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Show Escalante Chit Chat Ml MARY - It turned off cloudy and is definitely two shirt weather if you are driving tractor out in the breezes, there are still lots of insects and one meets them head on with no winshield. As far as we could hear the sick and afflicted are improving and no new ones added to the list except several wife beat ings and a scrap between rlv als. Some gay bachelors got plumbed lor trying to play the Good Samaritan but there have been no casualties as yet. There was a rather spicy episode but how to put it in print is a reul problem, there are so many angles, at least three sides, that of the first party, the second party, and then the right tide And just who is to be the judge of which is the right side? The middle man found that one can lose one's shirt without being in a gambling joint, he lost his a piece here and a piece there. One couple had some practical experience re-fereeing fights and may decide to take it up as a profession. It has been predicted that in the last days there would be wars and rumors of wars. Some of the poor tired neighbors slept through most of the excitement. Merwin Stevens of Long Valley brought his State road oiling crew and they finished up the road between here and Boulder that they figured on doing this year. Guy Pollock was with them and stayed with his parents, the Allen Pol locks. They also oiled some of the more traveled town streets. The frost nipped the squash and cucumber vines but the flowers are still beau tiful. Emeron and Renon Peterson came from Boulder and took Hal Shurtz to Panguitch where he had a tooth extract ed. it was a stubborn thing so he wound up with stitches. They were enroute to Salt Lake for the wedding of the daughter of Leon and Elaine Bailey but when they got in Richfield and found that Hal's car was fixed and ready to bring home he did just that. Marjle Spencer took a car load of high school girls to Salt Lake City for a day's workshop. Telma Wilson says she feels no bad effects from her long hiice and night out, said she was not lost, the stup id trail had moved to the opposite side of the canyon. Ver-gene and Caroline Porter took daughter Vergeanla to Provo to enroll in trade school. We have four young people at tending the trade school in Richfield; Donnetta Haycock, Lola Rae Liston, Danny and Joy Woolsey Smith and Betty Alvey took daughter Linda Lou to Logan to college, oth ers going there are David Grif fin, Marly Liston and Dale Wilson. The kids attending CSU will leave this week Stake MIA leadership meeting was held here, Geneal Shurtz was hostess for the North ward Primary leader ship meeting PTA meeting wa held as scheduled with Dr Morrell of Cedar City as the guest speaker The Band Mothers met to plan the year's agenda The first DUP meet ing was held Thursday with a dozen daughters present Captain Twila Mc I nelly was in charge. The lesson, which 1 attempted, was on the events taking place In Utah one hundred years ago. In 1W7 A tas ty lunch was served by the ot ficers of highest rank Panguitch brought their ball team here and beat our team some of the spectators report ed our boys played a .nod game Friday night the Sen iors put on a record hop in the gym. Reed Wooley has his sister OflW and husband Elmo Procell here from Orem. The Sunday School was out collect ing the dime fund which was raised to 25 cents Dot and Anthony Coombs brought their new son to meet Grandpa Eph. und renew his acquaintance with us, we all agree he is no ordinary kid. Eph and Dicey have her daughter Glenna Banks here from iowa, she came to bring her youngest son to Provo to attend the BY U and will stay until general conference when her husband Wayne will join her for the return trip. John and Nancy Droubay had business in Idaho so left Deon Alvey to baby ait with their kids and the Circle D Motel. Things were going fine until the weather cooled off and she did not know beans about the furnace, there were complaints and teeth chattering but no one froze to death. Starns Mecham went back to Richfield, he had all his teeth out awhile back and has infection in the holes. Those we heard of having business in Panguitch were Marlene Haws, Koleen Griffin, Marie Durfey and kids, Jake Leibenguth, Sandra Lyman, Reed and Wil mirth Wooley, Clyde Spencer, and Dee Haws. Whitey and Maralda Porter went to Salt Lake City where Whitey is being treated by a doctor. Wayne and lone Barney went to Phoenix to visit daughter Joan and family, I-one gets by without a wheel chair now. Barbara Ingram came from Boulder and joined Angela Brooks and Lola Zenz for trip to Richfield to get away from it all. We had business in Richfield with the eye doctor, Mo ther Alvey accompanied us. We saw Doyle Cottam and part of his family there. We met a former resident, Lester Heaps. He is retired and lives with his kids In that area; Dixie and Thelma live in Richfield, Dar and Tom in Sallna, Millard Is in Provo, Ann In California ad Evan of course here. Lester seemed homesick and went around with Slim all the time we were there. We are sad to report that Eva Spencer had a heart attack and confined to bed. Eddie and Veda Mitchell went on vacation to California Glen and Coleen I ml ay came from Kanosh for Sunday to hear nephew Ronnie Stowe re port his mission in the North ward meeting, which he did very well, his parents Vernon and Margene also talked and Vicki Shurtz sang, accompan led by her mother, Geneal We supposed all of the South ward were joining them but they had their program plan ned, consisting of talks on the Welfare plan by Dale Marsh and Clyde. Spencer; Jimmy Woolsey was graduated from Primary Florence Alvey had a two day visit from her sister Mildred Deuel oi Panguitch, she really helped out with the canning The stupid stunts we hum ana pull make It plain to see, there's truth In that old saying, "What fools we mortals Bp |