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Show F'tah CIS State Press cst Decani luth C FD Tox Salt t:j Lake Citv ut2V S411o Erskine Accepts Job With MDA Activities oval businessman accepts position with the Muscular I) strophe ssiH lation Bill Kiskine owner and operator of skat eland West Inc in Kearns was asked In less Wells I tah State Director of the Jerry Lewis Muscular l)v strophe Association and has ac 1 cepted the position as the Utah State Director for the Jerry Lewis MDA Skatethons This is the third year that Erskine has worked with the MDA Skatethons Last ear Erskine as the manager of the Kearns ('lassie, Now Skateland Hercules Net Income Report Being Released Hercules Incorporated today reported first half net income of $32 7 million equal to $ 76 per share million, or $1 08 compared with per share, for the first half of 1976 Sales and operating revenues for the first six months of 1977 were $846 million up from $826 million in the comparable period of 1976 increase prices of its products sufficiently to recover increased production costs At the same time, however, net profits were considerably improved over each of the past two quarters Brown said, In spite of continued inflationary effects on our cost of doing business, we expect our earnings to continue trending upward costs at the new Initial start-upolypropylene plants are behind us and we expect a strong performance in the company's overall plastics business Sales in other product areas continue good " i I, V V' West, Inc ) and his skaters raised over five thousand dollars The Salt lake Classic raised over seven thousand The dollars rinks throughout the state contributed approximately $25 000 Most of the rinks in the state belong to the Roller Skating Rink Operators Association The RSROA raised in excess of $1.5000 000 and were the second largest contributors to the MDA being beat out only by McDonald s One of the amazing things about the MDA program according to Erskine is that only 3 4 percent of the monies collected go to management and 15 percent to the fund raising ad vertising and other expenses which leaves 81 6 percent of all monies collected to go into research and medical services All of the monies collected in I tah stay in I tah Erskine says that he is looking forward to this new challenge and that he is sute it will be a rewarding e perience for all concerned Kearns businessman and Les Wells Utah State Director of the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association kick off the MDA Skatethon BILL ERSKINE, p Second quarter net income amounted to $19 8 million equal to $46 per share compared with $31 4 million or $ 71 per share earned in the second quarter last year, and compared with $12 9 million, equal to $ 30 per share in the first quarter Sales and operating revenues for the quarter were $448 million, up from the $430 million of 1976 second quarter and up also from the $398 million of the first quarter of 1977 According to Werner C Brown, president and chief executive officer, the decrease in earnings in the second quarter, compared with the same quarter a year ago. was caused by two major factors The first is the con tinued low profitability of the terephthalates business, which resulted in $08 per share lower earnings, compared with the same period last year Secondly, losses at two major new polypropylene plants, in Belgium and Canada, including preoperating and start up costs, cost $ 11 a share approximately Additionally, the company ex- perienced some reductions in profit margins, compared with the second quarter of 1976, owing to inability to mTHEiyOICElOFTHElCOMMUNlTa VOL. 63 NO 5 MAGNA, UTAH THURSDAY, JULY 28 1977 Low Interest Money Available For Help roof leak9 ( Is your Does your plumbing leak9 Should your wiring be updated9 If your answer to any of these questions is yes. you may be able to have these things corrected w ith federal funds at very low interest rates through the Salt Lake County Housing Authority Repair Division Many people in the Kearns. North Granger and Chesterfield area have taken advantage of this outstanding program to greatly improve the livability and quality of their homes However, very few Magna residents Does your foundation cracking9 seem aware of this valuable op port unity A free inspection of your home is available to make you aware of its overall condition If repairs are for in needed simply call formation to determine if you qualify for the federally funded low interest home repair loan the Weatherization Through Urogram being conducted throughout Salt Lake County, applications are still being accepted wherein a 250-641- 4 coot, on page 2 the past 00 years. In this photograph, Bob Houston, Customer Services Manager, compares a 1913 Salt Lake City directory with the new one 977 directories will be delivered to valley residents beginning July 29 TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES, LIKE telephones themselves, have come a long way in 1 1 Telephone Directories Ready For Delivery Beginning July 29 Mountain Bell's new Salt Lake area telephone directories will be delivered ac cording to Bob Houston. Customer Services Manager The word, hello" the traditional telephone greeting is the feature on this years front cover The back cover has a color map of the cun tinental I mted States w ith area codes and time zones for each state The new directory will also have a handy Call Guide ' section in the front portion of the book The Call Guide contains important room at the Benmon Care Center, Roberta Forbes received a preliminary physical assessment examination from Carol Reese, Licensed Practical Nurse. Ken White, Nursing Assistant, conducted a personal inventory for Mrs. Forbes. IN HER NEW First Resident Enters Bennion Care Center Following Ceremony Benmon Care Center, Salt Lake Valleys newest comprehensive nursing care facility, officially opened on July 18 and admitted its first resident at 10 00 a m July 19 Mrs Roberta Forbes, 47, xif Ogden, became the charter resident of the which is 104 bed facility, $900000 owned and operated by Best Care, health care Inc , a Utah-base- d company Mrs Colleen H Nichols, ad mimstrator of Bennion Care Center, indicated that through Friday of the first week of operations, 43 persons had been admitted to the facility IV- ROBERTA FORBES became the first resident of the Bennion Care Center on July 19 as she was admitted by John Burton (left), Admissions Coordinator, and Scott Peterson (right) Director of Nursing Services. consumer in formation on how to achieve sub stantial savings on Long Distance calls who to contact in the phone company about service problems, bills deposit policies or establishing new service There will also be in formation on how to handle an noyance calls Dual listings will be something new to keep up with changing times For the first time, customers who share the same surname live at the same addiess, and have the same telephone number may be listed together this year Jones Mary & John or Jones. John & Mary will not be uncommon appearing in the directory 1 here w ill be sev eral prefix changes that Sait Lake Valley customers should make note of for the future Mountain Bell's old prefix number of 524 has been changed to 237 The Salt Lake City and County offices will change from their old prefix of 328 to 535 Kearns customers with prefixes 298 and 299 have become 968 and 969 respectively More than 345.000 directories will be delivered this year Those who do not receive a directory by August 12 should contact their local business office according to Bob Houston |