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Show r Manila Clara Robinson $ Phone 784-3463 yg i ii iiiiiiiwi Dean Mitchell recuperates at Manila home Dean Mitchell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scot Mitchell, is back in Manila following an accident a week ago, October 22, when she was thrown or fell from a pickup truck. She was taken immediately to Rock Springs, but was sent on to Salt Lake City where she has been hospitalized with serious head injuries and a broken leg. She is now staying with her sister, Mrs. Calvin Slaugh in Manila. An "Oktober Fest" was held at the Manila High School Friday evening. This festival was sponsored by the Manila High School German class which is taught by Twila Kesterson. Miss Kesterson was assisted by Layne Potter who has served a mission for the LDS Church in Germany. - A program and German foods were enjoyed. Word has been received in Manila that Mrs. Ivan East has been released from the burn center in Salt Lake City, and is now convalesing in Salt Lake. Mrs. East was badly burned in a campfire when she and her husband . were hunting elk. Von Christensen of Tremonton, Utah visited at the home of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Cloyd Reed last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Haxton and children of Bozeman, Montana visited from Thursday of last week until Sunday at the home of Mrs. Haxton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Briggs. Mrs. Walter Anderson, chairman for the quilting committee for the senior citizens, has another quilt ready to be quilted. This quilt will be sold to provide additional funds for the center. A group will be quilting Wednesday. Anyone wishing to quilt may call Mrs. Anderson. The Manila LDS Ward potato crop has been stored in a metal building at the Cloyd Reed place. Those who have potatoes there are asked to get them before they freeze. ! Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Schofield were in Salt Lake City last week to visit their daughter, Mrs. Pete Riggs, and her husband Pete. Pete had just arrived from two weeks in Santa Cruz, California where he had undergone. ' open heart surgery. He is now at the Veteran's Hospital in Salt Lake City. The Pete Riggs live in Carlin, Nevada. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Olson and children were home from Provo to visit Roger's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kent Olson. Mr. and Mrs. Burl Twitchell are parents of a girl born October 13 in Salt Lake City. She weighed 6 pounds and 11 ounces and will be named Sarah Ranae. Her maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. L.P. Biorn of Manila. Her paternal grandmother is Mrs. Etheleen Twitchell formerly of Manila and presently of Rock Springs, Wyoming. Mrs. Twitchell is now home with the baby. Hunting for deer started Saturday and a number of them have been bagged. They must be nearer town as shots could be heard quite often. During elk season only a few faint sounding shots were heard. No school was held in Daggett County Monday. . More calves were shipped from Manila this past week. Ward Conference was held at the Manila LDS Ward this week. Stake officers met with the Manila Relief - Society, at Primary, with the Sunday School and Priesthood quorums during their respective times with leaders all Sunday afternoon, and at Sacrament meeting Sunday evening. Stake officers included President Alan Harman and President Albert H. Neff of the Green River, Wyoming LDS Stake presidency and stake officers from various auxiliary departments. Temperatures last week fluctuated from a low of 23 degrees at night to a high of 75 daytime reading. No : moisture fell until Sunday evening. Only a trace had fallen when the - temperature and precipitation ' readings were taken. However, it snowed and rained intermittently all night and again Monday forenoon. The program presented by the Salt Lake Scots at the Manila High School Saturday evening was unusual, both educational and entertaining. It included in-cluded a narrator, bagpipe players, drummers and heather dancers. The narrator explained the traditions of the Scottish people. Pamphlets containing some Scottish recipes were distributed. The narrator explained the origin of the dances before they were performed. The music, the scale used, and how and when it was played was explained. Don Baxter, former teacher at Manila High School, was one of the bagpipe players and told about the uniform. He told that the Scots are quite self sufficient as they could roll up in their plaid and sleep anywhere. They carried a small knife which doubli.il as a fork so they could prepare and eat game. Their hands were free for their sword, and they carried another weapon (a dirk) in , their sock. Mr, Haxter v;:is nrrnmpanied by his wile, son and daughter-in-law, his daughter and son-in-law and two grandchildren. Manila senior citizens enjoyed a beef and ham dinner at the Old Timer's Building in Manila Saturday at 6 p.m. After dinner some people left to attend the Salt Lake Scots and White Heather Dancer program at the high school. Others remained and played bingo with the new bingo set. The group was also shown a new lamp purchased for the center by the M k L Homemaker's Club. |