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Show Gail Twitched Honored At Memorial Service ' i - i Approximately 300 relatives and friends of Wallace Gail Twitchell, 20, assembled at the Whiterocks L.D.S. chapel last Sunday to pay tribute to the first Korean casualty of that community in a memorial service ser-vice that was conducted by Wm. Elbert Smith of the ward bishopric. bish-opric. Speakers at the memorial services ser-vices were Father Joseph Hog-ben, Hog-ben, Bishop LeRoy Morrill, Gilbert Gil-bert Ellingford and Mr. Smith. Each paid a glowing tribute to the fine life Gail had lead and for the sacrifice he had made that the American way of life might continue and Godless nations must succumb to right. Participating in the musical part of the program were: the Whiterocks ward choir: duet, Mignon Harvey and Lela Moos-man; Moos-man; duet, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Taylor; quartet, George Bigte-low, Bigte-low, Ad rian Kump, Loris Wooley, Rex Taylor, with Donna Don-na Hartle as accompanist. The parents of Gail received word of his death on Saturday. Monday a letter came that he Mad written the day before he was killed saying "things are looking better here now. It won't be long 'till I'll be home, if they don't start fighting again. He was killed Sept. 19, just 8 days after he left Stone-man, Stone-man, California, for overseas duty. 4 He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Lat-ter Day Saints and held the office of-fice of a deacon. He was born Jan. 15. 1930, at Vernal, a son of William Wallace Wal-lace and Elsie Nelson Twitchell. He received his grammar school training at Tridell elementary school and was graduated from Alterra high school in May, 1948. He enlisted in the army in May, 1950, at Fort Douglas, received re-ceived his basic training at Fort Ord, California, and was sent overseas Sept. 11. |