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Show . , JJ w fre3n River 1 u3uj rT" A Letter from Pearl, lona and Barbara.., MELON DAYS All those interested in serving on a Melon Days Committee or helping with the celebration in any way, are invited to a meeting at Ron Taylor's on Thursday evening, March 30 at 8:00. A chairman will be elected, and it is hoped some new and thought provoking ideas can be formulated to generate some activity. . Please come and help, Lowell Curtis invites. YOUTH RALLY The Green River Com munity Church hosted a youth rally over the weekend, managed by Reverend Schaff and Kirk Dunham. The young people peo-ple arrived from Price on Friday evening, and stayed stay-ed overnight at the church then hiked to Crystal Geyser on Saturday. They participated in a short devotional service, at a picnic lunch and came back to town in cars and pickups. The roads were rough, but the group had fun. Lee Campbell and Mr. Martinez from Price spon- sored the youth group from the First Baptist Church, and about 15 ' youngsters came down. They were joined by 13 local members of the Community Church. Reverend Rev-erend Banka, his wife and son and daughter-in-law, and the New Galalean singers from the Conti-ental Conti-ental Youth Association of Grand Junction came over to present the services at the Church on Saturday morning. Crystal Geyser cooperated cooper-ated with a spectacular eruption for the group, and everyone proclaimed the whole program a huge success. 8 & 40 Attending the Carbon Salon 356 8 & 40 were Mrs. Letitia Thompson, Mrs. Grace Peterson, Mrs. Mae Silliman and Mrs. Noreen Wilson. The banquet was served at the Crest Cafe, and Chapeaux Gina Bardole from Salt Lake City was guest of honor. There were 26 members at the meeting. HELPS AT LIBRARY Debbie Lynn Evans helped at the Library a couple of days recently. Her help was greatly appreciated, and several new books were covered, had card pockets pasted in and were put on the shelves in record time. . ' X a"; ' ... i ! :. ' - " V'-- 1 i' .' " T" - 4 I ,s . , , , , '. ., ..., .3 Mayor Edward Hansen of Green River signs proclamation setting aside April 2-8 as the Week of the Young Child in his community. PROCLAMATION Mayor Edward Hansen signed a proclamation on Monday declaring the week of April 2-8 as the We,ek of the Young Child. The theme of this week is "Meet My Needs," and all adults concerned with young children are urged to pay particular attention to youngsters from 1-8 years of age, as that is the formative years, wherein the child develops character charac-ter and knowledge. Several ways of calling attention to the citizens of 1990 are being planned by the school, Primary and other organizations. PRESENTS FLAG Mrs. Letitia Thompson, Americanism Chairman for the American Legion Auxiliary Post 103, presented pre-sented an American Flag to the president of Book ( ? si- . $f" i ' V X '"s 3 Mrs. Letitia Thompson presents a Flag furnished by ' American Legion Auxiliary Post 103 to Mrs. Sandi Silliman, president of Book Cliff Elementary PTA. Cliff Elementary PTA Association this week. Mrs. Sandi Silliman, PTA president, received the flag and tendered thanks to the Legion Auxiliary for the much needed and appreciated gift. FEELING BETTER Mrs. Letitia Thompson has received a letter from Mrs. Lula Betenson lately, stating that the latter is feeling much better. The winter hit her with arthritis, arthri-tis, and she has been considerably under the weather for months. She will be 94 years old on April 5 and the 6inclair Thompsons are planning to go over for the event, or even before if the weather stays fit to travel in. TO IDAHO Mrs. Letitia Thompson, Mrs. Lillian Cline, Mrs. Gladys May and Mrs. Noreen Wilson attended Exchange Night at Twin Falls with other members of the Utah Grand Chapter of the Organization of Eastern Star. They joined a busload of Star members in Salt Lake City, reaching the Idaho city without too much problem. On the way back, the storm that blanketed the state hit them and when they arrived in Salt Lake City they decided to stay there all night and come home Monday, which they did. FRIENDSHIP CRUISE At a recent meeting in Moab, chaired by Commodore Com-modore Harry Thompson of Green River, plans were laid for the Friendship Friend-ship Cruise this spring. Water conditions look mighty favorable for this gala event, the 21st cruise since its beginning in the early '50's. Last year the runoff was minimal in the Green and Colorado rivers and the cruise was cancelled. can-celled. This year's cruise will be launched at Green River on Saturday, May 27, with the overnight steak fry at Anderson Bottom about half-way. A Friendship Feast will also be held at the Moab park on Sunday afternoon and evening. Gas will be available at Mineral Fri-dny Fri-dny and Saturday, and at MGM docks on Sunday. There will be no gasoline at Anderson Bottom. The registration fee will still be $40, which will include Search and Rescue Res-cue on the river as well as moving the cars and trailers trail-ers to Moab and guarding them and removal of disabled dis-abled boats at Mineral or MGM, with all launching and docking foes included. inclu-ded. Mrs. Virginia Stephens, long-time registrar of tho event states that pre-rogistrntion pre-rogistrntion will bo accepted accept-ed until May 1, and will begin again on May 26 at tho Green River Fire House. Boaters wanting more information bUhiI tho Friendship Cruise may write to: Tho Friendship Cruiso, Box 4, Green River, Utah 84525 for holn. |