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Show PAGE two He extends best wishes to his many friends and former g vention on Letter to the editor dy it Indian Summer In the fall when the warm sun returns to grace our days after the threat of the first hard frost has sent us scurrying to fields, garden and orchard to hastily complete the harvest before the final onset of winWe call coordinators conthe campus of Brigham Young University. In attendance at this convention were 70 coordinators who direct religious Instructional activity of 1,048 fulltime teachers, 3,010 part-titeachers, and 204,755 high school and college -- age students enrolled In classes In all 50 states of the union and 12 foreign countries namely: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, British Isles, Canada, El Savador, Germany, Guatemala, New Zealand, Switzerland, Uruguay. It Is anticipated this religious education program will shortly into Bolivia, Chile, expand Costa Rica, Denmark, FIJI, France, Holland, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, South Africa, Sweden, I would like to propose to Tahiti, Taiwan, Tonga. the faculty, students and all The convention was primarily others interested, a whole new of a workshop nature. Formdimension to our high school ally addressing the group, howlibrary. We can accomplish this ever were Dr. Boyd K. Packer, without cost or work. member of the Quorum of To begin this program, I Twelve Apostles; Elder Marlon suggest that each student, D. Hanks, Assistant to the Quorum of Twelve Apostles; Dr. Neal teacher, or any other InterA. Maxwell, Commissioner of ested person In the surroundEducation of the Church; Dr. ing communities, donate the Joe J. Christensen, Associate paperbacks for which they no Commissioner of Education in longer have any use. These books will be placed on the top charge of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion, and assistant shelf on the north side of the administrators Dr. Franklin D. library. They will not be numbered nor will they have a card. Day, Dr. Dan J. Workman, and Dr. Frank M. Bradshaw. The only requirement for takMr. Christensen Is a 1954 ing one of these books is that graduate of Pleasant Grove High you put another one in Its place. School. He received his bachYou can keep the book as long elor of science degree from as you want or take as many BYU In 1961. Work on his mabooks as you want as long as sters degree at this same Instiyou contribute one book for each tution has temporarily been book you take. halted during the duration of his I am sure there are hunforeign assignment. of books that can be put dreds Mr. Christensen supervises the activities of 150 volunteer back Into circulation this way. teachers who Instruct 2400 Just think, for every five books can get five home-slustudents In Brazil. you have read you read. books havent you The program under his direction is progressing rapidly. It If the books are readable is anticipated that an Institute we want them and maybe someone else does too. of religion will be established in Brazil next month. Mr. BJerregaard week-lon- By LINNIE FINDLAY ter. Each year It Is the same, when most of the flowers are frozen and there Is a chill In the night air and the days are warm and beautiful. We savor each sunlit day as some forbidden wish, secretly granted, that could as swiftly be snatched away again or lost, just by letting It be known that it Is now in our possession. Some years these beautiful balmy days may last a month or two after the frost before the snows finally come to put everything under the rigid rule of winter. But when that same throw-bac- k of the season comes in the springtime, when temperatures drop and theres a chill of winter that comes with the late snows, we are glad to see those days pass and wait Impatiently for nature to get on with her work of the orderly seasons. This year when the warm days began in the middle of February, no one seemed to believe that the good weather would last. Farmers have always prepared their land for planting as early as possible, and If It was so that part of It could be worked when the sun was warm and the snow melted during that February thaw, when the frost, for a while, was out of the ground, and the soild dried out enough for plowing, they were Just that much ahead. In the days before tractors, it was considered almost a necessity to get some early plowing done during a warm spell In the winter, before the snows returned and the temperatures dropped again, holding the soil fast in Its frozen grip. This year that February thaw began like all the rest. People debated If the groundhog had seen Its shadow. One account even said that we had been calling the wrong animal the groundhog these many years, but even so, by the middle of February It was warm and most of the snow was gone. I learned that It wasnt really spring though, when two of our boys went climbing in the hills with me during the school holiday celebrating Washingtons newest birthday. We crossed some low places where the ground had pretty well dried out, and even saw evidence of some work being done In the fields. But when we started up a north slope in the foothills, we learned the only safe place to climb was on the patches of snow that lingered under the trees and among the rocks and brush. Where the snow had melted the ground looked soft and spongy, but only about an Inch of the surface soil had thawed, and underneath it was still frozen hard and slick as glass. On top of the hills and on the south slopes little green shoots had started to grow and the air was mild with all of the appearance of a genuine spring day. It was a couple of weeks though before the bees first came in the apple trees, their tiny wings beating a steady humming sound, and on that March Sunday when the swallows were homing In at Capistrano, the meadow larks in Ephraim sang their rollicking songs from the tops of the fence posts. Maybe these cheerful little creatures are around all winter, but it takes a little continuing warm weather to get them singing with all of the gusto of an operatic soprano, like they have been doing for several weeks now. Even as we look forward with appreshenslon in the fall time, when we know that soon those beautiful days will be gone and the real work of winter will be with us; so In the springtime, after the flowers have started blooming, and winter returns again to leave the earth white and the budding trees laden heavily with a burden of snow on each of the branches, there is comfort In knowing that it won't last. That this, too, will pass, and soon, too soon, the heat of summer will be upon us to replace these beautiful days that doubly come In Sanpete. In the springtime when new life awakens, when grass Is green and buds swell and blossoms fill the air with their sweet fragrance, and In the fall In those delightful days we know as Indaln Summer. STUF STAhLE David A. Christensen Thoughts on ends Aveeks study at BYU springtime David A. Christensen, former principal of the Ephraim Semteacher inary and part-tim- e at Mantl Seminary, who is now serving as a coordinator for the Department of Seminaries and Institutes of Religion In Brzil, has Just completed a THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1972 THE EPHRAIM ENTERPRISE By LARRY STAHLE If you must talk about your troubles, dont bore your friends with them tell them to your enemies, who will be delighted to hear about them. - ritual Templar topics had better follow before closing your baby blue eyes and going to sleep. The last Sunday In April is the day marked to louse up which you everyones life by putting them on a new system of time . . . Daylight Savings Time to be exact. Leave it up to the government to heckle the small business man. They make life right down impossible at times. When you get a good thing going what do they do boom -pass laws to make your habits Illegal. The government has fixed me up but good. I am ruined. I may have to take out bankruptcy. Or worse still, I may have to find another part-tisource for work. I guess the part that hurts the most Is the realization that eight hard years of work will be culminated within the next few weeks and there is very - little I can do about it. Even the offer I received this week just cant take the place of what the government Is snatching from my fingers. Since reading the edict I have felt so depressed that I am on the verge of selling my home and moving to Clarion where you can live like you please . . . at least for a day or two. To make the whole thing a bit worse, the government has appointed a local man, sent him to school and given him his own personal gun to enforce the new edict. hobby probably My part-tinetted some of the best results in the entire valley. Few persons can lay claim to better results considering my Inexperience In the vocation when I moved to Sanpete 12 years ago. The vllllan to my business happens to be one of my good in fact he even friends lives In the Mantl South Ward just like I do. To console myself I toured the spot where my part-tim- e vocation takes place. As I scanned the horizon I came up with a way to outa good Idea fox the government men. I dashed over and picked up a copy of the new law and laid out my plan of attark. I knew all would le well again. I have spent numerous hours in the past few days painting some of my prized specimens to alter their appearance so that they will pass inspection. With my paintbrush I transformed my one Candad Thistle weed Into a Clarion Cutie. When I came over to my prized quack-gra- ss I made it look just like a wild flower growing near the spot where the mighty Sanpitch River and Clarion Canal meet to form the mighty Sanpitch River which flows toward Axiell. My whitetop is going to present a special problem. I finally decided to camouflage It Is a cat tall and then plant It in the county agents backyard. It Is hard to see all your hard work wilt to the ground with one burp of Marlton Lowrys new gun as he sprays the noxious weeds In my prized garden. After all, I have spent the past eight years cultivating that prized patch. But If it will help to improve Sanpete County to enforce the new noxious weed law and eradicate my new garden, then I will accept the generous offer of leading safaris through the wild Jungles of Clarion as my new part time vocation . . . you see, even though 1 have never been to Clarion, I like all five families who reside there. ... ... The best procedure to follow on this special night is to plan to go to bed by at least 9 p.m. After you have brushed you teeth, put out the cat, and turned back the covers on your favorite resting place, then yon can spring into action. Run from clock to clock giving each one a violent twist to the right so that the big hand winds around forward one complete revolution. You wont notice anything different just then. Sure, the clock will read 10 p.m. Instead of 9 as it did just seconds before. But the real test of faith will come some 24 hours later as you embark on the project of going to bed again at 9 p.m. Everyone I have talked to of late in Sanpete County seem to be opposed to this annual change in our time system but we are stuck with it. To me it is much like a fat lady who owns a girdle. When the girdle is off, her weight Is out in front where everyone, including herself, can see It. When she dons her girdle, It shifts the load to the rear where she cant see it but everyone else can. Remember . . . turn your clock ahead one hour Saturday ... night! Its getting so a vacation is what the family has to take to recover from the exhaustion of packing for It. A widows gift Mrs. Jessie Jensen, a widow made a lovely quilt for the pageant! Another Mantl widow, Mrs. Naomi Steck, pieced a quilt top for Joseph Smiths bed In the Mormon Miracle. Mrs. Violet A. Nielsen, a I widow in Ephraim said: haven't much to give but I want to do SOMETHING for the pageant I think it is so fine. Could I make a quilt top or two that they could sell? And Mrs. Iva Stoddard, a widow from Wellington, Utah, I wanted to make a wrote: quilt for Joseph Smith's bed but I have heard they already had one. However, I still want to make a quilt for the pageant. I want to contribute to the wonderful tiling they are doing over there. Yes, these widows are examples of the fine spirit of giving toward something they believe In . . . that In their contribution In their own small way they are helping to spread the In lieu of money gospel which they do not have their offering Is of their time and talents. Their Widows mite Is MIGHTY BIG! Everyone of us has a know, how along some line that Is needed to make the pageant a united effort of all of us. VOLUNTEER your contribution in Mantl, ... ELECTIONS Primaries at MHS are slated next Tuesday, with six candidates running tor each student body office. Since there are about eight girls running for cheerleader, they will not run in the primaries, but only In the general election. The candidates for president are Paul Hardy, Lora Sondrup, Hal Stott, Janice Barton, Reed Hatch and Dave Carlisle. Those running for vice president are Darlynn Monson, Re- Musical groups consisting of bands and choruses are meeting in the large groups festival at outs for next years group. The marchers are being cut from 36 to 20 seniors and Juniors which should make the Templarettes, a very select club. Next years marchers will be Mantl High School next Wednesday. The schools competing for outstanding band and out- standing chorus are Richfield, Juab, North Sanpete, Emery and Mantl. MoLoyd Ericksen of Snow College and his brother, Earl Ericksen of Weber State, are announced May 16. bejudging the festival which 9 a.m. at gins ASSEMBLIES Tomorrow, a country western group from Utah State will present an assembly to the student body and on May l, Juab is to bring their traveling assembly to MHS. becca Anderson, Andrea Graham, Margie Olson, Steven JenFTA sen and Lance Mickelsen. At the FTA convention last Girls running for secretary week, two nominees from the are Shelley Wlntch, Jane David- MHS chapter were elected to son, Rosemary Squire, Sandra state office. Rosemary Squire Sorensen, Linda Nielson and was elected by acclamation as Peggy King. secretary and Dave Carlisle The boys up for activity agent won the post of Newsletter EdiRex Brad are Goodwin, tor. This past year, Floyd Holm Beacham, Fred Frischknecht, served as vice president in the Mark Nelson, Clive Young and state organization. Mike Graham. Also, the group changed its name to Student Action for Education. BUSINESS BLOCK In the business block class of Mrs. Nell, there is a simuFASHIONAIRE lated Office, for the best In Incorporated, dress. The office has managers, acrecountants, clerk-typist- s, ceptionist and simulator who is the outside world. The girls In the program use mock checks and balance books, keep files, and fill out time cards. Several persons and businesses in the community are of the regular customers office. TENNIS On the courts at Lehi last Monday, the Templars captured a tennis win, 2. In singles, Randy Nielsen and Mike Jensen won and Bruce Monson was defeated. In doubles, Reed Hatch with Reid Cox won and Charles Cox with Hal Stott lost. Steven Jensen also went with the team and he lost in a practice match. The Juab Wasps were here for a match last night. Scores for that match were unavail- POP CHORUS Recently, the Pop Chorus has been busy singing. Last Sunday, the group presented the program at sacrament meeting In Mayfield, last Thursday, the singers performed at the Culture Lore Club and the chorus sang two Sundays ago in Gay Nelsons home ward In Provo. On May 11, the chorus, conducted by Ned Jensen, is presenting a spring concert. In Melinda Rus- mono-actin- g, sell received an excellent in a category In which no superiors were awarded. Nadene Allen presented a dramatic reading and she was given a good. At the region meet at Snow College, Impromptu, MHSs one-a- ct play, was placed as alternate to state since It took third. Mrs. Anderson, the groups adviser, felt that In the face of stiff competition, the students performed very well. MUN 3-- able. DRAMA Thespians from MHS competed in the Region VII drama meet two weeks ago. The 16 students took fourth and six of them received superiors and went to state last weekend. Mont Francisco and Lari Carlisle went in Scenes from Plays. They received the only superior awarded in the state meet. Dianne Squire took a humorous reading and Kathleen Kindlay took a retold story. Representing Romania, the MUN delegates from MHS are attending the MUN convention today, Friday and Saturday. Many resolutions are being considered and the 11 Temps have been finding and taking positions on the proposals. Clair Erickson, adviser of the MUN, has been helping the students delve into the procedure and order of the organization. BASEBALL Since spring vacation cancelled the Emery game, the baseball team played a double-head- er with Emery on Tuesday. This morning, the team is playing Gunnison at Snow College and they will meet North Sanpete on Snows diamond next Tuesday. 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