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Show v U- TOL. XXVI LEHI, UTAH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1945 NUMBER 12 Lehi OPA Office Closes iVftcr Functioning Nearly Three Years I The Lehi OPA office closed its bors to the public this week, Dllowing nearly four years- of jctivity. Rationing problems in his vicinity will be taken to the revo office, which will handle ill the OPA business of the county coun-ty from now on. i The Lehi ration board was or-Wzed or-Wzed in January, 1942, when ires were first rationed. Virgil I. Peterson was chairman of the ward, with S. I. Goodwin and jverett A. Turner as members, vnd Leland Powell as clerk. Mr. owell resigned one month, later, jnd LeRoy Logsdon became clerk. I In the fall of 1942 a gasoline janel was organized,, with Herman Her-man C. Goates as chairman, with I. B. Anderson, J. Earl Smith, Jasil J. Dorton, and W. A. Ford is members. Mr. Ford served Intil his death in 1944. I Later a price panel was established, estab-lished, with S. I. Goodwin as chairman, and Edward J. Larsen, John S. Broadbent, Armond E. Tebb and B. J. Lott as members. They were aided by the follow flig assistants: Ida Gray, Lula Anderson, Hazel May Bone, and Smma Lott. - Following the opening of the office in the Memorial building fri the autumn of 1942,- Mabel Soberts was chosen community jervice chairman, with the following fol-lowing members: Margaret McMillan, Mc-Millan, Josephine Robison, Verona Ve-rona Babcock, Leota Peterson, Sudora R. Nesbitt, Ruia Lewis, J. Leslie Wright, and Armond E. Kebb of Lehi, Lizzie B. Smith of Cedar Valley, and Mildred Car-jon Car-jon of Fairfield. During the months before the jation office was opened, ' the ?ation board met once a week Ivith volunteer help. Since that lime, two paid members operated ihe office, the chief clerk, and ihe assistant clerk. LeRoy Logsdon Logs-don served as clerk .from February, Febru-ary, 1942, until his resignation in May, 1944, after which Mabel Roberts, who was serving as assistant as-sistant clerk, became clerk. Betty Bet-ty Logsdon and Laura Jeanne Evans sejved as assistant clerks to Mrs. Roberts In alternate periods. ' , s From the beginning of the rationing ra-tioning program, Lehi citizens have been called upon to give their time and efforts to see that the program was followed. A great number "of citizens have had a hand in the rationing program pro-gram in the community, and they should be commended on the splendid way in which the many problems relative to this project were handled. . " The staff of the OPA office wish to express their appreciation apprecia-tion to all who helped In any way, those who served on the boards, their assistants, those who gave their time in helping the citizens register for ration books and sugar coupons, and for any other services which . Mrs. Roberts has taken a posl- nuu m me county OPA office at ProVO. While Miss rntrcHr. v, -usuuwii, W1AU was employed in the ofice at the tune of its closing, plans to attend at-tend the Brigham Young univer- Lehi Wins First Football Game From Springville The Region Three football scirmage season opened with a Dang Friday, as Lehi Droclaimprt "V-Day" with a one-point win over me springville Red Devils 13-12. The Pioneers, favorites of tne aopesters, came close to losing los-ing their unblemished title when the Devils showed unusual strength in the final moments of the game, when a touchdown was scored by the opposing team. Lehi took an early lead in the first quarter as Bob Gray, quarterback, quart-erback, slipped through the line for a touchdown. Rulon Francis of Springville tied the score as the quarter ended; The Pioneers scored again in the third period as Crag Dorton snared an aerial and outraced the- Springville secondary to the eoal line. RalDh Mitchell kicked over for the ex tra point. 7 ', Lehi -;.J Springville C. Dorton la... Palfreyman Putnam ............. It........ Bringhurst Nicholes ,.f lg Diamond Goodwin .:.....:. '. Havmond Webb rg.....;., Groesbeck Hunger rt Black Jones re Haws Gray ab Norton Roberts .;.....i....lhb... jEggwtsen Peck .:....':.........rhb...; Francis Mitchell fb Cummings Score by quarters: Lehi 6 0 7 013 Springville 6 0 0 612 Scoring: Lehi: Touchdowns, Gray and Dorton. Point after touchdown, Mitchell. Springville: Spring-ville: Touchdowns, Francis and TCfrfrprtsen. Substitutions. Lehi: Allred, hh; Hunt, t; and Bushman, Bush-man, g. Springville: Miner, hb; Clegg, 1; Harmer, t; and Barker, g. " ' :- ; . . Officials: F. Dixon, L. Brooks, and I. Young. e- ' "J- V r-i. 1 I Dean Prior and John Broadbent Head New City Tickets fx fa V1 , " United War Fund Drive Well Under Way ERA CAMPAIGN BEGINS OCTOBER 14 Stake officers of the MIA a nminpp that the annual drive for subscriptions to the Era will be conducted during the week of October 14-21. Further announcement an-nouncement will be made to details de-tails of the drive. 3 ANNOUNCEMENT Custom Rolling on Wed. Only As Usual We have recently installed a Custom Grain Grinder separate from the mill where custom grain grinding will be done. . You may come in dump your own grain sack it and return homes with it in just a few minutes. No waiting, no exchanging Any day. Take home your own grain. You may bring it in bulk if you desire. When the customer dumps and sacks his own grain the grinding fee will be 10c per cut. 15c where our men help. Feed delivery service will commence Oc-' Oc-' tober 1st as follows: All feed orders phoned in from Friday to Tuesday at 3 P. M. will be delivered de-livered Tuesday. From Tuesday 3 P. M. to Friday Fri-day 3 P. M. will be delivered Friday. A small delivery charge will be added. We will appreciate your call and cooperation in our New Feed Delivery Service LEHI CEREAL MILL 8 PHONE 52 LEIII, UTAH USS West Virginia Ends Victorious War The battleship USS WEST VIRGINIA, veteran of months of tough Pacific fighting, suffered her first combat casualties on the day of Okinawa invasion, when she was struck by a Japanese suicide plane. After repairs, she remained at Okinawa, fighting off air attacks and supporting ground troops. With 100 rounds of her 16-inch shells, weighing more than a ton apiece, she leveled the strong Jap fortress of Shuri Castle, permitting ground troops to sweep past it. These two official Navy photographs include an overall view and an action picture. j v . . . ' " Two press releases have been received by the Lehi Sun from aboard this famous battleship, which has been reported en route to the west coast and is expected to arrive about October 15. The press releases follow: ON THE USS WEST VIRGINIA IN TOKYO BAY (Delayed) Morris R. Schow, fireman, third class, USN, son of Randal Schow, 323 South 1st West Lehi, Utah, Is serving on this battleship which steamed into Tokyo Bay with the initial occupation force. After a year in which they had seen only sparsely populated islands, crewmen found the densely settled' area a novel sight. With binoculars they I streets of Japanese towns. In the .west was ; Fujiyama, sacred Japanese mountain, a sight every man aboard had been promising himself for many months to see. . t ABOARD THE USS WEST VIRGINIA Morris R. Schow, electrician's mate, third class, USN, son of Mr. Randal Schow, 323 South 1st St., Lehf, Utah, serves aboard this famous old battleship, which went safely through many months of campaigning cam-paigning in the Pacific, then suffered her first combat casualties casual-ties on the day of ths Okinawa invasion when she'was' struck by a Japanese suicide plane. . . Four crewmen were killed and 22 others were wounded by the plane.crash. The plane was In a formation of four aircraft that flew over the Okinawa transport anchorage anchor-age at dusk, 12 hours after the first U. S. troops had gone ashare. One plane was shot down by the WEST VIRGINIA'S, gunners, but another penetrated the antiair craft fire, reached a position above the big -ship, and -came down in an almost vertical dive. A bomb the plane was carrying pierced two decks but failed to explode. Mrs. W. Parting Dies At Spanish Fork This Dress is Part of My Recon-versionTlan! Recon-versionTlan! Fm Having All of My Dresses Cleaned... You too can work out a reconversion plan and reap the admiration women love. Our dry cleaning service will meet with your complete satisfaction. Let us serve you too. Four-day Service. We Pickup and Deliver Wednesday and Saturday Fashion Cleaners CLYDE A. McKAY, Owner PHONE 156-W Word has been received this week of the death of Mrs. Stina Christiansen Darling, 68, wife of Walter Darling, who died Monday at 10:45 p. m. in Spanish Fork She had been in her usual good health, and was visiting in Salt Lake City when she suffered a stroke. , Mrs. Darling and her husband made their home here until 1928 when they moved to Spanish Fork. Mr. Darling was the proprietor pro-prietor of the old Darling Hotel here for a number of years, and has operated a hotel of the same name in Spanish Fork since he moved to that city. Mrs. Darling was born, in Pleasant Grove September 10, 1877, a daughter of William and Celia Anderson Christiansen. She was married to Walter Darling at Lehi September 10, 1898. She was a member of the LDS Church. ' . She is survived by her husband, hus-band, five sons and daughters, E. H. Darling of Spanish Fork, Ned Darling of Provo, Le Grande Darling, serving with the Army Air Force in China, Mrs. Belva Cahoon of Manti, and Mrs. Virginia Vir-ginia Hall of Mapleton; fourteen grandchildren, and the following follow-ing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Alphina Mork and Mrs. Josephine Bezzant of Lehi, William, Martin and Owen Christiansen, and Mrs. Perlinda Radmall and Mrs. Ida Williamson, all of Pleasant Grove Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p. m. in the Spanish Span-ish Fork Second ward chapel. Burial will be at Lehi. The final campaign of the United War Fund of Utah Is in full swing. Until the last day of the month, the fund workers will carry on until quotas are reached reach-ed or exceeded. Lehi's quota in the drive Is set at $3,000. Lowell A. Brown, president pres-ident of the Lehi Lions club, is chairman of the campaign In this vicinity. In Salt Lake County, where the county war chest unit of the United War Fund began its drive September 24, with the closing date set for October 17, notable progress toward that county's goal is reported by Stewart Cos- griff, campaign chairman. Salt Lake County's quota is slightly more than half the state's quota of $405,000. "Excepting a few states which hold their campaigns around the first of the year, the War Fund appeals are now in progress throughout the United States," said Herbert M. Schiller, execu tive director of the United War Fund of Utah. "After three years of appeals, most Utahns are familiar with the purpose of the fund's campaign to raise money for the USO, USO Camp Shows, United Seamen's Service, a score or more of refugee and foreign relief organizations serv ing the people of war-devastated areas, and other Vitally import ant agencies rendering war related services. Dean Prior, Lehi high school athletic coach, and John S. Broadbent, local merchant, were chosen to represent the Democratic Demo-cratic and Republican parties, respectively, in the forthcoming city election as candidates for the office of mayor Mr. Prior served two terms as mayor In 1939-43. Mr. Broadbent has served as city councilman during the past two years. With Mr. Broadbent on the Republican Re-publican ticket are Elliott Smith, four-year councilman; Wane Christensen, two-year councilman, council-man, Incumbent; Rulon Peterson Peter-son and George Strasburg, two-year two-year councilmen; Leland Powell, recorder, incumbent; Mrs. Blanche Turner, treasurer, Incumbent. In-cumbent. On the Democratic ticket with Mr. Prior were nominated the following: four-year councilman, council-man, Carlos Coates, two-year councilmen, B. J. Lott, Glen Wan- lass, and Alma Peterson; recorder, record-er, Lawrence Glathar; treasurer Mrs. Fern G. Johnson. The GOP party has organized its precinct committee as fol lows: J. Ed Johnson, chairman; Mrs. Verda Peterson, chairwom an; district one chairman, David H. Carson; district two chairman, Val Johnson; district three chairman, Abel Gudmundsen. Victor W. Nicholes is chairman of the Democratic precinct com mittee, with Mrs. Rodney Dick- erson as vice-chairman, Mrs. Inez P. Smith, secretary, and Elva Allen, treasurer. B. J. Lott is chairman for district one, Carlos Coates is chairman of district two, and Neldon Evans is chairman for district three. A chairman is to be selected for district four, replacing Morris Anderson, who has moved to Salt Lake City. Legion To Initiate New Members The Lehi Post of the American Legion will initiate new members and install the new officers, recently re-cently elected, Wednesday evening, eve-ning, October 10, at 8 p. m. in the Memorial building, it is announced an-nounced by Post Commander Stanley M. Taylor. The new regional commander, D. C. For-cey For-cey of Payson, Is expected to be hi attendance. a pnrdfal invitation is extend ed to all service men now home on leave to attend, as well as those who have received their discharge. Membership in the American Legion is open to all discharged members of any branch of the service, Mr. Taylor stated New officers to be installed are Glenn Smith, vice-commander, and Harold Westring, adjutant, all other officers being holdovers. Rural Electricity Seventy-eight out of every 100 farms in Ohio now have high-line electric service. "The 1945 campaign will be the last one. The National War Fund's goal of $115,000,000 will be used either to carry on the work of the agencies until Jan uary, 1947, or will finance them until liquidation. Utah has done a splendid Job of meeting and exceeding ex-ceeding Its quotas during the past two years and, from early reports reaching our office from some counties and local districts, this campaign will repeat the success of preceding ones." Mr. Schiller said that the cam paigns in Davis County and the South Summit county district will start next week. The Ogden and Weber county campaign is scheduled to get under way Oc tober 25. Canvass of military Installations in Weber and Davis counties, however, has been in progress since last Monday. Set for October 10, Wednesday of next week, is the national ob servance of China Friendship Day, noting the thirty-fourth an niversary of the founding of the Chinese Republic. The celebra tion will under auspices of the American Chinese committee and United China Relief, one of the most important foreign relief agencies of the United War Fund of Utah and the National War Fund. In Salt Lake City, the event will be marked by a dinner to several hundred persons at which the Chinese American So ciety of Utah will be hosts. Governor Gov-ernor Herbert B. Maw will attend as one of the guests of honor The dinner also will be In cele bration of the United Nations' victory. Church Warns Members On Car Driving With a view of curbing accidents acci-dents during the conference week end the First Presidency of the LDS church has asked all travelers to Salt Lake City to take note of the following message. IMPORTANT NOTICE Multiplying tragic automobile accidents impel us earnestly to urge the exercise of greatest care and caution upon all persons travelling in automobiles. Reckless Reck-less driving, particularly by youths, and by persons wholly or partially under the Influence of liquor, seems on the increase. Drivers must not only drive carefully care-fully themselves but they must also drive so that they may guard against injury from the careless driving of others. Particularly we urge Church members coming to the October Semi - Annual Conference to drive slowly and cautiously, avoiding, as far as possible, night driving which Is always extra hazardous. Brethren and Sisters: We urge upon you caution in your driving. A few minutes saved in transit cannot be balanced against the possible loss of a human life. Geo. Albert Smith J. Reuben Clark Jr. David O. McKay The First Presidency NOTICE: Beginning SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, we will be closed all day on SATURDAYS . . . Due to our limited supply of sugar, we are forced to remain open only five days a week. STOCK UP ON FRIDAY with our Delicious Bakery Products 1 FOR THE WEEK-END Lehi Bakery Main Street Alex Jameson, Mgr. Phone 330 |