Show FOUK x r STAhLE r- r rBy By LARRY RRY STAHLE ot ot for ur r whom the bells f toll r Dont Don't get yourself In a stew As tang ng g as you can CM hearth hearth hear th tn ang Relax t they're not for you As long as we are emitting little bits of wisdom we had better add The habit you make is hard to break I can personally testify to the validity of this statement When we moved here some 2 11 years ears ago the work schedule of these two newspapers newspapers newspapers news news- papers required us to change our way of living Instead of going to bed each night at a comfortable 10 pm p.m. we discovered that there were a couple of nights each week that we didn't even get to touch the pillows on our bed This old routine drug on for several years until we were so tired and exhausted that I actually took a few winks on the job You dont don't believe it Ask Elliott Braithwaite He almost caught me in one of my siestas This episode took place In 1964 when setting the type for the Ephraim Enterprise I had been up all aU night Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- finishing the Messenger My first task on Thursday was to plunk out the Ephraim copy on Igor the This was wasa a tough assignment because my eyelashes felt like they weighed several hundred pounds I looked both ways was and de decided decided decided de- de to take a couple of winks Just sitting silting In my chair Plunk went my eyelids To make the scene a bit more exciting in walks two coeds from MRS When they saw me just sitting there they assumed that I had cashed in my chips and headed for the happy hunting grounds They did an about face and headed down the street to summon summon summon sum sum- mon Elliott They bodily drug J Mm him m back to our office By that time I had recovered and was plunking away at the copy again Elliott looked a little puzzled at the fact that I had been restored so fast This incident made me realize realize realize real real- ize that taking naps in public might cause people to talk talk so I decided to make some changes in our operation AA I found some opposition In my changes mostly from myse myself If but finally I did didget didget get things arranged so that I could snooze a couple of hours at home on Thursday night I still stayed up all aU night on Wednesday About four years ago we de decided decided decided de- de that some additional alterations al alterations alterations al- al had to be made because be because because be- be cause we were getting old fast and the rut was getting deeper and deeper We plunged into a new process process process pro pro- cess of printing and changed the Enterprise to a Thursday paper Instead of a Friday edition edi edi- tion This change made it so that we now slept on Thursday night but our situation on Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- remained the same During the past Christmas rush Jovial Joyce lithe LoDel the Green Flash Alvin Baby and old Stale decided that this system wasn't making us any younger So we made a aNew aNew aNew New Years Year's Resolution to al alter alter alter al- al ter our system again We are now encouraging everyone ev- ev everyone ev to get their news and ads In by Tuesday noon so that we can start pasting up the pages earlier and speed up the whole operation We will still be happy to help out in the case of a death or serious emergency but otherwise we plan to get the show on the road earlier The past two Wednesdays our new plan has worked very well so good in fact that we have been through printing the papers by Wednesday evening evening evening eve eve- ning and been able to go home and live like a normal human being for a change N Now ow comes the proof of the saying The habit you make Is hard to break The past two Wednesdays when I have gone to bed at about 10 pm p.m. I cant can't go to sleep until about 3 am a.m. because of my history of sleepless Wednesday nights A few verbal Typo error proof goof bustle bustle- deceitful dessert tray tart cart unshackled railroad railroad rail raU- road car loose caboose paid bill bill bill- met debt arthritis hinge twinge crying bird robin I was happy last week to read the notice that one of our former employees Is making making making mak mak- ing good in the big time Charlotte Antrei Hoe who currently resides in Ogden won a recognition award from the Salt Lake Tribune for a feature story she wrote about the trappist monks at a monastery monastery monastery mon mon- astery In Huntsville We have known all along that Charlotte had great talent when it comes to writing especially feature stories She did some for us while working for us several years back that stirred up a great deal of Interest Even In high school it was apparent that she had the makings makings mak mak- ings of a good journalist When she left the halls of MIlS for tor forthe forthe the acres and acres of campus at B BYU YU she was tabbed as one of the bright young prospects in the newspaper field by the heads of ot the University of ot Utah and B BYU YU Journalism m depart depart- ments We want to add our congratulations congratulations lations to Charlotte and her parents parents parents par par- Al and lone Antrel Antrei of Marti ManU Sign on a sign truck in Sanpete County Running a business without signs is like Uke winking at a girl in the dark You know what youre you're doing but no one else does In the nine years that I have been penning this column of astute wisdom one question frequently pops up What do you call your column Stahle or Is it supposed to be Stale I have always answered the question the same but everyone everyone everyone every every- one continues to call it by the wrong name If you will notice the five letters in the first word of the head are all in caps while the h is lower case If it will make It easier easler just forget torget the h al al- al together When we started the column we named it Stale There has been so much confusion I may have to rename It something something something some some- thing like Sober Sayings from Stahle's Stock of Sophisticated Slapstick From the time an infant tries to get his toes in his mouth life Ufe is a continual struggle to make both ends meet |