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Show THE Page Four rr.. Lil ?l1 ! , i 3 B 9" .a . - 01 t X it.-- - I SILVER SERVICE MAPLE i UTAH NEPHI, Stenographer Svims Club Mews . &" TIMES-NEW- The Ladies Literary club enjoyed their annual Christmas party on Monday night at the home of Mrs A. L. Garbett. The home was beautifully decorated lor the occasion. The table was also decorated and loaded with pot luck goodies of all kinds and colors. The song of the month "Joy to the Wrld" was led by Mrs. E. Al-t- n Kllertson. The story of 'The Littlest Angel ' was given by Mrs. Clarence Cordon. Miss Mab el Sperry gave live sparks, and Mrs. Marvin Anderson led the group in singing Christmas car ols. Santa Claus came in unex pectedly and gave each lady a beautiful gift. Those who enjoyed this lovely party were Mrs. James R. San- ley, Mrs. t rank Greonhalgh, Mrs. W. VV. Stephenson, Mrs. A. V. Gadd, Mrs. Marvin Anderson, Mrs. George A. Sperry, Mrs. Amos G. Irons, Mrs. Joseph G. Irons, Miss Lula McPherson, Mrs. I. M. Petty, Mrs. John E. Robertson, Miss Mabel Sperry, Mrs. W. F. Brough, Mrs. Robert Winn, Mrs. T. W. Allred, Mrs. William Bailey, Mrs. J. L. Belliston, Mrs. T, W. Bur-Ion, Mrs. E. Alton Ellertson and the hostess, Mrs. A. L. Garbett. Gibraltar Sfraiis; Over 1,500 People Are Killed Annually Holds Two Records In Car-Tra- in Wrecks SAN DIEGO Florence Chad-wica San Diego stenographer, who recently swam the Straits of Gibraltar, will go down in sport history as one of MINNEAPOLIS Over 1.500 pie are killed and more than 4,000 j are injured each year in approx4,000 collisions of auto- j imately wnn rauroaa warns. ji moDues the great endurance swimmers of these accidents, 40 per cent occur all times. in of closed gates, watchmen, She swam the Straits In 5 hours or spite special signals warning of the and 6 minutes, beating the previous record held by a man by an train's approach. Three times as many such acci hour and 53 minutes. dents occur per hundred specially had doubt that Experts expressed crossings as occur per Miss Chadwick could make the protected hundred crossings marked only difficult crossing. The first with traditional "cross-buck- " em woman conqueror of Gibraltar's blem. currents was Mercedes tough of The specially protected crossGleitz Britain, who made it In of course, average much ings, 13 1928 In hours and 42 minutes. heavier in volume of traffic, but Miss Chadwick Is the first womtheir reveals an to swim the English Channel the high accident ratio for heedless amazing capacity e both ways. She holds the England-to-Francwhich makes the Amerl record with 14 hours and driving can motorist the despair of safety 52 minutes. In crossing the Straits she swam engineers. The four chief causes of such the same breast stroke at 80 strokes a minute all the way accidents, according to highway across. A doctor who examined authorities, are: 1. Simply taking it for granted her immediately after the swim, that there is no train coming. exclaimed: "This Is not a woman, 2. Paying no attention to "Stop" this is a Titan. Her pulse, respiraand warning signs. tion, and blood pressure are comA Christmas party for the 3. Trying to beat the train to of the neighborhood was held pletely normal." Miss Chadwick said alter the the crossing when a train Is in Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Mathews. swim that the English Channel is sight or signals are flashing. Lunch was serced and presents much wider, but not near as diffi4. Starting across after a train were exchanged. I hose enjoying cult as the Straits. She said the has gone by, without looking for the affair were Mark and Monna currents there are the a second train on another track, Lee Jones, Marilyn, Carolyn and she had ever encountered.strongest Maxine Bowles, Craig, Bryant During the trip she took nourishand Brad Tidwell, Carol and Kathy Sherwood, Shazel and Gail ment three times. She had broth and Jeanette and vitamins after 2 hours, chickMemmott, Lola en half an hour later, and cracker Mathews. In the evening the grown-up- s of at 4 hours. NEW YORK The Empire State the neighborhood enjoyed a dinner building in New York is a traffic at the home of Mr. and Mrs hazard for migratory birds going Reese Sherwood. south along the Atlantic Flyway from Canada and New England. 01(1 10,000 On numerous occasions hundreds WASHINGTON Assistant Atcrashed into the building as FRESH torney General Warren Olney re- have they passed over New York in the ported recently after weeks of night. hunting that he has found about The exact cause of the mass 10,000 unanswered letters in the 'pHE Wall Street Journal redestruction remains obscure. On that busiports "private eye" Justice Department'! Criminal Di- two occasions the birds were going ness has reached a record peak. vision. south on a cold air mass that gave Peak for peek, eh? He reported that some of the them a tailwind. letters are 20 years old. One, lor It isn't the lack of "pull" that Exactly why many of the birds instance, was written In 1928 and are killed against the building were will keep a guy from getting any has never been answered. flying so low is also obscure. Most place, it's the lack of "push " The new chief of the Criminal of those that have flown Into the Division said most of the letters structure usually travel at about From Darwin, Australia, comes are now museum pieces. "The un- 2,000 feet in the air. The building a report that police are searchanswered letters were just lying is 1,250 feet. ing for an English migrant whose around on desks, or In drawers or Ornithologists report that the T.' jFjAVEYOJ SEEM filing cabinets." building is a hazard at night when Mr. Olney recently sent a memo darkened after 12 o'clock. Many to everyone In his division asking migratory birds take off at sun' that all letters that had been down and fly all night in their around for more than 60 days withsouthern journey. out an answer be sent promptly to "central files," the master recy ords of the department. " Navy's Skyray Sets As a result, he said, an avaNew Speed Record lanche of letters flooded the reo-orlast known remark was. "Where, THERMAL, Calif. The Navy's department after just four can I hnd some crocodiles9 new Skyray interceptor has won days. Maybe he found them. Now he la wondering when It back the world's measured course record with an average of 753.4 will stop. There are a lot of DeoDle look-- ) miles an hour. ing for a Big Four William Tyndale, the EnglishThe plane was flown by Lt. meeting to sift the world's many man who printed the fast EnCom. James B. Verdin, 85, combat feuds. As if relations aren't glish version of the New Testaof World War II and Korea strained enough already! ment, in 1526, was executed for; hero The plane is a flying-winjet Oct. 6, 1536, in Belgium., heresy Whenever a holiday comes type craft. around, some people are just The Skyray erased the 737.3 The Grand Canyon in Arizona loaded with good spirit; others is a varicolored fissure 217 miles record set by a British m.p.h. are just plain loaded. Vlcers Supermarine Swift a few long, 4 to 18 miles wide and 4000 to 5500 feet deeD. weeks earlier. The Skyray is designed for use off carriers to protect the Ceet from attack and is now scheduled for tests aboard a flattop. During the 20 minutes between take-of- f and landing, the nine-to- n plane, powered by a Westinghouse 0 turbojet engine, used approximately 3,500 pounds of jet fuel, a gasoline-kerosen- e combination. shark-Infeste- Av-.y- d Department Finds Letters . . i I LA f Last evening, tne ixjnior Class held their annual Senior Ball, carried out to the theme of "Silver Bells". The Nebo Knights furnished the music for this loveaffair. The dance ly, semin-formbegan at 9 p. m. in the high school a 1 OaJ 13 ttumv gymnasium, and was highlighted with the promenade by the members of the Senior class at 10 p. m. at which King Gary Cowan, Queen Carolyn Engle, Prince Dale Heaton and Princess Florence Pax-ma- n were introduced. n It is our sincere wish that your Holiday Season be enriched with all the k blessings that belong to Christmas that you find every happiness STRICTLY 0 1953 24, YfV? v Migratory Birds Hit Empire State v December Thursday, in the New Year ahead BAILEY GO. McGUfiE j e of our many confidence and loyalty ds friends gives to us added much promise for the future. We wish a Joyful and Successful SNAK Fosfer Gardner SHAK Christmas New Year to all. CAFE Frances Gardner ; Joiju V Seven BAGOTVILLE, Quebec men who spent 87 days in the wilds of Canada reported they had A v. 0 "Alii v 1 AND BEST WISHES CARTER'S it CAFE be light holiday. COPENHAGEN Cayl Dauw, who started at work at a Copenhagen department store in 1903 and has been acting as Santa Claus for the firm for the past 35 years, is te get a gift himself. He gets an expense paid trip to the United your home to oil our friends our sinterest A ft " ri - a BILL'S j FOR 3 Santa Gets Prize : wishes for a i 7 glorious pleasure that t K GREETINGS OF THE ' your heart unbounded H'PPT New Year to All. M y It is with and x a rugged time. They were hall starved when discovered. The plane carrying the men ran out of gas and they were marooned on a small lake. The party exhausted their food supplies rations for two men for 80 days. These were split among the seven men. When they ran out of this they ate wild moss, partridge, hare, and two small trout. The escape was a narrow one. Authorities were on the verge of abandoning a long search for the men when a Royal Canadian Air Force plane spotted them. we extend . States as the store's anniversary gift. He thinks Christmas a good time to make the trip, because he can study American Santas on the job. -v U . ", be bright with every Christmas joy rcz ll Pi jSj ly j spuonuT I m n M cifid K Seven Men Survive 37 Days in Woods Lrings to you good cheer, health and good fellowship. good A Me rry CLristmaa r.v, -y' g 1 v.rf V .Ami 1, re thinLiag of you, all our friends, and Loping that thi nappy Ckristmat season V i. top-lev- Orectings V I Elevator Co. SHOP Best - known of all American steam locomotives was probably the New York Central's old No. 999. It was the first engine and held the world's speed record for more than 12 years, after covering a mile In 32 seconds (112.5 miles per hour) near Batavia, New York, on May 10, 1893. FORSEY'S VARIETY STORE I 1 |