PPC * JAMES BODTTENS VISITS MITTERNDORF
LINZ .AUSTRIA— ■ . . .
A visit to a religious rctroat camp at
picturesque Mittomdorf, southwest of Linz
Austria, was the pleasant experience of
Private First Class Joraos Bouwono, son'of
Mr, and Mrs, William Bouwono of Palmor,
Alaska,
Private Bouwens is now Serving with tho
543th Air Scrvico Group, one'of tho organ
izations which is policing tho American
Zone of Austria from the Air,
.The now three-day program is' sponsored by
the Army Air Forcos far advancing the
. sp iritual welfare of the 3orvicc men fcnd
••omen in Germany^who desire to toko part
in*a program of meditation, o>:cereiso and
spiritual uplifting. In tho quiet and
seclusion of a thoroughly Christian envir
cr cent, soldiers met in the Catholic rc
f-pnt to cultivate the qualities of sin
cerity, honest thinking and 'earnest prayer
while participating in a variety of sports,
Tho Catholic Camp was under the leadership
of Chaplain K,'J, Thurston of Army Air
Paso Horsching, and the retreat program '
was- initiated by Major Charles K. Johnson,
Staff Chaplain, Headquarters, XII Tactical
Air Command,
Anniversary of the feast of St, Mary
Magdalen was observed at Mittondorf,Austria
1” this retreat for Catholic constituents
from all over Southern Germany and Western
iiu stria.
Since this release was nailed to th4
Valley Settlor from tho Wpr Deportment,
Army Air Forces Station Horsching; it has
do on learned that Pfc. James' Bouwens is
back in the Unitod States. It was mailed
to tho Settlor just one month ago today.
FAIRBANKS PIONEER VISITED VALLEY
Mr. Robert Bloom and daughter, Dri Bloom,,
visited the Valley this past week. Mr.
Bloom is one of the pioneer residents of
Fairbanks and his daughter was a doctor in
England during the war. She is a graduate
of the University of Dublin,
During tho Blooms' visit in the Valley,
they spent some time in visiting different
parts of the Valley and improvements made
here which included the new Airfield now
vndor construction, the Experiment Farm,
Palmer, and the Co-op set-up,
A1.ring their stay here they were guests at
tie M, D, Snodgrass homo,
’li. Bloom was also a trustee on the Board
)f Regents of the University of Alaska'for
3 years, and ho was one of five'to build
«hc first Airfield in Fairbanks,
Palmer Bus '
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OCTOBER ' 19