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—__. Page 6 MARRIAGE LICENSES Remmer V. Shepherd and Wyn- ona Preston, Olympia; Frank Baird, Bremerton, and Dorothy Hardesty, Bremerton. Washing Machine Service Complete Stock Wringer Rolls NASH BROTHERS Phone 334 123 SO. 2nd Gee! You didn’t tell me you were a KILTIE! I ain’t —My trousers are at the cleaners. We won't let you get in this shape. You will get your clothing back when promised — expertly clean- ed and ready for spic and span wear. Mason County Steam Laundry and Dry Cleaners PHONE 88 THEY’RE GORGEOUS! 1. our con toms mm wou- popors, pointed walls and cell- lugs, wollboord, basement mm. 2. Hum uxl mom 3. onus m our «our 89¢ Kem-Tono ROILER-KOATER A, low as JUST ARRIVED! LlllllLl NEW CllLflllS 4. mm WITH wnn 5. no "mun" noon 6. wasurs mm 5"" , mu 7. “Will!!! coma: roam Kem-Tone TRIMS ,Pickering Club Holds Meeting (Crowded out last week) by Virtue E. Hanlon . Ladies from Harstine Island, Shelton and Grapeview were lguests of the Pickering Home- Imaker’s Club at a luncheon and social afternoon on Thursday. Mrs. H, E. Peterson, of Grape- view, president of the Women's Federated Clubs of Mason County, gave a very interesting talk on the work done by the Federated Clubs and extended an invitation to the Harstine and Pickering Clubs to become members. Mrs. T. C. Thomas and Mrs. Elmer Wiss will be hostesses at the next meeting of the Picker- ing Homemaker’s Club to be held on November 16. ‘ Frank Strong, C.E.W.O., and Mrs. Strong, are spending his furlough at their Pickering home with her mother, Mrs. Em Welty. This part of the country looks especially good to Mr. Strong since he has been stationed in the Aleutians for many months. Mrs. Fred Chitty, of Olympia, Lt. Fred F. Chitty, Jr., who is {stationed in La., and Miss Auriel- ia Long, of El Paso, Texas, were [dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Hanlon on Thursday eve- ning. Mrs. Maldor Lundquist visited relatives in Portland and Forrest Grove from Sunday until Wed- nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wiss were dinner guests Saturday evening of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Willey of Shelton and spent Sunday at the Million: ll‘z’l’rw Mist It’s so easy to get prompt, effective relief from dis- 9 ‘1‘ . tress or .head colds with Va-tro-nol! Works right where trouble is to reduce congestion soothe irritation — make breathing easier. Also helps prevent many colds from developing if used in time. Tryitl Followdirectionsinfolder. VICKS VA-‘I'IlO-IIOI. A FEW DROPS Quickly Roller: Distress of llEAD coins: MAM Rn. 0.5. h'. 0”; MIRACLE WALL FINISH $98 PLASTIC PATCH Repairs (rocks 23¢ a roll ; * 1.1.. CATTO g , HARDWARE YOUR DEALERS? lwork of Civilians in War Effort lls Praised by Local Proving that local Red‘ Cross volunteer workers are really ac- complishing something, and that {their efforts are appreciated by lthe boys in the service, the fol- llowing letter w'as received by a local man, who is one of the lead- ers in Red Cross work in this vicinity. The letter was written by a former local boy now in the Navy. i “Often letters seem difficult to ‘write but not this one. I have wanted to write it for some time. “When I was at home before I joined the Navy, I often thought about you and your war work. In those civilian days of mine it. seemed that you were taking your Red Cross ‘benefit the ser- vice man’ work extra seriously to the exclusion of the reduced com- forts of wartime living. “But now, after a year and a half in the service, I see how very right you are. There is a considerable difference between working for victory and just sit- ting around waiting for it to hap- pen. To you and the men and lwomen like yourself, who are spending so much of their off- work time in the serious prosecu- tion of this war, goes the warm- est feeling of the serviceman. He is in the war 100% and he feels that you are too. “In writing this letter please think of me as the serviceman on the street. The Navy has a saying which means that a parti- cular task has been handled with ________________.___._.—————— PEGGY GROUT IN SANTA BARBARA Technician Fifth Grade Edna A. 'Grout, of Shelton, is a. member of 'the Women’s Army Corps sta- tioned at Hoff General Hospital, Santa Barbara, Calif., and is as— O Servrce Man .noteworthy vigor, determination 'and success. That saying which so aptly applies to you is “Well Done.” l Names of the parties concerned in the above letter have been withheld at the request of the re- cipient, but as he points out, the praise belongs to every person lin the community who has given his or her time to try to make the war just that much shorter, GEORGE BOWMAN WINS FLYING CROSS Air Transport command Base, India — Announcement of the award of the U.S. Army Distin- Iguished _F1ying Cross “for extra- ordinary achievement” to Captain lGeorge R. Bowman, of Shelton, was released this month in the publication of orders from head- quarters, Army Air Forces, India- Burma Sector, China-Burma—In- dia Theater. Since his arrival in this over- seas area Captain Bowman has been serving at the India-China Division of the Air Transport Command. This. division is the ATC unit which, as the “India- China Wing” undertook the crea- ltion and maintaining of Ameri- ca's “aerial pipeline of supply” across the Himalayan “Hump,” in northern India, for United Na- tions’ battlefronts i1; China. According to the citation ac- companying his award Captain Bowman has to his credit, as a lpilot with the ATC carriers over I these air lines, “more than 300 hours of operational flight in transport aircraft over the diffi- cult and dangerous Assam-China air routes, where enemy intercep- tion and attack was probable and expected." Captain Bowman’s citation is 1 Service Men l l I down SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL‘ (Continued from page one) .and canopy. He headed straight in flames. I immediately lgot on the tail of another FW- 5190 and opened fire. Several hits istarted him smoking and the pi- lIOt bailed out.” Two days later, while escorting bombers away from the target area, the Mustangs were attacked from above by four Me-109s. They missed us and I followed one down,” he reported. “A few bursts from about 50 yards tore his left wing off, and the pilot bailed out just before the ship caught fire.” Lieutenant Jamison holds the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. He was commissioned and awarded his wings at Foster Field, Texas, on March 20, 1943. A graduate of Shelton high school, ,he was a printer and mail clerk her and Industries, in Olympia, before he entered the service in December, 1941. RUDY HOMAN WRITES PARENTS Rudy Wm. ‘Homan, S2/c, has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Homan, the first letter they have received in six weeks. Rudy is now in the Pacific, cooking on la ship. He sent word to tell his friends hello and that he expects to be home for Christmas. His address is available from his par- ents. I LETTER FROM HOWARD SCHUMACHER Several weeks ago the Journal xreceived a letter written from France by T/Sgt. Howard Schu- macher to his sister, Mrs. A. E. IDoherty, but has been unable up to the present time to find space to run it. The letter follows: “Dear Sis: Haven’t had any Signed t0 the PhySiCal Therapy I specifically for his period of duty mail for abOut a month but they Department as an physical therapist. , T/ 5 Grout attended the Univers- ! ity of Washington, and before her lenlistment in the Women’s Army Corps was employed by a large oil company in Los Angeles, Calif. She joined the Women’s Army Corps in June, 1943, and complet- ed her basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. 1944. 5 He makes his home at Star IRoute No. 1, Shelton. Captain IBowman was also awarded the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Me- dal. ,DON Moons Is [LIAISON PILOT U.S. Army Forces on New Bri- apl’rem‘ice between July 21» 1943 to April 11, I tell me our mail will be along in ‘ I a few days so will wait patiently. How’s everyone at home and [what seems to be doing in the big city? “I am getting along fine and haven’t felt better in ages. This country seems to agree with me very much. It’s still warm in the l daytime but cool at night. Doesn’t seem we have been here almost As an apprentice physical ther- tam—Liaison Pilot Second Lieu- two weeks, Being my first trip apist T/5 Grout gives and exercises to the are treated in the Physical Ther- apy Department. home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Long- acre, also of Shelton. Pfc. Donald White visited at the home of his sister, Mrs. Martin Auseth the first part of the week. Pfc. White is on a 30—day furlough from the hospital in Walla Walla where he has been undergoing treatments for wounds received in Attu. Pfc. Van Emerson, of the Sig< nal Corps, who has been stationed in Alaska, left Sunday after spending a week with his mother, Mrs. Floyd Wildey. C.E.W.0. Frank Strong, Mrs. Strong and Mrs. Em Welty, were dinner guests Friday evening at the Frank Wylie home. , Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hipp, of Seattle, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Auseth from Thurs— day, until Saturday. Cpl. and Mrs. Ralph Droscher arrived Friday from Camp Lowry, Colorado, to spend his furlough with relatives and friends both here and in Seattle. . Mrs. Frank Binns, of the Ar- cadia district, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lantz Wiss and l also the home of Mrs. Helen Sha- i for several days during the» week. Mrs. Lillie Cameron was 3. Ta- coma visitors from Friday until lSunday and enjoyed another few l days with her son, Lt. Sam Cam- eron of the Merchant Marines. You’ll have to TELL if you want to SELL - Say It WITH FLOWERS They Bring Comfort and Happiness FUNERA’L DESIGNS AND HOSPITAL BOUQUETS Travis Floral Shop Shelton Hardware Bldg. Phone 232 78M one of the “biggest little airlines” in the Southwest Pacific. The biggest little airline serves American ground forces main- taining advanced positions on New Britain‘s north coast extend- ing toward the Japanese garri- son at Rabauh Lt. Moore is one of the Piper Cub pilots who keeps vital sup- plies, mail and official military communications flowing f r o m {headquarters to forward combat areas. His schedule calls for stops at three air strips, all inherited from the Japs, on the north coast. A V " ience of digging a foxhole at night 1 offs, three landings and approxi- mately 300 miles of, flying. Primary mission of the Piper Cubs, sometimes called grasshop. pers, is to observe enemy targets and to direct artillery fire against enemy positions. In addition to routine flights, he often performs special missions. ‘These may vary from contacting an infantry patrol operating in the jungle to evacuating a ser- iously wounded soldier from com- bat lines to rear hospitals. Lt. Moore, inducted as an en- listed man June 22, 1942, was commissioned February 4, 1943, |following graduation from an ar- ltillery officers’ candidate school at Fort Sill, Okla. After completing flight train- ‘ing and served as an instructor at the school. Overseas since last May 10, he previously was stationed in New Guinea. He is entitled to wear the Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon. He was graduated in 1935 from Shelton. high school and in 1941 from Linfield College, McMinn— ville, Ore., with a bachelor of arts degree, majoring in business ad- ministration. He later earned a master of arts degree from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Medford, ' Mass. His wife, Mrs. Kathleen R. Moore lives in Portland, Ore. He is the son of Mrs. R. W. Luther, round trip comprises three take-_ Star Route 2, Shelton. com AND sun EVENT our: WEEK ONLY Thursday, Nov. 9, 10:30 a.m. to Thursday, Nov. 16, 5:30 p.m. 150 All-WOOL COATS AND SUITS To Choose From $29.95 sun‘s $19.97 $39.95 SUITS $23.97 $29.95 COATS $20.97 39.95 COATS $29.97 Coat Sizes 10 to 42 —- Suit Sizes 12-18 All Colors tl‘eatments tenant Donald A. Moore, Star Rt. I with an invasion, I saw a. lot of patients Who 2, Shelton, is helping to operate i interesting things that formerly II had only seen in pictures and it lwas really quite a sensation. In lfact it made me right nervous for a. while. “Was on a ship in the convoy and there were ships of all types as far as I could see. As the oper— ation was carried out in the day— ‘time we were able to see the naval ships during their bombard— ment and the bombers as they. were over the beaches. They ,really throw a lot of stuff in a lshort length of time. They un- loaded me and my jeep the night of D—day and although it was not necessary. I had my first exper- ‘and sleeping in it. I was pretty ,much of an amateur at it but I dug her alright. 1 “Moved out of there the next day and got to see a bit of the country around here and it sure is like home. Apple orchards, creeks and green grass and trees ’ galore. We are sleeping in pup f'tents under the stars and it is Every nice even though it doesn’t ihave a spring mattress. “Have bath facilities galore I (any deep hole in the creek) but [it is a. bit cold. Good swimming lthough, after one gets used to it. lAlso makes a good laundry. Our chow is not bad and they started baking bread a. couple of days ago. Well, Sis, I‘m kinda running 3 down so will try to think up some more later. Give my regards to all and write soon. Howard.” JOHN F. MOE IS CITED IFOR GALLANTRY IN ACTION Aviation Chief Machinist’s Mate j’John F. Moe, U.S.N., has been idecorated for gallantry in the iSouth Pacific theatre of war, El- eventh Naval District, officials disclosed recently. The awards were conferred by Rear Admiral William K. Harri], U.S.N., commander, Fleet Air, West Coast, during recent cere- monies at Camp Kearney, San' Diego, Calif. Chief Moe was plane captain and bow gunner. The citation ac- companying the presentation of a Gold Star in lieu of his second Air Medal, cited him for “deadly and accurate fire with his guns, which was instrumental in the destruction of a Japanese plane in aerial combat.” He won the Air Medal for a Wake Island raid. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Bloomquist, former Shelton residents living in Olympia. His wife, Mrs. Lorraine Moe, lives in San Diego. Reed high school and when. at home resides at 226%; S. 7th St. l GEORGE SNYDER IS IN ENGLAND An Eighth Air Force Fighter Station, England — The oldest JESSE PHILLIPS IS PROMOTED Somewhere in New Guinea, 23 Sept., - Of local interest is the news that Pfc. Jesse Phillips has recently been promoted to the rank of Line Corporal. He is in 3. Coast Artillery Battalion. Cpl. Phillips entered the service in June, 1943, and received his basic training at Camp Roberts, Calif. In April of 1944 he arrived in New Caledonia, and from there Joined his present outfit on the Fiji Islands. At present they are stationed somewhere in New Guinea. Cpl. Phillips has two brothers in the service, Cpl. Melrin and Sgt. Marion, both of whom are in the Air Corps and are now in Canada. He is a graduate of Irene S. lfighter group in VIII Fighter? lCommand, the high-scoring P-51 lMustang group commanded by Col. Don Blakeslee, of Fairport Harbor, 0., celebrated its second anniversary recently by destroy- ing 24 enemy planes in two days. Pfc. George A. Snyder, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Sny- der. Shelton, is with the unit. The group was formed Septem- ber 12, 1942, when the three Ea'gle for the State Department of La-‘ Squadrons 0f the Royal Air Force transferred to the USAAF and be- camc the first fighter group in the Eighth Air Force. In the two—year period the ex- Eagles, complemented by U. S. trained pilots, have flown Spit- fires, Thunderbolts and Mustangs. They have destroyed 676 aircraft, 211 while ground strafing. The group’s list of Iamous firsts include: First Allied fighters to penetrate Germany from Britain; first Allied single engine fighters over Berlin; providing the fight- er escort for the first Britain-to- Russia shuttle raid; and the first fighter group in the European Theatre of operations to pass the 400, 500 and 600 marks in enemy planes destroyed. Pfc. Snyder, assigned to a fighter squadron communications section, has been in England since l August, 1943. LOCAL RESIDENT SENDS HARMONICA In answer to. the gift of a harmonica made to a serviceman by Emma Garrison, Route 2, through Larry Adler of the Quizz IKids, she received the following 'letter of appreciation. “Dear Miss Garrison: I receiv- fed a. package this afternoon and :I was so surprised to see that {I had finally received a harmon- 'ica. I have been trying to get ‘one for the last year, but I just didn’t seem to have any luck at al. When they sent it to me they had a small letter with it saying Iit might not be the kind I want- Ied. But guess what! It is just the kind I had hoped to receive. I sure hope you will be able to read this letter as I am such a poor writer. I sure want to I thank you with all my heart. You 'don’t know how happy it makes me. I'm sorry I did not know wheth- er you were Miss or Mrs. so I just put Miss. You know it sure makes us feel good to get some- thing like that. Because we know that people are trying to help all they can. Well I guess I am running out of words so I guess I will have to close. I still want to tell you how much I appreciate the har— monica. I was on the front but I was put out of action so 1' guess I won’t fight any more. Please let me know if you receive \my letter. With all the luck in the world, Pvt. Earl C. Mames, SomeWhere in Italy." .0. \l ‘. < lg,” 427’ nzuuqr, c‘o.. ‘INC. What's all The exc'rtemenl' ?/ RAY BUCHMANN IS IN ENGLAND Staff Sergeant Ray R. Buchmann, mann, Star Route, Shelton, serves with the transportation division battle injured aircraft are main- tained and. repaired. Employed as a logger for four years prior to entering the ser— vice in September, 1942, Sgt. Buchmann, as assistant truck master, supervises the mainte- nance of vehicles and the per- formance of his company on daily supply convoys, which sustain the constant flow of vital supplies needed to keep the Eighth Air Force on its mission destroying enemy military objectives. He has been overseas since September, 1943. SPENCER READ IN TEXAS Spencer (Penny) Read, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Read, is now stationed at Eagle Pass, Texas, where he is an aviation cadet. He has made the highest grades possible in pilot, bombardier and navigation, but because of the curtailment of flight training is not sure whether or not he will receive his wings. He says the country around Eagle Pass re— minds him of the country about Cushman. The nights are cold and crisp and plenty raw. The days' are warm and just right. son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buch-V at this strategic air depot where, Thursday,’ November ‘1 Mary final decree of divorce f man Perkins in Superior Saturday. PREPP’S DR l ; , Never FINAL DEGREE Perkins was a ERP ONIC Unio Sponsored years of research d °" elton E rience, is symbolic of boiler health to co B" WAR 8‘ ANDST day, ssion 60¢ 1 Tax inclt Your doctor's prescrip compounded by your R pfiormocisl, and bar | es Orcl STORE «w. NEW DRESSES! ‘Yes, this is real news! JuSt when you want to get ready for the I holidays, Penney’s offers you a wonderful new collection of dresses! ‘ng 9:01 Family Gi J from a Family Man Your picture is TS for gift the whole fa will thrill to get I Founc“ one that only you give! Our expert tographers take in the life-like r STRONG ductions achieved PERMAN our modern equip Make your app ECONOM ment today to your photograph time for Christmas ONCR .ODUC’. avoid the rush. 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