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Show Microfilminq Corp 141 Pierpont Ave THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD THAT CARES ABOU'l MI I. FORD. UTAH on l yountua I lews 3L& Single Copy 10c; $4.00 a Year A DAMN Milford, Utah 84751, Thursday, March Local Odd Fellows Named to 11, 1965 Vol. 65, No. 10 TIGERS LOSE TO FEBRUARY PREC1P FILLMORE, PLAY Utah Grand Lodge Oitices Norman Lamb, Milford, was advanced to the office of Deputy Grand Master at the State I. O. O. F. Convention held last week end in Provo, and R. H. Ruth was reelected secretary. The 91st annnal convention was concluded with installation Saturday night of the new officers. Feature of the convention was the appearance as guest speaker at the Friday evening banquet of Kermit R. Cofer, Water Valley, Miss Sovereign Grand Master of the world-wid- e organization. , the hope that all Americans will join the IOOF Members in seeking to attain the objectives of the orHe quoted these ganization. as "seeking to improve and elevate the character of men who are true to God, loyal to their country and fraternal to their fellow men." The election and installation of officers and the annual banquet occurred at the convention at the Eldred Center in Provo. Other state officers elected include Harold K. Williamson, Provo. Grand Master; Grand Rohde, Ogden, Ray Warden; J. O. Ream, Mt. PleasGene ant, Grand Treasurer; Bragg, Layton. Grand Representative, and trustees H. L. Mt. Pleasant; Norman, Roy Pendroy, Ogden, Frank Lund-skoSandy; and Ed WinchesHe expressed NEW IOOF LEADERS Top, left, E. Gene Bragg, Layton, retiring Grand Master and new Grand Repres entative of the Utah Grand Lodge, O. O. F.; R. H. Ruth, Milford, reelected Grand Secretary; J. O. Ream, Grand Treasurer; Kermit R. Cofer, Water Valley, Miss., Sover-a- l convention guest; Harold K. eign Grand Master, who was a speci Milford, Lamb, Deputy liamson, Provo, new Grand Master; Grand Lower Warden. D. Grand Master; and Ray Rohde, Roy, photo, , left to right, new Rebekah Assembly officers are Virginia Meehan, Ogden, Grand Secretary; ray, Grand Treasurer; Blanche Pend Louise Bigh, Delta, Grand Vice nie Jankovich, Tooele, Grand Presi President; Ethel E. Saunders, Salt Lake, Grand Warden. ....(Photos and Engravings Courtesy Provo Daily Herald) Wil-Norma- n Fan-den- t; LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS; The Utah State Legislature was scheduled to adjorn toafter 60 day (Thursday); days of considering, discussing and acting upon laws affecting the state. Working under threat of Federal Judge reapportionment of the state, the legislators passed a reapportionment bill which Is totally and unequivocally unacceptable to Beaver County. Representative Jack C. Mahoney and Senator Thorpe voted against the bill. In next week's Issue we will discuss the reapportionment bill In greater detail; briefly, It places Beaver County with Garfield, Piute and Wayne Counties to share a State Representtaive, and tics Millard, Beaver, Iron and Washington Counties together to share one State Senator. Wad-dingha- m TO MEET MAX MECHAM LEGION SAYS 'THANKS' NEXT THURSDAY Max Mecham, chairman of the March of Dimes campaign conducted in January, asked The News to convey his thanks and appreciation to all who assisted in the campaign, and to all who contributed. A total of $1,018.01 was contributed in Beaver County, 257c of which will be credited to the Medical Scientific Research Fund and the remaining 75 divided equally between Beaver County and the national organization. Officials were Mr. Mecham, county chairman; Mrs. Shirley Hollingshead, Minersville chairman; Mrs. Merle Nelson, Beaver chairman, and Mrs. Joan Holland, Milford chairman. Mr. and Mrs. Rolan Larsen and children were in Levan last week end visiting her Milford Post No. 16 of The American Legion will meet of next week, Thursday March 18, In the basement room at St. Bridget's Recreation Hall. Major items of businesss, according to Commander Jess Long, are arrangements for Boys State, membership disWilford cussion, sponsoring the Magician in a Milford ap- pearance, and appointment of a nominating committee. "March 31 is the cut-odate for Boys State," Commander Long said, "and all Legionnaires who have not renewed their membership for 1965 are urged to do so at once, so we can send a full quota of boys to Boys State." ff 9 Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kohler will leave Saturday to spend four days in Las Vegas. Beaver Asks Commission lor 'Hospital Tax' CommisAt last Friday's sion meeting a Beaver delegation asked the county commiscounty-wsioners to assess a ide levy for hospital construction and maintenance. The Utah Supreme Court recently declared the Service Area Act unconstitutional, resulting in invalidation of bonds issued by Service Area No. 1 (the Beaver area). The proposal was that the commissioners assess the mill levy, giving to Service Area No. 2 the Milford area) the 5 mills collected from this end of the county, and giving the 5 mills collected from the east end of the county to a Beaver hospital group. The commissioners "took the matter under advisement." Briefly recapping the "hospital efforts' of Beaver County: Before the Service Area Act was passed by the State Legislature, efforts were made to build a county hospital to serve the entire county. These efforts proved fruitless when Boavrr City representatives on the hospital committee refused to consider a hospital site centrally located near Minersville They Insisted the county hospital be located at Beaver. Beaver County Service Area No. 1 was formed. At first the area included all the area in the east end of the county, all of Minersville, and all of Beaver County west, north and south of Milford, excepting Milford City and South Milford. After objection of Minersville residents and representatives of the Union Pacific Railroad and Power and AT&T companies, the boundaries were drawn in, splitting the county roughly along the top of the Mineral Mountains and excluding Minersville. Service Area No. 2 was formed, with boundaries taking in the west end of the county not included in Service Area No. L Both service areas held bond elections, and voters approved issuance of bonds to construct hospitals in both areas. When question of the validity of the bonds arose, Milford representatives offered to cooperate with Beaver representatives in a test case to prove validity of the bonds. Beaver refused. The Beaver Service Milford Area No. 2 bonds were declared valid. Construction of the Milford Valley Memorial Hospital was begun, and is now completed. When Service Area No 1 (Beaver) was unable to sell their bonds, Milford representatives offered to assist in obtaining a Geriatric (old folks) clinic at ward and Beaver. The offer was rejectout-patie- ed. A Beaver resident brought suit in District Court to test validity of the Beaver area bonds, and on appeal to th Utah Supreme Court the Service Area Act was declared unconstitutional and the Beaver area hospital bonds declared invalid However, the decision stipulated that it should not be "retroactive" and the Milford Area bonds were thus still . valid. Regarding the proposal that the county "take over" responsibility for payment of the Milford area bonds, and levy a legal tax so that Beaver can build a hospital, Milford area residents contend the county commissioners have no such authority, and also contend tax is that if a county-wid- e levied for construction of a hospit.il at Beaver, that hospital would be a "county" hospital and taxpayers of Milford as well as IS. aver would be liable for any deficit in construction, operation and maintenance costs. The Milford Tigers hard-foug- lost contest to the a Mil- lard Eagles last Firday, but still enter the Round Robin tournament at Fillmore Friday evening, to select a third team from this region for the State Class B tournament. The local lads matched baskets with the visitors in the 8 first period for an score, 9 fell behind at the half 0 at the end pulled up to of the third stanza, then faded 3 back to a loss. Steven Miller shelled the hoop for 18 points and high score honors. The box score: MILLARD G F T P 9 4 Quigley Black 4 0 7 2 9 16 Starling G Stephenson 4 5 8 13 S Stephenson 7 3 4 17 6 0 1 12 Ballard 0 0 Memmott 6 2 3 14 Baker 18-1- 46-3- 64-6- 89-7- SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. CATHERINE HESLINGTON Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth Jones were conducted 88, Wednesday in the Milford LDS Church under direction of Robert Tomsik. Mrs. Heslington died Sunday in a Beaver County hospital after a short illness. The services were as follows; Prayer at the mortuary, preceding the services, Robert Tomsik. Invocation, Alfred Horton. Song, Josephine Killam, Jer-ri- e Kirk and David Williams, accompanied by Janet Williams. ter, Ogden. Mur-roy- DOWN; STILL IN ROUND ROBIN Obituary, Richard Jones. During the convention the Violin solo, Macel Horton, history of the organizaiton was by Beth Edwards. accompanied briefly traced. The members Cecil EdRemarks, Bishop were told it began in the early wards. 18th century in England and Sprig, ladies' double quartet, came to the United States in Mabel Heder, Gladys Whitta-ker- , 1819. The Utah Lodge was esFlorence Hiatt, Beverly tablished in 1865. Ann Cropper, accompaWright, has the Today organization Florence Beard. nied by trown to 1,500,000 members in Mel Heslington. Benediction, Union of state and the every Milford City in The grave in 16 countries throughout the was dedicated by Cemetery world. Bishop Leon Jones. Out of town relatives attending included Mrs. Mae JohnSERVICES HELD IN son and family, Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Haner and family, Mr. KANSAS FOR MRS. and Mrs. Jay Haskins and famBERTHA MOORE ily. Salt Lake: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Griffiths and family, OgMrs. Bertha E. Moore. 83, a den; Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Miller, native of Galesburg, Kansas Kearns; Mrs. Kathryn Briggs, and Milford resident, died West Jordan; Mr. and Mrs. L. March 2 in a Salina. Kansas, H. Griffiths and family, Murhospital of heart failure. ray; Mrs. Jean Marley and She had lived with her son, children, Bountiful; Mr. and Alva Moore, since last OctoMrs. Marrell Hunter, Spring-ville- ; ber. Richard Heslington and She was born June 20, 1881, Mrs. Edris Jones, Provo; Don at Galesburg, and was a memand Howard Heslington, Bountber of the Methodist Church. iful; Roy Heslington and famOther survivors include a son, ily, Bishop, Calif.; Elaine GrifJames E. Moore, Milford; a fiths, Logan; Mr. and Mrs. daughter, Mrs. Velma McCoy, Russell Griffiths and family, Chanutte, Kansas; a sister, Mrs. Delta: Mont Griffiths, Martinez, Betty Neeley, Galesburg; 12 Calif.; and many friends and grandchildren and 15 greatrelatives from Beaver, Minersgrandchildren. ville and Greenville. James Lewis She married was Mrs. Heslington born Moore at Galesburg, March 15, Nov. 12, 1876, in Adamsville, 1899. He died Oct. 12. 1938, to John J. and Sarah Griffiths at Chanute. Kansas. Jones. She married Abraham She came to Milford in 1940, Heslington Aug. 22, 1894, in and while here was very active the Manti LDS Temple. He in Methodist Church affairs. died Dec. 7, 1932. Funeral services were conShe was an active member ducted last Friday at Gales' of the LDS Church. burg. Survivors include a son, Alfred, Minersville; daughters Mrs. Morgan (Sarah) Griffiths, THOMAS AUBREY Mrs. Kent (Hannah) Smith, both of Milford, and Mrs. May DIES IN SALT LAKE Johnson, Salt Lake; also 17 Thomas J. Aubrey, former grandchildren, 44 Milford resident, died Thursand eight day of last week in a Salt Lake hospital, of natural causes. He was born June 22, 1913. CATHOLIC LADIES in Kentucky, to James H. and He married Mary Lou Aubrey READY FOR ANNUAL Norma Marshall Jan. 15. 1937, ST. PAT'S DINNER in Milford. He was a truck driver. He Next Wednesday, March 17, was a member of the LDS Patrick's Day," Father "Si Church. Valine and the Catholic Lahis are widow; Surviving dles will serve their annual sons Terry and Alan, both of St. Patrick's Day Dinner to Salt Lake; brothers and sisters, Milford area "Irishmen." the Russell, Elizabethtown, Ky ; Met-coland Mrs. Margaret The menu will Include the both of Hodgenville, Ky traditional mulligan stew, Funeral services were concorned beef and cabbage, ducted Saturday in Salt Lake. Laxagna, and possibly other the treats for delightful Mr. and Mrs. Karl Hanney gourmet. nie expected to return to MilDinner will be served from ford Thursday after caring for 5 to 8 p. m., at M for adults the children of Mr and Mrs Kent Hanney in Salt Lake for and 50c for children. Tickets a week, while Kent and wife may be obtained from ladles of the church, or at the door. were in Arizona. Ir-vi- n f. 12 18 10 TOTALS MILFORD J Roberts Bedingfield Nichols Miller Willingham B Roberta Gillins Smith Reese Tomsik TOTALS 38 13 29 89 G F T P 14 6 6 1113 S 1 6 5 102 0 7 2 0 6 0 0 3 1 11 7 17 0 2 2 2 5 16 0 0 4 15 12 1 27 19 28 73 MATH STUDENTS TAKE TEST IN CEDAR CITY A group of Milford High School students this region's strongest achievers in mathematics traveled to College of Southern Utah last Saturday to participate in a state-wid- e mathematics contest. The annual contest has been sponsored for the past eight years by the Junior Division of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. Mrs. Jean J. Pedersen, U of U Deof Mathematics, is partment state chairman. Purpose of the contest is to encourage the study of mathematics among high school students and to reward those students who show outstanding ability and progress in their studies. Prizes, including gold, silver and bronze pins and awards in the form of certifi- cates, are made to the statewide winners and to winners in each region. Attending from Beaver Coun ty were Judy Naruse, Joyce Yount, Steven Miller, Gary Tomsik, Mike Symond, Laura Sherwood, Bruce Lynn Mayer, Blaine Roberts and Robert Willingham. MOSS ASKS $2 MILL LOTS OF WATER IN SNOW PACK By Max L. Phillips We were very disappointed with the February precipitation but the water outlook is still much brighter than it was last year at this time. The Beaver Mountain snow courses were measured Feb. 23. At Merchant Valley there was 24 inches of snow containing 7.2 inches of water, compared to 10 inches of snow containing 1.9 inches of water last year at this time. Average water contest for the first of March is 8.5 inches. This makes us about 85 of average. At Otter Lake there was 38 inches of snow containing 11.2 inches of water, compared to 25 inches of snow containing 5.2 inches of water last year. The average March 1 water content at Otter Lake is 13.0 inches, making us about 86 of average. At Big Flat there was 45 inches of snow containing 14.3 inches of water, compared to 25 inches of snow containing 5.8 inches of water last year. The 1948-- 62 average water content for March 1 is 15.0 inches, so we are about 95 of average at Big Flat. Some of the people I have talked with had the idea that we already have more water content in our snow pack than we had at any time last winter. This idea is incorrect. Last winter for our May 1 reading at Big Flat we had 51 inches of snow, containing 16.0 inches of water. The Big Flat rain gauge showed a February catch of only 0.95 inches, compared to 0.50 last year. At the Beaver rain gauge, 0.53 inches of precipitation was recorded for the month of February, compared to only 0.01 inches last year. The 1931 to 1960 February average at Beaver is 0.98 inches. On Feb. 19 George Rich and of the Forest representatives Service and Soil Conservation Service did a little checking of the snow conditions about two miles above Anderson Meadow Reservoir. We estimate the elevation there to be about the same as the Otter Lake Snow Course, which is 9300 feet. In the openings the snow depth averaged 49 inches and contained 14 inches of water. Back in the timber the snow depth averaged 37 inches and the water content 10.2 inches. This area slopes to the north Continued on Back Page ON FOR WATER SHED IMPROVEMENT IN COUNTY Senator Frank E. Moss announced that a vast land and and rehabilitation watershed flood control project for Beaver and Iron Counties has been approved by the Bureau of the Budget and sent to ConOverall gress for approval. is with cost $2,556,900, project a direct grant from the Gov eminent in the amount of $944,400. Sponsoring agencies which will participate are Utah Department of Fish and Game. Co.. Rocky Ford Irrigation Minersville Reservoir and Irrigation Co.. the Town of Beaver Minersville. County Soil Commission, and Twin-Conservation District. The work plan has been approved by the Bureau of the Budget and transmitted to the Senate and House Interior and Agriculture Committees. Senator Moss is a member of the Senate Interior Committee. "Important rehabilitation measures needed to reverse land deterioration and to pro vide better use of already meager water supplies will be financed by this plan," Senator Moss said. He outlined some of the projects included as construction of 18.000 feet of main channel lined with concrete, in addition to lining 97,000 feet of lateral canals. A large amount of pipe will be laid in of to construction addition several structures for more effective water control. "In addition, the Bureau of Land Management and the U S. Forest Service will cooperate to take a number of actions on projects to improve the lands and to put into effect fire control plans in cooperation with the State.'' according to Senator Moss. The overall flood control measures and land rehabilitation projects included in this program will greatand the ly benefit farmers communities by providing increased control over all water in the watershed. two-count- y |