Show Remember November I II I 1918 8 87 iW What an can Armistice Day That Was By THE GADABOUTS Oer O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave Even the monotones opened up their throats and sang their loudest on November 11 11 1918 when news that the armistice had been signed hit town And there has never been an Armistice day since that has passed without everyone thinking thinking thinking think think- ing about the thrill of the first one 23 years ago Even those of ofus ofus ofus us who were just little tykes can remember all the noise and excitement Remember Almost in lightning time tubs tin cans newspapers old shoes and hats were thrown around the streets Someone switched a huge D D R G W locomotive on to the street car tracks that looked as out of place there as asa asa asa a big war horse would on a race track The engineer drove the thing up and down Main street clanging its bell and tooting its whistle All the townspeople who felt like it formed a parade and danced down the street in irregular irregular irregular ular formations singing We Ve Dont Don't Want the Bacon Just Bring Home a Piece of the Rhine Lest We Forget Our Utah women weren't slackers during the World war war Guess folks never will forg forget t how active Mrs A. A J. J Gorham Miss Elizabeth FitzGerald Mrs W W. S. S Taylor and Mrs Arthur H. H S. S Bird were in the Women's War Work Council for Utah Do you recall the letter Miss Mark Kimball wrote home about our Utah boys at the front and how much they liked to receive letters from home She was active active active ac ac- ac- ac tive in mercy work over at the front at the time of the armi armi- stice As soon as our governor governo the Honorable Simon Bamberger heard the news he declared a hour 24 legal holiday to celebrate celebrate celebrate cele cele- brate the good news And it was not long after that Dr John A A. Widtsoe who was president of the University of Utah at the time announced that all military military military mili mili- tary training would be continued continued continued contin contin- in spite of the armistice Colonel Edmund S. S Wright Wright was was commandant Will you ever forget when a local store placed all the service flags on sale at reduced prices You can imagine how Mrs C C. B B. B Hawley felt when she re received received received re- re a cablegram at the close of the war from her son son Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant C. C B. B Hawley Jr from Bordeaux France saying Congratulations Congratulations Congratulations Con all is well wel And oh the fuss some of the theY theY theY Y W C A girls made over it all They built a float and paraded along with everybody else Mrs Lee Charles Miller Sarah Hol Hol- laday Esther Dustin Katherine Hall were right there Special attention was given to Lieutenant John V. V Axton and his father Major John T. T Axton who were both army chaplains and the only father and son serving in that capacity during the war Over There And the boys Well over In France the soldiers themselves themselves themselves them them- selves according to Captain H. H Fred Egan were r baffled with it all it happened so quickly And In Texas the Salt Lake boys in the infantry band called long distance and telegraphed telegraphed tele tele- graphed the folks back home Hal Sharp Joseph C C. Clive Roy L. L Allen and Alonzo Reese will never forget the thrill of that day and all 11 ll the celebrating the Texans did |