Show WAY AY BACK WHEN N From the Messenger 1 Files FlIes One Year Aga 1953 Mrs Zella ZelIa Christensen w was a s announced as ns new Stake Relief Society president with A Agnes g n e c s sAnderson Anderson and Maggie Rowe asher as nn her assistants I cd cf Info A Ephraim won the Sanpete I Baseball league championship Five Years Ago 1949 Sanpete dairymen organized to bring in 84 registered Holsteins Holsteins Hol- Hol steins from Wisconsin Dr Robert Poulson wound up his practice of veterinary medi medi- medicine medicine cine in Manti and moved to Ogden to take a position with an nn animal hospital Dones Done's Photo Studio opened for business in Manti l Ten Years Ago 1944 The Manti Lions club sponsored sponsored sponsored spon spon- a dinner to honor executives executives executives exe exe- of the Reliance Manufacturing Manufacturing Manu Manu- Company who were just getting their operation under under under un un- un- un der way in Manti Arthur Nell was Lion president that year Lee Sidwell called home to tell his folks his destroyer had been part of the escort for President Roosevelt's cruiser ona on ona a trip to Alaska Elliott Peterson and DeLloyd I Peterson wrote of an interesting I Inight night they spent in a fox hole I about yards from the Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese lines on Marshal Ralph Tatton took I two burglars and recovered red nine of or fourteen cases of whiskey they had stolen from the Ephraim Ephraim Ephraim Eph Eph- raim liquor store Twenty Years Ago 1934 The government announced plans to buy sheep in drouth areas with the announced purchase purchase pur pur- chase price of each The city demanded an absolute absolute absolute lute stop to the use of culinary water for sprinkling Manti Theatre and many local merchants combined to buy a full page of the Messenger lessenger to emote the of n Caro pr pA 0 lin linn lina a an outstanding movie which was shown with several stage acts The drouth condition on farms crippled the educational chances chanc chanc- es of many young folks and the Manti 1 Commercial Club took steps to help sponsor students to Snow College Thirty Years Ago 1924 I Eld Elder Elder r Clifton Ottoson wrote from Germany where he was serving a mission Manti fanti Republicans lined up solid for Governor Mabey 1 Nielson and Company set themselves up as Mantis Manti's Number Number Number Num Num- ber One shoe store by adding addinga a famous national lines of foot foot- wear M. M H. H Knudson president of ot Snow College announced d that schools school's opening opening- dates Forty Years Ago 1914 When the Boys Come Marching Marching Marching March March- ing Home was the headline hendline on the Messenger 1 The Manti Militia Militia Mil Mil- was expected home and were scheduling a show The men members of Company F were to march from the Depot and andon andon andon on reaching Main 1 Street to deploy deploy deploy de de- ploy and run an attack on on n an imaginary enemy The unit was commanded by Captain Cam- Cam merman When it was all over the Messenger lessenger reported their ar arrival arrival arrival ar- ar rival and firing to be so noisy it should have been a Fourth of July celebration |