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Show Answer Mission Calls Messenger-Enterpris- School Home The Manti weather data A quiltmaking workshop will be held is reported each week by Lee J. Anderson, local Wednesday afternoon from 2 to 4 at the d Ward cultural hall cooperative observer for Manti the U.S. Department of under the sponsorship of the Utah State Commerce, Weather University extension service. Presentations and demonstration will Bureau. include How to Design a Quilt, Utah Max. Min. Prec. Quilt Guild and Quilting Techniques by Theta Johnson of USU extension; Piecing and Pressing, Barbara Pace, Wayne County, winner of Better Homes and Gardens quilt contest; Marking, Dellis Christensen, Centerfield; Blind Tie, Kathleen Bartholomew, Fayette; Variety of Quilting Helps. Marcell To California by Dr. Daryl J. McCarty First-Secon- Executive Secretary Utah Education Association Burke Plummer, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Plummer, Ephraim and Provo, has accepted a call to serve in the Southern California Mission. His farewell will be held in the Ephraim Second Ward on Jan. 13 at 5 p.m. and he will enter the Missionary Training Center on Jan. 17. Burke graduated from Manti High School in 1979 and attended Snow College fall quarter. He attended Provo High School his sophomore and junior years and then transferred to Manti High School for his senior year. He was a member of the Manti High School tennis, football and basketball teams. To Tennessee ready to read something good about television. One thing thats good about the tube is a new educational program for Get Dinosaur Utah's National Monument, an oil super-tankeand a salt marsh on Long Island Sound. The program uses children, particularly concepts that upper-grad- e those in the eight to elementary students can group. easily grasp. For instance, The name of the one week's programs will Conbe on Big and Little," program is and it explains and their explorations will tact. science and technology in range from an elephant to a light, informative way. life in a drop of water The people who are from one of Utahs producing this new show dinosaur fossils to a flea are the ones who brought circus. you Sesame Street" and Purposes of this new The Electric Company." show are to help children The show will be aired experience the pleasure of at 6 p.m. each weekday on scientific exploration, faKUED (Channel 7) and at miliarize them with scien4 p.m. on KBYU (Channel tific thinking skills, and ) beginning January 14. help them to recognize 1980. science and technology as The Contact" something that's open to programs will have three their participation. Producers will be makoung hosts who roam the world to explore nature ing classroom materials and technology and to look based on the television in on scientists and program available to technicians at work in elementary teachers, so laboratories. many educators may tie in Typical of the sites that their instruction with "3-2-w ill he visited are Miami's Contact" proSeaquarium. the worlds grams. A feature of the show is largest radio teleseope in Puerto Rico, the Bronx called 1 lie Bloodhound twelve-vear-ol- Chuck Towt, a son of Mrs. and the late Jack Towt, Ephraim, has accepted a call to serve in the Tennessee Nashville Mission. His farewell will be held in the Ephraim First Ward on Jan. 13 at 5 p.m. and he will enter the Missionary Training Center on Jan. 17. Charles is a graduate of Manti High School and the Manti Seminary. He was senior class president and participated in forensics and basketball at Manti High. He attended Brigham Young University on a scholarship last semester. Charles r, d 1 By Popular Chuck" Towt Charles Zoo, 1 Twila Towt 1.14; Nov., a group of kids who demonstrate the use of scientific reasoning in solving mysteries. Salt I ake teacher Grace Hiait. who previewed the senes, says the Contact" program may be one of the best things that happens on television for young people this year. Demand . . . of ...at By Grace Johnson Per Copy INTERSTATE HOMES INC ScT Cr UTAH We will mail anywhere. Add 1.00 PER BOOK for postage and handling charges. Plus 24c Sales Tax , I- .(tyw,-longin- f the mint hikrhtt tpistiet that make this kk aaifat. Writes New Book Reprinted from The Ephraim Enterprise, dated Sept. 6, 197) "... Ephraim stories are famous! At the request of the University of Utah a master's thesis was written on them. Universities of national repute send emissaries to research this unique western folklore." The Utah Historical Society has wondered why Ephraim doesn't do something about it. Well, at last, somebody has. In a new work, Grace Johnson has written a book about them. It is titled "Brodders and Sisters being the early life and times of the Mormon town of Ephraim, Utah, including, to be sure, the famous yVEATHEFWtEPORTj "Ephraim Stories." For years Ephraim people have been telling and laughing at these "Ephraim Stories" without realizing that they were of any importance. Then they began to come, emissaries from educational institutions, trying to record in some permanent form the s folklore of the area. But they have had no luck. The have tightened up and refused to "give." Emanating from such dramatic business as the Mormon migration, Indian warfare, the rigors and hardships of pioneering, not only because of the situations that this folklore is unique arise when the man of different language tries to express himself in the language of his adopted country, but in the Mormon situation itself. With a lay clergy, the bishop was no career churchman but a farmer who left off plowing to come to town and perform a wedding ceremony or other prerogatives of his office. Actually," writes Grace Johnson, "no one but a native-borEphraimite can deal with the subject authentically. I don't pretend to have dealt with it adequately, but I can at least say I have tried." The work originally appeared serially in the Ephraim Enterprise and the Manti Messenger, and was later published as this happening again! Brigham's pacing was wearing out a path on the office carpet. Take a letter. This will fix itl" The letter directed the settlement at Ephraim to conduct all church services in the English language, which brought the following reply: The settlement would observe Brother Brigham's instruction and conduct church services in English. But it would also conduct church services in Danish. NO! which brought the Brigham issued a thunderous . story-teller- Ephraim ' n II a book. "Why learn the language of course." "Exactly!" declared Brigham, crushing the letter in a clenched fist. "Do you know what the Danish immigrants in Ephraim have done? Note that I have said, 'have done,' it's past. It's accomplished and I am not told until now. Instead of learning English, they have reversed the procedure. Anyone who wants to communicate in Ephraim has to learn Danish. And what's more, they have! You can't buy or sell a cow in Ephraim unless you do it in Danish!" It was all too true. The native-borAmericans had roared. The Norwegians huffed and puffed. The Swedes, the smallest minority, twittered futiley. But the Danish, who were in the majority, had prevailed. Brigham, to whom the English language was a close relative of The Star Spangled Banner, barked a directive: "Tell the brethren that henceforth all Scandinavians will speak only English!" But all this accomplished was to bring another letter and more floor pacing. "Listen to this! Brigham shouted and read. The letter stated the Danish had tried with all their might and main to master the English language, and, which, after this great effort, they found to be the craziest of all methods of communication and which had brought upon them deep humiliation. So many words meaning different things, had the same sound so if you missed a letter like T it could change the meaning from propriety to calamity. . As for instance, when Brodder Yonson, eulogizing the dead in Brodder Hansen's funeral said, and so, considering all the vonderful characteristics of this man, I am more and more committed to that great and eternal principle, the immoiality of the soul which he has practiced all his life!" And Brother Brigham might not believe it but there were sides in the congregation shaking with held-iand at a laughter funeral! A word in English starts out to mean something and with just a little change ends up with a disaster like this! ' We do not believe that Brother Brigham wants anything like this going on and since Danish is clearly the superior language and since we are in the majority, we will continue to speak the great Danish language where there is no chance of anything like Ephraim Author Want Ait Dt More At I ewer Cut Diet 93 Manti . Brigham Young's secretary looked up apprehensively as Brigham, a letter in hand, paced the floor of his office in The Lion House, his official residence in Salt Lake City. Only when there were major issues at stake did Brother Brigham pace the floor. The United States Army had crossed the continent to war against the Mormons and returned with red faces. Was the President of the U.S. planning to send another army? Had the Ute and Shoshone Indians buried their old hatchet of enmity and joined forces to annihilate the Mormons? The secretary ventured a timid, "Sir?" Brigham paused and confronted him. "Tell me. if you had moved into a new country, what would be the very first thing you would do?" "Brodders and Sisters" Salesmen: HOMElRRO . i The Battle of the Languages served in the Primary presidency, as Relief Society president and a ward Laurel advisor. She is the wife of Jay Childs, a teacher and farmer and they are the parents of 10 children, three of whom have served LDS missions. OOTiSMTTi 595 S. Main - Here's an excerpt ... Scheduled for Saturday flgfegQ; - Photo courtesy Utah State Historical Society. Beehive Standard Event I - iBi 283-402- 5, The Ephraim weather data is reported each week by the Great Basin Experimental Area, Intermountain Experiment Station. U.S. Forest Service. .,, Ephraim Pioneer Meeting House , completed in 1869. The walls were constructed of rock to offer protection from Indian attacks. The building was built according to Brigham Young's favorite New England pattern a three-sidegallery. Nearly all the west wall was covered by a giant mural by the " Celebrated artist C.C A Christensen. Another artist's master- Hf.j&nat utenstiegiasepHSfvekandnkma ittfymcmmblonee-''T'r'- r for the best in art. The enttre Meeting House was a historical treasure. week, we postponed the starting date for most of them until next week, said Evening School Coordinator, Susan Crook. The closing of our office for the Christmas holiday made it difficult for student to register, so were giving them an extra week, Miss Crook explained. Registrations are being taken at the Office of Community Services, 157 East Center, Ephraim. Telephone ext. 208, for more information. Jerry & Mary Bradley Planning Committee for Quilt Making Workshop. Back: Marcell Poulson, Ephraim; Roxie Washburn, Mt. Pleasant; Etta Irons, Moroni. Front: Sheila Sorenson, Axtell; Dellis Christensen, Centerfield. Cover Evening Classes to Begin for Snow Winter Quarter Cobm Home ID Interstate. 12.41 Gang." n Manti Utah Stakes Beehive Standard Event will get underway Saturday morning at 9 in the Ephraim LDS Institute. Mothers and daughters are invited. Janet Childs, who is the Gunnison Utah Stake Laurel advisor, will be the guest speaker. The days activities will also include a craft item that mothers and daughters will work on. Mrs. Childs has held numerous positions in her stake and ward. She has handouts, she added. Dec., 1.42; .45. for a total of inches. 43 in all Public spirited people Mr. Wanlass said that about 25 to 30 have responded to the Ephraim-Mant- i of the applicants will be chosen to take Ambulance Association's appeal for the EMT training course that will begin about the first of February at Snow help. Twenty-seveManti residents and 16 College. He explained that Ephraim and Manti Ephraim residents have applied for Emergency Medicp I, Technician twping tfities are putting up some of the money following t&sNrictettontf pier far to cover tuition costs and the state Is also volunteers. providing funding. The City Councils Were very heartened by the and state agencies will therefore have a response." Frank Wanlass, association voice in selecting the applicants who will president, said. We were down to take the training. Mr. Wanlass said. about 14 or 15 active members. They The training course can handle were having to work double and even around 25 to 30 students, he said, and the applicants not selected for the triple shifts and some were becoming very discouraged. In fact, we were February class will be kept on file so that facing the possibility of having to there will be a reserve list of potential discontinue the operation. EMTs. Course offerings vary from Aviation Ground School to Interior Design for Homemakers. Other new classes added this quarter are Microwave Cooking, Clerical Accounting, Community Chorale, Women in Transition, and Home Computers. Although several classes began this The workshop will replace the annual USU extension sew show, Mrs. Madsen said. Everyone is invited; there will be no charge for the workshop or the U Subscribed by Applicants Winter quarter evening school classes are beginning at Snow College. Poulson, Ephraim; Quilting with Yarn, Ruth Jensen, Mayfield, and Quilting by the Block, Sheila Sorenson, Axtell. The planning committee has included Roxie Marcell Poulson, Ephraim; Mt. Etta Irons, Washburn, Pleasant; Moroni; Sheila Sorenson, Axtell; Dellis Christensen, Centerfield, and Mary Lois Madsen, USU home agent. year 1979 was as follows: Jan., 1.69; Feb. 1.22; Mar. 2.50; Apr. .88; May, 1.72; June, .05; July, .18; Aug., .90; Sept., .26; Oct., A Th ird Printing EMT Course Fully Learn to Make Quilts Mcnti and Pa je 8 Thursday, January 10, 1980 e, JWEATHEREPORTj following: Were the people of the Ephraim settlement to understand by GRACE JOHNSON 835-203- 1 HONEST ADE CONSTRUCTION Builders and Dealers of Interstate Homes PICK UP YOUR COPY NOW FROM MESSENGER -- ENTERPRISE OFFICE IN MANTI |