Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 13, Number 22, DeMotte, Jasper County, 9 April 1943 — SERVICE NEWS [ARTICLE]

SERVICE NEWS

Received the following letter from George Krajci. Dear Sir: Thank you very much for trending me your weekly paper. I look forward to reading it each week —it has so much news of local interest which serves to keep r “up to date” while 1 am a*.-/ from home. At present 1. am studying here in Chicago at the Am. Tec. and Tec. Co. If you wish, you may print this address in vour paper, will be glad to correspond with anyone who cares to write. Yours truly, George Krajci. Horry George, but we cannot print your full address, we will be glad to give it to any one who will come in and ask for it. Allen J. Frybort of Wheatheld, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Frybort, Seaman 2|c is in training at the Naval Air Tech Traiuig Center at Memphis, Tenn. • * * * Art Kanuninga writes Mar. 26th: Dear friends:-

Well 1 thought I’d better just write a line, cause my address has been changed. I get your paper every week and am glad to get it too. Everything is welcome from back home, when a fellow is out here in rainy Oregon. We moved here a couple of weeks ago and it hasn't missed but about three days raining yet. When it rains it pours too, but rain or shine it don’t make much difference in the army. Especially when the time comes to walk guard and boy I've done a lot of that these last six or seven months.

Well l>etter sign off cause its about time to fall out for another night of guard. Letters from friends are always welcome. —Art. * * * * Cpl. Perry Coberly is furloughing in JDeMotte this week. He as spent nine months in the Hawaiian Islands since his last “vacation.” He is looking tine and could tell many an interesting story, but talking is “out" and ‘‘secrets” are the thing until the war is over. Perry has three brothers serving their country.

Seaman 2jc Richard Osting came home from Great Lakes Sunday evening and remained until Monday night, visiting his parents, friends and relatives. «• * * Pvt. ( has. Calhoun of Ft. Knox, Ky., is visiting has parents at Walkerton this week. The Calhouns were residents of Keener township for a number of years and only recently moved to Walkerton. • • « • PFG Kenneth Yeagley of Camp Picket, Va., made a Hying trip to DeMotte arriving Sunday evening and beginning the return trip only a few hours after his arrival. •* * * Cpl. Jeffers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jeffers of Wheatfield is home on furlough and phoned this office from Wheatfield Saturday, thanking us for the K. V. P., which he receives regularly and enjoys very much. •• • • Pvt. Robert Heimlich has been transferred to Cambridge, Mass., where he is taking a special 12 weeks course in Engineering.