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Lieut. Commander E. J. La Franchi, U. S. Navy Seabees, arrived home in Oakland December 7, direct from Samar in the Philippines, rvhere he had been stationed for some time. He has been 30 rnonths in the service, and 24 months overseas, and is now on terminal leave until February 1.

Lieutenant of Piedmont December 14 instructor in Texas.

Tom Jacobsen, Jr., son of Tom Jacobsen, Sr., Mill & Lumber Co.,'Oakland, was discharged from the Marine Air Corps. He has been an primary flying for some time at Dallas,

2nd Lieutenant Jim mel Building Supply, leave.

Handley, son of J. Carmel, Calif., rvas O. Handley, Carrecently home on and l.ras a large acquaintance out Northern California.

For seven years before entering the service Ed rvas associated with Hill & NTorton. Inc.. wholesale lumber dealers, Oakland, in the lumber trade through-

Sgt. Maurice L. "Duke" E,uphrat, Jr., son o{ Maurice L' "Duke" Euphrat, Sr., Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francicso, returned from Hokkaido, Japan, and was discharged from the Army December 14, after being overseas 29 months 'rvith the l2th Special Service Company.

He is a talented pianist and was engaged in the u'ork of entertaining in many parts of the Pacific area. He will return to Yale, rvhere he had completed his first year rvhen he entered the service.

Sgt. Charles W. Rider, son of Leo P. Rider, rvho is in cl-rarge of the milhvork department of Eureka Mill & I-uniber Co., Oakland, rvas released from the Armv at the end of October after 28 months in France and Germany rvith the 6th Army Group.

John W. Rider, another son, has lleen in the U.S. Marine Corps for 10 years, served in the lst Division that u'ent into Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester and Peliliu, ancl has returned to California, where he is acting Sgt.-Major for the Marine Guard at Port Chicago, Calif.

Lieut. Horace Lumber Co., San the Navy alter 22 Guinea area.

Williams, formerly with West Oregon Francisco, was recentlv discharged from months' service overseas. mainly in Nerv

Lieirt. Jerome L. Salomon, USNR, son of Melville N. Salomon, sales manager, Smith Lumber Co., San Francisco, arrived in Portland, Oregon, December 2l lrom the Philippines. He has been C.O. of a YP-boat in Philippine rvaters for some time.

Lieut. Salomon entered the service in October, 1942; 1s a graduate of the University of California in civil engineering, and during his training period took special courses at Notre Dame and Harvard universities.

Herb. Bickell, u'ho has been a Chief Petty Officer in the Seabees for the past several years in the South Pacific area, is out of the service and is back in his old job as manager of thc Merner Lurnber Co.. Palo Alto. Calif.

Dick Lincoln, brother of L. H. "Abe" I-incoln, Lincoln Lumber Company, Oakland, and former manager of Lincoln Lumber Company's Berkeley branch, is out of service and back home. lfe r,vas ground instructor in aviation mechanics at the Thurrderbird Air School, Arizona.

Kenneth Lincoln, also Alte's brother, and formerly associated r'r'ith the firm, was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant slrortly before the end of the war as a pilot of a B-24. He has no.iv received his discharge and is at his home in Oakland.