Show blanding anding BI news by FLORENCE GALBRAITH received too late for full pub mr and mrs parley redd returned sunday from a weeks stay visiting their son dale and his family dale being on a furlough mr and mrs heber carroll returned home sunday last from a two weeks vacation down in mesa arizona where they went to visit their son ferron who expects to leave soon for our armed forces while there they worked tle the temple and had a nice jdith with president and mrs harris ahey hey say the harriss are alre having t the fie time of their lives and pres harris looks younger already on their way home the carrells carrolls Car rolls stopped overnight in monticello at the home of supt bupt zenos L black where they wished mr black a happy birthday as mr carrolls carrells Car rolls and supt bupt blacks birthdays are on feb 20 alice watkins daughter of the carrolls carrells Car rolls accompanied them on the trip and remained in mesa a while with the watkins for visit the local missionaries held a cottage meeting monday night earl wright says that he has gained about two pounds every month since he joined the army and nd if he keeps heaps this pace u up p for atie e duration hell be a big g son conof of argun nl kun by the time he returns marion black underwent an ap at the moab hospital last weekend week end at latest reports he was doing satisfactorily mrs waldo harvey entertained a group of friends last tuesday evening at her home in honor of her daughter audys 3rd ard birthday and yet judy is 12 years old how come well judy was born feb 29 twelve years ago games and lovely refreshments were enjoyed during daring the evening mr and mrs floyd Atkins were entertained at a little family get together at tho the dee bayles home last monday evening prior to their moving away mr atkin has employment in las vegas but for the present mrs atkin and children expect to remain in st george miss jewell redd has been ill the past few days but is better at this writing ray perkins somewhere in in england met jesse grover the other day the world so big after all is it fellows remember wherever you may be or whoever you are our prayers and t best wishes are ever for you saturday night gave blandinia Blan dinga one inch rainfall 0 boy for the watermelons water melons well raise here next summer we hope proe proc may expects to help with our boy sc scout ut work here until lie he leaves for the armed forces proe proc loves and understands boys and will be a welcome addition to our asters e hed d drs joe hunt spent the past weekend week end in mexican hat visiting the ray hunt family everywhere we go we are asked where did willard luce take that picture that is on the front cover of the february relief society magazine well its th the corral and out buildings of the annie carroll home we would write a list of the school kids that have the mumps this week but three issues of the record hold them mr and mrs daniel perkins of 1056 ramona avenue salt lake city announce the approaching marriage of their daughter connie to ensign don C campbell of salt lake which will take place march 11 in florida flori da at a navy K emony mony ens campbell is the of mr and mrs william D campbell of 2869 connor street the brides mother will display connies beautiful trousseau at a tea given sunday at their home those presiding it at the tea table will be miss ruth jones miss grace caldwell miss mildred by GRACE SHUMWAY oscar kirkham kirk ham and roscoe W eardley will be the visiting men to attend conference in blanding march 4 and 5 A special welfare meeting will be held at saturday night at on sunday morning priesthood meeting at 1030 a general meeting to aich which the public is invited A dinner will be served to all visitors at 1200 at p m another church welfare meeting at another meeting for the public at 7 p m the stake sunday school will be in charge another inch of moisture fell this week that puts it ahead of last year which makes t the he outlook much brighter the need for the red cross is recognized by every american with loved ones in the service and that means nearly every one of 0 us but to carry on they need more than tean just our approval this time they need more than our dimes or a dollar bill figure it up for blanding when you see sea one of the following men coming to your door be ready to meet him not only with a smile but with the assessment he figures you should pay delbert redd re dd is chairman with bog lyman bayles kay jones george hurst joe nielson jap alma redd frost black clarence rogers kerm redd ash harris tom jones platt lyman ernest adams as helpers they have di divided va aided the town up and each one is is responsible for a certain district so buy your war bonds and stamps but keep something for ther the red cross we dont mean keep it we mean give it to them and hope vou never have to get it back but when you do be thankful that there is a red cross mrs caroline who has been doing temple work in the salt lake temple this winter has gone to california to she has a daughter there mrs josephine roberts with whom she will spend most of her allotted time mrs W T larmer received a telephone call from her son chester who had just returned from the solomon islands on thursday he expects to come ts to blanding soon she had already received word that another son roy was getting a leave now she hopes the third son tom might come at the same time so there could be a family reunion there were four boys boy s until about two years ago when one died in the navy these boys all play some musical instrument and roy is an instructor tor H D bayles is around again some after being kicked by a horse about two weeks ago fireside chat was bel held beli i at the home of blaine bradford sunday night the evening wag spent in community singing there was a talk by heber carroll and music by joe and idonna hunt doughnuts and root beer were served A black haired young lady made her appearance at the home of mr and mrs E 0 biggs friday this is their second daughter and they also have two sons mother and daughter are doing fine so is the father what no church on sunday night right it was postponed in order that people might attend the unveiling of the soldiers diers plaque in monticello A clayton miss ruth clayton miss lois mckean and mrs alien ien connie has been the guest of honor at many parties and showers she is a former student of BYU and expects to leave monday for florida where the young couple expect to make their home they have the best wishes of connies many blanding friends lot of our people attended and reported the services very fitting and the plaque a beautiful 0 thing ing of which our county should be proud thursday evening in the relief I 1 society room the branding blanding stake missionaries gave a party in honor of elder frank hunt hant and sister kisten perkins who have just been released from the stake missionary work of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints A very enjoyable evening was spent in singing favorite missionary songs talks were given by elder hurst and sister perkins stake missionary president shirley nielson president guy hurst and district president joseph hunt it was said that the stake missionaries are arc doing a fine work for the achurch many have heard the gospel f for or the first time and encouragement was given to the members of the church seven from blanding have been baptized during the he T past ast two years gar games were played under the direction of harvey kartchner delicious refreshments were served mrs oscar johnson has been visiting members of her family in california washington and 0 other t her states she reports a very fine visit but returned a little sooner than expected as mr johnson has been feeling quite poorly since she left mrs allie ailie redd very ef efficiently put over the social science lesson on what america means and our american culture in relief society tuesdays in the hall below trapeze equipment is being installed it will be fixed to the ceiling but will be arranged so it can be taken down when necessary merwin shumway has gone to buckley field colo ho he sent for his wife who will live with ila johnson kay johnson and keith redd are still there and joseph black is at lowry field close by calvin perkins and devon hurst just left there this week calvin I 1 is at las vegas nev where he will find bernard black rene Brinker hoffs husband is an instructor tor in the gunnery school calvin and floyd atkins are also there so you yoi are not alone if you dont locate them ill send addresses devon hurst so lucky he has gone to sioux falls S D we W have no record of anyone else being there if you find someone let us know devon melvin hurst has just been transferred to seymour johnson field N C where sylvan just left some of you fellows do a good job iob of missing each other heres better news dean guymon and don smith have just been transferred to san antonio texas you fellows will also find russell obrien there if you dont know him just ask him something about alberta lyman he be will become interested right away to eva redd locke who inquired about the front page picture on the february relief society magazine we are glad to say the picture wa was taken staken by willard luce by home on the street running east and west mr luce has had several pictures in the church magazines lately find and they have asked for and a great many that been used yet so watch for them the DUP met at the homai hoffle of mrs mamie adams thursday of last W week eek with lorine lorin e guymon in charge the meeting commenced at by singing oh ye mountains high the lesson on I 1 pioneer music was given by mamie she told how we came by many of our songs something about the authors and made it very interesting the women sang several of the songs such as high on the mountain tops utah we love thee thank thee oh god for a prophet and hard times come again no more luella rogers read and explained the son song g come come ye saints and several cevial r that were sung while crossing the plains rene allie and an d alberta sang our mountain home so dear beautiful zion built above and dearest children god Is near you twenty three were present and kisten continued on page six BLANDING B L A N D I 1 N G by grace Shurn shumway way continued from page 5 perkins and alice black helped mamie mamia serve delicious ice cream and cake floyd cummings is leaving for california to work in the shipyards he already has a brother or two working there nelda and family will go later if it proves satisfactory we are happy to tell you that mrs H D bayles heard from a friend of her son francis this week heis he is back in hawaii again after several hard fought battles in in and around the ellis islands platt dee bayles writes that he expected to spend sunday with dale walker in spokane too bad they know burk washburn was there H he has been moved to the hospital there in hoppa more can be done for him speaking of hospitals atals milt rogers is still confined to the one in camp mackall N C his hi s buddies lark and owen write that they are having some tough old maneuvers right now the home of mr and mrs ed galbraith was very gay saturday night when wilma served a delicious chicken dinner in honor of mrs florence galbraith and mrs chester wright both these ladies having a birthday the same day mrs wright was presented with a lovely box of stationery something every mother needs these days and florence received a beautiful pair of hand embroidered and crocheted pillow cases leap year as you doubtless know the calendar has told you so this one year and this alche the ladies call their very own below you see the hour and date so come and help us celebrate place leland W redds time february 28 p m in response to the above invitation the debonza club met at the home of lland liland redd and en i j joyed a very clever interesting I 1 and entertaining party well j planned games were conducted by mrs garda adams and were played by the entire group the I 1 bounteous supper reached the usual height of excellence known know to this group which has met reg for more than 20 years dick young and grant bayles have landed in san diego clyde wright and lillian lyman were already there we hope they find each other sunday afternoon service commenced at two by singing we thank thee oh god for a prophet prayer by patriarch ben G black the choir sang behold the great redeemer dies delbert redd gave a short talk on red cross work stating Bl andings quota is he urged the people to continue to do their share and keep up tip our good record he read some statistics telling where the money goes and what is dons done with it one baby was blessed and three boys graduated from primary their teacher was wasel washburn and she gave a short talk telling how she enjoyed working with them short talks were given by each of th tha boys bruce hurst talked of obedience cconrad awley aley on restoration of priesthood and roy johnson n teachings of christ hester black president of primary pres presented enteA the buys with their certificates and recommended them to become deacons ervin palmer gave a short hort talk of welcome to these boys ala aia redd gave a short talk on answer to 0 o prayer the time was then turn 1 over to testimonies some 20 members arose and each expressed a thought well worth remembering closing song was redeemer of israel prayer by parley hurst mr band and uri mrs vet bradford gave a party for blaine on thursday Thui sclay day night they danced and played games and enjoyed the hospitality thora and vet are noted for hamburgers pop ice cream and cake were served to the guests the cake was a huge one with welcome home blaine across the top it was much too pretty to cut several people went from here to monticello friday for the gold and green ball ours will not be held till the ath of april but those who miss it will be sorry you dont want to be one of those sorry ones do you speaking of gold and green balls kent redd writes home of the one in england it so much the dance we arek are interested in but the fact that some of cur fellows were in attendance jesse grover also writes about it friday neta young bertha hurst luella rogers elizabeth young hazel lyman and grace Shurn shumway way met with mrs margie lyman where they packed bags for the red cross these bags have needles thread buttons writing paper envelopes shoe strings playing cards life savers cigarettes polishing cloths claths razor blades and pencils there were also 17 sweaters 10 sox 25 mufflers muffler and a number of stump sox the women have surely co ed in all this work are willing and anxious to do all they can and are now ready for the next work whatever it may be we thought of you on your birthday lyman lyman redd must be about the youngest fellow in the armed forces he has had only five birthdays he be wa was born february 29 1 A letter from effie sherman 1 this week tello us she has bought an apartment house and has just moved in it is close to thi university ver sity since she moved the kids have new teachers and sharlene takes some of her classes under doris dori adams doris is in teachers training and will graduate in th spring by the way doris and audrey eap exp expect t to be home this weekend week end phil lyman who has also been attending the U will be with them its the end of th tha quarter and they have five days off caroline lyman a CN CIN at the hospital will be home on the ath for a six day leave shannon shumway a CN CIN at the general hospital expected to come home but ana of the nurses had the privilege legs of inviting a guest to go to california and shannon happened to be the lucky one the trail builders in primary enjoyed hearing elder palmer und and elder guymon relate some of missionary experiences they also talked d a few minutes to all ane classes no wonder floyd and clara nielson wanted to go to california we all like to see the twin girls born to mr and |