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Show V THE BEAVEP PRESS Beaver's Birthday celebration for this Bicentennial year, February 6, 1976. was one that will It was long be remembered. sponsored by the Williams Camp D.U.P. with Afton Roberts as Captain and Mildred Draper as chairman of the program. It was a fun tuiw for all who were there to enjoy it. Its success was due to many f.ut pcofie who gave so freely of their time and talents to make it one of the best, which it truly w as. Beaver's Birthday is the one day of the year that definitely belongs to Beaver, and one that we can be justly proud of. Our children look forward to this event, knowing that someone somehow is going to help make it a beautiful day. So long as young and old w ill join hands and circle all, it will continue to be a beautiful day. In Pioneer times everybody had to cooperate and throw in a few hard licks to make any holiday a success. They well know that if they didn't, no one Thursday, February 12, 1976 song, music, art, drama, e comedy, or modern, religious, historical, athletics, military, orators, or what have you. They are all good and some a whole lot better than much we hear and see on radio and television. You can be sure it is all clean and refreshing entertainment. We can be thankful for so many talented people in our town. It is also a comfort to know that in many little towns like Beaver, that love, charity and kindness still prevail to make our lives Norman -- old-tim- M On Beaver's Birthday else was going to. There would have been no holiday picnic. They could have all stayed at home and But they been comfortable. didn't. They could have said, "Hang with birthdays and holidays!" But they didn't. In times gone by, the DUP members have faced many unpleasant situations w hile trying to find music for an hour or so's dancing. They have met refusals and many broken promises. Outside groups have demanded ridiculous which the prices Camps simply could not meet. Thev are not a monev-niakin- e organization. For many years now they have sponsored the Beaver's It hasn't program. Birthday But been enjoy they easy. always trying to be of loyal service to their community, their little home town and the people they love. It is also a patriotic duty to their country. It is my opinion that from here on, our chances for help will be much brighter. Today, This community is filled to the brim with some of the finest talent in the whole state. There is enough of it to sponsor a panorama 36 should they hours long, come from everv field of the arts brighter. By Margery Mackerell Gressman Norman Gressman, 42. died Februarys. 1976. in Los Angeles, California, of causes to be determined by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. Mr. Gressman was born in Stockton, Utah. April 23. 1933, to Melvin William Gressman and Alba Myers. Married Diane Allen; divorced. Mr. Gressman's family moved to Minersviile when he was five years old. There he resided until joining the U.S. Army where he served in Alaska from 19S3 - 55. He was a member of the LDS Church. He was a mechanic by Gerald G., Reno, Nevada; Neil, Minersviile; Robert, Encino, California; Dale, Mojave, California; and Mrs. Bill (LaVon) Edwards, Stockton, Utah. Funeral services were held in the Minersviile LDS Ward Chapel Tuesday, February 10, 1976. Prelude and postlude music was Marshall. played by Eleanor Bishop Earl Limb conducted the If services. 4 ' IX Family prayer was offered by Kenneth Gressman. June Pearson, Silvia Davis, Lee Marshall, and Milton Albrecht sang "Sometime We'll Understand," accompanied by Eleanor Marshall ft r Invocation was offered by Phil Roberts. Eulogy was given by VA Pays Bernice Gillins. Lee Marshall sang "In The Garden," accompanied by Lyn-ne- a Dividends Marshall. Following remarks by Sherman Carter and Bishop Earl Limb. Checks totaling $233 million in G.I. Insurance dividends will be mailed to approximately 3 million veterans during the latter part of February, Elmer J. Smith, Director of the Veterans Adminisantration Office, Regional nounced today. Smith 3aid the Veterans Administration's early payment of dividends is a part of a record $376.8 million dividend payment to veterans who have kept in force their National Service Life Insurance policies from World War I, World War II, and the Korean Conflict. $143 Approximately million of the dividend has been credited uncTer other options selected by policyholders. In Utah, 585 veterans of World War I will participate in the 1976 dividend program, and their total dividends will amount to $86,000, an average payment of $147. Approximately 19,639 World War li and Korean Conflict veterans In Utah will receive a total dividend payment - equaling $1 .728,000," " averaging $88. The early payment of dividends are in keeping with the Veterans d Benediction was offered by Marshall. Dedication of the grave was by Thurman Eyre included Neil Pallbearers Gressman, Robert Gressman. Dale Gressman, Ted Gressman, Jr.. Don Gressman, and Bill Hay-war- tmm - - GRAND MARC ESfflPT? H AT - tW fS s "5 BIRTHDAY. BHAVF-'R'- frsros- - Edwards, Jr. - -- 1& 1 i'p Honorary pallbearers were Kenneth Edwards, Kenneth Gressman, Allen Gressman, Dale Gressman, Jr., Max Gressman, Mark Gressman, and Danny Edwards. Military rites were performed i Tl TCtd&fcJF& v ' J"r by Minersviile American Legion. Compassionate services were performed by Minersviile Relief Society. Interment was in the Minersviile Cemetery under the direction of the Metcalf Southern Utah Mortuary, Beaver. i' 1 X . mule deer. The burns are planned for early spring when the ground is still moist - snowbanks may still be present. The vegetation burned will be primarily sagebrush. The goal is to burn numerous scattered patches of one to 20 acres each until approximately d of the target area is burned. About 900 acres in all is to be burned. A small experimental burn was done in the area in the spring of 1975 to determine the effects of early spring fire. Results indicate that burning in early spring undesirable the suppresses annual grasses and increases desirable forbs and perennial grasses. Sagebrush is killed but desirable shrubs such as bitter-brus- h and snowberry resprout within weeks. The pattern of small scattered burns is expected to increase succulence forage production, and diversity while maintaining sufficient sagebrush to meet the cover and browse needs of sage grouse and deer says BLM District Wildlife Biologist Dale -- Administration's 4r4JmJfc&'f& :7.i V LV, - - v 1776 s?4 til 'TTTrrT'ri - rt.-.,-- --.- ' '- m 4m Bicentennial Activities 1976 -- - - vi BLM Plans Prescribed Burns Mable Smith. Roberta Stoker, Chairmerrl Relief Soc. Birthday Party 3 Beaver Wards fl American Legion Birthday VFW& Auxiliary 'Community Activity Kehr, Dorothy Abraham Fashion Show Jaycee Jaynes Minersviile Centennial yate May Beaver High School Graduation & Dance 'Memorial Day Services June18& 19 Jaycee Racemeet Jaycees Ren Moss, Chairman June Community Production Activities All Day City Bicentennial Comm. Beaver City Lions Club 24 District Dairy July 22, 23, Derby 3 Beaver Wards Other Activities July24 Milford Centennial Beaver County Art Exhibit ovp iCfTi tier Labor Day Follies Jaycee Jaynes Janet Bradshaw, Preside BPW - Helen Christiansen October Community Activity Deer Hunt and Ball Escalante Memorials uctODer (Mia ... . .... r, Dedication of Memorial November 11 American Legion & mux. - a Heber Gurr. Chairma and program M. Breinholt, Chairman Mid December Band & Chorus Concert Christmas Pageant Margery Mackerell 3 Beaver Wards Christmas Cantatas pEvery Month Sunrise or Sunset Services Cub Scouts Leoia Yardieyj 1 Grade School Production Belknap Teachers & Reunions Class Family Encouraged Mid-Mar- -- 'Relief Soc. Choir Festival ch BLM Area Manager Joe Jarvis of Cedar City announced plans for prescribed burns in the Buckskin Valley and Dog Valley areas approximately 40 miles northeast of Cedar City. The burns are designed to improved habitat conditions for sage grouse and traditional policy of making benefits and other payments to veterans "as speedily as humanly possible." Across the nation, dividend payments will go to 3.7 million World War II veterans and will amount to a little over $344 million, an average of $93. Tlhis a $10 increase over the average made a year ago. payment Approximately 562,000 veterans of the Korean Conflict, who kept their G.I. Insurance in force, will receive $10.3 million in dividends. The average payment to them will come to $18. This Is more than the $11 average payment of last year. Mr. Smith pointed out that an individual veteral might receive more or less than the average dividend payment, depending upon the Insurance plan under which the veteran is protected, the amount of the policy, the veteran's aids at Issue or renewal, and the month one-thir- PC-- Bids Received on and I My Tony would like to tell you about my Grandfather Stoney. He ws born February 2. 1903, at Beaver, Utah. His full name is Robert Burnett Stoney. but everyone usually calls him "Bob." At the age of 17 he went to Nevada to help with one of the first silent movies. "The Covered Wagon." He worked as an extra and did other jobs there. He gathered milk for the Beaver Valley Creamery and hauled cream to Milford from the When driving his creamery. Model A Ford to haul milk he would have to drain the oil out at night and the next morning heat it up on the stove and then put it back in the truck. He has worked at the railroad in Milford, in the mines in Iron Pioche and Beaver Springs, at Tooele Chemical County, Depot, and as a carpenter. He married my grandmother, Leah Johnson, in a double wedding. At this time our electricity was obtained by water flowing down the Beaver River and he, along with all the other men in town, used to take turns in the winter, day and night punching ice at the lower Telluride to keep the water moving and the town with electricity. By Tony Smith Student in Mr. Carter's Sixth Grade at Beaver. profession. Mr Gressman is survived by his mother. Alba Carter, Minersviile; son, Lee, Sepulveda, Calif.; six brothers and one sister: mm non-sto- Grandfather Stoney Smith name is Arhart. g'MOUNT-Wa J54 Leases mm ! i mm uto. High bids totaling $96,688 were received Tuesday, February 3, 1976, by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management for geothermal steam leases on 13 units in southwestern Utah. Paul L. Howard, state director for BLM in Utah, said the Bureau offered 18 leasing units within the crater Springs, Lund, Monroe-Josep- h and Thermo known geothermal resources areas (KGRAs) fe totaling 36,956 acrei.. Bids were received on 13 units totaling 26,970 acres. High bidders were as follows: Crater Springs KGRA in Juab Stickers Warn of Poison Danger County - Geothermal Resources International Inc., of Marina Dela Ray, California, unit no. 1, $8,320 for 2,558 acres; unit no. 2, $8,352 for 2,568 acres; unit no. 4, $7,020 for 2,160 acres; unit no. 5, $8,357 for 2,571 acres; and unit no. 6, $8,350 for 2,560 acres. Chevron Oil Co. of Denver, Colorado, was high bidder on unit no. 3, $9,220 for 2,582 acres. Lund KGRA in Iron County Charles L. Golding of Bakers-fielCalifornia, was high bidder on unit no. 7, $2,832 for 1,600 acres and unit no. 8, $3,115 for 1,760 acres. Thermo KGRA in Beaver and Iron Counties - Southern Union Production Co. of Reno, Nevada, unit no. 14, $6,344 for 1,882 acres; unit no. 16, $12,226 for 1,679 acres; and unit no. 17, $10,161 for 1,924 acres. Republic Geothermal Inc. of Santa Fe Springs, California, was high bidder on unit no. 15, $6,147 on Re1,200 acres. Geothermal sources International Inc. was high bidder on unit no. 18 with $6,240 for 1,920 acres. According to Mr. Howard, BLM has offered approximately 108,000 acres in Utah for competitive geothermal steam leases since June 1974. Bidding Tuesday was for the fourth such offering by BLM and brings the total of all high bids offered to $3,679,495 on approx-imatel77,000 acres. A education consumer Intermountain Regional Poison Control Center. . Dr. Anthony R. Temple, centet director, said thousands of adhesive stickers showing a caricai ture of "Officer UGG," a police officer with his hands placed firmly across his mouth, have been distributed to many Salt Lake area residents. The stickers are for toxic agent containers, such as pill bottles : and household cleaners. "Parents are urged to tell small children they should not play with anything that has an Officer UGG sticker on it," Dr. Temple said. '. Accompanying the sheets of stickers is a list of common household agents to which the j ers giving the location of thej poison control center in Univer-- j sity of Utah Hospital and listing; its phone number are also in4 eluded. Dr. Temple said these? should be attached to a conven-- j lent place on family telephone or I - j telephone directories. He emphasized that if families are faced with a poisoning of any type, the poison control center'sj services are available 24 hours a day, every day of the year by or "toll free calling (801) outside the Salt Lake area. y 581-215- ML Bell Notes ; Information Charges Mountain Bell said today studies show that with a five-cal- l allowance, only five percent of its customers will be charged for in Utah Directory Assistance Avhcnjlie plan govs, intoj'fe.ct in" this year. July The Utah Public Service Commission formally authorized the charging plan in an Order to Mountain Bell late Wednesday. It included a five-cal- l allowance per line each month before any charges would be applied. "The objective of the charging plan has always been to reduce the number of needless calls for Directory Assistance, and to have those using the service frequently pay more of the cost to provide it. It w as never intended to increase the phone bills of the majority of our customers." said Ken Hill. Mountain Bell Public Relations Manager. One of the major provisions of the Order is that the telephone company formulate a program to inform customers about the charging plan including how d visually and physically be persons may exempted front (he plan. Dr. Temple added that Officer UGG stickers are available! through the poison control center. 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City. UT 84132. He said a contribution of 20c per sheet to help defray the program's costs will be appreciated. The center is enlisting the aid of several civic organizations to help distribute the sticker" time the policy has been Hill said Mountain Bell will bo in ? The English drink f ivo cups f of tea to every cup of coffee, ; but Americans drink 21 cups of coffee to every cup of tea. I For Sale Cable spinet piano. 7 years ohf Fxccllcnt condition. Oak cabinet Call Nelson. . Lion's Club Waste Paper Collection 7 L Quotes From The Founding Fathers of our Nation I Ml L " m) W I II. Saturday, February V 3 Mid-Augu- st iTi WHO CAN GIVE UP ESSENTIAL TO OBTAIN A LITTLE TEMPORARY SAFETY DESERVE NEITHER LIBERTY NOR SAFETY. Benjamin Franklin, 1706-179- 0 INSTRUCTIONS Please place papr r in bundle on your front porch in mxl weather. (Papers must be kept dry.) Those needing help lifting or carrying the bundles arc asked to contact their area chairman. Tie bundles tightly with two BEAVER CITY BRANCH of Milford State Bank Free and open to Dublic. tliiX Y LIBERTY - . force. Mid-April THEY : contacting physicians and social agencies in the near future to enlist their help in identifying those who qualify. Their exemption status will be in effect prior to the July 1 date, he said. Othcf information will be provided regardng how customers may avoid or minimize charges the availability of directories, and supplements. handi-eiappe- of the ' throughout the area. 1" j Y ' pros gram, designed to prevent accidental poisonings of young children, has been launched by the strings, cither a package type lie, or two strings around in on direction. Bundles should not weigh over 50 pounds. Magainc will be accepted if they arc not thicker than Reader' Digest (may be larger, but not thicker). 14 i |