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Show THE CENTERVILLE Page Two THE CENTERVILLE NEWSETTE Issued Monthly at Centerville, Utah .... .... Editor Associate Editor Lois Clayton Clinton S. Barber . Sports & Service News Vestil S. Harrison Alta Blood Cleveland Cook Eva Cardall Leonard Mitchell Clubs and General . Roving Reporter Ward News Staff Photographer . . . LIFE IN SAMOA As Told by John Q. Adams . NEWSETTE REPORTS We wont report at great length this month. Suffice it to say we THE are still doing quite well, thanks to you! We are holding our own financially since we enlarged The Newsette, which leads us to believe you rather favor the larger and more profusely illustrated editions. Some are having their first 12 copies, or Volume 1, bound into an attractive book. We are hopeful of being able to complete Volume 2 in the present large size so that those who desire to do so may also have their copies of the second years Newsette bound into book form. Contributors since last time are: Bob Trump, Herbert Haacke, Merrill Rushforth, A. B. Torry, Gordon Halvorsen, Clyde Smith, Louis William Tingey, and John Hep-wort- h, Coles. SOCIETY & CLUB NEWS The Clique Club met on March 8 at the home of Mrs. Frances The short story Red was reviewed by Mrs. Louise Grant. Mrs. Wanda Clayton entertained the club at her home March 22. Mrs. Ida Page reviewed Flint by Charles G. Norris. On March 8 Mrs. Delcie Stenberg was hostess to the L.D.E. Club. The evening was spent in sewing. On March 29 the club met at the home of Mrs. Florence Wilson. Mrs. Betty Tingey of Bountiful was hostess to the Literature, Music and Art Club on March 12. Mrs. Ethel Walton reviewed Earth and High Heaven. On March 26 the club met at the home of Mrs. Ruth Paris Smith. The book review Underground was given by Mrs. Ella Halvorsen of Salt Lake. For-neliu- s. HOLDS BAZAAR On Friday, March 23, the Relief pre- paring dinner for the ward (for a price), and it was indeed very delicious. The profits went toward a good cause, however, so no one minded paying. The money will buy curtains and drapes for their newly redecorated room. In the Relief Society room various articles of clothing and miscellaneous other articles were sold, and there was a fish pond for the youngsters. After the serving, everyone gathered in the main hall for a program, and Gene Ford closed with prayer. ... Cut courtesy The Deseret News I am marooned up here in lovely I couldnt poslittle Sauniatu. ... a word picture of sibly paint you this picturesque little Eden, were I to attempt it. It is fifteen miles up the coast from the quaint little seaport, Apia, then five miles inland over a rocky, weedy, muddy trail. It is in an ancient extinct volcano crater, which is a mile across, and surrounded by a precipitous rim with the exception of a break to the north, where the molten lava flowed in the hoary past. Through this break we make our way in and out, and through it a clear little river wends its noisy way to the sea. This river twists and winds all over the floor of the crater, and do I enjoy a daily plunge in its limpid depths! We have one especially quiet, smooth, deep hole, called the Loto Moana, meaning deep sea faaSamoa, where the water is blue in depth. In this river are many large, luscious shrimps, and I have acquired a liking for them upon this mission. It is a sight to watch the native women searching for these shrimps, a basket fastened to their waists to deposit the succulent morsels in. brought me a basket filled with big Samoan lemons four inches through, and mummy apples (the tree cantaloupe), and a bunch of bananas. I already have two bunches hanging in my bedroom, where I can eat them day or night. They get what we call pula veavea, or so ripe they are spotted, before we care to eat them. I always have pineapple about far more than I can eat. A beautiful bouquet of brilliant hibiscus flowers is brought in daily. Time flies ly two years. Ive been here near- SPORTS South Bountiful Scouts Cop S. L. Consolation Trophy The South Bountiful senior scouts defeated Draper First, for the consolation championship in the Salt Lake Council tourney. They also won the Earl J. Glade Sportsmanship trophy. 21-1- 7, Hot Shots Take Second Place In Hoop League Centerville Hot Shots hopes of a stake basketball championship were blasted Wednesday, March 6, when they were defeated by the South Bountiful Senior Scouts, 36-2- 7. The contest, championship playoff, began with the appearance of a close battle. Clyde Nelson scored on the tipoff, and Short Randall obliged by dropping a looper from his favorite corner immediately after. From there on out, however, the South Bountiful charges took complete control of the game, runscore of 20-ning up a half-tim- e Centerville put on her usual last quarter rally and had South scared for a few minutes, but the score wasnt close enough. The game was full of fouls, 'but South showed a good passing attack. Verl Haacke and Renee Moss led the scoring with ten points, while Shirley Randall and Phil Sessions rang up six. The play-of- f score: 9. Centerville (27) So. Bountiful (36) We detected not a ripple of excitement in the recent election, and from this distance, where people live happily, normally, abundantly, much of what you folks there call important takes on its true proportions, and is relegated into the discard. What counts in life is a beautiful environment, kindly friends, and continual and abundant food and other desirables, and joy and the islanders have all this and really live. Centerville 9. Substitutions: South Bountiful R. Moss, Hill, g ; H. Moss, f. Centerville Wilson, g; Adams, f (3) ; N. Hatch, c. Officials Smith and Olson. g (10) ; As a result the Hot Shots ended the season in second place, winning 12 out of 16 games. Points scored in all games: Sessions (127), S. Randall (64), H. Turn to page four They are still kicking (the RELIEF SOCIETY Society took over the job of for a grown animal now, which is about $14.00. The natives go into the big pasture, and with an army rifle, shoot down the beef sold. Its skin is soon off, as it lies on the ground, and it is dressed without hanging. Everything is used except what in the U. S. would be considered a valuable part of it the skin and that is thrown into the river, as it cannot be used here. Branding and marking time three times a year is interesting, with a dozen bronze cowboys, shouting, gesticulating, heating irons, roping, and getting so much fun out of it that it is a shame to pay them their 85c a day. We also keep a herd of hogs enclosed in a rock wall and big lot. To these we feed coconuts, of which there are thousands of trees. A hog is the ultimate in Samoan gustatory tactics bringing more than a beef. Just at this instant I had to leave the typewriter to step out on the porch. Iese, a member from the mile - away village of Solaua, SEND NEWS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANY OF ABOVE OR TO THE EDITOR, BOX 143, CENTERVILLE April, 1945 NEWSETTE to Leslie Carr, APOLOGY who is not a boy, as we printed last month , but a very cute little girl. shrimps!) "when they reach us. I even tried a helping of eel lately. It is fine in texture, tender, white, sweet and juicy as good as chicken. There is a deep waterfall nearby, and in such depths these slick, flashy eels hide. Some are afraid of them, for they possess wicked large mouths and razor-shar- p teeth, and those in the ocean rip a man to pieces in short order. The women and girls take their clothes into the river to wash. They sit astride a smooth boulder, up to the waist in water, and soap the clothes and pound them upon the natural washboard and sing and shout and gossip. It is a laundry in a class by itself. The clothes are clean. We have about five hundred head of cattle in this plantation. They do well on straight pasturage the year around, like the Parker Ranch herd in the Big Island up north. We get four English pounds Here are the Centerville Hot Shots, winners of 12 out of 16 games 1944-4- 5 hoop season. Pictured left to right, front row: Vic Adams, f; Shirley Short Randall, f; David Wilson, g; Calvin Tingey, f. Back row: Russell Earl, g; Clarence Hatch, g; Coach Elliot Randall; Noel Hatch, c; Phil Sessions, c. Inset: Harlo Randall, g, and captain until he entered the Coast Guard. in the |
