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Show for the first time, there await many cattle drive pass the front door at 6 o'clock in the morning, as For those who "move West" . were brought down from the mountain Vol . ' for the winter , town-br- happened recently when these beeves cats haven't been the same since). 59, No. 42 Home for Christmas' celebration Nov. 27 part in the promotion. Each Santa Claus will arrive in participating merchant will give away at least one prize. Everyone is invited to register at each merchant's place of business for the prizes. Shoppers may register all day for the prizes, and drawings will be held at 4 in the afternoon. Priz.es should be claimed by the winners by 6 p.m. that day. The Chamber of Commerce also is sponsoring a drawing and a children's for a half-be- ef Monticello November 27 the Saturday after Thanksgiving to officially open the third annual Home for Christmas celebration sponsored by the Monticello Chamber of Com- merce. The day's' festivities that Saturday will start at noon, with Santa riding in the Christmas parade from the post office corner to the library building, where Santa will be on hand from 12:30 to 1:30 to greet all the children of the area with candy for all the youngsters. At 1:30 there will be a free movie for children 12 and under at. the Little Theatre. Food concessions and other booths for this year's November 27 celebration will be set up in the library, also; last year the booths were in the former First Security Bank office building. Civic groups and others interested in having booths that day should contact A1 Martinez, concessions chairman. The library will open at 9 o'clock thatSaturday morning. Children of the area are being invited to march in the parade. Prizes of $ 10 for first place and $5 for second and third places will be awarded parade entries. (Our ed experiences , such as having a new A highlight of the day will be the many holiday bargains offered by merchants taking Hatch to visit county Tuesday Orrin Hatch, Senator-ele- ct from Utah, will make two stops in San Juan County next Tuesday, November 16, on the first of a series of trips through the state before going to Washing- ton, D. C., his office announced this week. toy. , The Christmas paint-i- n for children of all ages will be held the morning of Saturday, November 27, at the Monticello branch of the San Juan County Library. The young artists windows. For the second time in three years, MonticeUo has walked honors in off with first-plathe Southeast Region of the ce Utah Community Progress program for showing the most overall progress of competing towns in the area. Monticello representatives attended an awards banquet Friday night at the Hilton Hotel in Salt Lake City, where Mayor Gene Etherington accepted a certificate of recognition on behalf of the community. Others attending the banquet from Monticello included City Manager Clyde Christensen, Councilmen Keith Redd, Bruce will par- The Monticello Group will hold another meeting tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 o'clock in the Everyone is invited to participate. Mrs. Pat Davis and her art students from Monticello High School will provide supervision and assistance. Carol Forrest is chairman of the poster contest. The Monticello Lions Club will be in charge of decorations, including the decorating of trees in the city park, and music in the downtown area. Donna Gates is general chairman of this year's Home for progress award SCG meeting ticipate in creating a stained glass window effect on lib- rary Monticello wins Christmas" celebration. speech-dram- first stop in the a will be for county community breakfast at 7 o'clock Tuesday morning in the library at Blanding. Mrs. Beppy Gibbons, San Juan County Republican chairman, . said tickets Hatch's for breakfast, at $1.50 each, will be available both in Blanding and Monticello. A ques- - School-Commun- room at the a Monticello High School. The meeting is open to the public. Last week the group organized with Sunny Redd named chairman and Margie Teeter recorder. The purpose of the group was outlined and Edna Rogers was named to the group. Persons wishing to know more about the group should contact the school district or or Mrs. Mrs. Redd Teeter (587-251- 8) (Please turn to page 2) ity (587-235- 1). Adams and Jack Young, and Mrs. June Hansen, a member of the community progress steering committee. . Second place in this year's competition went to Green River, with Price third and Moab receiving mention. honorable Two years. ago Monticello also won first-plahonors and a $500 cash award for exhibiting the most overall proce gress of competing ties in the region. communi- The competition is designed to provide incentive, coordination and assistance to com- -, munity officials, civic groups and individuals in their efforts to better the quality of living in their cities and towns. Winning this award is the result of a combined effort by city officials, the Monticello Chamber of Commerce and many other groups and indivi- duals in the community," Mayor Etherington said this week. It was a community project. Family night Family night will be held Monday, November 22, starting at 7 p.m. at the Monticello branch of the San Juan County Library. Children of all ages will be welcome to enjoy a film and story programs with their parents. |