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Show SIT DOWN TODAY - and drop a line to some one in the Armed Forces The Qentervillej NEWSETTE CENTERVILLE, DAVIS COUNTY, UTAH Vol. 2; No. 8 International Honor Comes to Former Centerville Resident distinction came to a native daughter of this community recently when Miss Eva Hancock enjoyed the signal honor of addressing the United Nations Peace Conference in San Francisco. Her subject was The Returned Serviceman, and she spoke representing the U. S. O. Besides the United Nations delegates, the session was attended by representatives of the Army and Navy and educators of the California schools. A total of 263 people were in attendance. She reports that it was a very colorful affair. Eva was born in Centerville and since leaving here, spent 10 years as executive secretary of the Campfire Girls. She was given this position as a result of her work in the Hollywood Stake M. I. A. For the past four years she has been organizing U. S. O.s and at present is U. S. O. director at Phoenix, Arizona. She has applied for overseas rehabilitation work and is looking forward eargerly to an appoint- Mary Ella Evans Chosen As County War Bond Queen JULY, 1945 HI DADDY! World-wid- e ment. Eva is the daughter of Mrs. J. W. Hancock. Centerville is proud of the fame which has come to one of her own. o Gleaned From The Record . . . April 21, 1923. A mass meeting of the Taxpayers of Centerto consider the advisville ability of purchasing land for the purpose of making a Park . . . three different pieces of property had been offered the Town for this purpose . . . The meeting was then given over for discussion of the subject. Wm. Holmes and Ben Brown voiced the sentiment that the Town was in no financial condition to purchase a park, and considered that the amount of money necessary for the purchase of one could be spent to better advantage. Pres. Williams gave a rough estimate of the Towns financial condition. He also stated that the bonded indebtedness of $15,000 was all that the Town was obligated for except a few current expenses. The question was then discussed pro and con. The speakers were as follows: Wm. ... Holmes, Ben liams, D. II. C. II. Smith, Porter, Chas Reading, and Brown, J. E. WilMajor, Fred Rich, D. G. Winn, J. F. Turn to page four E. O. L. Smith, Wm. Barber. Mr. Hi, Daddy, chorus Ilcne and Merla Coles. When are ycu to see us? Mother says coming been you have gone since March and that is only four months. It doesnt sound like such a long time but it seems longer than waiting for Christmas. Ilene is 5 years old and Merla is 5 months. They are the charming daughters of Pvt. Reginald Coles and Norma Hardy Coles. Davis County chose the lovely Mary Ella Evans after a spirited elimination of town queens at the Bountiful theater. So states the Salt Lake Tribune in its June 24 edition. That is putting it mildly and in a nut shell. Here is an enlargement of the picture. On May 20, after a neck and neck race of one week, Mary Ella was declared winner of Centerville First Ward War Bond Queen contest. From then until June 20 she was vying with Rosalind Pack, Centerville Second Ward War Bond Queen, for the honor of representing Centerville in the county finals. Mary Ella and Rosalind, together with their workers, worked diligently to promote the sale of War Bonds and garner a lot of votes. The citizens of Centerville responded in a big way and the girls were rewarded by a large number of counters. According to the rules of the contest the town queen was to take credit for all votes cast in the town and Mary Ella had a total of 2971 votes to her credit when she entered the county finals. The queens were judged on three points. First, the percentage of their towns quota; second, the number of votes cast, Turn to page four DALE SMITH RELATES LIFE AS PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY (Editors note The following article was originally written by the author for The Deseret News.) By CLINTON S. BARBER Loo king pretty husky for a flier who has been a prisoner of war in Germany for 19 months, Flight Officer Clyde Dale Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde C. Smith of Centerville, arrived home last CENTERVILLE Saturday for a y furlough. Explaining his healthy conCondidition, Dale remarks: tions in the prisoner of war camp where I was held were much more tolerable than in the concentration camps of which you read so much. True, we went hungry several times, but we never really reached the starvation point and we were treated as human beings rather than 60-da- animals. FO Smith began working for the war effort as far back as when he helped build planes at the Vultee Aircraft Company in Downey, Calif. When the Japs struck Pearl Harbor, Dale joined the RAF, going to the Spartan School of Aeronautics, Tulsa, Okla. He was on furlough for the last time in June, 1940 Dale Smith 1942. He received his wings and uniform at Ottawa, Canada, and went overseas in July. After training in several more schools, Turn to page four |