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Show Escalante Chit Chat Sunday night and Monday presented quite a variety of weather: rain, snow, hall and even thunder and lightning, hut the moisture is very welcome. The weather has been rather cool; Ivan Willis says the apricots are frozen and part if not all the peaches. Well, if we don't raise them we won't have to bottle them. Mrs. Naomi, Griffin who was rushed to Panguitch with a heart attack, is still there, and Dr. Duggins and the heart Specialist who examined her cay that there just isn't anything can be done for her. One. of her sons, Delayne; arid his family who have been in Southern Arizona most of the winter, have moved back, but were called to Provq where Leah's mother. Marv Porter, has undergone malor surgery in the Utah Valley Hospital. Park Shurtz, who is attending school in Salt Lake City, came home this weekend to remedy an ailment in his locker plant, then he went back. Mr. and Mrs. Heber Poulson, their son Alvon, and daughter Dorthy Jean Alvey and her two children, stopped hereto visit enroute to Boulder. Mr. and Mrs. Gaydcn Gates and son Dean went to Salina over the weekend. Members of the Panguitch Riding club went through here and on down the Escalante Creek for a three day outing. Darrel Alvey and Dale Lyman from here accompanied them, with Arnold Alvey making several trips both night and day, checking to make sure they were having a good time. The local, Riding club has held three regular meetings and ordered their saddle blankets with the "E" on. Ruby and Ethyl Griffin, Lizzie Porter and Hilda'Roun-dy went to St. George to do temple work; also Mr. and Mrs. Chase Shurtz took the Vernon Griffiins, the Cecil Griffins and Leanna Deuel to St. George to the temple. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Roundy and Mrs Faun Mecham and their father, Bert Roundy, made a bu; -iness trip to Richfield. Mr. and Mrs. Leander Shurtz, who were among the folks who came for the funeral of Rachel Shurtz, stayed several days at the Hal Shurtz home, then Leander went around to visit and tune pianos. Relatives here go word that Will Thompson who was in the hospital for so long is much Vet-ter and has been out fishing. McKay Bailey and family have moved back for the summer. Thursday, April 25, was the birthday anniversary of Sariah Alvey; she was at home in tho afternoon to friends and relatives who came for cake and ice cream. Mr. and Mrs. Leone Bailey brought his father and mother, Harvey and Lasca Bailey, down to pack their furniture; they have bought a homo in Salt l.ake City so are leaving the old home town permanently. Their son-in-law Bud Gates came with them to visit his family. Claron Griffin loaded the Baileys belongings on his, Iruck and moved them. Students from the BYU presented a program here last Wednesday night; it was outstanding and so different from most entertainments. They dressed in Samoan, Hawaiian and Mowery costumes and did the dances and songs of those Islands. Three of the partlclp-. unts had relatives hcre:Georgc Alvey's granddaughter, Ma-rel's oldest girl Uvonne; a, daughter of Cline Barney, brother to Wayne, and a relative of the Christensens. It was very well attended. Dinah Christensen has a niece here visiting ' her from California; she has been in nurses training there for three years. The new Artie Circle .opened here during the weekend' and seemd to be doing a big business, it is operated by Mr. and Mrs. Dick Lee. Mrs. Melba Gates took her daughter MaeVonn Taylor and Mrs. Faun Mecham to Panguitch for an appointment with the doctor last Thursday. Frank Imlay who has had poor health for years Is now contemplating a stomach operation; his son Francis who is in the Navy is home on furlough. Saturday was a very busy day here; the -church fi-najly got around to having that clean up day for the church farm. Tho Relief - Societies cooked dinner, two la dies came from each ward to assist: from Tropic were An-gele Mecham and Darma Barton, Cannonvillc sent Myrtle Baldwin and Elva Clark, Hen-rieville Lula Neilson and Rox-cy Chynoweth, Boulder Neth-ella Griffin and Alice Alvey, Escalante North - Lanora Griffin and Maud Reynolds, and South Ward Twila Mclnelly and Mary Griffin; then thera were four Stake officers: Nel-da Willis, Gwen Lyman. Fay Alvey and Thelma Marsh. We served roast beef dinner to 71 men and boys (quite a number of local men went home for their dinner). We only made two bobbles, forgot to get any mustard and underestimated their gravy eating ability, so ran out of that item. Judging from their appetites they really did a lot of work. Some of the farmers are worked up about them breaking bown the fences when they dragged off the trees. The Primaries of the Stake held their preparation meeting here at 2:00 p.m. Went down town Saturday and met three fellows from the old home, Glendale, they were Billie Brinkerhoff, Nel-don Cox ani Pad Spencer. |