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Show I LIVING IN THE ESCALANTE VALLEY Report From Campfire Girls By Mickie Applegate Report from the Campfire Girls - February 18. The Camp-j fire Girls are going to have a I cake and candy sale at the Lions Club Dance in Modena, March 8,j 'to raise funds for their uniforms. The girls had their usual good time at the meeting singing, tumbling, and playing games. Plans Made For Lions Club Dance Following the Ladies Night, Dinner March 8, the Lions Cluh.j under the direction of the Com-Imunity Com-Imunity Betterment Committee, are planning a dance at the Mo-1 dena recreation hall. Features of the evening will Include a prize drawing, door prizes, etc. The j merchants of Cedar City are cooperating co-operating in this fund raising j project by donating items of merchandise to the committee. A : complete list of participating 1 merchants and further details will be included next week when all arrangements are completed. Services Planned For Eva Clark Wilcox Funeral services will be held In Salt Lake City Thursday (today) (to-day) for Mrs. Lucy Evelyn (Eva) Clark Wilcox, 87, who died early Saturday morning at the Iron County Hospital of causes incident inci-dent to age. Mrs. Wilcox, mother of Mrs. Augusta IkiTit-ef -Ecryi, was spending the winter with the Hunts when she was stricken. Eva Clark Wilcox was born January 14, 1871 at Farmington, Utah, the daughter of Timothy Baldwin and Lucy Augusta Rice Clark. She was a member of the first Primary organization in the LDS Church organized by Aure-lia Aure-lia Spencer Rogers. At 13 she was Stake Primary Secretary while her mother was serving as a Counselor to Mrs. Rogers in that first Primary which was in the Davis Stake. She attended school at Farmington and at the University Uni-versity of Utah which at that time was known as Deseret University, Uni-versity, and later taught school for three years prior to her marriage. mar-riage. She was married Novem-1 her 23, 1893 in the Logan LDS Temple to Oliver LeRoy Wilcox. Mr. Wilcox died in October of 1951. They settled near Garland, Utah, where they helped pioneer the Bear River Valley. Mrs. Wilcox Wil-cox was the first Postmaster of j Garland and served in this capa- city for about 12 years. She was, very active in church work all J her life, and had taught in all. of the church organizations. She served at one time as President of the Garland Primary Association Associa-tion and on the Stake Sunday School Board of the Bear River Stake. In December, 1915, the family moved to Enterprise. While there Mrs. Wilcox continued her church work and also directed several plays to raise money to plant the i trees on the Church Square. In 1918 they move to Sutherland to E4.i 'y in 1920, and to Salt Lake City in 1929. Mrs. Wilcox is survived by eight of her twelve children. They are Mrs. Gerald O. (Anna) Billings, Delta; Mrs. Ray B. (Augusta) Hunt. Beryl; Mrs. Harold J. (Lucille) Wimmer, Duschesne; Mrs. Clem (Roxeyi Hansen, South Jordan; Cleon J. and Golden Wilcox, Salt Lake City; Lt. Col. LeRoy C. Wilcox of the Air Force, Great Falls. Mont-; Glen L. Wilcox, Durango, Colo.; 56 grandchildren and 55 greatgrandchildren great-grandchildren one brother and three sisters. In Memoriam The entire valley joins in mourning the passing of T. Wil-lard Wil-lard Jones, one of the real pioneers pio-neers of our area. Mr. Jones and his wife Sophia, who died last fall, came into the valley when few people even dreamed of the potential which lay hidden beneath be-neath the grass and sage brush. They biult up a fine farm and livestock setup and were active in all of the early development of . . valley, and even after Mr. Jones became bedridden his keen mind and indominatable spirit Utpf Vi i w an .(.liy. vnrK the family and the community. His courage and enthusiasm have been a real Inspiration to those who knew him. He will be greatly missed. Republican Party SJates Mass Meeting A Republican Party Mass Meeting will be held Monday, March 3 at 8 p. m. at the home of Alex Wood for the purpose of electing district officers and del- Iegates. All Republicans in the valley are urged to be in attend-( attend-( ance. Cub Scouts Extend Invitation To Birthday Party Pack 3345 of the Cub Scouts celebrate the 48th Birthday of the Scouting movement in the Unitfd..States on Friday, February Febru-ary 28, at 8:00 p. Trr wi-th a Blue j and Gold banquet. The families and friends of the scouts and anyone interested in the scouting scout-ing movement is invited to attend. at-tend. Dinner will be Pot Luck and you are asked to bring your favorite dish. Each Den of the j Scouts will furnish a part of the meal and Birthday cakes will be 1 made by Doris Pedersen, Corinne 'Applegate and Belle Hulet. Mr. Joseph Barney, District Scouting Commissioner, is expected to be , in attendance. J A special ceremony will help with the presentation of the troop's first Webelos badges which will be awarded to Allen Hunt, Steven Applegate, and Rocky Tucker. The following awards will also be made: Lion badge, Glen Nielsen; Lion ar- i row, David Piper; Bear arrow, Kenneth Hulet; one year service star, Kenny Bize. Rocky Tucker will present the history of the Cub Pack. The ideas committer (Will present their ideas for next month's work which will be a study of Alaska. Everyone is cordially cor-dially invited to come out and help make this a big birthday celebration. The Scout Pack Leaders planning plan-ning meeting was held Friday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Piper. Otheis present were Mr. and Mrs. Niels Nielsen, Mr. and Mrs. Bryner Wood; Mr. and and Mrs. Hal Tucker, Doris Pedersen, Joe DelVecchio, and Bob Reeves. They dicussed plans for the banquet and also for the next pack meeting. |