Show Page 2 - Millard Count) 1 SPS Thurs Jan 10 1985 Frankly Speaking By Our language is don’t you know The Parable of the Apple Tree A good red apple tree by our garden grew well provided us with green apples in the summer apple pies and a few good apples to pick from the tree in the fall crisp red and delicious It provided shade while we rested from working in the garden In the spring it was a pink and white bouquet to give us beauty and a fragrance that filled our garden place Early one spring day we hired a man to come with his big plow and deep plow our garden spot We didn’t remember to warn him to not get too close to our apple tree The plowman drove his tractor under the branches of the tree and cut the deep roots that reached into the garden soil for nourishment and growth That summer the tree just stood there not putting on new branches not blooming the full fragrant blossoms we had always enjoyed nor the choice apples We did not know that the deep tap roots had been cut We pruned the tree put fertilizer around its base we encouraged the tree the best we knew One day a wind came through our valley and the tree fell We sorrowed as we watched it cut into firewood and hauled away Lost to us the beauty the harvest and the joy of that good tree Life is like that If we cut the deep tap roots of heritage of faith of family values of integrity the tree falls Beauty and harvest is lost MW® fi® Being an editor it's a good thing I can write better than I can talk Some of the expressions we edit from the copy we receive would make Mr Webster “turn over in his grave” Many people write exactly the way spell the same way they We do our best to clean up some of the more atrocious sentences before we go to press In the middle of the night on press night it's kind of hard to do though I am in complete sympathy with the writers however as I sometimes catch myself doing the same thing I have a terrible time cleaning up some of my that you expressions probably wouldn’t even understand here It’s also a good thing “ya’ll cain't heah m’drawl” when you read my articles! One of my pet peeves is inserting in know” nearly every “you sentence when a person talks That’s also one of my biggest faults! I've re niade-athan one New Year's resolution to stop saying A friend of the family is even it say “don’t you know” about three times in every sentence fl&a® ©nair mi®w ©cai? a new car can easily be a loan from Zions Bank And to qualified borrowers that key can open the door to "a new set of wheels” the same day you apply for the loan in Stop and see one of our loan officers They're friendly and they understand installment loans Let them assist you in working out the best "deal” for you EDITOR ‘very much” alive— The same time goes for "like” I dislike “like!” Example: "It was like on a Friday and we were headed you know like to Salt "Like” sounds too much like "Valley Speak" And that’s another "shudderer” making verbs into nouns: "During their European tour they ‘motored’ to Paris” What’s the matter with plain old "drove?” nouns seems to have "Verbing” reached a state of the art these days: "They ‘winged’ their way north and ‘helicoptered’ back home” I have gotten rid of the redundant "totally” and "completely” (I’m proud of that!) Pay attention to my stories on auto accidents and see if I don’t say "the vehicle was demolished” instead of saying it was Lake” "totally destroyed” Partially destroyed? That’s about like being a little bit pregnant! Same thing holds true for “complete stop” What’s a And about how stop? partial chase? Ever heard of chase? a I really got a chuckle (that’s one that is both a verb and a noun) recently when I started to open the door at the office and found a couple of people had been there before me There was a note stuck on the door that said "I put a pitcher and paper under the door” Under that penned in a different handwriting someone had added "Me too only it was a picture!” I’m glad I'm not the only one that picks on people’s spelling! Then there’s all the trite sayings: “Tell me about it!” “You’re kidding me!” etc What would you do if somebody did "tell you about it” or said in answer to "you’re "Yeah I ami”? kidding me” The English language is fascinating and cleaning up my own is a hard resolution to keep “Have a nice day!” - Jan 10 Oquirrh Drifters 7:30 pm Delta High School Jan II Deadline for Beef Tags for Millard County Junior Livestock Show Jan 12 Susan Pittman and Rex Tinlinson Openhouse Oak City Jan 15 Scout District committee meeting Immunization Clinic Fillmore Public Health Office Blood Pressure clinic pm rillmore Public Health Office Writers League organization 273 N 200 E meeting 7:30 pm Delta I ood handlers class 252 West Main Delta 9:30 am Jan 16 Food handlers class Public Health Dept 50 S 400 W Fillmore 9:30 am Community Support Group and riends meeting 7:00 pm Delta City Council Chambers Jan 17 "The Road to Armageddon” Potters House Christian Center 140 North Main Delta 7:30 pm Jan 19 Marci Stephenson Openhouse Jan 21 Mothers March begins Jan 22 24 29 31 Cub Scout leaders basic training Jan 24 7:00 Regional Primary Meeting pm Holden LDS Chapel Jan 29 Immunization Inquisitive police applauded was out walking before dawn this morning to get a little exercise and was stopped and questioned by one of our city patrolmen My initial reaction was that it was an inconvenience to have to was comexplain my actions when pletely innocent of any wrongdoing A little though since that time however has led me to give a little praise to those who receive much criticism in their line of work appreciate the fact that our and was observant patrolman on quisitive enough to follow-u- something could that and satisfy himself that suspicious there was nothing amiss I am led to wonder how many times such action or the possibility of that action has led to the prevention of some ill occurrence and I commend our city patrolmen others in their line of employment for such service which certainly makes this safer a place for city county and state myself and my family to live Sincerely Roger A Stephenson Delta appear No fun New Year’s Eve If you had a Happy New Year you either stayed home or went to a If you wanted church anything happier you went out of town or without Many found the holidays as much of a social disappointment as usual Many of us ehjoy a night out once in a while But found ourselves all dressed up and no place to go! What a shock nothing to do in this small but exciting town Just the way the city likes it Has anyone tried to have a dance that doesn’t discriminate lately? Know why? Well let me tell you 1: Number You need lots of rental and now a money group liquor permit Number 2: One month advance notice for your liquor permit Number 3: $2500 permit fee Number 4: $1000 filing fee Number 5: You need five notarized forms stating your stability and morality in the community All these steps do not mean you If your moral cannot be rejected standards don’t live up to Fillmore City’s you can kiss your permit and $1000 filing fee goodbyel If you have the patience for all this of you still face the harassment roadblocks drivers license check etc which by the way only take place after one of these events But why leave the safety of your own home to have a little fun when the whole time you have the feeling you’re a mouse waiting for the cat to pounce? Instead of the city hindering which might bring new activities revenue into the city they should try to help even inititate activities Set up programs for people who like to drink Give them rides not tickets Maybe a simple “yes” or “no” instead of fees and forms Seems to me there are enough hassles in life Why add to it? Emily Walton - - Paper brings friends together Community Calendar The key to TO THE LETTERS Marge Barton Ann Bennett Stephenson Mary family A year later she married their son Ormus William Stephenof share son They had their pioneering in Delta McComick and Holden Ormus passed away in 1944 Bond John married Ezel later (formerly of Heber City Utah) then from Mesa Arizona They enjoyed over 21 years of married life John passed away in his 96th year Some years later and after a (Orran by her nephew attempt Ashby nephew of her first husband) she married Clarence Milnot She Arizona Pomeroy of Mesa married into three prominent Mormon Pioneer Families and her step children feel they have been greatly blessed for all she has done for them and their father I was delighted when the Millard to expanded Progress County include the news from West Millard! The Progress has enabled childhood friends to "find” each other after many years My mother Ezel Benson Stephenson - wife of the late Ormus Williams Stephenson and formerly of Holden Utah will celebrate her 88th Birthday January 24 1985 Her children plan to give her an Open House (friends and relatives are invited) at: 1360 East First Street Mesa Arizona 85203 from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm No presents please Ezel was born and raised in Spring Utah She City Sanpete County on a “Music came to Holden Mission” from Snow College in 1916 and lived with Bishop Anthony and Dearest love Vida D Brinton Thanks am enclosing a check of $1500 for another year of the paper We enjoy your paper We especially enjoy Mary’s "Reflections” Grant DIAL - A - Thanks and Pearl Snow St George MESSAGE 864-387- 0 GocTs Way Vs Man's Way Clinic Fillmore Public FJealth Office Millard County Chronicle Progress The USPS DRY CLEANING Publisher Susan - Editor Dutson Editorial Marge Barton Managing Editor Mark Amott Reporter at need a loan call Zions Bank When you Fillmore large Advertising Shellie Dutson Dennis Production Ashbrook Design Sales Fillmore Office Manager Fvelyn Mallet Deb Greathouse Accounts Receivable Riley Wood NT Julie ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK tn founded federal (VpnMt Equjl Opportune Wnjnfc Imufjm 16 S Circulation Jane Subscriptions South Main Fillmore 00 6 year year f 743-654- 1 advance months Main Fillmore Sat 9 9 Mnl DUWIl 1 Ttu’fi 00 county for 00 out of county for Copy 25 cents Send Address changes to 249 Deha Utah 84624 O Petu am to 5 pm am to pm Fri ’Comp Printing Beckwith Sales orporalmn Implmtr Mon thru 1 Ward Commercial SEARS 11 Legal Billing Circulation CUAMWC ci— r— 3400 |