Show X THE o ESTABLISHED Entered at the Post YEAR— AUGUST Office at 192S Garland No 30 WITH DOWN THE SIDE THE EDITOR “How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world” — Merchant of Venice During recent months when news clippings both brief and lengthy were being sent to the Times telling the appealing story of “Little Vittles” and its originator Garland’s own Lt Gail Seymour Halvorsen the above lines from Shakespeare have A kindly impulse blosoften come to our mind somed into an idea for a kindly deed a deed that in this instance had such a dramatic quality that it was soon being told on two continents It started when Lt Halvorsen was on a picture taking visit in Berlin over which he had flown so many times as an airlift pilot A group of hungry looking kids given some candy or gum seemed so overjoyed that he promised he would drop them 'some more on his next flight All his candy allowance and all his handkerchiefs were soon spent parachuting sweets to the youngsters who gathered each day to watch for the plane that tipped its wings to them before heading for the landing field but the light of the That was the beginning good deed was due to be thrown farther than most because so many others were to join in it First immediate companions added their candy and hander-chief- s Then till the story hit the newspapers there began a stream of contributions of cloth and candy from scores of individuals and manufactur- ers back heme several sacks of mail every day to the young aviator He not only had candy to drop but he had some to distribute on personal visits to children in Berlin hospitals Roys and girls of the Plymouth school sent him a package of handkerchiefs and got a note of thanks Garland groups and individuals from ‘the flier sent him more than a thousand pieces of cloth cut for parachutes and many pounds of candy bars In return a small German girl sent and packages a “thank you” note to “Mr Garland Utah” a grateful German worker tho temporarily unemployed sent a small package of toys to be distributed in the Lieutenant’s home town and one of the women who assisted to attach the candy to the parachutes sent a letter of appreciation A new assignment has brought Lt Halvorsen’s career as the “Lollipop Bomber” to an end and has permitted him to come home for a short visit to the town he brought to the attention of so many people The welcome he will receive will be somewhat in keeping with the prominence he has attained as a We are proud that he result of his acts of kindness thot of that sort of a thing grateful that so many others came forward to help it out and pleased that he kept right on claiming this for his home town when he might so easily have claimed a larger one his family having moved to California since he entered the service This community and all the valley welcome him back tomorrow and hope his visit may be a most have shown that we are pleasant one Aiter aware of his fame interested in his experiences and happy to see him home for a little while we will let him just be “Seymour” as always and he and Dean Capener can go up to the farm sit on the corral fence and plan their fishing trip for next summer Nearly a week of milder weather with a little thawing every afternoon now provides a definite promise of an end to the incessent battle against the snow that has occupied the energies of the state and county road crews and of the rest of us as well for several months Keeping the roads openin the county has been a tremendous job — expensive and arduous The men who have been responsible for it have done a big job which the public has appreciated much more than any have expressed we are sure While there are still many roads that are not cleared of That is something to snow most traffic is moving rejoice in this year OF MEETING NOTICE OF MEMBERS OF NORTHERN UTAH GRAIN GROWERS COOPERATIVE The annual meeting of the organization will be held Saturday March 12 at 230 pm in the Armory building Two directors will be elected and the manager's report for the past year given Other matters of importance will be taken up E J Holmgren President Farm Jack EVERT PRINTED Utah as GARLAND Yoder Win READING - Second UTAIf Class FRIDAY Vet’ Yoder of a number winning Holmgren Pleased At Prospects of Good Beet Price Believes Brannan Will Guard Interests Of Beets Wheat Verbal for sugar ntained at Matter August FEBRUARY FOR FRIDAY 1928 25 Under TIM DISTRIBUTION the Act of March 8 1879 PRICE 1949 $200 YEAR A City Prepares Gay Welcome Tomorrow For Lt Halvorsen Drawing Garland was of Utah war a drawing for veterans homestead entries in the Tule Lake area of northern California this week Jack hopes to be able to get out there and see what it is he has won in the very near future He was raised an a farm and is anxious to get back at it “I believe this is a prayer answered” he said in commenting on his good fortune Thursday THURSDAY Garland’s able publicist Lt Gail Seymour Halvorsen of Berlin Airlift "Little Vittles” fame is slated to get a royal welcome The time of the stake Primary from his home town Saturday Union meeting to be held this when he is to arrive here for a has been advanced visit with friends Saturday from 2 p m to 1 p m it is anArrangements to have the famnounced hy Mrs Henry Brown ed Lieutenant give Garland This change was made president youngsters a sample of how he weldue to the Lt Halvorsen dropped candy from the skies to come home activities Berlin’s hungry children were made by Mayor J J White this week when he contacted Hill Ramptons Observe Field officials relative to perGolden Wedding mitting Lt Halvorsen the use of a plane for the event WeathThe golden wedding anniverer permitting the candy will sary of Mr and Mrs Thomas M take place in town at drop about 2 Rampton Garland residents since £m Mrs Carl Rogers heads a 1909 was observed with a family committee from the two women’s dinner at the home of Mr and clubs which is preparing candy Mrs LaRain Marble at Tremon-to- UNION MEETING TIME CHANGED FOR SATURDAY assurance that prices Sunday in 1950 will be maiAll members of the family a level that will justify partners and children were farmers in planting beets this their for the occasion with the present Holmreceived was E J by year exception of a grandson Vem gren president of the Utah Beet Marble who is now on an LDS Growers’ association and other mission members of a delegation who met Mr and Mrs were with the Secretary of Agriculture married Feb 22 Rampton in the Salt Lake at Washington DC last week She was a native of Mr Holmgren returned Mo- temple while Mr was Rampton Perry nday from a trip that tpok him to reared in Bountiful Shortly afthe national capital in the inter- ter their marriage Mr Rampton of ests various organizations left to fill a 28 months mission which he represents in New Zealand this Following Many delays due to bad weather lived in Salt Lake until movmade the trip much more event- they ing to Garland ful than usual Mr Holmgren rehave five children Mrs The large building of the M They ports It Bemtson and Mrs Ben Department of Agriculture and Dowering cf Salt Lake City Mrs its many offices and activities LaRain Marble of Trcmonton and were most impressive he says and Jay of “The building covers 40 acres Doyle and 11 Rampton grandchildren of space and is filled with offices full of bu'y people and chatterBrigham Civic Leader ing typewiters making out forms Buried Wednesday in triplicate and shows the exw ere Funeral services held tent of bureaucratic control our government must exercise these Wednesday at Brigham for James 80 prominent BrigEveryone seemed to be Halvorsen days busy doing two or three things ham banker and civic leader who at the same time and even the died at an Ogden hospital Monillness Secretary had to attend to a day after a number of other matters while he was meeting with us Tho Secre- Attend Car Showing Bowcutt Arbon and Merrill tary assured us he was friendly to the sugar beet industry that Wassom were in Salt Lake City a Plymouth the Sugar act was set up to keep M°nday attending the price of beets in line with anc DeSoto dealers meeting and a of the 1949 De competitive crops and that he would administer the act to acits purpose to the full Bear River high’s annual 'play extent possible Our Utali farmer will rppreciale this will be presented at the school “I asked him also what the next Wednesday and government expected to do with the wheat and barley that now filled our warehouses and was -f told that the condition was well known and that $15 million had been set up to loan to farmers for four years at three per cent to build storage and that it was the intention to send much of the stored grain as fast as possible to Europe to help under of the Marshall the provisions plan and to relieve storage conditions here We were advised to explain the situation to the farmers and to encourage them to do everything possible to help themselves under the existing Lions Hear Iwo Marine Ted Tuttle marine veteran of the Iwo Jima invasion and its historic on Mt i was the speaker at the Lions meeting of the Garland club Wednesday evening The speaker was introduced by J B Law who had charge of the program Music was provided by Mrs Emron Wright and Mrs Venna Caddie who sang three duets Mr Tuttle who is now teaching in the seminary at Brigham City gave a description of the training which preceeded the invasion of the formidable Japanese stronghold and of the work of his unit in the taking of the island and the planting of the flag on its mountain summit In the latter activity his assignment had been to return from his front to the ship and line position bring up the flag which was given to a special detail to plant on the height in the place of a smaller one the unit had put there earlier Pictures of the event will be a part of familiar military history in the nation for many years to come reports of the recent meeting of Lions of the stat? at Salt Lake City were given by P A Linford and others who had attended and parachutes for the afternoon affair Following the candy drop Lt Halvorsen will return the plan to its base before appearing here for the evening program" in the tabernacle promptly at 7:30 This is to be followed by a free dance in the Armory honoring the flier Halvorsen is reported to have now arrived in Salt Lake City at the home of a brother where his parents Mr and Mrs B K Halvorsen of Stockton Calif had arranged to meet him They will be with him here this Garland City has sent invitations to state county and city officials from other localities to join in the festivities here tomorrow Secretary of State Ileber to is Bennion Jr expected represent Governor Lee at the program in the tabernacle An invitation to everyone open in the county to participate is also made by the city officials and club leaders of Garland Arrangements for the tabernacle program are going forward under the direction of Alma W King Some program chairman excellent talks and fine music will be presented Brigadier General William M Morgan of Hill Field representing the Army Air Corps which operates the Berlin Airlift will be one of the speakers the mayor announces The highlight of this program will be a talk by LL Halvorsen himself On Sunday evening the two Garland wards will hold their sacrament - services - together - in the tabernacle in order that they may hear from their former member on an appropriate Sunday theme Lavender Opens Repair Here Shoe Jack Lavender is this week installing equipment in the building by the formerly occupied Snack Bar and will open a modern shoe repair business here Monday morning Jack has been employed three at Ilepp’s Shoe Shop at Tremonton and has worked at the business all hjs life his famiat ly having operated shops Kaysville and Layton for many years years conditions" As a parting statement in his Mr Times interview Holmgren put in a word for the Farm Bureau stating that it was the Farm Bureau that had been responsible for working out the farm program and that without it prices for grain would only have been half what they were last year farmer who Every doesn’t belong should go and send in his $1000 membership fee at once he declared - IN THE DISTRICT COURT - A jury sitting at Brigham City the first of this week in a damage case arising out of an automobile accident and brought by Fred D Miles against Boyd K Iverson and Zenitt O Buxton brought in a verdict of "no cause of action” Richard Lamont Peck formerly of Tremonton but now of Ogden LEGION MEMBERS was found guilty of willful deserTO HOLD MEETING tion of his minor- child who reA special meeting of the lo- sides in the valley with its mothcal American Legion post will er and was sentenced to serve be held Wedesday March 2 at not more than 18 months in the 8 pm at the Armory announces The clerk State penitentiary All was directed to withhold the exJack Yoder commander members and prospective mem ecution of the order pending an bors are urged to attend interview with the defendant by Adult a representative of the as to the students at the high Probation Department Speech cfenschool will compete in con’ests r'ssibility of letting th in debating and extemporaneous dant remain at large providing! speaking at Weber College next rome guarantee be made that he will support his child week Some serious conferences between Coach strategy with Weber high school game the Wards Invite To Gold And Green “Somewhere over the Rainbow” will be the theme of the Gold and Green ball to be held jointly by the two Garland wards next Tuesday evening it is announced Miss Elaine Rampton daughter of Mr and Mrs Doyle Rampton wiU be crowned queen for the First ward while Miss Colleen Munns will reign for the Secandj ward Good music is promised for this party' There will a! o he a fine floor show that Will interest everyone in thr two wards it is announced in Mr A Salt Mrs F Millan Peck Lake Thursday were Hughes and his team at Ogden tonight will precede Bears Weber Will Decide Region Honors Tonight the North Cache ly outclassed squod in their contest here last week winning the game At the same time Weber high won another game to keep both teams on an even keel each with ere game lost and to make the jst game of the district series for the Region One a pi This game will championship be plajed in the Ogden high school gym tonight The winner tonight is anyone’s gurs The Weber team has shown plenty of strength altho they had a close call in their Bear game last week at Hyrum River boasts what many believe is the strongest team in school history In 1937 the Bears went to the state tourney as third place winners here and came away with the consolation championship under Coach Joe Whitesides Tfi next year the Bear again won third place in the region and got :econd in the state tournament in 19 10 Coach Hughes Again charges region state won and thinl finished place fifth in in the the "vJ |