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Show GRANGER HUNTER By Dorothy Hendriksen Approximately 150 Granger children Qbserved Independence Day by staging: a parade In the parking lot of the Granger Shopping Center before a crowd of 200 parents and spectotors. The event, which was sponsored spon-sored and organized by Ward HIcken, began at 9 a.m. on July 4th. Participants were dressed to represent characters or events in American history. Leading the parade was the color guard made up of Cub Scouts from the Granger Third Ward Pack, Following were small floats portraying Betsy Ross making her flag, the Liberty Bell, the Goddess of Liberty and other historical events. Also in the procession were Uncle Sam, a jet pilot in his home-made. jet. cowboys, Indians, Ilawaiians, and representatives rep-resentatives of the Swiss, Dutch, ' and German nations. pose of getting acquainted and to stimulate interest In the ward building project. Mr. and Mrs. Clair Steck were surprised Sunday, June 29, when they came out of church at the Granger Fifth Ward to discover their 1951 Ford had been stolen. The Sheriffs office was notified of the theft and the call was broadcast for police to be on the lookout. About four hours later the automobile was found abandoned aban-doned not far away on one of the side streets. The thieves had apparently driven around for some time and were in the process of returning the car when it ran out of gas. The Stecks were mighty happy to regain their auto, even with an empty gas tank. Mr. and Mrs. Iris B. Morgan returned Friday, June 27, from Maryland where they had been visiting their daughter, LaVel (Mrs. Rex Bennion). LaVel is reported to be responding well following a serious operation several weeks ago and Mrs. R. B. Eyre, 3141 So. 3200 West The Wiley Larsens, 1247 West 33rd South, are proud of their new grandchild. Mama Is the former Ila Jean Larsen, now Mrs. Orval Fotheringham, Magna. - June 28th brought new baby boys to the families of Mr. and Mrs.- D. K. Martindale, 3103 West 3835 South, and Mr. and Mrs. Darwin L. Lloyd, 3255 West 3650 South. Boys were born July 2nd to Mr. and Mrs. John L. Bawden, 4172 West 3860 South, and the E. M. Bradys. 2361 South Redwood Red-wood Road. The North Jordan and Granger Gran-ger Stake MIA Presidencies have announced a Two-Stake Dance to be held at Lagoon July 15 at 8:30 p.m. Price of admission will be $1.00 per couple. This dance is exclusively for members of these two stakes Yellowstone Park seems to have been a favorite among Grangerites .recently. Some who have vacationed there are Mike and Beverly Bawden and their four sons, the Maurice M. Harmons and Michael, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Robinson, the Hiett Ashby family, the Newell Fowlks, Dewey and Marilyn Whipple and little Shauna, and the Quentin C. (Pete) Winder family. Thomas Barton, 4071 South 4000 West, Granger, celebrated his 84th birthday, Thursday, June 26. Friends and relatives honored him at an open house held at the home of his daughter, daugh-ter, Mrs. Darrell Sisemore, 4059 South 4000 West. Mr. Barton was born June 26, 1874, in Mill Creek. He moved to Granger with his family at the age of 6 and later homesteaded here with his father. He was married on June 19, 1898, to Rose Warr. They were the parents of four children, two of whom are deceased. Those remaining are Mrs. Darrell Sisemore (Alice-, Granger. Mr. Barton also has ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Late June rites united a young Granger couple at a quiet home wedding. LeRoy William Kendrick took as his bride Miss Sharon Magill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Ma-gill, Ma-gill, 3433 South Redwood Road. Parents of the groom are Mr. and Mrs. William R. Kendrick, 2528 West 3100 South. The ceremony was performed June 27, at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. Frank Knaus, 3467 South Redwood Road" with President John D. Hill officiating. offici-ating. Members of both immediate imme-diate families were present. For her wedding the bride chose a street length dress in light blue nylon print with white accessories. She was unattended. Following a short honeymodn trip to Yellowstone Park, the justweds returned to make a temporary home in Salt Lake City. Following the parade the children gathered in a large circle around the American flag and were directed by Harro Beyer in singing patriotic songs and giving the Pledge of Allegiance. Alleg-iance. Bishoprics of two Granger wards were reorganized Sunday, Sun-day, line 29. Sustained as new Bishop of the Granger 5th Ward was Merlin Wolf with Jaems A. Crookston and Glen R. Molyneux as counselors. Richard Gerrard and Darrell Nelson were retained as clerks and Ted N. Skolmoski will serve as financial clerk. Frankland J. Kennard and Clay I. Petersen, Peter-sen, former bishop and first counselor, have been called to work in the Granger Stake Presidency and the Stake MIA, respectively. Called to preside over the Granger 2nd Ward was J. Leonard Leon-ard Harman, bishop, and Cub Scout Den 1 of Pack 219 enjoyed a tour of the Capital Cap-ital Building and the Temple grounds Monday afternoon, June 30. Mrs. Jean Packard arranged the excursion and accompanied the boys. Ji'ly 7 the boys prepared a sunrise breakfast in the fields north of the highway. Granger (cont'd) The Clinton M. Blacks have been entertaining their daughter daugh-ter and son-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Jame's Q. Knowlton, and threo young sons. On Saturday, June 28. the group was joined by another daughter and her family, the Ken Fergusons, also of Granger, for a picnic at Fairmont Fair-mont Park. The Knowltons make their home in Poeatello, Idaho, where Dr. Knowlton is a member of the psychology department at Idaho State College. and admission will be by ticket ' only. Tickets are available through the ward MIAs. Music for the evening will be furnished by Don Hess and his orchestra. Many Granger families have been seeking fun and relaxation at the mountains and lakes during dur-ing the past few weeks. Carl and Mildred Nielson and family spent a few days at Trail Lake in the Uintahs a short time ago. Glen Molyneux left Thursday, July 3, with a group of boys from this area to spend the holiday fishing at Trail Lake. Thoughts of cool water and sandy beaches enticed newly-weds newly-weds Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Mc-Bride, Mc-Bride, 2390 West 4700 South, to Bear Lake for a weekend. Accompanying them . was Jim Kennard. Jim was joined there by his college roommate. Gor- E. Warren Cable and John Lund Bawden as first and second counselors. Retained were La-Mar La-Mar Mackay and Ethan Wood-bury.clerks, Wood-bury.clerks, and Howard Woodbury, Wood-bury, financial clerk. Bishop Harman replaces W. Wallace Bawden who is now a counselor in the North Jordan Stake Presidency. We congratulate Richard V. Barndt' on his outstanding record in the University of Utah law school. Mr. Barndt, a first year student, was recently awarded one of the first two annual Walker Bank & Trust Company scholarships in law. He also was honored as the top .student in his class. Mr. Barndt is the son of Mrs. Yvonne Turnbow of Granger. He resides with his wife,- the former Dorothy Bezzant, and their four small children at 4095 South 3600 West, Granger. Three Granger youths received re-ceived minor injuries recently when the automobile in which they were riding struck '' a parked car at 11400 South State Street. Treated for cuts and bruises were Jack Pistorious, v son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Jones, 3440 South 1940 West, and Cor-dell Cor-dell and Brent Peterson, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Peterson, 3157 West 3100 South, Granger. The accident occured Sunday, June 23, as the boys were returning re-turning home from a fishing trip to Strawberry Reservoir. Ephraim Canyon will be the setting this year for the Granger 8th Ward Trip to be held July 10, 11, and 12. Individual Indivi-dual ward members and entire families are urged to participate partici-pate in this annual affair. The trip, which is under the direction direc-tion of the ward MIA, will in- Bill and Nelma Savage, 3106 West 3835 South, left early July 2nd for several days of fishing and boating at Fremont Lake in Wyoming. With them were sons Blaine and Dennis. They were joined by other members of Nelma's family from Salt Lake City and Park City. The R. L. Salt family of 1776 West 3500 South recently returned re-turned from visiting relatives in southeastern Utah. While there they enjoyed a trip down the Colorado River. The John M. Ropers, 2200 West 3500 South, left Monday, July 7, with their daughter and son-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Max Bangerter, and family of 2867 West 3500 South, for a week long outing at Lamb's Canyon. Darwin and Jeannine Ny-borg, Ny-borg, with sons Craig and Tony, left early July 4 to spend the holiday weekend with relatives in St. George. The L. J. Bartons, 3296 So. 2610 West, left Monday, July 7, for a tour of the parks in Southern Utah. Their trip will include participation in the Johnson Family Reunion. We wish to express sympathy to the family of Lon and Irma Kennard, 2965 West 3835 South, on the death of Irma's invalid sister, Lucile Smith. She died at the Kennard home Monday, , June 30, following a lingering illness. She had been living there since May of this year. Funeral services were held July 3 at the Draper 1st and 3rd Ward Chapel. Burial was in the Draper Cemetary. The delightful odors of barbecued bar-becued hamburgers and all the trimmings were issuing forth from the vacant lot on the corner of Lehi Drive and Tess Avenue Saturday evening, June 28. The Granger 7th Ward held a ward picnic there at the site of their new chapel for the pur- elude side trips to the Manti Temple and to the swimming pool at Emphraim. The group will leave from the Granger Ward, at 5:00 a.m. Thursday, July 10. The bishopric of the Granger 7th Ward will honor all executive exec-utive officers of the ward and their partners at a canyon party to be held July 12. The Gordon Eyres, formerly of Granger, became parents of a new baby boy born June 23 in Italy where Mrs. Eyre has been staying with her parents. Gordon is presently stationed with the armed forces in Germany. Ger-many. This is the couple's second son. Proud grandparents are Mr. |