Show IN MEMORIAM I Editors Editor's note The following tribute ute written by the Senator of which has appeared in the Salt Lake expresses the deep deJ loss felt by the many J friends ends of the late of this young oung man son Clyde ade Epperson Davis county news neWSpaperman and Mrs rs Ruby I. I Epper Epper- Epperson son of Salt Lake City friend Lieutenant Bill BUI B I My ry young roun V Epperson is gone shot gone shot down m in combat as he courageously attacked an overwhelming force Corce of Jap bombers in China I knew Bill well wen for Jor his folks were among my closest friends He was a grand youngster forthright generous with a quick flashing ashin grin that won him friends wherever he went And now now well well c T cit ct I here r brooding a sudden thought bo has h hs s come come to inc me Perhaps Bills Bill's Dad who died in 1940 had bad V solved the riddle of the universe and V was hovering ho around that battlefield V waiting for Bill DiU I dont don't pretend to know ino much about such things but butI I do believe that if anything sur sur- survives survives vives hes or carries on after death it itis itis itis is love loye And no father ever eer loved a achild achild achild child more than Clyde loved lo BilL BilLI I have ba read such phrases as as asAnd And when his trembling soul approached ap ap- approached ap- ap approached the Judgment Seat etc but they wont won't apply to Bill They uld to me and they the might to you ou but not to BilL Dill Why should his soul tremble No the way I imagine it will be is just the opposite Hell He'll walk forward head erect his clear eyes shining and say sa Lieutenant Bill Epperson reporting for duty And back a little way maybe stand stand- standing standing ing inK in the shadow of a cloud will be old Clyde CIde Epperson fairly bursting with pride as he whispers w to those around him That my boy Bill BilU BillI i |