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Show R€€-ffiARHS * • Government To Offer Surplus Farm Equipment at Sale Here THE MIDVALE By The E ditor Merchants took a rest yester- day, the old folks had a good time, and Washington's birthday was ap- propriately celebrated in these parts. .. Hill Field will continue as a vital war installation, its job con- sta n tly expanding until are whipped, Col P aul com manding officer, told legislators. This is good Utahns, many of whom the Japs W WoH, the state news to are em- ployed at Hill Field. • It isn't very tasty news that the American public faces a 1945 butter ration of less than a "pat" a day for each person. Despite a climb in milk production. less butter is being made, due to government regulations which discourage butter production. Nice, isn't it? • There is an urgent need for 10,000 more army nurses to care for our heavy b attle casualties. Every means has been employed to secure enlistments in the nurses' corps, and the situation has become acute . It seems queer that they can draft soldiers, but not nurses. THE LOW DOWN FROM HICKORY GROVE I see where in 1944 our drink· ing bill was 7 billion. Pard.ner, that is quite a few swigs. And on top of that, there was a whiskey shortage. The distilleries in this country only run a few weeks, so several foreign nations profited by sending us slathers of rum, and tequila, and S cotch, and vodka. The way it turned out, we had just as well allowed our own distilleries to make the stuff and make some money and pay more taxes versus sending the profits out of the country. But thls is not a lecture on drinking m· vice versa. It is an inquiry into why we m ust have govt economists. Our govt economists claim that income taxes are too low H we can afford to buy 7 billion in highballs. These boys with the furrowed brows jump at the conclusion that everybody dxinks, so tax 'em all equal via income tax, while actually our drinking is done by only a 6th or less of our population. Instead of taxing the hooch drinkers more, they say boost the income taxes on the tea and lemonade and coffee drinkers. Anybody h aving a good idea on why we n eed a flock of govt economists on our pay-roll, p lease wire me-but do not do so collect. Yours with the low down, JO SERRA. Local Police To Get Two-Way Radio Set A uthorization fox the purchase of a 2-way radio set was given by the city council Tuesday to the Midvale police department. The new set. will conform with those of Salt Lake City, Mw·ray, and other surrounding police depart~ ments, and will facilitate messages between departments. * HONOR ROLL ' * N e w S u bsc r iber s : Earl \Vood. West Jordan. Zeno Adams, --East Midvale. Myrna Martineau, West Jordan. A L Olson. Sandy. \Villiam Roderick, Sandy. Victor Engman, Sandy. Boyd K Bastian, Herrisman. Mrs Renee DeMill, Sandy. Elvis Evans, Sandy. Alex Engstrum, Draper. Mrs A E B attison, Riverton. Sgt Golden L L andgren, overseas. J a m es Hunt e r , A M 3~c, overseas. Sgt H arold D W ardle, overseas. P v t Barbara T aft, F t D esM oines, Iowa. Renewals: S-Sgt F D A lldredge, overseas. Pic Clarence Hyde, Whipple, Arizon a. H yrum B eck stead, Midvale. J W Farm er, Midvale . Herbert Z afft, Midva le. Max Markus, M id vale. Mrs C I Goff, M idvale. Poliners Store, Midvale. Gilbert Matthews, Midvale. Carl Arnoldu s, M idvale. R Franz, Mid vale. Ra lph B K eeler, East Midvale. W R Thomas, M idvale. L E M a lmstrom, Midvale. Ken D unn, M idvale. Iienry C J orgensen, San Carlos. Calif. Zelia Denney, Sandy. Mrs Maxine A nderson, Sandy. Mrs Delmar Jenkins, Sandy. Judge Reg White, Sandy. William Rawson, Sandy. T W Sjoblom, Sandy. Mrs John Elswood, Sandy. Mrs Ray Whetman, Sandy. Einar Dahl, Sandy. John M Tennant, Sandy. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPE R Published at MIDVALE, U T AH Volume 12-Number 8 * * * * East Jordan LDS Stake Effects Reorganization During Meet Realistic War Story Told By Fighting Man A veteran of D-Day and subsequent hard fighting in France, Belgium and Germany, Capt W m D York, speaking at the Monday meeting of the Midvale Kiwanis club, told an interesting story oi his experiences dudng the invasion, and how the war is being slowly but surely won in Europe. against a wily 1 treacherous .and stubborn foe. Capt York was a member of the 4th infantry division, one of the first outfits .to hit the Norm~ andy beach, and afer the landing was assigned to the engineer corps, whose chief duty was to clear mine fields before the advancing infantry. He was returned to the United States Dec 29, and will return to Europe as a staff officer. The speaker was introduced by Y W Harrod. T wo vocal numbers were given by Miss Maxine Searle, accompained at the piano by Miss Norma Rindlisbach. At next Monday night's Kiwanis meeting, the program will be giv ~ en by A E Peterson, assistant superintendent of the Jordan school district, and H E Bartlett, art supervisor, who will present local scenes in color and music. Sandy Junior High Gets Recognition For School Project RecognHion for their work in citizenship training has recently come to the Sandy junior high school. Last year some members of the State Department of Public I n ~ struction visited the school and were impressed with the training in thrift and savings. They arranged to have pictures of the work ing group taken, and the pictures appeared in the magazines, "Utah's Public Schools in WarTime," and in the "Utah School Report for 1942-44." The editor of the "Character and Citizenship" magazine, Thomas H West, wrote a letter requesting that an article be written on this subject. He said "Your name has been given us by the Superintendent of Public Instl·uction as a school where a significant piece of work in the field of citizenship training is being carried out." The descriptive article on this subject appeared in the December, 1944, issue of the magazine. Seminary Announces Cantata at 2nd Ward Jordan high school seminary students in costume, will present the cantata, "My P eace I Give Unto You," Sunday, at 6:30 p m, at the Midvale Second ward chape l. The cantata, which will have a special lighting effec t, will be directed by Joy A D u n y on, seminary principal. T he public is invited. Keep on buying wa1· bonds and stam ps. Reorganization of the East Jordan L D S stake presidency was a principal order of business at the stake conference held last Satur· day and Sunday at Midvale Second ward chapel. Selected as president was Henry G Tempest, bishop of Midvale First ward, to succeed Heber J Burgan, who has held that position for the past 18 years. Harry S Wright, second coun~ selor, was elevated to the position of !irst counselor in the presidency, while Blaine Watts was named as second counselor. Mr Wright succeeds Raymond H Clayton, who has served as first coun~ selor for many years. Wesley Nance was selected stake clerk, to succeed Charles Schmidt. New members of the stake high council include Henry Beckstead, Parley R Glover, Ralph B Keeler, S Heber Butterfield, B A Rasmussen, Nathaniel S Jones, Austin Walker, Joseph B Millerberg, Stanley W Burgan, Sterling Stoker and T Foster Greenwood, Jr. Singing mothers of East Midvale L D S ward, under direction of Mrs C B Mason, and fathers and sons of East Jordan stake, directed by Charles Schmidt, furnished music for the conference. George F Richards and John A Wldtsoe, members of the L D S council of twelve apostles, were present, representing the general chm·ch authority. Community Club Hears Radio Man More than 65 members attended the Midvale Ladies Community club meeting Wednesday, at the Midvale city hall, when Richard L Evans, Salt Lake City, discussed the 11 Spoken Word." Mr Evans, introduced by Mrs Harry Wright, took his listeners behind the -scenes of radio nnd pointed out the enormous respon~ sibility the radio has. He said, 11 0Ur responsibility to the youth growing up today is tremendous." Musical numbers for the program were furnished by Bob Morley of Midvale. A report from Mrs M S Peter~ son, chairman of the nominating committee, disclosed the Iact that Mrs David I Gardner, East Mid~ vale, had been nominated for president of the Community club, for 1945-46. Besides Mrs Gardner, other officers nominated are: Mrs A E Buckley, first vice president; Th-1rs Kelvin Hunter, second vice president; Mrs Reed Beckstead, third vice president; Mrs Louise Critch~ low, recording secretary; Mrs J ames L Seal, corresponding sec~ retary; Mrs Arthur C Jensen, treasurer; Mrs Elmo Christiansen, auditor, and Mrs Henry Beckstead, historian. Election of officers will take place March 7. UNION P -TA MEETS TONITE A meeting sponsored by the Union P~T A will be held Friday (tonight> at 8 p m a t Union junior h igh school auditorium at which the gen eral pub lic is invited to attend, it has been announced by Mrs Mary Milne, president of the Union P -TA, who will be in charge. The speaker of the evening will be Peter Mick elsen of Midvale, coor dinator of the Jordan school district. Girl Fa_lls Down 54-Foot-Well; Rescued With Minor Injuries What could have proved to be a fatal accident happened on Sun ~ day , Feb 11 in the late afternoon when Elsi.e Han sen, 11, dau ghter of Mr & Mrs H enry H ansen of West J ordan, fell down an abandoned well 54 feet deep. Her sis~ te r E laine and 2 friends, Shirley Egbert and Patricia Krogh, were nearby and ran for a rope to pull her out. The well was not far from the Al bert D imond home and L ee Dimond secured a long rope and went to the scene of the accident. The child talked with them. An old tire was lowered in which the child was pulled to the surface by Lee, who took the children home. Elsie collapsed as soon as rescu~ ed and was in a semi-conscious condition when she reached home. A doctor's examination showed no broken bones 1 but she was badly bruised and cut. Several stitches were taken in her hands and she sustained a bad cut in the back of her head which required X-ray pictures, etc. She is recovering nicely at present. The girts all feel that they will be careful what they are walking into when playing around an uninhabited house. Friday, February 23, 1945 MEMORY HONORED Ensign H . L . Jensen Services Held Sunday For Navy Aviator Services honoring the memory of Ensign Harold L Jensen, Sandy, naval aviator, who gave his life for his country Nov 27, 1944, in the Admiralty Islands, were held Sunday at 2 p m in the Sandy Third ward chapel, with Bishop Ira Hardcastle officiating. The following program was giv~ en before a large audience: Preliminary music, Donna Flint; posting of colors, members of J ordan Post 35, American Legion; violin solo, "'0 Morn of Beauty,'' Clifton Alsop, accompanied by Donna Flint; invocation, Glen Sacos; song, "Crossing the Bar," Jordan high school students, directed by J Clement Crapo; poem, "Shadows," Mary Bateman; personal tribute, Jesse Casper; cornet solo, "0 My Father," Richard Vincent; remarks, Bishop Joseph Pierson; remarks, Bishop Hardcastle; song, "Dear Little Boy of Mine," Jordan high school chorus; presentation of the flag, Legion; retiring of the colors, Legion; benediction, Clell Jensen; "Taps," Legion. NEWS OF OUR SERVICE-MEN Two broth'ers, Newell T a ft and Ve rn T a ft* serving with the Madne Corps in the South Pacific, met recently somewhere in the Ph illipines, it was learned this week by their parents, Mr & Mrs Ivan Taft, Midvale. * Mr & Mrs William Roach, Midvale, have received word that their son, G rant W Ro a ch, has been commissioned a captain. He is serving with the army medical corps somewhere in England. * Sgt Golden L Landgren. field artillery, headquarters battery, 11th armored division, was awarded the bronze star medal for meritorious achievement in connection with miHtary operations against an armed enemy, from Dec 31, 1944, to Jan 2, 1945, in Europe. Sgt Landgren, a member of a forward observer crew was instrumental in helping tank battalion hold an apparently untenable position and in breaking up enemy attacks by providing artillery fi1·e where needed. During the absence of his tank command~ ex, Sgt Landgreen exhibited commendable initiative b y taking com~ mand of 2 other artillery observer tanks and with his own tank, placed them as direct fire weapons, greatly assisting in repulsing 2 enemy counter attacks. Dw·ing one of these attacks Sgt Landgren's tank destroyed one German mark V tank. He is the son or Mr & Mrs H L Handley or Sandy. His brother, Gordon is with the navy stationed in California. * England S -Sgt Charles H Greenwood, 19, of Sandy, Utah, has been awarded the air medal, for "meritorious achievement" on bombing attacks over Germany. The • flyer displayed "courage, coolness and skill" while serving as a tail gunner in the 49th bomb group, a B - 17 flying fortress unit of the 8th Air Force, commanded Fann equipment and construction machinery will be offered for sale at Midvale, Utah, on Wednesday, Feb 28, by the Denver regional office of Treasury Procurement's Office of Surplus Prope1ty. Included in the offering of aproximately 180 items of equipment are crawler type tractors, tractor plows, pushers for crawler t ractors, road scrapers. concrete pavers, concrete mixers, soil 1nixers,. trencher, Kelly power float, concrete vi brators, water pumps (gasoline and electric powered), concrete buffers, backfill tampers, burner attachments for flame sprayers, air compressors, arn1y escort wagon, Noted Guests To Talk At Garden Meet Stressing greater aid to the war effort along with postwar planning, as well as encouraging home beautification, the Mid-Flora gru·den club of Midvale will com~ mence its year's activities with a special program Friday at 8 p m at the Midvale city hall. Prominence in the club 1 s activities will be given in support of Utah's 1947 centennial, Mrs Howard B'arrows, club president, said Tuesday. Irvin T Nelson, Highland Drive, Holladay, landscape architect for the L D S church, will show colored pictures. Scheduled to speak at the meeting is Ralph B Erickson, Salt Lake City, chairman of the Utah Federated Garden clubs centennial committee. Mr Erickson will discuss plans now being formulated by the Salt Lake county beautifica~ tion committee, which is headed by M 0 Ashton, Salt Lake City. Mrs Claude Shields, also of Salt Lake City, who is president of the State Federated Garden clubs, will be a guest speaker. Mrs Shields is acknowledged as an authority on roses, and her subject will be "Roses in the Landscape." Prior to the meeting, which is open to the public, members of the club will gathex to informally greet the new officers and board of directors. Besides Mrs Barrows, officers are Hyte Mackey, fust vice pres~dent; Mrs Bern Rasmussen, second vice president; Mrs Reed Johnson, secretary~treasurer; Mrs Erwin Miller, historian-librarian, and Ben Bagley, parliamentarian. The board of directors include Mrs C A Nelson, Mrs David Searle, Mrs Fred Knowles and Mrs Lee Chuiar. by Col Frank P Bostrom of Bangor, Maine. Sgt Greenwood is the son of Mr-& Mrs Charles A Greenwood, Sandy, and prior to entering the army air forces in October, 1943, was a student at Jordan high school. * * Santa Ana, Calif, Feb 19-Sgl Warren L Oakeson* 29, son of Mr and Mrs Harvey A Oakeson, West Jordan, is currently assigned to the A A F Redistribution Station No. 4 at Santa Ana Army Air base. Sgt Oakeson, who has served as a radio repairman in the Army Air Forces and Signal Corps, entered the service Oct 24, 1941, and went overseas in April, 1942. He is entitled to wear the American Theater ribbon for service in Panama. a * recent ly at the sale. Contracts will be completed at the time of sale, enabling purchasers to pay for and take pos~ session of their purchases immediately. Sales will be made on an "as is" basis, f o b cars or transports if desired. There will be no charge for loading or blocking. He won his wings at Big Springs, Texas, on July 1, 1944, and left the United States Nov 13. He has flown 5 missions over enemy territory as a bombardier on a 15th A A F Flying Fortress. His parents, Mr & Mrs Alvin E Pearson, reside at the above address. * Madison, Wis, Feb 13-Pvt Paul L S j oblom, 19, son of Mr & Mrs Arthur E Sjoblom, 39 North Grant street, Mid vale, has been England-Keeping tabs on endless trainloads of aircraft supplies rolling into the largest aircraft assembly and repair depot in England, is the assignment of T -S gt R e x H N elson of Midvale, Utah, and 8 other air service command soldiers stationed at this base. ''Last month, 80 trains, each made up of from 40 to 50 cars, arrived at this depot," said Sgt Nelson, 01 and that was just an average month. In addition to the tons of air corps supplies re~e1veU here, we receive at least 100 tom> o.f coal and coke daily." The son of Mrs Lurea Burg-on, Midvale, and husband of Mrs VaLois Nelson, Sacramento, Catif, Sgt Nelson has been serving overseas since July, 1943. A brother, Lee H Nelson. is a radio flight officer for Pari~Amer· lean Airways. Italy-At dragHne and clam shell buckets. "On-the-Spot-Bid-Method" will be used in the sale of this equipment. This is a simplified, speed~ ed~up selling method and solves the joint problems of fostering the wide and equitable distribution of surplus propexty, obtain~ ing a fair price for the government consistent with present market conditions, discouraging disposal to speculators and creating a fair and competitive method of distribution. Ali equipment offered in the sale will be available for inspection at the sale site on Feb 26 and 27, and a representative from the Treasury Department will be on hand to aid prospective buyers. S e lling star ts promptly at 9 a lll; Wednes d a y . F e b 28, at the Hannum B ase Storage Yard, lo· cated a p prox imat ely 14 miles southwest of S cilt Lake City, and about 4 miles west of Midvale on Bingham highway. Although all interested persons are welcome, sales will be restricted to qualified equipment dealers, and will be consummated between the hours of 9 a m and 5 p m on Feb 28. Bids will be requested on a single unit basis, and as they appear in the circular. As each item is announced for sale, the bidder will turn in bid card showing the amount of his bid, firm name, and article. Awards will be made immediately and the successful bidder and the amount of bid will be announced public- ceremony held on a 15th AA F Flying Fortress airdrome in southern Italy, F-0 Lowell D Pearson; 31 \Vasatch street, Midvale, Utah, was awarded the Ail· Medal for "meri~ torious achievement in aerial flight while participating il) sus~ tained operational actjvity against the enemy." The 20-yeat·-old graduate of Jordan high school was a student at the University of Utah up to the time he entered the army as an aviation cadet on April 5, 1942. graduated from the A A F training command's aircraft radio mechanics school at Truax Field where he studied the servicing of radio equipment used on US bombers and fighter planes, it was announced today by the post commander. * South Pacific-Marine Pfc W i1 .. liam G Thompson. 22, Riverton, Utah, is a member of a Marine motor pool here. The ·•taxi" service operates 16 hours a day. Drivers do their own repair work and carry everything from admirals to privates to rations in their 14 jeeps, 3 trucks and 2 reconnaissance cars. * John P aulos, USN, has just been promoted to the rating of storekeeper 3-c, according to word received here by his parents, Mr & Mrs Theros Paulos. John has been stationed in the Aleutian Islands for the past 18 months. Many Mothers Take Advantage Of Baby Clinic Appxoximately 30 babies and their mothers are taking advantage of the East Jordan stake "Well Baby" clinic, which is held on the 1st and 3rd Mondays from 12:30 p m to 3 p m at the East Midvale ward chapel, according to Mrs Clyde Proctor, supervisor. The clinic is sponsored jointly by the county and East Jordan stake Relief Society, and all mothers, including servicemen's wives, are invited to bring their babies to the clinic. Appointments may be made with Mrs Proctor, Union, telephone Midvale 66R4. A class of 6 candidates of the local Rebekah lodge was initiated into the order in a special cere~ mony held in Salt Lake City Tuesday night. Nineteen members from Midvale attended the affair . • |