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Show THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1972 PLEASANT GROVE REVIEW, PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1972 - CLARA FARLEY PENROD Honored on 80th birthday Open House Set Sunday for Clara Mecham Penrod The family of Clara Farley Mecham Penrod will honor their mother with an open house on her 80th birthday, Sat-urday, Feb. 19. Friends and rel-atives are invited to call on her at the Utah Power and Light Auditorium, 51 East Main, west door, in American Fork, be-tween the hours of 2 to 6 p.m. They request no gifts. Mrs. Penrod was born Feb. 19, 1892 at Bedford, Kentucky. She was the daughter of John W. and Nancy Stone Farley. She married George Fayette Mecham of Wallsburg, Utah in the Salt Lake Temple on Sept. 30, 1914. He died in 1942. She married David Abraham Pen-ro-d of Pleasant Grove, an old family friend and former mis-sionary to the Farley family in Kentucky on Sept. 26, 1943. Mr. Penrod passed away on Oct. 4, 1949. Mrs. Penrod lived in Walls-burg until 1939, when they mov-ed to Provo to care for her widowed mother. She moved to Pleasant Grove in 1943, when she married Mr. Penrod. She lost all but 10 per cent of her sight when she was ten years old due to an eye disease. In 1961 she became totall blind and since that sime has lived with her four children. Clara's four living children are Mrs. Robert G. (Norma) Smith, American Fork; Mrs. Clifford G. (Lorna) Backus, of Provo; George Lamond and Wess Duane Mecham, both of Murray; her remaining step-children are Dean Mecham, of Bountiful; Mrs. Rhea Davis, Kamas; and Mrs. Erma Han-sen, Springville. All of these children will be there to honor their mother on this day along with all of her many grandchil-dren and Sooner's Riding Club Plans Dance Saturday, Feb. 26 The Sooner's Riding Club, a new club based in Lehi is spon-soring a big western dance on Saturday, Feb. 26. It will be held in the Union Hall, 1847 South Columbia Lane (top of the hill), in Orem. Don Petty's orchestra will play beginning at 9 p.m. Ad-mission will be $2.00 per couple A drawing will also be held for a quilt and tickets on this may be purchased at the door or from any club member for 25 cents or five for $1.00. 1 yV. i O U. i..i'-MfW- l MAJ. NEIL C. CHRISTENSEN Promoted in N.G. Neil Christensen Promoted to Major In National Guard Neil C. Christensen, 470 No. 745 East, Pleasant Grove, has been promoted to Major in the Utah Army National Guard. Major Christensen, 35, is a graduate of Utah State Univer-sity and has received a Mas-ter's degree from Brigham Young University. He is assign-ed to the Headquarters, 115th Engineer Group. Major Christensen is a teach-er at the Pleasant Grove High School, teaching shop and auto mechanics. Mothers Study Club Celebrates 55th Anniversary The Mothers Study Club cel-ebrated their 55th anniversary at the home of Mae Jensen re-cently. A beautiful pink and white three-tiere- d cake formed the centerpiece. with Mrs. Jen-sen were Deane Paulson and Maud Richards. Members present were Em-ma Overlade, Edna Newman, Nora Macfarlane, Lydia Hilton, Estelle Fenton, Maud Richards, Rose Radmall, Deane Paulson, Arvilla Harvey, Eva Adams, Elna Clark, Mae Jensen and Ilene Beck. DUP Battle Creek Camp Holds Meeting Friday The Battle Creek Camp of Daughters of Utah Pioneers meeting was held Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Viv-ian Evans on Locust Ave. Capt. Alta Hone was in charge and conducted the fol-lowing program: Mrs. Cleone Langley led the group in singing "Remember the Little Green Valley." Mrs. Susie Church offered opening prayer. Secretary Cora Bezzant read the minutes, and called the roll showing 6 members present. The song "Our Mountain Home So Dear," was sung, and the lesson on "Mormon Scouts" featuring Orin Porter Rockwell, was given by Captain Hone. Mrs. Sadie Beck read her life history. Tasty refreshments were ser-ved to the group by Mrs. Vivian Evans and Mrs. Merle Tomlin-son- , Now in this Area for INCOME TAX PREPARATION Juanita Vance Enrolled with the Internal Revenue Service for the Preparation of Taxes DAY OR EVENING APPOINTMENTS YOUR HOME OR MINE PHONE 785-311- 7 491 EAST 100 SOUTH PLEASANT GROVE Renew Your Subscription Now IEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUl 14 ffyoin Natural gas is nature's most perfect fuel, but If the odor of natural gas it can become hazardous if it leaks or flows is extremely strong, or if the sound freely into a confined space. If you should of escaping gas can be heard, you may have detect the pungent odor of gas in your home, a broken pipe or some other major leak. here are things you should do: In such cases, you should do the following: . 1. Do not ignite a flame, operate light If the odor is light and difficult to pick u, switches, or use electrical or battery-operate- d you should check all equipment to see it pilot lights are still burning and check your equipment. range to see if all burners are turned off. 2. Ventilate your home by opening doors and windows. If the odor is persistent, you should follow these procedures: '"- - t '' Syv) 3. Evacuate all persons from your home. 1. Do not ignite a flame, operate light rXz7'Q ! i 1 TJSnT switches, or use electrical or battery-operate- d 1 -- J jjyi if vi 4. Turn off the gas valve outside the home (it is usuaUy located next to the meter). 2. Ventilate your home by opening doors and windows. 5. Go to a telephone outside your home and call your nearest Mountain Fuel office for assistance. C When the gas leak has been located and re- - UyYff .1 paired, make certain that only Mountain Fuel j yfy l3 YTVjj personnel or other qualified persons turn your P ) gas back on and relight the equipment pilots. 3. Call your nearest Mountain Fuel office for Natural gas has an enviable safety record. With assistance. yur ne'P we can keep tnat way fes MOUNTAIN FUEL SAWNGS Grovecrest Holds Patriotic Assembly Friday, Feb. 12 The Grovecrest Elementary School Patriotic Assembly held Friday, Feb. 12 and centered around the theme of "America Is Beautiful" was Participated in by one class from each grade in patriotic songs and skits. The school has adopted the theme of "Up Up with People" for the month of February. This is to help the students appreciate people and things they do for them. Teachers are using several different ideas to help students get better ac-quainted with people inside the school and also people who have gone there in previous years. A group of pictures are dis-played inside the hall of form-er students, and tells occupa-tion and whereabouts of these students. PTA President Carol Acker-ma- n presented the school with new sick room bedding that was purchased with PTA funds. La Primavera Club Takes Husbands to Sundance Resort Saturday evening, Feb. 12, the La Primavera Club mem-bers held their Valentine Party. Special guests invited to the party were husbands of club members. The evening was planned by Mary Kaye Smith, Pat West and ReNae Knapp. Arrange-ments were made at the Sun-dance Restaurant for dinner. The group met at the home of Mary Kaye Smith at 6:30 p. m. and departed from there for the resort area. Upon arrival at Sundance the husbands and wives were greet-ed with appropriate Valentine decorations and favors. A love-ly dinner was enjoyed. After dinner and entertain-ment, the rest of the evening was spent in visiting. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Jacob, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Adamson, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Welker, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Pyper, Mr. and Mrs. Stan Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Rob-ert Sutch, Mr. and Mrs. Ever-ett West, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Wilkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Phillips and Mr. and Mrs. Den-nis Knapp. Music Teachers Hear About Group Teaching Thursday, Feb. 3, was a new musical experience for those who attended the monthly meet-ing of the local chapter of the Utah Music Teachers Assn. Mrs. Marge Merkley of Am-erican Fork demonstrated her method of teaching group piano using five and stu-dents. Mrs. Merkley conduct-ed her demonstration as an ac-tual classroom experience showing how she teaches the piano keyboard, rhythm, read-ing music and practical appli-cation of this knowledge. She also supplied numerous ideas for literature and teaching aids and gave suggestions as to how other teachers could start group teaching. Elaine Hadfield of American Fork and member of the UMTA State Board briefed all pres-ent on the business conducted at the last board meeting. She urged active participation in state affairs and gave the ten-tative schedule for the state convention as June at Weber State College, the guest artist to be announced later. Myrna Olsen of American Fork gave an excellent review of the first day of the last state convention at which Professor Edy Haimowitz of the Univer-sity of Nevada was guest art-ist. Review of the second day is slated for next chapter meet-ing. President Carla Eliason an-nounced that the annual Music Festival would be held March 25 with place and time to be announced later. She asked that teachers have their students notified and registration fees in by March 2. Refreshments and a discus-sion period climaxed the meet-ing. A special thanks was given to Mrs. Merkley's young stu-dents who cooperated so well and made such a worthwhile evening. |