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Show Honored On 80th Ethel Elliott Hight. Farm-ington. Farm-ington. celebrated her 80th birthday on Friday, March 21 at a surprise party for grandma and the grandchildren only, at the home of Jerry and Susan Hight Stevenson, west Layton. After the dinner, tributes tri-butes to grandma .were presented pre-sented by each grandchild present, pre-sent, and taped recordings from those out of state were played. There were 16 grandchildren grand-children present. ETHEL WILL be further honored at a family dinner on Tuesday, April I at the Rock Church in Farmington. She shares her birthday with a sister, sis-ter, Mrs. Eli (Bessie) Gourdin. 72, of Springville. who will also be honored at the family gathering. Other brothers and sisters are Walter S. Elliott and wife Earlene, Farmington: Laura Johnson, Springville; Clawson S. Elliott and wife Elva. Altamont: and sister-in-law, Isabelle Elliott. Bountiful. Boun-tiful. Mrs. Hight was born March 21, 1900 to George Henry and Bertha Irinda McEwan Elliott in Provo. During her youth, she lived on a farm and orchard on the Provo bench, now Orem, until she married Wallace Wal-lace D. Hight. April 28, 1920. at which time they moved to :7 T7;v M --'4 7 ETHEL HIGHT Carbon County. The family moved to Farmington in 1935. Mr. Hight passed away May 1974. THERE ARE seven children. chil-dren. 27 grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren. The children chil-dren are Wallace Earl Hight. Alan D. Hight and Dawn H. Bain, all of Farmington: Lois H. Rasmussen, Kaysville; Virginia Vir-ginia H. Creer, Idaho Falls, Ida.; Norma H. Allred, Pan Pedro, Calif.; and John E. Hight. Nevada City. Calif. Grandma, as she is affectionately affec-tionately called, by family and young friends, enjoys making friends and entertaining in her home. She recently said that when she was young, she" would rather dance than eat. but now she would rather eat and family members always look forward to eating her delicious deli-cious dinners. She makes wonderful won-derful pies, and gives out the recipes, has done this for the Clipper. SHE RECENTLY attempted dancing at a church social, but was a little surprised that her legs did not swing like they used to. Ethel is and has always al-ways been a hard worker, keeping pace with her daughters daugh-ters and she kept pace with them while they redecorated a home for her to move into, in Farmington. She always has some project going, such as a quilt, crocheted baby booties, for a new baby and writing her personal per-sonal history, and is now anxious an-xious to get the spring vegetables veget-ables planted in the garden. ETHEL IS an active member mem-ber of the Farmington Third Ward and in the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Camp. In fact, she is a very young 80 years of age. kj |
