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Show Hanksville News Notes By Barbara Ekker Interment for the 13-day old daughter of Stanley Leon and Sheila Swink Maxfield was Saturday at the Hanksville Hanks-ville cemetary. Brenda Sue Maxfield 'was born in Moab, but was rushed to the University Univer-sity of Utah hospital She weighed 1 lb. 12 oz. She is survived by her sisters, Tamera Lynn, 11; and Rachael Yvette, 11 months. Grandparents are Raymond and Led a Mecham Maxfield of Delta, Colorado and Mr. and Mrs. S.A. Bert Swink, Moab; Great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Elden Cramer, Salt Lake and William Winder, Price. Funeral services were con- , ducted in Moab by Bishop Ronald J. Holyoak. Nona Young, wife of former Hanksville school teacher, Farnam Young, is in the Cassia Memorial Hospital in Burley, Idaho after a freak accident last week, where she lost her right foot. Mr. and Mrs. Young, who make their home in Albion, Idaho were returning from Burley when a passing truck lost an outside dual tire which struck the Young vehicle and smashed in the entire front portion, but did not stop to assist the Youngs. Farnam and a younger young-er daughter, Fawna, had gotten got-ten out of their car to hail down a passing motorist for aid when the approaching car struck the Young car as Nona was getting out, and hit the door with such force that her right ankle was severed. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Maxfield of Salt Lake visited his sister and husband, Nell and Harold Ekker, last week and attended attend-ed his class of '35 reunion in Green River Saturday evening. even-ing. Then Bill and his bride. Louise, continued on to other areas of the state to enjoy their honeymoon. Dean Ekker downed his antelope last week on the desert north of Hanksville. The horns measured 14 Vi inches and was a beauty. Keven Hatch attended his class of 11 reunion in Green River's State Park last week with most of the former classmates in attendance. Four youths were rushed to the Moab hospital after the vehicle in which they were riding overturned on a winding wind-ing mountain road in the Book Cliff area Saturday while the group was returning from elk hunting. Injured were Kyle Ekker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Ekker, driver of the vehicle; Ruth Ann Reay, sister sis-ter of Mrs. Carolyn Hatch, T. Ross, and Can dice Vetere. Ekker walked from the scene of the accident to Thompson to obtain help. The vehicle was totaled, but none of the youths were thrown from the vehicle and all their injuries were reported as minor. Roy Ekker brought his daughter, Kristine and a friend, fri-end, Cherie, from Payson to Hanksville the past weekend and they enjoyed a trip to Lake Powell while visiting the Horace Ekkers. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Thaine Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brown, members of Wayne Lions Club and their wives, canvassed Hanksville over the weekend to obtain orders for their calendar listing birthdays birth-days and anniversaries. Dick and Judy Behnke returned re-turned to their California home this week after spending spend-ing nearly two months here and at their mining claims near Starr Springs doing assessment as-sessment work and renewing old friendships. Mrs. Sharlet Wells and son returned this week from a visit into Idaho with Don's parents, the William Wells. The Hanksville Elders Quorum held a mutton fry and melon bust on the 10th at the Church parking lot, which was well attended. The Aaronic Priesthood held a supper the evening of the 17th with many persons from Loa and Bicknell attending. Relief Society Leadership meeting was held Sunday in Loa. Those attending from the Hanksville Ward were: Marilyn Mari-lyn Sellers, Katherine Grundy, Grun-dy, and Karen Albrecht who sang a musical selection, and Bertha Robison, Darla Jean Robison, Susan Wells, Gloria Martin, Ethel Jackson, Clella Ekker and Janice Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Hartley P. Win get, formerly of Monroe, but now residing in Roy, Utah and their daughter have been touring this area this week. They camped in the Starr Spring area and toured the Henry Mountains and Lake Powell for several days and then moved north to Goblin Valley and the Robbers Roost area. Mr. Win get called the Henry's 'Home' while a boy of 18 and working for Emery King. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ekker were in Grand Junction Monday Mon-day on business with Plateau Resources and will visit Sylvia's Syl-via's sisters, Una and Goldie. The CBS Signs of Cheyenne, Chey-enne, Wyoming is a city Youth girls Softball team that placed first in the Division League. Among the players was Angela Ekker, daughter of Dean Ekker and granddaughter grand-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ekker. Angela is a sophomore student and is with the High School Marching March-ing Band and will appear next Sunday on TV (CBS) Sports Spectacular featuring Frontier Fron-tier Days in Cheyenne. She is a member of the "Blue Notes," a school jazz band and the volleyball team. She and her step-father, Al Simpson, each drew out for Moose permits and downed their bulls last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hill, Monroe, spent the weekend with the Dean Ekker family. "Ducky" will enter the Utah Valley Hospital this week for major surgery. Houseboating on Powell this weekend as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ekker were Mr. and Mrs. Ron Westen-skow Westen-skow and children, Mrs. Bonnie Bon-nie Herman and children, and Mrs. Robin Rasmussen of Salt Lake and Mr. and Mrs. Steve Rasmussen, Hanksville. They caught some beautiful bass inthe Tracyte area of the lake. Patsy Rasmussen returned to St. George this weekend to continue her college education as a sophomore student. She worked for the Utah Highway Dept. this summer. Coleen and Nona Lee Johnson John-son attended the wedding and reception of their cousin, Ruth Jackson this Saturday in W. Jordan. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gear-hart Gear-hart and two sons left Monday for American Falls, Idaho where he will begin work with the Soil Conservation. Larry has been employed here this past year with the BLM. Ray Bennett and J. C. Carlile of Denver were in Hanksville this weekend to look over some claims of Riter Ekker on Berts Mesa. Carlile is a metallurgist and has toured the world and owns several Denver based companies. com-panies. Earlier Saturday the two men were leaving Moab and came upon a bicycle accident and helped get the youth transported back to the town for medical care. Farah Faye Pace, daughter of Ben and Neva Ekker Pace, celebrated her first birthday on the 23rd with a party at her home with her parents and grandparents, Jess and Barbara Ekker and children. "Back to School Night" was held Friday. Sept. 23 at the Hanksville Elementary School where teachers met parents and met PTA officers and enjoyed a pot luck supper. Early Saturday morning work began on the fencing project at the school with PTA President, Pres-ident, Marty Lampman, and custodian, Kay Erickson, setting set-ting fence posts. The school is also getting a "face lift" with a coat of paint. La Var Wells and Riter Ekker flew to Page, Arizona early Monday morning to record claims within the Park boundary. Attending burial services for the infant daughter of the Leon Maxfields in Hanksville Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Grant Maxfield, Mr. and Mrs. Roger Dean Maxfield, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mecham, Mrs. Bert Okerlund, Mrs. Synona Mulford, and Mrs. Ranae. Albrecht. Al-brecht. Mrs. Albrecht took her mother, Ida Weber V. , with her to Bicknell to ih, ' the 50th wedding anniv " of Herb and Duella W.kT ' . Mr. and Mrs. Lany , Torrey, toured the Caffi' U: Blue Valley area with Redford last weekend 6'", w a realtor with BuZJ I "A Realty and also U an agentS V Westcom Homes and Km , . eral such homes ready toT ' set up in Hanksville ' ... ; Mr.andMrs.DaleJohn , .: and daughter spent last wv i ' ?t parent. i ' ' John Johnsons from I home in Castledale UtL x" " ' 1 Mr. and Mrs. Hal iw have moved into the Sfes wide mobile south of LiL ei Ekkers formerly owned2 rei Skip and Bonnie Herman w! moved to Salt Lake. mines in the Tracyte ire. si' u Mr. and Mrs. Craig , o have moved from Shoots tif Ring to Green River when ) he's employed with (W Uranium. Mr. and Mrs. Kim Wflx, ,d spent the weekend with hi lii grandparents, the Dary! Ek- g. li kers from their employment ji at Shoot-A-Ring. 9 |