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Show April, 1944 THE CENTERVILLE NEWSETTE HELP WANTED SERVICE NEWS and NOTES We shamelessly admit our inability to see all, hear all and tell all. We do not have a grapevine over which we receive all the comings and goings of the populace, nor do we have any potential Walter Winchells to fortell coming events or past happenings. So, we call on you good people to help us. It has come to our attention lately that several boys have been home on furloughs and it hasnt been reported in the Newsette. Also, some former members of our ward have entered the service and we have not published the fact. For this we are sorry and sincerely hope it will not happen again. To avoid this omission in the future wont every last father, mother, sister and brother of you please call one of us on the staff of the Newsette whenever a boy or girl in the service comes home or whenever a former member of the ward pays a visit to Centerville. If their time is short and an interview is impossible to arrange while they are here you could get all the interesting and vital information and give it to us. This is your paper and we want to have you and your family in it. WELCOME TO CENTERVILLE Newsette welcomes these newr members and their families who hove moved into the town since January 1: LeVern Harker and family, and Leland W. Halverson and family. The SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN HONORED Sunday, February 27, a large turnout at Sacrament meeting was treated to a very interesting program honoring our boys and girls in the service. A flag ceremony was presented by Company D of the Utah State Guard, under the direction of Captain George J. Miles, and participated in by Sgt. Vernon Carr and Jarvis Miles, among others. Following the flag ceremony, the names of all members of this ward in the service were read and either the parent, wife or husband of each one arose and gave the rank and branch of service. A minute of silence was observed while Clyde White played taps in memory of Seaman Second Class Earl Donald Brown, who made the supreme sacrifice. To make the program a complete success, a very inspirational talk was given by Alf G. Gunn, State Deputy Marshall. Pfc. Glen R. Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Petersen, was home on furlough from February 5 to 15. We did not get to interview him but were able to get his service record to date. Glen enlisted in the Army Tank Corps February 17 of last year and went first to Camp Hood, Texas, next to Camp Bowie, Texas and last to Camp Sherwin, Louisiana. He returned to Texas after Page Three William C. Mann, a new member of our ward, is in the U. S. Navy, and William Cottrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cottrell, has gone overseas in the Navy, bringing the Centerville Honor Roll, including those released or honorably discharged, to 75. Bill Cottrell was graduated from his medical course at the University of Chicago a year ago and from then until the first of this year interned in Germantown hospital in Philadelphia, Pa. There he entered the Navy active service and then spent a few weeks at Norfolk Naval Hospital in Virginia. From there he went overseas and at present is surgeon on a hospital ship. Home on furlough last week was Pvt. Richard France, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marlin France. Dick joined the Army on May 3, 1943. He is at present with the Ordnance Evacuation Company, which requires a great deal of mechanical training. Dick is interested in this work as well as in the study of guns, which includes the .50 cal. machine gun and the bazooka. Dick has spent all of his time in the south and says that some of it looks like real Lil Abner country. He first went to Fort Knox, Kentucky, for basic training, then to Camp Chafee, Ark.; Camp Forrest, Tenn. (from here he went out on maneuvers), and then to Camp Campbell, Ky. his furlough. SERVICE MEN AMD WOMEN URGED TO WRITE 3p'mPTmW9 JlullluJlJul When our Ward Chapel Appeared as shown in this Photograph which was taken about Twelve Years Ago ? lcr Well, here is another issue, and a reminder to you boys and girls for whom this paper was originated to write to us, the staff members. Tell us what you are doing, seeing and thinking, and just in general write to us. We know you are very busy and are doing a good job in holding up your end of the work, but just take a second off to write a line or six to us. Many have already written, but we have no objection to your writing again. As you have probably noticed, we try to interview all those who come home on furlough, but the only way we can interview you fellows and girls out in the world is through letters, so send em on! |