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Show FARVIEW. A baby girl was welcomed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cox last week. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Terry of Cent-terfield Cent-terfield -spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in Fairview. Miss Izetta Miner returned from Salt Lake City Sunday. Mrs. Ira White was a guest of her mother, Mrs Clara Peterson during the past week. Mrs. Traverse Tucker, who spent the past month at Fairview, returned to her home on the reservation this week. Miss Lora Tanner spent the past week with her parents she returned to her school at Provo Wednesday. , Harold Christensen .returned home last Friday. He is one of our soldier boys discharged with honor from Camp Lewis where he worked in the labratory of' the Hospital. Henry Peterson, another Fairview soldier, arrived home last Tuesday. He has been in the service for over eight months. Alden Peterson, who has also been honorably discharged from service in the army, arrived home on April 7th. He did most of his training in Virginia. Vir-ginia. Word was received from Arthur L. Peterson, son of Lorenzo Peterson, that he has arrived safely in 'New York. He has had more than six months overseas service. On Friday evening April 4th a dancing party was given at the Pavilion in honor of Jesse Young, who leaves soon for a mission for the L. D. S. Church. Pat A. Young and Mrs. Jack Kesko of Ephraim were Fairview visitors the fore-part of the week. Mrs-. Frank Olsen and children and Miss Ora Christensen returned to Scofield this week after, a two weeks visit with relatives In Fair-view. Fair-view. Mrs. Dora Rawlinson and children are spending two weeks visiting friends and relatives at Delta. Miss Verna Cox and Laurel Miner came from Provo and spent the week end with parents. The opera, "Cherry Blossoms" was presented by Prof. Henry Terry and about fifty well trained singers at Fairview on Friday evening. It was well received by a large and appreciative appre-ciative Audience. One hundred and fifty dollars were taken in which go for the benefit of the Gymnasium. The following letter was sent by a nurse in France to Mrs. Traverse Tucker of Fairview, telling of the death of her son. France, October 4, 1918. Base Hospltnl'101. My dear Mrs. Tucker: It is with regret that I must write you of the death of your son, Private Charles LeRoss Tucker. Company B, 807th Infantry, in Base -hospital 101. France, of pneumonia. Throuvch his illness he was very brave and patient and made a hard and splendid fight for life. But although every care was ,iven him. he fell Into his last sleep October 3rd. at 6:15 a. m.. thus answering to the end the call to arms. I know how hard It is for you to let your hoy go. and words seem empty comfort at a time like this, but you will have to be as he who made the supreme sacrifice for his country and the glorious cause of freedom. He lies in his soldiers grave in the American cemetery guarded by the beloved stars and stripes under which he font-'hl so bravelv. Please accept our sincere sympathy. ANNIE VAUVELAIN, Nurse. Charles LeRoss Tucker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Travers Tuckpr. was born in Fairview July 24, 1 893. He was in Los Aneeles. California, studing music at the time of bis enlistment. en-listment. e trained at Camp Kearney Kear-ney with the 144th Field Artillery, and sailed for France in June. 1918. Mr. Tucker was one of the colonists who were driven out of Mexico dur-. the trouble there several years ago. He had many friends in the iriter-mountain iriter-mountain region, who will regret to liear ot iiia sad. departure. |