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STBXCUSE HERHfP'-IOUByAI/. 'Wednes'da.r, 7o5e 21, 1953 19 'Clifton Arnold, in Lonely ROW Comp, Longs for Letters Giving News of HomeTIUE Dll'S ABB LONG ***;lonely in a POW' camp. And' little things mean great deal.Letters, for instance. A letter is like a glimpse of home; a warm h a n d shake from an old friend; a wotd of comfort from , someone who cares. A letter can bring hope, when hope is the pfc. AmoM only thing that can keep you going.It's easy to write a letter. It won’t even cost you a cent to bring pleasure to a lonely Fulton bey * a kid turn me 24 this week, who has lived almost three vears in a prison camp. Letters to POW’s require no postage.PFC. CLIFTON ARNOLD, sonof Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Arnold. Dutton rd., Fulton, was takenprisoner bv the Communists inthe fall of 1950. His parents know that he is well. He writes them regularly. But he h lonely.Last week the Herald-Journal received a letter t/rom him. U( was a letter “asking people to write, because mail from anyone means a lot to me over here/'Mrs. Arnold said that her son in hU last letter said that he had received 34 letters from her since being taken prisoner nearly three years ago. She said that no postage is required on pris-oner of war mail but lhat the sender must write POW Mail j the in the right-hand corner of the envelope and place his return address in the left-hand corner.During that lime, Pfc. Arnold has received only a trickle of mall from others. However, his mother feels lhat many lettersANXIOUS MOTHER. Mrs. Daniel Arnold of 1 lie Dutton rd.. R. D. 1, Fullon, gar.es at photo of her son, Pfc. Clin on Arnold, who is In nek in Red POW camp and anxious to receive matt from iiis friends and neighbors.ivn lLeMoyne Starts ■Summer SessionRepislration for the 1053 sum-and had no steady girl friend that time and had never show much, interest in dancing.ANT CHANGES in Jifohome is of great interest to the! .POWs and one of their greatestmer session at Le Moyne College interests is in new cars and *iuu w* r TMrrsday and Frf-prices are a.s nil of them are|lt;ky w the administration huild-Icoking forward to owning anj,nS college from 9 A.M.automobile when they are re-y° 'J p ^* ,leased and secure back Army! Classes will begin on Monday, par that will amount to several;-J«ne 29, and continue through hundred dollars. the second term, to end on Aug.. . . f j., . ,. 12. During each of the two termsFirst interest of Pfe Arnold a s,utoUmay compJeto, m most. ! n mums to Ftdion wUlicour,es a £ul, semester’s work,were sent but never reacnca he n becoming re-acquainted: coimvseswith members of his family. He|.are open to men and ;women seeking credits towards a degree and to non-credit students interested In self development. Subjects to be offered in-. lt . . . . elude accounting, business law.What he,23 brothers and sisters are two economics, education, English,present is other servicemen. Ihey are Pic. j history, mathematics, philosophyAmos Arnold, who is now home j physics, political science, sociol-has a four-year-old sister that hei has never seen and several new nieces and nephews.IncLuded among Pfc. Arnold'sare twoi:30-rtav furlough, and A3/c|0gy and Spanish.their destination, especially jn the early part of the Korean action.THIS WEEK will be Pfc. Arnold’s 241 h birthday, wanls the most as a freedom. However, while confined as a prisoner he would appreciate a few sticks of gum, razor blades or interesting pho-: tos, which could be included in the letters.A prisoner since the fall of.1950, Pic. Arnold was not wounded in the fighting but was Camp, Democratic People's Rereported to have broken a tooth.! public of Korea* c/n Chinese Pfc. Peter S. LaClaire, repatri-j People’s Committee for World ated Fulton POW’, said that hej Pence, Peking, China, talked with, him shortly beforeon aEarl Arnold, stationed at u\e\ Further information mav be Carswell Air Force Base jn obtained from the office Tax as.iiis nddrrss is: Pfc. Clifton 1). Arnold, RA 12112499, POWbeing released and found that he was welL but awfully tired of eating fish and rice.In his last letter home, written April 17, Pfe. Arnold told of easing restrictions on the pari of his captors and told of square-,r , . —, 4k. * - m - ♦I »s,The Fulton POW left hom;begin Army service in May, 1948, yesterday.INSTITUTE HEAD NAMED.NEW TORK UP).—Dr. Dctlcv W. Bronk, president of Johns Hopkins University, has been named to head the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. aWHoti. Furcpedincr Da-inlvid Rockefeller, was announcedlco-chairmen;of theDiveclnr of Summer Session?, the Rev. Francis M. Martin, S.J.Church Festival/ Slated SaturdayTHE FIFTH annual festival and bazaar, of Our Lady of Lourdes Church will he held Saturday on the church grounds, Valley dr., at \V, Newell st,The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Martin J. Watley, pastor, is honorary chairman. Robert W. Morrissey isgeneral chairman. Thomas Gibbons and Mrs Fdif-h T,v on ftJames Nugent,treasurer.
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