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Show THE rF03 1793. the strange story of that Scientist Scshs Peak wilderness retreat of Of Himalaya for Rhub?rb French exiles still holds a deep inThe terest in the region, as a current Himalayan Expedition of proposal of Pennsylvania State the California Academy of Sciences officials for. its restoration shows. has found rhubarb growing in the melting snow at an altitude of The colony was founded by aris17,500 feet in a previously unextocratic refugees fleeing the bloodplored area near the Nepal-Tibletting of the French Revolution. Its site was the land within a border, according to Dr. Robert C. Miller, Director of the Acadbig horseshoe bend of the Susqueemy. hanna River, a few miles downleader F. A. Charlton-Thomastream from present-da- y Towanda and 40 air miles northwest of of the expedition, describes the rhubarb in a recent report to the Scranton. The Grande Malson, largest of Academy. It is superior in flavor Asylum's 50 log buildings, was and free a of tough fibers. He says it made welcome addition to the built for Marie AntoiBut the camp fare. As this plant grows nette, tradition says. French .Queen died in the Reign through a range of 900 feet at high altitude the expedition leader exof Terror without seeing her Amerpressed the view that this rhubarb ican home. might be introduced into the high Liberal Royalists 'mountains of other continents and Descendants of the builders still countries for the benefit of moun live in the neighborhood. Most of taineers, or perhaps crossed with the Frenchmen made Asylum their domestic varieties to develop home for a scant ten years, how He strains. early, ever, and returned to France proposes to collect seed, which he under an amnesty proclaimed in will send to the Academy. 1802 by Napoleon. Officials at , the Academy are The refugees had been part of an open mind on the suba brilliant French society, which, keeping and any communications ject, prior to the French Revolution, from mountaineers will be careset the fashion and conversation fully considered before any action for the world. Many were depu is taken. tradition-smashin- g ties to the French National Assembly of 1789 which voted to surrender numerous feudal rights and sought to a Constitutional monestablish archy. Liberal, yet loyal to the Crown, they stayed in France after the fall of the Bastille and until the Revolution's excesses forced them to flee for their lives. - The colony's founders were Louis de Noallles, LaFay-ette- 'i brother-in-laand brother-ln-arm- s the American during and ' Antolne Omer Revolution; Talon, Parisian jurist Robert Morris, American financier, acted as land agent. Gay Despite Hardships ...but what it does for An American wilderness was far cry from the highly cultivated your table! estates many of the colonists left JUNI ROSE. A pattern at frih and behind In France; yet the royaltemantic as its nim regally ber ists faced their program of comwith gold in Syrocutt'ft nw ird PAUL REVERE shop. BUndt in any munity building with vigor, even and mMit the real high- -i Mtting gayety. In summer, French ladles hold a plat ta quality china planned picnics and boating parties lha Hghl and the shadow of your A scenic Susquehanna along the hand threwgh it. River, danced in outdoor pavilr ions and organized fetes under In winter the riverside trees. Grande Malson was the scene of concerts, chess and card parties, and amateur dramatics. All was not play, however. Houses were built, papered, shingled, and fitted with glass windows, then a novelty in America. Gardens, orchards and vineyards were planted; blooded built and sheep imported. Roads were built into the forests, which were felled for building, tar, and potash Industries. But most of the colonists had left family, wealth, ancestral homes, and hearts In France. When Napoleon made it safe for them to i Mum, they were content to bid farewell to their Penn'i-wood- s sylum, et JOLT H'R JOE . . . Senators Benton and Gillette are talking about Senator Joe McCarthy's fitness to sit In the V. S. senate, 3 question that Is before the senate elections committee ol which Gillette is yard s, chairman. Permanent Finish Friday and Saturday ORGANDY DOUBLE Washable Colors BILL 1951 LYNN CRISP MARJORIE REYNOLDS JEFFREY DONALD A PEMCALEt PIN WALE 'Home Town Story' CORDUROY SATURDAY MATIN! 2:30 P. 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The seats have had a face lifting or should we say, or where the seat is put has been changed. or replaced with new seats. No longer will you need to brace yourself on the seats ahead to keep from sliding forward . . and they're soft, ... too. Congratulations are in order to the school board and those respnsible for this great improvement we have waited for so long. These new seats should be on account of more people will attend functions in the high school knowing they will be real cozy and comfy. Wanna real nice Xmas gift for the whole family? We can think of nothing finer than a GE Black Light T V set. There may be a scarcity by Xmas so come in now and arrange for your set now. A G for X M A S BASLEY-McGUN- E T V E COMPANY ar 3 O For Councilman LYNN VAUGHN Term) STEPHENSON VOTE FOR ANY i CHATTER terrn) For Councilman term) For Treasurer Term) CLARENCE A. GOWERS GEORGE W. JOHNSON MANY OTHERS TO SELECT FROM BA1-MA- C CITIZENS O j ? 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Christiansen, City Recorder of Nephi City, State of Utah, hereby certify that the above and foregoing true and correct copy of the Official Ballot for the Nephi City Municipal Election to be hold November 6, 1951. RAYMOND W. CHRISTIANSEN Is |