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Show ESCALANTE CHIT C1IAT By Fay Alvey The local citizens have quit wishing for storm and are hoping that the good weather will hold out until we get a water system. This crisis sort of put Escalante in the spot light but was hardly the kind of attention we wanted. Our ten year old son was delighted as he never did have any use for water except a little to drink. The County doctors are very concerned over an epidemic of typhoid and Dr. Dug-gins' spent Sunday evening shooting folks right and left, left if you were right handed and vice-versa; he ran out of scrum so Dr. Mason was scheduled to come Monday with a fresh supply. Folks have learned all kinds of ways to save water, like using bath water to wash clothes then mopping the floor in the same suds; one lady used the water she rinsed her dishes in to wash her hair. Theo Barker has an economical system, he washes one foot one night and the other the next, only flaw in this it is hard to remember which foot's turn it is. Dinah Christensen is the community car inspector, If ones ears are clean he Is subject to arrest; Janeal Shurtz Is official smeller, if a person has a clean aroma they are fined. Everyone got so used if to soft living it was quite a ' . drudge to dip water from the creek and haul it for use, even t tho animals were high-toned; twice Lorln Cottam led his cow to tho crek to water and she refused to drink, he finally had to haul water and put In her trough. The faithful water haulers have kept enough in the head house to keep people's watef tanks from blowing up. Ivan Willis said it would be the middle of Feb. before we had any water and Beryl Shurtz said the 4th of July. The doctors and all town officials warn us to boll every bit of drinking water, some are doing that and adding a little tea or coffee to help the flav-br. Folks lucky enough to have relatives in the neighboring towns take their laundry and go visiting; Betty Alvey went to the Norm Ott home in Tropic and Minnie Davis to the Al Foster home there. Paul Steed took his family and moved to Salt Lake, and they lived closer to the creek than most anyone. Marlah Adair got gone before she knew of the water shortage, she went to Wayne County where Ray is working, her son Rus-scl Porter ended his furlough dnd went to Seattle, Washington where he will be in line to go to Alaska; Mariah got word she has a new grandson born to the Frank Savages of En-terprlse. The Allen Pollocks pulled out and went to St. George. Mr. and Mrs. Shcrril Haws and family were here from Provo visiting his mother Al-cne Jeppson and grandpa the Jody Griffins. Th. Ernie Griffins went to Provo visit son Clem and family and other relatives. The S. J. and Smith Alveys and Faun Me cham went to Cedar City to jsee the Arnold Alveys once more before they left for Ore-(contlnued Inside) ESCALANTE , gon, John Norman also went but did not take his family. Lorin and Bobby Griffin have both been to Panguitch for medical checkups. Tho Al Fosters of Tropic come Over every Thursday night to watch a TV program, they bring their own drinking wa-ter and a llttlo extra for the Blllie Davis household. Vir-ginia Bauer came from Cedar City and brought water for tho Daniel Wilcock family. It looked liko all of the Dam workers came for the weekend and Cecil Griffin was supposed to take his car back and haul some friends, but one of them shot the whole back end out proving to him that a gun was not loaded. George Spencer is not feeling too pert, his good leg Is going bad, they had the Osmyn Dcu- els of Hatch as visitors Sun day. Darrcl Alvey, Douglas Haycock, Tony Reynolds and Bonnie Jean Spencer were homo from CSU for tho weekend. Gadcn Gates and family were here for the week end from the Dam. Mary B. Mclnclly spent her winter In Logan in a hurry and Is back to choke with the rest of us, Loyd Gates got back from his visit In Salt Lake City. Vcrda Griffin Is still In the hospital and they don't know when she will bo able to come home. Word was received hero of the death of a former resident, Charley Gates. Had a freak accident here last Saturday, Joe Pollock was gathering scrap iron and found a big wheel, It was covered with tar so ho threw It on a fire to burn it off, some of the neighborhood kids were standing around the fire when there was an explosion which blowcd Joe and Donald Spencer, the son of Grant, back into a shed, something struck Donald's leg ripping it open, he was taken to Dr. Duggins who said it was probably a tube of ammonia in the wheel which had exploded. Two more accidents happened on the" pipe line job; Thurman Spencer cut his foot with an ax, but it did not get him down, Chase Shurtz was taking down a panel of fence to make a road for some equipment when a staple hit him in the eye, Helen took him to Panguitch where they kept him with both eyes bandaged, but they thought he would be ok. The water situation here was called a Welfare project and the other wards of the Stake sent malo workers Saturday to assist in the digging. Several local folks got their pictures In the paper, Lea Griffin and Helen Shurtz dipping water from tho creek, some of the men thawing the pipeline and Mayor and Mrs. Claron Griffin wero interviewed and it was broadcast, also how the water shortage affected Maud Reynolds. "DUP meeting was held last week with a good attendance. Luella Helquist from Sharon's Beauty Salon In Panguitch was here last week in the High School to demonstrate hair cutting, styling and makeup. Marjorie Spencer took Joyce Lyman to Salt Lake to attend a Board meeting of tho State FHA officers, they got tho little car scratched in a parking lot, and it tangled with a pheasant on tho way home which made Marjorie real sad. We never missed the water 'Ul the pipes froze up, we had no cooling beverage to fill our glass or cup; we could not wash our dirty clothes nor dirty hides and that was bad, wo noyer stopped to realize how many uses water had. NOTICE Jane Woolsey wanted me to . say that her kids had been after her to comei visit them but she Is under the doctors care and don't feel like leaving home. |