Oldies #23 July 2007
SmeltingCo--Oct 1951---Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Peretti are the proud parents of a baby boy. They have two girls Patsy and Sharon.
Sun Advocate--Jun 2007--Happy 65th Wedding Anniverdary--Ramon & Thelma Madrid --Married 20 June 1942, Hiawatha, Utah.
Carbon County News---Oct 1909--The Hiawatha Mercantile Company is the name that was selected for the Consolidated Fuel Company's store at Miller Creek Coal Mine. A petition has been forwarded to Washington asking that a post office be established there to be called Hiawatha.
Sun Advocate--June 2007-- Vonda Mae Heaton will celebrate her 90th birthday 0n May 31. An open house for family and friends will be presented that day from 2:00 to 2:30 at the Emery County Care & Rehab in Ferron.
14 Aug 2001---Thomas Elmo Williams came to Carbon County from West Virginia to visit his Sister and never returned. Instead he embarked on a career in the coal industry, working in Hiawatha for nearly 14 years. (Williams is an Artist who has chosen Helper as his home.)
Sun Advocate--- May 2007-- Harry & Nola Thompson Vogrinec, longtime residents of Carbon County, will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary with their family. Married May 27, 1942 in Price.
1935---- In 1935, The Price Trading Company, was contracted to take over the U.S. Fuel Company's Stores at Mohrland and Hiawatha. The Mohrland Mine and town was shut down in 1938, but the Hiawatha store operation continued for many years.
SmeltingCo---Feb 1952-- Bernie Christensen, son of Mr. & Mrs. B.E. Christensen, stopped in Salt Lake over the weekend of Feb. 18th on a Navy training flight from San Diego, California. The crew arrived at Salt Lake airport Saturday Afternoon and left for San Diego Sunday afternoon. Bernie is taking training for aviation electronics.
SmeltingCo---April 1950---Mike Orphanakis, King Koaler's star hurler, will be missed greatly by the team this year. Mike suffered a broken leg in an accident at the tipple during March which will keep him out of the game most of this season.
Sun Advocate---May 2002---Orin Hatch did have Utah ties, somewhat like Mitt Romney, Orin had ties to Carbon County. His parents had met in Hiawatha when they were young and were later married in the midwest.
SmeltingCo---SmeltingCo welcomes Miss Lois Larsen, who was employed as clerk-typist in the King Mine Office November 20th. :ois is a graduate of Carbon High and Carbon College.
