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Show Local business founder Virgil T. Hilton, dies A well known Clearfield resident, Virgil T. Hilton, 80, died last Thursday, July 10, 1980, at his home, 139 N. 300 E. Mr. Hilton was one of toe founders of toe McEntire and Hilton Lumber Co. though he was retired at toe time of his death. Mr. Hilton was bora Sept. 14, 1899, in Virgin, Utah, a son of John Hugh IV FINISHING TOUCHES ARE A V A I Mi ww T I I I II II I T SsUI being put on the four tennis courts in Steed Park this week. Constructed by John Edmond H. Edman Construction Co. of Ogden at a cost of $54,690, the lighted courts will not be available for use until an adjacent parking lot and path are completed. Past Publisher fulfills long time dream By Keith Duncan (Editors Note: The following article is the first of a two-pa- rt story revealing some of the facts that led to the recent move of J. Howard Stahle to Fallon, Nevada on the sale of Stahle Publications to the Standard Corporation). Some peoples dreams sometimes become rusty and forgotten, some are never forgotten and then there are those that manage to survive, coming true in every aspect they were dreamed. J. Howard Stahle, who for 26 years labored with brain and brawn to produce a newspaper that Roy and surrounding communities could be proud of, may have "his dream blossoming into reality. From the first day I worked on a was to someday own and operate a small daily newspaper, admitted Mr. newspaper, my dream Stahle, Its difficult now, to think its all coming true. About 65 miles east of Reno, Nevada, is a city named Fallon. There is where Mr. Stahles newspaper career will continue and dreams hopefully fulfilled. Glen Adams, Howards son who has worked side by side with his father at the Roy based plant for the past 11 years, reported, Its always been my father's dream to operate a small daily. At times he mentioned to me that he had forgotten about the possibility ' of moving to Fallon, but I knew that be hadnt, continued Glen. Mr. Stahle, with his wife Bonnie at his side; have left behind their . interests in Stahle Publications and now devote their working working days to the building of one of Nevadas oldest newspapers. The name Stahle Publications has been changed to Sun Publishing Incorporated by the plants new owners, the Standard Corporation, owners of the Ogden Standard-Examine- r. From his office in Fallon, Howard It's very difficult to commented, wake up one morning and realize youve left behind a lot of close friends and acquaintances. I always felt like I was one with the community in Roy. The character of the people within that city meant very much to me, he said. Howard, who was chosen as Roys Outstanding Young Man in 1958, felt toe local newspapers he managed in Roy and surrounding cities were limited by growth potential because of being so close to a major daily newspaper. Being newspaper people, we thought it would be advantageous to take the reins of toe Fallon newspaper so we could extend our newspaper careers, Howard stated. Mr. Stahle further commented, Weve managed to find a newspaper that fits toe criteria that toe future growth will bring it back to daily. Presently the Fallon paper, which is entitled toe Eagle Standard, is printed just four times a week with plans to move it to a daily in the near future: The Eagle Standard now circulates about 2,000 newspapers in each printing. Wed like to bring that to 5,000 in the near future, added Mr. Stahle. The Fallon newspaper first got its start in 1906 and has been going strong since then. The operation is now y housed in a building with two-stor- newer and more modem equipment being added each day. The newspaper is toe life and breath of the community, the birth of a new child, the beginning and ending of a school year, getting married, injury, visits from out of town, outstanding achievements, advertising and everything, said Mr. Stahle. and Maria Parker Hilton. He was married to Mabel McEntire on June 29, 1936, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He spent his early life in Hinckley, Utah, and graduated from Millard Academy in Delta, Utah. He attended Brigham Young University and graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in accounting. He was an active member of the LDS Church and served a mission in the Northwestern States Mission. He served as the first bishop of toe Cummings Ward in Salt Lake City . He had been counselor in the bishopric of toe Clearfield 1st Ward and served on community. Glen further stated, There is no doubt that my father is happy where he is and if everything goes fine in the purchasing process, hell be the happiest man I know. Glen seemed relieved of the fact that his father and mother are going to like the atmosphere that exists in Fallon. Itll be good for small-tow- n them to get away from the fast and driving pace they were keeping here in Roy. Fallon is just the kind of town that dad has wanted to live in for quite some time, he said. great-grandchil- d. Clearfield Job Corps will host boxing matches Mose Watkins, Center Director of Gearfield Job Corps announced toe hosting of the National Job Corps boxing elimination and conference championship matches. These bouts will take place on July 18 and 22 in toe Centers Martin Luther King Field House. Teams from Texas, Nevada, Missouri, and California competing against will be boxers from Gearfield. Glen Adams, who will stay behind in Roy under the new management, said, My father always felt that the newspaper should be the heart of the the high council of the North Davis Stake. He had been counselor in the Clearfield Stake Presidency and served as patriarch of the Clearfield Stake. He was a patriarch in the Clearfield Utah North Stake. In 1947 he moved to Clearfield and started the with his father-in-laMcEntire and Hilton Lumber Co. He was retired. He was also active in community affairs and had served as a member of the Clearfield City Council. He was a member and past president of the Clearfield Kiwanis Gub. Surviving are his widow of Qearfield; two daughters, Mrs. Don L. (Joyce) Davis, Las Vegas, Nev.; Mrs. Kenneth H. (Linda Rae) Adams, East Layton; eight grandchildren and one Also surviving are three brothers, Eugene Hilton, Oakland, Calif.; Gement P. Hilton, American Fork; Lyle Hilton, Mesa, Ariz. Funeral services were held Monday at 1 p.m. in the Gearfield 3rd Ward Chapel. All A.A.U. weight classes will be represented with the winners fighting the Eastern representatives for National Job Corps titles on the August 16 in Sacramento, California. National Job Corps is working in conjunction with the Olympic Sport Organizations to sponsor such boxing championships during 1980. Boxing has been one of the most popular of all sports activities for Job Corps enrollees. The public is invited to attend both matches which will begin at 7 p.m. There will be a small admission charge at the door. Clearfield police officer places high in competition A Gearfield police officer took first place in the power weight lifting segment of the Western Region Police Olympics. Officer Scott Gianchetta won the gold medal in the event sponsored by the Salt Lake County P.D. last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Gianchetta lifted three weights totalling 1000 pounds to achieve the victory. The Gearfield Police Departments bowling team also made a spectacular showing walking away with a bronze medal. Members of toe team are: Officer Gianchetta, Lt. Chuck Chadbourae, and officers Bill Nielsen, Ron Campbell and Dick Martin. Gianchetta also earned a silver medal in the singles bowling event. DssFiFtoDdl Written up in a 1940s postal mail magazine as the only man-wif- e carrier team in the United States Myron and Lucille Mabey are an integral part of the history of Clearfield. Both descended from farm g families with toe type of the made has that pioneer spirit history of Clearfield literally that of making the desert blossom like a rose. One cannot mention the postal service in Gearfield without listing toe name of Myron Mabey. Myron was the first and for many years the only mail carrier in Gearfield. The citys first U.S. post office was established about 1910 in a small corner of the Gearfield Mercantile Company, with Herbert E. Smith as postmaster. Later a small office was tucked away in a corner of the more sturdy brick structure which later replaced toe Mercantile. The business was later taken over by Jesse H. Barlow who became the next postmaster The business has been operated by the Barlow family since. It was July 5, 1931 that Mabey started with the post office, covering a route that now takes sixteen route carriers to cover. We only had rural service then. Those living in the city proper had to pick up their own mail from the post office, he said. My route (Clinton, Sunset, West Point, North Gearfield) covered 32 miles. I worked six days a week for $1,440 a year in the beginning. By the time the war started, income had increased to $1,980. "There was no way to clear toe roads in those days. Sometimes toe snow drifts were ten feet high but we would do anything to get that mall delivered although we werent hard-workin- required to under such conditions. My brother Phil helped me a lot. One time when I had broken my leg on a. toboggan ride Phil delivered the mail on horseback as toe snow was too deep for a car. It took him two days, half the route one day and half toe next. Sometimes the Bennetts down in West Point would hook up a team of horses and pull me around. Lack of Men to Carry toe Mail It was during 1944, toe war was still in progress, that Lucille became a mail carrier. At the time she was working for the ration office. Offered a job by the postmaster Lucilles reply to the affirmative caught the postmaster by surprise who then exclaimed youre kidding. Some of the bravado leaving her, Lucille then said, Well yes, because I thought you were too. Upon finding out that there was a severe shortage of men available to do such jobs and discovering the pay to be double what she was making at the rations office she began a four-yecareer with toe post office. The long hours (We didnt have set hours, worked until toe job was done) and hard work finally drove Myron to insist that she either quit working or get another job. That winter, 1948 brought toe deepest snow in record. Officers were stationed on street corners to make certain that no one ar disobeyed the warning being broadcast on toe radio for everyone to stay off the roads. One of the officers pulled me over while I was delivering my route, and after delivering a lot of expletives in my direction he asked if was I was crazy and what in the Third in a series I doing anyway? I told him to look in the back of toe car where I had the mail bags. He then wished me luck and I was on my way. with plenty of men back from toe war, she applied for work at toe base. Two weeks later Lucille had a job there. Bountiful Mabeys Move to Gearfield Myrons father, Joseph L. Mabey Sr., came to Gearfield from Bountiful in 1902. He built toe family home on 700 South Street and there he and his good wife Margaret raised their children. An interesting twist to this story: Myrons father purchased a piece of farming ground in 1906 from toe trustees for the Union Pacific Railroad. He sold it a couple of years later. Hie ground changed hands many times and was purchased in 1932 by Roy Pullum, Lucilles father. In 1960 Myron and Lucille purchased that same piece of property from her parents. It is now leased to a prominent contractor and comprises of the Lakeside Square Shopping Center. The highlight of the Shopping Center is the Pond the shops are built around and which the Mabeys did not choose to lease out. Dad used to plow and plant toe spot where the pond now exists. The pond didnt appear until after toe Davis Weber Canal was built and they started to irrigate. Lucilles father Roy Pullum was a millwright In Logan. Hie family, Roy, his wife Olga and Lucille, their only child, moved to the Ogden area when she was only eight years old. "There wasnt a school within walking distance to the farm in Logan and they By 1948 wouldnt let me ride a horse back and forth each day, so we moved to Ogden so I could attend school. While living in Ogden, Mr. Pullum finished and layed floors all over the state, according to Myron and Lucille. In fact he layed the marble floor in toe Union Pacific Depot in Ogden and depots in Cedar Gty and Green River. But Dad always wanted to return to farming, said Lucille. He was associated with Federal Building and when he found out this piece of property was for sale in Gearfield he bought it. That was in 1932. Twenty years ago Myron and Lucille purchased it from her parents. of title in the first hands out, points Myrons private owner of that particular piece of ground was a Mabey and it has reverted, after changing hands many So, as the abstract times, back to that family. Served Under Five Postmasters Myrons 35 year career in the postal system spanned toe careers of five postmasters. They were Jesse D. Barlow, Carl B. Green, Pearl Wilcox, Earl James and Howard Stoddard. Their son Chuck is carrying on the family tradition. He is a mail carrier e in Gearfield having started in 1966, the year his father retired. re THE DUCKS SEEM TO enjoy the serenity of the pond located In Lakeside Square. full-tim- |