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Show ESCALANTE CHIT CHAT By Fay Alvcy We have endured record heat for the past week,-Wayne Barney says it has been the hottest he has recorded, 101 in the shade and no shade, the wind Mowed it all away. Everyone who has hay and some who have none are working In it, there seems to be a good crop of first cutting. The men and boys (and some women) are still moving the cattle, most of them use trucks but Wallace Roundy and Marion Woolsey took their pack horses and went the old way. Our quiet little village has become rather noisy and Infested with gentiles, when you go shopping you see more strangers than local yocals. The helicopters and planes taking men and equipment to the rig on Antone Flat wake tho citizens around the clock, and the big trucks hauling material to the Sand Creek location sounu like the day of judgment. That Sand Creek Rig proved a benefit to some of the local men, Glen Imlay got a job as driller and chose for his crew his brother Francis, Newell Cowles, Rob Woolsey and Dick Lee, As near as we could find out the sick are all on the improve, LilUe Spencer went back to Panguitch to have her stitches out and we are all hoping with her that this is her last operation. Rolane Lyman waited twelve days over there and her mother Ruth Al-vey waited here taking care of tho two girls and two homes' their efforts were finally rewarded with a fine baby boy, both mother and son are home and doing ok, Melba Gates took her mother LeNora to Panguitch to the doctor as she stepped on a nail, the doctor told her everyone should have tetnus shots. Sarlah Alvey convinced her family that she had strength enough to go to Fish Lake to attend the Jorgen Smith family reunion, S. J. left bis hay and cattle and they took granddaughter Linda tot entertain, her parents went, also her singing partner Grena MclneUy. Billie and Minnie Davis took their truck, stopped at the reunion and went on to Richfield for freight. BAri and Leanna Deuel and sons, and Hulda Spencer were also at Fish Lake for a Deuel reunion. Clem Griffin and wife brought their family from Provo and divided them among the relatives here whilo they took a vacation to Mexico, they are back now to gather up their kids and visit here. Bernard Twitchell, former-ly of here and now of Salt Lake, brought a lady friend and came on a business trip. William Mitchell had his daughters, Verna Nelson of Morgan, Orthella Spencer of Og-den, and Venld Bailey of Salt Lake, they cleaned his house and made his life less lonely, ho also had a granddaughter, one of LaVene's girls from Indiana. Kim Lay of Kearns was hero visiting his father Ed, Roe Barney went to Panguitch to have an unruly tooth out but it was anchored so well he had to go to Provo to a specialist. Frank Imlay had his brother Dee and family of California here visiting. Albert Griffin is giving his already white picket fence (continued lns'-de) ESCALANTE another coat. Arnold and Zel-la Alvey bought the Ronald Schow home there next to Bish, this don't leave Ron homeless as he owns the old Lester Heaps home. Jill Barney Is home again, she spent a week In Richfield with her sister Jean Ikaard. Forgot to tell you last week about Blake Dee Robinson being home and bringing his girl friend. Mr. and Mrs. Oris Moyes are in. the process of moving from Calif, into the Vernon Davis home up by Philo Pratts. John Strang of the Forest Service was waking everyone up Monday In the early A.M. trying to get a fire fighting crew to go to the St. George area. With the help of Grant Spencer he finally gathered up fifteen men, thirteen of whom were Forest employees, that left this . district short handed so Cedar City was to send in a plane to check for local fires. A moving van came and moved the Merle Princes to their job In Colorado. Annie Alvey is alone again, Jier daughter Clema, husband Lewis Lund and three children went back to Iowa; they had some bad luck with their car, had met the Royal Al-veys in Tropic and were all going to Pine Lake for a picnic, the Lund car hit a huge rock in the road damaging it so badly they had to get another car to get back home, none of the people were badly Injured, Just shook up. Iris Porter celebrated her birthday anniversary with the help of her sister Twila Lemming and Twlla's sister-in-law who Is visiting here, Sariah Alvey, Golda and Euzell Cottam, Ver-da Griffin and Thelda Webster. Dclmer Cottam was home for the weekend from his job on Cedar Mountain. Jim and Ray Smith of Hen-rieville came to visit Aunt Susan 1 leaps, they brought a lunch and did not even leave her any dishes to wash, Aunt Susan was really thrilled about her girls cleaning her house but she can't find her quilt blocks and stuff. Regional Welfare meeting was held Sunday In tho South ward church with a good representation from all the stakes. Verda Griffin went to Salt Lake to an eye specialist. Three car loads of folks went from here to Hen-rieville to the funeral services of Vlo Francisco; Veda Mitchell and Verda Liston sang with Areola Gates as accompaniest, their mother Allie Spencer went along. Maud and Cliff Reynolds are seldom alone, Cliffs son-in-law Duane Barney and family of Central came to visit and fish. Five distinguished Repub- j licans, Frank Moscon an insur- ance agent from Bountiful, Ho- 2 ward Logsdon a jeweler, and " George Tripp a drug salesman jj and Dr. Bcanson, all of Salt J Lake City, and Dr. Cranney a physician of Orem .brought a power wagon and Tote Gotes J to explore the fifty mile moun- J tain, they stayed overnight at ; the John Zcnz home on their way down, and when they ' came back took John and Lola ! Tote Gote riding and to the cafe for steak dinner. You can be sure the heat has been terrific as Karl Spencer was seen wearing a hat. don't ! know about Thorley Johnson, j If any of you need more pro- j tection from your hats do not ' buy one with a wider brim, ! just go to S. J. Alvey and see ! how he widened his. j Don Coleman was riding j for cattle and discovered a j small foreign car partially concealed and without identl- ! fication, It was up Main Can- yon somewhere In the vlcin- J ity of the old Joe Heaps ranch now owned by S. J. Alvey. He i notified Reed Wooley who j called Sheriff Middleton who j is making an investigation. 1 Last winter it was much ! too cold, and now there's too j much heat; Why can't things be leveled off so we won't feel so beat. 1 |