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Show Stockmen meet in Blanding Sheep and cattlemen from San Juan County met In Blanding at the Library last Saturday for a meeting with ' special visitors from the State organization. Melvin Dalton, president of tiie organization, presided. Bill Cunningham of Moab, a member of the State Board, reported on the convention which was recently held in Salt Lake City. Merrill Johnson, president of the Woolgrowers Assn, talked about taxes and their relation to the stockmen and of the land classification project. Robert A. Anderson, head of Moriticelldllocdllhoppenings trumpet solo and Francis Ly man with a saxaphone solo, both accompanied by Mary Ann Lyman. Commmunity feature Church to Sword Drill Everyone Is always welcome to the services of the San Juan Community Church, 15 South the BLM in Monticello, conSecond East, in Monticello. ducted a question and answer Sunday School Is at 9:45 a. m. period concerning problems with classes for every age from of this area as did State Veter- , tiny tots through adults. The inarian Dr. Osguthorpe. Morning Worship Service is at Elections were held under 11:00 a. m. with the sermon the direction of Mr. Dalton. topic for this Sunday being From Cod" from De Reese Nielson was elected Vice President, Karl Barton Romans 8:1-1- 4. There will be a potluck dinsecretary. Board members elected were Clarence Rogers, ner following the Services. Clem Washburn and Richard Following the dinner will be a Perkins for two year terms time of fellowship featuring with holdovers being Clargroup singing, a visualized ence Perkins, Kenneth Sumstory "Snowflake" for the chilmers and Fred Halliday. dren and a "Sword Drill" Bible contest for everyone. The Saturday night banquet Bible Study Time will be on was held at the High School Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. and will with Clarence Rogers and be held this next Tuesday in Fred Halliday in charge. The the home of Mrs. Velma Aswomen of the Indian Branch kew. The study will be a concooked and served the dinner tinuation of the topic "The to the sixty couples. L H Rewarding of the Believer" and Feb. IS to the sixth couples. Beau "32 9 attend. welcome to is everyone Montello was Master of Cer12 40 Feb. 16 emonies. Mr. Dalton gave a IS Feb. 17 50 brief speech and introduced IS Feb. 18 42 the incoming officers. Musical Feb. 19 42 IS numbers were given by Lurline The San Juan Record Feb. 20 45 23 Palmer and Ellis Palmer, who Monticello, I'tah 44 23 Feb. 21 Thursday, February 22, 1)68 sang two duets accompanied Weather - courtesy of Virgil by Mabel June Palmer. RichPage Eight ard Lyman performed with a Eastin. ' ; ' Iv.ilight Canyon was our night's camit. This was a marvelous iiace. V,'c carried all our supplies half a mile, past the petroglyph wall, up into the canyon to a mammoth cave. It took Mel ten minutes to pace off the cave's perimeter. 1 hrough the arch of its ojeiung were outlined the canyon walls and Navajo Mountain. Ue were to come within handshaking distance of that mountain before long. We Rosalie Goldman Following is the suth i'llall-ireof a tale of an im in.i-titrip made by a iris to Sail Juan Co mty . I or eight years Moiitkillos w jldi-mn ide, Kent Frost, has led Rosalie an and Melvin Goldman on itrj-ordinahiies into the s. iKi country. Mrs. Goldin m'v accounts have lecn pi 'i Led widely in newsj ajcr id magazine and mav, other e wilderness cullin' i I come from di 1 ml c u e lured r ut.it nm by Kent's nation IS for exploring the tort canyonlands sak-!- . Music Temple is go m nos , completely suhnu rN d midi r Lake Powell, carrying us accoustical peifection on v. ltli it. Across tiie v. ati n ly.ifttr our visit to Music Iimjlt, vs c waded up the cold Novemlxr water of the Hidden la sage narrows to explore tlx my ,ti ry lx n, and beauty ujcanyon. farther down the river, we landed and lunched in a charm- ing cove, where we found a folded paper In a tin c m beside a prospector's stake. lie can fell apart at our touch. The paper was a claim dated nt ve ed traveled ry . i 1 1 1 1 1904. 1 w up boulder-spattere- d Might Canyon as far as time allowed before dark and supplow we hoped we could return some day and explore to the end of it. U e used very old wood, hundreds of years old, for our fire that night. How did we - know? The floor of the cave was sand hardened almost to concrete, untouched by rain or flood for hundreds of years. The wood was at Its far back. Comparing notes in the morning, each had awakened at least once to enjoy the moonlight illuminating this spectacular cave. Next day was that of our last Spring down the river. We stopped at Keyhole Can A11 V011 trough his years as a river man, Kelt had wanted to examine it. Then we thrilled to the stretch of river where Navajo Mountain at one end faced Kalparowitz Plateau at the other, with a er. I distinctive balanced rock on the top of the plateau. Then we rounded the corner for Forbidden Canyon. Regretfully, we cached our stalwart little water friend at the canyon's entrance. We couldn't bear to leave it abandoned on the beach, so we hid it in the willows. Who knew? Perhaj we would return some day to coKinue its trip. Tills was the hour of parting. We had spent many a floating moment dallying with names such as "The r roasted Float", "The Good Idea", Kent was for calling her "The Nellie" after our daughter who was such a good little hiker in July, But "Colorado Kon Tiki" seemed right, because she was as odd right, becuase she was as odd a raft as the one that crossed tiie Pacific, fashioned as she was entirely of materials spun from the region. Changing our transportation meant shouldering our packs, and in we hiked for the great experience that Bluff flews The war in Viet Nam has a very personal impact on Bluff businessman Bob Howell, owner of Bluff City Grocery. A recent letter from Bob's son, Rickie, advised that he has rejoined his unit, the 58th Transportation Battalion, for his second tour of duty in Viet Nam. And another letter, 4 this one from Bob's brother, Sgt. 1C Karl "Mick" Howell, written from an Army hospital JEJ art in Japan told of Mick's being - i -, ' . V. wounded in Go Cong on Feb. 5. Jf ' A radio operator, Sgt. Howell's radio shack came under sudden fire in the early morning hours and Howell was wounded in the hip while transNARROWS OF HIDDEN PASSAGE CANYON mitting from the floor of the COLD, KNEE-DEshack. He paused in his transMAKE THE GOING TOUGH FOR A WADER. mission to announce he had been hit, then continued with his duty. He incurred his wound at 2:45 a. m. but it was 6 a. m. before he could be removed by helicopter. Dur"everybody out''was A COMMON CRy IN the ing the interim his companions coach days. stage covered him with a mattress THE BECAUSE to protect him from flak until WOODEN WHEELS he was able to convince them OFTEN BROKE OR he would be more comfortable STUCK IN on the mattress than under it I ROADS, PASSENGERS At the time of writing, Howell HAD TO LEND was waiting to be flown to A HAND. Fort Hood, Texas. He is a career man with 19 years in the Army. He saw action all A through the Korean War and served with the Army occupaii'.v tion in Germany. Howell grew up in Ucola and attended IN 1892 THE FIRST school there and in Monticello. AUTOMOBILE AMERICAN J His wife and two children live RACE WINNER If MPH AVERAGED in Kileen, Texas. TO PROMOTE THE Game Warden Larry FarnsPNEUMATIC TIRE I worth was in Bluff recently MANUFACTURERS presenting a film and talk on ORGANIZED THESF gun safety. Warden Farnsworth FOUND AND RACES exhibited several kinds of THE PUNCTUREguns and demonstrated safe PRONE TIRE CONTRIBUTED handling procedures. TO THE LOW The appreciation of Bluff AVERAGE folks goes to Sheriff's Posse TODAY'S AUTOMOBILE SPEED. members Bill Huber and TIRES ARE THE BEST EVER MADE. Clarence Johnson who assisted BUYING THE ONE Monday in the retrieving of TO FIT YOUR bodies of the three killed the DRIVING NEEDS in a plane crash at Nokai Dome IS THE PROBLEM. Recent birthdays boys in THE MEN WHO KNOW TIRES BEST, Bluff, both reaching that imYOUR LOCAL portant six- - year mark, were INDEPENDENT TIRE Ronnie Dufur & Geno Foushee. DEALER , CAN Parties with cake, ice cream, ANSWER EVERY friends and presents were on CONCEIVABLE tap for both little boys and TIRE QUESTION. Roy Pearson provided entertainment at Geno's celebration with moving picture cartoons and comedies. r a l v ? cf "Co-Pow- MC-eel- er i ng r 0&S , rime S0 MUD-RUTT- i1 hki 7i M Rodgers and Hammer steins delightful, wonderful musical Starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer Feb. 21 through Feb. 27(including Sunday)! Adults ADD VARIED TO YOUR MeNU Children $1. 50 50 fOR LESS MONEY Ground Chuck Banquet Dinners Fish Sticks 275 Except Ham Superior Rhodes Bread White 12 1 89 lbs. 5 Dough pack Wilson 2 89 79 Boneless 99 lb. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY lb. 55 Chunk Bologna lb. 46 Cube Steaks lb. 98 69 lb. 1 Hormel Ends Coffee 1.49 Tastewell Whole Facial Tissues Pork & 12 2 200's Delsey Beans Western Family , Pop Corn Barbeque Sauce Flavor Aid Aunt Wicks Pieces, 4 lb. pkg. Lazy Maple or Swift's Premium 1.19 3l 4l 7l 5l 45 8 pkgs. Double Luck 19 3l Layer Cakes Betty Crocker Dry Milk Carnation '20 qt. Bisquick 300 & 237 A Green Beans lb. Full Cut Hormel Franks Apricots 65c lb. Bone In, lb. Chicken Breasts Lean Round Steak 83 1.75 303 798 45 , THE SOUND OF MUSIC ffiE Asparagus Broderick Tire Service I. its the i I a IMIi 7 .10 IT'S HERE !!!!!! EP 7Vnld Jii LITTLE THEATRE Moiiiiirllu. l cn- On 7J&eel& , ' THE Show W eatlier j 5. The twins are their itrst children. Kenny is a uephew of Ceorge Duller. Mrs. Louise Harvey is home again after spending a week in Coalville helping daughter Vetvlell and her family. Ver-de- ll, who was injured In an auto accident three weeki ago, has been home but had to return to the hospital and It wat found she required more plastic surgery on one of her fingers. Mrs. Dora Adams went to Salt Lake City to attend a party of the David Black family. The family members numbered 27. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Blake received an unusual Valentine last week when their daughter Sally presented them with another grjndson. The baby weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. and joined three brothers. Mr. Logan St. Clair is the proud papa. is Bridge Canyon with Rainbow Bridge in it. We slept that night in another very large and memorable cave within view of the bridge! The cave seemed never to have been used by campeis, in spite of the heavy traffic to Rainbow, perhaps because it was extremely high for hauling water and wood. In a far corner of the cave wall, Kent found a carving of John Wetherill's name with the old August 1909 date. How nice always to rediscover that, in spite of today's good photography, the bridge is better than its best pictures. Lingering as long us possible next morning, we signed the register at the end of a i960 visitor's list of 1300 people. We were the last that season. When we saw Mexican Hat expedition signatures, we wondered what Gay Staveley's passengers in their sleek white boats would have though of us on the "Kon Tiki". V Mr. and Mrs. James Barry were called to Manti Monday to get Jim's children as Judy under' ent an emergency appendectomy Monday morning. The Valter Snyders went to Flagstaff over the weekend to see Sidney wrestle. The Jaime Crowleys spent the weekend in Grand Junction visiting the Dennis Bobos. Diane Johnson brought her friend, Mae Clark home wish her from Cedar City for the weekend. Mrs. Margaret Semaden! announces a new grandson born to Mr. and Mrs. John Catcher at Dove Creek. Mrs. Joan Saunders and granddaughter Leslie Burtell return- ed Mrs. John Saunders, Sr. ,to her home in Cortez Saturday. There they were joined by Mrs. John Saunders, Jr. and son Kenneth and all went skiing at Stoner. The Redshaws attended tiie Community Concert last week in Monticello. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pchrson and Mr, and Mrs. Rodney Pchrson went to Ephraim Sunday to attend the funeral of DjvIJ Nielsen, a nephew and cousin of the Pehrsons. Mr. Nielsen wat killed in a truck accident in California. While there they visited with relatives and with their son and slaughter, Ronald and Rita Pehnon. The couples returned to Monticello Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs, Steven P. Meyers have arrived in Salt L.ke City after sj'ending tw o years in Holland on an LDS Mission. They will be home to help the family celebrate Mr. Meyers' tirthdjy on Tel. 20 i.i Blanding, Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Dtdter of long Beach, Calit. , are parents of twin boys born Feb. Specials for Friday, Saturday MERCANTILE MOOTICEHO |