The Hutchinson News from Hutchinson, Kansas • Page 8

Department Would Feel At Home In Hades More Diversion, Too, Tlmn At Bleak Post "I never realized there was such a God-forsnken place ns this," la mcnls one soldier irom a lonely post, apparently in the northland "1 think I could go to hell and make myself right at home, it would be quite a change In temperature, but there would be some women to offset that," comments PFC Herman Clayton Foss, son of Mr, and Mrs. Elmer Foss of Arlington. Pvt. Foss is in the medical detachment of the field artillery. Since he entered service in February, 1941, his mother has kept a scrapbook containing all the messages she has received from her soldier son.

11 if now filled with 109 letters. 2 telegrams, one cablegram and many cards. Two To Naval Reserve Two more youths liom this vicinity have enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve as apprentice seamen, V-5, and will take their training upon completion of their senior year in high school. They are William E. McClelland, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Archibald McClelland of Castleton, and William B. Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Moore of Arlington.

Both are 17 years old. When they graduate and become 18, they will begin the training leading to a commission as flying officer in the Naval Reserve of the Marine Corps Reserve. McClelland is a member of the Castleton high school basketball team, and Moore has lettered in basketball, track baseball at the Arlington high school. Pre Clayton Foss James'. D.

Bond, Partridge, has been with the air fnrre 'n New Guinea nd Australia for the past year, serving as an Inspector tn a re- Pa I squadron. He is the son of Mrs. J. D. Bond.

Raymond i of the marine air corps has been transferred from his post at San Diego, Cailf. He is the son of Mrs. Maude Martin 700 West 22nd. Air Corps Instructor Lt. Robert L.

Sieker, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Sieker, 312 East has completed advanced training at San Angelo, Texas, and has become an instructor in the air corps of Goodfellow Field, San Angelo.

He was commissioned last month at Eagle Pass, Texas. At Great Lakes Station Charles Gatewood Hockaday, whose wife lives at 3114 N. Walnut, is enrolled in the school for fire controlmon at the U. S. Naval Training Station, Great Lakes, 111.

Upon graduation, he will be eligible for promotion to a petty officer rating and will be assigned to duty with the fleet or at a shore station. Completes Technical Course Tech. Corp. Earl L. Welsh, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Will Welsh of Turon, has been graduated from an advanced technicians school at Camp Murphy, and is now stationed at Drew Field, Tampa, with the signal corps. Mrs. Welsh lives in South Hutchinson. Cadet Orval L.

Algrtm, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. C. A I i of Zenith, has completed his training at St.

Mary's College, and has been transferred Hollywood, where he will attend a na- vagatlon school. That Man Is The Assessor Enumeration Starts Tomorrow Piano hiding lime Is here again tax assessor will start on his rounds Monday. The county's nnual nose count will begin at the same time. County Clerk Tom He-Ran concluded a series of meetings for giving Instructions and supplies to assessors and enumerators Saturday, at a lengthy session for township trustees, who assess the rural areas and small towns, There will be 35 rural assessors, with Clay, Grant and Reno townships large enough to require an extra assessor each. City enumerators met Thursday and city assessors Friday.

Hie census and lax assessment work are done separately 1ft first class cities. Hogan reminded the township trustees of a hew law, changing the procedure for assessing grain, which went Into effect Feb. 25, Growers wilt report their total grain production in the Couhty to the trustee of the township in which they live, instead of there being separate assessments of all parcels of grain production iti each township. The tax of 50 cents per 1,000 bushels grown How goes Into the county general fund instead- of being apportioned to all the Slate and local taxing units, Kansas began taxing grain oh a basis of bushels grown Instead of stocks on hand March 1 last year. Britain has lend-leased thousands of British-made barrage balloons to protect the West Coast ot the United Slates.

Meanest Man Steals Waste Kitchen Fat The thief who stole kitchen fats from the bicycle of Vadine rlngton, 518 East lOlh, can either qualify for meanest, than honors or he got a rude surprise. Vadine was a member of Brownie Troop No. 23 of Girl Scouts Who were collecting waste The'Htttchifisoti, Kansas, News-Herald, Sunday, February 23, 1943 Page 8 kitchen fats as a war project Saturday aftcrnooh. A can containing about three pounds of the fats for ammunition was on the girl's bicycle from which It was taken, according to Mrs. V.

H. Herrlngton, the mother, who is also a leader of the troop. Mrs. Herrlngton said the girls conducted an campaign collecting fats in the district between Plum and Pershing and from Fourth to 11th. Greenhouse Expands Kinsley Phil Mehringer is getting ready to do his share in this "Food tor Victory" business.

He is building an addition at his greenhouse plant that will give a capacity ot 800,000 vegetable plants. to Kansas city church Mount Hope Rev. F. H. Hayward, who recently reslgricd as pastor of the Presbyterian church here has been Installed as minister of Vanflrunt Presbyterian church at Kansas City, Mo, Pvt.

Wilfred A. Burkharl, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Burkhart of Spearville, is in the army air corps somewhere overseas. Signal Corps Training Corp.

Aral L. Isham, owner of the Isham Furniture store.is attending technical school at Washington, D. taking signal corps training. He entered the army the latter part of December and received his basic, training at Atlantic City, N. J.

He was promoted to corporal this month. Learning: About Tanks Pvt. Lyall L. Bartholomew, son of George Bartholomew of Turon, has reported to the Armored Force School Tank department at Ft. Knox, where he will learn how to keep an army tank in battle trim.

In the school students tear down tanks piece by piece, study the motor and driving mech anism and then do their own trouble-shooting and repair on running motors. Clarence Pries To State Reformatory Clarence Prfess, Hutchinson barber and former resident of Stafford, was transferred to the state reformatory Saturday by sheriff's deputies. Priess was convicted of petit larceny by a district court jury- last Reformatory officers became interested in the man following "the conviction, since he was on parole from KSIR at the time after first being sentenced from Edwards county. Pearl divers in northern Australia detect the approtch of a cyclonic storm by currents of warm and cold water in the sea. Roll Of Honor Joe Chronister of Lyons is re ported missing with his ship, the U.

S. destroyer, "DeHaven," lost since February 1 and believed to have been sunk. Chronister was a radioman, third class. Andrew R. Gibbs, formerly of Sterling, is being held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese in the Philippines, according to word received by his mother, Mrs.

Cecil Gibbs. He was a member of an anti-aircraft unit on Corregidor and was reported missing when i was taken by the enemy. His brother, Oscar Gibbs, is serving with the air corps in Africa. Transfers Corp. Basil E.

Schmidt, Attica, from Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, to duty overseas. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ora Schmidt.

M. R. Harding, Hutchinson, from Miami Beach, to technical school of the army air corps al Pawling, Y. His wife lives al 120 East Sixth. Fvrloughs Pvt.

William S. Foster, stationed at the advance flying school al Eagle Pass, Texas, is spending a furlough wilh his wife, the former Vivian Schulz, 421 East 16th. He came by plane, accom panylng Lt. Col. B.

G. Vaughn of Wichita, who had been at Eagle Pass on business. I WARNING! Ttt CAT PEOPLE A TE FOX THEATRE Startlnl Mar. 3, for Wlm TRE! 4 Wyandotte Swimmers Win Wichita, Kas. Wyandotte qt Kansas City, won the annual State high school swimming meet Saturday with a total of 58 points.

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