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Show CLAUDE'S f jommnnh y by Claude Ortor. I am having to leave quite a lot of my news items unsaid un-said this week because of the lack of space for them and lask of time to get them into type. We promise to catch up next week, if we can. ' Well it has come to that time of year that might de-designated de-designated "Family Reunion" season. Each and every year during the latter part of June, all of July and most of August, Aug-ust, when family reunions are numerous in our community, when literally hundreds of former residents, their children chil-dren and grandchildren, return re-turn from out-of-town to mingle min-gle with those family members mem-bers who have remained here. From the number which are held each summer, we can see why Parowan has been dubbed "the Mother Town of southern Utah. I said to him that his accident acci-dent would probably turn him into a blocking back instead of the quarterback on the local lo-cal high school football team, if he elects to play. He into-mated into-mated that he was not so sure of this. Then he showed me how a guard -could be placed of the stump of his arm, and And we are happy to see our former townspeople acknowledge ack-nowledge that they or their forefathers have been residents our own town, and still like to return to visit with us. Others return to mingle with family members they haven't seen for many years, with the reunion the spur that 'brings them together again year after af-ter year. Its a time when on one week end, former residents resi-dents can see the home-folks and other members of the family fa-mily group, they couldn't hope to see in a month of travel. If you would tell me in advance ad-vance of your inteded reunion we might help in advertising the event to home people, some not members of the family, fam-ily, but who would like to visit with those from out-of town. Then after it is over, we would like to say a little of what may havehappened during dur-ing the get-together, even say who were here and tell where they now live. Let's hear from you if you would like us to report your events. even went so far as to show how he could cradle a football in the crook of his elbow, if he so elected to do it. That's great, Chris. I am happy to see a boy with that kind of determination, and desire. Others have played in athletic sports with such handicaps,, han-dicaps,, and I am looking forward for-ward to you doing the same. We need boys and men in this world with that kind of desire and determination. The other afternoon at the Taylor reunion .in the Old Rock Church, Morris Rowley sat down at the piano and played a few "oldies". Some were numbers used in early times in old time dances. But when he came up with one tune especially, we used to call "have you seen my new shoes,," everyone there could immediately see in his mind Morris's parents, George and Cora Rowley, taking off on a an old time dance. I believe Morris had it in mind, too. As he played those old numbers my mind wandered up to the orchestra station, and there was "Andy" Burton Bur-ton or Mitch Benson at the piano, and either Ivan Decker Deck-er or Ray Stones standing by "fiddlin"' for dear life, and not a piece of music anywhere any-where to be seen. Those were fine old days, long gone and much missed by many. Course we couldn't do them now. Most people now days, look ahead, but me, I sometimes look back. Parowan City works superintendent, super-intendent, and his city crew, have almost completed laying the big-inch pipe line from the city storage tank down to the east end of Center Street, and I am sure happy about it. Pressure in the line at my place is so low by the time I get home it just will not turn my revolving spray, so that is is no use to use it. The city promises me that with the new line to the top of my street that I will then have plenty of water pressure. I hope so. Incidentally Wood says that he ran into a lot of gravel in digging the trench to bury the big pipe in. He added that the gravel on the east edge of town is slightly larger than that farther west. In fact some of it turned up in boulders of around 1000 pounds or more, and that it lays quite close together; on top of each other in fact. And his helper Ned Talbot says that it takes a rather large shovel to move them, a power one. We imagine the new park area on the school grounds lying ly-ing between the high school and elementary school has been one of the big reasons for the east side's being short of water, and when I try to find parking space for a big event at either school, I still think somebody goofed; that the new lawn should have been a new black-topped parking park-ing area. Now this is no only my idea; there are a lot of others that have the same idea in mind. Had a short visit with Chris Bentley last week, regarding how he was getting along with his left arm, without his hand on it (he is, or has been left-handed). In our little talk I found out a few things among them, that he didn't seem to be depressed by his misfortune; that he doesn't complain at all, and that he has made up his mind that he is going to do a few things in spite of the lacking hand. |