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Show Mapleton Hews By Mrs. Lyle W. Paulson Phone HUnter 9-5826 Mr. and Mrs. Verl Jensen visited in San Diego, California Califor-nia over the Holiday Season and spent six hours on Christmas Christ-mas Day with their son Keith who is stationed there in the Marine Corps. Luncheon guests at the Lorne Neilson home on Saturday in-eluded in-eluded Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Parkinson Par-kinson of Anthony, Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Carnum of Provo, and Mrs. Florence , Faucett of Grand Junction, Former Mapleton residents, Sharon (Jensen) and Dick Booth have sent word of their safe arrival at Palmer, Alaska, where they will make their home for the next two years. Dick is working on a Government Govern-ment survey there. Mr. and Mrs. Verl Davies entertained members of their family at a lovely New Year's Eve Party. They played games, saw home movies, lunched and rang in the new year together. The Verl Davies family also had visiting with them over the weekend, Mr. and Mrs. Os-sie Os-sie Rash from Salem, Oregon. They especially enjoyed a holiday holi-day dinner together at the Royal Inn in Provo, as well as a lovely visit. Freeman Bird was honored on his 70th birthday with a family dinner party attended by his twin daughters and families, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Stew-art Whiting of Mapleton and Mr. and Mrs. Chase Allred of Provo; and his only two living brothers, Merrill Bird of Og-den, Og-den, and Elmer Bird of Provo. The Elders Quorum of the Mapleton ward had a delightful delight-ful Holiday Party on Friday night at which they were served ser-ved a ham dinner at tables attractive at-tractive with Christmas decorations. deco-rations. After dinner they enjoyed en-joyed a Walt Disney film entitled en-titled "Bear Country." The Robert Hursts were in charge of the affair and had help from members of the presidency. presi-dency. New Year's morning found the Mapleton Ward Bishopric and Clerks with their wives busily serving breakfast to many of the Ward members. They started serving at eight a.m. and served steadily until eleven. Laurel girls had sold tickets throughout the community com-munity and Mutual girls did the dishes. Everyone enjoyed a delicious breakfast of hot cakes, ' eggs, bacon, hot chocolate choco-late and juice. The Clip Taylor family returned re-turned home New Year's Day from a several days visit in Loa and Koosharem, Utah, where the enjoyed attending the fine Stake Dance New Year's Eve in Loa and visiting with many old friends there. On December 31st they had a birthday dinner party in Koosharem Koo-sharem with Mrs. Taylor's father fa-ther and her 76 year-old grandmother. grand-mother. And, on New Year's Day they enjoyed a family dinner din-ner with all of the Taylor family in Loa. The Utah Safety Council points out that snow tires, and to a greater extent tire chains, are good insurance against the hazards of driving on snowy or icy roads. Tests by the National Safety Council's Committee Com-mittee on Winter Driving Hazards Haz-ards have shown that snow tires are aids for mild-to-medium snowfall in non-hilly areas. Reinforced tire chains are necessary and recommended for deep snow conditions, and even on light snow or glare-ice glare-ice surfaces where there are hills. Utah continues to provide monthly public assistance grants that are slightly above national averages for most categories of public assistance. |