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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1944
Page
9
Veterans address notices list Private Jack D Wood and Corporal A C Cowles with new addresses at Riou Field Ind and San Diego 41 Qalit Gpl. A G Cowles appears updated to Corporal rank and unit details.
Pfc Velmer Stevens listed at Camp Reynolds Greenville Pennsylvania in Co D 5th pp 2nd Retired and identified by service number 6414268. record notes address reads Velmer Sievens variant.
Hugh W. Maxwell changes address to U S Naval Training School Del Monte California reporting as Art 3/c aboard 2/c. The note lists new assignment and location for the serviceman in training.
Pvt Herbert Shilling changes his address to 96895161 Co C 782 Railway Operation Jefferson Barracks St Louis MO.
Pvt Harold E Cashin writes he is well and doing office work and hopes of a transfer further north. He provides his address at 302 Inf APO 94 Camp McCain Mississippi and signs as Harold Gene Cashin.
Frank D. Burdo known as Danny completes sixteen weeks of Tire Control and Radar school and is now qualified Wirecontrol Striker as Seaman First Class. Address listed as Rank D. Burdo i/c Unit X, Brks a U.S.N.T.S. Norfolk 11, a.
Seaman Paul Archbold has completed boat training at Sampson New York and is on a seven day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Ray Archbold and family.
Private Willard L Phillips spent twelve days in and around Clare before reporting back to duty on Wednesday. His address is Pvt Willard L Phillips Co 217 Bn 67 Regt Camp Blanding Florida.
Cpl Warren White of the Cyl unit returns to Camp McClellan Alabama on Monday after spending the weekend with friends and his parents Mr and Mrs A B White at Lake George.
Aviation cadet Donald A. Dunlop has reported to Majors Field Texas AAF Training Command for basic flight training. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Dunlop of Clare.
S/Sgt. Russell Whitford of Ashley was wrongly identified as Frank Reger. the Sentinel confirms Whitford, who spent two years in China and India, is the correct person and apologizes for the error.
2nd Lt. Max W. Krell, 21, of Clare Michigan, has completed the Flying Fortress pilot course at the RAF Training Command School Hendricks Field Sebring Florida and has been assigned to Buckingham Field Florida.
Sgt Charles Scott, on furlough, visits his aunt Mrs. Joe McConnell and relatives. Sunday dinner includes Leo Scott, Dominic Scott, Miss Anna Marie Scott, and Mrs. Bernard Scott. He has served in Hawaii and Australia and has not been home in four and a half years.
Pvt Warren L McGuire of Farwell Michigan arrives at Middle Tennessee State College Murfreesboro for about five months of instruction before joining the Army Air Forces Flying Training Command. He will study academics and elementary flying then be classified for navigator pilot or bombardier training. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert B McGuire of Farwell.
Letters from soldiers and families published in Clare Sentinel recount life in the South Pacific and Europe. Kenneth Rennergs and Bill Searny, Farwell High graduates, share home talks and heat. Cpls Leonel and Cleland Green in England hear from Hong land and Italy. Don Brooks notes a surprise reunion with Ralph Ackerman in Italy. Lyle Sprague in the Pacific and Roy Sprague describe long travel from Camp Campbell to California training. A letter urges opposition to bureaucratic Triple A subsidies and defends constitutional government.
Cpl Warren Watson from Camp Barkley left Thursday after a twelve day furlough with his wife and little daughter at Rosebush. He met his newborn daughter who arrived while he was at camp. Mrs Robert Sowka visits Hancock relatives. Mr and Mrs C A Tucker of Lansing stay with her parents.
The text urges people who use their eyes at night or in dark places to take vitamin A as it helps the eyes adapt to varying light levels and sudden light changes.
Sentinel readers are invited to contribute brief opinion letters not exceeding five hundred words. Submissions should be signed with the writer’s name and full address. Personal attacks are not permitted and space is limited.
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