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Show Jrom tlxe Jderald 31 fed . . . A good fence is high enough so livestock will not reach over it and is compact enough to keep them from reaching through the wires. Good fences are, in the long run, cheap fences. 25 Years Ago . . . Mrs. Grace R. Dalton of Provo, was knocked unconscious by a thunderbolt during a storm here Tuesday while she was visiting at the home of her father-in-law, Lon Dalton across east from the high school. The lightening perforated per-forated the roof of the home in several places. Mrs. Dalton was unconscious for a half hour and was revived by Dr. George Anderson. Ander-son. Phones in the area were knocked out of commission. Controlling interest in the Springville-Mapleton Sugar Company Com-pany has been secured by the Jones Investment Co. of Salt Lake City, of which C. R. Jones of this city it secretary-treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Lavell Bird of Mapleton are the proud parents of a baby girl born July 24 at the family residence. Mr. and Mrs. Walt Wheeler have a baby boy bo'rn Sunday, July 29. Mr. and Mrs. Arch V. Combs of Hershey, Nebr., (Beama Bryan) have a baby girl born July 28. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wing, a baby boy born July 28. Funeral services were held Saturday Sat-urday afternoon for Miss Nora Harmer, who died Saturday following follow-ing an operation for goiter. 20 Years Ago ... Beginning Sunday, the Pioneer relic room in the City hall will be opened on Sunday from 3 until 6 rj.m. For her little son Leland on his fourth birthday, Mrs. Gregg Cran-dayy Cran-dayy entertained a few friends at their home on Wednesday. James Reno Vance, well known church worker, died of a heart attack at-tack at his home Wednesday. Springville's prize "Believe It or Not" story is being told here this week in connection with what might be termed an "overgrown watermelon". On exhibition for several days in one of the downtown down-town store's, the watermelon measured meas-ured four feet and one inch by three feet nine and one-half inches and weighed 51 pounds. The melon was brought here by Charles Gearhart from friends whom Mr. Wheeler met on a recent re-cent hunting trip in the San Juan region. And this is the rest of the story, the vine on which the melon grew is said to cover over a radius of 48 feet and produced 186 watermelons water-melons of various sizes. It grew in the vicinity of the banks of the Colorado river on the San Juan side. Mr. Wheeler invited a large group of friends to his home for a watermelon bust and they were able only to make a small dent in the melon, he said. Max Alleman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Alleman, recently returned re-turned from a 31-months misison to Argentina, S.A. Work is progressing on installation installa-tion of the million-gallon tank as part of the Springville water system sys-tem in Spring Creek canyon. Utah's legislature was believed near adjournment today following the acceptance by the House of the two percent sales tax, the feature of the special session. The house and Senate have wrangled over the question for days reaching a deadlock. dead-lock. The first tax was only of a cent. Since the special session was called more than three weeks ago, it has cost the taxpayers at the rate of $400 per day. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Mendenhall entertained at a reception ot their home Wednesday evening in comp liment to their daughter Alberta and Bliss Hoover, who were married mar-ried that day. Dinner was served to about 20 people. The couple will go to Deer Lodge, Mont., to make their home. 15 Years Ago . . . Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Thorpe have a' new baby girl born August 2. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Sargent have a babv son born August 2. Wallace Patrick, postoffice' employee, em-ployee, is convalescing from a recent re-cent operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Mae Huntington has been appointed a member of the Utah State hospital board of trustees. land, treasurer; Mrs. LaRell Johnson, John-son, reporter; Mrs. Arthur Bover, Alzada Wilmott and Mrs. Ellen Anderson, program chairman; Mrs. Arthur "Finley, parliamentarian. Hostesses for the occasion with Mrs. Bird were: Edna Nielson. new vice president; - Mrs. Clarence Schreiver. Mrs. Howard Maycock, Mrs. William Witney, program committee; Mrs. Orvil Clark, secretary; sec-retary; Mrs. Lawrence Lynn, treasurer; trea-surer; Mrs. Arthur Boyer, reporter; report-er; Mrs. Arthur Finley, parliamentarian. parliamen-tarian. Other club members attending the outing are: Mrs. Virgil Bird, Mrs. F. C. Packard, Mrs. Vernor Dunn. Mrs. Edward Forshee, Mrs. Eva Crardall. Mrs. Max Sumsion. Mrs. Lewis Bird and Mrs. Ernest Boyer. To control nose bots in sheep, smear the noses of sheep with pine tar. This recommendation comes from Earle Raun, extension entomologist ento-mologist at Iowa State College. |