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Show I 1 v i 5 vir- ." JIT 1 1 f) r i ;T i i S : 1 W I Betty Spencer w TZS5 veties 1 - UiKS '11 V4 1 w,. 1 1 1 - mi iiimm-Jrf-f-ii-iirtTirt,MiTiir Jr. High Students Give Gifts to Training School GIFTS of electric fry pans, woffle irons, puzzles and balls are examined by I. to r. Michelle Norton, Ann Mitchell and Miss Loree Brown of the American Fork Junior High School, and Mrs. Dora Rees of the Utah State Training School staff. Gifts were given to training school residents from the junior high school students for Christmas. Edward Clements, Jr. Joins Army Edward Biane Clements Jr., son of Mary Ruth (Hardin) and Edward Blaine Clements of American Am-erican Fork, has enlisted in the United States Army. He will take his basic training at Ft. Ord., California after which he will attend a Military Police school. Following his schooling he will be assigned to the V Corps of Europe in Germany. Electric fry pans, waffle irons, hand and after shave lotions, puzzles and balls were among the items delivered to the Utah State Training School Monday afternoon by students at the A m-erican m-erican Fork Junior High School. The gifts culminated the annual an-nual Christmas drive held at the Junior HighSchool, Loree Brown, laculty chairman of the project, said. , They will be used by the residents of the various cottages at the training school and will be delivered under the Christmas tree. Miss Brown said $771.19 was raised by the students through class auctions, tickets on a quilt, cookie bake and candy sales, tickets on pinatas, and various other projects. One enterprising enterpris-ing class raised funds through "fines" for breaking school rules such as chewing gum in class, not having a pencil, and similar "offenses." "of-fenses." "This year surpassed any Christmas drive we've ever had," Miss Brown said, adding "I've never seen a bunch of kids so willing to give." Some of the funds will go to pay the junior high school's Junior Jun-ior Red Cross dues, it was noted. Well, I'm all ready! Presents bought and wrapped, decorations decora-tions bung, the tree in place and the tinsel strung. My children are an at age where they don't wait expectantly expectant-ly for Santa to pop down the chimney on Christmas and if it weren't for my darling little granddaughter, Christmas would be a pretty unexciting time. My own children tell me exactly what they'd like for Christmas. It is something like putting in your order at the Arctic Circle and waiting for delivery. The thrill is eone! The new era makes rr.d hunger for the days when the children were eager for the visit of the jolly old gent and would be good as angles (almost) the week before be-fore Christmas, just in case Santa was looking in to see if they were bad or good. It was the promise to be good that got my eldest son the Christmas gift of his dreams and me in a mess of trouble with the babysitters. This boy was perhaps ten years old at the time. Just at the terrible age. Too young to babysit baby-sit himself and his little brother, too old to think he needed a sitter. The only thing he wanted this particular Christmas was a "ball gun." Yes, I know wll about restevcting violence inciting incit-ing toys, restricting violence inciting toys, etc., but this was the only thing the boy really yearned for. My husband and I finally found the object in a Provo hardware store (sorry about shopping out of town folks) and the clerk promptly demonstrated the toy for our benefit. This jazzy brown bazooka was loaded with four or five table tennis balls as ammunition ammu-nition and with one pump and a pull of the trigger, released the balls in a torrent of action. The balls bounced harmlessly off the wall, didn't even crack the glass show case and we thought it would be comparatively safe, even in the house. We were wrong! A few nights after Christmas we were invited to a party and engaged our regular babysitter. She was a jewel, always had the children tucked in bed when we arrived home, did her homework instead of playing the stereo or watching television full blast and left enough milk in the refrigerator refrigera-tor for breakfast. When we arrived home early, we found tht youngest child safely safe-ly asleep, but the ten year old desperado was holed up behind the overstuffed chair in the living liv-ing room. All you could see of him was the top of his towhead and the barrell of the "ball" gun. The babysitter was on the couch, torn between duty and despair. The kid, who is now a staid t Notes from SANTA'S MAI LB AG Dear Santa, Thank you for the things you brought me last year. This year please bring me some Lincoln Lin-coln Logs, and a dart gun, play-money, play-money, some play Army men and a play jet with wheels. Troy Morris Dear Santa, Can I please have a drum set and a G.L Joe hideout set. Thank you for all the things you gave me last year. I am seven years old. I love you. Love, Terrence Dear Santa, I would like a pogo stick and a book of life savers. Thank you for all the things you gave me last year. I am 11. I love you. Love, Lorrie Dear Santa, Can I please have a flashlight flash-light and a fire truck and some G.L Joe clothes and a book of life savers. I am four years old. I love you. Love, Ty Dear Santa, Can I please have a flashlight flash-light and a book of life savers and some G.I. Joe clothes. I am five. Our family wants a Snoopy tooth brush. I love you. Love, Troy Dear Santa, Can I please have a set of nail polish and pirfume. I have been a good girl. Thank you for the toys you gave me last year. I am 9. Can I please have a Barbie Camp out set. I love you. Love, Lisa Dear Santa Claus, Please bring me some toys. I promise to be a good girl and eat some dinner and go to bed on time. Bring me a teapot with butterfly s on it, a doll, a train, some puzzles and some games. Love, Leslie It's probably just a false rumor that the Baltimore Colts will refuse re-fuse to ride in jets from now on. Dear Santa Claus, I want a gallery gun and football foot-ball field, a shaker maker (Hairy). Electric airplane, a can man that makes funny faces, red and yellow. Candy maker, smash tip cars, and a surprize. Send what you can on this list. Orange and candy and anything else you can in my sock. We will leave you a treat. Love, Jeff. P.S. A tent and a canteen with Mickey Mouse car the front lifts and a vampire fame. Fill up the holidays with many happy memories. Our thanks for letting us serve you. AliDERSOfi'S SINCLAIR SERVICE American Fork Y Q lolyS reef In&s of the edson At Christmas, we wish for you and yours peace, joy, and love. With gratitude and thanks for your loyalty. Star Flour Mills American Fork Ph.d. student teacher at Florida State University, had promised to let her have all five balls if she tried to put him to bed. At once apologetic and relieved at our coming, the girl gathered up her books, put on her coat, and went out of our lives forever. She even told her three sisters not to come and sit for us, either, as if it wasn't safe. The weapon was taken into protectivecustody until the owner gained a bit more maturity. The kid? He is still a gun "buff," but the experience made me a very cautious giver. Santa Claus isn't going to bring anyone at our house anything more dangerous than a dart game and a bottle of Hai Karate, it's too bad we no longer require the services of a babysitter. She might find things dull, but at least she would be safe! Am. Fork Ladies Literary Club Reports Activities The past presidents and the members are the persons who make any club successful. The American Fork Ladies Literary Club is one of the oldest clubs in American Fork and will soon celebrate their Golden Jubilee. At the present time they are THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1972 associated with the State and National Federated Women's Clubs, an organization for women all over the world. At their June convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs held in Denver in the "-Brown "-Brown Palace" the women were delighted with the presence of Julie Nixon Eisenhower. On Utah Day at the convention the Brigham Young University In-ternationl In-ternationl Dancers entertained and cash awards were given to several Utah Clubs for the beautification of their communities. communi-ties. Mrs. Wendell Winegar of Springville is presently serving as the National Recording Secretary Secre-tary and was recently president of the state organization. During the year, the club has enjoyed luncheons at the Alpine Countrv Club. Programs have included travelogues, book reviews, musicals, varity programs, creative poetry by some of the members and other interesting activities. Special projects of the club include maintaining a room at the local hospital, placing books in the library in memory of departed members, giving comfort com-fort in the rest homes and other community projects. The officers of the Ladies Literary Lite-rary Club will be thinking of the club members as well as the residents of the community at this Christmas time and hoping that this coming year will be the very finest kind. President Ethel Woolston .ind officers. jr Please stay tuned. We're channeled to transmit wishes to you for the happiest Yule, yetl For patronage you've shown . . thanks. OVERMAN APPLIANCE 'ChristmQs'-Vv 1 Greetings tj-k tj-k b All! M May it be a model Yule for all, filled with dreams come true. Special thanks to our friends. Robinson & Wilson Realty and Insurance R & W Construction 55 North Center American Fork Art Cox helped put almost 2,000 miles on your car... Out it doesn't show. Art's an engineer on the U. P. And your car's only one of thousands he's put miles on. Try to add up the washing machines, new suits, furniture and boxes of breakfast cereal Art and all the other U. P. engineers put miles on and you'll need a computer. (That's how we keep track of it.) Art says it's all in a day's work. But if you watch him when he says it, you can see he's a little 1 emmM Anrl ho hac a rinht in ho Thoro'c a lrf rf t-ifew Dride in knowina how. and doina the f .v5 .... " - j&sjmr.-! sm$ jod right. fy JjP il If 111! " i 1 $ v ' ! 0 if il. y V!.V;) s v - f WW the Union Pacific railroad people |