Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Thursday - 5 February 1942 page 7
MER ROUGE LOCALS
Friends of Mr. Charles "Chink" Laing, who joined the United States Navy several years ago, will be interested to know he is now in training at a California Naval Training station. Chink is 19 years old and graduated from Mer Rouge High School at the age of 16 and has been employed by Snow White Cleaners of Monroe for the past year. His many friends here wish for him much success in his naval training.
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Thursday - 27 September 1945 page 6
MEN IN SERVICE
Aboard the U. S. S. Mississippi, Toyko Bay -- Charles E. "Chink" Laine, Machinist Mate 1-c, got his first glimpse of the Japanese homeland August 27, when his shop, the U. S. S. Mississippi, sailed up to Tokyo Bay as par of Admiral "Bull" Halsey's powerful Third Occupation Fleet. "Chink" served as a member of the engine room force aboard the 40,000 ton battleship during the Aleutians, Gilberts, Marshalls, Bismarck Archipelago, the Palaus, the Philippines, and Ryukyus operations. He wears the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon (APO) with 8 Battle Stars, the Philippine Liberation ribbon with 2 stars, along with the American Theatre and the Good Conduct Ribbon. "Chink" is the son of Lottie Laing of Mer Rouge. He enlisted in the Navy, January 15, 1942, and has served aboard the Mississippi since February 25, 1942. Before joining the Navy he worked for the Snow White Cleaners in the Bastrop area, The present MISSISSIPPI claimed to have been sunk on several occasions by both the Japanese and Germans, was duplicating the feat of a previous warship bearing the same name. In 1853 Commodore Matthew C. Perry conned the first MISSISSIPPI into the then uncharted waters of Tokyo Bay to open world commerce to Japan.
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Basrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Thursday - 1 November 1945 page 9
Charles E. "Chink" Laing, machinist mate 1-c, has been honorably discharged after being in service since January 15, 1942. He was in Tokyo Bay when peace terms with the Japanese were signed. He says he doesn't know just what he will do, now that he is back home, but for a little while all he wants to do is rest, and see the folks he hasn't seen in such a long time.
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Thursday - 9 January 1964 Front Page
LAING RE-ELECTED MER ROUGE FIRE CHIEF
MER ROUGE (Special) - C. E. "Chink" Laing was re-elected Chief of the Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department at a meeting of the firemen this week. Elected to serve as assistant chief was T. J. Parker. Drivers for the coming year will be Billy Womack, Curtis Edwards, John Rolfe Windsor and Lloyd Robertson, Dennis Kyle will serve as secretary and T. J. Parker accepted the Treasurer's position, with Richard Moore and J. L. Creel designated as quartermasters in charge of equipment and supplies.-
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MER ROUGE LOCALS
Friends of Mr. Charles "Chink" Laing, who joined the United States Navy several years ago, will be interested to know he is now in training at a California Naval Training station. Chink is 19 years old and graduated from Mer Rouge High School at the age of 16 and has been employed by Snow White Cleaners of Monroe for the past year. His many friends here wish for him much success in his naval training.
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Thursday - 27 September 1945 page 6
MEN IN SERVICE
Aboard the U. S. S. Mississippi, Toyko Bay -- Charles E. "Chink" Laine, Machinist Mate 1-c, got his first glimpse of the Japanese homeland August 27, when his shop, the U. S. S. Mississippi, sailed up to Tokyo Bay as par of Admiral "Bull" Halsey's powerful Third Occupation Fleet. "Chink" served as a member of the engine room force aboard the 40,000 ton battleship during the Aleutians, Gilberts, Marshalls, Bismarck Archipelago, the Palaus, the Philippines, and Ryukyus operations. He wears the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon (APO) with 8 Battle Stars, the Philippine Liberation ribbon with 2 stars, along with the American Theatre and the Good Conduct Ribbon. "Chink" is the son of Lottie Laing of Mer Rouge. He enlisted in the Navy, January 15, 1942, and has served aboard the Mississippi since February 25, 1942. Before joining the Navy he worked for the Snow White Cleaners in the Bastrop area, The present MISSISSIPPI claimed to have been sunk on several occasions by both the Japanese and Germans, was duplicating the feat of a previous warship bearing the same name. In 1853 Commodore Matthew C. Perry conned the first MISSISSIPPI into the then uncharted waters of Tokyo Bay to open world commerce to Japan.
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Basrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Thursday - 1 November 1945 page 9
Charles E. "Chink" Laing, machinist mate 1-c, has been honorably discharged after being in service since January 15, 1942. He was in Tokyo Bay when peace terms with the Japanese were signed. He says he doesn't know just what he will do, now that he is back home, but for a little while all he wants to do is rest, and see the folks he hasn't seen in such a long time.
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Thursday - 9 January 1964 Front Page
LAING RE-ELECTED MER ROUGE FIRE CHIEF
MER ROUGE (Special) - C. E. "Chink" Laing was re-elected Chief of the Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department at a meeting of the firemen this week. Elected to serve as assistant chief was T. J. Parker. Drivers for the coming year will be Billy Womack, Curtis Edwards, John Rolfe Windsor and Lloyd Robertson, Dennis Kyle will serve as secretary and T. J. Parker accepted the Treasurer's position, with Richard Moore and J. L. Creel designated as quartermasters in charge of equipment and supplies.-
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Thursday - 5 February 1942 page 7
MER ROUGE LOCALS
Friends of Mr. Charles "Chink" Laing, who joined the United States Navy several years ago, will be interested to know he is now in training at a California Naval Training station. Chink is 19 years old and graduated from Mer Rouge High School at the age of 16 and has been employed by Snow White Cleaners of Monroe for the past year. His many friends here wish for him much success in his naval training.
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Thursday - 27 September 1945 page 6
MEN IN SERVICE
Aboard the U. S. S. Mississippi, Toyko Bay -- Charles E. "Chink" Laine, Machinist Mate 1-c, got his first glimpse of the Japanese homeland August 27, when his shop, the U. S. S. Mississippi, sailed up to Tokyo Bay as par of Admiral "Bull" Halsey's powerful Third Occupation Fleet. "Chink" served as a member of the engine room force aboard the 40,000 ton battleship during the Aleutians, Gilberts, Marshalls, Bismarck Archipelago, the Palaus, the Philippines, and Ryukyus operations. He wears the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon (APO) with 8 Battle Stars, the Philippine Liberation ribbon with 2 stars, along with the American Theatre and the Good Conduct Ribbon. "Chink" is the son of Lottie Laing of Mer Rouge. He enlisted in the Navy, January 15, 1942, and has served aboard the Mississippi since February 25, 1942. Before joining the Navy he worked for the Snow White Cleaners in the Bastrop area, The present MISSISSIPPI claimed to have been sunk on several occasions by both the Japanese and Germans, was duplicating the feat of a previous warship bearing the same name. In 1853 Commodore Matthew C. Perry conned the first MISSISSIPPI into the then uncharted waters of Tokyo Bay to open world commerce to Japan.
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Basrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Thursday - 1 November 1945 page 9
Charles E. "Chink" Laing, machinist mate 1-c, has been honorably discharged after being in service since January 15, 1942. He was in Tokyo Bay when peace terms with the Japanese were signed. He says he doesn't know just what he will do, now that he is back home, but for a little while all he wants to do is rest, and see the folks he hasn't seen in such a long time.
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Thursday - 9 January 1964 Front Page
LAING RE-ELECTED MER ROUGE FIRE CHIEF
MER ROUGE (Special) - C. E. "Chink" Laing was re-elected Chief of the Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department at a meeting of the firemen this week. Elected to serve as assistant chief was T. J. Parker. Drivers for the coming year will be Billy Womack, Curtis Edwards, John Rolfe Windsor and Lloyd Robertson, Dennis Kyle will serve as secretary and T. J. Parker accepted the Treasurer's position, with Richard Moore and J. L. Creel designated as quartermasters in charge of equipment and supplies.-
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MER ROUGE LOCALS
Friends of Mr. Charles "Chink" Laing, who joined the United States Navy several years ago, will be interested to know he is now in training at a California Naval Training station. Chink is 19 years old and graduated from Mer Rouge High School at the age of 16 and has been employed by Snow White Cleaners of Monroe for the past year. His many friends here wish for him much success in his naval training.
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Thursday - 27 September 1945 page 6
MEN IN SERVICE
Aboard the U. S. S. Mississippi, Toyko Bay -- Charles E. "Chink" Laine, Machinist Mate 1-c, got his first glimpse of the Japanese homeland August 27, when his shop, the U. S. S. Mississippi, sailed up to Tokyo Bay as par of Admiral "Bull" Halsey's powerful Third Occupation Fleet. "Chink" served as a member of the engine room force aboard the 40,000 ton battleship during the Aleutians, Gilberts, Marshalls, Bismarck Archipelago, the Palaus, the Philippines, and Ryukyus operations. He wears the Asiatic-Pacific ribbon (APO) with 8 Battle Stars, the Philippine Liberation ribbon with 2 stars, along with the American Theatre and the Good Conduct Ribbon. "Chink" is the son of Lottie Laing of Mer Rouge. He enlisted in the Navy, January 15, 1942, and has served aboard the Mississippi since February 25, 1942. Before joining the Navy he worked for the Snow White Cleaners in the Bastrop area, The present MISSISSIPPI claimed to have been sunk on several occasions by both the Japanese and Germans, was duplicating the feat of a previous warship bearing the same name. In 1853 Commodore Matthew C. Perry conned the first MISSISSIPPI into the then uncharted waters of Tokyo Bay to open world commerce to Japan.
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Basrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Thursday - 1 November 1945 page 9
Charles E. "Chink" Laing, machinist mate 1-c, has been honorably discharged after being in service since January 15, 1942. He was in Tokyo Bay when peace terms with the Japanese were signed. He says he doesn't know just what he will do, now that he is back home, but for a little while all he wants to do is rest, and see the folks he hasn't seen in such a long time.
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Bastrop Daily Enterprise (Bastrop, Louisiana) Thursday - 9 January 1964 Front Page
LAING RE-ELECTED MER ROUGE FIRE CHIEF
MER ROUGE (Special) - C. E. "Chink" Laing was re-elected Chief of the Mer Rouge Volunteer Fire Department at a meeting of the firemen this week. Elected to serve as assistant chief was T. J. Parker. Drivers for the coming year will be Billy Womack, Curtis Edwards, John Rolfe Windsor and Lloyd Robertson, Dennis Kyle will serve as secretary and T. J. Parker accepted the Treasurer's position, with Richard Moore and J. L. Creel designated as quartermasters in charge of equipment and supplies.-
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