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Show j SPRING CITY 1 By Special Correspondence i Kyle Brough, home on a furlough fur-lough visiting his parents, Mr. i i'.s. Loran 'Brough, left Thursday evening for Camp .nuj, i.Iississipi. Mrs. Ralph Christensen was hostess Thursday evening to the K. K. club members. Progressive Rook was played with high score won by Mrs. Curtis Allred and j iow sore given 10 Mrs. Leslie ' Nunley. A dainty lunch was served to the guests. Mrs. Hyrum Sorensen received word Sunday that her son, Pvt. Keith H. Sorensen was in Whit-side Whit-side Station hospital at Fort Riley, Kansas awaiting an operation opera-tion to be performed July 13. Young Sorensen was a graduate gradu-ate of North Sanpete High School this spring and he is in the Horse Cavalry at Fort Riley. In the Sacarment meeting Sunday Sun-day afternoon. Mrs. Tina Nelson . and Mrs. Eliza J. Olsen of Mount i Pleasant were special speakers. Mrs. Nelson spoke on "Brigham Young, The Great Colonizer," and Mrs,. Olsen spoke on "The Doctrine and Covenants," "The Improvement Era," and "The Saturday Sat-urday Church Supplement," as "Important Instructors and Guidance Helps of Today." Frank Van Cott of Cedar City, Instructor of Music of the B. A. C. played a piano solo. Miss Edna Allred has returned home from visiting her sister, Mrs. D. A. Allred of Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Gilbert Brough of Tremon-ton Tremon-ton spent the past week visiting relatives in this city. Mr. Cloyd Blain and son, Robert Rob-ert are visiting relatives in this city. They are now living in ! Clearfield, Utah, but were for-j for-j merly of this city. Verdi Scho-field Scho-field will return with them home for a 'short visit. Mr. and Mrs. Max Blain and family were Moroni visitors Monday. Mon-day. They were visiting Mrs. Blain's mother, Mrs. Serena Ostler. Ost-ler. Mrs. Vero Aiken, Yvonne Aiken, Ross Aiken, Sherma Allred and Lela Ruth Allred spent the week end visiting in Provo. While there Sherma, Fvonne and Lela Ruth participated in the annual "Timp Hike," receiving badges for completing com-pleting the hike. Friends and relatives of Mrs. Lizzie B. Allred called at her home Tuesday afternoon to honor her on her eighty-third birthday. Mrs. Allred was born in Spring City, July 18, 1861, a daughter of George annd Elizabeth Hudson Brough. The parents were early settlers and colonizers of this city, but because of Indian troubles, trou-bles, had to move to Ephraim for protection. They remained there for a short while, then came back to Spring City to live. Mrs. Allred was married to the late Bishop James A. Allred. They had one son, Milton Allred, who was accidently killed in the moutains a few yars ago. She has 4 grandchildren, one is in the service and 6 greatgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. Mrs. Allred has always been active in church affairs af-fairs and has been an officer in the Relief Society, and the M. I. A. Mrs. Anenia Mickle is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Deon Beck in Lehi. Mrs. Leslie Nelsen and her daughter are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Black. Mrs. Nelsen was living in Rupert, Ru-pert, Idaho where her husband, Sergeant Leslie Nelson was stationed, sta-tioned, but will remain here a-while a-while as her husband is transferred trans-ferred to another camp. Sergeant Nelson was formerly of Mt. Pleasant. Lyndon Jensen, sianonea ui Wisconsin, is home on furlough from the army visiting his parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Jensen. The two younger Primary groups, under the direction of Mrs. Christie Bunnell, enjoyed a party Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Bertha Blain. Miss Elverna Tonge is visiting at Santa Monica, California at the home of Mrs. Louise Clark. Mrs. Marsden Allred, a member mem-ber of the North Sanpete Stake Primary Board is ill at her home. Mrs. Sarah E. Allred, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Cecil Elmer at Hooper, Utah. She went there to visit the family and a grandson, grand-son, Pvt. James Elmer, who is to be home on furlough. The Elmers El-mers have four sons in service. Three of the boys are now overseas. over-seas. Mrs. Olga Black entertined at a birthday dinner for her mother, Mrs. Katherine Thompson Sunday Sun-day afternoon. Mrs. Thompson was 80 years old, being born July 15, 1864, at Serrilslev, Hjoiring, Denmark. A daughter of Niels Christensen and Margrettie Logerson. Pthp wat: married Mav 25. 1887 in Denmark to Christian Thompson. Thomp-son. Mr. Thompson came to America to join relatives and later sent back to Denmark for his wife, baby and sister-in-law. They have lived in this city since 18M. She is the mother of five living children, Christian Thompsen, Salt Lake City, Charles Thompsen, Thomp-sen, Bingham, Mrs. Pearl Blain, Clearfield, Mrs. Olga Black, Spring City and Private Fergus Thompsen, Camp Fannin, Texas. There are 14 gradnchildren and 3 great-grandchildren, with 5 grandsons in service and one granddaughter. (Continued on last page.) i SPRING CITY ! 1 B? SoecicT Correspondence 1 (Continued from first page.) The local D. U. P. Camp, under the direction of Captains, Mrs. Ruth Osborne, Mrs. Hannah Mic-kle Mic-kle and Mrs. Minnie D. Barney, will have charge of the Pioneer Day celebration, with a program at 11:30 a. m. in the ward chapel. A children's dance and picture show will be held in the evening. Mr .and Mrs. John William Crowforth of Nephi are guests o: Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Allred of th:'s citv. Mr. and Mrs. Terry Aiken have returned from a two weeks trip to Yellowstone National Park. En route they visited friends and relatives in Salt Lake City, Black-foot, Black-foot, Ashton and Drummond, Idaho. Ida-ho. Yale Beck, Theron Draper and Bernell Aiken spent the past week in Blackfoot. Idaho. Active Service In Pacific Few servicemen see more action than the Amphibious Engineers, and" for Utahns that branch of the service has been attractive. Among those hard fighting youths was Pvt. Neal J. Peterson, 27, son of Mrs. Laura Peterson of this city. In a single year ending June 20 they saw action in landings at Nassau Bay, Lae, Finschafen, Saidor, and Aitope in New Guinea, Arawe and Cape Gloucester Glou-cester in New Britan, the Admiralty Ad-miralty Islands and Sarmi in Dutch New Guinea and Makde" and Biak off Dutch New Guinea. Pvt. Peterson enlisted in the Coast Guard, October, 1939. Then later transferred to the Engineers serving one and a half years with this group. He has been on active duty in the South Pacific for one year and in Australia six months before that. He received his training at San Pedro and other California da. A younger brother, Melvin C. Peterson, now in Alaska, has spent two years m the coast Guard. |