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Show :lI:i!!llilill!i;Hf:inn!!li!l!l!ll!!l!!I!! -DUMO; But 9 Jtearui i By SECOND-GUESSEH SIIII!t!!l!i:ill!llllllll!lii!lIIItllill!!!illl Milford's New Year's Eve parties are "the talk of Southern Utah," and the one enjoyed by-several by-several hundred celebrants in the St. Bridget's Recreation Hall added another notch to the popularity ladder the parties have been climbing higher on each year. Attended by men and their J ladies from every walk of life ' and every occupation, the 1951- , 52 renewal of the annual affair I was one of the most enjoyable we've ever attended. Milford is still awaiting the arrival of "Mr. or Miss 1952." There have been no births at the Milford Hospital since the New Year pushed Old Man '51 into the garbage dump of the past. A note from Dean Carlton Culmsee of the U S A C School of Arts and Sciences points out a historical fact that should be of particular interest to the D U P, the Lions Club, or some ther civic or patriotic group. We quote: "Just recently I remembered a fact that may be of interest to Milford and vicinity. The head of our history department, Dr. Joel E. Ricks, is also president of the Utah State Historical Society. The Society induced the great Western historian, Herbert E. Bolton, to write a book on Father Escalante's Travels. "Dr. Boltou followed the entire en-tire route of Escalante by auto, horse, burro, boat, and part of the way Fie had to go on foot. He traveled some parts of the route many times and located very definitely virtually all the . points along the .way.jjvhichEs calante mentions in his diary. - "What is particularly interesting inter-esting to people in the Milford .area is that the historic "casting of the lots," -when the priests decided to go back to Santa Fe instead of continuing to California, Cali-fornia, occurred in the desert about 25 miles south of Milford. Previously, historians had indicated indi-cated that the casting of the lots was much, further north. "My personal interest in this matter is that the casting of the lots occurred not far south of our former ranch near Nada." We suggest that Milford ' should mark the exact spot of this historic event with a suitable suit-able monument. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Hickman and daughter Carolyn of Cedar City spent New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Grimshaw. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Murdock and six-month-old son David, of Salt Lake City, have been in Milford for the holiday season, guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Murdock. Mrs. . Evelyn Brannon and children, Carol, Jackie, Peggy and Charles, of Salt Lake City, were holiday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Skillicorn. Mrs. Dan Gilils and three j children, Craig, Kevan and Bryan, have returned to their home in Cedar City after spending spend-ing the holidays at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cline and Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Zabriskie. |