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LETTERS YOU WILL LIKE
San Diego, Calif.
Ever since my entrance in the Navy in
July 1943, I have planned to write for the
Ex-Student Paper because I want to keep
up with IHardin-Simmons University and
.he many friends that I made while there.
It always seems so good to learn the diff-
erent location of friends and success they
are having both in the Armed Service and
in their own occupations. I Ihave seen two of
the papers snce coming into the Navy
'through the courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
lard Foster who are here in San Diego.
Speaking of meeting up with H-SU friends,
my wife, Mary Lou Williams who had three
years in H-SU, and I have also been having
close fellowship with Merrill Hutchins and
his wife Martha Moore Hutchins. The Fos-
ters, Hutchins and us are all in the First
Baptist Church here and in the same Sun-
day .School Class of which Merrill is the
teacher. We have get togethers very often.
Merrill will probably be in the Navy soon;
although he will be in school awhile before
entering. Hardin-Simmons should be very
proud of him because he is making a won-
4ierful record and just recently gave himself
to be used completely for the work of our
Lord as His servant. I am 'very happy in
my'work as Chaplalin's Assistant and Yoe-
man. My duties consist of so many things
but the most important are, insurance, let-
ters to the fellows' parents, official letters
for the Chaplains, taking care of the work
in the Chaplain's office, supervising the lib-
rary, and many other things. I sincerely en-
joy using my weak talents for the glory of
our Saviour and I get many opportunities.
We go out of our way to help a ship-mate
when he comes in for help. Here's hoping
that everything, is progressing smoothly in
the dear old school and that it won't be
long before we can all come back to cele-
brate victory for us all. Roy Lee Williams,
Jr. Y3-c, U. S. Naval Amlhibious Training
Base, Coranado, Chaplain's Office, Bldg. 7i
San Diego,, 55, California.
England
I am enclosing a money order' for four
dollars, one of which is to pay my dues
and the rest to go to the "Sandefer Mem-
'orial Building Fund." I have been in "Mer-
rie England" since the middle of last Oct-
ober and I find a wonderful spirit of
carryingg on" among these English peo-
ples. As you know, they have been at war
for over four years and some of their cities
have suffered terrible' blows in 1940-41
Blitz, and some of their men, have been
away from home for a long time, but inspite of this, they are working hard and
have a wonderful spirit. You have heard
of the English being "Tea drinkers" andI can assure you that it is' a positive fact. days at H-SU. I've been corresponding with
Always, whatever- they are doing, -they L. A. Parrish, Lehman Gregg, Tom Guim-
stop at ten A.M. and four P.M. for their arin, Bob Haynes, John L. Wilson, John
tea.. A few days ago I' had occasion to be Singletary, Ralph Day, and a "few others,
riding on the rear of one of our trucks so we exchange the news from school.
and there cameup -behind us one of the There's not much I can tell you about
British trucks with two men in the cab. One what's been going on over here, but I never
was pouring tea for the two of them, from thought I'd be jumping at conclusions from
a thermos bottle. I looked at my watch an airplane. So far, I've been able to visit
and it was just a little past four P.M.! London, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool,
'Their tea is very good, by the way, espec- and a couple of other cities-believe me,
ally the way they make if and serve it in some of these places have really taken atheir homes. Last Sunday was our first
Sunday to hold services in our new chapel
--a large hut given to us for that purpose.
It was nice to be able to have services in
a nice, Church-like place (We had im-
:provised an alter, using black-out curtain.
material as a background and covering a
table with a bed sheet and placing the small
silver cross and two small candle holders
on the table). The men showed their appre-
ciation for having a better place by coming
in large numbers to the services. Formerly,
we had held our services in the Mess or the
Recreation Hall, depending on which was
available at the time. The Lord is blessing
us end we are happy in the Lord's work
over here but will be glad when the victory
is won and we can all return to our good
USA and our home and loved ones. May
God continue to bless you and the dear
School there. Luther G. Mosley (Chaplain)
MAS; BAD 1 Sqd. B; A.P.O. 635. dco New.
York, N. .
Lafayette, La.
For some time I have intended to send
you a dollar and have the Alumni Bulletin
sent to me. Though the last year until
September 1, I was at Davisville, R.I. with
Wayne Davenport, who has been sent to
some Pacific base with the' physical fitness
program of the Navy. I came here last
Septemhjer and am with the V-12 program
here. It is my job to keep the boys in shape
who will eventually be our Naval officers.
Hoping that you and all the Simmons' gang
are keeping the fort, I am, Vernon Staf-
ford, Navy V-12 Unit, Southwestern Louis-
iana Institute.
England
I am enclosing two dollars for my dues.
You have no idea how I look forward to-
each copy. Of course, it takes them quite
awhile to reach me but I suppose even
carrier pigeqns have engine trouble. I have
been here in England for about five months
and have as yet to see someone from H-SU.
There are a few over here, I know, so
maybe one of these days I'll meet a cou-
ple of of them-hope so, as I'm ready for a
big "Bull' session about the good "olebeating from bombs and it's quite a sight
to see. Thanks again for the Bulletin and
from now {on I'll be more prompt with my
payments. Give all my regards. Armond
Beauchamp, Co. F,. 506 Parachute Inf.,
A.P.O. 472, cfo P. M., New York, N. Y.
La Grange, IlL
Enclosed are my dues for '44. I enjoy the
rewsa of the exes from all over the world.
In m)y flying to the East coast recently, I
visited Lt. (j.g.) Hardy Pearce in Wash-
ington, D. C. and Cpl. Layne Britton in
New York. Pearce is athletic director for
a Naval post while Britton is head man, in
the make-up department for the Army's,
"Winged Victory" (a stage play). Britto\
says he is fighting the "Battle of Broad-
way, and won two blocks thus far." No
doubt friends will take new hope on learn-
ing these two stalwarts are aligned with
the United Nations, thus assuring a quick
victory. Dave Kuhn.
Chihuskua, Mexico
We will be very glad to forward the Bul-
letin yot sent on to Dorothea. Maybe her
teachers would like to know what she has
been doing 'in the war effort for the past
year. Dec. 1942, she took the Wave Officer
examination at Dallas, ,Texas, and maybe
the H-SU teachers vho had a part in her
development would like to know that she
passed with "above average officer mater-
ial" averages. (She was then sent to Smith
College in Northampton, Mass. where af-
ter a month indoctrination training, she
was chosen along with sixty-fbur other
Waves frinm the nation to receive provis-
ional commissions as ensigns and was sent
to Harvard Graduate Business University.
They live in Radcliff, but took a course
along with the Navy men officers at Har-
vard University. This class was an experi-
ment, since it was the first class of girls
to take the course in disbursing at Har-
vard; this field having always been filled
by men only. She graduated from 'Harvard
April 2, '43 and was sent +o Chicago as as-
sistant to a disbursing officer there. Upon
recommendation of her commanding of-
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