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Show Escalante Chit Chat --"" That old Groundhog really gave us good measure, we got our six weeks of winter ana then some, March just couldn't pass without some wild wind but that is to be expected, it will have to work overtime if it dries out all pi this moisture. The biggest part of the ditch work is completed, and the farmers are ploughing while the moisture lasts. Cleanup day on the church farm has been set for April 12, Saturday, if the weather don't Interfere like it did repeatedly last spring. Some of the sick are better and some new ones have been added; Ray Griffin was out to church Sunday, Jim and Alice Haycock are able to ride around; George Spencer had to be taken to Panguitch for treatment, he was home alone too as Hulda had gone up north to stay with- her daughter ' Wilma and take some treatments for headache, but she came back. Barton Deuel has bought the old Rex Allen home, across the street from his mother, so guess Rex and Eva have burned their bridges behind them, hope they still come back to visit; Harve and Lasca Bailey, accompanied by their daughter Joy' Gates and her son Harvey Dean were weekend visitors here, didn't get to talk to any o! them except Joy, she looks good, course she always did, she said Bud wanted to come along but couldn't make it. . The four Pollocks, Joe, Danny, and Danny Joe, also Mrs. Danny, the former Arta Beth Alvey, are here visiting. Arthur and Twila Mclnelly, also David Marcellus Woolscy went to Ogden to attend the funeral services of Elda Wool-sey Moosmanwife of Harvey Moosman, she died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage; the Kent Mclnellys were already . up there having gone to take Mrs. Mary Moosman. Mrs. Mary R. Mclnelly Is in Logan at the home of her daughter Edna Andregg, she went for medical treatment. MA and Mrs. Oscar Adams made a trip to Provo to attend the funeral services of Thora Baugh Bow-ker, a sister to Mrs. Adams, she died very suddenly of a heart attack. Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Blood and daughters, Stella (Tre-vell) and Cordelia of Provo were here visiting Sopha Schurtz, the' girls brought . their boy friends to show to Grandma; Cordelia's, is Cecil Colledge of Lehr and Stella's Curtis Garfield of Salt Lake City, the two couples plan to be married in the near future. Had a nice letter from Mrs. LaVern George last week, saying how she enjoyed the news, glad you do Mrs. George, was wondering awhile back when we passed your place where and how you were. There was quite an article came out In the Deseret News about Paul -Michael Cordon, son of the Paul Cordons who moved to Salt Lake City recently from here; he lias made quite a record for himself selling 'newspapers and giving out information to folks regarding bus schedules, etc. Elders - from these two wards got together in the South Ward church Saturday night and Edson Alvey showed the group color slides of the various scenery around Hole-in-ihe Rock, Harris wash, Coyote Gulch, Devil's Garden and other places, of Interest, they had a peanut bust In connection, about fifty people attended. Some of the loqal pec-pie went to Tropic to the High Priests party that ended so tragically. Some also, went to the M Men and Gleaner party, some others stalled and did not make it. The High School was.enter-tained by a Lycium number, a fellow playing an accordian. The Iligh School faculty v.ut on a Turkey Banquet for the . Ball boys, their parents, and ' (continued inside) ESCALANTE the members of the Moquette club; Hal Shurtz was Toast Master, Mr. Douglas Loslee gave the Address of Welcome and Tribute; talk by coach Lewis Griffin; song by Mrs. Lewis Griffin; reading, Linda Lou King; and jokes by LaVee Alvey. Mr. Loslee and Grant McMullen took a group of boys to Salt Lake City to an Ag-afon, the boys were Dar-rel Alvey, son of Melba Gates; Dave, son of the Arthur Mc-Inellys; Milton Woolscy, son of Mildred; Gordon, son of the Calvin Shurlzs, and Rus-sel Wilson. Andrew Spencer tools his daughter Janeal and Arvonne Alvey up for the festivities. Mrs. Lola Zenz accompanied her son-'n-law Thuman Spencer and sons to Cedar City fo-d?ntal appointments; Mrs. Zenz got word that her father in California was very ill and was to undergo an operation. Deanna Lyman, who is attending college at CSU, was on the Honor Roll last semester, she is the daughter of the Randall Lymans. Both wards held Fast day Services Sunday, also Prinv ary conference, the children did real well with their parts. The new Conoco Service sta- tion Claron Griffin had built " on the Forest Munson propsr- ty is almost completed, they had it all lit up so it looked , v like downtown in Salt Lake City. Kirk Moore is still Instructing the Sophomores in driving automobiles. It don't prove it's Spring when you hear the birds sing, for the snow can come easy as fun; when you feel like you'd freeze and you sniffle and sneeze, then you know that the Springtime has come. |