This is not an ad for food and beer in Moroni, but kind of a fun business card, but a little on the risque, so beware.

I am not sure how this business card got in to the box I put religious photos and collections in so many years ago, but it was there and so I thought we had better share it will all. We all need a little humor. It appears to be fifty or sixty years old.

So now the question is who do I donate this to?  I am not sure the LDS historical center would want it; nor would the Utah Daughters of Pioneers.  How about an auction at the 50th the Juab High Class of 1965 reunion, as it probably belongs to one of them.

Did you read todays paper today about an illegal search by a cop. If you didn't read it, don't, I will give you a better story of cops

It seems to happen more than it used to-the media reports of an act a cop may have done wrong.  Although cops are given enormous training, they have to rely on judgment decisions, just like the rest of us, and sometimes another power will judge their actions to be in error. To me, it seems we concentrate too much on the negative, so in defense of good cops, I had to list a couple I held high, and have included their obituaries. Unless I got my story wrong, I think the first wife of UHP Trooper Norm Anderson had her funeral in the Nephi North Ward in 1959. As a young 12 year old, I attended that service and astonished at the various police agencies that solemnly marched in the precession. I was struck with awe, as to their professionalism and yet personal attention to Norm. I have included a photo of the chapel, which I think was tore down just four years after her passing. As noted, Norm was a pure professional in all sense of the word, in war and in the battle of crime. I also pay thanks to friend Lynn Lund, who, was one of my college professors, and then a co-worker. He took pride in knowing the law and helped police officers throughout Utah and the United States to become more proficient in their duties. These two cops were the best of the best, yet we don't praise those people enough, so I will.

The Doctor finally caught up with Nephi Mayor Mark Jones

With the photo courtesy of the March 13, 1969 Times News, the photo reveals Hal Newton and Mark Jones, representing Juab High Letterman, presenting a check for $224.15 to Dr. A.A. Boston, for the industrial development fund of Nephi Enterprises. This was contributions from Juab High students in their fund raising efforts.

Sorry about the unclear photo...my scanner is an $8.00 purchase from Deseret Industries, and the operator has a continual brain malfunction in scanner ability sector.

Juab Junior High Achievement Night-1962 edition, Nephi, Utah.

If you are from Mona, Utah, you know about the July 24th celebration, but do you know who their royalty was a quarter century ago.

Okay, here we have it. This is the unofficial photo of the July 24th celebration in Mona. I just don't have the proper year, so all guesstimation's are welcome. We do know who they are however, if that helps. From the left is the somewhat puzzled Samantha Heyborne, who is the princess, daughter of Jaynette Jones Grimard and Lin Heyborne; Machelle Miller, the queen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harlo Newton and Conrad Miller; Steven Oliver, king, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gedge Oliver; and Jeffery Yates, prince, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donavon Yates. Okay, so who in the world is the separate photo of the smiling ten year old girl!  Well, actually she happens to be the mother of Samantha.

If you build in Nephi, how long does it take a house to become a home!

This is the Nephi Jones home on 7th North and Main, and we are including three different eras of the home since it was built in 1885. Jaynette Jones Grimard is living there now and in the process of adding phase Four to the home. The house was built by Walter Sells, who at the same time also built the home that used to be occupied by Wally Fackrell at 8th North and Main. The Jones home is built by solid poles with two layers of adobe, then plastered over later. Walter sold the home to Sam Love, another Nephi man, and eventually purchased by Wm. and Elizabeth Jones a hundred years ago this summer, the price at that time being $1,000. They still had the farm in Nortonville, but wanted to be closer to town for schooling. The first photo was just recently discovered, and unclear who the photo is of, but may have been shortly after the home was built. The second photo is of Wm. Jones with Corrine Garrett in front and Marian Garrett Mikkelsen hiding behind her.

I hear the rumor if you are from Juab County and join the miltiary, it pays well and lots of travel and fun involved.

So what is the real story about military pay. Nowadays, the recruiter is going to make it sound good, and to a point, a soldier or airman can have the benefits described. During our prior wars, however, many didn't have a choice, but they served admirably, and on their return, they weren't always treated as hero's but many of us still knew they were patriots even though they went about a normal life.

If they are scanned properly, each photo is of Nephi boys over the past hundred years. The medal is a World War I Campaign medal belonged to my maternal Uncle-Victor Harris. The postcard is from paternal Uncle-Warren Dell Jones, adderessed to his mother-Mrs. Wm. Jones of Nephi. It was written in 1918, and the pencil marks are a little tattered, but it appears he is writing from France, and noted "havn't received any mail for weeks...I've had a payday yesterday....$25.00 for two months. Based on that, Uncle Dell did not become a rich man while serving. Two photos were sent to Sarah Tolley of Nephi, and on the backside of the one it is written "This is me and a friend of mine...doing some stunts....do you like him". The more modern soldier is doing what America has done for a long time-fight on the front of a far off country. That one is Hal "Doc" Jones serving in Viet Nam, where he took the place of another guy from Nephi-Blair Wilkey, who was killed in battle. Although it is not Veterans day, I come across these, and decided to do my own Veterans Appreication Day, to all of those who have served from Juab County, and to those who will yet serve...Thanks.