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Show MacKenzie, Sylvester Allan and their wives, who also made the colorful table displays. A good time was enjoyed by all. Many visitors were in town Monday to attend the funeral services for Myrtle Peterson Bird. Mrs. Bird lived her entire en-tire life in Mapleton until the past ten years. She reared a large family of children here, at a time when Mapleton was small enough that every family was acquainted with every other oth-er family. None of her children have resided here for a number num-ber of years, but they still think of Mapleton as being home. The following children came for the services: Mrs. Elaine Parcell of Provo; Orwin, Arthur Ar-thur and Jess Bird all of Salt Lake City; Donald came from Rochester, Minn.; and Larry from Ohio. Another daughter, Mrs. Irene DeVoe of Lansing, Michigan, was unable to attend. Friends and relatives gathered gather-ed in the Relief Society Room prior to the services to pay their respects to Mrs. Bird and renew acquaintences with members mem-bers of the Bird family. Funeral services were held in the .chapel at one o'clock. Camp Union DUP will hold their monthly meeting at the , home of Helen Wiscombe or , Thursday evening, January 14 Mapleton News Mrs. Blake Everett Phone 489-4837 Kenneth Booth, eight year old grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Verl Jensen was seriously injured in-jured in a sleigh-riding accident Sunday in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. Ida-ho. He was struck by a car, and received chest injuries, both legs were broken and both arms were broken. According to a telephone call made by the Jensens Monday evening, the boy was conscious and alert as to what was going on. His doctors doc-tors felt that he had passed the .crises, but were still concerned con-cerned about the extent of his chest injuries. The boy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Booth and their four sons have been making their home in Alaska for the past several years. They spent three or four weeks in Mapleton Maple-ton visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Verl Jensen, then went on to Coeur d' Alene to see Mr. Booth's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Booth, who are former residents of Mapleton. They had planned to go on to their home in Alaska, where Mr. Booth is employed by the bureau of Land Management. The Mapleton Lions Club held their holiday social dinner party recently at the Oak Crest Inn. There were approximately approxi-mately forty people in attendance. attend-ance. The Lady Lions exchanged exchang-ed gifts, and also presentee their husbands each with a vest with the club name and inscriptions. in-scriptions. Two films were show by Grant Thorn, one or England and the other on the Holy Land. President Glen Holley welcomed wel-comed Lavar Cloward and his wife into the club as new members. mem-bers. Arrangements for th evening were made by Gler |