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Show Local T but Mother would never agree. He was always trying to persuade her to move to the row to be with the company people but Mom wanted the kids down on the farm. ( THE UTAH COPPER PARK Continues Evelyn, Dad represent Utah Copper Company down at the park. Hed go there to oversee things. Hed always be at the gate by the grandstand. He was there for every game and always took me along. The copper company had him go to the park sometimes during his working hours and take care of things. He was doing that from the very beginning when the park was new. Id walk down to meet him as he came from work. He felt it was important for his kids to be with him as much as possible. I remember going down there during the groundbreaking ceremonies to plant trees also. I think Governor Mabey came out at that time for the ceremonies. The last four years of Dads life, he worked twelve hour shifts at the mills from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. without days off, then worked on our ten acre farm all day. I think thats what finally broke his health. Lit and Millie Sadler and children (1915). Left to right: Lit and son Wallace, Muriel, Gene, Millie, and Evelyn. Eldest daughter Fay stands in the back. Coonville Foes Respect by W. Kent Goble Magna Times Feature Writer PROLOGUE He had blue eyes, sandy hair, and a fair complexion and weighed 135 lbs soaking wet." But, folks who knew him weren't six inch jabs. And he told me, If youre ever in a fight, keep your eyes on his eyes ... dont take them off him. You can tell what hes going to do by watching his eyes more than any other way. deceived by his casual, easy Evelyn Goble remembers that her Dad was a real father, a family man. He was very proud of his children, she adds. Being from the city, our father liked to take us back to his favorite restaurant, a Chinese place, for dinner. But before we went, wed have to line up for inspection, she laughingly recalls. It would take all afternoon to get Well-know- cluded Jack McAuliffe (1896-99- ), , home, so I do. I go into the kitchen to get a snack. I go to the fridge and get a glass of milk and an apple. I eat from the four food groups every day. I hope you and everyone eat from the four Rachel Honsvick. food groups. There are four things you should know to help your mind and body grow. And if you listen really close, youll team the foods that help the most. 1. Meat group with yummy chicken in it. 2. Milk group with yummy cheese in it. 3. Fruit, vegetables, you see with carrots and celery. 4. Grain with lots of wholesome wheat, this makes it complete for me and Amy Peterson. you. When our cars run out of gas, we have to put more gas in them. But not any kind of gas. We need to put in only unleaded gas. But when our body runs out of energy, we need to eat food, but not any kind of food. We need to put in our body the four food Tommy Labrum. groups. Good nutrition is when your body is in good health. To have good nutrition, you need to eat the right food like celery, cabbage, spinach, and com. Also to have good nutrition, you need to exercise like jogging, jumping jacks, And thats what push-upand Robert Wren. good nutrition is. Cash. Eat a good breakfast to be healthy and strong. It makes the day seem not so long. My favorite is cereal with milk, toast and jam, and orange Melanie Shaffer. juice. Milk is good for your body. It will give you strength and you will get muscles. Heather Park. Peas are good they help you grow, and spinach does the same. The milk you drink gives you strong bones. And fish is good for your brain. So when Im hungry and want a snack, Ill eat an apple instead. When Mother makes me eat my broccoli, I smile, for someday it will be true . . : when I have kids of my own, Ill make then eat broccoli too! Joshua Archuleta. I am out jogging. I want to go s, sit-up- s. Scurvey is a sickness that could make you die so get vitamin C. Blind ness is irreversible so get vitamin A. All the other vitamins are helpful took, yesterday and now, think about tomorrow, we will show you how. Calcium is a mineral in milk that makes strong bones and teeth. Without it, you would get bad broken bones so get calcium. And check the recommended daily allowances on food. So choose good nutrition yesterday and now, think about tomorrow, we will show you how. I have something to say eat a good food every day. Potatoes and gravy, chicken and rice, and salmon fillet, all are nice. Cheese and cauliflower, carrots too. Bread and milk are just right for you. AJ. Shaffer Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Yesterday, Mr. Malnutrition ate donuts for breakfast. Donuts are mostly sugar and not very nutritious. Yesterday, Mr. Malnutrition missed seven on his math test and So it. misspelled the word remember to eat a good nutritious breakfast every day. Jeremy Stanley. The contest was part of Pleasant Green Elementarys Nutrition Week. Winners won from the Dairy Council. Utah Power Announces ready for the next days trip. Everything had to be in perfect order. Each of us had to have our shoes shin- . ed, our hair done, and our clothes clean and pressed. There was to be no time wasted looking for a lost shoe. I remember well how each of us had to have our clothes laid out on a chair by our bed so that all was in order to be put on when we arose in the morning. Evelyn also remembers how happy her fathers Chinese friends were when he brought his family to the restaurant in Salt Lake for dinner. Nothing was too good for Lus kids, as they called him. By the way, she adds, Jake and Mattie Coon were close friends to my parents. They named a son Leslie, probably after my father. (1886-96- ), Frank Erne Joe Gans (1902-08- ), and Battling Nelson (1908-10- ). Heavyweights were the immortals John L. Sullivan, James J. Corbett, and Bob Fitzsimmons. Other name fighters were Jack Dempsey, mysterious Bill Smith, and Kid McCoy. A The winners of the Pleasant Green Nutrition Saying Contest were announced and are as follows: Nathan Cash, kindergarten; Heather Park and Melanie Shaffer, first grade; Joshua Archuleta, second grade; Tommy Labrum and Amy Peterson, third grade; Robert Wren, fourth grade; Michael Goble, fifth grade; and Jeremy Stanley, sixth grade. What helps keep a body in shape? Green and red delicious grapes, or is it the peanut butter that I spread on my sandwich? No!! It is a balance of the four nutrition food groups. Nathan UT S KIDS go- ing demeanor and wry smile because, if there an argument, kept their place everybody around Lit Sadler. You see, Lit Sadler was a street-wis- e city boy who had moved to the country to live. He had been a tough, hardnosed boxer who almost always won his bouts even when matched against fighters several inches taller and considerably heavier than he was. His son, Gene, named after Lit's brother Lon, remembers that everybody kept still and stayed put" if there was a problem that Lit Sadler came to settle. Adds Gene, Dad was a city boy who had the respect of everyone," even his pugilistic opponents. In his prime, Lit Sadler probably fought as a lightweight although boxing during the turn of the century" era was far less sophisticated than present day matchups. n lightweight boxing champions of Lit Sadlers time in(1899-1902- ), Pleasant Green Nutrition winners announced LX A Kid Lavigne Subscribe to the Magna Times $12 per year $14 out of state The Magna Times, Thursday, Sept. 21, 1989 FOES RESPECT Gene Sadler remembers going to Saltair with his father and meeting one of his fathers former opponents. This man was like a deputy assigned to keep Gene adds. order at the pavillion, He was five or six inches taller than Dad. But, it was nothing for my father to fight a man weighing 180 pounds. They talked for a half hour or more. They must have fought a rough scrap and it must have been a tough matchup for my father because the man was over six feet tall and must have weighed 0 pounds. I could see that the fellow had a lot of respect for Dad. In those days a fight could go 30 or 40 rounds. 175-18- ASSISTANT SCOUT MASTER When I was about nine years old, Dad was the assisGene continues, tant scoutmaster (1918) of the ward. I remember going with him every Tuesthe old day night to Mutual (MIA) at was Magna LDS wardhouse. Our troop crude of kind was number 98. Scouting in those days, just getting started. Sometimes the scouts would want him to show them how to box so he d him put the gloves on. But, I never saw strike out or attempt a blow. Instead, he would guard and let them swing at him. Hed get them off balance swingThen ing until theyd almost tip over. them hold up to arm an reach out hed and theyd all have a good laugh. THE LAST CHRISTMAS Gene remembers the Christmas death. (1924) before his fathers Father bought me boxing gloves and a punching bag. I remember one night a short time before he died (July 16) that he was sitting on the couch. He sat forward and let me swing at him. He never needed to use more than one hand to deflect the swings as I threw one punch after another. I took a big his hand. swing and he blocked it with He was so composed. Hed just sit and rufflsmile and guard me off without challenge Hed head. his on hair a ing me to hit him but I never could. I was fifteen years old. Dad showed me the kind of punches to use. Never use a haymaker, he told me, just little snappy blows and DOING THINGS WELL Evelyn continues, Our father always said, If its worth doing, its worth doing well . . . and he meant well ... period. Eveiything around our farm was kept in order. The equipment harnesses, brushes, and curry combs for the horses were kept just so. And we had to brush the horses and keep them looking slick and shiny all of the time. BRINGING IN THE HAY We all knew how to work, boy, did we. Gene Evelyn recalls, and I helped Dad haul hay and stack it in the hay bam. Dad would throw the hay on the wagon and we would stack it. We tied shocks in those days. We would lay one shock in each comer of the hay rack then overlap (crisscross) each one. We had to keep the hay tramped down and start each new layer. I took Grants place after he died and had to do a boys work on the farm. CHORES Father always made assignments to the children. We had to gather eggs, feed the pigs, horses, cows, and chickens and milk the cows. During the the entire summer, Evelyn adds, in and did the worked garden family chores around the place. Poor Fay, she was the oldest and she laughs, Dad and Mother left her with the responsibility of getting the rest of us to do things. TIME FOR FUN Gene Sadler remembers that though life was serious then, there was time Dad had fun loving atfor fun. We had he remembers. tributes, cousins over several times during the year, especially for Thanksgiving dinner. Uncle Frank and Aunt Liz Rushton would come for two or three days and bring their kids. And Dad loved to play checkers, he confides. I remember how Dad enjoyed playing checkers with William Featherstone; Uncle Jim Hardmans father-in-laThey had quite some games. UTAH COPPER COMPANY Our father was night watchman (security) and guard at the mills, He also racked Evelyn adds. timecards at the time office. He and Doc Maiben were close friends and Dad was good friends with the mill superintendent. The superintendent offered Dad the opportunity to move his family up on the row in one of the company homes, u (This is not a misprint) V Utah Power's Utah prices are being lowered by $26.5 million, percent. Combined with five previous reductions, UP&L prices have about 4 been decreased by 12 percent since January 1988 for a total of $79.5 million! 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