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Show THE . Saturday, July 10, 19438 SEAGULL Page 8. DEPOT GIRL CHRISTENS “OGDEN” Second Round Of Baseball Starts —Photo courtesy Mayor Harmon W. Peery Pioneer Days Queen sponsorsfrigate “OGDEN” at Wilmington Margaret Shelton Enjoyed Trip Our photogenic Miss Margaret Shelton, of Public Works, has had her splash of public life in California and is preparing for Ogden’s annual fiesta on July 225.23; 24; _ She had a very interesting They were met by Consolidated Steel Corporation’s car and taken to the beautiful TOWN HOUSE where they stayed during their visit. Several excursions were arranged for them; a trip to Laguna beach and dinner at the famed Victor Hugo Inn, Malibu beach, shopping tours of Los Angeles’ smart shcppes. Miss Shelton left Sunday night for home and was back at her desk Tuesday morning. Margaret says that the liquid in the bottle she cracked against the tively, acted as Miss Shelton’s bow of the ‘‘Ogden’’ was sure chaperons. "nuff champagne. time during her five-day stay in Scuthern California. Mrs. Harmon W. Peery and Mrs. Ella Ballantyne, wife of Ogden’s mayor and city recorder, respec- ]|end of the canyon lies Echo, a small straggling railroad town which played a much greater part in the past that it does at By Lucile L. Richens present. It was near here that The ‘‘Sir Isaac Waltons’’ work- the Weber Stage Coach Station ing at this depot are getting that was established in 1853 to supply traveler’s needs and fresh wild light in their eyes. Some- horses for the stage coach. thing must be done to partially Early Dead Men satisfy their desires on their A group of Shoshoni, who lived days off, or we may have a long list of A W OL’s. Birds of this near, often gave the occupants sort must be handled with kid of the stage coach the scare of gloves during this season and their lives by descending on the Victory Vacations the way must be gently pointed out to them whereby they may obtain the maximum enjoyment (and fish) in the least possible time. To do this, intelligent planning is necessary. Consequently, this column will be devoted to suggesting why, when, and where to go to recuperate from the strain of a war job. Utah has a relatively long fishing season, cpening as early as May ist, in some streams and closing as late in Oct. in others. State fish and game laws are printed on fishing licenses and signs along various streams and lakes give information as_ to when that particular spot is open. Weber Popular From its canals, which water the land surrounding this depot, to its headwaters a few miles from the Wyomingline, the Weber River is one of the most fished-in streams in Utah. Fishing improves toward the headwaters and the largest fish recorded as having been taken from a Utah stream was a Ger- man brown trout from the Weber River. Other fish are na- tive cut-throats and rainbows. permitted, tion. nor anything that constitutes informa- military Dear Editor, istration and the other emMany of the: fellows in the ployees know what we are gang I work with would like to thinking and what we would work from 8:00 a. m. to 4:30 like7z p. m. during the summer —An Employee months. I suggested this to my representative on the Employees Association Committee who told Dear Editor, me that they would ask the administration if there was any- “V’ll drink my whiskey when thing in the law, transportation e’er I can agreements, or policy of the depot to prevent a change of hours, I drink it from an old tin can.” —Anon and if there was nothing to prevent a change that the associaThese lines were probably tion would offer to conduct a written about a rough and tough straw vote to see if a majority fellow used to the rigors of life of the workers would like a —and who failed to let a rusty Games are played every Tueschange in hours. tin can mar his pleasures. day night at John Affleck park and on Sundaysthey play double Now that there is no employe But what about us of the gengroup on the depot, how can the tler sex, born with, at least, a headers. desires of the employes on mat- silver-plated spoon in_ our There are three fifteen-game ters of this kind be brought to mouth? Couldn’t the cafeteria series in the season’s schedule. the attention of the administraThe winner will play off for the tion? Will you run a permanent help us keep it there? championship of the division and letters to the editor department T’ll eat my soup every noon will probably play some picked or set up a question box or sug- But, Oh Lord, not with a rusty speon! team to wind up the season. gestion box of some kind in or—Hihat Hattie Anyone wishing to play ball der that we maylet the adminmay report to Gunner Hopper Thursday evenings at 5 p. m., Marine barracks. Second leg of the Ogden Service league got under way last Sunday with NSD winning one and dropping one in a doubleheader at John Affleck park in Ogden. There are still nine games remaining in this series. The boys say they would like more support from NSD people. Let’s get the baseball fans together and give the team a plug. Season tickets for the remaining games are on sale at the Canteen and at the information desk in the Administration building for $1. LIKES DRIVING Around The Depot | VOX POPULI By News Hound Mr. Spargur, having accidentQuestion du jour: Do you ally dropped and broken his think the husband should get up store teeth is on a soup diet this before breakfast? week while they are being reMrs. Nola Sargent, Ogden, inpaired. Mr. Spargur likes soup but he contends that you just terviewed in D-10 has VERY defhave to have your uppers to say inite opinions on koe this subject. “TI think that when (D-10 calling clothing and the wife is worksmall stores). ing coach with feathers flying, fill- morning?”’ (meaning of course, a carload of the stuff). Storekeeper: “Why man, aren’t you getting just a little too personal?”’ teepees to await the arrival of other stage coaches. In 1868, during the construction of the railroad, tent saloons, gambling establishments, and_ brothels sprung up to fleece the Irish railroad workers. Men cften disappeared over night. It was suspected that one such tent covered a trap door through which refuse and dead men were dumped. After the railroad moved westward, the town Mr. Warr, storekeeper has a man should share and share alike ithe housework, gardening shopping and fixing- ‘‘Good morning! Did you get your underwear switched this ing the air with war whoops, after which they returned to their up,’ *She she says. admitted, the woman , however, should work. perhaps do the that needle been passing out cigars. He is Mr. Homer Bodily wholives in the proud father of a potential Clearfield is married and has male storekeeper for the Depot. five children. He: agrees with Mrs. | Sargent that FIGHTING NEWS quieted, and hcrrified Mormons when Pfe. Rulon D. Hillman, son of Mrs. Pearl Hillman, will be graduated from Aerial Gunnery recovered seven unidentified bodies from that one hole. The eld Weber Stage Coach Station survived long enough to become a filling station, but it was razed in 1931. Myron D. Whitesides, affable driver, fought like a cornered tiger when we tried to photograph him. However, once subdued, he: consented to talk it over. Myron lives in Layton with his wife and their four children. Some of the tougher details Mr. Whitesides has to handle are driving nurses, WAVES ‘em yu’ have t’ be smarter ’n and SPARS around once in a the fish.’’ while, and touring the candid caremaman and the editor the depot. Usually, Mrs. Winifred Harmston, of around the Follow-Up Section, is leav- though, he makes trips to Salt Bodily, eryone Ann Smith, the aviation ex- Inspection Report and Ogden in a station as ev pot and potter: around the coke Section, states that her husband, Richard E. Smith, has just been machines. Class thought When the subject was brought promoted to Petty Officer First up to Mrs. Coleen Hopkins we in the Sea-Bees, some- where on the Atlantic. she was going to ex- plode. ‘‘Why, no man should be permitted to get away with Terrie Talberg’s brother writes that he has entered Officer’s Training School in the armored force division at Fort Knox, breakfast in bed Kentucky. tered. Mr. Blaine Fisher of Section wagon and large trucks. Re- One has responded to the call cently he moved from Pocatello for military duty. His girls gave a party for him before heleft. and settled near his work. Lake wife: homework. Mr... July 15. pert of the aé_e works the hu band should d his half of the: school in Santa Monica, Calif., Mr. Whitesides Farther east along the river are the towns of Peterson, Morgan, and Henefer, none of which suffered the notoriety of Echo. Accommodations become better away from the defense zone, and although there are plenty of fish in the stream, there is a great deal of truth in the statement of one old-timer that ‘‘To catch Following upstream from Hill Field, the river emerges from Weber Canyon, which also con- ing, July 15th, with her baby tains a difficult stretch of the daughter, to join her husband, Union Pacific Railroad and a who is in the armed forces in medern highway. At the eastern California. NOTE: If you have a moan on your mind, or a better way to do something, or wish to commend something or somebody (rare) write us a letter aboutit. Limit, 75 words. Slander not wife working or not,’’ she splut- ‘‘I’d like to see MY hus- band try it!’’ In the interest of the camera’s safety, the in- _terview ended. |