Show events of past year I 1 ear recorded V on pages of mo lyan co news the following items were taen from issues of the morgan on the dates indicated dica ted we have purposely omitted deaths funerals accidents to remind our readers only of the pleasant happenings in the county during 1951 jan 6 5 county officials took oath of office at court house james A taylor of henefer retired from the railroad after 30 years of service jan 12 trojans began t their heir big year of basketball by defeating north rich union pacific freight train was derailed at peterson jan 19 betsy mikesell Ml kesell became first morgan adorgan county girl to enter the armed forces since the outbreak of the korean war james jamea rawle left for canada where he be is serving as a missionary for the church jan 26 A pilot crash landed a small aircraft on an the hillside east of the J D lamb in peterson ruth dark clark and raymond booth were married on saturday at the royal clark home feb 2 lou jean compton was featured ta in a musical program at BYU jane mckinnon was chosen as sweetheart of the at I 1 A rose prom feb 9 eugene platt left tor mission to the new england states union pacifica agricultural train was here on feb 12 feb 16 elizabeth wright was waa crowned 1951 sweetheart of the by mayor paul stuart mr and mrs na W E criddle celebrated their wedding anniversary feb 23 morgan county news won the general excellence award of class 13 papers at the winter meeting of the utah state press association mrs lizzle lizzie peterson was honored on oa her birthday at a party held at the home of a daughter mrs walter london mar 2 peggy williams became mrs robert snethen mrs flora K rich observed her sand birthday mar afar 9 first blood typing clinic held by civil defense council club was organized by fine arts study group mar afar 16 lols dickson was named winner of union pacific scholarship gary loosle who represented morgan high school at rotary youth conference related his experiences Per perien lences ces mar 23 A union pacific freight train of 60 cars was derailed in round valley trojans ent entered erred the state ba basketball IS ket tournament in salt lake cit city i y mar afar 30 easter fashion show was presented at J williams and sons co by the sewing students at morgan high school plans for organization of a business bust league were announced by businessmen of morgan apr aar 6 mrs dell carter cai ter celebrated her birthday by having members of her family with her utah poultry announced plans plan tor for junior broiler contest apr aar 13 andrew clements was nari named led commander ol of M day held by morgan high school students apr aar 20 kay dickson became first silver gleaner in morgan county plans for or marble tourney were set by apr aar 27 dewey taggart was promoted to staff sergeant in the air force fire broke out in the M J dav les home but was quickly brought under control may 4 luana bowman wa waa named winner of the IGA teenager contest sponsored by J williams and sons co may 11 horace andrews was named head of the lions club jay whittier sixth grader won the marble tourney may 18 billy madsen completed 1 idi his hl basic training at lack land air force base near san antonio local cannery was given safety i award may 25 mrs sara giles observed birthday mrs airs elizabeth haidy also celebrated birthday june 1 morgan wins state baseball title in game with monroe high school graduation exercises were hold at the high school I 1 sel seven a morgan county atu students dents were graduated from I 1 june 8 hal peterson and kenneth C robison completed basic training at lackland air force base halwas hal vaa sent to biloxi miss and kenneth to denver colo announcement was made of 0 marriage 0 of dorothy and ana burke giles june 15 16 the Ep persons and miss faye williams boarded the aleutian for a trip to alaska ivaloo ann bennett became the bride of edmond dean rees reea in ceremony performed by pies clarence D rich june 22 mrs airs E AL abbott was declared winner ot of the IGA grandma popularity cc contest fishing season open opened june 29 miss josephine dailies and rich dark clark were wed albert wiggins celebrated their golden wedding at the home of their daughter mrs airs albert in salt lake city july 6 four H club outing was held in logan tor for three days velma meldrum and lawrence L 1 green were married in logan temple july 13 don L scott was among missionaries who took part in the pageant at hill cumorah lions selected 1951 committees july 20 scott peterson was named winner of calt calf award at the intermountain intel mountain junior fat show dates for county fair were set tor for aug 30 and 31 july 27 jesse C little observed birthday sheriff T J stuart attended conference of peace officers in ogden aug 3 rich family reunion held at como springs mrs flora K rich was crowned queen for the day soil conservation office moved to new building aug 10 john porter 78 rode over the labatch range from boun to porterville morgan business league days were scheduled aug 17 lions held a party at the francis ranch civil defense council was praised by state official aug 24 morgan shopping event was successful public hearing on weber channel improvement project planned i for aug 28 aug 31 mrs sarahann salmon observed her birthday it was noted that 60 from morgan were serving in the armed forces 7 morgan county fair declared best in years mrs emeline pry fry was wag honored on her birthday sept 14 joseph W williams was named to 60 G man committee to study utah public school problems bertle bertie olsen young was graduated from school of nursing sept 21 vada smith and robert brimley were married morgan becomes a flag city in defense bond drive sept 28 miss ada waldron presented patricia francis ladon palmer and lucille marle francis in a piano recital trojans lose to judge 13 19 0 oct 5 this was national newspaper week genealogy class was announced oct 12 mrs jane foote and mrs airs anna sommers journeyed to pocatello Poo atello where mrs footes 1 birthday was observed at the home of her son james it foote josephine dark clark resigned as morgan home agent I continued to page 6 chronology continued from page 1 oct 19 Al ulene alvilene creager was named fra queen 1 L terry was recognized lor for outstanding standing ut work in promoting the all state band for meetings oct 26 mrs matilda petersons birthday was observed at cleve peterson home first graders bad a hideto ride jo echo on the union pacific train nov 2 ideal cement company wins q n safety award for 1950 C candidates tor for municipal election were announced nov 9 school census figures were released by board ot of education campaign was care for korea undertaken by fine arts arta study group nov 16 A lonzo alonzo F hopkin addressed PTA P TA meeting this was A merican american education week nov 23 mr and mrs airs jack hopkin marked their golden wedding anniversary four H achievement exercises we were re held nov 30 south side store was waa robbed by armed bandits morgan high school opera was presented i dec 7 mr air and mrs airs norman normal A gorder observed their golden wedding at an open house bouse reception final blood typing clinic held dec 14 were installed I 1 by lions club with aid of 0 city council elementary school children presented christmas pageant D DC 21 chest cheat x xray ray en cli anjou announced rheed for or jan 8 12 by br n ft martineau Martl neau jo kay winters received drall p demonstration at utah po louhr test 11 dec 28 santa CI clam Us monday to visit children II If enefer se sewer seer er system tl cleared I 1 |