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Show Dale Smith Relates Prisoner of War Life Gleaned From The Record . . . From page one From page one he began his combat missions in E. O. Reading made a motion a British Spitfire. March, 1943, saw him transfer to the USAAF, flying a Thunderbolt. On a raid over France, Aug. 16, 1943, he knocked two German Focke Wulfes from the sky. For this achievement he received the Air Medal. October of that year he was flying over Bremen, Germany, when his plane was hit by German fire. It was shot up quite badly and he received burns on the forehead and wrist. He was forced to bail out, and landed in a German farmyard, with two sections of his chute gone. He was interned at Stalag Luft III, near Dresden. Here he spent most of his time reading and learning the German language. Last January when the Russians closed in on Dresden, the camp was evacuated. The prisoners, most of them flying officers, were marched for three days to Spremberg, a distance of about 40 miles, following which part of them were dispatched by train to Stalag Luft 7A, near Munich. Dale Moosburg was liberated by General Patchs Seventh Army April 27. Before Dale was shot down he comp leted approximately 53 missions. He holds the Air Medal, the D. F. C., three Oak Leaf Clusters and the Caterpillar Club emblem. that the Town Board be given the authority to purchase property for a park. C. II. Smith amended the motion so that it be to include the Campbell and Schofield property west of the amusement hall. This motion was seconded by II. II. Evans. Harold Smith offered a protest to the motion on the ground that the public property now owned by the town was neglected. He spoke of the cemetery in particular. Not being able to get water in the cemetery led to an explanation of the reason by Pres. Williams. Councilman E. E. Randall spoke to the point of the purpose of the meeting, and asked that the question before the house be voted on. The motion was then put to a vote which resulted in 37 voting in favor of the purchasing of the three lots west of the amusement hall and five were opposed to it . . . the board authorized Pres. Williams to pay $10 and $50 to the two property owners to bind the purchase of the property. September 5, 1923. The Clerk read a list of dog owners that had been notified of the dog tax, and those who had paid same. On motion of Jos. G. Walton, seconded by T. L. Timms, the Clerk was authorized to turn the unpaid list over to the Marshal with instructions to get the tax or the dog. October 26, 1923. On motion of T. L. Timms, seconded by Jos. the Board voted an appropriation for the Soldiers Memorial Monument at the Kays- G. Walton, And I remember when Ves Harrison was arrested a few years ago for selling firecrackers to us kids! Gosh! July, 1945 THE CENTERVILLE NEWSETTE Page Four . . . ville High School. Inasmuch as an assessment of a certain amount per capita had been made on all of the towns of the county for this memorial the Board deemed it appropriate for this amount to be subscribed. December 7, 1923. Pres. Wilwe should liams stated that do some work on the property of the Town recently purchased for a park. Owners of the adjoining property should be conferred with, and the fence line should be moved, and the trees and the old wall should be removed. He also stated that he thought a snow plow should be made, large enough to make a path in the streets in the winter so that automobiles could travel the streets while snow was on the ground. ... o Dale Randall Released After 35 Missions Over Nazi Europe From page three came from the other direction, on the way to support the bomb- ers heading for the target. Because we were directly in their flight route they headed straight for us. In all cases fighter pilots are given strict orders to turn their wings up when heading toward a bomber in order that the occupants of the bomber can identify him. Otherwise, those in the bomber are in the position to fire at the fighter and ask questions later. Well, the Mustangs came in and didnt turn their wings. Mustangs look a lot like the German Messerschmidt. Thinking they were Messer-schmidtour gunners opened up on them. It didnt take long to roll over, and we identified them. I dont think we hit any of them, but I imagine the boys in the Mustangs were pretty scared and surprised. On another raid they were returning from a long flight over Czechoslovakia. One engine was shot completely out and two more were damaged. They lost altitude all the way. Over Belgium, which was liberated at the time, they wondered whether or not to land there rather than attempt to make it to England. After much discussion they decided to stick it out. The visibility was bad over England but the landing was a normal one. During his roughest raid the flak was extremely heavy and he came within only a few inches of being hit with a piece of shrapnel. When they returned to the home base there were 65 holes in the plane and several other heavily damaged parts. Dale said that the boys who flew the planes in that combat area, or any area for that matter, had plenty of respect for the ground crews, who were always willing and able to have the planes serviceable at all times. s, SPORTS Fred Sheffield Ties For NCAA High Jump Win F. J. Sheffield, former basket- ball and track wizard at Davis, tied with Ken Wiesner of Marquette for the NCAA high jump championship at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Saturday, June 11. The two men jumped 6 feet, 6 inches. Stalemated at that height thev made three attempts at the 6 feet 8 inch mark, but neither were successful. Sheffield had jumped 6 feet 7 inches in a previous practice at the TJ stadium. Wiesner has been Sheffields main opposition ever since the Kaysville jackrabbit started college high jumping. In 1943 Sheffield won the title with a leap of 6 feet 8V2 inches to break the national record, and Wiesner was a close second. Last year, Wiesner won the event and Sheffield came in only third with 6 feet, 5 78 inches, the result of an ankle injury he suffered in the basketball tournament at Kansas City. LOCAL STARS PLAY FOR LEADERS The Pepper Metal softball team on which Bob and Vestil Harrison are regulars, were leading the Friday night recreation league with four wins and no losses and tied for third in the Wednesday league. o MARY ELLA EVANS CHOSEN AS COUNTY WAR BOND QUEEN From page one and third, their queen-lik- e qualities. The third part of the judging, queen-lik- e qualities, was judged by Mr. Walter Lillian, photographer for Auerbachs, and his assistant, Miss Rousso. Mary Ella, with the cooperation of the townspeople, placed first in the percentage of town quota, second in the number of votes and second in the queenlike qualities, which added up to the winning total. At the Bountiful theater on Saturday, June 23, the town queens were judged in the final contest for the county. Each town queen was presented with a corsage and a gold compact. A $50.00 war bond was presented to the first place winner, Mary Ella Evans, and a $25.00 war bond was presented to second place winner Janet Mae Smith, Bountiful. On July 3 and 4 Mary Ella will go to Salt Lake as a guest of Theatres and the Salt Lake Tribune and on July 4 the Utah War Bond Queen Inter-mounta- in will be chosen. Good luck, Mary Ella, keep on winning! |