WITH OUR ST. CLAIR BOYS IN SERVICE Ray Thurmond of Sullivan, who formerly lived in St. Clair is stationed at Dubuque, Iowa on Coast duty. Ray writes that he likes guard duty fine, but the weather is awfully cold and the guards are on four hour duty at a time. Arthur Pickles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pickles of the Anaconda district is home on a 10-day leave from the Navy. Arthur was on board the Wakefield before it was sunk. At the end of his leave, Arthur will return to New York for assignment to another ship. Three letters were received lately from Emerson Mester, who is stationed in England. His sister, Verna who is working in St. Louis, with her mother, Mrs. John Mester stopped at the Chronicle Monday to see about having the paper mailed to their son and brother. About all Emerson writes is that he is well, which of course, is the best news ever to be received from our boys ’ overseas. Mr. Vivian Peters___ _____ enlisted in the U. S. Army _______ service last week Monday ________ to Jefferson Barracks. _________ Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Peter____ sister and family, Mr. _______ Franklyn Babb and sons, ____ him Sunday. He expected to _____ Monday for some camp in Te_a__ but no word further has been received from him. Sgt. George Jackson writes that he is on his way back to Biggs Field at El Paso, Texas, after being for the past month or six weeks at the Alamogordo Air Base in New Mexico. Harold Hartman enlisted in the Army and went to Jefferson Barracks for examination last Saturday. Bernard Ritter came home from Great Lakes Monday on a nine-day furlough. Bernard has the title of Fireman First Class and passed an examination for entrance into the Diesel engine motors school. His orders are to report back to the Great Lakes and will be then sent somewhere else to school. He is high in his praise for the Navy and has gained 11 pounds since he entered training four weeks ago. Mrs. Rube Deaton had a long letter from her son Charles ______ __day. He entered service ______ weeks ago and was sent to ____ Roberts, California. He expects to be there about 13 weeks and hopes to be among those selected to go to school to learn a trade. Mrs. Deaton is having the Chronicle sent to her son, as she says in that way he can find out more about what is going on in St. Clair, than he can by their letters. Otto McKinney of Camp McQuade, California, is among the soldier boys’ this week to be added to the list of those getting the weekly visit of the Chronicle. James Rains has completed his first course of training in the U. S. Navy at Great Lakes and surprised his mother by coming home Tuesday night on a week’ s furlough. Shelby Pritchett, the youngest brother of Mrs. Orville Duncan is now a member of Uncle Sam’s Navy and is at present stationed at Great Lakes, Illinois. Lawrence Griese, a cousin of the Editor’s wife, left for service in the Army last Saturday. He has a brother with the U. S. Marines, who is believed to be in the Solomon Islands. Pvt. Arthur Stahlman writes that he is out of the hospital at San Pedro, California and back in training again. A cable was received November 3 by Mrs. J. L. Lee, mother of O. F. C. Elbert “Dick” Lee of St. Clair and Oermann, Mo., that he had arrived at his destination. Place was not stated.