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Show Hanksville Nevis Notes. . . By Barbara Ekker Art Chaffin received word that his brother, George Henry Chaffin, 96, has passed away in an Orem nursing home following a lengthy illness. George was born Sept. 1, 1878 in Minersville, Beaver County, to George Edwin and Elinor Jean Wade Chaffin. He married Annie Young Banks Feb. 24, 1914. He was the owner of a lime quarry, a farmer and cattle rancher most of his life. Survivors besides his brother are daughter, Mrs. Berniece Schoell, stepdaught-ter, stepdaught-ter, Mrs. Louise Bee Duke, Provo, 10 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, 8 great-great-grandchildren. A tragic accident occurred at Lake Powell Sunday when a man was being towed behind a speed boat in an inner tube in the area near the Hite Marina. While making a turn the tube rider was thrown into the rear of a house boat. He was rushed into St. Mary's Hospital Hospi-tal in Grand Junction but died enroute from injuries. Plans are underway by Larry Cheskaty, a railroad buff from La Mesa, Calif.,, and formerly from here, and his brother-in-law, Riter Ekker, to walk the narrow gauge railroad tracks from Silverton to Durango, Colo., in September. The hike will take four days to cover the 45 miles. Mr. and Mrs. Rod Sellers are announcing the engagement engage-ment of their daughter, Brenda, to Terry Albrecht, son of Mr. and Mrs. La Naie Albrecht. The couple are nlanninE a September wedd ing. Terry is employed with MRC and Miss Sellers is with Jim & Ells. Miss Joanne Wood became the bride of Rowedell Whitby Saturday in ceremonies performed perfor-med inTorrcy with a reception following. Keven Hatch of Hanksville served as an usher. Music for the evenings dancing danc-ing was presented by Normer Ekker Boiler, Darys and Neal Ekker, and Grant Maxfield. The program was MC'd by Mark Mulford. The couple will make their home in Hanksville as Rowdcll is employed with Hydro-Jet Corp. Ted Ekker and Fred Hearing were among the lucky ten persons to draw out for buffalo permits in the State of Utah. There were over 450 applicants applic-ants and the other eight permit holders are from the northern part of the state. Charles Kimbcrly froi.i Blanding is residing with Mrs. Edna Ekker Robison while employed here with MRC. His parents visited here last weekend from Sail Lake. Prairie dogs may be listed as an endangered species but there are enough of them to destroy acres of wheat for a Lyman farmer, Lloyd Chap-pcll, Chap-pcll, at his Horse Valley Ranch. He reports that they do not cat the entire plant, but first cut it down, beaver fashion, then the stocks arc left lying on the ground. They also dig underground holes and when he runs his tractor over these 'homes' it falls in hub deep. His horses hnvc fallen into these holos causing injuries. He staled there was a $10,000 fine to eradicate prairie dogs but he feels he's the enimngi:ki:d si'irn- as the dugs have taken over his ranch. Riiiikc Aides, David lltaun-ics, lltaun-ics, Delia, Colo., and Judi Jensen, Salt I.nkc, arc employed emp-loyed here this summer with the lll.M. They me making walcr shed studies from North C'ninsvillc Mesa lo the Muddy River and making studies of plant life. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kirby and children, Ann, Keven, Maureen, Kathleen, and Edward Ed-ward from Sharon, Conn., visited the Jess Ekkers Wednesday Wed-nesday and Mr. Kirby did a tape-film interview with Mrs. Edna Ekker Robison, who is Hanksville's oldest resident at 84. The Kirbys tour the west every summer and are Butch Cassidy Buffs. They were accompanied by Don Lovenzet also of Sharon. Kathy Peterson is visiting her grandparents, the Harold Ekkers, and her mother, Mrs. Norma Boiler from her home in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Don Lusko and two children have moved here from New Mexico. They will be residing in her parents, the Guy Robinsons, home and their two children will enter school here this fall. Debra May has accepted a teaching position in Goshen, Utah, where she will teach 3rd grade. Debra taught 2 years in Hanksville prior to her move. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy May, Green River. She will reside in Springville with Launa Allison, who teaches in Eureka, and they will drive to their teaching positions daily. Hanksville received an inch and a quarter of rain Tuesday in 30 minutes and it was ,.. lJ A.l,r 1? grcauy uttutu. i-muw... -inches fell Sunday afternoon to add to the much needed moisture, especially for range feed. Mrs. Lily White Parker, Kcnnewick, Washington, celebrated cele-brated her 101st birthday last week. Lily was raised in the Hanksville area. Her parents pioneered Blue Valley and were John Chalmers and Mary Ann Ingram White. Her youngest brother, John Henry White, married Anne Ekker, who was a sister of the late Andrew and Cornelius Ekker. She recalls the 'days of Butch Cassidy' and early history of this area very vividly. Her parents were converts to the Mormon faith from England and settled areas such as Ncphi and Levan, and were members of the United Order prior to their move to Blue Valley in 1883. Her husband was Solomon Parker, who passed away several years ago. |