| Show THE NEWSPAPER UTAH HALL OF FAME really Frank In lengthy scenarios he related comical and embarrassing situations in which local people were lead characters We have hadcouple of days without wind Toots wrote Suzy in one of the continuing chapters It sure seems good People who donlive in West Millard donknow what they ve missed when the wind really gets going Take Fran Hawley down at Oasis He was out putting manure on his fields there during the wind and he got 15 phone calls from Lynndyl saying they had plenty now and would he please quit Ribbing his fellow deer-hunters behind the mask of Toots he wrote one day Cluff Talbot relates that Grant Hardy shotdeer so far away that they gave up Grant says the deer was so far away wouldnget to it before the season arrested for hunting out of season three horses getting to it that they were afraid they closed and thus would be Grant says that in order to Just get the bullet there he had to pull the trigger so hard it bent and he has permanently strained the rifle barrel Such topics as the townfire regulations flooding of homes through careless irrigation practices men searching in the night for an outboard motor lost overboard inreservoir and the new store bought teeth ofsociety matron came into the spotlight through Chatterbox -always in less-thancomplimentary terms In one memorable edition Toots chided You would think that when people reachcertain age they would quit playing with matches but not so Bee Welch Last Sunday he was out in his outdoor reading room communing with nature and lighting matches With the result that on leaving the place to take up his normal duties the joint caught on fire The Delta Volunteer Fire Department was called and responded withinmatter of minutes the narrative continued but when they saw what was burning they refused to even unrolltiny hose They figured it was time Bee and Mae got around to having indoor plumbing especially should another cold winter come along Itappropriate that Deltalongtime publishing family should have editorially guided the community through so 431 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
