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Show R€€-ffiRRHS * THE MIDVALE By The Editor Local Group Inducted Into Nation's Anned Services • We tried to get the paper out Wednesday arternoon, but it was late that evening when we finally put this issue •·to bed." So, by the time you get the paper you will have had that fine turkey dinner aill packed away and Thanksgiving day will be another memory. • Capt Ed Norman, former Midvale smelterite, was a brief visitor here Monday, after long service in the South Pacific with Uncle Sam's anny. He has seen plenty of action in New Guinea and other hellholes of the orient. Special to Tt-rE • FLRSH! AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Published at !IIIDVALE, UTAH Volume ll-Number 47 * * * * Friday, Nov. 24, 1944 JORDAN'S FOOTBALL SQUAD-CONTENDERS FOR STATE GRID TITLE SERVICE TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF CAPT. JACK ALLEY • Lt-Col Kelvin Hunter, another .Nlidvalia.J), is reported to be serving with Gen Patton's famed third army, and is mixed up in the fracas around Metz. His wife, who resjdes here, had not heard from him for several weeks, but a long- awaited letter arrived from "Kelly'' Wednesday afternoon. • The school board election in Precinct No. 7, including Sandy, Granite, Crescent and Butler, promises to be one of the most interesting in the history of the district. Four candidates have filed for the post of school trustee, with one to be elected on Wednesday, Dec 6. The aspirant<; are: Lars \V Nielsen, former principal of Jordan liligh school; J M Boyden, incumbent member seeking re-election; Washington 0 Boberg, and FA Orton, city manager of Sandy. It is good to see Capt Duane • Rasmussen, son of the mayor, home on a 10-day leave from Fort Sill, Okla. Duane has been gone a long time and has advanced rapidly in the army; in fact, he is reputed to be one of the very best artillery instructors there is. As a change !rom military life, we saw the captain working at the vegetable department in his dad's store during the Thanksgiving rush. • Vernon Gray, publisher of The Midvale Journal from 1930 to 1933-the worst depression years -was a Midvale caller on Thursday of last week, renewing old acquaintances and looking over the town. He watched The Sentinel go to press before leaving the city. Mr Gray said that he noted many improvements here since he left a decade 3go. • Proof that the ambulance owned by Midvale city and operated by the Midvale firemen. is doing a vaJiant service to residents of the Jordan valley, is evidenced by the !o1lowing letter received recently by Fire Chief L C Canning: Salt Lake City, Nov 10 Dear Mr Canning: I wish to thank you Ior the kind and courteous attention given my husband during his recent accident of Nov 4; also for the careful manner in which he was handled. I am sure that the ride in your ambulance helped to save his life. I was sorry to learn of the mishap the ambulance had Sunday and hope that it is not long before it is in working condition again; it is of such vital importance to the community. Mr Steed is getting along nicely and is home now from the hospital. He, too, wishes to extend his thanks. Sincerly yours, Mrs J R St..,d. <Editor's note)- -Mr Steed was injured in a hunting accident early this month near Midvale.) * HONOR ROLL New Subscribers: * Geo F Proctor, Idaho Falls, Ida. Mrs Ed Densley, American Fork. Eugene H Forbush, F 1 'c, overseas. Mrs Ivan Taft, Midvale. 1st Sgt Russell F Gardner, Ft Benning, Georgia. T-5 Sheldon Gardner, overseas. Miss Genevieve Despain, Salt Lake City. Left to right: first row-Ray Hughes, Bob W'ithcrs, Dale Hand, Harold Elmer, Richarcl Olson, Fred Densley, Devon Andrus, Medin Jones, Frank Holt; second row-Coach John Vranes, Leroy Tea, Wally Morgan, Gordon Neff, Paul Thompson, Guy Hatch, Gordon Mousley, Gail Despain, llichard Crapo, Duane Player, Coach "Snide" Taylor; third row-Coach Frank Kamnikar, Allen Day, Earl \'Vhite, Nelson Buck, Ken Ferguson, Dutch Stelter, Glade Justesen, Ken Bennion, Bill Anderson, Delbert Crump, Gene Glover. Kiwanis to Fete Football Squad Preparations are underway for a gala evening next Monday when members of the Midvale Kiwanis club will be hosts to the Jordan high school football team, their coaches, and other guests, at a banquet and program in the Midvale city hall. Coach Ike Armstrong of the University of Utah will be a special guest. The program is being arranged by the club program committee. and the toastmaster of the evening will be P .llvi Mickelsen, Jordan school district coordinator and Kiwanian. The football dinner is an annual event of the Midvale Kiwanis club. East Midvale Ward Bazaar Slated Dec. 1. 2 East Midvale annual wat·d bazaar has been set for Dec 1 and 2, in the ward amusement hall, from 6:30 to 8:30 p m. Dinner will be served by members of the Relief Society. Following dinner there will be a program and an auction. Each organization will be represented with a booth where different art- icles will be sold. Saturday evening there will be a floor show and a dance. All varieties of valuable articles will be auctioned at reasonable prices by auctioneers. The entertainment is under the direction of the Seventies and all proceeds will go to the building fund which will help pay for the neW ward chapel. MIDVALE: WOMAN NAMED ON CENTRAL COMMITTE£ Mrs Reed H Beckstead, 169 Lincoln street, has been named chairman of the education department of the Central district, Utah Federated Women's clubs, Mrs Harold Larson, president of the Midvale Ladies Community club, has announced. This is the second chairmanship in the district the local club has received recently. Bradford Hatch returned from Albuquerque, N M, after attending a special school in Soil Conservation. (From J. H. S. BROADCASTER) After trampling the Carbon High Dinosaw·s to the tune of 34-0 in a lop-sided affair last Saturday, which gave them a ticket straight to the state finaJs, Coach "Snide'' Taylor's mighty Jordan Beetdigger grid squad is preparing to meet the Provo High Bulldogs in th-e State Class A high school football championship 1ilt next Saturday, November 25, at 2:30 p. m. at the University of Utah Stadium. This game is to be the feature of a double-header, the first part of which is to be played between Cyprus and Leh1 for the Class B title. The Bulldogs enter the finals following their 7-0 victory over South Cache last Friday. Despite their 13-0 loss to Jordan and their 6-0 loss to Granite in preseason tussles, Provo High has a tough group of gridders, headed by Captain Johnny Lyons, who is rated by Coach Max Warner as "the best high school player in the state." In six league games, the Bulldogs made 117 points to 12 for their opponents, while Jordan boats a 59 to 6 advantage over hers. The probable line-up for the teams is as follows: JORDAN Thompson Neff Olsen Densley White Hatch Crapo *Jones •Player PROVO le It tg c rg rt re qb hb hb fb Harris Thorston Neilson Dalebout Knudsen Hooks Whipple Allen Knudsen Thomas *Morgan • *Lyons• *CaptaiJ:ts and Co-Captains •Touchdowns scored in semi-finals •Holt FLRSH! It was learned Wednesday that Lt C B Mason, husband of the former Miss Reatha Evans, daughter of Mr & Mrs Earl D Evans, had been killed in a training plane flight somewhere in Texas. He had been reported previously as 11 missing in flight." His body had been found, it was reported Wednesday. He was an army air forces instructor. Ernaline Johnson, Midvale. Roy Crum, Salt Lake iCty. -{ Glenn H Hyatt, San Diego. Renewals: Ray Fenn, Midvale. Mrs Bertha Brunson, Midvale. James P Nelson, Midvale. Mark Cozzens, Midvale. E L Burgan, West Jordan. Mrs Oscar Olson, 'East Midvale. Ervin D Olsen, Diamond City, Alberta, Canada. W H Gardner, West Jordan. James R Steadman, West Jordan E M Bateman, West Jordan. H G Buckley, West Jordan. H G Tempest, Midvale. Wi1Iord Olson, Crescent. Ensign H L Jensen, overseas. Have you paid your suoscription? As The Sentinel went to press Wednesday, it was learned that August M Nelson, president of the Sandy City Bank, and prominent churc.'h and civic worker of Sandy, had died in a Salt Lake hospital, where he was taken this week following a brief illness. More Soldier Gifts Needed Says Legion Con1mittee More donors are needed in the drive for Christmas gifts to the Yanks, according to the American Legion, sponsors. Residents of Jordan area should push the program to the utmost so that no men entitled to gifts fail to get them, officials said. The girts will go first to the Veterans, Kearns and Bushnell hospitals and then to hospitals in more sparsely populated sections of the country where residents might not reach their quota. Community chairmen arc again listed as follows: Midvale, M A Beckstead, Mrs H E Nelson, Mrs Allison Bills; Sandy, Mrs G Leonard Larson; Granite, Alva Despain; Cre::;cent, Mr & Mrs Earon Jensen; 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. Deadline set for receiving of gifts is Dec 10. -----------------Garden Club Sets November Meet A program and social will be featured at the November meeting of the Mid-Flora Garden club Thursday, at 8 p m, in the Midvale city hall. A report of the nominating commJttee and election of officers will take place. Arranging the activities for the evening are Mrs Fred Knowles, and Mrs M S Peterson. Mrs Lee Chufar, Mrs Charles Cary and Mrs E A Nutter are in charge of the refreshments. This will be the final meeting of the 1944 season and all members are urged to attend. OUR FOLKS Ill S€RVIC€ NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Ernest Earl Greenwood, Jr, son o! Mr & E E Greenwood, 194 Lincoln St, Midvale, has been graduated from the officer candidate department of the transportation corps school, New Orleans Army Air Base, and has been commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in the Army of the United States. Lt Greenwood was a freight rate quotation clerk prior to induction. He attended Jordan high school, the University of California, and the University of Utah. The officer was assigned to active duty with the Transportation Corps after receiving his commission. The mission of the Trans· portation Corps is to transport soldiers and war materials ·to the theaters of operation throughout the world. * Camp Barkelcy, Texas, Nov 16(SpeciaD-Among those who today received commissions as second lieutenants in the medical administrative corps at the Camp Barkeley officer candjdate schoool graduation was Henry C Beckstead. 28, 332 North Main, Midvale, son of Mr & Mrs Henry Beckstead, 301 South Main, Midvale. * Pfc Newell Taft, son of Mr & Mrs Ivan Tarte, Midvale, who was reported wounded in action in the South Pacific with the U S marine corps, has received the Purple Heart medal, hls parents said. .... ENGLAND-2nd Lt. A:rlhur G. Jensen, son of Mr & Mrs Arthur G Jensen, 54 Grant St, Midvale, and husband of Mrs Joyce L Jensen, Salt Lake City. has been decorated with the Air Medal, it is announced by the commanding general of the U S 8th Air Force. The citation which accompanied Lt Jensen's decoration read· "For exceptional meritorious achievement while serving as the bombardier o! a B-17 Flying Fortress on a number of sustained bomber combat missions over Gennany and enemy-occupied Europe. The courage, coolness and skill disM Memorial services for Capt Jack Alley, son of Dr & Mrs J S Aley of Midvale, will be held Sunday at 2 p m in the Midvale Second ward chapel, it was announced this week. Capt Alley gave his life for his country in the Indo-China theater of operations, the victim of a plane crash. He had been flying B-29 bombers over the Himalaya "hump" and had participated in raids over Jap-held territory. He was reported as "missing in flight" as of Sept 16, and a few weeks Jater the war department notified his parents and young wife that he had been killed. The public is invited to attend the memorial services, Bishop A J Sabey said. Mrs. Hunter Named Xmas Gift Chairman Mrs Kelvin HUnter 38 Pioneer street, has been appointed chairman of the Midvale Ladies Community club Christmas Gift committee, according to President Mrs Harold Larson. The club will assist other roganizations in the iurnishing of Christmas gifts to veterans and service men confined in military and veteran hospitals in Utah. Enroute to Pocatello. Idaho, before going on to a new assign- Sgt Phil Hatley SENTINEL Nineteen young men of the Jordan district were inducted into the armed Corces on Nov 9, and have departed for ~ervice, according to a release issued Nov 16 by Local Board No. 16, Selective Service. They are: Army Woodrow V Bullock, Floyd S Damman, Gayle L Robertson, Keith G Draper, all of Bingham; Lawrence E Palmer, South Jordan; Roman Gamangasso, Union; Juel J Burton, West Jordan; Charles F Poulsen, Bert E Shaw, John C Berg, Midvale; Thomas W Silcox, LeGrant Peterson, Riverton. Navy Lynnwood W Walker, Union; Raymond E Comstock, West Jordan; Adam J Erlenbach, Midvale; Daren T Turner, Riverton; Glenn H Hyatt, Clifton W Johnson, Jack C Harrod, Sandy. Library Shows Circulation Gain Over Last Year A total of 32,927 books was circulated in the Salt Lake county library system during October, compared with a total circulation of 31,084 books for the same month last year, according to a report submitted by Mrs Ruth Vine Tyler, librarian. The headquarters library at Midvale led during October with 4103 books circulated while the Plymouth ijbrary was second with 3246 books, and the Calvin S Smith library was third with 3060 books circulated during October. Circulation at the other libraries in the system during October was as follows: Sandy, 2359; West Jordan, 2146; Bingham, 2035; River- ton, 1974; Draper, 1966; Garfield, 1626; Ashton, 1489; Magna, 1478; Copperton, 1462; Monroe, 1363; Union, 1343; South Jordan, 1054; Bacchus, 1008; Jordan high school, 735; Herriman, 320; Keams hos· Buddy of Local Boy Visit Pal's Parents ment, MmVAL~ visited Monday at the borne of Mr & Mrs A E Buckley, 145 Linclon street. Sgt Hatley, who has been serving overseas as an airplane mechanic in the army air corps, is a buddy of Cpl Lester E Buckley. He told Lester's parents many experiences they had had together and said that outside of Lester's "homesickness," be was fine. played by Lt Jensen on these occasions reflect great credit upon himself and the armed forces of the United States." He is a veteran of many of the 8th Air Force's huge daylight assaults against the Nazi war lords. * Panama City, Fla. - Aviation Cadet Ray D Nelson# has been graduated from the Army Air Forces flexible gunnery school at Tyndall Field, one of the largest schools of its kind in the Army Air forces training command. Upon his graduation, the soldier received a pair of silver wings signifying that now he is ready to take his place as a member of the combat crew of an A A F bomber. He is the son of Mr & Mrs F H NeJson, who reside at 550 East Center street, Midvale, Utah. • pital 190. Of the total circulation, 17,975 were juvenile books; 12,429 were reference books; 8503 were adult fiction books; 3006 were adult nonfiction; 1295 Branch's own; 665 magazines and 513 picture books. W J SCHOOL SPONSORS WAR BOND DRIVE The West Jordan school has been selected to sponsor the 6th War Loan drive in this community with the help of a local committee, consisting of Albert Olson, chairman, and H W Jorgensen, Lee Richardson, Lawrence T Dahl. E Glen Beckstead, William H Steadman, Henry Schmidt and William Schorr. Bonds and stamps will be on sale at the school during the drive and all people are urged to make their purchases at the schooL The community will be credited with all purchase made at the school and the school children will canvass the homes urging support of the bond drive. It is urged that all purchases in this community either purchase their bonds at the school or make known to members of the committee their bond purchases in order that the community receive credit fot· the effort of its citizens. |