Show I Ephraim W West et s Ways mays VIRGINIA NIELSON I. I Telephone r I n Eighteen friends of MauricE Mauric e Nielsen commemorated W hl his s birthday January 7 at his Ws home hom e in kin Ephraim Refreshments were e served by his Ws wife Ardell The Pj The evening was spent socializIng STing Ing and reminiscing W Mr and Mrs Glen Stubbs s t have enjoyed a visit with their thelI json son on Glen who teaches Rel Rel- at Ricks Rick's College in Rexburg Rexburg Rexburg Rex Rex- burg Idaho Glen is working o ohis or n his doctorate and completing a dissertation through research h Vat t the Uni Univ v. v of or Utah He returned returned return return- Jed ed to his home Monday The two men attended the BYU- BYU Colorado State game in Provo Friday evening but came home homen 1 n a dejected mood because of the score 93 86 for Colorado Mr and Mrs LeRoy Peterson I ad no opportunity for boredom C during the holiday season All of their family members came cameJo cameTo Jo To visit or called at various I Imes Those from Salt Lake City were Richard and Jan Peterson Peterson Pet- Pet Jerson erson erson and four children Caroland Carol Caroland and nd Bert Carpenter and son Dee and Carolyn Christensen and nd three children Bruce and Peterson and son Ronald Peterson came from Kearns and Eleanor leanor Rees from Provo John and Faun Christensen called from from Lancaster California Glen and Coleen Peterson from Price called and would have ilen Joined the group had weather permitted Prior to her departure for California with the Christensen family an early birthday party was held heldo to o honor Zella ZelIa C. C Christe Christensen sen Wednesday evening Sixteen embers of ot her family met at atthe atthe the home of ot Dr and Mrs Valden Val Val- Val Val-en jen den Mary Francks A dinner end Ind socializing were the featured tea fea t events of the evening 4 i l Gwen C. C Christensen a former former former for- for mer counselor was sustained It the Ephraim West Ward Re- Re Sjef Society president Sunday The has chosen Kristeen W. W reen also a former counselor Ind ind Bonnie H. H Nielson to assist assister ler er in this important position Pauline Birch was retained as Winona G G. G Erickson vas as released as president 51 Q UJ J QI m I John Hardy was sustained as to Pres- Pres dent Roland Adams Ronald 1 Lewis is the third member of he he presidency Mr and Mrs Parry Olsen and wo young sons left lert Ephraim o f Thursday Thursday with all their belong- belong jigs in a U Haul truck They raveled two days to their new tome fome in Sacramento Calif- Calif 4 II ts Parry is presently employed em em- loyed lloyed by the US U.S. Agriculture i deporting Service there The annual Reid family Christmas party was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Reid on Christmas Eve Eve ty five persons attended this traditional event Santa came to distribute gifts to each one present present pre pre- sent and a pot luck dinner was served The storm delayed some who planned to par par- Mr and Mrs Gerald Ena Joy Anderson and three children of ot Price Max from Eager Arizona and Mr and Mrs Mont Bonnie Jacobsen and four children took part InI in inthe I the holiday festivities Several persons brought cameras and l the fun was recorded on movies polaroid and slides for post- post erity A birthday party was held for Mrs Reid Monday evening at atthe atthe atthe the Reid home Dinner was served served served ser ser- ved to family members Mr and Mrs Paul Hansen enjoyed having daughter Laura her husband Donald McGraw and small small daughter daughter Adrienne as holiday visitors from Corvallis Corvallis Corvallis Cor- Cor vallis Oregon Word was received received re received re- re that Laura is on the honor roll with a 35 grade point average for the winter quarter at Oregon State Univ Univ- Laura and Donald are students there She is working toward a Masters Master's degree in remedial reading he on his PhD in biology Saturday evening Mr and Mrs Alonzo Hansen were surprised surprised surprised sur sur- to receive a visit from their son Dr David Hansen and his wife Ann They chatted for awhile and another visitor arrived ar arrived arrived ar- ar rived son Dr James Hansen and his son The two sons placed coats on their parents and escorted escorted es escorted es- es them to Main St. St where they presented them with the keys to a shiny new pickup which was was' standing under the street lights there These two sons and a third Harold Hansen Hansen Hansen Han Han- sen decided as they visited their home during the holidays that the old family farm vehicle should be retired so they took appropriate steps Of Ot course the new truck is too nice forhay forhay for forhay hay or feed loads or for mud to despoil so we shall still see the old truck around for awhile Jennifer Jensen daughter of Cathy and Jeff Jensen was the central figure in a family oriented dinner Sunday but was unaware of or the honor as she slept peacefully on Admiring relatives were Mr and Mrs Phil Olsen maternal grandparents of ot Ephraim who were the hosts paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Bob Jensen sons Mike and John paternal great grandparents Mr and Mrs Gail Gall Jensen of ot Manti paternal great grandmother Mrs Stella Brannon and uncle aunt and cousins Mr and Mrs Gail Gall Stout and two children from Provo Sidney Wallace flew new to Las Vegas for the holidays to be with his daughter Patricia her husband Heber Loveland and their four boys This was the first step on a fascinating vacation va va- va cation His son Dean and his wife Diane from Salt Lake City met him there and they drove to California to be with son John his wife Elna and their four children They were enthralled with a trip to Safari lion Hon country a re reserve reserve reserve re- re serve near San Diego where lions elephants and other animals an animals animals an- an not native to this country roam at large Visitors drive through this area with their windows up observing the animals animals ani ant mals as though they were in their natural habitat Mr Wallace Wallace Wallace Wal Wal- lace reported seeing ten lions resting by the roadside Disneyland Disneyland Disneyland Disney Disney- land and Knotts Knott's Berry Farm were two additional stops they made before returning to Las Vegas where they attended church then on to Ephraim Mr Wallace is leaving for a two months month's vacation in Australia Australla Austra Austra- lia lla his native land at the end endot of ot January He and his late wife Ena visited there five years ago with his brothers and sister Dinner guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Glen Lee and their four children Sunday fol following following tol- tol lowing Sunday Sacrament MeetIng Meeting Meeting Meet- Meet Ing were Mr and Mrs Orlin OrUn Orlin Or- Or lin Un Oliver from Fairfield California California California Calif Calif- ornia Mr and Mrs Fred Oliver Oliver Oli Oli- ver and four children from Orem Mr and Mrs David Dyreng and three children from Richfield and Mike Harris from American Fork Those from Ephraim were Julie Oliver Mr and Mrs Ivan Dyreng Mr and Mrs Robert Nancy Oliver and infant son Michael who had just received his name and in whose honor the event was held |