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Show '"'f' rrwv -. H m i mLi ! I 1 S f ' i i England in September, 1918, and leaving for home on Christmas Day. -.----,-.;. Anson, however, did not get home until the next July, as he had to stay and help operate the railroad to haul our own troops back to the. Atlantic ports for transportation across the ocean and home. When he finally came home, he , was met in Salt Lake .City by his parents and family, and by Hilda Evans, whom he later married. ; The Centerville service people served in many different branches of the military, from Army bands to air service. Navy and Merchant Marine, infantry, field . artillery, medical, Marines, etc., )' Myrtle Butler was a nurse; and was one of the first American wometfToVolunteer for overseas duty. Anson saw Myrtle in France. . While he was a conductor on a portion por-tion of the Paris and Orleans ' Railroad moving a trainload of troops, they had one car filled with . nurses, and among them was Myrtle Butler,, whom he knew so well at home. . . ...... ?, . I. . Howland Croft was killed in action, ac-tion, and when his body was sent home for burial, Anson acted as one of his pallbearers. Only two native Centerville vet-.-, erans of World War I are still living, so far as we can ascertain. They are Leo V. Worsley and Myrtle Butler ; Evans. Leo was present at the . meeting, and made a few remarks, ; while Myrtle' is confined to a rest home and was unable to attend. At the conclusion of the presentation, presen-tation, Archer Clayton sang three patriotic songs of the World War I era, "Over There," "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" and '"Til We Meet Again.'The first two were rousing, patriotic, stirring songs, while the third was a sad, sweet, hopeful love song of a soldier boy bidding his sweetheart a fond adieu. Not all of the war songs of that period were of the above two types, however. Some , were of a humorous, lighter nature. The words to one such ditty, "Goodbye Ma, Goodbye Pa, Goodbye Mule with yer old Hee Haw" were learned learn-ed by Ves Harrison when he was a boy of eight years, and he gave a rendition of it The many photos Rosabelle brought with her were inspected with great interest by the audience, while Clara Goudy displayed many World War I souvenirs brought t . home from the war by her dad. i cj'i? Kent ? Powell t:pft-.tlter Utah Historical Society attended the meeting. . p , , ' The meeting on May 1,7 - will feature the four Campbell sisters, who graced Centerville with their charm around the turn of the century. cen-tury. They will be represented and portrayed by their children and grandchildren, among whom are Governor Cal Rampton and Richard Roberts, , head of the History Department at Weber State College. A more comprehensive announcement announce-ment will follow. ' y LEO WORSLEY" Centerville sent many sons and one daughter to fight in WWI By VES HARRISON "Over there, over there, send the word, send the word, we'll be there; that the Yanks, are coming, the Yanks are coming, the drums rum- tumming everywhere.we'U be over, we're coming over, and we won't come , back 'til it's over there." . The words of this stirring song, sung by Archer Clayton, illustrated ? t the enthusiasm andpaotismof the .countryand4u,fighting-Taeri and i women during the Fim World Warf i Centerville did her bit by furnishing quite a number of her native sons, and one daughter,-for Uncle Sam's armed forces, some of whom gave ; their lives. ' ': i " Rosabelle Streeper Gwynn was guest speaker at the April meeting and told the tale of Centerville's participation in that great conflict She referred to the Serviceman's plaque whicli was displayed at that time in the First Ward ChapeL It read? "Tn mumnrv of those pallant through Senator Reed Smoot and Utah Governor Simon Bamberger to get him into the service as the first IDS Chaplain in the U. S. Anson An-son and die other- men had the. greatest respect and affection for B. ' H. Roberts for his joining the service, ser-vice, and for : his conduct as a soldier. .;!.;; Anson went to France early in 1918 as a replacement, accompanied accom-panied by two other Centerville men, Fred JDuncanand Elmer fev"!jlflj','day's A sea, 'they Uaeivat''iaverp6ol'vThe troops crossed England to Ramsey, and from there took a cattle boat across the channel, to ' LaHavre. While y. waiting to board the boat, they saw the cattle being unloaded, and then they were herded like cattle aboard the same vessel, without any cleaning clean-ing of the boat, and were obliged to stand in cow manure up to their ankles all the way across the channel.' - ' ' When Anson bade good bye to Elmer Evans and Fred Duncan at ' Lacourtine, France, he did not know it would be the last time he would ' see Fred, who laid down his life over there and was buried in one of the military cemeteries in France. , ' Although trained as an artilleryman, ar-tilleryman, Anson's record showed that he was a railroad man, so he was transferred to B Company of the 36th Engineers, which had taken over a portion of the French railroads to operate. Large numbers of men and supplies were transported over the rails from the Atlantic seaboard to the battle front. : 1 - Durina Anson's service, the tide of war gradually turned in the Allies' - favor j as the American troops stopped the advance of the German Army and started them back the other way. The Armistice was signed Novell, 191& rMost of ' the 145th outfit was in Europe for a ' little over three months, arriving in u - ,,1 ; -. -. r , . IIMI-.n , . 1 1 1 1 ril ni- fy &mbm: Nurse Myrtle Butler serving in Hospital in France, July, 1913. . - men who fought and maybe died in World War L The honor roll of those who died in the service showed show-ed the following names: Elliot Earl, i died at Camp Fremont," Calif.; Howland Croft, killed in action; and Fred Duncan, killed in action. ' Others who. served include: Brigham H. Roberts, chaplain; Simeon Si-meon Pickering; Clarence, Samuel, John and Walter Backman, Prank, Leo and Horace Worsley, Ronald Earl, Elmer and George S: Evens, Anson Perkins,' James C.,' Milton and David P W. Smith, James, William and Clyde White, George Bickford, Russell Parrish, Edgar Wayman, Glen Spencer, Frank Ci Don O, and Lorin F. Rich, Wilford Barber, Jeff Haley, Spero Bavelos and Myrde Butler. . . In addition to the above, who ; were natives or residents of Centert ; ville at the time, were men who served and later moved to Centerville Center-ville following ' the war Frank ; Brown (who also served in World, War U), Cyril Sessions, George f Miles, Herbert Haacke, and Arthur ; f PettiL (If we have left anyone out . who belongs on these lists, please " 1 contact the historical society as this I was all the information available.) I Being only six years old when I the war was on, Rosabelle doesn't ; remember very much about it Her husband, Raymond, recalls gather- finglsach pit3 fialheaeffort, to- ;be In fs mr.:!:s. Much of. iRocatc":'s r-stJ was taken, froraat-;2-r:c: i interview with fAncon PcrVl-s t.rore he died, so; jmor.y cf the tS-iirz tics .were, reLJ by hira ten personal expe-. ' ! ricr.ccs. - : . . , ? ! I'-t CfLher.cn ten Centerville ?w::3 b f.3 1452i TlrlJ Artillery v:3 c:'w' " C.z U'-h lr ' 1C i'lcf f-5r.:am itLj;:V.-3v:' ":s. War was le ' "1!- -::aiiA;rJ,I917, t : : : cf t 1 r:n volunteered I. ;'s r;'. :n, the met, r -till :rs vol-' 1 ... T ' I" - ; ' ' . i ; .. i.C.w.ia, , . f r too : 1 w . t - - - " r |