Show HILL FIELDERS REMEMBER FELLOW WORKER m 1 A 0 o alx lx I 1 t N W ilk 14 J i ogden air materiel area hill field utah A check for 1230 is shown here being handed to mrs herbert lavine by lewis joseph president of the hill field civilian welfare council after the money had been contributed by hill field personnel to give the widow and her three children a helping hand aft la fleur who was lavines la vines supervisor at hill field before his death is shown with jon lavine nine years old while joan karen 7 stands in front of her mother and gene 11 watches from the left in the picture official OAMA photo OGDEN AIR MATERIAL AREA HILL FIELD one of the most heart warming stories to come out of the chaos and tragedy which has befallen many out of state families who came to utah to work at hill field was revealed recently through the hill field welfare association council with the presentation of a 1230 check to mrs airs herbert lavine la vine of layton the check was the result of an appeal for funds broadcast by the council to assist mrs lavine and her three children after the husband and father herbert lavine died mr lavine had been employed at hill field for four years as a machinist the case was unusual according to council members because a gallant and costly fight was waged against the effects of a malignant growth in an effort to save lavines life ile he spent over four months in a hospital before passing away on january 6 and during most of this time he required special treatment two major operations erat ions were performed on him while he be was at the hospital mrs lavine and her three small children gene 11 years old jon 9 and joan karen 7 cashed their war bonds sold the family car and liquidated almost everything they had to try and meet the enormous doctor and hospital bills mrs la vine spent much of her time with her husband assisting with his care as much as possible and then returned home to take care of her housework lavine was only 47 years old when he died his wife was so near complete exhaustion when he died that she was placed under a doctors care the little family was in a precarious financial condition and still some of the bills remained unpaid the welfare council made no organized drive for funds to relieve the distress of the little family it only brought the dire straits of the widow and her children to the attention of all hill field personnel by means of a letter inserted in in the weekly house organ supervisors visors were asked to accept voluntary donations and pass them along to max peterson secretary of the welfare council the response was tremendous and entirely spontaneous one group of airplane mechanics most of them veterans were reminded by one of their group that the drive would end that day within a half hour each of the workers had handed the supervisor a dollar for the fund similar stories could be told of almost every unit on the field the unofficial drive lasted only a week but hill field personnel responded so generously that lewis joseph president of the council the feelings of all when he be said hill field like the of which it is a part really believes in taking care of its own this is a veritable godsend to us said mrs lavine when presented the check her voice husky with emotion lewis joseph and art la fleur flaur the former supervisor of the husband handed banded the check to mrs levine in her home in in layton she told the two men that her thanks came from way down deep mrs lavine said the money would be used to pay the remaining doctor and hospital bills get some necessary dental work done for her children and permit her to get rested up so she could accept a job to support her family in addition she said the check would enable her to lay aside a nest egg for future emergencies |