Show r J Str Straws Straus By Jack Wallis The large crowds at the Pioneer Day festivities Monday and Tuesday showed your interest in our pioneer heritage The pad ant received a turn away crowd and the parade attracted more people along Main Street than we have seen for a long time The dance and rodeo were also very successful As the centennial year of the settlement settlement settle settle- ment of Ashley Valley the Pioneer Day celebration has special significance Some of the I hardships of the first settlers and the effort they exerted to provide the necessities of an outpost community should give us renewed vigor to continue continue con con- on the ever demanding need of bettering our our community We would like to thank all those who worked so hard on the Pioneer Day activities activities activities act act- keeping up the spirit of the ocl oc oc- l' l Vision ion It was a good job for a good occasion Our peculiar weather is continuing from the the- winter irregularities into the summer season now Can you ever remember remember rez re- re z member much rain f fall ll in inthe th the th's usually s all dry month of July The temperature has ranged from a high of degrees to the low 6 s A little heat from the the fur furnace fur nace in the mornings has has felt pretty good It has rained almost everyday during the month in th the higher elevations The traditional Scout and MIA girl camps were rained out Tuesday about noon there was a steady stream of campers and trailers coming off the mountain because of a heavy hail and andrain rain storm Many of the Pioneer Day campers decided to return home early Tuesday because the storm didn't look like it would let up Hail stones the size of large marbles the higher elevation area and it felt win- win tery cold While back in Ashley Valley it rained Awo two hours before the annual Pioneer Day parade by the time of the parade f it was a beautiful summer weather The summer rains this year have made many usually dry desert areas turn bright green The wildflowers and green grcen vegetation vegetation vegetation are where they have never never never ne ne- ne- ne ver been before It is surprising what a little littIe extra moisture will do dp to a usually usually us us- dry area The desert really does blossom like a rose if a little moisture is added Preliminary results result of a poll poli conducted by an organization called Stop Immorality Immorality Immor allty on TV backed by an influential list of board of directors including Dr Ernest L L. L Wilkinson and J J. J Bracken Lee has just been released The poll indicated that public outrage against immorality on TV has reached such proportions that 88 percent of those responding say liay they are ready to boycott products of companies that exploit sex sexto sexto sexto to sell their wares According to the survey 91 percent of those participating also believe TV fare is more immoral today than was the case just 10 years year ago 92 percent believe that television programming is eroding the nations moral fibre In a Harris poll last February it was reported that 70 10 percent of the public believe American businessmen are not providing sufficient leadership in raising Americas America's moral standards According to stop Immorality on TV officials the time has come when the American n people want action in enforcing standards of decency and the vast number num ber of Americans are determined to defend their homes from invasion by programs pro pro- grams that would tend to subvert or destroy the family's religious beliefs and standards as the center of moral training We say amen Its It's time we let our contempt be heard |