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Show • R€€-ffiRRHS * THE MIDVALE By The E ditor • The 6th war loan drive opens Monday. You will be asked to purchase bonds and stamps to fill the largest quota yet set for this state. Utah bas always made her quota, and will do it again. • The publisher of a neighborw ing weekly newspaper asked us what our editorial policy was going to be, following the recent election. This query stumped us for a mom ent, for as long as we can remember we have adopted a strictly independent policy in regard to politics. However, since AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Published at MIDVALE, UTAH Volume 11-Number 46 * * * * Jordan-Carbon Tilt to Dedde State Grid Title the question was asked, we have done some thinking, and have decided that it wouldn't be a bad idea to publicly state just what our editorial policy is-and has been; so here goes: (!) T he Sentinel does not espouse partisan p olitics. r egardless of the feelings of its editor; (2) we shall en deavor at all times to further the cau se of free enterprise versus state socialism, and the retu rn o:f this n ation to basic con stitutional 4governmen t as la id down by t he fou n ding fathers with 3 distinct branches o.f government, as against the trend toward government by executive order and bureaucratic decree; (3) we shall attack any politician or group, of either party, Who does not work for the interests of ALL the people, or who commits malfeasance in office. And that's that. • From all in dications ai.. this writing, the race for m ember of t he Jc;~r d an school b oard the Sandy d istrict w ill be a lively a f· fair. It h as been r eported to us t hat a t least 4 candida.tes a re expected to file for the post. Elec· tion will be held December 6. yam • Midvale Kiwanians will honor m embers of the famed Jordan Beetdigger football squad at a banquet on November 27, as a sort of testimonial to the team's prowess on the gridiron this season. • We have learned that Jack Haas has been transferred to the • cavalry. When asked what kind of a saddle he wanted, with a horn or without, Jack replied, t'Without; there isn't much traffic around here." • Because Thursday is Thanksgiving day, The Sentinel will endeavor to go t6 press one day early next week. Correspondents, advertisers, and folks with news items, please take note. • "If women had run the world for the past few thousand years, they couldn't have made a worse mess of it than men have."-Excbange. Midvale Needs Taxi Service After receiving a license from Midva le city to operate a taxicab here, M S James was recently refused permission to operate by the Office of Defense T ran spor tation, citing the gas and rubber shortage as reason for declining his request. Mr James points out that this city needs taxi ser vice. Many per· sons are stranded in Midvale at night after the last busses depart, and have no way to get home. ·workers at the smelter on late shifts have come off work without means of getting hom e . It is hoped that the 0 D T will reverse its decision .in view of the fact that cab service is a necessity here. Local War Chest· Drive Tops Goal Latest figures on the recent co\.Ulty war chest drive indicate that the total will reach $401,023.34, M S Peterson, local chairman, said Wesdnesday. The quota for Salt Lake county was $400,000.00, he sald. Mr Peterson wishes to thank Dr C N Jensen, Mark Cozzens, Mrs Harold Larson, Mrs Ralph Wanlass, Mrs G L eonard L arson, C E Beers, and all other co·chairrnen and individuals who gave of their time and efforts to make this vital war project a success. The amount subscribed. was the greatest ever collected in a campaign_ for war funds here. GUESTS AT MEETING James R Rawlings, Draper, and Edward Johnson, Bingham, members of Selective Service local board No. 16, were guests of President J A Alcorn , the third 1nember, at the Monday n ight meeting or. the Midvale Kiwanis club. Friday, Nov. 17, 1944 Roylance Spralting and Clark Jones, romantic leads in Jordan high pia y , t o be presented tonight. By Oralie Rawson Are the young people actually more irresponsible today, because o! their seemingly flippant and easy going manner, than were the young people in other times? This is the question which the Pfc Newell R Taft. US Marine Jordan high school annual paly, Corps, has been wounded some".A:nct Carne the Spring," answers where in the south Pacific, his Friday night, (tonight) ln the parents, Mr & Mrs Ivan Taft, 155 school auditorium, beginning at West Center street, have been 8:15 p m. notified. No details have been reThe play tells the ingenious ceived. and gay story of the Hartmans and their humorous and sometimes On his first leave in 2 years, poignant experiences during the Lt (j g ) Darrel D Soffe, son of first hectic week of spring. RoyMr & Mrs Clyde Sofee of East lance Spratling, as Midge HartMidvale, arrived home this week man, is characteristic of every girl to visit his parents. Lt Soffe has her age, all over the world. She been stationed at Dutch Harbor, starts tarnadoes, disrupts ro· Alaska, and is enroute to a new mances, falls in love with the assignment in the South Pacific wrong boy, and drops a bombshell area. Lt. Soffe, a gradu9te of J orwithin her father's business; in dan high school and the Brigham short, Midge is a whirlwind. But Young university, has a brot her, the Hartmans love her, and so Capt Clyde Sotle, in the army, will everyone who sees her on stationed in Hawaii. the Jordan stage tonight. Cast members further include: England-S · Sgt Eugene C Steed. Clarke Jones, a n d Dorothy Allen has been recently prom oted from as the romantic leads, along with sergeant at this 8th Air F orce Leslie Cozzens, John McRae, Jack Service Command unit with which Higgins, Max Ware, Jimmy Bush, he is serving at this bom ber staJoseph Kirton, Mary Dooley, Rotion. Sgt Steed, a machinist , assists Layne Rasmussen, Barbara Egbert, in repairing battle-damaged bomAlaire Lewis, Phyllis Gould, and bers so that they can con tinue Joy McMullin. their giant air offensive over Assisting Miss L ucille Tuttle in Europe. Son of Mr & Mrs W E the p roduction is Don ald Olson Steed, Sandy, he was gradua ted and his stage craft crew, who from J ordan high school in 1935 have had charge of constructing and attended Utah University for and painting the scenery and ar3 years prior to entering the servl"anging t he lighting. ice in June, 1941. His wife, Mrs -Loa Steed, lives at 817 East Second South, Sandy. The ser/eant arrived overseas in J anuary, 1944. OUR FOLKS Ill SE:RVIC€ * * * Three Midvale youths, Dewey Mangum, Thomas Culleton. Jr, and Calvin Steadman. will leave Monday for Catalina I sland, Calif, to begin training in the United States Merchant Marine service. * Sam D~neris, who has been in the Panama canal zone with the Merchant Marine service is home in Midvale on a 30-day leave. * Mr & Mrs H L Handley of Sandy received word that their son, Golden Landgreen. arrived safe in England. Golden is a graduate of J ordan high school, and • was a student of the University of Utah before entering the armed forces. I.O.O.F. VETERAN HONORED BY LODGE Members of Sandy lodge No. 11, I 0 0 F, honored F A Lundberg with a surprise party at his home in Union last Friday evening, when they ca Hed and presented h im with a 25-year vetera n jewel. Mrs. Veda Wright Heads Girls Scouts Mrs Veda Wright was elected president of the Midvale Girl Scout leaders at a meeting of the group held Wednesday, at 7:30 p m, in the Midvale city hall. Miss Margaret Templeton, Salt Lake City, Girl Scout executive and Mrs Harold Larson, president of the Mldvale Ladles Community club,. sponsors of the Scouts, were in charge of the meeting. Besides Mrs Wright, officers chosen were Mrs Pauine Satovic, vice president and Mrs Verda Healy, secretary and treasurer. During the winter months Girl Scout "troop meetings will be held in the Midvale firemen's hall, the new officers said. A program was enjoyed and luncheon served to 28 Odd Fellows and their partners. Special guests were Mr L undberg•s 2 sons and daughters-in-law, and his daughter and her husband. Mr Lundberg has been an active member of the lodge for the past quarter century, Lloyd Nerdin, secretary, said. Jor dan's Beetdiggers and Carbon's Dinosaurs w ill p lay S atur· day ai J ordan in a semifin al game in t he st ate class A ch ampionship playoff, it had b een d ecided W e d nesday after a m ixup several d ays long in which it was u ncertain whether Jordan or S ou t h should be in t he pla yoff. However. :th e athletic committee of the Utah High S chool Activities Assn , which finally had to make a decision between Jordan and South of thg Big Six, designated Jordan to play in the state tournament. End S season Undefeated The extremes in Big Six foot· ball met Friday at West high school and, to the surprise of no one, Jordan's raw-Paned Beetdiggers defeated the toothless Pan· thers by a 26-0 count, but the score might as well have been larger. With the victory, Jordan finish~ ed its league play with only one tie to blot its perfect record. It tied South in the first game of the season and went on to beat Granite by 3 touchdowns, Davis by 1, East by I and then wound up with a lopsided victory over West. Coach Dunn <Snide) Taylor's lads rather loafed in the West game, figuring (and correctly) that it was in the bag. Never did West have a real scoring chance, never getting inside the Jordan 30-yard line. 'Phe first touchdown came on a reverse pJay with Duane Player packing the apple 25 yards for the ccitmter. Frank Holt, Jordan's stocky tailback, whose running beat East last week, scored early in the second quarter on Jordan's power play over tackle. A blocked punt, recovered by Jordan on West's 3-yard line late in the second period, gave Wally Morgan, Beetdigger full-back, a chance to ram across, and he did, to g:ive the winners a 3-touchdown edge at half-time. - Telegram. BEAUTIFICATION CLUB MEETS IN WEST JORDAN An enjoyable evening was spent Thursday of last week when the West Jordan Beautification club met at the home of Mrs LeRoy Bateman. The history of the art of table setting, customs and decorations, was given by Ann Irving. Timely gardening tips were given by Effie Lancaster. Prizes were won by Ann Irving and Mrs E M Bate· man. Refreshments were served to 27 members by Mrs Bateman and Mrs Ross Bateman. * HONOR ROLL * New Subscribers: Mrs Henry Egbert, West J ordan. Emma Wardle, Riverton. Henry Manka, West Jordan. Mrs Carl H Smith, Midvale. Earls Dairy Products, East Midvale. Mrs Eddie Steele, Midvale. Renewals: Glen Mitchell, Midvale. A A Malmstrom, Midvale. E A Nutter, East Midvale. August Nystrom, Sandy. Mrs Susie Vombaur, Salt Lake. William Wynn, Crescent. V E Jordan, Crescent. R J Vombaur, Cedar Cily. Lt Vester Rasmussen, overseas. John A Powell, Sandy. D A Hand, Sandy. Sgt H L Ktmz, overseas. S-Sgt Calvin Rasmussen, overseas. Neil Anderson, Midvale. Glen Lennberg, Midvale. Marx Blackett, Midvale. Archie James, Midvale. Walter Jenkins, Midvale. Mrs Carl H Smith, Midvale. J A Alcorn, Midvale. William Roach, Midvale. John Zrno, Midvale. A W Christopherson, Midvale. C N Crawford, Midvale. Mrs Helen Mumford, Sandy. Legion Begins Campaign For Soldier Christmas Gifts P.-T. A. Sponsors Wastepaper Drive A 3-day drive for wastepaper has been annonnced by the Midvale Parent-Teacher association, to be held Saturday, Monday and Tuesday in this community. School children will collect the paper Saturday morning, and donors are asked to bring the paper to receiving stations if they should miss the Saturday morning collection. Bundles of paper should be securely tied and left on the porches Saturday rooxning. Receiving stations have been established at the following residences: Deming Wright, South Main street; Ann Chufar, North Main; Lawrence Jensen, Wasatch street; Charles Schmidt, East Midvale; J 0 Jones, Lincoln street, and Harry Wright, Lincoln street. Midvale Library Adds New Books On Friday, Nov 17, the following new books will be added to the Salt Lake county library, Midvale collection: Building of J aln a. by Mazo de la Roche. This 9th book about the Whiteoak family breathes with the spaciousness and beauty of uncut Canada. P enney and Pan. Nurse and Cadet, by D Deming. Penney finds herself guide to a girl who thinks she wants to be a cedt nurse, but is not quite sure. Rusty Guns, by B Lomax. A couple of hard-riding, triggerquick range detectives in a baffling new adventure. Gail Gardner W ins Her Cap, by M Sutton. A true to life story of a U S cadet nurse. One Damn Th ing After Anoth er, by T T reanor. A humorous account of a war correspondent's adven .. tures. Wilderness Champion, by J W Lippincott. The story of a great hound. Lost in the Hors:'!t Latitudes, by H Allen Smith. Since you last laughed at him, the Low Man has traveled past the Putty Knife factory to the Horse Latitudes. P ost Scripts, edited by M Derrickson. A collection of humor from the Saturday Evening Post. He's in the Su b -Buster s Now. by A D Rathbone. Meet these men in our fleets of sea-going and aerial sub-busters who clear the ocean lanes. For Youn ger Reade.rs: T hey Put Out to Sea, by R Duvoisin. Early traders and ex· plorers are portrayed in this story of their contribution to history. New Worlds for J osie, by K Worth. A story of a girl who went to boarding school in Switzerland, where she met girls from many countries. Hooker's Holiday, by W S Bronson. The hilarious tale of a monkey who escaped and ran riot through a museum. Straight Down, by H B Lent. An aviation reader for first or second graders. Members of the American Legion and Auxiliary of Jordan Post No. 35, were busy this week preparing for the receiving of Christ· mas gifts to be distributed in the military and veteran hospitals in Utah. Allison ~ills, Mrs Earon Jensen and Mrs J M Warner have been appointed as general chairmen of the drive. The public is asked to purchase an extra gift when they do their Chtistmas shopping this year, so that no Wsabled or sick service man or woman will be neglected. Gifts should cost from $2 to $5, properly wrapped and a card with the donors' names enclosed, and in the hands of the Legion by Dec 10. It is suggested by the committee that neighbors, card clubs, and various groups make up gift boxes. Among the don'ts on the list of gifts are scissors, needles, war stories and perishables. Community chairmen are listed as follows: Midvale, M A Beckstead, Mrs H E Nelson, Mrs Allison Bills; Sandy, Mrs G Leonard Larson; Granite, Alva Despain; Crescent, Mr & Mrs Earon J ensen; Draper, Mr & Mrs Reuben Sorenson; Riverton, L M Howard,. Mrs Arthur Orr; South Jordan, Mr & Mrs R L Thomas; West Jordan, Mr & Mrs E Glen Beckstead. Persons who wish to send Christmas gifts to these hospitals are asked to contact the chairmen in their communities. The Legion will make distribution of the gifts. Program Marks Dedication Of Service Plaque A patriotic program, under thedirection of the West Jordan bishopric, was presented Saturday evening at the ward chapel, with Bishop Lawrence T Dahl in charge. Col Arnold W Ricb, head of the Selective Service board of Utah, was guest speaker, who said, "If the older generation don't make good their promises, our young fighting men will take over. Axe the home folks going to be willing to receive our boys when they return'?, The posting of colors was staged by the American Legion. A silent tribute paid to Melvin Lyons, who gave his life recently in service for his country. The featu1·e of the evening was when 3 local service boys, S-Sgt DeVearl Dimond, Cpl Grant Young and Pfc Heber Hogan, home on furlough, unveiled the plaque, containing pictures of girls and boys now in the service, and which wa~ presented by Charles M Beckstead. Another featw·e was 'the presentation of an American flag to the ward by Bishop DahL Other numbers included: vocal solo, Laura Jensen: xylophone selections, Lowell Hicks; girls trio, A twooct sisters. Reading of names of World War I veterans was given by Royal Spratling, and names of WorJd War II were read by Howard Barb en. WANT ADS ON PAGE FIVE • |