GOD HAS ACCEPTED A WOMAN WITH BEAUTY AND AN HONEST TO GOODNESS HEART

The Juab Wasps and the North Sanpete Hawks have been arch rivals in sports, but for some unexplained reason, they shine together under a blue moon! Such was the case in 1954, when Gene Mikkelson wedged his way up next to Marian Garrett at the Ute Stampede. Back then, Gene may not have known that Marian's father was a big shot with the Stampede, and Marian's little brother, was a giant of a man who became Cotton Rosser's right hand man and as a Wrangler with John Wayne and Ben Johnson. But Gene wasn't going to let anything stop him from courting Marian, and Gene went on to have to fight  bloody hard during the Korean War. But Marian had the grit of her mother and wanted to work, and she did just that. But we will let the program readers soak it all in. And whoever wrote that program had a 20-20 vision of Marian. After my own career and moving back to the once small and friendly town, I better got to know Marian and Gene, and found their true love for each other, but what struck me, was they were true friends. And the crowd at the Vine Bluff cemetery showed the magnetic attraction of the Mikkelson's and the Garretts. Now the show must go on with a sad face, but just gaze at that wide smile, as Marian gets to spend time with her infant daughter.

GLEN L. BOYER HAS BEEN PROMOTED

He wasn't from Nephi, but pretty dang close. Glen Boyer was born and raised in Hoytsville, Utah. But since two of his sisters married young men from Nephi, we accept him as one of our own. Even at his funeral, we would admit any of his worldly faults, but nobody could come with any! Glen was much like his father, who at the age of 80, could get his horse to stand still and shoot a big buck(nobody in the Boyer or Jones family ain't never ever seen a "small buck")! One of the Boyer gals hitched up with a Nephi McPherson and another tied the knot with a Jones. Those two familiar names go back to Mormon Pioneer times, and it just so happens that one of each sailed to England to serve LDS Missions in the 1800's. We will leave the rest of the story to the program folks. And by the way, what a send off by the American Legion. It sent chills down my arthritic old spine.

IT IS GOOO HAVE A NINTH INfANTRY MEDIC WHEN IN DIRE STRAITS

 IT APPEARED TO BE THE PERFECT DAY TO GO FISHING IN AMERICAN FORK 

CANYON,  ALTHOUGH HIGH SCHOOL WAS OUT FOR THE SUMMER, THEIR WERE NO  

NOISY KIDS SPEEDING UP AND DOWN THAT ROAD. MY BROTHER AND I PICKED 

THE IDEAL DAY TO SPEND TIME IN ONE OF GODS BEAUTIFUL CANYONS. WE DECIDED  

TO  DROWN OUR WORMS AT A PERFECT FISHING HOLE. I LATER THOUGHT IT MAY 

NOT  HAVE BEEN THE PERFECT PLACE, AS HAL HAD BEEN BEHIND TWO  

SEPARATE MOTOR  CYCLE KIDS THAT WERE KILLED GOING TOO FAST. WE 

KNEW THE PLACE WELL OR SO WE THOUGHT. HAL VENTURED TO THE LEFT AND I TO 

THE RIGHT.. I KNEW THE GRAVEL AND SHARP ROCKS WERE A HAZARD TO WALK ON, 

BUT I FELT LKE I WAS A TEEN AGER, BUT NOT FOR LONG!. REPEATED FALLS AND 

ACCIDENTS WERE  LESSONS' I SHOULD HAVE REMEMBERED, BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY,  

I DIDN'T THINK CLEARLY AND PRIOR SUBDURAL HEMATOMAS WERE THERE AS A

A TEACHER. ON  THE FRONT LINES WITH THE NINTH INFANTRY, HAL WAS KNOWN AS 

DOC JONES AND HIS MEDICAL EXPERTISE KICKED IN AND KNEW HE HAD TO STOP MY 

BLEEDNG AND HE DID BEFORE HE DROVE TO THE AMERICAN FORK E,R, WHERE DR.

ANDY OLDROYD SEWED MY HEAD BACK TOGETHER, AND MY BROTHER AND

 THEY CHATTED ABOUT NOT JUST SAVING OUR SOLDIERS, BUT HAD TO KILL

THE ENEMIES COMING AFTER HIM.  THANKS HAL