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Show I - • • Vol. 3 ,. Utah's Most Popular Weekly Midvale, Thursday, November 10,1927 No. 23 RELIEF SOCIETY CONFERENCE A very interesting and largely at tended conference of the Relief Societies of the East Jordan Stake was held Tuesday Nov. 8th in the Sandy 1st ward chapel, beginning with a meeti.ng of executive officers at 9 o'clock. A board meeting was held at 10 o'clock and the general session began at 11 a. m. The program follows: Congregational Singing. !Prayer, Bishop Jas P. Jensen. Singing: "Gospel Message." lby the combi.ned Relief Society choirs of the three Sandy wards. Care of Aged~by General Board member, Mrs. Ethel R. Smith. Discussion led by Lottie P. Baxter of the General Board. Duet, Mrs. Alma Smith and Mrs. S. J. Mickelson. Report of Civic Pride Compaign by Mrs. Mary B. Fitzgerald. Singing by choirs ''Truth Refle.c ts Upon Our !Senses." Benediction, Bishop Er;nest Jensen. At noon a delicious luncheon was served to all present and was arranged for by the Stake officers. In the afternoon the U,nion Relief Society choir furnished the singing. W. W. Butle:r offered the opening prayer. President Eltleda Jensen made a general report of the Stake. "The Art of Luring" was the sub ject of a talk give,n by Mrs. BaxAn effective song pageant ~ ter. :was given, illustrating "An Angel from on High. • Mrs. Matilda Smith diseussed"The Book of Mormon" .Remarks were made by several Stake Officers and the benediction was offered by llrs. S. 14. Sharp. ' • SO. JORDAN RESIDENT DIES • ---'· . ·--0., I I I I 1 11 r! - Grandma-.Roxie Wilcox. Mary Dow. Martin Adelbert Beckstead, Sr., 56, well known ~sident of S~utb Jordan, and the father of our well known baseball player and popular fellow citizen, "Marty" Beckstead, dropped dead Monday eve,ning at the White Fawn Milling company's plant where he had been employed as miller for the past 18 years. Death was apparently due to heart trouble. Mr. Beckstead was born in South Jordan, a son of George Washington Beckstead and Araminta C. Allen Beckstead. In 1896 he fille..l a mission to the southern states. iSurviving are his widow, Mrs. Mary A. Beckstead, two sons, Martin A. Beckstead, Jr., and Dean N. Beckstead, and the following daugh ters: Mrs. Osee Cooper, of South J orda.ri, Mrs. Maggie Christensen, of Murray; Mrs. Alice Van Patlen, Mrs. Grace Douglas, Mi~s Gladys Beckstead of South Jordan, and 3 sisters: Mrs. Slizna Beckstead .of South .Jordan Mrs. Lillian Downs of Midvale, Mrs. Maggie· Densley, of Richland, ' Ore., and 10 gra,ndchildren also survive. The body w~~ taken, to the Deseret Mo_rtuary. SKAGGS SYSTEM PRIMARY BAZAAR STORE TD OPEN AT W. JORDAN Ronald---Lyle Reading. Leis-Helen Westlund. Fleda ll. Jense,n. Dagmar-Gladys McGee, Ann • Cutler, Quenevere Hand. We are advised that the Gilbert Bradly-Ronald Hand, Vernon former Jordan high school football Bateman. and O'Brien Grocery store has been and basketball athlete gave a splen From all indications Jordan stu- taken over by the 0. P. Skaggs did talk on school spirit at a spec- de,nts want their "Beetdigger" year System o! "Cash and Carry" Food ial assembly held Thursday, Nov. book. Although there is not enuff Stores, a,nd that the store will be 3rd. Other numbers were a so,ng subscriptions as yet, to publish the moved from its present location on entitled "Dawn" by Marie Nielson, book, it is expected that the requir- the corner of Center and Main Sts. Reading ".Sorrow of Rohab" in four ed number will be ready. to the new building immediately parts by Gladys Winger, Genevieve The sales should close Friday but adjoining. We understand that Anderson, Virginia Perry and Kate due to conditions it was decided to this will be the fi,nest and most-upGreer. Cornet solo by Herma,n J. hold them over one week longer. to-date grocery and meat market in Jan sen. The girls chorus then sang The results up to date in the pop Midvale. From now on our citizens "Roses of the South'' Sarah Gil- ularity contest show the Seniors ' will have no need to motor to Salt lespie, president of the Charlon- leading with the Junior co,ntestants Lake to do their shopping for this •ians, gave a short "Pep Talk" and running a close second. The results store will be equal to any food emassistant Coach Ballard concluded are as follows: pori urn that Salt Lake now boasts the a embly with a few remarks. of. Seniors After dlie consideration it has Jesse Casper .......................... 17,250 It is announced that the store bee,n decided that "The Goose hangs Theresa Berrett ············-.. -··· 17,250 will be ope,n for business Saturday High" will be the annual play, preNovember 12th, and all arrangeJuniors sented by the students of Jordan Spencer Burkinshaw ·······-····· 15,750 ments have been made to take care High. ·· The announcement for try- Ann Cutler ............................ 12.500 of the enormous crowds that are outs brought several competitors expected will attend the opening. Sophomores who are diligently working for a Noel Bateman ·-·-·····-·············· 1,500 Adv. 11-10 place. Final tryouts will probably Gle,ndyn Nielson .................... 2,500 be held this week under the superMrs. Mark Gardner is improvDuring noon period Tuesday a visio,n of Miss Horst. Those work- meeting was held for Junior and ing at the St. Marks hospital afing for character places are: Senior boys, the PUI'P,OSe being to ter a serious operation last week. Benard, Chas. Williams, Rodney organize a boys club that will stim Mr. Robert Gardner is as well Kimball. ulate school spirit. Nothing was as could be expected at the St. Eunice----Guinevere Anderson and definitely decided as to the name or Marks Hospital, after a very serVirginia Perry. organizatio,n although several stu- ious operation for stomach trouble Noel-Merrill Cozzens and Har- dents voiced their opinions as to a performed Tuesday. Mr. Ross Bateman underwent an old Bateman. suitable name. None mentioned Leo Day-Rodney Kimball and seemed to fit the bill, so it was de- operation at the Bi.ngham hospital Claudius Doty. cided to call a mee~ng later in the Wednesday for an injured knee, Rhoda-Zoie Garfield, and Bertha week. which was hurt last spring. Eck. Many Ward people attended the ' Aunt Jules-Doris Stay, Jennie Clarence Sharp joined a party of Stake Conference held i,n Sandy on May . Murray friends Saturday eveni,ng Saturday and Sunday. The local Hugh-Randal Walker, Ted Bra- and enjoyed a Duck Hunt out at choir furnished the music for the dy. morning session Sunday. We~t Corrine. Don't forget there will be a Primary Bazaar in the West Jordan Ward Amusement Hall on Wednesday, November the 16th. Lunches will be served at noon. A children's da,nce at 3 o'clock. Booths will open at 7 in the ev. emng. Buxton's Orchestra will furnish the music for the dance in the evening. A good time assured for old and young. There will be special attractio,ns and refreshments served throughout the evening. JEWELRY STORE LOCATES HERE JORDAN CLINIC GREAT SERVICE The Jordan Baby Clinic established in Sandy, has examined, to date, 34 babies. The clinic is completely organized and holds its couferences the 1st and 3rd !Wednesday of every month, from 10 a m. to 12 noon. ·M others throughout the stake are urged to bring their little ones to the clinic. Everyone, regardless of creed is welcome. The Clinic is conducted in the Bishop's buildinss which is just South of the 1st ward meeting house. Foreign Calls for Help Answered by Red Cross Despite the unusual require· ments of relief in 77 disasters within the United States, the people of the country, through the American Red Cross, extend· ed relief to sufferers in 20 disasters in foreign lands. These included hurricanes in the West Indies, desolating portions of Cuba, Santo Domingo, Porto Rico, the Isle of Pines, the Bahamas, <Jnd other islands in the group; fires in Haiti and Pcrto Rico, floods in Mexico and Jugoslavia, earthquakes in Jap· an, the Azores Islands, Armenia and Albania, and refugee relief operations in Bulgaria, Syria and China. During the Eleventh Annual Roll Call, November 11 to 24, the American Red Cross will seek a membership of 5,000,000 to k ' ep its d i saster relief and other se r vices constantly ready for any call. Mr. J. A. Harbach has opened a Jewelry store in the Johnson building in the location formerly occupied by the Electric Home Bakery. He will do all ki.nds of watch and clock repairing and just as soon as his store is complete and arranged his ads will appear regularly in the Journal. All wide awake business men in Midvale, especially anyone coming i,nto town to open a business, always look for the newspaper and know its their best and truest friend. But we still have a few thick skinned know jt ails who try to fight the home printi,ng establishFOR RENT OR SALE ment, when in fact, they are only Four 1·oom terrace, 205 First "cutting off their own noses to Geo. D. venue, Locust Street. ~pite their face." Parki.nson. Wasatch 2793. 11-10 tf I • |