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Show DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL, NOVEMBER 14,1984 Great War Recalled oPiTimq By DONETA GATHERUM On April 2. 1917 President Woodrow Wilson appeared before a special session of the U.S., Congress to ask for a formal declaration of war. NINETY-TWyear old Glen W. Allen of Layton was a young man of 25 when the U.S. entered World War I. He was living with his fami- Carl Brent House SURVIVING are his parents ofl Layton: two brothers and two sisters. Scott House, Mrs. Robert (Victoria) Milton, both of Layton: Danny House. Germany: Mrs. Henry (Dawn) Jensen, San Diego, Calif. Also surviving are his grandparents, Mrs. Rachael House, Layton: Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Jacoby. Portland. Ore.: one greatgrandmother. Mrs. Stella Strong. Layton. FUNERAL services were held Monday. Nov. 5. in the Lindquist Layton Mortuary Chapel with CARL HOUSE Carl Brent Lee (C.B.) House. 22 of 352 W. 1225 N.. Layton died Wednesday. Oct. 31. 1984 in Phoenix. Ariz. of an accidental industrial electrocution. Bishop Alan Harris officiating. Farmily prayer was by Gwen Hauser: prelude and postlude music. Roselyn Christensen: invocation, Blaine Williams: musical selection, guitar and vocal. Harriet St. Laurent; speaker. Gwen Hauser: guitar solo. Dan (Sonny) Johnson; speaker. Kenya Aschoff, Pat Wiltberger and Pat Smith: benediction, Robert W. Harnois. DEDICATION of the grave was by Bishop Alan Harris with inter-me- ly in MARY JENSEN JONES Mary J. Jones Succumbs In Clearfield House. He was a foreman for Funtastic, Inc. working in Phoenix at the time of his death. in the Kaysville City Cemetery. Pallbearers were Scott Chambers, Danny Johnson. Rick Moulton. Jr. Rocha, Robert Milton, Michael House, Jack Jacoby and Donald Aschoff. Garnett W. Reeves on July 20, 1917. 1 learned quickly to say, Yes, Sir! to everyone," Mr. Allen remembers. field nursing home. SHE WAS born Jan. 28. 1894 in Clarkslon, Utah, a daughter of Alma L. and Mary Jardine Jensen. She married George L. Jones June 22, 191 1, in the Logan LDS Temple. He died Oct. 15, 1918. SITTING in his comfortable Layton home with his tiny dog, K.C. on his lap, Mr. Allen told this reporter in total detail his World War I experiences. He appeared to be reliving the days of 1917 as he g. FUNERAL services were Saturday at the Dayton, Ida. LDS Ward Chapel. Interment in the Dayton, grandchildren. Also surviving are one brother and four sisters, Hugh J. Sellers, ,V ! ' - ' Mrs. Arvilla Clayton Swensen, 95. of 202 E. 950 N.. Layton, died Tuesday. Nov. 6. 1984 at a Clear-Hel- d nursing home. SHE WAS born Sept. 1. 1889 in Preston. Ida. .adaughter of Joseph and Grethe Tollefsen Clayton. On July 12. 1909 she married Alvin C. Swensen in Logan. The marriage was later solemnized in the Logan LDS Temple. He died Feb. 9. 1977. 1 SHE HAD lived in Preston, Ida. for 50 years; Nyssa. Ore. for 35 Kays . News Dick Tibbits. Kaysville Insurance Center, recently attended an Agents Commercial Lines Seminar sponsored by AID Insurance, held at the companys Training Center in Des Moines, Iowa. selected AID agents were in attendance at the seminar. Thirty-tw- o men that rode on the cassoon. "It was a rough ride on the wagons. There were no springs." Mr. Allen says of this experience. voy train. Horses were transported in cattle cars. There were fiat cars for the large guns. The men rode in lelapidated Pullman cars. ALL THE training with horses TELEGRAPH messages were sent ahead that a train lull of soldiers was coming. In those days there was a railroad depot in every town. When the train stopped, towns people were always at the depot cheering the soldiers and didn't do us any good. When we got to North Carolina, we got rid of the horses. The fighting we did in France was with 155 millimeter 6 inch guns made by the French. They were all motorized. The French made good guns." Equipment was scarce when the U.S. first entered the war. Mr. Allen said the army issued the enlisted men trousers in Denver. The men wore their own shirts, sweaters, shoes and hats. AFTER BASIC training. Mr. Allen's outfit moved by train and through most of the Southern states. The convoy train had to stop every 8 to 10 hours to water, feed and exercise the horses that were part of the battalion. Strange might be a descriptive word suitable for the military con Ken Wensel, 69, Dies mid-We- offering coffee, cookies and donuts. Mr. Allen will always remember the train stopping in Lockwood. Missouri. A young girl named Sammy gave him some coffee and donuts. She wrote down his name and address. When the train pulled away from Lockwood. Sammy promised Glen she would write. st SAMMY DID. After the war. Glen Allen returned to Lockwood. Mo. and married the girl he had met when a troop train moved through a small mid-Wetown. st Complete Mission The Davis Retired School Employees Assn, will hold their next meeting on Monday, Nov. 19 at 12:30 p.m. in the Hayward room of Elder David James Johnson reat 5:30 p.m. in the Kaysville 12th the Golden Years Center. turned home Oct. 4 from serving LDS Ward Sacrament meeting at his mission to the New Zealand, j the Crestwood Chapel at 1039 E. f,r THIS MEETING will be held in Auckland LDS Mission. Crestwood Road. ELDER Johnson will give his conjunction with AARP. We invite Elder Johnson is a son of Mr. and Kenneth C. Wensel. 69, of 151 and urge the attendance of all for- mission report on Sunday, Nov. 18 Mrs. Bernard Johnson, np Lynnwood Drive, Clearfield, died mer teachers and other school emWednesday, Nov. 7, 1984 at ployees as well as all other Senior Humana Hospital Davis North in citizens who would like to attend. The program will include an inLayton of a heart condition. troduction to a series entitled Safe Rides for Long Lives by HE WAS born Dec. 13, 1914 in John a son Zenger and Eva Sherwood and of Frank Mo., Spickard, will present a travelogue on CenEva Warren Wensel. 2010 South Main, Bountiful, Utah 84010 tral America, an area which is curHe married Rheta Aliene' WilGRANITE MARKERS OF ALL KINDS liamson on April 23, 1945, in Evanrently very much in the news. We all of l)a is County Sersinp hope you will join us for these inston, Wyo. the Interinountain W est anil teresting programs. ANYONE wishing to eat lunch at HE HAD worked at Hill Air 295-27- 5 1 the Golden Years Center should Force Base as an expediter, retirFor all your Cemetery Needs make their reservations the preing in 1973 after 30years of service. He was reared and educated in ceding Friday. We hope to see you Missouri and lived in California there. and Minnesota. He had lived in Clearfield the past 39 years. At Humana , i GARNETT REEVES Provo; Mrs. Bernice Thompson, Payson; Mrs. Beth Diamond, Springville; Mrs. Jeanine DuVar-dSan Gabriel, Calif.; Mrs. Sadie Amber Hull, Garden Grove, Calif. FUNERAL services were held Friday at Lindquists Clearfield Mortuary, with Bishop John Ross officiating. Interment was in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park in Salt Lake City. o, years and New Plymouth. Ida. for five years. She was a member of the LDS Church, serving in all the organizations. She was the Relief Society president for several years. SURVIVING are two sons and four daughters. Max C. Swensen, Provo: Lynn A. Swensen, Layton: Donna Obray, Fruitland, Ida.: Reba Cornish Ross. Parma. Ida.: and Mary Bateman, Boise, Ida. : 27 grandchildren: 8 65 greatgrandchildren and Also surviving is one sister, Lila Fellows, Salt Lake City. ARVILLA C. SWENSEN GLEN W. ALLEN Assn. To Meet Arvilla C. Swensen V horse and received commands from the officer in charge. The orders were passed on to the four Idaho Cemetery. ' SURVIVING are one son and three daughters, James W. Walker, Sunnyvale, Calif.; Mrs. Raymond C. (Genevive) Wolters, Hesperia, Calif.: Mrs. Quinten B. (Thelma E.) Ivie, Layton: Mrs. Jessie D. (Garnette Lina) Sellers, Clearfield; 21 grandchildren and many great- THE 140578 Wagoner Demobilization Group was a horse battalion. Basic training was conducted at Overland Park, a race track near Denver, because the facilities at Fort Logan were filled. Three inch guns were mounted on a wagon pulled by four horses. Mr. Allen trained as a teamster because he had had experience working horses. He sat on the left front Boise, Ida.; Mrs. Kathrine Smithfield and Mrs. Leah Tiede, Nampa, Ida. ter died. SHE WAS reared in Heber and had lived in Provo, Garfield, LaPuente, Calif., Hesperia, Calif, and Clearfield. She was a member of the LDS Church and active in genealogy. talked. We received $30 a day once a month for serving in the Army. A PFC got $33 and a corporal received $36. They gave us a day off every month to spend our money," Mr. Allen stated. SHE LIVED most of her life in Dayton and had lived in Clearfield since July of 1983. She was a member of the Dayton LDS Ward. SURVIVING are one daughter. Mrs. Herman (Alta) Nelson. Clearfield; five grandchildren: 16 greatgrandchildren and one three sisters, Mrs. Rita Sant, SHE WAS born Aug. 14. 1904, in Heber. a daughter of Archie and Eliza Murdock Sellers. She married James W. Walker on July 2, 1921 in Farmington. The marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He died in February of 1935. She married Dean Reeves in Provo. He la- t. Wagoner Demobilization Group Mary Jensen Jones. 90. died Tuesday. Nov. 6. 1984 at a Clear- Also surviving are two brothers, Alma J. Jensen, Custer, Wise. ; and Lavor E. Jensen, Dayton, Ida.; Mrs. Garnett Sellers Walker Reeves, 80, of Sunnyvale, Calif., died Wednesday. Nov. 7. 1984 at the home of a daughter in Clear-Hel- d of causes incident to age. Mid-Wes- HE TOLD his mother he was going to Denver. Colo, to look for work." The job he sought was with the U.S. Army. He didn't want to worry his mother. Mr. Allen enlisted in the 140578 nt HE WAS born Feb. 6. 1962 in Portland. Ore., a son of Harold Franklin and Sondra Lee Jacoby1 the The Allen family had participated in patriotic causes as long as Glen could remember. Several of the men had served in the U.S. Army. The entire family supported President Wilson and his belief in democracy. BOUNTIFUL MEMORIAL ART CO. Call HE WAS a member of the First Southern Baptist Church of Clear- field. He was an avid sportsman and 176 Wilton Christmas specialty trapper. workshop. SURVIVING are his widow of Clearfield: three daughters, Mrs. Jerry (Kathleen) Sullivan, Patricia A. Patterson and Mrs. Kent (Peggy) Layton, all of Clearfield; nine grandchildren and four great- We make decorating grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers and four sisters. Gene Wensel. Harold Wensel, Effie (Sis) Ritko. Mrs. frank (Carol) Wilson, Grace Local funeral arrangements Brown, all of Spickard, Mo. : Kathwere made through the Lindquist leen Ritko, Southern California. Layton Mortuary. GRAVESIDE services were held FUNERAL services were held Saturday at Clearfield City CemetFriday. Nov. 9 in Payette. Ida. In- ery with Pastor Barrett M. Lampp terment was in the Rosedale officiating. Funeral directors, Memorial Gardens in Payette. Lindquists Clearfield Mortuary. 6-6 easy. Join our classes and see. (rnmumme1, DR. JERRY J. BULLOUGH CHIROPRACTOR THE GETTING SUPPORT YOU NEED You nuv not realize it. but the mattress and pillow ton sleep in. eonr shone ot eoiish and e luirs. esen the wav vou dnse a car ean directly aliect sour bask Improper support is one of the maor causes ot pain and discomfort m vour nak and spinal column. If this has throw n your spine out of alignment, ton mav be suHcrmp troni persistent aches and pains in vour hack and other parts of tour bods. 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