Show NEWS Word was re received Ived Monday morning of the death of E E Johnston at the Orr hospital in Fruits Colorado fol- fol following lowing a stroke Mr Johnston long longtime longtime time resident of Gree er and own own- el ei of the men s clothing store here was taken to Dr James S Orr s has hos- hospital pital last Friday for medical treatment and had a stroke Sunday from which he died Monday Mr Johnston IS survived by his wife who was in Fruita with ith him Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o 0 clock at hIS residence Eben Ellsworth Johnston w v as born May 6 1862 in Nashville Holmes county Ohio and pissed away in Fruita Colorada September 24 1934 Mr Johnston had been a resident and merchant of for 22 years coming here from flom Eagle Colorado where he hc had been m the clothing store business Mr Johnston was a member of Orient Lodge Number IS 15 and had been a member about 20 years He had sere sen ed In al- al almost almost most every offIce In the lodge including including ing the master He had been the sec sec- secretary secretary for a number of years and had served as master twIce Funeral serf sen Ices will wUl be held at his home Wednesday afternoon wIth Dr R M ste steenson enson In charge of the brief service and interment will be m in the Elgin cemetery beside his wife Mary Johnston who passed away ay ten teIl years ago Colorado were wele visiting in town last Colorado w v as in town last week with his brother Harry L Purdy and r Mrs Lottie Parton They returned Sunday to Meeker where here Mr Purdy Is manager of the telephone ex- ex exchange exchange change there Wallace 0 Bickmore e dlO dio e to Logan Saturday accompanied by Dick Mc- Mc McClurg McClurg Clurg MISS GenevIeve Shaner and Miss Frances Bedier all of whom will attend the Utah State Agricultural college this year Mr Bickmore re- re returned returned turned Sunday C A Franz and daughter MarJorIe of Salt Lake Lahe were ere visiting in town ton the past w v eek with Mr Franz s brother George They returned Monday with Ith Earl Beebe and Eric Ene Simonson accompanying them to attend the University sUy sity of Utah this year Miss Vera Simonson left last week eek for Grand Junction where she wIll attend the Grand JunctIOn Junior college this Sear ear Miss Florence Cheney left for Los Angeles Saturday after spending spending- a week visiting her parents Mr and Mrs J R Cheney Mr and Mrs Phillip A Dufford of Pocatello Idaho spent Sunday and Mond Monday y visItIng Mrs Dufford s aunt Mrs George FranzA Franz A miscellaneous shower was held for Mrs Orville Swanson S San an son Thursday by byl l Mrs frs Stewart Wilson and MIS I E Jorgensen C N Snow of Fel ron was as nominated for state senator on the Republican ticket for the new district consisting of Emery Grand and San Juan coun- coun counties ties bes at the senatorial cons con held m in the basement of the Midland hotel Monday afternoon Following the meeting the delegates were treated to all the watermelon they could eat eatA A total of cars of melons had bad been ship shipped d to east eastern em markets up to Monday night Melon picking hat haS dropped considerably during the week the season IS about over a few more cars will be shipped but only a afew afew few Word was received Monda Monday of the death of Thomas G Wimmer at Thompsons from heart failure Mr was as a time long resident of and Grand county No further partIculars were v ere known He is surVived by his wIfe two daughters Margaret and Laura of Salt Lake City and three sons Lloyd Ed and Andy Mr Wimmer lived in some years ago and owned the Wimmer ranch about 20 mIles below town which has been sold to Glen Ruby He also owned a ranch at Crescent where he has lived for the past few years coming there from California Mr WImmer was one of the few men who knew every twist and turn of the Colorado river and was one of the guides for the government engineers when they were searching for a location for the present Boulder dam Mr Wimmer also figured prominently in inthe inthe the river bed hearing of the United States against the state of Utah sev- sev several several eral years ago Dr Wilson of New York City chaIrman of the foreign and local mISSIon board of the Presbyterian church has been visiting m in Green Green- river the past week Rev Norman Smith of Mt Pleasant drove over Sun Sun- day Sunday to accompany Dr Wilson on a tour of th the Presbyterian churches m in southern south south- southern ern Utah |