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Show By Marlene Haws 826-4859 Even though Christmas day is over, families are still getting together during the holidays. Melvin and Florence Alvey have a whole house full. Newman and Lucinda Duncan and family came from Cedar City, their daughter and son-in-law Heidi and Frank Gilmore and small daughter came from Portland, Oregon; Rick and Helen Pruitt and family came from Richfield, their son and daughter-in-law, Jeremy and Angie Pruit came from Logan; and Melvin Wayne Alvey brought all six of his kids from Brighton, Colo. His wife stayed home and worked, that way the others could stay a day longer. Rob and Dorothy Simpson spent the holidays with their children: Tracy and Becky Simpson and Jared and Robyn Bowles in Salt Lake City. Dorothy says she has the most beautiful, fun grandchild ever and her cousin, Sandra Porter, says that is arguable as she has had son and daughter-in-law, Jay and Laura Hales here with their four children and they are all beautiful, handsome and gorgeous! gor-geous! (Aren't grandmothers silly? They are not only prejudiced preju-diced they are downright silly! I know. I am one!) Weldon and Marie Porter had Dave and. Brenda Williams and family here from Cedar City just before Christmas. They also visited vis-ited with Dave's parents, Lee and Kathleen Williams. On Christmas Day the Porters went to Tropic to spend some time with John and Lori Ahlstrom and family. Scrib and Deanne Gillies, Panguitch, visited and brought gifts to the home of their daughter daugh-ter and son-in-law, Lori and Wade Beebe, before Christmas, then after Christmas the Beebe's went to Beaver to pay a visit to Wade's parents, Ron and Cheree Beebe. They probably visited the Gillies's again on their way through Panguitch. Their daughter Ashley is home from school in Cedar City for the holidays. hol-idays. Dan and Lois Spencer spent Christmas with their kids in Mesquite, Nev. Dane and Sharon Smith came from Arizona after Christmas to spend a few days with Garneal Smith. They also visited with Doren Smith. Jay and Derlynne Brooks went to Las Vegas, Nev., for the National Finals Rodeo. They were there four days. Theron and Dixie Mitchell went to Ely, Nev. to spend Christmas with Kevin and Stacy Robison and boys. Dixie Mitchell, who is the LDS Second Ward Relief Society President, has some new counselors. Deon Alvey and Dorothy Simpson were released as counselors, Fran Wilson as Secretary. In their place, Fran Wilson and Lana Christian were sustained as counselors and Lillian Coleman as secretary. Mike Wall has been busy going back and forth to see his wife, Holly, and two little daughters in Lindon. We hope the time will pass quickly for her now so she can soon get her baby and get back to her own home here. She has been alternating alter-nating between the hospital and her mother's while she has been up there. Jerry and Sherree Roundy made it home from their assignment assign-ment in Nauvoo, 111. just in time for Christmas. Jerry's children, Scott and Jan Roundy and family, fami-ly, Heber City and Bret and Alana Lange and family, Logan, came to spend a day or two with them right after Christmas. Jerry said it was fun to have kids in the house again at Christmas time. Clem and Joyce Griffin also made it home from their mission just in time for Christmas. Tyler McLemore, son of Marc and Susanh McLemore just received his mission call to the Ohio Cleveland mission. Arnold and Deon Alvey spent Christmas with their children, the David Whitefields and the Andy Dubes in Las Vegas, Nev. They visited Brad and Janeen Duncan in Loa before going south. Klyn and Marlene Haws. went to Salina the day after Christmas for an overnight stay with the Jon Sorensen family. Brandon Haws was also there from St. George. Sondra Boulter came from Lehi to take her mother, Velma Boulter, back with her to spend Christmas. Clorene Vidrine went to the Salt Lake area to spend the holidays holi-days with her children. Danny and Sherrie Meisenbach and family, of Orange, Calif., are at the home of Lane and Geraldine Liston for the holidays. Grandkids, Jeniffer Liston, St. Johns, Ariz, and Dallas and Emilee Clark, Cannonville also visited the Listons during the holidays. Escalante Mayor elect, Lenza Wilson, has outdone himself again this year. Every year he breaks his own record with an even bigger, better and more beautiful all electric Christmas float! At this rate it will soon be a block long. It is something to see. Too bad he can't rig it up some way to keep it alight all night and park it on our main street to brighten it up! Maybe next year! For those of you who remember remem-ber the Reed Jepsen family, his son Neils passed away at his home in California just before Christmas. He is a brother of Karen Alvey, Kanab. Former Escalante resident, Tony Reynolds, also passed away in Mesa, Arizona December 22. He was brought back to Escalante for burial on Saturday, Dec. 29. Our sincere condolences to these families. |
