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Show Miller Camp of DUP meets Brown, Maude Mayfield, June Swaner, Karma Broschinsky and Enid Seiger. lived in Provo, but Brigham Young sent them to Cedar City to develop the iron. Together they laid out a town and called it Virgin. It is still known by that name. Conditions became so bad for them they had to grind cane to make bread. Evelyn Asay, camp sponsor from the county, installed new officers. June Swaner was installed as captain; Hilda Neibaur, first vice captain; Enid Seiger, 2nd vice captain; Irene Olsen, secretary and Violet Lake as chorister. SPECIAL guest was Dorothy Giller. Members present were Alice Johnson, Irene Olsen, Hilda Neibaur, Violet Lake, Ruth The Helen Mar Miller camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers in Farmington met at the home of Hilda Hil-da Neibaur on April 28 with Ruth Brown, co-hostess. CAPTAIN Irene Olsen conducted. con-ducted. Alice Johnson gave the opening prayer and Ruth Brown led the Pledge of Allegiance. Violet Lake led in singing the DUP theme song "The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers." Karma Broschinsky gave the lesson on locality histories. She told about Kanab and Fairfield, showing how the strong abiding faith of the pioneers, their perser-verance perser-verance in the face of difficulties, their willingness to make sacrifices and to face hardships, and their ability to progress under such adverse circumstances are chronicles chroni-cles again and again in the history of the communities they colonized. ALICE Johnson read the history of Martha Jane Stratton Johnson, written by a grandson Udell Jolley. Martha Jane was the daughter of Anthony and Martha Jane Stratton. Strat-ton. She was the wife of Seth Johnson John-son Sr. After their marriage they |