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Show THIS WEEK IN MINERSVILLE By ALBATEEN ROBERTS .. -. Descendants of Joseph Banks sr. held a family reunion Saturday at the Minersville School lawn, as has been customary for several years. Highlight of the occasion was an award of a nice photograph of Joseph Jos-eph Banks sr. and his family, presented pre-sented to Jay Banks, son of Mr. and Mrs. David R. Banks of Henderson, Hen-derson, Nev., for having traveled the greatest distance, having come from San Francisco. A nice program pro-gram and luncheon also featured the gathering. With the release of the old officers of the family organization, George Banks, James Hardy, Neil Rehnstrom, and Mrs. Jessie Williams, new officers were elected as follows: Albert . Bohn, Lee Banks, Jack Craw, and Mrs! Bernice Limb, More than a hundred hun-dred descendants attended. Mrs. Jean Mott and daughter of Greenville visited Monday with Mrs. Marquardson and other relatives. rela-tives. Attending funeral sevices Ln Delta Del-ta Friday for Elmer Hollingshead were Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jameson, Effie Jameson, Bishop and Mrs. Marshall Hollingshead, Mrs. Reva Albrecht, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hollingshead Hol-lingshead and son Larry, Mrs. Andy An-dy Hollingshead, Mr. and Mrs. Mer-vin Mer-vin Edwards, and Mrs. Paulina Carter. Mr. Hollingshead, who was killed in an auto accident, was a grandson of pioneer Minersville settlers, among them the builder and operator of the first grist mill. A farewell testimonial was held Sunday evening in the LDS chapel for Kent Limb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl (Rema) Limb. Kent will . serve in the Great Lakes Mission. A nice crowd attended and Stake President Wallace Yardley and Counselor J. C. Smith were present to make the testimonial complete. Mr. and Mrs. Ren King motored to Price over the week-end to visit Mrs. King's sisters, one of whom has been ill. Another, Isla, will be leaving soon to go to California for an indefinite time. Randall Banks now is home from the Milford hospital, having undergone surgery for gallstones, which had been causing him considerable con-siderable pain for some time. Lo-neva Lo-neva tells us he is recovering nicely nice-ly now. Mrs. Newell (Theo) Marshall was taken to the Cedar City hospital hospi-tal Monday morning to be treated for seriously broken bones. It is reported he came through surgery in good shape, thanks to Dr. Graff and his skill in this field. George Marshall is at his home, but his health is not very good and he can't get out and travel to the horse races like he did when he owned that great race horse Para-chaunt. Para-chaunt. As this writer remembers it, he won every race he ran and I 1 always cheered until my thoat was sore. George and Vella were parents par-ents good ones to me when my mother passed away and I'll never forget them! We received word from Lorin and Julia Hall, former residents of Beaver County and friends to us all, who are rejoicing over the the birth of their fifth great-grandchild, born Saturday, July 30. Parents Par-ents are Bobbie and Beverly T. Lawson of Lemon Grove, Calif. (Sweet little Defbra Sue Lawson! I remember her well.) Mrs. Amy Stoddard, my dear pal, is visiting with me here for awhile. Her home is in Salt Lake City and she is ertroute to Pan-guitch Pan-guitch to attend the John D. Lee Family Reunion. As a feature of the reunion, a monument will be erected at his grave. He gave his life in connection with the Mountain Moun-tain Meadow Massacre of many years ago. Activities in connection connec-tion with the reunion and erection of the monument will take place |
