- Corporal Alex Mair Serves One-Thousandth Meal on Front Line -
Popular chef in an infantry field kitchen for 18 months, Corporal Alex Mair, son of George Mair, of Heber City, recently helped prepare his one-thousandth meal for the font-line riflemen of the Thrid "Marne" Division now fighting in Italy.
He has served chow under every kind of battle condition – from the African invasion of 1942, across to Tunisia, through the Sicilian campaign and into Italy from Salerno.
He has spent almost the entire year since the Sicilian invasion, cooking within range of enemy artillery, often in muddy dugouts or shrapnel-scarred farmhouses. Last winter, mules were needed to pack his rations up to me in the Apennine mountains.
Overseas meals are getting better, the corporal reports. Recently, he has been serving fresh meat, fresh butter and even fresh eggs occasionally…thanks to the salvage efforts for the Fifth army.
Printed in the Heber City, Wave.

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ALEXANDER S. 'ALEX' MAIR
Alexander Skeet "Alex" Mair 54, died of an illness April 3 in Heber City.
He was born February 22, 1918 in Heber City to George Allen and Annie Barnes Mair.
He married Marie Olsen, divorced.
He was a veteran of WWII, European Theatre. He was a sheepherder, and former employee of the Nevada State Road Commission.
Survivors: brothers, sister, Allen, Park City; Dick, Salt Lake City; Billie J., Midway, Wasatch County; Mrs Lawrence (Janet) Bates, Willis, both Heber City.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Heber 5th LDS Ward Chapel.
Burial was in the Heber City Cemetery.

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Uncle Alex was a true cowboy.
He rode bulls in the rodeos, captured wild horses and broke them.
He caught wild burrows while living in Nevada, would break them and bring them to UT to sale.
I learned lots of new words while watching him re-shoe horses.
He had a great love for his brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces.
He would take the boys out to sheepherd with him.
He was a great uncle. RIP Uncle
While serving in the military, he sent his sister Madie (my mother) home a German swastika flag.

Alexander married Marie Greer Olsen - divorced - dates unknown.