Show blanding column special correspondent I 1 three fireside chats held fireside chats were held in three blanding homes on sunday night after sacrament meeting the at M men alen and gleaner one was held at the home of zenos black i the lesson was one of a series I 1 given by milton rogers on the book of acts in the new testament and was enjoyed by the boys 1 and girls of both wards the second meeting was at the home of edson black and was for young folks of junior age the lesson was given by mrs tippetts of the grayson ward the third group gathered at the hone home of kermit redd and represented the special interest group of that ward they enjoyed an interesting lesson given by D john rogers on how flow to study the bible it was a very enlightening evening as bro rogers is a specialist on the scriptures L D S girls give program the thanksgiving program at the blanding ward sacrament meeting sunday night was given bv the girls program of the ward it was under the direction of luella rogers and her counselors mabel hurst and garda adams after the opening exercises the parts were as follows scripture reading A psalm of praise shirley butt the history and tradition of thanksgiving garda adams the pilgrims chorus by the choir why I 1 am tha thankful 11 kf ua I 1 am an american alene black I 1 am thankful I 1 am an girl enid redd why I 1 am thankful for my family and home dorothy wright the closing song was by the whole girls group and prayer was by margie rogers shirley redd harvest queen the boys of the san juan high school sponsored a fine lance dance friday nil alit at the high school boulding binl ding the hall was decorated with a harvest moon and the rest of the decorations were out in the harvest theme there were displays of farm produce such as potatoes I 1 indian adi an corn turnips carrots etc the co contest niest to choose a harvest queen was vas concluded during the evening shirley redd running for the senior class received the most votes and was given a necklace eby by the boys club pegga nielson ran on the ticket for the juniors edith gudmon for the sophomores and libbie laman for athe freshman croup they ran a close race with shirley the dancers were dressed in aprons and overalls and en boyed the pop and doughnuts sold by a committee of boys by margie H lyman aymin play joan jaan of arc seen by large audience the san juan high school presented loan joan of arc drama by dana thomas on thanksgiving night to a large and appreciative au audience diance carmen black play played edthe the part of joan in a most creditable I 1 manner and was well supported by a fine cast of 26 other students mrs afton stevens director miss jennie lee sipe prompter as well as the students who took part are to be highly congratulated on a splendid performance the continued on page five blanding continued naze I 1 play was very difficult and showed evidence of a lotof lot of hard work ind and operation cooperation co no small credit belongs to mr bowles the property manager and aaron harvey who managed the lighting effects we look forward to more such li high i g ti class entertainment from our high school grayson ward holds conference annual ward conference was held in the grayson ward burday night with all members of the stake presidency in attendance after the sacrament service the time was given to the stake authorities ties with counselor guy R hurst in charge scripture reading was given by lionel harvey a deacon i ward clerk barton F lynian lyman presented the stake general and ward officers for the vote of the people bishop wm ervin palmer paliner gave a detailed report of I 1 the condition of the ward and gave timely advice to the members interesting and worth while remarks were made fiade by president leland W redd counselor guy R hurst and karl R lyman music alusic was by the ward choir with v it h reva redd conducting albert R lyman offered the invocation and irene 11 redd the benediction i fifty five per cent of tile the ward I 1 population were a the meeting bridal shower given complimenting mrs airs art morin nee rene lyman a bridal shower was given friday afternoon in the I 1 relief society rooms by Ales mesdames dames gladys klesa and alene lyman many friends called during thel the afternoon leaving very best wishes and many lovely gifts dainty refreshments were served by the hostesses the morins alorine returned to their home in provo sunday mr air morin is a student at the B Y U and mrs airs morin has a secretarial position on the campus D U P holds meeting the blue mountain camp of the daughters of the utah pioneers held its regular meeting at the home of mrs airs grace Shurn shumway way on friday afternoon the lesson on freighting reigh ting in the early days of utah was beautifully given by 1 mrs airs nellie harvey mrs airs Af martha arthal carroll gave a most interesting sketch of the life of her maternal grandmother bell the remainder of the time was taken in making plans for the christmas party luncheon was served by the hostess camp nellie grayson met atthe at the home of mrs airs pearl bayles with myrtle hunt inez conw conway and audrey halliday as assisting hostesses mrs airs mamie adams treated the lesson on freighting in utah mrs airs viola peterson told steva of th the life of her mother lois stevens s wilson mrs hanniel Ham niel accompanied by mrs beverly alexander alexand e r sang two numbers and mrs airs alexander rendered a piano solo awen ty two members enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon |