Show WAY BACK WHEN From the Messenger Files One Year A Ago o 1953 The Red Cross Bloodmobile mobile made a visit to Manti and asked for pints of blood Albert C C. Antrei of the Manti 1 High School faculty was awarded awarded a- a warded a fellowship by the John Hay Whitney and made plans to study at Columbia Columbia Columbia Colum Colum- bia for a year T w wen e n t y five f i v e Sanpete men were drafted including six from Manti Station apologized for Bill Dill Coltrin's remarks about Mantis Manti's basketball team Easton Easton- Moffitt resigned resign d as Mantis Manti's Mayor Five Years Ago 1949 Congress was in a dither over oleomargarine D Dairy a i r l' Y states were trying to keep oleo from being marketed with yellow coloring coloring coloring col col- col- col oring added The State made plans to step stepin in and see that all aU claims against the Corporation at Manti manufacturing plant were paid Contracts for 1200 acres of peas were being of offered local farmers by the Manti 1 and Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph- Eph raim canneries Ten Years A Ago o 1944 Manti lanU look took second place in ina a month with many married men being taken i Mant lant second place in inthe inthe the Round Robin losing the final to Monroe 1 Meade Mcade Squire and Vii Wilbur bur Braithwaite of Manti Man Man- j i ti Roger Sondrup and Clark ClarkI I of Ephraim and Asay I of Monroe were were- the regions region's I star all team Richard Olsen of I Mantis Manti's tall taJI was on the I second star all team f I Harold Braithwaite was home homei i on leave after action with the navy in the African landings and andin andin andin in Pacific battles The Lund twins Keith and Kirk were both hoth in Hawaii The Manti Forest was also concerned with the war It had seen few projects during the conflict so laid plans for postwar postwar postwar post post- war work Twenty Years A Ago o 1934 The Legion and Commercial club were pushing some big signs for th highway entrances to Manti You could have slack coal de delivered delivered delivered de- de livered to your bin for per ton Top lump sold for per ton delivered A new county court house was wasa a top subject for all aJI ManU Manti clubs Funds were pretty short forthe forthe for forthe the Library so Manti 1 City put up and several of the themore themore themore more wealthy citizens donated each with donations listed from to the figure Thirty Years Ago 1924 A crew of 15 carpenters were w working to complete the Mant Manti Canning factory A group of 30 men were incourt incourt in incourt court for allegedly hunting deer out of season the fall Some Manti 1 men involved New officers for the Manti Fish and Game club were A. A O. O Anderson president Ross Cox Dr J J. J E E. E Harrison Vernal Erickson Erick- Erick son and S. S Peter Peterson Man Manti a n t i Hatchery advertised chicks as follows selected select select- ed hens Come on folks how 1 j many The best we ever had I Will supply us with hatching t eggs this season Carvalis and Ferris Strain Males lales from Crom the i i trap-nest trap stock will keep them company i Mantis Manti's great grent new box factory got pot got into production Fifteen i motors from 2 to 75 j or cr 1 furnished power for the plant t They had feet of logs laying at the mill yard for use I at the box plant |