Show STAhLE By LARRY STAHLE Poor Richard Nibley has added another bit of wisdom to his Almanac this week In Inthe inthe inthe the face of the mounting drug crises lIe He says that drugs that turn you on turn on you If you Indulge In much TV viewing reading the newspapers newspapers newspapers pers or listening to radio newscasts newscasts newscasts news news- casts you will assume that nothing good ever happens any more In fact In a survey that I Imade Imade Imade made recently I couldn't find one Item on the front pages of the states state's two large newspapers newspapers newspapers news news- papers which could be classed as uplifting news The same results were obtained ob obtained obtained ob- ob from TV and radio newscasts newscasts newscasts news news- casts where all the reporting was on the dismal side of life That makes me even happier that I live In the sticks where we have a few encouraging ing things to report once In a while Take for Instance the case of Mrs Mont Leon J Petersen J daughter of Schultz Olsen and her husband recently moved to Ephraim Eph- Eph raim her former home In the hassle of the Christmas rush suddenly discovered discovered discovered ered that her wallet was miss miss- ing There was some money In the wallet but worse all of her valuable papers would be hard to replace Well this tale has a storybook storybook storybook story story- book ending Sir Galahad alias Richard Poulsen who gallops around Sanpete County In his up banged-up red and blue Wycoff truck came to the rescue He found the wallet on Highway Highway Highway High High- way 89 between Ephraim and Mt J Pleasant and promptly re returned returned returned re- re turned It to Mrs Petersen At t least there Is one good story In the Issue of this pa pa- pa per Mrs Lydia Sorensen head book duster at the ManU Mantl library lIbrary li library lI- lI submitted the following following following follow follow- ing historical note that will prove Invaluable to all you sports fans The first of official official official of- of basketball game played In Springfield Mass YMCA TICA in 1892 Peach baskets were mounted on standards and the players climbed a ladder to remove the ball from the bas bas- ket Last Monday In Sanpete County County County Coun Coun- ty we received a visit from one of the top brass R R. R Gunn McKay our Democratic representative representative representative In Congress Rep McKay spent the afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon talking to local officials about problems In their communities communIties communities com com- and towns He squeezed ed In a few moments to trot over to the high school and tell the about a few of the momentous problems fac fac- ing this nation An Invitation tation was extended by Mr McKay for me to come over to the school and take his picture I had to decline his generous request because someone had carried out a threat against me and Freddy Since 1962 each time that Freddy and I went to work to together together together to- to gether our victims would threaten Freddy with breakage if he turned In their direction Each time Freddy and I would chuckle and then go ahead and click about our work But when It came time for Freddy and I 1 to go and see seethe seethe seethe the honorable congressman I found Freddy In a deplorable condition lIe He couldn't have looked and acted worse even if he had had hada a severe case of the flu Everything Everything Everything Every Every- thing he did turned up all washed out and had to be rejected So this weekend Freddy will enter the hospital where he willbe will willbe willbe be given ven a complete physical and have his batteries charged The doctor will undoubtedly check his timing to see if there Is any hope that Freddy will willever willever ever be in the dark again In case some of you newcomers newcomers newcomers new new- comers to Manti Mantl and Ephraim arent aren't familiar with Freddy he heIs heIs heis Is our faithful Polaroid camera The threats ats hurdled against Freddy have been that If he snapped the picture of orthe the victim victim vic tI tim m their countenance would shatter Freddys Freddy's lens Freddys Freddy's glass lens still seem to be In tact but It Itis itis itis is his bellows that are ailing Freddy should have a tight set of bellows which do not allow any extra light to creep In But Freddy who Is now ten years old is beginning to let small rays of light expose the film In Freddys Freddy's back com com- So Freddy and I will be out of commission until he gets out of the hospital Old politicians never die they just run once too often We received a phone call last Thursday evening from former former former for for- mer Messenger publisher R. R LaVaun Cox who was In Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San San- pete on State Road Commission Commission Commission Commis Commis- sion business He reported that his dad Roscoe C. C Cox was staying at his home in Centerville while he is receiving additional treatments treatments treatments treat treat- ments at a Salt Lake hospital Vaun noted that his dad was feeling about as well as could be expected I am sure that Ross and Armada would appreciate hearing hearing hearing hear hear- ing from their many friends in Sanpete County Vaun's address is South and East Eastin in Centerville Utah Middle age spread too many nights around the table |