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Mrs. Beaghton of Sycamore Road has one son and six grandsons in the service, all somewhere overseas.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sterling of Sycamore Road spent the weekend in Somerville.
Harriet Smith of Hawthorn Road is confined to her home with chicken pox and whooping cough.
A young lady from Wellesley was walking around the pond to visit Mrs. John Daly when three very young boys approached her and asked, "Have you got any news for the Jeep?" Just proves that every- one is working for the Jeep.
What "Ales" this picture? The answer is not a thing; as you can see in the background. If, however, you were to use it for a proof of the fact that the old home town is not a one horse town, you might have trouble, because only one horse shows, to be sure. The figure on the driver's seat is a familiar one these days and in spite of the many would be tractor outfits "Mel" will be out doing his bit for the old home front. He sure drives a mean plow.
Report of Town Meeting
Our Annual Town Meeting was held on March 7th with rather a small attendance.
Mr. William F. Hynes reported the War Memorial Committee expects Honor Rolls will be erected in Way- land Center and Cochituate in time to be dedicated on Memorial Day.
Mr. J. Sidney Stone presented, in behalf of the Parmenter Hospital Fund Committee, a suggestion for spending the income from the fund by the Trustees for the benefit of Wayland residents.
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The Cochituate Jeep
War Bond
My name is Carylle Louise Tru- del and I'm just two and a half years old. My mummy's name is Marguerite Hartin Trudel and my daddy is Sgt. George P. Trudel. My mummy works in Benny John- son's big drug store,-you know her, she's the pretty blonde girl. And my daddy is a long way off, way over in the Philippines and I miss him. I miss my uncle Pal and my uncle Billy, too. Petty Officer 1/c Francis J. Hartin, that's my uncle Pal, is in Hawaii and M/Sgt. William R. Hartin is my uncle Billy, he's in Germany. Just the other day I put my hand in a great big jar and I thought I was going to pull out a cookie but I didn't, it was just some paper and when the nice man read it he smiled and said:
FRANK SMITH
Congratulations Frank! You are the winner of the first War Bond to be given with each issue by all your friends at home.
Albert Lizotte has donated a bond and Mrs. Bernice Gerald has made the drawing of the lucky name, which is none other than that of Robert Allen. Congratulations, Bob- by!
Thanks, Al-your donation to the Jeep has made it possible for us to draw a second name with this issue.
Servicefolks: - Regarding these bonds, there is a fish bowl in the Gerald store window that contains capsules with a name in each one. These are drawn according to the number of bonds that are made available with each edition of the Jeep. The Jeep feels very fortunate in being able to present two bonds with this issue, thus starting the pot boiling.
MRS. BERNICE GERALD
Mrs. Bernice Gerald, who made the second drawing. Mrs. Gerald was afraid that she might draw the name of her son, Reed.
ROBERT ALLEN
Robert Allen, winner of second drawing. Bobby is the son of Dean and Mrs. David Allen.
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The Cochituate Jeep
Chit-Chat Column
Cpl. Thomas "Dar" Bleasedale stationed in Italy with the 97th Fighter Squadron wrote to Rocco Romano of Maiden Lane that the spaghetti in Rome was not as good as Mrs. Romano's. He asked for some golf balls. (There are no golf balls over here either, Dar.) Dar also said his idea of having a won- derful time would be to go to Dean's Dairy for a frappe or down town to see the fellows play hockey.
S 2/c Anthony Romano takes things pretty seriously, as you can see from this quotation from his letter: "Sure we want to come home, Ma, but there's a job to be done and most of us want to get it done so we can live in peace again. One reason this war is being prolonged is due to the fel- lows who are worrying about the raise they can't get and the meat they can't buy, etc."
S.M. 2/c Vernon F. Baker, U. S. N., of Lake Shore Drive wrote to his wife from somewhere in the South Pacific that he is picking up quite a few new trades, the latest being barbering. He can give a pretty good hair cut now. He also said his Christmas mail is just catching up with him. Vernon Baker has been in the service 28 months. He spent 21 months in the Atlantic and Pacific fighting zones. He was in the North Africa and Sicily campaigns. He has been on three different ships. At pres- ent he is on the S.S. James Madi- son. It is a supply ship and brings back prisoners of war.
Pvt. Kenneth Wilson writes that the army training is bringing his weight up to that of his brothers. He has gained over 20 lbs. so far.
A Cochituate young man who re- cently received a medical discharge from the service after overseas duty, has auspiciously begun a pro- fessional stage career on his return to civilian life, by winning a part in a musical show on Broadway. Robert Blair, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edily G. Pretty of Commonwealth road, East, has been given a danc- ing part in "Follow The Girls," musical which has played for a year on Broadway, starring Ger- trude Neisen, and is scheduled to continue for another year before going on a road tour of the
country.
Bob and his wife, the former Teresa Gladu, and their little son, Alan, who is approaching his sec- ond birthday, are now making their home in New York City, and are expected to visit in Cochituate over the week-end. Bob took time out to serve as a medical technician with the U.S. Army on New Caledonia before he was discharged in De- cember.
He starred in many shows by army personnel in the Pacific and while training in Virginia. He be- gan his study of dancing under Miss Catherine Mackey of Fra- mingham, when three years of age, and continued under the late Gene Raymond of Framingham and Miss Irene Hogan of Natick. He did exhibition dancing on many New England stages before entering the army.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dooley, formerly of this town, were the happy recipients of many beauti- ful gifts from their son, Arthur Dooley, Jr. Arthur spent a recent furlough visiting Paris, France.
Mr. and Mrs. Dooley haunt the South Station, Boston, looking for home town boys who may be ship- ping out from that point. Mr. Dooley, whose office is at the South Station, will gladly help and assist any of our boys in finding com- fortable seats and accommoda- tions.
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I'm glad I am an American, I'm glad that I am free. I wish I were a little pup And Hitler was a tree. * *
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Can you remember this little in- cident of a few years ago when you were in Grade 2 at the Co- chituate Grammar School?
The sentence on the board was: My cat is covered with- (the word to be filled in to begin with the letter F). I expected the word fur.
Several hands were raised, but one little boy couldn't wait to be called upon and shouted, "My cat is covered with fleas!"
Come in and call on us when We'll you get back, won't you? all be so happy to see you again. -Jane Noel Campbell
Sports
By the sports calendar the big league ball teams went into spring training this last week.
At the same time the future town team of Cochituate started their afternoon ball games.
Frank Tarr, local armchair ball player, was on hand, remembering four seasons ago this summer the last town team for the duration.
Frank was, as usual, organizing the boys to form teams and at the same time passing on some of his knowledge as shortstop and catch- er.
The main diamond looks some- what the worse for wear and the score board is gone altogether. I am afraid they will remain that way until Sonny, Reed, and the rest of the veterans get back to pull the grass roller and mow the outfield.
The High School team reported last Tuesday with a large and en- thusiastic squad. Three letter men from last year's squad were lost by graduation, but several promising Freshmen have reported and pros- pects look good. Schedule will be announced in the next issue. -Dick Dew
Report of Town Meeting (Continued from Page 2)
The budget of $240,190, voted, covers the expenses of the various departments. Other appropriations provide for a new heating plant and insulation in the Wayland Library as well as redecorating of the inter- ior and modernizing the plumbing and electrical fixtures. The Gram- mar Schools at Wayland Center and Cochituate were given $15,500 for re- pairs and painting to be completed in the next few years. The Commit- tee for the proposed Civic Building in Cochituate was voted $1000 for study and plans.
The "ides" of March turned out to be a record breaker in these parts. Our local thermometers registered a good 72 degrees though the weather bureau records a conservative 68 de- grees, but perhaps the best indica- tion of summer was the big turn-out of our young fry with flapping shirt tails. Main street was so crowded that pedestrians were forced to abandon the sidewalks and use the highway. Could it have been Benny Johnson had cigarettes for sale !
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Servicemen's Column
A letter received from Pvts. Bill Perry and Kenneth Wilson from Camp Blanding, Florida, says they both enjoy the paper (Jeep) very much. They were inducted the same day, and now, after 7 weeks of training, are still together, which is quite unusual. They live in the same barracks and are in the same platoon. Good luck,-may you al- ways be buddies!
Word has been received by Miss Dorothy Ames that John L. Bige- low, Jr.,, U.S.M.C., is well but busy. John was formerly of Stonebridge Road and has been in the South- west Pacific for almost a year. He writes that he wishes to be re- membered to his old schoolmates and teachers. He is on an aircraft carrier somewhere off the coast of Iwo Jima.
Mrs. Armand Jodoin of Saxon- ville, formerly of this town, writes she gets the Jeep regularly and gets a lot of pleasure out of it, "and I'm sure our son Armand will too." He is now located in the Philip- pines and likes it much better than the Netherland East Indies because of the pretty girls and the climate.
Horace H. Wright, MM 3/c, SB, is now attached to the 5th Marine Division. He says he enjoys his new home,-"a hole in the ground."
Gilbert Krulee, who was recently commissioned an Ensign, spent his week's leave at his home on Crest Road. He is now in Washington awaiting further orders.
Pvt. David K. Allen is back with his Medical Unit in England, after a furlough spent in Scotland. He and two of his buddies visited Edenburgh, Glasgow, Loch Lomond, Perth and Inverness. This was his first furlough since leaving the United States.
Robert J. Allen with the Mer- chant Marine is on a Libertv cargo ship carrying supplies across the Atlantic to our fighting men.
Lt. Walter Cheslak, husband of the former Ruth Schleicher, was visiting his wife and two small children over the week-end. He is stationed at Camp Upton, N. Y.
Lt. Frank E. Merrill of the Army Courier Service, somewhere in the Southwest Pacific area, recently traveled by plane to the Admiral- ties and Australia while on fur- lough.
In a recent
letter written by
Steve McEnroy to Ben Johnson, acknowledging the receipt of his Xmas box, he wished to be remem- bered to Pat Cormier and said, "Tell all the boys I was asking for them."
J. Robert Wright, CM 2/c, has been retained indefinitely at a naval hospital somewhere in the Pacific. He has an arm injury.
Arthur Merrill in the European area recently wrote home and said he was surprised and happy to meet a fellow from home. It was Russ Kenney of Wayland.
A nice letter came to the editors of the Jeep from Lt. F. A. Wilson, of the AACS stationed in Africa, expressing his appreciation of "your real newsy and homey editions." His family now resides on the former Atwell farm on Pleasant Street.
Burtis E. Hawes, USA, formerly of Cochituate, is now in a hospital in England nursing trench feet.
Pvt. Dayton Nelson's folks say that when they asked him how he was doing, the reply came back: "O. K. I guess. I think I must be losing weight as my pants are about three sizes too big." W'ell, Dayton, take it as it comes; in the Army they only have two sizes ---- either too big or too small.
Pfc. Bruce Morrell in a recent letter writes he is back in a hos- pital in England.
Alfred Dean, who is stationed in Boston, has recently been promoted to a Corporal.
Sgt. Al Taylor, well-known driver for the Cushman Bakers, is re- ported missing in Corsica.
Alexander G. Hardy, Sp. 1/c U.S. N.R., better known to us as "Sandy," had the pleasure recently of being one of thirty guests for an afternoon at the White House. The guests were all patients of the hospital at the National Medical Center, Bethesda, Md. They were met by guard and Military Policeman. Another guard from in- side escorted them through White House. The Ball Room, the the Green Room, The Blue Room, the Red Room and the China Room were all visited and finally they were received by Mrs. Roosevelt in the dining room. She very cordially greeted them and then served cof- fee and fancy cakes. She auto- graphed their bank notes and after chatting for some time and answer- ing questions Mrs. Roosevelt intro-
duced an accomplished accordionist from Hungary who favored them with three numbers.
This visit to the White House lasted about two hours and was made very interesting for all these guests who represented all ranks of the Navy and Marine Corps.
Cochituate is proud of its
Marines who took part in the bloody battle of Iwo.
Charlie Smith and Johnny Pel- letier are recuperating from wounds received in that battle at a hospi- tal base in the Marianas.
Buddy Butler, the string bean from Dorchester, who has spent many summers in our town, is tak- ing his boot at Camp Blanding, Florida. The Smiths report he en- joys his copy of the Jeep and wishes to be remembered to all his friends in Cochituate.
"Junior" and Sherman Brown. sons of Leslie Brown, who former- ly lived on E. Commonwealth Road, are doing their bit in the armed forces. "Junior," in the Army. is attending OTC in the South, while Sherman, a Marine, is back at Parris Island, recovering from an injured knee received in the Paci- fic area.
Bob Scotland has returned to his company from the hospital and is happy to be back with the fellows. He heard Bobby Breen sing and was entertained by Mickey Rooney. He was able to take a trip to Brus- sels which he enjoyed immensely.
Mary Shakliks says she has had several letters from her husband, Edward Shakliks, C.M. 1/c, who is with the Seabees at Pearl Harbor, and he certainly enjoys the "Jeep". He says to keep them coming.
Phil Harrington writes to express his appreciation of the "Jeep." He says "Keep it coming." That we will !
Fritz Schlosky has been honorably discharged from the service.
Harriette Conner, formerly Har- riette MacMeeken, and a former re- sident of Cochituate, is an army nurse in the 129th General Hospital in England. She has been promoted to a first lieutenant.
Bob Lewis of the U.S.C.G. was home on a short leave this week, after returning from his first trip overseas. Bob made his SoM. 2/c rate on this trip. Congratulations.
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Servicemen's Column
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2nd Lieut. Wendell A. Boggs, hus- band of the former Helen Houghton, has received his copy of the Jeep and thinks it really swell. He says to keep it coming. He has been in Rome, but is now on the move again.
In a letter received from Wallace E. Decker this week, he says he's looking forward to the time when he'll receive the first issue of the Jeep. At the time of writing he was in a "nice, cozy cellar." They had a stove in it and the floor was covered with two feet of straw which was quite comfortable.
Cpl. Benjamin B. Baum, husband of Natalie (Bergin) Baum, is with the 9th Army in Germany. He is in the 211th Field Artillery Bn. He has been in the army for 6 years and overseas 8 months. His home is in Ashland, Ohio.
Sgt Alex Detricelli, of Lake Path, is home on a 30-day furlough after being overseas for almost 21/2 years.
Just as Tommy Noonan had re- covered from his recent attack of measles and tonsilitis, Dick Biggins, A. S. contracted scarlet fever. He is stationed at Sampson Naval Base in N. Y. Best wishes for a quick re- covery from the folks here at home.
Pfc. Lawrence H. Berg is now stationed in Belgium with the 4th Armored Tank Division. He has been overseas for 15 months.
Fred Keith has received an honor- able discharge from the Navy. Fred and his family are living in Natick.
Cpl. Mary J. Witzell has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal at the Army Airfield at Dalhart, Texas; it was announced through the office of the commanding officer, George E. Lovell, Jr. Cpl. Witzell formerly made her home with her sister, Mrs. Walter E. Smith of Lodge Road.
Captain Richard Francis is com- manding a company at Camp Blanding, Florida and he recently received a commendation from Gen- eral Ben Lear while he was review- ing Capt. Francis' men on parade.
In a recent letter to Mr. John Connelly, Capt. George Bogren told him that he had been located in the Fiji Islands for sometime before go- ing to New Caledonia. From New Caledonia, he was sent by plane to Hawaii with stops at Guadalcanal and Tarawa. Shortly after arriving in Hawaii, he was met by Lt. Col.
Hormar Leech of the Medical Corps. [2nd Lt. Chloe E. Tillson, ANC, Lt. Col. Leech had heard of his ar- rival through a mutual friend. Thus two more Cochituate boys come to- gether from the ends of the world.
Francis J. Hartin has just been promoted to Petty Officer 1/c. In a letter to his wife he wrote that he had received the "Jeep" and he said, "that little paper is great! I don't know whose idea it was or how it originated but they sure are to be congratulated for a much ap- preciated newssheet from home and all about the fellows." (Thanks, Pal -the Editors.) The letter went on: "I went to see Larry (Dame) today and he had received his first copy of the "Jeep." I took my second copy with me and we went over both copies together. He thought it was swell, too."
Pvt. John B. Vespa has been wounded twice in action in France. At present he is in a hospital in Paris and expects to be moved soon to a hospital in England.
M. M. 1/c Thurber L. Handley U.S.N., of Lakeview Road has been promoted to Chief Petty Officer. He is now stationed in California. His wife, Doris, is there with him. S 1/c Barbara Mae Kinney, formerly of this town, has been a member of the waves for six months. She is now stationed at the Benjamin Franklin Hotel in Pennsylvania.
M. M. 3/c George Monreau of Massasoit Path is one of our Navy boys who took part in the battle for Iwo Jima. His ship the U. S. S. Anthony, a destroyer, is a member of the 3rd fleet. George has been in the South Pacific for 21 months.
Sgt. Arthur Mayer of Lake Shore Drive was home on furlough this week from Virginia.
S 1/c Raymond Snell of Maiden Lane, stationed in California, en- joys the newsy items in the jeep very much.
S. F. 3/c Curtis M. Howland U. S.N.R., stationed in the South Pacific for 13 months has been promoted to S. F. 2/c.
Pvt. Harry Crooker, formerly of this town, has been in the infan- try for the past six months. He is stationed at Camp Croft, South Carolina.
Y. 2/c Ruth Crooker a member of the waves for more than a year is stationed in Boston in the First Naval District Headquarters.
writes: "We all think the Jeep is the best idea Cochituate has had in a long time. Even the folks at home get a big kick out of reading about where everyone is and what they are doing." Thank you, Lt. Tillson; we aim to please.
Carl F. Lindbohm, Jr., is now stationed at Camp Croft, S. C.
The parents of Lyle Shufelt were happy to get a letter recently say- ing Lyle had been promoted to a Sergeant. He also received at the same time an Air Medal and Dis- tinguished Flying Cross. He is a radio operator in the air force in China.
Pfc. Reed Gerald surprised Lt. Wendell Marston in the middle of the night recently by calling on him in Kunming, China. Wendell wrote: "Evidently he'd run into my crew chief and radio operator on a street corner, who were going in- to town, and overheard them talk- ing about the pilot, 'Lt. Marston', so he found out where I was sleep- ing. We had quite a long talk, naturally. Reed likes his new base pretty well and he wanted me to say 'Hello' to his mother for him when I got back." Reed also wrote his mother of the coincidence. He said they sat on the edge of Wen's cot in a tent in the dark and talked for 45 minutes. Reed had to make a distance of 10 miles to his base, walking 3 miles of the dis- tance, but feeling it was worth it, since this is the first time they had met in over a year in China.
Sgt. Edwin Hillier of the 629th Medical Clearing Co. is now some- where in Holland.
Lieut. Albert F. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Smith of West Plain street, came home over the weekend to observe his first wedding anniversary. The obser- vance was marked by a dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Hamilton, 12 Hammond road, North Natick, the parents of his wife, the former June Hamilton.
Lieut. Smith served
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for months in North Africa as a tech- nician in the Army Air Forces and returned to this country a year ago. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Signal Corps in August at Fort Mon- mouth, N. J., and is now stationed at Arlington Hall, Arlington, Va.,
Quoting from a letter which was received by Editors of the Jeep, with the Signal Corps.
WAYLAND PUBLIC
The Cochituate
Jeep
Conveyor Of News From The Folks At Home To Their Service Men And Women Everywhere
No. 5
April 6, 1945
MAIL ADDRESS P. O. Box 70, Cochituate, Mass.
In Memoriam
The Town was grieved to learn of these deaths, and it is certain that their folks have the utmost sympathy of every individual in town.
The "Jeep" regrets to announce this sad news. The Editors
Cpl. George W. Fullick, USMC, 22, son of George W. and the late Annie Fullick, of Damon Street, laid down his life for his country on March 5th, while fighting with the noted Fourth Marine Division on Iwo Jima, this being the fourth invasion in which he had participated with the Division. At Tinian Island, he received facial wounds and was awarded the Purple Heart. He en- listed as a Marine October 3, 1941.
George was a Life Scout and patrol leader in Troop 1. He enjoyed Camp Resolute's activities and was a junior assistant officer while there.
His interest in music as a trom- bonist brought him a great deal of pleasure. He played with the V. F. W. band in Framingham, and later organized an orchestra of his own which gained for him many engage- ments in surrounding towns, as well as locally.
He attended Wayland High and was active in sports.
His father, still active in Boy Scouting, and Jennie, his sister, are his survivors.
Gurney O. Nichol, 42, a resident of Cochituate for seven years, died suddenly at his home, 94 North Main street.
He enlisted in the U. S. Army 17 years ago, served as warrant offi- cer at Station hospitals in McKin- ney, Texas, and Clairborne, La., and for the past year had been warrant officer at Cushing General hospital in Framingham.
He was a member and senior vice- commander of the Charles H. Al- ward post, A. L., of Cochituate, and served as a delegate to the Ameri- can Legion convention in Boston last year.
Surviving are his wife, Alpha (Coleman) Nichol, and a brother.
Word has been received from the War Department by Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Tillson of 50 Common- wealth Road, East, of the death of their youngest son, Capt. Robert C. Tillson, on March 9th in Germany. Besides his parents, he is survived by his wife, the former Wilma Thompson, a brother, Capt. Charles B. Tillson, Jr., and two sisters, 2nd Lt. Chloe Tillson and Miss Ena Till- son, a teacher in Rhode Island.
Capt. Tillson had been slightly wounded previously and had re- turned to his old outfit when he was fatally wounded. He served with the 10th Arm. Div., 3rd Tank Btln. which is with Gen. Patton's 3rd Army. He entered the army right after grad- uating from Mass. State College where he was in the R.O.T.C., in 1941, and has been overseas since last September. At his graduation, he received the scabbard, for being the outstanding reserve officer in his class. He was also a graduate of Wayland High School.
Honor Roll Donald E. Stultz Chester Randolph Patricia A. Brooks, WMCR
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Mrs. Albert Nicolozzo was pleas- antly surprised this week with a telegram from her husband, Pvt. Al- bert Nicolozzo saying that he was back in the good old U. S. A. He ar- rived in New York after several months in a hospital in England and he expects to have a furlough short- ly.
Howard Phipps is back at the Cochituate Motors after a sojourn at the Leonard Morse Hospital.
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