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Show I Volume 66 Number 46 NSMS J J Wednesday, November 16, 1988 sets Parent-Teachconferences Price 35 Cents er imi ParentNteacher conferences will be held at North Sevier Middle School today, (Wednesday) and Thursday, November 16, 17, from 2 to 4 p.m. (or later if needed), according to Principal Boyd Gurney. School will be dismissed both days at 1:15 p.m. Report cards will be given out at the conferences, and parents will be able to discuss with their childs teacher any problems or questions they may have. All parents are urged and invited to attend. School Board invites all to Open House Sevier District School Board will host an Open House at the District Office, 195 East 5th North, Richfield, on Thursday, November 17, from 5 to 7 p.m Patrons are invited to go to the Open House and meet the members of the Sevier District School Board, Superintendent Brent Rock, and Staff. Wed like you to know us better, Supt. Rock stated. Senior Citizens Thanksgiving Dinner The November Pot Luck Dinner for the Senior Citizens of the Salina, Aurora and Redmond area will be held tomorrow (Thursday) evening at 6 p.m. at the Salina Senior Citizen Center. The Advisory Council will furnish the turkeys, stuffing, potatoes, gravy and rolls. Seniors attending are asked to bring a salad, vegetable or des- sert Book Fair at NSMS The Book Fair at North Sevier Middle School continues throughout the week from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at NSMS. With the theme Hug a Book - Read, the program presents more than 100 titles at the 6th, 7th, and 8th grade levels, available for purchase. Titles include some of the best loved and best known writers for young people. Bookmarks, memo boards, doorknob hangers and more are available. Parents and students are invited to visit the NSMS Library throughout the week. New hours for Salina Library New hours for the Salina Public Library will be as follows, according tio Yvonne Jackson, city librarian: Monday through Thurs-da2 to 6 p.m.; Fridays from 2 to ;7 p.m.; and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 1 a.m. Everyone is invited and liencouraged to come to the the many brary and make use of books that area available. yj sets Nov. 23 meeting Lions Club The Salina Lions Club will hold their next meeting on Wednesday, November 23, at 7 All p.m. at DeKator Manor. members of the board of direc tors should be in attendance at 6:30 p.m. for a planning meeting for the December activities and especially for the annual Ladies Night. Memories of Salina are bittersweet for former German POWs For two former German prisoners of war, memories of their confinement in a Utah Prisoner of War camp located in Salina, havent dimmed much in 43 years. It was like lightning from heaven, recalled Karl Altkruger as he reflected back 43 years to the night of July 8, 1945. There was simply no reason for the shooting. Altkruger has reason to remember that night in Salina as he still walks with a cane, a daily reminder of the wounds he received during a 15 second burst of machine gun fire that sprayed 250 rounds into the tents of sleeping German prisoners shortly after midnight Nine Goman prisoners died Salina this week with their wives as part of a living history tour sponsored by the Utah Historical Society. They also participated Sunday in the rededication of a memorial monument at the Fort Douglas cemetery where the nine dead prisoners are buried. Memories remain bittersweet for the two visiting POWs. Altkruger said his memories of Utah are not good because of the suffering caused by his wounds. Barkhoff recalls,Even during that night of horror, when I looked up and saw Bertuccis (the American Guard who fired the machine gun) white face, I knew he was sick and I felt sorry for him and what he was doing. History is unclear on why Pvt. Clarence V. Bertucci climbed to the guard tower and opened fire that night with an automatic ma to Utah and specifically and 19 others were wounded during the shooting which occurred nearly two months after the end of World War II in Europe. While the war with Japan still raged in the Pacific, the war with Germany was over. There were 250 POWs in Salina. Alumni Football Game set Nov. 19 Attention all North Sevier High School Alumni! There will be an Alumni Football Game on Saturday, November 19, beginning at 2 p.m. The game will be played on the new NHSH Football Complex. Equipment will be issued on November 18, from 3 to 4:30 p.m., and on NOvember 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be an entry fee of $10, which will be donated to the NSHS Football program. The money raised last year went toward the new football field complex. JUST 23 DAYS SHORT The teams will be made from even and odd years. The Red team will include those from 1972 1988 (even years) The White team will include those from 197 1 to 1 987 - (odd years). All those eligible to play on the White team are asked to contact Troy Hallows at Those eligible for the Red team can contact Lee Huntsman, -- -- 529-707- 529-714- 6. 3. Everyone is invited to attend the game and see some great former football stars in action again. OF 101 ST chine gun weapon that was just recently delivered to the camp. He was subdued by army personnel when he came down from the tower to retrieve more ammunition. He was later determined to be mentally insane and was put in an insane asj urn in New York. He died in 1968 but it is unknown where his death look place. For most people living in the Salina area the rodeo grounds r ow are pictured as a place of excellent rodeos. Others may visit the oid POW camp by traveling to the Salina dump or on their way to one of the local cemeteries that is located just East of the old prison camp. Continued on page 2 OF WAR VISIT SALINA: of at Salina at the end of war held prisoners II Wond War visited the area again to see the place where 9 cf their comrades were killed by a mentally unsound guard who emptied 200 rounds of machine gun fire into GERMAN Two former During their trip they also attended a of the burial site of the nine men at Fort Douglas. During their tour they visited North Sevier High the r tents. School, where they were presented school sweaters. Shown, from left are Paul Braithwaite, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Barkhoff, of Rosdorf Goettengen; Mr. and Mrs.Karl Altkruger, Hannover, Germany, and Principal Tim Smith. NOVEMBER 19, LEGION HALL, DINNER, PRIZES FOR ALL Salina Chapter of Ducks Unlimited The Salina Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will hold its annual fundraiser on November 19, at Salinas Saturday, American Legion Hall, beginning at 6:30 p.m. A Prime rib dinner with all the trimmings will be served. A charge of $40 per couple will include the meal, a chance on the shotgun doorprize, and a gift Many beautiful prizes are set to be auctioned and raffled off that evening, including framed pictures of waterfowl and related subjects; decoys; tankards; guns; hunting gear and equipment; ceramic Banquet-R- affle-Auction Banquet-Auctio- n and decorative table pieces; and much more. Monies raised at the banquet go to preserve and promote wetlands for waterfowl. In this area, Ducks Unlimited funds were used to purchase a block of marshland west of Manti that is now set aside as a wetland preserve for waterfowl and other wildlife. As population increases and extends outward from the cities, the marshes and lands once used as flyways and habitat by the water-fois drained and used for urban said Gary Learning development, 1 here are fewer and fewer favorable habitat sites available to ducks, geese, and other waterfowl, he said. The purpose of DU is to make available favorand preserve able marshlands so that the water-focan continue to increase and use the areas, said Robin Mick-else- n and Kim Robinson, of Salina Chapter DU. For more information and for the Banquet, call to Robinson Gary Learning, 529-737Travelers or Transport, Insurance, of the local DU chapter. er 1; 529-747- 529-743- 2; 2. BIRTHDAY 'Aunt' Clarissa Sorensen Aurora, dies at 1 00 Aunt Clarissa, as she was known to everyone, grew up in a log cabin home, along with her eight brothers and sisters. The home was Team sets Invitational Drill The North Sevier Hig l School Uniques will host their annual Drill T earn Invitational on Saturday, November 19, begin ning at 1 p.m. Drill teams from eight high schools will be in competition, and half time entertainment will be offered by the Utah Valley Community College Dance Team. Tickets are $2 for adults: $ 1 .50 students; and children 7 anc under are free. Altkruger and Herbert Bark-hof- f, another former POW, returned Store located where Salinas now stands. Her parents had immigrated to Utah from Denmark, and the family moved to Aurora in 1909. The following year, Clarissa married her sweetheart, Edwin Sorensen in the Manti LDS Temple. The young couple made their first It home in a one room log cabin. wasnt big or spacious, but we made it a pleasant place, she had said. Clarissa had seen many changes during her 100 years. One of her favorite pastimes as a young girl was skating at the town rink. Heavens! No girl in her right mind would be seen then wearing slacks or trousers of any kind, Clarissa had said. We girl skated in our skirts - and enjoyed every minute of it. There was no overcrowding in the classroom in Clarissas Clarissa Sorensen Continued on page 8 SET FOR SATURDAY: The annual Ducks Unlimited Banquet, Auction, fundraiser will be held this Saturday, at the Salina Legion Hall. Many beautiful and much more will be paintings, pictures, guns, decoys, hunting gear and equipment, all with the trimmings will be A rib dinner prime auctioned and sold during the evening. to left right: Robyn Mickelsen, Kim featured. Officers of the Salina Ducks Unlimited, Robinson, and Gary Learning, invite everyone to come and join them for this evening of fun. BANQUET-AUCTIO- N |