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Lieutenant Arlie C. Charter, Armv Air Force, pilot of a B-24 bomber, u'ho had three years' service, lAf months of lvhich was overseas, landed in California October 1-1, and is on termiual leave until December. He has returned to the University of California. Lieut. Charter is a son of Arlie M. Charter, manager of Wholesale Building Suppl1', Inc., Oakland.

Second Lieutenant Rutherford Force, pilot of a B-29 bomber, service, and has returned to his ers Supply Co., Oakland.

(Buddy) Gral', Army Air is back after three years' job rn,ith California lluild-

Nlaster Sgt. Bob NIeyer, 126th Signal Raclio Intelligence Co., was pron.roted on the field to 2nd l,ieuteuant last April. He is the son of Henry Meyer, Wholesale Lumber Distributors, Oakland, and rvas with Oakland Lumber Co., Oakland, before entering the service.

I.ieut. Meyer rvas recently l.rome on leave. He flerv frour Manila to California and back to Japan, and is nor,v at Kyoto, Japan.

Lt. Commander W. R. Chirmberlin, -fr., son of W. lt. Chamberlin. Sr.. n'ell knou'n San Francisco lumber and shipping man, is on terminal leave from the Navy. He is norv on a visit to his wife anci farnilv in Virginia and on his return will be associated with W. R. Chamberlin & Co. in the engineering department. He left the University of California in his senior year to. join the Navy 4f years ago, and has made a splentlid record u'ith the Naval Trausport Service.

Sgt. George Allen, back from Germany aud France, expected to be discharged from the Armv early in November. He was formerly n'ith U. S. Plyn'ood Corp., San Francisco, ancl will now u'ork in the Oakland offrce.

Harry Gibbons, BM/z with the Battalion, (Seabees), has returned Angeles, after 2f years' service.

54th Naval Construction to Back Panel Co., I-os

J. Glennon Cahill, Jr., son of J. Glennon Cahill of the Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has been honorably discharged from the Navy. FIe was in the Service four years, and received the Presidential Citation and 8 stars.

Lieutenant Comrnander Gordon T. Frost, son of A. A. Frost, Frost Hardwood Lumber Co., San Diego, is at home on terminal leave. Ile was in the Coast Guard for three years, and rvas a skipper of a gas tanker, operating in the Philippines, Guam and Saipan. He will be with the Frost Hardwood Lumber Co.

Spence Farrolr'n for the last three years in the U. S. Coast Guard, is a civilian again and has returned to his old position in the sales department of Fir-Tex of Southerr-r California, Los Angeles.

He will cover the territory formerly covered by Charlie Conkey-from Pasadena east in Los Angeles County, and San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial and San Diego Counties.

Gil Buford, u'ho rvas a pharmacist's mate 3rd Class in the Navy for trn'o years, has returned to his former employer, American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles.

Lee Pruitt, formerly with California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, in their warehouse, is back with this firm following his discharge from the U. S. Coast Guard.

Chief Petty Officer Wm. G. (Bill) Wright of the Sea, bees is out of the service and is back running his yard, the Wright Lumber Co., Stockton. He had 18 months' service in the Marshall Islands.

2nd Lieutenant Bovard Shibley recently received the Silver Star for gallantry while serving in the infantry in Germany. He r.vas in cl.rarge of industrial sales for Union Lumber Co., San Francisco, when he entered the service.