The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-01-08
FRANKLIN
NEWS NOTES

Frankln, Jan. 4.~1ne good peO-
pie Of Franklin have passed through
the holiday season and participated
in many enjoyable festivities OF both
u public and private nature. On,
Christmas Eve the Sabbath SCHOOL,
officers prepared very fine pro-
gram for the children Of the town,
the meeting house being beautifully
decorated and an illuminated Xmas
tree was prepared and during the
speeches made and the songs render
ed, u real live Santa Claus made his
appearance and distributed Christ
mas gifts to the children, and by his
pleasant appearance and sOciable
conduct won the hearts Of the audi
ence On Christmas Day the children
had fine dance, and In the evening
the adults had an excellent time
dancing to the silver band of Hyrum
On Wednesday evening the Frank
lin Mutual Dramatic Company pre-
scented In fine style the melOdrama,
The Fatal Receipt" to a large and
appreciative audience which was "a
complete success in every way.
On New Years night the Relief
Society gave grand ball for both
young and old which taxed the capa-
city of our opera house, but every
one pronounced II an excellent en-
tertainment. and now the holidays
are over we have settled down to a
normal condition again. While most
OF US have had occasions to enjoy
the holiday recreations, others of
our community have had cause to
mourn for on Christmas Day one OF
our most respected sisters passed
away. Sister Emma Cornish who was
among the early pioneers Of the state
OF daho. Sister Emma Cornish was
the daughter of Henry Houland and
Martha d. Case and was born OH
the 14th OF January. 1849. Came ia
Utah and lived in Salt Lake City in
lS52. moved to Franklin in 1864,
and was married to Nephi Cornish In
1886, and became a resident Of the
Cove ward when the Cove ward was
organized. She leaves quite mum.
erous posterity. Services over heI
remains were held In the Franklin
Tabernacle. The speakers were. Bish
op Bair. Of Cove: Bishop Parkinson
OF Franklin; l.. L. Hatch. and T. II
Durant, all were intimate acQuain
tanees of the departed. lntermen
was made in the Franklin cemetery
IL. H. Nash dedicated the grave.
On January 2. funeral services
were held over the remains of Siste
Salina Gregory, one OF Franklin
respected citizens. She was one Of thu
pioneers of Franklin, coming here II
the early sixties. crossing the plain
In q hand cart company In 1866. 4
very large congregation assembled t
honor this aged lady. The choir rem
dered some appropriate musica
numbers. and the speakers reviewed
many incidents connected with he
] life and labors and the excellent re
cord she had made during her so
ijourn here. The speakers were Pres
ident Alma Merrill Of Richmond
Bishop ]. C. Larson. Of Cove; Presi
dent Taylor Nelson Of Preston: Pa
triarch g. Il. Parkinson Of Salt Lake
, Elder l.. W. Hatch and Bishop Par
kinson of Franklin. Elder l.. J.
Hatch offered the invocation. an
Bishop Bair pronounced the benediC
ton. Sister Gregory leaves larg
and respected posterity to mourn he
departure. -
Again today. we are informed tina
Sister Kate Strives. wife OF our es
teemed friend and neighbor, Fran
Strives, suddenly died after attend