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Show f Thursday. April 13, 2006 NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Page 11 Making lifelong memories i t rV v Editor s note: This is the second in a two-part series about i vCr LC Q lOl Marie (Ellaree) Howard, of Orem, who enjoyed her service in WAVES during World War 11. This is her story, told in her own words. 7 YIP7""" 15 I lL- n liked the. challenges of typing, so I was usually given the hardest contracts. con-tracts. It was straight typing, page after page. Sometimes graphs went sideways on a page, and we'd have to line them up. It took an extremely good typist to do those graphs. And I enjoyed the city. My friend Deon Hill and I traveled trav-eled every other weekend. We went to Niagara Falls, Boston, and often to New York City. By not taking our noon hour off, we could get off work early enough to catch the 4:30 train to New York City. We'd get a bite to eat, then go to a Broadway play. The next day, we'd go sightseeing, then take in another Broadway play. On Sunday, we'd go to church, then take the train back to D.C. One of my fiance's fian-ce's uncles was head of the music department at Columbia University, and we would often of-ten stay with him and his wife. Because we were military, we could get tickets to many places, and the hotels gave us a special rate. A nice meal was 75 cents or SI. Every other weekend, we would stay in Washington, D C, for two reasons. We would go to church on Sunday, and on Saturday mornings I would practice the piano for four hours. I was taking piano lessons at the time from a concert pianist. The piano teachers had offered to teach service people free. So I practiced an hour or Volunteers NORTH COUNTY STAFf The American Cancer Society Soci-ety is looking for volunteers and teams for the Relay For Life of LehL Organizers are holding a meeting at 7 p.m. on May 4 at Jim's Family Restaurant in American Fork to discuss the importance of Relay For Life in saving lives from cancer Relay For Life is an over Emergencies Welcome Major Credit Cards Accepted Interest Free Financing Available Most Insurance Plans Accepted Teeth Whitening Missionary Discounts 198 South Main I 1 two a day in the evenings after work, and on Saturday. There were more servicemen than anybody else at church on Sundays. WiDard Marriott owned the Hot Shoppes at that time, so every Sunday he would bring free food for the service people. There'd be maybe a hundred for dinner. We could give something for the food, but he never asked for anything. He didn't even "pass around the hat." Sacrament meeting wasn't 'till 7 in the evening, so in the afternoons, we'd travel all around D.C. and see the sights. More often than not, we'd pick up servicemen in church who were there for the weekend maybe their only weekend in D.C. We'd take them to places we'd been to a hundred times, and we knew how to get to those places quickly the right buses and trolleys to take. Some civilian girls also did the same thing. Some Sundays we might have a group of 20 or 30 traveling together. Bill Howard (of Orem) wrote me every day, even when he was on the front, even when he couldn't mail the letters. Occasionally, we'd get several letters at a time. I could buy candy bars in our PX, whereas civilians couldn't get candy, because of sugar rationing. I bought and mailed to Bill two boxes of candy bars, mostly Hersheys, every week. He never got some of them, but I hope whoever who-ever got them used them. sought for Relay For Life night event that mobilizes communities throughout the country to celebrate survivors (anyone who has ever been diagnosed with cancer), remember re-member loved ones, and raise money for the fight against cancer. Teams of 8-15 members gather with tents and sleeping sleep-ing bags to participate in the largest fundraising walk in the nation. Persons who would like Heath J. Blake D.D.S. Family and Cosmetic Dentistry 785-8308 FREE ! EXAM & X-RAYS WITH PAID CLEANING No) valid with any other offer I Expires 4 31 '06 Pleasant Grove 9 1 1 Bill was an assistant squad leader on the front, and there were days when he was the , only person with food He would pass the candy bars out to everybody in his squad Bill was supposed to be discharged dis-charged in late summer 1946, so I signed up for the WAVES for an additional year, until Sept. 1. But Bill came home at the end of April, and I was stuck in Washington, D.C, though I did get to see him briefly when he visited family as he came through New York City. Then the Navy moved up my release time. I had a neighbor in Idaho Falls who sewed all my clothes, and she sewed my wedding dress. I arrived home a couple of days before the wedding, stepped into my wedding dress, and we were married on Aug. 21, 1946. Joining the WAVES was the greatest thing that happened to me, outside of a happy marriage mar-riage and great family. These excerpts from local veterans are courtesy of the Orem Heritage Committee. Complete stories of the veterans will eventually be put on the Orem City Web site, www.orem.org. Readers aware of any veterans who have written about their military service are asked to arrange to have these archives in the Veterans History Project, Library of Congress. Phone Don Norton (225-8050) on how to do this. to RSVP for the informational meeting on May 4, volunteer on the Relay For life committee, commit-tee, or serve as a team captain, are asked to contact Joanna Hickman at 763-8921. For more information on cancer, call the American Cancer Society at 1-800-ACS-2345, available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, or visit www.cancer.org. o Single Level Luxury! STARTING These exquisite communities offers single level homes with wide open floor plans and open space. From the minimal maintenance yard to the oversized garages, each home has been carefully designed with you in mind. At Spanish Fields you'll find walking trails and community park within walking distance. Come fall in love with the convenience and luxury of a Desert Point Builders home. Walters, 80th June Strong Beck Walters was born on April 14, 1926 in the family fam-ily home on north Main Street in Alpine. She was the sixth child of seven children born to William Frederick and Florence Thornton Strong. As a true farmer's daughter, June was involved in all kinds of chores. She was especially good at picking apples. She usually had to pick the tops of the trees because she was agile and fast. June attended the local school in Alpine and then continued her education in American Fork. She graduated from American Fork High School in 1944. She met Joseph Paul Beck in May of 1946 and persuaded him to resign from the Navy and marry her. They were married later that year November No-vember 19, 1946. June worked at Geneva Steel for three years and after that she was happy to be a stay-at-home mom. She was very busy in taking care of her family. She became a wonderful cook and was famous for her homemade home-made bread and rolls. She went to so many ball games over the years that she deserved a trophy just for attending. June has lived at the same address in Alpine for over 58 years. She has served in many church related assignments over the years including Relief Society, Young Women and at the Provo Temple for three years. She also served as a full time missionary in the Nebraska Omaha mission. When J. Paul died in September of 1986, June remained alone for nine years until she met and married mar-ried Neldon Walters of American Fork on Jury 19, 1995. J. Paul and June are the parents of six children: Maralee Mortensen (Jay), Ramon, (Julie), Dennis (Marsha), (Mar-sha), David (Jeri), Gary (Bobbi Jo) and DeMar (Brynn). Nelson's children are: Howard (Ann), Kyle (Denise), Gisele Miller (Maury), dive (Jewel), Mary Rad-datz Rad-datz (Mike), and Joy W. Holen June will honored at a dinner hosted by her family on April 22, 2006. Life $250's IN THE ', 4 Royle, 95th Homer F. Royle will celebrate his 95th birthday on Friday, April 14, 2006. He was born in Lehi in 1911 to James F. and Lovina McAllister Royle. Ro-yle. He is the brother of Maymetta Johnson (deceased), Cleo Webb, Josephine Chatfield, Miriam Larsen and Glen Royle. In 1934 he married Emily Peay of Pleasant Grove in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She passed away August 6, 2002. They are the parents of four daughters, Nadine (Larry) Miller of Salt Lake City; Kathleen (Jim) Rasmussen of Cedar City; Jeanette (Alan) Monson of Pleasant Grove; Diane (Bill) Harvey of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Homer was a prominent resident resi-dent of American Fork, where he practiced dentistry for 31 years, and was president of the Utah State Dental Association. An active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints he served in the Mexican Mission as a young man, as bishop of the Eighth Ward, a counselor in the Alpine Al-pine Stake Presidency and later as the president of that stake. He also served as the president of the West Spanish American Mission from 1967 to 1970. He served many years as a temple sealer in both the FYovo and Mount Timpanogos temples. He will be honored at a family celebration hosted by his daughters. 1 iili You hnoiv she will love it! Only In CottonTrke 2230 N. Untvntty Pkwy J Prow - 50 Years of is better when you're in , 0 TP'- 2164 King, Ledkins Ray and Suzan Lake of Highland, High-land, and Steve and Valerie King of Mapleton are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Dorinda S. King to John R. Ledkins, son of Steven and Susan Ledkins of Highland in the Mount Timpanogos LDS Temple on Saturday, April 15, 2006 for time and all eternity. A reception will honor the new-lyweds new-lyweds that same evening at the Northampton House, 198 West 300 North, American Fork. Visit the obituaries i: UllllIIC IU a Guest Book or send flowers. 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