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Show THE CENTERVILLE February, 1945 Service News and Notes From the Mail Bag Reading in From Cpl. Roscoe Hawaii, the Town Board received letthe following ter. Roscoe will be remembered by residents of Centerville as a very talented commercial artist who left this community about 13 or 14 years ago to make his home in Boise, where he has since established himself in his own Art shop. We hereby invite him to send us some sketches of army life on Oahu for reproduction in our Newsette. May we send a brief message to you, Roscoe? Hunt up some little native Hawaiian hula girl and get her to translate it for you! E Roscoe e, ke kono aku nei makou ia oe e kakau kii oe e pili ana i kela self-explanato- ry Hawaii, a i ole e pili ana i kau ola puali koa. Aloha pumehana mai na kamaaina o Centerville aku ia oe, a ke pule nei makou no kau hoi palekana ana mai i ke kaua. Aloha! Roscoes letter: I would like to thank you for sending me your Christmas letter of greeting. I feel honored in receiving it after being away for so many years. I appreciate your thoughtfulness and please accept my gratitude. I would feel a little guilty in accepting the money, so please give it to the Newsette as I know all the boys in the service enjoy reading it, as well as those at home. Good luck to each and every one of you. pae moku o Stuart Steed Awarded Silver Star for Gallantry H. Another wonderful example of the part our boys and girls are playing in the war is told in a dispatch relating how Harold Stuart Steed, son of Mrs. Mary Steed Porter, received the Silver Star award for gallantry in action. It follows: Delegation of Authority to Award Decorations, a Silver Star was awarded by the Commanding General, 81st Infantry Division, to Technician (3) Harold S. Steed, medical detachment, 321st infantry, United States Army. For gallantry in action on Peleliu Island, Palau group, October 16, 1944. When several members of the assault unit fell wounded in the battle area among jagged coral hills, Technician Steed, a surgical technician, voluntarily joined a rescue party and moved to the side of the wounded and assisted in rendering emergency treatment. Before the men could be evacuated, however, a burst of enemy fire killed one rescuer and drove the remainder of the party to cover. Securing a rope, the Technician Steed field of fire and taking one of the wounded over his shoulder, worked his way down to the litters; he then returned and assisted in lowering the remaining casualties down the side of the cliff to a place of safety by means of the rope. His heroic and determined action in going to the aid of his stricken comrades in the face of the gravest danger exemplifies the highest re-enter- military tradition. ed Spencer F. Hatch, Mrs. Spencer Hatch, motion to Lt. (j.g.) west Pacific, where since October, 1944. son of Mr. and received a pro- in the Southhe has served Rage Three NEWSETTE GRIFF AND BILL WINN MEET IN EUROPE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF Meeting somewhere in France was the thrilling experience recently of SSgt. William (Bill) Winn and Sgt. Griffin D. Winn, sons of Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Winn. SPEECH TEACHERS One of our Centerville residents received national recognition when Elder Joseph F. Smith, Patriarch to the Church, was elected president of the National Association of Teachers of Speech at the twenty-nint- h annual meeting in Chicago at Christmastime. Patriarch Smith had been of the association during the past year and had arranged the convention program. In his new position he will attend a regional meeting of the association in Denver and will give a series of lectures at various universities throughout the country in May and June. Glen L. Darker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vern Harker, enjoyed a furlough last month from the naval base at Farragut where he has been for boot training. AS PATRIARCH SMITH vice-preside- Rex Sessions, another of our boys who is learning to fly combat planes, was on furlough last month. Rex is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Sessions. nt Rex went to Buckley Field, Colo.; Roswell, New Mexico; Emporia, Kansas, to the University of Kansas; Minter Field, Bakerfield, Cal.; and is now back at Roswell for preflight. He went into the Army Air Corps January 21, 1944. Gunners Mate (2c) Lowell S. Steed, son of Mrs. Mary Steed Porter, was home last month and told of his experiences in the Coast Guard. He has been on the east coast, up the St. Lawrence River and on the Great Lakes. He is now instructing the Naval Armed Guard in firing of .50 mm. guns. Jay Streeper flew from Iran, where he has been stationed, to India during the Christmas holidays. He met Doug Roberts there and was able to spend a couple of days with him. It was really an enjoyable reunion for both. Sgt. Budd Argyle, whom we reported missing in action not so long ago, is now reported a prisoner of war in Germany. Cadet Nurse Nadine left January Stenberg for New York where she will train for six months 28 at St. Alban Naval Hospital. Miss Stenberg has just completed thirty months training at the L.D.S. Hospital in Salt Lake City. Bill, with the Ninth Air Force in Belgium, heard Griffin was in France, so he looked him up on his first leave. Of their visit Bill says, I came here to see him and stayed all day; then we went to a movie in the evening. After that we sat around and talked for some time, then went to bed. This morning he showed me around a bit and I have met several of his friends. Yes, sergeants do have friends besides their families. All in all we had a nice visit and I hope it makes you on the home front feel better to know that we both can confirm the reports we have been making about our being in the best of health. Griffin, in France since August, is with General Pattons Third Army. He was recently promoted from corporal in the Quartermaster Corps. 38 RECEIVE PERFECT AND NEAR-PERFEC- T AWARDS Certificates for perfect attendance at Sunday School for the past year were presented on January 21 to the following: Ronald Beers, Franklin Pratt, Elwyn Tingey, Reed Pratt, Nancy Folsom, Grant Randall, Stanley Randall, Ruby Barber, Carol Tingey, Shirlene Smith, Ruth Smith, Edith Tingey, Ernest Bangerter, and Rozlee Randall. The following missed not more than twice to rate a score: Conway Tingey, Paul Ze- siger, Merlyn Tingey, Edith Randall, Sherman Tingey, Byron Tingey, Marilou Smith, Joseph Rollins, Margery McIntyre, Lowell Carr, Deon Randall, William Stenberg, Ida Smith, Janice Wilson, Shirlene Tingey, Juanita Watkins, Erma Darley, Luana Smith, LeRoy Randall, Marie Roberts, Leone Duncan, Claude Kirkland, and Leah Pettit. near-perfe- ct With the 80th Infantry Division in France: Major General Horace L. McBride, commanding general of the 80th infantry division, has announced that Pfc. James E. Torry, of Hq. Co. 2d Bn., 319 Inf., has been awarded the combat infantryman badge for exemplary conduct in action against the enemy. Pfc. Torry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Torry, Centerville. HONOR PLAQUES PRESENTED From page one us, particularly the younger generation, are not so well acquainted with those who served in World War I, so we are here publishing their names: George Howland G. Fred Duncan, George ElCroft, liott Earl gave their lives in this war; Brigham H. Roberts served as a chaplain and Myrtle Butler was in the Red Cross as a nurse; Don C. Rich, Edgar W. Wayman, David W. Smith, Leo T. Porter, Clarence W. Backman, Clyde White, Horace E. Worsley, Simeon Pickering, James C. Smith, William C. White, Milton Smith, Ronald Earl, Glen Spencer, Lorin F. Rich, George Elmer Evans, Spiros Melonos, Anson G. Perkins, Samuel A. Backman, Walter E. Backman, Leo V. Worsley, Frank Worsley, Charles R. Parrish, James White, Franklin R. Smith, Frank C. Rich and George Bickford. He was formerly head of the speech department of the University of Utah and well known throughout the nation as an authority on speech and dramatics. Schools where he has taught include the Universities of Wiscon- sin, Illinois, Iowa, at Berkeley, California, and Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, Canada. GLEANED FROM THE RECORD From page one a levy of 2 mills was made upon all the taxable property within the Town limits for the current year 1915. The claim of Aug. 19, 1915. Ezra T. Benson for $7.90 for handcuffs and Marshalls badge was al- lowed. Jan. 13, 1916. It was moved and carried that the salary of the Town Marshall be $50.00 per annum, payable semi-annuall- y. KENT STREEPER From page one KILLED pathy to his bereaved parents, his brother and sister. The tragedy came just three days after Paul Streeper, Kents father, returned home from the hospital with a badly broken right leg suffered Janubombs ary 17 while loading 500-lInterPacific at the dock of the mountain Express Co. Besides his parents, Kent is survived by a sister, Karen, of Centerville, and a brother, Jay, now serving with the Army Air Forces in Iran. b. |
