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Mr. Louis Pettigrew and his chil- dren spent the week-end in New Hampshire.
Mr. Willard Hunting is home after spending the summer in Falmouth.
Anyone interested in hiring a couple of good painters ?- contact Joan Pelletier and Posey Brown !
Miss Emma Dufresne is ill at her home on Commonwealth Rd. We wish her a speedy recovery.
ONE MAN'S VACATION
The little Town people, They want to know :
Whither you come and whither you
go. If you are sick or if you are well.
Why did you buy or why did you sell.
What kept you out late or brought you home early.
Yours is all public business,
Depend on it surely.
With this introduction
I will tell you what happened When one of our citizens Went away on vacation. It was a dark night
With the moon very low
When he closed up the store
Then decided to go.
With never a word To Tom, Bill, Ed, or Scub, He left the town flat With nothing to blub.
And when the sun rose
On the morn bright and clear, "Where is he? Where is he?" Was all you could hear.
Did you see him? Does anyone know?
Oh! where, Oh! where, Oh! where did he go?
He might be sick, he must be well, How could he go way and not even tell?
The mental anguish, the nervous strain Was beginning to tell,
When back he came. The town settled down with a sigh of relief Just to know our good friend Had not come to grief.
They are now quite busy With affairs of the nation But will never get over Where Ozzie went on vacation.
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SCHOOLDAYS AGAIN
Ding dong bell! It isn't the rhyme abut pussy in the well, but it's about back-to-school days.
The public schools of the town opened on Wednesday, Sept. 5th. It was a relief knowing that the war was over and that the strain in the minds of the teachers and pupils alike was lifted. All entered their classes with gayer and lighter hearts for the task ahead. Perhaps the most excited students on entering day were the brand-new book-toters just entering the first grade. Forty- one pupils were enrolled.
There have been a few changes in teachers this year. In the sixth grade at the Cochituate elementary school, Miss Mary E. Quigley of West Roxbury is replacing Miss Mary V. Horan. A new position has been included in the curriculum this year. Miss Louise E. Winston has been elected as the remedial advisor in the Cochituate school. Mr. Ernest W. Schleicher has resigned the posi- tion of supervisor of music and Mr. Carl E. Grabau, former music teacher at the Fessenden School of Newton and graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, has taken the position.
Miss Mildred Henderson, who has taught in the high school for twenty years, has resigned to take a posi- tion in the high school in Princeton, Mass.
Many of the young folks who graduated this past June are plan- ning to further their education, and we are proud to tell you of these boys and girls.
Bobbie Hardy is having his boot training at Sampson, and Buddie Daley won't be happy until he gets word to report to the Navy, which keeps him on the anxious seat all the time. Red Maley will attend Boston College. Tommie Noonan, who left the 18th of January to join the Navy, received his diploma in June, tho he wasn't able to receive it in person on account of illness. Among the young ladies are Mar- garet Lawrence and Dorothy Har- riott who will attend the Fay School in Boston. Two have already started their training for nurses-Renee Hammond is at Cambridge City Hospital and Hope Bradley is a pro- bationer at Peter Bent Brigham. Maryann Gallagher enters Boston School of Dental Nursing this week. Jane Schleicher has an intensive musical course ahead of her at N. E. Conservatory of Music. Her pal, Bernice Dorren, the baby of Way-
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Pfc. FRANCIS J. PERRY
Congratulations, Frank ! A para- trooper with the 13th Airborne Division, and now at home on a 30- day furlough. From the European theatre, this division will be reas- signed to Japan.
land High's graduating class, will attend B. U. College of Liberal Arts, while Barbara Cipoletta will attend another branch of B. U., College of Practical Arts and Letters. Char- lotte Anzivino, a graduate of Natick High, will take a course at LaSalle Junior College. Barbara Ann Dud- ley, Walnut Hill graduate, has started her first semester at B. U. College of Practical Arts and Let- ters.
Servicemen's Column
Sgt. Charles Demartini arrived home quite unexpectedly from the Azores. He and Mrs. Demartini, the former Eleanor Bemis, are en- joying his furlough with their young son, Tommy, whom Charlie had never seen.
Lt. Walter Cheslak spent the week-end at home with his wife, Ruth Schleicher Cheslak, and their two sons. Lt. Cheslak is stationed in N. Y.
Wilfred Perry is returning to Lake Placid, N. Y. Convalescent Hos- pital after a good long furlough at home which he has been thoroughly enjoying.
Buddy Butler,' somewhere on Luzon, writes his Aunt Helen (Helen Smith) stating it is much nicer to spend his summers in Cochituate than over there. He also insisted that she be sure and keep the JEEP coming. Speaking of the JEEP, Mrs. Smith also had a nice letter
from Arthur Brannen, a former resi- dent, who is stationed on Okinawa, praising the paper.
Pfc. Wallace E. Decker, still in Frankfort, Germany, writes his mother asking her to keep up her courage, as he might be home by Christmas.
Sgt. Lyle Shufelt spent a long weekend with his family on West Plain St. He is stationed at Platts- burgh, N. Y., just waiting, he hopes, for that discharge.
Paul E. York, SK, has arrived in San Pedro, Cal., awaiting separation from the service. He is the husband of the former Phyllis Noonan.
Pvt. Patricia A. Brooks, MCWR, recently enjoyed a short furlough at her home. Pat is stationed at Cherry Point, N. C., and says she enjoys the life of a Marine very much.
Ralph Lumley, USN, is stationed on Guam where he is operating a teletype machine. Keep your eyes open for Billy O'Connell, Ralph !
Pfc. Bob Scotland, stationed at Camp Swift, Texas, is now employed as a clerk in the separation center.
Sgt. Fran Derrick and his wife are spending a few days of his leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Derrick. Fran's duties keep him busy at Laredo, Texas.
Mrs. Wendell S. Steele, wife of Cpl. Wendell Steele, a former resi- dent, was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Mattie Branagan over the weekend.
Bill Rafus, on a LCT in the South Pacific, writes saying he hopes to get home, but it doesn't seem prob- able for at least a year. Keep your chin up, Bill !
Billie MacArthur, B 3/c, writes his ship, LST 662, has again reached Pearl Harbor after participating in seven invasions. Eighteen months is a long time to be away from home; and we do hope you'll reach the States very soon.
Pfc. Edgar Cunningham is still guarding German prisoners in Czechoslovakia. He says he finds the Czechs a very kind and friendly people.
Capt. George Bogren at Saipan writes he had the pleasure of meet- ing the actor, Tyrone Power, at a dinner party recently, at which George was a guest.
No word from Kenneth Wilson in the past two weeks. His family think he has moved again, though he did write in the last letter he would like to hear from Dayton Nelson. Please note, Dayton !
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Cpl. ELLIOTT P. SNOW
the He recently returned from
Southwest Pacific area, after 20 months over there. After his leave expired he was assigned to Camp Edwards where he is being hospi- talized for injuries he received at New Guinea.
Servicemen's Column
This is Russell Hooker's new ad- dress : Co. C, 844 Engr. Avn. Bn., APO 126, c/o P.M., New York, N. Y.
Charlie Smith and Eddie Burke met on Guam and had quite a chat about the old home town. Charlie says he will never forget the happy moments that the JEEP brings him. Thanks to the editors and all those who have given their untiring efforts towards making this, the best little paper ever printed, possible. Happy birthday, Charlie, and best of luck at getting home soon !
Pvt. "Sonny" Stewart, who has been hospitalized at Camp Wheeler, Ga., is up and around again. He was nursing a foot injury.
Lt. Ben Sleeper's job with the Navy has been changed from New York City to Hartford, Conn. He was recently home to pay his family place there. The little white crosses
a short visit and upon returning to | Hartford with his wife and child, Bill Scotland rode along with him, thence on to New York to visit his brother, Donald, and his family.
In a recent letter to his brother Paul, Robert Perodeau writes : "The climate here at Okinawa is much the same as California, the days are hot but the nights are cool and comfort- able. When we arrived here there were still a few Jap snipers in the hills.
"The native women do the heavy work. We see them every day with large heavy packs balanced on their heads. The men, well usually they have a small pack of about five pounds in their hands. Children, too, have their work to do. We see no young men or women, here.
"I am working nights now driving a bulldozer. The big excitement came the night the Japs decided to give up the fight.
"We were working about a mile and a half from camp when the sky lighted up with flares and tracers. It seemed every gun on the island opened up. We grabbed our rifles and jumped into our foxholes. Was it an air raid? or could it be an invasion? Then the word got round the Japs were ready to throw in the towel. We had our rifles ready so decided to shoot them into the air anyway. Then back to my bull- dozer for the rest of the night. It was an experience never to be for- gotten."
Kenneth Morrell, Jr., USAF, is at present at Camp Devens but expects to leave shortly.
Robert Hardy has been home for the past few days on leave from Sampson, New York. He returned on Tuesday.
Joseph Lee Strafuss, A.O.M. 2/c, has made his new rate and is still on Whidbey Island.
Long missing from our Honor Roll is the name Pfc. William Flynn of Dudley Road. He enlisted in the Marine Corps the day after Pearl Harbor, and took part in the bitter fighting on Guadalcanal. He was in the service for over two years and received an honorable discharge in 1944. He has a brother, Martin, who is also in the service.
Ralph Lumley, S 2/c, wrote in a letter to John "Dub" Daly that he had been to Guam and Eniwetok. In Guam Harbor he saw many damaged and half sunken ships and he said the Islands were devastated by the bitter fighting which took
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T/Cpl. RUSSELL H. HOOKER Russell has been overseas about two years. Wearer of the Purple Heart from wounds received in action in Germany. Recently he was flown from Germany to France, about 80 miles from Paris, where he is sta- tioned with Co. C, 844th Eng. Avn. Bn.
which marked the graves of our boys who died there made him feel blue.
Donald Baker, S 1/c, injured his back while diving from his ship somewhere in the South Pacific.
Chit-Chat Column
We were very glad to receive your letter, Bill Marston. We are so happy you won a bond. And we most sincerely hope this issue finds you en route to the good old U.S.A.
Editors, Cochituate "Jeep" Cochituate, Massachusetts. Dear Sirs,
Through your great paper I wish to thank the people of our fair town for presenting me with a United States War Bond. Not only is it a practical and patriotic gift, but most
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of all this Bond serves as a medium to tell the whole world just how much Cochituate thinks of its ser- vicemen and women. It certainly is a grand feeling to know that we are held in such high esteem "back in the old home town."
Thank you all once again for I sincerely appreciate your generosity and I am very glad that Cochituate is my home town.
Sincerely, Reed Gerald.
We are very glad to hear from you, Reed. And may we say we are extremely proud of the record the service men and women of Cochitu- ate are making for the town.
Frank H. Clifford, Cox., U.S.N.R., is now located at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass.
We received a very interesting letter from S/Sgt. Scotty Bethel who is stationed at Camp Adair, Oregon. Scotty writes that Carl Lindbohm was his guest at chow on a certain Friday night. Carl was the first person from Cochituate that he had seen in two years. Since then Scotty has been made a Staff Sgt., so he figures Carl brought him good luck.
Gilbert Stevens writes to us from the nation's capital. He went to see the baseball game between Wash- ington and Cleveland and had hope to see Detroit and Washington in a double header.
Dear Folks,
The Jeep has followed me from Hawaii to Iwo Jima and to Okinawa. I have received my copies regularly and on time. Have enjoyed every line of every issue. They have been better than any letter from home and I am certainly grateful to those many good friends who have made such a wonderful institution possible. You have performed a great service in such a brilliant way. I have neither seen nor heard of anything like it.
I am now on my way out.
A million thanks to all of you.
Sincerely,
Percy H. Steele.
We are so glad the JEEP has fol- lowed you, Percy. We appreciate your "thanks" so much. May your trip home be both speedy and pleas- ant.
Dear Editors,
Your latest issue of the Jeep
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JOHN W. RILEY, Cox.
He is in the amphibious force in the South Pacific on an LCT. He hasn't been home for a year and a furlough will likely seem good when he gets it.
arrived a couple of days ago. Thanks a million again and again for this wonderful paper. It sure gives us fellows the news about town as well as keeping us in touch with our pals who are far away.
Every copy affords a new oppor- tunity to show it to one of my bud- dies-and then begin to tell him about our swell little town. Not a few are surprised, and even amazed, that one little place is doing so much for its boys away from home.
A few days ago a letter from Franklin Merrill told me of his moving to Biak. And I also saw mention of it in the Jeep-so you're right up-to-date. I'm glad to hear he has successfully recovered from his operation. It will be swell to see him again.
Keep up the fine work and good luck !
Sincerely, David Allen.
Nice to hear from you, David. The JEEP seems to be quite a traveler.
Dear Editor,
Yesterday I received my 10 August
copy of the Jeep. I have been receiving them right along but have failed to write and tell you folks at home how much I appreciate it.
Due to the fact my last copy arrived a little late, I was unable to look for Dayton Nelson while on Oahu.
Since leaving there we came to Majuco Atoll here in the Marshall Islands. As yet the only fellow I have met while in the service was Bob Lewis who I met in Oran, French North Africa.
I wish to thank all the people that help to make up that grand little paper. It has been very helpful at times in locating buddies whom I have not heard from.
The reason the Jeep arrived little late this time was my fault. I had not notified the Editor of my change of address. I now have a San Francisco P.O.
Thanks again for a grand little paper.
Sincerely yours, Donald N. Baker.
Thank you for your new address, Donald. We trust the JEEP will reach you in good season from now on. Let us hear from you again.
Dear Editors and Staff,
Of all the "Jeeps" to fail to reach me in the mails it was the one nam- ing my winning of the War Bond. Consequently I did not know of my good fortune until I arrived home on furlough.
So now, although belated, I want to thank the donors of my bond and the editors and staff of the "Jeep" for their kindness.
The "Jeep" itself has been a vir- tual catalog of information for me when it comes to keeping in contact with my Cochituate friends and in keeping posted on Cochituate events. Accordingly when I arrived home on furlough I was just as well-informed about everything as any of the "old- timers."
Thanks again for the War Bond and a special thanks for the perfect paper.
Very sincerely, Fran Derrick.
We are glad you won a bond, Fran. It was rather a pleasant wel- come home, wasn't it? We enjoy hearing from you, so do write us when you have the urge.
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No. 18
October 5, 1945
MAIL ADDRESS P. O. Box 70, Cochituate, Mass.
5 BONDS
A gift of 5 bonds has been pre- sented to the JEEP'S men and women servicefolk this time.
To you, the winners, we are happy to announce the names of the donors :
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Martin. Mr. and Mrs. John McEnroy.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Taylor, in memory of their son, Frank W. Taylor, AM 3/c, who made the supreme sacrifice for his country.
Cochituate Boy Scouts. These boys worked hard, and deserve much credit, collecting paper, and with the sale of the same it was possible to purchase TWO bonds.
LATE REPORT
Mr. and Mrs. William Henry, 18 East Commonwealth Rd., have been notified by the War Department, as of Sept. 25, that their adopted son, Pfc. Donald Wing, died on May 12, 1942, on the Philippine Islands of malaria, in a Jap prison camp. Apparently this makes Donald Wing the first Cochituate son to have made the supreme sacrifice.
Donald was a mechanic with the Army Air Corps, on Bataan Penin- sula, in the Philippines, where Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces made their gallant stand to delay the Japanese South Pacific conquest schedule. He joined the Army in 1939, shortly after leaving Wayland High. Mrs. Henry is now awaiting word from the War Department as to the location of the prison camp in which he died.
The family of the late Pfc. Clif- ford G. Moore wishes to gratefully acknowledge and thank the Editors of the JEEP and the townsfolk for making it possible for him to win a bond.
Pvt. BERNARD GALLAGHER
The youngest of the three Gallagher boys in the service, Bernie was hap- py to draw the names of the lucky winners of the War Bonds for this edition of the JEEP.
Bernie says hello to everyone and hopes that it will not be long before you are all home again.
"OUR GANG"-PLANK
Sgt. John Pelletier of the Marine Corps expects to receive his dis- charge sometime this week.
Billie Wilbur returned from France last week, after over 4 years of ser- vice with the YD. He is at Ft. Devens, awaiting his discharge on the point system.
Wm. F. Henry, USCG, was dis- charged from service on Sept. 20, after four years of duty. He now makes his home in Springfield with his wife. William's sister's husband. Lonnie Fuson, has also been dis- charged, and they are now visiting with Mr. Fuson's father in Middles- boro, Ky ..
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Francis C. Hooker USMC Liberated
Mrs. Arthur Hooker of 44 Pem- berton Rd., received on Sept. 26th the following official telegram from Washington :
"Pleased to inform you of the liberation from Japanese custody of your son, Cpl. Francis C. Hooker, USMC, on 14th Sep- tember, 1945. Further details will be furnished you promptly when received.
(Sg.) A. A. Vandergrift, Gen., USMC, Commandant of the M. C."
The last previous word heard from Cpl. Hooker was last February 3 when the provost marshal general notified Mr. and Mrs. Hooker that their son had been transferred to the prisoner of war camp known as Tokyo Camp, Japan. It is believed that previous to that he was in a Jap camp in the Philippines, where he was captured in the fall of Manila back in the spring of 1942.
Cpl. Hooker was stationed in Shanghai in 1941 and when the Marines withdrew from that city, he went to Manila in the Philippines. He was in the Philippines when the Japs attacked in December 1941 and some months later the family learned that he was taken a prisoner.
He was employed as a clerk at the Clough Drug Store on Hollis Street, Framingham, when he joined the Marines. He attended Framingham schools and was a member of the Framingham Rotary club boys' band as a youth.
His brothers, three of them, are scattered around the face of the Globe. M/Sgt. Kenneth is stationed in Italy, T/Cpl. Russell, who was wounded in action in Germany, is with an engineering aviation bat- talion in France, and Bob, S 2/c, is in the Pacific.
From the last report, Cpl. Hook- er's wife, Eileen, is still a Jap prisoner in Shanghai.
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Town News
Our sincere sympathy is extended to Mrs. Annie B. Gibbs and Mr. Frederic A. Gibbs on the loss of Miss Alice Austin Gibbs. She passed away on Sept. 26, 1945, at the Leon- ard Morse Hospital after a severe illness of several weeks. Alice was born in Rockland, Mass., on October 6, 1917 and came to live in Cochit- uate about a year later. She gradu- ated from the Cochituate Grammar School and from Wayland High School with the class of 1935. After a four-year course at the Framing- ham Teachers College, she received her degree of B.S. in Ed. with hon- ors. While a student in Framing- ham, she belonged to the Glee Club and Choir, she acted as student government class representative and she served on the judicial board as well as being a member of the class and club council and a song leader. She was also president of the Y. W. C. A. At the time of her graduation, she was chosen to give the class address at the graduating exercises.
In the fall of 1939, she accepted a teaching position in the public schools in Dover, where she taught for two years. The following year she taught in Reading, Mass., but later returned to Dover where she was a member of the teaching facul- ty until last June. Because of her illness, she was unable to return to school this fall.
Shortly after the organizing of the Red Cross Nurse's Aide Corps, she trained as an Aide at the Emerson Hospital in Concord where she had given over 800 hours. Besides volun- teering for duty at the Waltham Regional Hospital, Alice was organ- ist at the Hospital chapel during the summer of 1944.
She was a member of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church and for sev- eral years was a Sunday School teacher and pianist for the Junior Department of the Sunday School.
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WM. J. MacARTHUR, Bkr 3/c At present on a LST at Pearl Har- bor. He has served 19 months overseas. His last invasions were at Okinawa and Ire islands.
She was a former Camp Fire Girl and she belonged to the Aurora Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, and she was a past worthy advisor in the Natick Assembly, Order of the Rainbow Girls.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, Sept. 30, at 3 o'clock, at the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Rev. Dr. David M. Angell, pastor officiated, assisted by Rev. Albert S. Anderson, former pastor. The church was beautifully banked with floral tributes and many people attended the services. Mrs. Ernest Schleicher presided at the organ and Mrs. Wilfred L. Celorier rendered "Face to Face" at the close of the service. Interment followed in the family lot in Edgell Grove Cemetery in Framingham.
Honorary bearers were the Messrs. Arthur F. Marston, Ernest W. Schleicher, Frank J. Kane, Walter E. Smith, W. Stewart Pollock, Hol- land M. Gage, Charles L. Fullick, Paul N. Boyer, Warren D. Valen- tine and Cpl. Loyall G. Liscombe.
At the meeting of the A. L. Auxil- iary, Unit No. 133, it was voted to discontinue the giving of sweaters to boys entering the service, due to the fact that the funds are to be used for disabled veterans.
Lt. and Mrs. Ben Sleeper an- nounce the arrival of baby boy, Russell Gage, on Sept. 27, at the Gloucester Hospital. Both mother and baby are doing nicely. Con- gratulations, Ben! Daddy a second time, but we suspect that you, like most men, are proud of that new son.
Since becoming a civilian again, Ed Hillier has resumed his work with the Celect Baking Co.
Mrs. Arthur Marston has picked several branches of apple blossoms from a russet tree in her back yard on Shawmut Ave.
Miss Kathleen Tivnan has returned to State Teachers College, Framing- ham, for her junior year in the ele- mentary department.
There will be a JEEP EXTRA out soon with complete story of the greatest Penny Sale ever held in Cochituate.
John Butler, back to a normal civilian life, is now employed with a New York-Boston trucking com- pany. On Oct. 2nd, he will become a member of the Chas. H. Alward Post, American Legion.
Paul Wood, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wood of Castlegate So. is at the Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary where he is hav- ing a delicate operation performed.
Hiram Nisbet of N. Main St. left by plane Thursday noon for his home in Prince Edward Island, where he ate dinner with his mother and brothers that same evening. Mr. Nisbet intends spending a short va- cation there. We don't know how long he intends to stay as he does not wish to be pinned down to any set number of days or weeks.
Mrs. Thomas J. Young, wife of Pvt. Thomas J. Young now over- seas, is spending a week with her mother, Mrs. Jeanette Rafus of Crest Rd. Also Miss Thresa Chap- man of Dorchester, a friend of the family, is spending a weekend with Mrs. Rafus.
Mrs. Eleanor Demartini had the misfortune to injure her ankle last week while her husband was home on furlough. Due to her injury, Cpl. Demartini was given an extension to his furlough but he started back to the Azores this week.
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