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Show Page Two August 7, SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS, Kanab, Utah 19S9 OF KANE COUNTY, UTAH y Little League players returned home Monday of this week, a little saddened that they were unable to advance further in the Little League baseball finals, but also contented with having given their best and having had a very fine season, capping Utah State it with a second-yea- r championship. Congratulations are in order to the boys for a job well done, and also to their coaches, managers, and the officials of the local organization who dedicated much of their time to the young fellows and the game. Karl Jameson left himself open for a job last year when he hosted y All Stars at a steak the fry. He told them then that if they won the state championship again, hed sponsor another steak fry. Well, the boys havent forgotten the promise, and he has been reminded of it. So, Chef Jameson, have a good party, and compliments for doing it for the boys! Tri-Cit- Marlin B. Brown, Publisher and Editor Published every Thursday at Kanab, Utah matter October 6, 1944 at the post Kanab, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Entered as office in second-clas- s KEEPING AN IMAGE Tri-Cit- Take any college president and dress him up like a shabby tramp, let him go a month without a bath and turn him out on the street. If you met him in this condition vou would characterize him as a bum. Now, take any bum off the street, clean him up, give him a shave and a hair cut, a clean shirt and a nice suit of clothes and you would regard him as a respectable citizen. The point is, we judge a person largely by his appearance until we get to know him better. Homes and communities are judged the same way. When you are traveling, most impressions are gained from the car window as you roll along the street or highway. If the home, the farm, or the community is shabby and run down in appearance you are inclined to think that the people living under such conditions are like their surroundings. Such apathy and inattention to environment is characteristic of slum areas in large cities. Many persons living in these ghettos have little or no concern for the appearance of their homes or the neighborhood in which they live, and the state of neglect usually indicates this fact. Most residents of Utah prefer to be regarded as decent, respectible people. They are anxious to make a favorable impression upon visitors as well as local citizens. We believe the visitors should leave our state with the opinion that we are clean and respectable people. How can he receive such an opinion if he observes repeatedly as he travels through our state, run down buPdings and fences, trash and debris scattered about the community, junk cars disgracing the approaches on streets and in vacant lots and litter on roadsides, at eating stands, in recreation areas, in parks, in canyons and forests, wherever humans go. Are such situations the environs of people who care or do they belong to the negligent and the indifferent? Is this the image the Utah people want to leave with the visitor? We are all concerned with our personal image. Were it not so, we would not bother to bathe, shave, put on clean clothes and dress up when we go to church, to the theatre, or other places where people mingle. Tremendous sums are spent to make women more beautiful and men more neat and attractive in appearance. All of this is to improve our personal image in the minds of those who see us. Why should we go to all of this expense and fuss while we stumble around in trash, junk and dilapidation. Our good personal image is obliterated by the debris that surrounds us. Let's make our inhabited landscape match the beauty of our natural surroundings. Let's remove all unsightliness from the landscape so that the visitor will be impressed with our cleanliness and so that our surroundings properly reflect the kind of people we really are. Iron County Record ADVERTISING CAUSES BUYING The consumer may not recall an advertisement which causes him to buy goods or visit a store. Often he is not aware of the fact that his shopping has been caused by ad- vertising. Buying is not necessarily the result of the impact of a particular advertisement. Much retail business is built on prestige which has accumulated from consistent advertising over a long period of time. The power of a newspaper publication is recognized when it is brought to focus by something of personal interest to individuals. When material is printed which directly affects the emotions or the pocketbook of the reader he often becomes violently conscious of the power of the press. Every editor knows of occasions when the public makes known his avid interest in the local newspaper. Everyone reads the newspaper: When a daughter is married. When a name is misspelled. When a son is elected clooS president. When a relative is arrested. When a typographical error prices bacon at 5 cents a pound. When the birth of a child is announced. When a divorce is granted. Or, when a child's name is left out of an honor roll list. Heaven help the published who underestimates the power of his own newspaper aid the intensity of its reader-shi- p when he is careless in handling information of a personal nature. Although the reader becomes conscious of the power of the press only when it touches him directly, the influence is always there. The same large public which reads wedding and birth announcements also reads and acts on newspaper advertising 1959 Page Two Siftin' 'n Observin' SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER August 7, Bachelors are like detergents. They work fast and leave no rings. Rattlesnake extends fangs like this before it strikes. Researchers induce the poisonous serpents to bite specially prepared beaker so venom can be collected. Mt. Carmel news & events by Bernita T. Beckwith Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth (Leona) Pierce and daughter of El Campo, Tex., have been visiting here with Mrs. Pierces brother. Dee Anderson and family and her sister, Mrs. Inez Tait an family. Other sisters who came from their homes to visit here and in other parts of the county were Mrs. Hyrum Jackson, (Ellen) and husband from the state of Washington; Mrs. Val Robertson (Phyllis) and family from Dublin; Calif, and Mrs. Lillian Robinson and husband from Las Vegas, Nev. These are all daughters of the late Magnus and Lucy Anderson of Glendale. Mr. and Mrs. Winn Turek of Washington, Utah, have been recently at the home of Mrs. Tur-ek- s parents, the Rolland Esplins. They came for their boys who visited with the grandparents while legalnotTces NOTICE Applications will be taken for the position of librarian and supervisor of study hall at Fredonia Public Schools until August 15, 1969. Inquire at the school weekday afternoons from 1 to 5 p.m. or Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., or call to 643-558- 9. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Probate No. 539 IN THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF UTAH, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KANE In the Matter of the Estate of boyd y. McAllister, Deceased. Mrs. Turek was in Salt Lake for medical attention. Garland Tait of Logan spent the past week here visiting relatives and friends and also on business interests. He returnd to Logan Monday. Mrs. Esther Tait accompanied him as far as Salt Lake City where she will attend the World Wide Genealogy Convention being held in the Salt Palace. Mrs. Edna Lamb has been hospitalized the past week in Kanab. Reports are of her improvement. We wish her well. Thomas Tait and wife are spending some time here. They have their trailer at their son, Chesters plac and are visiting other sons and daughters here as well as enjoying the cooler temperatures from their home in Long Beach, Calif. Word has been received here of the accident suffered by Mrs. Mary Robinson of Salt Lake City, who after entering the LDS hospital for an emergency apendec-tomhad the misfortune to fall and break her hip. We surely wish her a speedy recovery. Mary is a sister of Val and Thomas Tait and Mahala Sorensen and a former resident of Mt. Carmel. Bishop and Mrs. Darol Allred and family of Lubbock, Tex., visited his aunt and uncle. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Beckwith. They left Monday for their home in Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Beckwith visited last week in Ely, Nev., and in Fillmore. Leos sister Mrs. Isa-be- ll Wadsworth of Oasis, Utah, returned with them and is visiting a few days at their home. y, Softball also is in the spotlight in this area, as last week the Church Regional playoffs were held in Kanab and the Church Zone Tournament will be held here this weekend. There were some very impressive and exciting plays last week end, and the games were enjoyable to watch. If you like good softball, dont miss the games this weekend. With the end of this weekend tournament the sounds of Play Ball will die away temporarily, but the cry of First and 10 will take up the slack, as the local gridders will begin bumping heads around August 16 in preparation for the prep football season. And speaking of football ready to begin, that can mean only one thing . . . school is not far behind. I swear the summers are not even half as long now as they were when I was 10 years Oxd. What makes the difference? With school scheduled to start August 25, that leaves just over two weeks . . . can you believe that? Women, generally speaking, are generally speaking. The Spirit of George Washington broke out in some of our youth last week and as a result a couple of stop signs and one or two other signs were chopped down. Understand the responsible persons were apprehended, but dont know what their fate will be. For many of us our first reaction was, What makes a kid do something like that? Then (for some of us) we began thinking of some of our own stupid tricks in younger days, and we say, Boy, if I caught my kid doing some of the things I did, I'd tan him good. And perhaps with that thought in mind we justify the latest prank. Its probably true that some of us pulled some real doosies in ) ) ) ) our day, but that does not make it right, and it certainly should not excuse others from carrying on the infamous tradition. So what will happen this time? A slap on the wrist a fine of $25? Never did hear if anything happened concerning the trees on the Church property that were cut down. Money doesnt mean much to many of todays youth, and a $25 or so, fine wouldnt impress them. However, there are a lot of things around town that might be more impressive, such as cleaning the gutters along Center street, cutting or burning weeds and trash around town and at the airport, or painting the curbs along the highway where restricted parking should be in effect. Some of this type fine might be more impressive than the payment of cash. Some have suggested that the names of violators be published, but the way rumors fly around here, surely everyone already ... knows. True facts should travel even faster than rumors (but who can ever distinguish the difference?) Oh, well, time will tell One nice thing about the blacksmith: when yon brought your horse in to be shod, he didnt think of 40 other things that ought to be done. ed Again, the sented in accordance with the Utah Code provisions of Annotated 1953, and with proper verification as required therein. LaVerde P. McAllister Executrix DURHAM MORRIS Attorney for Executrix First Security Bank Bldg. Cedar City, Utah 84720 Published in the Southern Utah News July 17, 24, 31, August 7, 75-9-- 1969. Volunteer north end of town. It always amazes and thrills me when I see the speed with which the Fire Department answers the call of the siren. They are darn near as fast as the city boys who get paid and who stay , right at the station. Ive said it before, and Ill say it again . . . were mighty fortunate to have such a fine group of dedicated men. Administrative changes gives larger area to local SCS Administrative changes by the Soil Conservation Service has en- larged the area of the Kanab Work Unit as of July 1, 1969, according to Dwain Haacke, District Conservationist. The change in the work unit boundary was made necessary by the closing of the Circleville office of the Soil Conservation Service. Prior to the change SCS officials met with all of the District board of supervisors affected by the change in Wayne, Garfield, Piute and Kane counties and discussed with them the elimination of the work unit office at Circleville and received their recommendations as to how they thought the Soil Conservation Service could best serve the Districts with the remaining available technical assistance. The change will add the Hatch, Bryce Canyon, Tropic, Cannon-villHenrieville areas and east along the Garfield-Kan- e County line from the Wahweap drainage to the Colorado River to the Kanab Work Unit. Grass Valley of the Piute SCD and Sevier County SCD was added to the Loa Work Unit. The Circleville and Marys-val- e area of the Piute SCD will be added to the Panguitch Work Unit. District Conservationist Dwain Haacke will service the new area added to the Kanab Unit. Jim Weston at Panguitch will service the remaining areas in the and Upper Sevier SCD and include the Circleville-Marye, s- I! sram Receiving treatment in the Kane County Hospital recently have been Hershel Brown. Lewis McCarthy, Lucille Swapp, Vauna Covington, Edna Lamb, Beatrice Potter, Ruth Shumway, Arvilla Heaton, Tracy Jean Burrows, Escott, and Randy Fisher. El-ve- ra vale area. Vaughn Reynolds, District Conservationist at Loa will handle the new area added tc his work unit. Farmers and ranchers in the Hatch, Bryce Canyon, Tropic, Cannonville and Henrieville areas should still make their request for SCS technical assistance at the Panguitch office. News notes from Kanab Mr. and Mrs. Bill Terrill have had all of Juanitas living brothers and sisters visiting with them during the past two weeks. Last Saturday they all enjoyed a picnic at Duck Creek. On some of the other days they enjoyed a turkey dinner, a barbecue, and a salmon supper. Those attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Dee Anderson and family of Mt. Carmel; Mr. and Mrs. Chester Tait and family of Mt. Carmel and their married daughters Mr. and Mrs. LaNard E. Johnson and family of Order-vill- e and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Robinson and family of Kanab; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Robinson and family of Las Vegas; Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Jackson and family from Seattle, Wash., Hirams two sisters also accompanied them; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pierce and family of El Campo, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. Dee Porter and family of Glendale, and Mr. and Mrs. Val Jean Robertson from Dublin, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Board-ma- n spent last week visiting Glennis father in Mt. Pleasant, friends and relatives in Salt Lake and Bountiful and they spent three days touring Yellowstone Park and surrounding area. Mrs. Ida White and daughter, Jamie Rae, spent last week in Salt Lake City visiting Idas sister Mrs. Norda Lewis. USE YOURS! Creditors will present claims with vouchers to the undersigned at her residence at 362 West 3rd North, Kanab, Kane County, State of Utah, on or before the 21st day of October, A.D. 1969; Claims must be pre- Kanab Fire Department was called into action Monday when a small out building caught fire in the back of Harmon Robertsons lot in the DUDS your BACK -TO - SCHOOL SHOPPING friend |