| Show mrs alice billings greets guests at open house thu tliurs rs receiving a multitude of friends at an open house cele gration hold held in her honor thurs d day bir a wa was s mrs alice orser nilllns aing iing 80 one of the ashley vnlley8 vvileys oldest residents mrs billings who Is well known throughout the basin for or her activity in the LDS church Is a small quick quickwitted witted little lady who still performs perforni qi all nil her household and social du duties acs ics with amazing ease will greeted gieeted gleeted guests from 2 to ft A 1 p in thursday afternoon at the home of her daughter mrs ona wool ley at 140 south 5th ath west the tho door will be open to all ac quaintances quain ualnances tances of mrs billings although she has lived in the basin nearly all her tier life mrs I 1 billings wa v m born in prove provo utah on Decem decembri dccembci decembei bei 25 1865 she moved with her family to jen sen then called Ri verdale in 1884 1084 she married A N billings in ansen on october 15 1889 while residing in jensen mrs billings taught the first school vcr ver opened there during the four years she acted as teacher I 1 she recalls teaching theodore johnson as one of her fairst rirst frirst pupils and the only one of them still living in this vicinity on a recent trip to wyoming mrs billings met two pupils who she had instructed nt the jensen institution active church member an active member of the LD LDS S churn churh chuch mrs billings served as secretary of the jensen relief society for over 32 years she also filled the office erjhe of of erthe president id c nt of the mutual while living in jensen thirty years ago the billings family moved to glines ward while living there mrs billings was president of the relief society for 9 years at the age of 86 she is still a visiting teacher and a church magazine agent she holds the record of having the highest subscription rate in the entire stake in her seventh year as agent recalling her first days in the basin mrs billings described the country as barren th there ere was no vernal at that time z and rid the only store was located in ashley ward for the first years of her life here a large area east of vernal was named Ri verdale later it was divided into what is now known as naples and jensen she is the mother of eight children five of whom are still living 24 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren the children still living 41 the uintah basin 3 in are mrs wiley erma collett of ashley mrs driver vella smith mrs ona woolley eldon billings of glines gllnes gellnes and cecil billings now enroute to tahiti where he will serve a two year mission for the LDS church i all inriled invifted in speaking of the open house mrs billings would like to see all the acquaintances she has made in her long full life it is to be an informal affair with an open invitation to all THALIA CLUB HOLDS I 1 DECEMBER 20th MEET the thalia club held their annual christmas party at the home lome of mrs bill havens on december 20 the hostess served q R delightful luncheon early in the afternoon after which the group played 500 winners of the game honors were mrs victor karren mrs ora Heni hemstreet hemstrcet henistreet street and mrs charles D anderson A gift exchange highlighted the afternoon guests of the meeting were mrs victor karren and mrs dorr finicum nicum Fl tho the next regular meeting of the thauans 7balians will be held at the home of mrs charles 0 anderon som f I 1 DUP HOLDS outstanding HOLIDAY celebration camp utahn daughters of utah pioneers held an outstanding christmas social last week at the home of mrs M M cook when they celebrated the arrival of the christmas season over 40 guests were served a delicious buffet supper during the evening husbands of the members were special guests of the evening co chairmen of the event were mrs A alwyn call and mrs arben jolley and captain mrs william wllllamjaco6 jacobe acted as general chairman outside guests of the evening were leonard jorgensen and william madison of salt lake city and paul larson of roosevelt A novel game merry xmas was feature of the evening with aich hleh hich honors in the mens division won by lamond lomond tullis and low to M M cook ladies winning hiah hlrh hirh and low awards were mrs mable johnson and mrs mm doris walker through engineering progress coal is now mechanically cut and loaded then hauled to the surf surface a ce on long belt conveyors 0 or r electrically powered trains |
