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Show SOT Offl NOTES NORTH OGDEN, Dec. 21. North Ogden has kept fully apace with other towns of like size in doing her "bit" for the advancement of the better interests in-terests of the world war, responding quite liberally in the purchase of Liberty Lib-erty bonds, the demands of the Red Cross, the soldiers' welfare fund and in addition our soldier boys have been liberally remembered with Christmas presents, not only by their relatives and friends individually, but the day school and the Relief society organizations. organi-zations. The local demands financially have been wonderfully responded to by the people. Ward chapel improvements, Including a baptismal font nnd a toilet system was planned eaily in the season and the assessment plan was adopted for raising tho necessary-funds, necessary-funds, aggregating nearly $3000. and nearly the whole of it was paid be fore a canvas was made. The compiling of statistics required at the close of the year disclose some items worthy of note. There have been 22 marriages 5 by civil law and 17 temple marriages 8 deaths, 2 adult and 6 children; 32 births, 9 male and 23 female. There are also 21 widows, 3 widowers and 40 individuals over 21 unmarried in the ward. Tho anticipated pleasure of a number num-ber of our people in a Christmas visit with the soldier boys at Camp Lewis was denied them in a special telegram on account of quarantine conditions in the camp. Among" those contemplating the journey were Mrs. Verna Campbell, Camp-bell, Mrs. Hazel Gibson and Miss Edna Berrott. E. Mason Blaylock and Zina Montgomery Mont-gomery Blaylock are happy over a fifth addition to their "family, a boy, born December 17. This is the twenty-sixth grandchild of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Blaylock. Arlle S. Campbell, son of Scott W. and Lucinda Strong Campbell, has been called to take the message of the dominant churcli to the people of Cali-fornoia, Cali-fornoia, to leave his home in North Ogden January 9. The North Ogden Canning company shipped 1100 cases of their output of the season yesterday to Tacoma, for the use of Uncle Sam's boys. Charles Storey spoke in the Wednesday Wed-nesday night's meeting on the Red Cross work, following up with a vigorous vigor-ous campaign among those present securing quite a membership enrollment enroll-ment for the cause. Mrs. Ann Huband, now within a few days of 90 years old-, Is down froir Logan, stopping with her daughter Pfi Mrs. Alma H. Rogers. j Mrs. lvfh L. Shupe of Gooding, Ida., MHf is stopping with her parents, Mr. and feK' Mrs. John Henry Warren. Hh Last evening, under the auspices of the local patriotic committee, a fare- hB well entertainment was tendered Joel Percy Clifford, who leaves in the near future for the army. He Is a registrant hK' of Soda Springs, Idaho. Supt. William A. Montgomery and his aids aro planning an ontortainlng K Christmas program for next Sunday morning, in Sunday school session. WbF William A. Brown and Thomas Del- Rw5 bert Orton, former residents of thia rfffia place, but who went into the army P$9tS from Idaho, in a joint letter acknowl- LSHp edge with thanks special favors re- WFf ceived at Camp Lewis for former "Wri friends in North Ogden and adds the information that they are well cared lP-for lP-for in camp. |