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Show News Notes from Hanhsville Glen P. Johnson, known to everyone as "Grandpa Johnson." John-son." w as honored Thanksgiving Thanksgiv-ing Day by all of his children and friends at a "family dinner" to celebrate his 80th birthday a bit early. Glen was born Nov. 29, 1896 to John Peter and Dosena Olson Johnson in Cleveland, Emery County, Utah. He served in World War 1 where he was injured. On April 19, 1923 he married the lovely Merintha Johnson, oldest daughter of Sixtus and Lovisa Cox Johnson at Price, Utah. Together they have enjoyed over 52 years of married life. Together Glen and Merintha served in the Northern States Mission in Chicago in 1963. Glen has served in church and community commun-ity offices over his 80 years and was Hanksville's first Bishop in 1935. He has served as president of the Hanksville Canal Co., Stake Missionary, Stake Sunday School, and the community's Justice of the Peace. Glen's special "birthday dinner" was held at the Ward Recreational Hall and it overflowed with grandchildren, grandchild-ren, great-grandchildren, family fam-ily and friends. , Glen and Merintha were blessed with nine children. Joann, their second daughter, passed away in 1940 following a tragic accident on a school picnic. Their oldest son is Gordon Kent who owns the only store in Hanksville. He is married to Gladys Quilter and they have seven children. Nona Bee is married to Bernes Jackson (a former ward bishop) and they reside in Salt Lake and have six children and a foster child. John Merrill resides in Hanksville and ranches. He is married to Janice Moore and they have five children. Glen Dale resides in Green River and is married to Darlene Curtis and they have eight children. Mary Lee is Mrs. James Olney and they have three children. Ann is married to Johnny Petric and they have two children and are Alaska-Vernal residents, resi-dents, Dosena June is married to Kay Erickson (the present Hanksville Ward Bishop) and they have four daughters. Louis Ellis is their youngest and resides in Idaho and is married to a lovely girl and they have seven children. A Hanksville landmark burned to the ground Friday afternoon. The cause is unknown. un-known. The structure was the home on the ranch, formerly the Andrew and Olive Hunt property on the Dirty Devil River north of town. The ranch had been sold to James L. Johns of California and then recently purchased by Dennis Ekker. Three young men were residing there at the time while mining in the area and lost an or ineir persuuai belongings and several items of furniture. The Ship Herman's Her-man's had used it to house their furniture, moved, here from' Salt Lake-betbre' moving1 into their new mobile home before Thanksgiving. All the property owner could do is stand and watch as freezers melted, dinette sets curled under the immense heat and newly built kitchen cupboards crumbled like a cardboard box. ' A family dinner was held in the new Larry Ekker home Thanksgiving. Guests included includ-ed Mrs. Edith Gardner, Green River, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ekker and family, Payson; Kullo Hill, Salt Lake; Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Hill, Monroe; Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ekker and family; Mr. and Mrs. Horace Ekker; and Mrs. James L. Johns. The afternoon was enjoyed listening to guitar music by the family members. Mrs! Ann Petric flew to Alaska last week to be with her husband, John, who was to undergo major surgery on his right hand. John is employed there on the pipeline. Their children stayed here with grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Glen P. Johnson. Ms. Janet Albrecht joined her parents for Thanksgiving from her Salt Lake home as did her grandmother, Eris, from her home in Salt Lake. Also al the La Naie Albrecht home were the Terry Albrechts and their new son, Ronnie La Naie, Mr. and Mrs. Danny Albrecht and daughter, Tawyna, and son Danny West, of Fremont, Mr. and Mrs. Rod Sellers and family. A transformer blew up at the Horace Ekker home early Saturday morning and left them and their son next door out of power most of the day. Temperatures dropped to -7 that morning, making things pretty miserable. Hanksville's Sportsmen Club President, Tom Martin, represented the organization at the Nov. 18 Deer-Coyote session in Moab. The State Agricultural and Wildlife Damage Prevention Board is n c.;v,,oir nr- aJUiiaui nig a jiA-jai coyote study on the La Sal and Blue Mountains and its organizers organ-izers held a public meeting to inform the public. Chairman of 'the' meetiflg'Was- Jim' Koertge, Ogden. He was accompanied by Ray Piggort of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services, Rodney John from the Division of Wildlife Resources, along with representatives of the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. The Hanksville Sportsmen Club will hold a regular meeting Dec. 2 at the school and all members and their wives, along with the younger hunters are urged to attend. Barry Wayne Cheskaty, son of Larry and Julia Ekker Cheskaty, is a shop and art teacher at Francis W. Parker School, a private school in the San Diego area. Barry built custom furniture and interior systems for Sanford Robertson Interiors for two years and worked for the House of Heirlooms restoring antiques before joining the Parker staff. Barry attended high school in La Mesa and attended Gross- mont Jr. College and graduated graduat-ed from San Diego State University. He served two years active duty in the navy prior to his marriage to Cathy ; Lee. They have a 3 year old i daughter, Julie, and are i expecting an addition to the t family at Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Riter Ekker, Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Bruce Ekker and son, Hanksville, joined Mr. and Mrs. Jay Ekker and three children in Price Thanksgiving where they enjoyed en-joyed dinner with the Everett Ekker family. Mr. and Mrs. Don Ekker and three children from Salt Lake were also guests. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pace and Farah spent the holiday with the Jess Ekkers. Her sisters, Rita and Sybil returned to Fremont with them to spend the weekend. Dr. Keith Rogers, State Board of Education, accompanied accomp-anied three foreign dignitaries from Bolivia to San Juan County where they observed community education with the Indian people. Mr. Rogers is a rnn.in.lgiu nf MrQ 1.9 Vcfll Taft. Rita and Sybil Ekker sang at the Eastern Star Installation in Green River Saturday where their cousin, Debra May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy May, was installed as Worthy Matron and her father, Worthy Wor-thy Patron. The Ekker girls were accompanied in their musical number, "Impossible Dream" by Donna Albrecht on guitar. Other family members in attendance were Mrs. Gaye Ekker Thurston, Cedar City. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hog-gatt Hog-gatt and children from Carbon-ville Carbon-ville spent the holiday with her parents and brother, the Darys Ekkers. A Quit-Claim deed was made this week by Bishop Kay Erickson to turn the old church, purchased by twenty two stockholders some eight years ago, over to the Hanksville Canal Co., the only incorporated organization in town. The Town Hall, as it is now called, has been cared for by an elected committee for a number of years, but onl during a recent search of the county records was it learned that the property was still owned by the LDS Church. The county wishes to build a ' cinder-block garage on the west side of the Town Hall to house the new ambulance and firetruck. It was through their efforts that the mistake in ownership was brought to light. |