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Show THE SAN JUAN by RECORD, Thursday, September 4, 1980 - Page 7 FLORENCE by Florence Galbraith Last Friday, San Juan High 'School band went to Moab to provide music for the first Bronco football game of the season. Heres hoping. our Broncos come out victorious. It helps when our band goes along with their excellent music. Blanding s Fourth Ward MIA young folks enjoyed a Hobo Cook-o- ut on Blue Mountain last Tuesday ed evening. Everyone brought vegetables to cook in the hot coals. Mrs. Kent Redd has just returned from a visit to the northern part of the state where she visited several of her children and attended to business matters. foil-wrapp- of the Community Concerts membership drive , Pauline Jensen (left) and Sunny Redd (right) with President Chairwomen Sue Halliday . Membership drive begins Time is nearing to purchase membership in the San Juan Com- unity Concert Association for the 1980-8- 1 season. Members of the board of directors will be making calls during the week of September 8. If you are not contacted, do not let that stop you from getting membership. house-to-hou- se Contact any of the following board members: Dorthy Adams, Da Redd, Tauna DeGraw, Denise and Jeff Frost, Tanya and Jim Goodwine, Sue and Bruce Halliday, Dick and Patti Husted, Fred and Becky Black- Jim and Cynthia Muhle- stein, Robert and Heidi Redd, Joyce Martin, Audrey and Melvin Ross, Dawn and K.C. Jones, Mel- vin and Illeen Walker, Rick and Joan Terry, Pauline and Rex Jen- sen, Sherry and Buddy Redd, Dan and Barbara Shoemaker, Sunny and Hardy Redd, Doyle and Mari- lyn Rowley, Bob and Arita Sparks, all of Monticello. In contact Nannette and Perry Allen, Lewis and Melissa Dover, Steve and Pam Bronson. In Eastland, contact Gary and Phyllis Crowley or Buzz and Sharon Crowley. Pauline Jensen and Sunny Redd are chairwomen of the member-bur- n, Blanding, ship drive, Halliday, president, is to pleased report that the associa tion has been able to hold the on membership prices. line Adult ticket is $10; student, $5 and family, $25. Sue Three concerts pianist Carl Mathis, folk singer C.C. Ryder and the William Hall Chorale-w- ill be offered in Monticello. Membership entitles holder to attend programs offered in Durango, Cortez, Grand Junction and Farmington. Blanding PTA Sounds mentary healthy like the Blanding schools ele- are off to a start with excellent teach- Pot luck Monticello senior citizens monthly potluck dinner was held August 27. Not only was the food delicious, but the entertainment for the evening was delightful. Participants were the five daughters of Rex and Bernice Christensen, Stephanie Lavato, Jean to, Bernie Christensen and La-va- Priscilla Romero, daughter of Mrs. Cleofus Archuleta. First was a Spanish dance to recorded music by Stephanie Lavato and Leesa Christensen, 4 and 5 years old, followed by The Birthday Song sung in Spanish by Jean Lavato, Bernie Christensen and Pricilla Romero, accompanied on the guitar by Danette Christensen. Danette, joined by her sisters Stephanie, Beth and Dawn played and sang the songs Blue MountDown in the Valley and ain, Country Road. ha The final number was La in sung Spanish by the Cuc-arac- three ladies again accompanied by Danette on the guitar. The senior citizens truly appreciate all the local talented people who come and share their time and talent with us. ers, principals and personnel. Janet Wilcox is the president of the combined PTA. Many new ideas are in the offing for this year. Three bulletin boards will be posted - one in A. R. Lyman school library, one in the Blanding Elementary foyer and one in Blanding Mercantile. These boards will contain articles on how students can improve and how parents can help improve their children as students. Important school meetings and school activities will be listed on these boards. September will see a big PTA membership drive. Fee is only $1.50 for each members. DeAnn Ivins is secretary, so dues can be paid to her. Grandparents of students may also buy PTA membership. President Wilcox attended the school faculty meetings last week. City police officer, Dennis Gutke, was there to talk about school safety and to find out how the city police officers, the PTA and the school can combine efforts to sponsor a safety instruction program. During a bike rodeo to be held the last week in September, bicycles will be engraved with numbers to help prevent theft. I Edway and Ila Redd 50th anniversary anniversary celebration in honor of their parents is being planned by the name of the business was changed to Redds. In June of 1951, Da and her children joined Edway in Mon- Redd. Edway and Da are interested in their surroundings and have been energetic participants in church and community affairs. Edway was president of the Monticello Lions Club, the Monticello Chamber of Commerce, the Country ar Club Association, and treasurer of the Communtiy Con- A Golden Wedding children of Mr. and Mrs. Edway Edway and were Da Kofford Redd married in Castle Dale, Utah, on November 17,1930. They lived in Price, Utah, for 20 years, where Edway was employed by Redd Motor Company. Ha was busy during this time rearing her children and participating in civic activities. School pix ol Adams Studio will take pictures at the Monticello Elementary School, Saturday, September 13th, commencing at 11a.m. Appointments should be made by 1. calling the secretary at Also family portraits will betaken at 4:30 p.m. School pictures will be taken on Monday, September 15th. pre-scho- By Marsha Keele Beppy Gibbons, Utahs National Committeewoman, reported to the San Juan Women Republican 28 at Elk the Thursday, August Ridge Restaurant in Blanding on the activities of the platform committee in Washington D.C. Dr. Dee Gibbons accompanied his wife to the meeting and gave his impressions of the convention. Both were impressed with the wholesome convention atmosphere and Gibbons said he felt that people were genuinely interested in making the U.S. a better, more moral place in which to live. 20-ye- cert Association. Ha has been known as In 1951 Edway moved to Monti- cello to manage the Charles Redd He became a Motor Company. in this partner enterprise and the McPhee Dam started 587-224- Gibbons speak ticello. Guy F, Atkinson Co., general contractor for the Dolores River project, began work at the McPhee Dam site last week, clearing brush and bulldozing roadways. The company has set up temporary headquarters in Dolores' but permanent offices and a shop will be established near the dam site, probably by late fell. Approximately 400 workers will be employed during the peak construction phase of this water control project. Estimated construction time is four years. Mrs. as Concert she helpCommunity to ed organize this group and has served faithfully ever since. She has worked for 20 years on the annual rummage sale and has served as the associations president. Edway and Ha have been members of the Board of Directors of the San Juan Communtiy Concert Association since its inception. Ha was a very effective chairwoman for many years of the local chapter of the Utah Cancer Society. She was president of both the Rebus Rota Literary Club and the Ladies Country Club As- sociation. Edway and Ha have been active in their church. The Redds have four children: Arthur, Kern merer, Wyo.; Tom, Moab, Utah; Arita Sparks, Monticello and Kathleen Jordan, San Jose, Cal. They have 16 grandchildren and also three great-granchildr- en. Workers are being hired either through the union halls in Grand Junction, Colorado, or the carpenters union hall in Durango, Colorado. Persons seeking must go to the union halls and place their name on an employement list. em-loym- ent An open house to honor Edway and Ha is being held at the Monticello Country Club on Saturday, September 6, from 7 to 9 p.m. All friends of the couple are invited to come by and visit with the Redds. No gifts please. |