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Show P 1 i PL' i TL i BY FAY ALVEY Escalanle Lint that 1 am not critisizing the weather man, neither am I trying to tell him how to run his business, but it seems to me that he is a bit mixed up sending so much nice sunshine in January and zero weather and a .foot of snow in March. There ,were really some cold disappointed looking birds as well as people, who came back thinking it was spring. Dinah Christensen was am-.ong the afflicted last week, Lola Zenz took her to Pan-guitch for treatment leaving Mar to run the Moqui Motel; they kept her over there a day or two and brought her iback feeling better. Bell Christensen is back home, was here about three weeks before we heard of it, her two daughters, Shirley Pratt and Julia Barnes were also here visiting. Another item wo were behind on was Kent Mc-- - 'Inelly breaking his arm, It's almost healed up enough now to go to playing basket ball again which was how he broke - '' (it. Alice Haycock had a bad tepell and was taken to Panguitch hospital several days but was some better and is iback home, Jim is holding his own. Annie Alvey and Eliza Mc-Inelly are back home after 'spending the winter with their 'children. This last week was 'one big party for us Alveys; Smith had a birthday party the 11th, and the whole tribe was there, then Wednesday was the S. J. Alveys Golden .wedding with open house from 2 p.m. to 6, then a program and dance in the High School Gym. 150 people signed the guest book and the program was as follows: Song, Deon and Betty, wives of Ar- mold and Smith; poem, Lynn Hansen, son of Wanda and Ethen; song, Linda Lou, daughter of Smith; song, Lu-dean Alvey, wife of Ray L; 'song, ReNae Bundrant, daughter of Ariel (Slim) ; then the wife of Slim which is "Yours Truly" read a History of the honored couple. Thursday the relatives all went to the home to visit and eat beefsteak, hot irolls, salad, punch and cake, there were 61 fed and visited. Bessie Lighthizer of Colorado camo to Provo and picked up her parents, the Albert Gled-hills and came to the party, Marie Griffin of Provo, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Freeman of Salt Lake City, that's Wanda's daughter and her husband, they brought Deann and Betty Hansen on down as their - parents had left them there to , , visit several days. The rela tives from Boulder came over to help us celebrate, and at night practically all of Boulder was here except Nethella, and she wasn't home yet. Tho annual 17th of March celebration went off as scheduled on Saturday 15th, with a ,lurkey dinner served at noon to over two hundred people, then tho program was as follows: Prayer by Paul E. Dahl ,who used to teach Seminary here, his wife came with him; Layton Griffin was Master of Ceremonies and gave a song of Welcome; LaRue Griffin gave the Address of Welcome from the Relief Society; Bill and Dawn Griffin sang a song; there was an Irish Skit by Bp. Lorell Munson and Morris .Shirts; song, LuDean Alvey; fcong, Jean Griffin, Louise Liston, Faun Thompson, and Rhoda Bench; Reading, Reva Bailey; two songs, Richard (Dick) Christiansen; song, Lynn Griffin and Gordon Shurtz; song, Bill and Layton Griffin and Usher Spencer; 'reading, Lillian Coleman; song Janet Spencer and Carol Joy Shirts; part by Lizzie Porter 'and Neta Shirts; a part by the Program committee and benediction by Douglas Loslee. There was a dance held in the gym that evening with the local orchestra and a good crowd. Lots of folks came iiome; Bernard Schow brought his parents, the Jo Schows home, they spent the winter in California; Mr. and Mrs. Orrin Porter of Springville; ,the two Davenports, Tom and Ivan and their families from Salt Lake City; also the Calvin Schows; Mr. and Mrs. 'Cline Spencer and part of itheir family; Mr. and Mrs. 'Floyd Davis and family; the Rex Aliens; the Haws Porters ; and Kenneth Griffin came to get Marie and the kids; Mr. and Mrs. John Waggle; if we missed anyone it was an accident. The dinner committee were: Arthur and Twila Mc-Inelly; Beryl and Retha iShurtz; Stanley and Neta Haycock; Starns and Faun Mecham; Clayt and Iris Porter; Otto and Hilda Roundy; 'Harvey and EvaDean Liston; ,Alden Moyes and Flora Baker. The Program committee were Louise Liston, Dawn Griffin. 'Helen Shurtz and Erma Gates. Mrs. Leda Pratt and family accompanied by Sopha Schurtz went to Tropic to help Leda's mother celebrate her birthday anniversary. The Stake Primary held a Board meeting Sunday afternoon under the direction of Pres. Flora Baker Mrs. Paul Cordon artd son have been here visiting at the home of her parents, the Barkers. Mrs. Nell Barker has been to Montana to get acquainted with her new granddaughter born to her daughter Betty Jean. Mr. and Mrs. Vergene Porter have a new son; the McKay Baileys had 'to take their little boy to Panguitch for treatment. The Haws people here received word of the death of a relative, Mrs. Haws Smoot of Marysvale; also word was received of, the death of George Kallas of Salt Lake City, he is the former husband of Minerva Alvey, The college kids are home for their Spring vacation; Jim Gates who works for the State Road was home for tho weekend and has a touring car. Katheryn Coleman and children have been staying at the homo of her parents, the Lorin Griffins, her husband Frank came from Kanab to get her on tho weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Billie Davis and daughter Bonnie picked up (continued insido) ESCALANTE (continued from rage one) the Al Fosters of Tropic and went to Las Vegas to meet Holbert Smith, fiance of Bonnie, who has a delay enroute from the Service. Elise Porter came home from the hospital and her married kids took her and the two youngest girls north for a visit. Ronald Mecham, son of the Starns Mechams, met with an accident at school Monday ; he and another student were Scuffling and accidently shut Ronald's heel in the school house door cutting the flesh in his heel. Mr. Loslee rushed him to. the hospital for treatment; he had thirty stitches taken in his heel and brought home. ' Frank Imlay is the new custodian of the South Ward Church and is doing a fine job, if he just doesn't overdo. The programs for Sacrament meetings Sunday were: South "ward was under direction of the Seminary with Ardene Bench in charge, talks were given by LeAnn Spencer, Linda Reed, ReNon Roundy, La-na Ree Alvey, Joyce Lyman, Loraine Baker, Val Gene Haws, Loraine Baker, Warren Woolsey and Mr. Bench; the girls sang two songs under the direction of Rhoda Bench 'and accompanied by Carol Joy Shirts. North Ward, Jimmie Gpencer and Garland Mitchell did the talking and Janet Spencer played an organ solo. Mr. and Mrs. Grant McMul-len went to Salt Lake City and took five FHA girls to a convention, they were gone for three days. Forgot to mention that the S. J. Alveys were pre-cented with wrist watches for their Golden Wedding, by their children, then some others gave them gifts. For the benefit of the family friends vho are away I am enclosing a copy of the history of the coupl. Years ago in Escalante, a real important date was July 24th in 1888; in our State of Utah a holiday of fame, the Alveys had a baby boy and named him Sammy James. And then some two years later in the County known as Wayne, the Haws' had a baby . girl, Sariah was her name. These two youngsters never met until they both were grown, the Haws folks moved to Boulder and there they made their home; they came to Escalante one winter tore-side, Sariah never dreaming she would be some fellow's 'bride. They lived in Rhoda -Spencer's home, but it wasn't Ithoda's then, Sariah had collected a number of girl friends, they were leaning :irom a window making quite a noise laughing and conversing with several local boys. Sammy James came slipping up and rolled a ball of snow, pressed it hard, wound it up and then he let it go ; it found a perfect target which was Sariah's head, the romance started then and there and later they were wed. They set up light housekeeping and had a lot of fun, but it didn't take them long to Ij-arn two lan't live as cheap as one. They had no water system but drawed it from a well, things weren't very modern and they had to work like nobody's business. Their lights were that old coil oil kind with chimney and a wick, they'd strike a match, protect it so you couldn't light them quick. They used the Armstrong method to wash their d:rty duds, the old washboard in a No. 3, rub a dub dubdub. They always raised a garden iand fought the bugs and weeds' Uiey bottled, canned and dried the stuff to help supply their needs. They weathered the Depression and lived through many snows, how they ever did it Heaven only knows. They had ten lively youngsters several of both kinds, they're mighty rugged parents 'cause they didn't lose their minds. From all their mighty duties they were never known to shirk, they taught their kids industry and good old honest work. The number of I their offspring, and that Is 1 just to date, not counting any In-laws, they number 28. I They're really quite united, if I one has something planned too big a job for one guy the others lend a hand. And when they have a party they mingle one and all, Grandpa, Grandma, teenagers and babies large and small. It's really quite surprising what miracles can be wrought, when two folks put in 50 years and give It all they got. |