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Show 6 THE PAYSON CHRONICLE Thursday, December 18, 1969 Spring Lake Events Phon Lenora Huiih Orchard hills The View From Here By Ruth Roth 465-263- 8 main mnnmrnnnnrArmrjnrinnrjnri is the time when men everywhere regardless of the fact that they may have chosen to be mailmen, miners, merchants, or whatever find that for a time at least they are mechanics. Im sure if you have children that you have experienced the problem involved. A few weeks before Christmas your beloved child will eventually decide upon the toy which he cannot live without. You and your wife will after much discussion and figuring decide that you also are sure that he cannot live without it too. By the time the child had finally made his decision the toy is probably pretty scarce. So scarce in fact that you will probably feel that you have been especially blessed when you finally find the item sixty miles from your home at.five dollars more than you had thought was already a fantastically high price. Also the assembled ones are all sold so you accept the eager clerks vow that any child can assemble one in a few minutes. You may even be saying to yourself all the way home, Boy was I lucky to find one before they were all Now Mr. and Mrs. Ray Weight and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ron Eggett and children motored to Salt Lake They toured Temple Square with City. all the beautiful lights. evening Saturday Mrs. Joseph Menlove and to Salt Lake City Sunday afternoon. They toured Temple Square enjoying the beauty of the grounds and the beautiful lighting. Mr. and children motored Mr. and Mrs. Frank Griffith spent a pleasant evening Thursday night when they attended the annual Christmas social of the Railway Carmen of America held at the Parks Cafe at Orem. They enjoyed the dinner served, the program which followed and visiting with friends they knew there. Approximately 70 persons attended the event.. Recent graduates of the Payson dity Hospital Nurse's Aid Class are: front I to r: Mable Montague who is the Inservice Education Instructor, Caren Bradford, Diane Hansen and Maxine Carter. Back: Julie Daley, Dorothy Warren, Patricia Gasser, Jane Ashworth and Patricia Thomas. took place A lovely family on F riday, Dec. 5 to honor Mrs. Reuben (Marinda ) Carter on her birthday when and two her daughters, daughters-in-la- w granddaughters-in-lagathered at the home of Mrs. Mac (Gay) Carter at Provo for a birthday party. Those going from here were Mrs. Marinda Carter, Mrs. Rowene Knapp and Mrs. Jerri Carter. Others present, Mrs. Jeanine Carter, Mrs. Iona Spainhower and Mrs. Jan Knapp from Payson; Mrs. Kathy Caras, Benjamin; Mrs. Verna Taylor from Salem; Mrs. Ranee Knapp, Lehi; Mrs. Fonnie Carter from Salt Lake and Mrs. Gay Carter. They enjoyed a delicious dinner and visiting together. Mrs. Taylor made a beautifully decorated birthday cake for the occasion. They each extended birthday greetings to Mrs. Carter and she received-some lovely birthday gifts. Best wishes were extended to Mrs. Rowene Knapp whose birthday is Dec. 2 and to Mrs. Jeanine Carter whose birthday will be on Dec. 26. 20 including nine preschool children spent a pleasant afternoon together. . day leave. Mrs. Peay went to Pleasant Grove to see them and brought her grandson, Daryl Friant home with her. She took care of him for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Friant visited with her parents, the Gilbert Peays. Mrs. Cecil S. Peery was a guest for dinner at the home of her son, Merrinand Iona Spainhower on Saturday. Later in the afternoon she went with her son and family to Bountiful where they visited at the home of Mrs. Peerys son, Mr. and Mrs. L. Don Spainhower and family. Enroute to Bountiful they called in at the home of relatives there. Mr. and Mrs. Karl Ashton are very happy over the birth of a baby boy born early Saturday morning Dec. 13, at the The new baby Payson City Hospital. at ten in pounds, three ounces. weighed He has five sisters and one brother who greeted him when he arrived home with his mother. Proud grandparents of a new grandson are Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ashton of Provo and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gammon. This Week in Genola Phone Mrs. Dorothy Thomas 754-349- 5 Miss Wendy LeBaron from Salt Lake visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wendall LeBaron, last weekend. , Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Thomas, their daughter, LuAnn and Jack Thomas visited in Salt Lake last Wednesday. Mrs. Edna Jones and friend spent Thanksgiving with her daughter, Mrs. LoloNell Peterson, at Manti. Her granddaughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Kay, from Salt Lake took them to Manti. Mr. and Mrs. Wendell LeBaron visited in Salt Lake last Monday. Christmas party was held Dec. 7 by Mr. and Mrs. Myron Christensen at a cafe A in Provo. Santa Claus came after they all had a hot dinner and gave presents to the children. The grown-up- s exchanged gifts. They also played games. Mr. and Mrs. Lue Eklin from Carlin, is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Oberg. Nev. Mrs. Esther Bussey entertained the Friendly Eight Club last Thursday at Curts Cafe in Santaquin. A chicken dinner was served and cards were played with prizes going to Mrs. Dorothy Thomas, high; Mrs. Evelyn Larson, draw; and Mrs. Delida Christensen, low. Also present were Mrs. Lillie Burraston, Mrs. Delia White, Mrs. Nellie Finch and Mrs. Eva Cook. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Oberg attended Appaloosa horse show where Mr. Oberg came in first place and received a champion saddle. They also attended the banquet Saturday evening. the Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Thomas, Morris Smith and Jack Thomas attended a session at the Manti Temple Friday evening. ' Mr. and Mrs. Keith Cooper and family from Sandy visited with Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Thomas last weekend. By Thelma Lance Recent graduates of Payson Hospital Nurses Aide Training Class are: (Back row) Julie Daley, Dorothy Warren, Pat Gasser, Jane Ashworth, and. Patricia Thomas; (front row) Mable Montague Education Instructor), Caren Bradford, Diane Hansen, and Maxine Carter. (Not present when picture was taken was Jeryl Dean Peterson.) ROUND by B THEj Dvis Evini It wont be too long now, until the chubby little man in the red suit will be making his annual appearance and I am wondering for him. just how many of us are prepared season the me that holiday to It seems has really sneaked up on us; I know it has on me. I didnt realize just how close it was until he arrived in Payson Friday on the back afternoon, doing calesfhenics of the fire engine. Boy he must have been in training this last year. He was more seen him, sprightly than I have ever little of girl my I will have to tell you We had Lisas, visit to Santa this year. heard that Santa was to be in a Provo store on Friday. We battled the crowds to see Captain Scotty and then were told that Santa was on the upstairs floor. almost Again, we battled the mobs and had reached Santa, when Lisa slowly dropped out of line, tugging on my coat and wanting to whisper to me. I wondered if she had to make a little visit to the ladies room, but my fears were soon alleviated as she pulled my head down to her and she whispered disgustedly, Theres no use at all in us standing in line, Mom, Ive seen Santa and hes a fake! It wont do me one bit of good to tell him what I want for Christmas, cause he wont be coming to Payson. They have the real Santa coming there and hes supposed to be there today at five oclock. I hadnt really looked at this Santa Clause very closely, so I turned around, and sure enough! He was a fake! He had dark brown hair showing under his white wig and he had no mustache at all! It didnt take us very long to depart so that we could come back to Payson to welcome the REAL . Middle School students observe Book Week. Beck row I to r: Julie Jones, Nellie Jean Elmer, Vicki Mattinson. Front row. Leza Kallbacka, Carolyn Twede. Middle School Events Book Power was the theme for the many colorful posters created by students of Payson Middle School to highlight National Book Week. Since the school has a beauti ful new library this year there has been a new interest and enthusiasm for reading and study. This happened to a fellow named Don The following students were chosen as last year. Even though he had his wife winners in the poster contest and each was had gone the sixty miles to get the toy presented a book for his own library: This training program has been estabNellie Jean Elmer, Carolyn Twede, Julie tractor, bought dinner and got a traffic lished to prepare qualified personnel for ticket they still felt fortunate that they Jones, Leza Kallbacka, and Vicki Mattinassistance to nursing service in case of had gotten the toy their son wanted so son. emergencies or heavy census at the HosNational Childrens Book Week has been badly. Don has always been considered a There similar is program pital. being inclined so he considered the celebrated since 1919 and is an ideal time mechanically school utilized whereby high girls (stufact that the toy needed to be assembled to stimulate a new interest in books and dents) are gaining experience at the hosa very minor item. He enjoyed the festireading. pital in connection with the Health Careers vities of Christmas Eve and just before Program. bedtime decided that he would get the job At the present time there have-bee42 done and hustle off to bed. ladies who have participated in the Nurses -- NEWS OF SERVICEME- NCarefully he removed the parts and Aide Program sponsored under the didirection from box sheets the and began rection of Mrs. Mable Montague, Inservice the task. It developed that he would need Education Instructor. two screwdrivers for the two types of screws, also a hammer, a tifre pump, a wrench and various little odds and ends. required for the honor, therefore the BrigBy the time he made the necessary trips ham Young University hereby confers on to his garage and to the basement and the him the degree of Bachelor of Arts bla, kitchen he still didnt have everything bla, bla,... but counting substitutes he thought he Yes, thats the name on my diploma from could manage. the Y. On my high school diploma it reads It finally was necessary that he move Bud Evans bla, bla, etc. everything out to the garage when the You know I liked the name of Bud when resulting noise and Dons angry tones I was a lad. I wouldnt have traded for began waking the small children who were any other name. I suppose my parents fighting sleep in the bedrooms. liked it too because that was the name Don read and reread the instruction given me that day long ago when I was sheets which sounded as if they had been toted off to church and blessed. translated from the original Japanese to some new type of English language which Ive met horses and dogs who had that Don and his wife hadnt yet learned. it known few a had have Ive name; people Finally deciding to discard the direcas a nick name and a dern few have been and just 7use his brain Don found tions I with it or should say cursed blessed that as is so often the case the folks who with it? manufactured . this particular item had I suppose Id still have retained the found entirely new ways to make and name had I gone into show business. It assemble the parts to this confounded would have been fine on a marque adtoy. Seeing the light on in a neighbors stunt actor a or a man vaudville vertising Dai decided to' see if he could get . home in a circus, but after my first week of some The neighbor in , I a in school realized some""' high teaching a accountant is certified question MM3 Ned Paul Hallett will be at the public one had made a mistake. and a handy man at car mechanics. Don Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, I began my teaching in Murray, Utah. ht is a school teacher (science) and a Illinois for 15 weeks of mechinist mate The smelter was in full swing at the so he thought between A schooling. carpenter time and many tough kids from all types of them they could accomplish something. Mr. Hallett entered the Navy in April families roamed the halls of Murray High It developed that the neighbor needed 1938 and was assigned to the USS Valley and when They found out that a teacher had He spent eight months help just as badly as Don did. He was Forge LPH-- 8. the name of Bud, Im telling you, it was the attempting to get an electric train comoverseas in Vietnam then returned to survival of the fittist. So by my second pleted before dawn. They joined forces his Base at Long Beach, California on with their wives available for leave year there, I began signing my name B. October 16. He was given a Davis Evans, more out of self preservaments. beginning November 27. He is to be at his It was beginning to get very late when tion than any thing else. new Base in Great Lakes by January 2, You know there are some names just they finally solved both problems. Dons to begin his schooling. sort of slip off the tongue so easily... Bud, teenage son came home from a date, took Ned is a son of Elmo and Dorothy Jep-psa look at the problems, went to work and , Butch, Buster, Bub, Mac, etc. for instance Hallett of Santaquin. He' is married I met a feller pn a street in Los Angeles finished the jobs. to the former Carol Orr. They were mara number of years ago. It pays to listen to clerks, I guess. She ried in Bell Gardens, California DecemHave you got a match Bud? he asked. told Don that any child could take care of ber 6. The new Mrs. Hallett is a daughter it in jig time. So, if you have similar No, I havent, said I, but how come of Mrs. Ann Montgomers. When Mr. Hal' you know my name? problems this year find a child to help lett finishes his duty with the U.S. Navy, I dont know your name. I just want to you or as a last resort give it to him in they plan to make their home in Santaquin. the box and exolain that it is a light up my cigarette, Bud, said he. In speaking of names, Bill Shakespeare project. Think of the training it will be for him, too. said that a rose by any other name would gone. w, Mr. and Mrs. Rex Friant and small son, Daryl from El Paso Texas arrived in Utah by plane Thursday morning. They were met at the Salt Lake Airport by members of his family and taken to his fathers home, Wayne Friant at Pleasant Grove. They were called home by the death of his mother, Gladys C. Friant who died Wednesday, Dec. 15. Rex has a ten street - Dear Reader: A feller whom I knew many years ago sent me a gift the other day. It wasnt because of a birthday or Christmas or any particular occasion. It was just because he wanted to send me a gift. This gift was a good bright green tie with little four-leclovers and smoking pipes scattered sporadically over its surface. Ive never had a bright green tie before and Im not sure where I should wear it as it doesnt match my eyes, my hair or too many of my suits or sport coats, but you can bet your boots Ill find a place to wear it. Just because old George Spencer cared enough to send the very best. (I hope a hallmark boy doesnt read this and sue me) Anyway what Im trying to say is: Thank God for all the George Spencers Ive met in my life. By that gift he was telling me something; he was stirring up a few memories of the years we taught in the same building and never met without a jovial greeting. If we couldnt find anything else to laugh about we swapped ties. I cant remember who got the worst of those deals but the fun we had swapping was the real value received. A small package arrived in the mail only a few months after George left this area and in it was a small dilapidated bow tie that I had traded to him a year before. A message accompanying the tie stated that in his packing to relocate he ran across the tie and thought Id like to have it back. Old George is the type of feller who goes out of his way a little to make someone somewhere feel a little better even if its only for a moment. Messages such as he sends make a feller smile through his tears. You know when a guy like me has enough friends like George, life becomes a rewarding experience every day he lives. This column isn't dedicated to George Spencer. Its dedicated to all the Georges They carry a ray of suneverywhere. shine where ever theygoandthey make the dark corners of this world a little brighter. You knotf there are some people, and Im glad theyre in the minority, who tug a wet blanket along with them to smother any gaiety that may be smoldering somewhere. If life should end today for me, its all been worth while just because of the many Georges Ive met along the way. Someone wrote the following bit of poetry; I wish Id have written it but someone keeps beating me to the production of the nice bits of literature. I want to go out with my head erect I want to deserve all mens respect; But here in the struggle for fame and pelf, I want to be able to like myself. I dont want to look at myself and know That Im all bluster and bluff and empty af show. can never hide myself from me; see what others may never see. I know what others may never know, I never can fool myself and so, Whatever happens, I want to be and conscience free. And then theres this one that you may have heard before, but it will do no harm to read it again. I I ng BONES Bones in the body are 200 or more, for sorting out people we need only four: WISHBONES.. .They hope for, they long for, they wish for and sigh, they want things but arent willing to try. FUNNYBONES...They laugh, grin and giggle and twinkle the eye; if work were a joke, theyd give it a try. JAWBONES...They scold, jaw and sputter: they froth, rave and cry; theyre endless on talk, but theyre short on the try. BACKBONES...They strike from the shoulder, they never say die; theyre winners in life for they know how to try. but WHICH ONE ARE YOU? WHICH ONE AM WE SHOULD FIND OUT, WED LIKELY BOTH CRY! Well good night you Georgie wherever you are. I? IF Whereas Bud Davis Evans has completed the prescribed course of instruction Ned Hallett self-taug- , 30-d- ay on Draft era emotions I suppose when your smell as sweet. dealing with flowers thats true, but with people its not the same. Shakespears sorta like Tiny Tim. When he comes right down to giving one the answer, he goes tip toeing off through the tulips. Well I suppose its about time to announce my subject for today, The Importance of a Name. I believe that in the choosing of a name, parents should look far into the future and consider where the tiny baby may have to carry that name asanadult. Willy, Junior, Bobby, etc. are cute while a little feller is trailing his daddy around the house and yard, but can you imagine President David 0. McKay who is nearing his century mark, being called Junior or can you imagine a Willy Nixon being President of the United States? (Although I couldnt imagine a feller by the name of Spiro being Vice President, but he is) A few years ago a lady asked me to bless her child; the combination of the name she wanted the child to have and the last name, made it an American slang term (Dern Strange). I wanted to plead with that mother to reconsider, but the sacrament meeting was well under way before I realized I was an accomplice to a crime and there was no turning back. When I began naming my own boys, I went to the best source of all for the choosing of names, The Holy Bible. They may not be the most beautiful names in the world, but those boys will not have to continually answer the question: How come your parents named you that? And they wont have to coin answers such as: My father had a good horse one time of which he was particularly fond and that horses name was Bud, therefore he gave the name to me. Ill not comment about giving girls names to boys as Shirley, Bonnie, etc. Those boys have enough trouble as it is! Well, good night, Dear Reader, and to all you prospective moms and dads, please consider the message of my Round the Town. The world has plenty of problems for our kids to face without having to justify the name you hang on him. Aunt Beth has all of her house cleaning done ahead of the Christmas holidays this year with time to spare and Im sure that her mother would be proud of her if she were still alive. During Aunt Beths early days of marriage she was somehwat of a trial to her dear immaculate mother. Her mother had been brought up to believe that if you didnt take every stick of furniture and every carpet and drape and curtain from your house and get it thoroughly clean before placing it back in equally clean rooms you were just not doing your duty. She used to get nervous in late September if Beth hadnt started on her fall cleaning and if it went into October she began dropping hints and giving offers to help her. Beth could never see the wisdom in doing it that soon and then doing it practically over again for Thanksgiving so she sometimes did it after the snow was flying and it may have been her methods which helped change housecleaning procedures. When bad weather preceded her cleaning Beth would just move the furniture around to other rooms so that she had room to clean the rugs and walls and woodwork etc. and they always looked and smelled clean and sparkling even though the items in the room had not been aired according to her mothers specifications. It wasnt that Aunt Beth was or is now lazy it was just that all of her life she has had other things she would RATHER do than constant cleaning. She isnt the kind that can stand anything actually dirty, but she found out early in her marriage that the combination of living on a farm and raising eight children were not a good combination for a woman who had to have everything absolutely spotless all the time. Then too she has always felt that her church work, her community services such as PTA and service clubs took priority on her time. She knew that her mother had been dedicated to one main thing in her She also knew that any other mode of life would have been wrong for her mother but she realized that SHE had to have other ways to expend her rk. For the past two decades, men have grown up in a Utahs ' n Santa! I wondered, then, how many of us ever stop to think how much time and effort is put into this visit and its success. It is truly one of the most magical times of the year for our youngsters and some- -, times, I think that the grownups look forward to it, too! It makes you have a nice, warm feeling to know that in these times of great unrest, that there are still people who care enough about others, to give of themselves during the Holiday season. Thanks a lot, Santa, whoever you are and many thanks to the many ladies who annually prepare these little bags of goodies for the children to enjoy. I havent had time yet to visit the stores and become acquainted with the lines of merchandise that they have acquired, but you can bet that the managers of the stores have spent considerable amount of time in trying to secure the mostest for the leastest, if thats at all possible. I noticed that the Chase Lumber Co. had a bill out last week that had a lot of good buys for adults and some lovelygifts for the children, too. Forseys always strive to get a fairyland of toys to delight and gladden the hearts at Christmastime. Christensens is another place that is for really good merchandise for the money. All the drugstores in Payson now carry an unbelieveable array of gifts; they are a far cry from the old time drug stores that you only visited when you or some member of your family was ill. Even the grocery stores now carry a variety of things that could be given with pride at Christmas. All in all, I am sure that you will find almost everything your heart could desire right here at home in Payson. At least, give it a try. P.S. How do you like the groovy new additions to Wilsons Style Shoppe and Christensens Department Store. If you ;t i 't h ! K i u well-kno- Ht 1 ) dont know what I mean, why dont you trot right down there and take a look. young Draft Era. Emotions have ranged from insecurity to anticipation results from increased enlistments to the burning of draft cards. Television cameras will take a look at the new lottery system Dec. 20, with a panel of guests which will include the state Director of the Selective Service, a chairman of the Utah Draft Board, and a Salt Lake City attorney. Ideas and fads offered by the panelists will give you the answers you have been seeking. For any further information please contact your local Selective Service Board. energy. Some years Aunt Beth did get into difficulties with her housecleaning because she was busy with lessons, carnivals for PTA or such things when she should have been at home working, but a few years ago she hit upon a perfect scheme for her purposes. Beth has a lot of pride and she knew that she could never entertain guests in a house that wasnt looking its best so she decided that each Thanksgiving she would invite her eight children and their families to dinner. This meant that her fall cleaning HAD to be done by Thanksgiving day. It also meant that her house would look pretty bad the day after that so she had another good idea. She always did her entertaining of clubs and groups and couples at this time o that she had to get her house in entertaining order again. But to just be sure that everything would be perfect for the Christmas holidays she always invites her Aunt Matilda (her sisters mother) to visit with her this time of the year. Aunt Matilda is the spit and polish image of her sister and would notice xeven the barest trace of dust, fingermarks, etc. so Beth does her cleaning pretending that Matilda is glancing over her shoulder as she cleans. Its quite an inducement to do everything extra extra good and it works fine. I have an extra fussy aunt, guess Id better invite her over soon so that I can get my cleaning done before the holidays. 1 .7 969 Christmas I Seal campaign The 1939 Christmas Seal campaign during its first month is progressing very well, according to campaign chairman Royden G. Derrick. Through Thanksgiving we have raised $26,64 2.88, which is slightly over half our total of $52,000 which was brought induring our record-settin- g campaign of 1968, said Derrick. We are pleased with the response during the first month and hope contributions will continue to come in during December so we can reach our goal for this campaign, which is a ten per cent increase over last year, stated the Utah campaign chairman. Money raised through the sale of Christmas Seals traditionally is used in the continuing battle to curb the deadly effects of tuberculosis, emphysema, other respiratory diseases and air pollution. Ninety-tper cent of the funds raised stays in the state to support local programs. While much progress has been made in the early detection and eradication of TB germs other followup tests are necessary to confirm these findings and pills called izoniazid can be taken before active disease has a chance to develop. If results are negative -- - no TB germs tests should be repeated at present the next annual checkup. Anyone can pick up a tuberculosis infection at anytime; just by breating in germs. But daily doses of izoniazid (a drug discovered after years of research through monies contributed ,in Christmas Seal campaigns), taken for months, can handle the infection. For further information about tuberculin tests and TB, contact the Utah Tuberculosis and Health Association. Its a matter of life., .and breath. U It h hree , ft |