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Show OSEM-GENEVA TIMES With Our Service Boys & Girls Announcement has been made by the Salt Lake City office of the Marine Corps of the enlistment enlist-ment of 17-year old Merlin Dee Hampton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Armon M. Hampton of American Fork. He will serve four years as a regular, and has been sent to San Diego, Calif., for train-in. train-in. The Marine Corps is accepting accept-ing three and four-year enlistments enlist-ments from non-veterans 17 to 25, and from veterans under 32 out of service less than a year. HOME FOLLOWING DISCHARGE Corporal Verl Rawlings has received his honorable discharge fro mthe army and is now at the home of his parents ,Mr. and Mrs. Lee Rawlings of Orem. He entered service in September, 1941 and has served 2lA years overseas as a mechanic in the signal corps and the army transport trans-port command in the West Indies. In-dies. He wears the American Theater ribbon, the pre-Pearl Harbor and Good Conduct and a bronze star. ARRIVED FROM ITALY Mrs. Lexie Harris was happy to receive a telephone call Sunday Sun-day from her son, Corporal Waldo Wal-do M. Harris, from Boston, Massachusetts, Mas-sachusetts, where he had arrived from overseas. He has served In Italy for-more than a year. Cpl. Harris expects to receive his discharge and be at home within a few days. RELEASED FROM NAVY Charles L. Smith, EM2C USN has been discharged at the Great Lakes station, according to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Smith of Orem. He is on his way home with his wife, Jean McPhie Smith, whom he married mar-ried in Detroit, Michigan, March 8, 1945- He has been In service since early in 1942. BRONZE STAR MEDAL AWARDED LT. CoL JOHN T. LORENZ The bronze star medal has been awarded to Lt. Col. John T. Lorenz, according to word received re-ceived from the 92nd Infantry division headquarters. The citation ci-tation Is as follows: "John T. Lorenz, Lt. Colonel, General Staff Corps, United States Army. For meritorious service in combat, from Feb. 8 to 10, 1945, in Italy. Lt. Col. Lorenz, the division G-4 contributed materially ma-terially to the success of operations opera-tions during this period. A bitterly-determined enemy dominated dom-inated all approaches to hostile territory with weapons of all types and viciously contested the assaults of our task force. Lt. Col. Lorenz, with utter disregard dis-regard for personal risk, repeatedly re-peatedly made reconnaissances tinder enemy fire to check on the flow of ammunition and food to our troops. He personally located lo-cated new and safe supply routes through enemy minefields and supervised the loading of tanks which were used to transport the vitally needed reinforcements reinforce-ments and supplies. One occasion, occa-sion, he was temporarily halted by an enemy 88mm gun direct fire but this did not deter him from his mission. His high courage under fire reflects credit on the traditions of the armed forces. L. Col Lorenz is a eraduate of the University of Utah. His wife, the former Maurlne Bige-"low Bige-"low nd son, Tommy 3V6 years old., "ive at Christeele Acres in Orem. He has been in service five ye.T's and since September, 1944. in Italy. Vrord has been received from Tle A headquarters that 2 Provo Wavy men, Rex A. Jones, chief y eon an, and Glen H. Carter, chir' "tinner, served on the USS Ue? nta Bay, when she took par :n the occupation of Omina-to Omina-to Vaval base on the northern tip of Nonshu, main Japanese Island. Since the Saipan operation, the Nehenta Bay has participated participa-ted in evrv Pacific operation except Iwa Jima. F"t. Chiles W. Waggoner of Provo, Uph, has enrolled at Army Univsity in Shrivenham, England. This is a U S. Army tJn'versity Center, designed to give soldiers a chance to get college col-lege instruction while waiting to return to the United States. 3,611 students are enrolled for the first semester. Pfc. Boyd Burgess of Provo has reported to the Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Re-distribution Station at Santa Barbara, California for two weeks test and relaxation. He has recently' returned from 6 months overseas duty In Europe, Lewis Smith, MM 2C, USN, TefatrnnA Stmifav tnnratna fmm months spent In service in vie American and British Sam- oan Islands. He is the son of Mrs. C. L. Riding of Grand View and plans to be here for a 30 day leave. Word has been received from Fleet headquarters that Charles Glen Anderson, SSM(B)3C of the USS Barnstable, was among the troops landed at Wakayama, Honshu, Japan on September 25, for the occupation of Japan's inland cities of Kobe and Osaka. He is the husband of Myrtle E. Andersen of Orem, and his parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles C Anderson resides at Geneva Heights in Orem. Tech. Sgt. William Kease, son of Mr. and Mrs. ThoT.as Reese has been honorably discharged from the army and has now gone to Magna., Utah, whera he will be employed. Sergeant Rue A. Harper, son of Mrs. Emma H. Harper, Route 1, Orem, has been transferred from the Guam B-29 repair at Harmon Fie'd, to a personnel center in the United States to await discharge from the service, serv-ice, according to Col. LeRoy Hudson, commanding officer of the Guam air depot there. He has 87 discharge credit points and is truck master. His wife, the former Norma Bishop resides re-sides in Provo. Hurricane Described This most interesting letter was received from Booth May cock, U S Navy in the Pacific, dated September 17: Dear Folks: Well I've come to find out that the war hasn't brought an end to all dangers. I went through an experience last night that I don't think I shall soon forget. Early yesterday morning we began receiving radio warnings of an approaching hurricane and what with the rising wind here in the bay we could see we were in for it. We just missed two good ones on the way up here, but we all thought everything every-thing would be O.K. here in the bay. Well by early afternoon the wind was really whooping it up with an occasional bit of rain mixed in. Then when all the battle ships, carriers, cruisers cruis-ers and big naval ships started heading for sea to get out of the cramped area here, we began to realize that something really was going to happen. There was a solid procession of navy ships leaving until dark. By 8 in the evening the wind was up to 85 and if you dared go out in it the rain stung your face like B.BI's. All of us guys that live back in the fan-tail were having a heck of a good time standing under the protection of the gun tub just watching the ships pitch and roll under the wind and the tremendous waves. The captain and the mates were nearly going crazy. With our high deck cargo we allways lay at a heck of a list to one side or the other. And they were trying to keep us headed directly into the wind. At about 10 p.m. we decided the best thing to do was to sack off so that we did. Shortly after 10 the storm reached its climax. We had both huge anchors down. The engines full speed ahead and we were still loosing against about a 110 m.p.h. breeze. I was just dozing when a big wave caugh us and straining against the anchor an-chor chains the ship did a flip from one side to the other that had every body up and hold of his life jacket quick like- Then the captain gave orders for every man to be out of his sack and have his life jacket on. A couple of us decided to brave 'he storm and go forward to midship. That's the worst 150 feet I ever walked, what with the wind, rain, list of the ship, and the slippery lumber we had to walk on. Everybody was in the chow hall having a good time like nothing was happening. Several of the guys got pretty sick but it didn't bother me a bit. It was allmost fun. I went up to the radio shack to see what was going on. All kinds of ships were sending out distress calls. One destroyer had up and was abandoning ship 60 miles at sea There wasn't anyone near to pick them up. In the meantime another destroyer broke his anchor an-chor and came close enough to ramming us to give us one of the biggest scares of the night. We had to radio in for help for her because her radio was dead Around l:a.m. the "old man" finally decided to let us sleep because the worst of the storm was past. I couldn't help feel sorry for those guys on the smaller naval vessels after how our old liberty was taking it. When we got up this morning the sun was shining and there was only a moderate wind. Right dead astern and all too close at the rate we had been dragging our anchor during the night, was a coral reef that was throwing throw-ing waves and spray a good 50 feet in the air. During the night according to the radio man's tally there had been 14 ships lost at sea, 4 run a beach here in the bay and a good many lives lost. Looking around with the long glass we could see the shores cluttered with wreckage and small boats. All kinds of stuff floating by in the water. Since about 3 this afternoon there has been the same steady line of navy ships filing back from sea. Personally I'm darned glad we stayed in the bay. Well the old Ben D pulled 'hrough again and I'm quite confident con-fident she can take about anything any-thing now. Now for a little good news. There is some pretty pret-ty good talk around that our cargo is going to be dumped at Yokahama. However we never can tell, but here's hoping. I don't want you worrying about me and these little blows, this stormy season is about over and we've weathered a good one. Well I think I'll try and get a little peaceful sack drill so till next time, tell everyone hello and greetings from Okinawa. Going souvenir hunting one cf these first days. And please don't worry. I'm in the peak of shape. Love, Booth. Kennion Anderson Takes Air Trip To China (The following are interesting paragraphs from a letter written by Pfc. Kennion C. Anderson of the A.A.F. who is located near Calcutta, India, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs- Victor C. Anderson.) Ander-son.) Xjjed s paq sm yoatA )seq just headquarters. There were a 'few girls, mostly Red Cross, so that we could dance, the base band furnishing the music. Then we played games and had a fine chicken dinner. Totaling officers and enlisted men there were less than a hundred. Everyone was friendly and it seemed so good to talk to them. I had the opportunity of chatting chat-ting with the Operations' officer about planes and he stated that he was going to China in the next couple of days. He mentioned men-tioned that there were only a couple going so I asked him if there was any chance for me to come along for the ride and to see what Burma and China was like. He said, "come along". Sept. 6 we took off in a B-25 Mitchell Bomber and went straight east to Myitkyina, Burma, about 700 miles- After lunch we flew east to Kunming, China. From here our flight took us over the "Hump" which is the Himalaya mountains, the tallest in the world. We could see the Ledo or Burma Road. Our direction was then northeast north-east till we came to Chungking, China, just in time for dinner. The next day we spent in Chungking Chung-king looking about. It's just like India filthy and full of poverty. pover-ty. Chungking is the headquarters headquar-ters for the China Theater, U.S. Troops. The British don't have any there. It's also headguar-ters headguar-ters for the Chinese troops. It is discouraging to try to buy any tricle, the prices are so very high. For a tiny piece of silk they wanted $6.00. The next morning we returned over the same route. The trip covered over 3,000 miles. VINEYARD The father of Mrs. Oriel Clegg Thomas Franklin Griffin, 71, of Salt Lake City, passed away Monday at his home. Funeral services were conducted Thurs day in the 12th ward LDS chap el in Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Joy O. Clegg and family and a number of other Vineyard members attended the services The sympathy of the entire com munity is extended to Mrs. Clegg at this time. Relief society will be held at the church Tuesday at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Lillie Sumsion will give the literary lesson- Mr. and Mrs. Vera Williams and Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Stone, spent Sunday in Helper and Du chesne. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Black of Pima, Arizona, visited this week with their brothers, S. H. Blake and Jas T. Blake and families. Mr. Blake is judge in the supreme court of Arizona arid is also a member of the stake presidency in Pima stake. I love smooth words, like gold-enameled gold-enameled fish Which circle slowly with a silken silk-en swish, And tender ones, like downy-feathered downy-feathered birds! Words shy and dappled, deep-eyed deep-eyed deer in herds. Elinor Wylie. PLEASANT VIEW Marvin Perry, wife and children chil-dren from Washington, are visiting visit-ing with Mr. Perry's folks, relatives rela-tives and friends during his vacation. va-cation. Dr. and Mrs. Phil Hansen are visiting with Bishop and Mrs. Henry D. Taylor and family. Plans for the ward Harvest Festival are going ahead nicely. Everyone is enthused about it. The Festival is to be held the latter part of this month. Mr. J. B. Hunn left Tuesday for St. Louis. Mo., on a business trin. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Hansen have returned from a trip to California. Open house celebrating Mary Corbetts' 80th birthday will be held at the Startup's residence Sunday afternoon at 345 South 1st West. All friends are invited. in-vited. Harold A. Colvin passed the necessary instructions and has received his pilots license from Merrill Christopherson. Shirley Ekins and Dean Phillips Phil-lips have returned home. Dean Phillips has been honorably released re-leased from the service. Funeral services will be conducted con-ducted Friday at 1:30 p.m. at Berg Mortuary with Bishop Henry Taylor in charge, for Joseph S. Horr who died Sunday in Alhambra, California, where he has lived for ten years. Funeral Fun-eral services were held Wednesday Wednes-day in Alhambra and the body was accompanied here for burial by his wife Edna Cluff Hoor and three sons, also Mrs. Mary Cluff whom had been with them during the illness of Mr. Horr- Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current cur-rent all over the world. To cultivate sympathy you must be among living creatures, and thinking about them. Social Security When Ed Simpson stopped work at 71, he went to live with his daughter Susan. "You can depend on me, Dad," she said to him heartily. "As long as I live you shan't want for anything." It was good for both to be together- Ed Simpson had lost his wife; his daughter had lost her husband. Six o'clock, when Susan came home from the office of-fice became the high point in the day for both of them. The years quietly succeeded one another, and then one day the unexpected happened. Susan took sick at work and after three months of illness died. Ed Simpson went to live with his only remaining child. "We're glad to have you with us, Dad," said Ed Junior affectionately. But the old man was unhappy. He sensed himself to be a burden burd-en in this family where there were three growing children-He children-He didn't so much mind accepting accept-ing bed and board, but he nated to have to ask for money when he needed something. One Sunday Ed juniors Doss dropped in for a chat and heard the old man's story. "Why don't you take your father to the local office of the Social Security Board," he asked. "He's probably prob-ably got social security benefits coming to him- Your sister worked in a business office for years. She must have been insured in-sured under old-age and suriv-ors suriv-ors Insurance." Father and son went to make inquiry together at the Social Security Board office. ts, if his daughter had worked for such a long time in private in dustry or business and he had been dependent on her, then Ed Mmpson was undoubtedly eligible eligi-ble for benefits- "But you should have . filed your claim right away," the Social So-cial Security Board official said to him. "It's too bad. Why, you have lost two months' benefits by not filing promptly after your daughter's death." The old man filed his claim Based on his daughter's social security account, he is today receiving re-ceiving $13.20 a month. He wOl continue to get it for the rest of his life. It is not enough to pay for everything, but it takes care of all his personal needs and leaves enough over for an occa sional toy for the children- Ed Simpson is a great favorite wiih, his grandchildren. Parents must be somnlctelv dependent upon a chl'.d to re ceive monthly social security benefits on the child's account and some 6,000 parents the country coun-try over are receiving these in surance benefits. In order for a parent to receive benefits, the worker must not be survived by a widow or a child. For Sale ONE FINE 16-foot nlvwoodl boat and trailer. Phone 026J1. Rohbock - Mitchell Nuptials Thursday One of the social highlights of the week was the marriage of Miss Helen Rohbock, daughter of Mrs. Annie Rohbock of Orem and Vernon Mitchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Angus Mitchell of Orem, on Thursday. The Rohbock home was beautifully beau-tifully decorated for the occasion, occa-sion, the ceremony being performed per-formed by Bishop Philo T. Edwards Ed-wards in the presence of the family and a few close friends. The lovely bride was attended by Mrs. Ora Healy as matron of honor and her two sisters, Louise and Marie Rohbock, Katherine Daniels, Clorene Lamb and Phyllis Farley were bridesmaids. brides-maids. The bride chose for her wedding wed-ding gown a lovely white satin gown, entrain, with flowing finger tip veil, caught up with a clever satin headdress. She wore orchids, while the matron of honor were pink roses and the bridesmaids, gardenia corsages. . A reception followed at the Timpanogos ward recreation hall, where several hundred relatives and friends greeted the young couple and wished them well. The parents of the young couple and the bridal party greeted them upon arrival and the evening was spent in dancing, danc-ing, with Roy H- Gappmayer acting as master of ceremony for the delightful program: Miss Helen Spencer gave a piano solo; so-lo; Miss Berdeen Anderson, a reading; Miss Gladys Tibbetts, a solo; the trio, composed of Catherine Christensen, Louise and Marie Rohbock, sang, and Louise Snell of Spanish Fork played accordian numbers. Lovely gifts were received by the young couple and delicious delici-ous refreshments served. TAILORING Ladies' and Gentlemen's FINE TAILORING Both SUITS and COATS at $25 up REPAIRING ALTERING REMODELING -See MITCHELL 491 Sowth 2nd West Preve DR. FORD A. CHENEY OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON B & H Pharmacy Building OREM PHONES Office: 068-J2 Residence; 080-J5 Office Hours: 9 to 12 2 to 5 Sundays and Evenings by Appointment INEZ BEAUTY SALON SPECIALIZING IN Permanent Waving and Hair Dressing 720 W. 4th North (Beverly Place) OREM Phone 080-J4 jiiiihi i MEN WANTED Permanent Employment Good Housing for Families Boarding House for Single Men 10 Motorraen 10 Drillers 6 Nippers 10 Machine men 4 Timber men 40 Laborers Wages range from $1.14 per hour for unclas sifted si-fted labor to $1.46 per hour for skilled men. Time and one-half for Saturdays. Mines working 54 hours per week. Apply at mine (Spring Canyon, Utah) or at general office, Spring Canyon Coal Co., 818 New-house New-house Bldg., Salt Lake City or at nearest U.SJJ.S. office. Entered as second-class matter November 19, 1937 at the post office at Orem, Utah, raider the Act ef March S, 1879. Published every Thursday By Utah Valley Publishing Company, Prove, Utah. BIRTHS Girl, to Richard O. and Nellie Knight Barns, Friday, Boy, to Edwin D. and Priscllla Peterson Wilde, Monday at the Maud Park home. Boy, to Grant and Bernlce Spencer Packard, Tuesday, Boy, to Arthur N. and Donna Grant Tanner, Tuesday, Girl, to Monard R. and Flora Christensen Jacobsen, Friday, Boy, to Wallace and Dorothy Rawson Davis, Friday, Girl, to Lynn A. and Fawn-tella Fawn-tella Western Vincent, Friday, Girl, to Horace and Ida Chip-man Chip-man Lunceford, Saturday, Boy, to Ray L. and Helen Pyne Carter, Girl, to Arnold and Lois Strong Reiske, Saturday, Boy, to Leno D. and Jeradean Pritchett Martin, Monday, Girl ,to Paul Anthony and Patrica Paulitz Luster, Thursday, Thurs-day, all at Utah Valley hospital. ATTENTION, HUNTERS Before You Sell Your DEER SKIN CALL ARIEL LARSEN OREM Highest Market Price for Hides, Furs & Skins Telephone 03R2 HAVE YOURTIRES LOST TMEIK .-J VITALITY?, i TIRE S-o-T MHMUMIW "i.!j;.jm!iu'U.h;hi.i?j 432 W. Center Phone 104 5 Mechanics 1 Pipe man 3 Plumbers 2 Carpenters 16 Pillar men (contract) Home Hygiene Class At Lincoln H. S. A class in Home Hygiene has been started for students of the home living class at Lincoln high school, with Miss Marjorie Holdaway giving the theory at the school, and Miss Mildred Allred, P-H.N. giving the practical practi-cal demonstrations in the Red Cross room at the City Hall. GENEVA Mr. and Mrs. Roy H. Gappmayer Gapp-mayer and son, Merrill and Mr. and Mrs. Golden Billings have returned from a delightful vacation vaca-tion trip to ElPaso, Texas, then into Mexico, across Arizona to San Diego, California and Tijuana, Tiju-ana, Mexico. They then visited at Santa Monica with Mrs. Walter Wal-ter Adams and family, and at Bcllflower, California, with Mrs. Pete Holgate, sisters of Mr. Gappmayer. They returned by way of Boulder Dam and Grand Canyon, and report a most interesting in-teresting trip. Guy Cutler is home on furlough fur-lough with his wife, Martha Pyne and their two children, who have been making their home at the home of Mrs. Cutler's Cut-ler's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ivern Pyne. Mrs. Alice Gurr and daughter have bought the Dello Rowley home and they will now make their home in Geneva ward. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Christensen are visiting with relatives at Richfield, Utah. Mr. Christensen Christen-sen was recently released from service in the FBI and will join the law firm of his father, Judge A. H. Christensen. Mrs. Chris tensen was the former Gwen Johnson of Richfield. Garth Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Adams is home on furlough. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baker have had as their guests this week, Mrs. Bakers' mother, Mrs. Walter Lewis of Idaho, ana her brother and wife Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Lewis and family of Salt Lake City. Fred Mecham, son of Mrs. Delia Mecham is name on thirty day furlough from the army. Miss Agnes Peterson of Salt Lake City and Miss Fontella Peterson of Manti, spent Sunday Sun-day with a former missionary companion of the Northern States mission, Mrs. Edna Lar-sen. Lar-sen. The girls were accompanied accompan-ied by their mother, Mrs. Alice Peterson- Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor. Addison. FOR SALE OR RENT Pianos, Accordions, Guitars. Gui-tars. Phone 940-R, Prof S. W. WiHiaias, 308 E. 3 South. Provo. I buy, sell, rent, and teach. Utah County Mattress Factory COMPLETE MATTRESS and BATT SERVICE Only Factory in Utah County We are not represented by any transient mattress workers, but will call for and deliver without extra charge. Just Phone 345 Or drop us a card 661 West 2nd North PROVO UTAH DR. ARTHUR VANCE VETERINARIAN 156 West 3rd North Phone 953-J Provo, Utah WANTED TO BOY CASH FOR Used Band Instruments 387 E. 2nd North Prove Shoe Repairing it Louis Eelsch & Sons M West GemUr INSURANCE LOANS and REAL ESTATE SET FRED E. SAT Office 70 South. Second WtC Thursday, October 18, 1945 C TIRE REPAIRING VULCANIZING BATTERIES BULL EROS, 121 W. I N. ProvoPhone 200 BUILDING MATERIALS ARE STILL SCARCE However we do have i seed stock of DIMENSION LUMBER and COMMON BOARDS, rough rxl" land 2"xl2" JOISTS and PLANKING. Cement Plaster Insulite Wallboard Sheetroek and Plasterboard Doors Windows and Sash Overhead Hardware Track-type You can build a garage Inow before winter comes, SPEAR LUMBER COMPANY 195 W. 3rd South PHONE 34 FOR... PAINTING AND PAPER HANGING SEE c Mcdonald Phone 02-J2 F.D. 2, Box 158 ORB! WRECKER SERVICE PHONE: PROVO 055J4 OREM MOTOR CO. DRIVE OUT AND SAVE We pay more for good used Cars and Trucks. Orem Motor Co. Dealers in Essential Transportation OREM :-: UTAH Phone: Provo 055-J4 FENCE CONTROLLERS FREE BATTERY With Each One Sold This Week SPEAR LUMBER PROVO Ion H V |