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Show F. S. Humphries of Provo, spent Wednesday in American Fork with his sons, Frank and Owen Humphries Humph-ries and their families. J. P. Christensen is confined tc his bed with illness. Pneumonia threatened but has been overcome and he is feeling much better. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dunkley, Miss Cady Dunkley and Miss Margaret Mar-garet Dunkley motored to Salt Lake last Saturday and spent the day visiting with Ma-, and Mrs. L. Russell Rus-sell Dunkley. Mrs. Burriston returned re-turned to American Fork with them and spent the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. S. Tayioi pleasantly surprised at their home last Monday evening. Five couple: of friends walked in on them anc brought a delicious picnic lunch Bridge and social chat were enjoy ed after which the lunch wa: served. Those making up th party were Messrs. and Mesdame: iV. F. Houston, Glen Sykes, Mart Coddington, E. H. Devey and L Stanford Briggs. i Mrs. Ray Coddington entertainec the Lawata Club ladies at her home j last Friday af tsrnoon. The time ;was spent in playing bridge, foul j tables being in progress. The i prizes were won by Mrs. Clyde Thornton, member, and Mrs. Em ery Nicholes, special guest. St Patrick's decorations in home anc colors in the menu were effective used. Special guests present were ; Mesdames Emsry Nicholes, Thoma; Coddington, Edgar Booth, Leo Mer edith and Miss Mary Basinger. ; Niels Nelson's birthday Sunday i was the motif for a family dinnei given by his daughter, Miss Sadie Nelson at their home. Twenty-six were s?ated at the dinner table. Covers were laid for Mr. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jackson, Mr, and Mrs. Leo Nelson, Mr. and Mrs, Clyde Nelson and family and Miss Sadie Nelson of this city; Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson and family, of Goshen; Mr. and Mrs. Cal Elton and family and Eldon Nelson of Dividend; and Miss Dorothy Gillespie Gilles-pie of Eureka. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Dunkley received word from their daughter, Mrs. Mark Burriston, formerly Miss Mildred Dunkley of Inglewood, Cal-I Cal-I if ornia, in which she gave a vivid (description of how it felt to those in the earthquake area. Mrs. Burriston Bur-riston was preparing dinner, she writes, when she heard the rumble and before realizing what caussd the noise, she said she felt the building commence to shake with such violence that she clung to the door to remain standing. When she ran outside she said she saw the corner of the large apartment house in which th.y were residing crumble and fall. She and her husband remained in a hotel that night and the next morning went back to get their possessions. The apartment house was badly wrecked, wreck-ed, the roof was off and all the stores in the city had shattered windows. She said it was a terrifying terri-fying experience. Am. Fork Locals Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kirk of Salt La!;e, w.":re dinner guests here Sunday Sun-day of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dunkley. Dunk-ley. Mr. and Mrs. Sid Trinnaman of Sahron, Pennsylvania, sp:nt Wednesday Wed-nesday in American Fork, guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. Stanford Briggs. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Reese, Mr. iind Mrs. Karl R. Taylor and children child-ren of Provo, spent Sunday here visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Glen Taylor. Mrs. Emma Foster received a wire from her daughter, Mrs. Olive Nicholes, stating that she and her two children were safe in Long Beach, having escaped injury in the recent earthquake. Mrs. Adair Bromley entertained the Variety Club last Thursday afternoon af-ternoon at her home. Bridge was played at three tables, the prizes being won by Mrs. Kennth Brown and Mrs. Rulon Nicholes. Special guests present were Mrs. David Grant and Miss Lu Rae Buckwalter. Lunch was served at the small tables late in the afternoon, St Patrick's motifs being cleverly used in the menu. Miss Florence Chipman, who is attending the L. D. S. Business college col-lege in Salt Lake, spent Friday evening eve-ning here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Chipman. Miss Chip-man Chip-man had as guests here during her visit Miss Myrl Smith, Miss Virgin Vir-gin nia Fraughton, and Messrs. Bud Mantel, Frank Ball and Gilj Ball. Miss Chipman leaves this! evening with Miss Fraughton to ! spend the we.k-end in Evanston, ' Wyoming. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Searle and Leo Searle returned Monday from a visit in Shelley, Idaho, with Mr. and Mrs. Eli C. Searle. Mrs. A. F. Gaisford Jr. will entertain en-tertain the Sorosis club this Friday afternoon at her home. All members mem-bers are asked to be present. Mr. and Mrs. TV A. Masters and Mrs. Annie Masters of Bingham motored to American Fork Sunday and had dinner and spent the day with Mrs. June S. Wright. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Morgan of Provo spent Sunday here visiting Mr. and Mrs. Heber Barratt. Miss Beth Makin has returned after spending two weeks in Spanish Span-ish Fork where she was the guest I of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Woofen-1 Woofen-1 din. i I j Mr. and Mrs. Milton Adams have moved from the Armstrong home !in the Fourth ward to apartments I in the former H. S. Rasmussen home in the First ward. I Mr. and Mrs. Le Moyne Despain are the happy parents of a winsome I baby daughter, born last Saturday. The mother, formerly Miss Myrl Robinson, and new arrival are doing do-ing well. Mi-, and Mrs. Glen Taylor with Mr. and Mrs. Vern Cullimore of Pleasant Grove attended a banquet given by the Fuller Paint Co. at the Hotel Newhouse in Salt Lake Tuesday evening. Work is well under way on the new small home being built by Mr. and Mrs. Harvel Bennett north of the Mrs. Melissa Boley home in the First ward. The cement work for the basement was completed this week and the walls are rapidly going go-ing up. " ' " ' Mesdames J. E. Bennett, Heber Barratt, Earl Barratt and Miss Mel-ba Mel-ba Barratt with Mrs. A. R. Morgan and Mrs. Arnold Boshard of Provo, motored to Salt Lake Wednesday on a combined pleasure and business trip. Monday afternoon about 325 women wom-en assembled in the Dixon-Taylor-Russell store and listened to some valuable information on proper methods to be used in home laundering, laun-dering, given by a representative of the Dexter Washing Machine Company. Com-pany. A demonstration in washing also was carried on during the lecture. lec-ture. The types of soaps best suited suit-ed to this locality were shown and some information given on the cor- : rect way to wash various types of . materials. To each lady attending was given a towel and soap, com-pliments com-pliments of the Dexter company. The two local camps of the ' Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, the American Fork and Adams camps, met conjointly in the stake tabernacle Thursday afternoon of last week and celebrated their annual an-nual day, also held the annual election elect-ion of officers. All of the officers of . both ' camps, who have served for the past year, were retained in office for the ensuing year. Captain Elizabeth McCallister of the Adams camp was in charge. The following program was presented: pre-sented: Singing, "O Ye Mountains High"; Prayer, Patriarch Warren B. Smith; Ladies Chorus under direction di-rection of Mrs. Luella Greenwood "My Curly Headed Baby"; Impersonation Imper-sonation of Seth Parker and the Jonesport folks, under direction of Mrs. Eleanor Nicholes; Presentation of names of officers by Mrs. Ella Dixon, secretary of the Utah County Coun-ty Camp; Ladies Chorus, "Waiting in the Shadows", Mrs. Greenwood and others; Song and dance directed direct-ed by Mrs. Laura Timpson; Remarks, Re-marks, Mrs. Grace Cheever of the county camp; Closing song, duet, "My God, the Spring of My joys"' Patriarch W. B. Smith and wife; Prayer, Chaplain Mary E. Abel. There were present forty-nine members and sixty-six visitors. |