Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-18 | Page 5 | Ogden Soldier Has English Bride Miss Hawkins is Mrs. Smalley Met at War-Time Valentine Party

Ogden Soldier Has English Bride WN-N VVV tSSS fSS) SS Miss Hawkins IsJWfrs. Jjfaalley Met at War-time Valentine Party . . . V - If (By Harry Hmrlcjr "SVith the return of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smallcy from England, the romance ro-mance of an Ogrden soldier becamo known. Arthur Smallcy. son of Mr. and Mr John Smallry of this city, local Jewolcra,' originally enlisted with Troop "K." Utah cavalry, which wis later re-orpanlzed as Battery B. When the "time for the troops to lcavo came, Smallcy was discharged, being too short In staturo to pn.ss the examinations. ex-aminations. Although ho was short In staturo. he was "long" on nerve, and so determined was he that ho would be in tho big fight that he enlisted with the Canadian army. After crossing the Atlantic and arriving ar-riving In England with his Canadian cpmrades Smallcy was transferred to tho ordnance corps of the Canadian army", his expert knowledge of machinery ma-chinery having been discovered by his superior officers. During tho war, although al-though he was there- for 24 months, and' made repeated attempts to get to France. ;hc was kppt In England ljc finally arranged to enter the RoyalCanadlan air forces and secured secur-ed his pilot's license. While in the air service ho crossed the English channel chan-nel several times but was not assigned to, regular duty In France as a flyer, "ft .was while he was in the flying corps that he met his English sweetheart, sweet-heart, who -at that time was Miss Hawkins, daughter of William Henry Hawkins, a member of the city council coun-cil of Greenwich. Tho couple met at a party At Ashford, England, on Valentino's Val-entino's eve, 1018. Under such auspicious auspic-ious circumstances the romance started start-ed and. continued until the couple I wercmarricd In London, February 10. ? J Proof that the course of true lovo fe. M is not exactly a straight path was BBjf shown In Arthur Smalley's experience. IE I's "outfit" was demobilized and he H -ir was sent to his homo In America bo- foro'tlio wedding could bd held. He arrived In Ogden in January and after a brief visit with his parents and oth-, oth-, er relatives, returned to England for H his bride, H The couple had arrived In New H York with intentions of making an H extensive visit there but their plans H were interrupted when telegrams tell - H ing of tho death of Albert Smallcy, H who recently died, reached them. H Tho newlyweds had barely time to H reach Ogden in time to attend the H funeral services. I " Mrs. Arthur Smallcy, when qucs-'i I t!onedas to her Impressions of thai m United States, said in a breath:' i jl "There are so many automobiles and I jl the houses have grass plots and yards, 'j I I suffered in Wyoming from the alti-' I tudc and thought that my cars would 'I burst," ( I She also said that the electric signs ' t im, A'D MRS. ARTHUR SMATiLEYj j i 1 I displayed by American cities .were wonderful. Mrs. Smalley said that $2,000,000 ' worth of gold bullion was on board ' the ship on which they ' returned to1 America. England Is still on food allowances: and eacli person Is now allowed j ounces of sugar and 2 ounces of but- i ter each week. j