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Show by Max Call Why is it that every statement I get at this time of year has a Merry Christmas postmark??? Heres our Christmas thought for this year . . .a list of The Greatest Things. The best day . . .Today. The greatest sin . . .Fear. The best gift . . .Forgiveness. The greatest mistake . . .Giving up. The greatest need . . .Common sense. The most expensive indulgence . . .Hate. The greatest troublemaker . . .Talking too much. The greatest deceiver . . .One who deceives himself. The worst bankrupt . . .The soul that has lost enthusiasm. and The cheapest, stupidest easiest thing to do . . .Find fault. The best teacher . . .One who always makes you want to learn. The cleverest man . . .One who always does what he thinks is right. The warmest feeling . . .One of gratitude. The greatest of all things . . .An abiding faith in God! The last thing we need at our house is a cat. So Beth was a little disturbed the other day when I brought the groceries home. On the slip it said: One tom cat, 75c. She hurriedly called Gaylen Bradley who explained, Tom cat? Oh yes, thats short for tomato catsup. Its tough to struggle with three Trivia columns each week. You only read one, but there are actually three. First theres the one I think of when I wake up at 2 in the morning. Second is the one I write . . .and you read. Then, thirdly, theres the one I wish Id written after its too late to change it. Apparently last week the three were quite different! Some of the Manti businessmen were offended by my comments last week. Perhaps theyre justified. After reading what I said, 1 have to admit that I was not very tactful. Had 1 been in their position, I would probably have felt just as they did. It was not my intention to single out anyone in particular. I was not really as interested in criticizing as I was trying to instigate some thought toward some kind of promotional effort to build Manti. That was my motivation, but apparently my words were not properly chosen. I have apologized personally to the offended persons, and I repeat that apology here. It was not just the Manti businessmen 1 wanted to spur a little, but anyone connected with such a promotional effort. 1 guess that would include me too. It would availeth nothing for us to attempt a point by point refutation of the criticisms of us. We are not vindictive and do not intend to cease our patronage of anyone. We also refuse to carry grudges, and appreciate hearing from people when they disagree with us, as well as when they agree. I guess its only human nature to concentrate on the mistakes of people, and forget the good things they do. We admit that we make our share of mistakes, but we challenge any person or business to demonstrate more contribution to the public welfare than our newspapers. Over 50 of our total effort each week is non-paservice. We provide free publicity to all community events, school, church and civic. We publish the names and pictures of your sons and daughters when they get married, have a baby, go to the hospital, or die. We keep you posted on actions by city councils, county commissioners, and school boards. We tell you when the next basketball game or wrestling match is, and print the pictures of the various queens. The list of services is endless. We are the only business we know of that is expected to give 50 of its service free. We do this willingly, and most of the time uncomplainingly. Any good newspaper does the same thing. In return for this service, the first obligation we have to the public is to stay in business. We simply have to charge for advertising space. If we didnt do that we couldnt survive, and there would be no vehicle available for the myriad services which a newspaper renders. So if you wonder why we expect to be paid for advertising space, thats why. y Not so trivial: Weve been trying hard this week to practice a couple of very important human relations principles: 1. Try honestly to see things from the other persons point of view, and, 2. If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically. We recommend these two principles to everyone. Volume 93 Number 24 MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1978 20c a copy Santa's Coming The Manti American Legion, Manti businessmen, and Manti City are teaming up to play Santa Claus Saturday afternoon. The festivities will open with a free picture show in the Manti High School auditorium at 1 p.m. After the show that jolly old gentleman with the white beard and the sack filled with goodies for the children will arrive at the library comer on Manti's new yellow fire truck. A number of volunteers w ill assist him with the distribution of peanuts, gum drops, hard tack and other tasty items. Kids from 2 to 90 are invited to share in the treat, a spokeman said. Also Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus will make a joint appearance at the Marketplace in Manti on Friday, Dec. 15 from 4 to 7 p.m. Darrell Stauffer home near Wales. County Will Paul Bailey home in Fountain Green. Hold Proposed 1979 Budget Hearing Fri. Sanpete County will have a public on its proposed 1979 budget Friday morning at 10 at the courthouse in Manti. The budget projects beginning 1979 with fund balances totaling $279,837, in revenue, collecting $1,277,510 spending $1,368,783 and ending 1979 with $188,564 left in its collector road and general fund accounts. The county proposes to give its hearing Glen Christensen home in Moroni. employees '1 f 'fcl, Harris Larsen home in Moroni. Homes in Moroni, Fountain Green some historic, some and Wales will have open recent, all unique house for visitors during the annual Christmas Home Show Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m. The show is sponsored by the four stakes of the Manti Region as a g activity in support of the Mormon Mircale Pageant and building programs. Arrangements for the Home Show have been made by the Ladies Guild, headed by Carol Braithwaite, Guild president, and Ida Donaldson, Home Show chairman. Tickets can be purchased from ward representatives and at some businesses. In addition to visits to the six homes, Home Show activities will include a Bake and Sew Sale of items provided by Relief Societies at the Fountain Green Ward cultural hall. Refreshments on sale at the cultural hall will include hot turkey, chili, drinks and Christmas pudding. Two of the homes on the tour are in Moroni. One of them is the home of Mayor and Mrs. Glen Christensen at 289 North Duck Spring Drive. The occasion will also mark the 39th wedding anniversary of Mayor and Mrs. Christensen, who were married on Dec. fund-raisin- 16, 1939. The home in which they live was once house built by Mayor a Christensen's father, Niels Christensen, Through the years the home has been added upon room by room until it is now home. Mayor a comfortable Christensen, a mason by trade, has himself done the remodeling, including the very attractive fireplace. The other Moroni home is the home of Harris and Selma Larson at 236 West 200 South. The street has been Tree Lane nicknamed Christmas because of the holiday decorations one-roo- m m J, m fT Urban Madsen home in Fountain Green. which are a feature at the Larson home each year. The yard has a nativity scene, Santa Claus, fireplace, toys, bells, wreaths, candles, decorated Christmas trees and thousands of colored lights on bushes, trees and the house itself. The home owned by Urban and Olive Madsen at 300 North and 1st West in Fountain Green will be opened and shown by Owen Madsen, Salt Lake City, a son of the owners, because of the ill health of his father. This is a historic home one in which Brigham Young often stayed during his visits to the area. Indians pitched their teepees in the field south of the home with the when they came to pow-wogreat, white leader of the Mormons. The home has been restored and contains many beautiful antiques. Another Fountain Green home included in the show is the red brick rambler at 200 W., and 55 S., owned by John and Betty Mickelsen. It has been gaily decorated in a Christmas theme. Two of the three Mikkelsenss daughters are still at home and will help their parents welcome visitors. Both parents are active in the community, John is a former member of the city council and Betty teaches kindergarten. Paul and Carolyn Bailey, who live with their five children in a modem ranch rambler at 575 South 30 West in Fountain Green, say that the highlight of their home is the basement family room. Its feature is a beautiful white stone fireplace. The stone was quarried near Ephraim. The home tour will also include a visit to the home of Darrell and LaWanda is Stauffer. This modified located just west of the Wales Reservoir. Visitors are advised to take the first street on the north side of Wales and travel east. Mr. and Mrs. Stauffer transplanted their family from Cali fornia to the Sanpete Valley several years ago. LaWanda designed the home and the family members three sons and a daughter, in addition to the built it. parents An unusual house for the use of wood throughout. There is a deck porch around two sides of the house and a sun deck on top of the garage. An open stairway built of rough lumber, leads to an open loft. The home is electrically heated, but has a coal stove for cooking and a fireplace and coal and wood burning stove for supplemental heat. Supt. Lloyd Smif Resignation to Board My hope is that harmony can be restored to the North Sanpete School District after long months of conflict, Lloyd V. Smith said in announcing his resignation as district superintendent last week. The conflict, between a number of patrons, on the one hand, and three board members, constituting a majority of the board, on the other, had its beginning before Mr. Smith was appointed superintendent in September, 1977. The three board members Mark Cook, Moroni; Kent Strate, Spring City, and Bryant Madsen, Fairview, had asked then Superintendent Royal Allred to resign. Mr. Allred refused to do so and the three board members, acting in concert, then reassigned him as assistant and appointed Mr. superintendent Smith superintendent. At this point lawsuits and counter lawsuits were filed and the conflict between board members and supporters of Mr. Allred became more heated. A number of patrons charged the board with violations of Utah law; the district in turn charged the patrons with harassment and interference. The matter had not been resolved when Mr. Smith submitted his resignation, although both parties have apparently since agreed to withdraw their suits. Undue pressure and hardship were being inflicted on me and on my family, Mr. Smith said. I decided to get out. Perhaps a mistake I made was in trying to move ahead too fast in trying to accomplish some changes 1 felt were for the good of the district, he added. The North Sanpete School District board of education, after accepting Mr. Smiths resignation, appointed Ned Kohler, who had joined the district staff in March as assistant superintendent, to the position of acting superintendent. across-the-boar- d seven per cent wage increases. Its revenue projection is based on a tentative 3.5 mill levy for county purposes. The levy, however, will not be set permanently until the reappraisal program now underway is completed sometime next year. A 3.5 mill levy compares favorably with 1978s 5.5 mill levy; 1977s 10.5 mills, and 1976's 15.5 mills. County officials point out that in the past the reduction in the levy was made possible because of federal money and in 1979 in mandated because of the revaluation program. They point out that this reduction in the countys mill levy will not mean a reduction in the taxes that property owners will pay in 1979. Other taxing units, mainly school districts, would have to reduce their mill levies substantially to accomplish this. The South Sanpete School District levy for 1978, for example, was 47.20 mills, including 12 mills for capital outlay and debt service. If the two county school districts continue their 1978 levies, the amounts they collect from property taxes in 1979 will be substantially higher then in 1978 because of revaluation. Sanpete County expects to collect $123,885 in property tax revenue in 1979, based on a 3.5 levy, as compared with an estimated $116,873 in 1978; receive $591,000 from federal sources; $224,300 from state funds and the balance from minor accounts. The county expects to spend $49,275 in 1979 on the judicial system; $230,689 on its administrative agencies, including its treasurer, recorder, attorney and assessor; $108,237 on public safety; $40,073 on public health; on roads and other $687,411 improvements; $71,447 on parks and recreation and the balance on various minor activities. It expects to spend $51,077 on the Palisade Golf Course and take in $47,200; spend $10,000 on the Sanpete Historical Society and receive the same amount from the sale of records the society is preparing; collect $57,500 in fines and spend $17,400 on the Bookmobile, pay out $25,000 for insurance and $400 for bee inspection- .clerk-audito- r, Visitors' Center Open Doily Elder E. Francis Winters, Director at the Manti Temple Visitors Center, extends an invitation to families to include a visit to the Center as part of their Christmas week observance. A message of glad tidings will be extended to all who come here, he said. The Center will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. during the holiday period, with the exception of Christmas Day and New Years Day when it will be open from 3 to 9 p.m. |