Show WAY BACK WHEN One Year Ago 1949 Utah Senator Arthur V. V Watkins sent the Messenger a telegram telling telling telling tell tell- ing of or the good prospects of opening opening opening open open- ing the Manti plant Everything was set for the big ride-off ride to pick the Pow Wow Queen which was won by Miss Marilyn Keller of Manti Five Years Ago 1945 R ReI Reliance e l i a an n e c e Manufacturing Company Company Company Com Com- pany had a big worker worker-g worker getter campaign campaign campaign cam cam- under way Miles D. D Jensen of Sterling was back in the states after being over overseas overseas overseas seas with the 2nd Marine Division The City promised to fix the broken broken broken bro bro- ken drinking fountain on the Bank corner China was pictured as a very stable nation in a military light Pictures of well-equipped well troops were printed in the Messenger along with many other papers Lynn Cox and his w wife e Edda Edda Edda Ed- Ed da paid a visit to Manti while Lynn was on furlough Lynn ex expected expected expected ex- ex to go overseas soon Ten Years Ago 1940 Sanpete was assigned 1200 in inthe inthe inthe the Red Cross Drive The Manti City Council was pretty busy and they took two meetings to finish their business scheduled for one The U U. U S. S was pictured as a na nation nation nation na- na tion that would bring peace to the world and an article told how the U. U S S. S was using resources for forthe forthe forthe the preparation for peace instead of for war Harold Johnson of Manti was among the Sanpete students to get degrees from the University of Utah Twenty Years Ago 1930 FLIES FLIES WEEDS WEEDS were big news twenty years ago and the people of Sanpete through the county commission sought a campaign against both Submarines and self-propelled self artillery guns were the big news for the armed forces of of the various various var- var ious ous countries Crystal Springs advertised for swimmers and called itself San petes pete's Finest Pool Good dress shirts at Carpenter Bracken sold for o |