Show iF I t K k By L LARRY STAHLE hY Is It t Important not lose your head In an at- at J asked the sergeant recruit answered 1 cause It wouldn't leave place lace to put your hel- hel 1 I ManU Mantl man now serving i 1 Jet Nam recently played rule role v 1 o in In o a d. Salt T Lake school Christmas project timbers S Fibers of a fifth grade id at the J. J E. E Cosgriff Me- Me Me- Me School a Catholic school halt aU lt Lake feel that they i received the true spirit of t r ve children told their teach teach- r 8 Patricia Aikins that rt ld d o of f exchanging gifts S Jg g themselves this year t wanted wanted anted to help someone iB Mrs Aikins Atkins wrote to 10 Capt eeler K eeler son of Mr and Paul Paul aul Keeler of ManU Manti who toned ed at a military hosI hosNa hosNa hos- hos I in Na Trans Province Viet Nam attached to dental Cental health program a wrote her that there theren it n t 50 soldiers at the hospi- hospi d need eed of some Christmas ti He also mentioned a aK ator Ot K tor 1 of 50 Vietnamese chil- chil rda that he is teaching EngI Eng- Eng I on tron aoa his own time When j jf i Aikins asked the children Q group they wanted to torl rl 1 gifts to their immediate ed was both l Ury tY went from to door-to-door c coating Ung paperback books i enough to s send nd two They also adult games cross- cross ei jigsaw puzzles g g lotion and other Items A Keeler had told the stuN stu- stu fn ln his letter that one of N N I dest dest things for the l to to get was candy The If contacted a Salt store who fura furI fur- fur fa a large number of or candy I I the soldiers ref rea redecorated re- re f a a decorated bottle for 3 or a candle and a me scroll croll Christmas card r prom om a paper bag with withes es burned to make It Jie to Vietnamese children ils made up an and d decoo deco- deco EIS 0 o cigar boxes Each b box boxI boxed x I ed two pencils an ana ri fa a pencil sharpener pa- pa six-inch six ruler crayons dY bar K ild ld Indian was standing top of a hill with his J the oking over below them Said d Indian Some UR d day fin all this land will to the Indians a again aln e al all go to the moon I wed ed in the Deseret News night that for the sec- sec wool wul i the Mantl Monti he be In col have ve been s the number one Class Wall ball ball team in the state this s Is s a great honor R l c ar arries with It a tre- tre mount of weight f opponent of a top- top FOR tb no matter how lousy can Cad evious record becomes when hen they take the court nt tot believe it just pay to the upcoming hat number one rating W monumental battle for forI forc L s. s I 1 years ago I heard L of a basketball squad f a scoring average of W to 20 P points a game ir scores cores of their games tA canally p r something like liker r to 9 ent rent ent clear through the thel thing clobbered by the l K c ores res Most of their was of a mediocre ir i a o you can guess their p t tt as a basket- basket G In S1 STAHLE AhLE Then came their game with the team that was the kingpin of or the area They had class In fact they had whitewashed all of the other teams by a 3 20 to 30 point m margin When our happy bunch of came up against the top rated squad they really put forth their best efforts The game became so rugged that the refs were afraid that they would have to stop the game occasionally to mop the blood up from the floor noor As you have probably already guessed our scrubs pulled off the upset o of the season as they scored their season high of 42 points to edge the champs by two So Its It's great to be number one If you can stand all of the artillery that the enemy throws your way Two men carrying briefcases brief brief- cas Cai cases s 3 stopped in front of a traffic snarl One g glanced at athis athis athis his watch and looked at the traffic he said to his companion do Cedo we have time timeto to take a cab or shall we walk As most of you know by now now between Christmas and New Years we broke with a anine anine anine nine year tradition and took tooka a few days off and headed for sunny Southern California I am not nol going to bore you with our accounts of riding on the freeways during rush hour traffic which Is probably still easier Er rn rd cd 1 safer than motoring along the Salt Lake freeway or our visit to the piers of Long LongBeach LongBeach LongBeach Beach where we saw the Queen Mary undergoing renovation I will say nothing of Disneyland or Marineland One thing that did impress our whole family was the Rose Parade I all of you saw it on color TV which is isa isa isa a fair substitute for the real thing but what impressed us J H a great deal besides the me floats adorned with flowers was the great lengths that people go to in order to see the spectacular parade The California natives and ManU Mantl Mayor Leslie J. J Anderson Anderson Ander Ander- son soa had just about scared me out ont of even atte attempting to at attend attend attend at- at tend the parade in Pasadena They said that you had to pay paya a small fortune for a seat and If you didn't buy a seat well I just cant can't print their Ing comments Come the day dav before New Years Corynne and Joyce were game to try so we headed north from Long Beach to Pasadena Pasadena Pas Pas- adena via the freeways Upon our arrival we were told that the police allow overnight overnight overnight over over- night parking on many of the city streets so we set out to find one of the designated areas About 20 minutes later we were parked just a second 10 walk from Colorado Blvd where the parade would be staged Then the excitement begins We bumped into a wonderful family from beautiful downtown Burbank who were old veterans veterans veterans veter veter- ans of the parade They fished out four old camp stools from the back of their camper which they said they had never used but had come with their camper when they bought it They set them up on the sidewalk for us to reserve our spot We then noticed that the canvas seats were torn so I made mad a rush trip to a grocery store down the street for some needles Joyce and our California host then reupholstered the four chairs with new fabric over the torn canvas to make the them m good and sturdy As you glanced up and down the street you could see bonfires bonfires bonfires bon bon- fires flickering up and down Colorado Blvd People were setting up chairs along the curb and then placing sleeping bags beside them and then jumping inside the bags to keep warm Our hosts had a small charcoal charcoal charcoal char char- coal grill which they used to obtain heat along with roasting We were told to go to bed about by our California hosts who said that they would stand guard duty and move the chairs up to the blue line at 1145 as pot po 2 a police order c The blue line Is painted in about the same place that the white lines Unes are on our highways Just beyond the parking area to designate designate designate des des- ignate the area where the cars should be parked to be out of the flow of traffic We did hit the sack and the first couple of hours we slept like a rock But when the bewitching bewitchIng be bewitching be- be witching hour of midnight ar arrived arrived arrived ar- ar rived I have never heard so much commotion I was afraid that they were tearing down Main Street brick by brick From then on sleep was scarce After 1970 had arrived It seemed as though he had brought most of California with him Humanity was everywhere And they all seemed to be on their feet moving from here hero to there About every half hour someone would come up to the back door of our camper and pOund want- want Ing to know if anyone was home About the time you could start to drop off to dreamland again another fist slammed Into thedoor thedoor the thedoor door and a voice would shout Wake up At 6 In the morning we de decided decided decided de- de to hazard the crowds By this time much of the livestock livestock livestock live live- stock had found Its way to the pavement and was sprawled out all over the roads Sleeping bags were placed right up to the blue line with the heads of the bag occupants just mere inches away from the automobile automobile automo automo- bile hUe tires racing up and down Colorado Blvd About the time that the pa parade parade parade pa- pa rade was to start people started started started start start- ed to arrive with step ladders upon which they took position People also hung from the street si Ol m s V busin Y t e ss s f i mn an r n d r 1 b Mt ou I- I t b gnu OU a anything that would hold their weight But when the parade came along all the wait proved to be bewell bewell bewell well worthwhile When the mass of humanity departed following the spectacular spectacular spectacular spec spec- event I have never seen such a littered up street In fact I heard on the radio that the up clean-up of the street alone would cost the city of Pasadena Pasadena Pasadena Pasa Pasa- dena somewhere in the neighborhood neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- of to After going through all this my only comment was that I Ican Ican Ican can hardly wait until next year to try It again The angler was exasperated exasperated exasperated exas exas- with the fellow who sat by watching him Finally Finally Fi Finally Fi- Fi nally he could stand It no longer You have been watching me for an hour Why dont don't you try fishing yourself he asked testily I leI dont don't have the pa patIence patience patience pa- pa tience replied the onlooker Carl Braithwaite this week issued his final ultimatum that he Is closing down his Ws ranch house and no one will be permitted permitted permitted per per- to use the building which has been open for free public use for the past 50 years He has had more items Hems stolen and shot up than I am sure that he can afford He has to spend about half his time herlock her her- lock Holmes and James Bond trying to recover the stolen merchandise Other things which I am sure seem small to the thief cost Carl hundreds of dollars One such Item was the antifreeze antifreeze antifreeze anti anti- freeze in Carls Carl's tractor Someone Someone Some Some- one drained his tractor and left no indication that the foul deed had been perpetrated Carl then started the tractor and started to work It wasn't long until the the engine was gone and Carl was faced with a big Mil bill to buy another one This fall some sportsmen decided to do a little target shooting inside where it was warm So they proceeded to blast holes in the furniture with witha a shotgun not to mention the walls He Is constantly out hunting his cattle attle who leave the pasture area when someone leaves the thega ga gate e open What would be a aone aone aone one minute act on their part to close clos the gate turns Into a 1 two hour job for him hunting up the livestock and then herding herding herding herd herd- ing them back to his ground Carl is now offering a reward for Information which leads to the conviction of the guilty person or persons And then people wonder why so many property owners post their ground and will not permit hunting The young boy of the famIly family family fam fam- ily was reading the evening newspaper and said to his father Dad it says here that thata a certain man was a financial financial finan finan- cial genius What does that mean That meant said his father that he could earn money faster than his family family fam fam- ily Uy could spend it Last Friday night when we were in Ogden on business my law in a professor at Weber State College invited me meto meto meto to go to the Weber State basketball basketball basketball bas bas- game with him He even obtained a ticket for me with tin the compliments of Coach Phil Johnson of the Wildcats I really enjoyed several parts of the contest One thing that has always been Interesting to watch Is the blocking of shots without the almost certain foul that will be called later A couple of the Weber players were fantastic in that depart depart- ment One of them blocked sever several several sev sev- er eral l shots when the opposing Idaho guards would steal the ball from them and go down the floor without any opposition to stop them Suddenly one of the Wildcat players seemed to come ou of nowhere and bat the theban ball ban out of bounds without even touch ng the opposing player Another note of interest was th the Weber State Frosh Fresh game against the The young Wildcats pulled off an ano another another an- an o other her point one-point win something they have done twice this season season season sea sea- son thus far to the Snow College College College Col Col- lege Badgers Speaking of the Badgers they have had more stoppers heart-stoppers this year that have been lost by one point I have come to the conclusion that the Badgers and their new coach Gary Bliss must have nerves of steel This casaba season seems to tobe tobe tobe be the year of the point one-point games The University of Utah salvaged s one last week as did Ricks College against College of Eastern Utah As you scan the scores daily dally you will note several games each day that were won by only one point In my opinion that is the worst type of game to lose It Is s ti times like that I am glad that I have now been relegated relegated relegated rele rele- gated to the roe of spectator and that I am no not paying on ona ona ona a team that is having scores as close clos as the Badgers The editor received a i man malt manuscript with a letter which said The characters in this story are purely fictional and bear no resemblance to any person living or 0 dead When the editor returned it t to the author he scribbled scribbled scrib scrib- bled across the bottom That is what is wrong with it I wonder how many of you realized that the EphraIm area at least the sheep camps in that a area a is the locale that inspired the character of Sheepherder Sam Sheepherder Sam was In Inspired inspired inspired in- in by the people that Chris Jensen then 17 worked with withas as a camp tender in the sheep camps in the desert country around Ephraim Last week Mr Jensen an artist for the Salt Lake Tribune Tribune Tribune Trib Trib- une won a national honor ashe as ashe ashe he wa way was named recipient of the Best award in the professional professional professional division of the annual competition of Art Instruction Schools of Minneapolis Minn The winning cartoon was one of several drawn on women travelers in Europe The cartoon cartoon car car- toon appeared in The Tribune on June 9 1966 Although Mr Jensen was born Denmark in 1901 his family came to Utah as converts to the Church He spent his youth as a resident of Ephraim Roscoe Cox was telling me meIn mein mein In the Enterprise office the theother theother theother other day that the cabin where Mr Jensen was raised still sUll stands and has been purchased by a former Ephraim resident who now lives in California At the conclusion of the concert two ushers were applauding ap applauding applauding ap- ap harder than anybody else The audience was Im Impressed impressed impressed im- im pressed with the fact that they were true lovers of music and then one usher suddenly stopped applauding The other turned to him and said in a stage whisper Keep clapping you idiot One more encore and were we're on overtime |