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Show IF YOU HAVEN'T RIINCALLEDON THERE IS FOR YOUR STILL TIME CHAPEL TO PARTICIPATE DECORATION DONATION YET WHY NOT JUST HAND IT IN THE FIFTH wSETT IN BY YOURSELF Vol.1, No. 8 WAR LOAN DRIVE! CENTERVILLE, DAVIS COUNTY, UTAH July, 1944 Cjleatest Uilill By Clint Barber This month our interview is with four young men who made fame in sports for Centerville. The question was asked of them, What was your most thrilling sports experience while cavorting for Randall: The greatever had was being a est thrill member of the state champion Davis High football squad in 1937. I played right guard, and was the only player from Centerville. We at the Ute beat Bear River 12-Stadium. Some of the other players were Burt and Joe Davis, Val Sheffield, Dee Chipman, Joe Adams, Legrande Gregory, and others. Tommy I 0 Loyal Bettridge: It was when I was in the seventh grade that A1 Beers, manager of the Centerville baseball team, asked me if I would pitch for them the next Saturday. It was my first game in the old Davis County league, and I whiffed 15 batters, as we beat South Bountiful. Yes Harrison: About 17 years M Men basketwas the first ago I ball played and we were playing West Bountiful. The game ended in a tie, so we had to play an extra five minutes. During the ensuing minutes, I had the ball in the open for a juicy shot, and it won the game. Carl Fornelius most thrilling experience was playing on the M Men team that won the Consolation championship of the Salt Lake Interstake Tourney in 1935. In his opinion, that was one of the best teams Centerville ever had. He tells of it thus: We won the stake crown quite easily, and as usual we got a tough opponent in the opening game of the Interstake tourney, and lost to the 15th Ward in the last two minutes of play. TURN IQ PAGE TWO HI DADDY! Our dads are on opposite sides of the world, but they are both fighting for the same glorious cause, say these two youngsters. I can ride my scooter all over the place now, says two year old Sandra Lynn Evans, darling daughter of William H. (Bill) and Grace Evans. Bill is down in the South Pacific, but he doesnt see any babies there as cute as this one. Little Sandra said goodbye to daddy in February, and he sailed soon after. Weve moved back home now, daddy, says Paul Clayton, and mama has built a fence around the back yard to keep me in but Ill soon be big enough to climb over it. Im the pride of the neighborhood, and already the little girls from across the street come over to see me old son of Sutherland and make a fuss over me! Paul is the and Mavis Clayton. Sub has been flying missions over Europe the past month or so, and was last home on furlough in January of this 15-mon- th year. GILBERT TINGEY TRANSLATES "PEARL OF GREAT PRICE Something new in the way of L. D. S. books has now been added. Honor once again comes to one of our own townspeople, Mr. Gilbert Tingev. The first books of his translation of the Pearl of Great Price from English to the Samoan language have just come off the press. Mr. Tingey said that the translation was begun in January, 1940, while he was president of the Samoan mission. He was aided by a native boy by the name of Fitisemanu, who is a member of INTO SAMOAN the L. D. S. Church and holds the office of Elder. This boys father was one of the kings of Samoa. The translation was completed in May of 1940. Mr. Tingey had to receive permission from the first Presidency in order to do the work. five The book has been proof-rea- d times and the first publication came off the Deseret News Press in May of 1944. We know the Samoan people would like to congratulate Gilbert on his work, and we wish to congratulate him, too. |
