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Show i WEEKLY FtEFLEX-DAV- ) NEWS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 10, 1977 IS Newell Receives Silver Beaver Award Parker, age He has also served on several Council Committees and Eagle Awards of review. 53, received the Eager Beaver Award recently at the Lake Bonneville Council Awards Banquet held at Weber State College, Jan. 26. This award is given to men HE RECEIVED his Eagle Scout badge in 1952. He has been involved in many training and activity camps and has attended National Jamborees held in various locations of the country. One year ago he was awarded his who have continued their service in scouting after they have received their Silver Beaver Award which Mr. Parker received in 1961. pin as a registered scouter. Mr. Parker is active in the LDS Church and is a High Priest in the Sunset LDS 1st Ward. He is a Master and has been in the Elders MR. PARKER began his scouting career of 41 years as a Boy Scout in Bloomington, Idaho in Troop 96 and four in years Explorer Post 396. After spending one and a half years in the armed services he returned home and became the scout master of the troop which he was once a member. in Idaho and has served in Ward M.I.A. Presidency and has done much to promote scouting for the LDS church on a ward, stake and general basis participating in the Quorum Presidency Bloomington, He has held many positions in scouting in Bloomington, Explorado held in 1963. CIVIC HIS activities include being vice president of the Jr. Chamber of Com- Henderson, Nevada, Ogden and Sunset. Such positions have been scoutmaster, Ward Troop committee chairman, Stake scout leader, deputy district commissioner, district commissioner, chairman of the Gateway District Scout Committee and at the present time Mr. Parker is serving as Gateway District chairman. merce. He is the father of five children, four of whom are and nine living grandchildren. His children are Paul, who was killed in Susan, Brenda who Vietnam; are married; Thomas, who is presently serving a LDS Mission in North Carolina and who Rosalie recently graduated from the Clearfield High School. HE IS married to the former Edith Knighton of Syracuse, Utah. Newell is to be congratulated for his many vw accomplishments, Mack Watkins Installed As Davis United Way President W. Children from Crestview Elem. in Layton kept a container on their E. Layton school hus for the March of Dimes Drive and donated over $114. CHILDREN CONTRIBUTE which they presented to the March of Dimes telerama on Sunday, Jan. 30. This group of Crestview Elementary students from East Layton conducted a campaign to collect money for THIS GROUP of children were very concerned, interested and worked hard on this project. They were pleased and happy with the amount of money they were able to contribute. They hope it will help someone less fortunate than the March of Dimes. DURING THE six days preceding the telerama, these young people gave pennies, dimes, quarters, etc. and dropped the money into a container they had placed on their school bus No. 72. They collected $114.41 they. At Temperatures are dropping at most places on Hill AFB this week, as thermostats are lowered to comply with round. President Carters energy conservation policy. OFFICE thermostats are being set on 65 degrees, previously they were 67 degrees. Warehouses and aircraft repair hangars have their thermostats regulated to 55 degrees. THE GENERAL noted that there was no growth in energy consumption at Hill AFB in Fiscal year 1976 compared with Fiscal Year 1975. In fact, there was a .883 per cent THE HOSPITAL will maintain 68 degrees in most areas including the wards. Operat- ing room temperatures are set to 72 degrees. Different drop. The goal for Fiscal Year 1977 will continue to be no General Rafalko growth temperatures have been set in specialized facilities. The Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory, for example, maintains a required 68 degree temperature year- said. MONITORED will be use of natural gas, electricity, heating oil, vehicle gasoline and diesel fuel. Brig. Schulstad, George L. deputy com- mander of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service at Dallas, Tex., has been named as vice commander of the Ogden Air Logistics Center, effective Feb. 15. HE REPLACES Brig. Gen. John R. Paulk, who will leave Hill AFB later this month to become Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, North American Command-AerospacDefense Defense Command, Peterson AFB, Colo. Air General Schulstad e is a command pilot with more than 6,200 flying hours. He has commanded the 560th and Tactical Fighter 308th Squadrons and served on the staff at Headquarters Tactical Air Command and the Air Staff in Washington RECENT assignments include vice commander, 432nd Tactical Fighter - Reconnaissance Wing in Thailand; Commander of the 405th Fighter Wing and Third Tactical Fighter Wing in the Philipand Commander of Force Air Exchange Service, Pacific. In addition to extensive flying assignments with Air Force Fighter Units in the Paeific, Europe, and the U.S., General Schulstad has participated in pilot exchange Royal programs with the Canadian Air Force in Europe and the U.S. Navy's Pacific and Fleet. HE ALSO earned a military parachutist rating from the U.S. Army Airborne Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga. He assumed his current duties with the exchange service in April 1976. GENERAL clude the Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster, the Distinguished Flying Cross with one gold star, the Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster, Air Medal with three gold stars, and the Air Force, Army and Navy Commendation Medals. 40 Contracts Awarded To Utah Concerns Forty Air Force contracts, totaling $1,583,036 have been awarded to Utah concerns by of the Directorate Procurement and Production at Hill AFB. Schulstads THE TOP money contract was awarded to Standard Register of Salt Lake City. The firm will provide $250,006 in tabulating paper for computer and other operations at the Utah Air Base. and Moving Baileys Storage of North Salt Lake City will provide crating and packing services under $185,327 a award. B.W. THORPE of Ogden received a $125,222 contract to replace boilers in a base building. F.J. Burton Construction Co. of Salt Lake City will repair facilities at Hill AFB under a $105,976 award. OTHER contracts were with concerns in the Brigham City to Provo area. this case be settled out of court? that's what we Kelly--Surwere trying to do, your honor, when the police interferred. Judge-Ca- e, nt industrys share of total credit declined to 24.1 per cent by 1975. In ad- year-en- d the Understandably, the stant decline in market, share spread between income generated profit-bearin- g from lending and the cost of funds employed has widened significantly over the past two years. Also, deliquency rates have declined steadily from the levels of the Overall, the industrys profit prospects appear bright for the year ahead. Unlike earnings, however, the industrys record of stock market performance was fur less impressive in 1976. Uncertainty over the industry's competitive outlook ranks high among the factors contributing to the sluggishness. 1974-197- the ESSENTIALLY, groups ability to preserve its market share appears doubtful, and hence recent comhave pany assessments emphasized diversification into unrelated operations. in this growth, credit held by the sector grew at a smaller compounded annual rate of 5.1 per cent, from trend. con- - the increased reflects availability, of installment credit at commercial banks and credit unions. THE issuance of credit cards, department stores and other retail outlets have also captured a larger share of total credit. To cope with this intensify- ing competition, many large finance companies have con- solidated operations and diversified into unrelated areas such as insurance, manufacturing, and retailing. UNLIKE banking institutions, finance and personal loan conduct companies lending functions in the absence of a deposit base. Consequently, these firms must utilize large amounts of debt in order to raise funds on which interest can be earned. Firms can influence earnings somewhat by varying the proportion of long- - and shortterm debt, but otherwise the cost of funds is beyond the companies control. On the revenue side, the industry is closely monitored by state and federal statutes which regulate the size of loans as Road Work The Utah Transportation Commission has programmed a group of state construction projects totaling $1,723,000 for calendar year 1977. State construction projects are funded strictly with state revenue. THE COMMISSION, acting in its Jan. 21, 1977 meeting in St. George, approved the projects from prioritized lists totaling $36,767,000 provided by each of the Utah Department of Transportation's district directors. Limited funds dictated the small number of projects that could be improvements to Washington Boulevard at Burch Creek, $20,000 to correct drainage problems on Riverdale Road at Burch Creek, $21,000 for seal coating various highways in Ogden City, and $25,000 to resurface Washington Boulevard from 21st Street to 23rd Street, and from 31st Street to 33rd Street. The largest project in the approved group was a $500,000 resurfacing job in J uab County on temporary (old ). It will begin approximately three miles west of Levan and extend about 12 miles south pipe. If all of the scheduled projects are to be completed, at least $600,000 will have to be appropriated for state construction purposes in the 1977-7fiscal year. scheduled. US-9- toward Scipio. OTHER LARGE projects included $200,000 for bridge between deck repair on 2400 South and the Beck Street overpass in Salt Lake City, and $175,000 for resurfacing State Street in Salt Lake City between 21st South and 35th South. ONE PROJECT for $40,000 was approved for Davis County. The project will replace the drainage pipe on at Barton Creek in Bountiful with a new larger 9 ANOTHER LIST totaling approximately $43 million and consisting largely of resurfacing projects was not even presented to the Commission because of limited funds available. RECOGNIZED Five projects totaling were approved for the Weber County area. They included $30,000 to purchase right-of-wafor the future connection of 30th Street to 31st Street west of Wall Ave., $40,000 for safety and drainage y well as their related rates and terms. IN ADDITION to personal lending, finance companies usually offer a broad range of commercial financing services. Accounts receivable financing, factoring, and in- dustrial leasing are among services typically offered. Serving needs of business as well as those of consumers, finance companies are more favorably positioned to pass higher costs on to customers. second annual meeting of the United Way held at Oakridge Country Club, as president of the United Way of Davis County. Mr. Watkins is a resident of Kaysville. OTHER OFFICERS and members of the Executive Committee include Calvin J. Udy, Farmington, presidentelect; Henry E. Heath, Kaysimmediate ville, past president; Loren D. Martin, secretary-treasurer- ; Bountiful, A.B. Simmons, Bountiful, Agency Relations & Communications chairman; Norman L. Beers, Centerville, Planning & Allocations chairman; and Margaret Adams, Layton, Information & Referral chairperson. Other members of the Board renominated for another term were lone Roy C. Evans, LaRue Hugoe, Nathaniel Johnson, Shirl Randall, Dean Stahle, and Fred Stringham. Ben-nio- BY State Sets $136,000 FIXING IT UP the dition, preliminary figures for last year suggest a continuation of the unfavorable ticipated in- D C. MORE pines; Army awards and decorations million in 1966 to $38.9 million in 1975. FROM 32.5 per cent in 1966, $24.8 approach or exceed earlier records as their reports are released. total installment credit increased at a compounded annual rate of 8.1 per cent to in 1975. $161.8 million Although finance and personal loan companies par- Logistics Center Gen. improved Reflecting economic conditions and strengthened public confidence, 1976 earnings for From $76.2 million in 1966, New Vice Commander At Air Finance Industry Earnings Should Show Good Increase INDUSTRYWIDE, from the Civil Engineering Division ad-is making the temperature justments. Meanwhile Maj. Gen. Edmund A. Rafalko, Ogden Air Logistics Center commander, has set some energy goals of his own for Fiscal Year 1977. CREW A this year from the Board. installed Tuesday at the most major finance and personal loan companies shouTcf Temperatures Hill Will Be Lowered W. Mack Watkins, senior securities representative for Kidder Peabody Co., Inc., was of consMrs. Biter-Ta- lk cience! I dont believe you know what a conscience is. Mr. Biter I do. Its that inward monitor that, when you've done wrong, prompts you to think up an excuse for blaming someone else. BECAUSE demand for commercial the ALSO, vices intensifies periods ser- during of tight money, profit margins are usually more stable than they are for per- sonal loan companies. Despite uncertainty surthe rounding industrys competitive situation, the near-terprofit picture remains bright. Continued expansion of the peak borrowing-ag- e group (25-35- ) seems certain. Also, the overall demand for commercial services is still improving. INVESTORS owning the common stocks of Beneficial Corp., CIT Financial, and Household Finance are advised to maintain hold positions. For representation in the industry, we recommend purchase of W.E. Heller International common. For a free report of this company, write NEW BOARD members nominated and approved were Robert Goldsberry, Sheryl Allen, Walter M. Bain, Bruce Thoren, Jean Green, Claude Mangum and Almon J. Flake. A. Stevenson, Gayle Nominating - Wednesday night visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Wells F. Collett were her sister and brother-in-law- , Mr. and Mrs. J. Graydon Robinson of Kanab. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson visited with relatives prior to entering the LDS Mission home in Salt Lake City on Sat. They will serve a LDS Work Mission to the Oklahoma-TulsMission. a Miss Julia Cullimore has returned back to her studies at Utah State University in Logan after undergoing major surgery at the Logan LDS Hospital. She is the daughter of Coach and Mrs. Jay F. Cullimore. Mr. and Mrs. Cullimore's son Ron Cullimore and wife received injuries recently in an automobile accident in Farmington. They are in satisfactory condition now Haights Creek Officers Elected January 15th During the annual meeting of of the stockholders Co., Creek Irrigation Haights held Jan. 15, 1977 at the H.C. Burton Elementary School, elections were held. were OFFICERS David A. Stewart. Sidney D. Stewart, Ben O. Brough, Samuel G. Ravmond and Clifton Linford with J. Cleon Christensen as secretary, np the United Way administratended the year within the approved budget. Mack Watkins reported that $82,544 had been raised during the 197S campaign, which is 152.5 percent of the goal ive operation ($54,100). HE ALSO indicated that was contributed to the United Way by employers and employees working in Davis County in 1976. This includes the Combined Federal Campaign and other large accounts worked by Salt Lake $380 and Ogden. Mr. Watkins also presented the Campaign Leadership Award to Kenway Inc., Bountiful, for their excellent support of United Way. 73 percent of the Kenway employees participated in the campaign and contributed $13,519. KEN RICHINS, Kenway matched president, employees contribution with a firm gift of $13,519. Rod Hill, Kenway controller, received the award on behalf of Mr. Richins, who was unable to attend. A special Fair Share Award was presented to Fram Corp., Freeport Center. They increased employee giving from $230 in 1975 to $7,392 in 1976. 58 percent of the employees contributed to the campaign effort and out of those contributors, 89 percent of them were fair share pledges (1 month). hours pay per SCOTT WILSON, personnel NORMAN BEERS reported on the progress of the allocations process and its association with Salt Lake and Ogden. He indicated that volun- teers were reviewing agency budgets, visiting agency staff in order to become familiar with program accomplishments and needs. He said it is very difficult to allocate the funds because the agency requests are more than the funds raised. MARGARET Adams reported that the Information & Referral Service has had a successful beginning since it started March 1, 1976. More than 2,000 calls have been handled by the I&R Coor dinator, Mrs. Vicki P. Johnson. Henry E. Heath, outgoing United Way president, was Master of Ceremonies for the annual meeting. He was presented with a plaque for his leadership and the time devoted during his term of office. MR. HEATH, in his closing remarks, expressed appreciation to the United Way in Salt Lake and Ogden for their support. He also called on the Board to do a better job of telling the United Way story to the public and to recruit additional volunteers to the program. Getting Homerjorli Done BY FLORENCE Kaysville secretary-tr- reported that High Time Inc., Wellesley Hills, Mass. 02181. Committee chairman presented the new officers and board members. He was also recognized for the service he rendered to the United Way as campaign chairman and president of the United Way. He is resigning Babsons Reports to W. LOREN D. Martin, easurer, Fram Corp. received the award for Mack Smith, Fram manager. Stan Smedley and Ralph Mabey, Campaign vice chairmen, were also recognized for their leadership. Other Camchairmen paign Division were presented with Campaign awards. manager, BITTNER Getting our weekend homework done usually takes care of my Sunday afternoons. I asked a teacher at last Parent-Teache- r Conference if I am going to get a diploma come June and he laughed and laughed. didnt 1 think it was funny. a high school diploma tucked away some place, but Id sure hate to have to take it back for retread. The part of our homework I help with is in those subjects I continued to pursue after school doors I HAVE closed I'm people I like behind me. about as lazy as most and I study the things to learn about. If its work, I only do what I am forced to do. Which leaves cavernous holes in my education. THE WORLD has continued on at such a pace I sometimes marvel that we of my generation manage to muddle along at all in today's technological society. I feel the cold wind through the gaps in my knowledge, but before my father died at age 86, he knew the holes in his book of knowledge let in gale force winds which would have blown him completely out of the job market. HE EXPLAINED to me in those last months of his life what it was like to get an education in the west. When someone came to town who could read and write and figure, the town just sort of drafted them to teach school. We had a building with one room upstairs and one downstairs. One year the two-roo- teacher would be a housewife; the next year it might be a farmer, and we never went more than two months in the fall and maybe one in the winter. Mostly we were needed to help out at home. If a young person could muddle through a reader, knew his times tables and his s it was sufficient and he could get about the business of living. In such an environment, a college really was the doorway to success and only a favored few walked take-away- through it. OFTEN PEOPLE continued their education after school until, like my father, they became proficient at the basic skills, but people who could neither read nor write were not uncommon. My fathers mother grew up on the Big Muddy in what is now Nevada and is under the waters of Lake Meade. She could sign her name and read a few words, but she never spent a day in a school room. Boys might need education, but for girls it was a waste of time. Talking to my father that last winter of his life when he lived aware before events with me, became as I had never been of the great span of in one lifetime. The attitude 1 of my childrens generation to education is one of the most visible and far reaching of the changes in the diploma unlocked most doors. Today it is taken for granted that people are educated. Of my generation I have only known one individual who could neither read nor write. I have an education. Of course I have. And a very useful one too on Sunday afternoons when its homework time, but my sons know better than to bring their math and chemistry and physics to me for my help. ; IF THE education of my young were left up to me, we would probably communicate in pictures. On cave walls. : Illegitimate Births: lip The percentage of illegitimate births in the United States increased to a record percentage - 14.2 - in 1975, according to recently released figures. WHILE THE percentage is up, births in general continue to decline, as economic problems, the pill, and the rash of articles and urgings for women to forsake home life all have their effect. It is difficult to explain the rising percentage of illegiwith todays timacy availability of the pill and abortions. life of the individual. CERTAINLY SCHOOL AT the beginning of this century was at best an expensive luxury usually reserved for a fortunate few. The great bulk of mankind could get by very well with a understanding basics. A college rudimentary of the children brought into the world in this category are handicapped; parents who ignore this truism exhibit a selfishness, or ignorance, churches, social workers and community leaders must strive hard to counter. |