Show C correspondence R E S FT 0 N D E IN M T CE it MESQUITE NEVADA t mesquite nev dec dee IS 18 while I 1 david abbott sat reading at 10 p in on the dinst a knock came to the door mr abbott went into the store room and opened the door when a masi masl ed man pushed a gun at his face and demanded money mr abbott gave him what money he had which the robber said was nas not en ough finally convinced that he could not get more the robber tooh took all the larger coins and left jacob leavitt and A G hughes have returned from arden where they have been working prank burgess and christian jen son left this morning for las vegas with a load of turkeys mrs william abbott has been very ill but is now able to sit up a little springdale springdale dec dee 16 moses E gifford is repairing the porch around his residence which greatly improves it F D gifford is preparing to build another addition to his ence william H gifford is making improvements on his residence our school teachers are preparing a celebration tor for xmas they are deserving of much credit for the effort put forth in helping put over the christmas seal sole the weather is ideal and trail road and bridge work is progressing very satisfactory in zion park t the sale of christmas seals is pro t grossing gressing to the satisfaction of the committee in charge A dance was given on the night of A the 15 the proceeds to be used buy t ing christmas seals mrs 0 D gifford aunt alice is very much improved and able to be t about again A number of our people are attend ing the stake quarterly conference in st george old santa is very svery busy preparing tor for the jolliest time of all the year VEYO veyo dec dee 17 the health and prosperity of the people in this local ity has been very good the past year and as the year is drawing to a close we wish to extend our best wishes for a merry xmas and happy new year to the editor and his staff and our many friends in the county last friday night the M I 1 A pre pro dented the drama mary s millions mil ions it was a very good play and the cast was very well taken saturday night they presented it in gunlock clifton and lee V leavitt have re turned from pioche nev where they have been to sell beams they re port the market very poor bishop and mrs J L bunker have been in st george the past few days attending conference john G and john M Mc were here last week on business albert bunker will be moving into his newhouse new house soon washington washington dec IS mr and mrs M 0 funk former residents of this place spent the week end here visiting mrs funk s sister mrs cenia hall who is very ill III they left tuesday tor for their home in salt lake city joseph judd jr who has been herding sheep in nev returned home saturday mrs edward nisson shipped ibs lbs of turkeys by parcel post tuesday morning joseph hanning returned sunday from hupton nevada miss alice belnap left monday tor for caliente nev dixie mid winter carnival dec dee 2 2628 6 2 8 VIRGIN virgin dec dee 17 A G burnham returned from cedar city thursday bringing a tractor engine for the road contractors at zion canyon mr and mrs fred beebee of cane beds anz ariz spent the latter part of the week here visiting at the home at of mrs elisha lee mr and mrs joseph barney re turned wednesday from gunlock where they spent several days visit ing their daughters J S standlee and kr mr van ness left tor for their homes at los angeles cal wednesday to spend the christ mas holidays mr and mrs elmer bradshaw are here from thorley s ranch and intend to spend the winter here dixie mid winter carnival dec dee 2 2628 6 2 8 toquerville toquerville dec 17 mr and mrs albert anderson and family have returned from parowan carowan where they had been to attend the golden wedding of mrs anderson s parents mr and mrs lowe mrs earl jackson pleasantly sur her husband saturday evening at a birthday party lunch was served and a very enjoyable time rashad was had mr and mrs benj beni bringhurst of st george were visitors here last week quests ot of mr and mrs L S kleinman mrs eliza ann anderson has re turned from st george where she has been the past two weeks mrs martin anderson was serious ly ill last week but Is out again now christmas seal selling seems to be the order of the day E R lamb is on the sick list bloomington bloomington dec 17 miss bath beth larson entertained a number of friends at her home sunday even ing henry atkin was here from saint george on business monday |