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Show n&t sm 'OctUl What Fathers Day is all about Second Bluff News been called Father of his member Country; many kings and emperors have appropriat i this Vacation Bible School began . to Bluff June 9. The Baptist in I anc male over in honor of their peasams D DP as Liti. tJLi Czar American fi day. refer to the i Ju Sunday School Union " Miss sent Karen Raichart and A bit of research brought out Father. Association - Founded 1885 Miss Flora Maire to teach the In our own country we have some interesting facts about UEHUI uvwu umuiumuweek long school. The girls, had the Pilgrim Fathers, the fathers -found- - from Denver, will be the and Puritan Fathers, staying Gideon, the Biblical warrier, Fathers who framed the Con- - with Mrs. Muriel Goforth while 70 sons had he had ing "for MR. AND MRS. H. V. ALWARD stitution. The senior member they are here. The little church many wives", but one of his PUBLISHERS & and all of the House of Representatives is EDITORS tory's most famous soldiers and Comof are House children welcome British the to attend. (and father figures - George Washa 12th more than is was for the Entered in the Postoffice at Monticello, ington, the Union ,This mons) year his of Father Country the of has Father called teachers for Bluff provided century Utah as Second Class matter died childless. Bible School. House! was a prime examMr. and Mrs. Kelly Rum iner Published every Thursday at Monticello, pleNapoleon Traditionally, the originator the of great man who sires or first famous practitioner of and family were visitors last Utah a disappointing child. Napols, is called the father of it; weekend in Bluff. The an art eon II, a gentle, retiring SUBSCRIPTION RATES as the is known Oklanow residents of Hippocrates was known belittlingly as Father of Medicine and the type, lived in Bluff 12 homa $4 City, In County "the eaglet. " Greek satirist Aristophanes as years ago. They visited several Then there was Philip of $5 Outside County the Father of Comedy. Less friends while here and were whose exploits in conof is favorable the reputation .84535 houseguests of Mrs. Goforth. Box 428, Monticello, Utah quering Greece made his young the Father of Lies - otherwise Another of our local boys son fear that his father would Phone 587-22known as Old Nick, Lucifer, an honor from the received leave him no glories to win. or Satan. Armed Service. Ted Nielson CORRESPONDENTS Philip's boy managed to amount Who was history's most indul- was awarded a handsome trophy to something after all by seizfather? A strong contenFort for Ord at gent the receiving ing the Persian Empire and der is Charles V, whose 16th highest score on tests during Monticello was he before India much of Park Vera Mrs. covered vast basic century empire training. He will be at 30. He is known to history as of most and stretches of Fort Ord Europe eight more weeks, Monticello Alexander the Great. Mrs. Pearl Lewis Latin America. When his son then he is to be tranferred. Other famous fathers who pro- Philip married, he gave him Mr. and Mrs. Dick Nielson Blanding duced "a Mrs. Jo H. Bayles chip off the old as a and wedding present; Naples son, Jim, left June 4 to include John Adams, block" Ted in California. They visit Blanding second President of the United Mrs. Florence Galbraith a year later he presented him returned June 8, proudly diswith the Netherlands, and the his John son, States; Quincy Outeast Redshaw the trophy. Mrs. Helen playing following year came through Adams, was our Sixth PresiMr. Terry from Blanding is Bluff dent. Alexandre Dumas, author even more handsomely with Mrs. Sharon Grounds Summer teaching a of The Three Musketeers and Spain and Sicily! had Then there was a father whose School at the Elementary Montezuma Creek The Count of Monte Cristo, Mrs. Pat Davis School in Bluff. The classes a son by the same name who very name calls up visions of are dashed off a little opus called open to first and second uxury. But his children, and Camille. graders. Five 4 -- hour classes ater his grandchildren, were The first waltz king of Europe, given an allowance of 25 cents will be held each week. C lemma Arthur drove her Johann Strauss, had taken up week, and required to save the violin against his father's 0 and give 10 to charity" daughter and granddaughter to June 14 is Flag Day. It marks the anniversary of the day in Salt Lake last Saturday night. wishes. When Johann had a son, The name of this patriarch: 1777 when the United States flag was adopted. This year it Pam ohn D. Rockefeller! caught an early plane Johann in turn tried to discourdeserves more than the usual routine gestures of observance out Sunday for her home in Califage the boy from a musical has been that of a freedom for upon, spat of respect symbol "he San Juan Record ornia. career. What happened? JoMrs. Gladys Huber is in burned and dragged in the dirt during the past year with alarmnot Strauss the hann Utah younger Monticello, Ogden visiting with her daughing impunity by malcontents and bums of all stripes who respect only formed a successful rival ter and grandchildren. Thursday, June 12, 1969 neither the flag nor the United States. waltz but added Page Two It is a sad commentary on our times that laws have had to be insult orchestra, to by injury exceeding ly Until compari-tivepassed protecting the flag from desecretation. his father's fame as a waltz recently, mutilating the flag, in the minds of most of composer. "The Blue Danube" us was tantamount to treason. But somehow the fog of permiand "T ales of the Vienna over the land has obscured Woods" were just two of Junior' ssiveness that has settled miasma-lik- e our vision of the flag and the deathless ideals that support the efforts. Stars and Stripes. If not for an The easiest way to gain perspective on the meaning of the father, the world might lack a flag is to visualize for a moment the void that would surround us great musical genius: determif there simply were no flag no focal point on which to center ined to have a child prodigy the sense of purpose and principles of a nation. In common with in the family, Beethoven Senior) the U. S. Constitution, The Declaration of Independence and compelled little Ludwig to other physical manifestations of freedom under representative practice the piano and saw to government, the flag makes known to all mankind the reason it that he took lessons with such for our existence. Flag Day is a good opportunity to "show musical greats as Mozart and the colors. " n0 I nasi I - Rum-iner- Mac-edo- n, 77 six-we- ek Show the Colors! Jimmie wins again! over-ambitio- us Haydn. A much different kind of father was William Smart, a Civil War veteran who reared six motherless children with devotion and kindness. Casting about for some means to honor him, his daughter, Mrs. John B. Dodd, hit on the idea of Father's Day. In June, 1910, through her efforts, the new day was observed for the first time The Monticello Garden Club organizations and individuals in Spokane, Wn. Today, in this endeavor without which on the third Sunday of each was organized in 1961 by a group of civic minded women we couldn't have accomplishJune, upwards of 50 million ed the project. Members of who were inspired by their American fathers receive new work on the Planning and the Garden Club moved tons ties, Old Spice and other suitBeautification Committee, of rock from the property, able gifts. serving under the direction of spaded, raked and planted The idea of honoring fatherthe Monticello Community countless shrubs and flowers. hood goes back to earliest civWe spent $1,080 of hard ilizations. In ancient Egypt disDevelopment Program. The 1500 documfolland cash earned Monticello Garden Club respect to a father was considman ered one of the seven deadly owed through on a great many ented , hours on the Circle Park prosins. "Honor Thy Father" is of the projects suggested by one of the T en Commandments. citizens answering the quest -ject. Since it's completion our backs strained have we has been so respecFatherhood ionaire circulated by the commuscles ridding it of and in fact, that "father" has ted, mittee. rocks out and weeds one of the favorite been digging always Our primary aim was to we Each turf. time the of Senators in titles. honorary beautify our city and to instill finished the we were called Rome ancient gazed task, pride in the hearts of those who with on of result the pride fathers or "patrejs" - and it is live here permanently and to our labor. from this word that we get the a on make pleasant impression dwindlhas Our membership residents and the short term terms "patrician" and "patrioed because the women can no tic"! Julius the touring visitors. Caesar was the first Some of our projects are very longer work to maintain this of a long string of men who havet;f community. Our noticeable, others are filed in asset to the funds will be limited er maintenance project when the minutes of our organization, already end of exhuasted the the we are faced with the prospect by and in the memories of the are we summer forced if of to pay. having "our" Circle Park members who have worked so of for the Circle maintenance revert once again to a negdiligently to make drab and Park. lected rubble heap because unsightly areas blossom into We agreed last year to plant we are physically and financthe color and beauty of cula screen of flowers on the city unable to continue the ially tivated plants. These plantbare lots the fronting property necessary to preserve upkeep ings are evident on the slopes which were left after the efforts of our labor. We the of the recreation area and the removal of old business buildbe forced will to disband one Shown above is Jimmie Wood of hospital grounds, the rose Monticello, a member of We now on Main Street. useful most the of and ings prothe Fort Lewis College Varsity Golf Team that took first and the gardens phitzers edging believe that this would be place ductive Civic Clubs in Monhonors in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Golf Chamthe City Park. our on we effort no if have useless ticello, another help Our largest project was compionship Tournament, A total of 13 colleges and universities with the maintenance of and an added expense to from five states representing plain Plans 1967 and part in pleted changed and Mountain Divisions Circle Park. a rubble heap into the delight- an already over burdened City of the Conference competed in the two day tournament. Wood Sincerely yours, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon A. Wood of budget. ful Circle Park. We had a Monticello and We cannot undertake anoth- Monticello Garden Club is well known for his abilities with a great deal of help from other club. golf back-breaki- . ng |