Show STAhLE By LARRY STAHLE Father looking over his hisson's hisson's hisson's sons son's report card One thing Is in your favor With these grades you couldn't possibly be cheating Last Monday morning as I came close to the Highway Pa Patrol Patrol Patrol Pa- Pa car occupied by Trooper Roger Taylor and truck driver William Harrison a short an announcement announcement announcement an- an came over the pollee po police police po- po lice radio which caused both m men n to chuckle The site where the car was parked was only a few feet from the area where a giant truck semi-truck and trailer had gone off orr the west side of the highway highway highway high high- way between Manti Mantl and Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim just across the street from the Shand farm It seemed a bit strange that anyone should be laughing when that large chunk of steel was missing many of its parts Including in including including In- In wheels and was lying helplessly on its side But when I found out what the cargo was aboard the wrecked trailer trailer trail trail- er I could see the humor It seems that the truck and two drivers were en route to Los Angeles with several tons of candy and cough drops when they were delayed by the mishap The statement which brought a smile to the face of the two men was simple In a deep rough voice the man on the radio asked Does anyone know where I could find a cough drop A man pays a luxury tax on his billfold an income tax on the stuff he puts In and anda a sales tax whenever he takes anything out I If H you pass one of the members members members mem mem- bers of the Forest Washburn family and they have a worried worried worried wor wor- ried look on their faces It Is probably a leadership problem For several years now Forest has been at the helm of the Mantl Manti South Ward YM MI A guid guiding ing its destiny About the same time that Forest assumed his role wife Verne Vernelda Ida was assigned the role of second counselor In the Relief Relie Society in the same ward Then daughter Janice took off for Logan last fall to attend school at Utah State sity When she returned home in the spring she was a full- full fledged Relief Society president in one of the student wards Last Sunday In fast ices lees In the South Ward Forest found out that the Relief Society will now be able to outvote the theMIA theMIA theMIA MIA in his household at wife Vernelda was handed the reins rein as ward president Can you Imagine having two women worrying about the problems problems problems lems of the Relief Society In Inthe Inthe inthe the same home at the same time Ume The doctor looked sternly at his patient and announced Well Ive I've done all I can canto canto canto to get your weight down Now I suggest you just learn to tobe tobe tobe be jolly A number of people have ex expressed expressed expressed ex- ex pressed their disappointment over the fact that they were unable to obtain extra copies of the Mormon Miracle pageant programs There were of the programs programs pro pro- grams printed but with the heavy crowd the supply was soon depleted The day after the pageant was over we discovered a box containing containing containing con con- a few of the programs at the visitors center on temple temple temple tem tem- hill These extra copies are now available at the Messenger of office office of- of fice free of charge to anyone anyone anyone any any- one who was not able to se secure secure secure se- se cure one of them during the pageant If you feel neglected think of Whistlers Whistler's Father One of the first basic rules of square dancing is to be alive while you are out performing performing performing per per- forming your routines One of the dancers at the Heart of Utah Jamboree held in Manti ManU last Saturday was ab absolutely absolutely absolutely ab- ab floating on air as sh she went through her maneuvers She had a good reason to be Early Saturday morning Elna Lang a woman in her placed a spot of cheese on her fish hook and then proceeded to dangle the bait before the eyes of the aqua population Her technique must have been superb because she landed a pound 6 rainbow trout from the waters of Nine Mile Reservoir Other square dancers on the scene many of them anglers report that they have never neverseen neverseen neverseen seen such a large trout Other species yes but trout no That Is probably why Elnas Elna's dancing partners must have felt that she was literally dancing on air The I it way see says saysa a local third grade student school Is just a mouse race to get us ready for the rat race |