| Show MESSI N AROUND Utah and Sanpete especially can cnn well wen take note of their highways highways highways high high- ways as the tourist season nears It seems to us that we are pretty pret pret- ty careless about their appear appear- ance There isn't a lot you and andI I can do about chuck holes hoes but we can do our part in keeping the road toad and bar pits clear of or rubbish old bot bottles lIes etc Take a drive on any day you choose and you'll youn s see sec e anything from isolated bottles and scraps of paI paper pa- pa I per to whole boxes of junk dropped dropped dropped drop drop- ped of off as a great ey eyesore sore to our highways And wouldn't it be a great project for some organization to offer to assist a group of farmers farmers farmers far far- mers in clearing cearing brush and weeds from the along J some given stretch of highway This spring weather seems a abit bit early enry in the year and while most of us enjoy it there is always that concern for fOI the thc possibility possibility possibility pos pos- of a dry summer Wouldn't Would Would- nt it be great to trade off our bitter winters for a bit of additional additional additional addi addi- summer rain Wed We'd en enjoy joy life liCe more and und raise the same crops maybe better I We Ye heard a lot of oC fellows say they were going to quit smoking smoking smoking ing when the new tax went on cigarettes but were we're really surprised surprised sur- sur at the number who have quit and stayed away from th the theold theold old od habit In the last few Cew years some folks have blamed the heavy storms on the Atom and Hydrogen Hydrogen Hydrogen Hy Hy- drogen bomb tests Perhaps the tests now being conducted in the Pacific will solve our threatening threaten threaten- ing dry spell now Quote of oC the week conies comes from Rolph Peterson disc jockey The other morning lie he gave this thought for the day You can lead a horse to water but you cant can't make him drink especially if the water tastes like ours has for the last ast couple of weeks A slap sap on the back this week to Leland Anderson now of Ne- Ne phi Leland was a live Jive wire in civic and church affairs while in ManU Manti and we often wondered how he got over all aU of Ii his i s responsibilities bi But heres here's the story The Manti l Lions Club got to thinking thinking thinking think think- ing that the club charter hadn't been seen for several years and asked all alJ of its older oder members to look ook around for it They fully fuBy realized that most of us have havea a box of casuals in the basement basement basement base base- ment or 01 attic and thought the charter might well be in one of them After all such boxes contain almost anything you can think of The word word got to Leland who had held several posts in the local ocal club and he took a look lookaround lookaround around and found the chart charter r. r Now we dont don't think a lot of the fellows would have had guts enough to come forth with the charter blush a little and say I III guess I must have had it all the time Leland not only returned it but bul had it all cleaned clean clean- ed up and framed to boot o 0 |
