Show t f. f 7 STAhLE k k 1 By 3 LARRY RRY STAHLE STABLE V 1 t Anyone who can swallow a ati ti pill at a drinking fountain des deI de- de s I I serves to get well The Mormon Miracle Pageant was again plagued with the usual corps of problems but most of them were solved One of the biggest headaches that comes each year is the parking problem both cars and bodies When When you think of putting up nearly folding chairs that Is not Joke particularly particularly when you OU realize that there ther Isn't folding chairs In Sanpete te County That comin committee committee com com- EU Elliott ott Braithwaite and John Peacock In particular lar rustled chairs from the B BYU YU and others In lr Sanpete They were aided when some distant stakes such as Nebo and others loaded up some of their portable portable porta porta- portable ble seats and brought them to ManU Mantl O Of course this group could work before the masses moved In but poor Leslie J. J An Anderson Anderson Anderson An- An derson derson and his troops had to wait for their problems to ar ar- ar rive Les and his workers were In charge of traffic management That Is no small assignment when yo you consider that on the average there were cars rolling toward Mantl Manti each eve eve- ning Les along with the Highway Highway Highway High High- way Patrol ManU Mantl law officers Sanpete Sheriffs Sheriff's Dept and the Search and Rescue Patrol members members members mem mem- bers should be commended for their efforts The accident slate was bare I talked to toa a man Monday from Salt Lake who had been a bit apprehensive about coming to Sanpete for the pageant because of the anticipated traffic jams I After he told me how much he enjoyed the pageant he concluded concluded concluded con con- how amazed he was at atthe atthe the organized manner In which the traffic was handled He noted that It only took him 10 minutes longer to get home than It does on one of his regular regular regular reg reg- ular trips from Mantl Manti There are also human In Interest Interest interest In- In terest stories that evolve out of the pageant each year Bernice Ber- Ber nice Keeler submitted this little tale One day during the pageant a family called at Prices Price's store to purchase some groceries One of the little boys of the family sa said d Now ow I can have some corn Please may I buy some the kind that's on ears and grows In the garden den I want some very much Mrs Price answered that corn here Is not ready and she was out of corn that Is shipped In At this he burst Into tears His comment was But I did want some so much Mrs Price thought a moment and said Wait Walt a moment She went to her freezer and brought out a bag of corn she had put In last summer corn she had raised on her lot corn on the cob She gave it to the little boy and how de delighted delighted delighted de- de lighted he was Friday Mrs Price received a thank you from the boy Part of It said You really went the extra mile In n giving us the lovely corn We appreciate your thoughtfulness and kindness John Keeler son of Mr and Mrs Paul Keeler who portrayed portrayed portrayed por por- the Laman- Laman Ite He chief Instilled a spark of pride in a group of young joung re reluctant reluctant reluctant re- re recruits The young men were a bit biton biton biton on the hesitant side to have their bodies smeared with the red gook used to transform them into their Book of Mormon roles John who was a cheerleader at Snow College last year In Invented invented invented in- in vented a few chants for the tribe to heckle the Ne- Ne Captain Moroni Moron and his band of armored warriors The first slogan chanted by bythe bythe bythe the was Watermelon watermelon eat It to the rine we can beat the any old time The second night the group went Into a circular huddle and blasted forth forthwith with Cantaloupe cantaloupe eat It to the peel that Captain Moroni thinks that he Is a big wheel About this time the whole at attitude attitude attitude at- at was changing The young red men were really becoming pro proud d of their assignment The final night the war chant went something like this his 36 9 are are sitting on the temple line The line broke Moroni choked They all went to Hades in a little row boat John even demonstrated to his warriors how to remove the red make One night he put on his off cut-off levis and deposited himself himself him him- self sel In the ditch In front of the Mantl Manti North Ward and then proceeded proceeded proceeded pro pro- to have a few of the Ne- Ne maidens scrub his back For me the whole week was memorable As I was perched high on the temple hill It was wasa a thrill especially Friday to watch the cars moving toward ManU Mantl bumper to bumper their headlights fused Into a single beam of light up Make-up for tor me was a bit on the humorous side I too had todon to todon todon don the red coloring This wasn't too bad but as Francis Anderson would screw the gray wig on my head I noticed that I often had an audience of young ladies un under under under un- un der the age of 12 who were standing In front of me with witha a big smile on their face All through the week most of the people who looked at me would either giggle or outright give a big laugh My son Paul really summed summed summed sum sum- med up how ridiculous I looked looked look look- ed Saturday night when as we were walking to the North Ward from the Temple Hill HUI he commented commented commented com com- that I should have brought my trick or treat ba baand bag and we could have picked up some candy on our way A vacation Is what you take when you cant can't take what youve you've been taking any long long- er |