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Show COXIIOLDER Infi 77 olume 3 Per Copy 5c Dragerton, Utah, Tuesday, April 25, 1950 Filling, Grading At Dragerton Apartment KAISER STEEL TAKES Number 46 MATHESIUS TALKS ON PERMANENCY OVER OPERATION AND FUTURE OF EAST CARBON COAL Rhea Cones Elected A capacity turnout of the East Carbon and Price Rotary' clubs P-- TA was on hand last Wednesday evening to greet Walther Mathesiusr of Geneva Steel com' PLANS CARD PARTY president " AV J. pany., L. Weslhaver, manager .y f of operations, Paul Sullivan, pubs, lic relations counsel and Mr. FRIDAY NIGHT of the Carbon president Mrs. Dorothy Korfanta, presi- county railroad. dent of the Sunnyside Parent-Teache- rs For many of the members it was t'f Association stated to- the first opportunity that they day that plans have been com- have had to meet Mr. Mathesius pleted for their card party this and they were very enthusiastic in . " week. The event will take place their response. R. G. Heers of A Friday, April 28, starting at 8:00 the Kaiser company was toastp. m., in the Sunnyside school master, he welcomed the first V auditorium. Fifty cents a person joint meeting of the two Rotary will be the admission charge to clubs in East Carbon and felt honthis activity. ored to have with the club that Mrs. Korfanta explained that night the officials of the Geneva vA the money earned from the card Steel organization. .i ; i Z' ' party will be aplied toward the Dr. Mathesius and L. J. West-hav- er purchase of a motion picture prospoke while Paul Sullivan school. the for a United States Steel picSunnyside showed jector ' jr Mrs'. Faye - Scherick is head of ture, The Making of Steel. Ex, the committee on tickets and pub- cerpts from Dr. Mathesius .talk 'S' v'"' V "I i ' licity and Mrs. Jay Simons is are as follow: It affords me the opportunity handling the refreshments. Shown above is the filling and grading work that is now under to A tell my associates 'here, that The sponsored textile and way at the Dragerton apartments. This is part of the Spring impainting class regularly ,we, of Geneva Sleel company, approvement program that is now going on. The residents are work- figurine scheduled for Friday has been preciate the direct interest which ing on their yards and homes. The Galbreath company, in addition moved to Thursday, evening at the the good people of Price arid East to the work at the apartments, will repair the streets and have a LDS church in Sunnyside to per- need more trees, flowers and also general clean-u- p of the business section. mit the ladies to participate in the shrubs. card party Friday evening. If you will just get in your car (Continued on Page Twelve) ALL DRAGERTON SHOWING INTEREST President IN YARD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UTAH FUEL CO. The Kaiser Steel company took over the operation of the Utah Fuel company on Monday. The Kaiser company acquired the stock of the Utah Fuel at a public auction two weeks ago. The Kaiser organization, said a statement issued by Henry J. Kaiser, will push comprehensive plans to develop the utmost potentialities of one of the nations great areas of coal resources. Research dnd the latest technology of coal mining will be applied in concerted efforts to strengthen and expand the Utah coal industry, which already has been so well advanced by Utah Fuel company. Claude Heiner, former president of the Utah Fuel company, who has bten retained as management consultant, stated that virtually all employees will be retained under the new ownership. Jack Ashby, general manager of Kaiser Steel, A. B. Ordway and other Kaiser officials have been in Utah this week in conjunction with the change over in the ownership of the Utah Fuel company. P-T- A Dragerton Elementary The Dragerton elementary A held an election of officers Thursday evening, April 20. Mrs. P-T- George Perez was presiding affi-cwith Harold Hansen acting as chairman. Mrs. Perez rendered opening prayer after which a program Vas given by part of the fourth grade and followed by the fifth grade. Mrs. Rhea Cone was elected president - and Mrs. Orren Dickson, treasurer. Officers reelected for tht following year were Mrs. Ellen Cottrell, secretary; Mrs. George Perez, first vice president; Mrs. Mary Worthington, corresponding secretary, ahd Mr. Harold Hansen, second vice president. Mrs. Ruby Monroe gave the financial report and introduced the plan to erect playground equipment for the elementary grades. After the meeting the parents visited the teachers of the various grades in their respective er rooms. The officers of the A wish to thank the parents for their coP-T- operation with the school and teachers in making the past year a success. The' group hopes that in the future they can obtain even greater activity on' behalf of all concerned in helping to carry over the plans that the organization has made for the future. The next meeting ' will be on Thursday May 11 at which time the installation of officers will be held. SHYSIDE v V For. Dance Saturday Jimmie' Darts orchestra will play this Saturday night for the East Carbon Rotary dance. The proceeds from the dance will go toward the Youth Community building.- - The dance will begin at 9:00 pun. The price of .admission is $1.00 per couple. Jr .. Par-sen- - -v r V. -- -- y , . Sr'!5 y fund-raisi- ng It X- a V 4 n V .. x X, - - . x (. P-T- Judges are selected and are canning the town most every evening. ' For. several years the fair city of Dragerton has enjoyed the reputation of being the most modem mining town in the west. Our people have never had to stutter when backing up that statement. But in spite of all the nice things that have been said we all know there is room for improvement. And we know too that much improvement has been done. k Improvements are going on at a fast pace at present. The grounds about the apartment house are being planted to grass. Shrubs and trees are being planted. In fact from one end of town to the other improvements are being made, but still not. enough. We JERRY HERNANDEZ anjazed at the ampunt of improvement ?that really is going on. Trees and shrubs by the dozens and flower seeds almost by the bushel are being planted. Today we drove over the town and found so much planting and digging going on in section A, B, and D that I couldnt get over to C and E. One is fearful of mentioning names on special homes because he is sure to leave some, of the better ones out. If you would look at Mr. Roses lot at 120 West Whitmore you would think there just couldnt be a nicer lot in townl Then just move one lot west to Moffits and you will find one just as nice. But the next lot of Mr. Owens is as (Continued on Page 16) New Election Reported Scheduled On Contested Offices in District 22 WINS AWARD FOR HEROIC ACT t- Jerome Hernandez, 25, Sunnyside miner has won the Joseph A. Holmes Safety association medal of honor for risking his life to rescue a fellow worker in the Kaiser mine last June 22, according to Associated Press reports. At risk to his own life, Mr. Hernandez returned to the working face after a fall of rock to free who had been pinned to the loading machine he was operating by a large slab of rock that fell from a fault running parallel to the working place. The slab landed on edge, toppled over and knocked out Several timbers before striking Mr. Sloy-- ( Continued on Page 16) Pete-Stoyano- ff It has been reported t&at there will be an election in District 22 of all the officers now being protested. The International board had been meeting in Washington and this was on the agenda for settlement. Three offices are being contested; that of vice president where J. E. Brinley and Frank Fox are opposing each other; secretary-treasur- er with Art Biggs and Virgil Wright running against each other and the sub district board member for No. 2. The Carbon-EmeUMW members do not vote for this board member. The election is reported to be held immediately. -- ry sub-distr- ict East Carbon Rotary Welcomes Price Rotarians and Geneva Steel Officials On the right were some of the members of tile Price and East Carbon Rotary clubs who were on hand to greet the Geneva Steel officialsr. 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