Show STAhLE l. I 1 S T U F By LARRY STABLE gip 1 Have I told you about my my t grandchildren i No and I appreciate it it y Edwin Carpenter is sporting an unusual item these days If the weather stays warm a few more local residents probably will chip in on the ithe- first Ed reported Monday that he he- has a plum tree in full bloom He states that when he tells his friends this they thing heis he heis is just them Hereit Here Here- it is the first of November and anda a crazy up mixed-up tree is in full bloom So when Ed appeared at the Messenger office Monday he brought along a branch for proof and sure enough it was was' in full bloom Ed also reports that he has a shade tree with new leaves measuring about an inch long He even harvested harvest harvest- ed a peach off one of his trees last Sunday He said that the fruit was divided into three parts and enjoyed A struggling author called on a publisher about a Ia manuscript manuscript manuscript manu manu- script he had submitted This is quite well written but my firm only publishes works by writers with well well- known names namest said the pub pub- Usher lisher Splendid exclaimed the theauthor theauthor author My names name's Smith Quite an honor came carne too to to-a to r prominent Sanpete citizen last week This honor was bestowed on Elder Thorpe B. B Isaacson a native of Ephraim who was named amed as a member of the First Presidency by Church President David O. O McKay The other new counselor also holds significance to the members of this stake Elder Joseph Fielding Smith was the conference authority at the to thelast thelast last stake conference held on October 16 and 17 at Ephraim Last Sunday morning while attending a class in the Manti ManU South Ward Mrs Mary M M. Peacock made the statement that the graduating class of 1964 from the Manti ManU High held what she felt was a record After surveying the situation we have to agree with her It seems that out of the 26 boys who were members of ot that class 15 are now serving in the Mission field h in all l parts of the world This means slightly under 60 per percent percent percent cent of the male grads have answered calls of their then church to serve missions The list road read as follows with the name of their parents in parenthesis Kenneth Olsen Richard Manti Norwegian Mission Parry Olsen Phil Ephraim Sweden Steven Peacock John Manti New England Bruce Findlay Ross Ephraim Canada Lewis Bagnall Bagnall Bag- Bag nall nail Mrs Utahna Ephraim England Fred Carpenter Fred ManU Manti Man Man- ti U Australia Jack Jensen Richard Sterling left from Manti ManU Center Ward Hawaii Merwin Kjar jar Lloyd Manti Finland Michael 1 Kjar Elean Elean- Eleanor or Madsen Ephraim Canada Canada- Adaska John Longaker Luzon Luzon Lu Lu- Luzon zon Ephraim England Daryl Sondrup Clifford Ephraim Denmark Greg Maylett 1 Merrill Manti Australia Australia Aus Aus- Merrill Washburn Forest Forest Forest For For- est Manti Chili Wade Hansen Hansen Hansen Han- Han sen George Sterling New England and Paul Cox Morlin Morlin Mor- Mor lin Manti ManU Alaska Canadian Sooner or later a man reaches reach reach- es his B period baldness bridgework bifocals and bulge We would like to take this opportunity to express our thanks to the two political parties parties parties par par- ties for waging a good clean fight with no personalities smeared in the mud Both parties parties parties par- par ties had an excellent roster of candidates and its it's a shame that they all couldn't be used because they would certainly strengthen Manti ManU Another tribute should be paid to the plus voters who did turn out to show that they loved their home town by casting their ballots |