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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday January 2, 1991 - Page 4 airport waiting room. And to all, a happy new year by Doris Valle A new year. The old year is gone. We no longer need concern ourselves with its pain or joy, with all we won or lost. The moving finger has written and then moved on. Again. The book of 1990 is laid away. History, now. And here we are on the last lap of the 19th century. My life span doesn't really parallel the years of this century. I just feel as though I'm 91 years old some days. But I look back in awe at the changes seen in our world, just in my own lifetime; at the life experiences of my generation. In the beginning there were the horses pulling a wagon. They were replaced by a "Tin Lizzie", black, with a rod in front where you inserted and turned a crank, if you wanted the thing to go. The windows, of some kind of semi-transpare- Lockjaw, rabies - those scourges are things of the past. Now we have AIDS. When I was small, school rooms emptied when a plane was heard overhead, and children stood gazing into the sky until the aircraft vanished in the distance. Today's airlines take us all over the world in a matter of hours, although we often waste the time we saved by sitting indefinitely in the axaza .Cyy.w m were snapped in place if it rained. These days very few families make do with one car. Mommy has hers, and Daddy his, and the teenagers suffer agonies if there isn't another one or r 7 S which also worked by turning various levers. The first computer which came along was programmed by attaching various wires to each other, and it was the size of the average living room. Today's school children play games, tapping away on a keyboard small enough to fit on one's lap. The typewriter is passe, replaced by the Word Proces- sea. f gone by on the way to the drugstore, so there wasn't any use ringing him. Now we speak to someone on the Pneumonia responds to penicillin. Measles and - as was Jules Verne's fictional adventure under the numbah, please?" Central asked, and then informed you that the doctor had just other side of the world as casually as we once chatted with a next door neighbor, and without someone listening in. Lines are private these days unless of course someone has installed a wire tap for some nefarious purpose. Polio has been conquered. communication. For years I cranked an adding machine by hand, and later I used a calculator Even I use a Word Processor. Maybe if I live long enough, I will understand how the thing works. When I was a child, we talked to the Man in the Moon, and everyone knew that the moon was really made of green cheese. It was inconceivable that someone named Glenn would stroll around up there one day. The concept was as remote material, Alvin Reiner photo selected and forwarded to the postal department for approval. In the order of their preference, the names chosen were Eastland, Ballard, and Pine Dale. J.B. Washburn of Blanding had just returned from a r LDS mission to the New England States. y sor. nt two in the garage for their personal use. The phone was a black box on the wall with a hole into which you spoke after you unhooked the ear piece and cranked the handle. "Yoah The radio? Good old Amos and Andy, and wasn't there someone named Kingfish? Fibber McGee and Molly. It was an absolute miracle to have those people come right through the air into your own living room. These days TV invades our homes, replacing conversation and intra-famil- ing us. In fact, I tend to accept the fact that the opposite seems to be true. I am sure of one thing. All those books about the years in which we lived make very interesting reading. fighting for our country. To read of others who burned our Flag - to demonstrate something. I am not into believing that our generation was stronger or braver or smarter than those follow Those of my generation were Depression children. We can remember when a nickel candy bar cost a nickel. Our fathers fought in World War I and we lived through World War II, the war that was to end all wars. The war in which the entire country rallied behind the flag. The war we believed in. My country right or wrong. But no one ever considered the possibility that our country could be wrong. My generation lived to read of the young men who escaped to Canada to avoid Forty years ago this week the VCA uranium mill at White Canyon was running 24 hours a day, with 36 men employed. A new plant had recently been added to treat the tailings for copper, and was soon to be in full two-yea- years ago Twenty-fiv- e this week the first prize in the City of Monticellos production. The year 1950, which had just ended, was the driest year ever experienced in San Juan. Less than five inches of moisture in the vicinity of Blanding. The editor of the San Juan Record thought it was still a dangerous practice to let children under age drive automobiles, or carry guns. The new townsite that had been the subject of much conjecture and discussion for the past year had finally been given a name, more or less. Three names had been lighting contest was awarded to the Keith Redd residence for general beauty and originality. Second prize went to the Ace Holden home for beauty and simplicity. San Juan County was accorded an honor, however dubious, by the latest issue of Utah Taxpayer. According to the Taxpayer , San Juan County had a greater percentage of its population on welfare than any other county in the state. American sign language class lanThe third most-useguage in the United States, American Sign Language, body and face signals d to communicate. Beginning sign language is approved for three hours credit by the Department of Communication Disorders, or may be taken noncredit. For more information, or a free Correspondence Study Bulletin, call or write: Correspondence Study, Univer- can now be taken through the Division of Continuing Education's Correspondence Study at the University of Utah. Developed by Gene Stewart, American Sign Language instructor at the University for the past 18 years, the video course is the of Continuing Education, 2180 Annex, Salt Lake City, Utah sity of Utah, Division first of its kind in the United States. American Sign Language uses finger spelling, signs, 84112, (801) 581-880- 1. mumps and whooping cough and diphtheria are preva- lent only in Third World countries. No one need die of appendicitis. I remember a child I played with long ago. Her father said, "Ain't no one goin' to cut on my little girl". She died even as he spoke. Brent Johansen, D.D.S. Family Dental Care 212 South 200 East Blanding Monday 8 a.m. - Friday - 5 had a Merry Christmas . We ivish you heattfh happiness and good times in 1991. 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