Show blanding news by MRS MINNIE G BUGG 1 monday night the city of bland ing was rudely awakened by the frantic honking of car horns at a in one glimpse into the open revealed a mammoth red against the sky which told of a al 1 burning building and the cause of confusion in the early P g hours in a few minu minutes cars and pickups and people afoot afoo were headed for the scene of disaster the blaze leaped higher and higher and to those coming from the west it looked as if it were the grant bayles corral or the tom carroll home to those from the north and east the ernest nes adams or melvin adams home arriving upon the scene a sigh of relief ran through the throng thron when it was discovered that it was not a house but the corral at the ernest adams estate men afen were working frantically to attach the fire hose and play ray a stream S t in of water upon the demon oter awas reaching higher and hw h and which had already caught a corner of hs nix barn and it too would soon go but at last the istre stream arn of w water a t er did its work and the men who had worked so laboriously were defeating the mad demon the building was completely destroyed but the khe loss was small no animals were housed there the adams girls who were sleeping on the lawn were the first to discover the fire 0 mr air and mrs wilbur L ranney of el paso texas announce the birth of a son on july 2 0 mr air and mrs keith redd have rented the horne home of mrs margaret jones and will move in at an early date 0 mrs thora bradford who has been acting as assisting postmaster will have an extended vacation soon miss vella washburn will take her place for the rest of the summer 0 tuesday evening there was a farewell dance held on the open air court in honor of morris laws who is leaving at once to serve uncle sam in the armed forces 0 mr and mrs oscar johnson have as their guest their daughter mrs Mr velda christensen and children 0 miss veloy washburn is a patient at the moab hospital miss verde washburn has been staying in moab to watch over her little sister and kepi kep her company 0 mr and mrs dave black mrs martha carroll and mrs airs alice Alicel carroll wilkins have just returned from an extended vacation in tennessee and georgia at fort benning ga they visited mr and mrs blacks son and john watkin I 1 are ae serving in the armed agats s there it was while here by FLORENCE r GALBRAITH 0 hyrum johnson and family of california are here visiting rela tives fives for a while 0 lyman hunter and small son and sister of salt lake city were here over the weekend week end visiting at the leland W redd home 0 mrs airs ber beraha ha johnson and mrs roy johnson and laughter daughter of verdun nt N M have been here the past week visiting relatives and friends they returned monday 0 mr and mrs leland Shurn shumway way are rejoicing over the arrival of oc a brand new son at their home sunday its their first child 0 i A son was born to mr air and mrs lynn palmer last sunday evening 0 mrs airs joe hunt took a of young folks to bluff monday for a swim after which they cooked their supper before returning f 0 no fourth of july celebration was held here saturday except a few sports for the kids in the forenoon A dance for the grownups was held on the open ah aai court friday evening 0 A number of families hied away to the mountains to enjoy the cool shade and picnic july ath this solemn observance of july 4 this year gives one a chance to think of the seriousness of the war in which we are now engaged let us as be ever thinking of our boys who are so unselfishly serving our I 1 country at this time 0 i mrs airs lois leis wright is ia in a serious j physical condition at the moab i hospital I 1 0 M mrs rs yvonne keele and children iwho who have spent 11 the past two months at provo returned home 1 last weekend week end mrs keele took her baby there to the dark clark clinic where he has been receiving treat 1 ments mrs keele says that dr austin is on the clinic staff there and is doing fine 0 francis bayles entrained last saturday at thompson going on to join the armed forces that miss carroll changed her name from carroll to watkins on june 27 the happy couple slipped over to phenix alabama and were married this comes as a surprise to most of the friends of the happy couple and we wish them much success and happiness on the long journey ahead 0 mrs georgan burtenshaw and little daughter of salt lake city are visiting mrs Burten shaws parents mr and mrs george hurst jr 0 mrs mozelle jones and infant son are visiting relatives here athey they will leave shortly for san diego calif whre they will make their home for a while |