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American Fork Citizen from American Fork, Utah • 2

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9 AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, AMERICAN FORK, UTAH i 1 i I I -With Our Boys- I 1 THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN Published Every Friday at American Fork, Utah, by the ALPINE PUBLISHINO CO. Entered as Class Matter, at the Postofflce at American Fork, Utah, under the act ef March 1879 Subscription Rate $100 Per Year ALWAYS Williams Field, Phoenix, Saturday and Sunday. He spent the night at the home of his sister, Mrs. Scott Crookston, Salt Lake City, and called his family to Watch as he flew over Alpine at 12:15 Sunday on the return trip. He was accompanied by Lieut.

John R. Nau. o) o) After mors 'them 40 year of leadership In prodoctno quality motor oil, Utah Oil Refining Company rwSw brings you Its greatest achievement. Household and Auto Repairing Washing Machines, Vacuum Cleaners, Lawn Mowers and Furniture. AUTOMOBILE OVERHAULING, SCHREIBER'S REPAIR' AIR TRANSPOafr COMMAND BASE, INDIA lit Lt.

Cecil R. Hansen, pilot, has been awarded an Oak Leaf Cluster to bis Air Medal, It was announced by Brig. Gen. William H. Tunner, commanding general of the India-China Division, Air Transport Command.

The award was made upon completion of 450 hours of operational flight in transport aircraft over the dangerous and difficult India-China air routes, where enemy interception and attack was probable and expected. The air trail over the Hump, famed route through the towering peaks of the Himalaya Mountains, blazed by-therAir-Trans-r port Command, Is recognized by airmen as the world's toughest. Today the Hump route is the mam Ulestreanijjljltal military supplies for the Allied forces fighting the Japanese in China. The citation accompanying the award adds: flying at night as well as by day, at high altitudes over im Lieut. Leon L.

Scott left May 8 for Lincoln, after spending a 12 days furlough with his wife, Jean. Parker Scott and two children Sandra and Bobble. Lieut. received his commission and pilot's wings at Mar-fa, Texas, March 12, 1944,. and has been Instructing there Since that time.

He has now been assigned to a C-46 cargo plane. 263 South First East TeL 231-J American Fork During his stay he was exten sively entertained and visited in Salt Lake City, Holladay and Murray with relatives and friends. Mrs. Scott and children are living with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Leslie Parker. passable, mountainous terrain Glen C. Barratt, husband of through areas characterized by extremely treacherous weather Dolores Hansen Barratt and son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A.

Bar conditions necessitating lone MOTOR OIL TRIPLE TREATED ratt, advanced to the rank of First Lieutenant. April 1. He is with the army in Germany and his last letter home said he had met his brother First Lieut. Preston Barratt. Still another brother, Capt.

Harry Barratt, Is also in the German area. periods of operation on nents reauirin courageous and superior performance of his duties to overcome, he accomplished his mission with distinction. The award was made for the period of service August 20, 1944 to January 28, 1945. i LL Hansen is the son of Mr. ids ia- 100 PARAFFIN inno.

padafpim JACK SAYS Think of It! A survey just completed shows that 68.6 of the cars in this district need paint protection now. Is yours one of these? If so bring it in immediately and let us take care of it (And we have the paint.) Here are some of the things we will do for you: Body and Fender Work Painting Brake Re-lining Generator Work Ignition Service-Radiator Repairing Motor Reconditioning. -tarterrWwk- Frame Aligning Ex- -pert Welding of All Metals. JACK'S BODY FENDER SHOP 45 North Center Phone 83-W Night or Day and Mrs. William R.

Hansen and husband of Nina Sykes Hansen. Pfc. Donald E. Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Arthur Hall, who is with the 8th armored division In Europe-has been awarded the coveted Combat Infantry Badge for his work as a rifleman in Germany. Santa Barbara, May 4 Sergeant Roland 8. Dean, 24, TSgt. Emery J. Booth has been visiting his sister, Mrs.

Charles F. Adams of Alpine. He is en- 3 motor oils 3 prices new VICO, in cons or bulk, 30 a quart -Ensign (formerly Vlco), in bulk, 25c a quart Quaker State, An cans or a quart. frtvaillng prics plui tea Joying a delay enroute from son of Mr. Oscar.

J. Dean of 218 North Second East American Fork is currently resting at -the spacious Biltmore Hotel section of the Army Ground and Service Redistribution "Station, Santa Barbara, following his recent return from 42 months duty overseas; The American Fork veteran served as a motor transportation, sergeant in an Infantry unit in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands. Camp Beale, to Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyo. Monday evening friends surprised Sgi Booth and his sister, it being her birthday.

Entertainment consisted of 500 and music by Mr. Booth, who is jlo accomplished Call or See Your Nearest Utah Oil Retiskg Cczpcay RADIO-ELECTRONICS violinist. Present were Mr. ahd( casouni 5C Sales and Service Mrs. 81 Bennett, Mr.

and Mrs. George A. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. John Q.

Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pack, Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Dunsdon, Mr.

and Mrs. Elry Wild. Pot luck supper was served. in ft STEPHEN B. MURDOCH DISTRIBUTOR Under direction of the Ninth Service Command, the Redistribution one of five established by the Army to receive service men and women returned from overseas duty, offers a comprehensive program "of athletics, recreation, and entertainment to returnees while they take part In re-orlentation discussions, receive physical examinations, and are assigned to new duties on the basis of experience and skill: Sergeant Dean entered the service September 4, 1941 at Fort Douglas.

He is an alumnus of the American Fork High School. mm mm We have moved up town at 162 East Main, formerly known as Grant Store Building. Will continue to repair RADIOS and all ELECTRIC machinery and appliances. I 1 1 i '5 4- 5 4 hi i i 1 -i i y- I I 1 -V- T5 Harry Butte, son of Mr. and Mrs.

John Butte now of Salt Lake City, called at the office Friday afternoon to say "Hello" and thanks for the paper which he has been receiving during the 37 months he has In the Pacific with the fighting forces. During his more than three years on the battle front he has een to Fort George Wright, Keech Electric 162 East Main TeL 161-J AMERICAN FORK Blak, Lyete, Mlndoro, and came ton SSgt. Ray W. Bean has reported to the AAF Convalescent home from the island of Zam- Hospital here after 12 months in boanga In the i Phmppines. He was originally with the engineers the European theatre.

Sgt. Bean served as gunner on a B-24 Liberator bomber with the 15th Air Force. He wears the Air Medal with 5 clusters and but was transferred to the and proudly says he Is a veteran of the "Famous 41st. He is wearing four battle stars and an arrow head. enlisted the ETO ribbon, At Port Ottmrft Wright near the service September, 1941.

Spokane, one of several con- At 018 end ot Ui furlough he will valescent hospitals of the at Santa Barbara, Calif, Personnel Distribution Com rest period mand, Sgt. Bean will engage in li SfnoofhSailing 'V Jt -Ii Disabled Veterans Will Be Remembered ROSES (40 Varieties) FRUIT AND SHADE TREES EVERGREENS, SHRUBS BERRY PLANTS LAWN SEED FERTILIZER American Fork Nursery AmericanJork-Telephone 64-J almost any desired hobby or activity of his choice, from a study of the classic to sheet metal work, all planned to further his "decompression'' from the strains and tensions ot combat. Experience has shown that individualized treatment received in a convalescent hospital greatly shortens the time required for the combat veteran to again attain the hlghesf state of overall ntnecl. Sgt. Bean is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Donald Bean of 198 Veterans of World War I and World War are expected to be among the first to buy a poppy on Poppy Day, Saturday, May 12, according to the Commander of Prist 49 nf Th Amrlcon lirinn South 3rd East, American Fork. railroad's roadhod haa a lot fa dn with travel comfort A wftll-bnilt TrwrlV Lieut. Earl Forrest Culiirnore ta ms sUtement, the Com-husband of Dorothy Mitchell! mander aid-Culiirnore and son of Mr. and! -V.

Mrs. Vera A. Culiirnore of Pleas-! Today and 1918 our anf Grove, flew the B-il" flytag ttJ'tiES Ver8e-fortress "Silver DoUar" on Its u8 we one-hundredth mission frorhiffif- AThese, 0UL England over enemy territory, 0llr ds. communication from the 8th klr I WORLD'S KWyWEarf'K CHAMP FROM I9l9 To' 1926 AND NOW A COMOR. does away with aiinoying, sleep-distuibing bumps like a boat Breasting a choppy tea.

It gives you "smooth sailing." The kind of gravel used for roadbed bal tub ii maer cnAor i sunen Thus, even the, ballast used on the road'a roadbed plays its part in effid' 'round-the-clock transportation of face; and essential battle-line freight or Union Pacific's Strategio Middle fa-' uniting the East with the Pacific Coast Future "smooth sailing" over life' M' way can be assured by holding tight1 the war bonds we now have and an extra measure of economic protects I fit. WTWimWklf OM OKINAWA WmtOUR NVASION a. FORCES force reports. The fortress has "1 "uu Wil" predates the amount of suffer last is aa Important factor. Union Pacific.

flown for a year, during the crit uses a soeciaL sturdT tvr of enuhMl PU IT A MAN ON ical period of the war, over the Reich from Frankfurt to Berlin and from Hamburg to Munich. "It still flies like a new bomber," ing they endure than the veterans of this war and the last? "Those on the home front wish to show that they remember and revere those who died la both granite which stands up particularly well under wartime's heavily loaded freight and passenger trains. Then, too, it acts as a nishk'xendtiriginmorocx ing and less wear on locomotives and cars. Lt. Culiirnore told the ground buying as many more as we can aiblyasord.

LMm to "TOOT AMUUCA" ndfa. proviU mm MatulutloawlUMtackmT8ularilla. 1 THE ROPES HE WAS A CINCH TO FINISH WM- BUTtVEN WM our Boys have THE JAPS ON THS ROPES IT 5TU. WONT BE A ClHCH to FltijSH THEM. BUT YOU CM HELP iMSURE FMl V7CTDR by rtmnN6 WAR.

qonds crew chief. "Silver Dollar" war8 Bna ao inia, wey wear which flies with the 100th Bom- the PPPy- This little red flower bardment group of the Ehth expresses for us feelings that are Air Force, the group cited for its 100 dP to Put into words. It outstanding part in the first! ls one way of telling the heroic three daylight attacks on targets dead that will all do our best In Berlin, has been to Russia 10 the good twice, and has fought off Ger- women of the American man fighters on a number of oc- Legion Auxiliary will be on the caslons. Lt. Cullmore, a former streets all day Saturday offering BYTJ student, has flown over a the Poppies made by dlsabJ-'d vet-score of missions over enemy ter crans to tha public I am sure.

tmm mocussivt union PACIFIC RAILROAD ritory. He entered the service in i inat wierans ana cmuans alike May, 1943, and left for overseas win be eager to wear the little A HI A red smmbol of sacrifice. We of in January. T-mW IW m. mmW 1 -m The American Legion should be among the first to wear the badge as none know better than We the heroism fi't America's dead so'c1' TSgf Dan Hunter, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Kunter of Alpine, made a flying trip from U. i rtatury Vtfartmtn..

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