Graham guardian., 1914-01-09
GRAHAM CO. NEWS
Items Of Interest Gathered
BY the Guardians Cor
respondents
THATCHER

Joe Layton came up from Miami to
spend the holiday week with his family
and friends.
Walter Lewis returned to his work
at Mesa on Friday, after spending ten
days with his family.
Isaac Blake, of the Globe dairy, spent
Wednesday and Thursday visiting with
his sister, Mrs. w. A. Moody.
Leland Haywood, George Clawson
and Levi Udall returned to the Univer-
sity at Tucson Sunday morning.
Mrs. Sarah McRae and children, of
Bisbee. are visiting with Mrs. McRae's s
mother, Mrs. Cheney.
Mrs. Kimball, with Spencer, Alice
and Helen, went to FL Paso Friday, re-
turning the first of the week.
w. A, Moody returned to Phoenix
Sunday, after having spent ten days at
home visiting with his family and
friends.
Walter Haws, John Smithson and
Arthur Mayne returned from Globe
Sunday, after having spent the holidays
there.
Lorin and Seamo Williams, of Frank
lin, are visiting in town.
Miss Burl Noegle, Will Curtis, David
Sabin and Melvin Hopes returned
to st. David, Saturday.
Miss Wilmyrth Layton entertained
the Self Improvement Club at her home
Wednesday evening. They had some
interesting musical numbers, played
games and finished up with dainty re-
freshments.
LeRoi Snow and wife returned from
Los Angeles Saturday. While there
they met Mr.. Shows sister, who had
come from Salt Lake and who re-
turned to Thatcher with them.
Mrs. Elizabeth Layton entertained a
number of her friends at social Fri
day evening.
Roland Larson entertained number
of his young friends at social Tuesday
evening, when a jolly good time was
had.
The Senior class of the Academy held
an interesting party at the home OF
Urilda Moody New Years Eve. The
early evening was spent in games, after
which dumb supper created lots OF
amusement. Just before twelve o'clock
the class went out and rang the church
bell to herald in the new year. They
then returned to Miss Moody's home,
where they enjoyed sumptuous chick
en- supper, and after this they had mock
graduation exercises, which lasted well
toward morning. They all declared that
they had had the best time OF their
lives.
The M. |. A. held an interesting con-
joint meeting Sunday evening, when
the following program was carried out;
Congregational singing.
Prayer, by j. F. Nash.
Vocal solo, by Miss Bessie Layton.
Retold story, by Miss Edna Romney.
Vocal solo, by S. S. Green.
Poem, by l.. r. Pace.
Closing song and benediction.
In response TO a written invitation
sent out ten ago by the Bishopric, q
large crowd gathered at the hall Thurs
day afternoon for ward reunion. A
varied program was carried out. w.
w. Pace told of his most interesting
experiences while in New York recent
ly. r. w. Fuller gave comic stump
speech. II. z. Lee Wixom read let
ter from Bill Nye. w. A. Moody gave
a comic poem on Arizona. President
Kimball gave an interesting paper on
Thatcher and Its Improvement. "
These were interspersed with choice
music and singing. At the close of the
program all moved around shaking
hands and exchanging the seasons
greetings, while candy, nuts and pop.
corn were passed. The affair wound
up with ball in the evening, where
the married people joined with the
young folks and had good time.