NEWSPAPERS: [N.] Gale Culy, Return from Philippines, Jackson County, Oregon *************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with United States Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by noncommercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *************************************************************************** Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Elizabeth Corethers 29 March 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Sunday, 7 Feb 1932, p. 5 GALE CULY RETURNS HERE FROM DUTY IN CORREGIDOR STATION "Two years, two days, and a breakfast on the island" was the way Gale Culy described his stay in the Philippines, where he was stationed in the coast artillery of the United States army. He returned to Medford Wednesday, having started from Manila December 31. Many interesting stories were told by the youth, who is son of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Culy of this city, but the most fascinating was that of "baluts," an industry in the islands. Goose and turkey eggs are laid out in the sands by the hundreds, according to his story, and they are kept warm by the sun, and sand, which retains the heat. A few days before they are ready to hatch, they are gaily colored like Easter eggs, and sold to the natives as a delicacy. Gale related a story of a journey he took one afternoon on a small boat and three high school girls were eating the eggs, containing the embryo forms. While in the service, Gale was stationed at Corregidor, which ranks next to Gibraltar as the most heavily fortified military position in the world. He made the return trip to San Francisco board the Republic, a new transport making its maiden voyage. Gale enlisted in the army following his graduation from Medford high school in 1929. He plans to remain in Medford.