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Show HUNTINGTON After many years of illness, which several years ago caused Mrs. Clara Johnson to become blind, she was released re-leased from her sufferings by the providence prov-idence of death last Saturday night. Funeral servioes were held in the meeting house Tuesday at 2 p. m. The speakers were Martin L. Black, Peter Johnson, J. P. Johnson and Bishop Antone An-tone Nielson. They spoke of the virtues, vir-tues, the afflictions and the patience of the deceased and offered words of encouragement en-couragement and consolation to the husband and little girl who survive her. The condition of Claud Wakefield, who has been quite ill for some time, is very discouraging. A baby boy has put in an appearance at the home or J. H. Killpack, and just to keep even with the boys a little girl has made herself welcome at John Guy-mon's. Guy-mon's. Since life, death and marriage is the way of the world, Henry Defriez and Beatrice Palmer have decided to put on the matrimonial harness and pull to gether. They left for the temple Wednesday. We congratulate them heartily with best wishes for their happiness. The E. S. A., faculty ,at the invitation invita-tion of the M. I. A. officers, met with us in conjoint last Sunday evening and took part in a very .interesting program. pro-gram. - Mrs. Lydia Shaw is home on a visit. Her face certainly looks good to us. The school is in excellent condition with the grades full and down to work in earnest. Allreds have been released from quarantine and are glad to enjoy freedom free-dom once more in the land of the free. Mr. Beatty, the D. & R. G. tax man, is visiting the school districts gathering gather-ing data and investigating the expenses of schools with the object of reducing taxation. According to the request of President Presi-dent Wilson a meeting was held Sunday Sun-day to pray for peace among warring nations. Prayer was offered by Mr. E. Johnson, followed by very fitting remarks from E. G. Geary, Brigham Nielson and Earnest Grange. Mr?. Vilate Howard read a very beautiful sentimental prayer she had written at the instance of President Wilson's proclamation. |