Salt Lake Telegram | 1951-02-02 | Page 17 | Sunless Day Heralds Early S. L. Spring

Greets GI Ground Hog 6 i U 1 Y Jd fl S SG L If you were wen a groundhog would you get out of or bed just to help out the U. U S S. S weather bureau Of course not After all would the U. U S. S weather bureau get out of bed just to help a groundhog Of course not A A. lot of things came out Friday But no groundhogs Salt Lal Lakers ers came out to go to work worl speakers ers at the United Nations Nations Na Na- Na-I Na came eam out for world peace j Republicans came out for more I economy in government Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- came out for less Republicans cans in government And J at The horses came out at Hialeah A couple of toothy debutantes came out in New York society But the groundhog didn't come out in Salt Lal Lake c City If he hc had of come out which he didn't he wouldn't have seen his I shadow anyway There Theme was no sun If there had of been some sonic sun which there wasn't wasn the the t-the the groundhog groundhog groundhog ground ground- II hog would have seen his shadow which would have meant six more weeks of or winter Just Around Comer Corner But the groundhog that wasn't there didn't come out to see the sun that wasn't there and that means he lie wasn't there to see his shadow that wasn't there 9 c C O. O OLf Q JJ x D O 1 Hot dog An early spring Tho ground hog cant can't see his shadow So according according- to groundhog legend legend legend leg leg- end spring is just around the cor cor- ner ncr The Thc weather bureau didn't sa say which corner Probably the thc same one prosperity used to hang around Weather Veather forecasters in Salt Lake who who happen to be a t very scientific scientific scientific bunch of or fellows what with all their barometers gauges wind balloons and other intricate gadgets ets said ets-said said Friday they didn't hold loo too much ranch store tore in the groundhogs groundhog's ahi ability ily to predict the coming of spring Very unscientific one meteorologist meteorologist meteorologist meteor meteor- sniffed But you can see the guy was just jealous Hes He's just afraid of losing his job to a groundhog