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Show "A Trip To The Manti Temple The following story of his trip to the Manti T was written and submitted by James B. Burrow I church worker. W' QrcWi On Friday, July 30th, our bus pulled out of Springville about a.m. and rolled along over the smoothly oiled highway under a clear sky. All nature seemed aglow with merriment and cheer. ' Old Sol had just shown his head over the mountain peaks adding his smiles to the awakening nature nat-ure and animal life in the valleys below. On reaching the mouth of Spanish Fork Canyon about six hiiles South of Springville, a a mountain crag high into the azure blue shut off the sunlight from our bus, but continued to shed its warmth on the mountainside mountain-side just across the Spanish Fork River from us. Our bus, handled by a careful, experienced driver, rolled smoothly smooth-ly along between river . and hillside hill-side to Thistle, a 'small railroad town. Here we crossed the Spanish Fork River and the railroad on a large overpass bridge and turn more in a Southerly direction and while doing so come into the full glow of the cheering rays of the morning sun. v On up the small stream on which also is a spur line of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad extending toward the southerh part of the state. Our road leads us in a direction a little East of South for some distance. We pass along the way small farms and homes built along by the road as perhaps all newly settled sections have witnessed. Our attention is drawn to a building here and there somewhat 11 ; the luscious grnTrr ' When we arrive affv ; of this elevation w7 It low exclaimation, Lhear a '' as we roll across this a! , J stre'ch 5 our journey oul ? is absorbed in the, thS """U '; , der what, else is ! If I Wo. . . this lovely valley ' , now see! Sldes what e . As we travel in 's ; our thoughts are Vrt factwearenowtraS10 bottom of a great sea g n ie Bonneville, uf evidence Z Lak we notice in our view IL L hi( : J rolling ndge literaly cov. 'w a growth of young SSWtt mixed with some other Z S- variety, with here and t?'e3for little plot of ground 1ele A man suitable for farmint d ated and sown to Si-mU 0 at the time of ofr t'rT'8 5' ready for the harvest m :i Veering to our right from i :::f our direction is toward t m hre. ' ,c west where ourZ Denver and Rio Grande " spur, serving Souther?0 & Marysvale. On this direction , " -t3t- few miles then BomeS,'0" & ces in delight.-MANTT Looking ahead of us" . , ":K black line which we arefl'0nE ? , leads us right up to thL building erected on ousr -i and,"Oh,whatabSfae !?a different in structure than the usual type so we at once decide it is used for meetings and perhaps per-haps schools and other public purposes. pur-poses. But on we go, gradually climbing for some miles enjoying enjoy-ing the changing scenes of nature changed in many places by the touch of the hand of man. Sometimes this touch may be pleasing, yet in many instances sad to see, nature, as we love to see it, has been marred. But after a pleasant travel up the little stream mentioned, the mountains recede while the valleys expand and our very being seems to leap with joy at the beautiful sight of large pastures of growing grow-ing grass waving in the gentle breezes. k Adding to the interest and beauty of this view, our minds are tense with interest at the sight of many beautiful horses, sheep and cattle contentedly grazing on rests produce, with here and C a choice deciduous tree for vaS ir 1 a enhanced by a border of fCre a t iretiesandco,ore a At the entrance to the tannic i1 annetx w? were welcomed : " grreeted by temple workers and from our bus the following report- ed at the clerk's desk: mZi Mrs. Floyd Bartholomew, Mr' and " Mrs. Chauncy Childs, Bishop and tm Mrs R. A. Bradford, Mr. and Ma V Al Beardall, Miss Mattie Hiatt "-.sta J. B. Burrow, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac ant Brown.and Mrs. Barrett of Sprint out ville; Mr. and Mrs. Lovell Men -crops denhall, Mrs. Stork and Mr. and iji&g Mrs. Joe Stork of Mapleton; and ie of Mr. and Mrs, Hermison of Span- vev ish Fork. j-;1 |