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Show ? Unlrertal Microfilming 141 Pierpoal Ava. Utah 1 rr. GooflEunrag OCaovec G Area PelO 'Mu'GOy The rains came through the skyrain pelted Magna and Hunter Sun- light and back door of the new day evening, intermingled with Dyches Rexall Drugstore on 9100 hail and lightning. This was one West 2700 South that is under of the heaviest rainfalls recorded construction, and also crept unin this area. der the rear entrance door of the ALTHOUGH local gardens Best Shop. were gTeatly benefited by the The town was laden with tree rain, the hail ruined many flow- limbs and debris along Main ers. The pelting, heavy sheets of Street. rain came down for about 20 minThe sheriffs report that no acutes, until the gutters were filled. cidents happened during the freak storm. Crop Lost Officials have estimated a possible dollar crop revenue loss resulting from the dry spell. In the past two weeks, clear skies and a torrid sun have kept temperatures spiraling as high as 104, and most of the time above 100 with an extremely high hu- $" Mucha-much- - n READ I T I N THE T M ID X Year Forty-Fift- h I Magna, Utah, Thursday, August 10, 1961 " TUESDAY, AUGUST t CviO. K P-- Cheer Up, Soon Begins Mom--Scho- ol KARL GILGEN, local manager of the Magna Utah Power & Light Company, said that the general manager of a Southern electric and power company had just finished a speech on My Most Moment Embarrassing when the electric power in the auditorium failed. ft SO JOHNNY CAN READ Magna school principals not only direct reading, writing and arithmetic, but also many other activities and learning for local children from 6 to 18 years of age. Front row, left, Clark Frei, Brockbank Junior High School; Moroni L. Jensen, Cyprus High School. Back row: Phillip Debs, Magna Elementary School, Milton Johnson, Webster Elementary School, Evan Jones, Seminary. A very full year is planned by the school heads. ' r.legna Lcdy Honored On GO Dlrtrbday two-wheel- er Magna vehicle drivers midity. driving immediately to a position minded they must yield in an parallel to, and as close as possemergency of fire trucks and pol- ible to, the right hand edge of ice vehicles. Several instances the highway, but clear of any inwhere the ambulance, fire trucks tersection and shall stop and rehave main stopped until the emergenand police been involved are cited. cy vehicle has passed, except The Utah law regulating traffic when otherwise directed bv states: on highways police officer. Local law enforcement officers Upon the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle with au- are cracking down on this type dible and visual signals on, the of traffic offender, and drivers driver of every other vehicle failing to abide by this law will y shall yield the by be cited. The Sunday evening electrical storm in the Magna area brought huge claps of thunder and streaks of lightning. re- Magna Woman Succumbs At Age Of 86 New Academic Changes Are Listed For Granite ur ld For Local Man To Yield In Emergency are right-of-wa- all: "What is love, dear? Without a moments hesitation, Patience, Mother. Just a little days. Too, student insurance she threw her arms around my blanks will also be available for longer. and neck, cake batter and all, off Aug- anyone interested. be will The pressure answered, Love is her!" Each student has been mailed ust 29 for school starts then. other data telling exact time, School Secretaries schedule of classes, etc. REVEREND ALEX WILKIE of School secretaries are: the First Baptist Church tells High School Teachers Cyprus High School-Miss- es about the recently ordained min- Irene and Ilene Hulse and Mrs. The following teachers will be ister who explained to the head Vera Jensen. at Cyprus, according to Principal of the district why he had reBrockbank Junior High-M- rs. Jensen: signed from his first charge so Zenda Ridd. ' Catherine Joseph, drama, desoon. "There were thirty-foValMagna Elementary-Mr- s. bate, speech, English. girls, old maids and widows, all eria Snell. Lucy J. Hook, English, French. eager to marry the pastor. Mrs. Webster Elementary Janet Siemssen, English, Year"Well, said the head, Youve Emma Daniels. book. heard the adage about safety in . Paula A. McBride, English. numbers. Cyprus Registration Don Washburn, American ProNot for me, sir, replied the Registration for Cyprus high minister. I found it in Exodus. school classes starts next week, blems. Michael Cannon, American Hisannounces Principal Jensen, to tory, World History. YEARS ago the include: SEVERAL August 15, Seniors. Magna Times made its classified ad column available, at no charge, August 16, Juniors. August 17, Sophomores. for one week, to youngsters beMAGNA TIMES Yearbook pictures will be taktween the ages of six and twelve. The results were a revealing in- en on the various registration SARATOGA DAY sight into the things which daily occupy a childs attention. One ad submitted by an IS ON FRIDAY boy, read: I would like He is black cat. to sell my pet Tomorrow, Friday, August 11th will be the "Magna and white and I will sell him for Times Day" at Saratoga five cents. The only thing wrong Amusement Park near Lehi. with him is he has no tail. A girl who had just turned By sponsoring this event, seven offered to swap some toys newspaper your home-tow- n will offer youngsters 12 which she had outgrown. She wanted a bicycle. If years and under to go on a the bicycle doesnt have to be majority of the park's rides fixed too much, she said, I will for only 5c the entire day. trade my skates, a crying doll, Included in the "nickel and my whole collection of day" will be the swimming shrunken heads. pool. Coupons may be clipBut the most urgent plea, as I ped from the Magna Times or obtained from the Magna remember, came from a young Rexall Drug,' Drugs by man, who had tried his hand at Duke, Martin Drug Center raising rabbits, and had obvious-lbeen quite successful at it, or Hunter Pharmacy. Does anyone want any rabbits? ask They are free-j- ust for them. he asked. Ive got tons of them. d In addition to the My phone number is (and he listed it.) Please call as soon as you rides, those attendcan.? ing will be guests of the Arent kids wonderful? Magna Times at free square . dancing and a free water show and will see a kiddie's JUST ABOUT THE meanest to his bathing revue. man in Magna-accordReduced price rides inwife is a certain business man clude the ferris wheel, jet who called home one day recentplane, whip, train, boats ly to talk to his wife. The phone and finally the rang and rang-a- nd Be the guests of your little woman answered it. MRS. LOUISE BRADLEY home-tow- n newspaper the "Oh, dear, she moaned, you Active , , , and Spry Magna Times! got me out of the tub. Call back Mrs. Louise Bradley of Magna, in 20 minutes. Im dripping wet n and regarded local and didnt even have a chance to 15 YEARS grab a towel because I was trying resident, was honored last week at a family dinner at a residence to get to the phone, Her husband said okay, and of a son, Daniel Bradley. The ochung up. Then mischief glinted casion marked her 86th birthday in his eyes He quickly anniversary. Mrs. Bradley has lived 19 years his home number, and hurriedly to in Garfield and a number of years whispered some instructions a friend who had dropped in his in Magna. She laughingly says that she place of business. His friend took the phone, has 50 direct descendants, to which rang about three times. include three children, Mrs. Robert (Maryetta) Nash of Butte, Again, the wife who couldn have had time to get back to the Montana; David Bradley, Salt tub answered with a rather an- Lake City and Daniel of Magna. In addition, she numbers 13 noyed "Yes? 29 The pal said: Is - - - - home? grandchildren; and 5 . . . Say, look at you and all eight-year-o- Held Tuesday ts I HAVE FOUND that children in their innocence, will often answer questions with sharper perception than the wisest of adults. Last week, my youngest daughter, Michele, and I were she making a cake together perched on a kitchen stool, looking at the chocolate batter when she looked up with that familiar expression that told me I was about to be besieged with questions. On guard for once, I decided to anticipate her questions with a few of my own, and I quickly asked, Honey, what is a sidewalk for? To walk on. And why do you like lollipops so much? Because they taste so good. And then for no good reason, I popped the biggest one of them Final Rites Number 8 r.lccna Drivers Warned 29 a low-price- ing merry-go-roun- well-know- wet, too! At the age of 68 she adopted A loud scream at the other end of the line was cut off by an Judy, infant daughter of her deceased son, Robert, and reared equally loud click. her. Miss Judy graduated from I WAS TOLD that a novice Cyprus High School with . the golfer was having a rough time class of 1961. Mrs. Bradley has been an at the Copper course. After topworker in the LDS Church ping, slicing and knocking up turf, he finally drove into a bunk- and held a number of positions er where two workmen with in Sunday School and Relief So(Continued on Last Page) ciety departments, Several academic changes have been listed for students who will attend Granite School District institutions of learning this fall, according to Dr. Kenneth C. Far-re- r, assistant superintendent for instruction. They are: Two foreign languages now are offered to all students in the district for six consecutive years, beginning at grade seven. Special teacher teams will make a study of the effectiveness of core programs (teaching language, arts and social studies as a unit, rather than as individual subjects.) -- A study of special grouping in English at the ninth grade level and the effectiveness of establishing an English honors program in junior high school will be made. -- Teachers prepared to teach math from a new concept will be instructed to do so. rJlfocicacry ProcTcm CoS FC7 Ounday High Scores Dr. Farrer said that Granite students scored consistently higher than national norms on achievement tests administered during the 1960-6- 1 year. Granite students scored highest in spelling (4.5), and lowest in word knowledge, reading and arithmetic problem solving (3.0 still above the norm.) Dr. Farrer also disclosed that tests given to check pupils word and paragraph meaning show that students in nine test schools involved in the districts reading experiment generally are making better progress than students in nine similar control schools. Mrs. Elizabeth Esther Pierce Beagley, 86, of 2854 South 8800 West, esteemed Magna lady, died Friday, 2:15 p. m. in a Salt Lake Hospital of natural causes. She had been ill for some time. The lovely lady was born FebRODERICK I. HUSBAND ruary 27, 1875, in Levan, Juab . . . Succumbs Saturday County,- to George H. and Sarah Skinner Pierce. She J. Funeral services for Roderick W. Beagley December married 28, 1893 in I. Husband, 71, of 8380 Powell Nephi. The marriage was later Avenue, Magna, who died Sat- solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS urday, 3:20 a. m. at his home of Temple. Mr. Beagley died in 1944. natural causes, were held TuesSurvivors Listed day in the Oquirrh Stake House. The fine man was born JanuMrs. Beagley is survived by ary 2, 1890, in Salt Lake City, a son of William Joseph and Mary sons, daughters, John W., Tooele; Ann Mathews Husband. He mar- Mrs. Stuart (Elizabeth) Warren, ried Zina (Mabel) Hardy March Leo, both of Salt Lake City; Jesse, Sandy; Rayful Sr., Murray; 16, 1911, in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Seth (Erma) Batt, Granger; tt Mr. Husband retired from Mrs. James E. Copper Corporation Feb- Mrs. James E. (Dorothy) Evans; (Isabell) Spiers, ser-ic41 of after 1958, ruary, years George R., Grant, all of Magna; He had hosts of friends. 56 grandchildren; 128 greatGiven - Ken-neco- Fred A. Gardner, psychology, sociology. Jack Shell, American history. Jac Carsey, band, American history. Clarence Hepworth, algebra, geometry. Howard Peterson, chemistry, math. Duane A. Hughes, physics, algebra. Blaine Brox, biology, botany. Lloyd M. Barker, electronics, i math. Howard Condie, biology, driver ed., coach. Don J. Gust, phys. ed., health, coach. Riley Newton, phys. ed., orientation, coach. Bry Sorenson, driver ed., coach. Sam Nichols, phys. ed., student council, coach. Darwin coach. Killpack, JoAnn Betts, phys. ed., Pep Club. Rae (Mary Ann) Woodruff, all of Kearns; Mrs. Wayne C. (Cleo) Rasmussen, Monticello; Mrs. G. D. (June) Marshall, Torrance, California; Donald, Magna: 20 ELDER LARRY L. HANSEN . , , Will Go to Denmark BE PRESENTED PIANO n; Turnouts were good in those early days, with sometimes 150 persons attending to swap yarns about Mercur happenings. But, as the years have gone by, time has taken its toll of the former Mercur residents, many of whom resided in Magna and Garfield, and the response isnt quite what it used to be. For the past few years, every now and then, the members have voted to dissolve the organization and forget about it. But as the date draws near, fond memories of Mercur begin cropping up and then theres another reunion underway. G. Gill Sweeten, president of the group, said a special bus will leave the Temple Square Hotel, : The following events will be 75 W. South Temple,- at 11 a. m. next the at week presented August 27. Stakehouse: Oquirrh All former Mercur residents Sunday, Aug. 13, High Priests are invited. Quorum meeting, 1:30 p.m. n Therell be a big Tuesday, August 15, Ensign and picnic lunch and program in Laurels Moonlight Capers. Tooele Park and a trip out to the Thursday, August 17, MIA ghost town at the foot of LewisLeadership meeting. ton Peak. OQUIRRII STAKE NEWS - bring-your-ow- Magna's New Garbage Dump? JL, IN - RECITAL Richard Clegg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Clegg of Magna, will be presented in a piano recital on Thursday, August 17th at the Pleasant Green Ward, beginning at 8:00 p.m. He will play eight numbers to include: March Wind by McDowell; Autumn Leaves, arranged by Roger Williams; Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin; Prelude in C s1 "'-U v ? , Sharp Minor by Rachmaninof; Warsaw Concerto by Addinsel; Sonata Pathetique by Beethoven; Prelude by DeBussey and Lord's Prayer by Malotte. The public is invited to attend. Mrs. Eva Spencer is Mr. Cleggs teacher. serJohn E. Greer, Bacchus Works Manager, left, presents vice certificates to R. G. Sailer, assistant Works Manager, and J. H Main, Research and Development Manager. Both men have completed 13 years o( continuous service with Hercules. ar Mrs. Clarence Denney returned home from St. Marks Hospital on Saturday. She spent twenty-on- days there following major surgery. She is progressing well. I h V? mmpwp&Rwi ac-tiv- Falls, Idaho. Mrs. Beagley had been a fine mother and wife and news of her passing is greeted with sorrow by all. grandchildren; two brother, Russell S., Salt Lake City. Forgiveness ought to be like a Burial for the regarded man cancelled not torn in two, and was made in the Salt Lake City burned up, so that it never can cemetery under the direction of be shown against one. the Peel Funeral Home. Ward Beecher One last final visit before the Mercur Pioneer Society dissolves, is set to the old ghost town in Tooele County on August 27th. Members all are former residents of Mercur and remember when it was one of the states biggest boom towns at the turn of the century. But the gold, zinc and copper mines began fading and in 1913 the town was abandoned. People left to find work elsewhere. Thirty years ago, in 1931, some former residents with nostalgic memories of the old town got together and organized the Mercur Pioneer Society. Every year they met for a program and reunion in Liberty Park, Magna or Saltair, occasionally taking a trip out to the ghost Honoring Elder Larry Lund Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Seeley, woodwork, Grandford G. Hansen, who will metalwork. serve an LDS Church mission in Lee Shepherd, auto mechanics. Denmark, a farewell testimonial Ralph L. Tucker, mechanical is scheduled Sunday, August 13. drawing. It will be held at the Magna John Loutensock, orchestra. First Ward and begins at 7 p.m. Anne Tygesen, remedial proProgram Numbers gram. song, congregation. Opening Terrance R. Reid, special eduPrayer, Ramona Dixon. cation. Bacrament song, congregation, Melba Matthews, librarian. Aaronic town. Sacrament service, Dorthy Jones, Joseph Meyer, Priestnod. Normand Gibbons, counselors. Speaker, Dennis Dixon.' Marlene Gardner, nurse and Vocal duet, Wayne Oliver and Phyllis Harkness, school lunch. Mary Sowby. Harold Thomas, head custodSpeaker, Gary O'Brien. ian, Ray B. Jensen, Angus L. Reading, Juanita OBrien. Langford, Fred C. Jensen, custoSong, Dennis Dixon. dians; Nellie Thomas, matron. Reading, Lynda Hansen. , Remarks, Bishop S. Arnold Brockbank Registration Cards are now being sent to Beckstead. Remarks, Mother of missionary. Brockbank students to report to Response, missionary. school for schedule of classes and Closing song, congregation. . pay their fees. The students will report alphabetically and the individual postcards give all the MAGNA YOUTH TO information the pupil needs. OF SERVICE Survivors four Survivors include his widow; grandchildren; brother and sisMrs. sons, daughters, Joseph E., ter, Sylvester Pierce, Gunnison; Donald (Velma) Goodfellow, Mrs. Mrs. Ed (Minerva) Everett, Idaho H. W. Mercur Pioneers Wane Like Town swimming, Hilda Anderson, foods, homeliving, homemaking. Gayle C. Durney, clothing, homemaking, English. Tore Pedersen, art. Kelly Pearce, choral music. Betty V. Hayward, type, shorthand, office machines. Stanley Smith, type, bookkeeping, office machines. e. LITTER AND BEER CANS-A- re very evident on the east side of Webster School in Magna, where cars stop to make a circle turn and proceed east along Main Street. As many care slow up, they throw out beer bottles, cans, & warn lunch cartons and any other debris they wish to get out of their car. Residents are reminded there is a $299 litterbug fine for such acts that destroy a towns attractive appearance. Sheriffs plan to prosecute such offenders, |