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Show PAROWAN. March 22, 11)0-1. Tho'pust thri'c weeks havo posltlvoh vorlfletl tha old suylujf "March intinj weathers" mor but parttculnrly, win dy woathor. The concert by tho B N. U. profc-sors profc-sors nnd atuduntH wits intended by ti not vory litrtrc, but very appreciative audience. Every number was of a high order and well rendered. Compliments Compli-ments and woids of praise were sound cd by tboso present. Tho missionary bull clvon Monda ovpuitI"" was better attended than ex-'pcote'd ex-'pcote'd after tho many good oouhob that havo been danced for.. tho past few months, but our ever charitable citizens citi-zens could not afford in this instance to deviate from their usunl penerous eus toms. So by the expenses bclnc par tlnlly donated tho neat sum of $31 wau divided equally between tho two mis slonarles of the Parowan Ward. Our excellent conference was well attended. Tho outspoken, practical counsel and doctrlno expounded bj Golden Kimball was well received. Two points he emphatically emphasized wen Unit the people of tho Parowan ! "wS&SP stake must give thrlr hearty support to j $ the St. Georiro Temple, and the Branch I Normal at Cedar City, In order that , their tons and daughters might be f caimehtted to perform greater works and all bo able to enjoy the rich bless f Intf& promised to tho people of this vi cinity. f Tho funeral services of sister Phebc t lltowii AVebtbrook wore held at tho mactlng house yesterday. Sister West- b'rcolr was the daughter of John W. and F.ll'abcth Brown of this ward, and had removed to Idaho some two years blneo where thc led a very aetlvo life iu the Piano ward of that state, being a counsellor coun-sellor to the M. t. A. President. Her i husband and eho wero both membeis of tho ward choir. Sister Phebe wa3 also Instructor of tho Mother? work In tho Relief Society, using tho samo Sj5iBfrrnni'?u 1"""inP j0"1. u.v "i110 c,ommlttco Alf Vbr fcfor liie'iarowan stake. Brothi'r lVdlilc Mm' tKV Westbrook maintaining a position In Ssf f' the Piano orchestra, and tho two wore $ naturally prominent socially. Sister '. Phcbo died Murch 17th of pneumonia 'f after nn illness of six days, leaylng four little girls motherless. As a token "- of tho acceptance of her labors and the high regard in which she was held tho ollleers of tho R. R. requested tho priv ilege of robing Sister Wcstbrook for her tlual rest. This act of sisterly love J will never bo forgotten by tho aged "f,r mother, brothers and sisters of tho de- ' pii ted while "Hfo and thought and bo- ", lng last." When dying Sister Phobo asked "that her body bo taken homo to "g mother." Tho intervening days ba- U- tween the receipt of the sad news and M tho arrival of tho corpse was an agoniz- ''j 'Ipg period for that enfeebled parent of more than three score and ton, but " when her oyes beheld her darling so beautifully dressed Iu her silken robes 1 purebt white, so tastily and tenderly J (adjusted by those who were 6trangors, if yet so worthy and motherly) reposing ' A as If in sleep in a rich and costly casket "f, of the samo spotless hue, so typical of the Paradise to which tho spirit had - ,, llown, death's terrors wero somewhat 6ofiened. and tho mother eald, "my - Phebe bus gone to the best homo sho ""j over know." Slstor Wcstbrook was . thirty years of uge Her husband will j make his lonely return trip in a few , days, bearing with him tho prayers and blessings of tho borcaved rolatlves to the l'lauo ward, who by their ox- , trome kindness have mado for them- i selveo a namo that will bo held sacred in tho memories of tho living relatives ,1 of Slstor Phebo Wcstbrook. |