Show blanding news by GRACE SHUMWAY the A R lyman family received word that mark was seriously ill several of the family left immediately to be with him lee patterson had a weekend week end pass that is hardly time enough to get home on but lee was quite determined to get liere here and lie he seemed to have other definite plans also as he and norma johnson were married the day he came by bishop john D rogers they left next day for farragut where lee wis w is stationed they took a temple possible Cos if commendation commendation with them and if V sible will go to the temple at salt alt lake norma is the daughter of mr and mrs glen johnson of blanding lees parents are dead he came from texas three years ago to go to td school and has been a member of the church for about two years they are both 5 gra graduates du of san juan high and are well thought of by the younger set as well as the older people mr and mrs johnson regret the fact that there time to entertain the young couple however a wedding dinner was enjoyed by the immediate of the family prior to their leaving on the bus we like to hear how our girls away from home are getting gettin along too word comes f from rom dixie college that jessie mae redd bas is been elected lamba delta siga ce I 1 ia president of the girls chap r she gave a reading in the girls giris day assembly and is reading for a ladies club this week she says imagine me giving read ings word comes from snow college at ephraim that mai laigie gie hurst has wor won first place in the th e poem contest she also took one of the leading parts in the school opera plays in the school orchestra I 1 and has been very active in all s school activities its another good word for san juan high which gave these girls such a good start of course no credit is due margie and jessie themselves mrs annie obrien came from salt lake to be with her brother lynn thompson who has been ill for some time monday night in the high school graduation exercises will be held for the seminary students this promises promises to be ba unusual as it is being being carried out def ferent than ever before an outing for the priesthood boys and their fathers will be held at devil canyon may 15 for all boys that age from monticello and blanding the plans are that they will have a good time if the weather permits lorin hawkins is home on furlough looking fine and fit macy came along too and looks equally as well lorin graduated april 27 and is now in the casual company he will return to camp abbott at bend ore and nd expects to besent be sent elsewhere within ten days macy has a good job at bend whig which ch she will continue to work at until lorin gets located again mothers day greetings are be ginning to come in by cablegram om 0 m overseas dee Galbrait hs lom L I 1 I 1 jegg e i nig the first the boys entertained the home EC girls monday night when they went on an outing to bluff we are anxiously waiting to see where keith redd will be sent he graduated from buckley field april 29 his wife donna and young daughter were present wayne laws writes that he is at his old job and that he and harold young see each other often but that arthur adair is off on another rock now since arthur rogers has been transferred to pampa texas it seems that he and fred halliday might arrange a visit we will be b looking for some word to that ef effect fred is is still at amarillo tex keith johnson has just been transferred to camp white ore haven a t been able to find out I 1 here that is why not tell us Q s bich part of the state you are in invitations are out for june and edas party that leaves four more seniors to entertain could be they will have a sleighing par ty even though it is apple blossom time fa gi lester carroll is here putting out trees on his mothers place by FLORENCE GALBRAITH A group of friends met at th the home of rowena winters thursday evening with covered dishes to help her celebrate her birthday the ladies had a delightful time miss rosamond hurst honored miss helen ranney at a personal shower at miss bursts home last monday evening table games and refreshments were enjoyed during the evening glenn holyoak of moab spent the past weekend week end here visiting I 1 friends he returned monday the close friends of mrs waldo harvey gathered at her home on Monday evening to pay honor to her birthday she received many lovely gifts A delicio ius luncheon was enjoyed during the evening by the twelve guests present mrs allie redd mrs hattie barton and mrs eleanor guymon were hostesses to a lovely party at the redd home last thursday evening thirty three guests were invited the party was complimenting miss anne hatch who left the last of the week for provo where she has employment as a supervisor of nurses the tables were covered with beautiful cloths claths each being centered with a lovely bouquet of spring flowers table games social chat and refreshments fresh ments were enjoyed A lovely navajo rug was presented miss hatch by those present the guests all joined coined in wishing her goodluck good luck in her new work about two weeks agop ago mrs kay jones had the misfortune to badly cut two of her fingers while opening a bottle of maraschino cherries the bottle broke cutting her finger cords dr bayles rushed her to the moab hospital where she received surgical attention her many friends wish mrs Mr jones a speedy recovery the small son of mr and mrs joe nielson has been very ill the past week but seems better now nowa mrs phyllis B jones entertained a number of friends at a get together last thursday evening at her home social chat and refreshments were enjoyed during the evening the first of may and its still too wet for f folks to get their garden spots plowed 0 well theres nothing like having plenty of water mrs mr frank hurst went to grand junction tuesday to have dental work done she returned home the last of the week monday tom jones accompanied by B frank redd drove to price where they attended to some business matters they returned home on tuesday one of the outstanding parties of the week was a dinner party given by mr and mrs doug galbraith april 27 in honor of mrs Galbrait hs father ben redd places were laid for eight guests the table was centered with a huge birthday cake lit with 72 candles A full course dinner was served the afternoon was spent with social chat reminiscing old times mr redd does a full days work each day and seems to enjoy good health everyone wished him many happy returns of his birthday mrs fran francelle celle and baby have spent the past six weeks visiting her sister in law bonnain donna in logan francelle Fran cerie and her brother lloyd Lloy redd dRedd are expected home next week lloyd is coming home to graduate with the senior he expects to return to school at logan two of clarence carrells carrolls iCar Car rolls youngsters are with him they attended school with dorothy and ted wright this week word comes that frank fitchett 1 and family are now nov living 12 miles north of st george in what is known as diamond valley it is a acre ranch with a nice spring piped into the house there is a large orchard on the place winfred d fitchett stayed at dove creek till school is out he will graduate may 18 then expects to help run the farm several friends of mrs fern black called on her april 25 to help her enjoy her birthday each brought a covered dish to help I 1 out with the lunch she was given several pieces of beautiful py rex wear and other gifts saturday A E shumway returned from the hospital at salt lake where he has been for the past two months we hope that he will soon be feeling better than he looks at present jesse johnson has bought a big semi truck which is going to be a help to our town the dinner party at mr and mrs doug Galbrait hs saturday night proved to be all we expected and even more we hardly expected everything from soup to nuts but that is what was before us the lace covered table had as a centerpiece a large bowl filled with narcissus jonquils daffodils and tulips they looked so springy we felt it must be here sixteen guests were present and all declared a very enjoyable time mrs marvin jones received word that jim harvey is about to be called to the service and that ila has been asked to prepare forthal for that job which is vice president of the roland originals in dayton ohio leon jones is still with his sister ile he works at a garage and likes his work fine mrs jones expects to visit with her children there in the summer don dan smith writes that he has been twice to see kay johnson but kay is still in the hospital don is getting pretty anxious to see some one from home A buddy of lark Wash burns writes to larks mother informing her of some things lark tell her such as an advance advancement nent and how much the fellows think of him etc that gives us an idea why not let some of the guys do your writing for yo ujust once maybe we could get more real news concerning you in conclusion this friend mentions if there is anything she wants to know concerning those good f for or nothing guys down there just I 1 ask him meaning lark milt and owen mr and mrs ken helquist went up north seeking medical treatment for mrs M rs helquist we hope cora will soon be well and strong again and able to take care of her own family which she so much enjoys doing the children childre n are being cared for by different members of the family at present presen t mr and mrs carl butt of cortez were in town monday with a I 1 oad load of potatoes they expected to visit with mrs butts mother but mrs mary shumway Shurn way has not returned from st george yet although she is expected any day jimmie sitton rex kartchner lo 10 lloyd yd S stevens connie nielson lavan pal palmer m er kay bradford an and d J B washburn entertained entertain ed their mothers at a supper they th ey were supposed to have cooked themselves at the home of mrs george sitton these boys have all belonged aged to the same patrol of boy scouts but the three last named are going out which was the rea reas son for the said party beside the party at the ward hall in honor of miss hatch she was also entertained at several parties dinners etc she was also presented with a beautiful ha handmade n d lunch luncheon eod set made by the girls of her MIA class and a pair of indian dolls such as oj only I 1 luella rogers can make surely enjoyed the description i of san antonio merwin the only thing wrong is there just enough of it some of us are never going to have the privilege of seeing all these things so we enjoy hearing of them merwin says the only thing he like about it is the 24 hours of leisure time ill bet they will soon bet be finding plenty for you so you better enjoy it while you may D DUP U P was held at the home or a mrs ruth redd april 27 ditl ann fillerup in charge first wa a song utah we love thee braer by viola peterson next song was darling I 1 am growing old the lesson was given byi by sophia johnson on the govern continued on page 6 blanding by grace Shurn shumway way continued from page 6 5 ors of utah announcement was made that a special meeting would be held in the relief society building on may 3 as some I 1 of the leading women from upstate were to be here at that time community singing was enjoyed by all with mamie jones at the piano and dora wright as leader marie laws gave a retold story ellie and greda black sang niagara falls mrs caroline redd offered the closing prayer lunch was served by ruth redd lydia redd and luella rogers to thirty members some improvements are being made about town ralph brown brow is putting new siding on his huse house its a different kind than most of them ars using and it looks real nifty jesse johnson is having his house stuccoed coed frank wright is putting bardwall har dwall on his living room and laying hardwood floors glen johnson has built a new cement porch on the front of his house tony has the basement dug for his new home seth Shurn shumway way has a new whits white pie picket ket fence phil hurst has new cement walks ever so many homes are being papered and painted now too mr and mrs june laws were ma made d e happy last monday night when the laws from town went out to spend the evening at their ranch they took snow from devil canyon to make ice cream edson palmer has been at la sal putting the finishing coat en cn the new part of merrill stevens home he says it is a lovely place but wonders how many grand grandchildren chil merrill is figuring on to help fill up the place the lesson in relief society was what america meant to me some very astonishing statistics were given and the lesson was well treated as allie redd always does such things tex braaf bradford ord had a party on tuesday for the ball boys the evening was spent playing different kinds of ball games the winning side was presented with chocolates arid and the losers with oranges A grand lunch topped off the evening services commenced on sunday night by singing come let Us anew prayer by D john rogers the choir sang behold the great redeemer dies scripture reading by clyde hunt matt 51 sacrament under direction of tex bradford and aldean washburn dorothy spoke on the word of wisdom made mention that the boy who smokes and is concerned about his future he need nee d not as he has none marian mar ian hurst talked on f faith aith and gave some fine examples lorin haw kins told of the experiences he has had said he had proved the word of wisdom to his own satisfaction in his work says no one ridicules a mormon who lives up to its teachings its not so much how we live this life but how we let it affect us the choir sang the lord Is my shepherd we were favored by an official visit from the monticello high council karl lyman and daniel Per kihs karl commented on the choirs singing and gave a very fine talk on courage mentioning the courage of our boys of the apostle paul of our savior and also that of joseph smith he closed by quoting from president clark the lord is pleased with us when we live up to his teachings daniel perkins quoted doctrine and covenants he spoke of how bow joseph smith was truly great and distinguished because of the contributions he be has given mankind closing song was praise to the man benediction by tom jones ben black has hap been quite under the weather for some time we miss him especially at all church functions we are in hopes that he be will soon be able to be with us again mrs hortense sieber visit visited edher her sisters and mrs airs inez conway on sunday some gardens are planted and even coming up but most gardeners are waiting till they wont have to wear their overcoats while dropping the seeds the apricot trees are venturesome enough to blo bloom m out and if we can only coax the frost to stay away there will be plenty for all and to spare dot laws and thora Bract bradford ford entertained their brothers and sisters and parents saturday in honor of their mother who was 69 supper was enjoyed by candlelight many tri tributes autes and gifts were presented to the guest of honor george harvey bradford who wha is a mechanics mate in the naval air corps graduated from norman I 1 okla on april 16 and has been transferred to jacksonville florida hope he and wayne redd will enjoy this leon black is still in the hospital in africa have you written i him that cheery letter neither have I 1 L but im sure it would help calvin perkins stay long at lincoln bebr he has bais gone to rapid city S dak I 1 see that you an and d devon are in the san same le state but far apart received too late for las last t week mrs claude powell writes from gallup N M telling how they appreciate being so close to mable and lynn helquist they are only 40 miles apart claude and fern are on the highway ten miles this thil side of gallup they would like to have you stop and say hello tuesday mrs john palmer was very happy when two of her daughters rose and camilla came from california they were accompanied |