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Show Escalante Chit Chat BY FAY ALVEY It's a typical January, cold weather, lots of sickness and everyone wishing for it to be over. Eddie Mitchell is in the Pan-gultch hospital recovering from complications of the flu, Allen Pollock was there but they moved him to Salt Lake City where he is in intensive care in the Veteran's hospital. Laviaa did not feel equal to the trip so Guy and son Steven are with him. Fay Van Oos-tendorp came from California to Cedar City where Arnold Alvey and Lavina met her so she can be here with her mother. Vernon Spencer took his father Andrew to Provo to the Utah Valley hospital for surgery, he came through It and was doing ok the last report. His grandkids, Myron Cottam and Analee Spencer, are attending BYU so they keep in touch with him. Billle and Minnie Davis went to Provo where Billle wes due for another medical checkup. Usher and Eva Spencer went to Provo to their doctor, they reported Meletta Cottam having been hospitalized with a jieart attack, she was home and her doctor said her heart had not been damaged by it The Spencers got word that Karl and Ann had taken a holiday trip to Taiwan where they really had an enjoyable time, they are getting to see most of the world. Mary Ellen Coleman spent several days in Richfield with the Douglas Mclnellys then came home and got the flu. Melba Gates went to Salina to the funeral services of a brother-in-law and had a relapse of flu. Ray Griffin has been mighty sick but is feeling better. So many students and teachers had flu it was hardly worthwhile to hold school but they did. Ivan and Nelda Wil-lis went to Beaver and stayed overnight with Lynn and Gar-na Mclnelly, then on to San Diego to visit Maureen and Wayne Dean and family. Jerry and Llla Jean McCurdy and family of Panguitch visited at the Morias Hail home. Dawn and Bill Griffin, Ard-is and Norm Christensen went to Cedar City to visit their college kids and see a ball game, (continued inside) ESCALANTE I con tin. .i ttotn tront page) hey took Guile Deuel to the game and It helped his home sickness some, he Is anxious to get back home. Pangultch brought their ball team here and whipped the tar out of our team, there was a record hop after the game put on by the cheer leaders. Kay Lynn Shurtz, a college student in St. George is keeping us posted on the condition of William Mitchell, he made it home for Christmas and is able to walk with a standup walker. Slim broke a front tooth biting my biscuit so It was all my fault, he went to Richfield to the dentist and had the root dug out. Mother Alvcy broke her mug so went along to get another, could not find one in Richfield but enroute home at Pangultch Drug she found what she wanted. It was not for sale so she just took it saying that Monty had beat her enough that ho was not out anything. (Ed. Note: Dear Fay and Sarlah, Geo and I (Monte) love the handmade dollies that Sarlah sent to us, they arc ten times worth what the mug would have cost.) Mary Errett went to Richfield for a court hearing on her insurance rights. Donald Cowles and wife arc here at the Orville Cowles home. Missed some holiday visitors, Roe and Clema Barney and family were here from Page at the Jane Woolscy home. Alvln and Marie Twltchcll from Grifflss AFB near Rome, New York were at the Ixncll Twltchell home. They had spent Christmas In San Antonio, Texas with her folks then came here for the first time In two years. Curtiss and Dcnise Larson and family of Salt Lake City, Rotls and Beth Coleman and family from Richfield. The North ward had High Council day Sunday with Alton Shakespear, Ken Goulding and Earl Jolloy as speakers. The South ward had ward conference with all the Stake officers in attendance and giving talks, kept then there until four o'clock. Jimmy Barney was ordained a deacon. Vernon Davis and family of Richfield visited Vera Davis. Don and Deanna Heap had a visit from his parents, Garth and Thcora of Hatch, they came to see Shelly as she had a broken collar bone, fell off a stool and Injured It. Ott Roun-dv went to Richfield for several days of meetings for foremen. It is too cold and too much sickness for folks to make news unless they have to. Did you make resolutions at the start of '72? I was spared the bother, last year's are good as new. |