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Service News l
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also in the same company. Mars
ritt is probably in Belguim and
Donald is in Normandy. a
j “U. S. Army Signal Corps men
5 have laid more than 250,000 miles
l of communications wire here since
D-Day, enough to reach ten times
round the globe. Maj. Gen. W. S. 1
Rumbong'h. ETO Chief S‘m‘al Of—
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2nd OAK LEAF cnusrnn . M31306“ 0115mm"
An Eighth Air Force Bomber Christmas f
Station, EnglandflTeclmical Ser— Christmas dinner aegis at the
geant Raymond Trotter, 20, ra- l Sam Nye home were r. and Mrs,
Clio Operator 9nd gunner 0“ a Ralph Near and girls of Forest,
33-17 ,‘ly’ens F‘Ci'ti'f‘is. has W011 a Mr. and Mrs. Farrow
Pace of Ta-
Secmid 03.5: Leaf Cluster to his coma, Ml; and Mrs, W, E, Dietz,
Air M ads] for “meritorioulei-.,. of suverdaie. Mr. and Mrs.
achievement" during Eighth AiriEd Valley and children, Mn R1.
Force bombing attacks on mili- chard Neel; and Mr, and Mrs. L,
tary and industrial targets in Rosgmaier ana'children.
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RMACY‘
u e for Tomorrow
Forrest’s Flowers
tever the past year New years ls in .hand'
have brought, we all ; Take over, Spirit of
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forward hopefully i° 5 Youth! All aboard for
[E as a harbinger of
ALL r, days to come. the better days to come.
, is our hope, too, that i May a ray of sunshine
"BC. 3 9 New Yea" we W‘” be i fall upon that new page
TED ,e than neighbors . . . [ t h_ h r
Club , we will become better i o W m We now tum-
' hbors. ', This is our wish for you.
.FARE ason's greetings to one i
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‘Let Freedom ng’
nesday
zar’s Day As another New Year dawns we are thankful
7“), . for the American heritage of freedom— thank-
Jriink ful, too, for the friends who have helped us
ix gain the manifold blessings of this freedom.
With this in mind we wish you all a very
NOE Happy New Year. '
S ‘ .
Iturday Hilltop Tavern
Gerald and Clarice Byrne
rrett
VEST
stige we enjoy.
Shelton 20th Century Store
WE are naturally proud of our stand-
ing in this community, and can only thank
the people of the community for the pm.
We wish you not only a Happy New
Year but a full measure of happlness the
whole year through.
‘ a wenty
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‘strafng sweep over an enemy air-
finer. revealed at a Paris press
Conference.
He said that during the brealo '
through, when signal men
rushed, wire mapped in rubberi
tubing and spiralled to increase:
its capacity was rolled along the l
hedgerows and strung from trees l
and bushes. 1
When the armored columns ran I
from them, a system i
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each station was beamed on the
next like a rifle on a target.
Rumbough said that before D-l
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Day the Signal Corps in Rio"4
mapped out COiltliUu‘if-i
for trans-Channel connuunications
and SFlll. the information to théi
War Department. A topograuhi-l
cal replica was discovered along
the coast of Maine, and there the
problems of invasion communica-
tions by high-frequency relay
Equipment was Worked out in do-
an .
980th SSC in Operation
One of the outstanding outfits
involved, he said, Was the 980th
Signal Service Company which
operated the high-frequency re-
lay. They now are scattered in
small groups from the front to
Cherbourg and to the southern
British ports. other units are op- l
crating ovor a. vast area.
Since June 6, the communica-
1Cei
Germany and Nazi Occupied Em
rope.
, Mr. and Mrs. Don Nye spent
the Christmas holidays at Roch~
The sergeant is the son of Mrs. ester With relatives.
Mary Trotter, Shelton. A gradu-
ate of Irene S. Reed high School,
he was a laborer before entering-
the Army Air Forces.
Sgt. Trotter is a member of
the 34th.Bomb. Group, a unit of
the Third Bombardment Division,
the division cited by the president
' its non." Historic England-
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V. lie libs taken part in
aerial assaults on variety of 0b-
jcctivee, ranging from enemy air-
i'ie’ids and aircraft plants to oil
l‘i‘I-i'lilSl'lCéF. and mm. iiiw positioi’m,
PVT. THELMA McGEE
A? FORT DES MOENES
Pvt. Thelma McGee of the W.
A.C., who at Fort Des Moines,
Iowa, will finish her training
about January 5. She is the
daughter of Mrs. Emma McGee,
former Shelton resident.
Mrs. McGee has two sons in
the service also, Sgt. Glenn R.,
who is stationed in Texas and Sgt.
Dick, who is somewhere in Bel-
gium.
SGT. HAROLD BELL
MOVED TO HAYWOOD
Sgt. Harold 'R. Bell has been
transferred from Salina, Calif, to
the air base at Haywood.
tions system here has been wov‘ LaVERNE AND JACK 081603
on into powerful telephone, tele« ENJOY EARLY XMAS DINNER
tvve. radio and courier networks, An early Christmas dinner fer
Rumboueh said. To keep it going I Shelton brothers who met after
about 200.000 tons of wire and l two year‘s separation was held
radio equipment have been ship- for Seaman Second Class La-
iwhere he is an instructor at an!
Mr. and Mrs. Farrow Pace, of
Tacoma, spent from Saturday to
Monday with the latter‘s sister,
Mrs. Sam Nye and family.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Rossmaier and
children spent Christmas eve with
the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. Rossmaier, S12, of Roch-
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BOP; ALLAN HOME
{FROM MONTANA TRIP
l Robert Allan is home for a fcw ‘
[days for Christmas after spending .
:some time over in Montana, en—g
.gagcd in appraising several sec-i
ondnry airport installations which
‘are being dismantled and the
,buildings sold. The airports them- i
selves will generally be turned;
ovor to civilian uses as the army
need has passed. Bob has been
working out of the Seattle office
on appraisals but wants no more
in Montana where the weather is;
really cold.
DONALD AND BILL WEEKS
MOVE TO NEW CAMPS
Lt. Donald C. Weeks, who just!
returned about Thanksgiving-i
time from the South Pacific;
where he had been stationed for!
year is now at Douglas, Ariz.,',
2.
advance baSe for Mitchell bomb-i
crs.
S/Sgt. Bill Weeks is now sta-
tioned at Camp Callan, Calif. He
was in Alaska for 26 months.
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nod to the continent.
At present 136 headquarters
are connected by long-distance
“bone. one of them handling 30.-
000 calls a. day, almost two and
a half times the amount of tele-
vihone service the Germans had
at the same place after four
years of occupation.
The Signal Chief said couriers
in one month travelled 500,000I
miles to deliver
sages."
PVT. LESTER NORDWELL
IS VISITING PARENTS
Pvt. Lester Nordwell arrived
l1ome December 9 on furlough
from Fort Jackson, S. C., and is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
P. J. Nordwell at Matlock.
He left December 20 to report
to Baton Rouge, La. '
'iT. GILBERT JAMISOV
STATIONED IN ENGLAND
An Eighth Air Force Fighter
Station. England—First Lieuten-
ant Gilbert L. Jamison, of Olym-
v)ia, Wash. P-51 Mustanr pilot
in the 364th Fighter Grout). de-
stroyed a Messerschmitt-109 in a
1,169,940 mes-
“laid recently.
Sighting a grass airdrome about
4.00 yards in front of him, he
headed for a parked Me-109 and
't'wfnrl firing at 300 yards.
“I broke over the euemv air—
plane at about 25 yards, observ~
ing a, heavy concentration of
strikes on the. engine, wins: roots
and cockpit.” Lt. Jamison report-
ed. A heavy crossfire of flak _at
the far end of the field prevented
‘wim from glancing back to. watch
the results.
Lt. Jamison has shot down four
onemy planes and has. bee“ a‘vsrd-
‘d the Distinguished Flying Cross
and the Air Medal with five Oak
Leaf Clusters. He arrived in Eng-
land in June. 1943, joining his
present unit last May.
Formerly a printer and mail
clerk for the State Department of
the Army Air Forces in 'Deccm-
,l“‘().=i.or I‘iclil, Tony. on March 20
1943. .
; His wifc'. Mrs. Etta J. Jami-
son, resides at 210 Custer Way.
Olympia. He is the son of Mrs.
Gladys A. Jamison of Union.
.DOYTGLAS BROWN
.IIFIRE FROM ALEUTIANS
Douglas‘ Brown, former student
at Shelton junior high school paid
a brief visit to friends here last
week on his way to his home in
Chicago from the Aleutians where
he has been serving in the Navy.
He visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Abel.
NOW AT REST CAMP
. S/Sg’c. Wiley Surratt is now at
a rest camp on the Isle of Capri.
He is a turret gunner on 3. Ed?
Verne Robert Griggs and Fire-
man First Class Jack Nelson
Griggs. They were very fortunate
to meet while both were home on
ileave. One day was all they had
ltogether, December 3rd.
The Christmas dinner was plan-
ned for the boys by their rela-
tives with all the trimmings, tree
and gifts. A pal Carl Bowser was
a. guest, too. Seamen Griggs and
Bowser returned to their ship the
following day.
The other brother, Fireman
Jack Griggs, has just arrived
GR'A. AIR?
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is returning to ftsnatural‘oolot RAYVI’I‘AVita-
mins contain the same amount of “anti gray :
hair vitamin' (Plus 450 Int units _B1) as tested
oy a leading housekeeping magazme Of those 1
esied, 88% had return oi hair color RAY-
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our “permanent.” 30 day supply $1.50; 100
JITA Vitamins arc non-touching,
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Mr. and Mrs. name '4'. Susan:
are the poi-ems of a baby boy
born of the Shelton hospital on
Dec-ember 26.
ashington [State Patrol Wages War
Against December Automobile Beat .1
The State Patrol this \&*eek:xvhicl1 the motorist and pedes-
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launched a. state-Wide program than Should follow if traffic
designed to reduce. traffic deaths deaths are to be- reduced this
, month. Most of usk‘now the rules,
this December. According to Chief but many of us aren’t too careful
James A. Pryde of the patrol,
:labout obeying thong]. To 1refresh
a ging memories 19 rues are
deaths last December were 60 per Prgsemed below: . I
The motorisl; must»- .
1. bseive speed regulations.
2. 0t drive after drinking.
3. (live the right-of-way to the
other fellow. I
4. Check vehicle equipment re -
ulal'ly. such as lights, brakes, e-
frosters, etc.
5. Obey all traffic signals. signs ?
cent higher than the monthly av-
erage for the remainder of 1943.
“Fifty people," stated Pryce, “met
death on our streets and highways
during the Christmas month last
year. We are asking the aid of all
law enforcement agencies, civic '
groups and cltizons generally to
reduce that figure by at least one
half this year."
Records in the patrol’s divi-
sion 01" accident prevention show
that 27 of last Deccmbcris deaths
occurred in cities and 23 in rural
areas. As was common thruo‘ut;
the country, pedestrians were . SON ARRIVES
highest on the list‘of victims, 33 ' Mr. and Mrs. WayneStuck are
of the 50 deaths! being in this the parents of a baby boy born
category. on Christmas Day at the Shelton
There .are rules General Hospital.
and street markings.
6. Stay on his own side of the
road. '
7. Nchr pass on hills or curves.
basic
a few
Voters of the
City of Shelton
The General City. Election .to be
held Friday, December 29th 1944, is
one'of the most important Elections,
Shelton will ever hold. A new form of
City Government and the Post-'War
Program depends onthe outcome. 'No
plans have yet been formulated to
carry it out, and We are one of the few
Cities that have not had their plans
out for months. ‘ .
Your Vote will be appreciated.
W. F. McCann
Candidate for
Commissioner of Streets & Public McKenzie Morrison
Labor and Industries, he entered!
SGT. WILEY SURRATT
home on a 20-day leave with his
bride of a few days and parents. “Y‘s “mphom
McConkey Pharmacy
JOHN S. PEARSON
SENDS NEWS STORY
The Journal this week received
the folloWing story about the
Seabees from John S. Pearson, a
member of the Seabees stationed
in the South Pacific. His wife,
,Lois, and daughter Kay and his
mother, Mrs. Florence Pearson,
reside in Shelton.
"The third anniversary of the
‘workingest, fightingest bunch of
men” in the nation’s armed forces,
{the Navy Seabees, will be observ-
ed on December 28 by 240,000 of-
ficers and men of the, United
States Naval Construction Bat-
ltaliuus. ’
’ “Born
lthe Pearl Harbor disaster, wiih
5an authorized strength of 3,000,
the Seabees won their spurs atl
gGuadzlcat‘al and have been with}
the assault troops in every major
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just three works after
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American amphibious operation.
They can now boast that they
built the network of air and na-
ival bases in the Pacific that
:pushed the Japs back 3,000 miles;
; that they developed amphibious
equipment and techniques that
helped carry the day on the Afri-
can, Sicilian, Italian and Nor-
‘maudy beachheads.
"‘Every commissioned construc-
tion battalion is either currently
,overseas or has completed a tour
of duty; many battalions are on
,their second tours. Seventy-six
"i (u.
00 cs- .
men. never seen
|f0reign service.
I “As General Douglas MacAr-
thur wrote in a letter to Scabee
.
Scandal
Glenn A. Conner, R.D.M.1/c,
left December 20 for New York
I after spending a 30-day leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Conner and sister, Mrs. David
Wiss.
There were many dinners and
week end parties given at his
home during the holidays. Among
there can be no standing still.
Improvements
ugged individualism has had its place in the building of America,
but in no nation and among no people has it been more clearly
demonstrated that "In Union there is Strength."
Farmers of the State of Washington realized this when they First organized
the W ashiu gton Co-operaiive Egg and Poultry Association. Through
the years their Taith in this principle has been rewarded.
The growth in. membership of their AsSociation and the national recogni<
tion of its leadership in the Field of co-operative effort are evidence of
the
confidence, both of its members and of the general public.
Such confidence is never lightly bestowed. It must be earned and then
must be maintained through constant care and service.
But achieving this confidence, in turn, imposes a further obligationu-v to
supply the members and the public with services and commodities upon'
which they can continue to rely. In their organization’s march of
progress
we 1
"New occasions teach new duties." Constant "improvements
must be
The ow Dime Store
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and he and the ship’s crew were ithe out-of—town guests were Wal-
recently awarded the Air Medal. - lace Dunn. T.M.2/c U-S.M-R.. Ar-
lchie Dittman, R.T.2/c .U.S.N.R.,
TAYLOR BROTHERS Lt. and Mrs. Don Wiss. Mich., Mr.
made [—1 often new lines of activity must be entered or new products
added
Cpl. Edwin Taylor is receiving
specialized training in truck and
AT NEW STATIONS ‘
and Mrs. Jack Hahn,. Longview,
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Ellison, Mis-
Miss Betty Dunn,
soula, Mont,
to meet the challenge of the changing years.
are many paths in life but the path
"that leads to home is the one-we all love best.
May 1945 bring to your home a joyous
. Frengthening of home ties and old associa-
thons, and a happy gain in the number of those
V L W011 count as friends. May it bring you more
health, more prosperity, more joy of living.
This is the sincere New Year wish of
chassis at Baltimore, Md. He will Tacoma, and Mr. and'Mrs. Lantz
This co-operative effort does not replace individual enterprise :-~ it
extends
be there for two months.
Justin Taylor, F.C. 2/0, is be-'
ing moved from the Atlantic to
the Pacific theatre of war. He
was home recently .on leave.
RAY PETERSON
RETURNS TO ITALY
Ray Peterson, who was recent-
ly in France, is reported to have
Ireturned to Italy.
‘MINORU OKANO
ENTERS ARMY
Minoru Okano. former Shelton
lresident. was inducted in the Ar-
; my on November 9 at Fort Doug-
glas, Utah. He has been accepted
lfor the Military Intelligence and
is taking his basic training at
1 Alabama and will be transferred
to Fort Snelling‘. Minn, to com-
!plete his training.
lMISS JO. NEEDHAM
, HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Miss' Jo. Needham. who is a
stewardess on United Airliners
traveling over the Northwest and
as far south as San Francisco,
was able to land in Seattle in
time to spend a few hours on
Christmas day with her parents,
' Wiss, Pickering.
You! doctor’s prescription.
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compounded by your Rexall
pharmacist. and born of
years of research and expe
rience. is symbolic of you-
better health to come.
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Needham and
family. They also have learned
Buywnmaouns
‘ . "AND‘STAMPS ‘
that Maurice, Jr., has received
his appointment as lieutenant, jun- . ’
101? Erode. somewhere in the South ‘ PREPP S DRUG
l Pacific campaign. ,
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lChicf Vice-Admiral Ben Morecll,l
i‘The only trouble with your Sea- l.
boss is that you don't have enough
!of them’.” .
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GLENN A. CONNER
"RETURNS TO NEW YORK
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and mak
marched
through
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Where no one individual. could accomplish such a task, these obligations
can be met through the strength of the united farmers. As they have
\‘fis
es more efficient the very foundation of the American way.
shoulder. to shoulder through wars and depressions, as well as
the years of plenty, they will lay their united efforts attain even
oals of service and security. ‘5'“-
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