Show HANKSVILLE HANKSVILLE- HANKSVILLE I News Items By fly Mrs Mn Barbara Ekker The Kant Gar Power Co completed cont com their line lino to the FAA rAA airport airport air nir port In Monday Mar 21 They had the line completed Friday but it failed to operate properly so the crew had to walk the line from Irom Fruita to here in order to find the trouble which was located near the airport They finished up their wiring in Thursday and now hOW employees of R REA RIA A are completing complete ing In the connection work to each home Mr and Mrs La Nale Nabe Albrecht's Albrechts Albrechts Albrecht's Al Al- brecht's home was the first to receive the power Mr Horace Ekker did the wiring on the Albrecht Al- Al brecht residence and will do others In town Each home will willbe willbe willbe be inspected by REA authorities before they are connected to the main line Thursday afternoon all residents real resi dents rushed to the Alvin Robi Rabi Robison son home when they spotted a It large cloud of or smoke raising from the stack stock yard They discovered discovered dis dis- covered that his haystack was afire along with corral fences Alvin's stock truck was parked In Jn the area and was quickly re re- moved A bucket brigade from I Andrew Hunts Hunt's cabin got the flame Clame under control but five tons of hay were lost It was watched all night for fear Cear it would ignite again and in the event that it might he would have lost a grain house and his home Mr and Mrs Darys Ekker and Mr and Mrs Ken en Wilson attended attended attended at at- tended the talent program InI in Green River Friday Mrs Wilson I I sang accompanied by her father Mr Ekker also accompanied his brother Ted in a vocal num num- ber The two couples also vIsIted visited vis vIs- with the Robert Arthur and Ted Ekker and Mr and Mrs Roy May before returning returning returning re re- re- re I turning home Mrs Helen Falconer and Mr Virgil Baldwin visited Sunday in Hanksville with the Jesse Ekker family Miss Falconer will remain remain re reo main here with her nice neice for several weeks before returning to her home in Denver Mr Bal Baldwin Bal Dal dwin returned to Green River that evening Mr and Mrs Leslie R R. R Peck of Moab are announcing the engagement engagement engagement en en- and forthcoming mar- mar of their daughter Ann to Howard Williamson formerly of Arco Idaho but presently employed employed employed em em- hero here by the REA Miss Peck is well welt known in Green River A definite wedding date has lias not as yet been set The MIA play Aunt Hatty played in Bicknell Friday evening evening even even- ing with a record number Mrs Elora Ekker and Mrs 1 Renea Albrecht took the group of players early Friday afternoon returning that evening even- even Ing Mrs Ekker Ekler visited with her herson herson son Everett and family before returning home Mrs Albrecht visited her Mrs Ted Jones while there Last week I reported that Kane Gar-Kane had a job completion completion completion comple comple- tion party at the Lodge at Fruita and failed to mention the names of Eddie Stone and Howard Howard Howard Ho Ho- ward Williamson in the group that attended Eddie and How Ilow- Howard Howard ard have been employed by Gar- Gar Kane Iane longer than anyone from here and shouldn't have been overlooked Im I'm sorry Mrs Ruth Behunin and new daughter joined her husband Merrill Behunin Buddy Duddy Merrill in New York the first of the week Merrill is attending West WestPoint WestPoint WestPoint Point Military academy there theN Mrs Behunin has been in California California California Calif Calif- ornia with her family since the birth of their daughter the latter part of February Mrs l Pearl Bakers Baker's novel about the Wild Bunch Dunch and the Robbers Roost territory has been submitted submitted submit submit- ted to the Oklahoma Press Prior to the movie Wednesday a cancer film was shown Mrs Iris Reese is the Cancer Education Education Education I tion chairman for Wayne coun coun- ty She answered questions and antl informed viewers on the film Jay Hall Wayne county 4 H agent accompanied by several youths from Bicknell and Loa joined with a group from here for tor a party Friday evening Mr and Mrs Darwin Jackson and daughters Jonie and Sandra left Friday for tor Kanab Utah Mr Jackson was a surveyor with the Gar Kane Gar Kane Power line here A very successful dance was held Saturday evening in the EM Club sponsored by the PTA |