The Daily Monitor Leader

TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1944

When we read in one of the Big Town sheets the other day that Denny Bedard, a Willow Run bomber plant employee, was writing letters to a list of 41 service men, we thought Denny was close to breaking all records . . . until we bumped into Johnnie Sierens at the Bowl-O-Drome and happened to mention the matter.

It looked like Johnnie's civic spirit was aroused, and the honor of Mount Clemens appeared at stake. "Just wait a minute," says Johnnie, "and I'll tell you exactly how many men I'm writing to . . . and just to prove there's no exaggeration, I'll give you their names and their families will verify what friends may know, here's the list . . ."

The list reached a total of 63 names. That many men in the service have been receiving good-sized personal letters from Johnnie (he doesn't use a typewriter or dictate them to anyone) . . . and the letters contain newsy bits in which Sierens knows the service man is interested . . . such as the progress of a certain bowling group, the whereabouts of other service men, or the activities of a club to which he formerly belonged.

They're personalized, individual letters. And so that parents and families will verify what friends may know, here's the list . . .

Pvt. William Quinn, Pfc. Arnold Kolozvari, Pfc. Felix Makowski, Pvt. Robert Charbeneau, Lieut. Ralph Charbeneau, S. 1/C Mel Tipton, S 2/C Pat C. Coughlin, Sergt. H. J. Barney, S 1/C L. F. D'luge, A/C Tom Nevin, Major W. E. Gerton, Major Roy Bartlett, Col. Marvin McNickle, Sergt. Dottie MacDonald, Sergt. Frank Passic, Ph. M. 1/C Henry G. Moran, A/S John Barry, Pvt. L. W. Martell, ART 2/C Paul W. Martus, AOM 3/C Jack T. Sierens, Pvt. Gerald Lozen, Pvt. Don Lozen, S 1/C Valer DeSlover,

Corpl. Orval Van Beversluys, Sergt. Dorn Martell, Sergt. William Brandenburg, Lieut. Armand Frascatore, Lieut. Comm. Russell F. Salot, Pfc. Charles H. Miller, Lieut. William F. Lubahn, Corp. Roland Omerod, S/Sergt. E. L. Thompson, Pvt. J. V. Smith, Sergt. Fred Wilde, Pvt. Nate Litvin, Pfc. Robert Morgan, Sergt. Harry Mial, Pvt. Ken Vernier, P/O J. H. Syrett, LAC Bob McGowan, Pvt. Charles Palma, S 2/C John Palma, Lieut. (jg) Joe Herr, Sergt. Lew O'Brien, Sergt. A. K. Lubahn, S 2/C M. J. Richardson, S 2/C Bill Richardson, Pfc. Robert Davey, S/Sergt. Herbert J. Helzer, T/Sergt. Don Peltier, Jr., ARM 2/C Don Westendorf, Jr., S/Sergt. Fred A. Krantz, Corpl. Roy L. Sebert, Pfc. George Harvard, Corpl. Ken R. Strassburg, Corpl. Mickey Gorman, AC Homer Van Hollenbeck, Capt. Philip T. Mulligan, Capt. Joseph N. Scher, Sergt. Bennie Levine, Sergt. Abe Litwak, AC Randolph Gleicher and Pfc. Al Soenen.

And that's what we call a mailing list . . . 63 of 'em!