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Show t Service Men HonorecLat Syracuse 'S'X' ' $ . V . vv Aeurt, pUHttjUte Silver Star Awarded, DAVIS NEARS Captain L.E. Behling Wai N ' RETURNS FROM ACTIVE the shops, factories and on the farms, who make it .possible for our men to be trained and equipped on land, on the sea and in the air, and" being highly trained, and belter equipped with. the impioe ments of modern war they will be able and efficient in destroying the enemies of freedom and liberty. in WAR SERVICE Pfc. Reed W. Peterson, of the U. S. Marine Corps, son of Mr. and Beach. MrSj John Petersonjof LaC and 'formerly of "Kaysville, is enjoying a part of his furlough in Kaysville, as guest of his sister Ing FRANK D. ADAMS. Major Air Corps. -- o Sity-nin- hairmen Named to Direct House-to-Hou- se Canvass for $25,000 Quota I h BOUNTIFUL With a quota of $25,000 set for Davis inty, all workers have been instructed to visit every house i afford eachF.individual an opportunity to subscribe, J. Tomey, chairman of the Red Cross war Major id drive for Davis county today. Window displays in various business houses throughout an-anc- ed it. (county have been made and ex' advertising campaign is conducted through news-jer- s, radio, banners, theatre pro-yn-s, etc., stated Mrs. Calvin Verts, chairman of publicity. Irs. Roy Priest of Bountiful will kg South Davis chairman, and Joe jrenson of Layton, north Davis nty. Other chairmen are: Mrs. n Taylor, Bountiful, chairman t women's clubs; Ezra Clark, intiful, service clubs; Frank Bountiful, city's business jedley. and Sheriff Joseph Holbrook, Japanese district Subchairmen I Bountiful J. east section-- Mrs. j. Mercer; Bountiful 1, west lion, Mrs. Charles Gardner; Intiful 2, Mrs. J. M. Burt; Boun-- il Food for Victory Is Theme of Film At Ritz Theatre KAYSVILLE Twenty Fighting Men, an interesting and timely war food production film will be shown Thursday and Friday, March 2 and 3, at the Ritz theatre in Layton, through the courtesy of Purina Mills and Layton Milling Co. of Layton, in the interest of producing food for victory. The theme of the picture is developed by a returned soldier explaining to local farmers how they can each produce additional food for 20 men merely through adequate management of present ground and equipment Mrs. Gordon Stringham; jth Bountiful, Mrs. Raymond H. pan; West Bountiful, C. H. Mrs. Kenneth ke; Orchard, ; Centerville 1, E. E. Randall; terville 2, C. R. Rock wood; ington and North Farmington, R. C. Robinson. Upton, east section, Mrs. Thom-- . E. Williams; Layton, west se-- 1 Mrs. June Simmons; Kaysville Mrs. Viola Pitt 49, SUNSET rs. Clarence Waterfall; Kays-- wife of Earl C. Pitt died Wedness. Mrs. Robert B. Sims; day morning in an Ogden hospital LeRoy Davis; West Point following an extended illness. - John E. Thurgood; Clearfield, Mrs Pitt wai born May 20, 1894, Stevenson; Syracuse, Lawrence in Ogden, a daughter of Adam and !ddle; Sunset Amy Stone; and Sarah Moulding Gledhill. She was ith Weber, Don Byran. educated in the Ogden schools and & Mrs. Viola Pitt Died .Wednesday in Ogden 2, Clin-Mr- w at the University of Utah and Utah State Agricultural college, from which she graduated. She was a ta Snow Allred Rites Conducted In Farmington member of Kappa Delta sorority. She taught school in Juab county until her marriage, July 12, 1917, to Mr. Pitt She was active in the L. D. S. church, having work in the Sunday school and Primary organizations, and had been president of the Y. W. M. I. A. of the Ogden Nineteenth L. D. S. ward. In the Sunset L. D. S. ward she had been organist for several yearr and at the time of her death was president of the ward Relief society. Survivors include her husband; two sons and one daughter: lieutenant Earl S. Pitt U. S. army air force, Marana field, Tucson, Ariz.; Maurice Pitt and Mrs. Roline Guild, Sunset; her mother, and one brother, W. Raymond Gledhill of d .-- ARMINGTON Funeral for Mrs. Etta Snow Allred, 53, serv-- t died Sunday morning at her in Farmington after a linger-- I illness, were held Wednesday rraoon in the Farmington L. D. 'xrd chapel, with David Merrill the ward bishopric in charge. I native of Logan, she was born Member 12, 1800, a daughter of ur and Emily Wataon Snow. V was treasurer of the Uni-Ijt- y I of Utah Mothers club and sjdent of the Phi Mu sorority Akers club. She was active in LD- - S. church work, services for Mrs. Allred were: Ogden. jMude music, Gloria Richards: Funeral cation, Orson Clark; vocal qouneed. That Beautiful Land, Mr. Mrs. George Williams,' by Gloria Richards; er, Mary Millard; vocal solo, enmg Prayer, Ruth Walker, opanied by Naomie Clark; xer. E. B. Gregory; vocal solo, ft Were Your Hands, Myrl waring Cowles, accompanied by Ip r r- jtg be an Sunset Water System Will Be Enlarged Federal funds have now been to $13,000 amounting appropriated to improve the Sunset culinary water supply, it was announced today by LeRoy B. Smith, president of the town board. The reject will cost $20,000, stated r. Smith. With Sunset town furnishing the remainder of the amount, residents have voted in favor of a $10,000 bonded indebtedness. Out of 48 votes cast, only two were negative, Mr. Smith said. Improvements to the present system will include a new well a SUNSET pump, - f?. will services ed Baker; speaker. Bishop fthl'n; vocal duet, Jesus Lover SooL" Alvin Keddington Gregory, accompanied I Mrs., Lorenzo Smith; remarks, Jopnc; vocal. solo, My Task, r Keddington, accompanied by rcnzo Smith; closing prayer, I Calvin Foss; dedication of Ned Chamberlain. arnvors include her husband, L Allredd; three daughters, C tille Foss, San Diego, Cal.; ? Merl Johnson, Farmington, c Dorothy Dean Chambered Salt Lake City; a son, Wal-- J Allred, United States navy; rather, Douglas Snow, Lava Hot Idaho; two sisters, Mrs. fcbam. Salt Lake City, and ? Klva c Drury, Lewiston, and j frandcbildren. V BONDS are the means of rninoua Inflation. . J ? SYRACUSE At a very impressive and memorable service, men from the Syracuse cpmmunity who are serving their country in World War II were honored at the Syracuse chapel. Tuesday evening. Lynn Wilcox, president of the Y. M. M. I. A., was in charge of the program and through acts of the Special Interest Class of the M. I. A.,w-itMrs. Doris Knighton as class leader and a committee of Mrs. Lawrence Knighton, Iriggs, Edwin Gailey, Nora Wig-gi- ll and Julia Bodily, secured and unveiled a plaque with the names of sixty-nin- e men engraved upon ed Cross Membership Drive pens in Davis County I t , one-ha-lf chlo-rinato- r, storage reservoir and about mile of additional lines. Opening the program, the song America was rendered by the congregation. Golden W. Smedley offered the invocation. A vocal duet, "My Own United States," was rendered by Elijah B. Gregory and Mrs. Fern G. Hess, accompanied by Miss Dorothy Mae Gregory of Farmington. How We on the Home Froht Can Best Aid Our Country and Our Service Men was an address given by Royden C. Braidthwaite, superintendent of Weber county seminary. Following this address, David E. Cook sang the solo, Light a Candle in the Chapel, accompanied by Mrs. Geneva Rampton. At the close of this song, the unveiling of the plaque took place, with a special candle light scene. Elmer Wilcox and Frances Wig-gi- ll marched up the chapel aisle terf-pe- DAVIS OPERA Mr. Ih-v- service men from Syracuse community were honored Tuesday evening in Syracuse L. I). S. wtrJ chapel at impressive unveiling ceremony. e yive wa, PROMOTED and Mrs. Willard Hess of Farmington have received word that their son. Dale lless, has promoted from the rank of Seaman Second Class to Seaman First Class. Dale, who was a graduate of Davis high school class of 1913, left for the service on July 9, 1913, and received his hoot training at San Diego, Cal He was employed by the Miller Floral company at the time he was called. He is now stationed somewhere in the South Pacific: KAYSVILLE Captain Lincoln E. Behling was honored last Saturday at special ceremonies held at the army air base in Salt I.ake City, at which an award of the silver star earned for achievement and gallantry in action was prest en humousty to tris"mot her; Mrs E. K. Behling of Kaysville. Captain Behling was reported killed in action last January in the South Pacific war area. M- -i ADVANCED TO CAPTAIN It's now Captain Thomas S. former ' resident of Kavsville who is serving in the Civilian Personnel Branch at Fort Mason, headquarters of the San Francisco Port of Embarkation. Captain Rushforth. a 1937 graduate of Utah State Agricultural College, and son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Rushforth of Kaysville, began his military service as an enlisted man in October, 1910. lie was transferred to the enlisted reserve in 1911 and recalled to active duty in February. 1942. In July of the same year he was commissioned a second lieutenant and one year later was promoted to first lieutenant. "Ie recently waa advanced to Captain. Rushforth. REED W. PETERSON and brother-in-laMr. and Mrs. Wayne K. Sheffield. Pfc. Peterson has spent the past year in active service in the South Pacific war area as a paratrooper. He will report at San Diego, Cal., for further training. mm SERVES AS PROM OFFICER Neil Welling, junior class presi- dent, served as business manager for the annual Junior Prom at Brigham Young university. Mr. Welling is a resident of Farmington. WILL BE GIVEN ON WEDNESDAY allocated by the War Production OPA. This Board at the request-oshould mean an increased supply of footwear in stores before long. f BIG . SIX Win From West in Fridays (lame Needed to Assure Championship KAYSVILLE The Davis high school Darts basketball team tallied its eighth victory of the season last Friday by defeating South Bk29, and needs only to win its final game of the season with West tomorrow (Friday) to clinch the championship of the Big Six league. Still topping the league as a result of their win over Granite last week, the Darts were bothered by the spirited ball rustling of the South crew early in the game, and the count was knotted at ll at the end of the first quarter. However, Jimmy Cleverlv always the sparkplug of the Davis quint, and Neil Hart, who registered 12 points for the evening, loosened the Cub defense with a series of long shots nt hot-shooti- ng 13-a- KAYSVILLE The Davis high school music department, under the directiqn of .John L. Stacey, will present The Fortune Teller next p m. Thursday. March 9, at in the Davis high school auditorium, it was announced Unlay. Music for this three-ac- t comic opera was written by Victor Herbert, This brilliant gypsy opera has as its cast of characters the following high school students: Glenna Robins, Janet Mae Smith, Cleone Wilcox, Barbara Pederson, Joy Smith. Jeanette Draayer, Afton Iris Nance, Elwood Gransden, Johnston, Kent Hamilton, Stanley Wicker, Burnell Ellis, Joe Lubbers, Dick Egan, -- Kenneth ' Zwahlen, )oug!as Cambell, Howard Stoddard. They will be accompanied by the lih school orchestra. Dances for the Production are being prepared Misa Nelson y Alra. Gregory. will take charge of make-u- p and will assist in the production. The general public is cordially nvited to attend this pleasing presentation, stated Mr. Stacey. that ran the total to time, 30-1- - 5 at half Late in the third period. Coach Jimmy Gilbert sent in the South B team in an attempt to stop the onslaught. Coach Con Watts immediately sent the Dart reserves into the fray and a rather even contest resulted. Marvin Hess, Dart pivot man, took scoring honors when he tailed 13 points, while Morris Kjar connected for nine for the losers. Cleverly registered 10 paints. Daria ENTERS TRAINING Heywood, f. Hart. f. John A. Forbes. 20. son of Mr. I,' Hess, c. John P. Forbes of Gearfield, was Cleverly, g. Victorville, California. recently appointed a Naval AviaWhitesides, g. Feb. 2U, 1944. tion Cadet and was transferred to Drakas, f. the Naval Air Training Center, he Weekly Reflex, Thomley, f. Caysville, Utah, Jewkes, g. lear Editor: Ford, f. In addition to my other duties Will . Day, Davis g. as air inspector for ihe past four and a half months, I have been enin Totals rolled in the regular course for South bombardiers at Carlsbad Army Air Sunday Kaysville G. T. F. P. "ield. Now having completed the course and met' required qualifica0 o. a KAYSVILLE The Voice of A. Peterson, f. .3 1 1 1 a tions, I will receive the rating of America, a patriotic pagent, will Dalebout, 1. 8 1 o a Bombardier. e presented by the Davis high Jones, c. . 1 1 0 2 The subjects were difficult, but school speech department in tne Jenkins, g. 8 4 8 y burning the midnight oil, I was Kaysville tabernacle Sunday eve- Kjar. g. K. Peterson, f. able to keep up with the young 0 1 0 0 ning, March 5, at 7:30 p. m. men with electrical and engineer0 0 0 0 by the Kaysville Story, g Sponsored 0 8 1 1 ing backgrounds from our educairit L. D. S. ward Relief society, Smith, c. carrying two large American flags. tional 0 0 0 0 institutions throughout the will be produced by Roller, f. this '"them pageant was behind Immediately 0 2 2 2 nation. voices. Pyper, f. a speech choir of forty-ei- x Captain M. E. Cleveland of the Examinations were daily and the beauVoice The of America,' in Ogden Arsenal leading army Totals .11 13 7 29 difficult We did not tifully costumed and lighted, traces uniform the veterans of World questions Score by quarters: bombs for weeks the four freedoms through our hisWar I from Syracuse who included start dropping 13 30 44 49 the course began. Combat tory from Columbus to the present Davis Edwin 'Gailey, Arthur Barber, after IS 15 23 29 ombs South were from low altiin time, and doing this it generates Royal W. Rampton and Lawrence tudes of 500dropped and Christensen altiOfficials while feet, such such that resolve, high high power, I. Criddle, and while the honor roll selwas conducted tude at on a bombing takes eing list was being read, by Bob Simpson dom realized splendor. The theme and Helen Briggs, these soldiers 14,000 feet elevation: Duplication oil refineries, of battleships, a presented better than any speech Results of Fridays Games gave salute to those serving in the wharves e and her docks, in stations, the power sermon,-pridor greet Davis, 49; South, 29. armed forces of todays war. rail road yards, and other military JOHN A. FORBES which is ours, and the reactage renMr. Gregory and Mrs. Hess East. 32; Jordan, 31. were constructed in the tion of our youth to the challenge dered the solos My Hero and targets intermediate Pensacola. Fla., for Granite, 32; West 22. desert and they were bdbbed day which they have met and are meet-n-g My Owm America." and night is training. a light Fridays (March. 3) Schedule bombing. in so valiant way today Remarks were given by Captain by using the highly developed and West at Daria. Upon completion of the intenaive eing threatened. It is rated as a Cleveland, and by Bishop G. Henry intricate South at East bombsight course at the Annapolis of the must see in local pageant Rampton. Jordan at Granite. is an accomplished fact. 1 Area Air Cadet Forbes will receive his Closing song The Star Spangled or saturation bombing, to Navy Wings of Cold with the Banner by the congregation and a target is not the Americandestroy way. designation of Naval Aviator, and Earl W. Dahl offered the For example, an oil refinery 37 rx will be commissioned an Ensign 350 feet square from 14 WO feet n the Nsvsl Reserve or a Second looks smaller than a postage stamp Lieutenant in the Marine Corps and I have seen more bombs hit Reserve. Club the target than miss. , confidence that any one HOSPITALIZED IN ARIZONA Elects Officers of Iourhavebombardiers selected at ranCLINTON. Pvt Derrsl M. Mrs. son Loretta R Child, and of out dom can Child, successfully go KAYSVILLE The Athena club is in Williams Field station hospiand his upon complete assignment, met Wednesday evening, March can hand in pictures and tal at Chandler, Arizona, recover1, at the home of Mrs. Rulon Waite returning a with the following nota- ing from spinal meningitis and an report in Layton. Hostesses for the eveMission tion, f completed. Target operation on( his arm. Pvt. Child ning were Helen Pace and Mrs. destroyed." his basic training for completed Rulon Waite. and sincere regard the army air corps at Buckley Field, have a A musical nrogram was rendered forI these deep men. Haring been Colorado, in January. While waityoung by Marjorie Salmon, Patty Green, their classmate for eighteen weeks, ing to be sent to flying school his Bob Sanders and Rulon Waite. I can speak from experience. They arm became infected following a The giest speaker for the eve live clean liveg. have high Ideals, tetanus shot Upon his arrival at ning was Max J. Schegel of Ogden and will make a good account of Williams Field February 19 he who gave a very interesting talk, themselves. When they say, Bombs was confined to the hospital for Habits for Patriotism. Their sir. parents and loved the arm operation and a few days New officers were elected for the away, of miles to later waa stricken with spinal men ones hundreds .travel. coming year as follows: Mrs. Wil- see that son receive his commission ingitis. The seriousness of his liam Winters, president; Mrs. J. and the wings of a bombardier. illness has eliminated him from the W. Galbraith, vice president; Mrs. Yesterday morning I left A1 air corps, and the Very disappointMerle Grant, secretary, and Mrs. New Mexico, and upon ed Pvt Child hopes to be able to buquerque. Glen Robinson, treasurer. Carlsbad the Colonel enter another field of service. at arriving asked if I 'would take command of WORD AoM ITALY Davis Schedules ferrying three ships to Santa Ana, The following story was sent to CaL With the necessary transfer Poisoning papers we were, soon in the air us from a publication in Italy and flying formation over El Paso. is worthy of repetition: we started Davis county's Tex., and parallel with the Mexican FARMINGTON They laughed when annual rat poisoning program will border. Eventually we arrived at digging a deep ditch, said Left to right Billie Garrison, Donald Rogers, Whitlock Swan, get underway today and ' Friday, Phoenix Ar where we remained Wallace S. Odd. Kaysville, Utah, beautiful it know how coundidnt Harbor. The DeLore to Nichols, at they Sky according overnight Eldon Benton and Daniel Benton gathering waste paper for the ty agent. Poison rat bait will be fields are green and the trees art was oing to be. salvage drive in Kaysville and at the umc time saving gasoline Unquestionably, it waa one of distributed at the following places in leaf around Phoenix We clearcarriage. through the use of their horselees-gasles- e between the hours of eleven a. m. ed from Sky Harbor for Santa Ana, the most artistic jobs ever dug out of the Italian mud. It was four and but as we approached the San p. m.: , KAYSVILLE-Uc- der the direcNorth Salt Lake Als UUh Oil mountains, black storm feet deep, seven feet wide, ten feet out a small hallway leading to tion of Jay Galbraith, scoutmaster, service station; Woods Cross, clouds forced us off our charted long and it had a lot of gadgets in- dug the and Glen Hill, assistant ScoutmasWoods Cross Mercantile Co.; Boon course, and we were driven north- side. It was the gadgets that made the door and then he fixed up Victer, the Boy Scouts in Kaysville it so wonderful tifuL city hall; Centerville, Smiths ward, eventually arriving at Odd Snacke at Midnight said like are busily engaged each evening was never Home down field this, courtin a air torville army laving lenter; Farmington, That was the most important after school and on Saturdays salhouse; Kaysville, city hall; Layton, pour of rain. We will remain here the sergeant aa he stretched out Theres vaging waste paper. e bed, pulling a book thing of all, said Odd. A A A office; Gearfield, Montes until the weather clears and then on a bed to warm like a soft, con The conveyance pictured above is the nothing Standard service station; Syracuse, continue our flight to the Pacific off the shelf, adjusting make of the 19? 7 vintage and is adeTo to at home come night. sun the let in, to vertible West coast tarpaulin Point, Capital Mercantile; of quately powered by three, four or The Weekly Reflex is appreciat- and then reaching for a big or- it soft,- he made a mattress West Point store; Sunset, Sunset the under inches thick six more industrious lads. This outfit straw, barber shop; Clinton, Sunset bar- ed. Its newa from home and the he make warm, it To blankets. Od has been instrumental in C.a tiliwhen started all service is a in men tie that It the Sgt ber shop. stumbled across some strong, long built a fireplace. At first be used ng of several tons el rrrrp r : . binds. a tin German shell box but the stated the toys, ar.i Ij r s U ? Best wishes to you and aU other logs and used them as the WAR BONDS . . . our beet gear worse for wear. , . (Continued on page 4.) he Then of the foundation. American bond buyers antee of keeping America free! Students Present Pageant . . Pin-poi- nt Two Birds With One Stone Athena .?? v.u'V "v vi. q f v Rat S-S- gt Ber-nadin- five-thir- ty long-wid- . MORE SHOE LEATHER Twenty per cent more leather for the production of infants, childrens and misses shoes hss been IN two-poi- The Fortune Teller, Comic Opera, Ready for Public Presentation K.-o- CHAMPIONSHIP - , side-wal- ls red-blood- ed . ... |