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A.- ..,, December 1344. ._. Service News l lCnmmued from page one) I 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— m I 'th stream WEAPON of suc~l . i3 L Want Ads are used byl , of your friends am I cessful business . 01's. With great success iADVERTISING. l 1 continuous : l l l i l gun—o... «In—ma... WM SHELTON—MASON COUNTY JOURNAL wsor. RAY momma cars 1 '1 .A,‘ a. ! 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. . om itC,’ ' ' sally caus soothes t lps prom 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 l 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 STRA a“, l l ichfied Service and Gifts 0 Emil Rauscher LE sh burday . RES a e . o ' :AT wet“ [T ‘he THE ‘ EAS . \\\‘ lnly : gm. / HRPPU mam uenn :1 I 9 4 5 LS 40 ‘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 l l ‘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 m 1 .10.,» mun-3 c.9611, , 8 Li:- each station was beamed on the next like a rifle on a target. Rumbough said that before D-l l 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- , . .‘ >\v \ ii'tli..: .13. . 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- C‘Slt‘l‘. i 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. l 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? i i l l l Yes, RAYVITA Vitamins WORK. and gray hair 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- can‘t ham 1 our “permanent.” 30 day supply $1.50; 100 JITA Vitamins arc non-touching, . . a: fies A 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- v I 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 . .2 just three works after Get Raylrita Vitamins 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 f. as“. a n“ ’. «martian 9..., ~-.-..- s-cmm‘i a. 1 "AA-$1 A4i‘h;...nékww§- -.. afilajq‘bubfiu-w» w. . _. .. " 3 .W. ..~:_._: 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. ~ 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. , . l lChicf Vice-Admiral Ben Morecll,l i‘The only trouble with your Sea- l. boss is that you don't have enough !of them’.” . l GLENN A. CONNER "RETURNS TO NEW YORK l and mak marched through greater g 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'“- , . . . . . ... .... n. i... .4.“th 3....» Jr. .‘-=,., l~.'nk‘rel‘iu..‘: _ c