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MONDAY, MARCH -19. 194S Committies Named For The Chamber Of Commerce Preiident Ejenberger Announce Appointee t Meeting I. L. Kociari New Secretary ' xinhhnu MRS. JAMcS C0V5T0CK. Correspondent . I Eugene G ruber, MMlc, with Mrs. Gruber and their little daugnter. Clarissa, Mrs. Fred Druecker, and Mrs. Leon Gansemer and daughter, were Omaha visitors Thursday. Miss Eertha Nickels and her sis- Mr. and Mn. liil! Sweion have returned to th:.r homo in California, after spending the winter here with the .sister of Mr. Sweeton, Mr3. Geo rge McKinstry an I family. Mr. Svtrttcn is emv'. 'Vtd by th? Henry Kii.er Shipbuilder.-.; Company. Mrs. Bud Nickels and Mrs. Cool ey were attending the meeting of the Riverside club at the home of Mrs. Harold Hull Tuesday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wile;? of Platts- ir Wescott announ- mouth and Mrs. Otto Merrick THE JOURNAL, PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA Sgt Joe Kvapil Is Now Stationed In The Philippines PAGE THREE lmiV0JOf I Mrs. Bud White stayed from Sun- The first meeting of the Chamber of Commerce with President Edward Egenberger in charge, took place Thursday noon at the dinning room of the Hotel Plattsmouth with a very pleasing number of the direc tors present. Secretary E f.ra Mr? fieoree Eav and Mrs. Lucv! Cromer, Mrs, End Nickels and Mrs. 'day until Tuesday with her mother, Cooley were looking after some! Mrs. Hariey. The White's hare re business matters as well as shopping! cently got settled in their new home in Omaha Thursday. Mrs. Olin Morris, Mrs. James Corn stock, Mrs. Robert Weston and Mrs. Charles Eoedeker were visiting and shopping in Omaha Thursday. Some of the roads on the mail; route are so muddy as to make in Palmyra. Sharon Cook is spending some time at the home of her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Capwell. The Avoca basketball team came out with flying colors at the district Mr. and Mrs. Joseph V. Kvapil, of Omaha, former residents of this city, have received a most interest- iinc letter from their eldest sort. Sst. itj tournament in Elmwood, being thefJoseph Kvapi former Jouraal re- Write of Very Interetting Trip From Former Station With the Inrading Forces final winners. Elmwood team was a' a sister of of Mrs. ... ' I. .a u ho. ? not ah e to continue i Meartorn, .uk-m., . . - i t i . . ,.4- V, K f rrs a AT , i. . ' 1 1. V r. -cm.- V n. ir.fi wn rV thr r.ffice that he has liiieu so , w ies, were vi.-u.us; i- w.e io an me ii-. . - jm ! 1 i .ll M iililViZ. i L I li V JJ A VLU.ll 1 U J i . X A I T"I- - A- 4- quite impossible for lamer Gene porcer ana stenographer, ine ievi.tr Roddv to deliver a part of the mail IU""" u" v " ' is as folowa: these days. He is ever on the job, en deavoring to get as far as possible, in Marion Wiles and Di- ,,Ki-..- nvor a neriod of 25 years, i Mr. and Mrs. It was with regret that the members ( ana Monday afternoon. Another heard of the resignation of Mr. Wcs-;sister of Mrs. Wiles and Mrs. Mer cott and it was accepted reluctantly jrick, Mrs. Glen Loekhart of Sioux by the officers and members of the j Falls, S. D., is Dr. B. M. Dobbin and Rev. H. B. Hutchman . were business visitors in Plattsmouth Thursday afternoon. Mis. Fred Druecker, with the help of others, gave a very inspir ing lesson on The Power of Prayer at the Aid Society meeting at The Chri.vt'an church Wednesday after- retary of the club an'i wno wuij ai. i. u. u"r ai vuw.- -"-jnooii. auer which uie iiUM,es;, .m. take over the duties of the position j Mead were attending the meeting Lloyd Scott, Mrs. 1'erry Mckels ana at once. Rev. J. W Club. Thr president announced the with relatives at Plattsmouth. The father, Mr. Oscar ap-jGapen, is seriously ill at the family pointment of I. L. Kocian as the new i home in Plattsmouth. secretary of the club and who will j Dr. G. II. Gilmore duties of the position j Mead were attending the Masonic Lodge Taenzler. secretary of 'on rriday evening. ard Chas M. as they were in the county contest, Mr. and Mrs. John Knabe of Lin coln visited Mrs. Myrtle Robertson and Grandma Fentiman on Thursday afterr.oon. The Bachelor Girls' club met at the home of Mrs. Ruth Monning on Somewhere In The Philippine Is. February 18, 1915 Dear Mother, Dad and All: In all probability you have re ceived my V-mail change of address notice by now. Were you surprised? We didn't stay long at APO 920. the Holy Week committee, reported that all of the details had been ar- in Plattsmouth I Mrs. Lloyd Lewis served a nice 'lunch. At the missionary meeting at The ladies of the Missionary o- I the U. P. church Friday afternoon. Citty surprised Mrs. Dobbin lues-Mrs. Charles Boedeker presented a rangeo, me various uk'ji.i ttxuicuu hu-mi n ,v.. i. -vtiy iiucittii itv.j vu .k r.f thp rhnrcho had their; home to celebrate her birthday. Two! which was the day's topic. Lunch Monday evening. We feel sure they j was there three months and ten had a pieasant time. dzys. On February 1C, four of my Mr. and Mrs. Ray Parse!! moved buddies and I boarded one of our : into their Elmwood residence onlairolanes and were flown to APO 12 Tuesday, coming from Weeping Wa-j somewhere in the Philippine Islands. ter. They happened to get a day i There was nothing spectacular about when the ground was frozen. the trip itself as we flew over water The Howard Capwells have soldi and the weather was on our side all tj. SOLDIER SENDS WORD TO FORMER ASSOCIATES Lee Reeves, superintendent of the Norfolk Packing plant in this city ha3 received word from Pvt. Wil liam A. Campbell, a former em ployee, who send3 the following greetings from France: Somewhere in France February 1, 1945 Dear Lee and all the factory bunch. Well, how is everyone by now? I am justr fine. I suppose you gtsys are still as busy as ever. Well, we area't! HAROLD FLOCKHART WRITES OF TRIP IN MERCHANT MARINE Former PUttsmoutli Young Man Tell, of Life Aboard Ship on Lonff Voyage letting any grass grow under our feet over heTe. This country over here is eure a ir.ess, and getting worse every day. The mad is about knee deep and once in a while it's kind of cold. I was in one town but coadn't speak the language but did canape to get a drink of wine. I haven't received any mail since I've been over here but think IH get before long. Boy, when I get I just want to eat, sleep and for a month. I suppose it will soon be some home drink Harold Flockhart, who is serving in the merchant marine, i$ now in the Pacific area after a service in the Atlantic in the first months of his enlistment Harcld is a former Journal employe as well as of the Stockman-Journal of South Omaha. He has written his grandmother, Mrs. Rachel Kearns a very inter esting letter of his trip as far as possible to do: "Dear Grandma and AI I ytitt are wor.derlaj- what has happen "fc your wander ing grandson, and are cussing him for not writing. I really haven't any excuse beyond the fact that I ara Lazy in that respect. "At the time thai yoa get thui pringi little letter, I will be very, very pa rt in the program outlined. - 'A 'A v ft 1 4 ) 7 it, . : : "' i 4" r 7 1 A f cakes were baked j was served by the hostesses, Mes- daines Gilmore, Mead and Todd. Beth meetings were well attended. Lucian Carper and sons, Allan and John, Herman Wohlfarth ond i son, vob, ana h.aaie reion ere in Omaha Tuesday nizht to see the been awarded the mtri-iniohe Trotters olav at the Creiehton lovely birthday by friends. AH enjoyed the after noon very much ard wish Mrs. Dob bin many more happy birthdays. Capt. Richard Brendel who com mands a battalion in the medical corps in France writes that his bat- Edward M. Egenberger Photo by Colvin-Heyn The committees for the ensuing year were announced by the presi dent as follows: Agriculture 'George K. Hetrick, chairman, K. W. Grosshans, Richard Spangler, A. R. Case, W. N. Brink, A. B. Rogers, Hugh Standc-r, Jr. Industries A. L. Tidd, chairman, E. H. Bernhardt. F. I. Rea, S. S. Davis, Dwight Edvard, John Svobo- da, William Eckles, W. C. Soennich sen. J. W. Crab-ill, C. C. Wescott, K. P. Pence. Missouri River Improvement T. II. Pollock, chairman, Robert Cap pell, W. H. Puis, E. J. Richey. Roads and Transportation E. J. Richey, chairman, John Frady, John J. Cloidt, George Farley, Ray Story, Albertus Campbell, Hugh Stander, Jr. Legislative H. chairman, J. H. Davi Milo Price, Judge Robert Walling. Civic Improvements Roy Knorr, chairman, S. S. Davis, L. A. Caldwell, C. J. Schneider, Dr. R. P. We.stover, Frank A. Cloidt, Clem Woster, James Mauzy, Dr. P. T. Heineman, Joe Knoflicek, Mayor R. B. Hayes, Hen ry Tirnm. Finance and Membership F. I. Rea, chairman, Orville Nielsen, Dr. Leonard Fitch J. W. Crabili. Publ A. Schneider, Walter Smith, Paul Fauquet, talion has torious Service Award for outstand ing service. Capt. Brendel is with the 04th Division and wears two combat stars. Emma Riene Topliff was visiting at the horns of her parents over the week end. Mrs. James Gruber, who recently returned home from California, was a guest of her sister, Mrs. Dewey Read in Plattsmouth Thursday. Ma?-garet Ann Richter is reported jy,er as maKing some improvement each day, and hopes soon to be allowed to be up and around again. After not hearing from her hus band for five weeks, Mrs. James Comstock was recently made happy when she received 17 letters from him in cne mail. Lt. (jg) Comstock is sjrain aboard a ship in the South Pacific where he served eleven months on another ship. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Spangler and Charjene of Omaha were looking after some work at the farm Satur day and also visiting with the C. D. Spangler family. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Sporer and daughters were visiting and shopping in Plattsmouth Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Smith and Joan has as their guests for a few days last week, a sister of Mrs. Smith, with her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Don Pershing of Omaha, who were leaving for Arizona where they will now make their home. High School Principal, Mrs. Leona Reed was vsiting with friends in Plattsmouth Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. George Hobscheidt and family are now nicely settled in their new home, the former Mar tis property, having recently moved here from Luvern, Iowa. Mrs. Robert Rae and Mrs. J. E. Fians were shopping in Omaha on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Faris was very happy to re ceive a letter Tuesday from her son, 2nd Lt. John Faris, Jr.. of the mar- their farm southeast of Elmwood to John Rippe of Avoca, possession to be given March 1, 194C. Mr. Rip pe knows this is a good place, as he i who holds the rank of Captain. In- there. Are you going to have manyjfar from home farther than I have peas this year? Boy, I wouldn't J ever been before. I cannot mention trade the dirt I carried under my; where I am or where I am headed, fingernails over there for this; whole, all I know myself is that this ocean camn country, lo-j cant lmajrire is very biz' and this snip bat a mere e mess it's in. If the people cveriirck: noon its surface. All the scen- t to be very smooth. We were fortun- here there sure wouldn't be ar.y inoreieircle c water with a few cloadi ate to have an old experienced pilot' of the way. The plane ride proved tere 1C iitiaiions and ( rmvi.nl . , """-"lines somewhere in the racuic. It had o. o. uavia. liOOftrt annc T tr . 1-1 -, . r hckles, C. J. Knorr, William f. u .1 . ocnni-iuer, oeorge Corns, William F. Evers, Clem Woster, Joe Lapidus, Fred Lugsch, T. I. Friest. Publicity Dor. Arundel, chair man, E. II. Wescott, Walter Smith. War Emergency L. A. Caldwell, cnairman, u. A. Schneider, Dr "estover, r . I. pkfca, J Dr. A. E. Johnson. Shelter and Housing E. H. rott, chairman, C. C. Wescott. R. H. Davis, es- J. E. WILES OUT AFTER LONG ILLNESS J. E. Wiles, one of the prominent residents of the city who has for the past two years been in poor health an1 largely confined to hw home, was down in the business section of the city Thursday. Mr. Wiles wa.s inured two years ago in a run-away and never fully recovered from the effects of the injuries and spent considerable time in the hospital undergoing treatment. PLATTSMOUTH COUPLE TO ENJOY OUTING Dr. and Mrs. Paul McLaughlin of this city are planing on leaving Sun day for Aurora, Nebraska, where een some time since she had heard from him so the letter was all the more welcome. Adam Schafer is now at the home of his brother, Otto Schafer, and family. Mrs. Margaret Brendel who has been at Rising City, Nebr., with her sister, Mrs. Bates, wrote that her sister was able to return home from the hospital last week. Mrs. Brendel is hoping to be home for Easter if her sister continues to improve. Tech. Sgt. Dale Wohlfarth writes from India that the very hot season of India is near and the days are beginning to be hot. The nights give relief from the heat a3 they are very cool. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Seybolt were dinner guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. W Brendel of Avoca Sunday. Little Charlie Comstock was visit ing his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Comstock in Plattsmouth Thurs day, and Jimmy Morris was spend ing the same day with his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mead south of town. At the Nickels lumber yard, Harry McMCulloch has been very busy erecting portable buildings for the use of the farmers. He has recently completed four turkey shelters for Wesley Cook of near Alvo and a tney win spend Monday and Tues-1 three unit hog house for Orin Pol a'' J lard of south of Nehawka and a The mother of Dr. McLaughlin 'irranary for Lester Gansemer. The owners have them taken to their respective farms by tractors and trucks. ' has not been in the best of health for some time and they will tpejd the two 'days with the parents. gymnasium. 2nd Lt. Donald Nelson is expected to arrive Thursday for a few days with his mother, Mrs. Sclma Nelson, and brother Eddie. He will report later to the University of Californ ia for special training. The community was deeply griev- received a message from the War (Department telling of the death of on, Sgt. Kenneth Reed, who died of wounds received at Luxem burg. He had previously been award ed the silver star for bravery in action when he saved the life of a wounded officer while under direct fire from the enemy. His father, Chief Petty Officer Reed of the Seabees is expectd to arrive soon from his station in California to be with his wife at this time. Vsitors at the Ley da and Over holser home Monday were Mrs. Ley da's sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Grosser. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Nickels enter tained Mr and Mrs. J. A. Scotten, parents of Mrs. Nickels, at dinner Sunday. Olin Morris has completed his basic training at Camp Hood, Texas and is waiting for further orders. The Nebraska Presbylfry will meet at the United Presbyterian church on April 12 and 13. Dele gates are exected to attend from all the United Presbyterian churches in this Presbytery. Miss Loa Davis of Lincoln was a guest Saturday night and Sunday at the home of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Wiles.; Miss Davis is in charge of the Wo men's Land Army in Nebraska and also district supervisor of Home Ex tension agents. Mrs. Fred Campbell was in town Monday, and told of having receiv ed a letter last week from their son, Pvt. Kenneth Campbell, the first news lrom him since receiving his APO February 12th. He was at home for a visit in January, report ing back .at Camp Ord January 23, and the family had no word as to when he left the States. He is now in New Guinea. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Carroll of Millard were spending Friday with their mother, Mrs. Chas. Carroll. Mrs. J. E. Frans and the chil dren had as their Sunday guests, their aunt, Mrs. Sadie Vallery of Plattsmouth, and cousin, Mrs. Wm. Matschulott of Omaha. In a recent letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George McKinstrv. their son, Pfc. Charles McKinstry,' writes that he is now in northern New Guinea, and is feeling fine and getting along well . Mrs. Rena Allen Tennant, who for the past month has been visiting with her brother, Lod T. Allen at Lincoln, arrived last week for a visit of some duration with her aunt, Mrs. Charles Carroll, after which she will depart for Lake Okoboji, Iowa where she owns a cabin and will spend the summer months. She found her bro ther, who had just returned from the Mayo Brothers hospital, is conval escing nicely. Lt. Johnson B. Hill is visiting his mother, Mrs. Minnie B. Hill, at the A. W. Leonard home. Lt. Hill en listed in the Marines more than 20 ycar3 ago. He has been overseas for some three years and is now com mander of a 20 M M Platoon. Hav ing been ill for some time and hos pitalized at Sun. Valley, Idaho, he has trucked products from there to Lincoln for a number of years. Mrs. Cora Eilen Linder passed away on Saturday morning at Rest Haven home in Weeping Water. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. II. Lind on Tuesday at the Methodist church. Mrs. Linder was a native of Illinois but had spent the .rger part of her life in Cass county. She was a member of the United Brethren church south of town while it was active and later worked in the Methodist church here. She was known for many years as an j especially cheerful woman and had many friends. She was a home loving My address: Pvt. William A. Campbell, Jr. 27743441 Co. A. 260th Inf. A. P. O. 200 rc Postmaster New York, N. Y. cidentally, Leo Welch, who is still reported a3 "missing", and his out fit fought here at APO 72 and help ed to establish this beachhead. Boy, we Headquarters men cer tainly have a marvelous set up here. The officers couldn't have picked a better and more suitable area. Sit uated right along the coast affords us the opportunity of taking a ''dip" m the sea anv time we choose. The water is refreshing and every chance Now OverSe&S I get I go swimming (well, at least I try). Tall palm trees grace the is land. But the payoff is the fact that we are among civilians once again the Filipinos. My laundry problem is strikes. hanging above. Some say that this i.3 Well, Lee guen that's about all; beauty, bat I would rather be look I'm allowed to write. Tell everyone zjt a: the muddy Missouri river, it to write. i; has more attracts n at least to me, As Ever, Alex -than, any ocean or sea on this trouble Leonard Kalasek person, often having the grandchil-! solved, Mother. No more boiling or u;en witn ntr wnen sr.e was aoie. tne leaves two sons, Frank of Nehawka and Harry who is in the hardware store here, and nine grandchildren and one great grandson. Misses Eessie May and Lila Lind er of Chicago attended the funeral of their grandmother. They are the daughters of Frank Linder and they are the "Connie and Bonnie" who appear regularly on radio pro grams. Rev. Lind wa3 invited by Dr. L. B. Story to be present on Monday at a meeting which was attended by all of the Methodist ministers in this district. They were to report how they succeeded in their leadership in the financial part of the Four-year Crusade. Mr. Lind was surprised when he was called upon for a special talk as Elmwood church was third in those exceeding their quota, the rank being given ac cording to the number of rr embers. St. Paul Church, Lincoln, Dr. Ken nedy, pastor, was first, and Beaver Crossing, Rev. Price, minister, was second. Dr. Story entertained the group for dinner that day and it was a happy occasion, the amounts rais ed and pledged being so much over expectations. The funds are to be used in helping to rehabilitate the needy peoples cf the world. It is to hoped the others phases of the Cru sade may come out as well. Mrs. Ruth Monning, Mrs. Emily Gonzales, Misses Alma Clements and Rachel Monning attended the wedding of Miss Yleen Phelan in University Place, recently. The bride's mother is a former Elmwood girl, Nellie Neely. The daughter's name is Neelv spelled backwards. Yleen had her name in Who's Who as a typically prominent university student at Wesleyan. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Cook have welcomed a new daughter in their family. She has been named Mary Margaret. Robert Aldrich went from here to New York some time ago, and now he is working in the treasury depart ment for Mr. Morgenthau. ' Noble E. Buell has recently been promoted again. This time he is a Lieutenant Colonel. We congratulate his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buell. Rev. J. A. Adams left Tuesday evening for Sterling, Colo., where he will conduct a two weeks evange listic meeting in connection with the thirtieth anniversary celebration in the Kelly church. Rev. Adams con ducted a meeting in that church which caused its organization thirty years ago. Arley Hill and William Vogt have recently been inducted into military service. Word has been received from Pfc. ; Leonard Kalasek that he is now over ; wrapped globe. Anyway it spells r.e an i tna; 13 wa: maes m2 long tor it I ten eve. The weather here is, I sappose, the exact cttsite of That it i3 itr.ere it is hard to tell though waat kind of weather Nebraska is baring-, ,it changes so often. It rains qaite 1 often here and without the slightest (notice. Oone moment you may be razing at the san, the text m:a.ate BACK THE ATTACK WITH BONDS will return to Sun Valley the 28th as, while greatly improved, he has not as yet been released from the hospital. He expects to soon be back was granted a leave of 30 days, and1 on duty. scrubbing over an old machine Every day Filipino women ctme to our camp site and inquire whether we have any clothes to be washed, but tons to be sewed or mending to be done The charge is 2 Pesos ($1,00 in American money,, whether it's a full barracks bag or just a few pieces Filipino labor is rather cheap. Of course, we have to furnish these women with soap and what I mean to say the job they do is excellent. Shirts and trousers are neatly fold ed up. Although they don't do any pressing, nevertheless the quality of their work comes up to par with any press job in the States, Honest! These Filipinos have created for themselves a name for their honesty. The women, men and children alike woudn't so much as steal a piece of wood without first asking for it. One of my buddies, in giving a bag of laundry to one of the women one morning, unknowingly left a dollar bill in oneof his trouser pockets. That afternoon this woman made a special trip back and handed him the dollar. It seems they don't trust any of our fellow GI's with any thing. When they return with your bag of clothes they look around for you. If they can't find you or you won't be back till evening they take the clothes back with them and re turn the next day. They hang on to them until such time as they can hand them to you personally. A number of the boys have hired Fili pino men and boys to build them bamboo huts. Right now we are in a turmoil constructing the various office buildings, setting up tents, clean ing and beautifying the area and per forming our regular office duties. This is one of the reasons that I have put off writing for some time. It's that way every move there's so much to be done and at night one is so tired that he is glad to "hit the sack". Sand, sand and more sand typical of any beach in the US. Preliminary plans by the 4 of us tentmates calls for a nice wooden floor. We expect to get the lumber some time today or tomorrow. Life isn't at all too bad. The Enlisted Men's Club is a honey. It is a big frame building 24' x 80', roughly speaking, with a tin roof. The interior is composed of of a large dance floor, a section for a good sized orchestera and an up-to-the-minute bar brings up the rear. The niceties comprise a radio, piano, Victrola with numerous records, card tables, chairs, electric lights and even a telephone, almost all of the conveniences of a modern night club. A party to which WAC's are being invited is now in the maikng. The date set for the affair is Sat urday night, February 24. The even ings are spent in this club, the main deversions being card-playing, letter writing, drinking, listening to the radio, playing the piano or Victrola. The weather is pleasant. Sleeping is still a comfort and the beauty of it is that it doesn't get aa beastly dashing for shelter. This keer us peas and at the time of writing was'on ocr toe and also keeps the ii stationed in England. ! familiar sayings (curses) on the tip He writes that the country -is ouite0f oar tongues. I won't complain strange to him with its roary old (though, up to this time the weather buildings, evidences of the antiquity j 5 been very good to ts and the of the nation that has been borne ;oniy t,me. we fcave fcjt any really down through the years. ! rough sea was just off the coast One cf the chief annoyances hejof the United States. I'll keep my has felt is the fog and the black- fingers crossed and hope that we outs that are still enforced and have smooth sailing from now on. makes getting around a matter difficulty at night. td of S2-c Robert Petet Home from Farragut Friday Robert Petet, saman sec-o-Tid class, arrived home from Farragut, Idaho, where he has been in training at the naval training sta tion for the past several months. The local young man was also ill at the training station and has just recently been released from the hos pital and a? soon as he was able to travel was given leave to return home. He will enjoy a five day period at home as the journey from the west requires half of his leave. S-Sgt Richard Schade Missing A message was received Saturday morning by Mr. and Mrs. Ward Schade, residing in the west part of the city, that their son, S. Sgt. Rich ard Schade, 21, was missing in ac tion. S. Sgt., Shade was a tail gunner on one of the American bomber and his loss was reported while on an expedition over Austria. He has been jmissing since February 21. ' He has been overseas for the fpast several months. The parents moved here from Bartlett, Iowa. Betty Ault Here From Washington Betty Ault, SQ 1-C of tha WAVES is home for a weeks visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Ault and family. Miss Ault has been stationed at Washington for some time and likes the work very much. hot as at APO 920. It manages to rain about once each day. There's no .There are no Japs to be found any where near here. I don't have the slightst idea how long we will be stationed in this particular section of the Philippines. Time is rolling by fast and inas much as I haven't been here but 2 days there isn't much I can tell you what I have said is just a highlight of the conditions here at APO 72. Healthfully speaking, I feel swell. Henceforth, I'll try and make my letters a little more inter esting. As time goes by we hope to take several photos and I am going to chisel several pictures which I'll send you later on. With Oceans of Love and Best Wishes Joe "To give you some small idea as to where I am I might mention that we crossed the equator a few days ago and have just now crossed the international date line. These are just lines on the map, out here there are not even lines just gallons of blue, salty water. Today back there in tomorrow out here, that is all I really can tell you about the date line. "The latest rumor is that we will hit port in about a week, that will be twenty-two days at sea full of Nothing but the humming engines, the sight of more water that I ever thought possble to exist. "There isn't much to do aboard as far as amusement is concerned. I stand a four hour watch twice each day and during that time there is a lookout and a turn at steerng the ship. All this gets very boring as tho days drift by. After the watch is finished I read for a while and then try to sleep. Sometimes it is so warm that getting the forty winks is nearly impossible. Most of the con- versation concerns home and what we used to do and now and then we wonder where we are going. There is one thing certain and that is our final port is many thousands of miles away. "Hope that this letter finds you in good health and not accepting too many wooden nickles. Give every one my love, I'll be seeing you. Your Grandson, Harold UNION SOLDIER IS HOME ON FURLOUGH Cpl. George Clark, whose home is at Union where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Clark reside, was in the city Thursday to visit with old acquaintances in Plattsmouth. Cpl. Clark is home on a rotation furlough from the southwest Pacif ic where he has spent the past three years in the armed services and been in many of the leading campaigns of the Americans. He was in the Philip pines when he received his furlough While in the service he was mar ried in Australia and his wife is hoping to come to this country soon to reside. WOUNDED IN ACTION Mr. and Mrs. John Hinrichsen have received word that their son, Pvt. Melvirt G. Hinrichsen, has been wounded in action in Belguim. He was wounded January 15, 1945. He is now in a hospital near Paris, France. Jack Hinrichsen, another son, has passed his physical 100 and will be the secand of thei1 family in the service of our conatry.