Show local news ripe olives large city mere merc rev wm win E parks was on one of liis his regular trips to monticello sunday mr and mrs ed richmond returned monday from a business trip to cortez noel sitton and charlie poynter left monday on a business trip into gallup N M mr and mrs victor anderson have a new son born to them at springville Spring ville last week corn flakes large 2 for city mercantile mrs elva sprague local music teacher was ill during the past week but is much improved mr newton is home again after spending some time at the uravan cravan mines in colorado pine apple large city mercantile niel and vere westwood and leonard stocks of moab were business visitors in town friday wednesday morning clint bronson was taken to the moab hospital by his son in law clifford smith strevell pattersons Patter sons congenial salesman wilford jensen was calling his wares to local merchants yesterday 25 per cent reduction on all wool sweaters city mercantile carlos hyde and albert reed returned to uravan cravan colorado monday night after a pleasant visit with home folks the monticello high school basket ball boys meet the san juan high at blanding tonight in their first league game A J redd and kenneth summers were at mancos colorado yesterday on business connected with the redd bros sheep co mrs arch bronson and daughter joyce have gone to salt lake city where they will stay for several weeks with mrs Bron sons sister the junior rebus rota club met thursday at the home of mrs dorothy adams on main st with mrs adams and mrs hazel frost as hostesses hilda second daughter of mr mra and mrs john jones of price died suddenly monday of a heart ailment she was a granddaughter of mrs mary jones of this town graham susman the saccharine ine 1 salesman for the sweet candy company of salt lake was here making provision for the sweet teeth of this community yester y ester day the record is pleased to learn that mrs gordon robson who has been in poor health for the past month or so and who returned only two or three weeks ago f from rom the moab hospital is showing improvement pro indicating that a ser lous ious operation may be avoided the classes in singing and sight reading etc under prof arch V bronson are being enjoyed immensely and there is a good attendance miss maxene redd is accompanist mr and mrs don anderson of osakis minnesota are expected to t 0 arrive in monticello this week for an indefinite stay mrs anderson was miss mildred black before her marriage ralph olinger the suave representative senta tive of the pacific fruit company of salt lake city was interviewing ter viewing merchants in monticello yesterday from here he was bound to blanding and telluride mr and mrs don adams accompanied compa nied by mrs adams grandfather mr hardin left for denver last saturday morning where mr adams goes to seek medical aid they expect to return via wyoming and other points well well our old friend charley C S wilkinson is in the newspaper game again having taken temporary charge of the san juan county record heres wishing him well progressive public opinion of salt lake city there was a light fall of snow tuesday night but wednesdays sunshine melted it away quite rapidly there was only two or three inches of the beautiful but every little helps the dry land grain for which this county is becoming famous paul sieber the popular proprietor of the hyland cafe reports that the open winter weather has stimulated travel and that as a result he has had considerable transient business the past week which is unusual at his season of the year mrs ray B redd mrs jack nielson and mr and mrs helen jordan are leaving for salt lake city today to attend a jordan reunion at that place friday and to bid farewell to their brother mark hammond who has just completed a missionary course and will be leaving saturday on a mission to the british isles via new york city A very successful and pleasant shower was given monday afternoon by B redd and mrs jack nielson for their sister mrs jordan formerly miss helen hammond there was the usual array of nice gifts refreshments were served and a pleasant evening enjoyed by all present mr and mrs jordan leave shortly for san francisco to make their home the daughters of the utah pioneers met wednesday afternoon at the home of emma wood in honor of her birthday pioneer recipes was the lesson and a play across the river was read this play was written by mrs sara H black of monticello and received high honor at a contest at provo last year the play was produced in a program at the alpine summer school on the 26 of july 1936 friends of mrs anna prince redd of provo formerly of monticello will be pleased to know that she was the winner of the annual eliza R snow contest of 1936 with her lovely poem no beauty Is there were contestants mrs redd was congratulated very redd was congratulated very highly on the dignity of her contribution trib ution A photo of the author and her poem appear in the january number of the relief society magazine grant brown grant Palf miss irma Cliris christensen and M miss iss merlene halls paid a visit to the goose neck region mexican hat last week end and report a delightful outing there is some of the most remarkable scenery in that locality to be found anywhere and it is well worth any ones time who has not seen it to make the trip of about 75 miles from monticello to view it at this point the san juan river makes a number of long sweeping bends that bring the stream back to within a few hundred feet of the starting point af after ter traversing about seven miles our fellow townsman gordon robson electrical engineer has been on the anxious bench the past few days over the bidding for installation of wiring and electrical fixtures in the he new blanding school building as a subcontractor and f while at the present time a SI salt t lake firm is is apparently in line for the contract having considerably underbid mr robson I 1 there is a possibility at least of a change being made as it is extremely doubtful that the salt lake firm can break even on the job operating at that great distance from the work with the waits and delays incident to such a contract the many friends of mr robson will hope that he succeeds in landing the contract and at a price that will show a profit seeking a new catchy name for its 40 acre amusement zone the 1939 golden gate international exposition is offering 1000 in cash for the best three word sug |