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Show 22 BOX JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah Thursday, March 29, 1973 ELDER Corinne Comments Storm postpones many activities by Gertrude Moore The recent storm and resulting power outage has received top priority in news topics here for several days. It is a most traumatic experience to pick up a telephone to call for assistance to the outside and find the line dead or the fast beep beep signal of The elderly citizens were of prime concern as the community awakened to cold houses, clocks stopped at 12:25 a.m. as the power outage continued. Word sent through those leaving the city for work was of comno use as Brigham munications were also cut off. Their heating conditions were no better than those in outlying areas of the county. Stay In Bed Staying in bed, camping equipment such as gas heaters and stoves, were put into use as the outage continued. The good that came of the experience was the neighbors who banded together for warmth and cooking. The awareness of being unprepared for a disaster was brought home to us. Numerous activities were postponed for an indefinite date. PTA meeting, boy scout pack meeting and mutual married parties were called off due to the power outage. The telephone service was restored on a basis by Friday evening. Numerous relatives and friends of residents called to inquire about the conditions here and their welfare. Civil Defense officials offered a generator for use at the church for emergency shelter. All elderly and ill persons had been taken care of by Thursday evening. New mothers and babies, had also been taken to the homes of relatives. Corinne PTA officers wish to announce the upcoming election and installation of officers for the coming year. The meeting jvdlgyKeld Thursday, April 5 at 7:j0 ffta. Mthe Corinne school room. ' Mrs. George Welch president, has presented the slate of candidates for office to be elected and installed at the meeting. They are: president, Mrs. Sydney Norman and Mrs. DeVeral Wells; Mrs. Brandon Neff and Mrs. Loyde Bunderson; secretary, Mrs. Duane Marble and Mrs. Newel Norman. Members are urged to attend and vote for the candidates of their choice. A special program will be presented by a group of students. of their aunt and uncle. Tommy Mangum joined the cousins for the overnight stay. Francis Shinkle who had been making her home in Reno, Nev. spent several days here recently. She visited at the home of her brother and sister-in-laMr. and Mrs. Eugene Shinkle. She left on Saturday for Jackson, Wyo., where she plans on making her home in the future. Coming here on Saturday to see how relatives had fared during the power outage where Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Baugh and children of Wellsville. They visited with a sister Mrs. Larraine Shinkle and Mrs. Keith (Preal) Shinkle. Mr. and Mrs. Walter (Leona) Cheal were visitors here on Saturday. They went to the home of Mrs. Ella Gilbert to spend a brief time. The Gilbert home was still without power so they spent the time in the car with the heater running. Mrs. Myrl Wells and her mother, Mrs. Pat Hammerland motored to Idaho Falls on Friday. They went to visit with w and Hammerland Gary daughter, Jan. It was Jans 13th birthday and she was happy to have her grandmother and aunt spend that most important day with her. Mrs. Wells returned home on Saturday. Pat attended a piano recital with the Hammerlands on Sunday afternoon. Jan took part in the recital. Mrs. Pat Hammerland returned home Sunday night with Mrs. Diana Hammerland and children Lance and Margaret. Mrs. Florene Ross traveled to Salt Lake City on Monday. She went to the airport to meet her father, B.Y. Westmoreland who had been visiting relatives in California. Mr. Westmoreland who lives in Tremonton learned of the death of his brother, William Westmoreland of Honeyville when he arrived here, t (M V 4 & J multi-purpo- Lions Party Members of the Corinne Lions club and their wives attended a zone party held at the community center recently. Those who attended to enjoy dinner and the floor show were: Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Owen; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cheney; Mr. and Mrs. Farriel Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Joyce Wankier, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Nicholas, and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Luckey. Mrs. Ella Gilbert is a happy new grandmother. A baby girl was born to her daughter and Boyde and Marsha Smith, March 18, in the Cooley Memorial hospital. The Smiths reside in Bear River. Sharing grandparent honors are Mr. and Mrs. Quinton Wilson of Brigham City. Mrs. Dianna Jeppesen and two children Jeri Lynn and Tyler motored to Aurora on Friday. Mrs. Jeppesen decided to take advantage of the power outage and visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mason. She returned home on Sunday. The Keith Shinkle home was the scene of happy family gatherings during the past son-in-la- week. Coming from Tabiona to spend several days with her parents were Carol Webb and son Jamie. She weathered the cold by making use of the Shinkles camping equipment. Dinner Guest Dinner guests who joined the Shinkles and visitors were a sister of Keiths and husband, Marshall and Joan Hatfield and children Pam, Kelly, Zane and Michiel. They had been visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Mangum in Brigham City. Their mother Mrs. Mabel Shinkle, is making her home there. Mrs. Hatfield and a sister Mrs. Laura Gayley were helping Mrs. Mangum in the care of their mother during her illness. They all make their home in Jackson, Wyo. The boys of the family groups that included Tim Gayley spent the night with the Shinkles. They played games and spent an enjoyable time at (Jie home Local FFA members take honors Box Elders FFA chapter won several honors during Brigham Young universitys recent Agriculture Week awards banquet. The Box Elder chapter took third place in the poultry division, and Nathan Braegger won third place individually in the same division. Craig Gardner took second place in individual competition for dairy cattle. More than 400 persons attended the affair. Elks sot danco as benofit A spring dance to raise funds for the Head Start and Home Start programs In Box Elder, Cache and Rich counties will be sponsored April 7 by the Elks In Logan. The event Is planned at the Elks lodge, 920 North Second West, Logan, from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The cost will be $1.50 per with tickets couple available at the door. Everyone Is invited. INonn Carolina leads the country in production of tex- tiles, household furniture, bricks and cigarettes. 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