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Show FROM OUR dSn' FILES ll&J 30 Years Ago Miss Nora Harmer died in a Salt Lake Hospital Wednesday following an operation for goiter. She had had heart trouble and been in bed for the past two years, . . . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jensen have moved to their new home in Mapleton . . . The John L. Whiting family fam-ily has moved back to Springville Spring-ville from Calpine, Calif., where they have lived the past eight years, . . . Word was received here this week of the death of Colonna Southworth, 34, a former for-mer resident who died of heart trouble in San Francisco, . . . Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Payne are rejoicing over the arrival of the first baby girl in their family fam-ily born July 22, . . Mr. and Mrs. Berton Groesbeck, Mrs. Lydia Palfreyman and daughter daugh-ter ione and W. J. Groesbeck, are spending the week in Yellowstone, Yel-lowstone, . . Miss Leona Ave-rett Ave-rett suffered a painful injury to her back when she fell from a horse in the July 24th parade. par-ade. 25 Years Ago Bill Parry and his nephew, Dick Ookley had a good fish story to tell this week only it was about a big rattlesnake which tried to make friends with them after they had bedded bed-ded down near the upper Rock House. After a fight with the reptile with 13 rattles, need-Iprq need-Iprq tri sav thev went to hed again this year, . . The Maple-ton Maple-ton girls softball team managed manag-ed by Bill Snow, lambasted the Lehi lassies to the tune of 36-3 36-3 Tuesday evening before an audience of 1500 fans at the local ball park. 15 Years Ago Lt. Grant Nielson has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action in Tunisia, North Africa, according to word received here, . . The PTA decided at a meeting this week to serve a hot dish at the school lunch and the students bring sandwiches, . . . Vernal Bird, who enlisted in the AC in April 1941, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bird, received his wings and a commission of second litutenant at Yuma, Arizona, Ari-zona, Wednesday, . . Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Condie announce the marriage of their daughter Aileen, to Lt. Rober J. Conrad Con-rad of the US Air Corps, . . Lt. Tom Anderson, son of Ellen El-len Anderson of this city and Ray Lene Stein of Wichita. Kan. were married June 30, . . Funeral services were held in the First ward Sunday for Rae-ona Rae-ona Waters, 8-year-old daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Cariell Waters, who died of a heart attack, at-tack, . . Funeral services were held Wednesday for Mrs. Mary M. Ostler, 83, who died Saturday Satur-day of complications following a fractured hip. in their car, . . Mrs. Gladys Harrison, new domestic science teacher and Miss Inez Starr in the commercial department, are the only new teachers this year at the high school, . . Utah legislature adjourned today after af-ter passing the two percent sales tax which is an increase of more than double the previous pre-vious three fourths percent, . . Work is progressing on the million gallon water tank for the city culinary water system in Spring Creek canyon, . Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Harmer of Payson, formerly of Springville have a new baby son born Aug. !l, . . Mr. and Mrs. Brig Liechty have a new baby son at their home here. 20 Years Ago J. Reno Vance, well known church worker, died suddenly Wednesday of a heart attack, . . . Reed Rigtrup suffered fractured ribs in a car accident Sunday when the car he was driving belonging to Fred Sum-sion, Sum-sion, and a fish hatchery truck driven by upton Cherrington, crashed, . . Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Thorpe have a new baby daughter born August 2; Mr. and Mrs. Merle Sargent have a son born the same day, . J Miss Conda Riding, Miss La-Rhea La-Rhea Nielson and Miss Melba Merriot save entered the bathing bath-ing revue to be held at Lakeside Lake-side resort Saturday evening, . . . Mrs. Melessa Messenger 95, will be honored by the Black Hawk organization at the encampment at Moroni next week. She has been a guest of honor the past two years and plans to celebrate |