Show Friday February 7 1975 Workshop Secret Service’s announced j0fo USU’s first Magazine Article Writer’s Workshop 'will be held Friday and Saturday June 13 and 14 and will feature panelists of prominent magazine editors and free-lanc- e writers from thru out the US John M Allen assistant managing editor of Reader’s Digest will keynote the two-da- y workshop designed to encourage and assist the growing number of free-lanc- magazine writers e living in the Intermountain area Dick Harris communications dept instructor and aJxee-lanc- e writer will direct the conference The workshop will offer advice and help for novice writers just breaking into the field as well as the experience writers looking for ways to improve their techniques and expand their contracts with editors The workshop will be especially helpful for college and university teachers who suddenly find themselves assigned to teach a course in magazine writing Harris said Clarence Reading his rubber stamps USU postmaster is in the near future takes two weeks for my letters reach my sweetheart?” or “Has the price of stamps gone up again today?” Retirement age is fast approaching Clarence Reading but happily he has interests outside his occupation to by DlSiTg'Saderup for Student Life Clarence' Reading Utah State University’s postmaster will soon retire For the past 16 years Reading has worked for and headed the campus post office selling stamps making out money orders taking parcel posts and answering thousands of questions daily During the course of his duties he also chats with and develops a rapport with his patrons the students of USU “I get a kick out of them” he says “We get along” This August Mr Reading will turn 65 He must then be retired from his position a fact he accepts though doesn’t particularly like Certainly money is not the lure that ties him to his position As an employee of Utah State he makes $7000 per year for work that his counterparts at Logan’s federally operated post office receive $14000 This discrepancy in pay irks Reading but fails to dampen his love of the job The mundane chores which he plods through daily from 8 am to 4 pm similarly have no effect on his morale “I love it” he says “It’s a nice job I like to mingle with the public” Mingling with the public does have its drawbacks however One clash occured oveF the minimum 24 page qualification of Has Varied Interests Reading’s family is tops on his list of enjoyments He relishes their company His wife June a graduate of USU has been a reading teacher at Adam’s elementary for 16 years She is also a ceramics buff “She’s made s omewhere near a million bowls” says Reading proudly His three children are all married His only son teachers seminary in Salt Lake One of his girls is married to an Idaho farmer while the other is wed to a Salt Lake businessman “I should be working for him instead of in this damn place” Reading scowls at his own seeming foolishness for sticking with such g a job Until recently many of his evenings were spent by ths bedside of his ailing mother-in-laHe and June took turns sitting with her every night until her death he holds tickets for all USU low-payin- w football basketball and baseball games He has officiated at sports events most of his life “I’m sports crazy” he smiles “Once I officiated at a baseball game for Satchel Paige the fastest pitcher in history USU coaches anf many of the athletes are his good friends His job facilitates the pursuit of two hobbies stamp and money collecting His collection of foreign cash is ever growing fed by 4 the currency of countries throughout the world given or sold to him by foreign students Students also provide him with stamps from their respective countries Some of these stamps he saves for himself though most he sells to collectors Despite these hobbies this one- time butcher the damn thing” squalled one when customer Reading article his pronounced for the inexpensive ineligible book rate “I’ll mail it downtown” he grunted “Go ahead” Reading smiled passivley He knew that downtown the irate young man would meet the same opposition He also admits that he tires of answering the same questions repeatedly such as “How come it 21-pa- it MfAAlW grocer the mail from ” cSZO (LflitL © 633 Secret Serviceman (BoTpvQe WVi Sam Phillips said his job is to protect those whom he is assigned not to restrict them “Jack Ford is to do just what he to” Phillips said “I may suggest that he not do something wants but the decision is his” Mr Phillips described the preparations necessary when the President’s son attends a USU football game He said the job - requires many Secret Ser- viceman and he must check on details like knowing if there is a doctor at the hospital Although there are many precautions to take the job is easier in Logan than in many other places “This is not a hard town” the secret serviceman said “People know if there are strangers around We’ve even been reported when we’ve parked in front of houses at night” Phillips was asked several times about how much they accompany Jack Ford His answer was always 24 hours every day 7 days a week and 365 days a year Phillips said the Secret Service was created in 1865 as a part of the Department of the Treasury to suppress counterfeiting a rampant problem at the time It was not until after the assassination of President McKinely in 1901 that the Secret Service was assigned to protect the President “Since then protective duties have expanded to the vice president former presidents and their families president and vice and the state but secretary protecting government issued money bonds or anything the government pays money for is an important part of the Secret Service” he said He also said that the Secret Service is the only agency that is authorized to enforce all federal president-elec- t of laws staffers participate Five USU researchers participated in the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science January 26 to 31 in New York The five are Martyn M associate professor of science range George Innis associate professor of wildlife science John J Skujins associate professor of soil science and biometeorology Frederic H Caldwell professor of wildlife and Neil E West Wagner science associate professor of range science All five have carried out research for the International Biological Program which involved scientists from 60 nations for a period focusing on major world problems including population growth food shor10-ye- ar tages and destruction environmental Rangeland benefits all Additional educational efforts should be focused on developing the rangeland which occupies 86 per cent of Utah because it provides a multitude of benefits for the residents of the state Dr J Clark Ballard vice president for extension said Friday “Too many people think of the range as benefiting only the farmer or rancher” he said “Each person needs to realize that his water supply comes from watershed rangelands that these lands provide the' forage and habitat for wildlife and provide for a variety of outdoor pertly through such countries as Iran Japan Chinca and England His ears are well accustomed 'to the complaints of irtate customers His sensitive fingers determine recreational experiences” weight and postage as well as any scale Within the walls of the tiny post office Reading is at home — with his packages and letters with his work and with his patrons — his friends 1ETM o VISORS LBta e knows he will miss his work of the past 16 years in the Univeristy post office His hands sift ex- — the- - boot postage-rate-- — one-tim- by Dan Christensen for Student Life 5 postmaster to retire USU - scheduled to hang up easier in Logan extention leader said university range scientists are convinced that animal production in the tan ges could be increased Immore double than The in converting to a desirable mixture vegetation of grasses shrubs and other useable plants could increase this production provements Dr Ballard adgd “Improvement of the rangelands in Utah is about our only hope for increasing food production especially animal protein since we have very little water or irrigable lands for this purpose” |