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Show MJLLAHD COUNTY CHROMgLE Delta. Utah. Thurs. March 21, 1957. Utah Called "Most Beautiful" By Hungarian Refugee Couple - n. t r J, 'S !t s 1 t i A. 5 f "1 ' " '..'.V- - fc-- j .! iMirf'rfinr'i 1 ill irriwirmiMnliiMi iIi'iit nitfT jfT" ftiift' Jili irtMffWn-'-----' The quiet beauty of Salt Lake City's famed Temple Square provided an impressive experience for Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sermely, young Hungarian refugee couple touring the United States under the auspices of the American Hotel Association. A scant few months ago, Sermely, 28, and his wife, Jolan, 20, fled from revolt-ridden Budapest, and the memories of that scene of oppression lent emphasis to their estimate of Utah as "the most wonderful" stop on their tour. The American Hotel Association sent the couple about the country to demonstrate the convenience of the Universal Travelcard, a unique credit card owned by the American Hotel Foundation, non-profit subsidiary of the association. Sermely is an accomplished musician with a special interest in American jazz. Mr3. Sermely studied art and worked occasionally as a fashion model in Budapest 3IVING OUR WORLD THE Once Over By Dick Morrison "They say, You cannot cut tax-iber of people es, you cannot end or minimize Korean losses. You cannot stop inflation.... What kind of stuff is that don't and can't? Of course we can and will." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 10-22-52. A WORD TO THE BOOSTERS The fever of Boosterism Is running run-ning high again in Delta. It isnf the first time. First there was the promotion of the new land. It was overdone and you can drive for miles north of Sugarville and west of Hinckley and see old irrigation ir-rigation ditches, and once-leveled farms that have grown back to brush. Then there were the tile draln-ag draln-ag sytems. The four districts were bonded for millions of dollars, and the activity from spending the money created a local boom in business, for a time. But for the iong run, tile drainage proved not very practical, and the repayment of the money borrowed brought bankruptcy to a great many farmers. farm-ers. Our West Millard was first played up as a great grain growing area. Then sugar beets took over as the chief crop, and the sugar factory was built, and it changed hands and finally was bought "by the Utah Idaho Sugar Company and later dismantled . Alfalfa seed displaced beets as the principal crop, and for a time it seemed to promise boundless wealth. Yet each of the promotions, or developments, in turn, settled back to the status it deserved, and the community matured with the years reaching its fair level In the scheme of things, and the level This spring, a new rash of pro motions has broken out. The oil well was first. We should not write It off just yet as a failure, although al-though the drillers have passed their initial objective of 7,500 feet in depth, and may go on to 10,000. Yet the fact that oil han not been found gives reason enough to put a damper on the early optimism. Then the twin prospects of getting get-ting a naval training center built here, or a navy bombing range established, or both, took hold. These projects, backed 'by a good number of prominent public-spirited local people, have been in the now-you-see-it, now-you-don't category cat-egory for some weeks. News reports re-ports have killed them more than once, yet they have bobbed up again lively as ever. On balance, the development of West Millard has been slow as a glacier, though to some few people, peo-ple, like myself, this has had its good side. Those of us who like life in a small town aren't half sorry that our town has not, like some places in Texas or California, Calif-ornia, jumped from 2,000 people n a couple of years to 10,000, then to 30,000 and on up to 100,000. 'kich influx, while impressive from the statistical viewpoint, almost never brings corresponding improvement im-provement in human happiness, or n the average standard of living. Dften the reverse is true. Even so, though, we "small towners" are -roba'bly very much in the minority ;n our view. The big majority, most likely, are boosters and expansionists, expansion-ists, who would like to see our community growing by leaps and bounds or think they would. It is rather nice, not only to be t finally reached in size, popul- reconciled to keeping things as hey are, but actually to prefer that condition. It saves one a lot it nervous tension from anxiety, work, and hope, and the fear of disappointment. One can take a certain amount of "progress" philosophically, phil-osophically, while feeling comfor- ation, farm production, and annual an-nual income, while not large, proved nevertheless substantial and enduring. West Millard, for its size, has for some years had what might be described as a mature economy, not spectacular, not growing appreciably, yet capabletable in the thought that it does of providing the American stand-n't matter much whether the boos-ard boos-ard of living for its limited num- ters put their plans ever or not. It might be desirable to get a naval training stat'on here. However, How-ever, I can't see too much to be Droud nf In advcrtlsine- our hlnter- Jland as a good place for a bomb ing range. But whether such developments are good or bad, desirable or not, it seems to me that consideration should be given, by these promoting promot-ing them, to more than mere quantitative statistics. Suppose something should "break" for West Millard that would result re-sult in a sizeable influx of people, and a considerably greater total of business and bank clearings. Who would be better off? Who would be worse off? Would the general standard of living be higher, high-er, or would there just be more people at the same, or perhaps 1 lower average standard? Businessmen usually take the lead in - boosterism. Yet If some "break" should bring double the present business potential to our town, which of them would be the gainers? Which would find the influx bringing increased and keen er competition to the point where they might find the going not so easy as it is now? That factor of increased and keener competition in larger communities is one many small-town boosters overlook completely. com-pletely. Yet small-town boosters have, in some instances, brought on the very condition that boosted them clear out of business. The "Bigger and Better" frat ernitv of boosters very often for get all about the "Better" part of their slogan, and just go hell-bent after anything that promises to make the community bigger. But unless their projects can bring nretty strong assurance that, after the realization, the general tone of life in the community will be more all-round pleasant, secure, and enjoyable, en-joyable, they might as well dismiss dis-miss the projects as not worth bothering with. DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT There was a picture in Newsweek once, quite a while back, which has haunted me. It was a picture of a young girl, In the Philippines, who was killed in an abortive radical uprising. She was a Communist. Com-munist. In her own mind, she was an idealist, terribly sincere in her faith In the rightnessof the move ment in which she was a partici- i flMM 5pT f-JSs' Ell 1 j" 2LL jLjLX i I l, Vll It' S- m 1 Again this yfcar copper is going to college in the form of a renewed Kennecott grant of $50,000 to Utah State Agricultural College. The grant will be used for three vital agricultural research projects that can increase the prosperity of farmers throughout the state. One project will help livestock men breed cattle and sheep that will gain more weight per pound of feed. The second will seek to control dodder, a plant parasite threatening Utah's five million dollar alfalfa seed industry. The third will try to develop locally grown, high-energy poultry feed now being imported. This would give Utah farmers an opportunity to raise new, profitable crops. The success of these projects by helping Utah's agriculture will benefit our entire state. The grant to USAC is just one of several made by Kennecott to colleges and universities in Utah. They are all part of Kennecott's broad program of participation in worthwhile community activities a program based on Kennecott's policy of being a good neighbor helping to build a better Utah. Picf.'re 1 Kc ;n-.i r.-.a :r . of my own daughters, and I wonder if they, who are also very sincere and very idealistic, might not, in a different environment, have done what she did, following a false ideology as meaning more than life itself. Such things are tragic beyond words. Sometimes it is those of the finest minds, the most firmly dedicated to the principles prin-ciples they believe to be right, who are thus the victims of false beliefs. They have simply never had the chance to get a real education, edu-cation, but instead have been indoctrinated in-doctrinated with one-sided teachings, teach-ings, false harangues to the point of warping their judgment. It is amazing the hold false doctrines can get on the human mind. The teachings of Communism, Commun-ism, which have led to control by fanatics of a third of the human race are one example. Yet falsehood false-hood must always resort to use of fear and force to keep truth from creeping in. The Soviet leaders of 1957 are confronted with this fact, and it is baffling them. They simply cannot can-not give education of any sort to their youth, forever, without admitting ad-mitting curiosity and doubt into the young minds. And when healthy heal-thy curiosity leads to questioning and doubt, falsehood must give way. It is an impossible Dilemma fnr thP Soviets. Without education, ' the Soviet cannot progress. With it, Soviet' sm cannot continue iu c.mji. Probably John Foster Dulles was miite rieht. the other day, when , he said that Russian Communism is only a passing phase of human history. So it was encouraging to read Roscoe Drummond's report, in the nocorot Npws Feb. 19. that the Kremlin is worried because satel lite communists "are begimung to demand, and are beginning to get, from their own intellectuals, some of the facts about what life is like in a Western capitalist country". Asks Mr. Drummond, "What do you figure a dedicated, reasonably independent minded Marxist really thinks when he starts to open his mind and get a first-hand view of how workers fare- under capitalism?" capital-ism?" When indoctrinated communists commence to learn that the "oppressed" "op-pressed" workers "under capitalism" capital-ism" are fifty times as properous us the workers in the "people's democracy", something stirs in their minds that no amount of exhortation will still. Then, as ever, the Soviet leaders come face to face with the fact that either they must admit the fallacy of their teachings, or resort to murder to re-establish conformity and thought-control. Brain-washing can work for a while, even to the point of making a noble girl willing to die for a false cause, but sooner or later the truth must prevail. 1 How wonderful it would be if every Soviet student were permitted permit-ted to study both philosophies, as American students are, and compare com-pare them, and observe the end results in the respective scales of .living, and choose for themselves! Suppose Adam Smith's Wealth Of - i : l . l : .Nations were ireeiy avauauie n Soviet school libraries, as Marx's Das Kapital is in ours. What a treat it would be for students to read the penetrating, cogent, witty observations on human nature in Adam Smith's book, and compare I them with the deadly. harangues 'n Marx's! There could only be one result, for Adam Smith's book is full of engaging observations on human nature as it is, while Marx's is a deadly diatribe against imagined compulsions In free capitalism which don't exist and never did. (Feudalism was closer to the sort of thing he was against than free capitalism ever could be, but Marx didn't know it.) And the students surely would feel the common bonds of human nature noted by Smith, and note the errors of Marx. They would commence to long for ;he economic freedom under which the incentive of self interest would build naturally-rich Russia into a strong and prosperous and happy nation like the U. S. A. Sugarville VENICE DAVIS lliw&fe I Ifennecoit Copper Corporation L--- ; - A Good Xeighbor Helping to Build a Better Utah" Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stoneking made a trip to Salt Lake City, during the week for medical treatment. treat-ment. Mr. and Mrs. George Jenson, Shirlee Shields, and Carol Barben made a trip to Manti. Mr. and Mrs. Alden Shurtz and Mr. and Mrs. Elden Shurtz from 3a!t Lake City visited with their onrents, Mr. and Mrs. Frelen Shurtz and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene AIemmott, over the weekend. They .Iso visited in Fillmore with Mr. and Mrs. Josh Robison. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Davis, Mrs. Henrietta Barben and Marie made a trip during f'e spring vacation ind visited in I as Vegas for the four days with Mr. and Mrs. Clark Har-ly (daughter Evelyn). They took in the sights Saturday night and had a good visit. Also visited with Mr. and Mrs. Chester Cheel and Lois Colby, who lived here several years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Oliver visited in Ely, Nevada, with Mr. and Mrs. Merle Oliver and family and the new baby. Nola Shields from Cedar City visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rod Shields. - We congratulate Ted and. Faye Clark on their new baby girl, all doing fine. Mr. and Bob Jenson and family 'iave moved from Sutherland to heir home. We are happy to have them back with us again. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Terry made a trip to Provo last week. The Mutual had their music festival for the Ward Tuesday night. Songs were sung and the rest of the evening was spent dancing. A large crowd attended. LeAuer Shields has gone to Cedar City to work. The Relief Society had their annual 17th of March party March 15th. A pot-luck supper was served to a large crowd. The program was a trio by Choral Clark, Sharon Clark and Shirlee Shields accompanied accom-panied by Elaine Losee. A story from the Relief Society magazine by Eileen Boothe. The Singing Mothers sang two comic songs. The past presidents were honored i and presented with a corsage. A large crowd attended. Sister Elia-son Elia-son from the Stake was a visitor. Brother Eldon Eliason visited with her. Give, and give generously, to the Red Cross in March. FINE and HANDY A cold glass of Fisher Beer is fine refreshment any time, full of sparkling life and flavor. Keep a few bottles handy in your refrigerator. X . ..v ,, , f w - - x ...' Beer RSMfl IttWINC COMPANY I AIT IAKI CITY. UTAH 1 1 i Sparkle'Brewed lo the Alfitude Sparkle you can SEE . . . Sparkle you can TASTE YOUR FISHER DISTRIBUTOR WESTERM DISTRIBUTING CO. Bert Smith - 304 E. 9th South, Provo Phone Fanklin 4-0660 |