Show WAY BACK WHEN One Year Ago 1953 The Sanpete Seed Producers' Producers announced a spring push in the sale of grass seed and published a 3 folder telling of their products Burton Anderson suffered a braken braken broken bra bro ken jaw in a fall at the seed plant Gunnison was the class of the Sanpete league being unbeaten and picked as one of the top teams in the the state Five Years Ago 1919 What has hns happened That was the question about the ManU Manti plant which had been operated by the Corporation and was ordered closed by Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Lee This company had been heen given in state stale funds to convert the plant to their needs Mrs Don Larsen was heading the Manti Red Cross drive Mrs Sylvia Keller and daughter daugh daugh- 1 ter Lauren returned from Crom a visit to Australia VeLois Nielson Gwyn Chapman Chapman Chap Chap- man Carl Stott and Charles Whitlock all former Manti 1 High students had lead rolls in the Snow College opera The Red Rec 1 ll ll lUlU i iTen Ten Years Ago 1914 More 1 than a hundred Manti women were giving the war effort ef effort effort ef- ef fort a 3 boost by working at the Parachute Plant Manti citizens twenty years ago were much interested in informing informing informing forming a community coal conI mine The mine located in Ferron canyon canyon can can- yon was owned by Manti citizens citizens citizens citi citi- zens and they wanted to operate it as a community project A letter from Bob Dob Keller sni said l lVe We Ve are in the Marshalls r ex exterminating exterminating ex- ex terminating Japs The days are pretty rugged 24 hours ai around around a- a i round but dont don't worry things l are much worse for the little brown men Lynn Nielson Roy Peterson and all are OK and seem to be having quite a time Lt It Bill Dill Keller was at Fort Sill Oklahoma just out of the hospital Lynn Braithwaite was home on furlough after boot training at at San Diego Douglas McArthur l commander of Allied forces in inthe inthe inthe the Pacific was being picked by many as a 3 presidential candidate candi eandi- date Twenty Years Ago 1934 The Messenger ran a heading Ephraim City is Jubilant Over OverWater OverWater Water Project The article told of Ephraim's plans to dig a tunnel tunnel tunnel tun tun- nel to bring waters from the East side of the mountain for irrigation purposes Manti l High School presented the play pIny Little Women All sorts of troubles were be being being being be- be ing predicted as many die hards wanted to get b back ck to the the gold standard and get rid of the paper paper paper pa pa- per money which was becoming more and more common LaMont Miller was commander command command- er of the local American Legion post Thirty hirty Years Ago 1924 The February 29 issue says The Manti 1 High School has had the pleasure of having one of the best teams that has ever represented it on a 3 waxed floor The team this year has hns not only won the division championship but has defeated some of the best st teams t in the intermountain country The fhe story goes on half way down the page Members Members Members Mem Mem- bers of the team were Bill Jacobson Ja- Ja Rov Roy Keisel Lester Lar- Lar s sen n Marion 1 Snow Sno Alton String- String ham Tennis Dennis Alired Joe and Eldon Miss l Maggie l Barton won t the h e nudge Judge Woolley oratorical medal at Manti l High School Forty Years Ago 1914 The Commercial club met with 70 members m in attendance and made committee assignments for public improvement projects projects' F W W. V. V Peterson tailor offered II A A Suit to Suit from 1400 and up L L. T T. Tuttle was president of Manti 1 City Bank Dank with P. P P. P Dyreng cashier I |