Show STAhLE J By LARRY STAHLE STABLE A woman with an injured hand asked her doctor When my fingers are normal again will I be able to play the violin violin vio vie lin Absolutely yes the doctor replied Oh how wonderful Ive I've never played one before Its It's a great life being a police officer Last week for example Marshal Marshal Marshal Mar Mar- Calvin Nielson got in a little extra night work According to Marshal Nielson one night last week a truck driven en by a Sterling man was traveling traveling traveling trav trav- eling down the Manti dump road when suddenly he went off the side of the road In a mere second second second sec sec- ond the truck had flipped over making quite a mess of the ve ve- hicle The accident was reported to the marshal who was worried that the occupant may have been pinned in the cab of the truck or thrown out into the brush So Cal grabbed his flashlight and headed for the area accompanied by his son They combed the area com com- looking for the drive driver After an hour of hunting they were joined by Fish and Game officer Ken Tuttle But no body could be located So Ken came b back ck to town and made a phone call to the residence of the man driving the truck Ken was told that following the accident the driver had walked down to the main highway and thumbed a ride home He was not injured Two irrepressible teenagers sent this imaginative note to the Civil Aeronautics Board in Washington DC D.C. We would like to volunteer the services of a well known and very renowned man We think he is qualified to perform any task His name is He is willing to go to the moon preferably one way If he cannot cannot cannot can can- not be used there please send him elsewhere Hes He's our algebra algebra algebra alge alge- bra teacher Last week I also saw Cal racing racing racing rac rac- ing up Main Street with his siren blowing He quickly turned turned turned turn turn- ed down First South and nd continued continued continued con con- his hectic pace westward My first thoughts were that there must have been a terrible acci acci- dent On Tuesday when I talked to Cal I asked him where the accident accident accident acci acci- dent was and if anyone was seriously se se- se injured After a moment of meditation he smiled and then said There wasn't any accident We Ve were having a serious problem with the electricity at the city hall halland halland halland and I was after City Electrician Wayne Vayne Merriam Maybe one reason World War II movies are so popular on TV these days is because that was the last time the American Army Anny was allowed to win With the arrival of spring the annual tasks of up clean-up work now become our assignments I appreciated seeing the state of Utah with their mammoth vacuum cleaner touring the main drag in Manti collecting up alL the debris and garbage which have been deposited there during the winter season Having a clean Main Street is very important important important im im- im- im thing for a city A couple of years ago I read a composition tion written by a boy in Salt Lake on his impressions of Man Man- ti He said it was a city with withold withold withold old barns rubbish in the gutters and a beautiful temple I hope that the city has soon secured a up clean-up chairman and that organization of the drive will soon be underway All of this may even inspire me to get out and wash my windows at the Messenger of of- fice Staying at the office late to play poker with his friends the meek little man suddenly realized it was 2 am a.m. With a agleam agleam agleam gleam of inspiration he telephoned telephoned tele tele- phoned his wife and dramatically dramatically dramatically dramatic dramatic- ally shouted Dont pay the ransom Ive I've escaped Speaking of the advent of spring weather I hope that the city will open their outdoor pool on about June 1st instead of the July date of last year What is the he world coming to asks an editorial ques ques- tion We think that an even more appropriate one would be When is the world coming coming coming com com- ing to After our request last week for fora a person to gather news in the Manti South Ward we received two applications We Ve appreciate the response Mrs Bryan Leora McArthur has accepted the responsibility of gathering the news for thi this area We hope that you will call her when you have a news item so that it can be reported reported reported re re- re- re ported in the paper |