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Show t THE LEADER-GARLA- THURSDAY, OCTOBER TIMES, TREMONTON, UTAH ND 2, 1969 5 From Pages Past LETTERS TO TOE EDITOR ; LOOKING BACKWARD WITH Published by the Leader Publishing Company at 10 N. let West Tremonton, Utah 84337 1 Second Class Postage Paid at Tremonton. Utah 84337 1 Subscription rates (in advance $44)0 per year. $440 outside State of Utah. Published weekly. James F. Cooke, Managing Editor 5; Jeanne Jones, News Editor Differs With Editorial even though what we have done may be a mistake? The only justification you propose for continuing the war Is that we cannot Are we so proud that admit defeat we must continue fighting war in which most people today agree we should never have become involved, simply because we cannot admit that we were wrong? Especially when most government and military leaders confess that there is no real way of winning It and we have no clearly defined goals for our being there? It cannot be demonstrated that Viet- - v. r 4 ? Broken glass on Tremonton Streets can play havoc with tires Nice Thank You V About This Broken Glass .Probably one of the biggest laints we've beard recently is compthis mat- ter of broken glass on Tremonton stre- ets and gutters. The latest complaint came early Tuesday morning when it was called to the attention of this "newspaper that broken glass still the middle of the street by the j? railroad on West Main. The glass still tbere, at least that part which hadn't bten picked up in the tires of passing ifjotorists, since last Saturday. Thafs not good. Passenger tires are belrg made better every day, but even the best made tires have very little protection against glass; especially of the type scattered over a wide section of a busy street The broken glass along the curbs and in the gutters of Tremonton streets is anoiher matter. True, if s the responsibility of the street department of the city to keep it cleaned up. But in this case at least, they need the help of local citiiehs who are thoughtless enough to throw their empties just anywhere. A few fines to individuals caught littering in this manner might help this situation. We're Winning In Vietnam We'd like to thank Mr. Mason (Letters " column) for a very interesting letter, He has made some excellent points," however we are not persuaded to be- S ;Jieve that the U.S. is not winning the a war In Vietnam. True, the battle lines 'are in approximately the same locations - as- - when we began but South Vietnam has not been run over by the Communists. In the type of war we are conducting , this is as near to victory as we will probably get. at least in the immediate future. - We'd say you'd have to compare Vietnam to Korea. Surely nobody could say w lost the war In South Korea. What we did do was to stop the Cor t" munists from taking over. In that pact we were the definite winners. The same" Is true in South Vietnam. h?s difficult to imagine how many millions of square miles might now be under the dominion of Communist rulers had we not become involved in Korea and in & would appear likely that Vietnam. our young men being killed would be dying much closer to this land they are defending. Make no mistake about it; these boys are defending America just as surely as if they were dodging bullets in Hawaii instead of Vietnam. And without this American involvement thafs just where the battle lines could be today. and Thirty Years Ago enty Dear Sin Just for the purpose of stimulating thinking and discussion about the point of view expressed in your recent editorial (September ltthX I would like to make a few comments about it. First. I would ask: Is the bet that we have already spent thousands of lives' and billions of dollars In Itself enough reason to continue doing so? Are we to ask thousands more to give their lives, just so we can justify In our own minds what we have already done, Dear Editor. The Golden Spike District is very proud of and thankf ll for the men who helped with our recent Conservation Camp-O-Re- e. Their names were left out of your news article last week. Richard Harris, of the Soil Conservation Service, U.S.D.A., has been the guiding light behind this activity for He is the main promofive years. ter of Petersen Park as a beautiful He is camping and picniclng area. also our merit badge counselor for the Conservation of Natural Resources and the Soil and Water Conservation merit badges. Tommy Haws, State Fire Marshall, has been generous in loaning tools the past two years for trail construction This year, be brought Warren work. White, Utah State Forestry and Fire Control, to talk to the Scouts about fires and their prevention and control. The Northern Utah Soil Conservation exDistrict donated funds to off-s-et We are penses of the Camp-O-Re- e. grateful to C.J. Bourne and his Board of Directors for their continued interest in Scouting. Thanks to Val Nessen for donating his time and tractor to prepare the ground at the dam for seeding. All of these men received Certificates of Appreciation for their contributions toward the success of the Camp-O-Re- e. The parents of Scouts in this area can be confident in a day when riots and dissention are making headlines, their boys were out doing something to buili society and their own char- acters. Wayne Jacobs on District Executive it's the Studio 45 Olivetti's Brightwriter nam would fell inrv the hands of China, or Russia, if the people of Vietnam were allowed to decide for themselves what type of government and socioeconomic structure under which they wish to live. On the contrary, the Vietnamese have long history of a spirit of Independ- ence, and they have no more desire to fall under the control of China than the North Vietnamese have to come under the control of the U.S. As Jonathan Swift has said, "A man should never be ashamed to admit he Is wrong, which is but saying in other words, that be Is wiser today than he was yesterday." So why not show the world that we are still capable of learning and stop supporting a corrupt government which does not have the support of its own people, get out of a senseless war and stop the useless sacriflM of the young men and material wealth of our nation? Sincerely yours, Walter F. Mason Jones9 Bones By Jeanne Jones f 'i THE LEADER Oct ONE YEAR AGO 31 1968 son Randy Dean Kimber, of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kimber of Grouse Creek was fatally Injured last ThursSnow-vil- le day evening two miles north of traia moving under he fen when ler loaded with baled hay Mrs. Clark treasurer Mortenson has been of the Women's Auxiliary to the American Veterinary Medical Association. FIVE YEARS AGO Oct 1 1964 Kathy Summers was named "Miss Congeniality" In competition for the Miss Utah title at the State Fair in Salt Lake City Proud parents of a new little son are Don and Mary Alice Wight Williams of Tremonton...Cami daughter of Mr. Coombs, and Mrs. Tbeo Coombs, Tremonton, won second place honors and a $10 cash award at the Utah State Fair Farm Bureau talent contest last week. nine-year-- TEN YEARS AGO Oct 1, 1959 Lowell Hansen, Gall Marble, Carl Hansen and Robert Jensen will compete for national honors on Oct 6 when they enter the National Dairy Products judging contest at Waterloo, Iowa... Russell Webb was appointed a director in the Box Elder Development Company...A- - mong the marriage license Issued was one to Duane Deakin, 24, and Florence Darlene Roberts, 18, both of and Mrs. Wayne Elmer of Garland announce the birth of a baby girl. Sept It TWENTY YEARS AGO Sept 29, 1949 "Meet your Tremonton Businessman" featured Wesley Gephart of Gephart Stores Company.Miss Ora Fae Iverson is enrolled at the Brigham Young UniversityMr. and Mrs. Wildon Weston were married Sept 16 in the Salt Lake The bride is the former Temple. Faye Barf us s, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Barfuss of Tremonton... Mr. and Mrs. Don Gibson spent Tuesday in Salt Lake City. YEARS AGO Sept 28, 1939 Mrs. Alice Bradford of Corinne. who celebrated her 83rd birthday anniversary Friday, awoke Sunday morning to find her life's savings, $380, which she had tucked under her dresser, was gone. Gone also were two juveniles and their dilapidated automobile... Mrs. Frank Hawkins retorted home Thursday with her new baby...Keith Anderson returned Sunday after spending the past week at the State Fair. THIRTY " 44 1 nCLl, ff Took in the Bear Elder football game last Friday night and must say that after the first quarter, it was a very good game. One thing though that was pretty bad was all those kids running and standing along the side lines. Where were River-B- ox their parents? I must admit that the bleachers were pretty well filled but there was a few seats around and there is no good reason for spectators to stand along the playing field and move in mobs with the plays. Did see one patrolman move the urchins back once, but as soon as he had gone, they were back on the field. Not only does it make it hard 'for the people in the grandstands to see the plays when all those "un chaperoned" children are standing along toe line of play, but it could Interfere with the Besides causing . confusion, game. someone could get seriously hurt If s nice to see good crowds out to support our teams but did those little ones really know what was going on? We had the same problem on Saturday at the Little League games but on a smaller scale. There were a few boys that bad stayed to see the games after their team had played, and these boys, most of all, knew better than to plop along the sidelines and play on the field. But they bad to be told repeatedly by coaches to get off the field. A big part of sportsmanship is showing respect for the players of both teams while they are on the field. Booing and yelling dirty names are never called for and keeping off the field and back from the sidelines during a game are just as important' Electric Dryer... $85.50 takes it back to School; includes tabulation keyboard and 26 other gadgets . 4 - r lJ..,,.rr- t,jL ..." - y VA I lit f :. 3 J rsrrt--Jf V V Busy Bees Floyd Eggli, Bothwell, who sort of let a hoby get out of hand, uncovered a huge hive in the city shed building this past week. He is shown above cutting away some of the honey. Mr. Eggli estimated that up to 15 pounds of honey was found in the hive. 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