THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday June 18, 1986 - Page 4 rooms are used now only for invited guests, and children and grandchildren home for a visit. Each bedroom is decorated in a different color scheme. Old photos and paintings hang on the walls and throws and needlework pillows adorn the beds. This is our life, filled with all the reminders of our family and friends, says Beth. I hope all will feel welcome to join us on our special day of remember- mg. County historical commission meeting by Doris Valle La verne Tate chaired the San Juan County Historical Commission meeting in Blanding on June 11. Tate reported that Kent Powell, Utah State Historical Society in Salt Lake, has suggested a local professional be hired to prepare hand-crochete- historical register nominations for local sites. Some knowledge d of architectural history is needed to properly describe houses of historical significance. Powell also re- suggested search on specified subjects such as cowboys, including documentation of old cowboy shacks in the county; early traders; and uranium mining. Considerable work needs to be done on the collection of Charles Goodman pictures. Goodman, who lived in Bluff for about 20 years at the turn of the century, left a wonderful record of his time in the form of photographs. Oddly, the gravestone bearing the record of his passing lists him as a transient. The Mexican Hat History, written by Doris Valle, has been sent to the Publication Section, Utah State Historical Society, Salt Lake. Miriam Murphy will contact printers and get an estimate of printing costs. Local persons who would be interested in a copy of the history are asked to inform Doris V alle or Laveme Tate. An estimate must be made of the number of copies to be printed. Horse judging clinic horse judging clinic A will be held at Castle Dale on Monday, June 30, from 7 to 9 p.m. The clinic is open to all horse judges, prospective judmembers, leaders, ges, 4-- H 1936 Beth Summers and her children are planning an open house on July 4 to celebrate 50 years of living in their historic Monti-cellhome. Memorabilia will be displayed and tours conducted by family members. Refreshments will be served. The public is invited. A part of Monticello heritage, the Summers home was built in 1916 by Henry Wood. It was known to generations of Monticello residents as the Hyland Hotel. The exterior walls and foundation were fashioned from native stone found in South Creek. Hand chiseled and 18 inches thick, some slabs measure 36 inches in length. A smooth and even mortar joint was achieved by a chiseling process called pointing. Doors, frames, window caseo built-i- ments, baseboards, n Without Advertising You Wouldnt Know through which passed cool air 4-- H H agents and parents. For information on the clinic, contact the USU Extension extension 32. Office at 587-223- 1, rising from the basement. Beth, who moved in 50 years ago with her husband Ken, says, I wanted the hotel to be known first as a place for my family and then as a place for travelers and guests. She relates tales of visitors staying for weeks, using the hotel as a base camp. San Juans first physician, Dr. Harold Austin, used the oval oak table in the dining room as an operating table for tonsillectomies. Twice a year commercial photographers arrived and set up huge cameras. Regular hotel clients included the custom-tailo- r salesman, arriving with fabric swatches, measuring tapes and illustrations of the latest fashions. Prominent in the home are fancy wood and metal ice cream parlor chairs, once used in the dining room. The nine guest Costello in Hollywood Zorros Black Whip. Twenty-fiv- e and years ago this week, Wayne Wilson of York, Pennsylvania, made a trip down the San Juan River in a spherical plastic boat of his own design. The water trotter had eight paddles on the bottom for navigation. Wilson stood in the huge ball and trotted to 150-mil- e old-fashion- . July 4 celebration with sunrise service, parade and carnival. The carnival featured fortune telling and a donkey with a live human head. Mickie Lynne, daughter of Monticello barber Prince Houston, ran a hook in her thumb while fishing. After a visit to the doctor, a shot, and a trip to the hospital to have the hook removed, true fisherman Mickie wanted to return to the pond to catch one more fish so she could fill her limit. Navajo population shows steady growth The membership of the Navajo Tribe should hit 200,000 by early 1988, as reported in the Navajo Times Today. Ron Faich, tribal statitician, said given the average population growth of the Navajos at 2.2 percent, the 200,000 milestone should be reached in late January or early February of 1988. Figures developed in by Norma Perkins Young history in novel form that follows the pioneer family of Dan Perkins through the and the settlement of Bluff and Monticello. This left another 38,000 living off reservation and another 20,000 in distant cities. Faich said, however, it would by unfair to break the Navajo population into reservation and non-reservatio- n members. m saga-typ- e Hole-in-the-Roc- k era and the unique life The lawless Indian-cowboof Mormon pioneers in an isolated wild west setting are laid out in colorful and factual detail. y -- $14 PER COPY Contact Demar Perkins, Monticello, Utah or Edge of Cedars Museum, Blanding, Utah TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 5.9 GUAC FINANCING NOW! Blanding See Kay Johnson In Monticello See Randy or Mike In YOUIJG CHEVROLET Im Monticello Moab Sales Service the census indicated that 132,000 Navajds lived on the reservation or in the Checkerboard, Ramah, Canoncita and Alamosa areas. 1980 e Anchored Lariats on the San loan Frontier A Association Committee raised contract memberships to $45 per year. Committee members were Noel Sitton, Clement Johnson and Karl Lyman of Monticello and Grant Bayles and William Ervin Palmer of Blanding. The Community Church in Monticello voted to contribute to the cost of a pipeline to bring water to the cemetery. The Saturday Night Rookers met at the home of Zenos Black in Blanding. During the evening, a letter was written to the McAllisters, with each person present adding a few lines. The Little Theatre in Monticello showed Abbott and Co-operati- ve Family invites public to open house to celebrate 50 years of living bookcases and ceiling beams are made of California fir. Sent to Thompson, Utah by rail, the fir was hauled by horses from Thompson to Monticello. The door knobs and light switches are solid brass. Nine-foo- t high cabinets lined the kitchen walls, and at one time, the refrigerator was a floor closet with a mesh-lik- 4-- Forty years ago this week, the San Juan County Medical 198$ move the boat through the water. He said two persons could ride with coordination. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Redd of LaSal became grandparents for the first time with the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. C. Hardy Redd in Logan, Utah. Monticello planned an Financing