Show railroad day big Suei success ess ir s railroad day was cele berated in grand style august 1 NN th people from all over tooele thoele county salt lake city and out of state attending the annual eel cel bration of the railroad railroads s corn com ing to ophir the fhe day began with children childrens s races and sports early in the aft erneen followed by a girl s soft ball game with ophir winning 10 3 at 4 p rn the men held a base ball game and ophir was downed by stockton in a thrill packed gan e 2 1 ON er 65 children attended the dance held in the early evening and adults turned out for the nights dance ophir thanks every one for supporting their celebia t on te tle annual affair began in 1912 and a newspaper clipping of that ean states ophir will celebrate tt e greatest day of its history to morrow august 1 1912 when the st ohi and ophir railroad wil be offe off cully lally opened the feature of the day wil be a free ride over the new road from ophir to st john and return races raes dances and ball games v x ere the highlight of that day just as hev bey were this time state county and city officials participated in that gala opening which has teen celebrated ever since except during the war years mr air and mrs alfred gustaveson and daughters dorothy and carol and dorothy dix daughter of mr and mrs foster nix returned on tuesday from a trip in california mrs bethiah anderson mr gust aveson s mother accompanied them to st george and remained there while in california they visited mr and mrs clarence buckingham and family at montebello california bolten gustaveson at lospoc and mr and mrs wm J lindeberg at san carlos they returned home through nevada As we are off on our trip to alaska today my mind is a blank where news is concerned I 1 don t really know if there isn t any or if 1 I just cant remember it in the excitement of packing and plan ning but as I 1 have discovered a real writer here in wendover I 1 must pass on his article so others can read the news of the week thanks to blair lamus maybe he could submit something each week with a little coaxing well so long everybody well we 11 be back in time glenda green |