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Show RCULAT1N9 Volume XII, No. 12 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH fcfl , Qc fkano Womens Corner Christmas Time Heap on more wood! - - the wind is chill; But let it whistle as it will, by Barbara Whitbeck While 1966 draws to a close the year has been a busy and productive one for all of us. The year ahead will offer many challenges to our way of life that will demand unity and continued effort by Farm Bureau and the Farm Bureau Womens Committee. Many notable achievements are down for 1966 including two unusual ones. During our workshop in the Spring we entertained a lovely guest from Australia. And in the past few weeks we had the privilege of entertaining two lovely and charming ladies from Mexico. Mrs. Lygia Adalberto deSalmon and Mrs. Alicia deValdes of Tor-reo- n, Coahuila, Mexico, represented a Mexican form womens organization and were in the United States as guests of the American Farm Bureau Womens Committee. Our state was one of six chosen for the tour. Mrs. Salmon, who has nine children and Mrs. Valdes, who has two children, were very interested in our area. We tried to have them see as much as possible while they were here. Their tour included Temple Square, some local forms including the Fascio poultry farms the Brighton ski resort, the Great Salt Lake, the Kennecott Copper mine and a tour of the Farm Bureau Office. That; evening we held a dinner in our home with eighteen local Farm Bureau people. All were captivated with the ladles description of their native land. The' ladies were presented with corsages and souvenirs of the copper mine. Mrs. Van Ness Wallentine of Logan, was reelected the Western Regional Director for the American Farm Bureau Federation Womens Committee, at the convention in Las Vegas. By the way there has never before been a more active group than at the voting delegate session where we mapped out the Program of Work. The women were really thinking about problems that face us all across the country. Our interests are the same and we must work hard and understand and implement our Farm Bureau philosophy. The state committee will also be working hard at the multi-sta- te workshop in Phoenix February 6 and 7. Utahs voting delegates were Carol Allen and myself. Elder Marion D. Hanks gave a wonderful address at the convention. May I just quote him briefly. "There should be more of us standing against the sagging spirit that talks of a new morality which is in fact nothing but the same old immorality. Live (Continued on page 3) Holiday Issue 1966 . Well keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deemed the year. The fittest time for festal cheer: And well our Christian sires of old Loved when the year its course had rolled, And brought blithe Christmas back again With all his hospitable train. Domestic and Religious rite new-bo- rn deV AIDES, left, and Mrs. Lygia Adalberto deSalmon, extreme right, from Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico, visited Utah as guests of the American Farm Bureau Women's Committee. They arrived in the United States on November 25 and visited several state Farm Bureaus before attending the AFBF convention in Las Vegas. Also shown are Barbara Whitbeck, next to Mrs. Valdes and Mrs. Calvin Smith of Bennion, center. MRS. ALICIA Gave honor to the holy night: On Christmas eve the bells were rung; On Christmas eve the mass was sung; That only night, in all the year, Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear. The damsel donned her klrtle green; Forth to the wood did merry-me- n go, To gather in the mistletoe. Then opened wide the barons hall To vassal, tenant, serf, and all; Power laid his rod of rule aside, And Ceremony doffed his pride. The heir, with roses in his shoes, That night might village partner choose; The Lord, undergating, share The vulgar game of "post and pair, All hailed with uncontrolled delight And general voice, the happy night That to the cottage, as the crown Brought tidings of salvation down. The fire, with well -- dried logs supplied, Went roaring up the chimney wide; The huge hall -- tables oaken face. Scrubbed till it shone the day to grace, Bore then upon its massive board No mark to part the squire and Lord. Then was brought in the lusty brawn. By old blue -- coated serving man; Then the grim boars head frowned on high Crested with bays and rosemary. Well can the green-garbe- d ranger tell How, when and where the monster fell; What dogs before his death he tore, And all the baiting of the boar. The wassail round, in good brown bowls, Garnished with ribbons, blithely trowls. There the huge sirloin reeked; hard by stood, and Christmas pie; Nor failed Scotland to produce. At such high tide, her savory goose. Then came the marry maskers in, And carols roared with blithesome din; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. Who lists may in their mumming see Traces of ancient mystery; White skirts supplied the masquerade, And smutted cheeks the visors made: But, O, what maskers richly dight Can boast of bosoms half so light! England was merry England when Old Christmas brought his sports again. (Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale; Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor mans heart through half the year. Sir Walter Scott Plum-porrid- AFBF was WOMEN'S COMMITTEE. Mrs. Van Ness Wallentine, of Logan, second from right, who Western Regional Director of the committee. re-elect- ed MARION D. HANKS, center, of the First Council of Seventy of the Church of Jesus Latter-da- y of Christ Saints, who spoke at the Vesper Services of the AFBF convention in Las left At the is Charles B. Shuman, AFBF President and Mrs. Haven Smith, chairman Vegas. of the AFBF Women's Committee, right. ge ELDER TJ o CD Sc O-- I VI |