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Show Brevities by etty As the school doors clank shut on my scholars, I seem to be wallowing In a fit of nostalgia! Last Wednesday I registered my youngest (she hates to be called the baby of the family) at the venerable Harrington School. She will attend fourth grade In the same room as I did. As we walked through those halls which smelled just the same as In my school days, I couldn't help recalling my own trials and tribulations. Many years ago I suffered in the same room where she will labor this year. Htr smiling new teacher Introduced In-troduced herself to us. She was charming. With just three days of school, Mrs Leavitt has captured my little girl's heart. She is firm, yet gentle. Concerned about their welfare, yet not overbearing, she approaches her job with enthusiasm enthus-iasm and imagination and makes learning Intriguing to her class. Back in my day, the teacher who presided in this same room was everything this teacher is not! Miss M...was glum to the point of being dour. I believe she hated kids. She believed in a good old reliable routine and anyone who tried to deviate was in big trouble. She must have taught me something, since there isn't a gap in my times tables, but honest, all 1 can recall of the hours spent in that miserable home room were the health studies! stu-dies! Miss M.... had a passion for health studies! We Innocent fourth graders were taught that cleanliness cleanli-ness was indeed next to Godliness Godli-ness - and she then set out to make her room a heaven! She required reports on the most intimate in-timate details of your life, such as did you bath last night, are your fingernails clef a, how long since you washed your hair, changed your underwear or brushed your teeth. She was particularly par-ticularly persistent about the teeth. She even went so far as to make a big double sided tooth for each child in the room. These teeth couldn't have been more than five or six inches tall and perhaps three or four inches wide, but they seemed gigantic to a little fourth grader. These were hung on a wall in rows, as the students were seated. White side for the brushers, black for the slackers. Bathing inquiries I survived, underwear reports I despised, fingernail tests I relished, but the clean teeth bit was downright misery. MissM.... was more than a trifle near sighted, but detained de-tained glasses since she was still hunting a marriageable man. I tell you this so that you will understand un-derstand our situation. It would also help to sympathize with my plight to know that most of the year I spent sitting third row over, fifth row back. Now, I was nearsighted too, and I couldn't tell if my next seat neighbor neigh-bor had brushed bis teeth that morning. Miss M... however, dared to judge the condition of our gums at forty paces. She would say In her sternest voice, "All-right, "All-right, now children, teeth inspec tion.' Thirty kids would bare their teeth for a long look. Miss M... peered somewhat steadily at each of us in turn, then you were judged. If she thought you might have been a slacker, she turned the black side of your tooth to the world. It had to stay this way all day. Those of us who underwent this treatment were mortified to the gums. I still haven't decided if she blinked when she looked at me, or just Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey IhOM f Off - t i V ' A ' i - ' Miflsn i V -i "7 - Vtl- u HISTORY OF EVENTS is kept in several massive scrapuouns uy mi s. saran Mott ol American Fork, who has clipped and kept items for more than 50 years about people of her community. Her husband pasted in the first news on Christmas Day, 1911 and the custom has been continued for more than half a century. Sarah Mott Has Town History In Scrap Books Mrs. Sarah (Sadie) Mott has stored heaps of history and memories mem-ories in big scrapbooks. Six of them, all oversized volumes, repose re-pose in the parlor of her home. The time span covered, nearly sixty years, is a very valuable source of "Who, What, When and Where. ' Besides there are the marked changes in journalism. journal-ism. Some of the newsclippings of that earlier day are tear jerkers, packed with emotional details, but on the other hand it can be said that the obituraries at least gave decent recognition of lives worthily spent as contrasted with the inch and a half obituary in microscopic print of today's larger dailies. This interesting hobby was begun be-gun by Mrs. Mott's husband, the late Albert S. Mott. On Christmas Day in 1911 he pasted the first clipping. It can readily be seen that he planned to compile a sizeable history for he chose to use a large wall paper sample book. Little did he realize that that first volume would be followed fol-lowed by five others, equally as large and equally interesting. The wall paper books are in themselves collector's items. didn't give a darn, but my black side was showing all too often. I was tempted to change it to white during recess, but never dared. I'm going to keep a close check on the health studies conducted in the schools attended by my sprouts. If any teacher even dares hint that my kids teeth are "tattle-grey" they'll get a quick response re-sponse from Mama. They'll be tutored at home before they be subjected to such trauma. SPICED TONGUE What would this teacher have done with her black and white teeth if she knew that we didn't think she ever brushed her molars. mol-ars. Behind her back, we called her Horse-Tooth M.. ..! 80 Proof. Mr. Boston Distiller Inc., Boston. Make Smooth 6 year old Spot Bottle in fifths 9 f 'i -III It tr i reflecting the changes in wall decoration. Mr. MoU passed away in Oct. of 1947. He had expressed the wish to his wife that she continue con-tinue the hobby which she has done. The books are an interesting record of lives of individuals and of local, state and national happenings. Items concerning family members make the books especially interesting to Mrs. Mott's children and their children. child-ren. A peek into the past always intrigues them. Mrs. Mott's home is an interesting in-teresting mixture of the past and present. One steps from the cozy modern living room into a sunny old fashioned parr lor. There the six big scrap-books scrap-books rest upon a little trunk, over a hundred years old. Mrs. Mott inherited the trunk from her mother. In one corner of the room stands an organ won by the late Mr. Mott many years ago from the old Grant's Em-perium, Em-perium, pioneer business firm. He held the lucky ticket given with the purchase of a fifty cent can of baking powder. One notes the quaint round table, flowered flower-ed carpet, lace curtains and the pictures with heavy ornate gold frames. She is 83 but Mrs. Mott is by no means through with her Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. (Heb. 10:35). We all wish to have confidence, confi-dence, but sometimes we become be-come confused about the source of the power that works through us. We attribute too much importance to the personality, per-sonality, when we should realize real-ize that it is through God in us that we are able to do and to be all things. Through Him we have the power and confidence confi-dence that we need to cope with every situation. Mass. a $potBome Kentucky STRAKrHT B0UW Whivkey Bourbon and pints 1 hobby. She says there is another wall paper sample book under the couch and it will soon be time to begin on scrapbook seven Though sports enthusiasts will flock to Mexico City October Octo-ber 12-27 for the Olympic Games, vacationers will find a choice of accommodations in many of the country's top resort re-sort and sightseeing destinations. destina-tions. The Mexican airline states that it has plenty of seats available through the end of the year, except for a few days in peak periods. Rooms are open at many hotels in Acapulco and Mexico City, even at certain points during the Olympic Games. DIRECT DIAL You'll get there f.ister ttlnie (Q) Milton J. Weilenman Meets With Alpine School District Officials Milton J. Weilenmann, Democratic Demo-cratic candidate for the United States Senate, met with officials of the Alpine School District Friday to discuss district operation oper-ation and educational needs of the district. The candidate was greeted by Dr. Dan Peterson, district superintendent, su-perintendent, and was introduced to office personnel. He accompanied accom-panied Dr. Peterson on a tour oi the entire staff buildings and took the opportunity to visit with district dis-trict employees. Mr. Weilenmann expressed interest in-terest in the district Adult Education Ed-ucation program, noting after consultation with Mrs. Clark Brown, that there are presently 3,000 adults engaged in practical courses in the Alpine District alone. He emphasized that schools are just scratching the surface of what should be done in this field. He commented that he had ob served that too many members of the LDS Church have equated the LDS scripture that "The glorv of God is intelligence" withgrad-uation withgrad-uation from College. He made the statement he believes that this is not a necessary equation. He strongly supports a practical practi-cal education, emphasizing that every student is not mentally or physically equipped to attend college. col-lege. These students should be encouraged to attend technical college rather than a university. He felt the technical training would provide better training for these students, permitting them to achieve skills adequate to provide for themselves and their families. On the subject of federal aid to education. Mr. Weilenmann said that he favors federal aid, but prefers "block grants" with no restrictions on their use by the local school districts. As an alternative to this system sys-tem of block grants, Mr. Weilenmann Weil-enmann said that some taxing powers now held by the federal feder-al government should be returned to the states, thus strengthening state and local governmer.is. n n a : - s 1 I , :' ? -y; : -X; . : i t v k 1 - - ? : 1 ' I I - v v -'"A s J'f fVfv; I 1 I ;y-; fri - ';;v? -'5 - : ' ! 'L P- J ''71 .'.: . - f DIGIT if you dial your own Long Distance calls. Mr. Weilenmann advocates broadening Utah's tax base through industry, to support our educational system. One-third of the taxes in this district come from industry, he said. Localization Localiza-tion of power is also Important, he stated. "Utah is a relatively poor state,"' he said. "We have larger families and make a greater effort ef-fort to educate our young people. But, after they are educated, may are forced to leave the state to find work matching their job skills." He believes that the federal government has the responsibility responsibil-ity to train and retrain many of our young people. This training would help our citizens to become productive in society, rather than withdrawing from participation and becoming welfare recipients. In discussing the many federal programs available, the candidate candi-date said that we are going broke in Utah accepting the generosity of the federal government. He noted that there were many programs pro-grams which were planned on such a general basis that they were not suitable to the communities com-munities of Utah. He also explained ex-plained the dangers of a community com-munity accepting a federal program pro-gram which funded a given program pro-gram for a short time, leaving the community to assume full costs of operation once the program pro-gram was put into operation. Mr. Weilenmann was accompanied accom-panied on his Utah County tour by Scott Bergeson, his Utah County Campaign manager; Tony Rampton, coordinator working at the Wilenmann campaign headquarters head-quarters in Salt Lake City; and David L. Greenwood, local political poli-tical supporter, who is presently present-ly serving as a state highway supervisor. Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. The perfection of a clock does not consist of going fast, but in keeping good time. (Me Cherish your Long Distance dialing finger, a skillful servant from nail to knuckle. Beginning at 7 p.m. tonight or any week night-it night-it will obligingly connect you with distant family or friends for one dollar or less per call. That's right; a dollar or less. Take advantage ad-vantage of this opportunity to visit inexpensively with family or friends tonight. (The quoted rate applies to a 3-minute station-to-station interstate call anywhere in the Continental U.S. except Alaska.) THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday Sept. 5, 1963 People, Spots rvr' .'v, 'U-y'COOL SHOWER for hot ath- y&;'kj-j': -r ' lete: Mike Suydermound of ' ' San COOL CARRIER, Mailman Ronald LaChance of Wins-low, Wins-low, Maine, has built-in electric fan for his face.' 1"' " e3rv-.. COOL PIG: "Pigs didn't cause this litter . , . did you? asks Keep America Beautiful, Inc. in its current adverr Using campaign. Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us. Mountain States antra (D InThe News ' ., , Selmo, Calif, water-skis near London. i 9 - -V J,-, f COOL GAL, Mary Smiley of Denver, begins year of reign as "Miss Wool." She's a Colorado U. junior. The devil never tempted a man whom he found Judiciously employed. Telephone I. 1 Ml d(Y x ill! HjihL Ills ' f f t r r v .' 1 1 |