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Show Hatchco Raises Flag tion. They were not a group of rabble-rousers, they were men who had security (doctors, lawyers, farmers, etc.) and they chose to defend liberty. As a result some were tortured, tor-tured, some lost sons in the war, some were ruined financially, finan-cially, and others lost entire families, but all continued with a firm reliance on the divine providence. In time laws were passed to protect the freedom they loved so much. IN CONCLUSION Mr. De-Mann De-Mann said that people have always al-ways felt there is too many weaknesses in the system of American government but it is not the government, but the weakness of some of the people. peo-ple. The future is in our hands. We must be willing to sacrifice, sacri-fice, work hard, exercise humility and have faith in ourselves and others and in our God. JACK F. DeMANN their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to guarantee a free na- In spite of thunder, lightning, light-ning, rain and electrical flashes from transformer failure, the Hatchco Company held its sixth yearly flag raising ceremony cere-mony the morning of July 2. The spacious lawn of the former for-mer Hatch home was the scene of the patriotic exercise. THE MORNING'S program was conducted by Alvin Lang. He reminded the audience that the flag pole had been installed in 1976 honoring the Bicentennial Bicenten-nial of the signing of the Declaration De-claration of Independence. The Pledge of Allegiance and the raising of the flag were under the direction of Phil McCauslin, Woods Cross terminal ter-minal manager. Scouts Mike Besselievre and Jim Dyer assisted. The National Anthem was played in the background. MAIN SPEAKER Jack De-Mann, De-Mann, assistant general manager mana-ger of Hercules, keynoted the feelings of the group with the words that freedom is not free. However, the harder the conflict, con-flict, the more glorious the victory. vic-tory. He reported that in his travels and talks with the people peo-ple in Utah and other states have shown that they are in favor of the MX missile system but they don't want it in their backyard. They don't want to be close to it. For some 20 years our country coun-try has been working on the missile program. Many have come to the conclusion that we do need to maintain the strength of the U.S. to deter an aggressor. Nuclear war is not pleasant but the risk to the people peo-ple is greater if our country does not remain strong. As Thomas Paine said in 1776, "These are the times which try men's souls." AT THAT time (205 years ago) some 56 men pledged |