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Show GIVING GUH VCriD THE Once "The world does not require so much to be informed as remin ded", Hannah More, in the New Dictionary of Thoughts. The Week's Mail The mail of the week brings a number of interesting communica tions on topics which have been, are being, or perhaps will be dis cussed in this space from time to time. First is a letter from Harold R. Rafton, the president of the Hum anist Fellowship of Boston, Inc., who says he is pleased to learn that while I do not feel I can join the American Humanist Association Associa-tion at the moment, I am substantially sub-stantially in agreement with the philosophy. With it is a copy of a letter he has mailed to several newspaper editors, making tha point that "the President has a right to his own religious belief; but he has no right to misuse the prestige of his official position to attack the devotion to democracy of the countless number of loyal Americans who do not share his belief....". This refers to a recent statement by Eisenhower to the effect that Atheism leads to domination dom-ination and dicatorship, which proposition pro-position is not at all self-evident, to say the least. These are accompanied accom-panied by a reprint of an article by Mr. Rafton in The Humanyist of Nov. 3, 1953, entitled, What Can We Believe? Mr. Rafton's letter appeared in a Utah daily not long ago, as well as some other papers throughout the nation. I have never been much of a Joiner, having found long ago that I am almost sure to be in disagree- ment with any creed or dogma in some particulars; yet i can rainy be called quite a dabbler, for the reason that I can almost always find something that I like in each of them,, too, so I find encourage ment in the fact that we have reached a state of enlightenment where such matters can be dis cussed freely and openly. In earlier days of our religious freedom, swift and fearsome reprisals were often visited upon dissenters. TO' day we can disruss a proposition like Hufanism in an atmosphere where no one need hide his doubts or convictions for fear of punish ment, here or in the hereafter. Only in such an atmosphere can eternal truth, if crushed to earth, ever hope to rise again. And, on the subject of free dis cussion, it strikes me that not only in matters of religious belief, but also in manners and morals, the atmosphere of free discussion is potentially much healthier than the old hush-hush of not so long ago. Discussing certain findings of Dr. Kinsey, in the Ladies Home Journal, Dorothy Thompson used two words which would have caused cau-sed ladies of the Victorian era to faint all over the place, If, indeed, such ladies had understood them at all. Yet there they were, right smack in the Ladies Home Journal, and nobody, apparently, was even mildly shocked by them. They were words describing practices older than Noah, yet which, until very lately, were supposed to be uttered only by doctors, and by them in hushed voices. Since there do remain a few inhibitions as far as this column is concerned, I won't repeat them here, at least not now. This is a self-imposed restriction, and, in spite of all that can "be said in favor of frankness, it is definitely on the side of good taste. Besides, it isn't necessary. But I will say that I cannot imagine imag-ine how any good can come to humankind through self imposed ignorance. Reports in the mail from the Facts Forum polls of opinion indicate in-dicate that a lot of political freethinkers free-thinkers are refusing to conform to the dictates of our militant left in matters political, both domestic and international. For instance, those polled were 91 i in favor of a full answer being given to the question, "Who promoted Peress?" (DWverf in ilia best circles . . . X V Tfce extra y enrich its V . mf . .... W Over By Dick Morrison And 91 voted that the secret Yalta agreements should be made public. It seems passing strange, when you come to think of it. that both the Truman and Eisenhower Eisen-hower administrations should have taken the same stand on these questions, in opposition to making the facts public. Even if v.e allow, for purposes of argument, that the Facts Forum has attracted a predominantly pre-dominantly conservative following, follow-ing, the unanimity of opinion as shown here is unusual. The same group held, by 57 majority, that school and college students should debate U. S. recognition of Red China It does seem that the degree of freedom we now enjoy in the dis cussion of religion and morals has been partly cancelled out by in creasing restrictions on free dis cussion in the political field. And paradoxically, it is our very "lib erals" who are most active in squelching free discussion here, The militant left, aided and abet ted by conservatives who should know better, has ganged up on and all but destroyed any number of public figures, from Wirt to Lindbergh and Dies and McCarthy, simply because they said things the militant left didn't like. The methods were ruthless and despic able. Mitchell Clark, from Sherman Oaks, Calif., chimes in with a letter containing a clipping from the Examiner, in which Westbrook Pegler gives the low-down on Woodrow Wilson, via a book by William F. McCombs, "the precoc ious Princeton youth who helped to foist Wilson upon us and who died embittered and disenchanted, at the age of 44 in 1921". The book debunks Wilson pretty com pletely, and the review is done with the usual Pegler punches. I like Pegler, partly because Time magazine seldom fails to deride him when it eets a chance, and I appreciate hearing from Mitch who, I feared, might never want to think of me again after the morning we got lost on the back roads down Black Rock way last deer hunting season. On yet another subject, a letter from one L. K. Porritt, of Canton, Connecticut, says in part, "I caa not understand why so very few people grasp the point you bring out, that an expanding economy demands an expanding money sup nlv. and one that is not based on ovhancinn of nrivate credit". This is in response to a letter which anDeared in another newspaper, but appropriate for quotation here because the subject is one which this column has touched upon several times. Mr. Porritt, whom I have never met, goes on to say, "I'd love to have the opportunity to sit down and talk to you for a few hours. If you are ever in the East, I'd oe glad to pick you up at the Hartford RR station and nut uo over night". That, for sure nftpr and I'd like to t9ko him un on it, but the chance nf mv petting as far east as Con necticut is slim, indeen. The same item caught the at tention of Mr. Armand May, down in Atlanta, Ga., who writes, i have been constantly advocating a revision of our fiscal thinking as far as the nation as a whole is concerned, and it is leuers sul as yours and others that 1 think will be helpful. So may I thank vou for this contribution?" Mr. May encloses a copy oi he "is mailing to the same editor, as well as a copy of a speech by Beardsley Ruml, on Current Issues in National Fiscal Policy, delivered at Town Hall, Los Angeles, on March 20, 1953. The speech is rather good, but the very thought of Eeardsly Ruml raises my hackles hac-kles a bit, because it was he who dreamed up the withholding tax, a war emergency measure which seems to be fastened upon us for good, even as so many emergency measures which have become per- I 71 DLD i 'EICKXIT . great Bouiton flavor V ; h '.. - d caxa Ixu: v 4U YCAAs AGO FllOM THE FILES . . . Woodiow Patrick Leahy and his nephew while breaking up new ground on their ranch last week, made a very interesting find. The plow over turned a well-preserved skull. few feet farther on and another well-preserved .skull was overtur ned. Then the gentlemen began digging and unearthed the entire skeletons of two men (evidently Indians) who had been buried in the sitting posture. A large bone with a sharp edge, evidently hav ing been used as a knife, was found with one of them. A. C. Nelson School The thermometer dropped to 12 below zero here last Saturday. The river is frozen over to a depth of 12 to 15 inches; many of the residents are busy putting up a nig supply of ice for summer. Hinckley John Matson of Fillmore is loca ted at Hinckley for a few weeks While here he will do the photo graphy work for the Millard Acad emy yearbook. Oak City The past week has been very cold. Several of the taps have frozen and the owners are com pelled to use ditch water again. The basket ball game between Delta and Oak City district school teams was rathe a one-sided game the score was 17 to 29 in favor of Oak City. A team of our younger boys went to Hinckley last week to play the M.S. team, but were defeated by a score of 40 to 37. An Old Fashioned Social A large number of our people congregated at the Ward Hall in Delta on Wednesday evening and participated in the enjoyments of an old time social, going in their everyday duds and some went farther far-ther and wore apparel that looked like they might have been discarded dis-carded by a hobo in the 18th century. cen-tury. A unique program made up of various games, recitations, musi cal selections, songs and mock trials, afforded an immense lot of genuine jolly fun. Refreshments followed, consisting of bread and milk, sorghum cake and popcorn, to which all did ample justice. 10 Years Ago Delta's basket-conscious cagers won their third consecutive league game at Milford Friday night, by trouncing Milford 44-24, to remain on top of the Millard division standings. D. Fullmer, of Delta, harvested 20 points, for the win ners, while G. Fullmer added nine more to the total. manent fixtures. That about takes care of the week's mail, as it reflects the topics under discussion. One of the most interesting results of getting ones opinions published, is the correspondence it brings from far and near. School Lunch Program With the Utah State Legislature once again in session, the usual tug of war is going on between the savers and the spenders. While my inclination is always to string along with the savers, for the reason rea-son that I think government has grown altogether too big and annoying, an-noying, and people should have the right to do most of the spending spen-ding of their own money, the fact remains that there are certain functions which we assign to government gov-ernment by tradition, and as a matter of practical expediency. In general, government functions should be restricted to those activities act-ivities which encourage and protect pro-tect individual freedom, and equal ity of opportunity. Maintaining the public school system is one function func-tion which, by common consent, we have traditionally assigned to state and county governments. Two bills have been proposed in th e current legislature whicn would hamper, restrict, or put an end to the school hot lunch program. pro-gram. One would remove state aid from the program, and leave the whole job of financing it to the OLD HICKORY niMKlBQUHBONvEOT six mil sis 5 PR3CF Es Hostess To Delta Art Club Mrs. Athena Cook was hostess to the Delta Art Club Thursday night, and dinner was served at the Gem cafe to Callie Morley Violet Snow, Donna Sorenson, Mel ba Crafts, Amelia Cole, Romania Bird, Alma Petersen, Loa Black Liz Pace, Nelle Callister, club mem bers, and Merlene Callister, guest Bridge was played later at the Cook home, and prizes for high scores were won by Mrs. Black Mrs. Pace, and low by Mrs. Snow. 3flrs. Fgan Writes From Gorma it v Mrs . Laura Egan writes this week from Germany, where she arrived early in January with her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Carol Mose ley, and grandsons, to join Capt L. L. Mosely. Her letter, dated Jan. 16, said they had been there two weeks and had seen the sun twice in that time. She hoped they would n't get webbed feet while there, but was of the opinion that all the snow they have now would bring a beautiful spring. She said the ground was covered with green, and trees were grow ing wherever there were no crops Their trip from here to New York was made on the train, and then from New York to Frankfurt, Ger many, was by airliner There were 61 children and 31 mothers on the plane. When they boarded the plane and were about to take to the air, engine trouble delayed the departure, and they were all unloaded. Then, Mrs. Egan writes, up they went again, 19,000 feet over the water, with some of the children and mothers sick, and some "just plain scared". "As for me", she said, "I was well and just up there going places enjoying myself and taking in all the 'beauty above the clouds." Just before they got to Gander, Newfoundland, the same engine went bad just a bit, so they lan ded there for the rest of the night, and went on the next day in a new plane. When they landed at Frankfurt husbands and fathers ncluding Capt. (Tex) Mosely were there to meet them. At present they have an apart ment with a German family, and will move to an apartment at the se. as soon as they are com pleted. They expect to be abroad about two years. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Henderson spent last week at Palm Springs, cal., where they visited Mrs. Henderson's Hen-derson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Henrie. Mr. Henrie has been ill, but was improved when the Hendersons came home. school districts; the other would put an end to the use of money from the four per cent tax on liquor, and require that appropria tions for the purpose be made in each biennial buduet. Since the hot lunch program has been wor king well for the past several years, and has been managed in a practical and economical man ner, it seems to me it would be well to leave the program as it is. Although I was opposed to it at its inception, on grounds that it was "socialistic", I have come a-round a-round to the opinion that it is a sensible thing; that this nation can well afford to provide lunch rooms and hot meals to children as part of the school program, and that the system should be preserved. pre-served. Both of the proposed measures mea-sures should be killed in commit tee, or maybe tabled "for further study", as law-maker tactfully express ex-press it when they decide to ditch a proposal. Cold Weather Pastime Whatever there is to be said on the issue of continuing the hot lunch program for school kids, pro and con, it is clear beyond dispute that a great many Delta adults have adopted the custom of taking coffee breaks several times a day for themselves. As a result, the local eateries have taken on sume of the aspects of social clubs, even to the point where checkers are being played over steaming cups of Java. Nobe Peterson once called it Delta's Cafe Society. It is very' congenial, too, and one can drop in almost any time and run onto some of the best people, as well as some who, while not quae anie to qualify in that superlative, are perhaps even more fun than the better grade. It is not at all exclusive. ex-clusive. It might be more apt, however, to call it our cffe society. Yet, of late, the trend has been toward to-ward greaU-r variety of refreshment, refresh-ment, so even that designation no longer fits. Call it the Coffee. Pos-tum. Pos-tum. Tea and Cocoa club, with the Ve no running strong in the Tfcton r, hot chocolate. The fact is, the choice of drink isn't very important, within reason, of course. T!.e b'.fc i3a is to pet in out of the cold, find somebody to talk to and a place to sit down, ar.d kill as much time as possible r fore Retting back t the old srrir.d. It s a lot like the Mexican siesta, and if the habit is making loafer out of Ui. what cf it? Xtv Officers in Garden Vluh Oasis Garden Club elected new officers for 1955 at their meeting January 3, after Relief Society. Norma Skeem was elected presi dent; Claire Peterson, vice presl dent; Ula Day, secretary and trea surer. Bishop Ralph Skeem and coun selors, Howard Roundv and Fon Hawley, are advisors. The outgoing officers thank all ward members for their support and help during the past year. HIIVCKLS'Y Bertha Love Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Robinson left Friday for a weeks stay in Los Angeles. Mrs. Bertha Love was released as secretary of the Hincklev Relief Society and Mrs. Beth Brown was sustained to that position. Mr. Karl Workman was sustain ed as Ward clerk Sunday night in meeting. Sunday evening service was un der the direction of High Council man Lathel Callister. Talks were given by Jack Fowles, James Owens, Robert Jenson and Bryant Jones. Mrs. Robert Jenson sang, "In The Garden" and Dick Moody sang "In My Father's House There Are Many Mansions". Both numbers num-bers were accompanied by Mrs. Tillman Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Swensen visited Tuesday and Wednesday in Ogden and Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Dee Bennett of Las Vegas, were visitors Friday nkht at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Talbot. Fireside Chat for M men and Gleaners was held Sunday night at the home of Miss Anna Lee Swensen. Mr. and Mrs, Grant Robinson visited with relatives in St. George and Cedar City on Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Jensen and family from Dugway spent the weekend in Hinckley with rela tives. While they were here Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Petersen entertain ed all of the Petersen family with a dinner on Saturday night. Mrs. May Cropper was hostess o the Rook Club Wednesday night Dinner was served to members: Ruth Robinson, Beryl Hardy, Dor othy Damron, Bertha Love, Ivy Allred, Angie Pratt, Nina Mecham, Helen Shurtliff, Ruth Talbot, Ar-villa Ar-villa Workman, Vi Robinson, Thora Petersen, Lois Wilson and Belva Morris and guests; Sebrina Ekins, Julia Bliss, Melba Neilson, Harriet Spendlove, Roma Ekins and Erma Cropper. The evening was spent playing cards with Nina Mecham, Beryl Hardy, Harriet Spendlove, Melba Neilson and Arvilla Workman Work-man holding the winning scores. Lois Wilson and Arvilla Workman were released as officers of the club. Mrs. Ivy Allred was elected president and Dorothy Damron as COOK 5ELECTRSCMLY ' Yes, today's housewife likes to cock electrically, the modern way, without fumes, soot, ashes and dangerous flames so necessary with ether types of fuel And Electric Cocking Is So Economical New models are en d.splay at all epphance. furniture end hardware hard-ware stores Go in and see them today. TELLURIDE POWER COMPANY Fine Arts Mill) Is Entertained Mrs. LaRue Nlckle and Mrs. Mary Wright were hostesses to the Fine Arts Club at their meeting Monday evening. Dinner was served ser-ved at the Gem Cafe and the party met later at the home of LaRue Nickle for the program. Mrs. Clare Stephenson was the program chairman. She showed some slides furnished by the U.S Department of Agriculture concerning concer-ning materials, workmanship and styles of mens clothing. Mrs. Stephenson Step-henson concluded the program by reading some poems describing men from baby days through man hood. Guests for the evening were I.orna Bunker, Louise Lyman, Lillian Lill-ian Roundy, Elaine Shelton and Virginia Lyman. Club members present were Bar bara Ashby, Deona Black, Shirlev Chiistonsen. Geo Eliason, Harriet Eliason. Estelle Gardner, LaRue Nickle, Orvetta Nickle, Carol Sch- lappi, Clare Stephensen, Evelyn Robison, Mary Moody, and Mary Wright. Servicemen At Fort rarson. Colo. Theron Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anion Johnson of Sutherland, and husband of Claudia Cowers Johnson, entered the service two weeks ago, and is now stationed at Fort Carson, Colo. Howard Dutson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emery Dutson, of Oak City, and husband of Afton Roper Dut son, also entered the service at the same time as Mr. Johnson, and is now at Fort Carson. Russell L. Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Clark, Delta RFD, is the third west Millard man reported at Fort Carson this week. secretary for the coming year. Bishop Roy Hilton and Mr. Hugh Hilton attended funeral services in Clearfield, Utah Monday for the father-in-law of their brother Virgil. DRINK MILK you get more for less! 1 v MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE Delta, Utah. Thurt. Jan. 27. 19S5. OAK CITY MAE H. SHIPLEY Sunday evening program at sacrament sac-rament meeting was as follows; A court of Honor awarding scout badges to scouts and tenderfoots, The awards made to the tenderfoots tender-foots was by Mrs. Donna Anderson. Mr. Edwin Olsen awarded the 1st and 2nd class scouts their badges. There were about 1G boys awarded. Norman Olsen was- given a Star scout badge. The speakers following follo-wing the awards were Lyman FLn-linson, FLn-linson, Edwin Olsen, Donna Anderson, Ander-son, Cecil Jacobson and Bishop Anderson. Miss Margene Anderson is visiting visi-ting in Oak City for a few days. - Fireside chat was held Sunday evening at the home of Orpha Anderson. Fourteen were present. Francis Anderson conducted the discussion. Junior Sunday School preparation prepara-tion meeting was held Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Zella Lovell. Sunday morning the Junior Sunday Sun-day school had 87 present, one child was absent or It would have been 100 enrollment. All officers were present. Mr. Raymond Finlinson and family fam-ily have moved to California for the winter. Under the direction of the M.I.A. the recreation hall is being pain ted inside. Mrs. Amy Faust from Salt Lake City is staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Finlinson this week. Mrs. Wilma T. Martin, of Los Angeles, arrived in Delta Saturday Satur-day and is visiting her mother, Mrs. Frances Tolbert. Her husband, the late Ed Martin, died early In January of a heart attack. He was a well known free lance writer there, on mining and the mother lode, and oil. He sometimes wrote 1 for Ed Lloyd, but not under that name, as was stated, in error, in the Chronicle at the time of Mr. Martin's death. v J V r |