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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL. JULY 31. 1980 Gat Frightened: Injuries Result LAYTON A family cat frightened at a Denver, Colo, service station led to injuries to a woman treated for infection ened by the extreme afternoon heat and the sound of automobile engines. The cat got spooked on the ground, related Mrs. Hogan, who was bit when she attempted to place the cat back in the at Davis North Medical Center. THE WOMAN, Ruth Hogan, Colorado Springs, Colo. , was admitted to the hospital June 17 after the cat bit her three times on the left car. THE WOMAN was briefly treated at a Denver hospital and the next day received further treatment at an Air Force hospital in Cheyenne, hand. The freak injury caused and infection which destroyed the joint in her index finger. Mrs. Hogan underwent two formal surgeries and three surgical drainage procedures be-- , fore being released last week after five weeks in an isola- Wyo. Once in Layton she visited the hospital at Hill AFB where doctors discovered the spread- - ing infection and referred her to Davis North. THE CAT did not have rabies, according to physi- cians. The Hogans and Dureskys Mrs. always enjoyed cats Hogan has two of her ow n and her daughter owns four. THE CAT knew something terrible had happened, laughed Mrs. Hogan. Oscar was acting slightly psychopathic afterwards so he was put on tranquilizers. Now hes getting back to normal, too. To pass the time Mrs. teleHogan received regular her from visit a and calls phone husband. She also spent much time reading mail and looking at the local newspapers. IT MOULD have been more difficult if my daughter hadn't been around and if the staff had not treated me so nicely, she said. But her opinion on cats did not change. The whole thing was just a freak accident. I cant get too made at Oscar. But people should realize the danger of even a small animal bite. tion room to combat the spread of infection. THE HOSPITAL staff w as absolutely marvelous and my daughter has made regular visits, she said. If you have to be in the hospital, then Im glad I was brought here. But it does get on my nerves that Im By NORMA PREECE 376-875- 1 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Templeton and family were met by friends from California, Dave and Pam Martin and family of Concord, Calif., at Wade Lake near West Yellowstone for a campout for. a few days last week, also t,o include fishing. out of action for such a long time. Cat bites can be dangerous, according to her physician, who says the general public is frequently not aware of the problems associated with severe cat bites. Arriving from Richland, Wash., is Mr. and Mrs. Jim BECAUSE OF the organisms that can grow and become infectious, a cat bite is one of the worst animal bites a person can suffer, he says. Dog Murri and two children to bites are usually easier to treat. The most difficult bites to treat, he says, are bites made by another human. The bizarre sequence of The new Central Davis Jr. High Cheerleaders for the 1980-8school year recently returned from the USA Cheer Camp at Utah State where they won superior ribbons and a superior trophy. They are bottom: Debbie Ipaktchian, Pam Allen, kneeling: Elayne Arnell, Anita Wilcox. Standing: Linda Killpack, Barby Poulsen, and 1 CENTRAL DAVIS CHEERLEADERS Trade Madsen in back. Group Ilyins L APB We specialize in the wholly impossible, 1111 doing things nobody ever could do" is the motto of the 384(th Air Base Group Transportation Division, and that attitude: has brought them the title of the best motor vehicle operations unit of the year in the Air Force Logistics Command. Tilt HILL unit now competes with other transportation divisions from other major commands fro the Air Force level aw aid. This is the third consecutive year the vehicle operations branch has won the command award. bus and taxi service, and hauled more than 316,750 tons of cargo during the year. In an effort to reduce fuel a sub-mot- THE ADDITIONAL facility itself was remodeled by branch hours, employees in and completed at minimal cost to the government. off-pea-k THE !2 months between June 1,1 979 and May 30,1980, were busy ones for the tran- sportation branch. They traveled 840,3 14 miles and logged 10,308 hours on heavy equipment and special pur- pose vehicles, transported 175,302 passengers by base quest. Compact sedans are assigned as taxis, and compact pickup trucks are used as light cargo vehicles. consumption, pool was established at the opposite end of the base from the vehicle operations office. Complete dispatch and supervision capabilities were transferred to the additional operating station which has increased driver morale, reduced miles traveled by motor pool vehicles, provided quicker response time to customers and reduced the total gallons of fuel used. Through a closely moni- tored fuel conservation program, the vehicle operations branch averaged 12 percent, or 12,672 gallons, below the given fuel allocation by combining cargo movements and taxi re Apm THE CRANE section of this Membership Meeting Set General membership meeting of the Kaysville Chamber of Commerce will be August 6 room at Barnes Banking Co. Guest speaker will be John Thacker, new Kaysville city administrator. ALL CHAMBER members are uiged to take this opportunity to heai Mr. Thacker and become acquainted with him. I he meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday August 6. np WHICH BRINGS me to the subject of enjoyment. In my youth, I was prone to do the popular thing just because it was popular. I hate the sun and have never yet acquired a suntan. : My blond skin neither burns easily nor acquires the fashionable brown hue; I turn beet red and after Ive gone indoors and cooled off, I return to the original shade with only a splitting headache added to what I started with before the bake. But since everyone sunbathed, I dutifully sunbathed. YOUTH IS such a vulnerable time. So many who are afraid of heights pend their vacation climbing crags because someone they want to be with and whose opinion matters likes to climb Wading in icy waters flicking flies in hopes of luring non existent fish is not my idea of a happy day, but trout fishermen dream about a day with a fishing pole. Many a young girl wades in streams because her young man likes fishing, there- by endangering both the fishing and the romance because there is nothing like a noisy amateur to scare away the fish. She would be much NOTHING IS so enjoyable as sports for those who like are sports. But the at such a disadvantage because you just cant fake a good jumpshot. When the crowd decides to spend the summer weekend on the ball courts, what else is there to do but don shorts and join the crowd? There is comfort in maturity when we have stopped worrying about what other people think of us. This year I intend to spend my vacation time doing what I enjoy doing for no other reason. A QUIET evening with a good book is one of lifes treats and no one needs to come and get me to do something. When I have a good book, I am doing something. The symphony, some lectures, a stage show or two. I go in for spectator sports, but without a ball as focus. THE NEED to get in a car and hurtle across the continent in a three day weekend is no longer in my itinerary. Neither is spending a month's salary on airplane tickets to see another city which looks just like all the other American cities. Family vacations are de- cided upon for a number of reasons, frequently the last of which is what they really want . First consideration is money, the next is time, the third is the age of the family members. Rarely do all these constraints r daughter, Mrs. Stephen Duresky, were driving from Colorado Springs to Hill AFB where Capt. Duresky was recently stationed. STOPPING AT a service a family station, the cat feline named Oscar who had been in the family for four, was apparently fright years son-in-la- and children of Hillsboro, four children from Renton, Wash. They all came to attend their parents 50th wedding anniversary held at Deer Creek Ranch near Bryce Canyon. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Turley. Also attending were Mr. and Mrs. James Dugger and five children of North Salt Lake. There were 53 descendants in all of Mrs. Hess family. Mrs. Dorothy Bitters accompanied her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Bitters and children of Denver, Colo, on a trip over the weekend to the cabin near Salmon, Ida. Len Merritt of San Diego, a week vacationing at Moon Lake in the Uintas. Miss Elaine Spendlove of Logan was a weekend guest of her mother, Mrs. Harriet Mr. and Mrs. Sam Raymond, Vaughn Raymond and his fiancee Miss Laurie Olsen and Fernando Barranco spent Wednesday at Raymond, Ida. on a business trip. Miss Susan Raymond of Ricks College spent the weekend with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Raymond. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kemp spent a week in a summer cabin at Island Park, Ida. They visited with their son Michael who is employed for the summer months at Ponds Lodge. En route home they visited the Idaho Falls, Temple. Group Very Busy The Busy Cookers Club has been busy the past weeks making dishes for their club projects. 4-- DURING THE past six meetings they have made baking powder biscuits, cheese peach cobbler and roll-up- s, cherry tarts, cheese apple crisp. On Thursday they held a mothers and daughters dinner meeting where each of the members prepared an individual dish for the dinner and hosted their mothers to the meal. IS their year cooking course and they will enter their goodies in the upcoming Davis County Fair in August. Mrs. Carolyn Andersen is club leader and Suzanne Murdock is club reporter. Where Doesn't Matter, Just Enjoy Yourselves According to the calendar and to the numbers of tourists and campers flocking around Temple Square, it must be vacation season. Each summer the question is con- fronted: what shall we do with ,our vacation this year? in and-he- Spendlove. Evelyn and Stan Hanks and Nathan Niederhauser spent 4-- H High Time better advised to wait for him on the bank of the stream, or better yet, greet him upon his return from the hills. Denver, Colo. The victim Columbia; another sister, and David third stage missiles in silos during the year in support of the Ogden Air Logistics Center's responsibility to repair and test the missile facilities. IT By FLORENCE BITTNER Hogans treatment began Calif, was a houseguest of his Mr. sister and brother-in-laand Mrs. Doug Baldwin. He came to attend the Merritt family reunion held in Layton on July 20. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Webster, their daughter Debbie and son unit placed 49 Minuteman General at the conference events that led to Mrs. vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Farlin Murri, for five days. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Michie and family returned home July 16 from a vacation for one week in Hawaii. They vacationed on the island of Kauai. While there they attended a session at the LDS Temple. Also at church services they met Miss Linda Okabe who is living in Hawaii. She is a former Kaysville resident and will be remembered by many in this area. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Clark of Sandy were holiday dinner guests of their daughter and Bishop and Mrs. Robert Dunford. Mr. and Mrs. Rand Fisher Oreg. who have been visiting with his parents Lt. Col. (ret) and Mrs. Jay Fisher, have now returned to their home after a two week visit. Mrs. Wilma Buhler of Bountiful was a dinner guest Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Joe F. Preece. Houseguests of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Hess and family were a sister, Mrs. Jean McDonald and sons from Cape Code, Mass.; a brother, Mark and Carol Turley and three children of Vancouver, British Kaysville Civic Association add up to the ideal vacation, so the family packs gear and settles for the possible. SINCE THIS is the family vacation, they must enjoy themselves. This is a national mandate. Vacations are for fun. In the west, if you plan to vacation, youd better enjoy scenery the way nature built it. I once took some back-eafriends to the Grand Canyon. The wind was blowing that day and they were so disgusted with the weather I dont think they looked out the window of the lodge. No. I remember. One of them looked and said, big, isnt it? Pearls before you know who. st IT REQUIRES maturity to learn to pluck the flowers of pleasure out of the nettle of inconveniences encountered in the usual family vacation, the have fun or it is all a failure is a necessity of the young. If I can acquire some new mental images of beauty encountered, if I can find some interesting people to talk to, if I can spend some hours with my family knitting up the frazzled ends of ties, if 1 can have a good meal and take time to watch an entire sunset, it will have been a successful vacation. THE WHERE doesnt matter. I am no longer constrained to do the popular thing or to please people who dont really matter. The zest of youth is for the young; I'll settle for quiet enjoyment which I just might find staying home. Gives Thanks The Kaysville Civic Association with John Brown. Sandy Butterfield and Sherie Goodlifee wish to thank all those participants in the variety show held during the Heritage Harvest Festival. It was a pleasant evening for all. Espe- cially do they thank the emcee's Tom Packer and Don Megill. THE KAYSVILLE Chamber of Commerce passed out 684 minature American flags at the July 4th Parade in Kaysville and many positive comments were made by those receiving the flags, np Wives Host Coffee HAFB he HILL AFB -TOfficers Wives Club hosted a coffee last week to honor the arrival of Ruth Battaglia, wife of new base commander Col. Joseph H. Battaglia. Mrs. Battaglia will serve as honorary advisor to the Officers Wives Club. SPECIAL GUEST at the coffee was Lady Austin-Smitwho had accompanied her husband the Air Marshall Sir Roy. Austin-Smitchief of the British Defense Staff at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. on his business trip to Hill AFB. Other club newcomers welcomed at the coffee were Kay Ellis, Judy Varley, Jennie Staud and Lydia Dougherty. MORMON CRICKET By DONETA GATHERUM One of the most popular pieces of Utah folklore is the story of the seagulls and the crickets. This tale with variations and emphasis added to suit the teller's personality, has been to every Utah generation since 1848. THE SMALLEST Utah child can recount the crickets destroying the crops when beautiful white birds came to devour the pests and save the settlers from starvation. Few people have knowledge of this phenomenon beyond what is stated above. THE 1848 cricket attack was only one of many insect raids on Utah crops. Some invasions were made by the crickets, others were grasshopper infestations. The Mormon cricket is really a shield-bac- k grasshopper. The main difference between grasshoppers and crickets are the type of wings and the mouth parts. It breed in seven-yea- r Anyone at all familiar with Utahs history can recall the story behind the anabrus simplex, or Mormon Cricket. But pioneers overcame the scourge and Utahns have been tilling the soil ever since, although the number of farms continues to decline in the state and especially in Davis County, once the fruit basket of northern Utah. pers. Mr. Call says, The Rocky Mountain cricket, as now remembered, when full grown is about one inch and a half in length, heavy and clumsy in its movements, with no better power of locomotion than hopping a foot or two at a time. It has an eagle-eyestarring appearance, and suggests the idea, that it may be the habitation of a vindictive little demon. daughter, the eldest 14 years of age. At the end of this time, when it seemd as though the crick- PREVIOUS TO the time spoken of in the summer of 1849, the small grain in the county had been nearly destroyed, including Mr. Calls. The five acres of corn was the one hope left of keeping gaunt famine from the household, hence, if watching and toil would preserve it, it must be saved. A water ditch was made entirely around the piece. This caught many bushels of them as they attempted to cross, and floated them down in heaps at the end of the ditches where they could be easily destroyed. AS CULTIVATED areas increased, and as a result irrigating canals and ditches extended, they served to intercept and destroy the crickets and they have long ceased to attract much attention from the agriculturist as a means of destroying crops. They were soon succeeded by the grasshopper. He, unlike the cricket, had two stages of existance, one when hatched out in or near the fields of the farmer from myriads of eggs laid the previous year by the matured or flying insect, in which its ravages were curtailed by the same means as those of the cricket, and the second stage when their vast swarms in the air shadowed the sunlight. cycles. UTE INDIAN legends de- scribe the white birds that lived on the islands of the Great Salt Lake. Their whiteness was of the clouds. They came from the snow and cloud lands beyond and were regarded as birds from the mystic world of the Great Spirit. The Indians also knew of the crickets and grasshoppers for these insects were a source of food for the Indians living on the western Utah desert. ONE OF THE earliest written accounts of the cricket and grasshopper legend appears in Tullidges history of Davis County, written in 1889. The same story appears in other books including the Utah Wr- iters WPA project of the 1930s. Mr. Tullidge quotes Anson Call, a pioneer of Bountiful who witnessed the crop devistation caused by Mormon crickets and grasshop BUT MANY w'ould succeed in getting out of the water on the inside, and with voracious appetites make for the young succulent com, when a constant vigilant effort had to be kept up, with bat in hand, to destroy them before they could do damage. In spite of these efforts, the com received considerable injury around the outside of the piece. The habits of the insect afforded some respite to great exertions. As evening approached they bunched together, much like the honey bee, on the sagebrush, where many could be destroyed by firing them with any material that burned readily. THEY WOULD not scatter out to feed until warmed up by the sun, about 8 a.m., when from that time until 4 or 5 p.m., the most unremitting exertions were kept up for eight weeks by Mr. Call and a son and ets, with their undimished numbers, would gain the day, that kindly providence, the white gull, appeared in im- mense flocks not only for the salvation of Mr. Call, but for the struggling colonists of Utah who were compelled to battle for existence with these insect pests. IN THIS latter stage man only showed his helplessness in attempts to check their progress. The following from Mr. Call is an excellent illustration of this fact. The time, the summer of 1855. the place, his farm in Bountiful, on which were 40 acres of excellent wheat, so nearly approaching maturity that the grain was in the milk. About 4 p.m., the air seemed filled with grasshoppers. They lighted on his premises, and to use his laconic The covered him expression up. They were dark, moving mass on buildings, garden and fields. THE MASS was so thick that nc wheat could be seen. Human effort could avail no thing. Man could only await the result of such an overwhelming calamity. They came over the mountain from the east, and, as the force of their lighting was in one direction, the wheat was bent over to the west. The following morning between 9 and 10, they arose in a cloud and continued their flight westward over the Salt Lake. For some reason not apparent at the time, they w ere precipitated into the briny waters of the lake, the touch of which was death to them THEY WERE first gathered into islands of from one to several acres in extent, and sufficiently compact to bear up dogs which went on those close in shore. Soon after this a wind arose which broke up the islands and the insects were washed ashore in a winnow, varying from two to six feet wide, and from one to three feet in thickness. This winnow extended from the south end of Das is County . a distance of 50 miles into Box ElderCounty on the north. For sometime afterwards the intolerable stench prevented the people from approaching the waters of the lake. WHEN RELIEVED from the weight of the insects the heads of the wheat raised partially from the ground. With wonderful uniformity the was not destroyed ongrain the underside of the head, and Mr. Call was able to gather about d of a crop. Throughout the county the one-thir- crops were mostly destroyed A dew, like Mr. Call, owing to some favoring conditions saved a little grain. TULLIDGES narrative concludes with these words, Both events, whether re- corded on the pages of history or not, will be handed down by tradition through the coming centuries, as a special interventions of Providence for the preservation of the founders of empire in the Rocky |