March 9, 2012
Oroville Mercury Register
February 10, 1944
In The Fight
Oroville Boy Will Learn Aerial Navigation
San Marcos, Tex- Richard C. Wiertzba, 25, of Oroville is a member
of a new class of aviation cadets and student officer that has reported
at the army air forces navigation school here. He will take an 18
weeks’ course in advanced aerial navigation.
Oroville Mercury Register
February 10, 1944
English People Lauded For their Hospitality
Tech Sgt. George (Mickey) Cicero, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Cicero
of Myers Street, has the highest praise for the graciousness of
the English people. “He wrote saying that he found them to be very
hospitable, and that he likes them very much,” his mother said.
She reported that he was happy to receive the Mercury Register.
A member of the United States army engineers, he has been in England
several months. He enlisted in February last year, trained at Monterey
and later in Louisiana. He was a carpenter in Oroville.
Oroville Mercury Register
February 10, 1944
8530 Pounds of Tin Gathered By Elementary School Pupils
Children of the Oroville elementary schools have collected 8530
pounds of tin cans in a drive they conducted under the direction
of their teachers and Superintendent Clarence Fylling, salvage director
for Oroville. Fylling announced the total poundage today, saying
that these drives will be continued, one a month, at the request
of the state salvage organization. “which is very anxious to get
more tin.” The school collections were: East Side, 1965 pounds,
Burbank, 2204 pounds and Bird 8530 pounds. Four boys of the Burbank
school collected 714 pounds, an average of 178 per boy. They were
Dale Duley, Ronald Turner, Donald Lawson and Donald Meyer. At the
East side school, Shirley Becker collected 175 pounds, Royne McGinnis
145, Richard Turner 116, and Virginia Randolph 115. The 8th grade
of Mrs. Ellen Jones at Bird averaged 35 pound of tin cans per pupil.
Three girls of that school, Beverly McKillop, Anna May Henry and
Joyce Fylling, collected 402 pounds working together. Jack Kemper
with 155 pounds, topped the list at Bird. Others there collecting
large quantities were Mervin Cannon, 132, and Donald Frazier, 138
pounds. Residents are asked to continue to take their tin cans to
the grocery stores, from which they will be collected. The difficulty
in getting cans for the tin has been solved. Fylling said, by pooling
Oroville’s cans with those of Chico, Collection difficulties also
have been ironed out he said.
Oroville Mercury Register
February 10, 1944
Editorial Dan Beebe, Editor and Publisher, George Wangelin, Business
Manager Today’s Honor Roll
We’re proud of the Children and their job with tin cans..’
Directing attention to the tin salvage story in today’s paper, note
the pep with which the school children went out after the invaluable
metal. Confidentially, the “old folks,” had fallen down on the job.
They didn’t seem to have the necessary follow-through to keep at
the task of preparing the cans and delivering them to the stores.
So the children were called in. Please note the names of the leading
children. They constitute an honor roll, and they can be very proud
of their accomplishments. We hope after the next drive to print
the names of all the children that collect 100 pounds or more of
tin cans. Mr. Fylling pleas note. Tin remains a problem for our
country in fighting this war. Let’s keep at this job. And Housewives:
we suggest that you telephone your favorite school child after the
next monthly drive has been announced and say that the tin is ready.
That will speed up the children’s task and help many of them to
qualify in that honor roll we have mentioned.
Stu’s Notes: Due to a computer problem, and pending deadline for this article, and my day to watch over Noah, Gavin and Emma, our grand children in Chico, thank-you Paula and Bill for having them, I don’t have much time to say much. So what can I say, remember in your hearts all those brave men and women who are still serving gallantly to this day.