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Show Blandin Outlook Published in the Interest of Blandingfendfthe Surrounding Oil and Mining Communities VOLUME 1 BUNDING. UTAH. Navajo No. 1 Highway Project Hits Chug Hole The that the be the CORTEZ House ttee At Washington Appropriation Commi- has denied the one million dollar supplemental appropriation which would have enabled work to start before. July. And the $5,000,000 requested by the President for work during the 1960 fiscal year has been cut by the committee to $2,400,000. According to the Farmington Daily Times the Bureau of Indian Affairs had planned to spend 3 million dollars LLOYD BAYLES Tomorrow Lloyd Bayles, sen ef Hr and Mrs. Grant Bayles, will leave for Salt Lake City where he frill be the guest of the Salt Lake Rotary Club. He will stay at the hone of one of the Rota-ria- ns and had Navajo No. on Navajo No. 1 3 scheduled this year and letting of the contract in April) these first plans, the publication says, "are now out the window!" Navajo No. 1 Highway 111 exN. M. west Tuba City, by way of Kayenta. The tend from Shiprock, across Red Mesa to Arizona chosen by the stu- give Utah Highway 47 a black topped connection to U. S. the Glen Canyon 69 in area and to U.S. at Flagstaff. And a connection with this route at Red Mesa is considered the logical south terminus fer Utah's Oilfield 66 Highway No. 262. The Farmington Daily Times is Lloyd oouncil from San Juan High asking interested individuals or from a list of 5 seniors which groups send to telegrams AlexMr. had been submitted by the supporting project to New ander , principal. He was cho- Mexico's and Arizona's members sen on the basis of his schola- in the U. S. Senate. stic and extracurricular activity was dent while in school. 11 TEACHER VACANCIES LISTED IN LOCAL SCHOOLS Assistant Soheol Superintendent! Kenneth Maughan reports eleven teaoher vacancies fer the oening year In the local schools. are in the San Juan High School) nine in the Blandlng Elementary school. Reasons for the Vaeanoles are given as resignations and lack of qualifications of teachers presently Two employed. Hr. ' By-P- ass ass structing the Sohool new Elementary Richard the north side of the meeting's on city. ness. Flaugh Construction Company of Cortez, Colorado was The is also teach- is personnel director! accepting applications to fill these vacancies and is contactwithin the ing universities State for interviews with interested candidates. At Monticello he says there are 6 high school vacancies and 2 vacancies in the elementary One sohoel. vaoanoy is reported er been asked for its endorsement of an alternate highway around the city intended The Chamber had successful bidder on this project, bidding in the amount to divert through traffic away of $395,725.00. At the bid from Main Street. on opening Monday, April 6, it The proposal, whloh originated appeared that Ernest Sonderegger with the City's planning enof Monticello, Utah, was the low gineer, Owen Burnham, was up for bidder and would receive the consideration by the group a oontract. However, Mr. Son- week earlier but was tabled to deregger did not qualify, there- give the directors time io look fore the contract was awarded to into the effects of such a road the Flaugh Construction Company. and to feel out the sentiment of Construction will begin within business men on the subject. the next few days on the buildMain Street was reported to be whloh includes full school strongly opposed to the idea. ing facilities for eight class rooms, one multi-purpo- se and room, a school one What About The New lunch Bluff Discovery? Changes. Recommended latest issue of Utah Oil had this to say: Report In Carter Oil Company is credited At the regular meeting of the with reports of oil recovery at 1 Government - Fehr A Lyon San Juan School District Board the of Education on April 6, 1959, wildcat, looated in NE NE SE Black reported Seo. 33, Twp. 40S., Rge. 21E., Superintendent The SLM, San Juan County, Utah. that the State Board of Educ- well was last reported at 5096 ation adopted the recommendations feet, m after outting cere. A of E. Allen Bateman, State drill-stetest uphole at 4880-49- 36 Superintendent of Schools, to feet, (A-- 2 zone) open 2 reduce the Eastland school from shut-i- n 2 hours, opened grades 1 to 4 to grades 1 to 3) hours, blow a with to with good gas to discontinue the Bluff Indian The Outlying Schools . surfaoe In 18 minutes, gradually provide additional decreased to good blow at end of space at the Bluff Elementary the Fluid test. rooovery inSchool so that the Indian children enrolled at the Bluff Indian cluded 5 feet of free eil and The Chamber of School will be able to attend 250 feet of heavily oil and gas Blanding cut mud. IFP 63, FFP 95, SIP Commerce has been informed that the Bluff School. 0. HP net reported. Other business inoluded the the County Conrniss loners have 4936-49was Interval feet instructed their engineer and following: not or oored tested. Kenneth surveyor. Hub Newell, to make a Assistant apparently most Maughan, was above section Although feasibility study of the proCont'd Pg. 4 Col. 4 DST Another cored. posed temporary bridge across the San Juan River two or three area has become more acute with feet, open 2 hours, shut-i- n 2 opened with fair blow, miles down stream from Bluff. Increased aotlvlty in the hours, decreased for one gradually Tohonadla Oil Field. The need for a crossing in the and held steady at fair hour, blew throughout remainder of BLANDING RED CROSS DRIVE NETS $400 test. Fluid recovery consisted 25 feet of drilling mud. IFP La Ray Alexander, local Red Jones, Bruce Hurst, and Douglas of 54, FFP 107, SIP Galbraith Jr. Cross official, wishes to exBesides the ladies who headed Operator then cored ahead. press his thanks to the many Persistent rumors in Salt Lake the drive in the different parts people of Blanding who contributed by way of donations of of town, Mr. Alexander extends City, and in the East, credit ell time or cash to the success of special thanks to all of tho Carter with a significant conto but efforts wonderful women who did the door discovery, the 1959 Red Cross fund drive. to firm publication were prior Mr. Alexander's area Included to door work for the area leaBluff and Mexican Hat as well as ders. A drive such as this re- negative. Blanding. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce quires the help and cooperation the drive in of many people ta be a success. Stevens headed A total of $400 was collected Mexican Hat, while Mr. and Mrs. Those attending the regular Keith Jones took over for Bluff. in Blanding by the volunteer Board meeting The neighborhood leaders in workers. One half of all funds County Welfare ' Blanding were Alene May, Freda collected will remain in the Wednesday evening at Montloello y, county to be in reserve in case were director, Harold Blanok and Hunt, Clea Johnson, Volate y. of emergency, while the other board members, Elmer Redd, Hilda Freda Guymon and Dora Lanora Christensen, 50 will go to the oentral headThose canvassing the busiPerkins, commissioner and Mabel Wright, nesses of Blanding were Kendall quarters to be used in case of Hazelton. Marion Curtis Harold Lyman, major disasters Young, County Orders Bridge Site Survey School and 1870-195- 66 4966-50- 22 Hat and 2 at LaSal. ; Newcomers Club 14 will meet at 7 30 April o'clock at the City Hall. Bring a decorated box containing light Boxes will be refreshments. auotioned off. Tuesday! 11. - ( The Perkins and was the first order of busi- 89-4- M&ughan who for Mexican Emphatic "No" To Proposal Blanding was rca.ia last Tuesday The Chamber of Cosneroe gave morning. The Ssii Juan School the Highway by-pproposal a 3oard met in a special meeting unanimous "no" in a vote taken to choose the contractor who at Tuesday's The meeting. would get the job of conmotion was taken on a motion by library during his visit to the projeot is considered Important kitchen. oapital and will be entertained to Blanding because it would in both an eduoational and recreational manner while he is there. Each year the Salt Lake Rotary Club Invites a student from every high school in the State of Utah to cone to Salt Lake and study the business side of that city for a few days. 13 Chamber Votes CONTRACTOR GETS SCHOOL CONTRACT A great step forward in the crisis in school housing in big read building program has been anticipated for Navajo Reservation seems to in trouble. NO. APRIL 10, 1959 FRIDAY, Shum-waShum-wa- i |