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Show THE CENTERVILLE Page Two THE CENTERVILLE NEWSETTE Issued Monthly at Centerville, Utah .... ........ Editor Associate Editor Lois Clayton Clinton S. Barber . Sports & Service News Clubs and General Alta Blood Cleveland Cook Organizations Eva Cardall Statistics and News Leonard Mitchell . . Staff Photographer SEND NEWS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANY OF ABOVE OR TO .... THE EDITOR, BOX 143, CENTERVILLE THE NEWSETTE REPORTS It seems our report to you column has resolved itself into a thank-yo- u section, and, on giving it a little thought, we believe this is just as it should be. There are two ways in which we can express our appreciation and, we might add the appreciation of our and your service men and women. The first, and by far the most important, way is to strive to make each issue more interesting than any previous one, and the second way is to publicly acknowledge in print the contributors who keep the paper going. Alton Cleveland, here from Denver for the holidays, dropped in on Christand handed us a mas Day. That days mail also brought a check for the same amount from Sgt. Franklin E. Walton, Jr., and his wife at Luke Field, Arizona. Kids night at the M.I.A. farce, June Mad, netted three-thirtwhile the following night the adults dropped $16.63 in the little box with the slot in it. Melvin Hancock and Floyd Pickering did their part with nice donations from their G.I. pay, too. These, together with the followhave ing who are all repeaters brightened up the credit side since last issue. Thank you, all! V. F. Harrison, Carl N. Smith, Herbert Haacke, Sutherland and Mavis Clayton, Gilbert Tingey, John Coles, ten-sp- ot PASSES AWAY After a fight for life six-mon- th in a Salt Lake hospital, Leonard Andrew Peterson, 32, died Satur- day, December 23, of endocarditis. Leonard was well liked by all who knew him and this community regrets his passing. Born in Salt Lake City, January 24, 1912, he was a son of Fred S. and Mary Weilemann Peterson. He attended Davis High and had been a resident of Centerville for 25 years. He was an elder in the ward. He married Mildred Jorgensen, January 30, 1935, in the Salt Lake Temple. Survivors include his widow, a son, Larry Wallace Peterson, and his parents, Centerville; two brothers, Raymond Peterson, Oakland, and Pvt. Glen Peterson, with U. S. Army in England; a Mrs. Mary Jane terson, Salt Lake City. great-greatgrandmoth- Merrill Rushforth, Harry Terrell, Alvin Duncan, Milton Smith, Seth Blood and Melvie S. Callister. WARD STATISTICS Lydia Ann Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smith. Baptisms: Anno Jean Ledding-ham- , Sandra Dee Noakes, David Leroy Watkins, Edward D. Brown, and Gordon G. Harker. Ordinations: Richard C. Roberts and Norman L. Evensen ordained Deacons. Clyde E. White ordained Elder. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Cecil A. Carr, daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eugene Randall, boy; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fernelius, boy. The ward membership, December 31, 1944, was 688, according to Ward Clerk Joseph E. Cardall, a decrease of 11 members during the year. WAR FUND REPORT Two hundred sixty dollars and cents in cash, out of a twenty-fiv- e quota of $300, was collected in the present War Fund drive in Centerville, according to Sterling Rollins, chairman. Several local utility companies contributed money to the county drive and it was to be divided among the towns according to each quota. er, Pe- This is not a remittance for subscription (apparently you do not publish in that basis!). Neither is it the effusion of an irate reader, upon whose toes you have painfully trodden consciously or otherwise. No, I am merely joining your army of appreciation and gratitude and believe me, I say it sincerely. The platitude has been given by some philosopher that Big things move slowly. Now my brain is the exact antitheses to that statement for in my case, an infinitesimally small object (my brain) has moved alto- gether too slowly to register. I refer to my belated commendation to I have you of the Newsette. thought several times of expressing my thanks for the splendid little paper which my wife faithfully encloses monthly. May I assure you, you are fillneed in reaching to ing a long-fethe corners of the earth with your messages of familiar home folks and surroundings and current events, and you are obtruding into no other papers domain daily or otherwise when you make it Centervilles paper. The quality of the paper is excellent as nice as that of the National Geographic Magais zine. The printing and make-u- p of a high order. The style, brevity and variety of the contributions are all very creditable, and certainly the cause and effect are evident. May I hope for you a continued publication even after the war? To the staff goes my blessI am following your close ing. connection with our boys and girls in the service with justifiably avid interest for havent I a grand 1st Lt. daughter nursing our boys back to life again right on the heels of g a army headed toward' Berlin, and a 2nd Lt. daughter rarin to go, but confined to a responsible position in Florida? Heres praying (hoping isnt enough lt WILLIAM S. DUERDEN DIES IN TRAIN CRASH Death struck Centerville for the third time in December, when William S. (Will) Duerden was killed in the tragic crash of two Southern Pacific trains just east y, Blessings: GREETINGS FROM JOHN Q. ADAMS IN SAMOA LEONARD A. PETERSON Vestil S. Harrison January, 1945 NEWSETTE of the Lucin Cutoff early Sunday, December 31. Fifty persons were killed and a great number injured in what was the nations worst rail wreck of 1944. A sympathetic community offers its condolences to n a wife and daughter, while mourning the loss of one of its beloved citizens. Mr. Duerden was born in Bountiful January 2, 1881, a son of Richard and Sarah Ann Starkey Duerden. He was married to Mabel Barber on September 28, 1922. He had lived in Centerville for the past 22 years, and was an Elder in the Centerville First Ward. grief-stricke- ... hard-drivin- in this crisis) for the safe return of our absent ones. With alofa tele atu Lau Sus-ugVestil e, ma on fesoasoani, ma lo talou nuu uma o Centerville. i a, ERNEST BANGERTER COMPLETES QUARTER CENTURY PERFECT RECORD RECENT CHURCH A most outstanding church record PROGRAMS Harvey Mann delivered an excellent gospel discourse in Sacrament Meeting December 10. David H. Noakes, Richard C. Roberts and Norman Lee Evensen were graduated from the Primary by Mrs. Ruth Tingey. Ulysses S. Grant welcomed them into the Priesthood and Allan L. Beers welcomed them into the Boy Scout organization. December 24 in Sacrament Meet-igthe Ward Choir, under the direction of Clyde McIntyre, rendered an excellent Christmas Cantata entitled, The Holy City, with Mrs. Amelia White at the organ.. Elder Frank Duncan, on furlough from the Army, gave an interesting report of his travels in various U. S. camps. n, is held by a member of the Center- ville First Ward, Brother Ernest Bangerter. Nineteen hundred forty-fou- r completes 25 years of perfect attendance at Sunday School for him. Mr. Bangerter says that for two of those years he received Near Perfect awards, having been absent when he was President of the Elders Quorum and had to attend other meetings. He has never held a position in the Sunday School, but for the past 16 years has been tending the door, which is really a service. Mr. Ban- gerter has worked mostly in the Genealogical Society and is at present Chairman of the Committee. BUY WAR BONDS CLUB NEWS Mrs. Della Streeper was hostess to the Literature, Music and Art SOCIETY & Club Monday, December 11. Miss Dorothy Streeper reviewed the book Fair Stood the Wind for The annual Christmas France. Party was held December 29 at the home of Mrs. Ruth Smith. The Clique Club held their annual Christmas party December 21 at the home of Mrs. Terese Decker. Mrs. LaVelle Nelson was hostess to the Harmony Club on Tuesday, December 19. The members of the club entertaiend their husbands at a New Years party December 30 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Doman. Mr. and Mrs. George J. Miles the marriage of their daughter, Josephine, to SSgt. Euannounce gene B. Gantney. A wedding reception was held Monday, Janu- ary 1. 'uta.mci "JUNE MAD" PRESENTED Consensus of opinion among the capacity crowd that witnessed the June M. I. A.s presentation of Mad, December 8 in the Memorial Hall, seemed to be that the three-afarce was one of the finest drama performances Centerville has yet staged. Every member of the cast did a job worthy of congratulations from all who were there. Hearty congratulations to Mrs. Larean R. Smith, who directed the play. The leads were superbly taken by Ruby Barber as the June Mad girl, Penny Wood, who couldnt decide what kind of a career she wanted, and Keith Shipley as Pennys bashful but ambitious boy friend, Chuck Harris. Claude Kirkland furnished the fatherly effects as Mr. Wood, a doctor, who couldnt get his home quiet enough to do his bookkeeping, and LaVaun Smith gave a grand performance as Mr. Woods understanding wife. Dick Lyman ably portrayed G. Mervyn Roberts, Mrs. Woods brother, and Dick was madly pursued by Milly Lou, as played by Ruth Smith. Elgin Rigby supplied the wolf part in a big way as Mervyns wealthy and sophisticated friend Roger Van Vleck. The audience rolled in the aisles over the antics of Betty Rigby as Effie, and Clyde McIntyre as Elmer Tuttle, the Wood familys hired help. Therice Duncan gave a pleasing performance as Chucks father, Mr. Harris, who valued his sons neck too much to allow him to tinker with a glider. Luana Smith gave an excellent portrayal of Chucks sister, Julie Harris. Lila Folsom and Keith Harker presented short but snappy performances as Shirley and Ralph Wentworth. The production looked very pleasct girl-jinx- ed ing with attractive scenery from the Deseret Theatre. It was also presented at the Centerville 2nd and West Bountiful wards. |