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Show PHew Auxiliary to Power Plant Yas Completed Twenty-fiye Years Ago j 3 23 YEARS AGO Construction of the new auxil-r auxil-r iary ur.it of the Springville power plant is practically complete and ; installation of the machinery will ) begin this week. Though recent bad weather has delayed work, the , plant is expected to be ready for . operation in December. The school population of Nebo district over that of last year, ' shows a gain of 209 pupils. The ' total population of the district is ' now 3145 boys and 3066 girls, a ' total of 6211 students in the dis-' dis-' trict. 1 A baby daughter was born to : Mr. and Mrs. Ben Holley Novem-' Novem-' ber 9. Miss Mary Huntington, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bird Huntington, Hunting-ton, slipped and broke her arm on the icy cement at the Washington school Tuesday. The new cafeteria at the high school is proving successful. A hot dish and a glass of milk is served each noon. The domestic science girls cook and serve and it gives them some practical experience. The first steps in furnishing the new Second ward chapel were ta. ken today when 400 chairs for the recreational hall and 75 for the geles. where she was called due to the serious illness of her father, F. O. D. Meakin. Mrs. G. L. Beardall left early :his week for Los Angeles to attend at-tend the wedding of Miss Mary Childs, daughter of the late Moses Childs. Formal acceptance of the underpass under-pass completed by Strong and Grant was formally accepted as a state road following an inspection of the project Tuesday. The contract con-tract was let last December and the work was completed ahead of schedule. Largely attended services were held in the Mapleton ward Monday for Fredrick Allan, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. B. Allan, who died of complications resulting from gunshot wound on the opening of the pheasant season. A review of the book, "The Shape of Things to Come," by Mrs. Mae Huntington, featured the Ki-wanis Ki-wanis club Thanksgiving program Wednesday night. The Red Cross drive conducted here by Chairman Thomas L. Latimer Lati-mer was termed successful with nearly all of the quota in. The cost per membership is $1 and half of this remains in the town. . ID AWI Coach Art Hughes faces the prospects of rounding out a hoop team from some sophomores and juniors inexperienced but promising. promis-ing. Lost to the 1941 team are Juan Whiting, captain, who is now playing with the U. of U. ; Calvin Johnson, Creed Weight, Ned Blackett, Kenneth Olsen, Neil Whiting and Eugene Robertson. Frank H. Singleton, 60 died Wednesday night following a long illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday in the Fourth ward church. Mrs. Harriet Ann Burraston Childs, 77, passed away Tuesday morning at the family residence 999 South Fourth East. Funeral services were held in the First ward Friday, directed by Bishop A. G. Peterson. Funeral services were held Sunday Sun-day for Milan Crandall, 84, who died Friday of ailments incident to age. , Mr. and Mrs. June Pierce went to Logan during the weekend to attend the birthday of David P. Noakes at the Bluebird cafe. Mrs. Rhoda Dougall was honor- Relief Society hall were delivered. Although the building will not be completed until spring, the basement base-ment floors are laid and it is planned plan-ned to hold some activity in this part of the building next month. Joseph H. Gore, 4-months' old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Gore, died Sunday and funeral services were held Tuesday in the Third ward. 20 YEARS AGO Given by Delmar Dickson, who (was successful in bagging a big elk this year, a banquet at the high school was served under direction of the domestic science department and Principal W. W. Brockbank. About 50 guests attended including includ-ing the game commissioner, George Cox, Lee Kay of the state game department and others. Work began Saturday in the $79,868 art building under the direction di-rection of the WPA who will furnish fur-nish $54,000 of the money and local lo-cal contributions will total $25,000. It is expected to be completed by March. Mrs. J. F. Wingate returned to her home Sunday from Los An- ed Saturday evening on the occasion occas-ion of her seventy-second birthday. Springville's Christmas opening will be held Saturday evening, when the Main street lights will be ablaze and Santa Claus will arrive ar-rive in person at 7 p.m. A Christmas Christ-mas program will be held in the bank corner beginning with everyone every-one singing Christmas carols. Santa San-ta Claus will be greeted by the Springville band and Mayor A. O. Thorn will escort him to greet the crowd. Max Simkins has been released from the African LDS mission and sailed on the S. S. President Polk November 10, expecting to arrive in New York. He spent two years in the vicinity of Capetown. |