Show t 3 I Dads Dad's i i g B Column L' L A OF ot SOME I GOOD ACT do something that shall LET ME E today take sadness from the worlds world's vast vastA A little store ml favored as to make I be fI so A may And ld TVS TV'S joys joy's too s scanty sc-anty anty sum a little mote more nl e. e Of the theand tonight look back across Let me span I dawn and dark and to my tw TWiXt say conscience conscience say I good act to beast or or orman of some on I manThe man man- The Tae world Is better that I lived Anon today O coo O o JR Jat NOTES OTES A FEW EW 8 IM I IN is MRS l SKETCH THE FOLLOWING letter was received M LaPage from Sam Bam Jr which will bY prove provi interesting to many of or our readers readers read- read ers I Dear Lee I I r was much Interested as aa I am sure many others were in Mary T T. T Fletchers Fletcher's historical sketch of Park City dated March 1942 but I am sure too that the I 1 Daughters would want certain little Inaccuracies Inaccuracies inaccuracies In- In accuracies corrected before placing the 1 document In their permanent archives i iThe The persons to whom Bettor Steen sold told the Ontario in 1872 for Instance Iare i iare In are Identified as two men named Hurst Hurst of ol I and Stanley The man Hearst senator senator sena- sena I course was wall really George II tor from California and father of William Wil- Wil liam lam Randolph Hearst Heart probably now tho the best known and the wealthiest perhaps i of newspaper pub publishers The 1 I Stanley referred to is not further iden iden- titled tined in any material I have at hand I IThe The Marsac mill the sketch states was eventually destroyed by fire The old mill In n truth was one of or the tho few buildings that escaped the big fire in n 98 and was later if I am not mistaken dismantled and torn down IThe I IThe IThe The rock wall In front of St. St Marys Mary's church Is referred to as a 1 historic landmark land- land landI i j I marl mark of the city I believe the old I church Itself is quite as much a landmark land land- I mark mare If not more BO so so and the school started on the site In the early days was I am confident a parochial school I rather than a public school Also the first president of the Woman's Womans Womans Woman's Womans Woman's Wo Wo- mans man's Athenaeum was I 1 believe Mrs M M. M. M F P. P Mary Montague Ferry Allen I mother of Montague Allen Incidentally and end not Mrs William Montague Ferry as stated In the sketch Just to Indicate how inaccurate even the better known historians can be however Bancroft in his History of Utah published In the early arly I 1 believe states that the first settlers in shat hat Is now Summit county was Samuel Samuel Sam uel Snider who built a number of sawmills sawmills saw saw- mills at nt Parleys Parley's Park I have bave no doubt Mrs Fletcher is s right in identifying the settlers as George G Q G. Snyder and his hiS hiS' i wife Rhoda I IThe The man who ho started The Record was I j I of course James R. R Schupbach not j as spelled In the sketch I Mr Schupbach who had changed his name to Shepherd in later years died In Portland some two years ago Being ing so far away from sour sources cs of or information Lee and having been away from the old camp for so BO long there are some dates and names and Items of Interest on an which I cannot check and andI I y I have no definite memory of them but for the sake or of the archives and those who ho In later years may be doing furI further fur fur- I I ther tiler research I believe it would be well for present-day present historians to check closely on the facts It may be true for Instance that thai the I Dye Works was established In 1886 1888 but that seems a bit early to me 1 and 1890 seems a little early for the firsti first i cement walks That was about the time 1 1 I went to Park City and If it there were i i. i cement walks there then I 1 dont don't remember remember re- re 1 member them Ii There were theatres too before the Dewey which I managed with none none non i too toome me great success you will recall for j J some time The old Park Opera Oper House for lor instance and the really creditable I Orand Orana theatre I believe It was called I Which burned in the big fire on the thet alt alts t of the present Frankel store Or am I t wrong And there was a bank be before before be- be fore the First National II Anyway Lee you will know that I 1 Im tI Ij am m not writing in a spirit of criticism but out rather to do what I can to keep II the records straight as some day Ip i l imay p i may want to go into them myself How Is Ed Walker Always SAM JR 00 AT NOT KOT Dear Grandpa IT LOOKS as though Ill I'll pass over Park city Thursday night about midnight mid mid- I night Too bad it wont won't be day light These but maybe therell there'll be another time B D travel at about mph actual speed at feet so its it's only a matter of f a few hours to Salt Lake I 1 Miriam has started to college now S. S SUsie tor w B began high school I suppose Doc I Doc Doc- I Is kept plenty busy with his fen dental tal work Doctors are scarce in I Ian liaa life Ufe tak take nowadays the nowadays the army and navy I a lot of them From rom the looks of the ihn v European war Germany will soon I Bramble crumble v. v That means the armed forces will tough release a lot of ot men men- JaPan Is ls a aI acom enemy though Her lIer defeat will I com COme 2 ln In a year or BO so 0 though There now Isn't a t much more to write It Its It's 8 to B 6 p. p Ive I've m got to fly from 9 p. p m. m a a. m m. In m the morning Its It's a long r grind nd i but ut never a dull moment Last Lost B to 80 nIght ti tired ilor or rather this morning I was oni-n oni pen open that hat my eyes would hardly stay is i My Copilot TUot vaa as no better off ort so so t that a n a scared I result Ul we bounced In a landing 11 scared us both plenty Just one Continued on Page lage Four Dads Dad's Column Continued from Page One 1 of ot those three things A pilot Is only human and can make errors Ive I've made plenty but so far my army training has re responded responded responded re- re with the correct decision and andall andall andall all was okay Gotta close for now now more more later Hope youre you're still null feeling farting a little better DOn BOB FREEBORN WE THOUGHT of you Bob even I though we failed to see lee your plane asit as 83 asIt Thursday It flew new over our city last night flight so interested was our LaPage after reading your letter of the that he had a vivid dream the night of your flight In his dream he saw you plainly In your as it n sailed gracefully over our city from the north to the tho south but when over the mountains the plane apparently faltered faltered faltered falt falt- ered as If something had happened and you realizing the fact you decided to bale out making a perfect landIng landing land land- landing ing on our mountain side stele lIe He and the i others watching the flight hastened to give you aid if necessary They reached reached reach- reach I I ed the para parachute ute but diligent search failed to locate you you and and In the excitement ex- ex he be awoke exceedingly awoke exceedingly glad It was only a dream V O oo O OWE WE NOTICED In the Salt Lake Tribune Tri Trl- bune last week that W. W A. A Langford I celebrated his birthday Jim ashe as ao aol l the he was familiarly called by his hosts his hosts of friends and admirers was conductor of the first railroad train running between Salt Bait Lake City anti and Park City then call ed the Utah Central later Central later taken over overby overby overby by the Rio Rao Grande and Orande-and and f for r many many manyI I years year held that position until pensioned by the company Congratulations Jim i I and may you reach the century markI mark mart before taking your final ride o o o I GOVERNOR TOM Dewey who is tryIng try- try Ing Ting i for the of the U. U S. S A. A i is 18 now In the west continuing his abuse of President Roosevelt and making misstatements mis- mis state statements In his efforts to secure votes We C think his efforts will be in vain and that Franklin D D. D will be elected for a fourth term Heres Here's hop- hop Ing lug O O O OIT IT ALWAYS pays to advertise The following is from a Texas pa paper er An Arkansas woman advertised for tor a husband husband husband hus hus- band and got one at a cost coat of 9 19 Within 1 3 months he was drafted trained and I taken into action where he was killed i iThe The widow received insurance and a widows widow's pension for life 1 O O O OI I I WE READ The demand for new T I radios refrigerators air sir conditioners automobiles and other consumers' consumers durable durable durable dur dur- able goods will be 40 per cent Cont greater In the first full year after the war than In Americas America's best prewar year it is predicted |