Show news by MARGIE H LYMAN mrs lila ennist has lust passed another milestone in her life mrs J W mangum lilas mother entertained for her the evening was spent in playing table games delicious luncheon w was as served by mrs mangum to t welve twelve guests bishop and mrs john D rogers had bad as dinner dinne r guests sunday the stake presidency and their wives wiver 1 mr and mrs A R lyman mr and mrs D J rogers and mr a ayars awl airs frank barton 40 y euline sitton entertained a group of friends thursday night in honor of her husbands birthday As is very customary when meeting with the gittons Sit tons everyone had a most delightful time mrs harriet hopper nurse in the grand county hospital has been ill with the flu but we are happy to state she is recovering nicely pat alma mangum who feels that his days on U S soil are numbered writes that he has recently enjoyed a visit with his brother bill and wife pearl he will remember with joy the fine turkey dinner he had at his brothers home the lyman partridge family f a in i I 1 y held a most interesting and bene ft Sa 9 meeting at the ezme of H rf alu eyles sunday afternoon every branch of the family was represented except that of aunt lucy lyman redd who was the mother of L frank and A J redd of monticello however that branch has been heard from since in a most responsive way an organization was perfected with E P lyman as president marvin F L ly Y I 1 man as vice president and lucretia I 1 L rannsy ranney as secretary and genealogist T A jones lydia N redd and henry lyman were appointed to contact the various members of the family to secure funds to do research and temple work mrs harriet shumway entertained at a dinner party sunday for three Shurn shumway way boys cleon her own son who has just had the misfortune to be released from the navy devar also a navy man who was here on leave and burdette who has just gone to take his boot training in the navy the Shum ways seem to ta be navy minded at least slightly BLUE friday J night in the high school auditorium about 35 seminary boys and girls under the direction dj of their teacher bro A R lyman presented to a large audience the pageant joseph and his brothers the bible story was beautifully and impressively acted out the girls did the singing and bro lyman was the reader he is certainly to be congratulated on the fine work he is doing with the young people many homebound home bound people were made happy by the christmas caroling of the M men and gleaner girls sunday night after church frost black the M men leader piloted the group around in his truck after the singing they all met at the home of mrs helen redd girls advisor and had lunch everyone enjoyed it to the fullest elf tet I 1 an t ee is nothing more appealing Ar I 1 Christmas christmas songs sung by tiny tots for that reason the special interest fireside chat was very nice shirley palmer gordon lyman rosemar burtenshaw francis lyman and tiny chiree lyman sang sweetly for the group mrs M F lyman gave the birds christmas carol by kate douglas wiggin an old story ye yet t ever new saturday afternoon in place of oi the regular primary two childrens dances were given in the ward amusement hall each child was presented two oranges by the primary officers and teachers the christmas spirit is so alent that school work is rather by GRACE SHUMWAY As this year draws to a close nd and we approach the yuletide season in a world at war our hearts go out to those who have accepted the necessity of leaving home and loved ones and who are making it possible that we might live as free men and to those who have given th their air all we want to add a special tribute to denton carrolls carrells Car rolls mother and father let us say he died for us thad that we might enjoy christmas by our own hearth sides in ou own way what more could a hero do several of our boys have hava been promised furloughs furroughs soon perhaps for christmas and those who cant come this bit of verse from the hit seems to be their sentiment ill be home for christmas you can plan on me rease pease have snow and mistletoe and presents en cn the tree and christmas eve will find me where the lovelight gleams ill be home for christmas if only in my dreams last weeks promise of news about the boys who recently left is as f follows harry laws went to los angeles and is an M P earl wright and kune kline black are fortunate in being together for the present they are at oregon and are in the mechanized cavalry kay johnson is in the air corps at buckley field wont calvin burke and devon have fun hearing all the latest news from home loren hawkins is still at salt lake expecting to get f urther further orders any day burdette dett e e Shu shumway duane johnson leonard jacobs rex nielson and johnnie harrison all got into the navy and will go to farragut in idaho while glen palmer george lyman and dean guymon report at fort douglas fred halliday left the U of U in march of to enter the armed forces as an aviation cadet he has spent most of the past pasi eight months in stillwater okla and san antonio texas due to a physical defect he found it necessary to transfer from pilot training to some other field he is now in a bomber mechanical cho school in amarillo texas our heartfelt heart felt sympathy goes out to the ben redd family in their great loss of wife and mother from scott field ill we hear of joseph black he enlisted in the air corps reserve in the spring of 42 in march of 43 he was called from logan where he was attending the to go to shepard field texas here he took his basic training then went to stillwater okla where he attended college for three months and then went to texas he studied identification of all war equipment here at el reno okla he did a lot of flying Is now studying radio at scott field lyle johnson graduated f from r 0 in san juan high in 39 and left three months later to take a job in idaho as weather observer later his office was moved to owyhee owahee nevada lie he stayed there as weather observer and radio oper difficult these days the elementary school is preparing a program to be given the last day before they let out for the holidays how fortunate we aie are that we can look forward to christmas knowing that we have peace and plenty even though many will be sad because their boys can not be at home at this most special time of all the year remember next sunday morning A very special christmas program will be given during the regular sunday school period supt bupt geo A hurst is very anxious to have the house well filled that all may enjoy it I 1 ator until the fall of 41 after a short visit at home he enlisted in the radio division of the navy 1 from feb until sept 42 he was in school at san francisco and los angeles from sept to dec 42 lyle was an instructor he sailed for parts unknown in jan 43 since that time he has been on duty as radio operator for the navy in the solomon islands he say much about the country and nothing about the people it seems that he is located in an isolated spot he says it is hot as h and either rains hard bard or rains harder last week his in mother oth received a box of beautiful sea shells from hirn him some of which he brought up from the ocean others he picked up on the shore lyle was the first sailor from blanding others enlisted soon after he is first class seaman he has enjoyed reading the few copies of the record he has been privileged to receive good luck to you lyle we hope you get home soon devar shumway spent five days at home last week he has been at wahpeton N D for the last four months attending the state school of science ce on completing his schooling there he was promoted to r ic he left sund sunday fay night for shoemaker calif for r an advanced school on his way he expected to stop in salt lake to visit his sister shannon norwood porter has been transferred from buckley field to col leg eville minn he says it is very cold there and that the school is is strictly a catholic school but he likes it fine harold young expected tp be at home for christmas but called his mother from san diego te J ling her he make it anneva galbraith also called her mother stating most of the girls had to stay at wendover lendover Ven dover and did not know which ones could get off so they all agreed to stay together and take turns later going home in a letter from la junta colo 1 quint hurst tells of how bow anxious he is getting to see all the folks at home he is a senior crew chief and engineer on a B 25 and thoroughly enjoys his work even when he has to put in 12 hour shifts he gets one day a week off and since his wife is there with him they surely appreciate this day he continued on page 12 BLANDING by grace Shurn shumway way says so long as we keep him so well posted about what the otherl other guys are doing as well as the home town folks he will keep on trying to ito do his bis best deaunes party was really s successful uc wednesday Wednes clay night rook was played till the crowd gathered slips were then passed out and each one had to do what w was as which caused a lot of open faced sandwiches cup cakes and punch were served the occasion was a farewell for dewayne and burdette devar and cleon were also honored guests down in the hall below will ibe many special parties plays and dances during the holiday season tom rom jones mentioned he be was going to durango to have some work done on his car can you feature a car getting out of town but what it is well loaded they went to do their christmas shopping ping mg cleon Shurn shumway way arrived horrie home tuesday of last week from san francisco where he has spent the last eight weeks in the hospital As we stated before cleon has a medical discharge he enjoyed the life of a navy man while in service and hardly knows how to adjust himself to civilian life again the jack van zant family is leaving this week for boulder city nevada they expect to be back in the spring when the abe road work can be resumed they have enjoyed their stay here and want to thank everyone for making it pleasurable our boys just returned turned ic from a trip upstate where they played three games of basketball 3 with carbon huntington andeer and ferron sure they beat all three games A family dinner party was held at the home of mr and mrs bart lyman the honored guests being rex nielson and george lyman A six day furlough ars spent by pic grace nielson with her grandmother emman niels nielson cn n in st I 1 george two weeks ago she says she would like very much to come I 1 home but time permit 1 someone is going to say mrs nielson is married again I 1 know that but I 1 dont know her last name now she will always be mrs nielson to us she will be remembered remember cd as the ons on 3 who brot most of the blanding babies into the world for about 25 years mr and mrs chester wright went to the railroad to meet his mother who is coming to make her home with them she comes from prescott ariz and is 76 sunday dinner at p in in the dee bayles home entertained many of their special friends mildred brakey arrived home to spend christmas with her mother mrs dick walker she has been working in defense work in california the walkers expect to move into their nv n v home in time for icons chrismas Chr smas mas it paiit new but has been made to appear so it was the old c ld ace black home francell returned from phoenix where she spent two days with her hl er husband he was given a few days furlough but his tim tima was cut short with promise of a few days more at christmas time this however be time enough for him to come home on so francell expects to go back but not take the baby this time fine for them but dont they know we want to see gene too from new york comes word that alberta N Al batana is going to art school all who know her are aware of the fact that she deserved this long years ago we W are all happy for her but greatly miss her here when w need a special picture drawn many of our students are home for the holidays collene and loyd from logan jessie manfrom st george audrey and doris from salt lake anna cherrill and vera from provo and margie from ephraim they all seem to be happy to be home but are glad for the opportunities afforded them its amusing to hear bear them bantering as to which is the best school the is putting new siding on what used to be the blanding mill at cottonwood it will greatly help the looks of it as well as preserve and make it warmer junior black was inducted into the army leaving blanding mar 18 41 he was the third one to leave here he went first to fort knox in kentucky then to fort B banning nning ga where he was in the motorcycle division H he e SP spent ent some time in the hospital there as result of being thrown from his motorcycle while here he was in charge of his patrol he was on maneuvers in la tex N C S ic tenn and miss so he has seen some of this country from NC N C he was sent to the DC N J and N Y finally reaching africa the day before christmas 42 he has been in sicily and is now in italy tie he say much of hs IP S experiences perien ces over there except that he give a foot of good old USA for all the country he has seen he is now and is always glad to hear from the folks back home he is sure no one else can take their place and he will be glad when he can come back he is very optimistic about it all and says he will be seeing us soon P A quick recovery is what we tare are all wishing for clyde J wright who is now in a U S hospital he writes his mother not to worry he will soon be 0 OK K clyde has been in the gilberts and the solomons saw 62 days of fighting and in one battle witnessed am all but buddies go down number not plain he says he has been promised a trip home before he has to go back over during the last week we have had so many christmas cards from our service men and others with notes attached expressing their appreciation for what is being cone caone for them that we would like to ta add it is a pleasure to help in any way we can though my column is mostly concerning the boys and girls away from home I 1 am interested in others too and may I 1 add that though marg writing about the boys and girls she is writing for them and although she dresna tell you where jack or john is she does tell what the church is doing ard and how things are going at ome and florence who is there among us that would have been so faithful through all these years most of us would have joined the strikers long ago and lets not forget mrs ogden she know you like we d ds but she has more than done her share in seeing that you get the paper and now we all join in wishing you success happiness and good cheer throughout the coming year |