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Show I ' FOUNTAIN GREEN 1 By Special Correspondence I Born to Mr. and Mrs. Reid Collard, February 24th, a girl. Born tc Mr. and Mrs. Abe Livingston, Liv-ingston, February 24th, a 12 jound girl. Born to Mr.' and Mrs. Paul Madsen, February 25th, a girl. James Olson (Tailor), age 85 years, died at the family home on February 29th after several days .llness from influenza. He is survived sur-vived by his wie, Hannah P., and the following children: Alfred Olson, Rigby, Idaho; Hulda Pain-,er, Pain-,er, Magna, Utah, and Emil Ol-jon Ol-jon of this city. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon. Monte Nielson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nielson, had the misfortune misfor-tune of breaking his nose last week while he was playing basketball and he ran into one of he other boys. He was immediately immedi-ately taken for medical aid and s feeling fine again now. A fire, which was thought to have been started from defective wiring, occurred last Wednesday afternoon, which completely destroyed de-stroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Huggins. Last August Aug-ust their -youngest child was burned to death when she became entrapped in their burning barn and could not get out. It seems real tragedy to now have their heme also destroyed. Mr. Hug-gins Hug-gins .is now and has been for the psst several months, in California Califor-nia with some of his children who :eside there. They have the sympathy sym-pathy of everyone in their loss. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Anderson Ander-son and Elmo Anderson who have employment at Standardville, visited a few days this week with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hy-rum Hy-rum Anderson. A very successful dance was given last Friday night by the Home Economics club. A 30 pound fruit cake was given away to the couple wearing the funniest funni-est costume. This was won by Clarence Oldroyd, who was dressed up as the mother, and had his family of six and also the pet dog and the baby in an ancient an-cient styled baby buggy, all in costume. There were many others whose costumes were very clever also, and the judges found it a difficult task to decide on any one couple. However, it was the means of a good time for everybody and many good laughs. Our ward choir has just recently re-cently been re-organized, due to the resignation of Mrs. i Charles R. Coombs, who has served so faithfully for a number of years The new chorister is Urban S. Madson with Lyda Guymon as organist and Emma Seeley as secretary and treasurer. Our new chorister was the host at our last choir practise where he furnished two freezers of ice cream and some of the ladies brought cake. A large number of young people have been invited to belong to the choir and in combining both old and young, it has worked out very satisfactorily. satisfactor-ily. Mr. and Mrs. Reldon Holm an entertained Mr. and Mrs. J. H. StillweU last Sunday evening. In honor of Mrs. Stillwell's birthday. A delicious hot dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Holman were special guests. Mr. and Mrs. Stillwell have opened up a 5c and 10c store here and are occupying the store which Lyman Seeley formerly used for his business. A Leap Year dance was enjoyed enjoy-ed Monday evening which was -pensored by the Sunday School organization. The men and boys who attended have commented since, that it was the best dance they had attended all winter. That's a real compliment to the ladies. Mr. and Mrs. Osmond Crowther of Mt. Pleasant, who were former residents of our city, are rejoicing rejoic-ing over the arrival of a son, on February 21st. The local M. I. A. furnished the program at Sacrament meeting meet-ing last Sunday. The prayers were offered by Mac Lund and Sadie Rasmussen. Bessie Peterson Peter-son read the scripture. The choir sang "America," "The Sun that Declines in the Far Western Sky' and "Onward Christian Soldiers." Jewel Lund and Alice Smyth gave talks and a cornet duet, "Twilight" "Twi-light" was given by Lynnwood and Kenil Rasmussen. The girls chorus sana "Come Where the Lilies Bloom." A demonstration, "Right and Wrong Foods to Eat." by the Nymph girls, was conducted conduc-ted by Evelyn Augason. Arthur O. Nielsen of Mt. Pleasant gave a splendid talk on "Tobacco." Mrs. E. W. Nelson and children of Moroni spent Sunday with Rozeila Anderson. There was a large number of our fid folks and members of the committee who attended the Old Folks party last Saturday at Moroni Mo-roni high school where they were , royally entertained in every possible pos-sible way. The weather was ideal which helped to increase the attendance. at-tendance. Mrs. Matthias Allred and baby are visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jacobson, at Provo. The M. I. A. 4 act drama, "Thei Sleuth, ' under the direction of Stanley Ivory, was presented Fri- day and Saturday evenings to good houses. The selection of the cast was exceptionally good and everyone portrayed their parts in an excellent manner and are to be complimented on their rendition. rendi-tion. The cast was as follows: Velma Roberts, Clair Cbllard, Newell Johnson, Hanna Johnson, Geraldine Allred, Barbara Jensen, LoweU Aagard, Victoria Yorga-son, Yorga-son, Gomer Llewellyn, Acel Lund, Jack Sorenson and Garth Christiansen. Chris-tiansen. Mrs. Meredith Hafen of Sweet Mine, Utah is visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Anderson. An-derson. The E. S. club met at the home of Velda Jackson Thursday afternoon. after-noon. After a pleasant afternoon spent in sewing, a delicious lunch eon was served to six of the twelve club members. |