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Show Millard County Progress Killmore, Utah 84631 Friday. Friday, August 21, 1981 Page 4 FFA Officers Attend State letters Leadership Conference The annual State FFA leadership Conference for chapter officers was held Wednesday, August 5, at Kings Creek Campground near Tropic Reservoir. The program was 'planned and conducted by the State FFA Officers to is and designed skills deselop leadership and provide training for the specific officers. Officers from the Millard Eagle Chapter attending Cumincluded Kevin mings. President; Jay Beckstrand, Vice President; Harold Robison. Treasurer; and Chapter Advisor. son. Robert A. Niel- Conference participants involved were in such activities as a public speaking workshop, training and instruction etiquette. dress standards, officer duties and responsibilities. issues and answers, and an FFA quiz. The FFA quiz was in the form of a "spell down" where each officer was questioned as to his know ledge of the FFA program. The Millard Eagle Chapter measured up well in the quiz with Kevin Cummings and Jay Beckstrand as the two finalists from all chapter officers in the south half of the state. Kevin was the eventual winner and Kevin Cummings, Pres, of the Millard Eagle FFA Chapter proudly exhibits award as winner of the FFA quiz for the south half of the state. received an attractive pen and pencil set for his Ben accomplishment. Hunter, past Chapter President, was winner of the quiz in 1980. The conference was well attended by southern Utah chapter officers and was exceptionally well organized and presented. TUB tL ? Tha human brain parcant watar. EDITOR Dear Editor, Dear Editor, S' TO THE Thank you for the opFollowing is a letter portunity to have printed written to Sylvia Huntssome information we wish man. Gwen Hunter, and other members of the to share with others. When we received the Legend of Chief Kanosh valuation notice on our Pageant Board: Our family journeyed property, it said that school taxes comprised to Fillmore from Salt Lake 64C on the dollar. So we City anticipating a mediosend quotes of men of cre production of an Indian folklore. Little wisdom: On April 6. 1877, in a did we realize that a conference, Brigham small town could and did I am op- present a tremendous said: Young posed to free education as evening of wholesome much as I am opposed to entertainment which not taking property from one only captivated the adults but kept a wiggly five-yeman and giving it to anold's attention for how who other knows not the approximately two to take care of it. Cannon and one half hours, which George Q. said in the Ogden Junc- is a miracle in and of ittion (a Mormon paper) self. We want you and the "If you want to pauperof the cast to members ize a community, comwith everyknow, along them mence by giving one who had any part in never something they earned. If the state owed making this production to the child schooling, it also bv a parity of reatobacco and whiskey soning owed to it food indulgence the cost of and clothing at public educating their children. Letters from two laexpense. If you want to destroy in a childs mind dies teaching very sucthat feeling of energy, cessful home schools and were printed in the Box which all should Elder News, Brigham have, impress upon him City. It costs them 40 that the State owed him less than it costs us as is a something upon which taxpayers-the- re he could depend. better way and it has been Wilford Woodruff proved! Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Bott figured "that the cost of free schools would eat (Ed. Note: The Progress up the entire property of has on file the letters from the territory-re- al and the two home school 20 years, and teachers, which we repersonal-- in recommended that the gretfully did not have Saints save from their space to print.) self-relian- t, possible, including the courteous Sheriffs Posse, that we thoroughly enjoyed the pageant and will honestly and enthusiastically be able to recommend such an experience to all those we come into contact with. Furthermore, our family has gained a better appreciation of the struggles encountered by both the Indians and the Mormons, here amongst the Blue Mountains, due to the excellent manner that each member of the forward cast carried their role. It is difficult to put into words an adequate description of how well each person performed their part, or how the involvement of horses, fire, and other realistic props became. The beautiful musical talents of the various cast members must not be overlooked and will hold up against any professional comparspell-bindin- g isons. We would also like to express our appreciation to Marlow and Sally Mace for the consideration of placing our two youngest boys upon the horse with Mr. Mace after the production. This couple reflects a special spirit of commitment to the success of the pageant as well as a friendly countenance; a very special couple indeed. In conclusion, we really the appreciate spirit of your pageant and the jov it has brought to our family of nine. Sincerely, Gary and Mary Ann Van Ballcgoie by Hiroshi and sister let Tawa (who was r ft ( vf VO Left to right - 1st Row: Laurel Watts, John E. Cooper, Ray Stewart, Patrick McCunne, Owen Day, Ellsworth Brunson, Hiroski Tawa. 2nd Row: Rial Allen, Leara Carling Allen, Norma Hansen Sonne, Mrs. John Dene Cooper, Lenora Jones Stephenson, Loa Baker Black, Ana Beckstrand Stewart, Maxine Day McCunne, Lena Brunson, Gwen Hunter, Florence Tawa. 3rd Row: Mrs. Harold Mary Jean Edwards, Nina Wood Debloois, Stella Hunter Stephenson, Charlotte Stevens Upper, Edith Warner Cummings, Mrs. Willard Norma Rogers, Utahna Cummings Bemis, Mrs. Glen Delaros Stephenson, Bertha Howlett Garfield. 4th Row: Lucille Memmott Warner, Harold Warner, Merwln Stephenson, Willard Rogers, Jack Garfield. Kay Robins Roberts, not pictured. MHS Golden Anniversary Class Fifty years ago, the class of 1931 ran the halls of of Millard High. 24 classmates and partners renewed their friendships July 24 and 25 at Fillmore. They came from far and near. They celebrated their graduation of 50 years ago., Friday evening, they met at Brunson Park for ' a picnic and the renewing of old friendships. Saturafternoon, they day toured the old and new Millard High with Gwen Hunter (wife of the late Vernon Hunter). In 1931 all classes, and auditorium, gym were in the old building. The football players were impressed with the green lush sod of the football field. When they played it was on dirt, rocks and sticks, and they picked out thistles from their Whenever I travel my First Security VISA credit card insures me up to $100,OOO and it doesnt cost me a cent extra. socks each night. Hiroshi Tawa was the quarterback and he was so tough he played without helmet or socks. John Cooper, basketball star, remembered how packed the little gym was with the corners rounded. Cheerleader Loa Black remembered that they had to lead yells from the stage, where the students sat. The late Dr. Duane Callister (killed in the Battle of the Bulge in Germany, World War II), was the studentbody ' president. Frank George, senior class president, died many years ago. Ellsworth Brunson and Loa Black were excited to find their state debate trophy still intact in the trophy case. The coveted trophy was retired after they won it three years in a row. The group was thrilled to be the last group to tour the old building and the first to tour the new building. They were happy to see such modem and wonderful facilities for todays students. Fresh fruit by the cases was furnished Through Blinding Tears There is a portion of pioneer life that has not been written, and which cannot, perhaps be written, but which neverthe-- . less should not be forgotten. It deals with the hardships experienced especially by the women who took the westward journey and became the homebuilders and in the wilderness, in the true meaning, of these terms. "' Much of the loss and the hardships of pioneer life will go down to history but, after all, its most pathetic side, the longing of lonely hearts for home; the sorrowful memories of graves left by the dreary wayside; the yearning, that was not absolute hunger, but yet gnawed as steadily and ravenously as starvation itself, for the good cheer of the civilized home; the stranded, helpless feeling that was unable to decide amid little ones for burial, and the blinding tears through which fathers made in the wilderness the desolate of this little graves-a- ll and much more remains, the unwritten history of the pioneer times, some chapters of which are forever blotted out every time a gray haired pioneer is consigned to the loving bosom of our common mother. "Is there a doctor in the The call went house? unheeded for there was usually none available. Those young mothers who could deliver a babe with of a assistance the midwife were among the fortunate few, and they were a special lot in and of as themselves they braved extremes of adverse weather conditions to devote their skills and loyal attention to those whose lives hung in the balance. Medicaid was unheard of but sacrifice was a daily menu. As today's forces battle to legalize abortion, pioneer parents fought with a desperate passion to save their offspring whose spirit they declared had a prcmortal existance. No wonder they grieved when one of the little souls was put to rest in a cold grave, as they walked silently away a burst of through blinding tears. state-founde- strange surroundings, what was for the best; the wearing, feverish anxiety for the arrival of the States Mail, the shuddering appreciation with which the perils and throes of maternity were awaited in lonely cabins where people were reached neighbors' who lived twenty miles apart; the bitter heartache with which mothers prepared the lifeless bodies of their 5SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSWSSSSSS SATISFACTION My First Security VISA Credit Card keeps me covered! Whenever I charge my travel tickets on my VISA Credit Card, First Security Bank picks up the tab on my travel insurance up to $100,000 worth of while Im on my way! coverage They call it a VISA EXTRA! I call it easy, convenient and FREE! No fees, no applications, no red tape. First with VISA EXTRAS like this Security helps make my travels smooth and convenient. 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Apply your proval now at First Security Bank and get FREE automatic insurance for yourself and your traveling family. First Security VISA Credit Card! FREE travel insurance, identification, purchasing power, credit convenience and it keeps you HandiBank access covered. ... 7S8-U1- 1 ". side-locat- Pink Ladies Buy Equipment TELEVISION SKYLINE TV &CB Sales and Service 743-511- 5 . The Fillmore Hospital Ladies have announced that they will be buying more equipment for the hospital with the funds earned at this years Pink Day. Several areas of the hospital will be upgraded through the Pink Ladies' purchases. Video equipment, to be used by the nursing trainstaff for ing, has been ordered to assist the nurses in learning how to do their job better. The O.B. department, which has been undergoing refurbishing, will be receiving a roomin-i- n cart for babies who will stay with their mothers in the mothers room. Two infrared lights will be installed in the mother's room above the mother's beds so that mother and baby can experience skin to skin contact immediately after birth without the baby becoming chilled. The small mirror in the delivery room will be replaced with a larger one so the new mother can watch her infant enter the world. A laryngoscope, used for resuscitation and for inserting tubes into a patient, will be getting an infant handle to be used on babies and an O blade. A new drinking fountain will be installed, and the kitchen will receive silverware so they can accommodate larger numbers of people. The emergency room is in need of a blood pressure cuff and will be receiving this through the efforts of the Pink Ladies. Because of the support of the community the Pink Ladies are able to Contribute to the upgrading of our locaT health facility and would like to thank all those who so willingly pitch in. Pink d wall-mount- We Repair Any Make or Model un- able to come). Fruit, homemade cookies and punch were served in John and Ilene Coopers canyon garden. Saturday evening, the TV premier showing of the production that took 50 years in the making was at the Senior Citizen Alta Building, where crew and Shumwav served us a lovely dinner. Class Secretary Maxine D. McCunne and Pat showed slides of all class members who had of the passed on (40 class) and read data about them. Master of Ceremonies John Cooper asked for a moment of silence in their honor. Class Vice President Ana B. Stewart and student-bod- y secretary Norma H. Sonne gave "Memories of schooldays". One vivid memory was of the bank foreclosures and the great depression of the 1930s. Many classmates had to quit school to work. Fun limes, games, contests. proms, etc. were relived. Owen Day and Charlotte S. Upper were given gag gifts as the Each class "cut-upsclassmate told a brief highlight of the things they had been doing for the last 50 years. We heard sad and happy experiences and their little niche in todays world. The group had a posterity of over 300 persons. They expressed for their appreciation their heritage and small communities, where they grew up in East Millard. Pictures were taken by Brett Larson and M.C. John Cooper called for a vote for another reunion in the next 50 years, ion on the other unknown. E. John Chairman committee and Cooper .1. Lenora Stephenson, Utahna C. Bemis, Leora C. Allen were thrilled with the turnout and the great time everyone had! much-neede- Contact DCR Dept. Store 20 No. Main, Fillmore Each affiliate bank of First Security Corporation is a member of FDIC. tf Vio- |