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Show The Qenterville-- j NEWSETTE Vol. 2, No. 9 CENTERVILLE, DAVIS COUNTY, UTAH James C. Evans Officially Reported Killed Word from the War Department, listing James C. Evans as killed, was received by Mr. and Mrs. Horton H. Evans July 20. It was the word that for 17 months all Centerville has been praying would never come. Everyone in this community has fervently hoped that it might be otherwise, and that Jimmie would some day turn up safe. Hope, so brightly kindled, was dimmed somewhat a few months ago by receipt of a letter to his parents from the mother of one of his crew members, who in turn received it from one of the three who were known to have escaped alive from Jimmies plane. We quote, in part, from the letter: As we were approaching the target we encountered a large number of enemy planes which were very deadly. Two of our engines were shot out and our right wing was afire. All this happened instantly. Your son called Evans to release the bomb load to lighten the ship. This was impossible because Evans was wounded or probably killed as he could not release the bombs. Being unable to gain speed we had to drop out of formation. An instant later your son gave us the order to bail out if we could but the ship went out of control and we went into a dive. At the moment none of us could get out but your son somehow pulled it out of the dive into level flight again; how I do not know. It was a miracle. We were all shaken up, but somehow I managed to get to the waist door. I pulled the cable and Norman Phillips kicked the door out and made the jump at the same time. As he jumped out I told the ball turret man to follow me out as quick as possible. Just as I stepped out the ship turned over on its back and blew up. I felt the concussion and it blew my left boot off as I jumped. The rest of the crew didnt have a chance to get out, for all this happened so fast that no one can imagine. When I pulled the rip cord on my parachute I noticed it was ripped, but I landed in a tree which saved my life. I didnt land anywhere near the ship so I couldnt see what happened, but later on as I went to camp I met Norman Phillips and Earl Matheson who thought I didnt get out and were very surprised to see me. As I spoke with them I found out that they landed right near the wreckage of our ship. As Norman neared the ship it was still burning and all the escape hatches were still intact with the exception of ours. Centerville Business District Grows New Lions Club Begins Activities The night life of Centerville once again thrives with the reopening of the Bungalow Inn under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jones of Salt Lake City. Also added to the business The phrase something new has been added is indeed true in the history-makin- g projects of the new Lions Club organized here in Centerville. The first project to be started by the club district of Centerville is a newly opened barber shop run by Mr. Morris Cushing of Bountiful. We wish these new establishments success. As Therice Duncan says, Centerville is now large enough to support one store, one garage, one inn, one barber shop and one cleaning shop. o Black Rock Is Scene Of Sunday School Party He saw one body and this was the ball turret gunner Earl Scheik. He was not permitted to stay there very long for the guards feared that the bombs would go off any minute, for they were still in the ship. Earl Matheson was blown out of the radio room and to this day he still does not know how his parachute opened. The only one he saw starting out of his turret was Chauvin and he doubts very much that he got out because he was instantly blown and I was partially blown out which almost happened at the same moment. The only one I saw from o the waist position was Joe who I think was killed instantly because he was motionless in the tail. That is the only information I could explain to you by letter. Even in the face of this evidence, we still clung to the slender thread of hope that somehow our Jim was still alive. We thought of the underground and how they had helped so many downed fliers back to safety. We thought, too, of the possibility that he might have escaped into Holland and hidden up in that Sor-bin- AUGUST, 1945 Sunday School officers and teachers got together for an outing on Saturday, July 14. Black Rock beach was the scene of action. It was a windy day and the more adventurous ones enjoyed riding the waves, and incidentally, getting a few mouthfuls of the same. The swimmers came out to find Claude Kirklands car stuck in a mud puddle and then discovered that both Gene Fords car and Elliot Randalls car had flat tires. When things were again straightened out, everyone gathered for a delicious lunch- the rehabilitation of the tennis court and softball diamond and back stop at the school grounds. Maybe some of you have noticed how green the field around the is school house is and have wondered how come the June grass is still so green. We are very glad to inform you that it is not June grass but a special field grass purposely planted there. The club had its first banquet at Harrys Dutch Oven. The charter for the new club was presented by Mr. Boyack of Salt Lake City, to Joel Smith, president of the Centerville chapter. eon. The committee for this affair was Leah Pettit and Lois Clayton. o Gleaned From The Record . . . February 6, 1924. Councilman Randall reported that quite a number of people were emptying ashes on the sidewalks and in the streets. He proposed to furnish the Clerk a list of these offenders in order that they could be notified that such practice must cease. March 5, 1924. Jos. E. Williams was present, asking the Town to join the Deuel Creek Irrigation Company in a suit to country. But the War Department telegram stills any further hope. We can only pray, now, that Jim died without undue suffering; that his parents and brothers and sisters will be comforted in their grief, and lastly, that the cause for which he so valiantly gave his life will not be thrown to the winds as it was after that other war in which brave men prevent the exchange of a certain tract of land known as section 12 to Howard P. Paskett, a sheep and cattle man of Henefer, Utah. This subject is a continuation of the same subject on which the Centerville Town had c o n s i d e rable correspondence with Senator Reed Smoot. The suit is being brought to prevent sheep and cattle from ranging on the watersheds which supply the Turn to page four Turn to page four Joel R. Smith . . . Heads Utahs newest Lions club. Other officers who were installed were C. Perry Rockwood, first vice president; Marlow Fisher, second vice president; F. Wallace Walton, third vice president; Seth Blood, secretary- treasurer; Louis Hepworth, tail twister; Glen Moss, lion tamer; Edgar Smoot and Merrill Rush-forttwo-yedirectors; Thomas Williams and Herbert Haacke, one-yedirectors. We wish to give all members of the new club a vote of confidence in the undertakings of the future. h, ar ar |