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Show Your Man tH In Washington MANTI MESSENGER yisAAss5C MSTFUTUMMOTI yMnti f' Vf Wi" $5.50 per year $6.00 per year In Sanpete County Outside Sanpete County Max E. Call Bruce Jennings Editor and Publisher Associate Editor Phone 835-424- 1 couldnt have come at a more inopportune time. She and her by Frank Peacock Remember the Bette Davis movie: Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? The answer to that one escapes me but I do have the answer to: Whatever happened to Barbara Jane Barton of Manti. . . when she flew to Las Vegas last January 23rd to represent the Beehive State as Utahs contestant in the new Mrs. America contest. The idea of the Mrs. America Pageant was to honor contemporary women. The beneficiary was the City of Hope National Medical Center which treats and researches catastrophic diseases. No Note that word new. wonder I was unaware of such a contest. The old Mrs. America Pageant was discontinued in Barbaras disappoint- husband were on a holiday vacation in Hawaii when the Mrs. America screening board caught up with them. But she was ready. She wanted to rush right home and pack her bags for Las Vegas on January 23rd. . . and to let the world know of her acceptance as a Mrs. America nominee from Utah. Nevertheless . . . she finally made it home . . . bought a new w'ardrobe (including an formal) . . . and she was checked in at blng-the Las Vegas 24th floor of the on time. Hilton for an Barbaras days entire week were filled with rehearsals (dancing and singing originally scored and choreographed) for 6 hours daily on the same stage where Ann Margaret appeared nightly. Mrs. Utah sandin wiched and interviews rubbed shoulders with the hoi polloi: Donny and Marie Osmond, Olympic star Jesse Owens, Sam Battistone, president of Sambos restaurants, Joyce Bikel, of Koret of California, famed psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers, Mickey Rooney, Jerry Van Dyke (Dicks brother), Rich Little and (last, but not least) Barron Hilton, president of Hilton Hotels father-in-lae and Corp. of Zsa Zsa Gabor. Bruce nor any other male was allowed on their plush 24th floor. Barbara was allowed to see him only 25 minutes during the entire week. She appeared in an evening gown and was selected (with four others) to go before the TV cameras and do their thing. This was spliced in later as show. It part of the and for sale was syndicated only on cable TV across the nation. The Mrs. America Extravahowever, did not ganza, appear on any of Utahs TV stations when it was shown in its entirety on March 19. Barbaras brother, Allen, and son, John, both of Salt Lake appealed to the various tele vision stations in Salt Lake They were rejected because our viewers want only vi olence and sex shows, they were told. And then, too, they lacked the 40,000 signatures necessary to prove an audience demand. Our Mrs. Utah though she came home didnt place loaded with gifts: sports and casual outfits, swimming suits . . . and a $75 ounce of perfume . . . given Barbara by Barron in person. Hilton For the final performance, Barbaras entire immediate family was there . . . seated "up front with friends in the worlds largest showroom. Since the pageant, Barron Hilton has personally invited Bruce and Mrs. Utah for 77 back to his famous Las Vegas diggins for a weekend. They accepted and, in return, invited o ... ment it was "scrapped nine years ago because it had a too It featured domestic thrust. such blood-thirstcompetition event and as the "iced-dis- h bread making . . . and such dumb things, they said, as separating cream from milk, pie baking, and laundering clothes. (Having been bom on a farm in Sterling, Barbara a would have shone like a star in these domestic areas.) Simply, it was waylaid because public interest waned. Television audiences, in those days, were not receptive to such mundane events. Maybe the real folly was to take the contest at face value rather than recognize its real purpose: a television enterprise. Barbara, wife of Bruce Barton, told a Los Angeles Times reporter that, "We feel the show is Number 1, Mrs. America is Number 2. This years pageant proand should ducers could have told the 50 beautiful young American housewives the facts of life: No matter how lofty your ideals . . . this is a television show. This is TV for sale! Now, people are so sophisticated . . . we cant put on just another amateur show." A little disillusioned at that, after it was Barbara did say It was the greatest all over thrill of my life . . . other than my wedding and the birth of our five children. Our Mrs. Utah, at 43, was one of only two grandmothers among the 50 contestants. The only criteria to enter was a marriage certificate . . . and a photograph. Some contestants were as young as 20. Average age was 32. It all started when Barbaras a Manti husband, Bruce sheep rancher, picked up an entry blank at Sambos Restaurant in Provo. The other sponsor was the world-wid- e Hilton Hotel chain. Bruce urged her to fill out the blank which had space for the tell us about aspirant to yourself . . . your reason (s) for entering the Mrs. America Pageant . . . your hopes, ideals and aspirations. If you know her bottom line tells Barbara much about her insatiable drive and desire for she wrote, I believe, that everyone should continue to grow, develop tbelr talents . . . and Improve themselves and their surroundings throughout their entire lives. And, actually, thats her working philosophy "in a nutshell. Barbara has at one time or another taken vocal lessons, charm and poise instruction . . . and, most noticeable, lately, had her blond hair styled Barbara Barton, short and wispy. But . . . her acceptance Vegas. y President ing MAILING ADDRESS Manti, Utah 84642 SUBSCRIPTION: 1968. To Time For Welfare Reform I tak- a of the nations welfare system. The President assigned the task to HEW Secretary Joseph Califano and said the reform package would be ready for Congressional action on May 1st. Califano later reported to the President that after several months of study it was clear the legislation could not be ready on time. On May 2nd the President anin nounced a delay welfare the presenting package emphasizing that he and his advisors had reached one ...important concluunanimous sion... that the present welfare programs should be scrapped and a totally new implesystem mented. He went on to say, "...these many separate (welfare) programs, taken together, still do not constitute a rational, coherent system that is adequate... A new deadline for presenting the welfare reform package was set for the first week in August. The people of Utah, as in most states, are concerned that the welfare system of the nation is so with massive, riddled fraud, and so far out of control that it may never be corralled. The comments of the President and expressed fears of the nation are confirmed by statistics. For example, in Michigan the incentive is great to have the father of the household abandon his responsibilities. It is worth nearly $2000 annually to the mothers left alone. And for the single working mother, receiving all the available welfare benefits, staying single is worth nearly $4000 annually. These type of work disincentives are causing the destruction of the traditional family system among the poor and are major weaknesses in the national welfare system. Another serious example can be found in Wisconsin e where a working father can earn up to $3000 more per year receiving welfare benefits e than a employee earning the standard minimum wage. It is this kind of faulty legislation that encourages disrespect for government and w ith the law. The President has promised his new welfare plan will be easier to administer and will eliminate fraud with incentives for recipients to be honest. In addition, President Carter has said his plan will have no higher initial cost than the present system, that every person able to work will have access to a job, and that incentives will be given to the private sector to encourage employment of the poor. If the Carter plan has these provisions when presented the President should be congratulated. And if the plan is presented to Congress in this form it must be studied as a carefully possible answer to the present bad system. non-worki- part-tim- full-tim- (Continued from Page Utah results in greater needs, especially in the area of providing governmental services. For example, the larger family size means more children to be educated and consequently a greater burden for the schools. Utah leads the entire nation in the proportion of its total state and local expenditures going for public education. Currently, education accounts for more than half of all state and local spending within Utah, compared with for the nation as a whole. 38 currently appears to be stronger than that of the nation as a whole, the state still lags far behind the U.S. average in per capita income. During 1976, Utahs per capita income was 14.9 below the U.S. average of $6,441. This record, however, is a decided improvement over 1969 when per capita income in Utah was 20.3 below the national average. Utahs relative ranking among the fifty states has improved from 42nd in 1974 to 35th in 2 Budget Carnival Sour Dough & Mutton Dinner Games Concessions ijf Popcorn Cake Sale 1976. Foundation analysts point out that one factor accounting for Utahs relatively low position in per capita income is the large family size in the state. When personal income is related to the number of households rather than the number of individuals, personal income per household is found to be below the U.S. only about 5Vi average. The study emphasizes, however, that the larger family size Come Home To Page Ephraim North Ward in 1) Sno-cone- s Cotton Candy Interstate. 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