Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-11-25 | Page 11 | Fort Children Go Wild with First Snow

to tort brt t C ildren Go Wild Ith First Snow Post Kids Test Aim With Snowballs While Dads Drop Bombs Over Lake What price dignity Staunch Salt Lake air base officers ers who are inured to the lh thoughts of falling bombs flinch at the mention of snow- snow bakes babes Men en who fly huge bombers as s a matter of daily routine are areep ep ap to duck at shadows while On oa caa a Fort Douglas pathway Is I's Its It's bad for discipline the way these are cutting cutti cut cut- ti ting g their eye teeth on snow snow- b balls Maybe a kids' kids court court- martial court Iz is in order The e trouble started with the first snowflake of the season hi inthe the Salt Lake valley KAi As it fell from a cloudy sky tj Fort Douglas youngster caught it in an eager hand and l started dreaming of snowballs mile ile their fathers were dr dropping bombs on targets over yer over Great Salt Lake boys and girls gill were testing their own 1 alms without benefit of bomb sights No records have been kept but the percentage of hits must be high Officers' Officers hats have registered points Th The range in age from two years up They came here with their parents with establishment of the air airbase airbase airbase base and snow is snow is a novelty to them In the last few days a lot of discussion has revolved around and their ties with the result that more snowmen are being built and fewer dignities injured Fondest hope of officials is that the babes will listen to reason and build snow forts and blast each other instead of officials But the hope dimmed somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what when one ambitious lad was seen stuffing a snowball into the parade ground cannon in the hope someone would get it in the neck