Graham guardian., 1909-11-26
Items Of Interest Gathered by
the Guardians Corre-
spondents.
THATCHER

from Globe with the Bryan party
Tuesday morning.
Burt Huntzinger, who is working
at photography at Eden, was a
visitor in Thatcher Tuesday.
w. w. Pace went to Globe Sum
day evening to meet Mr.. Bryan and
escort him back to Thatcher.
The Academy choir is working
hard on a splendid cantata, which
they expect to present in the near
future.
David Lee, Martin Mortensen,
Jr., Milo Gale and others have gone
to hunt for a few days in the
mountains.
Mrs. Laura Nuttall and Mrs.
Lucinda Gustafson, Of Pima, were
In attendance at the ward confer
ence at Thatcher Sunday.
Arthur Welker and Miss Mary
Greenhalgh, of Layton, attended the
Mutual Improvement Association at
Thatcher Sunday evening.
Mrs. Lizzie Damron came down
from Clifton this week and spent
few days looking after business
and visiting with relatives.
. Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Kemp and
Miss Dora Kemp, who were visiting
in Utah, the past six weeks, ar.
rived home Wednesday morning.
George Allen, Mrs. Gale, Miss
Annie Gale and Mrs. Joseph Will
kins came down from Duncan Mon
day to be present at Mr.. Bryan's
visit on Tuesday.
George and Reese Webster and
Peter Lofgreen came down from
Clifton on Monday on account of
the dreadful accident to their sis
ters and wife, respectively.
Rud1 Phillips was in town on
Saturday morning walking on the
high places. When asked the
reason, he said: "A fine new bov
came to our home last night"
Mr.. Larkins, of New Mexico,
visited in Thatcher for few days
this week He visited the parents
meeting, the schools and other
places of interest, and left with
favorable impression of Thatcher.
]. P. Dillon, chairman of the Ter
ritorial Central Committee; John H.
Robinson, secretary of same, and
Selim Michaelson, member of Ma
tional Democratic Committee, passed |
through Thatcher Tuesday morning.
The Thatcher Sundsy School was
reorganized last Sunday. E. w. M.
Jones, John Mcclellan and Rupert
E. Lee Wixom, were released, and
Orval Larsen, Thomas Cole and
Alec Layton, were put in their
places.
The Academy gave its dance on
Friday evening, and though the
crowd was not so large as usual, it
was thorough social success. The
first year class served delicious
luncheon for the benefit of the new
Academy.
The Thatcher ward conference
was held last Sunday. An officers
meeting was held at one o'clock.
during which, all ward records were
examined. The regular conference
meeting was held at two o'clock,
with good attendance present.
About twenty-five Thatcher peo-
pie attended the Parents and
Teachers Association at Stafford last
Saturday. All expressed themselves
as being pleased with the program.
also with the splendid lunch and
kind entertainment given them by
the Stafford people.
The Sunday School teachers of
the primary and intermediate de-
partment gave their retiring super
intendent, E. M. w. Jones, sur
prise party Tuesday. Games and
conversation, interspersed with {
musical numbers, furnished the s
amusement for the evening, Re-
freshments were served, after which {
a beautiful gold stick pin was
presented to Mr.. Jones as a token
of the high esteem in which he was
held by the teachers. The evening
was highly enjoyed by all.
The reception given to William j. i
Bryan Tuesday morning was a very |
one. When he de- /
'cended from the car platform he 9
was hailed by several hundred citi- h
zens and great host of school chill n
1ren. About one hundred and fifty
Academy students and several hun
1red valley school children formed
n double line and marched to the
1epot, where they parted ranks
md made two lines extending a
block, through which the Bryan
procession marched. They then fell
n line and followed after the citi-
;ens. When the procession reached
he meeting house grounds they
we're again hailed by a thousand or
more citizens. who were in waiting
here. The platform at the west of
he meeting house was appropriately
decorated with bunting of the ma
innal colors and chrusanthemnrns