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Show Minersville News Mrs. Amanda Nolder Observes Anniversary Mrs. Amanda Ethel Pryor Nolder reached her 80th birthday last Monday and a party in her honor was given by her chidlren, Mr. and Mrs. Sim (Eloise) Murdock, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pryor, William Pryor, Mrs. Ambrose (Bertha) Dalton, Mrs. Patricia Williams, and Mrs. Helen McGee. Two other sons, Fred and Grant Pryor, were unable to attend. Also present pres-ent were grandchildren Mr. and Mrs. Ray Murdock, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pryor and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Boyter. A plate lunch was served, and I Mrs. Nolder received many lovely gifts. The group enjoyed the eve-I eve-I ning visiting and reminiscing. ' Mrs. Nolder was born in Salts-burg, Salts-burg, Pa., March 30, 1879, to Charles and Hannah Singleton Price. They came to Utah in 188G as converts to the LDS Church. She recalls that ice was broken in the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, so that her mother could be baptized. Arriving in Utah at the age of six, Mrs. Nolder was impressed with the horses which pulled the. covered wagon from the train at Milford to Greenville, where they lived with her uncle, Will Edwards. Ed-wards. Up to that time she had only seen one or two horses in her life. Their primary problem upon arriving ar-riving in Greenville in November was to be able to "get by" until spring when they could raise a garden, and water was scarce even when they did have gardens. She recalls that they slept upon the floor and her mother cooked over a stone hearth from which hung hooks for the kettles of beans and soup, the main diet in those days. They also cooked in bake-ovens bake-ovens among the coals. She said her father r'dn't know how to farm and he took any kind of work, and later was foreman of mines operating in those days. She was married to Fred Roberts Pryor at Beaver, in 1898. He died I in 1919. Mr. Pryor was a school teacher in Minersville. Their first 1 child, Eloise, was born in a two-story two-story frame house located on the Elmer Marshall lot. Mr. Pryor continued to teach school, and later entered the mercantile mer-cantile business. In younger life Mrs. Nolder, whn possessed a lovely alto voice, sang in a trio with Rachel and Lucy Williams, sisters of the late Frank Williams. She also taught in th3 (Continued on Back . I . HIS WEEK JN vliNERSVILLE By MRS. EMILY GILLINS (Continued from Page One) Primary and Sunday School. In 1925 she married Isaac Newton New-ton Nolder, who operated the mercantile mer-cantile business in Minersville. He was noted for his ready wit and humor. He died in 1951. Mrs. Nolder has always enjoyed sewing and needlework, and rug making. At present she is making a quilt for her grandadughter Sandra Petty, who will soon be married. She has 25 grandchildren and 34 great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Fails announce an-nounce the marriage, April 1, of their daughter, Barbra Jean, to Wilburn M. McGhee, son of Mrs. Pauline McGhee of Rockwood, Term. Barbra was marired in her white uniform in the base chapel. Both young people are members of the Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi, Texas. 1 Miss Joan Pryor, daughter of Commissioner and Mrs. Howard Prycr, was honored on her 10th birthday, Tuesday, with a party. The prettily decoratde cake, the game of bingo and treasure hunt, and lovely refreshments all added up to a delightful party. The second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Gillins, Kathy, reached her seventh birth anniversary on Tuesday. Many friends were invited in-vited to her party and she received many lovely gifts. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schwab spent the week end as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Robinson and j their three daughter returned home with them to resume school. Mr. and Mrs. Truman Rollins visited at the home of Mrs. Pauline Paul-ine Carter and with several friends on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Eyre welcomed wel-comed their third child, a daughter, March 30 at the Beaver County Hospital. She weighed 6 lbs 14 oz. Rulon Hollingshead of Payson has been here visiting his father and helping to erect a new fence necessitated by the removal of large trees on the west side of the Hollingshead home. The Leland Daltons are also boasting a new fence in' front of their residence, and already sporting sport-ing a new coat of paint. Obra Myers is completing a partition par-tition fence and has done consider-Mr. consider-Mr. and Mrs. Karl Truman and family and Mrs. Effie Marshall motored mo-tored through St. George and surrounding sur-rounding communities on Saturday enjoying an Easter trip. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hayward and family were Easter week end guests at the home of Mrs. Alba Gillins. Mr. and Mrs. Jess McKnight and family of Salt Lake spent the week end with Mrs. Cassie McKnight. Mr. and Mrs. Evan College and family of Magna, cousins of James Eyre, were guests at the Eyre home over the week end. Sunday school services featured Mrs. Renae Davis and Mrs. Wilma Davis on the Easter program. Sunday Sun-day evening the cantata, directed by Mrs. Melba Baker with Mrs. Phyllis Truman as accompanist, was well attended. Mr. and Mrs. Hilton Gillins received re-ceived ,word from their son Earl, who is serving with a Navy Minesweeper, Mine-sweeper, saying he has been on sea duty in Japan, the Philippines, Korea, Ko-rea, Formosa, etc., and expects to be in Minersville in July. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bowcutt and daughter Colleen of Elko, Nev., were week end visitors at the Rulon Ru-lon Eyre home. Mrs. Rachel Eyre was admitted to the Beaver County Hospital on Tuesday for surgery. Several families enjoyed an Easter Eas-ter outing through the Glen Canyon Can-yon area, including Mr. and Mrs. Leland Dalton, Mr. and Mrs. James Eyre, Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Fails, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pryor and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pryor. Mrs. Dorothy Carter was confined con-fined to her home last week suffering suf-fering from pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hayward, Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Eyre, Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Eyre and Mrs. Alba Gillins Gil-lins visited Saturday in Cedar City with Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Stephenson. Stephen-son. Vella had been released from the hospital after undergoing undergo-ing treatment. Mrs. Ora Fotheringham is visiting visit-ing her children in the northern part of the state for sveeral days. |