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Show (3 . NEWS FROM OUR BOVS AND COUSIN THE U. S. SERVICE An Independent Newspaper Devoted To The interests Ot The People Ot Rich Coumy end Lower Bear River Valley Volume 18 Number 21 $1.50 Per Year Randolph, Utah. Friday June 29, 1945 local pilot takes part in y PHOTOGRAPHIC FLYING RECONNAISSANCE WOODRUFF American Heroes NEWS Cbai'grove, Oxfordshire, England scale vast and The importance of reconnaissance em. photographic Miss Virginia Cox went to Evansployed by the Eighth Air Force in ton Wednesday where she is to be the air war against Germany is at ed employed in the hitherto unpublished Thursday records of the Seventh Photographithe day at c Reconnaissance Group. Captain Mrs. Zorea McKinnon i? a pilot for one of the photographic reconnaissance squadrons which comprise the group Since March 28-,- ' 1943, when Col James Hall of Ft. Worth, Texas, then commanding the 'group, flew over Parik on the -- first American photo mission over German occupied Europe, the groups pilots, flying Spithave made fires and Lightnings, reconnaiss1,000,000 approximately ance photographs covering nearly y three million square miles of in Denmark, Holland, territory Belgium, France, Czechoslovakia, Germany Austria, Italy and Russia. The job required more than . 360 miles of film nine inches in width. Photographing the enemys vital war factories p provide information on which heavy bomber operations were based, and again after attack to provide a record of the results, the Seventh Photo Group was the mighty Eighth Air Forces principal source of Intelligence. In addition, the group covered enemy movement by land and sea, and provided photo maps which were invaluable to the ground forces in the invasion of Nor Max E. en-gm- and subsequent land mandy ions. operat- r SOLDIER ARRIVES NORTHERN LUZON LOCAL With the 22nd Infantry Division Northern Luzon, P. I. Private Mr. and son of Hyrum L; Thomson, ' Mrs. H. A.1 Thomson; of Randolph, Utah, has arrived on Northern Luzon and has been assigned to 32nd (Red Arrow) Division Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, veterans of 38 months overseas. The 32nd Divisions theatre of ac- tion has been that whole long road back from Australia through New Guinea to the Philippines. It was at Buna, Saidor and Aitape in New Guinea, Leyte and Luzon in the Philippines. Pvt Thomson entered the army in December, 1942, and came over seas in May of 1943. He attended the Utah State Agricultural College in . , at Rrovo, Utah.- - WOODRUFF SOLDIER WINS RIGHT TO WEAR "BOOTS AND WINGS" j Pvt. Don H. Comia, son of Mr. and Mrs. Osro Cornia of Woodruff, Utah, has won the right to wear the Booths and Wings of the United States Anmy Paratroops. He has completed four weeks of jump train ing during which time he made five jumps, including a tactical jump at n'ight involving a combat problem in ' landing. ' , . t Jumping at the parachute school has steadily developed- to a recognized war science, American paratroopers have been recognized thru-othe world for their meritorious actions against the enemy. In addition to producing jumpers, parachute specialist training is given to qualified men in communications, - - . ut demolition, riggers and parachute maintenance, vital skills for air-hrne troops. LOST Saturday, June 2, in Randolph, brown. bi.lfold, containing about $45 ?in cash. Reward for to Marshall. ; - re-tu- rn - leari. , Ktaenrber Batasa Invht . ' A Dime Out of Every Dollar io U.S.Wor Bonds by WOODY COWAN the laundry. Randolph visiting with Jessops and Dorothy Bryson and son. Thursday evening cottage meeting was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Huffaker. Mr, and Mrs. Francis Frazier and Frank Frazier motored to Salt Lake this week. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Frazier and 'boys are visiting for a few days with relatives and friends at' Salt Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Delos Eastman and Mrs. Maude Eastman of Provo, are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Frazier over the week-enMr. and Mrs. Leslie Cox and family of Evanston, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Cox. Mrs. Maude Cox and Bob motored to Coalville Sunday to visit with Mrs. Doris Nebeker, who is at the hospital with a baby boy. Mother and babe are doing nicely. The Woodruff ward attended sac. rament meeting at Randolph Sunday The choir furnished the evening. music, also the speakers for the eve. ning. Choir practice for the two wards after sacrament meeting . The Second ward chapel at Evanston was dedicated Sunday after noon by President George A. Snutn, of the LDS church. Many from our ward attended and said it was a very beautiful service. Wedding bells were ringing again this time for Mae Eastman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd Eastman, and Frank Kiddy. of Evanston,, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kiddy. They were married last week at Evanston We all join in wishing them much happiness. Frank is in the marine corps, and has been overseas. He is now home on furlough. He has been wounded twice. Lucille Cornea went to Salt Lake Sunday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs Willard Tingey and family. Mrs; Marie Bateman of Evanston visited with her parents,' Mr. and Mrs. Joe Putman, Monday. On Monday Eileen Brown accompanied Mrs. Nora Gray to San Diego to see Billy Gray who has been' ill with rheumatic fever since entering the service. He should show great improvement after having these folks visit him. We hope they nave i an enjoyable trip. Mrs. Mariner Tuesday evening Brown was called to the phone for a long distance call. It was George calling his father, letting them know he was back in the U. S. A. ' Leland ' Longhurst of Evanston, motored to Provo Saturday and Nil-d- a Longhurst accompanied him and visited with her sister, Dora Perry and her family . LAKETOWN NEWS (President and Mrs. Geo. H. Robtheir golden wedcelebrated inson ding anniversary Wednesday, June 20th, at a quiet family gathering at their home in Salt Lake. All the children and their families were present as follows, with the exception of little Wilford in a hospital in California, and Ellas, a baby, .too small to attend: Vernon, Wilford, Amos, Mabel Martin, Grace Jasper-soElla Harrington, and Miss Lucille Robinson. Or townspeople contogratulate them more happy years, , n, gether. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Robinson were called to Salt Lake on June of Mrs. Rob17th, due to the death Robinson and Mrs. mother.' insons chidren are remaining in the icity . for a short time.. I end Dr. J. S. Alley was a week. home,Alley Charles guest at the Mrs. Raul Mrs. Louis Pugmire and from motored Kearl and children Wednesday St. Charles to Laketown to attend in order for the children here on that the baby clinic held Mrs. Pugmire spent the June day visiting her cfld-ti- Alley. The Bishopric friend Amos Pearl Robinson, AIRPLANE CRASH TAKES UFE OF It Mrs. Kate Bryson spent 26 airplane The Fairchild P-owned by Morrel Booth of Montpelier, Idaho, crashed on the Wesley Kearl ranch, killing Morrel and his friend, Wesley W. Kezar of Boise, Idaho, instantly. Morrel had called the ranch about 6 p. m. saying he would be over to spend the night. At 8:55, just after the sun had gone down, the plane was seen approaching the ranch. We went out into the yard, Wesley Kearl said. Morrel buzzed us as he came over the house and was making a turn to gain altitude and go south to the landing strip, about a mile south of the house. Sudden ly the motor coughed and the plana plummeted almost straight to thQ ground about 200 yards Southwest of the house. Morrel hit the telephone line as he came down, break, ing the connection' and .a trip to town by Twila Kearl notified Leo McKinnon, deputy sheriff and a few others of the accident. The bodies were removed from the wreckage by Frank Williams and his son, morticians of Montpelier, during the night. Saturday, Howard C. Harris and Joe Bergin, CAA of. ficrils, arrived from Salt Lake and made an L'jvcotigaticn cf the crash. Sunday Mr Ralph Reed, safety air patrol commissioner arrived from Santa Monica, Calif., and completed the investigation. They' reported this to be the fourth crash with this type of plane in the area in the last ' 60 days. received his private pilots Morrel license May 3, 1944 and had been fly ing a Collair, a lighter type airplane for the last year. He had been to the Kearl ranch with it several times and had just purchased the new plane May 14th. He had been to Randolph with it about three weeks before the accident happened Morrel operated the Sinclair Service station for three years in Randolph and made a host of friends in this vicinity. Later he moved to Paris, building a home and service station there. A year ago he moved to Montpelier and accepted the position of wholesale distributor for the Standard Oil Co. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved family. T, , d. Captain McKjnnon is the husband of Mrs, iVesia Anderson McKinnon of Randolph, Utah. He entered the army April 23, 1942, and has been awarded the air medal and two oak leaf clusters to the air medaL Hi In Advance TOURING the amphibious invasion of Southern France, Lieut. Ray 7 Hamilton Allen, U.S.N.R., led his unit close to an enemy held beach and delivered withering rocket fire against hostile defenses. By his cool courage and inspiring leadership under fire, he contributed materially to the effective neutralization of enemy defenses. For this heroic service he received the Bronze Star. Amphibious warfare requires scores of ships and it takes War Bonds to provide them. V. S. Treasury DPrtm,Ht K. A. L. BIRTHDAY CLUB MEETS YANKS CAPTURED 4 IN PHILIPPINES The K. A. L. Birthday dub met uie joy tfver the liberation, all our prisoners in Europe com- at the home of Hannah Telford Mon the sad reailization that only one day, May 28th. A special guest was out of every 12 American prisoners Mrs. Verl Pope of San Francisco. An old fashioned dinner of roast beef, ci war taken on Bataan and have been liberated. potatoes and brown gravy, hot bisMore than 18,000 Americans were cuits, ginger bread with whipped the Jiapane$Land only cream, .etc.;, was $erv$.4.byjxeta Ar-gyand Luella Hellstrom. We all 1447 have been liberated thus far. Most, of the survivors are now in had a fine time and are wishing for prison camps in Japan, China and Hannah many more happy birthdays vviKu of es Cor-regid-or le y g officers Formosa. All are believed to ibe either in Japan PREVENT FIRES or China, while enlisted men and the officers of junior rank, if able The time of the year is here durto work, are in labor battalions. ing which the demon fire is conThose who were sick or too weak to stantly on the alert for any opporwork were left in the Philippines. tunity man might give him to esi cape and ravage our forest, range, RANDOLPH MARINE KILLED and watershed lands. During past summers he has, on various occaMr. and Mrs. Aohel Jacdbson have sions, escaped, and he has worked received the sad news that their son rapidly to accomplish his aims of Kib Jlacobson has been killed in ac- destruction before man would imtion. The sad part of it was, they prison him . However, during the were expecting him home any- day. past three summers his opportuniKib had been wounded and had ties to escape have been fewer, and been in the hospital. They had been his time of freedom has been shorttold in a letter from another son. er. , As a result, the damage to our Fay Jacobson, that he would soon natural resources by fire has been be out of the hospital and on his way less each year. home. .The whole community was A major reason for this is the saddened by the news. fact that Utahs Council of Defense has sponsored the Utah Forest and A Norman Weston and J. Cheney WilRange Fire Fighters Service, into lis and wives made a trip to the Lowhich all land protection and fire gan temple last Tuesday evening. control agencies in the state have Mrs. Willis E. Kearl is home from contributed their time, talent, and her sojourn to a Logan hospital means to work together on the job feeling very much improved in healof fire protection. th. Fire is no respector of land ownHome missionaries and speakers at Sacrament meeting on Sunday ership neither has the F & R F F S were Fred J. Price, of the Stake discriminated between lands owned Presidency and F. Marion Beck. by different departments and differGrant Lamborn was appointed and ent individuals. We in Utah say sustained as Ward Clerk. THANKS to our State Defense Coun Visiting in Laketown this week' cil for lining up our defenses against are Pres, and Mrs. Geo. H. Robinson forest, range and watershed fires; Inof Salt Lake, Wilford Robinson, we long feel the good effects may dustrial chemist of Long Beach, Marof the Leon Mrs. cooperation secured under Calif., and family, of R F F S by the Defense & F Classified the Chicago, tin, Position Council.' 111., Miss Lucille Robinson, Govt. high-rankin- - a - - Economists ot Washington, D. C. Mr: and Mrs. John Satterthwaite of Salt Lake are guests this week at the home of Mrs. Joseph Earley. pfc. Carl Panhorst and family have returned from a trip to Mis- -' where , souri, Illinois and Michigan, folks. Carls visited they Mrs. Leon Kearl and small son , are in Salt Lake to greet Leon who is retumisg from the war. To make brief calls on the Alleys Sunday evening came Mesdames , jo WAR BONDS FUNERAL SERVICES HELD TUESDAY FOR MORRELL BOOTH ' A ( Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 oclock for Morrell Booith in the Garden City ward chapel. The service was conducted by Bishop Milford Loveland as fol- lows: Organ and piano prelude by Layette Satterthwaite; opening song, I Need Thee Every Hour, Bloomington quartet; invocation by Amos Hulme; solo, Resignation, by Mrs. LaMont Scofield, accompanied by Leone Loveland; speaker, Bishop P. A. Spencer of Garden City; speaker, Bishop Sherman Nielsen of Montpelier; solo, Lay My Head Beneath a Rose, by Merinda Wyler, accompanied by Opal Shepherd; speaker. Bishop Willard Peart of Randolph; speaker, President Burdette PugFOR SALE McCormick Deering mire of St. Charles; closing remarks mowing machine; good condition, by Bishop Milford Loveland of Gar$40.00. See or write K. J. Sims, Gar den City; song, Though Deepening den City, Utah. Trials, Bloomington quartet; benediction by Bishop Orsen Grimmett Mildred Leora and of Paris. . Grave was dedicated by Alley, Evelyn Seamons and daughters Thelma Joy Reul Call of Afton, Wyo. . and Nola Ann, also small Margaret The F. M. Williams Mortuary had Alley from Hyde Park, Utah. charge of arrangements. Quite a number of our townspeople participated in the'" Stake temple excursion to Logan last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Weston and family, Mrs. Lydia Weston and Miss Leah Weston motored to Logan on Wednesday to reurn to their home in that city. Mrs.- Blanche McNeil and four small children from a -- nice visit wih the folks here. - N PAT DAT; y 4 WAR DOWD DAY STOFSHXDmSAVi OtUUtS |