Show LINES by LIZA armistice day as years ago I 1 should not confess that I 1 remember it so keenley since it undoubtedly dates me casting coyness aside I 1 must admit that I 1 do recall the day in every small detail I 1 was quite young too toa but the circumstances of the time were so distressing that I 1 shall never forget the weather was severely cold and since it was before the era of surfaced roads the highways were frozen in frost glittering ruts the day was overcast and gloomy in in aspect an epidemic of fatal influence was raging across the country and had taken a serious toll in our small county my afy mother and joe who was just a little boy then were both critically afflicted at that particular time dad and I 1 were more fortunate and did not contract the disease though we were nursing the two invalids remember the gauze masks we all wore I 1 shall never forget that on armistice day in an attempt to stage a feeble celebration I 1 decided to stew an old hen it was the first time I 1 had ever assayed any such ambitious culinary art As I 1 remember in my effort to disjoint the tough old bird we went round and round and I 1 practically had bad to stand on the poor thing to tear it limb from limb I 1 cant recall whether or not the stew was tough we had not imagined such a miracle as radio in fact electricity and the telephone were not so many years in in common use we had an open touring car and it was up on blocks for the winter because roads were not passable then remember weber canyon in 1018 we walked to school those days and carried our jelly sandwiches and an apple in a paper sack my nose still recalls the soggy sweet smell of lunches lanches wet wool coats and rubber overshoes all mingled oh me I 1 agree there is reason to complain about the fix were in now conditions are serious indeed yes however with preventive medicine guarding against critical epidemics smooth communication by land sea and ff aw f radio in every home central beating abing and erbsen liens hens that fall apa apart rt my golly we surely can complain in comfort A apropos of book week which will be proclaimed soon I 1 am going to 0 write a bit about the library quite a long time ago twenty one years ago to be exact anna dickson became librarian for the morgan county library at that time the he library was on the opposite side of the street from where it is now situated remember soon after she became custodian of the books the he responsibility of moving into new quarters fell upon her shoulders she undertook the task with the he same willingness wilin gness which has characterized her service to the public bublic these many years come rain or shine winter or summer she has trudged the long distance from her home to town as a part of her daily routine something between thirty and thirty five thou stand miles to my estimation A few weeks ago mrs dickson received a letter from the library board in salt lake county it stated that the members had pondered the figures of the current report for the state of utah and they were amazed at the totals representing morgan county rive five and six tenths volumes per capita compared to half a volume per capita in a neighboring county nine and three tenths per capita circulation as compared to five tenths circulation in some other counties close by rated first place above all other counties in the state they were so amazed in fact that five members including the chairman of the salt lake county library board descended upon mrs dickson one afternoon not long ago and besieged her with questions concerning the accomplishment she answered them all in her own way and they went away still shaking their heads they could never understand the fe feeling eling of warmth and interest and generous help which has encouraged young and old alike to read and enjoy good books that i is a secret which large city libraries have yet to discover I 1 was there and heard it all so I 1 thought id tell you folks its good to know that we have something extra special in the way of one small librarian it id like to tell the young thespians who presented sunbonnet jane for the high school last week that I 1 thought they were wen pretty extra special too ill make that double for the trojans snow snow snow in m m m ml m 1 I |