Graham guardian., 1912-05-03
CHA VALLEY NEWS
Items Of Interest Gathered
by the Guardians Cor
respondents
THATCHER

Chloe Curtis is spending a couple
ofweeks with her sister in Layton.
Frank Wightman. of Globe, spent
several days the latter part of the
week on business in town.
Richard Layton made business
trip to Clifton the latter part of the
week, returning Monday.
Mrs. Martha Dial, of Globe, is
spending couple of weeks with
her parants. Mr.. and Mrs. Dave
Hunt.
Prof. Matthews left foi his home
Monday morning. after spending a
week in Thatcher at the close OF his
school.
T. M. Lee and Ernest Tomlinson
have purchased the old Academy
building from David Cluff. They
expect to put in a first-class skating
rink.
The monthly priesthood meeting
was held at the Academy on Satur-
day, with good attendance from
all the towns in the valley.
The three-week- cid baby Of Mr..
and Mrs. William Damron died
Thursday morning and was buried
in the afternoon. Funeral services
were held at the Damron residence,
Decoration Day was observed on
Tuesday by the people of Thatcher
A great many people went to the
cemetery, cleaned, fixed and decorat-
ed the graves.
The priesthood. which has been
meeting on Monday evenings during
the winter, gave social Monday
evening, as fitting close of the
seasons work. The program con-
sisted of singing, reciting, short
talks and some numbers on the
phonograph by l.. c. Snow.
The following program will be
given at the M. |. A. conjoint on
Sunday evening:
Congregational Singing.
Recitation, by Mrs. Caroline Ma
velle.
Vocal Solo, by Zina Curtis.
Literary Story, Lady of the
Lake." Blanche Layton.
Vocal Solo, Theresa Foster.
Recitation. Mrs. Jennie Cluff.
One of the delightful affairs of
the week was a surprise party on
w. X. Bingham in honor of his 57th
birthday. A large number of rela-
tives and friends were in attendance,
The evening was spent in games and
singing and at eleven o'clock refresh
ments of ice cream, cake and punch
were served. All present expressed
themselves as having spent very
enjoyable evening, and left at late
hour, wishing Mr.. Bingham many
happy returns of the day.
The high school graduates were:
Ruth Kimball, Rosalind Wixom,
Mary Williams. Matte Layton,
Lillian Warner, of Layton, Lola
Mortensen, Hyrum McRae, G. A.
Clawson, Blanche Layton, Alma
Sessions. r. B. Williams, Grover
Hopes, Nora Anderson, of Pima,
and j. A. Duke. The commercial
graduates were: Ella Tyler and
Willie Tyler. The preparatory
graduates were: Alice Kimball,
June Moody, Willie Duke, Joseph
Moody, Don Pace, Carrie Layton
and Charles Mcdonald.
The commencement exercises of
the Academy took place Thursday
evening at the church, which was
beautifully decorated with flowers,
banners, penants, and elaborate
festoons of Academy co.ors. The
crowd in attendance more than
filled the house. President A. H.
Wilde, of the University at Tucson,
was present and gave the address to
the graduates. He announced two
texts as follows: Thou Shalt Not
Quit" and Quit Yourselves Like
Men"
Mrs. w. A. Moody entertained
number lady friends Monday
afternoon in honor of her thirty
sixth birthday. A nerve-t testing
game was played for, a time with
much interest. Anumber of poems,
talks, sentiments, recitations and
songs, all on the subject of Mother
and Home" were enjoyed for a
time. Ice cream, cake and apples
were served. After lunch the ladies
enjoyed an informal visit. Those
present were: Mesdames Josie Kim
ball, Nash, Mamie Layton. Phillips,
Haywood, Wixom, Cynthia Layton,
Annie Layton, Hopes, Ann Pace,
Susan Curtis, Ionic Moody, Louise
Moody, Evans of Layton. Harness,
Sessions, Gourley, Inez Lee, Vina
Green and Laura Blazzard.
Field Day at the Academy, Fri
day, was much enjoyed by the young
men and boys. They met on the
campus at ten o'clock and INDUCED
in number of races and different
kinds of contests. In the afternoon
the two victorious ball teams of the