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Show •By The Editor • Sunday, March 21, will mark the first day of spring, according to custom. We hope that the weather man will relent and give something Sunday that resembles .sunshine-and spring. • After a shut-down of a couple of weeks, due to OPA quota restrictions, A. Bills & Company £Fritz, to you) will reopen the local packing plant. During the shut-down Fritz has renovated his plant and equipment. He will start buying livestock on March 24, and will begin wholesale delivery of dressed meats on April 1, according to an advertisement appearing in this issue. • Jim Alcorn received a fine publicity story last week from the pen of Ralph B. Jordan, managing editor of the Deseret News. .Jim brought Editor Jordan to Kiwanis meeting two weeks ago, and the two men visited quite a .bit during the ride, during which Jim told of his experiences in early days. Much to Jim's surprise, a swell article about him came out in Mr. Jordan's personal column in the News, written as only a star newspaperman like Jordan, can do it. • Folks down around Draper way got quite a thrill Wednesday night when an airplane came out .of the sky and landed on the state highway at the Draper crossroads. Lt. Carl Nelson, civil air patrol pilot, ran into a heavy snowstorm at about 5 p. m., and had to make a forced landing. After the weather had cleared, the pilot took off and proceeded to the No. 2 airport west of Midvale. Advice to motorists: Keep your eyes on the road and also the. sky; a plane may swoop down and crowd you off the highway anytime. • Citizens are reminded of the annual firemen's dance, to be held .at the Midvale junior. high school Friday night, March 26. If you haven't bought your tickets, do so at once. • Utah's 62 weekly newspapers nave circulation coverage comparable to that of eight daily newspapers in the state, Harrison Conover, president of the Utah State Press association, told members of the Salt Lake Advertising Club Wednesday. Harrison knows whereof he speaks. • Midvale Kiwanis had· a team in the A.A.U. basketball tournament this week, but they lost their first encounter when they bucked up .against the Roosevelt Rangers. Rowever, the locals put up a terrific scrap and led their tough >Opponents up until the very end of the fracas. The daily papers insisted on calling the local team the "Midvale Exchange Club"why, we don't know. \ Junior Club Slates \Jnteresting Talk Mrs. Christy Lund Coles of Salt Lake City, will be guest SJ?eaker at the meeting of the Junior Community club, Wednesd~~. March 24, at 8 o'clock p. m. Mrs. Coles, a poet known nationl1lly and internationally, has bad several poems published in Good Housekeeping, and other magazines. She comes highly recommended by Mrs. Clara Stuart Boyer, for whom she is substituting. Members of the Junior club are urged to attend and an invitation is extended to members of the Midvale community club to attend this meeting. Patriarch To Speak At Second 'Vt{ ard William D. Kuhre, patriarch oi the Mt. Jordan stake, will be the guest speaker at the Midvale Second ward services Sunday at 43:30 p. m. according to Bishop A. J. Sabey. Special musical numbers will also be presented. The public is <:ordially invited to attend the .services, Bishop Sabey said. CLOTHING DEMONSTRATION Mrs. Ivy L. Hall, Salt Lake ·c ounty home demonstration agent, will give a clothing remodeling demonstration Friday, (today) at 1 ·p. m. at Union junior high school. Mrs. Francis Tame of Union, program chairman of the P. T. A., will be in charge. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Rasmussen 1eft Wednesday for southern California for a short visit with friends and relatives. Other Midvalians now visiting in southern California include Mrs. Ray Hughes and Mrs. Louis Goff. . A Publication Devoted to the Welfare and Progress of the Jordan Valley Volume 10-Number 12 DEFENSE CORPS TO ORGANIZE One Bright Spot in' The World Organization of a speakers' bureau by the Salt Lake County Citizens' Defense Corps was announced Wednesday by Hyrum P. Cannon, county chairman, following instructions from Dr. T. Earl Pardoe, state chairman. The defense corps is an integral part of the Office of Civilian Defense, and has charge of civilian morale and instruction in war work. One or two speakers from every community in the county will be selected, and these men will speak at meetings of clubs and organizations whenever requested. Miss Maurine Cash of Midvale has been named as chairman of the speakers' bureau for all of Salt Lake county. The speakers will work under their zone chairmen, Mr. Cannon said. They are: Zone 1, South Salt Lake-George F. Soderborg; zone 2, East Millcreek Mrs. B. N. Robinson; zone 3, Holladay-Harold F. Bowthorpe; zone 4, Murray -Mrs. Persyl Richardson.; zone 5, Midvale-Mrs. Ralph P. Finlay; zone 6, Bingham Canyon-Andrew J. Jones; zone 7, Magna-Garfield -George F. Cromer; zone 8, Draper-Orin P. Black. Clubs and organizations desiring the services of speakers, who will be instructed in various phases of the war program, are asked to contact their zone chairman. Judge Ellell Is Speaker at Kiwanis Party Members of the Midvale Kiwanis club and their ladies heard an interesting talk last Monday night at a dinner-dance held at the city hall, when Judge A. H. Ellett of Salt Lake City, justice of the third district court, discussed ''The Trial of Christ From An Attorney's Point-of-View." The speaker was introduced by C. E. Matthews. During the program, Howard Barrows, club president, presented jewels to 13 members who had a perfect attendance in 1942.' Selections were played during the dinner by the Beckstead brothers of Riverton, artists on the electric guitar. Dr. Frederick Ingvoldstad. lecturer who is conducting a series of talks on world subjects in the Jordan district. will be the speaker at next Monday night's meeting. it is announced by the program committee. Dr. Ingvoldstad spoke to the club three weeks ago, and and has been secured for a return engagement at the request of sev· eral members. Community Club To Meet Wi't h Murray Lad~ies The next meeting of the Midvale Community Club will be held in Murray, Thursday, March 25 in a "Reciprocity Day" program on "International Relations," with the Murray Club. Members wishing to attend are asked to make arrangements with Mrs. M. S. Peterson as soon as possible. Women's Study Group To Elect Officers Election of officers of the Women's Democratic study group of Precinct Six will be held at a meeting of the club, March 25, at 8 p. m. at the home of Mrs. Horace · Jenkins, 49 La Page street, it was announced today by Mrs. Oscar Wennerstrom, president. Mrs. Kenneth Dunn, vice president of the club, will be in charge of the meeting, Mrs. Wennerstrom said. GUERNSEY BULL SOLD-TOWEST JORDAN BLOCK Peterborough, N. H.-West Jordan Guernsey Bull Block of Midvale, Utah, recently purchased a registered Guernsey bull from Arthur B. Erekson of Murray, Utah, to add to their local herd. Woody Nook Champion 249544 is the name under which this animal is registered with The American Guernsey Cattle Club. Mrs. Merle E. Thornton left Wednesday morning for Preston, Idaho, and Richmond, Utah, where she is spending a week visiting with relatives and friends. Friday, March 19, 1943 NEWS NOTES OF OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE Robinson CBob) H. Fisher, of Salt Lake City, a nephew of Mrs. Merle E. Thornton of Midvale, left last week for San Francisco to enter training as a naval aviation cadet. Bob lived in Midvale for 12 years and has many friends here. He and Ralph Brown, another Midvalian, have been sent to the naval air school at Beckworth, Calif., for preliminary schooling. Both boys like their new work immensely. SPEAKER BUREAU I Mrs. Harry' Parker has return€d to her home on Sixth avenue from the Bingham hospital, where she underwent a serious operation recently. She is reported to be recovering nicely. MIDVALE, Salt Lake ·county, UTAH ~~~ Cochran Army Air, Field, Macan, Georgia-Arthur W. Last, son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Last of RD No. 1, Midvale, Utah, has just arrived at this Air Forces Basic Flying Training school. Cochran Army Air Field's facilities are devoted to the secondary phase of flight instruction. From here these men are sent to Advanced Schools in the Southeastern Center, for courses in Pursuit and Bombardment. ~ PLEA MADE FOR News From The SALVAGE FATS RATION FRONT The 45,514 pounds of waste kitchen fats collected in Utah in January are already being converted into war products and some of them are even on their way ,to the battle lines, according to Mrs. Allison Bills, chairman of the women's division of the Salt Lake county salvage committee. "Utah was fifth in the nation in percentage of collections in January in comparison with quota," Mrs. Bills said, "and preliminary figures indicate a sharp increase during February. This must be stepped up even more, however, and we feel sure women of the state will cooperate if they realize how rapidly their waste fats are being turned into vital war materials. Glycerine is derived from fat as a by-product of soap manufacture. It is also a by-product of the fat-splittin and stearic acid industries. Thus, these industries now find themselves standing shoulder to shoulder with the housewives of America in the collection and recovery of sufficient glycerine to meet the huge demands of the armed services of the United Nations. "If it were not for. the reserve source of supply we have in the kitchen fats that home-makers in this country normally throw away, production of vital glycerine would be seriously jeopardized." Mrs. Bills said. "Only one tablespoonful a day from every household would more than ·meet America's goal' of 200,000,000 pounds for 1943. We are counting on Utah housewives to do their share and more in this effort." Glycerine is indispensable, Mrs. Bills pointed out, from the beginning of the fight to the end. The defense worker uses it in production, the soldier needs it for battle, the wounded man is grateful for it in the field hospital. Tanks, ships and planes last longer because of paints using glycerine. The first and most valuable war use of glycerine, however, is in the production of explosives. From glycerine comes nitroglycerine, and from nitroglycerine come many explosives used in many different guns and cannons. "Every time an American housewife collects a pound of washe cooking' fats," Mrs. Bills said, "enough to produce a half pound of dynamite, she may be sure that the industries engaged in turning out vital glycerine are constantly seeking new methods to increase the percentage they can recover from it." Relief Society To Give Pageant A sacred pageant, "Book of Ruth," will be presented by members of the Midvale First ward Relief Society Tuesday at 2 p. m. at the Midvale Second ward chapel, it is announced. The pageant will be under the - RATION CALENDAR Gasoline-"A" book coupon No. 4 expires March 21. Sugar-Coupon No. 12 became valid March 16 for five pounds of sugar. must must last ·l hrough ihe end of May, or 11 wteks. Coffee Stamp No. 25, \food for one pound, expires March 21. Stamp No. 26 will be good for on~ pound between March 22 arid April 25. Tires-First inspection deadline for "A" book users. March 31, MEAT, BUTTER, CHEESE RATIONING TO START Local war price and rationing boards and grocery and meat markets in this area are busy this week, preparing for the rationing of meats, edible fats and oils, including butter, cheeses and canned fish, at midnight Sunday, March 28, 1943. Beginning Monday morning, March 29, the country's housewives will begin to use the red stamps from War · Ration Book No. Two to obtain their family supplies of the newly rationed foods. The same system will be used as was inaugurated the first of this month, with the blue stamps from Book Two for canned, frozen and dried fruits. The program has one major difference, however. Retailers will be permitted to make "change" in ration stamps when customers find it impossoible to give the exact amount of valid stamps when making a purchase. Farmers are permitted use of home-slaughtered meat in addition to a full allotment of ration stamps, but H. Grant Ivins, Utah director of the OF A, said they are expected to limit purchases of rationed foods in inverse ratio to those produced and used on the farm. Farmers selling home-produced meat or butter or other rationed goods, however, automatically be(Continued on Page 2) Talk Scheduled on "South America" Mrs. J. Kenneth Cannon, wife of Brigadier General John Kenneth C<j.nnon, will be the speaker at the Sunday evening service at Midvale First L.D.S. ward, it is announced by Bishop H. G. Tempest. Special music will also be presented. Mrs. Cannon has traveled extensively in South America and in other foreign countries, and she will discuss our neighbors to the south at the meeting here. Gen. Cannon is a brother of Hyrum P. Cannon of Midvale, and is serving with the armed forces." Mrs. Cannon is residing is Salt Lake City during her husband's absence. direction of Mrs. J. 0. Jones, East Jordan stake literary leader. Ladies of both ward Relief Societies are urged to attend. ~ ~ ~ Ensign Donald E. Bateman, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. LeRoy Bateman, of West Jordan, recently received his commission as ensign at Washington, D. C. He is now stationed at the Communication School of the Naval Training School at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Ensign Bateman is a graduate of Jordan High. He graduated from the University of Utah in 1938. He was attending De Pauw University Law School, Chicago, Illinois, at the time of his enlistment as a yeoman third class, last June. He was stationed in Chicago, until last September when he was transferred to Washington, D. C. ~ ~ ~ Calvin Buckley, second class seaman at Fanagut, IQ.aho, arrived home for a week's furlough Thursday. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh G. Buckley of West Jordan. Calvin has been a life guard and swimming .instructor at Farragut. On his return he will attend a gunnery school. While home Calvin and his friends have enjoyed several socials. ~~~ Donald Glover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Parley Glover, has completed his training at Aberdeen, Maryland, and has been promoted to the rank of second lieutenant. He is taking an extra week in the ordnance department in small arms and is expected home next week on a 10 day furlough, after w:hich. he will be stationed at the Salt Lake air base. * FOR SERVICEMEN SLATED APRIL 1 A tentative date for a return basketball game between the east and west side merchants has been set for Thursday evening, April 1, Louis Goff, committee chairman, stated today. The gameand entertainment will be staged at the Midvale school gymnasium and will be "battle to the death," it is announced. Proceeds of the evening will be given to the selctive service committee, which · stages farewell programs and presents gifts to departing service men of this area. Due to the great success of the last game and program, a large crowd is expected to attend the return engagement. A fine program, to augment the casaba contest, is being arranged, Mr. Goff said. ~ Harlingen A r my G u n n e r y School, Texas-Another class of "aerial triggermen" to guard Army Air Forces bombers was graduated this week from the Harlingen (Tex.) Army Gunnery School, and among the qualified sharpshooters was Max W. Roach, son of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Roach, 36 Jefferson street. Along with his diploma he received a pair of silver Gunner's Wings and awtomatic promotion to the grade of sergeant. Unless he is retained at Harlingen ·to serve as an instructor, he will be sent immediately to join a combat team. The class was prepared for its place in America's stepped-up air offensive by an intensive fiveweek course. Here in the semitropical Rio Grande Valley, students learn to fire every kind of gun from BB to .50 caliber Brownings. They also must be able to tear down and assemble their deadly weapons while blindfolded and identify any aircraft by its silhouette. ~ REPEAT GAME HONOR ROLL * New Subscribers: Mrs. Geo. T. Sainsbury, Granite. Mrs. Mary S. Visser, Granite. George F. Williams, Union. Mitchell Forbush, Farragut, Ida. B. L. Hilton, Hermosa Beach, Calif. Serg. Merrill L. Borg, Georgia. Grant R. Gilbert, Farragut, Ida. Renewals: • William Jenson, Midvale. Allison Bills, Midvale. M. A. Beckstead, Midvale. Horace T. Godfrey, Union. Mrs. F. D. Babcock, Union. Ed. J. Reimann, Salt Lake City. Pvt. Clarence Nelson, overseas. Nils Johnson, Sandy. Amy V. Howard, Sandy. Elizabeth Morrow, Sandy. Marvin M. Bird, Sandy. L. A. Beckstead, Sandy. Mrs. Rose Stuart, Sandy. Louis Peterson, Sandy. Fred Borg, Sandy. Midvale Library Adds New Books On Saturday, March 20, the fol· lowing new books will be added to the Salt Lake County Library, Midvale collection: Yours For The Asking, by J . Abbott. A novel depicting the conflict in marriage, as illustrated in the case of a young minister and his wife in the Kentucky mountains. I Live Again, by W. Deeping. This novel contains four love stories which are related in a very subtle and strange way. The Gaunt Woman. by E. Gilligan. A thrilling novel of the sea and warfare against the U-boats. Rainbow at Dusk. by E. Loring. A triangle of romance and intrigue. Light Down, Stranger, by A. Pettibone. A novel set in the old. West of a man, his girl, and his horse. Murder by The Yard, by M. T. Yates. Mystery and Japanese silks in Honolulu just before Dec. 7, 1941. Fading Trails, by U. S. Depart• ment of the Interior-National Park service. The dramatic story of American wildlife. Headhunting in The Solomons, by C. Mytinger. An instructive and amusing account of two young women's experiences in the Southwest Pacific. A Mathematics Refresher, by A. Hooper. A practical ,book which enables you to brush up on math· ematics easily. Mrs. Appleyard's Kitchen. by L. A. Kent. The author sets forth her ideas about selection and preparation of food with humor and good taste. :racy, by National P. T. A. An analysis of present-day conditions and a handbook for practical service. For Younger Readers Tree of The Countryside, by M. McKenny. Keen description of 29 trees, representing various parts of our country. A Boy and a Battery. by R. F. Yates. The author describes how to make things related to electricity and magnetism. Easter Chimes. by W; Harper. A collection of stories and poems for Easter. A Microphone for David. by H. Goodwin. An exciting book of radio broadcasting for boys. The Star Spangled Banner, by I. and E. D' Aulaire. A beautiful picture book of our national anthem. Flip and The Cows, by W. Dennis. A picture-book story of a colt who is .afraid of cows. Pedie and The Twins, by B. M. Bryant. An engaging story written in a simple text. • Changeable Charlie, by G. Blumenthal. The story of a little boy who was always changing his mind about what he would be when he grew up. Garden Club Will Hear Rose Expert A meeting of the Mid-Flora garden club is scheduled for Thursday, March 25, at 8 p. m. in the Midvale city hall, it was announced Wednesday by Mrs. Melvin Lind, program chairman. W. M. Keller, member of the Utah Rose Society of Salt Lake City, will attend and instruct the members in the planting, pruning and care of roses. Persons interested in gardening are invited to attend the meeting, Mrs. Lind said. |