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Show The Word from Boulder IIY NUTHKLLA GRIFFIN A thm-monlJ. long succes-Hi on of bright sunny-days, some of them enlivened by wind, has at last beeta broken. The sky Is heavily overcast with dark clouds 'today, and some optimists among us are predicting storm, but mostly we aren't ready to risk being disappointed again, so we Just say, 'wait and see." ' A couple of weeks ago my sister wrote from Garland that fche had brought on a rainstorm in northern liox Elder County by washing her windows. I op. Ined that even that would fall here. However, this Friday I managed to get a long-needed shine-up tor the outside of my windows, and what happened? IUfore two hours had passed, a heavy guit of vine! i'ur'ed some .wandering, dust ladc i , . r moisture against those windows. Not enough moisture, of course, to haie any effect except to smear the glass. There is a skiff of snow on the mountain this morning, though, a warning signal for all of us to get our season's freighting done before some heavy drifts close ffce road for, the winter. Little Wyatt Jeppsen, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs, Nlel Jeppsen, ' received his. name and blessing at Sacrament meeting today, with Dlshop Iceland Haws officiating. At this same meeting Mr, (dona Haws, president of the MIA organization, presented certificates of award to Ann King, Sherry Lee Poulsen, and Jewel Mooiman. Kirk Lyman completed the season's grain threshing yesterday at Salt Gulch. He reports that la spite of drouth, about the average amount of grain was harvested this year. Clyd King and Cecil Alvey took a load of cattle to the market In Ogdea where they expect to purchase breeding stock at (lit livestock show. Mr. and Mrs. Mack LeFevre rcelved word yesterday that their son Michael had-enlisted In the U.S. Navy at Santa Ana, California. Sir. and Mrs. Kent Sheffield or Salt Lak- are visiting with Mrs. Sheffield's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. II. Coombs, Workmen from a Salt Lake building company have been making iome Improvements on my housb and on the homes of Rosa Peterson, Max Oebunln, an Lei and Haws, Though Saturday was cold and blustery, just the kind or day to keep one Indoors, It .was niovlng-dsy for IDurn and Dlora Ormond and family who are leaving their ranch at the foot of the 'mountain to live at the Dud, Ormond place for the winter. Also on Saturday) Pole and Margie Orlff In moved Into the Darwin, Peterson hume. Darwin and his family expect to spend the winter In Cedar City. Dan Mortensen of Petersburg, Alaska, spent the last week here at the ranch revisiting the spots where1 he spent most of his childhood. He also had an enjoyable renewing of friendships with the1 teen-age group both here and In Escalante. where 'he attended high school, Also from Alaska was Dan's father C. E. Mortenien and his grandmother, Mrs. Janette Mortenien, They left this morning to visit relative In NevacU and then go on to California where Dan expects to enroll In an aviation school. Mrs. Morterten (my aunt Nft) plans to spend most of.th winter In Salt Lake City. . - (Ltd |