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Show Zhe Centerville Local Ladies' Clubs helped the Red Cross supply Christmas gifts for service men on the high seas. Ef"" Vol. 2, No. 2 CENTERVILLE, DAVIS COUNTY, SPORTSMAN LOOKS BACK Clint Barber CENTER- VILLES FIRST BASKETBALL TEAM 1910 Players are , front row , left to right: Otto Smith, Alvin Duncan, N eslen Smith. Back row: Frank Smith, E. M. Decker, Merley Rockwood and Hugh Woolley. in those early days. University of Utah beat them occasionally and YMCA won a couple, but the biggest percentage of the time Centerville was the victor, and frequently scores we made as high as 70 points one game. I think our toughest county games were with Layton. Bountiful was usually a snap. Farmington, Kaysville and other Davis county towns gradually became interested and organized teams. Most of them came to the Alberta Hall to play the Centerville five. Perry coached the latter for about two years, then moved to Salt Lake and later sold the Hall to Ben Brown. So many of the Davis wards by lop-side- H d were getting teams that the stake decided to begin an M.I.A. league, all games to be played in the Alberta Hall. E. M. Decker moved to town about this time, approximately 1909, and coached the team. The teams first suits were maroon and white, donated by Smith Brothers Nursery. The above picture is of the first team, the photo being taken in 1910 after a game with YMCA. These were all the players of the original team. The squad broke up after that year. Nes and Otto Smith were forwards and usually high scorers, while Alvin Duncan was center (he e Cenis on Dave Roberts terville hoop team as selected by the latter in an earlier issue). Frank Smith and Hugh Woolley were guards, and Merley Rockwood was a substitute and could play any position where needed. all-tim- 800 cookies and apples as Christmas gifts for patients at Hill Field and the Naval Supply Depot. UTAH New Honor Roll to By been one of the earliest in basketball history. We find in the archives that Dr. James A. Naismith organized the game in late 1891. About 1906, a group of young Centerville boys had a ring made by blacksmith Henry Rampton. They hung it on Harold Smiths bam and played the first basketball in the county. They soon became quite adept at throwing the ball through the hoop. At that time, Perry Rockwood was manager of the Alberta Hall, Basketball in owned by his dad. the west was considered more of a sissys game then, says Perry. When I was at the University of Utah, they had a girls team. We boys began going in and participating with them little by little until we were interested in the sport. It was about 1908 that I put hoops in the Alberta Hall and let the Centerville kids practice. Until then the Hall had been used only for dances, but basketball was becoming so popular by then that I induced the University, YMCA, etc., to come to the hall and play the team. Bambergers were chartered to bring crowds from Salt Lake and vicinity and the biggest part of the townsfolk flocked to the hall. No admission was charged to the games, but we held a dance after each contest and passed a hat around for funds which went toward maintenance of the hall. The team lost very few games If Woods Cross furnished January, 1945 CHAPEL BEAUTIFIED An Interview with Perry Rockwood Centervilles first basketball team has a history that is unique in that it not only was the first hoop team in these parts, but it must have "13 Women's organizations from Centerville and Be Dedicated The cleaning and painting of the inside of the chapel has been completely finished according to Bishop LeRoy Duncan. All the rooms have been painted and the woodwork varnished and the' floors tnrough-ou- t have been cleaned. The outside woodwork has been painted and later in the year when the weather is better, the roof will be painted. Government restrictions will prevent getting the lighting fixtures for several months, but Bishop Duncan assures us that they will be nice ones when we do get them. In the future when more funds are available and a good grade of floor covering can be bought, the main hall floor will be covered. The kitchen and the rest rooms are being done now. Bishop Duncan says that response to the fund was l()09r and no one turned them down. Everyone in the ward has not yet been contacted, and these funds not yet collected will pay for the drapes, which are being ordered. Another feature of the redecorating program will be the placing of two beautiful plaques on the west wall of the main hall on either side of the door. A dedication program under the direction of the Town Board will be held on January 21, and Charles R. Mabey will be the speaker. CENTERVILLE TOWN Did you know that Centerville Town was not organized until May, 1915? This organization was effected at that time in order that bonds in the amount of $15,000 to install a waterworks system could be issued. From the minutes of the County Commissioners, May 3, 1915, we read: The following persons from Centerville, Davis County, Utah, appeared and urged the Board to take favorable action on the petition for the proposed Townsite of Centerville filed April 5, 1915. Jos. E. Williams, B, H. Roberts, N. T. Porter and William Barber. The minutes of the same Commission, under date of May 17, Resolu1915, show the following: tion. Whereas the County Commissioners have by resolution duly granted the petition heretofore presented by the residents of Centerville, asking that Centerville, or that portion thereof heretofore presented with the plat of the boundary lines thereof be declared and constituted a Town with the powers of Town Government appertaining thereunto, with the provision that a board of trustees would be appointed by the said Board of County Commissioners of Turn to page four nnfi UDaQGfldly 2 Oh, boy, Daddy, wasnt that a wonderful leave you spent with Mother and me, exclaims Dee Thomas Linge. I wish you would hurry and come home to stay, so we could really get acquainted. Thomas is the eighteen-month-ol- d son of Thomas and Mel-v- a Barber Linge. Dee YOUR CHANCE TO BE HEARD By Maxine B. Randall Speaking from the standpoint of entertainment, Id say Centerville is very much in need of a new amusement hall. The ward is begging for more plays and dances, but how many people have practiced night after night in the cold hall because the furnace is no good? And its a nuisance to have to tear up and down to the dressing rooms, and they are not too pleasing to the eye. The lighting and scenery isnt an incentive to being in plays. I realize fully we are renovating the Ward Chapel at a costly price, but the town needs a good, clean amusement hall as badly as anything. The only drawback is, Will the kids who take delight in carrying on behave in it? Perhaps it would be a good idea to build a gymnasium in connection with the amusement hall where the kids could play basketball, volley ball, ping pong, etc., instead of getting into mischief. CHURCH NOTICES The stake Boy Scout Court of Honor will be held in the Centerville 1st Ward Chapel, Tuesday, January 9, at 7:30 P. M. The Centerville 1st Ward Conference will be held January 28 at 7 oclock. The Ward Officers Meeting will begin at 6 oclock. 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