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Show i" Sympathy: VWT NAM AND OUR BOYS Do people here fcally know what our boya in the Armed Force have to go thioughgnd the kind of Uvea they live in that far off land 12,000 piles awayf Its called Viet Nam, it a land of riee paddies and jungle, a land of strange contrasty eerie beauty and sudden death. Its a land of the moat modem machine of war and the tiredness of young men who must fight, who must age-olthe high ground, seek out the enemy, destroy "take still, his shelter, take him .aptive and then we care for his women and children. Please don't look for a single explanation of Viet Nam. All we know is that the Big Brass seems to be almost as confused as the rest of us. Many people can't yet point the country of Viet Nam out on a map, can't guess the number of weekly casualties there, cant figure out who tbttourmy is and cant understand what its all about, except they guess freedom is involved. We the people in this free land of America worry about living with a possible tax increase, high officials worry about living with a world opinion, the G.I. over there worries only about living. lie would give a months pay for a sound sleep, and ten years of his life for a night at Home. Moreover, he is usually a very young American citixen in a hell of a fix. The average age of the combat G. I. in many units in Viet Nam is 18V& years. But what a man he is! tousled-haireA fellow who under normal circumstances, would be considered by not yet dry behind the ears, iaIMn half-bo0Ce.ai a pain in the unemployment chart. But here and now, he is the beardless hope of free man. He is for the most part unmarried and without material possessions except for possibly an old car at home and a transistor radio with him. He till has trouble spelling, and writing letters home is a painful process. But he caii break down a rifle in 130 seconds and put it back together in 29 seconds. He can tell all about the grenade, explain how a machine gun operates, and of course use either if the need arises. He can also dig foxholes, apply professional first-ai- d to a wounded companion, march until he is told to stop, or stop until he is told to march. He obeys now, without hesitation. But he is not broken.. lie has seen more suffering than he should have in his short life. He has stood among hills of bodies and he has helped to construct those hills. He has wept in private and in public, and he has not been ashamed either place, because his pals have fallen in battle and he has come dose to joining He can do the work of two civilians, draw half the pay of one and find ironic humor in it all He has learned to uso fils hands as a weapon and his weapon as his hands ,d 8 ha,f THr oltl What a man he is 10,000 G. I. a have given their lives in Viet Nam since the war started. Already some of our own have been wounded. One of our boys while out on 3 for patrol days came back to his camp, the Viet Cong had lurched the camp, the tent when, the boy had slept was blown up, nothing left , wm pink-cheeke- d, d, tight-muscle- d y, bon-mot- makes no mention of the man who first put a terse little witticism down on paper and created what has become known as "daffynltlon. But since that first one, they have sprouted faster than rabbits and today they're a commonly accepted pert of our American humor. Probably the popularity sterna from a dislike of the guy who monopolises half an evening relating Just one of those lengthy stories that falls flat on Its face at the punch line. More likely, though, It's Just-tha- t Americana like to be amused by something tricky and History Like . . ft? in Virt .Van tootle, the f Hi' state of mind U caused by the next door neighbor buying a new car. And summer Is the time of a: the daffynltlon for a recklcif driver. Hes a guy who passes you on the highway In spite of everything you can do. Oor the daffynltltn of an accordionist: A person who plays both ends against the middle. - A bargain Is said to be something you cannot use at a price you cannot resist. And a diet Is something to take the starch out of you. An old timer Is said to be a who remembers , when person Salt and pepper shaken looked Ilka salt and pepper shakers. Tls said a husband Is a male who, after seeing the kind of men most women marry realises how lucky his wife is. And fishing Is described as a Jerk at one end of the lino waiting for a Jerk at the other end. The daffynltlon for a gentleman Is a man who holds the door open for hla wife while she carries In a load of groceries. And an adult la a person who hss stopped growing, except In the middle. A tourist la a man In sport These arc the men you rememlwr, not the the clothes with a head cold. Or a danger, not the mortars, the bullets, the booby trapl' thb fellow with one arm that's 1 unji traps, the heat, the leeches o? the mosquitoes, not the whits and one that's sunburned. h A successful man la one who Thw men that's what 1(rll,,c stays with you. can nuke more Not that they re such money than hla special men, theyro every kind of guv can spend. wife ' pUco ,rom North Carolina to mU0h t0 KOmo of in civilian , CmerC1,1t life . Which leads the females to reply that a successful woman la one who can find such a man. Poverty the year when the highway authorities close the regular roads and open up the detours. Which leads us to a race track: A place where windows dean people. How about a TV announcer? Hes a man who tries to get the commercial In before a listener can change stations. ' And that relates, oddly enough, to the daffjmitlon few r: a A gin you hire to wateh your television set A light bulb Is said to bo the only thing that can go out every night and still be bright the next day. A bridegroom is a fellow who pends a lot of money on a suit nobody notices. A matching pair of daffynl-tloare theee: A pessimist is a female who's afraid she wont be able to iqueeie her car Into a very small parking apace. An optimist I a male who thinks she wont try Girls: What It takes to separate the men from the boys. Antique: Something nobody would want If there were more of them! Divorce: A splitting headache. Bigamist: A man who has no closet space in two framer. Child: A creature who atands halfway between an adult and a TV set Articulate: Describing an accordion without using your ns hands. Some wit Is girl Legion Notes Birthday COALVILLE baby-sitte- . one starta having a good time. Modesty: The fear that others might discover how wonderful you are. Hobby: An Interesting occupation that would be hard work If you had to do it! City slicker: A min who thinks the population Is 'dense in a small town! Committee: A group that keepa wastes minutes and hours. Giraffe: A hone put together by s committee. Doctor: The only person you meet who doesn't have a surefire cure for a common cold.. And one for the load: nonchalance la the ability to look like an owj after youve acted like an ass! d Most any time Im tilled up for time and the empty hour Is taken up trylnx to aoothe Injured feelings or trying to explain why I cant chat until Friday, X can grab the Murrey whole colyum Eagle and steal from Jim CoAiwelL Which la Just exactly what Ive done this week. Jim makee the moat beautiful collections of What gives another In exchange for details. Bachelor: A guy who doesn't have to leave a party when he has said a vacation hat summer when that time you exchanged good dollars for bad quarten. Policeman: The only guy who's paid to go around pinching people in .the wrong (daces. Diet: The penalty we pay for exceeding the feed limit. Success. The ability to get along with some people and head of others. . Another definition for a pessimist: A man who financed a v. optimist' Money: Something you should save in cast It becomes valuable again. '' ' The American Legion Aux entertained the Legion Post No 93 at a birthday party at theii new Legion Hall (Old School House, Echo, Utah.) Saturday evening April X, 1967. A roast beef dinner was d by the Koxy Cafe. A birthday cake was presented to the Legion and served with icf cream as part of the dinner. Unit President Genevieve Geary, welcomed the specie guests and the Legion and Auxiliary members. Opening prayri was given by Eugne Brooks. President Ooary Introducer Commander Wheadon, who in turn Introduced the other special guests: Mrs Clark Bonner, of Salt Lake City, who gave u wonderful talk on the value of Legion and Auxiliary member ship; Mrs Vivian Spiers, Presl-leof District 3, who told ol the organisation of the Legion In 1919 In Paris, France und stressed the value of membercut-ere- nt ship. Mr Robert A. Williams, commander of District 3 was the next guest speaker and told of the value of membership and the need to keep America . strong. Curing the dlnnor a combo group from North Summit high school ' entertained. This musical group comprises boys from tho following families, Geary, Bowen, Siddoway and Sargent A novelty dance number was given by Mias Oeary and Mia Vernon. A total of sixty five members and guests attended th affair. The Legion member are happy to be In their own quarters and voted It a splendid birthday with several officers was driving tractors have cabs on thm. The of us In ease we needed day hss been windy and over cast but In an enclosed outfit any help. It should not bother them much. It was 78 degrees at North Three young high school sen Orand Most of the surplus hay at bus Platte. the boarded Sava lors lssnd. They had enlisted In the has been used there and Is leu to Oma- hay In the fields by far, than at Navy and were coming their physical exams. any time I've been through In for ha Glen Thurston attended a a tremendous difference the last 34 years. hone sale In Iowa of 350 draft What we The fall grain around CheyIn the type of young men hones last Friday and ISO sadenne b Sidney is covered with America. In have dle horses on Saturday. cattle. It dosen't seem to hurt Glen U a director of the are In the fields to pasture it this time of year. farmera The Clydesdale Breeden Association. h-- r. and nearly half of fig. The following la hla account of hla trip to the midwest. Everyone should take trip by car train or bus serosa this great country - of oun more often. Every time X make this trip I wonder how my pioneer ancestors felt leaving a land as fertile and productive this, for what they found In Utah. A small town called Agency, In the central part of Iowa received it's name because the Mormons had a trading farm there. One big area was planted In com, another wheat, and another oats. As each party arrived at Agency they wen expected to work In the crops for supplies they might need, to take with them. Then horses and cattle were traded for fresh ones and a few days rest were always welcome I'm sun. ' I have never heard of this p ace from anyone except the town natives, so perhaps Its Just Our shd GLEN Try our Sunday Special u O vV a story but at least it Is very possible and two different practice have told me the same story. On the bus an three young men from Iowa, who had been recruited for the Job Corp at Clearfield, After two weeks they had asked to be released, and sent home at least that la the story they tell. They claim that the man who recruited them painted a much different plctun than what they experienced at the base. Along with a couple of other young men they started making a disturbance on the bus In Wyoming. All day long on Sunday, Long Distance rates are at their lowest. No need to wait till evening. n call can dial a anywhere in the country (except Alaska and Hawaii), and the first three minutes will never cost more than a dollar. You , The driver had a talk with them at one stop but they didn't pay much attention to him, A little later on an elderly gentleman went back and then the) quieted down. The older man told me this morning that the driver had called for help, and a police ear station-to-statio- a Why not take advantage of our Sunday Special rates, and make this a very special Sunday for someone somewhere else? ' RETURN HOME ' COALVILLE Mr and Mr Frank Reese have returned home after spending the winter In Arlsona. Mountain States Telephone Prty. TAKE ADVANTAGE of our ,,aVR i, W,,i,u -i- they do? It a true that these are not the nnlv ear. nth. i tMr li, t f -- w Iw n u-i- , Imek i... i'l Site v, maWofrn 1 pounds or letter, Many are said to have had knees ball oor basketball, and many other be right f ' tU. th1 3 "kl i1"-'--1 " 200 foot '.'Ph of games. Can this 1 i better then Twin Atkinson MARION Mr and Mrs Elmer Olsen had a very enjoyable Easter dinner with their family. Those present were: Mr end Mrs Elgin Louder and family of Orem: Mr and Mrs Bill Roath and family of Oranger; Mr and Mix Eugene I Yak) Roath and family of Mr and Mrs Kent Hoytsville: Vernon, Hoytsville. They had a very nice day of visiting and reminiscing. Yak and Louise came and took Elmer and Mae to Heber with them Tuesday and when they returned they had dinner at the home of Elmer and Mae. Milton Weller son of Mr and Mrs Jared Weller and Ronnie Winegar son of Mr and Mrs Ron Winegar were very happy upon receiving their Bear Award and one year Service Stars at the Cub Scout Pack meeting In Marion. Xleene Peterson received word from her parents Wilford and Lois Lewis that they would be home sometime this week, probably Tuesday. They have been spending the winter' In St. Oeorge, Utah, Wilford and Lola left In January and have been enjoying their stay. j . Funeral Rites KAMA& Funeral Services tot Elmo W. Twin) Atkinson, were held Thursday March 30. 1967 In the Kamas LDS Ward Chapel, conducted by Bishop Rex Walker. The family prayer was offered by Nub Wilde; prelude and postludc music, Ilenc Bailey and Diane Lewis; Invocation, He Russell; the Cnrpenter sisters, Lorna Butler, Lydia Carpenter, Clea Hughes and Jean McNeil sang Oods other Room''; speaker, Dour Simpson; song, by Tom and Elisabeth Lefler accompanied by their son Milo Lefler on the violin, In The Garden'; speaker. Richard V. Good worth; sons, Merla Atkinson accompanied by Done Bailey, The Lords Prayer1, Closing prayer, Demont Lott, Buriai was . In the Francis cemetery. Dedication nf the grave was by Glen Lewis. Pallbearers; Oeorge Lewis, Dean Richardson, Lloyd Carpenter, Barton Wilde, Harold Butler, and Tommy Thompson. Flowers were under the direction of Marie McCormick Woolstenhulme and Madeline Pltsgerald. on New Cars and Trucks Several Extra Clean Used Cars and Trucks . . . 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