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Show : Memorial Services For Abe Griffiths Memorial services for Abe Grif-i Grif-i fiths, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. i Morgan .Griffiths and second Mil-ford Mil-ford young man to be killed in . action in the present War, were held Mowi.x, evening at the L. D. S. chapel with a large crowd in attendance. Young Griffiths, a sp. man second class aboard the light cruiser Savannah, is thought to H.ve lost his life from a direct bomb hit on one of the Savannah's gun turrets during the allied landings land-ings at Salerno, Italy. First reported re-ported missing in action, latest word told of his death and burial, with traditional naval rites, at sea off the island of Malta. Corporal William 0. (Thel) Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Wil-liam Baker, also of South Mil-ford, Mil-ford, was the first Milford service man to lose his life in the present war, hdving been killed at the height of the fighting for the capture of Attu island, in the Aleutians. x Monday's services, conducted by Bishop Carlyle F. Gronning, were most impressive and a fitting testimonial to the high regard in which the young man and' the family are held. The principal speaker was former Bishop Wil-liam'A. Wil-liam'A. Miller of Beaver, formerly of Milford, and he related incidents inci-dents of his acquaintance with the family of the departed sailor boy and expressed the hope that they would be consoled by remembering what a high type young msm it was who had given his life for his oountry. He also read a . letter written by Abe's commanding officer. of-ficer. Bishop Gronning offered the concluding remarks and thanked thank-ed all those who had taken part, also the ladies of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliaries, who attended to ushering and! the care of the flowers; Musical numbers included a vocal selection by a ladies trio, composed of Mrs. J. E. Muncey, Mrs. J. M. Hughes and Mrs, George Moore; a violin solo by Mrs. Macel Horton, and a vocal solo by Elmer Johns, high school instructor, with "Taps" being sounded by Donna Johnson, at the conclusion of Mr. John's beautifully beauti-fully rendered solo, "Sleep On, Sailor .Boy." Mrs. E. L. Smith furnished prelude and' postlude music at the piano and also acv comlpaniment for the other numbers. num-bers. The invocation wtos offered by Melbourne Heslington of Beaver, formerly of Milford, while the dedication was offered by G. Carl Goodwin, bishop's counselor. Alfred Heslington and Mrs. Wil-ford Wil-ford T. Johnson of Salt Lake City, uncle and ?.unt of the honored honor-ed boy, were among the out-of-county attendants at the services. |