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Show n let 4--- V f -- A fi$rJr J '. Pi.,(M,it A if at Ave. IG? GENTLEMAN UNAMJAID! f f 1 1 H 'i-- i Single Copy Seven Cents Year $3.00 a BEAVER, UTAH, PRESS; FRIDAY, DEC. 28,1950 Factories Cut Production Jaycees Seek Nominees For Distinguished Of Polio Vaccine Service Award Two of the nation's largest jbuano-Rut 9 obeaAd , producers of Salk polio vaccine have announced "substantial" cutbacks in production because millions of shots are going to waste in storage. The cutbacks were announced by Ely Lilly & Co., and Pitman-MoorOfficials blamed "public complacency" for the pile-uof the revolutionary e. p polio-fighte- r. By STEVE WILLIAMS Guess Ted Cannon should e on his Des-erchange the News "Scene Today" column to "Scoop" Cannon. He the gun and beat us on jumpc-announcing our own consolidation. We planned t o announce it last week, but with the usual Christmas edition rush we put it off a week, and Cannon beat us to it. Then he published excerpts from a National Safety Council round-u- p of odd accidents, and we've had the darned thing set in type for two weeks and held It over because of lack of space. Next thing you know, he'll be announcing a new baby lor Dan Valentine, or a Ham Park appearance before the Ladies et by-lin- Eridge Club. Effective Jan. 1, The Beaver County News will succeed The Beaver Press and Milford News. Both names will continue to appear on the masthead; neither paper will "fold up" or lose its identity. The Beaver County News will be a six to ten page paper each week, carrying full county news. We plan separate women's pages for each town, and have added a number of regular weekly features. The change to one newspaper for the county is made necessary as an economy move Including economy of time. d It will be mailed in both and Beaver on ThursdaysIn order to publish on Thursday, strict "deadlines" will be in effect. All society and club news must be in by Tuesday afternoon; also church, seminary, school news, and the correspondence from Minersville, Greenville, Manderfield, North Creek, etc. Such material received after Tuesday evening will be held over for the following week. Advertising "mats" must be in by Monday afternoon; final ad copy by Tuesday afternoon. We believe that our subscribers and our advertisers will be pleased with the change, alter it has been in effect for a few weeks, and we will be able to publish a larger, better more efficiently promoting all the communities of the county. Mil-lor- - news-pape- r, the legislature-elec- t "tougher" divorce laws, in an effort to curb the rising divorce rate In Utah. . where See Is planning Wonder when, Lf ever, folks will get over the idea that you can make people "good" by passing laws. Nevada got a world-widreputation because folks who didn't want to live together could get a divorce there when other slates said they "had to be good." And and they still have good roads, Nevada. into train service, good Education is the answer to most moral problems not laws. Compare the work done by the Alcoholics Anonymous with the sad, sad results of the Volstead law. e . Pat Sayi: Hospitality One of Beaver's outstanding young men will receive a Distinguished Service Award at tile civic group's annual award banquet during Jaycee Week, Jan. 19 to 26. The award is presented annually to the young man, between the ages of 21 and 35, who is judged to have been most outstanding during the preceding year. Local residents are invited to nominate candidates for the award, and applications may be obtained at the Beaver Press office or the Baever Drug. Nominations must be mailed to Ka!l Farnsworth, DSA chairman, or Paul Nielsen, Jaycee president, by Saturday, Jan. 12. A panel of selected judges will review the qualifications of each candidate and. choose a winner. Vol. 51, No. 52 James Dale Williams Court of Honor Set For Sundav Evening A Boy Scout Court of Honor will be held in the First-Thir- Ward Church Sunday evening, with all throe, wards participatThe meeting, to be held ing. after the sacrament meeting, will be under direction of Allen C. Reynolds, district advancement chairman. John Murdock, son of Mr. and Mrs- Wilson Murdock, will receive the first Eagle badge to be presented in Beaver for A number of S1..1 years. awards also badges and will dl- presented. scv-icr- The companies slowed down production after the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and federal officials announced that nearly 20 million Ikaver Cuuutv Neara polio shots are going to waste in storage. Bond Sales Goal There is such a surplus that Beaver County citizens purEli Lilly sent one million doses chased $6,602 in United States of the vaccine, the largest sinSavings Bonds during Novemever made, to gle shipment ber, Clarence A. Kirkhani. Sweden recently for immediate county chairman, was informed use. The government had reby Frederick P. Champ, slate leased some of the stockpile to This savings bond chairmanforeign countries because so Winners Named In brings the total sales for the little is benig used here. county to $60,035 for 11 months, An official commented, "If a Decorating Contest cf tho year's quota, child contracts polio this sumLouis Lessing received first cr 95.3 mer, his parents can't find any- prize in the Best Decorated Mr. Kirkham said. 'Unofficial reports reaching one to blame for it except Homes contest, it was an nounced by the Jaycees, spon- the state bond office indicate themselves." sors of the contest. that purchases during December Second prize went to Mel were at a marked increased HAVE YOU HAD Heslington, and third to Walter Pace," Mr. Champ said. "Each Mackerell. YOUR POLIO SHOT? more people are interested The Jaycees expressed thanks year Most of America is still not 'the in present with a futura,' " vaccinated a cainst Dolio. Most for the fine cooperation of the he said. and commended of our town is still not vaccinat- home owners,numerous Seven counties have exceeded to men"too those, ed against polio. 1956 quotas, and five their tion," who were deserving of It is no longer a matter of honorable others, .including Beaver Counmention insufficient supply of the Salk ty, ane well ijkead of the state vaccine, according to Max average ol 68... r Beaver County chairman said for the March of Dimes. Rath HOSPITAL NOTES er, Mr. Mecham said, it is a matter of complacency on the Don Pitchforth Burned Dart of those who right now Recent patients at the Beavshould be availing themselves er County Hospital: Rescuing Children and their children of its proMont Griffiths was a medical In Heme Fire tection. "The utter defeat of para- patient Dec. 19 to 22. Donald Pitchforth, son of Mr. lytic polio is now on the horithe county chairman or W. G. White underwent min- and Mrs. S. E. Pitchforth of zon," Milford, suffered second degree surgery Dec. 19. pointed out, "and that horizon burns to his back while rescuing is within our reach this coming Lucille Lamb was a medical two of his children from a burnyear if the people can be en- patient Dec. 22 and 23mornChristmas ing building, use to the prevery couraged Johnny Ming, grandson of ing. ventive they made possible thru The fire started from an exRev. R. R. Hodge, was admitted the March of Dimes." of a gas hot water heat24 vacplosion for Dec. medical care. There is sufficient polio er in their home in Granger, cine in Beaver County right Susan Bradshaw, daughter of and the kitchen and utility now, but it will soon be out- Principal and Mrs. Gordon room were badly damageddated. While this supply last3, Bradshaw, was admitted Dec Don's wife, Betty, suffered shots will be administered at $1 24 care. for medical shock and a broken toe. new supeach; however, when the ordered are charge plies will be $4 lor each shot. The extra cost of the vaccine, when ODD ACCIDENTS OVER NATION purchased by private physicians instead of furnished by the National Foundation, ac- COSTLY TO CARELESS AND UNWARY counts for the additional cost, Mr. Mecham said. "If you or your child have By Paul Jones National Safety Council received the first shot, do not Are you, perchance, the adventurous type? Do you yearn neglect the second or third," for the unusual, the new and different? Then you may find, Mr. Mecham urged. "If you or what you are dreaming of in the odd happenings rounded any of your family have not just received a shot, make arrange- up by the National Safety Council in its annual search for ments now to take care of this freak accidents. Would you like, for example, rifle and bans'. Down went You are Important matter. never too old to contract this to toss a time bomb back and Stanley with a bullet in his forth with a gopher? Or to be knee. dread disease." shot by a moody dog? Would Patrolman Fred Golden of you care to smoke a firecracker Talahassee, Fla., is glad his of instead a Kennecott Offers cigarete? pants aren't as good a shot as Those and other dizzy doings a dog or a deer. He was holdEducational Cartoons were turned up by the council. ing the trousers with one hand and brushing them off with the For Grade Schools The gopher that kept pester- other when a loose pistol bulr Walt Disney ing farmer Paul Thomas of Las let went off in one of the pock-its- . Two cartoons aimed at promoting Vegas was no fool. When ThomIt missed him. And in Knoxville, Tenn., safety among elementary school as shoved a lighted concussion children have been made avail-bl- e bomb down the gopher hole, the Goden Gibson reached to schools throughout the gopher shoved it right back. for a cisaret, stuck a h in his state by Utah Copper Division Thomas frantically hurled the firecracker of Kennecott Copper Corp. bomb away. It landed near his mouth and lit it. From his hosNelson W. Aldrich, director barn, exploded, and burned up pital bed he announced he load of public relations, said the two 12 tons of hay. The gopher given up smoking, eight minute films will be loved every minute of It. Roger Cole of Alpena, Mich., available free of charge. The You can hardly blame the wishes people who drive houses films are entitled "I'm No Fool dog that shot John Beyreis in on public highways would stay On A Bicycle," and "I'm No Pawnee City, Neb. After all on their own side of the Fool With Fire." car was parked in the Beyreis, the city dog catcher, The films may be borrowed was taking the pooch to the ihoulder of US 23 when a house by contacting the Public Rela- pound to shoot himRiding moving crew spproached. The tions Department, Utah Copper morosely in the back of the side of the hou.se clipped the Division, Kennecott Copper panel truck, the dog looked side of Cole's car. In Dallas, Mrs. Edward Lee Corp., Box 1650, Salt Lake meditatively at Beyreis' shotCity. gun, reached out a paw, dis- Cowart investigated a noise in "We hope that elementary charged the gun and shot the the bedroom, reported back to schools in the. slate will feel dog catcher in the foot. her husband, "Honey, there's a free to make use of these Neither can you be too harsh car In your bed." There was, films, sponsored by Utah Cop- on the deer that shot Ed Stan- toao! The auto had missed a parking per as a public service," said ley of Weed Heights, Nev., for turn in a skyscraper Mr. Aldrich. "We believe they hunter Stanley had drawn first garage next to the hotel where will be helpful in stimulating blood by shooting the deer. As the Cowarts lived, leaped six safe thinking and safe habits Stanley bent over his prey, the feet through space and crashed deer gave a lusty kick, hit the (Continued on Back Page) among our young people," - - Me-cha- - - To-wi- t: full-colo- absent-mindedl- y two-inc- -- road-Cole'- U th ift art of al hom making popl whm you raally wiih thy wr. DAVID PENNEY WINS CHRISTMAS TRAIN David Penney, 9 year old son ol Mr. and Ms. Garth Penney, won the electric train given away by the Beaver Drug.a The train was given as free award In a merchandising campaign conducted by the drug store during the Christmas chopping season. - s J 'p "v Funeral services were held Thursday, Dec. 20, in the First Third Ward Chapel, for James Dale Williams, old son of James and Fern Sasser Williams, who dieu in a Salt Lake Hospital Dec 16 of a congenital congenital respiratory obstruction. President Wallace D. Yardley offered prayer at the home, and Bishop Lcroy Harris conducted the following services: Invocation, Jim Morgan; duet "Dear Little Boy of Mine," Hal and Nell Smith, accompanied by Carol Smith; Speakers, LaVal Bradshaw and Carlos Murdock. Duct, "Your Sweet Little Rosebud Has Left You," Esta Cox and Anona Swindlehurst. Benediction, Anthony S m A tll ys () ' ;V-- X " ' "'f , l7m.:r'iwriT-!'-- ' i . , Wood-housi- " The grave, in Mountain View Cemetery, was dedicated by Floyd Williams. Pallbearers, nephews of Mr. and Mrs. Williams, were Ricky Low, Goidon Hall of Logan, Butch Mills of Corrinne, and Lee Valentine of Downey, Idaho. Flower girls, nieces of Mr. and Mrs. Williams, were Julie and Lettie Williams of Kathy Hall, Logan; Beverly Mills, Corrinne; and Mary Woodhouse, Peggy Nowers, Jill Hollingshead, Carol Williams and Kay Lynn Myers. Attending the services from out of town were Mr- and Mrs. Eidon Hall and three children Les of Logan; Mr, and Mrs. Mills and two children of Corrinne; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Williams and two children of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Williams and Mrs. Leona Williams, Weilsville; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Williams, Bountiful; Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Sasser, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sasser and Milton Sasser of Pingree, Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert Heer of Poca-tellMr. and Mrs. Max Valentine and son Lee of Downey, Idaho, and Mrs. Nellie Gleed of Malad, Idaho. rn Hy-ru- Ily-ru- Kent Roberts 4-- n, Mrs-Gaii- - Gladys Maurcne Miller Funeral services will be held 2 p. m. Saturday, in the LDS Church, for Gladys Maurene Miller, 4Vi month old elaushter of A- T. and Maurene Banks Miller. The infant died at 1:30 p. m. Thursday, In the Beaver County Hospital, of a throat gland infection. Gladys Maurcne Miller was born August 8, 1956, In Milford. Besides her parents, she is survived by a brother, Fred; three sisters, Gloria, Kathy and Connie, and grandparents Mrs. Nellie Nagley of Salt Lake and J. A. Banks, Lynndyl. Friends may call at the residence Saturday from 10 a. m. until time of services. at Mil-for- d - Mrs- - Ella Cockett is in Lay-to- n for the winter, where she will be with her daughter, Mrs. Coe Hadden. Mrs- Cockett will also spend part of the time with her son Ted Cockett and hia wife. - 1 4-- Funeral services for Kent; Roberts, held in tne Relief So-ciety room of the Third Ward chapel on Tuesday o last week. were conducted by Jim Morgan, as follows: Prayer at home,. Garth Sher-ratt, Cedar City. Invocation, Gordon Roberts. Musical numbers: solo, "Your Sweet Little Rosebud Has Left You." Nell Smith, accompanied by Carol Smith, and duet, by Anona Swindehurst and Esta Cox, accompanied by Carol Smith. Bishop Walter K. Speaker, Kerksiek Benediction, Floyd Roberts. The grave in Mountain View cemetery was dedicated by President Wallace D. Yardley. Pallbearers were Eudie Erick-scBustur Walker, Neil Nielsen Jr. and Gary Nielsen. Attending the services from out of town were Mr. and Sherratt and Mrs. Alice Lunt and daughter Ann Marie, of Cedar City; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Heap, Mrs- Allen Heap, Mrs. Martha Kiikpatrick and Mrs. George Looslcy, of Paro-wa1 The annual Beaver County Agent report meeting was held in Minersville on Monday, Dec. 17, under direction of the Beaver County Commissioners. Commission Chairman Frank Smith conducted the meeting. ,. Various reported some of the programs that have been conducted under supervision of or in cooperation with the county agent. Mrs. Rev a Albrecht of Minersville, chairman of the county 1 Leaders Council, reported on the activities. 217 club members with 50 leaders were enrolled in 30 clubs in Beaver County. Projects included beef, dairy, sheep, foods, clothing, home improvement, home beautiication, and recreation leadership. Mrs. Bernice Smith of South Milford reported on the lamp shade making school conducted in Milford by Mrs. Reah II. Gardner, home management of the USAC Extension Service. Mrs. Smith also leported on the IFYE program under which Hans Linden of Sweden spent six weeks In Beaver County. Mrs. Ruby Grimshaw of Beaver reported on the adult leaders school for women at the USAC and the activities of the leaders in the county since attending this school. Ralph Pearson of Minersville reported on the progress of the Beaver County Livestock Show held eac'i spring In Minersville. The ccunty agent showed slides and charts of agricultural and home economics activities in the county. The agent conducted or cooperated with other agencies of farmers in the following programs: Two corn for grain trials; one sorghum grain trial; one alfalfa fertilizer test plot; alfalfa production with emphasis on improved varieties was an important part of the program. Control of insects, especially the spotted alfalfa aphid, received major attention. Potato production, pasture Improvement and weed control were important. Nine weed control demonstrations were conducted. Important livestock programs were: Brucellosis control, dairy herd improvement, artificial breeding (about 1230 cows will be bred artificially in 1956), livestock shows and fairs, parasite control, feeding, marketing, bull grading and drought emergency. Educational work was done In soil and water conservation, including range and pasture soil improvement, irrigation, fertility and conservation. Outlook information was given to farmers and a meeting on Social Security was held. The annual Milford Valley leaders, j 1 r i i AROUND OUR spe-ciali- 4-- farm tour and machinery was held in cooperation with the Milord Soil Conservation District, the SCS, and machinery dealersThe annual pasture and range tour was held in cooperation with the Beaver SCD and SCS. A bread making demonstration was conducted at Minersville by Miss Elna Miller, and a canning and food freezing demonstration was conducted by Miss Miller and Hattie dem-Instrati- - Kil-gor- e. It was possible to conduct these programs only thru the cooperation of local leaders, other agencies, and the Beaver County Commissioners. GRANT ESPLIN, County Agent. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Pickard, Gary and David, and Eddie Redman spent Christmas day at the Upper Telluride plant. They were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Tattersall. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Pickard received a Christmas greeting from Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wass-mewho are responsible for many of the beautiful paintings in the Beaver High School auditorium. The Wassmers sent greetings to the "Art Society" Mr. and Mrs. Alton Atkin and Mrs. Heber Atkin spent three days last week with their son and daughter in law, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Atkin of Ely, Nev., and were present to welcome the first grandson for Mr. and Mrs. Alton Atkin, also a great grandchild for Mrs. Heber Atkin. Mrs. Molly Harris left Saturday for California to visit for a month with her daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Skaggs and Mr- and Mrs. Neil Rehnstrom. r, - Mr. and Mrs. Gary Atkin of Ely, Nev., are proud parents of an 8 lb 2 oz son, born Dec. 16 in the Ely Hospital. A DAUGHTER, weighing 8 9 oz., was born Dec. 23 to lbs and Mrs. Donald Jones, in the Beaver County Hospital. A DAUGHTER was born Dec. 24 in the Beaver County Hospital, to Mr. and Mrs. C. Moser. Mother of the 6 lb 2 oz Little s Miss i3 the former Donna of Minersville. Mr. Gil-lin- A SON was born Dec. 3rd in the Iron County Hospital to Jim and Eileen Willyard Craw of Minersville. The 8 lb 4 oz bey la the first grandchild for Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Willyard- . |