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Show AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, AMERICAN FORK, UTAH l With Our Boys- r';' WITH OUR BOYS Paul Gardner S 1c, son of Mr. id Mrs. E. Ray Gardner, has n transferred from San Diego Wright Junior College at Chi-f Chi-f o where he will study radio. I began his new studies March WITH OUR BOYS n T. Val Galsford Sk. 1c, wrote the following Interesting account of his tr'o to the Philippine o his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Galsford: January 29, 1945 Dear Moth-r and Dad; Received two letters from you yesterday". Needless to say they as all Ltters were most welcome. You were wondering where I was, so I will tell you since I am now permitted to do V'- are WITH OUR BOYS Pvt. James L. Wagstaff, son of . ir. I Mrs. Leon Wagstaff, is m In France with a paratroop-onit, paratroop-onit, a letter informed his rents this week. His wife, itty Goodfellow Wagstaff, and at Llngayen Gulf in the Philip-lldren Philip-lldren are residing in Garfield ; pines or more precisely the Ting his absence. Island of Luzon. We came in Sgt. Jack Wagstaff, whose , with the invasion force, and you fe, Relva Larson Wagstaff, ! of course read and heard about ts Jn Lehi, has been in Lux- that. We had a ringside seat so ibourg for several weeks. to speak for the whole show. It Roy Wagstaff S 1c, third son was Indeed exciting, and some- toe family Is with the navy in thing I will always remember. No one aboard our ship received a scratch, so we were thankful for that. It was our first taste of action and I guess when we had a chance to think about It were a bit frightened. At any lining at San Diego. Cpl. and Mrs. Elwood Loveridge id three sons are spending 15 yit furlough visiting with Mr. id Mrs. F. C. Pectol and other latlves. Cpl. Loveridge stained sta-ined at a prisoner of war camp KOpert, Idaho, and his family residing at Burley. i i ffa Ralph A. Murdock, son of k inl Mrs. Murray Murdock, IS wounded in the first day's htlng on Iwo Jlma, a letter formed his parents last week, e. Murdock said he was shot the shoulder by a Jap sniper, ben he wrote he was on a spltal ship back from the Siting. Prt, Dee Sessions, US Marines, 1 of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Ses-m, Ses-m, has been home for the it three weeks. He has re-yed re-yed a medical discharge from I service because of Injuries seived In boot camp. bit frightened rate we "had an opportunity to fire our guns at something real. This was Indeed a great satisfaction satisfac-tion to us all. Everything has qulted down now, so we are enjoying movies every night, and having recreation recrea-tion parties over on the beach. This I must admit Is a much better bet-ter way to fight a war than anything any-thing I know. IH ' riefly tell you about our trip from the States now. If you don't mind going back a couple of months. When we left San Francisco for Pearl Harbor it was very rough and about four days, so many failed to enjoy the Thanksgiving dinner aboard for obvious reasons. After about a viipek we arrived at Hawaii. We were disappointed at not being able to remain but 22 hours. From here we sailed on to Eniwe-tak Eniwe-tak In the Marshall Islands. Here again we remained but overnight and set out again still further west for Ulithi in the Carolines. re- rames D. Hall S 1c, son of . ar I Mrs. Oscar Hall of High-id, High-id, left February 18 for Nor-k, Nor-k, Va., after spending three its at home. Seaman Hall It was here that we finally l spent the past 11 months in 1 malned for a few days, i European theatre of war! They had a recreation center ere he worked on an LST ship over on one of the small Islands, ring the Normandy invasion, and we were permitted to go over brought home with him sou- for a few hours. We swam and urs of the landing. Recent played ball. It was fun after n from him says he is on the being underway in that great ex-$x ex-$x seas In the Pacific. During panse of blue for so long, but was i furlough he was guest of short lived. We soon left there, Dot for dinner parties given and headed for Taclaban the Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Adamson, capital of Leyte in the Philip- Mia Mrs. virgn Aaamson ana pines. our destination was I and Mrs. Herbert H. Hall of reached within a very few days, It Lake City. and here we first set eyes on the ' Philippines. It Is quite pretty hrt, Wllford O. Nelson, son of with all its tropical growth, but . and Mrs. W. O. Nelson, has so much mud in the city. The mi transferred from radio people here had been badly rk. to the infantry. Pvt. Nel-1 treated by the Japs, and seemed 1 Is somewhere on the Con . very pleased at the arrival of the ent. Americans. They were robbed t of everything including clothing, vi Kenneth J. Lewis, son of so it was a common sight to see a. Rita Lewis, is now in poorly clad natives paddling out ince with an infantry unit, a to the ships In their outrigger ent letter informed his moth- canoes trading anything they I had for a pair of pants or a shirt -lor something to eat. It was a Jarrell G. Hansen SOM 3c,f pitiful sight, but they are mighty FAR EAST AIR FORCES, FOUTHWEST PACIFIC Master Sergeant Glen'T. Greening, son of Mrs. "mma Greening is re turning to the United States after 40 .nonths overseas service, the greater part ' "ing s; nt wi'h the twice V cited 374th Troop Carrier Group, pioneer of the Troop Carriers in the Southwest Pacific. The Troop Carriers have participated par-ticipated in every major campaign cam-paign of the Pacific, flying men and supplies to the battle lines in t.T ort planes, oftentimes over enemy territory. In recognition of his service, Ma ter Sergeant Greening, a Technical Inspector of aircraft for his organization, has been awarded, the Distinguished Flying Fly-ing Cross, the Presidential Unit Citation with an Oak Leaf Cluster, Clus-ter, and the Good Conduct Ribbon. Rib-bon. For his part in the Southwest South-west Pacific campaign, he has been awarded the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon with battle stars for the Papuan and New Guinea Campaigns. A graduate of American Fork High School, MSgt. Greening was employed In American Fork prior to his entering the Army's Curtis Wright Technical Institute Insti-tute in November, 1940. His wife, Kathleen A. Greening resides in Australia. Cpl. Marlon Clayton Green in a letter written March 3 to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Green, reports that he had met his brother, Pfc. J. David Green, and they visited together for about three hours. Both boys are with the Marines on Iwo. Cpl. Greea has not been home for 17 months so was glad to hear the three months old news related re-lated to him by his brother. Clayton has served at Guadalcanal Guadal-canal and on Guam but this is the first battle experience for David. 1 of Mr. and Mrs. Leo T. Han- sharp traders. I and whose wife (Josephine sson Hansen) and two chil-sn chil-sn reside in Lehi, Is now sta-ned sta-ned in the New Hebrides. We were here about two weeks, and th a steamed out to join the invasion force which was headed for our present location. We were under attack by enemy air craft on the way up a couple of. times, and it was here I saw my first enemy plane shot down in flames. You can't possibly 3pl. Lyman F. Terry is spend-t spend-t a two weeks furlough visiting Alpine with his mother, Mrs. phla Terry and in Pleasant ovt with his wife, Dorothy Imagine the thrill it gives to see wman Terry and year old son : this. It was here too I had my jyd. He will leave Sunday to first chance to aim and actually jort for duty at Camp Pal-! fire with my own hands at an one, La. j enemy plane. Almost like shoot- . - : ing at ducks back home. Pvt. Marvin Brown arrived! Well I guess this brings you me,'Tuesday from basic train-1 pretty well up to date now so at at Camp Fannin, Texas, to least you know where I am, and end a week with his wife when you hear the news, about SUby Harrington Brown) and the war out here you can see MU He will report for duty at j how well It is all going, and rest ft George Meade, Md. assured the poor Japs are being vf driven out and killed so fast they 3gt. Richard E. Hunter, son of couldnt have time to bother us. V and Mrs. Elmo Hunter, has Sgt. Byron Pectol, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Pectol, who has been with the fighting forces in I Holland, has been transferred deck to ungiana. rived in England with a medl I unit. He has been in the Vice over three years. nrst Lieut. Boyd Phillips has Itten his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wj Phillips, that he has ar-ed ar-ed in the Hawaiian Islands 4 that he traveled to the lads In the same boat with cabeth Green and Afra Mc-UM Mc-UM He reported the crossing 7 pleasant. i radio announcement Tues- f -reported that Sgt. Gordon Sgt. Dean M. Bateman, 39835045, wkins had won the boxing has displayed great courage, irnament In his company presence of mind, and coolness lie stationed at Guam. Sgt. under fire while engaged in WMUO JUVUiCl, iU9. Tl UiiAUi kAClwl VUUluait fcVMAWAllg mi lliner, reports that Gordon ,1s Jsions oyer the heart of the Jap-"ir Jap-"ir at two '"Jlm'BrLaMar '"Haw- j anese Empire." Mrs. Norma Gordon Bateman has received the following communication com-munication regarding her husband, hus-band, Sgt. Dean M. Bateman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bateman Bate-man of Alpine. February 5, 1945 To Whom It May Concern; U S. B. 2c ,1s also In the Pa Ic area and thinks he may get diance to see his brothers, dr. Halllen M. M. 3c, the third ither is with the forces on con. Sgt. and Mrs. (Virginia Shel-5 Shel-5 T. Earl Kelly arrived home ifur'ough Thursday of last elq After ten d: ra Sgt. Kelly B report back for duty at top McQualde, Cal., where he With a medical unit. He is eon of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ily. Mrs. Kelly will remain Jiome for a few weeks with her HI.. Mrs. Stephen T, Shelley. He la In particular commend ed for his skillful markmanship in shooting down Japanese aircraft, air-craft, one (1) Tojo and one (1) Zeke on a mission to Tokyo, Japan, Ja-pan, 3 December 1945. Frank L. Davis, Lt. Col., Air Corps Commanding. The following letter was received re-ceived Monday morning. T. Sgt. Wagstaff has been overseas since August 1943. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William I. Wagstaff. Wag-staff. France 5 February, 1945 Dear Mr. Galsford; I have been receiving the Citizen regularly for a little more than a year. It has been a source of great comfort and a wonderful guide as to the whereabouts where-abouts of all my friends in the service, as well as a report of the success of our town in the rapid expansion due to the war and the steel plant near our homes. Words can't fully explain ex-plain how much the paper has meant to me. At this time I wish to thank you sincerely for your efforts in sending the paper. When I was in Africa I sent the paper to Sgt. Roy Nielsen (an American Fork boy). Roy was very happy to be able to .read the paper. We had a real swell time talking things over when I visited him at Algiers, Africa. He Is now some place in Italy. Today I was able to speak to SSgt. Curtis B. Chlpman over the telephone for a few moments and we have made arrangements so that I can visit him soon. When I make the trip I will take along the Home Town Papers and I am sure that we will have a real good time as we look them over. France is a fine place and the people are very nice and they treat me swell. For New Year's a French family Invited me to go out in the country for a wild boar hunt, which was real sport. The hunting was very good and the fact that there was plenty of snow to walk in made things much more interesting. We had two feet of snow until a couple of days ago when over night it started to melt and now there is no snow. Please pass on my best regards re-gards to your staff and all the local town people. Yours sincerely, Eert W. Wagstaff. . A U. S. STRATEGIC AIR FORCE STATION IN ENGLAND Lt. Harry DrMcTague, the husband hus-band of Betty Houston McTague and son of Mrs. Kate McTague, recently arrived in this war theatre of operations and received re-ceived a brief orientation course at this station designed to help nun adjust himself to life in a combat zone. . Lt: McTague, will !KxmJMJte. fer to his permanent station from which America's fighting planes cover our advance into Germany. Sgt. Tames H. Ingersoll, son of M. H. Ingersoll, now has two oak leaf clusters added to the air medai "ir -missions over enemy territory In occupied Europe. He is with the air forces in Italy. Clea Meredith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Meredith, who is secretary in the Army Exchange Ex-change Service in Paris, has been advanced from str f f sergeunt to technical sergeant. Pvt. ArnrM R. Terry, son of i Mr. a .d It . Ellis Terry, has landed In India, a letter received ir'-Th 8 Informed his parents, This Is the first word from him j in several weeks. Kathleen Norris Says: What About Babies in War Time? Bll Syndicate. WNU Feature. "Th trouble is that John is mott anxioun for a child, and I mm unwilling to assume thmt responsibility until after tin war. By KATHLEEN NORRIS "IT TILL you please set-W set-W Ue a question for my V V husband and me?" writes Donna Barton, from Pasadena. "I am 22, John is 27; we have been happily married mar-ried for a year and a half, during which time my sailor-husband sailor-husband has been twice to the South seas and back. Ours is an unusual devotion; we have no families, we live for each other. "The trouble is that John Is most anxious for a child, and I m unwilling un-willing to assume that responsibility until after th war. When peace comes he will still have another year in medical school and the usual intern years to face, and I am earning earn-ing good money as teacher In a private school, and saving for his education. W art young, and I believe be-lieve we may reasonably look forward for-ward to long years ahead, when conditions con-ditions will be more normal, life less of a strain and everything easier on us all. - "This is the first difference that has arisen between us. For awhile I managed to treat lt as a sort of Joke; then I dropped fhA subject completely, -but now he is continually continual-ly bringing it up. The probability Is that he will soon go away again, for the dangerous duties of a destroyer's de-stroyer's existence, and he says he would love to feel that a baby as well as a wife was waiting for him at home. Please tell me I have no mother if you agree with him. Of course, I would adore my baby. It 'Would break my heart not to have children someday, but I can't face it now. John did not say he would abide by your advice, but he admitted ad-mitted that it would Influence him. "Mother," concludes this letter, "sometimes used to read your articles arti-cles aloud to us at the Sunday breakfast break-fast table when I wasn't more than 10 years old, so please regard me as a sort of grandchild and tell me if I am making a mistake." No, I don't think you are making a mistake, Donna, I think you are acting wisely that is, may I add parenthetically, if you are using only those precautions against motherhood mother-hood that are rec agnized as legiti mate, and I am sure you are. 'Normalising' War. What John is trying to do is what so many young men and women are rebelliously trying to do in these dark times; he is trying to normalize normal-ize war. It cannot be done. War is like a high fever, sweeping over the world, and persons or worlds in a high fever must have very careful care-ful and special treatment; everyone of us must make sacrifices and face changes heroically, if we are to get through this thing, and John's and your sacrifice must be made in waiting wait-ing for the richness and glory of parenthood. You cannot manage your job and your baby, which means financial finan-cial stringency for all three of you. The entire responsibility for the baby would be yours, without husband hus-band or mother or sister to advise you and that is a nervous strain to which he has no right to expose you. His visits home will be brief for the next few years, and far apart, he will hardly know his child. He may not return, in which case your baby will be exposed to two possibilities, both unfair to babyhood. One is that you will become one of those doting mothers who art absorbed in -a -enild, spoiling-that child and living liv-ing for hirn, and eventually breaking break-ing your heart when he grows away IS a 'Couldn't (ova anoiW mon'i child. BETTER TO WAIT There' $ no use trying to pretend pre-tend that these are normal timet, or that the usual customs cus-toms can prevail in the midst of a great war. Miss Norris tells a young wife that her husband is wrong to want a baby now, while he is away at sea, in constant con-stant peril. If he dies, his child will be left without the protection pro-tection and care of a father. Donna would like a child as much as John, but she realizes that she would have to try to hold her job and care for her baby at the same time an almost al-most impossible burden. John is stationed on a destroyer. His life, may end at any moment, and then the whole responsibility responsi-bility of supporting ana rearing rear-ing their child would fall on Donna. If she remarried, she would face the likelihood that her second husband would not be able to love another man child, and the resulting domestic domes-tic tension would wreck any chance of enduring happiness. from your Influence. The other is the more usual one of your remarrying re-marrying presently, and giving him a stepfather. Only a husband of superhuman goodness and generosity will share the raptures of young married life with a. small stepson; the child's demands and needs will be continually con-tinually getting In the way of the, new husband's natural claims. No matter how eagerly he agrees to any conditions you make, the wear and tear of married life will wipe away every memory of them, and once you begin the "you promised" prom-ised" and "you said" and "I always understood" sort of conversation your marriage is doomed. Difficult Adjustment. The adjustments between children and step-parents is a real problem today, with wartime divorces almost equaling marriages In number. In a case that recently came to my attention, at-tention, the little daughter of the first marriage, a child of six, had never slept away from her mother before. When she found her place taken by a strange man, and herself her-self expected to call him "Daddy," the child went into a psychological state very hard to handle and eventually even-tually had to be moved to the custody cus-tody of strangers. It was of this child that I once asked the stepfather: stepfa-ther: "Margot giving any trouble?" "Nothing that couldn't be whipped out of her," he said briefly. He was a clever man and known as a "good fellow," but he couldn't love another an-other man's child. Hard and cruel as it may sound, John must consider now the possibility pos-sibility that another man will have the raising of this son he so much wants. If he does that seriously, and with prayer, I think he will see that it is fairer to all concerned to leave Donna with as little responsibility respon-sibility as possible, to leave her, In short, in a free and mobile condition, condi-tion, so that there will be no feeling of regret if she is widowed, or If he comes home Injured, or if all goes well and he returns to qualify for his profession and to build that baby-filled home of which they dream. These times are indeed out of joint Extraordinary valor is demanded de-manded of evry. one. ol us If . we are to win our way through them to something better. 'Star of the East' Easy to Do Cloth CONSERVING! VITAMINS Fresh raw vegetables are rich In vitamins and minerals. Unfortunately, Unfor-tunately, however, some vitamins are lost unless carefully cooked. We need to protect them from contact with air as much as possible. Therefore' There-fore' cover utensils, and don't stir while cooking. Naturally a covered utensil will continue to steam on a much lower beat than an open one, to foods are actually cooked in steam when you follow the "little water, tight cover rule." That saves both fuel and food value. p.i7i.n i raj 7240 IT'S so quickly memorized, so 1 easy, and so effective in spreads, cloths, scarfs or pillows, this crocheted medallion. The beginner's delight, the expert's pride Star of the East medallion. Pattern 7240 contains directions ior medallion; Utches. Due to an unusually large demand and current war condlUons, tUghtly more time ts required la flUlng orders for a tew ol the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. Box Kit Saa rriBclieo , Calif. Enclose IS cents lor Pattern No Addresa- TeSting Bullets Machine-gun bullets are now tested by firing them into the entrance en-trance of pipes, instead of sand traps, in which they are stopped by the convergence of four jets of water. Genu of Thought pONSCIOUSNESS of error is, to a certain extent, a consciousness con-sciousness of understanding ; and correction of error is the plainest proof of energy and mastery. Landor. In lie'i small thing be resolute and great To keep thy nuucltt trained; know'tt thou when fate Thy measure takes f or when the'U toy to thee, "l find thee worthy, do this thing lor 'me!" Emerson. Liberty must be limited In order to be possessed. Edmund Ed-mund Burke. Memories make life beautiful; beauti-ful; forgetfulness alone makes it possible. Might Coughs due to colds are eased, sticky phlegm loosened up. Irritated upper breathing passages are toothed and relieved, by rubbing Vlcks VapoRub on throat, chest and bade at bedtime. Blessed relief as VapoRub PENETRATES to upper bronchial tubes with its ipedal medidnal vapors, STIMULATES chest and back surfaces sur-faces like a wanning poultice. Often by morning most of the misery mis-ery of the cold is gone I Remember ONLY VAPORUB Civet Yoa this special spe-cial double action. It's time-tested, home-proved . , . the bat-known horn remedy for reiiev- a a g ing miseries orVf IC(b children's cokU. VVoRUI DrDDFDI Yes. we have It I Oener-rtrrLII Oener-rtrrLII I oua sized box Includes attractive glnu ahaktr at premium. Postpaid. $1.00. BOBBY PINS! euppir wnue bt tan. ira cams. poetpai .00. UAlD JETTC I Silk or human hair. HAIR NLI9I jugular 25c quality! qual-ity! lour nets, postpaid, 11.00. ItanV DAUTCf Waterproof: an-BABI an-BABI rArlldl awera worried mother's prayer. Soo quality; two pairs, postpaid, $1.00. , $9 csWaW fmr mehmm0 CENERML fMOUCTS CO. Mbaaj,6a. Digitalis Plant Ortwa ta U. I. Digitalis, aa indispensable heart medicine, formerly imported from Europe, can now be furnished from plants naturalized in the coastal sections sec-tions of northern California. Brash Cordarey Corduroy materials look best tf they are unlroned after laundering. Simply brush the garment along the direction of the ribs while it ia still1 slightly damp. bs-Betweea Colors In-between colore bluish-violets, buff, ecru are considered more iiv-i able than primary hues. They are less likely to grow monotonous. Feed Waste From plow to plate, 20 to 10 per cent of all food produced la the United States Is wasted, according to the War Food administration. Imported Feaeeck The peacock, inhabitant of Ceylon, Cey-lon, Burma, Malaya and Java, was imported into Oreece by Alexander ' the Great Extensive Canning Nearly two-thirds of the nation's housewives did some canning or preserving pre-serving of food at home last year. Eg r Prodnctioa -Oyster shell must be kept before laying hens to insure heavy pro-! ductlon, according to poultrymen. Mar 1m Heaegear In 1893, the headgear of U. marines was a spiked helmet CWIX Mighty Good Eating mm 0 mm VI j mi -m Ms In Imt rottY KeWotl'tCoreJUtaabrlac you atarly ail tee protective protec-tive food etewjeate of the whole traaa declared eeaea- tial to busies emtritios. evl UOR 3 3 TV t V JTeLaO 1 .RUBIN Sen-Gay QUICK When children feel sore and achey with a cold, rub in Ben-Gay. Watch the smiles aa Ben-Gay brings comfort! Contains up to 2ft times more methyl salicylate and menthol famous pain-relieving agents that every doctor knows-than five other widely offered rub-Ins. Mild Ben-Gay was especially developed for children. |