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Show March, 1944 THE CENTERVILLE NEWSETTE Page Four SERVICE NEWS and NOTES Memories of former great Centerville M Men basketball teams came to mind as we interviewed Pfc. William II. (Fuzz) Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horton H. Evans. He was on furlough just before Valentines Day. We asked Bill if he played any basketball while in the Air Corps and he said he didnt get much chance to play but did play a little. He said they had an exceptional team at Drew Field when he was there. Bill enlisted November 2, 1942, and went to San Antonio, Texas to preflight school; Coleman, Texas, for primary; Sheppard Field, Texas; Camp Crowder, Mo.; Kansas City, Mo., and then to Drew Field, Fla., where he was promoted November 23, 1943. He is a radio operator. Going through stiff maneuvers and the like is not strange to Corporal Thomas Jr. Williams, recently home on furlough, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Q. Williams. Junior enlisted in the U. S. Army January 12, 1943, and went to Fort Knox, Kentucky for basic; Camp Campbell, Tenn., where he was in the 12th Armored Division; and it was while at Camp Barkeley, Texas that he came in contact with two Centerville boys, Leon Reeves and Domnick Divino. Junior is in the Tank Corps. 7 the Centerville a letter from received Newsette Army Air Forces Training Command, Camp Curtissair Cayuga Road, Buffalo, N. Y., telling of the On February graduation at that base on January 27, 1944, of Jay P. Streeper, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Streeper. It said in part: Operated by the Curtiss-WrigCorporation under the supervision of the AAF Training Command, Camp Curtissair specialized in in instructing the repair and maintenance of the famous 0 pursuit ship, and the ht He was promoted to Pfc. May 11, 1943, and for factory school. says he is enjoying his work very much but will enjoy the wars end much better. His remark concerning the Newsette was Wonderful. DARTS STILL DAZZLE The Davis Darts have always had classy basketball teams and this year they are right up there fighting for the crown again. On Washingtons Birthday they practically clinched what will be their first regional championship since 1936, as they squeezed past their terrific rivals from Granite High in the Davis High gym, One of the largest crowds in history many hundreds were turned away saw the Darts jump to 35-3- 3. Helping to supply the armed forces of our nation is Pfc. D. Griffin Winn, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Winn, who was home on furlough in early February. Griff enlisted April 7, 1943 and went to Camp Cook, Calif, where he was in the Armored Infantry. He then went to Pasadena, Calif, for ASTP and back to Camp Cook where he was in the Quartermaster Depot Company. He was promoted August 1, 1943. He says he has done about everything in the army, including typing, shooting all types of guns, cooking, etc. A basketball player has to do a lot of moving around and that is just what 1st Lt. Roland G. Reading, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Reading, has done. Rolie, 1937 forward at Davis, has been to some 12 or 13 bases since all-sta- te enlisting. He graduated from the R.O.T.C. at the U.S.A.C. in Logan in May, 1942 and went into the U. S. Army as a 1st Lieutenant. He was in the Army until February 1942 when he went into the Army Air Corps. He was then at the following bases: Fort Worden, Wash, (while here he was in charge of his battery); Brooks Field, Texas; Los Angeles, Calif.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Laurel, Miss.; Harrisburg, Penn.; Alexandria, La.; San Antonio, Texas; Garden City, Kansas and he graduated at Altus, Oklahoma (his present base) on February 8, 1944. Rex Sessions has joined the Army Air Corps, bringing our Honor Roll to 72. Good luck, Rex! lead only to have Granite jump right back at them, and knot the score at 8 and the Davis quarter score was missed several close shots in the second quarter and Granite led at But early in the halftime, a quick 4-- 0 8-- 13-1- 0. 20-1- 7. third quarter, the Darts started one of the never-fa- il rallies and quickly jumped into the The rest of the game lead, was a madhouse with the score 5 for Granite at the mark, and then the Darts to a 35 to 29 lead in the jumped last quarter and Dick Baker swished two, but was too late. The entire Dart squad played one of their best games. Granite won the first meeting of the two teams, but later lost to Jordan, putting Davis and Granite into a tie and the Dart victory Tuesday night almost assured them of the regional title since they have only South and West to play. By the time you are reading this they probably will be the champs. Members of this years team include, Jimmy Cleverly, lightning t, fast Spike Rustler one of the scrappiest players in the state, Neil Hart, a long shot artist, Marv Feets Hess, bank-boar- d artist, Keith Whitesides, bankboard also, and Roy Hatch and Clynn Ford from our own town. Boy, by the way, has broken into the scoring column. Other Scores Davis 44, Jordan 33; Davis 43, East 29; Davis 47, South 26; Davis 34, West 21; Davis 37, Jordan 24; third-quart- er 21-2- 0. 26-2- three-quart- er 26-2- 5, hot-sho- Hey-woo- d, Davis 44; East 33. soldier-technicia- ns P-4- Commando. Now a skilled aircraft specialist, Pfc. Streeper is ready for duty anywhere in the world as part of the growing army of skilled technicians turned out by the AAF Training Command. John J. Haggerty. Jay, home on furlough recently, enlisted March 6, 1943 as a mechanic, and went to the following bases: Gulf Port Field, Miss, for A.M. training and Camp Curtissair C-4- 6 Ward Statistics for February Babies Blessed: Brent Richard Tingey, son of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Tingey. Baptisms: Ercell Tingey. Blain and Don Croft HELP OUR BOYS Ordinations: Roland Reading was ordained an Elder. Births: Mr. and Mrs. Archer R. Clayton, girl. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Duncan, boy. BUY WAR BONDS f'NTf0 IN I.S.A- - CARR PRINTING CO.. BOUNTIFUL. UTAH |
