Show STAhLE By LARRY STAHLE My wife's cooking melts in your mouth the young h husband and said She he never thaws it long enough A week ago when I came back to work I was greeted by the smiling face of a former Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete resident who was more than delighted with what was going on in the area George M. M Richards who now lives In San Bernadino Calif was very pleased to see the massive crowds migrating to Sanpete County each night to witness the pageant He sat and asked me a lot of questions about people that I had never heard of In fact Don Bartholomew a native son was just as much In the dark about them as I was He noted that he had bad driven all the way to Manti Mantl Just to see seethe seethe seethe the annual pageant and was re returning returning returning re- re turning home the next day tomake tomake to tomake make a report on what he had seen He was very impressed A few days later we had another another an another an- an other California visitor who once called Sanpete County his home Bill BUl Jacobson reported that he really enjoyed receiving his copy of his hometown newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper each week He noted that when his paper arrived in San Diego he would often drive overto over overto overto to the home of A. A J J. J and Reva Raw Jensen in Santa Maria and com compare pare items in the paper and discuss discuss discuss dis dis- cuss the good old days in Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete County Sanpete was literally flooded with visitors last week We never had a day go by that at least four or five guests came into the office and told us how lucky we were to live here and be a part of such a great work A psychiatrist Is a man who when a pretty girls s en enters enters en- en enters the room watches ev everyone everyone everyone ev- ev else Come Saturday you can yell fore on five At least that Is what Bob Jen Jensen sen of Manti Mantl and Lee R. R Thompson Thomp Thomp- son of Ephraim are so excited about this week Five holes at the Palisade Golf Course will be open for action this Saturday the duo report This means mean that If I am go going goIng go- go ing to be ready I will have tomake tomake to tomake make some quick preparations preparation First I will have to go to the hardware store and purchase a pound of their largest nails Another item on my list will bea be bea a hefty hammer When I return home I will wUl find a pair of my old work shoes and start driving the silver sliver spikes through the soles When I finish I will wUl have a Jim dandy pair of golf shoes The next item on my agenda is to hard boil bon two dozen eggs and then decorate them with small black specks of paint to tomake tomake tomake make them look like authentic golf balls Then I will wUl head for the basement to attempt to locate my old Johnny Mize 41 oz baseball bat If I am successful successful success success- ful in finding the prized bat I will wUl then need to make some alterations I will dig out one of Joyces Joyce's old brooms with plenty of ot whiskers still a attached to the lower end and then go to work After the broom Is wired securely to the end of the bat I am just about ready to head for Palisade The only thing that I will wUl lack Is a suitable hat to keep the sun out of my eyes and help me remain anonymous so that I wont won't discourage all of the other beginning golfers Perhaps I should ask my mom if I could borrow one of her old hats with a black veil veU attached Due to the fact that I will be unable to go golfing Saturday perhaps I should consider leasIng leasing leasing leas leas- ing my outfit and equipment Bank accounts are like toothpaste easy to take out but hard to put back |