Show WAY AY BACK BACKA WHEN A Year Ago 1949 Manti parents voted to 33 to have their children served margarine margarine margarine mar mar- garine instead of butter in school lunches The Manti High Basketball Basketball Basket- Basket ball jail team started off the year with witha a point 1 loss to North Sanpete at It ManU Manti Snow College announced that hat they bad had set a new enrollment enrollment enrollment enroll enroll- ment record with a total of students In the ads a year ago the grocery grocery grocery gro gro- cery stores advertised at per pound and called it the Low I est Price in Years Five Years Ago 1945 Collections of paper fat rags and andin tin in cans were being made in Manti to o aid the war effort From the service ervice men of Manti ManU came word that hat S. S Kenneth Tuttle was wasn in n Italy Sergeant Paul Peterson in n India with marlia fever Captain Jack ack Shand was expected home from rom England after 15 months there making bombing missions over Europe Max Cox had to walk the thelast thelast last ast four miles home when the Cannon Ball broke down as he was vas coming home on furlough Max had lad been in Hawaii Hawa over three years when the furlough came A report from Italy told that the Bombardment Group had been given n a citation and that members were eligible to wear the Distinguished Unit Medal or Badge Major Leslie Anderson was executive officer for the group I Ten Years Yem's Ago 1940 The Messenger reported that a l. l better setter price contract for peas was indicated for farmers supplying peas to the Manti Man ti cannery in 1940 The he Forest Service reported through the die ic Messenger that only 1542 bucks were vere killed during the previous deer eer season on the Manti National Forest orest Hunters also got does docs The Tic service also reported that 87 per er cent of the elk hunters got their heir big game Rangers reported that lat coyotes 5 mountain lions 67 7 bob cats 4 bear and porcupines porcupines por- por were killed on the forest during the previous year 1939 The Messenger of ten years ago carried a cartoon which asked who would would be the nominees for the two political parties in the presidential election lection Taft and young Dewey were mentioned as Republicans Republicans most likely to get the nod while John N. N Garner seemed to tobe tobe be je getting the nod over Hull McNutt McNutt Mc- Mc Nutt Farley and Wallace for the Democrats There was a big question question ques- ques tion ion mark on the Democratic side as the likely candidates pondered over a possible third term tenn for F D. D R. R T ent Twenty Years Ago 1930 With the ilie coming of carrier service service service ser ser- vice to the Manti Post office four carriers were announced as having having hav- hav ing ng passed the examination for the jobs The passing applicants were Stanley Jorgenson Leslie J. J Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson Clarence A. A Peterson and LeRay Reports from the Forest Service indicated that the Mountain Snows were below average o The Forty Met and Et club met last Saturday evening as guests of Mr and Mrs Ray Cox Mr and Mrs Max Cox and Mr Mi and Mrs Wayne Tuttle The group enjoyed a sleigh ride on two sleighs towed by a weapons carrier The ride lasted for about two hours and saw several members get gel thrown from rom the rear bobs into the snow Following Following Following Fol Fol- lowing the sleigh ride the group I met in the Junior High school where they enjoyed a hot pot potluck luck I dinner J I Lyle Larsen and Dick Jensen attended a Jersey Club meeting in Provo last Saturday |