Show Green River Department News Happenings Happenings' on Both Sides of the tho River in Emery and Grand Counties This reporter received the fot folo lowing letter from Mr and Mrs William Davis who left Green River flyer In a rubber boat the third of July bound for Angels PoInt miles mites from here Jul July ArrIved Arrived lute t today day and leaving for Glen Canon Canyon Can Cane yon on after a few supplies are taken aboard We have had a wonderful trip the tho scenery was just lust grand But I guess what I s first on our minds to remember Is that we were flipped over backwards In Cataract Canyon The reason was the speed of the current I estimate Its speed at 30 miles an hour at the point where the driving current climb climbed PC ed aboard the stern of my boat The was fast as lightening light ening I lost my eye gla glasses ses anc and h hu it It took my handkerchief and comb out of my back pocket I t was c carrying four pairs of glasses so It cau caused ed no great discomfort there We had oUr maps and watches loose In a bag In the boat so of course we lost that As I was snared to a line tied to the boat I was WitS ah abl to get to the boat hoat and help Fern his wife to It We then thon went through a rather small rapid holding on to the boat SpendIng Spend Ing most of our time under va wa vater ter we were nearly exhausted Neither of us Inhaled 1 any water But Just completely tired out I sat on an ore blade until I t recovered re re- covered enough strength to reach a hand hold that I had cemented on the bottom of the boat After I had pulled myself on the bottom of the boat I helped Fern get on Another rapid was Just ahead but we ne needed ded a minute to recover our br breath ath So we Just sat there Our recovery was fast so we tied a aline aline aline line on one side of the boat and stood on the other side and turned It over In another minute min ute we were aboard The boat turned over without any water In it I rowed to shore where we got out and took pictures of the rapid that treated us that way We have been carrying fish fishhooks fishhooks fishhooks hooks and line and matches on our persons so sit In the event of loss of our boat and we could live to walk out We were wearing life Jackets at the time of the as we have In all rough water Our boat Is 11 feet long covered with canvas can vas and our water proof bags are packed underneath This Is all I can think of to say Sincerely Bill and Fern Davis Evans Ave Chicago Ill Mrs o Calvin Hamilton Mrs Sirs Ralph Brown and Pat Brown are home after a short visit in Cal They took Mr Mfr and Mrs La Von Blackburn and family to their home there The American Legion met at atthe atthe atthe the City hall Monday under the supervision of Pat Gahagan commander They are planning another meeting for lor the of July Mr and Mrs J M. M E. E Peterson are driving a 51 Packard Mrs Harris Laughnan Barbara Bar Barbara bara Dufford and daughters stopped to visit Marjorie Howland Howland How How- land on their way to Grand Junction Bob Baldwin and Charles Crouch Moab were In Green River Friday on business A farwell party was given at atthe atthe atthe the church Friday for Jack Watterson and Richard Hansen Jack a returned missionary has spent four months with home folks after being in New York lIn l In the Mission l field He lie is the the son of Mr and Mrs Irs Wayne Nab Wat terson Richard Hansen son of Mr and Mrs Lamar Hansen has Joined the navy He Is a Junior in Green River high high AI school A program presented atthe at atthe atthe j the party was under the direction tion of lona Iona Thompson and Bar bara bare Baldwin i Mrs Nellie Thompson has hasi b been en chosen as all a the tille-en tille to tore re n over the c celebration Ronnie BI Bigelow elow small lI son of Mr sand nd Mrs Irs Clifford Bigelow f fell ll from a swinging bridge e over overa a 1 dry wash at WoodsIde and fractured hl hI his skull Gary Jo Scoville small son of Mr and Mrs Alma fell over a fence on the way home from a movie on July 3 and broke his arm The Green River Riding club toured to Ferron Saturday to take part in t the e district runoff run to see fee ee who Foes poes oes to the state meet In Richfield AUg 8 Sand and 9 9 I Ratings were as follows 1st In Polo Jack and Jon Kent Ross stars 1st Pleasure horse Bob Dob Gillies 1st In roping Wayne Smith Jon Kent Ross second relay club sec ond Jackie and De Anna MacKay daughters of Mr 1 and Mrs Jack MacKay are vl visiting their grandmother In Colorado The Lodge will be opened for tourist trade the of July Lee Gledhill and Bishop Darrell Ross co owners co-owners of ot the lodge have burned quite a bitof bit bitof bitof of midnight oil and have a ter terrific ter rifle suntan which they proves-they worked day and night to quicken quick en Its completion Although there here are twenty cabins only ten en have been completely fin fin- shed Stop by and notice the thet t ri thy ethy hy addition to our growing oasis Mrs W. W W. W Howl Howland and was a Moab visitor over the week weekend week end Noel Baker Barbara Baldwin Tona ona Thompson Bobby and Pat WImmer Crescent enjoyed en en- joyed oyed a 5 am a.m. swimming party above the Hastings ranch Sunday Sunday Sun day They cooked breakfast over an open fire and returned to town own around 10 am a.m. The Government has offered J John ohn hn Byers for his property 30 acres in Elgin Grand coun coun- ty y They are keeping rather hush about what Its Us use will be Mr and Mrs Ken Silliman SHUman and family spent last weekend week In n the La Sal Mountains Johnny Johnson who has been staying at the Guy Robinson home lome during his leave from the Marine Corps reported back to his base Monday Mrs Cecil Gibbons and Mrs Herbert Terbert Weber received word that hat their father lather Charles Alfred AUred Hunt has passed away in Torey Utah W. W W W. and son Bill BBl accompanied C. C P. P Tasker and Pat at Gahagan to Woody Creek Colo for a weekend week week end of fishing |