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"The state," he said, "will have to take over the entire upkeep of Local Guard Minnesota's 54 armories while the guardsmen are gone. There will be Unit Called no more federal caretakers. We mustn't let these armories run down as they did in 1918." For Service Total request of the military and naval affairs department for the bi- Northfield Headquarters Com ennium was $1,198,915.07, a reduc tion of $7,905.35 from the amount pany Will Mobilize granted in 1939. February 1 Oth. Co. G, Home Defense EXPECT TO LEAVE Unit Quota Filled It pays to advertise in The News! FOR CAMP FEB. 25 Captain Victor Carlson found that out when he recently sent out a call for more men to enlist in the Home Period of Army Service Very Defense company that was being or Uncertain; Home Defense ganized in Northfield. His call was so well answered that he has a full Company Filled. company enlisted, and ten men on the waiting list,—a very gratifying Officers of the Northfield National response and a fine showing for Guard unit received telegraphic or Northfield, ders this* week for mobilization on With North-field's own National February 10 of Headquarters Com Guard expecting to leave here about pany, 68th Infantry Brigade. February 25 for Louisiana, the This order affects the entire 34th Home Defense company will take Division which is comprised of over the Armory at that time. troops from Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota. Approximately Draft Board 13,000 men will be called to their armories to prepare for a year's Receives Ruling field training. Fred Wolf,, chairman of the Rice County Local Board supervising the The Northfield company of administration of the Selective two officers and 45 enlisted Service Act, states that all men be men will assemble at the Arm tween the ages of 21 years to 36 ory February 10 and will there years who have been discharged be equipped and receive their from any branch of service in the physical examinations in prep military forces of the United aration for departure, about States, and' who have not previous February 25, to Camp Clai ly registered in their area of the borne, La. Rice County Local Board, Faribault, Delay in the mobilization date Minn., shall upon being discharged was due mainly to adverse weather from the service appear within five conditions in Louisiana where hea dayisi after their discharge at the vy rains prevented the completion Local Board headquarters for regis of the buildings and plumbing facil tration. ities. Labor conditions also retard The branches of service include ed construction. Regular Army, Navy, National Minnesota units affected by the Guard, Marine Corps, Public Health call include special troops of the Service, Officers Reserve Corps. 34th Division, the 135th Infantry, Regular Army Reserve and; such 125th and 151st Field. Artillery reg others listed under Section 5 (a) of iments, 217th Coast Artillery regi the Selective Service Act. ment, 109th Squadron Observation, Co. A, 194th Tank. Battalion, and Headquarters Co., 68th Infantry Bri gade. Following the departure of the Northfield unit, the local company ROSTER, COMPANY G of the Home Defense regiment will 1st Regt., Minn. Defense Force take over the Armory here. Captain Victor E. Carlson Guard May Be 1st Lieutenant Arthur M. Persons Gone for Years 2nd Lieutenant Eisner M. Machacek Minnesota national guardsmen Rudolph A. Alexon Carroll W. Holden H. Evan Sande and naval reservists, altho called to Verne L. Babcock Walter A. Hughes Durwood E. Sanford federal service for only one year, Olandus A. Bergo Ingvald Johnson John O. Schumm actually will be gone for many Arthur E. Blesener Donald D. Lindberg Harold E. Sims years, in the opinion of Major Gen Fred J. Blesener Edward D. Lindberg Clarence R. Skaar eral Ellard A. Walsh. Joseph A. Bruflodt Lloyd G. Little Roy E. Skafte Appearing before the house ap Eldon C. Christeson Arthur McKeag Rolf F. Solum propriations committee of the legis Warren F. Closson Lauren M. McKenzie Gustav Swedin lature Tuesday General Walsh said Robert C. Collins Walter V. Marko Roy A. Thorson that .for budgeting purposes "we Edwin H. Cook Francis G. Matson George L. Tollefson can only assume that they will be Arthur B. Crawford Harold L. Monge Bernard C. Tralle gone for one year, because that's Elmer D. DeMann Anton Nelson Maynard A. Tralle what the law says. But personally Ruthford A. Drentlaw Murlin H. Nelson William M. Trygstad I think they're going to be out a Donald J. Enger Fred L." Otis John E. Tuma good many years." Allen L. Freeberg Orenco F. Otis Roland E. Voss The general asked f 209,460 for Daniel H. Freeman Roger J. Revier Donald W. Westcott maintenance and repairs of national Louis E. Gernandt Karl F. Rolvaag Charles B. Arveson guard armories during the next bi- Edwin F. Gibbs Edward R. Roster Varnum A. Rod rick ennium, compared to only $50,000 Sydney Goldstein Merrill L. Truax granted in 1939. -J 1 Sixty-fifth Year—No. 7 NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1941 Eight Pages This Issue Army
Mobilized at Local Armory Monday—All Men Pass Medical Test. / Roster of Headquarters Company ORDERED TO LEAVE 68th Infantry Brigade FOR SOUTH TUESDAY Captain Oakey S. Jackson 2nd Lieutenant Arne Winger American Legion Post to Give Master Sergeant— First Sergeant- Smoker and Party Friday Lawrence F. Sanneman Edward Drozda Technical Sergeant— Evening. Clair Crandall Monday morning, Feb. 10, at 7:30 Sergeants— Corporals— Lloyd Brunzell Privates 1st Class- the two officers and 42 enlisted men ' George Mickelsen Arthur Haugen of Headquarters Co. 68th Inf. Brig Roy Johnson Amos Skaar Roy Husbyn ade and the four attached officers John Lysne Privates 1st class Otis Montgomery of the unit assembled at the ar Elmer McClintock Murrel Chapman William Otters tad mory in the first formation for their Thomas McGovern Kenneth Doebler Leonard Revier year of training in the regular William Robinson Robert Fremouw Willard Truax army. James Gannon The days have been fully occu pied with the numerous and varied Privates— Privates— Privates— details incident to transferring Robert Bailey Walter Hughes, Jr. Jewell Norby from a National Guard company in David Bird James Hunter Glen Peterson to the regular army of the United William Casby Carl Johnson Lyle Ramsay States. These have included Lyle Freeman Clifford Jorgenson Lyle Wing- marking and issuing of clothing and Francis Hager Lester King Harry Woodward supplies, physical examinations, Clarence Halverson Paul Kump Willis Woodward typing of numerous forms, finger Norman Martin printing, establishing cooking facil ities in the armory, purchasing of Attached Officers food supplies (which incidentally calls for seven typewritten forms), 2nd It MK.l? r' P 7ier 2n* Lt Eugene H- Trua* inspection of men, quarters, equip- -nd Lt. Albert G. Peterson 2nd Lt. Harold G. Rainwater ^ ment and paper-work, drill of the company, calisthenics, etc. Tuesday afternoon, a medicaf board consisting of Captain C. W. Rumpf and First Lieuten ant P. H. Weaver of Faribault and First Lieutenant James F. Shandorf of Northfield, began the physical examination of the company. Dr. Shandorf stated after the examinations were completed Wednesday morning that Northfield boys were in top physical condition and that none would be rejected. The medical board left Wednesday noon for Zumbrota to examine the unit there. Wednesday also was the day of oificial muster into the regular ser vice. Lt. Col. Michael J. Mulcahey arrived with a staff sergeant from Minneapolis in the morning. They first checked the service records, F. B. I. finger-print cards, morning report, sick report, duty rosters, j muster forms, and other old and ! new records. After O.K.-ing these •forms Colonel Mulcahey checked the presence of the men as Captain Oakey S. Jackson called roll. Outdoor hikes are taken each day. Close-order drill and basic military training is the schedule for all men not on detail. The detail work consists of kitchen police (as sistants to cooks James Gannon and Robert Fremouw), cleaning and care of the Armory building, firing the furnace, and guards and offi cers' assistants. • cers' assistants. , The men are eating all their meals at the Armory, the supplies being purchased locally with army finance vouchers. The cooks are functioning very satisfactorily and the meals are good. Although the date of depart ure of the local company for Camp Clairborne, La., has been tentatively set for next Tues day, Feb. 18, there is still the possibility that a delay of a day or two may be occasioned by train schedule change. Lt. Donald E. Revier has been ordered to Fort Benning, Ga., to attend an officers' communications course for three months. He will leave Friday night and will attend school until May, when he will- rejoin the Northfield unit at Camp Claiborne in Lousiana. Lt. Eugene Truax reported for ! duty with Headquarters Co. 135th j Inf. in Minneapolis Monday noon. i Captain Wm. C. Benson, chaplin ! of the 135th Inf., reported to the regiment's headquarters in Minn eapolis Monday. Wednesday af ternoon he was in Northfield and had dinner at the Armory with the local unit. In the afternoon he gave a very interesting talk to the officers and men, tracing the hist ory of the events in Europe lead ing up to the outbreak of World War II. He also pledged his ser vices as pastor and friend to the Northfield boys. Wm. E. Revier, a dinner guest Wednesday, invited the entire unit to be guests of Post 84, American Legion, at a smoker and party at the Legion Club rooms Friday eve ning. ' a*d, I *<' Northfield Soldiers Leave For Year in Louisiana Below Zero Weather But LIEUTENANT AND MRS. ARNE World War WINGER were honored at a buffet Warm Farewell Speeds Veterans Asked supper given Sunday evening by Departing Soldiers Mr. and Mrs. Herman Roe at their To Register Feb. 22 home. On Monday afternoon Mrs. Eleanor Crouch and Mrs. Nellie W. Members of Northfield's Head Chas. G. Hatfield, commander of Phillips entertained the News quarters Co., 68th Infantry Brigade, American Legion Post No. 84, re force at afternoon coffee at the now a unit mobilized as a part of quests that all ex-service men in News office in compliment to Lieu the United States Army, entrained Northfield and vicinity come to the tenant Winger who has been a Tuesday on a Rock Island special American Legion club rooms in the member of the News force for many for the journey to Camp Claibourne, Community building on Saturday, years. He left Tuesday with Head jba., to begin t year's training. Feb. 22, for the purpose of filling quarters Company, 68th Infantry w The weather man provided a chil out an American Legion national Brigade for Camp Claiborne, La. ly farewell for the 42 enlisted men defense questionnaire. and 4 attached officers, as Tuesday This voluntary registration is opened with a 20-below zero read part of a nation-wide project for the ing on local thermometers. But purpose of cataloging the special there was warmth—and there were talents and qualifications of all many tears—in the farewells said World War veterans for national by the hundreds of rela^ves and defense. '' ' Co. G To Be friends who gathered at ^Sae Mil The registration blank has 28 waukee depot to bid goodbye, good questions and contains a list of 67 Mustered In luck and a ''God be with you till we specific trades, occupations and meet again" to the departing sol professions, with additional space Monday Evening diers. for writing in vocations not listed. Northfield's Company G, Minne-I The special train which was Boxed in the center of the registra sota Home Defense Force, which scheduled to arrive in Northfield at tion blank is an inquiry as to has been enrolling volunteers for 10:40 a.m., was more than an hour whether or not the registrant be several weeks, will be mustered in late, which caused no end of in lieves he will be able to answer any to service Monday evening, Feb. 24, convenience and discomfort to the call for immediate service, for gen at the Armory at 8:00 o'clock, ac hundreds of relatives and friends eral service anywhere, restricted cording to notice received this service in his home community, or week by Capt. Victor E. Carlson. who had gathered to see the boys on a part-time or full time basis. leave. As soon as it was made A group of officers of the First t known that the train would be fully This registration is not compul Regiment and Brigade from St. an hour late members of the Head sory and is simply a request so that Paul will come to Northfield to of quarters Company returned to the the government may know its ficiate in the mustering in of the armory to locate a more comfort strength and limitations in case of local company. Officers of com able and commodious waiting room. necessity. panies from neighboring cities are „ They were joined by hundreds who also expected to be present. had gathered to bid them farewell. Capt. Carlson extends a cordial In contrast with the below-zero and urgent invitation to business weather in Northfield on the day Legion Post Host and professional men of Northfield, the company departed for Louisi To Hdqts. Company city officials and relatives of mem ana, it was reported that on Mon bers of Company G to be present to day the temperature at Camp Clai Northfield Post 84, American Le witness the ceremony. borne registered 72 degrees! It is gion was host to members of Head, Company G now boasts 56 mem safe to predict that the Northfield quarters Company, 68th Infantry bers and three officers. Before a soldiers will shed their winter over Brigade, at the Legion club rooms company in the Home Defense coats before they reach their des Friday evening. About 125 mem Force is mustered into service 55 tination. They were scheduled to bers of the post, brigade and a few members are required. reach Camp Claiborne Wednesday friends were present. Henry Gor- Members of Co. G expect to be night. dien of Minneapolis, noted magi supplied with uniforms soon and Members of the company attend cian, entertained the group after will also be equipped with new En ed services at several of the local which a cornet quartet composed field rifles. churches Sunday, at which farewell of St. Olaf students furnished mus messages were delivered. At St. ic. Lunch was served and a social John's Lutheran church nineteen evening enjoyed. members of the company were each At the last meeting of the Legion presented with a copy of the Serv Tuesday, Feb. 11, commanders and ice Prayer Book and the New Test adjutants of the Third district were ament, given by the Senior Luther guests. The next meeting of the League thru its president, Merle post will be held Tuesday evening, Tollefson. Feb. 25. ______Mail for members of the North- field company should be addressed Volunteers to to: Headquarters Co., 68th Infan Begin Army Service try Brigade, Camp Claiborne, La. Two Northfield men, LeRoy George Diederick and Raymond Carl Wietgrefe, are among the volunteers who will be inducted in to U. S. army service at Fo*t Snell- ing, Tuesday, Feb. 25. They will re port to the local board, of which Fred Wolf is chairman, at Fari bault at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, leaving at noon for Fort Snelling. Others in this group are Wilbert Donaldson of Montgomery; Earl F. Bock, Stanley Leighton Pulsifer, ] Ernest Albert Wegner and James j John Mahagnoul, all of Faribault; | Martin John Nowak of Wayzata; Warner James Downhour of Mor- ristown; Henry Cihla of Lonsdale. i^i?. |T jt,^cr INTRODUCING THE MEMBERS OF NORTHFIELD'S HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 68th INFANTRY BRIGADE
> Bailey. PHOTO BY THOMAS. son, Private 1st cl. Murrell W. Chapman, Private Jewell R. Norby, t First row, left to right: Private Lyle P. Freeman, Private Glen N. Second row, left to right: Private Willis A. Nelson (discharged), Private Francis L. Hager, Private Harry L. Woodward, Private 1st cl. Petersen, Private 1st cl. James L. Gannon, Sergeant Durwood E. San- Corporal Amos C. Skaar, Private 1st cl. Robert L. Fremouw, Private William N. Otterstad, Sergeant Elmer F. McClintock, Corporal George (ford (discharged), Sergeant Roy E. Johnson, Sergeant Gene H. Truax Norman J. Margin, Private Paul H. Kump, Private 1st cl. Leonard E. V. Mickelsen, Private Carl S. Johnson, Private Lyle E. Ramsay, Pri f (promoted to 2nd Lieutenant), Master Sergeant Lawrence F. Sanne- Revier, Sergeant Lloyd C. Brunzell, Sergeant John P. Lysne, Private vate Clifford A. Jorgenson, Private Walter S. Hughes, Jr., Private 3 man, Captain Oakey S. Jackson, Second Lieutenant Arne Winger, 1st cl. Otis C. Montgomery, Private 1st cl. Willard O. Truax, Sergeant William E. Casby, Private 1st cl. Kenneth E. Doebler. First Sergeant Edward J. Drozda, Technical Sergeant Albert U. Peter Thomas P. McGovern. New men not in picture: 2nd Lieutenant Harold G. Rainwater, sen (promoted to :!nd Lieu:'mint), Technical Sergeant^Clalr"""M."Cran- Third row, left to right: Private 1st cl. Norbert I. Furth (dis Private David B. Bird, Private James K. Hunter, Private Lester A. ; dall. Serjeant William It. Ftubinson, Private 1st cl. Arthur G. Haugen, charged), Private 1st cl. Roy G. Husbyn, Private Clarence W. Halver- Ring, Private James R. Mulligan, Private Robert J. Partlow. Private Willis P. Woodward, Private Lyle D, Wing, Private Robert and professional men of Northfield, city officials and relatives of mem >any bers of Company G to be present to 4, American Le- witness the ceremony. 3mbers of Head- Company G now boasts 56 mem 68th Infantry bers and three officers. Before a £ion club rooms i company in the Home Defense Rotarians Hear .bout 125 mem- ; Force is mustered into service 55 Tribute to Lincoln ' igade and a few ; members are required. MASONS HONOR In an address on Abraham Lin it. Henry Gor- Members of Co. G expect to be St. Olaf Faculty Supper. ARMY MEMBERS is, noted magi- supplied with uniforms soon and coln delivered at the Northfield Ro tary club's luncheon -meeting The monthly supper meeting of The Entered Apprentice degree he group after will also be equipped with new En- St. Olaf faculty members and their was conferred at the regular meet artet composed | field rifles. Thursday, Feb. 13, Dr. Nelson ing of Social Lodge No. 48, A.F. & furnished mus- Vance Russell cited as some of the families held at the college cafe r teria Friday evening was made the A.M. Monday evening with Charles ed and a social reasons for the continued and G. Hatfield presiding. mounting interest in Lincoln the occasion for a farewell greeting to fact that lie stood for humanity, Professor William C. Bensdt who A special feature of the meeting ig of the Legion is on leave of absence for a year's was the honoring of Arne Winger, ommanders and that he expressed the ideals and Oakey S. Jackson ancT"Clair M. rd district were idealism of the American people service as chaplain at Camp Clai borne, La. Dr. Agnes Larson, who Ci-andall. members of the lodge who meeting of the and that he possessed rare skill in lelTTuesday with Northfield's Head- uesday evening, expressing himself in his speeches will serve as acting head of the history department during Mr. Ben quarters Co., 68th Infantry. Willis ami public statements, creating lit Cobb Olson, master of the lodge, erature thru its simplicity. ' /L* son's absence, voiced the senti ments of his faculty colleagues presented each with a gift as evi \ Capt. Oakey Jackson, member of dence of the good will of the mem the Rotary club, attending his last and presented Mr. Benson with two traveling bags. Movies of the re bers. meeting before leaving for a year Announcement was made of plans men, LeRoy of army service, was presented cent choir trip and of campus and Raymond scenes were shown. to be the guests of Faribault Mas e among the with a fountain pen, Burton E. ons at a whist party February 25, be inducted in- Sawyer making the presentation. with Leslie E. Drentlaw leading the e at Fo»t Snell- Lieut. Arne Winger and Private Northfield team. :5. They will re- Walter Hughes, Jr., were guests at ioard, of which the meeting. Interesting News from Northfield Boys in Camp Lt. Arne Winger Sends Newsy Letter Describing Trip and Thursday, February 27, 1941 Arrival at Camp.
By LT. ARNE E. WINGER. Facts About Camp Claiborne, La., Camp Claiborne Co G. Members Sunday, Feb. 23. *~ The boys in Headquarters Com Camp Claiborne is located approx pany were extremely proud of imately 18 miles south of Alexan Mustered In Northfield when on Tuesday, Feb. dria, La. The area included within 18, the hundreds of people jammed the camp limits approximately Local Unit in the State Home the station and platform to bid us 3,100 acres, of which 1,150 acres Godspeed. When we mingled with is troop Quartering and service area Defense Force Officially the units from Minneapolis and Ait and 1,950 acres is training area. kin on the train, they had many Utilities provided include a water Enrolled Monday. comments of praise for the send-off. system of nine deep wells with high We were deeply moved and sincere service pumps and two elevated Company G, Northfield's contim ly grateful. Thank you, Northfield! tanks of 250,000 gallon capacity gent of the new Minnesota Home It was surprising to Captain Jack each, with two surface storage res Defense Force, was formally mus son and myself to learn from our ervoirs of 1,000,000 gallons each. tered into service at the armory boys that only two others besides The distributi©n system consists of Monday evening with a number of ourselves had ever traveled on a 37.5 miles of main from six to 14 interested spectators present. Pullman before. So naturally, the inches in diameter; 25,000 lineal Colonel Allan Briggs of St. Paul, first thing the boys did was to in feet of service connections and 330 commander of the 1st Minnesota vestigate all the gadgets and do- fire hydrants. Regiment of which Company G is a dads of the cars. In the evening, The sewer system consists of ap part, administered the oath to the when the porter made up the berths proximately 32 miles of mains, three officers and to the individual he had an open-mouthed, all-eyes ranging from 6 to 30 inches, with members of the company. The of audience. 290 man-holes. An activated sludge ficers, Captain Victor E. Carlson, Our first stop was at Des Moines, type of sewage treatment plant is 1st Lieutenant Arthur M. Persons, Iowa, where the 67th Brigade Head provided. and 2nd Lieutenant Eisner M. Ma- quarters Company loaded its bag Natural gas is used for cooking chacek, also were presented with gage into our baggage car and and for heat, and the gas system their commissions from Governor where w'e picked up units from Wa- consists of approximately 15 miles j Stassen by Colonel Briggs. In his tertown, S. D., and Council Bluffs, of 6-inch transmission line to the i address to the men of Company G, Iowa. This was late at night and camp site, 27 miles of distribution ! Colonel Briggs described the duties most of the boys were utilizing mains, ranging from 4 to 10 inches and obligations of the Home De their new berths. and 5.3 miles of service mains, fense Force. A slight snowstorm followed us ranging from 1% to 3 inches in dia General Harold E. Wood of St. all the way to southern Arkansas meter. Paul, commander of the 1st Minne when it turned into rain for the Five miles of railroad tracks in sota Brigade,.also briefly addressed balance of our trip, with a heavy clude three spur tracks to ware the men of Company G, expressing mist greeting us as we detrained at house platforms. Main supply roads especially his gratification at the Claiborne. The photo which ap consist of 9.4 miles of concrete pav large number of men who have vol peared on the front page of the Fri ing; secondary traffic roads consist unteered for the new defense units day, Feb. 21, issue of the Minne of 16.7 miles of black top paving all over the state. apolis Tribune is our Company, and and secondary streets and roads Major Malcolm C. Sime, comman the blurry result of the picture is consist of 4.9 miles of surface treat der of the 2nd battalion of the 1st due to this rain, altho several of ed gravel. Motor storage areas con regiment with headquarters at Fari the boys are clearly recognizable, sist of 340,000 square yards of black bault, and nine otlier officers from as, for instance, Peterson, the bar top surfacing. neighboring cities also were pres ber, 4th row center, Bird, Robin The buildings in the camp include ent for the ceremony. The other son, Revier and Lt. Peterson and 181 enlisted men's mess; 14 officers' officers in attendance were Capt. myself bringing up the rear. mess; 16 officers' quarters; 29 ad Gates of St. Paul; Capt. Morris,! Highlights of our trip down were: ministration buildings; 14 infirm Lieut. Christie and Lieut. Caswell| passing a spectacular $100,000 fire aries; 18 post exchanges; 19 recre of Faribault; Lieut. Shodt and of a Texarkana oil well; noting ation buildings; 1 quartermaster Lieut. Rahader of Red Wing; Capt. some barefooted kids standing in utility; 24 motor repair buildings; Cornwall and Lieut. Carroll bf Zum- the snow watching our troop train 16 storehouses; 20 gasoline sta brota; and Capt Buswitz of Austin. pass in Arkansas; a derailed loco tions; 2 service clubs; 6,006 enlist To conclude the ceremony the motive being lifted onto the tracks ed men's tents; 759 small wall offi company put on a practice drill for with derricks; the Ozarks (impres cers' tents; 190 enlisted men's lava- j the audience marching in two- and sive but not as pretty as in the tories; 12 officers' lavatories; 1 post j three-file columns and showing very summer); choice comments from office; 1 telephone and telegraph good form after having been in the boys as to the numerous new office; 1 radio station; 3 fire sta training for so short a time. scenes and customs of the south; tions; 26 warehouses; 1 incinera It was reported that the new uni also comments just as choice about tor; 1 bakery; 1 laundry; 2 cold forms and rifles for the comparfy the two engineers not being able to storages; 1 tent theatre; 2 guest would arrive within a week or two. co-operate when starting the train, houses, 9 officers' and nurses' quar with a resulting jolt that put kinks ters; 1 officers' and nurses' mess; in our necks. We passed the area 10 hospital barracks; 1 enlisted in Arkansas where the "Jesse men's mess medical detachment; 1 James" picture was made. clinic, combination; 1 clinic, surg ical and X-ray; 1 clinic; 2 dental We were all eyes when we clinics; 1 physiotherapy; 44 stand finally hit Louisiana. We were ard wards; enlisted men's mess now In the country where we (patient), 2; storehouses (medical will maneuver and train for the detachment), 7; morgue, 1; heat next year. A very heavy rain ing plant, 1. Wednesday night had filled all ditches with water and had Housing for enlisted men consists made all sideroads a sea of of pyramidal tents over a wood mud. We shook our heads dubi tent frame 16 feet square. The frame consists of a floor and a side \l ously. wall six feet and eight inches high. Faces were glued to the - fepaij This wall is boarded up to bottom windows as we left Alexandria for of tent side wall and is wire screen Camp Claiborne. We neared camp ed from there to top of wall. The before 8:00 a.m. and thousands of tent side walls cover the screen cars were on the highway bringing portion of the wall, making it the 11,000 workmen to begin their weather proof. Tent side walls may day's labor. Very, very interesting be rolled up for summer use. A to watch the beehive activity around r>nm \\ir\ Q+l run anr>aaT\ o-nrl ci + rwnrt As\r\vt to watch the beehiji activity around M^binatidB screen and storm door here. Carpenters, plumbers, paint is provided for entrance and exit. ers, graders, ditch diggers, etc., are The tents are heated "#^fe-viatural stepping over, on and around each gas stoves. other;^. Mules with negro drivers Five men are quartered in each are all about you. Most construc tent. Bedding will be steel cots, tion foremen 4fcre riding horseback, mattresses, sheetflJ pillows and due to the gumbo mud of new grad cases, blanketffand comforts. One ing. lavatory and one mess building is After detraining, we marched provi^d for each company, battery with a guide to our company streets Itoi? other small unit. about two miles from the station. Each regiment or similar organ- The guide then left us with the I^Jion will be provided with a words, "Here you areft* We were If Creation building, a post exchange —and -HOW! ^r^W^^^^ and an t|£firmary. The service It was poId, and as we left clubs, of which there are Xwb, will jfc payed road for otjfi com have a dance floor, cafeteria and pany streets w$~sank Irijjfc mud rest rooms. Two guest houses at to our nicely polished shoe tops. the camp will provide rooms for j The gas mains^ifjf^jieing com- guestll pleted but the ditche&-;W48tre 9$H$ V in the mirf^Ee of our streets. No water/?ko sewage, no toilets, no fooel^ f&* nothing! %e jusf1; stood there and smiled (?). ySlpien things began to buzz. About sixty workmefe. descended on us— and by noon this result: Our bag gage ^ad all been unloaded; gas stoves were installed in each tent and the heat turned on; tables had been made in ;^ur dining room; the big gas ranges were connected in the kitchen; -%,deep-fry gas stove for french fries, fried chicken or else, was in operation; a hot water tank installed, and ice boxes (with ice) functioning. In the north where there is a 1&| of ice, electric refrigerators—here ice boxes! Supplies? Eaiqj^'&ggb received a steel spring cot, H$ mattress and cover, 4 sheets, 2 pillow cases^S blankets, a comforter and a pillow. ^jS^bd is a^gle and tasty. Cooks are good. The boys are all happy and as yet have f"&ry few duties. We are putting upHents for the advance de fies of the 164th and 135th Infan try regim^ats who were to arrive here February ^Il|t5The regiments will arrive in fpi force on the 270V- Then things will hum. News of individual men so far is scarce. Sgt. John Lysne left Fri day to attend radio school at Fort Benning, Ga. Incidentally, his trav el routing was thru New Orleans so he will see the Mardi Gras. The mail man is most popular, as pe^usual army tradition. Mail schedule is erratic just now. I'm i'JgSbing that three days' travel time will get this letter to The News on time! For fact|fj|about Camp Claiborne see page 3, second section of this issue of The News. j Transportation Sectioft^' 1 Proud of Equipment Sun|piin^| at ?syS: I Guards Not So Enthusiastic feSjthere is no doubt but that the About Louisiana Mud; ^lr||> Claiborne! ^ \j&§A of the year's training will pro By LIEUTFARNE WINCESE:' | duce a fi#B -'$gfk of healthy, well- Jiggs in Trouble. Camp Claiborne, Mt^$: train^^peti who wjll look back on Willi ^^^ttiSay, March .fcT 1941 a#'an experience that they will Camp Claiborne, La. A te&lperatu&p; reading of 80 j|%i always cherish. '^Sljli Saturday, March 29. &r$es in the sun yesterday rea||y It is my plan to #gk different (The following letter is from gave t|%a' foretaste of days to come. members of the company each members of the Transportation Today, tho, a gray ^tpudy sky w^t week to write a letter to The News. Section, Headquarters company, ^gKJl^^ind reminii us of Minne- This will give a different slant on camp life each week and also the 68th Infantry Brigade.) £j@|& March weather. However, it We of the Transportation Secti^t Slft$r.f|, warmer here than "%fc' $9^ enlisted man's angle. Also it will be a bit easier for me to act as cen have been asked to write a letter to home e^KS^S^C^' The News from camp for this week. TheT|)ast week's activities have sor instead of author. I did ask Dave Bird to write this week's let We are sorry to report that we centered about the entrance 6t have lost our two second lieuten l^pps by the Ipmsands into canri& ter but due to the fact that he had to serve as kitchen police, I pineh- ants. Lieulfe Harold Rainwater has First ./JSe advance truck convo^^. been transferred to Co. C. of the then the nf$in truck co&oys, then 5&itted for hirn^he last minute. His letter will J||Ilow. 135th Infantry, which is from Jack the main tolfes of troops ij£ Pull son, Minn., and Lieut. Albert Peter mans.-; As many as niniltrain-loads son has been transferred to Co. M. a day have been arriving. of the 135th Infantry, which is from In our Brigade the 135th fiS&iitry Ortonville, Minn. We hated to see 4p^e in first. >^And ihjlJt brought them leave, but we are sure they the s^ with them, Jitter daij^", will be a hig help to their companies rains and winds that were anything and that they will be proud of them. but balmy, it was a happy occaslSfiij Company M is a machine gun, or when the first Minneso%t ~>roops 3/
By DAVE BIRD. Camp Claiborne, La. Saturday, March 8 Has someone promised you a let ter from Camp Claiborne? If you don't receive letters personally, you may be interested in the letters sent to your local paper. This will be a brief sketch of our new home. J|aoHi There is a well-paved road be tween Camp Claiborne and Alexan dria, a distance of eighteen miles. Typical southern swamps and pine forests are on each side of the high A Patriotic Thrill... way. Here and there are small, di lapidated, unpainted shacks, where poor families are trying their best Dundas Youth in Northfield to subsist in what they can produce from small plots of ground. Camp Claiborne is built on re H.Q. Co. Pens Impressions claimed swamp and timber land. It is rectangular in shape. Running Camp Claiborne, La. try, while the band played the na thru the center, the long way, is Sunday, March 9. tional anthem? a rolling, somewhat wooded parade By MURREL CHAPMAN, After the speeches and raising of ground for drilling and training. On the colors, we started parading the south side is the 67th Infantry Hdqtrs. Co., 68th Inf. Brig. back to our own company streets. 1 Brigade. Our company, the Head This is the fullest, happiest day We led our own regiment of quarters Company of the 68th Inf. of my life. I have never been so thirty-one hundred men. The band Brig., is facing the parade grounds, thrilled, nor felt so patriotic. followed playing "America I Love halfway from each end. The 68th You," and at that moment my heart | Inf. Brig, is composed of the 164th We stood on the parade grounds, was so full I thought that it would regiment to the west of us and the eleven thousand men strong, and stop beating. 135th to the east. It is our duty to were addressed by the governor of Picture this in your mind. M transmit messages between these Louisiana, General Walsh and many column of men as far back as you two regiments and division head others. could see, marching with the colors quarters. Our company occupies There were nine sets of regimen waving in the breeze; all of the a rectangular area the size of a tal-colors directly ahead of us, men in the same uniform and the block by a block and a half square. representing the different units of same thought in their minds; but There are three buildings beside the division. We stood in front of tons flashing in the sun, reflecting the tents. The first, facing the the speaker, a central position to the warmth of our country. I can park, is the brigade Headquarters all of the men. never hope to be this happy again. building where business is carried We were welcomed to Louisiana It's hard to get this across, but on. The next, the most important with a lot of warmth and feeling to us, is our mess hall. In the kit it makes a little fellow like myself by the governor. The colors were feel big, as big as our country's chen is the necessary equipment for raised by the great, great grandson making the fine meals we have been heart,—and I'm sure that all of us of William Ciaiborne, first governor feel the same, inside, but it takes getting: a range with eight plates of Louisiana, for whom our camp and two large ovens; a deep fat! such a parade to bring it to the frier; two ice boxes; and four! was named. surface. deep sinks which make dish wash Can you imagine eleven thousand (Murrel Chapman is a son of Mr. ing a pleasure, (just ask the fellows men standing at attention and and Mrs. C. C. Chapman of Dundas. if this isn't so). Hot water is on saluting the flag of our grand' coun —Editor) tap at all times in all the buildings. The latrine is on the other side of the tents from the mess hall. This has been made as modern as a camp latrine could be. Fine, new porcelain fixtures make it a pleas ure to have clean-up duty. We have showers to jump into after those hard, hot days which are soon to follow. The government has sacrificed no money in making us as comfortable as possible. I hope the men realize this enough so that they will come to respect the articles issued to them. After the selectees have arrived there will be five in each tent. Thd sixteen tents are arranged with eight facing each of the two streets Each is sixteen feet square, with wooden floors and screens. Each tent has gas heat and electricity and several tents have radios in] stalled so we can enjoy.our favorite national hook-up programs. Now that we are in the army and not in the National Guard, the offi.4 cers really mean business. They live away from the enlisted men in the officers row, but nevertheless! they are working hard for us and with us. I should like to say that they have been mighty fine. The noncoms (non-commissioned Offi cers), have the greatest responsib- n;i«r nmrtflD- tho unlisted men. We noncaifts (noia?6ommissione$; £ <3p*-; cers), have th(£-greatest respohsib- |ft£jy among the enlisted men, lfe| are indeed fortunate to be unigfe^ their comij&nd. It isn't out of place Jfejjfe. me to express .clg^^umble ap- rj^bval of the noncoms: faster Sgt. SannemariJBFirst Sgt. Drozda^^e&hV Sgt. Crandall aSd Staff Sgt.j/feobin- son who are nt^king this company function smoothly. Sergeants Roy Johnson?p*om Mc- Govern, Elmer MdXJlintock, Lloyd Brunzelle and Corporals Mijgfefcelson and Skaar arejilso busy wiii their assignments. Our real work starts Monday morning ^ien the' &-hour per day intensive twining is scheduled to begin. Tomorrow, Sunday, our first mass formation of the entire 34th Divi sion will be staged in front of the Division Head(|#;rters building. The governor of Louisiana wm be pres ent to officially" %e|pome ttifei'84th DivisUM to th&$|j|$|£ Also present will be th# p?4dt grandson of Gov. Ifjpborne, a pioneer governor in whose hdnor this camp is named: ' Hi 3/a*,<*» Wanted: More Letters From Home By Boys in Camp Camp Claiborne, La. March 13, 1941. By SGT. ROY "TINY" JOHNSON. By special request of the war cor. respondent, Lt. Arne Winger, the letters from Camp Claiborne th s week come from the third tent down First Street known as the "Busy Bee." Knock twice and ask for "Gus^ is the password. Sunday, March 9, we were royally invited to the State of Louisiana by a few of the state's outstanding citi Mascot "Jiggs" zens. A very interesting talk was given by Governor Sam Jones. He Battles Wild Pigs invited us all to Louisiana as h s special guests. There were approxi By HARRY WOODWARD and FRANCIS HAGER. mately 11,000 men at the affair. When this area was first occupied The whole 34th Division including by the Government, the farmers special units were present. Our who lived here left behind them Company was honored by having a some pigs. These pigs give our position directly in front of the mascot "Jiggs" some keen compe speakers. The Governor expressed tition in the line of combat. Today the close connection between Minne while out in our training area, sota and Louisiana. He told of Min "Jiggs" took after a group of these nesota at the headwaters of the wild pigs and had a whale of a time Mississippi River and Louisiana at chasing them. Finally he managed the mouth. He also mentioned that to knock one of them down and our state was a part of the original rolled it over a few times. The pig Louisiana purchase. Major General managed to rally its spirits and Ellard A. Walsh, the Division Com equilibrium and chased the dog. All mander, responded to the Govern this amused the soldiers who were or's welcome. in our area at the time. Our mascot When out in the training area "Jiggs" is getting the best of care on Monday the tenth, a fire alarm and the best of food. In fact, we was sounded. Someone had start would say he is living the life of ed a fire in the dry grass and with a king. the very stiff wind that was blow Our training routine lasts eight ing, it burned oft quite a large hours a day but we do have Satur space before it was finally extin day afternoons and Sundays off. guished. It interrupted the train So far we have had lectures on ing for a short period but this was sanitation, anti-aircraft, signal com soon resumed. munication, field training, and Schools are being held every af mostly army discipline which is ternoon for communication and in very essential to every soldier. telligence sections. Those attend These lectures have been given by ing are: For communication school; our three lieutenants, Arne Winger, Lt. Albert Peterson, Sgt. Elmer Mc- Albert Peterson and Harold Rain Clintock, Sgt. William Robinson, water. Sgt. Roy E. Johnson, Corp. Amos Skaar, Privates 1st class, Paul Kump, Murrel Chapman, and Ken neth Doebler. For intelligence school; Lt. Arne Winger and Sgt. Lloyd Brunzell. For Chemical War fare; Lt. Arne Winger and Corp. George Mickelsen. These are held for the purpose of training men as teachers who will in turn teach members of their own company the subjects they have learned. As yet we have no draftees but the rumors have been that they will be coming soon. I hope we get some of the home town boys if any get called. We will give them a royal welcome and be the best of hosts. We are having new sidewalks built in our company street. Our own Company is doing all the work. We have a crew that Bert Revier would be very proud of. I never realized when I carried mail in Northfield that a mailman could be so popular. I don't know whether the people of our own home town are poor correspondents or what the trouble is, but I do know the boys would appreciate more letters. Practice Hike Produced %r COOK No Sore Feet or Blisters! BOOK
Men in Message Center Sec ters. Our shoes all fit,—thanks to our Supply Sergeant, Tech. Sgt. tion—With "Jiggs" Help- Crandall. Recipes From Write News Letter Jiggs is the only one in the Mothers of Boys company who travelled at a greater rate of speed and every At Camp Claiborne Camp Claiborne, La. one admits that if they march March 21, 1941. ed ten miles Jiggs must have Greetings to you boys at Camp Personnel for writing of this gone forty. Thursday morning Claiborne! This week we are ded letter—Sgt. W. R. Robinson, is the first morning since we icating the Cookbook column to you, Private 1st class Paul H. Kump, arrived at camp that Jiggs slept with the suggestion that maybe Private 1st class Leonard Re thru the 5:30 a.m. whistle. your able cooks, Bob and Jim, can vier, Private William Casby The other mornings in the week use some of the recipes which were and Private Lester King,—and are spent in drill schools which are favorites with some of the boysj "Jiggs," our mascot. held outside, weather permitting, while at home. Their mothers have graciously donated the recipes. The letter from camp to The otherwise they are held in the mess News for this week is being writ halls of the regimental companies. We all enjoy your weekly letters ten from the Message Center Sec The outside schools call for close and, to say the least, the streets tion of our company. We will try order drill, pitching of tents, de seem empty without you. However to give the readers a clear picture fense against tank attacks and nu we all wish you good health and the of the events for the past week. merous other subjects. best of luck. Monday morning we received In the afternoon the Intelligence Perhaps some more of the moth some of the cold weather that pre Section under Lieut. Winger and ers and wives will send in some vailed in the northern section of the Communication Sections un recipes for this column. the country. For the first two days der Lieut. Petersen attend schools DOUBLE FUDGE CAKE. of this week everyone was glad to from 1:00 until 4:00. The sections have an overcoat to wear. As Priv in Communications School under (Mrs. A. T. Brunzell, Mother of ate Revier so ably puts it: "When Lieut. Petersen are the radio, con Lloyd Brunzell) a person starts to tell about the sisting of Sgt. Elmer McClintock 4 ounces chocolate. Sunny south he is usually talking and Private 1st class Murrel Chap l1/^ cups milk. to someone who has never been man, the wire section, Sgt. Roy % cup brown sugar, firmly pack here." Of course this week has Johnson and Corp. Amos Skaar, and ed. been the worst that we have expe the message center, Sgt. Robinson % cup Spry. rienced and it now is showing signs and Private 1st class Paul Kump. % teaspoon salt. of clearing up. These schools are for the pur 1 teaspoon vanilla. Wednesday the company got its pose of training men to teach the 1 teaspoon soda. first real taste of hiking. They left rest of the regiments and compa 1 cup granulated sugar. the company street at 7:00 a.m., nies. Jiggs, has even managed to 3 eggs, unbeaten. marched west from camp at the get into the message center school 2y2 cups sifted flour (cake flour rate of 2y2 miles per hour and then for one afternoon. preferred). reversed the column and arrived The transportation section under Melt chocolate in milk over hot back in their company street at Lieut. Rainwater and Sgt. Thomas water and blend with rotary beater. 11:00 a.m. The company must have McGaven is now learning what Add brown sugar and stir until made very good use of their prelim makes a truck or car run and they smooth. Cool. Combine Spry, salt, inary training because not one per also must attend a driver's school vanilla and soda. Add granulated son complained of sore feet or blis in the afternoon. sugar gradually and cream until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroly after each addition. Add small amounts of flour alternately with chocolate mix. ture, beating after each addition until smooth. Pour batter into lOx 10x2-inch pan (weel greased). Bake in moderate oven, 350 degrees, for 55 minutes. Frost with either cho colate or white frosting.
CHOCOLATE DROP COOKIES. (Mrs. W. S. Hughes, Mother of Walter Hughes, Jr.) 1 cup brown sugar. y2 cup melted butter. Yolk of one egg. 2 squares of chocolate, melted. Y2 cup thick sour milk. % teaspoon soda. \y2 cups flour. 1 cup chopped nuts. Fold in beaten egg white last. Frosting. 4 tablespoons butter and 1 square chocolate, melted. Pinch of salt. Add 1% cups powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 6 tablespoons hot coffee. Beat until smooth. Let stand for about 5 minutes. Beat again and then spread on cookies. NUT GOODIES. (Mrs. Elsie Lysne, Mother of John Lysne)
y2 cup butter. 14 cup white sugar. 1 cup flour. Mix above ingredients and bake first. Then mix—• 2 eggs. \y2 cups brown sugar. 2 tablespoons flour. 1 teaspoon baking powder. '^^W:' Leiuitjsjjuuus uuui, 1 teaspoon baking powder. 1 cup nuts. Place on top of first mixture and bake slowly. Cut in squares. PRUNE CAKE. (Mrs. J. K. Johnson, Mother of Roy Johnson) y2 cup butter. iy2 cups sugar. 1 cup stewed prunes, chopped. - y2 cup sour milk. y2 cup prune juice. 2 eggs. 1 teaspoon each of cinnamon, 'ti^rineg and soda. y2 teaspoon cloves. 2y2 cups flour. Method: Cream butter and sug ar. Add beaten eggs. Dissolve soda in sour milk. Add to prune juice. Add spices to flour. Now add liquid and flour alternately. Lastly add prunes. Bake in 3 layers or loaf. Bake about 25 minutes for layer "e'aje and longer tor loaf. Ice with powdered sugar frosting or polled frosting. Promotions and Pay Day Feature April FooVs Day! Mickelsen, Truax and Wing Send Letter to The News march so that by the time our train "From the Front." ing period is up we will be able to carry a full pack, which is about Dear News, Greetings and Saluta seventy-five pounds, and we will be tions from Camp Claiborne, Louisi able to walk twenty miles without ana: any trouble. So far the company Here it is Thursday, April 3, 1941, has actually enjoyed these weekly and we have spent almost two jaunts. s months in the Army of the United Last Tuesday, April 1, was pay States. Time certainly does go fast j day and this was not an April down here since we all have quite Fool's joke, as we found out to our a bit of work to do. happiness. Most of the boys were The weather has been fine down rather low on funds the last two or here lately, Today it was approxi three days but we managed to mately 8§' degrees in the shade and scrape thru until April Fool's day. we had a chance to see some of No jokes were played on this April that Southern sunshine. Fool's day so we are sorry we are unable to relate any pranks that April 1 was a red letter day in could have been played. Headquarters Company, 68th Inf. I Our Company street has at last Brig., for this was the day that pro been improved8 100%, as we have motions and ratings were handed I new board walks. The credit for out. '"Bubs" Bailey and "Pete" this job is largely deserved by First Petersen were promoted to the Sergeant'Eddie Drozcla and his pick grade of corporal. Corporal Amos ed construction crews. Our camp Skaar was promoted to the grade of is at last beginning to look like a sergeant. The sergeants who were beautiful place to live in. Most of promoted to staff sergeants are: the streets have been paved and j3gt. William R. Robinson, Sgt. El others graveled. Everything has mer F. McClintock, Sgt. Lloyd Clay been organized so that these jobs ton Brunzell, Sgt. Roy E. Johnson. and the training of the men are Sgt. John P. Lysne will also be running smoothly and efficiently. promoted to the grade of staff serg Well this is about all the news eant upon his return from school we can tell you this week so we at Fort Benning, Ga. Pvt. James will sign off— L. Gannon was also promoted to the grade of sergeant. We are also hap Your erstwhile War Correspon py to state that all of our men were dents, Corporal George V. Mickel promoted to the grade of private 1st sen, Hq. Co. Clerk; Private First class or they received a specialist Class Willard O. Truax, Brigade rating. So you see April 1 was a Stenographer; Private First Class, red letter day in Camp Claiborne, Lyle D. Wing, Brigade Clerk. La. Sgt. James L. Gannon was also appointed to go to Camp Livingston to take a mess sergeant's course. Today we witnessed a practice march parade which is going to be held in Alexandria on Monday, 3/W/V/ April 7, Army day. This parade by the 34th Division will be five miles long and take about one hour and forty-five minutes to pass a given point. Included in the parade are Northfield's Co.G Goes marching units with rifles and fixed j bayonets, motor transports (station wagons, weapon carriers, and re To Red WingNext Sunday pair trucks), machine guns, trench Members of Co. G~ , »T_.„n..r>,.-i,-MNorthfield's„ i . CompanPnmnnnyv commanderrnmmanders are authoauthorr - mortars and the big guns, which ized to arrange for transportation are seventy-five millimeters and one unit in the Second Battalion, First by bus or private car. Northfield's hundred and fifty-five millimeters. Regiment, Minnesota Defense Co. G will travel to Red Wing in It is really an interesting spectacle Force, will receive another "work one of D. J. Haagsman's busses. to see. out" next Sunday, Aug. 17 as the Members are to report at the ar Once a week we go on a march of result of special orders received mory by 8:15 Sunday morning. from seven to ten miles. This they the past week by Capt. Victor E. Sunday's maneuvers will close tell us is for the purpose of tough Carlson from Lieut. James H. Cas with a battalion parade and review, ening us in for the maneuvers. Ev well, Faribault, Battalion Adjutant. with music for the parade furnished ery week they increase .the load we The special orders call on Co. G by the band from the State Train carry and the distance which we to participate in maneuvers that ing School for Boys at Red Wing. (Continued on page 4.) require assembling at Red Wing This is the second order to mo at the armory at 10:00 a.m. "to bilize for a special day's training carry out the solution of the Aug received by the local Home Defense ust training problem." unit. On Sunday, July 13, the four Battalion company units in Fari ; units in the Second Battalion of bault, Zumbrota and Red Wing will i the First Regiment "trained" at participate in the day's maneuvers. i Faribault. •
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i' Northfield Haqfrs. Co. j In Army Day Parade Lieuts. Harold Rainwater and|,* Albert G. Peterson Write Hl From Camp. ATTEN-SHUN! S]$) Camp Claiborne, La. April 12, ,1941 Lieutenants Harold Rainwater Army Life Just Routine ? and Albert G. Peterson, who re cently transferred to the 135th In fantry from Northfield's Headquar ! ters company, contribute this Not On Your Life ! ! > week's letter from Camp Claiborne By LIEUT. ARNE WINGER. to The News. First they greet all Camp Claiborne, La. the home folks and assure all that Sunday, May 4. they are enjoying their new assign What subject? The first line of ments and are in the best of health'. any military correspondence defin Altho in different battalions in the itely states the gist of what is to 135th, they are assigned to the follow. But of the multitude of same tent. They first describe the subjects available here, which ones Army Day parade in Alexandria, would be of most interest to the April 7, as follows: folks back home is something else St- * * again. It was a gala day as with fixed Our life here is so routine with bayonets the 34th Division in Pro Us that we take very nearly all of visional Battalion formation, nine it for granted and fail to realize abreast marched down the gaily be that what is common to us may be decked streets of Alexandria Army extremely interesting to the civilian Day. The populace, both white and populace. By the foregoing I cer negro, turned out en masse in their tainly don't want to convey any im colorful spring dress to watch the pression that we have fallen into Division pass in review before Maj- any rut. Far from it. The training or-General Daley, Corps Command a modern soldier gets now is div er; Major General Ellard A. Walsh, ersified, and how! Division Commander, and Governor We have completed the basic or Sam Jones of Louisiana, and other isimple duties of a rookie soldier. civilian military dignitaries. Then, all of a sudden, we find we After weeks of preparation, in have to teach it to the new men cluding basic subjects, drills, train coming here by the hundreds—or ing in march formations, we were thousands. And it is a different able to parade to the satisfaction matter to learn something yourself of everyone. The division's convoy than to teach it to someone else. of trucks, which carried the troops Let's take possibly the first to Alexandria, left Camp Claiborne thing a soldier has to learn, at 7:45 a.m. and was about 16 miles that is, stand at attention. The in length. The hundreds of trucks command is very simple: "At- were parked in the residential sec ten-shun!" All right, you Le tion of the town on the side streets gionnaires of Post 84—can you which lead into the main thorough do it? Can you teach Sid Free fare of the route of march. man or Harold Starks how to On arrival the trucks were quick do it? Do you know there are ly unloaded of their soldier loads eight different paragraphs of and the men formed into massed explanation regarding that sim battalions. At a given signal thei ple word? bands started playing, the Regi mental Colors waved proudly in the Our system of teaching is as fol breeze and the parade was on. lows: First—Explanation; then— It was a grand sight as we be Demonstration (do it yourself), gan to march down the beautiful then Application (have your pupil lawn-bordered residential streets, do it). with gorgeous blossoms of the manyj All right—"Atten-shun!" magnolia trees, the profuse red a. Heels on the same line and as buds, the lovely camelias, many of near each other as the conforma which were in full bloom. ) tion of the man permits. (Some In Alexandria it was an official might be knock-kneed.) patriotic holiday, so the streets b. Feet turned out equally and were lined with enthusiastic school forming an angle of 45 degrees. children. Even the kindergarten c. Knees straight without stiff tots with their teachers had prom ness. inent positions in the front rows. d. Hips level and drawn back As the flags passed by, everyone slightly; body erect and resting down here stands at attention and equally on hips, chest lifted and gives the proper "salute." As the arched; shoulders square and fall bands pass, the custom seems to be ing equally. to clap hands in rhythm. We admit e. Arms hanging straight down the two-to-one negro audience had without stiffness so that the thumbs the better rhythm. are along the seams of the trousers; For nearly four miles we marched1 back of hands out; fingers held nat at attention. Finally we reached) urally. the reviewing stand. With thel f. Head erect and squarely to the command "Eyes Right" we looked! front, chin drawn in so that the at the Generals and they assuredly axis of the head and neck is verti looked at us too. We, at least, had1 cal; eyes straight to the front. no fault to find! Within an hour g. Weight of the body resting and a half the 12,000 men of the equally on the heels and the balls Division were again in their trucks. of the feet. and rumbling back to Claiborne. h. In assuming the position of the ^r Paying a surprise visit to the who could not make the trip home —NEWS PHOTO. will have tangible evidence that home town, this group from North- get homesick," according to Cap field's Headquarters Company ar they were here. In the group, reading from the tain Jackson, who reports that the rived from Camp Claiborne, La., left, are: 1st Class Cook Clarence Northfield men at Camp Claiborne Monday morning for a brief stop Halverson, Private Francis Hager, were getting along well and that over. Sergeant William Robinson, Tech camp accommodations were far They were part of a detachment nical Sergeant Claire Crandall and superior to those existing during of three officers and fifteen men Captain Oakey S. Jackson. Civil the first World war, in which he who had been detailed to Fort ian "inspectors" at the right are also served. The camp is well loc Snelling to accompany a group of city recorder John Larson and At ated and such deficiencies as ex 262 Minnesota trainees to Camp torney Charles R. Pye. isted at first, such as a lack of Claiborne. When the details of "drawing sidewalks, have been rapidly reme They spent Monday in Northfield rations" for seven meals for the died by the men themselves. He and Tuesday morning before they 262 trainees headed for Camp Clai also stated that so far as he had left for Fort Snelling the News borne are completed the trip back seen less swamp land in Louisiana staff photographer persuaded them to Louisiana will be made, leaving than might be seen in a compara to pose for this picture on Bridge Fort Snelling Thursday or Friday. ble trip through Minnesota. The Square, so the less fortunate mem "The boys in Headquarters Com temperature was 90 above the day bers of the Headquarters Company pany have been kept too busy to that they left camp for Minnesota. *7'/V Army Inspections Are Army Inspection (Continued from page 1) No Joke, Winger Admits one man per truck besides the driver was lucky. Being aide, I Former News' Staff Member rode down with the Brigade Com Gives Detailed Account of What to Send mander. Soldiers in Camp Two trainloads of troops arrived An Army Checkup. in Alexandria early this morning Folks back home who want and they were formed into one to send the soldier in training train to pull 16 miles into our camp By LIEUT. ARNE WINGER. camp an occasional remem area. Seven hundred men were Camp Claiborne, La. brance are given a suggested brought to Claiborne at one time. April 26, 1941 list of six things, by an army chaplain in a California camp. Three bands met the train, along I've exhausted volunteers to write Here's the list: 1, Letters, with Division, Brigade and Regi to The News of things Claiborne (one or two a week); 2, Laun mental Staff Officers and a large it seems, so—and don't think this dry, (a clean handkerchief or number of curious enlisted men. As is the first time an officer hears it pair of socks); 3. Candy, the train pulled in the new arrivals —"In addition to your other duties" (wrapped in wax paper); 4. hung out of windows as far as we you will do so and so. The so-and- the Home Town Newspaper, could see. J so is now an attempt at writing for (this one's on the level); 5. Our group of 35 men were escort publication. a Book of Stamps, (ditto); 6, ed to the company street and of The boys have been very glad Personal Gifts, (tobacco, ficially introduced to Headquarters to send home the news letters of razor blades, hand lotion, foot Company by Capt. Jackson. Then the past few weeks. It's possible powTder, etc.) "Gifts gain each man in the company filed by, they like to see their names in value by being sent one at a introduced himself and shook hands print! I'm still working on a gentle time," the veteran chaplain with the new men. Following this man named Capt. William C. Ben points out. In other words— the men were assigned their bunks son to write of his work and ex send only a little, but send it in the tent streets, where they re perience with the 135th Infantry often. lieved themselves of their packs and here. But so far his answer has then were assembled in the mess been, "Shucks, I can't write." hall where Col. LaROy Baird, our Which seems a horrible confession Commanding Officer, welcomed from a college professor. If he liness of chinaware, enamelware, them officially into the brigade. meant his penmanship, I would pitchers, knives, forks and spoons. These boys are all from Minne readily believe it. My years of ex The individual mess equipment of sota, 16 from Minneapolis, and one perience trying to decipher manu the men is inspected as laid out on each from the following towns: script concocted by Ph.D.'s resid their bunks in the tents. Kasson, International Falls, Man- ing at Northfield would lead me to torville, Little Fork, Brewster, Hib- Well, Headquarters Company bing, New Prague, Northome, Men- believe any admission of that char came thru with a very satisfactory acter. But you people in Northfield ahga, Dakota, Deer River, St. Paul, rating this morning. Our only Lake Bronson, Chisholm, Boy River, don't want to hear of Northfield "skins" were for two or three pairs people. So of Camp Claiborne it Plainview and finally Dewey E. of shoes which were displayed un Gates from Faribault. shall be. derneath the cots that were not Inspections Are Thorol They are all good-looking boys shined, and a couple of rifles stored and actually seem to be very much Today is Saturday and we have in the supply tent still had cos- pleased to be with us. After a week just finished our routine Saturday moline on them. or so we will be a lot better inspection. Lt. Foerster from Divi So much for inspection. My only acquainted and more news will be sion Headquarters was detailed to orders to the men at Reveille this forthcoming. give us the once-over this morn morning were: "Inspection at 8:30, ing. I can assure you a better word when you get all thru with your would be "twice-over!" preparations, pick up just one thing Inspections are a serious propo more." They did! sition in an extended service set-up, Visitors from the North. entirely different from the super Last Sunday we entertained our ficial going over we generally get first visitors from the north. They at a two-week summer encamp were Sgt. Roy (Tiny) Johnson's ment. sisters, Irene and Sadie. Both are It might be of interest to you to registered nurses, one from Mar- list a few of the items which are shalltown, Iowa, and the other from checked, and the order in which it Rochester, Minn. They had been on is done. First, officer's tents, then vacation at New Orleans and At unit street, personnel in formation, lanta, Ga, They were tremendous tents, latrines, kitchen and mess ly impressed with the magnitude hall. These are the general head of this camp, marvelled at the miles i ings. of covered walks at our station Now let's take tents, and see hospital here and shuddered to what the inspector checks on: gen think of what it would mean in eral appearance and cleanliness, steps to answTer a bell. They ate serviceability, electrical installa Sunday dinner with us, were prop tion, condition of gas heater, erly introduced to and royally wel sheets and pillow cases, blankets comed by the company. Miss Sadie (dust and soil), weekly airing of gave a "carefully prepared" speech bedding, condition of floors, bed of thanks. We assure you all (pro stead and. extra shoes, arrange nounced "yawl") a similar welcome ment of clothes racks, periodic roll to our camp! ing of sidewalls, fire hazards, and Awaiting the "Stork." finally mattress covers. 5 A few years ago a Canadian That's just for tents. Now, couple named Papa and Mama here's something the wives, Dionne were anxiously awaiting mothers and sweethearts will and wondering what Cecile, Emilie, be interested in. And it's my Annette, Yvonne and Marie were advice you clip this from the going to look like. Today we of paper and hang it up near the Headquarters Company are in the sink. When the boys get home same frame of mind but only seven they may all be inspecting of times more so. Because the five ficers. Of course, there may be storks we sent up to Fort Snelling a few items, such as shaves are going to bring us 35 new mem which will not pertain to our bers to our happy family. We ex cooks at home, but here are the pect Capt. Jackson and crew to ar points covered for the inspec rive at 10:30 in the morning, and tion of kitchens and mess halls we are prepared to welcome our (dining rooms), and they're new men with a sincere wish that plenty numerous: they will find their niche in our group and be happy with us. General appearance and cleanli * At this point I've decided to wait ness of exterior and interior of until tomorrow after the selectees building—and under building! Gar- arrive to finish this letter so that building—and under building! Gar until tomorrow after the selectees bage rack, cans, reoeptaeJ&i and arrive to finish this letter so that steps. Personnel (cooks and help I can describe the arrival reception ers)—appearance, hair cuts, shaves, and personnel of the appendix (or finger nails, clothing, undershirt, is it annex?) to our unit. physical examination, and effici M> "*k II ency. Utensils—cleanliness, service Sunday April 27. ability, adequate. Ranges-*-condi- Shortly after breakfast ~#e were | tion, serviceability. Refrigerators— notified that our new men would cleanliness, drains. Storeroom— arrive two hours earlier than we condition, arrangement, appear had planned. So we began click ance, vegetable bin. Meat block, ing immediately. Two trucks were tables in kitchen, electrical installa prepared to haul baggage and tion, sinks (cleanliness), serving kitchen equipment, everyone in the j table, mess tables, condiment con- company volunteered to assist in j tainers, cleanliness of windows, the loading so that they could go Sopors and doors, fire protection to the depot—but of course only I equipment, serviceability and clean- (Continued on page 2) . S-/&Z.I HI King, Wing and Bird... Describe New Orleans Visit Camp Claiborne, La. each row, facing each other. Each May 10, 1941 tent accommodates six men veiy Last week-end four of our boys, comfortably. Each has a concrete Lester King, David Bird, Lyle Wing floor and is screened and has elec and Art Haugen, made a very en tricity. Besides the men's living joyable trip to New Orleans. I pre quarters, there are the tents for vailed on them to give their impres officers, medics, military police, and sions and three of them came thru two where one can play games, with the following.—Arne Winger. listen to the console radios or write letters. By LESTER KING Saturday morning the 34th Divi Last week-end the 34th Division sion had the privilege of being the formed a convoy to transport a first to occupy this new Recreation select few to New Orleans. The al Center. To properly dedicate convoy left camp about 1:30 Fri the camp a lengthy dedication cere day afternoon. There were eighty- mony was held. Besides the men one trucks carrying about 900 men. who were there from Camp Clai: The 200-mile ride was very tire borne, were the CCC boys who had some, but once there, we soon for helped construct the camp. The got about that. Our camp was navy wras represented by a group located five miles from the center of about fifty sailors dressed in of the city on the shores of Lake their white uniforms. Gen Walsh of Pontchartrain. We were on our way Camp Claiborne was represented by downtown as soon as our bedding Col. Baker, who said a few words. was issued to us. We hopped a The Adjutant General of Louisiana streetcar and rode all the way to represented the governor. The Canal street for only seven cents. band, made up of members from Canal Street, they told us, is the each of the Claiborne regimental widest business street in the United bands, played between speeches. States,—if not the world. It is one- The climax of the program came hundred and seventy-two feet with th.e playing of the Star across. The. traffic is divided by Spangled Banner and the raising of two streetcar tracks, where there the flag. was once a canal—hence the name CHRISTMAS GREETINGS Evan Brekken to all those who are in our country's armed Killed In Action forces! We appreciate your loyalty and ser In Tap Attack vice to our country at this time. • The first casualty from the Northfield community reported as a result of the Japanese raid on Ha We, who have served, understand your waii is Evan Brekken of Dennison, brother of Avis Brekken of North- trials and tribulations. From our heart and field, who was killed in action at Pearl Harbor. His parents, Mr. and soul we speak out for you each day. Victory - Mrs. A. B. Brekken of Dennison, re ceived a telegram Dec. 11 announc will surely crown your efforts. ing his death. Mr. Brekken, 30 years old, was with the U. S. Navy and was serv* AMERICAN LEGION POST NO. 84 ing as a machine gunner on one of the navy's ships involved in the Northfield, Minnesota Japanese attacks. He had been in the navy for about a year and a half. He previously was a carpen ter, living east of Dennison his en Relatives and friends of persons living in the Northfield tire life. area who are engaged in any branch of our country's service are requested to clip the above greeting and send it to them as an enclosure with a letter—or send them a marked copy of this issue of The News. i&//e/y/ Co. G On Guard- John Silliman Needs 25 Men! • Victor Carlson, captain of* North- Earns Aviation field's Company G, Minnesota-Home Defense, has received orders from Cadet Diploma Governor Stassen to increase the • John P. Silliman, son of Mr. and local company from 55 men to 80 Mrs. T. S. Silliman, a member of men. This means an increase of 25 the ninth class of Aviation Cadets, men for the rifle company. Enlist trained as pilots in the United ments between, the ages of 18 and States Army Air Corps at Kelly 45 may be made with Captain Carl Field, Texas, received his diploma son. and vvingH at ceremonies held Fri The Northfield Armory must be day. guarded 24 hours of the day, accord The graduating class of 231 ing to orders J1 Supply Sergeant Ren cadets makes a total of nearly Otis, caretaker at the Armory, is 2,000 pilots commissioned from Kel on duty during the day. Private ly Field during 1941. Gustav Swedin and Private Francis Another member of the class was Matson have been on duty alter James M. Lufkin, son of Dr. and i nating nights. Mrs. H. M. Lufkin of St. Paul and In the basement of the Armory a nephew of Dr. C. D. Lufkin. I a newly equipped rifle range nasi Following an aerial review, cere been installed and weekly practices monies were held at the post thea will take place. tre where the young pilots received their commission certificates and J silver wings, the distinctive badge of the Military Aviator. Mrs. Silliman, John's mother, from Northfield and his brother, Robert, of Los Angeles attended the ceremonies. They also spent a week in San Antonio, Mrs. Silliman re* turning home Monday evening. //0/V3. //is-if^ dio, army post near San Francisco j where his specialty is photography^ Clark had enlisted in the spring of IJ Walter Marko left Wednesday 1941 in the Navy Air Corps but was; for the Great Lakes Training school • Percy Johnson, son of Mrs. J. K. rejected due to a foot defect. He near Chicago. He enlisted as Avia- Johnson, who recently enlisted in has recently been notified, to report tion Mechanics Mate in the TJ S the Army air corps, left Tuesday at Fort Worth, Texas, to begin I Navy. * * for Wichita Falls, Texas. training for air traffic control under • Lieutenant John Silliman, son of • Lieutenant Arne Winger, who the Civil Aeronautics Authority, the Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Silliman, is now has been stationed at Texas City, course lasting six months. stationed with the 27th Pursuit Texas, since the Japanese attack on • Sergeant John Lysne, Wm. Otter- Squadron, Mines Field, Municipal Hawaii December 7, has been trans stad, private first class, and Pri Airport, Los Angeles, Calif. ferred to the air base at Ogden, vates Norman Martin and Wm. Cas- • Richard Cantley, son of Mr. and Utah. by arrived home last Wednesday on Mrs. R. H. Cantley, has enlisted in • Private Kirk Roe, who enlisted furlough from Camp Claiborne, La. the Army Air Corps for ground Tuesday, Dec. 23, in the Air Corps, They planned on remaining until work and left Tuesday from Fort left January 1 for Wichita Falls, January 10 but received a telegram Snelling for Wichita Falls, Texas. Texas. His address is 407 School Saturday to return to camp. They • Orval Swanson arrived Sunday Squadron, Building 262, Sheppard left Monday morning. at Sheppard Field near Wichita Field, Texas. • Cort Lippert, son of Mr. and Mrs. .balls, Texas, according to word re • Orval Swanson, Percy Johnson, A. E. Lippert, will be inducted into ceived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs Paul Mickelsen and Richard Hall, the U. S. Army at Fort Snelling wm. Swanson. He recently enlisted who have enlisted in the Army Air Thursday. John Walz, who was to m the Army Air Corps. Corps and are at Fort Snelling for have been in this contingent, was • Paul Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. the present, spent the week-enid at given a stay of induction due to C. H. Miller, and Robert DeWolfe their homes here. They expect to be illness. Cort has been employed for r and Mrs sent soon to Texas for training. Wni/* ^ ' - Charles De- some time at Campbell Station and Wolfe, have enlisted in the navy John has been employed at the p ct • First Sergeant E. J. Drozda of "fff f, to leave about January Headquarters Company, 68 th In Northfield National Bank and Trust 20 for the Great Lakes Training fantry Brigade left Sunday for company. school near Chicago. g Camp Claiborne after a ten-day fur • Walter Marko (Waddy), son of • First Lieutenant Arne Winger's lough with his wife and family at Mr. and Mrs, Lawrence Marko, en address is Ogden Air Depot, Hill Faribault and his parents, Mr. and listed Monday as Aviation Me Field, Ogden, Utah. He was recent- Mrs. J. M. Drozda, of Northfield. chanic's mate in the TJ. S. Navy. 17 transferred from Texas City, • Captain O. S. Jackson, who has He expects to leave the first of the Texas, to Ogden and is very happy be~eH stationed with the Headquar week for the Great Lakes Training in his new work. The News force ters Company, 68th Infantry Bri school near Chicago where he will sends greetings to you, Arne. gade at Camp Claiborne, La., has take a six weeks' course. For the past seven years he has been em Inoo^fr^^V^ Tueeday after- been transferred to the Air Corps 0rt Snellin Technical school at Sheppard Field, ployed at the Campbell Service sta WaSa£ rl S for Camp Texas, which is near Wichita Falls, tion where he has won many friends Wallace, Texas, near Galvp*tn£ Texas. by his courteousness and geniality. I where he will be stationed with the coast^ery^ His parents, Mr"and • Lieutenant R. E. Kasper, former • Mars ton Headley, son of Dr. and A B Ll Northfield dentist, visited recently and Mrs. Leal A. Headley, arrived ,. : - PPert, went to Minne with Northfield friends while on last week Wednesday in Minneapo apolis to see him Tuesday morning lis by plane from Aberdeen, Md., • In a letter dated Saturday, Jan furlough. He enlisted for army serv 10 from Kirk Roe, who is stationed ice several months ago and is now where he is completing his basic course at the Ordnance Replace d Field Texas h stationed with the Seventh Dispen ports "T^-hls mornin-' > * re sary group, E.R.T.C., at Fort Leon ment Training center. He was met ? tw T h? a rd S at 6:30 a.m ard Wood, Mo. at the Airport in Minneapolis by !™ * ® . «M» name 'Northfield' • Lieutenant Donald Revier, his his parents. Marston left Friday on J listened asain a wife and daughter, Donna, arrived the return trip to Maryland. On ? ™ 7£\ *d Friday from Louisiana where Lieut. New Year's afternoon Dr. and Mrs. it was the Sunset Valley Barn Revier is. stationed and where Mrs. Headley entertained at an "at mnce, must have been KSTP It Revier and daughter have been re home" in compliment to their son. said 'Come to Northfield tonight' siding for some time. He returned • Clarence Engh, son of Andrew and mentioned A. H Heckler ™H Sunday having received a message Engh of Little Chicago, was one of also the Northfield winfer Carnival It was good to hear of the town to return at once. a group of six soldiers stationed at 8 W Perey Johnson Three grandsons of Frank Hall Fort Meade, near Rapid City, S. h« i? H at the mess nail. Ho came in two days ago and nephews of Mrs. H. A. Hanson D., involved in an auto accident There is an advertisement in the (Belle Hall) are in active service. Christmas Eve when their car col Dallas, paper today for a St. Olaf Richard Bachman, son of Mr. and lided with another car in which two Choir concert January 30." Mrs. Ralph Bachman of Excelsior, men were passengers, the driver of , • Word was received here Mondav has recently been reported safe in which was alleged to have been whol£S tha,! SWeral Northfield boys Pearl Harbor since the attack by drinking. Several members of the who have been at Fort Dix N J Japan on December 7. He is sta soldier group were seriously in know^T1^ Tues/ay f°r Parts' urn tioned on the TJ.S.S. Lexington jured. Clarence, whose teeth were at tZ 1° ^6m- AmonS the group which is a plane carrier and was knocked loose and who received at the Fort were Walter Hughes reported sunk by the Japanese, cuts above the right eye and on the Jr., Amos Skaar, Leonard Revier' which was later found to be incor chin, notified relatives here in a let James Hunter, Lloyd Brunzell and rect. Clark and Gary Grover are ter received Monday that he had perhaps others. Their address is s sons of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Grover of been discharged from the hospital. A PCP°s tf aster, New York City, Minneapolis, former residents here. He enlisted in the army more than i™Pf; i13vAcc°r I 11*$ JHX mammmmmmmmmmmm •••,.—» With Service Men With Service Men • Word from Walter Hnghes, Jr., • Albert G. Peterson, who is sta to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter tioned with the 135th Infantry, now Hughes, states that he is back at at Fort Dix, N. J., has been pro Camp Dix, N. J. moted from Second Lieutenant to • Glenn Freeberg, who spent the First Lieutenant. week-end with his mother, Mrs. S. • Edwin Gibson, who was called A. Freeberg, returned Monday to back into the army last week, left With Service Men Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., where he Monday from Fort Snelling for • Clifford M. Nesseth of Northfield was stationed last summer. Portland, Ore., and will be sta recently enlisted in the Naval Re • Cort Lippert, who recently en tioned at the Portland Air Base. serve at the Naval Recruiting office listed in the Coast Artillery, is now • John Walz, who has been on the in Mahkato. stationed at Camp Wallace, Texas. staff of the Northfield National • Richard W. Cantley, who has His address is Battery B—35 C.A.T. Bank and Trust company, left been stationed at Sheppard Field, Br., Camp Wallace, Texas. Tuesday for Fort Snelling where he Texas, has been sent to Selfridge • Norman Conarroe arrived home will be assigned to army service. Field, Mich. His address is Re Thursday for a short visit with his • In a recent letter to Mrs. Milton cruiting Detachment, Hangar No. mother, Mrs. Nellie Conarroe. He Herkenratt (Ila Drake), her son, 10, 3rd Platoon, Company E. has been in the hospital corps at Harry, states that he was in port • Dominic J. Blesener, who has the Great Lakes Naval Training for a few days and was safe and been stationed at Fort Sill, Okla., School, Chicago, and left Wednes well. He is a third-rate petty officer left Thursday, Jan. 30, for Camp day for Portsmouth, Va. in the U.S. navy. His address is Barkeley, Texas. His address is 1st • Captain Horace R. Goodhue, son U.S.S. Mayo, R.M. 31 C, c/o Post Battalion, Hq. Battery, 160th Field of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Goodhue, is master, New York City, N. Y. Artillery, Camp Barkeley, Texas. now stationed at Oakland, Calif., • Duane Strom, Martin Jensen and e James O'Hara has enlisted in 1st Bn., 217th Coast Artilery (AA). Leonard Anseth arrived Monday at the medical corps of the United As Battery Commander he is on the the Great Lakes Training station, States Army and left Wednesday Regimental Special staff as "Rent 111. According to word received afternoon from Fort Snelling for and •Claims" officer and on the Bri Tuesday by Duane's parents, Mr. Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. He is the gade Special staff as "Auto-Acci and Mrs. Otto Strom, his address son of Dr. and Mrs. A. J. O'Hara. dent" Investigator. is Duane Strom, S-K 3-c, Company • Maynard Tralle, son of Mr. and 84, Great Lakes Training station. Mrs. Charles Tralle, who is in the • For three months Mr. and Mrs. Marine Service, is now near San George Hellam had not heard from • The recent address of Private Diego and his address is T.P.—Co. their son, Robert, who is with the Clarence Kruse is Battery E, 125th Sig. Bn. M.C.B., San Diego, Calif. U.S. Navy until a cable came to F.A., 34th Division, A.P.O. 1001, in He is attending a telephone school. them January 14 saying he was care of Postmaster, New York City, • Private Stanley Wutschke, son "safe and well." He enlisted two New York. At present he is at of Mr. and Mrs. John Wutschke, years ago on August 7 in the navy Fort Dix, N. J., having been sent Route 2, Northfield, who was in and is now with the Asiatic fleet in there from Camp Claiborne, La. ducted January 22 and sent Jan the Philippine Islands area. Clarence is the son of Ed. Kruse. uary 28) to Camp Wallace, Texas, • Three of two sets of Johnson • Private Robert C. Collins, who has been assigned to Battery B 32, twins, all brothers and former resi | is with Hg. 2nd Bn., 183 F.A. (A. C.A.T.B. dents of the Odd Fellows Home, P.O. 309), Fort Lewis, Wash., writes • Granville Grant thinks Friday, are now in Uncle Sam's service. that he is staying in an old radio Feb. 13, is a lucky day for him for Walter Johnson, who while here shop near Montesano, a town with he has enlisted in the Marines and was a prominent basketball player a population of about 3,000, and leaves that day for San Diego. Out at the high school, is now stationed that the townspeople are very nice of thirteen men who are leaving with the army on Kodiak Island, to the boys so that it is almost lik% that day he was the thirteenth to Alaska. His twin brother, Albert, is home. enlist. He is the son of Mr. and in training at Fort McClellan, Ala. • Word from Allen Tripp, who with Mrs. H. D. Grant. Frank is on the U.S.S. New Mexico Sam Andersen is stationed at Port • Mr. and Mrs. Jake Hager have and his twin brother, Alfred, is at Angeles, Wash., states that they received a card from New York say present working on a farm near have been entertained several ing that their son, Francis Hager, Hastings. Frank was on the high times at the home of Mrs. Kittie had arrived at his destination safe school basketball team and Albert Martin White of Port Angeles, a ly. He went to Claiborne, La., with was in musical circles. former Northfield * resident. The the Northfield Hdqtrs. Co. and then • Kenneth Foster, grandson of J. boys appreciate attention from to Fort Dix, N. J., and from there H. Lathrop, enlisted last week as someone from the "home town." was sent out to an unknown des yeoman in the U.S. Navy and will • Cort Lippert, who is at Camp tination. He is with the 63rd Signal go to the Great Lakes Training Wallace, Texas, writes that they Battalion. It is thought that he may school. Roger Lockrem, another are having wonderful weather be in Ireland with many other Min grandson of Mr. Lathrop, is now at there, around 80 to 85 degrees in nesota boys. Annapolis, Md., where he is taking the daytime and about 65 at night. • Mrs. R. B. Fraser left Sunday a four months' course in the Naval The camp is fine as far as buildings, evening for Rantoul, 111., where her Reserve and upon completing the grounds, etc., are concerned. The son, Donald, will graduate Satur course will have the rank of ensign. men in the camp get a chance to day, Feb. 14, from the Air Corps He arrived at Annapolis January 9. go into Galveston and Houston Technical school at Chanute Field. In a letter to his sister, Mrs. Kar- quite often to break the monotony From there he will be sent to an sten Grastvedt, Roger states "it of army life so that everyone there unknown base. Donald enlisted last was quite a job to provide the 800 seems very satisfied. June and was first stationed for a students with quarters, clothes, training period at Jefferson Bar bedding and all necessary equip • David Morgan, son of Mr. and racks, St. Louis, and from there ment. Of course we are all in uni Mrs. Herbert Morgan of St. Paul, was sent to Chanute Field. He is forms which at present consist of has written his parents that the in the mechanical and research divi white duck cloth, called white ship he is on was the one, with the sion, training for airplane inspector. works, neckerchiefs, black shoes aid of an airplane, which sank a and hats. We will soon be drawing Jap sub nearly an hour before the our dress uniforms. We march to actual bombing of Pearl Harbor De the dining hall for our three cember 7. Until the Washington in squares a day and eat with the vestigation and the printing of the regular midshipmen. This means accounts in the newspapers he was there are about 3,300 men eating in not able to write his parents be one room at the same time. Each fore. He has been with the U.S. table consists of 24 men and has a Navy for some time. Mrs. Morgan, negro waiter called "Boy" to serve formerly Lou Phillips, is a cousin the meals. We get all we want to of Mrs. Nellie Phillips. eat and the food is good, well pre pared and excellent variety." Jean Jack Joins /*f BACK HOME AGAIN . Army Nurse Corps • Miss Jean Jack, daughter of the Sergeant Jiggs, Pet Mascot of late Mr. and Mrs. James Jack of Northfield, and Miss Dorothy Vol- Northfield Hdqtrs. Co., Given kert of Minneapolis, both nurses in the Red Wing hospital have vol Honorable Discharge From Army unteered for service with Minne sota Hospital Base Unit No. 26 of • Sergeant Jiggs, handsome Dal the U. S. Army Nurses Corps and matian coach hound belonging to •—i will be inducted Sunday at Fort Alan Kump, son of Mr. and Mrs. Snelling. Ed Kump, returned home last Miss Jack and Miss Volkert and Thursday morning, having receiv other members of the unit will first ed an honorable discharge from the be sent to Fort Sill, Okla., for spe U. S. Army at Fort Dix, N. J. His cial training preparatory to foreign discharge papers were given by m service. the commanding officer, Robert B. w Miss Jack, the first girl from Baird, and show that he became a Northfield to leave for foreign ser private in the 68th Infantry Brigade vice, is a graduate of the North- Headquarters company February field high school. Both girls are 10, 1941, was made a corporal Jan graduates of the nurse's course at uary 8, 1942, and a first sergeant Q Northwestern hospital, Minneapolis. January 31, 1942. Miss Jack has been a member of Jiggs went to Camp Claiborne, K the Red Wing hospital staff for the La., with the Northfield boys when past 11 ^ years. Miss Volkert has they left just a year ago this month been on the staff for twelve years and has been their mascot for the and its superintendent for over two past year, even going on maneuvers years. with them the past summer. When On Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. some of the boys left Camp Clai Percy Jack, brother and sister-in- borne for Fort Dix, N. J., Jiggs ac law of Miss Jack, entertained at companied them. dinner at noon in compliment to A letter from Paul Kump, son of the two girls who will remain here Joe Kump and a nephew of Ed. until Sunday. Kump, explains the reason for the The many friends and relatives honorable discharge of the mascot. of Miss Jack and her friend, Miss This letter written at Fort Dix on Picture taken by Robert Bailey Volkert who has visited here many February 1 to Ed Kump, his uncle, Sergeant "Jilggs" at Camp times, wish them Godspeed on their states: Dix, N. J. His pals shown in journey. j "I suppose you will be a little the photo are Private Willis surprised upon receipt of this let Woodward and First Sergeant ter. I am enclosing Jiggs' discharge "Eddie" Drozda. papers which we had drawn up. Jiggs will be sent home either Mon day or Tuesday. "Everybody hates to see the dog leave but I guess it is the best thing to do. Our company has been split up and the men are being transferred to different units in the division. Twenty-five men are going to 34 Signal Co. of this divi sion and the rest are going to Regi mental or Battalion headquarters of the 135th Infantry." Mrs. Kump says that when he arrived home Jiggs knew members of the family even tho he had been gone a year. His discharge papers are framed and on display at Ed Kump's store. SGT. JIGGS BACK FROM 'FRONT' 2./'? IH** With Service Men • Just a year ago—on Febru ary 18—the members of North- field's Headquarters Co., 68th Infantry Brigade which had been mobilized as a unit in the United States army — left Northfield for Camp Claiborne, La., "for a year's training" (to quote from the report in The News of a year ago). The weather man provided a chilly farewell—do you remem ber?—by furnishing 20 below zero weather. (He's repeating this year!) Instead of welcoming the boys home this week "after a year's training" our country is now involved in the world war and they are being sent to bat tle fronts overseas. What will another year bring? • Cadet Orville A. Swanson is now located at Sheppard Field, Texas. His address is 421st Tech. School Sqd., Barracks 581. • James Lippert, son of Mr. and / Mrs. A. E. Lippert, has enlisted in the U.S. Air Corps for training as ^ .T. JIGGS a flying cadet. He is at his home here waiting to be called. "Jimmie" This is Sergeant Jiggs, the dog because he is now a sergeant in the has attended Hamline university that seems to be making Northfield United States Army, having risen for the past two years. as well known as the long ago from a private when he went to • Eldrid Harris, son of Ben Harris Jessie James raid did. Northfield camp on February 10, 1941, to a cor of Dundas, who is a machinist of the U.S.S. Williamsburg, sent word does find novel ways to succeed in poral on January 8, 1942, and then to a sergeant on January 31, 1942. to his father from Iceland that the being known besides her motto, After all, he has done better than boys in the navy have been made "Cows, Colleges and Contentment." many others in the army. Could it very happy by the Red Cross by Jiggs arrived here at 9:20 Thurs the gifts of sweaters, kits, etc., be that he obeyed orders better? which have been sent to them. The day morning in all his Dalmatian Sergeant Jiggs belongs to Alan letter was written January 27 and Coach Hound glory. Of course, he Kump, son of Ed Kump. Photo by received February 12. has reason to carry his head high Thomas Studios. • Mrs. Eugene Truax, Mrs. Earl Truax, Mrs. Elmer Me Clin took and Mrs. Donald Revier left last Thurs day for Fort Dix, N. J. Mrs. Truax, Mrs. McClintock and Mrs. Revier 587 Men In The will visit their husbands who are stationed there and Mrs. Earl 20-to-45 Age Group Truax will visit her son. The men have been stationed at Camp Clai Registered Here borne until the last few weeks. • A total of 587 men between the • Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Skaar re ages of 20 and 45 registered in ceived a cablegram last week Wed Northfield for possible military ser nesday from their son, Amos, say vice under the Selective Service ing he was safe and well. The mes Act Saturday, Sunday and Mon sage was postmarked London. They day, according to Wm. E. Revier, had previously received a card from chief registrar for the Northfield New York city saying he had ar area. rived at his destination and was Of the 587 who registered 228 well. Amos had been stationed at were from the colleges, 113 at Camp Claiborne, La., until being Carleton and 115 at St. Olaf. sent to Fort Dix, N. J. From there 359 were registered at the arm he was sent to an unknown destin ory, 135 on Saturday, 119 on ation. His address is Amos Skaar Sunday and 104 Monday. (20706903) Company B, 63rd Signal In Dundas there were 26 regis Battalion, Army P.O. 813, c/o P.M., trants Lonsdale 234 and Nerstrand New York City. 44. Volunteers who assisted with the registration in Northfield included Mrs. Robert H. Clark, Mrs. R. A. Tripp, Mrs. James Caulfield, Mrs. Walter S. Hughes, Mrs. Geo. F. Nelson, Mrs. Frederic W. Johnson, Miss Jessie MacKay, Miss Agatha Doyle, Ed Vollmer, James Caulfield, Clifford Bakko, Erling Larsen, John Schad. J. Jorgen Thompson, dean of men, Abner Hansen and John Bly had charge of the registration at St. Olaf and Dean Lindsay Blayney, Peter Olesen and Miss Abbie Mer- ritt at Carleton. With Service Men With Service Men • Ralph Anderson has enlisted in • Donald Lloyd is leaving Friday the army and is reporting at Fort for Fort Snelling where he will be • Lyle Wing spent Sunday at the inducted into U.S. military service. Snelling Friday morning. He is the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. soil of Mrs. Clara Anderson. Eric Wing. Lyle has been in the • Lieutenant Donald Revier, who • Wynston Erickson, son of Dr. radio division at Scott Field, 111., has been stationed with the 34th and Mrs. E. O. Erickson, enlisted and has passed his examinations Signal company at Fort Dix, N. J., last Thursday in the Naval Re as a flying cadet and expects to be left there last week Wednesday for serves and is now awaiting his call. transferred soon to another field. parts unknown. Mrs. Revier and Earl Wing, another son of Mr. and daughter are remaining here. • Granville Grant, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Grant, is stationed with Mrs. Wing, spent Sunday at his • "Bubs" Cornell, son of Mr. and the Marines in San Diego, Calif. His home. He is stationed at Fort Snell Mrs. Max Cornell, has been trans address is Platoon 251, Recruit De ing. ferred from Fort Sill, Okla., to Fort pot M.C.B., San Diego, Calif. Ord, Calif., and is now a drummer • Kirk Roe, who enlisted in the in the 104th Field Artillery band. • Martin Jensen arrived home Sat Army Air Corps in December and His address is Private E. L. Cornell urday from the Great Lakes Train was sent to Sheppard Field, Texas, (37093227), Band 104th F.A., APO ing station, remaining until Sun was assigned to a five months' 27 USA, Fort Ord, Calif. day noon with his parents, Mr. and technical radio course at Scott Mrs. C. C. A. Jensen. Monday he Field, 111. While awaiting shipment • James Hunter, son of Mrs. L. H. left the station for Philadelphia. to Scott Field, army plans were Hunter, returned home Monday eve radically changed. A letter received ning from Fort Dix, N. J., for a • Clifford M. Nesseth, son of Peter last Friday, written "At Sea," gives months' furlough. He has just Nesseth, 714 West Fifth street, ar his present address as: APO 1111— passed the test for the Air Corps rived last week at the U.S. Naval 5691WW 5th Squadron, A.C., c/o and from here will go to Maxwell Training Station at Great Lakes, Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. Field, Alabama, for an eight 111., and began active duty in the months' training period and school Navy with several weeks of re • Second Lieutenant Harry E. ing. cruit training. Dack, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. • Richard Anderson left Fort Dack of Stanton, has completed a o Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Brunzell have three-months course of training in received a cablegram from their Snelling for a training camp on Tuesday. He spent a short time the duties of a platoon commander son, Staff Sergeant Lloyd Brunzell, and graduated January 31. He will from London and also a card from Monday evening with his mother, Mrs. Gilbert Anderson. Another now be .assigned to active duty the government saying he had with regular Marine corps units. J reached his destination and was son, Sergeant John Anderson, is stationed at Little Rock, Ark. During his period of training at! safe and well. A letter from their Quantico, Va., he qualified as sharp son written on board ship and post • Harvey Elling, who enlisted in shooter with the rifle, expert with marked January 26 was received December as a cadet in the U.S. the Browning automatic rifle and Thursday of last week. Army Air Corps, was recently trans marksman with the pistol. • William Gill, who recently re ferred from the Bakersfield, Calif., turned from San Diego, Calif., Air School to the Rankin Aeronau where he has been employed in the tical Academy at Tulare, Calif. Consolidated Aircraft company, has Harvey is the son of Mr. and Mrs. enlisted as an apprentice seaman John Elling. in the Naval Air Corps. He will • Robert C. Colby (Budge), who Special Subscription leave soon for Minneapolis to begin has been stationed at Camp Wheel training at Wold Chamberlain Air er, Ga., where he has been playing Rate To Service Men Field. He was guest of honor at in the band and teaching bugling, • The Northfield News announces the home of his parents, Mr. and has been transferred to Camp a special subscription rate of $1.00 Mrs. James Gill, Sunday evening. Lewis, Wash. His address is Medi a year to men in all branches of There were thirty guests. cal Detachment, 186th Infantry A. our government's armed services. P.O. 41, Tacoma, Wash. The newspapers of the nation are • Word " Sunday from Stanley R. probably giving more of their stock Andersen (Sammy) said that he • George Gibson, son of Mr. and in trade to aid our government in and Allen Tripp, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gibson, arrived home on winning this war than any other Mrs. R. A. Tripp, are with a group furlough Friday and expects to re line of business, as they are called of boys who expected to be shipped turn this week to San Diegp, Calif., on every week to devote space to ' out the first of the week for parts where he has been stationed but defense publicity, but most of them unknown. They have been with the expects to be transferred from are willing to make a further sac 148th Field Artillery and have been there upon his return. He is in the rifice of cash to the men who are stationed for some time at Port Naval Air Force and has not been fighting for their country. Members Angeles, Wash., altho for about a home since November 25, 1940. of the family or other relatives may week they have been at their form • Willard Owen Campbell and subscribe for them and be assured er camp at Fort Lewis, near Ta- Harold Sims of Northfield reported the boys will appreciate news from coma, Wash. The boys sent greet Monday, March 2, at the Armory, the old home town. ings to all of their friends here. Mr. Hastings, for induction into the and Mrs. Tripp received a tele U.S. army. They left from there for phone message from Allen (Bud) Fort Snelling. Willard is the son of Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs, W. W. Campbell. Har old is the son of Norman Sims who is employed at the Stuart Hotel. • Earl Bierman, who enlisted in Hen Lays Egg With the U.S. Navy in December and 'V For Victory! was for a time at Great Lakes • Hens of the Northfield com Training school, is now on the U.S. munity seem to have joined the S.Wasp. His address is M Division, "Victory Aides" for defense! At W.S.S. Wasp, c/o Postmaster, New least one local hen is patriotic. York City. Earl is the nephew of Tuesday Mrs. Ole Legvold brought Dr. and Mrs. K. J. McKenzie and to The News office a Leghorn egg has spent considerable time at their which has a perfect V on one end. home while attending school here. V, of course, stands for Victory • Mrs. Roy Johnson of Faribault and hens are doing their best to left Tuesday morning to join her attain that end. The egg is on dis husband, Staff Sergeant Johnson play at The News. (Tiny) who is stationed at Fort Dix, N. J., but who expects to leave in the near future. Percy Johnson is attending school at Sheppard Field, Texas. His address is 419 Tech. School Squadron S.P. Both boys are sons of Mrs. J. K. Johnson. . f 3)1^*- ->bjiilHX./ With Service Men Puzzle—What Part • Clifford Olson reported at Fort Of Ireland Is Snelling Tuesday and expects to be "Frog" Revier In? With Service Men i sent to a training camp. • One of the first, if not the first • Seventy men, the largest • Master Sergeant Lawrence San- letter to come thru from Northfield single group of selectees to be meman left Sunday afternoon for boys who have been sent overseas sent from Rice county, will Fort Dix, N. J., where he is station with U.S. troops was received Wed leave Tuesday, March 24, for ed. He was called here by the nesday, March 4, from Leonard induction at Fort Snelling. This death of his father, F. W. Sanne- Revier (Frog), son of Mr. and Mrs. is the second group to be'sent man, who died Sunday, March 1. H. F. Revier of Dundas, former in March. Names of selectees • Allen Tripp and Stanley Ander Northfield residents. The letter was will be released next week. sen who expected to leave two dated February 4. Leonard said in weeks ago for parts unknown are part "We are enjoying it here and • Dale Lary, who is with the Naval still stationed at Fort Lewis, near are treated like kings. I can't tell Reserves, Minneapolis, spent Tues Tacoma, Wash. Their address now you where we are but 'Tat' Mc- day in Northfield. He was accom is Battery C, 205 F.A. Btn., A.P.O. Guire originated from here (Tat panied by Mrs. Lary. 41, Tacoma, Wash. says his father came from Belfast, • Kenneth Foster, who has been • Duane (Buddy) Strom, son of Mr. Ireland). It is hard to get used at the Great Lakes Training School and Mrs. Otto Strom, who has been to the money but we will get onto in Illinois, is now attending an of stationed at the Great Lakes Naval it in time. We are four blocks ficers training school in Philadel Training school, 111., left last week from town and there is a dance phia. for Jacksonville, Fla. His new ad every nite for the Yanks. The coun • Private James Graff has left dress is S.K. 3-C Supply Dept., Bldg. try is beautiful, in fact like what Fort Snelling and his new address 135, U.S. Naval Sta., Jacksonville, you read about in stories. We have is. Company I, 118th Infantry, Fla. taken several trips and have been A.P.O. 30 Bldg. 3433, Fort Jackson, thru an old castle which was most South Carolina. • Paul Miller, who has been sta picturesque. Due to their dialect tioned at the Great Lakes Naval the girls are hard to understand • Mrs. Elsie Lysne has received Training station, left Saturday for but they sure go for the Yanks." word that her son, Lieutenant John an eastern training station. His Lysne, has been transferred from parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mil- Camp Dix, N. J., to Fort Benning, ler, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Ga., where he will attend an offic Clarence Sjulstad and daughter, ers training school. Virginia, visited him Friday and • Ralph Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Saturday. Wm. Hall, has enlisted in the Naval • Byron Plowman, who has been Reserves and is9 at home awaiting in the Signal corps at Fort Mon his call. Richard Hall, another son, mouth, N. J., has been transferred is somewhere at sea. He had been to Pine Camp, N. Y., where he will stationed at Sheppard Field, Texas. be in the mechanized unit of the H\l<>lH% Signal Corps. His address is 144 • Petty Officer George Gibson of Signal Co., 4th Armored Div., Pine the U.S. Navy who has been sta Camp, Watertown, N. Y. Byron is tioned at San Diego, Calif., arrived the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Plow Cort Lippert To Wednesday in New York where he man. will attend an officers' training • Elmer McClintock, who has been Officers' School school. Mr. Gibson is the son of Mr. stationed at Fort Dix, N. J., has • Cort G. Lippert who recently re and Mrs. J. H. Gibson. entered the Officers Candidate ceived the rating of Corporal at • Gilhart Shankey, son of Mr. and School of the Signal Corps at Fort Camp Wallace, Texas, where he has Mrs. John Shankey, has been trans Monmouth, N. J., to study for a been stationed, reported Monday, ferred from Camp Wolters, Texas, commission in that branch of the April 13, at Camp Davis, N. C, to Camp Lewis, Washington. His service. His address is Elmer Mc where he has been selected to at address is Private Gilhart J. Shan Clintock, Co. Q, Sec. 16, Barracks tend the Coast Artillery Officers key, Antitank Company 186, Inf. 2, 15th Signal Service Regt., Ft. Candidate School according to an A.P.O. 41, Tacoma, Wash. Monmouth, N. J. Elmer is the announcement from headquarters • Private Richard Anderson has grandson of F. E. McClintock. of the Antiaircraft Replacement left Fort Snelling and is now sta • Word from Walter Marko who is Training Center at Camp Wallace. tioned at Camp Barkeley, Texas. (Stationed at the Great Lakes Train Corporal Lippert was one of 20 His address is Co. C, 55th M.T. ing school says he has passed ex men selected to attend the school. Bar. M.R.T.C, 4th T.H. Platoon, aminations and will be sent to an Upon successful completion of a Camp Barkeley, Texas. Richard is aviation machinist school in the course of approximately three the son of Mrs. Gilbert Anderson. near future. "Waddy" writes: "Af months he will be commissioned a ter we got thru the receiving sta second lieutenant in the Coast Ar • Walter Marko, who has been sta tion, they added a few more weeks tillery Corps of the United States tioned at the Naval Training Sta for training but I don't mind as this army. tion, Great Lakes, 111., is now at is getting to be just like home Students for the Officers Candi tending school at the Navy Pier only our time belongs to the govern date School are selected on a basis Training School, Chicago, 111. His ment, so they keep a good chain of intelligence, ability to learn and address is Company 16, Billet 028, around our necks." leadership characteristics as well Section A, Navy Pier Training as education. The new system of School, Chicago, 111. • Private William John James, son Officer Candidate Schools for en • Sergeant Nels Glesne spent last of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. James, was listed men is part of the program week with his parents, Rev. and graduated Tuesday, March 10, from / for the rapidly-expanding armed Mrs. Ole Glesne. He returned to the Air Corps Technical school at forces of the nation. Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss., after Camp Dix, N. J., where he has an intensive 19-week course which Mr. Lippert is the son of Mr. and been stationed in the infantry but prepared him to serve as an air Mrs. A. E. Lippert of Northfield. has been transferred to the air plane mechanic "on the line." Pri corps and expects to leave soon for vate James' class, which numbered Maxville Camp, Montgomery, Ala. in the hundreds, will be dispersed • Corp. Avitus Blesener, who has among the many units of the Army been stationed for two months at Air Forces to maintain and service Camp Barkeley, Texas, with * the Uncle Sam's planes. 645th Tank Destroyer Bn., arrived • Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Brunzell re home Sunday evening for a visit; ceived word last week from their with his mother, Mrs. Susan Bles son, Sergeant Lloyd Brunzell, that ener. He left again Tuesday fore he had permission to tell them that noon. A brother, Ambrose Blesener, he was in Northern Ireland and is employed in a shipyard near that it was a beautiful country and Houston, Texas. * the people were grand to the boys. The streets, he said, were of cobble stones, there are no sidewalks and traffic moves on the left side of the **\ structing other young Americans or With Service Men flying carrier-borne aircraft. Regi • Private Kirk F. Roe, in a letter! With Service Men mental Sub-Commander Edward- dated March 2 written "At Sea,"! son received his degree in biology states that everything is fine on his • Private Clifford Kruse is sta froni St. Olaf college in 1939 and ship, except that the canteen is tioned at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. did advance work at the University down to selling canned asparagus His address is Headquarters Flight, of Minnesota. While attending St. tips and lamb's tongues in bottles. 564th Tech. Sch. Sqdn. Sp., U. S. Olaf college he was in the first He states that the boys have a Air Corps, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. choir for three years. small daily paper, 12 x 18, printed • Private Arthur Sellars of Fort on one side, which carries import Leonard Wood, Mo., has been ant world news. He mentions that spending a ten-day furlough with • Mrs. Mary Tschann received a Richard Hall is with him and that his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sel letter last week from her son, Ser he heard Paul Mikkelsen is headed lars. He was formerly stationed at geant Rudolph T. Tschann, who for the same place they were go Fort Sill, Okla. ing to. Kirk's latest address is APO says he arrived in India some time 1111, 5th Squadron, 11th Replace • Mrs. Maxine (Roster) Sleeth of ago and that he is well. He had ment Group, c/o Postmaster, San Rochester received a letter April 21 been at Hamilton Field, Calif., for Francisco, Calif. from her husband, Sidney Sleeth, two years before being sent over dated February 29, aboard ship, seas. On Valentine's Day Mrs. • On Wednesday, April 22, which stating he was well and hoped to Tschann received a cablegram stat was the birthday anniversary of land (somewhere) soon. ing he had landed safely some Walter Hughes, Jr., a letter was re • Waldemar E. Anderson, youngest where. His address is Sgt. R. T. ceived from him by his parents, Mr. brother of Endre B. Anderson and Tschann (6582820) Hg. and Mg. Sg. and Mrs. W. S. Hughes. This is the husband of Gertrude Roe-Anderson 35th Pur. Gp. (I) A.P.O. 886, New i/ first letter received by Mr. and Mrs. 1 of Cottonwood, who enlisted recent York City, N. Y. Hughes since their son reached ly in the Naval Reserve, was order • Herman Roe, publisher of The northern Ireland with the U.S. ed to report for duty last week and News, received a cablegram Tues forces. In his letter Walter writes: was sent to San Diego, Calif. day from his son, Kirk, sent from "What a country! It looks like • Private Willard Campbell has somewhere in Australia. The mess something from the time of King age stated that Richard Hall, son Arthur and the Knights of the been transferred from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., to Baer Field, Fort of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. F. Hall and Round Table. I've seen some really Donald Fraser, son of Mr. and Mrs. beautiful country in the course of Wayne, Ind. His address is 78th Air Corps Sqd., Ground Crew, 78th R. B. Fraser, were at the same my driving around on official busi place. Kirk and Richard were in a ness." He also writes that the boys Pursuit Group 1, Baer Field, Fort Wayne, Ind. Willard is the son of convoy that sailed from an eastern in their group especially are ra Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Campbell. port in February, after having been tioned as to cigarets so they would stationed at Sheppard Field, Texas I candy bars. They have just started • Mrs. James E. O'Neil, Jr. (Carol about six weeks. The picture page appreciate American cigarets and Houghton) of Faribault who has i in last Saturday's Minneapolis Star- on American rations, which were been visiting her parents, Dr. and i Journal carried an Associated Press welcome. The boys could use razor Mrs. Herbert P. Houghton, has gone Wirephoto showing a traditional blades and knives as they are hard to Camp Chaffee, near Fort Smith, hazing ceremony of novices cross to obtain. Walter's letter was writ Ark., to join her husband, Lieut. ing the equator held aboard one of! ten March 20. James E. O'Neil who had been the vessels of a United States con • Technical Sergeant Claire Cran- transferred recently from Fort War voy in the Pacific Ocean. One of the dall arrived last Thursday on fur ren, Wyo. novices in the group, stripped and lough from Camp Dix, N. J. He re • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ohs of Ran daubed with grease, was readily ports that members of Headquar dolph received a cablegram about recognized as Kirk Roe. ters Company who left Northfield three weeks ago from their son, • Miss Audrey Lars en received a over a year ago for Camp Clai First Lieutenant Ben Ohs, stating letter about two weeks ago from borne, La., and are now at Camp that he was well. Since that time Lieutenant. Leif Kloster, former St. Dix include Master Sergeant Law they have had no word from him. Olaf student, who was then on the rence Sanneman and Tech. Sgt. He then was at Nichols Field, Island of Cebu, having left Bataan Claire Crandall with Service com-| Philippine Islands. He is a supply the last of March. He said that in pany of the 135th Infantry; First officer in the Air Corps. Bataan they had prayed for their Sgt. Wm. Robinson, Staff Sgt. Roy lives many times during the fight Johnson, Staff Sgt. Glenn Peterson, • Word from Lieutenant James Lufkin, nephew of Dr. C. D. Lufkin, ing, were having two meals a day, Staff Sgt. Paul Kump, First Lieut. one at 8:30 a.m. and the other at Al Peterson, Sgt. Jewell Norby, states that he has landed in Aus tralia. It had been seven weeks 4:00 p.m., consisting of corn beef, Sgt. James Gannon, Corp. George salmon, a little bread and cocoa- Mickelsen, Corp. Robert Bailey, Pfc. since his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Lufkin, of Minneapolis nuts, and were contending with Arthur Haugen and Pfc. Robert scores of monkeys. Lieutenant Al Fremouw, all of Headquarters com' had had word from him. He is a flyer, having received his training Ossie, also a former St. Olaf "stu pany; Pfc. Wm. Otterstad of 34th dent, was with Lieut. Kloster, both Recon. Co.; First Liout. Eugene at Kelly Field, Texas. Lieutenant Lufkin had spent some of his early boys having graduated at the same Truax, commanding officer of 2nd time from Kelly Field, Texas. They B. Detachment; First Lieut. Harold years in Northfield with his grand mother, Mrs. H. Lufkin. left San Francisco October 26, 1941, Rainwater, Carleton student is with for the Philippines and landed at Service Co. Bn. S4; David Bird, Hq. • Ensign Elmer O. Nelson of Min Bataan Christmas Eve. Lieut. Klos Co. V Army Corps, A.P.O. 305 c/o neapolis, son of Mrs. Ida J. Nelson, ter said in his letter that Lieut. P. M., New York City; Staff Sgt. of Northfield left Wednesday, April Ossie was then having a touch of John Lysne who left here with Hq. 15, for the naval reserve training the fever but that he saw him near Co. is now at Fort Benning, Ga., in station at Treasure Island, San ly every day. Infantry training and Staff Sgt. El Francisco, Calif. He is a graduate of mer McClintock is in signal train the Northfield High School and St. • Stanley P. Edwardson, who has ing at Monmouth, N. J. Olaf college. His mother, Mrs. Nel been in cadet flying training at son, and his sister, Jep~, Miss Jacksonville Naval Air station, Fla., Marie Knutson and Miss Margaret arrived home Thursday to spend Narum went to Minneapolis to bid his furlough with his mother, him farewell. Mrs. S. N. Edwardson. Mr. Edward- • Private Percy Johnson, who has son was recent.^ promoted from been stationed at Sheppard Field, Battalion commr^der to regimental Texas, is now at Santa Monica, sub-commander of his regiment. Calif. His address is 1725 Ocean The military recognition awarded Front, Room 731, which was form Mr. Edwardson carries with it the erly the fashionable Waverly club. rank of Lieutenant Commander and While at Sheppard Field, Percy was is the second highest rank a Cadet in the ground crew of the Air Corps can hold on the Regimental Staff. and will take further training in an He is now several months advanced airplane factory at Inglewood, towards receiving the gold wings Calif. Altho he liked it in Texas and of a Naval commissioned flier and found the people exceedingly nice, j is among the thousands of Navy he now is enthused about Cali-! I aviation cadets who will soon be in- -, fo 11IHX- ceived the rating of Sergeant. His address is Sergeant A. N. Blesener, Hdq. Co., 645 Training Div. Bn., Camp Barkeley, Texas, but he ex • Private Harvey H. Mader has a pects to be transferred to Fort change in address to Co. A, 87th Devens, Mass. Sergeant Blesener Inf. Tng. Bn., 4th Plat. Br., Camp has been ill in the hospital for some Roberts, Calif. time but is now improved. • Private D. J. Blesener has been • Word from Stanley Andersen transferred from Camp Barkeley, (Sammy), Allen Tripp and Robert Texas to Fort Devens, Mass. His Colby (Budge) who have been sta address is 160 F.A. Bn., Hq. Btry. tioned at Fort Lewis, Wash., states • Private Harold Anderson, son of that they have left the West coast Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Anderson, for parts unknown. They had ex and Private Gustavo Swedin, are pected to go for several weeks but stationed at Camp Roberts, Calif. only left recently. Their addresses They are in Co. B, 79th Infantry. are Pfc. Stanley R. Andersen • Glenn Harmer, son of Mr. and (39006237) and Allen Tripp (27089- Mrs. Rollo Harmer of Le Center 545), Battery C, A.P.O. 1130, 205 and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Field Artillery, and Budge's address Harmer of Northfield, was inducted into the U.S. Army recently and is is Robert Colby (37095028), Band, now in Texas. 186 Infantry, A.P.O. 1130, all in care of the Postmaster, San Fran • The address of Murrell W. Chap- cisco, Calif. mann (20706904) is Co. B., 63rd Sig. Bn., A.P.O. 813, c/o Postmaster, • The two sons of Mrs. E. J. Mar New York city, N. Y. Murrel is in tin are in U.S. service. Harold Mar Ireland and is the son of Mr. and tin, second lieutenant in the Air Mrs. C. C. Chapman of Dundas. | Corps who is flying pursuit planes, is in Australia. Mrs. Martin has had • John Wardell, son of Mr. and! two cablegrams from her son. His Mrs. J. M. Wardell, is stationed at address is Hamilton Field Teams, Camp Crowder, Missouri. His ad 0-424977—A.P.O. 1103, c/o Postmas dress is Co. B, 35th Sig. Trg. Bn. ter, San Francisco, Calif. Pfc. Nor John wil take a five months' train man J. Martin is probably in Ire ing course at a radio electrician land. His address is 34th Recom school. 1st Plat., 34th Div., A.P.O. 1001 • Telephone messages on Sunday, c/o Postmaster, New York city. ^ April 26, from Camp Dix, N. J., from Mrs, Martin has received a cable-) Jule Norby to his parents, Mr. and gram from Norman saying he wasj Mrs. Nels Norby, and from Paul safe and well. Kump to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos Kump, stated that they would • William James, son of Mr. and| be leaving for overseas. Mrs. W. S. James, who is stationed! with the U.S. Air Corps at Chanute • James Lippert has been inducted Field, 111., writes in a letter to his into the U.S. Army Air Corps as parents, "Our work here is progress-! a flying cadet and was placed on ing very rapidly, in fact some of it furlough. He is spending the time comes at us so fast that it doesn't at the home of his parents, Mr. and even register. We had a six-hour Mrs. A. E. Lippert. "Jim" is sub lecture on a balanced oil valve for ject to a 24-hour call. the auto pilot. This valve is about • On a card written Saturday, April %y2 inches long and about the size 25, by Peter Jurichko he stated of a fairly large nail. These auto that he would be leaving Fort pilots are rather complex pieces of Sill, Okla., soon. He has been sta machinery but not too complex that tioned there since leaving North- most of us can't figure them out, field. Mr. Jurichko vfas formerly a given enough time, of course. We've member of the business office staff been here about a month and I just at Carleton college. found out a fellow from Owatonna • Avitus Blesener, son of Mrs, is in the same class. We had quite Susan Blesener, has recently re-J a reunion talking about the old home towns. I am writing this in the laboratory. In this room we have a trainer, one of the little model planes that one can actually learn to fly without getting off terra firma. I wish you could see some of this equipment but of course it's restricted, so guess you will have to wait until this little war is over." His address is Private Wm. James, 17th School Sq., 241 Barracks, U.S. Air Corps, Chanute Field, 111. • Chandler D. Fairbank, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Fairbank, is stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash. His address is Pvt. C. D. Fairbank (38,142,146) Co., C, 1st Plat., 1st Tng. Bn. (Prov.), 44th Inf. Div., A.P.O. 44. Chandler was first stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, before being sent to Fort Lewis. Before going into the army he was landscape supervisor ax Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. ^ SJMlHI- • Roger Lockrem of Northfield was commissioned an Ensign at Annapo With Service Men With Service Men lis, Md., May 5, the birthday anni versary of his mother, Mrs. Maurice j • Private Dominic Blesener arrived • Kenneth Foster, grandson of J. Lyman (Ruth Lathrop) of Vulcan, Thursday morning of last week to H. Lathrop, has completed his Ontario, Canada. Ensign Lockrem spend a nine-day furlough with his S course at the Great Lakes Naval has been attending officers' training parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dominic 0 1 Training school and is now at sea. school at Annapolis for the past Blesener. He has been stationed at (3*1 He received the rating as second four months. He arrived home Wed Fort Devons, Mass. His new ad class yeoman. nesday, May 6, for a week's visit dress is 160th F.A. Bn. Hq. Bat. • Byron Plowman, who is in the with his sister, Mrs. Karsten Grast- A.P.O. 45, c/o Postmaster, New Signal Corps of the 4th Armored vedt, and his grandfather, J. H. York City, N. Y. division at Pine Camp, N. Y., ar Lathrop, and will then go on to Can ada to visit his mother. Ensign • A letter from Edward Drozda to rived home May 2 for a furlough his parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. M. at the home of his parents, Mr. Lockrem will go to Seattle where he will study local defense. Drozda, dated April 8, from Ireland and Mrs. O. E. Plowman. He re was recently received saying his turned Saturday. • Orval Perman of Northfield was company was situated in a very • Corporal Cort Lippert, who is at an assistant leader for the group of nice spot, with beautiful scenery. tending an officers training school sixty Rice county selectees who left Most of the people use bicycles and at Camp Davis, N. C, writes that Faribault May 4 for Fort Snelling many of the soldiers are renting he has been very busy since arriv to be inducted into military service. them or buying them. Horses are ing there, already completing the Earl Furth, Jr., was another North- used a lot altho one never sees a fundamentals of an electrical en field boy who left with the contin team, it's always one horse and a gineer's course and at present gent. The following men, included two wheel cart. Eddie writes: "Do studying searchlights, which are in the group receiving induction you know that Don Revier is in this very complicated. Cort had pre order papers, did not leave for company too? Some of the other viously been stationed at Camp various reasons: Daniel Nystuen, Northfield boys are Roy Husbyn, Wallace, Texas. Harry Sechler and Gerald Rian of Bill Truax, Willis Woodward, Carl • Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Skaar re Northfield and Conrad Johnson and Johnson and Cliff Jorgenson of ceived a letter Tuesday, May 5, Carl Meinke of Dundas. Farmington, C. Fleckenstein of from their son, Amos, who is with • The address of Robert L. Gannon Faribault, Dick dinger, Bill Casby, the U.S. forces in Ireland. The let is Company D, 1st Battalion, 301st Clarence Halvorson. His address is ter was dated April 15 and mailed Ordnance Regt. (base), Camp Sut Staff Sergeant E. J. Drozda, 34 Sig April 17. He said he was going to ton, via Monroe, North Carolina, nal company, A.P.O. 813, c/o Post Belfast with Bob Partlow of Farm- "Bob" left recently for Omaha and master, New York City, N. X x ington and also said it was nice to from there to Camp Sutton. a^ visit Belfast just to eat with nice • Private James R. Mulligan, Jr., ii? silverware, dishes and have table who was on a ten-day furlough from cloths. Belfast is old and quite Jefferson Barracks, Mo., recently pretty. "It's about time for supper visited his grandparents, Mr. and and we are going to have chicken Mrs. J. Mulligan and other relatives • Harold Hill, who was first sta tonight so I can't write much more enroute to his home at Burt rum tioned at the aviation school at Kel now. We have pretty good meals for a visit with his. parents. He now ly Field, Texas, then at Grider as a rule. Tell the kids and friends is interviewer and classifier in the Field, Pine Bluff, Ark., is now at hello" he writes. Amos said he had Classification and Trade Test Cen Perrin Field, Sherman, Texas, and seen Lieut. Don Revier, Eddie ter at Jefferson Barracks Air Corps will graduate in August. His ad Drozda, Chauncey Fleckenstein of dress is Co. A, 42 H, Perrin Field, Faribault, Willis Woodward, Bill Sherman, Texas. He is the son of Truax and Bill Casby. They had a Replacement Training Center. His Mr. and Mrs. James Hill/ reunion that night. Lloyd Brunzell address is Hdqtrs. and Hdqtrs. • Master Sergeant Robert H. Car- and Amos are in the same hut in Squadron A.S.R.T.C. James enlisted law, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph camp. in the air corps November 27, 1941, Carlaw of Seattle, Wash., spent and previously was with the North- Sunday and Monday with the Car- field National Guard unit at Camp law and Benson families and other • Private. Kenneth Holta is now Claiborne, La. relatives. He has been stationed in stationed at Fort Wright, Spokane, • Charles Edson, who is known as the Field Artillery at Fort Lewis, Wash. His address is 138th Signal Wash., and was enroute to Camp and Radio Intelligence Co. He has Charlie the Hamburger man, start ed the idea of sending a group of Lee, Virginia, where he will attend been assigned to radio operations the Officers Candidate School. and communications training. letters from home to Kirk Roe and two other Northfield boys overseas • Fred Pogue, who recently gradu • Carroll Holden, son of Mrs. W. in Australia and by the time he was ated from the Spartan School of H. Holden, is serving with the thru, he had forty letters enclosed Aeronautics, Tulsa, Okla., is now Army Air corps at Jefferson Bar in one envelope, all sent air mail. employed by Pan-American Air racks, Mo. He left Fort Snelling ways, which is in government serv May 2. Carroll was assistant cashier ice. His address is P.A.A. Africa Ltd. Accra Gold Coast, British at the Northfield National Bank and Northfield Mother . w* West Africa. Fred is the son of Trust company before entering the Mrs. Nina Pogue and visited here service. Has Three Sons Ay I with his mother before going to In Army Service ** I Africa. • Mrs. Mary Holien, 412% Divisioj • In a letter to The News, Martin street, saw the last of her three S. Jensen states there are two sons enter the United States Arm other Northfield boys, Paul Miller ed forces when her son, Lloyd, and Robert DeWolfe, on the U.S.S. joined the army May 12. South Dakota besides himself, mak Her eldest son, Maurice, who has ing Northfield the best represented been in the medical division since city based on population. His ad joining at Fort Snelling Oct. 26, dress is N-Division, U.S.S. South 1937, is transferred and ready for Dakota, c/o Postmaster, New York immediate release from his present City. Martin is the son of Rev. and work. Another son, Derald, has Mrs. C. C. A. Jensen. Paul is the been in the army nearly three son of Mr. and Mrs, C. H. Miller years. and Robert is the son of Mr. and The addresses of the boys are: Mrs. Charles DeWolfe. Tech. Serg. Maurice J. Holien, (Additional "With Service Men" Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ark., items on page 2). Pvt. Derald M. Holien (6,935,385) Hq. Det. 3rd Bn., 3rd Infantry, A.P.0.862, c-o Postmaster, New York City, N. Y.; Pvt. Lloyd Holien, A.P.0.258 Co. D., 49th Armed In fantry Regt., Fort Knox, Ky., U.&A. -/IHJ** 'NAPOLEON'S LITTLE CORPORALS' MILITARY UNIT LAUNCHED HERE • With most of the young men in Northfield being called to the colors and some of the others left behind and worrying about their height and width and whether they can march and shoulder a gun, Carl Weicht and "Skippy" Carlson have decided to form a new unit, to be called "Napoleon's Little Corporals." To be eligible to this unit the person must be under five foot six and not over four feet wide! Among those who are eligible for the unit of "Little Corporals" are the two above mentioned, Bruce Pollock, Sid Freeman, John Nutting, John O'Malley, George La Pointe, Herman' Seith, Lenno Brandt, Irv Malchert, Kenneth Lux, Frank Gates, Denny Hamblin, Joe Carlson, Joe Ziegler, Paul Borth, Haines Cook and his dad, George, R. B. Fraser, Dr. F. M. Babcock, George Spohn, Don Lar- kin, Fritz Lawrence, "Daddy" Lawrence, Verne McGuire, Charley Nichols, Tom Horwich, Tommy Lawler, Bill Lundberg. If there are any more who wish to join this unit, call Carl or "Skippy." Drilling commences immediately. It may be that when the "Little Corporals" have their first drill, they will decide upon a lady "General." The names of Marie Pie- singer, Flora Wright, Nina Pogue j Dale Roe, Laura Millis, Jessie MacKay and Ruth Blodgett have been suggested for the honor. • Ten sons of one family, ail Call for Volunteers of draft age is a rare occur • In a test call for men listed in rence, but it has happened Class 1-B under the Selective Serv twice in Otter Tail county. In • The new address of Staff Ser ice Act, the fiice county local board the 1940 registration, Mr. and geant Claire Crandall is Casual is asking for volunteers. One will Mrs. Ole Fronning of Aastad Placement Pool, Station Comple be selected to represent Rice coun saw their ten sons register, and ment, N.Y.P.E., Fort Dix, N. J. ty in the test call, and volunteers recently the ten sons of Mr. and • Private Harold E. Olesen of may apply at the local board's of Mrs. John Quernemoen have Hazelwood is stationed with the fice in Faribault. registered. Five of the Querne U. S. Army at Victorville, Calif. Class 1-B includes men who have moen sons registered in the His address is Basic Training De been deferred because of physical first draft, and five more regis tachment, Flight D.V.A.F.S. A.A.B., defects, but who may be available tered when the 20 to 45 year U. S. Army, Victorville, Calif. for limited service or may have old registrations were called. overcome the conditions which All but one of the registrants • Roger Smith left Monday, May placed them in this class. are married and one son, Mel- 11, for the Great Lakes Naval Men eligible to answer the re vin Quernemoen, served in the Training school. He enlisted in the quest for volunteers in the test call World War. Naval Reserves. Roger is the son are limited to those who have been of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Smith. examined at Fort Snelling since • Northfield community men to be February 13, it was explained by O. • Sergeant Robert Olson, son of inducted into the army May 21 A. Felland, clerk of the Rice county Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Calander of and to report at Hastings are Mar local board. Minneapolis, former Northfield resi tin W. Jepson, James Joseph Finn dents, called on Northfield friends and Carroll Ira Bogue of North- May 13. Sergeant Olson is on a field, and Anthony R. Zieman of • Private John McGuire and Pri fifteen day furlough from Luke Randolph, all in Dakota county. vate Lloyd Davis, who have been Field, near Phoenix, Ariz., where he • Mrs. Roy Johnson and Mrs. Ross in training with the Minnesota is in the U.S. Air Force. He was Johnson (Lois Mickelsen) returned State Guards at^Fort Ripley, spent accompanied here by Jack Guentz Sunday from the east where they the week-end at their homes here. who is stationed in the U.S. Navy had been until their husbands, Staff They are to leave this week for the northern part of the state where at Norfolk, Va. Sergeant Johnson (Tiny) and Cor : poral Johnson of Fort Dix, N. J., they will be on guard duty. • Clifford Jorgenson of Farming were sent to other stations. • Donald E. Lloyd has been trans ton, who left Northfield with Head • Robert DeWolfe, who is on the ferred from Camp Ord, Calif., to quarters company for Camp Clai new U.S.S. South Dakota, visited Camp San Luis Obispo, Calif., borne, La., over a year ago, is now from Saturday, May 9, until the fol- where he has been for about three in north Ireland according to a let ; lowing Wednesday with his parents, weeks. "Fat" writes that the boys ter received on Mother's Day by his ! Mr. and Mrs. C. H. DeWolfe. He is are not allowed to leave camp so parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. Jorgenson I very enthused about his work on he is not seeing much of California [of Farmington. This is the first the ship and likes the life of a so far. They are in the seventh word received by his parents in week of their eight weeks of base three months altho Clifford has sailor. training. Most of the new men are been receiving mail from them • Private Percy Johnson, who was from Minnesota with quite a few right along. He said he was well. first stationed at Sheppard Field, boys from Faribault and one boy, Texas, and then moved to Santa Emil Hanke, from Lonsdale. "This Monica, Calif., for more training, week," he writes, "I received from has now been transferred to Mc- Charlie Edson and Mrs. Edson (the Chord Field, Wash. He is with the owners of Minnesota's leading ham 390th Bombing Squadron. He enjoy burger shop) the nicest gift a sol ed the beautiful country from Cali dier boy could ever receive and fornia to Washington altho he said here it is—Charlie had all the boys it was a long, tiresome trip. who are daily callers at his place • John Roger Bailey, son of Mr. of business and the "blondes" from and Mrs. R. H. Bailey, is the latest Gridley Hall, write letters to me recruit to be sent from Northfield He boxed up these letters, some to the U.S. Naval Training station 55, and sent them to me. I want to at Great Lakes, 111., for a period of thank all those who wrote to me, training prior to being ordered to especially Mr. and Mrs. Edson for • <-.mmr---*&*: ••• - ^w" r^ctive duty either with the U.S. their thoughtfulness. I really ap * fleet at sea or at a naval shore sta preciated it very much." Don's ad tion. He has received the rating dress is Co. K, 32nd Inf., U. S. of fireman, second class. Army, A.P.O. 7, San Luis Obispo. • The Naval Aviation Selection Calif. I Board, Wold-Chamberlain Airport, MiTmoonnlici ot-rn mm r>t\c< tVin onlic "We are going to win the Silver Star to With Service Men war and we are going to win the peace that follows. • Leonard Anseth, F 2/c, U.S. Dry Northfield Flier docks, 300 Northern, Second Class "And in the dark hours of Diesel, is stationed at South Bos this day— and thru the dark For Bravery ton, Mass. days that may be yet to come • From Melbourne, Australia, an —we will know that the vast Associated Press release to daily • Corporal James Coates has been majority of the members of newspapers stated that Lieutenant a house guest the past week at the the human race are on our Harold J. Martin, son of Mrs. E. J. F. B. Arneson home. He is station side. Many of them are fight Martin of Northfield, has been ed at Fort Bragg, N. C. ing with us. Ail of them are awarded the silver star for gallan • Lieutenant Harry E. Dack has praying for us. For, in repre try following a patrol flight north been transferred from San Diego, senting our cause, we repre of Australia on March 14. General Calif., to Santa Barbara. His ad sent theirs as well—our hope George H. Brett, Allied air com dress is 47 Portola Lane. and their hope for liberty un mander in the southwest Pacific, der God."—President Roose • The present address of Private velt. made the announcement Tuesday, Granville Grant is 2nd Separate June 16. Eng. Co., 22nd Marines Re-inforced Piloting a P-40 fighter plane, F.M.F., Camp Elliott, San Diego, j Martin intercepted and attacked a Calif. Japanese bomber formation, send • Russell Anseth is still in North- to word received by his parents, ing one enemy plane crashing into rup Aircraft, Hawthorne, Calif. His Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lippert. (The the sea and silencing rear guns on address is 443 E. 129th Street. They Northfield folks who now live in four others. are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Santa Ana are all good cooks, Jim, The column "With Service Men," Anseth. so if you get hungry, look 'em up, in the issue of The News of June • The present address of Maynard and tell them I sent you.—N.) 11 carried an item that Lieutenant A. Tralle, son of Mr. and Mrs. • A note from Bill Dunlop, former Martin had written his mother that Charles Tralle, is U.S.M.A., Unit News employee, written on a post he had been on a mission but had I 170, care of Postmaster, San Fran card photograph of the U.S.S. Penn returned safely to his base even cisco, Calif. sylvania: "I hope to be on one of tho his plane Had many holes in • The address of Major O. S. these in the near future. I really it. The letter was received the last Jackson has been changed from like it here and hope if anyone up of May. Sheppard Field, Texas, to A.A. Ft. there has to go, that they join the Lieutenant Martin took part of D., Pratt-Whitney Aero. Engines, navy. Good chow and good care and his flying training in Illinois and Hartford, Conn. entertainment. We rise at 5:00 a.m. then was sent to Kelly Field, Texas, • Darrel Edward Lindberg, son of and to bed at 9:30 p.m. I can sleep for further training. After graduat Mr. and Mrs. Justus Lindberg, 708 in a hammock now all night!" His ing at Kelly Field he visited his Spring St., is now stationed at the address is -William J. Dunlop, AS, mother here and then left for Cali Great Lakes Training station where U.S.N., Co. 146, U.S. Naval Training fornia, from where he was sent Station, Great Lakes, 111. overseas. he is undergoing recruit training. Keep 'em flying, Harold, the • Raynard J. Johnson of Lonsdale • An interesting letter from Pri home folks are proud of you! was one of 44 young men from vate Percy Johnson, who is in the Southern Minnesota who was en Air Corps at McChord Field, listed in the United States Navy Wash., states "Our squadron had Arne Winger Receives during the past week at the Man- a picnic at Spanaway Lake yester Promotion to Captain kato recruiting station. day, about three miles from camp. • It is now Captain Arne Winger! • Staff Sergeant John Lysne, who It was paid for by a small coffee Mrs. Winger received a telegram has been attending officers training shop which we have in a corner Sunday from her husband stating school at Fort Benning, Ga., is now of our hanger. It is run on a non that he had been promoted from back at Camp Dix, N. J. His ad profit basis and on donations to First Lieutenant to Captain. Cap dress is Co. A, T.S.R.R.P., Station the "kitty" only. It seems to have tain Winger, who for some time Complement, Fort Dix, N. J. made money so they gave us the picnic. It included all the officers had been stationed at Hill Field, • The address of Sergt. Glenn M. Ogden, Utah, was recently home on and enlisted men of our squadron. Peterson is (20706927) Ha.. Co., They do try to provide entertain furlough to attend the graduation 135th Inf., A.P.O. 34, c/o Postmas of his daughter, Kay, from the ment for the soldiers. Last night ter, New York City. He has gone Bob Crosby and his orchestra play Northfield High School. From here overseas but his father, Roy Peter he left for Port Washington, Mary son, has not heard from him for ed in our hanger. He is playing in land, to attend an Adjutant Gener some time. Seattle, so they had him at Mc al's school for two months. Chord Field too." Captain Winger left here in 1941 • Private Orval Perman is station • Charlie Edson has received a let with Headquarters company 68th ed at Camp Harrison, Indianapolis, ter written June 8, from Donald Infantry Brigade for Camp Clai Ind. His address is Company B, I (Fat) Lloyd who is stationed at borne, La. In August, 1941, he was 1st Finance Tr. Bu., 4th Platoon. SanLuis ObispO, Calif. He writes sent from Camp Claiborne to Fort Mrs. Perman has been visiting her "Many thanks for the letters and Benning, Ga,, to attend an officers' husband and is expected home the clippings, always glad to hear from •school. Following the Japanese at last of the week. the boys at home . . . We have been tack on Hawaii Dec. 7, he was sta • Iver Halderson, formerly at Fort on 24-hour-a-day alert ever since tioned at Texas City, Texas, and Bliss, Texas, has been transferred last Tuesday nite. Had planned on in January, 1942, was transferred to Camp Carson, Colo. His address going to San Jose this week-end to to the air base at Hill Field. is Private Iver Halderson, Qm. see my brother but no passes were Previous to entering war service, Det, Camp Carson, Colorado issued to anyone who couldn't get Captain Winger was for many Springs, Colo. He is the son of back in an hour's notice, so years linotype operator at the Mrs. Anna Halverson. couldn't go. We are going to the Northfield News. His colleagues at • Joseph Dudley, who has recent desert for two weeks training and The News are proud of his promo ly been transferred to the Army then back to this camp for awhile. tion. Air Corps, is spending this week I go on my first guard duty today visiting at the home of his par for 24 hours. "Fat's" address is ents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dudley. Co. K, 32nd Inf., U. S. Army, A.P.O. He expects to return Saturday to No. 7, SanLuis Obispo, Calif. Fort Snelling where he will receive • From the Air Corps Basic Flying his assignment for service. Field, Lemore, Calif., comes a most • Privates Earl Furth, Lyle Bruce interesting letter from Robert E. and A. O. Holien of Northfield are Viall who formerly resided at the reported to have arrived at Fort Odd Fellows Home and was well Knox, Ky., for an introduction to known in Northfield. He tells of the army thru its swiftest, hard hit life in the camp, and then says: ting land branch, the Armored "Our flight commander is a good Force. They have been assigned to old egg, to put it in cadet slang. the 8th Armored Division. He is a very stern, typical army • Ensign Elmer Nelson and Mrs. commander. Under his outward ap Nelson came Tuesday of last week pearance of hardness, the good "Cre for a short visit in Minneapolis and ator has endowed him with a heart also with Mr. Nelson's mother, Mrs. as soft and warm as fleece. His Ida J. Nelson. Mr. Nelson, who has interest lies in the safety of his been stationed at Treasure Island cadets and seeing that they have on the West coast, has been trans a fair chance *of getting thru the ferred to' Charleston. S. C gruelling course. He is standing MCCH E> LCt fc£$£lJ.t7U. £11/ i I CCti3UHpr4i5iaUlU a fair chance ^of getting thru the on the West coast*; lias been trans gruelling course. He is standing ferred to Charleston, S. C. there now in the control tower, non • George Mickelsen had a letter chalantly gazing off to the horizon. and cablegram last week from his A bright gleam comes in sparkling son, George, who is in Ireland. The spasms to his eyes whenever the letter stated that he was well and flight comes into view . . . We have liked the country and people very very little time to do anything but much. He also said the sun came study and fly. It's really a tough up at 5:00 a.m. and set at 11:00 grind, however, we know it's not p.m., but so far he hadn't seen a ourselves we're thinking of when sunrise, the going gets tough, it's those at • John Silliman, son of Mr. and home whom we must make happy Mrs. T .S. Silliman of this city, by our success. We happen to be now with the United States air the ones you're placing your trust corps stationed at Denver, Colo., and faith in, and we in turn put writes that he is now engaged in our with God. How can we lose? the interesting task of taking We can't." He signs his letter aerial photographs of the Rocky "Keep 'em Smiling." Mountains, from Denver to the • A letter was received Wednesday Mexican border. from Stanley R. Andersen (Sam • James Hunter of Maxwell Field, my) which says: "From 'down un Montgomery, Ala., came Sunday der' comes this message to let you morning to spend a twenty-day fur know that we arrived safely. We lough with his mother, Mrs. Mary had a most pleasant voyage. Upon Hunter. James, who has been a leaving we encountered rough radio instructor there for the past weather but after that had smooth several months, will begin his sailing all the way. One of the high lights of the trip was an initiation flight training upon his return to given everyone on board when we the field on July 10. crossed the equator. King Neptune • Frank Bradford has been induct reigned supreme that day, and he ed into the U.S. Army and is leav saw to it that we all were properly ing today for Fort Snelling until initiated in the true nautical spirit. sent to another destination. Mr. I was quite thrilled and surprised and Mrs. Bradford (Pearl Gruen- over seeing my first whale, shark, jjiagen) have been living in Owaton- porpoise and flying fish. Near the Sa and Mrs. Bradford has moved to equator the latter were numerous. Northfield to be with her parents, The weather here is about as per Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Gruenhagen. fect as one could ask for. The • Robert (Bob) Boen, who gradu sunrise and sunsets are most beau ated from St. Olaf this year and tiful. The rarest treat of all is who has enlisted in the Naval Re watching the moon rise. We see serves, is now employed in Minne one of those huge orange harvest apolis until he leaves in October moons nearly every night. It is for Notre Dame, Ind., for an of really something to behold. Aboard ficers' training station. He is the ship we also have a very fine or son of Mrs. R. Boen, 714 W. Third chestra, which is composed of boys St., whose husband is in govern from (censored). Budge Colby is a ment service. part of this fine organization and I see him nearly every day. Since • In a letter from Private Frank writing the first part of my letter J. Manz, Jr., who is iiithe Canal I found out I could mention our Zone, it stated that he likes the destination. It is Australia as you climate, the food is good, rains are know doubt have guessed. Can refreshing, but that the girls were hardly wait to 'slap a Jap' for you. so sunburned that he spent most Give my regards to everyone. Allen of his spare time in the library. and Budge say 'heW too. We are (Hi! A good friend of yours has all fine." just subscribed to The News for you for a year. Good Luck.—N.) • Corporal Donald M. Shields, with Fifth Registration the 147th General Hospital, has Tuesday, June 30 •left for foreign service and Mrs. • The fifth registration under the Shields (Jane Dowswell) returned Selective Service Act, is sched last week from the west coast and uled for Tuesday, June 30, between spent a few days with her parents, the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dowswell. Mrs. it is announced by the Rice County Shields began work Monday at the Selective Service Board. Honeywell Company, Minneapolis, All males in the county born on where she was formerly employed. or after January 1, 1922, and on or • James A. Lippert, who enlisted before January 1, 1924, will be re in the Air Corps, is now stationed quired to register. It is estimated in Santa Ana, Calif. His address is that the number of men in the 18 A/C, S.A.A.A.B., Sq. New 19C, and 19 age group that will register Santa Ana, Calif. "Jimmie" likes it in Rice county will be between six very much in California according 1an d seven hundred. MEMJERS OF MORTHFIELD^S COMPANY G. IN Sl^lT^ T/A //v/ ^ln Monday's>issue of the Bed Wing. Daily E^pblican Eagle ap peared tills piet^rV Rowing Co G, Northfield's-Ml in the Second Battalion, First Regiment, Minneso ta Defense Force, m it participated in maneufirs at Red W|ng Sunday. Heading the Co. G group at left is Sgt. Carroll Holden, Corp. Loren McKenzie, Corp. Sidney Goldstein and Corp. Haines Cook. If News' readers .d&iihot ideMify other mem bers of the company, the men and! their families can be counted on to do | so. pg^,/ According to the Red Wing daily ! "A milling mob of Jiui^nity that sought to^^g a prisoner in the custody/tjftvhome guardsmen who were escorting him to jail was dis- persedhere SUinMay morning wh^tr! tommy guns and gas were brought \ into play. fej£W;?|v "It was a 'm^e-believe' mob and ' prisoner, but the homeiiuardsmen, guns and .-.gas were real enough "With 225 members of the home defense force from St. Paul, Northfield, Faribault, Zumbrota and Red Wing par ticipating, the maneuvers were designed to acquaint the guardsmen thru actual dem onstration with methods of handling a mob and saving a prisoner from lynching. "The maneuvers were held on West Third street, with the office building of the Froedert Malting company representing the jail, un der the direction of Major M. C. Sime, , Faribault. Reviewing the maneuvers were Colonel Dabney Miller and Adjutant General Joe Nelson of St. Paul. "Following the morning program, dinner was served: at .the Armory and then the guardsmen gathered at the Athletic field for a parade and further formation, which was witnessed by a big crowd.''^Si Men 20-44 Must Xh^4H% Register For Draft February 14,15* 16 • Saturday, Sunday and Monday will be army registration days for new age groups in Northfield and in all sections of the United States. On one of those days, men who on December 31, 1941, had attained the twentieth anniversary of birth and on February 16, 1942, will not have attained the forty-fifth an niversary of birth, must register under the selective service law. Registration for the Northfield area will be in the club rooms on the second floor of the local Armory under the direction of Wm. E. Re vier. Hours will be as follows: Saturday, Feb. 14, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 15, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Monday, Feb. 16, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Registration for college students will be held at Carleton and St. Olaf Saturday. In Dundas and Nerstrand registra tion will be on Monday only. Men who already are registered need not register again. Registrants will answer questions relative to name, address, mailing address, telephone, age in years and date of birth, place of birth, name and address of person who will always know registrant's ad dress, employer's name and ad dress, and place of employment or business. Ga^ftamed Air Raid Warden For Northfield • An impressive address on Abran ham Lincoln was given by Dr. NelH son Vance Russell at a well-attend ed meeting of Northfield Post No. 84, American Legion, Tuesday eve ning held in the Legion club rooms in the Community building. Dr. Joseph Moses gave a brief outline of the Citizenship program sponsored by the Lions club to be held at the high school February 19. Roy Waggoner explained fur ther details of the program, which is for all young men and women who became 21 years of age in 1941. Co. G., Northfield's Home Defense unit, and the Legion Post plan to march in the procession. A brief outline of the civilian de fense set-up was presented by James Caulfield. The Legion Post is expected to take a large part in the civilian defense movement. Commander Clarence Ganser has been appointed Chief Warden of the air raid and emergency warden / system for Northfield and he in turn will appoint assistant wardens, deputy and district wardens and will organize the system. The pro gram calls for 46 men, who will fill out the necessary blanks, be fiinger- | printed and sworn in so that they will have complete authority in I case of emergency. ^