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Show Panguitch News Mamie Talbot 676-8084 The summer birds are conspicuous conspicu-ous by their absence. A little twitter twit-ter is heard now and then from a few chick-a-dees. The loudest noise is made by two cawing neighborhood crows as they fly from one bare cotton wood to another. an-other. They seem to be saying that pickings are slim in town. Maybe it is better in the fields now that the cattle are home. Our human snowbirds snow-birds are packing for the move south. Some have slipped away in their trailers already. Paul and Denise Dastrup are building a home next to the George Proctors. Paul is with the Forest Service. Loyhova Camp DUP held their Oct. 8 meeting in the Panguitch City Library. Mary Simkins gave a history on one of her sister's ancestors. ances-tors. Debra McKee gave the lesson. les-son. Mary, Debra and Catherine Barney were the hostesses. Cornelia Camp DUP held their meeting the next day, Oct. 9 at the same place. Chloeen Bybee gave several short facts about several of her ancestors. Marjorie Davies gave the lesson on several pioneers including southern Utah pioneer Dudley Leavitt. Cemetery committee member Pat Oetting reported that a new road will be built in the cemetery around the north and west sides and the present road across the north side will be closed. Lucille Miller Bridges has been commissioned by Cornelia Camp to paint a picture of the pioneer Miller cabin at Blue Spring. It will be hung in the local DUP museum. Several houses in town have received re-ceived new paint jobs. The tall houses of Vee and Cleo Hatch and the Ray Englesteads, where cherry-picker cherry-picker machines are needed to reach the high peaks and other homes look beautiful with their new coats. Claud and Kathy LeFevre have moved to Montrose, Colo, where he has a sawmill job. Truck driver Dusky Cole is living in their house. A few former Kaibab workers and truck drivers have found jobs. It's an uphill process and often requires re-quires moving away. Elizabeth Gilbert is back from Kanab. Mary Bowley and her husband are at their house across from the Kay Englesteads. The Bowleys are not sure that they will be here for good. Interesting speakers in the Panguitch LDS Third Ward were Elders Eric Moore and Kade Fullmer. Elder Moore, a grandson of the Val Churches, served in Guatemala and Elder Fullmer served in Des Moines, Iowa. Kade's parents, the Bruce Fullmers, picked him up after his mission was completed and enjoyed sightseeing in the midwest. The youth speaker was Shanna Orton, daughter of the Kenny Ortons and the ward choir beautifully sang "Hark All Ye Nations." Candace Johnson was called as nursery aide, Debbie Hatch as Beehive advisor, Christene Emerson as Mia Maid advisor and Randy Klein as Teachers Quorum advisor. A big new house has been built down the River Lane road on the lane leading to the Steele Henrie farm house. The owners of the house are the Bill Finches of Prescott, Ariz. The Dick Excells had very good friends visiting, the Eddie Grossman family of San Carlos, Old Mexico, where Dick and Jan spent a part of the winter. It's time for high school wrestling to start. We who grew up back in the olden days when basketball bas-ketball and baseball were the only sports played, were surprised to learn that those moves to grab and hold have names. Maybe we need a class on understanding wrestling. The Panguitch Middle School has had problems getting a proper water heater installed lately. After putting several in and out, to top it all, it was discovered that a snafu of crossed water lines brought about toilets flushing hot water and drinking drink-ing fountains where water was warm. One school worker remarked re-marked wryly that in the middle of a cold winter, everyone there might appreciate that condition. The Paul Hatchcocks have moved out of the house in the south field into the former Leo CroftKyle Stewart home. Charlene Ancira has moved into the Panguitch 1st Ward area. Jane Elmer Garrard has moved to Las Vegas. Tina Kay Riggs had surgery and had blood clot complications. Mahala Hughes is in Salt Lake City recovering from bypass surgery. June Davis recently had a stroke and was with her daughter while recovering. She is home now. Happy recovery friends. Cindy Marshall Barney, daughter daugh-ter of Leland and Donna Marshall was married to Scott Steed, son of Mary Steed Kazan of Escalante. Carol Cooper Bunker has returned re-turned home after spending most of September up north with family members, her children and grand -kids and some close friends. Her husband, Don, was able to go up to join her part of the time. He was there on Carol's birthday at Park City where she was spending four days with her sister, Dorothy Chidester and having fun. This occasion oc-casion was made even more special when the Bunker's oldest son, Craig and wife arrived from Harrisburg, Penn. It had been three long years since they had seen Craig so immediately imme-diately they had a family reunion with all four of the Bunker children together once again. Carol said that after all the flowing tears, it was the best birthday she had ever had. Phillip and Jaynell Bailey came from Milford to take her parents, Jay and Maxine Crosby, to Pleasant Grove where Norman and Sheryl Crosby hosted a party for the Crosby clan. They all went to Sandy on Sunday where Evan Crosby's son, spoke of preparing to go on an LDS mission to Italy in November. Thirty-one of Jay and Maxine's descendants were present for the family doings. Son Lynn Crosby, who lives in Billings, Montana was unable to be there. They were happy to see their five great-grandchildren; one which they had never seen. Jay kept a doctor's appointment while they were in the north and was told that ue was in good condition. Panguitch LDS 2nd Ward scout, Seth Decker has chosen to construct a sign at the entrance to the Panguitch City Cemetery for his Eage Scout project. The size and type of the sign will be determined by the funds available for materials. Plans are being made for long-needed long-needed improvements at the cemetery ceme-tery and the cemetery board is happy that Seth, a son of Richard and Lorena Decker, has selected this as his project. Donations may be sent to Lorraine Owens, cemetery ceme-tery board secretary, Box 225, Panguitch, Utah 84759 or persons may contact any cemetery board members for more information.. Most all of us have or will have dear ones at this lovely resting place. |