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Show Ben Lomond Beacon December 9, 1976 Page 3 Early celebration ike trick or treat 1 I raff's t Christmas gift. Christmas gift! In the early days in Utah, the Yuletide custom of children was much like a Halloween trick or treat, and as they said Christmas gift to other members of the family, friends or neighbors the one who called Diamonds are "crystalline carbon", for med by fantastic heatand pressure deep in the earth then trapped in molten lava and erupted to the surface of the earth through the "pipes" of diamond dotted rocks. A doimond is the "ultimate gift." Who wouldn't thrill to the beauty of this "King of Gems"? Stop in and inspect our selec fion. We're happy to show jt, where Mormon City President Brigham Young invited scores to celebrate with singing and dancing. Files show that molasses from the sugar cane was made into candies for the children, and some children enjoyed candy canes of honey taffy. Cookies were made of sweetened dough and cut into all sorts of animal shapes and little gingerbread men with dried currant eyes. Some children also enjoyed fluffy Christmas first, gift of piece homemade molasses, hardtack or stick candy. Christmas day in Weber Countys pioneer towns usually was spent in homes with the mothers preparing dinner. Often the Sunday School gave a dance for the children in the afternoon, and another dance in the evening i imi' mild in Ogden and Salt Lake received JEWELRY Your Gift Headquarters 1 6 So. Main Clearfield a popcorn balls. Several serenaders of companies with brass instruments added to the happiness of Christmas. Many of the early day cabins for grown-ups- . had Christmas trees and Christmas came in those supplying the places of early days to little cabins way to call on the pioneer made of logs with two rooms children with rag dolls and 1, kitchen and dining worsted stitched balls made from old stocking ravehngs. room; 2, parlor and bedroom. In the center of the first room Visiting was the chief was a huge fireplace which amusement of the day and served both for heating and fiddlers led the music for the cookstove, and also furnished dancers and singers. light at night. Furniture Ogdens First Christmas included a cupboard that Osborne Russell, trapper, looked like a packing box, tells of Ogdens first and a table, wash bench and Christmas on Dec. 25, 1840. some stools. In the corners of An entry in the journal of this beds the parlor were built-iFrenchman, tells how he and made of ropes or bows and his Flathead Indian wife and blankets, and boxes served as child, plus several families of e dresses to hold halfbreed Indians and 15 calico skirts and buckskin lodges of Snake Indians outfits. participated in a Yuletide Church records show that feast on the banks of the Christmas Day in 1848 was Weber river, where Ogden now stands. His entry reads: 74 SCOUT International 4X4, loaded with extras, low miles. COME AIID SEE THESE n old-tim- Dec. 25, 1840: It was party to agreed by the prepare a Christmas dinner, but I shall first endeavor to describe the party and then the dinner. The inmates of the next lodge to ours were a halfbreed Iowa, a Nez Perce wife and two children, his 0 CALL ZSS 1 Bids wifes brother and another halfbreed; next lodge was a fJ y halfbreed Cree, his wife (a Nez Perce) and two children and a Snake Indian. The inmates of the third lodge was a halfbreed Snake (a Nez (V a25 - 0700 r&OoN. $oee 964 NORTH 400 EAST - NORTH OGDEN, UTAH 84404 7A0.liS - PHONE 782-923- 6 or ROCKWELL VA CIRCULAR SAW 1x2x8 New medical benefits for a service-connecte- veterans with d disability rated 50 percent or more now include Administration Veterans outpatient care for any disability. Reed L. Clegg, Director of the Salt Lake City VA Hospital, explained that the Veterans Omnibus Health Care Act of 1976 (PL signed recently by Presidnt Ford, extended the full range of these services to more veterans. Outpatient, or ambulatory care, for any ), me- nonservice-connected dical problems had been limited to veterans with a disability rating of 80 percent or more. Such programs as outpatient care, rehabilitation, nursing home care, and alcohol abuse were restricted in some ways by the new legislation and expanded in service-connecte- d others. One expansion brought about by the recent law was a d cause. program had been restricted to the families of SPECIAL EACH furnished. VAs Civilian Health and Medical Services (CHAMP-VA- ) was extended to the of survivors dependent veterans with a permanent and total disability who die of a nonserThis Reg. $24.99 On being ready, the butcher knives were drawn and the eating commenced at the word given by the landlady. As all dinners are conby accompanied not was this versation, deficient in that respect. The whicn was principal discussed was the political affairs of the Rocky mountains, the state of governments among the different the personal tribes, characters of the most distinguished warrior chiefs and others. Dinner being over, the tobacco pipes were filled and lighted, while the squaws and J:-- FROM those who die of a service-connecte- d disability. Following is a summary of the more important changes in care rules: (1) Veterans with percent or more i FIBERGLASS 38 ELECTRIC n disability have the eligibility patient for provided obviating the hospitalization need CAULK GUN But quiet for disability is limited to the extent that The legislation covers the issue of patient rights and the concept of informed consent. Confidentiality of certain medical records is mandated. The law requires nonaddiscrimination in the mission and Treatment of veterans who are alcohol or drug abusers in providing medical care in VA facilities new The legislation established priorities for medical service to veterans, with first priority given to veterans with service-connectedisabilities. No were funds appropriated to handle the new services. It is hoped some of the additional cost can be recouped by the restrictions d in the legislation, I ponder as watch them feed On seeds and berries bright, And sure would give a lot to know Just where they sleep at night. I I d One day took a dish of wheat And put it near a tree, knew the finches sure would come And hungry they would be. I I watched from out a window And waited all day long, Then all at once the beauties came And hopped and sang their song. I ' , To eat more berries sweet. hope they stay all winter fun to watch them hop, gaze in awe at yellow tail And bobbing grey top-noLane A. 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I for a the services are available in VA facilities. dental (4) Outpatient services for nonservice-connecteconditions are authorized when only necessary to complete work that was begun during a period of hospitalization. (5) Payment of travel costs of veterans reporting to VA facilities for treatment of dis- nonservicerconnected , abilities primarily is limited to those individuals unable to defray the costs of such transportation The Birds . WASHINGTON, D C. Senator Jake Garn C BATTERIES out- for the purpose of 23A x 15" er CoFBier now Post-hospit- of our growing role as a newspaper in this community, it has become necessary to set some deadlines for our advertising. 35-Draw- Poeffry d formerly reserved for those disabled by 80 percent or more. care is (2) limited to 12 months except cirunder unusual cumstances. care (3) Ambulatory gearing PROPANE TORCH DRAY-O-VA- the and plaything, dissatisfaction seen n care DRILL ROLL INSULATION ,;Cor tne head of the household provided venison and wild fowl for a feast, and all shared, and neighbors were invited to partake There was no selfishness, no envy, no bigotry. People did not hold themselves aloof from others. There was social equality, and a regard for one another that was sincere. Children did not have every whim satisfied; they were pleased with any little Garn supports strong defense for high power use. .22 (max.) hp. 23077199 2410TT-55- uuen among any little gift. There was no the young people today was store full of toys, as we nave absent from the home and them today. The gift was school. There was manifested always an expression of the a joy of living, and when they prayed they felt Gods watchgreat love of the giver. Children would hang up ful care, when they worked their stockings and get an they know of His helpful apple or maybe some candy presence. in it. Sometimes a man gave Merry Christmas, readers. a beaver-skior a buffalo-rob- e May Santas reindeers of to his wife and children. happiness perch on your The gift made all happy. rooftops through the new the year, 1977. 50 service-connecte- Accurate depth and angle adjustments. Double-reducatio- far-gon- iie GOOD SELECTION PANELING tete-a-tet- plates. outpatient care vice-connected EACH cleared away the remains of the feast to one side of the lodge, where they e held a sociable over the fragments. After the pipes were extinguished all agreed to have a frolic shooting at a mark, which occupied the remainder of the day. Thus ended Ogden's first Christmas. Of early Utah Christmases, In those educator wrote: e days the children were taught to appreciate children Benefits include service-connecte- Rockwell Then came the cakes, followed by about six gallons of strong coffee ready sweetened, with tin cups and pans to drink out of, large chips or pieces of bark supplying th eplaces of r. d BLACK & DECKER STRIPS 59' sugar. definition to medical services elude rehabilitative service, family mental health services (when it relates to treatment or training of veterans with a service-connectedisability) and a clear definition of when dental services may be GTTOQE FURRING ECONOMY STUDS most spacious, being about 36 feet in circumference at the base, with a fire built in the center. Around this sat on clean blankets with their legs crossed in true Turkish style, and now for the dinner. The first dish that came on this Christmas in 1840 was on a large tin pan 18 inches in diameter, rounding full of stewed elk meat. The next dish was similar to the first, heaped up with boiled deer meat. The third and fourth dishes were equal in size to the first, containing flour pudding, prepared with dried fruit, accompanied by four quarts of sauce made of the juice of sour berries and broadened YOUR NEW 1 Perce) and two children. The remainder were five lodges of Snake Indians. About 10 oclock we sat down to dinner in the lodge where I stayed, which was lu- - today praised the action tne Secretary of Defense in authorizing the Air Force to begin construction of the l Bomber. Senator Garn, one of B-- the Senates most vocal advocates of a strong defense, has always been an adamant supporter of the new bomber. It has been proven to me that we need a bomber with to increased capabilities bolster our national defense, the Utahn said. Our current primary bomber, the 2 will soon be obsolete and inadequate and if we do not replace it with a more sophisticated craft, we will be left with a gaping hole in our air force. We have three alternatives. We can modify existing aircraft, rely exclusively on missiles , or The l proceed with the and is the most there is little doubt that we need the flexibility which a manned bomber provides. B-- l. B-- been has The plane thoroughly tested and is badly needed. It has a far higher penetration speed, a lower penetration alititude, greater hardness to the effects of a nuclear blast and radar greatly reduced reflectivity compared with I am most pleased the that the Secretay of Defense 2 has given the production. for its d Senator Garn said the Air Force plans to build 244 l aircraft at a cost of $22 9 billion. He said procurement is expected to continue through 1984 with aircraft deliveries scheduled to be completed by early 1986. The first production is exl pected to enter the Air Force inventory in B-- B-- mid-197- The Air Force has decided to incorporate clauses in the contracts, limiting the obligation of the government to a set amount of money per month for February through June 1977, Garn continued, in order to allow the Carter administration more time to l review the production decision. I hope that Mr. Carter will look favorably on the decision and not do anything to upset it. Delays will only add to the eventual cost of the plane, and weaken our defense. B-- |