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Show '3INGHAM BRIEFS Frances V. Qulnn, the congenial and accommodating town clerK, has been indisposed and was confined to his room for a few days this week. When Mr. Quinn ia absent from the town hall the place aeema deserted and has the appearance of "no one at home." Mr. Quinn is the life of the town hall and during his absence on account of sickness this week there were many expressions of regret on the part of his friends. R. I. Morgan, local manager of the St (Lake Telegram, and Mrs. Morgan, returned this week from a two week's ! trip to Oklahoma. Mr. Morgan says ! that the oil business in that state is something wonderful and that the wheat crops are mighty fine. Mrs. James Jackson visited In Salt Lake City Tuesday. Attorney A. C. Cole spent Tuesday in Sale (Lake on professional business. The (Maccabees and the Lady Maccabees Mac-cabees gave a card party at Society hall Monday evening. The time was spent playing progressive whist. iMrs. Bonnet won firot prize, Mrs. Lowe second sec-ond and Mrs. Ford the consolation prize. The members of the Concert band are planning for a big dance at Highland High-land Boy in the near future. Beginning last Monday the Highland iBoy Store adopted a new closing hour which will be greatly appreciated by the clerks. That store now closes at 6:H5 in the evenings. The Bingham basket ball team met defeat last Friday night on the local floor at the hands of the University of Utah preps by a score of 33 to 28. iBingham was visited by another snow storm this week. Snow fell near-I near-I ly all day Monday and Tuesday. j Phillip IPpeckart, representative of I the Iron .County Coal company, has been in Bingham this week in the interest in-terest of that concern. Lester (Randall, brother of (Earl Randall, cashier of the Bingham State Bank, has enlisted in the marine service ser-vice and expects to be called to the colors about April 1st Antonio Scandalakis, a Cretin laborer labor-er at the Utah Copper, suffered a broken leg Wednesday of last week by being struck by a falling rock. He was taken to a Salt Lake hospital for treatment. An elaborate birthday party In honor hon-or of Miss Hilda Pregaskis at the home of her parents 1n Highland Boy Monday Mon-day evening, celebrating her fifteenth anniversary. The guest list included Misses Teresa (Beck, Margaret Gaith-waite, Gaith-waite, Gertrude Telleroth, Marguerite Tennant, iRachel rimhall, Ellen Sid-doway, Sid-doway, 'Mr. Frederlckson, James and Clyde Siddoway, Lee Chestnut, John Kelly and IMra. Pregaskis. Games and music made up the program of entertainment enter-tainment for the evening. In the post card puzzle contest. Miss Margaret Gaithwaite won first prize and Carl Johnson second prize. In the matching match-ing photo play Carl Siddoway won first prize. Refreshments were served. Advertising in the Press-Bulletin always al-ways produces results, and sometimes it has the desired effect before the paper pa-per even appears. A good illustration of this occurred a few days ago. At the grand ball given last week by the Railroad Trainmen a very beautiful young lady lost a perfectly beautiful muff. Or rather she forgot it when leaving the dance hall, and when she looked high and low for it and inquired in-quired and waited wonderd if she would ever see it again. (After the lapse of a full week she decided to advertise ad-vertise for it and calling at this office left a complete description of the ar-. ar-. tide. (And In less than one hour from that time she had her muff. Miss Josephine Sherman entertained entertain-ed at a card party Sunday evening. t The guests were iMr. and Mrs. Garnett, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly, Miss Lewis. Miss! Johnson. The evening was 81)3111' most pleusautly. Refreshments were eerved. j Th3 sales of war and thrift stamps' at the iBingham poBt office 'Wednesday ; amounted to $796. Bingham's quota for the year Is $200,000 and there seems no doubt but that she will take her quota in full. , , - - I Prof, Siegel will open his dancing! school at Smith's hall tonight The town board met Wednesday night and gave further discussion to! the matter of taking care of the sur-1 plus water which comes down Mark-1 ham Gulch in the spring. The land owners of that section met with the; board and plans will soon be under way to properly care for the matter. Sergeant A. K. Cape, of the Royal Princess Pet Canadian regiment, has! opened headquarters in the plumbing! shop of T. D. Stephens for the pur-1 pose of enlisting (British subjects in the camp. All (British subjects between be-tween the ages of 18 and 45 should re-! port to him at once. j John Evans, of Salt Lake, manager of the Gibson Mercantile company, which has a branch house in the camp, I spent Tuesday here on business. 1 Copperfield, are on an extended trip to Long Beach, California. The Junior League of the Methodist church and their invited guests were entertained at a valentine party Thurs- j day night of last week at the home of j Mr. and Mrs. IL. I White, Games were played and luncheon waa served by Ivy James, lEdna Cuchman, Ger- trude Gerrans. Grace James, Emma Greathouse, .Evelyn Stagg. The committee com-mittee in charge was under the direction direc-tion of Mrs. T. J. TTamel, superintendent superintend-ent of the Junior League work. More than fifty guests were present. Mrs. James Vlette entertained at a birthday party last Friday afternoon In honor of the eighth anniversary of her daughter, Evelyn Vjette. The house was decorated with patriotic colors. The guests numbered twenty-six twenty-six and the occasion was a most delightful de-lightful one. ! The parent-teachers' association held a well attended meeting at the high school auditorium Thursday night of last week. Mrs. Q, 'B. Kelly, president of the organization, presided and Dr. 1 Pack of the state university delivered an appropriate address on the work of the association. Musical selection , were rendered by Miss Lola Royce and Albert Southwick. Joe Berger returned home the latter part trf last week from Southern Call-nia. Call-nia. where he spent the past month visiting his wife and daughter. He states that he had a fine time In the semi-tropics and he has fattened so he .can hardly get into the clothes he wore before be went away. Dr. F. E. Straup is in Chicago this week on business. iMrs. Bruckheimer Is visiting in Salt Lake City. "The Man Without a Country," which was presented at the (Paramount Princess theatr last Friday afternoon and night attracted large crowds. The house was crowded .and for a considerable consider-able portion of the time large crowds ' were standing at the door awaiting their turn to see the picture. The ladies of the Copperfield Red Cross and the citizens of Copperfield 'gave an enjoyable farewell party to L. J. MoShane. who has been with the J. C. Penney Company for the past 1 year, is now on the waiting list for service ser-vice in the navy and Is expecting a call any day. The valentine dance given at Smith's hall Thursday night of last week by the S. F. S. iF. was well attended and was a most enjoyable event Fred W. Webb, of Salt Ike, president presi-dent of the Iron County Coal company, I was in iBingham last (Friday on business. busi-ness. ' i Postmaster Countryman has already registered eighteen Germans in the camp and It is understood that there are several more on the waiting list '.The names of those registered will 'not be given out for publication. 1 (Miss Marie Scow was hostess to the 6unshlne Club which met Wednesday evening of last week at the home of Mrs. J. H. Weston at 46 Markham Gulch. Present were Misses Maisie and Pearl Adderley, Ellen Larson. Sarah Sa-rah Davis, (Margaret fitephan, Cora Slocking, Agnes James, Kathryn Hy-land Hy-land and Miss iMinnie Zlon. The evening eve-ning was spent la Red Cross knitting and refreshments were served. A delightful surprise party was given giv-en iMr. and 'Mrs. J. iW. Matthews at their home Thursday evening of last week. Present were Mr. and 'Mrs. Met-calf. Met-calf. Mr. and Mrs. Maly. (Mr. and Mrs. IByram, Mr. and 'Mrs. Coakley, Mrs. Christopherson and Mrs. Kelly. the enlisted soldiers at the I. O. O. F. I .hall in Copperfield last Friday night j An unusually large crowd was present. ; j Addresses were delivered by Eugene Sullivan and Jerre DeVall. The evening eve-ning was spent in dancing. The sol- j dlers were served with punch. , Late ! ' In the evening supper was served. A 1 large number of Bingham people at-! tended the party. Mrs. "William Mace, of Copperfield. accompanied her son Earl Mace as far .as Garfield, when he left a few dnyi 1 ago to Join the army at Vancouver. 'While they were already quite popular popu-lar with the girls, since acquiring their new uniforms, R." I. Ferrell and John Treloar are very much in favor among 'the fair sex. About two months ago these two letter carriers decided that it would be more in keeping with their profession for them to be dolled up in .giifliy uniforms with eliining brass but-'tons. but-'tons. So they Joined the letter car-, car-, riorn' asportation and put in their or-:ders. or-:ders. The uniforms were slow in com-! com-! Ing and their old clothes were about done for before the glad rags arrived. I When they did come both the boys D. N. Sermon left Sunday for Idaho, , where ho will spend several days visit-; Ing friends. Mr. Sermon has had charge of the Old Crow sigar stand for the past month. I The Lady Maccabees' knitting unit : of the Red Cross met Wi dnesiay 1 1 tifternoon with 'Mrs, Pat Hyland Thei !nie was spent In needle work. Dur- j lug the afternoon delicious refresh-jmenls refresh-jmenls were served. The members of : .this knitting unit are Mesdanies Mor- rell, Ackeniian. Hyland, Fisher, Tin- j comb, iLlndolof, Emma Ford. Kate i 'Ford. Butler, Schoettlin. Chochos, Deano, Nichols, lavls, iMarrlott, Will-' Will-' iainson, Jackson, Nerdin, Cleys. i I Mrs. Q. B. Kelly entertained at din-tier din-tier Thursday evening of last week, I Prof, and Mrs. Fred J. Pack of Salt ll-ake, and Prof. NieUon and Mrs. King I of the Bingham school1!. j Edward Zwicky, of Highland Boy, spent a few days in Salt Lake this veek on business. burned their old clothes, went courag- j eously to the bath tubs for. their semiannual semi-annual plunges, and later presented themselves on the streets handsomely attired and looking like two new band boxes. Of course they attracted attention. atten-tion. Everybody noticed them, and they were so pleased with themselves that they could not look any one In the eye without grinning. But the ladies in particular made a great to do over them and told them how nice and sweet they looked. The only inconvenience incon-venience they experienced was with the dogs on their routes, which did not recognize them in their new para-pheualia para-pheualia and manifested distinct displeasure dis-pleasure at their appearance for the first few days. , Mrs. Tliea Schweitzer ami daughters, daugh-ters, Mrs. G. I.. Schdeitzer of Pegram, 'Idaho, and ..Miss Edith iSchweitzer of 9 |
