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Show Chatter Box) Dear Suzy, I suppose that I am just one of many who wondered why the Desert Des-ert Sentinels ever took that name, but this week we can all rest assured as-sured that they picked an appro-piate appro-piate one. It seems that the local vodellers were asked to go out to Ely and it so happened that they were asked just as the weather man lowered the boom on the thermometer. The return trip was made or attempted to be made by any number of cars but toward morning morn-ing they were strung along the highway as thick as the empty beer bottles out that way. First we have Speed Rawlinson who drove his car to Ely, and because be-cause gas was 2 cents a gallon higher there he figured he could make it back partly on gas and partly on reputation. But hard luck took him over and the gentle cough of the engine about 40 miles from nowhere was the last that party heard of the engine until in the morning when the "old crew came along and gave them some gas. It is not recorded what the thoughts were of the rest of the party in the car when they sat through the ohilly night, wishing Glen hadn't been so tight and had bought gas in Ely. And if they could be recorded it would not be possible to print same. Another car that came to a bad end was Cluff Talbot's and it stopped stop-ped because the noises coming from the engine halted all attempts at-tempts at conversation. Closer inspection in-spection as to the cause of the noise proved that the oil had seeped seep-ed away and there were some bearings rather loose. This car was supposed to bring back Cluff, his wife, Melba Jacobson, Blaine Spend love and Lloyd Schlappi, but like Glen's it sat on the desert all night keeping watch on the time. Luckily this party had along two quilts and some canned heat and according to reports the only dissension dis-sension in the crowd was whether to burn the canned heat or drink it to keep warm. They were all for drinking it but when Cluff wanted to rub his bald head with it another vote was taken and the crowd decided to burn it instead. Attempts were made to keep up morale by telling stories, but the stories got the point where Lloyd said if they told any more like that he would have to go outside while they finished. Not wanting to see Lloyd out in the cold they stopped telling that type of story, only they said they could laugh harder and thus warm up better when the stories had more body to mem. uoya wisnes now that he hadn't stopped them because he says he blushed right down to his toes at some they told and that kept him toasty warm, and sometimes some-times in a sweat. Came morning Glen tootled up and towed them into town and it is reported that he didn't charge them. According to those who sat on the desert all night the sunrise is really beautiful if you can enjoy en-joy it while shivering so bad the car bounces. Those who stayed over all night also had their troubles also. Ladd Cropper, the baton waver, and George Ekins, and their car loads of people left the next morning but George had trouble with his gas (in the line) when the line froze up and Ladd had to tow him back to Ely for a defrosting job. So now we can see the real reason rea-son for the name Desert Sentinels. It means that husbands and wives sit up all night worrying while their husbands and wives are spending spen-ding the night together on the desert. des-ert. John Day must be a jinx and all he must do is take out hunters so that they can get dunked. Last week he took out Earl Kelly and Earl had a, late season bath in nice cold water. This past week he and Earl took out Reed Walker and he got it. It seems that they had plastered plaster-ed a few geese and as Reed was out fumbled he had to go retrieve re-trieve them. He did a good job until un-til he got almost back and in trying try-ing to step up on the ice found that the ice was slicker now than it was when he was a kid, and so Reed did a back flop into the water. His moan as he hit was heard in Leamington. Earl and John were equal to the occasion as they both' had enough l.ntv.;nr- furnich o TPtrimprlt clothing on to furnish a regiment for winter maneuvers, and so the three stripped down, piled up all the dry clothing and then dressed again hurriedly snatching what articles they thought would fit. It is a good thing that the hunting hunt-ing is over for this year because Snooks, Earl and Reed want to start a society of later season bath ers and were having great difficulty difficul-ty getting volunteers. Next year they can catch up as there will be others who like cold water bathing and it is suspected that membership member-ship will increase. If this keeps up they had better toss a lot of soap chips in Clear Lake next year and do the job up right. Toots. |