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Show Panguitch News 1 By Mamie Talbot 676-8084 The lilac and honeysuckle bushes are bursting into leaf. The rain, hail and snow showers defi-nately defi-nately helped. In Panguitch LDS 1st Ward Sacrament meeting, Brady Barney, son of the Curtis Barneys was baptized. Jill Mower was call to the Relief Society Activities Activi-ties Committee; Sidney Houston, daughter of the Frank Houstons, graduated from Primary; Nicholas Mack was ordained a Priest. He and David Redding were youth speakers in the meeting. Hope Goulding reported that she has a new great-grandson born to Robin and Stephanie May. Jay and Mary Ann Goulding Dutton are the proud grandparents. Bob McCullough is back from the east where he attended his father's funeral. Wife Jill has spent some time in Salt Lake City getting repairs done on their van. Leon and Claudia Crump bought to old Burns and Ruth Tebb's residence home on main street and turned it in to the "The Snowed In Quilt Shop." An open house was held on Apr. 19. Claudia will be selling sewing and quilting supplies. Three returned LDS missionaries missionar-ies reported their mission in their respective ward meetings last Sunday; Sister. Andrea Howard served in the Poland Warsaw mission and reported in 1st Ward Sacrament meeting. Many family and friends attended from out-of-town. Elder Travis Christy served in the Oregon Portland mission and reported it in the 2nd ward meeting. He said he saw former resident Suzette Simkins there. Elder Brandon Hatch of the Panguitch Pan-guitch 3rd ward reported his mission mis-sion Sunday from the New Jersey Morristown mission. His mission president and wife, the Polks, were present to here Brandon's report. Terresa Hatch played a special musical number. Also seen were the Arthur Hatch's, the David Hatch's, and Janet Hatch Leatham and her their families. We are glad to see these young people home to visit and wish them the best in their returns to their hometowns. I received a letter from former classmate Dick Haycock of Sacramento, Sac-ramento, Calif. He reported an interesting experience that some of the local folks may enjoy hear- (See Panguitch News On Page 3-A) Panguitch News From Page 2-A ing about. He was doing business in a bank there wneu the subject of Utah was mentioned. Dick said he was from a small town near Bryce Canyon, and suddenly, sud-denly, from the next teller's window, win-dow, he hear, "You mean, Panguitch?" Pan-guitch?" Dick asked the man what he knew about Panguitch and it turned out to be doctor Gene Reames who practiced here for three years in our hospital. He went back to school and became an anesthesiologist. The two men talked for over two hours and exchanged ex-changed names and phone numbers. num-bers. The good doctor asked about many Panguitch residents especially people he worked with: Cleo and Shirley Henrie, Monte and Cleo Marshall, Jim Yardley, John Yardley, the Howards, and on and on. He spoke highly of the people of Panguitch. "They're the greatest," he said Dr. Reames hopes to bring his family to visit Panguitch because his daughter was born here. Dick also enclosed a clipping about Panguitch being the oddest name of any town in Utah. It was given to him by a cousin of Ina Hatch Hanks, Eleanor McAllister Kerr. Well, Dick, one of the most often asked questions by visitors is "How do you pronounce your town's name? Is it 'Pangoochee' or what?" Our answer is "Stop in Panguitch; have a sandwich. Then you'll be pronouncing it just about right. Thanks, Dick! Hope to see you soon. Phi! and Roene Dickenson were in town visiting from down south. Bob and Beverly Miller were visiting from the north. In Panguitch 3rd Ward Sacrament Sacra-ment meeting, Rory Hatch, son of the Arthur and Sherrie Miller was ordained a Teacher; Brenden Soper, son of Kim and Laurie Soper was ordained a Deacon; and Brandy Henrie, son of the Jody Davis' was ordained a Priest. Florence Hatchcock and a group of singers performed the story of "Les Miserables," for the Panguitch Homemakers Club. They performed again for the LDS Family Home Evening group and at the Richfield Care Center. Florence told the story and Jeff Cooper, Brandon Hathcock, Laura Pierson, Megan Redding, and Audrie Hathcock sang the music of the story. Shauna Hatch and her mother made a sight-seeing trip to Nau-voo, Nau-voo, Illinois. |