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Show THE CENTERVILLE NEWSETTE Page Four Kearns Ceremony Honors Local Parents Do You Remember Smith, parents of Flight Officer C. Dale Smith, a prisoner of the German accomplished thirty fighter combat missions over enemy occupied continental Europe and has destroyed two enemy planes in aerial combat. The skillful and zealous manner in which Flight Officer Smith has sought out the enemy and destroyed him, his devotion to duty and courage under all conditions serve as an inspiriation to his fellow flyers. His actions on all these occasions reflect the highest credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United States. Air Medal and Oak Leaf Clusters For meritorious service in aerial flight in the completion of thirty operational sorties over Continental occupied enemy Europe, and for participating in an operational mission against the enemy on August 16, 1943 when he by his skill and courage sucessfully destroyed one enemy aircraft. J. A. Ulio, Major General, The Adjutant General. The story of how Dale was transferred from his prison camp near Dresden, Germany, is told in a Red Cross bulletin which his parents recently received. They have since received a letter from the Red Cross stating he is in Stalag Luft VII A, Moos-burnear Munich. The bulletin: g, Stalag Luft III (Dales previous camp) at Sagan was evacuated on January 27, 1945. The men were given Red Cross food packages and were furnished some additional food by the Germans enroute. The men were marched for three days, on secondary roads, to Spremberg, a distance of about 40 miles. They slept in barns along the roads. At Spremberg the Americans from the south and center compounds were divided into groups of 2000 and sent by train on February 1, 1945, to Moosburg (Stalag Luft VII A). (Stalug Luft VII A was reportedly liberated by General Patchs Seventh army last April 27.) . . When Landlubbers Had Hectic Time At Yellowstone Mr. and Mrs. Clyde government, were presented their sons medals amid the pomp and splendor of a parade at the Kearns Replacement Depot, Saturday, April 7. After a special parade by 2000 Kearns air cadets and the band playing the national anthem, the couple was presented the awards by Col. Charles A. Mahoney, commanding officer at Kearns. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were one of three couples so honored. They were presented with the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and three oak leaf clusters, and a special citation from Washington' was read: Distinguished Flying Cross For extraordinary achievement, Flight Officer Smith has . By Clint Barber Jex Barber, now Seaman Sec- ond Class, did a lot of whale boat rowing while in the navy at San Diego. He says he didnt care a whole lot for it, but it brought back memories of the sea scout troop in Centerville about six years ago. Centerville had the first sea scout troop in South Davis stake. They obtained two boats from the navy, rigged up one for sail, and installed in the other a Dodge engine. The Salt Lake Tribune took a picture of them and it caused widespread comment throughout the countryside when they took a trailer trip to Yellowstone. They took several other trips to the Wyoming resort before becoming defunct, but this story is about an esone. pecially They had a big time with the rip-roari- ng natural inhabitant of Yellowstone the bear. It seems that most of the kids on the trip all had their sleeping quarters in a large tent in the center of the camp. Skipper Dave Winn had his own separate tent, as did Jex, Tom Linge, Pork Randall, and Barney Tingey; and Leon Reeves and his wife, who were along at the time. One night a large grizzly came and took a very energetic swipe at the Reeves pup tent, knocking it kerplooey. Then he proceeded to tear apart a garbage can adjacent to the tent, as a result waking everyone. Before long all of the campers were out in their BVDs flinging rocks at the grizzly. During the ensuing melee, the bear spied Barney Tingey and lit out after him. Barney wondered why Mr. Bruin should want to pick on him when there were plenty of other people heaving boulders at him, but he also didnt think there was any May, Gleaned From The Record . . . Interesting excerpts from minutes of the Centerville Town Board: Nov. 26, 1916. In accordance with the action taken by the last meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Centerville, a general mass meeting was held in the Centerville meeting house under the direction of Jos. E. Williams, to discuss the advisability of remodeling the old school house for an amusement however, he refused to sleep with his three buddies, and put up for the night in the large tent. For the next few nights the boys planted bacon, etc., near Skipper Winns tent so as to divert Mr. Bruins attention there. But, according to Seaman Barber, the bear for some reason failed to bother the skippers tent. Skipper Winn had his troubles, nevertheless. Especially a certain time that he was fishing on the lake late at night. The boat capsized and he fell overboard. Consequently he had to SWIM (it says here) ashore. Another day 21 of the kids took a round trip in the boat across the lake to Yellowstone island. On the return voyage they hit a stiff hail storm, and, to make matters worse, ran out of oil. The subsequent job of rowing to shore was unpleasant, but undoubtedly exciting. We didnt hear of anything happening to our Barber hero, except that he lost an entire new set of fishing equipment belonging to his Dad. Pa was darned exasperated about the whole matter. (If it was new equipment, it could have been stolen, couldnt it?) This sea scout experience has proven a great help to the kids during their stay in the service. Seaman Barber will attest to that. Whereas most of the fellows in the first sea scout group had never been to sea, all but two of them are now overseas, or in the service. happy future in stopping to inquire the reason. He did as any Co-o- p be allowed the privilege installing gasoline service tanks as long as it does not obstruct the highways. August 18, 1920. By unanimous consent the new amusement hall will be known as Soldiers Memorial Hall. of 1920. It was agreed that a letter of appreci- December 6, ation be written to the Bamberger Electric R. R. Co. for the $50 check given the Centerville Fire Dept, for services rendered. January 19, 1921. It was authorized by the Board that Mayor Williams telegraph Senator Reed Smoot at Washington, D. C. to prevent a certain exchange of land which would allow the ownership of land which includes the watersheds of the Town from passing to private ownership. It was authorized that the clerk send a letter of protest to the Bamberger Electric R. R. Co. protesting the elimination of stops by certain trains at this It was agreed by station vote of the Board unanimous that Moonlight Dancing not be allowed in the Soldiers Memor- ... ial Hall. March 30, 1921. A letter o Ward Statistics Births: A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Milford Evansen; and to Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Smith, a boy. Blessings: Merla Coles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Coles; Lawrence Eugene White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. White; Diane Rigby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rigby. Elwin Parkin Tingey and Milo Calvin Hendricks ordained Deacons. Malin Schofield ordained a Teacher. Ordinations: From page three Seaman c Jex II. Barber enjoyed a weeks furlough in April after taking boot training at the San Diego NTS. He enlisted in the Navy February 8, 1945. 2-- China-India-Bur- ma I re- garding the consideration of a Carnegie Library for the Town was read and discussed. It was the decision of the Board that the erection of a Library could not be undertaken at this time. SERVICE NEWS Lt. Gordon Walton, pilot of a 4 in the theater, has been awarded the The Air Medal for flying Hump. He has over 500 flying hours to his credit. 945 hall, thereby rendering it revenue producing. July 21, 1920. It was moved and seconded that Centerville normal person would do he took it on the lam. His eventual destination proved to be the deepest part of his bed in the tent. After that, C-5- 1 didnt know Porter Waltons furnished uniforms for their employees. |