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Show GUti Twill r i By LYDIA KILPACK 5 295-0021 ! It's certainly nothing new i that people always try to separate work and pleasure. Sixty-nine descendants of the Isaac A. Asay family recently held a family reunion in the Ogden City Park. Mrs. Evelyn Hill and son, Michael, his wife Sue, and four boys, Mrs. Hill's daughter, Diane and her six daughters, and another daughter, Pat Warner and her six children from Provo, were among the families enjoying the festivities. festivi-ties. Also from Washington D. C, were Ken and Julie Hancock Asay and their small son, and Mrs. Lola Kennedy from Portland, Ore. Visiting with Mrs. Matilda Ogzewalla, was her aunt, Mrs. Larene Blatter from Calif. Ten ladies from Centerville enjoyed four days stay in southern Utah the past week. They were special interest people and joined with special interests from Kaysville to stay in the dormitories of the Southern Utah College in Cedar City and to view nightly the Shakespearian plays and festival which has just concluded its presentation there. During the days the ladies toured Cedar Breaks, Zions and Bryce Canyons, where they attended a Sacrament meeting, and St. George, where they visited the temple, 1 the Jacob Hamblin home, and the winter home of President Brigham Young. The ladies from Centerville were Bonnie Evensen, Thelma Olson, Lydia Kilpack, Ruby Jeppson, Pearl Green, Ruth Tingey, Ann and Grace Thornton, and LaVaun Bur-gin. Bur-gin. Visiting with Ann and Grace Thornton is Ema Meurer from Langhorn, Pa. Mrs. Meurer is a recent convert to the LDS Church, whom Grace met while on a mission to Pennsylvania. Pennsyl-vania. Mrs. Esther Rockwood enjoyed en-joyed a visit with her son Alyn, his wife, Mary and children, Trevor and Aunica in Sprin-ville Sprin-ville during the week. Visiting with Mrs. Rock-wood Rock-wood over the weekend, was her sister, Mrs. Naomi Lopez and son, Ronnie, from Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Lopez came to Utah to attend his high school class reunion in Kamas. Harold and Merle Parrish, with children Linda and Gary have returned from a vacation to Yellowstone Park and Nevada City, Montana. They also enjoyed a visit with Mrs. Parrish's sister and her family, Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Gull in Pocatello, bringing a small nephew, Roger Gull, home with them for a week's visit. The Charles C. Rich family reunion was held at Sweetwater on Aug. 8 and 9. Two hundred and seventy-five descendants attended. From Centerville came Mrs. Harriet Rich, Mrs. Mary C. Anderson, her daughters, Margaret and Elva Anderson and Mrs. Eliza Johnson. On the 8th a "Skylight" social was held This consisted of a big bonfire, weenie roasting and socializing. On the 9th a family meeting was held, a picnic under the trees and self conducted tours taken of the early landmarks created by Charles C. Rich, a very prominent early settler of Star Valley, Wyo. A highlight of the gathering was some skits portraying the life of Mr. Rich with the six ' wives which were his at that time. Ned Smoot has returned from a two-weeks visit to Brazillia, which is the new capital city of Brazil. The Smoot Dairy of Corinne, Utah plans to establish a dairy there, of which Ned would be plant manager. After being there for a time, Ned decided to not have he and his wife, Lola, make their home there. Now as plant advisor, he will be commuting to Brazil from time to time. Terry Smoot, the son of Ned and Lola Smoot, has just been made bishop of the Val Verda Fifth Ward. Jack and Kathleen Hummel, Hum-mel, with daughters, Heidi and Shannon, enjoyed a fishing trip in Wyoming. Accompanying Ac-companying them were Mrs. Alta Jackman, Mrs. Ruth Hummel and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hummel and family of Salt Lake City. Heidi and Shannon Hummel, Hum-mel, as members of the Synchronetts, a group of girls who do artistic swimming, recently went by plane with the group to El Paso, Texas, where they participated in a swimming meet, doing real well for themselves. While there the girls took a little side trip into Mexico. Joanna and Judy Bradley, daughtrs of Bill and Myrna Bradley, and Brenda Peder-son, Peder-son, daughter of Jim and Pat Pederson, accompany ied by Jennie Rasmussen, a Bear Lake relative of the Bradley girls, have returned from a thrilling trip to New York. The girls went with Elaine's Wolrd Tours, who is an aunt of the Bradleys. An institute teacher was also' on the trip and he was helpful in explaining explain-ing to the tour members about all the points of interest, especially those pertaining to church history which they visited. The girls visited Washington Washing-ton D. C. and New York City, going to the top of the Empire State Building and the Washington monument, and enjoyed the Mormon Pageant in Palmyra before returning to their homes. Mrs. Ada Randall also enjoyed en-joyed a trip to the east. She went with Harold Randall and his daughter and her husband, Lorraine and Robert Cox of Glendora, Calif. They also visited Washington Washing-ton D. C. and places of interest in church history, as well as New York City and the Palmyra Pal-myra Pageant. On the way home the Randalls Ran-dalls stopped in Woodruff, Utah to attend the Cox Family reunion. Margaret and Elva Anderson Ander-son enjoyed a very interesting and enjoyable trip to New Zealand, leaving on July 9, and arriving home Aug. 2. They went by plane from Los Angeles to Tahiti, a small island with a circumference of onlv 80 miles. During their tour of Tahiti, the girls saw the place where Captain Cook landed. . . , , j They also visited the Island of Mooria, which was "Ball Hai" in South Pacific. . They visited Fiji, larger island than Tahiti, where they went on the Queens Highway, a rough dirt road around the island along the Coral Reef. The road was oiled through the little villages. From Fiji the girls went by plane to New Zealand, where they were given a car to tour on their own. They went to Waitomo and saw the famous Glow Worm cave. They went to a park and saw tne famous Kiwi bird, New Zealand's National Na-tional emblem. They visited the beautiful Mormon Temple there and saw a city which had been buried by the eruption of a volcano. They enjoyed the green country side, dotted with white sheep, and the high snow- covered mountain neaks, which were volcanoes. July and August were trip months for many Centerville people. Micki Graham, her son Kevin and daughter Shana, and Lane Hansen took , an interesting trip to England. It was a sentimental journey for the Grahams, England being be-ing their homeland. Congratulations go to Joni Blanpied, the daughter of Robert and Carollon Blanpied, .who was one of 1,800 delegates selected from more than a half million members nationally to attend the FHA-HERO (Future (Fu-ture Homemakers and Home Economics Related Occupations) Occupa-tions) annual leadership meeting July 13-19 in Washington D. C. ' Joni was historian of the Viewmont FHA-HERO Chapter, and is now serving as first vice president of the Utah State Association. During her stay in Washington D. C. Joni was thrilled to go to Capital Hill and meet with Congressman Gunn McKay and Senator Jake Gam. Congratulations to Carolyn Parrish, the daughter of John and Ruth Parrish who has received word that her personal per-sonal biography will be published in the ninth annual edition of "Who's Who Among American High School Students, 1974-75." She was selected for this honor "on the basis of your fine work, your past accomplishments, and most importantly, your out- ""ion ir? "'ynisinn 1,0 s n7 5' men(H and rarlly proudolherdCeerv,&- |