Show 0 n I 1 SALINA I 1 j by special correspondent I 1 0 0 club U b entertains old folks z at athe the annual old folks party staged wednesday at the first ward chapel by the members of the ladies literary and civics club eighty old people of salina made merry and pretended to be young once more the entertainment began with community singing and was followed by A an address of welcome by mrs 0 G nielson Nic lson vice president of the club talas T G humphrey gave the response mrs angus mcdonald gave a reading there were two selections by the ladies chorus and community singing led by miss mary SIc Cullum while the luncheon was being passed around the old folks entertained themselves al L burns played a violin solo mrs T P peterson assisted by mrs clayton Rasmuss cn sang E IV W crane gave rind and accordion solo and an old time orchestra composed of A williams will crane L burns and joseph fordham played some of the old dance music music while a group of the old folks danced one of the quadrilles following the luncheon Iun cheon the entire crowd enjoyed the dances that were popular when they were young and in modern modem slang made whoopee whoopee that the old folks enjoyed it to the greatest extent et ent was shown by their sincere thanks for the kindness of the club ladies joseph fordham called by death funeral services for joseph fordham who died at his home sunday morning were held monday afternoon at four at the second ward chapel the program was arranged by the dead pioneers family and was as follows selection by the choir invocation william burns song by bv the choir address ly by dr don merrill men ill solo G al wright violin solo by A C address by bv E W C crane I 1 ecal s Q 0 miss bliss mary alary mccallum ad ad tress frank snow final address bishop G AT burr song by bv choir benediction E C wright mr fordham was taken to the north cemetery far interment followed by a large cortege of mourners and friends joseph joseel fordham was born xo no vember 24 1846 one day after his parents with other settlers in missouri had been driven from their homes his entire life was spent amid the hardships and dangers of the early west As a young man he served as a soldier and was one of the men sent down to this section of the country in 1874 when it was ivas ping settled to guard the pioneers from the indians from here he went to escalante and later to st george ge orge to help build up that country there he was married he was also a soldier in the black hawk war and excellent service for many years he lived in salina he was always willing to help his neighbors in in an any v way he could and even when ill would offer his assistance si during the past few fe v years he suffered from an incurable disease and several times became so ill lie he was not to live he was a man of great debern detern determination lina as was shown by an incident last wednesday afternoon the old folks of salina were being entertained by bv the ladies literary club and although he was ill he attended the program and took part in it he was so weak he had to be assisted to the staze stage and back to his seat mr fordham leaves eighteen children fifty eight grand children for ty four great grand children and oae one great great grand child murphy bird miss bliss luella Al murphy urphy daughter of mr and mrs H D murphy and john W bird were married last thursday morning in manti from there they left for a trip through Yellow yellowstone stoe park en route they will visit ogden and pocatello idaho where mr and sirs earl peterson of mcgill nevada will join them thein mr and mrs bird are both salina 1 I 1 people and are arc well known and well liked in the community they will probably make their home here 0 salina again falls before nephi the the game wednesday between salina and nephi played on the opponents diamond salina was easy pickings for the northerners the score was 16 to 5 in favor of nephi nephi started at full speed and in the first inning made six runs this seemed to get the salina boys and although nyles christensen was pitching for salina and ed jensen brought home the bacon in the form of a home run this bring the morale up to par and the game was a walk off for nephi in the sunday game with gunnison played in salina salina won eight to five ed jensen was mounds man for salina and valard for gunnison both teams were in fine form and the fans say it was one of the best games of the season mr and mrs A C went to fish lake saturday to spend the weekend dr andales andAl and mrs rs harold crandall were guests at the home of mr and mrs H B crandall over the weekend mr and mrs dean brown and children hil en bobby and billy returned to their home in venice california last week after an extended visit with mr and mrs browns parents mr and mrs will brown thad lewis returned to salina wednesday evening after having spent the winter and spring in los angeles misses jewel and lapreal lots lois bird fawn bench and deward hopkins hoplins and bill willoughby motored to richfield sunday afternoon to enjoy a swimming party mrs A J lewis and son thad left sunday morning for salt lake city for a few days visit they returned to salina the middle of the week mr and mrs frank steele and daughter returned to salina last week from mcgill nevada where they have been living for the past year they will visit in salina a few weeks reeks before returning to their home mrs max entertained the club at her home thursday afternoon mrs milton mccoy mis lavell dastrup mrs bud peterson mrs lee hugentobler mrs ted hall miss bliss elna ivie mrs farrell monson and mrs gail wright were lie he guests present mrs hugentobler won high score at cards and mrs hall played low after the game lun cheon was enjoyed by the ladies sir mr and sirs mrs guy and son richard who for the past year have made their horne home in ruth nevada returned to salina sunday for a three or four weeks visit with parents and friends miss bliss zelma miss aliss hazel christensen and miss lida came from mayfield sunday to visit the G JI INT burr family miss bliss thelma larson of salt lake city cita spent several days in salina last week visiting relatives she was a house guest of mrs hilda gates bishop G al burr accompanied by his niece niece miss bliss june olsen motored to emery tuesday miss bliss olsen had been visiting with miss bliss ardys burr and was returning to her home john clawson is leaving salina for marysvale Marys vale where he and ben andrews will take up farming mr clawson has been a resident of salina for many years and owned a nice home here E A thorson is the new owner of the clawson property which is situated in the southwest part of town mr and mrs J 13 mcmillan mr and imars milton mccoy mr and mrs lavall dastrup mr and mrs will brown mr and mrs hicks mr air and mrs dean brown robert evans ralph brown orlando crane stanley domgaard jas L I 1 rex deward hopkins and H B crandall were among those who at tended the ball game at nephi wednesday of last week douglas draper who has bar been wor working king in ely nevada returned home last week for a short visit sirs mrs 3 al geary of alt lake city and mrs frank johnson of los angeles spent last week visiting at the home of mr and mrs L S gates mr and mrs don kenny have returned to salina where they will spend the winter months miss bliss elaine Bl mower oer left wednesday for her h ome in mt alt pleasant after a two months stay at the R D hansen home mr and mrs mark alark brown are the proud parents of a baby boy born july 24 according to announcements received in salina mrs brown was formerly miss bliss zelda gee and was vas very popular among the younger set in salina alina miss bliss beryl bird entertained twelve of her friends wednesday in honor bonor of her tenth birthday anniversary outdoor games were played throughout the afternoon and were followed by a delicious luncheon the table was prettily decorated in red and white miss bliss stena and clyde thornell returned from an outing at fish lake tuesday of last week mrs birs hayden pout pouf of cascade idaho is visiting at the W E carter home mr and mrs kennard larsen went to salt lake city sunday and in 1 tend to remain there for some time i mr and mrs miles curfew returned from a several days fishing trip to fish lake last wednesday miss klis phyllis hermanson of gunnison spent several days last week as a house guest of miss anna herbert woodrow herbert was v as in town last week for a short visit with his parents anti anil friends he has been employed in the mines at kimberly nevada for the past two months mr and mrs F E bernard of salt lal lake e city visited at the home of mr and mrs august erickson last w week eek the bernards recently returned from a trip through the northwest mrs george delange and daughter beryl mo motored lioret to salt lake city friday morning and returned late sund sunday a y mrs E A craddock and son jimmie of los angeles are visiting at the A A anderson home |