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Show Sugar House, Utah Thursday, Feb. 14, 1957 SOUTH EAST INDEPENDENT Page . 13 Legend of Valentine Day . . . Be my Valentine! Today is the day to express our tender thoughts of love and affection to our friends and dear ones, for February U, St. Valentine's Day has been set aside by custom a and tradition as sentimental holiday. However compared to former years, it does not have much significance to us. andJ almost .obsolete, for at one t 1 rJnkeJ with Christmas New Year's in importance. The story of it's origin is a true YalthTou'ghantdhereuiistenoProbably way of Proving it's named for a Christiaif bfshop Valentine, who lived in the 3rf century after the death its evolution makes interesting reading; Valentine was nSI aint by the Church in that er after his death, and his death was set asidetheay of day. The Roman youSJ maidens for whom he gYve MsS him honour, and so he came to be known as the "lovers' saint". The story is that Emperor Cla-- us at Rome issued a decree for-biddi-ng were marriage, for married men loath to leave their famUles !TJr'JhU3 d,d n make soldiers, according to the Emperor's notion, and as soldiers were needed in warfare, he decided marriage should be abolished The good priest heard of this and was sad. He invited young lovers to come to him and secretly married them When the Emperor heard of this, he had the priest impris-oned, where he languished and died, a martyr to love. This seems a far cry from what we know as Valentine's Day now, doesn't it? However, gradually, the approach of Valentine's Day came to be heralded by the ex-change of pretty sentiments, . written with flourishes on scented paper, and decorated profusely with hearts, arrows, doves, and various other tokens of love. In 1709 there appeared a book of verses, aptly called, "The Young Man's Valentine Writer". It con-tained many verses suited to men and women, and a collection of pretty and elaborate valentine sen-timents. These were copied with great care upon cards or sheets of paper and presented to "My Valentine." Fair Ladies actually blushed as they read the love mis-sives, for the pretty verses were not mere sentiments to them; they were actual declarations of love. Presently, the manufactured valentine came into style, and It has taken the place of the in-dividual sentiments. Because it was much less trouble, men pur-chased their valentine favours in-stead of writing them by hand, until now the real significance of the valentine, or what it originally was, has lost it's dignity and sim-ple beauty. .At any rate, even what the holiday is today, it is worth per--' petuatlng and improving upon, for no one ever gets more love and appreciation than he wants. This is the thing that makes life worth living So take this day and op-portunity to express your thoughts of affection to those you care about. It will also make you happier for it, and greatly enrich your own life. at GRANITE FURNITURE I 1 CHOOSE from "' n HR? J fegjpiK COMPLETELY INSTALLED WW P 95i UUSIB o By SMOOTH-EDG- E TACIUESS METHOD! I o EXTRA HEAVY 56-o- r. WAFFLE PADDING! t- - H 0 METAL in all DOORWAYS-REMNAN- TS FINISHED! S No Down Payment PTtct 3 YEARS TO PAY WiMm "MS W11I1C MLY! ffc 7 j'&i Almost unbelievable-b- ut true! This sale of fine carpet- - yJ421 5n9 at tho Gran5te wil1 Prove that yu can own the car" W'V Pet ' yur choico or on,y Pennies a day-t-or what you &V 'MA now sPend on candY' soft drinks, cigarettes! Choose fisL ffie' Cbrf of I ronl mous Bigelow's and Lees 100 all-wo- ol, luxuri-- iy $C'r I ous deep-pile-twist- s, loops, Wiltons and Hi-lo- w pile-- all '(llS P IT I flrSt jUallty' " seconc,S comPletey ""stalled in your ;EDCJCS--j Kfe CHOICE OF COLORS, STYLES , wl lay j pa " j MR J Whether you're furnishing a new 0nnrT7 ' ' Only 2Uu ; home 0P repocjng a worn carpe- t-nnnnyOrLT j lflV of colorful, live-actio- n carpeting - LualkbUll j TOM? ' tightiy tufted to resist soil and wear! ! ilGJ(SIHI Styles to fit your type of decoration U0 ABIMuJool - Aiijrfoai ot drcmat! tovin9$ ,hat can mean fgNi !"Hffir ttl,"W"i dollars in your pocketbook! The time 1 !ARPEflnS ; SIP AjpElKl(5 ; t0 buy arPetfn9 ls N0W -- ond the Cornpefely Installed , j Competey nsfaecf P- -is Granite! in Your Home! Home, j OPEN 'TILL 9 P.M. FRIDAYS C EVERYWHERE t Lopflffr SUGAR H0USE io50Eas,2i$,south VlJ fffl .MURRAY 48th South and State U pRQVQ H34North5thWest (0nMaln Hishway lult S6U,h ofprovoRiver) furniture coitipsmi C ' pLENTY OF F R E E PARKING AT THE GRANITE I fZJ COLD SUFFERERS Get'STANBACK, Ubltts r.powdm. for rtlitf of COLO DISCOMFORTS. ThtSTANBACK prttcription typ formula it a combination of pain ng in9rdnU that ork togathar for FASTER RELIEF of HEADACHE NEURALGIA and ACHING MUSCLES dua to aoldt. STAN BACK ala RE-DUC-FEVEfc. a.SNAP BACK w.lh STANJACK, |