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Show Early Storm Sets Near Record For Cold Weather Some of the local breadwinners who went out early Tuesday morning morn-ing to start the family jolopy, received an unpleasant surprise. Steping on the starter, they were rewarded with a groan, a "sput" and then dead silence. Jack Frost had been up to his tricks; and the old battery, which had been nursed along all summer, was now dead and cold as an Arctic mackerel. Old timers and those relatively new to these parts said between shivers Tuesday morning, that for November 15, they had never seen anything like it. Said one of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove's oldest citizens, "Ten above zero for the middle of November Nov-ember may not be the record; but it's darned close to it." The snow storm which started out Sunday evening as rain, had assumed blizzard proportions by early Monday morning; and continued con-tinued for most of the day and evening. When contacted early Tuesday morning, Calvin Walker, local U. S. Weather- Observer, said that the official tempreature reading was 7 degrees above zero. He also stated that the sudden storm had deposited 0.41 of an inch of water over the Pleasant Grove area. Statewise, the story was pretty much the same, with some areas receiving considerable more snow than was measured here. Perhaps the best piece of news, as far as North Utah County is concerned came from Alta. Weather observers obser-vers at the mountain resort reported repor-ted a snowfall of 30 inches, totaling total-ing 40 inches now on the ground. "Snowfall of such magnitude this early in the season augurs well for water supplies this coming summer," said Leo Harvey, local waterusers official. Farmers throughout the Utah County area report that on the whole crops are pretty well harvested. har-vested. A few potatoes and beets are still in the fields. In general the storm, though sudden and severe, sev-ere, was of great value to farm-eras farm-eras and culinary water users throughout the state. |