Show y J j 1 Around The M MANTI ANT T I 1 All News Welcome j I I II I I I I I I 1 December 31 1944 after more than three years of World War II Manti l Sterling and Mayfield will I have an estimated over in the armed forces Manti l alone is I Ito to have over Jesse I Wright Thurston and Dick Maylott Maylott May May- t 1 lott have given their lives Clifton has spent years In a Japanese prison camp and Keith I Madsen Is missing I Tell Teh Sg Lynn NIelson writes from somewhere in the Commonwealth Common- Common i wealth of the Ph I I I Strange place this Is most moet Interesting interI Inter inter- estin esting g as a study of ot natural life lice I was truly amazed to see today today toI to- to I day day a flight of three ducks take I wing and drift over the hill I I couldn't make out what kind the they were were as I was too surprised at atthe atthe atthe I the the time My guess is they were teal or small Mal Mallard ard I And fireflies shine like lil stars at night and even en blink as they make their way from cover er to cover I Its It's funny I had never ne seen any of ot these before And then to lay m me down some more an old black blackcrow blackcrow crow wings It In and alights In a aj tree nearby They all made me feel teel at home somehow In a place so far tar away from where Id I'd expect expect ex ox- to see such things I think we shocked the natives more than they us 1 Some Some quite quite a few seem few seem to be beI 1 Intelligent I was somewhat I I I surprised About this Intelligence Intelli intelli- genco gence and shocking Robert Roben Keller writes that a n few minutes i iI I after the boys landed lauded natives were on on hand to trade money at what later turned out to be a 2 to 1 profit proUt They got him for but a native lady traded the Major for quite a roll 0 Seaman Alan Smith sure did the tho town last week if Ir only for 4 i h 14 days Alan has just completed completed completed com com- his boot at Farragut was I there for 2 months While at Farragut Farragut Far Far- Jackson was the tho only he saw However last Friday returning there for further assignment he ho met Dale Dalo 1 Peterson on his way ay homo home at Butto Butte Montana C C. C G. G Braithwaite didn't need a aSanta aSanta aSanta Santa Claus Glaus for tor Christmas cause causo a wonderful gift came all by himself him- him I self one self one Wilbur Wilbur their their youngest i on son son on Christmas eve In the Rio I Grande bus Wilbur has been I In n the arm army since the of August Aug- Aug I j I He Just completed basic at at camp Fannin Texas He will r report report re re- port back Immediately after the tho first of the year lIe He is in the infantry In Infantry Infantry In- In fantry and we recall was as captain of the High School basket ball team last year I I Max Anderson w was s also arso a a Xmas package He is in the Infantry Infantry In- In fantry fan try and has been with Wilbur at Camp Fannin He returns returns returns' I there with Wilbur Max is the son of Mr 1 and Mrs Wilford Anderson Ander Ander- son and Is a good deer hunter I when given the chance I Iv v v I MIGHT l CAUSE ANOTHER WAR VAR Proposal that thaL the women write the New Year Resolutions for tor the men and the men do tho I same for tor the women V I v Wayne Peterson and wife Geneil plus daughter Carol are visiting in Manti this week Wayne had a 17 day furlough and reports back to Camp Shelby Miss He I enlisted In the service last March He Is In the Engineers After Wayne Vayne returns wife wHo and daughter I will go back to their home In Rich field Apprentice Seaman Dale Peterson Peterson Peter Peter- son son a star guard of last years year's high school basket ball team enlisted enlisted enlisted en en- listed In January of this year lie He Heis lieis lieis is training to be he a deck officer at Dickinson North Dakota Dal Ho will leave ManU Manti the of December De De- cember to continue V 12 training FIRST REPORT REPORT FROM CHINA came came from Crom Roy C. C Merriam He Is there In the Medical Department Department Depart Dopart- ment attached to the Air All Corps I Ho lie writes At the pr present time 1 I 1 am serving as an ambulance dri- dri I Continued On Last Page j Manti Around The World v Continued from page O one Ode c ver vcr and first aid man at nt one ono of oC the theair theair air bases I like my work pretty well but would rather be back In good old Manti again There Is s no one here I new before beCore although I I have o met several L L. L D. D S. S boys bos here from Crom Kanab and Ogden I I 1 receive the Messenger re- re regularly and it sure does help me keep up tip with events that happen at home thanks to Mr Peterson I Of or course In China as In the I larger langer er cities of or the U. U S. S A. A the I Chinese do Roys Roy's laundry Whether 1 er r they spit on the clothes to dampen dampen dampen dam- dam I J pen as In Chicago he doesn't say but he likes them very much and they have haye been kind and helpful in Iii returning our fliers who have had to hall hail out to their base Like j Americans the they love their families I are arc always ready to have fun run and and tell Jokes but do not have dances picture shows and basket ball Roy says the food Is good and the housing likewise but he misses Sanpete carrots And It I has been two years since he he has lIas seen snow although he is stationed at the same elevation as Manti ManU and amI the seasons are similar v v- v Preston Crawford of the Person- Person el department of the Navy with wife and small daughter are arc visiting vIsiting visitIng visit- visit Ing with his parents Mr and Mrs 1 E E. E M. M Crawford Maurine 1 and Enid came from Salt Lake to make the Christmas complete v a r I v Richard Bessey came camo home homo on leave Christmas eve eye Vivian HenrIe who will soon graduate as a nurse and Perry Christensen who Is studying to bo boa a chaplain at Berkley were on the the- Center Ward program Sunday v Well the way I feel about It when and If It I havo have havethe the ever e privilege to lay foot on that good old U. U S. S A A. A soil again I want to forget forget for for- or- or J get t that Id I'd ever been over herand here here- e and enjoy good old civilization After Atter reporting to Grandfather an and mother Mr 11 and Mrs 1 John Stutz- Stutz a fine ine description of or New Guinea that was the conclusion of ot Cecil From his letter There Is plen plenty ty of ot rain especially from November to March Rainfall varies a great deal regionally from 40 Inches in inan inn inan an n average year When it rains It really does rain even tho tho downpour doesn't usually last for fur long You can hear the rain coming coming com ing from a long way off heavy and dull Just as If It someone had turned on a whole lot of shower baths and when it hits its it's like Ilke a wall wan of or water As a result rivers rise 10 20 or 30 ft tt In u a short time Most parts of the Islands are arr covered with dense forest hot forest hot steamy Jungle with eerie cerle green I twilight In drier places however now now- ever ver there are sometimes stretches of at open grassland or savannah This tropical grass usually coarse crows gros from 4 to 6 feet hl h. h Crocodiles of ot two kinds are arcs fairly common One Is a small fresh tresh water type that lives well up the rivers It Is considered harmless by the natives The oth other er is a big brute that likes the brackish water of or river mouths Itis It ItIs ItIs Is m much uch f feared ared by the tho local In Inhabitants inhabitants habitants and Is a serious menace In some places to would-be would swimmers swim swImmers mers mere and travelers Cecil says the following poem typifies the soldier life UCe on New Guinea Sure youve you've seen them In tho movies Those tropic Islands fair But all they show Is laughter Where you haven't got a care But have bave you ever seen them Where theres there's misery and pain Where the deadly tropic fever Simply burns your brain Where Yellow Jaundice and tropIc trop trop- Ic fc ulcers Eat Eit a man till he goes mad Where the tary gets you yoU Till you wish that you were dead Where each palm tree holds dangel daner dan dan- gel eger er Where theres there's sickness blood and gore No youve never seen the tho tropics Till youve you've seen seen them In a warT war v T v SPECIAL Baby boy to Lt and Mrs Irs Ted Tuttle Ted Is in Ila- Ila II a.- a. waHa alla and got along all right Wife Is in Provo Grandparents Mr Tr and Mrs A. A M M. M Tuttle are too excited to give complete report yet 1 |