Show Bountiful B News dews I nt ran IAN IMAN AX r 80 I Camping out in forest foret comp and und national parks parIs is b com bi-com Ing hug an important summer r in America Recently Recent Recent- ly h magazine d devoted several sev sev- eral ral pages to it inducting in a staggering list t of or paraphernalia nalla nalia considered necessary for comfort om fort a bl e camping amp In g Through Life magazine may mayhaw have haw exaggerated just a It bit unfortunately they r camp a am m r closer to the truth than most of us who camp like to admit It 11 seems the ve simply simpy must drag dral along a certain ertain number of creature comforts when we embrace the great gu-at outdoors for n t few days da sAnd s And so it was as a delightful to 10 see sec M my friends floss Buss and Emma Lou LOll Davis head for fOI the mountains last laM week end nd skI sli il i Ian 1111 IM bag bags or camp slave tOV or ur true truell l i nil ill ll ISM lIt wl l t h hl l iv n time tile must most no t rugged out Not om Ol nit om Omi heir lust lint night O out Il We wo had the lime first good rain storm in m mouths months tells me mener ncr ner two t boys Oj'S got gol under a U picnic pic plc nil ale table tor shelter while their baby und and year car 1111 lei daughter slept till in the till car ear such dad nail sh sit pt pl out onan on Oil rin an old oln m ss matin-ss with only a l couple of ol blankets bet veen bel them and time Ine storm ir 1111 oldest daughter t year old Kathlyn slept cozily in the small trailer Ull d they'd brought along With limit but a single pana pan palm a U big bil skillet they cooked all nil their theil meals menis over a camp fire fin Potatoes and cm cut were e cooked cooked cook cook- ed td by wrapping in 1111 1011 and it e coals Without an m ice c d cm st t they could not nut hi bl bung lug nulls milK It 11 I I but act water water- and nd cantaloupe goon substitutes Meals 1 I admitted were not very ery elaborate ela ela- borate burnle but in the cool coot moun mountain The Till tarn tain air greatly of the whole olra uon 1011 meant less WOI work fin or all ull room mOl I e time tints to enjoy hikes hike inthe in inthe the hl cool mountain forest to explore the sparkling sparl stream Something many ol or us who spend pond hums hours putting up a tent un unpacking great boxes ol or equipment ent sometimes lose sight 0 ol ot Cu Camping I ln has Is an important place in min American All social h life e too I I- For or OJ who can remain r strangers along side a who has pitched their tent not ten feel teet away may Horn irom 5 your our own oven who children nt are soon playing together unconcerned with adult of in introduction iu- iu Under these s e c cUnder cir circumstances cir cir- irs ir- ir S a couple from California or Nebraska IO or Ohio soon becomes so M well acquainted with you ou that you ou hate hate to see SP them 1 pack up I and head for lor their theil next dest dest- mation Its ICs an education no denying it And the mo roost most t mv im- important lesson is hs that this county is surely made up of ofa a lot ot of wonderful people Ill I'll never forget the family who pitched their tent in m the camp site Sill next to k our last month Their Theil two een boys bos were quite helpful in iii in getting gelting the time equipment out o of tile the car and arranged in an nn orderly way about the ground A third bo sat sal m in time the car I II vt waiting rb When till the father un- un I a wheel wheelchair wheelchair wheelchair chair and und l lilted fitted this boy into it 1 realized why he to hadnot had not been busy with the unpacking un un- packing A cerebral palsy he had hud braces on his Ins wasted wasten legs anti and could not hold his head up op right Who could not admire these thes people peo peo- pie pic for bringing him hum along on their trip risking the embarrassment em enn- of the stares oi of the lime curious to give hum him the pleasure ol of a u little travel Later alter dinner thinner the father lifted lilted his crippled son gently into a standing position and encouraged him to take a afew afew I few steps This was teas evidently a nightly routine not to bo be skipped for lack of privacy Returned to his wheel whee wheelchair wheelchair chair the boy watched his father as he walked away His lIis eyes lyes in the grotesquely bent head were very ery bright With a tremendous effort el fort he Ill raised his head and smiled In ht that moment 11 he ho resembled i I i I 1 his father so closely that it itI I WIS heartbreaking Another time lime we made the a acquaintance ol of a very delightful delightful de de- 1 I personally it was at ut ata uta a forest camp in the tile We were nere time tile only campers there there and he is a house cat that had evidently gotten gollon lost from his owners when they'd slopped stopped there lor ftH the night ht months or years before A great gray Tom Toni witTi the clearest green eyes imaginable gin gin- able he had not forgotten his hits house manners Even though his quick quck wa way vay suggested hed he'd been ben in he forest a long Jon tithe lime I He lIe purred when picked up but seemed equally at home i chasing squirrels which he I evidently lived on when nhen not mooching off passing campers camp camp- ers lie Ill seemed pleased to sleep in our tent during luring the two luo nights we vve sa sayed ed there but quite when I lea e A As we packed W we drove off he was bounding along the ground otter alter a il I With such colorful experiences experiences experiences exper exper- as these to look back backon on no wonder n the camp 1 grounds grow more crowded l leach each ear year Mr MI and Mrs 1 Leo Forsberg spent a day last week lek with their fancily family in the high where they fi fished hed and relaxed in the out door air nil Mi Mr and Mrs Howard Arbuckle Arbuckle Ar- Ar buckle and fomil family combined business and rind pleasure for two weeks when they took a trip through a large area orca of oC Idaho More Iere travelers in the community community com com- muni v have been Mr lr and Mis ls I rimer Amer Duncan and ancl family fam Lam il ily Mr r. and ith Mrs l s Dee Moultrie Moultrie Moul- Moul trie and family and Mrs 1 Mar 1 Margarel Margarel garel gord Carlson mother of Mrs Duncan Dunean and Mrs 1 who returned Sunday from a weeks week's vacation in California Officers and numbers of I the council who di di- I recta c I activities es at t the I B Bountiful Bountiful Boun Boun- oun- oun Seminary last year gathered gathered ga ga- Monday evening at the home of Ralph Raph Larsen for a party given in honor of their teacher and advisor Dean Dealt Jarman who was married Thursday to Connie Foust of oC Bountiful The evenings evening's entertainment entertainment en en- m c included cd outdoor games an nn da steak supper Bountiful friends will be interested to 10 hear Inear that Norman Norman Norman Nor Nor- man Fald Faldmo mo Jr has accepted a call caIl to the Australian mission mission mission mis mis- sion and will leave soon from Hawaii where he has hos been with his Ills parents on a work mission for the church Norman Norman Norman Nor Nor- man will represent the Ninth ward ward while he is away Since it is is impossible to honor him with a farewell program are arc making contributions to be mailed to him hinn Potty Patty Eldredge from California California California Cali Cali- fornia has been spending several several sev sev- eral cral weeks in Bountiful with her grandmother Mrs 1 Emily Eldredge Mr and Mrs 1 James Adams and family returned Tuesday evening from 1 Fillmore Utah where whre they had visited with relatives and friends Vicki Gustaveson accompanied accompanied accompanied her sister and brother brother- law in-law Mr 11 and Mrs Milton I I Brady and family to Coolidge Ariz to visit with a brother and his family the Kirt Gustave Gus- Gus I tave ons The Bradys return return- returned ed cd the first of the week to th their ir Val Verda home but Vicki remained for a longer vacation in Arizona |