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Show mem Foawnr r i 4 by HAL WILLIAMS. 'How many American parents cried themselves to sleep to night after receiving word that their son had been killed in action in Vietnam? :-. .100? . . .200? . . .300? Last week's bloodiest battles of the war were won, but at great cost of American blood. X Marine 1st Lt. Jerry Barlow, a 1965 graduate from BYU and now a career man, writes of the recent battle from Camp Carrol, Dag Ha Area: " 'It's getting worse... The gooks are really going all out on their Offensive actions. As a result, I've lost three good friends, all lieu tenants. I just can't believe that are dead - dead at least in this life. There are only two of us left now in a group of nine that came over together. ? 'It seems ironic but the regiment reg-iment commanding officer told us last July when we checked in that only two of us would be around this time next year! II H3 must be a prophet or know the life expectancy on platoon leaders awfully aw-fully damn well!! Damn it anyway, damn it. "I guess you have read by now about our taking Hill 880 near Khe Sahn. We really ran into a stone wall. Caves, bunkers, the whole works. It took us five to seven days to push them off, even with the help of artillery and close air support. We took 96 Marines KIA (killed in action) and 108 (wounded (wound-ed in action). Quite a price to pay for 420 confirmed North Vietnamese Army body count We got another 400 probable, however. how-ever. My platoon didn't get hit too bad as far as KIA, but hit heavy in wounded. I still don't know what happened as far as coordinating coor-dinating instructions but something some-thing was really screwed up. We are now licking our wounds and thinking about the close friends we lost on the operation. op-eration. I feel very tired. . and maybe may-be this 30-day leave I'm taking before completing my extension is just the answer. P.S. We used ' hand to hand' combat on Hill 880. They are strong little bastards!! But not invincible!!!!' So writes a Marine lieutenant from up front, Vietnam style. Approximately 10,000 homes in America are now without a young man; the nation has lost some patriots who have defended de-fended freedom with the most price - less thing of all -their lives. Among these men could have been a great writer, an artist, a doctor, a teacher, a pilot, a machinist, or a bricklayer. Whatever contribution they may have Intended to make in America Amer-ica has now been over-shadowed by a greater call. Too bad that this is a political pol-itical war as was the Korean War. A total of 3 5,000 Americans died then. Nothing was gained in that war; plenty was lost. That was the first war in history his-tory that America lost. One can not say that America Ameri-ca won in Korea. Many people throughout the world, and even in the U.S.A., are asking that the U.S. pull out of Vietnam. To do so would surely give a victory to the Communists. . Even U Thant, that Marxist Burmese (he really calls himself him-self a Hegelian socialist and Georg Hegel was the forerunner of Marx with a desire to liquidate liqui-date Christianity) who sits at the head of the United Nations, has threatened to quit because the U.S. will not pull out of Vietnam. Let him quit. The U.N. could not feature much worst of an anti-American! Since these men are dieing in Vietnam in an effort to save Christianity, Chris-tianity, those at home must also fight some battles. Paul said: 'Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Christians cannot expect God to grow the wheat for their daily bread without any sewing on their part while they spend all of their time in praying for a bountiful harvest. Yet, millions of Chris tians have been persuaded not to J iiu . i j ii mi a linger against me enemies of both God and themselves, but to leave even their own defense entirely in the hands of God. St Augustine said: I pray as if it were all up to God, but work as if it were all up to me." The boys in Vietnam, as well as the 'losing" parents at home, need all of America's and God's support they can get. A "win" is the only thing worth fighting for! Letter To The Editor The Orem Garden Club wishes to extend appreciation to the many persons who contributed funds or labor in connection with the re cent tree planting project onState Street. One hundred and ninety five trees have been planted this year as a result of these efforts. A special thank you is extend' ed to the many State Street bus iness and property owners who purchased the trees in front of their property and are watering ana caring for them; also to the following groups and families who donated funds to help the Of em Garden Club in the purchasing or the trees: school children and P.T.A. leaders of the West-more, West-more, Cherry Hill, Scera Park, Geneva, and Hillcrest Elementary Elemen-tary Schools, Orem High School, Orem Junior High and Lincoln Junior High; The Lyle Tregaskis family and the Whit Watts family; fam-ily; Orem J.C.S, Klwanis Club, Veterans, Volunteer Firemen. Ladies Literary Club, Orem Women's Wo-men's Club, O'Lesca Literary Club, Lady Lions, Orem Branch-of Branch-of Associated University Women; Girl Scout Troups 594, 556, & 87; and Boy Scout Troup 30. Boy Scouts from Squaw Peak District under the direction of Mr. John Dennis and Girl Scouts under the district leadership of Mrs. Albert Clark are thanked for the many hours donated in digging holes and planting the trees. Appreciation is also extended to Orem City for their co-operation and support of this project. pro-ject. It is our hope that through such excellent community cooperation, this project may be completed next year. Orem Garden Club TELL ME VIUOT IS THE ORIGIN OF THE PHRA.SE TD SHELL OUT ?" FROM THE CUSTOM OF USH5 TORTOISE SMELL MONEY, IN OLD CHlNft ! SHELL CURRENCY IS STILL common in parts of thw count.' are young robins hearty eaters? VEST MANY YOUNG BOBINS CONSUME AS MUCH AS if FT. of angleworms in one dm? HOVJ WOULD THE EARTH LOOK FOOM THE MOON ? LIKE A LARGER AND CLOSER MOON. SINCE OUR GLOBE 15 ABOUT 7lME THE SIZE OF THIS SATELLITE ! VhAT HELPS MAKE SUGAR WHITE ? BlfiCK CAffCOALr.. A DECOLORIZING , AGENT... OFTEN IS USED TO MAKE SUGAR WHFTF! ffl- I SEE BY THE TIMES IDS Sociables The L.D.S. Sociables are having hav-ing a special Spring dance onMav 20 at the Orem 4th and 27th Ward House on 400 West 575 South in Orem. All those who are L.D.S. over 25, single, divorced or widowed wid-owed are invited. Friends of Mrs. Ralph (Sarah) Peterson will be glad to know she is home from the hospital where she has been treated for a broken back since the middle of April. Mrs. Peterson suffered the injury when she fell down the stairs of her home. She is still confined to bed but is reported improving. Bryan Healy, ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Healy, is reported in Utah Valley Hospital Hos-pital suffering from a fractured hip and pelvis. Bryan was injured in-jured when he fell from a parked' truck. Don't you know what I mean when I hold up my arm," hollered the traffic cop at an old lady was about to cross the street against the lights. "I ought to," she replied. "I was a school teacher for twenty-five yean." happiness is cooking with an electric range ... if s self deaning! A pl '''tf'MK There are many things about electric cooking which make it so clean. One of them is self cleaning surface units. No need to worry about spilling food from molasses to mixes. In minutes your flameless surface unit heats itself clean. Only an electric range gives you the exciting ex-citing new feature in cooking a self-cleaning oven. Happy thought: Because it's electric, it's better Buy now from your electric dealer Weeks High school graduation time is a very special time for both parents and graduates. For parents, it marks the end of a long period of effort to help their children succeed in the educational process pro-cess to the point where they can make their own decisions in life. For the graduates, it brings to a close one very interesting chapter chap-ter of their lives and opens a new chapter of challenges and opportunities. op-portunities. OREM HIGH School graduates are extremely fortunate in having hav-ing had the advantages of attending attend-ing an excellent school with a modern physical plant and a corps of fine teachers. Some schools find it difficult to maintain the proper balance of athletic, scholastic and social activities, but Orem High School has achieved outstanding success in this regard. Although Orem has won a goodly good-ly share of championships anda-wards anda-wards in the various sporting events, there are many other areas of school activity which have achieved equal recognition. ONE OF THE highlights of the year was the recent spring concert con-cert presented by Ed Sandgren's vocal musical department. Those who attended this outstanding event came away ' with highest ft praise for the harmonious blending blend-ing of well-trained voices singing sing-ing a challenging repertoire. The high point of the evening, of course, was the performance of the A Capella. Absolutely flawless flaw-less intonation, perfect pitch and balance, and precise dynamics contributed to a rendering of beautiful beau-tiful music on a really professional profes-sional level. This was only one of many activities ac-tivities and opportunities providei for Orem High School students to give expression to their talents and experience in their studies. THE DEDICATION of inspired teachers and the direction of an enlightened administration at Orem High School have again this year brought hundreds of seniors to a fruition of their public pub-lic school careers. Judging from past experience, this year's Orem High School graduates are well-prepared to go out in the world and make the kinds of contributions of which their homes, school, community and nation can be proud! New Scout Camp Sign In Place If you are driving along highway high-way 91 just north of Payson and looking for a Scout Camp you will probably run headlong into a new sip that reads, Camp Maple Dell, Utah National Parks Council, Coun-cil, Boy Scouts of America, 5 miles. Troop 221 Fifth Ward LDS Church Heber City Utah are the proud donors of the new camp directional sign. This troop of boys and leaders paid for and made the sign and then spent part of a day getting it posted. The party wasledbyScoutmaster Danniel Bates and Assistant Lar ry Moulton. Mr. Clyde Mont gomery, father Df one of the boys, assisted in the activity and trans porting the boys from Heber City r oilowing the posting of the new camp sign the troop reported to their district executive, Boyd R. I vie, atCampMapleDell and join ed the others in getting the camp ready to open. Orem-Geneva Times Thursday, May 18, 1967 Technical College Offers First Program of Kind Eight persons have been appointed ap-pointed to serve on a new Instructional In-structional Media Technician advisory ad-visory committee for Utah Technical Techni-cal College at Provo announced President Wilson W. Sorensen. The first meeting was held Wednesday at the Royal Inn in Provo where GarethW.Seastrand of Alpine School District was elected chairman of the group. Phil Argyle, Nebo school district, dis-trict, was voted vice chairman-Other chairman-Other members are Dr.LeRoy Lindeman, instructional media administrator for the State; Miss Elsie Dee Adams, state library specialist; Ray D.Warner, Provo school district; DeVon Barton, Jordan school district; J. Bur-dett Bur-dett Johnson, director of northeastern north-eastern Utah multi-district educational ed-ucational research center; and Donald Hess, Granite school district. dis-trict. President Sorensen outlined the purpose of the committee and the involvement it will have in developing de-veloping a program for training instructional media technicians. A BETTER BUY . . . 1964 CHEVROLET IMPALA is a Sport Coupe, only 22,000 actual miles, this exceptionally sharp car. New tires and cleaner than Immaculate. V $1795 HARMON'S INC. by Tom Berg GRADUATION To the young mind, and es- pecially to those young students stu-dents who are making the completion com-pletion of years of study, the reaching of a goal, graduation, seems to be an ending. And it certainly is an a-chievement, a-chievement, deserving of pride and praise. But, like a home run in the early innings, it's not the ending. Rather it is a good way to start. . .a necessary neces-sary stepping stone. Today more than ever, in an increasingly complex world, education is an unending process. pro-cess. We cannot stop learning learn-ing when we leave school. We are really just beginning to learn. 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