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I Wonder—Do We Know—I Hope!BY SAILOR " J I M " DUGGAN

I wondered:On D Day when I broke from boot camp as millions before me have.How many o f these are taking par t in the invasion, and in everylanding operation made, wherever i t may be?What wi l l become of the fellows who trained wi th me?

Do we know:What we shall eventually be fighting for?What, or for whom they are now confronting the enemy?What goes on back home? O r are we too busy to pay attention toreports of the bickering bureaus in Washington carrying on pettyarguments? One endeavoring to gain more publicity than the other.Or to the rising prices, the scarcity of this and that. To reports ofmismanagement and waste ? O r to news flashes mentioning that afellow named Winchell is scrapping wi th Congressman Dies?

I hope:We are fighting for the return of the old gang on the corner ; sons,husbands, fathers and daughters b a c k w i t h the i r families.We are f ighting f o r rationless gas, buck and a quarter steaks. Adecent secure job and a peace that wil l not have its repercussions inanother war twenty years' hence.

Sometimes I wonder, but I sure wish I knew!

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News from Home

(By Dan Duggan, Jr. )

A few notes f rom a l l around the town.Les Wo o d f o r m e r po l ice off icer o f t h etown is now stationed a t Camp Crof t .

One o f the leading pol i t ic ians i n t h i sarea W i n Schuster o f E a s t Douglas, i snow a L t . ( j . g . ) i n the Navy.

This y e a r No r t hb r i dge H i g h Schoolexpects t o have one o f the best footbal lteams i n the h is tory o f the school, mostof the vars i t y squad are ei ther work ing

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for the H ighway Dept. o r i n the W h i t i nMachine Wks. yard wi th a pick and shovelt r y ing to get into condition.

James Vander Baan has replaced LesWood as a patrolman on the police force.

Sgt. A r t h u r Wi l l iams is now stationedat For t Devens, A r t h u r is wi th the M.P.'s.

Pvt. Jack Sohegian f rom Camp Gruber,Okla. is home on a fur lough.

I received a let ter f rom Joe Hickey re-cently and Joe claims tha t France is jus twhat he expected.

I also had a le t te r this week f rom Wi l -l iam Leonard, B i l l is w i th the Marines inthe Pacific, and claims he is g lad he gotbasic t ra in ing a t the Rockdale Mi l ls .

Dave Buma is w i t h the U. S. A r m y inFrance.

Samuel Curr ie, veteran o f Wor ld Wa rNo. 2 is now employed at the Whit insvi l lePost office. A l l you folks should get yourletters on t ime w i th Sam a t the controlsat the Post Office.

Hacker Wal lace f r o m Maxwe l l F ie ld ,Ala. is on a fur lough.

Leo Chabot i s a t P a r i s I s land , L e ojoined the Marines a few weeks ago.

Howard R i l e y, f o r m e r l y o f W h i t i n s -ville, has returned, a f te r spending a f u r -lough with his fami ly in Douglas. Howardis now on a troop t ra in.

There are a few fellows that I have beenanxious to hear f rom and i f i t is possiblekindly drop me a l i ne and l e t me knowwhere you are, H a r o l d Johnstone, GregMaguire, A l l a n McCrea, and B i l l Green-wood, J r.

I t is w i t h regre t t ha t we repor tthe passing away o f the fo l lowing:Cpl. Harvey J. DuquettePvt. David Lallash (Nor thbr idge)Howard ( S k i p ) Le land ( U p t o n )Pvt. Paul J. McNei l (Nor thbr idge)Ens. Charles (Chick) Mante l

Pfc James (Bun ty ) Scott

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NEWS F R O M H O M EIssued M o n t h l yEdi tor - in-Chief

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A U S T I N LY N C H H A N S T H E I L E RPVT. T H O M A S M A R S H A L L

JAMES D U G G A NJOSEPH M A C H O TA

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R. M . M A R K E R H A R O L D CASEARTHUR G. CLARK

Fish E d i t o rS A L LY JONES

Business ManagerTHOMAS H . D R I S C O L L

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Acknowledging Lettersfrom the Boys

(By Lawrence Keeler)

Well, i t is better late than never, as Ialways said and do s t i l l say. O n e day acouple o f months ago Veronica Mahoneyhad a da te i n Worcester. A s t h e busstopped on F r a n k l i n St. she rushed to ataxi and said "Please h u r r y, I ' ve g o t adate. Please hu r ry ! " 'Where to?' asked thedriver, visual izing a t ip "One block downto E l m St . " Boy! Some date! Maybe theboys are a l l away in Whit insvi l le.

Sgt. D i c k Garabedian, N o r t h A f r i c a ,writes "We l l , bless m y soul ! L o o k wha tI j u s t cut out o f the 'Stars and Str ipes'paper. Pfc. Doro thy Rauth, Edenton, N .C., i s ge t t ing her shoes shined. She hasto see that everything is in working orderon the planes."

Bob Kl ick , U.S.S. Denver, wri tes "Boy!the old shop sure is buzzing l ike a bee. Ihad qu i te a f e w in terest ing t a l k s w i t hGeorge Ful ler ton and Charl ie Sorton. Bythe way, i t 's a good thing "Sal ly" (Jones)don't know about the f i r s t t i m e I wen tfishing f o r t r ou t a t the pond. Yes, I wasall set to show my wife how it was to catcha t rout . S o before I knew i t she alreadyhad her l im i t . Was m y face r e d ! "

Lew Lyman , M M 2 / c , Corpus Chr is t i ,Texas, wr i tes "The whole base covers f i f -ty-six mi les a n d besides t h e m a i n f ie ldthere are about s ix aux i l ia ry fields. I amin the Engineer ing Department a t RoddField. I t ' s o u r job t o keep 'em f ly ing. Iget a chance to fly quite a bit ."

Joe Bart le t t , S 2/c, U.S.& New Jersey,writes " T h e mai l man was ve ry good tome t o the tune of 49 letters. I sure wishI could have attended my sister's weddingbut she said she'd send me pictures of i t .I can guarantee you that the boys out hereare doing their very best and aren't wast-ing any t ime get t ing this job over w i th . "

Pfc. Red Vincent is a t a Pacif ic base." I was very much surprised to meet Edgarand F r e d Rondeau w h i l e m a k i n g t h erounds, and also bumped into Bob Gaston.We sure did talk of the good old days backhome and I expect to see those days oncemore as soon as I meet To jo on his kneesbegging f o r mercy. "

Pfc. Peter Youngsma is in Alaska. "Sofa r I 've met Roland Hobbs. Boy! he surewas surprised to see me and I h im."

Pvt. Rex Baxendale is in the South Pa-cific. " I have wr i t ten to Bob Keeler. (Bob,you know wha t about !---Editor). I t h inkI ' l l send him a native p ic ture ! "

Pvt. Dan ie l Ta f t (Mendon) w r i t es " Iam now home f rom Nor th A f r i ca af ter 17months. I am now a t Portsmouth, N . H.,wi th t h e ha rbo r defense. B o y ! i t feelsgood to be back in the good old U.S.A."

Dick Matthews, S 2/c, (F isherv i l le ) i sin the Hawai ian Islands. ' T h e only Hulagir ls we saw are in shows that the U.S.O.puts on fo r us. W h e n you see them comeout on the stage i n the i r grass sk i r ts i treminds you of the pictures o f this place.Tel l the gang on the Shell Job we thankthem for keeping the shells coming so thatwe can use them to get this war over wi thquicker. I t w i l l be the SeaBees that buildthe road to Tokyo and also defend i t unt i lthe A r m y a n d Mar ines come a long t oclean up. A n d then they w i l l move on tobuild a better world in which to l ive."

Dick A l l a i n , A R M 2 /c , i s somewherein t h e Southern Pacif ic. " B o y ! w h a t asquadron. The Japs made a mistake whenthey attacked the old Torpedo 8 a t M id -way. They are f inding i t out! Th i s is thebest A i r G roup t h e Japs e v e r p u t u pagainst and by heck we' l l show 'em tha twe mean i t . "

I saw Joe Antosh, A M M 3/c, (Be l l ing-ham) down at the shop. T h e ship he wason was torpedoed i n the A t lan t i c and hewas thrown into the water. Not much fun!" I have been to the shop to say 'hello' toall my old pals. I also want to say 'h i ' toyou al l in service."

Pfc. A r t h u r Mooradian is on a PacificIsland. " T h e r e i s n ' t a s ing le t r e e l e f tstanding and everything has been burnedto a crisp. Not iced a s ign ou t here t h a tmade me chuckle. I t said 'Buried wire anddead Japs.' I f a l l the g i r l s i n Riverdalelook l ike those whose picture were in theApr i l issue the boys f rom Riverdale havereally got something to f ight f o r. "

Francis Burnham, MM 3/c, (Nor th Ux-bridge) i s a t t h e Hawa i i an Is lands. " Ijust missed seeing M a r i o Romasco. H i scousin, Salvador, i s w i t h me. D i d Sa l l yJones catch any f ish o r does he j u s t te l lthe stories. I had t o l augh when I sawthat issue o f N . F. H . where S a l l y w a st ry ing to • make rubber worms. I t r ied i t ,too, bu t no luck."

Abe Damer j i an , M M 3 / e , i s o n t h eU.S.S. Oberrenda. " I t looks l i k e I ' l l beleaving again soon on a Destroyer Escort,

my new ship, and boy w h a t a beauty i tis i t ' s a sai lor 's paradise."

Pvt. Kather ine Arakel ian writes " I aillrstationed a t M i rama i , San Diego, Ca l i -fornia, as an air f ie ld messenger and f indi t qu i te exci t ing, f o r I come i n contactwi th a l l types o f people and have i n mypossession messages o f v i t a l importance.Here's hoping you're doing your share bybuying Uncle Sam's bonds. A r e you? I tseems l i ke I ' m s t i l l a timekeeper on theComber Job when t h e N . F. H . i s i n m yhands."

Pvt. D i c k Cunn ingham w r i t e s " T h espring here is beaut i ful . I t is diff icult t oimagine the war when you look over thesepeaceful l i t t l e E n g l i s h t o w n s a n d t h egreen r o l l i n g h i l l s t h a t sur round them,but the roar o f the planes overhead suretend to keep you reminded o f i t . "

T / Sgt. Russel l E l l i s , r a d i o opera tor -gunner on the F ly ing Fortress "Cahepi t "(Can't he lp i t ) , has been awarded t h eA i r Medal. Th i s decoration was conferredon h i m f o r except iona l ly me r i t o r i ousachievement i n accomplishing w i t h d is -t inction h e a v y bombardment m iss ionsover Europe.

Pvt. Gordon A l l en , S . F. A . A . R , S iouxFalls, S. D., wr i tes "The last was a greatcopy. Make the others jus t as good. I amattending Radio School."

Sgt. ' T h e Rooshian' H a r m o i a n i s i nEngland. I j u s t received a l e t t e r f r o m"Moscow". He's stationed somewhere verynear my camp. We are going to make ar-rangements to meet each other a t whicl-time I promise we shal l d r i nk a toast 649,mild and bitters (beer) to the "News f romHome"."

Cpl. Joe Parent , J r . i s i n I t a l y. " T h eGerman planes are four motored jobs withflame throwers and have three gunners.Have to watch out at night or they' l l dropa f l a re a n d d i v e bomb o r s t r a f e you .Weather i s h o t as the devi l . How 's t h eGang and Casey? I used to be tha t l i t t lerun t that ran around the Gym so much."

Cpl. A l Gregoire (Woonsocket) i s i nEngland. "Best o f health and regards toal l . "

Cpl. Joe Pe l le r in (B lackstone) P o r t -land, Oregon , w r i t e s " T h i s n o r t h w e s tcountry is very nice the year round. Wehave a b i t o f ra in but a veteran o f B i l l yBaird's gang a f t e r 9 years i n the y a r dcan take most any k ind o f weather. T h ebest o f a l l those fishermen f rom Whi t ins-vil le should be o u t here where there i ssome real f ishing."

John Onanian, E M 3/c, is i n the Mid-Pacific. " I t is very beautiful country here.Lots o f in terest ing scenes, b u t I ' l l s t i l ltake t h e good o ld U.S.A. a n d Wh i t i ns -vine. I 've only been out for two months orso and I 'm missing home already."

Pfc. P e t e Dersarkes ian w r i t e s " T h e'Medal o f M e r i t ' should be g iven t o theN.F.H. ( t a k e a b o w E d . ) T h e s t a f fhave been closer t o ou r hearts. I a m i nEngland, w i t h i t s beaut i fu l countrysidebut i t has ye t to beat the home town i r l ranything."

Mario Romasco, S 1/c, is in the Hawai-ian Islands, "Thank God I did not miss outon the N.F.H. , for by the picture I saw in

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Acknowledging Letters—cont'dby i t I can see how you got those trout. H a !

Ha! J u s t l i k e f i sh ing i n a t ub . I s a wBroady (Broadhurs t ) . Gee, i t was greatto see h i m aga in . I ' d l i k e t o g e t backaround there now wi th a l l those nice galsrunning around."

Pvt. Stan Konvent is i n I t a l y.

Pvt. P h i l Ovoian, Chatham Fie ld, Ga.writes " B o y, have t hey g o t us work ingdown here. Y o u see th i s i s a new f ieldand they're rea l l y pu t t i ng up the bui ld-ings in a hur ry. W h o do they get to paintthem? Ye s , u s ! A f t e r w e g e t th roughworking on the airplanes we paint build-ings ' t i l e ight o'clock. I wish they wouldstop bu i l d i ng o r g e t some WA C s t o dothe paint ing."

Cpl. L e o O v i a n received h i s s i l v e raerial gunner's wings at Yuma A r m y A i rField.

Jim Gi lchr is t , Troubleshooter, Pensa-cola, Fla., writes "Took a hop in a DouglasDive Bomber a n d b ro ther t h a t ' s somewagon. I ' d give anyth ing to be an aerialgunner on one o f those babies, b u t thedoctors say no. I f Gussie is too chicken-hearted t o k i l l one o f h e r p igs I couldget the C. O. to give me a few days off so Icould get home to k i l l one f o r he r. "

Beginning combat f ly ing January 13th,1944, w i t h a n a t t ack on Guidonia A i r -drome (nea r Rome) T / S Ade la rd Cour-noyer (Woonsocket) r a n g e d over o thertarkets in I t a l y and in Southern France,Aust r ia and the Balkans, f ly ing h is 50th

*Auf mission M a y 13th to b last r a i l yards a tTrueto, I t a l y. H e wears t h e A i r Medalwi th n ine Oak Lea f Clusters."

Pvt. To m Marshal l , one o f our editors,wri tes "The Hawai ian Islands are real lybeautiful. The swel l moonl i t n ights heresure do things to a fel low. I ' m darn surethat I would like to have Glad here. I spenta d a y w i t h 'Broady ' (B roadhu rs t ) a n dmet Ted Cormier. I have been assigned toan office here and l ike i t a lot. They areregular fel lows, a l l o f them."

T/5 Franc is Magowan i s i n England." I t ' s been a year since I l e f t the Statesand boy would I l ike to get back. Thanksfo r p u t t i n g i n t h e E l l a Grymble s tory.She is rea l ly nice."

Bob Pou l i o t , S 1 / c , A t l a n t i c Ocean,writes " I was home on leave and the oldtown sure looked good."

Pfc. 'Dagger ' Dag i rmar j i an wr i tes " Iam w o r k i n g a t the warehouse th row ingboxes a n d cra tes around. N e w Guineaisn't bad at all, although i t rains l ike hellduring the ra iny season. Cpl. Teddy Pod-les said he wished he had been as he isnow when he played football for Uxbridge(Ap r i l issue). Well , he's not the only guythat's gained we igh t as I ' m 170 poundand I b e t t h e o t h e r f e l l ows l i k e K e nGauthier, F loyd Gudonowski, V r e j M a r -soopian, Ovian, Leo Toosonian, Barabe-dian, and a l l t he others a re pract ica l lygiants and would 'murder ' Uxbr idge."

a „ D o w e l l Corron, FC 2/c, is on board the' r "Fearless P h i l l y " . " I t ' s t h e f e e l i n g

toward our ship t h a t makes us speak sohigh of her. I f some of the (Whi t insv i l le )soldiers would l i ke a change f r o m the i rCK rat ion I can promise a good meal."

Pfc. Emi le Boileau is in the Admi ra l t y

Islands. " I ' ve been in the tropics f o r oneyear now. I t 's not funny. We haven't seena white g i r l f o r the same amount of time.I t 's a forgot ten wor ld . "

Pvt. B i l l Ga rve l i s a t N e w Or leansA r m y A i r Base. " I f ind N . F. H . o f moreinterest t h a n receiv ing m y loca l paperf rom Mi l fo rd . H a r r y Gal loway is one o fthe best and I hope he is doing wel l onhis new job in the Magneto Dept."

Pvt. Pete Car t ier (Blackstone), CampBowie, Texas , w r i t es " Te l l t h e boys t okeep the bal l going. I have to repai r themagnetos and one bad one means a planeof troops m a y be ki l led. Please g ive m yaddress to H a r r y Galloway. Boy! he is apopular guy. "

Pfc. 'Punchy' Lavine is in New Guinea." I t is too damn hot here and I don't meanmaybe. The boys te l l me Sparky Dev l inis in the Coast Guard. Tough luck."

Cpl. Gene K u r o w s k i , C a m p Chaffee,Ark., wr i tes "So f a r i t 's a good deal andeverything a round he re i s be t te r t h a nTexas. I ' ve met qui te a f e w o ld buddieswho were w i t h me a t F t . Adams, R .over three years ago. Smal l world, I say.Say Hel lo to M ike Marker, Casey, A n d yBaird and Red Hookst ra . "

Pfc. M u r r a y Moran is i n I t a l y. "Sa l l yJones is a fine person and sportsman (nocomment) a n d Gummy w h y , the g i r l sjust can't get along without him around."

Pfc. B i l l Roscoe (Woonsocket) , F o r tGeorge G. Meade, Md., writes "Came backf rom overseas last month. I was woundedin m y le f t leg."

Pfc. A n d y Avadis ian is i n I t a l y. " I ' v ebeen here on the Beachhead since Janu-ary. By the way, I was reading Sam Cur-rie's column on the G. I . Joe subject. D idyou know that G. I . Joe was originated byour own division cartoonist? Give the boyson the Comber Job m y regards."

Joe Oppewall, M M 2/c, is on the U.S.S.Alabama. " I th ink myself i t ( the N.F.H. )should b e a w e e k l y i s sue ins tead o fmonthly. ( W h e w ! ) I have a s ix months'old son I haven't seen and tha t gives mean a w f u l good reason t o w a n t t o comehome."

John Thompson, S 1/c, is on the U.S.S.Wadleigh. " T h e N . F. H . r e a l l y b r i n g sback memories o f the Town. Give my re-gards to Casey."

Sgt. Cl i f f Eisner (Mendon) i s in F l in t ,Mich., t ak ing a course i n Diesels a t theGeneral Moto rs Ins t i tu te .

Pfc. J immie Kane is i n Warrensburg,Mo. " I ' m w i t h a swel l out f i t here a t Se-dalia A i r Base t r a i n i n g f o r t h e Tr o o pCarr ier Groups. Bob Parker is here, too,and t h a t makes i t doubly good. H e i sone swe l l g u y. "

Bob Giacomuzz i , Y 3 / c ( M i l f o r d ) ,U.S.S. A l c o r, w r i t e s " I m i ss t h e g i r l sback home. Yo u m igh t remember me t othe personnel on the Torpedo Job. Boy,I 'd like to be back working under our bossagain."

A l Godin, J r. , S 1/c , (Be l l ingham) i sat Manhat tan Beach, Brooklyn, N. Y. Heis in the Coast Guard.

L. H . Frisiel lo, F 1/c (Woonsocket) i son the U.S.S. McDermot. " I ' m n o t sa l ty

W H I T I N S V I L L E , M A S S .

yet, because I ge t seasick and oh! boy !I 'm on a Destroyer, a new type. I hearTim N u t t e r has ret i red. Ex tend m y bestwishes to him. Roble and Sheldon are nowin charge. Tw o good men."

Charley Kupelian, S 2/c, is in the F i reControl School, Newport , R. I . " B u t see-ing as how you have an aff in i ty t owardthe denizens o f the deep i t ' s on ly f i t t i ngthat you be elected an honorary seamanat Newpor t f o r a t least the same lengthof t ime I remain here or Capt. Magruder(the big cheese) th inks otherwise.'

Pfc. Joe Reneau is in New Guinea. "TheN.F.H. is sure good reading laying downin your foxhole ( a t night, w i t h di fferentthings crawl ing all over you), but I wouldnot want to come back to the States unt i lthis job is over. Yo u can't beat the gir ls,our own, f o r looks no mat te r where yougo."

Sammy Magowen is on the U.S.S. Ring-gold. " I would l ike very much to te l l youabout ray t r i p , which would rea l l y seemlike a movie, but I can't. I saw my brotherJimmy ou t here. Boy, he had a so f t jobthen. A fe l low has a lo t o f t ime to th inkabout home."

Pfc. Oliver Marshal l is in the HawaiianIslands. " W i l l you please te l l the RepairDept. that I was asking for them—Messrs.Mason, Noble, Wa lke r, Adams, B i l l andHenry Crawford , P a t Duggan and lo tsof other fellows that I could name. SundayI w i l l go to Hawa i i and lay on the beachall day long and look at some of those Japwomen and the rest o f the half-breeds.

T/Sgt. A r n o l d K inney, Warrensburg ,Mo., just finished 55 missions f ly ing in theB-26s f r o m N o r t h A f r i c a . H e i s now af l ight instructor.

T / Sgt. Kenneth Usher ( U p t o n ) i s i nNew Guinea.

Pvt. John Youngsma was wounded i naction June 7th in France.

1st L t . A z a d Ahmad j ian , A . A . F. , hasbeen given the Oak L e a f Cluster i n theSouth Pacific area.

Lt. Cecil Pendleton, I n fan t r y, hospital-ized in New Caledonia, has been awardeda bronze star medal fo r meritorious serv-ices a t Bougainvi l le, Feb . 4 th . I t w a sawarded f o r aggressively leading a com-bat pa t ro l on a J a p force, ( k i l l i n g t w oand re fus ing medical t reatment) t o sup-ply an ar t i l l e ry force w i th information.

Pfc. R a y Lamoureux and Pfc. GeorgeBaker were wounded in I ta ly. They wereawarded the Purple Heart .

"Adm i ra l " Ken Stanley, N e w London,Conn., w r i t es " I ' v e a l ready looked overthe three subs and they met my expecta-tions. I passed m y physical and menta ltests, 50 lb. pressure test, 50 feet towertest using a Munson lung, s t rength testand swimming test."

Pvt. Va a r Mooradian wr i tes " I ' m nowat F t . Jackson, which wouldn ' t be a badplace i f we d idn ' t have to take so manyforced marches. J u s t t he o the r d a y w ewent 17 mi les i n 4 hours. T h e weatherhurts more than any th ing else. B o y, i tis hot. M e t A r t Dag i rman j ian the otherday."

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Acknowledging Letters—cont'd

Pvt. M a l W h i t t e n i s i n N e w Guinea."Say, L a r r y, how about a picture o f oneof the drugstore f ron t doors when you'vegot a couple of she-males on the premises.T H AT wou ld be somethin'."

Wal ter Szerlag, F l i c , Treasure Island,Cal. " I ' m out here in so-called Sunny Cal-i fo rn ia — a gross misstatement. T h i s i sone place where you ge t an a w f u l sun-burn and freeze a t the same t ime. D i dwe see some jackrabbits and pheasants inKansas a n d Nebraska. I t w o u l d havebeen jus t the spot fo r Sal ly Jones."

Pfc. Emi le Aussant is i n I t a l y.

Chet Kosiba, E M 1/c, is back again inthis count ry. " T h e A p r i l issue w e n t t osix d i f f e ren t addresses ( S o u t h Pac i f i carea) before I got i t bu t here she i t . A tpresent I am i n Nor fo lk , Va . Thanks toLouise (Jones) B o n o y e r f o r h e r s h o r tnote."

Pfc. Tom O'Nei l is in I ta ly. "The fieldsare just laden with poppies. The buildingsare all of stones, streets are narrow. LouisRutanna is here. The people haven't anyluxuries — they ce r ta in l y have f e l t t hewar. We have quite a t ime barter ing wi ththem f o r f r u i t . E v e r y soldier i s greetedby them w i th 'Hello, Joe'."

Pvt. J e r r y Hiso i re i s i n N e w Guinea." F i r s t of al l we get orders to pack, whichwe do. Then we leave. We no sooner reachour dest inat ion some whee l (o f f i ce r i ncharge) says " that 's i t . " You look aroundwondering w h a t i n H - - he m a y be ta lk -ing about, f o r a l l one can see i s densejungle and kuna i grass a good s i x feethigh and last but not least — mud."

Pvt. E a r l Mart insen (Uxb r i dge ) i s i nPanama. " Yo u can t a k e P h i l Skelton'sword f o r i t because i t real ly pours here.The humid i ty rea l ly gets bad."

Pfc. Hector Gauth ier wr i tes " I am onthe Anz io Beachhead i n I t a l y. I ' ve beenthrough a lo t and have seen plenty. T h eboys al l seem to have the same thought inmind — that is to get the job over with."

Pfc. Doug Henderson is in the CanadianA rmy i n I t a l y. " I ' m en joy ing a smoothsmoke with a 'Lucky'. I t is a t reat for meto get smokes f r om home as a l l our cigshere a re Eng l i sh manufactured smokes.How can I keep the natura l color o f mymoustache f r o m be ing bleached b y t h esun? I s imp ly " cawn ' t " do a t h i ng w i thit. I ' m sending out to any beauty expertin Whit insvi l le ( I w i l l not accept the "cuti t o f f " t rea tment ) . "

Pvt. John Parslow (Worcester) , CampShanks, N . Y. , w r i t es " N e w Yo r k i s awhole lot better state than Missouri. Mis-souri has n o equal f o r hamlets i n t h esticks, cl inging mud and damp and cloudyweather."

Pvt. E l w y n Thatcher (Har r i sv i l l e , R.I.) was wounded on D-Day in France.

Pfc. B i l l Leonard , U.S.M.C. , U .S .S .Frankl in, wr i tes "Gus Ovian was aboardship w i th me fo r awhile. I am aboard theU.S.S. Frankl in , one of the finest ships inthe fleet. W e ' r e out to make history andI t h i n k w e w i l l . Asho re I w e n t i n a nArmy-Navy Y.M.C.A . and s tar ing down

on me was a picture of J immy Fitzgerald.Boy, was I proud."

Pvt. Jack Meadowcrof t was woundedin I t a l y.

Pvt. S tockroom B o b T h e r r i e n ( U x -bridge) F r e s n o , Ca l . w r i t e s " I ' v e j u s treturned f r o m the hospital and feel f inenow a n d a t present I ' m a c le rk i n t h esupply room. I t br ings back memories o fthe Stock Room."

Pvt. George Mousette is in I ta ly. "Mostof the boys w a n t t o come home to meet'Dotty ' and Ru th Lemoine and the othergir ls o f Riverdale. M o s t o f those g i r l sI've been to school w i t h and seeing thembrings back memories o f the happy daysat school."

A Letter f rom"The Night Owl"

1To T /5 Renee Roy

Hello Renee,I a m g lad you received the l i t t l e g i f t

f rom the Screw Dept. and was surprisedto lea rn f r o m you r le t te r t h a t you hadvisited Bombay m y Dad spent a goodmany years in that par t of the world andwhen you come home you and I can gettogether as I a m interested i n knowingwhether y o u b o t h have seen t h e sameplaces and how much change has takenplace.

In m y l a s t l e t t e r t o t h e N e w s f r o mHome I purposely addressed the let ter toPvt. A l e x Gray hoping he would correctme and send me his address, so I couldsend h i m something t h a t would come i nvery use fu l b u t n a r y a w o r d have Ireceived — come o n S a i l o r — don't b ebashful.

Paul Andonian came in to see me in theCrib a sho r t wh i l e ago. P a u l i s i n t h eArmy, too. He said he had come to checkup on my Boot Tra in ing and also whetherhis brother John was using bells on his fishline h e was convinced tha t both state-ments we re t r u e a n d t h a t he could g oback now and take up where he l e f t o f fas every th ing was under control . G o o dfor you, Paul, come and see me again.

"E rn ie " Por ter, A.S. says i n a card toJoe Guyette, " I ' v e go t t o ge t the 'Newsfrom Home', I haven't received one yet . "A l l I can say to tha t is : " E r n i e " — yourfather has g iven m e y o u r address a n dyou should have received you r copy b ynow. I hope Renee you are get t ing yourcopy where you a re stationed.

Pvt. Harold Thurber wri tes f rom Eng-land tha t he is O. K . and wants to knowhow the shop is doing and t h a t he wentto a swel l camp show — Renee, here i sa boy who takes the cake f o r modestythinks on l y o f t he we l fa re o f t he fo lksback home and Haro ld is wear ing a ci ta-t ion cord — three invasion stars—and hecertainly is going to get another s tar f o rthe b ig show i n France. H e reminds meof you i n many ways, Renee.

Rudolph Gu iadek A M M 3 / c , w r i t e" I 'm st i l l a l i t t le confused about this placehere, b u t I guess m a k e ou t a l l r igh t .

We a r e l i v i n g i n hu ts a n d i t ' s n o t toobad, i n f a c t I l i ke i t quite a b i t " . T r u s t"Rudy" t o make the best o f i t , a l l y o t *fellows have to do is to th ink back a l i t t le,and n o t too f a r a t tha t , t o known t h a twhatever kind of a jam the Right Honor-able M r. "Rudy " would get into he wouldcome up smi l ing, those imps o f mischiefwould r u n around i n h is eyes whi le therest o f h is face would be a l l innocent asi f to say " I won' t do i t again — unti l thenext t ime. " Now, "Renee", I t h i n k theyhave got his number i n the Navy, f o r hewrites " We got those darn needles i n thearm again! They don't hurt , but we hatethem someth ing a w f u l " . O . K . R u d ymaybe we w i l l have to l ay - i n a stock o fneedles f o r you when you come back.

I have received a V- m a i l f r o m " Joe "Winoski and I a m going to w r i t e i t f o ryou as is Renee and i f i t w i l l b r ing youfellows more mail, I fo r one wi l l be grate-ful. " Joe" wr i tes

Hello J im,

I dropped Joe Guyette a let ter. Joe isone of the best natured men I ever saw, Ith ink of him everytime I th ink of the shop.Is there anyone le f t at home to go fishing.Those were the days, Jim. How is my oldfr iend Geo. Kane? I w i sh some o f t h eboys would drop me a line—we don't playlike we used to i n the shop, J im. Th is isa l i t t l e rougher now and I haven' t seenmuch yet and I don't care to see anymore,Jim. The people t r y to be nice to us herebut they don't have a damn thing, i t 's notlike the good old U.S.A. Th i s count ry isnice t o look a t and tha t 's a l l . I ' ve seen,most o f i t . Maybe i t 's because I ' m home-sick I don ' t know. I ' l l close w i t h goodwishes and a cheerio.

I f anyth ing upholds the commentatorsappeal f o r people t o w r i t e t o t h e boysthis le t te r does i t . I hope and t r u s t youboys wi l l get more mail as I know you l iketo hear f rom home even i f i t is only a line.So Renee I w i l l close t rus t i ng you w i l lkeep a warm spot in your heart for Whi t -insville.

I remainYour Fr iend

James H. Jones

Fish Stories

(By "Sa l l y " Jones)

Joe.

Greetings : The bass f ishing is r i gh t a tits best. Some very good catches have beenreported. M a n y l a r g e ones h a v e beentaken f r om the good old Meadow.

Mike Marker and Gramp Case d id notmake a n y repor t on t he i r t r i p t he f i r s tday. I went wi th "Bern ie" Shaw and BobMcKee. McKee d i d t h e padd l ing a n d Ihad to duck most of the time to keep awayf rom Shaw's plug. B u t aside f rom losingMcKee',s pole i n the middle o f the N e wPond, w e had a v e r y successful t r i p , 5Bass i n a l l 2 bet ter than 4 lbs.

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* N e w s F r o m H o m e

Ray K e l l i h e r c a u g h t a 1 7 " B r o w nTrout that was a beauty, Ray knows hisTrout and where they l ive. H e r e is onethat happened u p a t t h e pool . G r a m pCase chased a large snake up to the wal lat the Dam and was about to club i t whenJosie Josl in came along wi th a new pistoland asked to shoot i t . Josie took carefulaim and pul led the t r igger. Cl ick t h a twas a l l — "The d a m n t h i n g mis f i red , "says Josie. H e a imed a n d pu l led aga inwi th the same result . Then he looked a tthe gun and found he had no f i r i ng p i nin i t , so Gramp ki l led the snake.

Roy Clarke, up Wi l l iams H i l l way, set12 hen's eggs under a hen and when thechickens hatched t h e y t u r n e d o u t t obe ducks. I t seems tha t some of the boysat the " B r i a r s " heard Roy tel l about thefancy " B i r d eggs" t h a t he had set t ingso they went up and took the hens' eggsand replaced them w i t h duck eggs.

When Roy f i rs t saw the birds he wentback t o the house and said t o h is w i fe ,"Those chickens have the biggest b i l ls Iever saw."

Fish Stories—coned

Riverdale News

(By Ear le Barclay)

Without a d o u b t yesterday w a s t h equietest Independence Day tha t your oldHome To w n has ever experienced, and Ibelieve t ha t i t is indicat ive o f the ent i reHome Land. Not a fire cracker was heard.In fac t , several people agreed t h a t theyhad n o t even heard a single auto back-fire—there were so f e w o f them on theroad.

Be t h a t as i t may, however, l i f e goeson a-pace, to w i t :—

To E l e a n o r Des jou rdy Nichols , w i f eof Raymond, on June 28th, came a f inebaby boy.

On Saturday, June 24th, Edd ie Don-vil le and Cora Montv i l l e were marr ied,and le f t f o r New Yo rk . I f anyth ing un-usual occurred, we w i l l t r y to f ind i t outand repor t to you later.

Then Sylva Massey and Doris O'Roukeof E a s t Douglas w e r e m a r r i e d o n t h esame day and spent the i r honeymoon i nOld Canada.

Frances E l l i s p roud ly showed u s theair medal which had been awarded to herson T /Sg t . Russell T. E l l i s f o r valorousaction i n Europe. Congratual t ions, Ser-geant.

We have had very f e w vis i tors i n thepast month, and have missed the i r visi tsvery much, b u t you r act ions on a l l theFronts t e l l u s t h a t you were o u t there"a t work" .

(4/7+ K u p f e r Bros. Co. sent an album to the

fami ly o f each o f t h e twenty- two boyswhose stars are i n ou r f lag. T h e albumprovides pages f o r let ters f r o m the vet-eran, newspaper c l ipp ings , a n d m a n yother i tems which o rd inar i l y are lost o rforgotten. I n th is w a y such th ings maybe kept and enjoyed in years to come.

In a f ew days we o f Riverdale expectto have a n Honor Ro l l s tanding on thecorner o f R iverda le S t r e e t a n d P r o v i -dence Road—where a l l those passing upor down the highway may read the namesof our boys who have answered the cal lto arms.

And as a f u r t he r token, we would l ikevery much to have a snapshot o f each o fyou Kup fe r boys to be f ramed and hungin the mil l . W i l l you send us one in yournext letter?

"Shavings" f rom thePattern Shop

(By Patr ick A. McGovern)

Just to give you boys and girls out thereall over the world an idea of how t ight thegas s i tua t ion i s a round here—listen t othis l i t t l e incident wh ich occurred r i g h ton our l i t t l e town's main stem one n igh tsince the last issue o f NEWS FROM HOMEwas published.

Bob W a l k e r a n d H e r m a n ( H u m p y )Puma, two prominent young members o fGranite Lodge of Masons, started out forsome event be ing sponsored b y t h e so-ciety. I t seems t h e occasion demandedevening dress—even to wing collars. U n -daunted by the heat they so arrayed them-selves a n d t h e n m e t i n t h e back yard .They d id a " Yo u f i r s t m y dear Gaston"act over who should use enough gas t ogo down town. "Humpy " f inal ly broke thesad news to Bob that they were going viabicycles. O f f t h e y w e n t t h e l e n g t h o fChurch S t r e e t a n d I ' m t e l l i n g y o u i fAdol f Men jou h a d seen t h a t l i t t l e a c the'd have fa l len over dead. B i n g Crosbyis censored of ten f o r studio clothes t h a tare too informal but when i t comes to fu l levening dress on a bicycle i t ' s the hometown's Church Street that has i t to offer.

Tru ly, they were a s ight f o r sore eyes.I 'm glad I saw them f rom a distance.

Herman says Bob expected a r ide in acar—then s a i d h e w o u l d w a l k . T h a twould have been t h e lesser o f t h e t w oevils but bicycles and evening clothes arejus t too too much.

A le t te r f r o m W i l f r e d Harwood f r o mPearl Harbo r bears the sad news tha t Imisspelled his name in one issue. H e toldme I could blame some one else. He re ' smy chance i f the proof reader or pr intermess i t up again don't blame me. H e toldme he met Bob Gaston. W e al l miss yourbig broad smile, Bob. I met your Motherin Worcester a short t ime ago.

Av/Cadet Roger Branowick i has com-pleted his f l ight t ra in ing course at Thun-derbird F ie ld , Glendale, Ar izona. W e ' r eall proud of you Roger, as a fo rmer mem-ber of our department at W. M. W. Keepgoing we're al l w i th you.

Lieut. Rober t Gonyor was feted whenhe recently received h is commission a t apar ty which Arch ie Fourn ier gave a t hishome. A l l the pattern making gang werepresent. L i e u t . Gonyor i s i n A r m y Ord-nance and we a l l hope h is c l imb w i l l besteadily upward.

W H I T I N S V I L L E , M A S S .

Bob MacDona ld o f t he E a s t DouglasCemetery Commission has departed f o rKezar Fal ls, Maine f o r his vacation. H eshowed me a net w i th which he hopes toland salmon—I'd be wi l l ing to bet he doesmore dickerin1 than fishin'.

Playgrounds

You f e l l o w s a l l r e m e m b e r " L i t t l e "Mike M a r k e r ? W e l l , h e i s n ' t " L i t t l e "any more—he's stretched about 4 inches,jumping f r o m L inwood t o Plummers t oRockdale t r y i n g t o g e t eve ry th i ng i n"Ship-shape" cond i t ion f o r t h e secondyear opening o f the s i x playgrounds onJuly 3, 1944. T h i s year saw a great im-provement i n apparatus a t a l l grounds.A t the Wh i t i n Park, former ly the Wh i t i nEstate, there are swings, see-saws, slides,and sand boxes f o r the younger children.Softball, dodge bal l , and kick-soccer bal lare played du r i ng the day b y those no toccupying t h e sw ings e tc . T h e MissesPeggy Deane a n d M a r j i e F l e m i n g a r edoing a swell job as supervisors.

Plummers and Rockdale have faci l i t iessimilar to Wh i t i n Park. P lummers beingsupervised by A n n Foley and Zaven Da-g i rmanj ian w h i l e N a n c y B a r c l a y a n d"Buster" A l l a r d a r e t a k i n g c a r e o fRockdale.

Linwood, Linwood Ave., and Va i l F ie ldare equipped f o r the chi ldren w i t h sof t -ball a n d baseball diamonds, vo l ley ba l lcourts, horseshoe pits, and bat ball courts.A good job is being done a t Linwood byWal ter McCloskey and Nancy Arakel ian,while a t Linwood Ave. Coach Leo Smi thand D o r o t h y Yo u n g a re t he ones t o becongratulated. V a i l F i e l d i s under t h esupervision o f Steve Beaton a n d M a r -garet Gal leshaw. I n speak ing o f t h i splayground, m a y I add t h a t i t i s be ingmade ready f o r t he erect ion o f swings,see-saws, etc.

This completes t h e s ta f f o f t h e p lay -grounds w i t h one exception—the c r a f tsupervisor. S u c h a good j o b w a s donelast year b y Mrs . Su l l i van t h a t she hasreturned to us for the ensuing year.

Yes! ! , there are s t i l l enough boys le f tto make u p f ive basebal l teams. T h e s eteams are Plummers, Rockdale, Linwood,Linwood A v e . , a n d V a i l F i e l d . T h eleaders o f the league a re Rockdale andPlummers w i t h f o u r w i n s and one losseach. W e wonder who' l l win? ? ?

Wi th the shortage o f men the softbal lteams h a v e t o depend o n a f e w " o l dt imers" such as E a r l Wood, "Doc" Shaw,"Mike" Marke r, " K e n " and " R o y " Ben-ner, a n d Oscar Er ickson. H o w e v e r, w ewere fo r tuna te t o acqui re enough " o l dt imers" t o f o r m f o u r teams namely, K i -wanis, Gym, Cost Department and Dra f t -ing Room. N e e d you ask who the leaderis? W e l l , D r a f t i n g Room j u s t now!But, jus t wai t unt i l the end—then who? ?

I t h i n k th i s covers j u s t about a l l t heplayground news f o r t h e town, and w ehope you a l l are home next year to makei t a bigger and better success.

P. S. H a r o l d Case says the Gym hasthe best team i n t he League. ( T h a t re-mains to be seen.)

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Linwood News

(By J. Haro ld Baszner)

This was the month o f roses, Gradua-tions and Weddings. I t was quite a th ingto see the young men and women gradu-ating this year. I ' m sure most of you canhear them s inging "S ing Ye f o r No r th -bridge, L e t everyone rejo ice," — march-ing down the middle ais le o f t he To w nHall. Wel l , t h a t was something to s t a r tthis column off w i th this month making i ta l i t t l e d i f ferent f r o m the pas t months.We' l l go on to the notes now and see whatwe have fo r news.

The fo l l ow ing were on f u r l o u g h t h i spast month :

Roland A . Chr is t ian, seaman 1/c, hasreturned to N e w Orleans, La . fo l low inga short leave w i th his parents.

Corp. Harold Peters, on fur lough at thehome o f his brother, Mr. and Mrs. A r t h u rPeters.

Joseph C. Senecal seaman l i c has re -turned t o N e w London, Conn. fo l low inga leave w i t h M r . and Mrs . Glenn Brew-ster.

Donat Pouliot, seaman l i c , and StevenVenti, Coxswain, stat ioned a t Por t land,Me., and Pvt . Rene Poul io t o f WestoverField, Chicopee, h a v e r e t u r n e d a f t e rpending a fu r lough w i t h M r . and Mrs .

Pouliot.

Henry Courteau, seaman 1/c is on leavewi th h i s paren ts M r . a n d M r s . H e n r yCourteau.

Mrs. Wa l t e r Poul io t o f Church st reetis in New Yo r k w i th her husband who isstationed a t F o r t Wr i g h t .

Pvt. Lou i s A . Gouin has been t rans -ferred to Camp LeJeune, N. C. f rom Par-ris Island, S. C.

Alber t J. Hendrickson, Jr. A. S., a V-12student a t W i l l i a m s College, W i l l i ams -town, is on a 12-day leave w i t h his par -ents.

Pvt. C. Lou is Mucciaroni, husband o fMrs. Cora Ma t t e Mucciaroni o f ChurchStreet, w h o w a s wounded M a y 24 th i nI ta ly, has arr ived at the Cushing GeneralHospital, F ramingham. W e understandthat he is recuperating rapidly and we al lwish h im Godspeed.

Mrs. Raou l Pou l i n o f Bou f fa rd Lanehas received word tha t her husband, Pvt.Raoul Poulin is stationed in England. Hisbrother, P f c . George P o u l i n h a s beentransferred f r o m No r th A f r i c a t o I t a l y.They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. JosephPoulin.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vincent o f Ma inStreet have received word tha t thei r son,Theodore Vincent has been promoted t ostaff Sergeant. Good going, Teddy. Keepi t up.

Sgt. Edward Fourn ier o f Columbia, S.C., i s on a fu r lough a t the home o f h isparents, M r. and Mrs. A rmand Fourn ierof Main Street. I saw Ed and he was look-ing fine. Nicely tanned and fu l l of pep.

I rece ived a n i c e l e t t e r f r o m C p l .Emile Laliberte of the Medical Det., CampCooke, Ca l i f . t h i s pas t month. H e te l l sme t h a t he has been t ransfer red t o thestation hospital there and he doesn't knowwhat the next move w i l l be. A l o t o f hisbuddies have been shipped across so hedoesn't know what 's coming. H e ends upthe l e t t e r w i t h — "This i s t h e A r m y .They k n o w w h a t t h e y w a n t a n d whenthey want i t . " Wel l , anyway, Good Luckto you Emile i t was nice hearing from you.Wr i te again when you can get a chance.

Right here before I go a n y f u r t h e r Iwant to w r i t e th is inv i ta t ion to a l l serv-ice men a n d women o f t h e To w n . T h eKiwanis Club wants ony one of them whois home on leave, to be the i r guests. Theyhold the i r meetings every Tuesday n igh tat the Blue Eagle Inn . Dinner is a t 6 :30P. M . A f t e r d i nne r the re i s usua l l y aguest speaker t o f in ish o f f t he evening.This is absolutely free to Servicemen andwomen. They ask you to please take thisas a n open inv i ta t ion. Don ' t w a i t t o beasked personally, because sometimes theymay not know that you're home and maymay overlook you. I was asked to put thisin the paper by the President o f the K i -wanis Club of Whit insvi l le. Mr. John Jes-sen. They'd feel very happy i f any of youwould be the i r guests a t any t ime. Y o uwon't be sorry, because they do give youa fine evening. So don' t fo rget the t ime,place and evening. I t ' s yours f ree. I t ' stheir way o f showing each and everyoneof you, how much they appreciate wha tyou are doing.

This past month we had a distinguishedguest here i n Linwood, Capt. Charles V.Manganelli, M. C. was here on a 3 weeksleave at the home of Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeFournier, M a i n St reet . T h e Capt . h a s28 months in the South West Pacific. H eserved i n the Yankee Div is ion and thenwent overseas i n Jan. 1942 and was i n afield A r t i l l e r y battal ion o f the Amer icanDivision t h a t saw action on Guadalcanaland Bougainville. Capt. Manganell i wantsto say hello to his s ix nephews, the sonsof Phi l ias Remil lard, a l l o f whom are i nthe service and asks t h a t H a r r y, R a y -mond and Philias, Jr., now overseas wr i tehim a t the 4 t h Service Command, F o r tBragg, N. C. Unfor tunate ly I d idn' t meethim when he was here, but maybe the nexttime I ' l l have the pleasure.

Cpl. Cagetan Vermet te w r o t e a n icelong le t te r t o me t h i s pas t month, andwants a l l to know tha t he is fine, and tomake sure t h a t t h e N e w s F r o m Homegets to h im every month. We ' l l cer ta in lyt r y hard Cag-etan, I promise you. Thankyou f o r sending us you r la test address.In th i s w a y we can be sure t h a t i t w i l lget to you prompt ly. I n you r le t te r yousaid t h a t wh i le w o r k i n g on planes youhadn't . run across a n y o f t h e W h i t i nMachine W o r k s Magnetos. W e l l k e e plooking fo r I ' l l bet you' l l see some pret tysoon. Le t me know when you do.

This i s f o r a l l servicemen and womenof Linwood. Some t ime ago I wrote aboutthe Honor Rol l we were t r y ing to pu t uphere i n Linwood. A f t e r qui te a f e w dis-cussions regarding i t , we decided that wewould put an i tem about i t in my column.Here is what we want you all to do. Pleasewri te me and te l l wha t you t h i nk wouldbe very appropriate for a l iv ing testimon-ial to each and everyone o f you. We feelthat the proper t h i n g t o do, i s t o havesomething that you w i l l all enjoy. By that

we mean a l i v i n g object t h a t w i l l beuseful. We don't want anything tha t w i l lsoon be forgotten af ter this war. I 'm sureyou al l agree. Some said that i f we put upa stone wi th al l the names on i t and placei t somewhere, t h a t a f t e r a f e w years i tw i l l be jus t a stone. Tha t isn't f a i r to anyof you. J u s t what do you a l l th ink aboutit? I w a n t you to know t h a t we appre-ciate every suggestion and we' re askingyou to please help us. This is fo r you andnot us. We ' re sure t h a t a l l o f you w i l lhave better ideas of what should be done,because af ter al l you people are out theredoing t h e f i gh t ing a n d therefore w h a t -ever is done here i n Linwood, is i n yourHonor. Please wr i t e i n your suggestionsas soon as possible, fo r we real ly want toget go ing on th is immediately. E d w a r dBallard i s t h e Chai rman, w i t h Sever inLaliberte as Co-Chairman, w i t h W i l l i amGuertin and myself helping out wi th sug-gestions. T h e res t o f t he Committee a tthe present time consists of — A. DolphusPeloquin, David DesJourdy, Ted Harper,James La l i be r te , L o u i s Ve rmet te , a n dHerman Youngsma, and Camile Guert in.We' l l be wa i t i ng to hear f r o m everyone.You do the suggesting and we' l l hope todo all the action here in your behalf.

And now before I close th is month, le tme te l l you t ha t L t . Louis Gregoire washome and he's looking fine. I rea l ly sawhim f o r a f e w minutes t h i s t ime . H ewants to be remembered to a l l the boys.Unt i l next month, Good L u c k A l l .

Rock-dale News

(By Ger ry Gaudette)

The invasion of the European continentby t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s i s a lmos t o n emonth old as I wr i te this column. From allthe reports t h a t we a t home receive, i thas apparently progressed f rom the orig-inal Beachheads t o a v e r y substant ia lslice o f France, and w i th in the past fewdays saw the capture of a very importantport, namely Cherbourgh.

Considering t h e n u m b e r o f m e n i n -volved, t he reported loss has been com-paratively small and we at home are verypleased a t the apparent thoroughness i nthe planning o f the action and are veryproud o f the manner i n which ou r boyshave carr ied i t through. Th ings do lookmuch bet ter f o r ou r side and we are a l lhoping that i t wi l l not be too many monthsbefore M r . H i t l e r ' s house s ta r ts t o f a l lin on him.

The w h o l e t o w n w a s saddened l a s tmonth b y t h e r e p o r t o f P a u l McNei l ' sbeing kil led in action on the I ta l ian f ront .Paul was such a likeable fel low. I believethat Paul is the first actual battle casualtyf rom the v i l lage o f Rockdale.

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There were several lucky men who wereable to be home and Spend a few days wi ththeir f am i l y and f r iends w i th in the pastmonth. Among them was, Robert Jacques,A r t h u r Massey, Wi lber t Perras, B i l l Lus-sier, A r t h u r Pe l le t ie r, J o h n Sabour in ,Wal ter M c N e i l , L o u i s Ber tone, H e n r yChristian, A r t h u r Sull ivan, Wi l l iam Hen-ey, Joff re Lava Ilee, Leo Hisoire, EugeneLussier, Dennis Lafosse, A l e x L a v a nee,Rudolph Gn iadek a n d W i l l i a m L a t r a -verse. Some of these have seen quite a bi tof t he wo r l d and considerable action. Iam s o r r y I d id no t have an oppor tuni tyto personally ta lk w i th some o f them.

Two of the above, namely John Sabour-in and A r t h u r Pelletier, were both mar-ried dur ing June. A r t h u r to a g i r l f r omSomerville and John to a Worcester gir l .I am sure t h a t you a l l j o i n w i t h me i nwishing them both lots o f luck and hap-piness.

Word was received f r o m Leo J . Bou-langer w h o i s stat ioned i n Eng land asRadio Specialist in the E igh th A i r Force,has been promoted to Cpl. I guess Leo hashad quite a t ime as he is associated w i ththe crew o f the bomber named "Boomer-ang", wh ich i s n o w tou r i ng the States,af ter completing 53 missions over enemyterr i tory. Congratulat ions Leo.

Received a l e t t e r f r o m Edmund P i n -sonneault, who is i n England, te l l ing meof his three months search and fa i lu re tomeet someone he knew. I t does seem tome t h a t a la rge propor t ion o f the localboys are i n England and considering thesize o f the place i t i s ra the r a mysterythat they a re no t wa lk ing over one an-other. Keep u p t h e search E d d y and Ihope your luck is such t h a t you w i l l r unacross someone soon.

SiSgt. Louis Chosta who is an engineergunner on one o f our B-25's wr i tes t ha the is now stationed i n Corsica and l ikeshis wo rk very much. I can we l l imaginethat a t times i t must be quite exciting.

Pfc. M i t c h e l l M i n o r " V " ma i l ed m ef rom England where he has been f o r solong t h a t he n o w has t h e tea habi t . Ith ink w e should caut ion M i t che l l aboutthis new vice and warn him that i t is habitforming.

A t long last, a success story, when Pvt.Gerard Gosselin somewhere i n I re land,ran in to Ernes t Girouard and accordingto h im they talked so fast when they metthat t h e y a lmost d rowned one anotherwi th t h e sp ray. G e r a r d has ga ined 26pounds s ince be ing i n t h e service. H esure must be pret ty husky wi th that addi-t ional weight.

A /C W i l l i a m J . S p r a t t who i s i n thelatter par t o f his t ra in ing fo r p i lo t downat George F ie ld , I l l . , w r i t es t h a t he i snow learning t h a t mornings come awfu learly. B i l l y has to get up a t 3:55 A. M. tostart his t ra in ing and I am sure glad thathe i s so f a r a w a y i t would be ve ry un-economical f o r h i m to ca l l me b y phonewhen he arose. Back in the good old daysBil l 's favor i te t r ick was to give me a r ingat some ungod ly h o u r a n d v e r y sol ic i -tously inquire as to my good health. I usedto tel l him jus t how I fe l t in no uncertainterms.

Also received word from' another goodfr iend Paul Lava l lee, and was t ickled tolearn o f his promotion to M/Sgt . Paul is

now s ta t ioned i n C a l i f o r n i a , t r a i n i n gwi th amphibian c ra f t .

This makes me f resh o u t o f news, sount i l next month, So Long. •

Scoops

(By Scoop Kennedy)

I f any o f you fel lows wan t to s ta r t anewspaper a f te r the war please note thefol lowing simple rules : F i n d someone youcan keep t a k i n g pot-shots a t a n d keepBurma (o f Ter ry and Pirates) i n the bathtub f o r days a t a t ime. T h e la t te r seemsto be most important.

The Republ ican Convent ion h a s l e f teveryone w i th a f unny feeling. I guess Iwas being too optimistic, but I would havebet m y bottom copper tha t the f inal run -ning combinat ion w o u l d b e Case a n dCurrie. W h o ever heard o f Dewey andBricker? I guess I ' l l t h r o w a w a y m yWilk ie button. D a r n i t . -

Teacher : J i m m y, can you tell me whereBrooklyn is? J i m m y : I ' m not sure Mainbut I t h i n k B rook lyn i s p l a y i n g P i t t s -burgh today.

Older man to younger man: S o you aregoing in the A r m y. W i l l you get a com-mission? Yo u n g e r : N o sir, j us t s t ra ightsalary.

John Casey, fo rmer ly of the Shop CostDepartment, wr i tes f r o m Kansas : " T h eA r m y has been p r e t t y easy so f a r ; b u tthen I guess anything would be easy afterworking w i th Kennedy." I f I thought hemeant t h a t I would j us t up and te l l thewonderful nickname John used t o have,to w i t " K i — r Casey." B u t I wouldn' t dothat.

The so-called so f tba l l league i s s t i l lfunctioning between four local teams. I nthe last issue I told you how the Cost De-partment wal loped t h e D r a f t i n g Room.Well, t he Designers turned about ( w i t hthe aid of nine r ingers) and did the samejob on the Casters. I t was quite a night .Oscar Er ickson d id the p i tch ing f o r theCost Department bu t was w i thou t muchsupport, i t seems, they say.

Wi th the old B-17 and the new B-29 Iguess H i t l e r ' s popu la r t une i s " I ' l l B eSeeing You. " Fo rg i ve me.

My f r i e n d " W i n n i e " Jones w i l l t a l kyour leg off about his wonderful gardens,but when i t comes to producing the evi-dence to back up h is claims they te l l methat the "Wonder fu l Winn ie" has to v is i tNorman White's garden to get somethinggood.

Society Column

(By the Ed i to rs )

Glorious Four th o f Ju ly to you! We'relett ing y o u d o a l l t h e shoot ing o f f i r ecrackers and other th ings th is year. A c -cording to al l we hear you boys are doing

W H I T I N S V I L L E , M A S S .

plenty o f i t b o t h a t Cherbourg a n dSaipan. M r . Church i l l predicts a E u r rpean cleanup th is summer so here's ho f „ ,ing b y nex t yea r w e l l a l l have a r e a r

.Fourth celebration here a t home—parade—fireworks—clambake a n d a l l . Remem-ber them?

Congratulations are being extended toMr. and Mrs. Lew Lyman of East Streeton the b i r t h o f a son. " D a d d y " is i n theSeabees.

Radio Operator and Mrs. F rank Bloemalso h a v e a n e w son — Donald N o b l eBloem. We hope daddy received his radio-gram in the Pacific O. K .

Mr. a n d M r s . W i l l i a m W . S m i t h o fPhiladelphia, Pa. announce the marr iageof t h e i r daughter Blanche A . S m i t h t oSgt. John E. Gray, son of Mr. AlexanderGray o f Johnston Avenue. T h e groom,now stat ioned a t C a m p E d w a r d s w a sformerly employed a t t h e Wh i t i nsv i l l eNational Bank.

Capt. and Mrs. John Wh i t i n Lasell an-nounce the engagement of their daughter,Elizabeth W h i t i n Lase l l t o M r . Rober tWhipple, son o f Col. Robert Whipple, o fWorcester.

The bride teaches at the West NurserySchool a n d t h e g room i s associated i nbusiness w i t h h is fa the r.

Our "Scoops" Edi tor, Mr. Eugene Ken-nedy a n d M r s . Kennedy h a v e a n e wdaughter, M a r y El len.

The marr iage o f Miss Cora Montvi l le,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Monpyville, U p t o n Street, Nor thbr idge t oward Douv i l l e , s o n o f M r . a n d M r s .Thomas Douvi l le o f Riverdale took placeon Sa tu rday, J u n e 24 th a t S t . Peter 'sChurch, Northbr idge.

Miss Pau l ine G . C larke, daughter o fthe Rev. and Mrs. A r t h u r B. Clarke andCleveland R . Reynolds, son o f M r . a n dMrs. Robie Reynolds o f Oakland, R .were marr ied on Saturday, June 24th i nthe Rockdale C o n g r e g a t i o n a l C h u r c h .Rev. A r t h u r B . C la rke , f a t h e r o f t h ebride, performed the ceremony.

Announcement is made o f the engage-ment o f Isabe l Jordon Kusch o f W e s tOrange, N. J. to Wal ter E lmer Fr ieswickPO 2/c, son o f M r . and Mrs . S. ChesterFrieswick o f Overlook St. , Whi t insv i l le .

Another engagement — Lydia De Stef-anis o f N o r t h Uxbr idge t o P f c . F r a n kRondian, av ia to r corps, t h e son o f M r .and Mrs. F r a n k Rondian o f Cottage St.,Whit insvi l le.

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News Picked Up At"Austie's"

(By "Aust ie" Lynch)

The most unusual Ju ly 4th in one hun-dred and s i x ty eight years has j us t goneinto h is tory. T h e r e wasn ' t a cap p is to lto be heard or a sparkler to be seen. JoeSpence's pa t ro l ( P i n e Grove Cemetery)and Church St. were both marked by thesame quietness.

Guess we' l l up periscope on Red Joneswho has ar r ived safely i n England. Redwi l l be assigned to an L . S. T. Boat.

Dr. P h i l Bouv ier and M u r r a y Moranmet on the steps o f St. Peters i n Rome.That was a surprise and what a welcomefor both of these boys. Thousands of milesf rom Wh i t i nsv i l l e a n d t o meet o n t h esteps o f the world famous cathedral. Bothboys w r o t e home o f t h e i r meet ing andboth kissed the Papal Ring.

Harold H a r r i n g a is i n A f r i c a and re-ports t h a t t h e sun g o t h o t i n t h e h a yfields here a t home and t h a t i n A f r i c aevery minute of the day is haying time.

We f inal ly got a l ine on Minna Visbeekwho w a s s ta t ioned o n t h e Mi lwaukee.That ship was t ransfered to Russia andnow Minna has a new home on the U.S.S.Southland.

From t h e A d m i r a l t y Is lands, F l a s htGudanowski drops a l ine stat ing t ha t hemet R a y Roach i n the mess h a l l there."F lash" h a s been t o u r i n g t h e Pac i f i cstopping off at the New Hebrides, Tulagi ,Guadalcanal, Russe l l I s lands a n d N e wGuinea.

Doug Gi lchr is t has been moved f r o mCamp Edwards t o Brad ley Fie ld, Conn.wai t ing overseas orders.

Lt. A n d y Keyes has been shipped over-seas and his destination o f course is un-known. I ' l l g ive you tha t when I get theinformation.

Ralph D. Baker met Eddie Nydam i nEngland. T h e t w o b o y s a r e s ta t ionedabout th i r t y miles apart and plan to meetagain as soon as possible.

Joe Oppewall sent home a Father's Daypoem which was dedicated to his Dad. I twas so good that the U.S.S. Alabama hadi t pr inted aboard ship f o r the i r Father 'sDay service.

Met my old Kiwanian chum, Dick Van-derbann, over a t Gluckners Chicken fa rmwhen he was on furlough. Dick is fine andis st i l l an assistant chaplain.

Sidney Osterman o f Prospect St . l e f tlast Thursday to jo in the Navy. H e w i l lbe jo ined ve ry soon b y Mickey Beinemaand Edd ie Har r inga.

The ma i l j u s t came i n and w i t h i t anote f r o m Geo rge ( M u r r a y ) M o r a n .

aill,„e Thank you f o r the pictures o f the Pope,' Mur ray.

Pfc. R a y Rondeau o f Cottage St. washome recent ly. R a y spent mos t o f t h etime t a k i n g h i s l i t t l e b r o t h e r u p a n ddown Church St. fo r sodas and ice cream.He w i l l report back to Thomasville, Ga.

Bi l l Longmuir o f the Navy who is tak-ing a V-12 course at Yale was home fo r afew days to vis i t his mother.

Eddie Cronin o f Pine St. and the U. S.A rmy h a s been home f r o m A l a b a m a .Brother J u s t i n i s s t i l l d o w n i n Te x a ssearching for Rio Rita.

For you r in format ion, the number o fmen i n Wo r l d W a r Tw o who have beendischarged for wounds or medical reasonsis seventy. Three have been reported miss-ing. Th ree have been repor ted as p r i s -oners o f war. Eighteen have been ki l led.

"Chr is" May of the A r m y and "Gibber"Burke of the Navy met in England a whileback. They met on a street corner whi lewai t ing fo r a bus. F rom the reports theysent back, they wou ld p u t a n y women'sclub to shame in talking. I t was the f i rsttime either o f them had met anyone f romthe home town.

Harmen Meidema o f t h e N a v y V- 1 2program was home recently. He is i n thepink.

Word h a s b e e n rece ived t h a t S g t .Walter Vanderploeg o f H i l l St . and theU. S. A r m y in England has been injured.We hope tha t i t isn ' t serious Wa l te r andwe are a l l pu l l ing f o r a speedy recovery.

Tiddo O l i v e r h a s completed a f o u rmonth course a t the Cleveland Cl in ic i nOhio i n Physio-Therapy. H e leaves f o rNorfolk, Va . where he w i l l receive over-seas orders.

Pfc. A rmand J. Larochelle, 33 East St.has arr ived a t the Cushing General Hos-pital. G e t we l l qu ick ly, A rmand .

Lt. ( L g . ) P h i l i p Ha thaway, w h o hasbeen in A f r i ca one and one-half years lef tthere Thursday at 7 :20 A . M,, spent F r i -day i n I re land, had break fas t i n N e w -foundland on Saturday and Saturday eve-ning at 9:30 P. M. was a t home w i th hisfami ly.

I I P l u m m e r s NewsCourtesy o f "Flossie" Pieleski)

Well fel lahs the ole 4th usual ly so hec-tic and exci t ing has come and gone. T h emajor i ty o f t h e f o l k s s tayed a t homeworking in the i r v ic tory gardens and en-joy ing t h e cool ing wa te rs o f t h e hose,which was supposed to be used fo r water-ing the gardens.

The o n l y f i r e c r a c k e r t h a t explodedhere abouts was the backfire o f the error

made i n l a s t month's issue, t o w i t , Imarried o f f B lanche S o y a t o " W i l l i e "Dalbec and to my dismay the groom toldme a t t h e wedding t h a t h i s name wasWi l f red Beaudoin and Blanche mar r iedhim. P m down on my knees and I humblyask f o r forgiveness. O . K . " W i l l i e " andBlanche I congratulate you as M r . and

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Mrs. Beaudoin, C p l . Joe Soya a r r i v e dhome i n t ime to give the bride away andenjoy a 10 day leave w i th his wife. I n c i -dently, Joe and Russell Bai ley pu t on anexcellent exh ib i t i on o f H a w a i i a n f o l kdances a n d the Sovas have p ic tures asevidence o f the great talent expressed bythese Plummers natives.

Lt. J o e L e r m o n d w r i t e s t h a t f r e s hvegetables o n board sh ip a r e a l u x u r yand i f he doesn't get some pre t ty soon heplans to sweep up the deck and s t a r t avictory garden v ia w indow boxes on theport holes. H o w about i t L t . a r e y o uplanning t o can the surplus?

S/Sgt. R a l p h L e r m o n , a n a r t i s t b ytrade, wr i tes home tha t he s t i l l managesto p a i n t a n occasional p i c t u r e o f somesouthern deb. R a l p h has a la rge collec-tion o f pa in t ings a n d perhaps w e c a nhave a showing o f his work.

The K i m o t e k b o y s h a v e n ' t reachedPoland as yet bu t are wel l on the i r way.Joe and Stanley are now in England andboth seem t o l i k e t h e coun t r y b u t a r elooking f o r w a r d t o t h e l i be ra t i on o fPoland. E d d i e i s w o r k i n g h i s w a y u pthe coast of I ta ly, whoever gets their first,look around f o r my grandfathers oi l wel land br ing me back a cup f u l l o f oil.

S 1 / C Jack ie Campbel l asked m e t osend a n S O S t o h i s pa l s M c K a y, L a -chapelle a n d L e n n o n s a y i n g t h a t he 'sheaded fo r "deep sea f ishing" and as soonas his F.P.O. address comes through hismother w i l l f o r w a r d i t t o y o u fe l lows.Good luck to you all.

Sgt. B i l l Campbell, t he G. I . who j u s tloves to hike, has volunteered f o r the in-fan t r y and has been transferred to CampShelby, Miss . Congra tu la t ions o n y o u rcourage B i l l and loads of good luck.

Pvt. Stanley Chi ras was home f o r 15days, as dead as the town has been Stan-ley was able to f ind p len ty o f company,both male and female.

Cappy Kapolka, who has been o u t onthe Pacific f o r wel l over a year, is homeon a leave. C a p p y s t i l l manages to keephimself we l l f ed , o h , f o r t h e l i f e o f asailor, they al l look so good.

Pvt. Joe Rosol is going through his boott ra in ing as a Marine, Joe is stationed a tParr is Island and I believe he is the onlyMarine f rom Plummers.

Pvt. F r a n k Vo ls ik , who has t h e l uckof running into relatives, has met up wi thJoe Rutana. Joe is somewhere in the Pa-cific and I believe he is a Sergeant.

Stanley Rymeski o f the Merchant Ma-rines i s home f o r 30 days. S t a n l e y hasgone back to h is f i r s t love, t h a t o f hold-ing up Peck's f r o n t door. H o w he doeslove to stand the i r and watch the traff icwhizzing by.

Oh yes, mustn' t forget those three boyswho spent four long days at For t Devens.Chippo Hu l i t sky, Chet Pieleski and MikeBeinema all received a 48 hour pass, theseboys I understand, have worn out al l theofficers b y the i r g reat ambit ion o f salut-ing, thus, to get r i d o f them and to get al i t t le rest, the boys were sent home.

Well boys, tha t ' s a l l f o r now, thanksfo r l istening and good luck to you all.

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Sports Column

(By Harold Case, pseudoBi l l Cunningham)

Hello Fel lows:Since t h e middle o f June I have seen

exactly s ix newspapers so the sports aregoing to take a beat ing i n th i s issue. Ispent ten days a t the Red Cross Aquat icSchool and so help me, I never hear o fsuch lousy weather for the month of June.Believe me, I deeply sympathize w i t h a l lyou guys who have to sleep i n we t bed-ding (due to the atmospheric conditionsnatural ly) and who have to keep sloggingalong i n a cold damp ram. I had a pa i rof t runks which I swam in on a Tuesdayand they weren' t d ry un t i l the fo l lowingMonday noon. E d d i e Bla ine, who wen twi th me, bought a Sunday paper on theway home f rom church and tha t was theonly news w e had u n t i l w e came homelast Thursday. The re was one item of in-terest which happened to catch m y eye.Some serviceman had wr i t ten a le t ter toRalph Wheelee, a H e r a l d sports ed i tor,and in the repr in t the name Whit insvi l lestood out. I t seems tha t he was reminisc-ing about the basketball t r i ps he used tomake to the gym in the long ago. B roadyand B i l l Graham, you m a y recal l theseguys. A t the t ime, I am w r i t i n g th is i nmy kitchen and I th ink I le f t the cl ippingat the gym. W i l l look i t up tomorrow andadd a P. S. to the column i f I locate it.

In looking over the few sports pages Ihave on hand I ' d say there wasn ' t a n yuse in t ry ing to present a baseball picture.F i rs t they' re up and then they're down.The games appear to be more interestingthough than they were last season. T h eattendance is way ahead of 1943. A l m o s t27% o f the pa id admissions were takenin at n ight games. Wash ing ton tops bothleagues w i th a total of 370,000 spectatorswho show up a t the arc l i gh t games heldevery week n igh t . T h e Giants a re j u s tshy of 360,000, only a few thousand aheadof the Bums. T h e big game earning up isthe A l l - S t a r game o n J u l y l l t h . T h eCards have that game pret ty well covered—only have s i x p layers named o n t h eN. L . squad. W h a t do you say we get offbaseball—or why don't I admi t I haven'tany more dope and be done w i th i t?

Anybody in te res ted i n g o l f besidesDoug Carr? H a r o l d " Jug " McSpaden de-feated Lieut. Ben Hogan by three strokesin t he Chicago V i c t o r y Na t iona l cham-pionship. McSpaden i s a tough b i r d t obeat when the chips are down and in thesemi-finials h e had t o q u a l i f y t he h a r dway, being down strokes that at one timeseemed impossible to make up. Yo u haveto hand i t to Hogan though. T h i s matchwas the f i rst b i g t ime one he has enteredsince going into the service i n November1942.

Quite a f e w o f t h e col leges w h i c hdropped footbal l f r o m the l i s t o f sportshave signified t h e i r intent ion o f p lay ingagain this fal l . Ya l e is going to star t pre-season practice the 10th o f July. I guessI wro te before t h a t Boston w i l l have apro team th is year. A l r e a d y the papersare f igur ing t h e cost o f the venture bu tCollins, the new owner, says he expectsto lose p lenty before he can get the bal lroll ing. Those rule changes which I men-tioned before a re o u t so f a r . Off ic ia l l y,

t h a t is. L t . Col. B ingham, chai rman o fthe rules committee, says the committeewon't act on the admendments but expectsthat the coaches wi l l t r y out several of thechanges b y mutua l agreement. P a r t i c u -la r ly t h e k ick -o f f out-of-bounds. W h e nall reports are in a t the end of the seasonI expect there w i l l be some action basedon the data compiled.

Tennis received a boost the other dayin Phi l ly when fans purchased $4,000,000worth of bonds to see Big Bi l l Ti lden takehis o l d - t i m e doub les p a r t n e r , V i n n i eRichards, by a 6-2, 6-2 score. T i l d e n thenteamed wi th Al ice Marble to defeat MaryHardwick Hare , B r i t i s h s t a r and Rich-ards i n m ixed doubles, 6-3, 6-4. A f t e rthe matches B i g B i l l auctioned o ff someof the numerous trophies he has collectedfo r years. F ranc isco (Pancho) Segura,representing t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f M i a m i ,entered the collegiate hal l o f tennis fameby de fea t ing Char les Sampson, N o t r eDame ent ry to win , f o r the second t ime,the Nat iona l Collegiate t i t le . Segura , anative o f Ecuador, swings a racket w i thtwo hands. Maybe that 's the way I shoulduse one. A n y change wou ld be a n i m -provement in my game. T h a t reminds me,I had a le t ter f r o m A r t Broadhurst lastweek and he told me he was gett ing to bequite expert at restr inging rackets. T h i sis a f ree ad A r t and I hope the rest o fthe guys f rom around here wi l l rememberthis and t h r o w some business you r w a ywhen you come home. T h e usual ten per-cent I suppose?

The government i s p lann ing t o makebetter f i sh ing ava i lab le a f t e r t h e w a r .The Div is ion o f F ish Cul ture is now theDivision of Game Fish and Hatcheries. I twi l l continue to propogate fish and be con-cerned w i t h t h e f a r m f ish p rog ram. I twi l l a lso s tudy and p u t i n to effect newscientific methods o f s tock ing s t reamsand lakes. T h e y had bet ter leave R i leyPond alone i f wha t I heard last n igh t istrue. H e r b Barnes doesn't have t o f a l lin any more because he can reach i n andl i f t them out now. M i k e Marker is satis-fied w i t h t h e bass i n t h e Meadow too.Last year I t i ed in to a huge bass twiceand lost h im both t imes. E v e r y t ime hewent o u t w e took t u r n s t r y i n g t o l andhim. T h e f i rst t ime we went out this yearMike tied into h im—for about ten secondshe did. T h e n came the tragedy ( ?). T h eline parted and now Mike is short a p lugand us ing an 18 pound tes t l ine too Iput the ? a f t e r t ragedy because i t wassuch to h im but to m e - 0 Brother ! T h a tson-of-a-gun is st i l l in the pond just wait-ing for me, I hope.

Gov. Green o f I l l ino is has launched aprogram t o e n l i s t s ta te leaders i n a l lamateur and professional sports as spon-sors t o m a k e e v e r y J u n e f i t h — a n n i -versary of D-day--a day of special sportsevents. I f all the proposed war memorialsare bui l t in the form of sports stadia whatbetter way of using them than to have abig field day every D-day? I t might helppromote t h e p h y s i c a l f i t n e s s o f t h enation's youth which according to a r m yand navy records is i n a ve ry sad state.

Ab Jenkins, former mayor of Salt LakeCity a n d ho lde r o f m a n y a u t o r a c i n grecords is certain that he has a car whichwi l l eclipse the record o f 368 mi les pe rhour set by John Cobb in England in 1938.The new racer has two motors which aregeared to both rear and f ron t wheels andoperate independent ly. E i t h e r m o t o r

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should be able to dr ive the racer a t ov,400 mi les per hour. H e can dr ive i t ' -hope he gets some good tires for i t or ti s v ,w i l l be all brother! I can hear some of yjeep dr ivers now saying, "So what? W t,got four wheel drives and a f te r al l wherecan you go a t 400 miles per? N o t wherewe go—not by a dom s igh t ! "

I f some o f you are located near an a i rbase i n Western Ch ina there a r e threewell known sports figures out there. HankGreenberg is a special services officer outat a n a i r f ie ld, George Va r o f f w h o se tworld pole vau l t records i n 1936-37 i s apilot o f a super fo r t ress , a n d H e l e nMeany, 1928 O l ymp i c d i v i n g champ i sworking in a Red Cross Club. S a y helloto her f o r me. I met her about tha t t imewhen she came to v i s i t her brother a t acamp w e were bo th a t tend ing i n Con-necticut. M y how times flies. A n d I j us tgot on how to do a decent back dive lastweek a t th is la te date. I a lmost go t upcourage enough to t r y a h a l f gainer toobut old age and common sense advised menot to do i t . A f t e r a l l the insurance com-panies have to show a good year once i na while.

P. S . T h e le t te r w a s f r o m John D i -Venuti , former Boston College and Ever-ett High star athlete. H e says, " I am nowstationed in New Guinea. I met someboys f r o m Grea te r Boston w h o p layedbasketball for your Malden Ci ty Club arvi-Boston Goodwins a n d i t su re b r o u rback h a p p y memories. R e m e m b e rtr ips to Whit insvi l le?" D o you remen -him A r t and Bi l l?

Hang on,CASEY