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Show HanksvilleNews... By Barbara Ekker Guy and Nina Robison and Mrs. Ruth Nelson have been in Ogden this past month at the bedside of Guy and Ruth's sister, Mrs. Lila Robison Silva who has been seriously ill. Mrs. Ida Weber has been visiting her daughters, Jean-nine Jean-nine Hunt and Aundrey Tuft in Salt Lake. Then she flew on to Idaho to visit her youngest daughter, Cheryle Avery. The Avery's youngest son will enter Primary Children's hospital hos-pital later this week for major' eye surgery. Square dancers from all areas of the state and adjoining adjoin-ing states held a Halloween party aboard the paddle-wheeler, paddle-wheeler, Canyon King, and enjoyed a weekend of dancing, danc-ing, sightseeing, and touring Lake Powell. There were 24 couples in attendance with callers aboard. Captain Tex McClatchy was at the helm. Virginia Nutter Price, 65, businesswoman and owner-operator owner-operator of the Preston Nutter Nut-ter Cattle Ranch in Carbon County, died Sunday in Salt Lake of heart failure. Mrs. Price operated the 180,000 acre ranch, the largest privately pri-vately owned cattle ranch in the state since she became president and treasurer of the Preston Nutter Corp. in 1955. Virginia became a spokesperson spokes-person for the cattle industry in the state, writing several articles on the problems of the cattle industry. Mrs. Price also wrote several children's stories, plays, book reviews and articles for the Utah Historical Society. She was one of the initiators of the restoration work being done on the Cathedral of the Madeleine, Made-leine, Price. Virginia was the former vice-president of the Junior League of Salt Lake and received the Woman of the Year Award from the American Amer-ican Red Cross in 1940. Virginia was born April 30, 1912 to Preston and Kather-ine Kather-ine Nutter. She married Howard How-ard C. Price, Feb. 10, 1942 in Salt Lake City. She attended St. Mary's of the Wasatch Academy and studied archaeology archae-ology at the University of Arizona. She is survived by her husband and two nieces, Mrs. Katherine Hodkin, Salt Lake and Mrs. Virginia Anderson, Price. Virginia was a member of the Catholic Church Altar Society as well as the Town Club. Holy Rosary was recited Tuesday at the Neil O'Donnell Mortuary Chapel. Wednesday Mass was at the Cathedral of the Madeleine at Price. The family requests contributions be made to the heart fund at Holy Cross Hospital or to the Cathedral of the Madeleine restoration fund in her name. ... George and Marty Smith, Warren and Shirley MacEv-ory, MacEv-ory, Lori and Gari Jo Shaver, j Michal and Morgan Muni, s Kristi and Don Devore, Becca and Earl Babcock, Kim Mitch-j Mitch-j ell, Raelene, Don and David S McWhirt, all students at the Bull Frog Elementary School 5 and their teacher, Steve John-$ John-$ son, have just returned from a weekend field trip to Mont- rose, Colorado. Funds for this $ trio were raised bv these students by selling candy in the Bull Frog, Hanksville and Capitol Reef area and they would like to thank the many who made it possible. Carol Crawford, 17-year old daughter of Jerry and Millie Crawford, and granddaughter of Bill and Madge Crawford, is the proud owner of a wild mustang from the Nevada desert recently captured near Susanville. The animal is a five year old mare and was picked up at Escondido last weekend by the Crawford family. This new "foster parent" par-ent" plan was begun by the BLM to take care of the overpopulation over-population of wild horses on the Nevada and Utah deserts. ... $ Barbara Wilson, sister of $ Mrs. Charlotte Seely, is stay- $ ing with her daughter in ; California following a serious $ heart attack several weeks ago. She is also the sister of $ Frank Wilson, of Eugene, Oregon, and Annetta Gifford of Fruita, Colo. i ... Do Forest Smouse, Conter- ville, and formerly with Min- erals Recovery Corp., stopped and visited friends last week while here on some mining business with Dale Lyman. A farewell party was given Bruce Dawson by BLM personnel per-sonnel Thursday evening. Bruce is a range technician from California and completed his summer employment here. Buffalo hunters began arriving ar-riving in Hanksville this week to get oriented before the opener Nov. 5. Ten hunters were successful in drawing out in this "once in a life-time hunt" on the Henry Mountains Moun-tains south of Hanksville. Three hunters are from Pro-vo, Pro-vo, two from Sandy, one from Granger, one from Panguitch, one from Orem, Salt Lake and Clearfield. An orientation meeting was held at Willow Springs on the evening of the 4th with BLM Wildlife specialist, special-ist, Jim Fergunson, and game officers. Kirk Mullins, and other fish and game officials present. Ted Ekker and Richard Ryan, Green River, have been moving equipment into their mining claims leased from Plateau Resources. You've heard of the "bump" and the "hustle?" Well, at this time Hanksville and Green River have a "medicine hus tle" going. When patients ' from Hanksville go to the ! Green River Clinic, it's vitsl that medication gets to Pi. J tients immediately, so Sue r-Allen, r-Allen, nurse practitioner makes a run to Hanksville L after the pharmacist, Kelly ' from Price fills prescriptions' J and meets a courier from 1 . Hanksville halfway out on the J' desert to make the transfer ' - Mr. and Mrs. La Vor Wells ' H and family flew to Kirkland. ! Arizona this weekend on bui iness. ! i Mr. and Mrs. Glen P. John- son returned home this week ti from Salt Lake where they , had medical appointment. Mrs. Janice Johnson brought :' them home after a visit with ?' daughters, Nona Bee Jackson . and family and Mary Olney v Derk Garber's parents from Paradox, Colorado spent 3 2- days last week with their son and family. . ' . Lori and Bobby Dixon and son spent deer season week,- ' end with her parents. Butch -and Margaret Bullard, but hunted with 15 other couples ' . from the Price area in the " Henry Mountains. j Mike Butkus, outdoor rec- c reational planner for BLM, V- has purchased property ia f Logan, his hometown, and has it rented. Mike is also Little League Coach here. |