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Show I CLAUDE'S I f jommnnh S by Claude Orton First Great-grandchild Guess what? as of last Friday Fri-day morning this writer became be-came a great grandfather. On that day a seven and a-half pound baby boy was born at the Utah Valley Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Orton of Provo, who are the children chil-dren of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Orton, also of that city, and the Eugene Ortons are my children. How's everything go-, ing up ther uncle Matt and! aunt Connie. I We were sort of shocked one day last week when we passed j and noticed the condition of old Jesse N. Smith home on West 100 South Street. A great deal of time and money has been spent by the Smith family fa-mily descendents on this former for-mer home of their pioneer an-cesters. an-cesters. But what I started out to say, is that the place just don't look very well; the'lawns are burned up and unmowed, it hasn't been irrigated for a long time and this shows up badly in this kind of year. I was sorry to see it looking that way and something ought to foe done about it. I , ' You know it is one thing to restore these old pioneer landmarks, but it is more important im-portant that they be kept up after being restored. The old homes, if they are left as they are, don't draw too much attention. But when they are , restored to their old-time ! glory, as this one was, and are then left to fall away, do draw attention, especially after af-ter mu'ch advertising has been given them, like this one had. ; If they can't be taken care of when restored, better leave them alone in the first place, We might mention the new monument to John C. Fremont, Fre-mont, placed on the vacant space on Main and 100 So. streets by the SUP. It is a fitting fit-ting reminder of the visits of the famous western pioneer to our town. Now let's not let it sit there in a patch of June grass and foxtail, the area around it should be planted to grass With a few flowers or shrubs around it. If this is done it will draw complimentary complimen-tary remarks, if not the remarks re-marks will be a millstone around the neck of the sponsors, spon-sors, Now I am going to say a few complimentary things about the beautiful lawns throughout our town, and there are many. And it is quite a job to keep lawns green on a year like this. Those that have them are to be complimented for having them and I'll bet their water bills will get up to the higher levels this year. And those who are willing to pay out for water just to have beautiful surroundings deserve commendation First and foremost are the lawns around our public buildings, build-ings, especially the churches, schools and the library; the city park and the baseball diamond looks very good, as does the lawns at the two schools. There are hundreds of pretty lawns throughout the town on private property. The parked area south of the municipal mu-nicipal swimming pool is really real-ly nice and restful looking, it ught to Continue around the pool. On the negative side is the area between the fence lines and curb of that portion of main street lying between 100 North and Center Street, It just doesn't look very good. July 1, Independence Day, is almost here, and Parowan City officials have called on a number of our citizens to arrange for it's observance. They have outlined a fitting program for the day's observ-ance, observ-ance, and are doing their part. Now to make the celebration a success, the support of all other residents of the town is needed. Lets all join in the celebration of our nation's j birthday and make it a good : one. We are always happy when ! natives of our town or fnr-iiner fnr-iiner residents stll claim our town as home. And when the I children or grandchildren d some meritorious thing, that j they take pride in letting flic ' home folks know about it. And we are always happy to hear of the good fortune or deeds or worthy activities of those who used to live with ' us. Either Ike Nelson is a liar1 about his fishing catches, are! 'there are no fish left in the; local reservoirs. I |