The Union County Journal, 1945-11-21

in the jungle for eleven days with without - out without any shirt and all I got is my under pants, training day and night. So they took me to the Western end of the Island to the Amph. Co. where Don is at. Really Mrs. Ferrell your son treated me nice. I’ll never forget the favor he have done to me. 1 stay with him on the amph for two days. They were giving me a rest because I am going to the front line when I get better. On the eastern part of the Island for a guide. So it happened that on 'July 29th my call comes up. Somebody comes over to the amph. were I am sleep sleeping - ing sleeping with Don and wake me up to go to the front line. Don was very fast asleep. I was waking him up to see me before I leave. But he didn’t wake up, I guess he is dreaming about home at that time. So I wrote a piece of paper and put it above his head so that he could find it when he wakes up in the morning. Telling him that I left for the front line with my ad address - dress address on it. The reason why 1 do that its because I am going to fight and I never know whats go going - ing going to happen to me. Ever since I left him I never see him again be because - cause because I stay up at the front line for two months. Really Mrs. Fer Ferrell - rell Ferrell I satisfy my self killing those yellow rats. I guessv you know whom I mean yellow rats the Nips. I killed 33 all together.

ing me to write to you folks. He gave me your address. I guess you know where is he at. He is over at Saipan. We gave a big thanks to God for the Americans are here and we are rebuilding our old life again. Our life is thousand times much better now than the way it use to be before. am eighteen years pld. My father died on Aug. 17, 1935 when I was eight years old. My mother was still living. She is 42 years old, so far she was still in the best of health. I had five sisters, two got married, three still single and I had three brothers. They were all in the Navy some where on the states. Am the only boy on the family. The youngest sister mine is 16 years old, she is in the 9th grad and my oldest sister is a teacher. She is teaching on the eight grade. My middle sister is on the eleven grade. I quit school about eight months before the war broke out. I go as far as eight grade. I have got to quit school to help my mother soport the fam family. - ily. family. Well I am a third class mach machhour, - hour, machhour, making three twelve a day. inest now. Am earning 39 cents an hour, making three twelve a day.

land. Mrs. Ferrell this is quite a long story I am going to tell you. On July 21st the Marines hit the beach. Ever since the bombbard bombbardment - ment bombbardment start the Japanese took me to dig their caves and carry their stuff in the jungle. Really this the hardest part of my life that I even say it is better not to be bom. These yellow rats took me for eleven days and they don’t give me any food. I live on water that long. So it happened that on July 24th about half of the Island was con conquer - quer conquer by the Marines. So it happen happened - ed happened the Marines start shooting over to the place were I am with the Nips and the Nips go crazy and I had the chance to escape. I ran away from them. They beat me to death that I never thought I’ll see my oarents any more.

Marysville subscribers will still have to go through the long dis distance - tance distance operator to call the three other exchanges, until long-await long-awaited - ed long-awaited improvements can be completed here. “Prior to the war, a completely automatic (dial) system had been planned for Marysville, such as we were able to install in the other three places,” the Manager point pointed - ed pointed out. “However, the war came along before dials could be installed in Marysville, and it may now be as long as another year before it can be completed. Meanwhile, re repairs - pairs repairs and additions will be made to the present system as quickly as parts can be abtained to give local subscribers the best possible serv service - ice service with present equipment.”.

The producers of the picture were anxious to make the produc production - tion production fair to the ministry as well as assurate in its depicting of life in a parsonage. Being qualified in both fields, Dr. Peale was chosen. His presence in Hollywood was somthing new and different in the motion picture industry. Many mo motion - tion motion picture stars have said that a minister on the lot was a fine in influence. - fluence. influence. Martha Scott and Fred Frederick - erick Frederick March, who had leading roles jn the picture, became ardent ad admirers - mirers admirers of Dr. Peale and never fail to visit him when in New York.

PLAY AT CHl’CKERY The day school children and young people of the St. Paul’s Lu Lutheran - theran Lutheran church at Chuckery, will present a brief five-act play at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, in the school auditorium. The play is entitled. “The Guiding Hand ”, and drama dramatizes - tizes dramatizes the Christian training of a child. The four s of color film, showing the day school children in action will also be shown. An exhi exhibit - bit exhibit showing the work at school and the materia! used will be made. There will be r.o admission and no collection. The public ir-'lted.

The boy was actually sent to Lancaster, however, because he had no home supervision, because he was not in .school, because he became intoxicated, and because he was out at all hours of the night. "There seemed to be nothing else to do with the child,” Judge Dailey declared. “If only the min minor - or minor traffic offenses were involved, he would simply have been placed on probation. It was only because he was simply and completely out of control and without anything constructive to do that he was sent to Lancaster.”

Marble Collegiate Church thus houses a very interesting person personality. - ality. personality. The seating capacity is tax taxed - ed taxed every Sunday morning and eve evening. - ning. evening. Evening services in New York churches have seldom been popu popular. - lar. popular. Dr. Peale’s church packs them in. At a special service honoring Dr. Peale’s 10th anniversary in his pastorate, Herbert H. Lehman, then governor of New York, was present to pay tribute to the pas pastor - tor pastor as a minister and a citizen.