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Show GIVING OUR WORLD THE CALENDAH OF EVENTS i FROM .THE FILES Millard County Chronicle Thursday, Jan. 15, 1959 Once Over . . . By Dick Morrison "I am not worried lest America may not be able to assert a leadership lead-ership of force and power; I am worried lest she may." Lin Yu-tang. Yu-tang. Chinese Wisdom One of the most charming books I happened to read at about the time of the end of the second World War was "Between Tears And Laughter," by Lin Yutang. This book, written even before the end of the war, and even before it had become apparent that America's policy was to be to scuttle China and betray her into the hands of the Russians, was a criticism of Anglo-American Asian policy of rare discernment. Although somewhat on the grim side, as to foreboding and outlook out-look for the future, and certainly reflecting keen insight in its grasp of things to come, the book never theless did not give way to despair. des-pair. Throughout, the author preserved pre-served an attitude of what might be called Chinese suavity and wit, twitting the power- politicians of the west for their short-sighted stupidity, rather than hurling brickbats brick-bats at them, the end product be ing a more effective criticism than could have been made by pludge-oning. pludge-oning. The book is sprinkled with quotations quo-tations from Oriental philosophers, and most appealing they are: Confucius, Con-fucius, Mencius, and others. "Who knows but Buddha may be scientifically scien-tifically more correct than J. B, Watson?" asks Lin Yutang at one point. "Fatalism, in the form of scientific determinism, is perhaps the world's last modern superstition. supersti-tion. A fellow can at least have the courage of his convictions, and stand alone if necessary. "If a traveler does not meet with one who is better, or his equal, let him keep to his solitary journey; there is no companionship with a fool." To which Lin Yutang added the observation that, "I, for one, shall not join the international fellowship fellow-ship of fools." Well, after exposing the hollow mockery of Franklin Roosevelt's statement that "we are flying into China as much Lend-Lease material mater-ial as ever traversed the Burma Road," and many other such tricky pronouncements, the author found the sum total of western policy toward to-ward China such as to reduce him to a state between tears and laughter. It would have been funny fun-ny if it hadn't been tragic. Lin Yutang's book brought the wrath of American and English "liberals" down upn him. No doubt he expected this. After all, no one, Chinese or other, can expect ex-pect to expose a bunch of fakes without being made the object of their scorn. But the essential truth of his criticism was such that history his-tory has borne him out, and gives the living proof of the fact that he has proven a keener analyst than they. So, with all that in mind, it was with joy that I learned, in the FREEMAN magazine for January, that Lin Yutang has written an other book, and one which probably prob-ably will make the "liberals" madder mad-der than ever. The new book :s entitled "The Secret Name." It is published by Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, at $3.95. Not having read the new book yet, I give this comment from a little review by Lawrence Sullivan, who is coordinator of Information of the U.S. House of Representatives. Writes Mr. Sullivan: "Dr. Lin Yutang, the distinguished Chinese historian, addresses his new chronicle chron-icle on the Lenin-Stalin years in Russia directly to the penthouse communists of New York. "It is the New York intellectuals and dilettanti, says Lin, who sustain sus-tain doddering communism thru-out thru-out the entire Western Hemisphere. They are the only people in the world today who have missed the great historical fact of the ast decade, de-cade, namely, that the 'Worker's Paradise' presented in Karl Marx's psychopathic essays of the mid-nineteenth mid-nineteenth centruy, is now the crudest, most extensive, and most oppressive colonial empire in all human history." He continues: "But fortunately, ' says Lin Yutang, "the immutable forces of history hunger and unquenchable un-quenchable nationalism now have saught up with the Kremlin's promises pro-mises . . . Personally, I have come to the conclusion that the Russion empire the present Soviet regime will be destroyed by the problems prob-lems of its colonies first, and by its own domestic class ' struggle later . . . Soviet Russia today has caught itself in an impossible di- j lemme with regard to its twenty i colonies. Hungary is a striking ex ample. The storm is gathering, not slackening ..." It does, indeed, look as if Lin Yutang's new book will prove worth reading. And since the "penthouse "pent-house communists" of New York Ian. 15 Kiwanis meeting (Ladies' night) Jan. 16 Millard vs Delta basketball, High School dance after game. Ian. 17 Leamington Gold & Green Ball Sutherland Ward Gold and Green Ball. Roller Skating at Hinckley Saturday Bridge Club Ian. 19 Stake MIA Leadership Ian. 20 Kitchen Carnival (MIA Maid and Explorers.) Ian. 21 Jaycees meet School Opera (High School) Ian. 22 Adult Education Classes Ian. 23 Roller Skating at Hinckley Ian. 24 Hinckley Ward Gold and Green Ball Ian. 26 Literary Guild Ian. 28 Delta Lions Club Ian. 29 Adult Education Classes Ian. 30 March of Dunes Dance Delta vs Parowan Feb. 4 Delta vs Beaver at Beaver Feb. 7 Milford vs Delta at Delta 40 If ears Ago . . . Tuesday, January 14th, marked the closing of a most successful campaign at the factory of the Delta Beet Sugar Corporation. J. H. Jenkins, manager of the aetory, informs us that the cor poration paid to the farmers of his section for their beets $525,000. Manager Jenkins also informs us that the factory handled one-twelfth one-twelfth of all the beets grown in the state this year, and manufac- 3 iif'u J U u - ? . n i (2 have already thrown everythin they had at Lin Yutang, it isn't likely they can hurt him much. There can hardly be a doubt a bout it any more. World communism, commun-ism, today, would be a thing of the past but for the aid it has been given through the influence oi New York's stupid, wealthy penthouse communists, exercised through the U.S. Government. But even so, Sovietism is on the way out, and even a few mis-guided eastern "intellectuals" will not be able to save it. Gifts And Letters The recent past has brought friendly remembrances from a number of readers. Tex Searle brought in a copy of the book, "Ships In The Sky," by John Toland. Received on Dec, 28, I'll consider it a Christmas gift. Tex is now a pilot for Frontier Airlines, having moved up a few notches since the days he used to fly a put-put at Delta airport. Ships In The Sky brings back such names as the Hindenburg, the Macon, Ma-con, the Akron, Italia, Shenandoah, Shenan-doah, Graf-Zepplin. It is the story of the lighter-than-air craft which provided the earliest luxury trans portation by air; as' well as some of the earnest aerial adventure and exploration. A most interest ing book for aviation enthusiasts. Ralph E. King, old-time Delta resident, sent a chatty letter from Grants Pass, Oregon, (address 1370 NW Highland Ave.), with many friendly observations and some questions to which I'll try to get the answeres one of these days. Ralph lived at Woodrow a good many years. Mitchell Clark sent a letter an! some data on how the U.S. patent office is used in connection with Soviet espionage. The items relate, re-late, truthfully, it seems to m?, how anyone, spy or other, can learn how things are made simply by asking the patent office for the details. Mitch has lived at Sherman Oaks, Calif., for some years, now. Also, just received as I am writing writ-ing this, Monday morning, a friendly friend-ly letter from Frank Law, dealing with the subject matter of last week's column, in a thoughtful and sincere manner. These, as well as the record, Street Scene, for which I hereby thank the givers without naming them, are all most welcome. Rural Schools to Receive Hev Hi-Fi Recording Every rural school in this county will receive a ne whigh fidelity recording of our National Anthem next week as a result of a project pro-ject sponsored jointly by the American Am-erican Heritage Foundation, and Utah State Farm Bureau, it was announced by Mr. LaMar Monroe, President, Millard County Farm Bureau. "The foundation's new recording of the Star Spangled Banner, will fill a serious vacum," said President Presi-dent Monroe. "Although high-fidelity was introduced in 1947, this is the first high-fidelity rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner to appear ap-pear on a single disc". In a recent letter offering the records to all district schools, A. V. Smoot, President of Utah State Farm Bureau said: "It is hoped that this new high-fidelity recording record-ing will install in the thousands of young Americans attending our schools and colleges a deeper appreciation ap-preciation of our National Anthem, and a greater understanding of the rights and responsibilities of our treasured American heritage. I hope that it will stimulate a study of the true basic freedoms that we have, how we got them, and why they need to be defended by Americans everywhere." The records have been provided without cost as a special public service by the nonpartisan, nonprofit non-profit American Heritage Founda-Bureau. Founda-Bureau. Produced by Radio Corporation Corpor-ation of America, Victor Record Division, the foundation's new recording re-cording of the Star-Spangled Banner Ban-ner features the music of the world-famous Boston Symphony Orchestra, Or-chestra, Charles Munch conducting, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Or-chestra, Fritz Reiner conducting. lured one-tenth of all the sugar, according to the government reports. re-ports. The output of sugar was larger than the average, the factory having hav-ing produced 110,000 sacks of su-gar-lOOlhs. to the sack, making a total of 11,000,000 lbs. of sugar. Dist. No. 3 Lets Drainage Contract On January 13th, the local board of directors for Millard County Drainage District No. 3 opened the bids for construction of the drainage drain-age canals of the district. There were nine bidders and their representatives rep-resentatives came from many sections sec-tions of the East. The contract was awarded to the Utah Construction Company of Og-den, Og-den, Utah, a six million dollar concern, con-cern, and their bid was $1,357,001 a matter of many thousands ol dollars less than that of the next lowest bidder. As District No. 3 comprises an immense tract of land and drains Ll 1,000 acres northwest of Delta, it will be seen that the citizens ol the various communities are vitally vit-ally interested in the work. The members of he local board of directors are J. B. Seams, president; pres-ident; M. A. Abbott, secretary; D. H. Livingston, treasurer. Caldwell & Richards are the engineers. en-gineers. LOST: Auto crank, on Delta-Sutherland road, about one week ago. Finder please leave at Ward Garage, Gar-age, or notify Hosea Stout, Jr , Hinckley. OAK CITY MRS. MAE H. SHIPLEY Oak City surely had another lovely wedding reception a n d dance Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spong was the hon ored couple. The 'bride, the form er Ardella Christensen, was lovely in the beautiful floor-length lac dress. A very large crowd attend ed and the many gifts were beau t if ul and also useful ones. We join in well wishes for this young cou pie, who will make there home in Calif, where he is employed. Many of Mr. Spong's relatives were present, pres-ent, also his parents, grandparents and brothers and a sister. The bridesmaids were from Salt Iake. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Henrie were also here for the dance. Many Oak City people enjoyed Conference at Delta Sunday. i Mr. Verl Jacobson was an Oak City visitor Saturday and Sunday. Friends were glad to to great him. Mrs. Dorothy Hall and little girl spent the weekend in Oak City with her parents, Bishop and Mrs. Melvin Roper. Her home is in Og-deti. Og-deti. Mr. and Ms. Marvin Lovell received re-ceived word of the arrival of a new grandson, born to Mr. and Mrs. James (Pauline Lovell) Quick, Jan. 10th, at Spokane, Wash. Congratulations, Con-gratulations, grandparents, and, also al-so to Pauline and James. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Webb were visitors Sunday, with her father, Mr. Wm. Alldredge. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Anderson went to Salt Lake Friday, and met their mother, Mrs. Genevieve Blan- chard and brought her home. She has been in Calif, and Nev., visiting visit-ing her children the past month or vo. We are glad to have her home again. Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Lyman visited n Oak City Sunday. They were on their way 1o spend a few months at St. George, Utah. Mr. Willis Dutson is in a hospital hos-pital in Salt Lake. Monday he was to have surgery. Mrs. Dutson went to Salt Lake Sunday to be with him. Oak City will be happy to have you make a speedy return home fully recovered. Mr. Parley Roper is at present in the LDS hospital. We express nir sympathy and trust for a fast recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Willarrt Matthews and children visited from NVphi on Sunday. They seemed happy to tell of their first grandchild, a little girl, 'born to Mr. and Mrs. James Matthews. Mrs. Joy Christensen and Mrs. Vernel Dutson entertained for their birthdays last week. Sixteen young married couples were present to help them celebrate. Lovely refreshments re-freshments were served. They did not report their age. Perhaps, they can't remember. The Navy's newest floating air-base, air-base, the aircraft carrier, USS Independence, In-dependence, is equipped with a modem 81-bed hospital and a dental den-tal department with the latest equipment. PHONE YOUR NEWS TO THE CHRONICLE - 473 The Navy's newest aircraft carrier, car-rier, USS Independence, contains 180 miles of piping anil 290 miles of electric cable. Featured On KSL Harkcling Trends. Farming Problems Feature programs on "THIS BUSINESS OF FARMING" on KSL RADIO in January will be trends in marketing agricultural agri-cultural products and the status of agriculture problems in the'eunent Utah State Legislature. Leg-islature. On Monday, January 12. Brian Hafen, National Vice President of the Future Farmers Farm-ers of America, will give a report on the work done dur ing the last wec-K oi nis au-ministration. au-ministration. A report from the third Annual An-nual Conference of the Agricultural Agri-cultural and Industry group findings concerning consumer needs will be given Monday, January 19. This will assist both consumer and producer in understanding marketing agricultural products. Friday, January 23, the week's progress in matters of agriculture during the current Utah State Legislature will be given. On Friday, January 30, the monthly report from Utah State University covering the recent Poultry Feed Conference Confer-ence in Kansas City, Missouri, will be presented. "THIS BUSINESS OF FARMING" heard week days over KSL RADIO 12:15-12:30 12:15-12:30 p.m. is brought to you Monday, Wednesday and Friday Fri-day bv the Utah Division of KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION. For Television or Radio PORTABLE TABLE or CONSOLE See Your ADMIRAL DEALER DELTA AUTO SUPPLY The New John Deere Grain Dryer ... the farmers' "declaration "dec-laration of independence" from moisture discounts, delayed de-layed harvests. dWUinMlTtiaS You'll get all the answers to "What's New for 1959" in the big John Deere Day Program we have lined up for you. There's plenty of fine entertainment for you and all your family, too. Another wonderful Gordon Family film, Oddities in Farming, the John Deere Singers and Dancers ... all return with a host of other colorful new acts made famous in vaudeville and TV. Tickets, please! You can pick up all you need FREE at our store now! date: January 16, time: 10:00 a.m. place: 348 Yest Main . FARMERS' SUPPLY CO., INC phone 5581 Delta, Utah i v jV.luij -lit. :J.L4J: V REFRESH WITH MILK! So much the same in price... so different on the road... n i Liiiyiyyi . Oil u iaJ ll ' lff3 f3!! !1 f3 L i h mm mm -yi'il r t . h , r M m MM-'' " IP Ml WW V ' . l i i ! I. rami . AMERICAN DAIRY ASSN. OF UTAH m K j if i i- Take Plymouth's TWO-MILE TWO-MILE TRY-OUT and ?ee the Dig Difference that TorMon-Aire Ride makes. As you'll quickly quick-ly notice, there's no lean on turns, no nosedive nose-dive on stops. Such smoothness you have never known and it's standard equipment on every Plymouth. No doubt about it, Plymouth's contemporary contempo-rary des-ijin is the handsomest hand-somest new look for '59. Instead of going "overboard," Plymouth st)lii-ts aimed for modern mod-ern good taste. Result: from rear Sport I)ek to elegant grille, a car that looks expensive but Wt! PLYMOUTH ?.!! 5 Torsion-bar front suspension V Total-Contact Brakes V Independent parking brake V Electric windshield wipers V V Most driver headroom V Most driver legroom V Greatest trunk capacity V Long-life baked enamel V V OPTIOKAL EQUIPMENT Swivel Seats V Rear Sport Deck styling V Push Button transmission V Push Button heating V Mirror-Matic rear-view mirror V Basest engine j v7 nil i ! i i - - L That's because all three top-selling low-price cars are priced within a few dollars of each other. They all cost just about the same, as any Plymouth salesman can prove to you. Yet only the '59 Plymouth gives you the Big Difference Dif-ference in ride, style, and features. Me the "Two-Mile Try-Out" at your dealer's and see Plymouth's Big Difference mmf:U You'll agree today's best buy. ..tomorrow's best trade.Js & fJlQCffis |