honeymoon. They were married March 3 at Reno, NV. He expects to leave soon for his duties in the merchant marines service, and Mrs. Hall will remain. In South Pacific Mrs. Roy Miller has had a recent letter from their son, Roy Jr., in which he tells about his life in military service. He is in an infantry regiment and believed to be on an island in the South Pacific. They go swimming every day, he says, and complains about the heat. He left the States about two months ago. His father, Roy Sr., also recently embarked from a gulf port and with an outfit of the SeaBees. Received Letters Mr. and Mrs. E.O. Sempert received letters from their son, Bill, and their nephew, Cpl Marion Lindley, this week. Bill writes from the Marshall Island that he is at rest camp. He says that he is getting recent Heralds. Cpl Lindley writes from Australia that he has had is first furlough in two years. He went to Melbourne to the best hotel he could find. He says the strangest thing to him was to go the restaurant, order what he wanted and have it served to him. Brings Fiji Souvenirs “Kooke” Neal, arrived here Monday on a 21-day leave from his duties as a quartermaster 2nd class, aboard a US battleship, and is visiting with his mother, Mrs. Lars Gisholt, and his sister, Mrs. Robert Rhule, and other relatives. He was delighted to be home after 3 years absence on duty, and stated that his sister’s home was the first private home he had entered since he left. He was in several major naval engagement, and brought back shell necklaces from the Fiju island for his mother and sister, and other souvenirs, including one taken from the body of a dead Jap. Another of the Neal boys, Jimmie K, motor machinist mate 1st class in the navy, is due home on leave from Puerto Rico, next week. Myrtle Point Herald March 30, 1944
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