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Show SERVICE RECORD OF C. DALE SMITH Service News "Tlhj Cjieaiest FROM PAGE THREE areas. He was promoted to Master Sergeant in May, Middle-Ea- st Pudge gave a very interesting talk on his travels at Sacrament Meeting Sunday evening, July 23. Says he, Iran dates back to old biblical days, some 500 years B.C. It is one of the dirtiest and most poverty-stricke- n countries in the world. Dirt and disease are so prevalent that four out of every five babies die before they are eight years of age, and 99 per cent of the people have the venereal diseases. The life average is down to about 35, and any man who is 45 or more looks like an 85-year-- here. There is little work to do, but what work they do is done the hard way. The chief product is oil, which is mostly controlled by the British, and only about six percent of the population has any wealth at all. Some of their millionaires would put our millionaires to shame. There is a lot of begging in the country. The people over there think that all Americans are wealthy, and taking a look at the conditions of that land, I would say we are rich, comparatively speak- n mg. m gjtotfs 1943. Pvt. Lawrence Barber, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Barber was home on a furlough. He enlisted in the Army Signal Corps Jan. 31, 1944, and was stationed at Camp Kohler, Cal. until his furlough. SSgt. Sutherland W. (Sub.) Clayton has been awarded the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters for meritorious service while in aerial combat. Two old friends met not long ago in New Caledonia Archer Clayton and Frank Lange. Most of you will remember Frank as a resident of Centerville several years ago. He was wounded in both legs in the New Georgia campaign. Again this month we asked a few of the past sports heroes to name the greatest thrill they ever had performing for Centerville. It was during a game with Syracuse in the old Davis County baseball league that Ed Everett got his greatest thrill. Elmer Barber and Sog Miller hooked up in an exciting pitching duel, and we went into the 12th inning before I blasted went to third on out a a passed ball, and scored what proved to be the winning run on a single by Elmer. Orval Leek was a very avid sports fan and competitor in the 20s, and had many thrills, But, says he, probably my greatest thrill was being a member of one of the most successful basketball two-bagge- r, teams in Centervilles history. It was about 1925 that we played in the M Men league. I was the oldest player and captain, and other players were Bill Tingey, A1 Beers, Ed Brown, Art Sheldon, Charley Larsen, Ves Harrison, Keith Reading, and Fritz Rich. We won every one of our games during that reg- CO.. BOUNTIFUL. non-leag- ue victories over Kaysville, the Salt Lake Policemen, and 28th Ward of Salt Lake. In all we won about sixteen games. It was in the final game of the M Men season that we beat West Bountiful in the last few minutes on the basket by Ves Harrison, of which he told in the last issue. We had a little tough luck in the Interstake tourney, but taking into consideration the some d games we captured before that, I can say we had a plenty thrilling season. 15-od- Lester Waltons fondest memories of his younger years was as a member of the Centerville baseball team. I cant remember any special thrill, it was all so thrilling, he says. I was just in my teens then, and myself, Allen Beers and Orval Leek made up the outfield for two or three years. Probably the one thing that brought the fans to their feet in was a rock wall. Elgin Rigby has been released from the Navy after a few weeks at Farragut, Idaho. Elgin helped Nuts and Bolts the produced three-acward t play, shortly before going, and, says he, Im just aching to start on another one now that Pm back. CARR PRINTING il" those days quicker than anything else was for one of us to smash the ball over the fence, which then Honor Roll U.A Flight Officer Clyde Dale Smith, C. By Clint Barber ular season including O August 1944 THE CENTERVILLE NEWSETTE Page Four UTAH SPORTS Loyal Bettridge, Rio Grande fielder in the Amateur Federation, during the month of July showed e his form. He was chosen old-tim- on the Amateur League all-st- ar son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith, had a very exciting and interesting flying career before he became a prisoner of the Germans. Dale was one of the first young Centerville men to work toward the war effort. In the winter of 1940 he labored at the Vultee Aircraft Co. in Downey, Cal., and while there joined a Flying Club where he owned part interest in a plane. When the Japs struck, Dale enlisted in the Royal Air Force, going to the Spartan School of Aeronautics at Tulsa, Okla., for five months. June 1942, he was on a short furlough before going to Ottawa where he received his wings and uniform. In July he went overseas and took advanced flying in various schools. His make of plane was the famous Spitfire. March 1943 saw him transfer to the U.S.A.A.F. and on a raid over France, August 16, 1943, flyThunderbolt, he shot ing a 7 down two enemy planes, and was awarded the Air Medal. October 8, 1943 he was reported missing from a mission over German territory, but five weeks later his parents received the good news that he had been found a German P-4- prisoner. One of the other lieu.tenants in Dales squadron wrote several letters to Dales parents, and in one stated that Dale had been on 49 missions before being shot down, and besides the Air Medal, he had three oak leaf clusters, and the D.- F.C. From Dales letters through the Red Cross and other sources, he has been located at Stalag Luft III, near Dresden, and about ninety miles south of Berlin. In his letters Dale says he is feeling fine, and is treated okay. About the only work they have to do is to keep their own barracks clean. The food isnt too good, but there is quite a lot to do. There are all kinds of sports and plenty of books to read. Dale says he has been doing a lot of reading, and is trying to learn the language. He says Hello to everyone, and he hopes to be home soon. team, and in a game against the Magna Millmen, he pounded out three hits, including a double. At a later date he played in the Douglas - Gib- bons Reed vs. L. Police game. is Loyal hitting well over the .400 mark in league play. Rio-We- st Jordan-Eimacs-- S. |