Show S STAbLE STAhLE T A h L E ya a y 5 T U F By LARRY STAHLE If the average man DUm saves for forthe forthe the next 20 years at the rate 01 he has been saving for the past J 6 months hell he'll be able to retire at age 60 and owe V w Now that the summer months have just about fled I think f s that one item should be noted in the passing I IThe The swimming lessons which were given at the Manti City pool by Glen Goodwin under the sponsorship of the South San Sanpete pete School District were well handled Teaching the youth to swim is probably one of the most important important important im im- im- im summer activities that we could engage our youth in I dont don't know how many of you took time out to go down and arid watch the young fish as they learned to move through the water water water wa wa- ter but if you did you will appreciate appreciate appreciate ap ap- ap- ap Glens Glen's outstanding ability ability abil abil- ity to teach this activity I think that the school district should be complimented for their part as aswell aswell aswell well as Manti City for furnishing the pool facilities Having a well supervised pool cuts down on the amount of youth who must resort to taking their plunges in rivers lakes or reservoirs which annually claim a large toll of young lives The only change that I would like to see next year is an earlier earlier earlier ear ear- ear ear- lier opening of the pool This didn't until i. i year it open July July and had to close about the time that school opened leaving less than two months that the pool facilities were open They keep trying to tell us that women are smarter than men But did you ever see a aman aman aman man wearing a shirt that buttoned buttoned buttoned but but- toned in the back Mrs France has has has-a a grandson who is very impressed with wedding receptions The young man is Danny Good son of Leslie and Heidi Good of Mayfield Following the wedding reception reception reception recep recep- tion of his aunt Nelly on Sept he asked his mother when she would get married like like- his Aunt Nelly To this his mother moth moth- er replied that she had been married seven years ago His next question was when would his mother have her wedding wedding wedding wed wed- ding reception To this his mom replied that she too had enjoyed a beautiful reception several years ago This started Danny crying as fiS only a heartbroken year old 3 lad can do saying Why didn't you ask me to carry the gifts Helpful hint When everything everything everything every every- thing else fails read the in in- in 1 I think a public pat on the back is due the Manti ManU City Council for their roles in partially partially partially par par- ending an exasperating condition in Manti Mantl F This year the city undertook a size king-size project of oiling as many of the city's streets as possible thus ending the era of dusty dirt roads in many sectors sectors sectors sec sec- tors of town j f The city also tried to patch up the chuck holes in the older surfaced surfaced surfaced sur sur- faced roads and then seal coat them for a good finish Now you can go out for a ride on Sunday afternoon without the driver either manipulating to dodge chuckholes or avoid the dry dusty roads Getting a word in edgewise with some people is like trying to thread a sewing machine with the motor running Those of you who have read o othe the current issue of the Improvement Improvement Improvement Improve Improve- ment Era may have noticed that thata a Sanpete man has an article appearing in the magazine Continued on page two r I j Sf STAhlE AhLE Continued from page one Roscoe C. C Cox former editor and publisher of the Ephraim Enterprise and father of Vaun Cox former Manti publisher wrote an article which appears in a special section paying tribute tribute tribute trib trib- ute to President David 0 O. Mc- Mc Kak on his birthday anniversary Mr Cox reports an incident which occurred during his first mission to Hawaii during the when President McKay then an Apostle visited the Islands Is Is- lands Just because youve you've been kept waiting said the nurse to the expectant father does not necessarily mean the baby will win be a girl I would like to make another appeal to Manti readers to support support support sup sup- port their correspondents in n their wards by phoning them when they have a news note It is very difficult if not near impossible to know everything that is going on in a given area The plan of having three correspondents correspondents correspondents corres corres- was formulated because because because be be- cause it seemed feasible that three persons could uncover more news than just one report report- er The system has worked out very well but to continue successfully successfully successfully suc suc- it needs YOUR help I read where a survey proves that married men are safer drivers than bachelors Wen Well of course they are They dont don't get the car as often Our good friend Roy Gibson publisher of the Nephi Times- Times News published two items in his column last week which I felt you would enjoy Here they are They tell me that a new favorite favorite favorite fa fa- fa- fa time-killing time game for the tourist family on the road is trying trying try try- ing to make words from the prefixes prefixes prefixes pre pre- fixes on the California and some other states' states license num num- bers The three letters either suggest a word or spell a word or abbreviation Sorta like mountain Funniest one weve we've noted was wason wason wason on a small foreign-built foreign car with the prefix it just didn't fit And there was the one that passed us recently while we were en route to Levan one Thursday morning must have been a big California 1 do you catch Next time youre you're on the high high- way with the kids try this new highway game for entertain entertain- ment I think It is about time that we changed back from daylight daylight day day- light saving time to our regular regular regular regu regu- lar sta standard dard time A woman from California wrote a letter to a newspaper voicing her opposition opposition op position to the new law She said that the extra tra hour of daylight each day was burning her lawn up Word from the Bureau of Land Management is that this years year's crop of pine nuts is small and patchy and if the old Indian theory is of any value that means a mild winter officials urge that persons persons persons per per- sons going into the Federal lands in Utah in search of pine nuts observe a few simple precautions precautions precautions 1 Stay on established trails trails- so that a you dont don't get too lost and b that your automobile automobile automobile automo automo- bile doesn't cut ruts in the soft grounds to start new erosion 2 That you dont don't take any chance with fire a because the desert growth has been somewhat somewhat somewhat some some- what heavy this year to give desert fires fuel to spread and b it takes years and years for fire damaged areas to come comeback back 3 o. o r Camping a quarter miling mil miling ing facilities rc s li 1 ay ty the range I t fo to 4 Dont Don't be beIt It also is s sir sw are going ph might be a S s' s effort if you you office info of wl crop might b |