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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1945
Page
8
The Sentinel requires all overseas armed forces members to request new subscriptions or renewals in writing, signed by the addressee. Requests will be filed in The Sentinel office for postal inspection, covering Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
Sgt Leon Stanley returned to Fort Sheridan Illinois Sunday after a forty five day furlough spent with his parents Mr and Mrs Clair Stanley and other relatives in the area.
2nd Lt. John R. Hall arrived home Friday afternoon from Bergstrom Field in Austin Texas to spend ten days with his parents Mrs and Mr. John R Hall his sister Patty and friends before returning to duty.
St White arrives home for a 30 day furlough to visit his parents Mr and Mrs Geo White and Clare friends after recovering at Percy Jones Annex Fort Custer from wounds received in action in Germany.
The Morey Mills family gathers as Lealand Mills returns from the Philippines honorably discharged. Pvt. Leo Mills departs Friday for Texas after nine days home. Bernard Mills of Los Angeles visited, and the brothers hope to welcome James M. Mills home from Germany in July.
Ellis E Barber now listed with A S New Address at Plis BH Barber A S Co 891 U S N T S Great Lakes Illinois United States this notice provides updated contact details for the firm and its personnel.
Meryl Arleigh Graham, A S, New address listed as Co 857, U S N T C, Great Lakes, Illinois. The entry records a change of address within the Naval Training Center system.
Richard D Groves S 2/c receives a new address at Bhs 15 N A T T C Memphis 15 Tenn. The update records his relocation within the naval training command.
Pfc. Ethel Kapplinger is listed with a new address at A.W.R.S.8 ABG 2 MCA S Bks 268 El Toro California. The notice details a change in her military mailing location.
Pfc Ruth B Smith has a new address listed as 408275 WAC Det 2664 Postal Co APO 512 c/o Postmaster New York NY. The update appears in military mail records with unit and APO routing details.
Pfc. Chester A. Richard Jr is listed with a new address at 16105088 Co B 77th Armored Medical Battalion APO 257 c/o Postmaster New York NY signaling a units readdress for mail and correspondence records.
Richard Zane Koch a seaman first class from Camp Endicott arrived home for a thirteen day leave to spend time with his mother Mrs Josephine Koch other relatives and friends here.
Sgt. Irving R. Shaw of Farwell is pictured with three other Michigan veterans returning from overseas service after a voyage on the Queen Mary, showcased in a recent Detroit Free Press issue.
S/Sgt Edward E Archey received his discharge at Fort Sheridan Illinois last Saturday with 145 points to his credit. He and his wife will visit her parents Mr and Mrs J J Green here next week.
Lewis Irwin 3/c Ship's Cook arrived home Tuesday of last week to spend a thirty four day furlough with his wife and young daughter and his parents Mr and Mrs Aaron Irwin all of Farwell and other relatives and friends here.
Ronald D. Shaver has been transferred from Gardiner General Hospital in Chicago to Percy Jones Hospital in Battle Creek. He is listed at Convalescent Hospital, Percy Jones Hospital Center, Fort Custer, Michigan, with parents Mr and Mrs Albert Shaver noted.
The Sentinel receives the Thursday May 17 India-Burma Theater Roundup, a two twelve page tabloid published in Delhi. It covers service forces news and features plus the usual pin up girl, reflecting wartime morale and interests.
Mrs Phyllis Farrell, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Schaaf of Clare, received a gift box from her husband Private John EB Farrell convalescing in a French army hospital. The assortment includes a parachute bayonets helmets insignia etchings and other keepsakes.
Pvt Marion Hall and his brother Pfe Wilmot Hall return home from distant posts, joined by Staff Sgt Irving R Shaw, after years apart. They are among Farwell residents on short military leaves of seven, sixty, and thirty days to visit family before resuming service.
Technical Sergeant Jame R. Orvis, a former prisoner of war liberated in Europe, is home on a sixty three day furlough with his wife and daughter in Marion. The notice urges War Bond savings to stabilize prices and secure futures.
1st Lt. B C Maxwell of Clare Michigan receives his third Air Medal oak leaf cluster for aerial flights over the Ardennes during the German counter offensive. His unit the 488th Troop Carrier Group aided Bastogne operations and Rhine crossing as they supplied advancing columns. Lt John A Schaaf of Clare serves with the 220th Quartermaster Salvage Repair Company in Italy as it earns the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque.
The guide lists simple stiffening mixtures using common kitchen and household items. For organdy a gallon of water with three tablespoonfuls of sugar is recommended, for silk and crepe a weak gum arabic solution, and for cretonne and figured cottons or linens bran water or rice water.
Mr and Mrs W D Dysinger of Clare Michigan receive a letter from a company commander confirming their son Pfc Rolland L Dysinger 86109056 was killed in action in Germany near the Rhine crossing in late March amid a strong enemy counter attack. The letter praises Rolland for his defense and notes the cost of defeat. It ends with a pledge that he shall not be forgotten.
The Quartermaster General provides burial details and consoling scripture. The section lists numerous local meetings including Farwell Townsend Club Rebekah Lodge Clare Kiwanis Club Clare Rotary Club and other groups with their weekly, biweekly or monthly meeting times plus a note on War Bonds for future security.
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