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Show i MAGNA TIMES, tocgna, Utah Thursday, April 8, 1971 Brent Coats Is Poetry Project Named New Soil girls of the Hunter Second Ward MIA enjoyed a slumber party at the ward center Tuesday night. Twenty-fiv- e They were accompanied by seven leaders, Mrs. Glen Brock, president of the YWMIA; Marg activity counselor; Linda Eldredge, age group leader; Karen Harper, Ruth Arderson, Sally Anderson, Beehive leaders, and Jo Coe, Laurel clas'S leader. The girls enjoyed a spaghetti dinner with gailic bread, popped corn and homemade doughnuts. They also plajed records. e, DENVER VISIT Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rushlon and daughter, Julia, tiaveled to Denver, Colo., recently to visit Mr. Larry Skogerboe, a friend to Miss Rush) on, who is convalescing in a hospital, iccover-infrom back wounds icceived during Vietnam fighting. Mr. Skogerboe is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Skogei boe of g Kearns. His parents left by plane sooafter his arrival in Denver, joined by Miss Rushton. Business men have formed a group to furnish flights to parents of wounded soldiers who are in the Denver hospital. - P D OF TO MEET of Utah Pioneers Daughters in Hunter will meet Friday, April 9th, 1:00 p.m. at the home of Abbie Richardson, 5954 W. 3500 South. Lucy Jones will be Mills The lesson, and Millers," is to be given by Nora Moss. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Nixon and children of Blackfoot, Idaho, visited members of the Nixon family during conference time of the Church of Jesus Christ of Saints. They also Latter-da- y at Provj attended a wedding and a Tongan reunion. FAMILY DINNER Mr. and Mrs. George Rushton "if' f v M- v- vk s, we re wrapping up. jt J I the new telephone directory - I you'll have to hurry!! 1 it jf listings. $ Changes in listings. Advertisements in the Yellow Pages. Call our business office. But hurry. If "v i I Time I short is f growing jL I JE3L Conservationist Third and fourth grades in at Farnsworth Eleare becoming School mentary very good poets. MR. COATS The Hunter Fifth Ward, directed by Bishop Merrill Briggs, conducted a dinner party for the youth of the ward Friday, as a novel, new idea to raise funds. Adults served the dinner for young people of Mutual age and over. A movie was later given for entertainment. President and Mrs. Dean Farnsworth enjoyed the company of President Farnsworths mother, Mrs. Kathleen Farnsworth of Beaver, Utah, for six days. During her visit Mrs. Farnsworth celebrated her birthday with her children, grandchildren and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leland Priday of American Fork. Twenty-sifamily members gathered to wish her many happy returns. x Bishop and Mrs. Blaine Buckner, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Bond and Mr. and Mrs. Fran Prentice have returned from a most enjoyable weeks vacyion in St. George, Utah. They attended LDS Church temple sessions, played golf and enjoyed interesting sights of the area. FIRST CHILD Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Green are happy over the arrival of their first child, a boy, born Monday, March 29th at the Cottonwood Hospital. The little one weighed seven pounds, 10 ounces. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henrie of Panguitch. MUSIC FESTIVAL The Jackling School presented a music festival on April 7th at 7:30 p.m. The fourth, fifth and sixth grades participated in dancing and singing under the direction of Mrs. Lucille Sorenson, assisted by other teachers. TAKES ERA CONTEST ward contest was under the direction of Doreen Peterson, ward speech director, and the Stake Era Bowl was conducted by Bud Silcox, stake speech director. Teammates were Craig Anderson, Glen Nielson, Kathy Farnsworth and Robin Anderson, The group will participate in the Region Era Bowl, to be hr Id April 13th, 7:30 p.m. at the Hunter ward center. The team was required to answer questions from articles appearing in the November Era magazine and the region, bowl will have questions based on articles from the February New Era. is A man uwd to vicissitudes not easily dejected. Samuel Johnson a workshop on teaching poetry, enthusiasm has run high. The workshop is being conducted through a state Fine Arts Committee and involves sevtral teachers from Granite Distiict, as well as one from Jordan District. The students have been using a variety of media to help motivate their creativity through poetry records, pictures, adventures and filmstrips. Recently, the first book of poetry by the Tigers of Room 13 was published. The children were so delighted with their work that they decided copies should be sent to various dignitaries, including President Richard M. Nixon. Through Brent Coats was recently assigned as soil conservationist in Salt Lake County. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Coats, 3887 W. 4700 South, Granger. Brent will be working with Kent Hortin, district conservationist, on conservation practices in the county. The office is at 1750 South, Redwood Road, Room national-giant-sponsore- d PVT. VAN PERKINS STATIONED WITH SIGN UP APRIL 10 FOR TEAM BASEBALL Room 13 Mr. and Mrs. James Newton have returned home after an interesting trip with the Temple Quarry Chapter, Sons of the Pioneers. Eighty people went by bus, traveled to El Paso, Texas, to Durango, Dead Horse Point, Chico Canyon, attended sessions of the Mesa Temple of the LDS Church and returned home by way of Las Vegas. WARD CLEANING The Hunter Ward MIA held a GI" clean-u- p party on April 7th. Ward members gathered in work clothes for spring cleaning. Following completion of the project, a party was held for the workers. at Granger School of Midvale. The Hunter Second Ward MIA won first place in the Hunter Stake Era Bowl on Sunday. The part of it, L Roy Hardwick HUNTER SECOND WARD and to be Personalized entertained at a prettily planned family dinner Friday at their home in Hunter, complimentary to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gritfin and son, Brian, visiting here for a few days from Escalante, Utah. Other guests were Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Peterson of Salt Lake City and Mr. and Mrs. In Force HUNTER BOYS MAY Signups w ill be held for the Hunter Boys Baseball on Saturday, April 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.in. at the Hunter Park Bowery. All boys from 8 to 16 years are eligible, provided they arc 8 years old by Aug. 1, 1971, and not over 17 years by Aug. 1, 1971. Leagues include PeeWees, Minors, Majors, Babe Ruth and Automotives. FORCES IN GERMANY Pvt. Van Perkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Perkins, 8060 W. 2700 South, Magna, is stationed in Germany with the armed forces of his country. He went into service in September, 1970, at Ft. Lewis, Wash., then took radar training at Fort Watchakucha, Ariz. The young man, a Cyprus High graduate, is now stationed in Germany. If friends would like to write, his address-is- : Pvt. Van Perkins B Troop 3rd Squad., 12th Cav. APO, New York 09091 .529-74-35- FEMALE CUCUMBERS Female type" or gynoecious hybrid cucumbers bear earlier than other cucumbers and usually bear a great many more ft uits on a plant. This is because almost all of their flowers are female, thus capable of setting fruit. Siberian wall flower and Sweet William are among the flowers normally producing blooms the second year that will do this the first if seeds are sown as soon as soil can be worked. Hunter Stake Plans Gold and Green Ball On Saturday Evening, April 17; All Invited its anHunter Stake will nual Gold and Green Ball Saturday, April 17th in the stake center, around a theme of Ebb Tide." Music is to be furnished by the Granger High School Dance Band. The Hunter Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Tenth Wards will sponsor the evenings entertainment. No charge will be made and a floor show is to be given. Dressy dresses have been set as the type of clothing. Pant suits will not be acceptable. Everyone is invited. 162. Bicnt is a Granger resident and graduated from Granger High School in 1963. After serving 6 months active duty in the Army Reserve and two years on an LDS mission, he attended school at Brigham Young University. In January of 1970, he married Anne Christensen from Downey, Idaho. Both Brent and Anne finished school in January, 1971, Brents degree in Agriculture Economics and Annes major field was Home Econ- TyA omics. He spent the past two summers working for the Soil Con- servation Service, receiving training for his present job. The summer of 1969 was spent in Tremonton, Utah, working with individual conservation practices, and also group practices under the Resource Conservation and Development Program (RC&D). This is a program where federal aid can be used to help support a practice which will benefit a group of people or a community. During the summer of 1970, the new conservationist worked on watershed planning with the planning staff in Salt Lake City. Most of the summer was spent employed on advance planning of the Coal Creek Watershed at Cedar City and the Glenwood Watershed in Sevier County. After these advanced plans are completed and the project is the worthwhile economically, for to is submitted congress plan approval. Hunter Ward Reunion The Hunter Ward, directed by Bishop Tim Doxey and his counselors, held a ward reunion recently. A dinner was prepared by the Relief Society, directed by President Susan Mills. Corsages and boutonnieres were given to the senior citizens and Mr. Hyrum Bertoch, one of the eldest residents in this area, spoke on Old Times of Hunter. The Cyprus High School Madrigal chorus presented musical numbers. The Primary organization served a dinner to the children of tins group at a meeting the previous night. CARL SANDBURG PTA FAMILY DINNER HELD (pen'e), n. 1. small U.S. coin, almost obsolete, used for purchasing bubble gum, penny candy, and electric service. Look what you get for a few pennies if you are an average user of electricity: Color TV, less than 3 cents a day. Dishwasher, less than 1 cent a meal. less than 5 cents a day. Refrigerator-freeze- r, Electric mixer, 4 cents a month. Clock radio, less than 1 cent a day. Light bulbs, less than 5 cents a day for your entire home. Toaster, 10 slices for less than 1 cent. Your own list could include any, or all, of almost 300 electric appliances, each one operating on pennies. And if you'll think back, you probably didn't own many of your appliances as recently as eight years ago. So if your electric bill is higher today than it was in 1963, it's because you're using more electricity, not because we've raised our rates. For while the cost of living has increased 27 percent since 1963, UP&L's rates have remained the same. Every year electricity does more for you. And as long as there is electricity, the penny will never be obsolete. We've done better than most in offsetting inflation with more efficient operations. The annual family dinner, sponsored by the Carl Sandburg PTA, was held Wednesday, April e 7th in the school room. A chicken repast was served by the Granite School kit- Utah Power & Light Co. multi-purpos- chens. Proceeds from the dinner will to buy one or more paintings for the school. An art festival was also featured. June Jowers was chairman, assisted by Phyllis Brewer. be used Ynllow Pages Mountain Bell 8 PVT. PERKINS I U - |