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Show EOXHOIDHR r : rh ..3 Volume J 4 Dragerton, Carbon County, Utah, Wednesday, Slay Phone Exchange Set For East Carbon Area Dragerton Office Opens May 17 For New Dial System Arvilla King Gains 0. ORAL O Washington Safety Invitation Number 26 Per Copy 5c 16, 1951 MERR1HEW 9 v SV y V $ S t V Sf : s tion to attend the Presidents Highway Safety conference in Washington, D. C. in June. The conference is sponsored by the National Committee for Traffic Safety. The formal engraved invitation reads: The President invites Mrs. Arvilla Clark King to attend the sessions of the Highway Safety conference to be held in Washington, D. C. on June 13, 14 and 15, 1951. The discussion subject for the conference will relate to the gearing of organized public support to the national emergency program of safe and efficient highway transportation and conservation of manpower and economic resources through reduction of traffic accidents. The National Federation of BPW clubs cooperates with the National Committee for Traffic Safety and the Autorhative Safety Foundation for its programs in the field of safety. It will have several important recommendations to make at the presidents highway safety conference. ,'Xv'v t ' i By virtue of her position as State Health and Safety chairman, in the Utah Federation of Business and Professional Womens clubs, Mrs. Arvilla King, is the recipient of a special invita- siwwo W V. . , v- f i s y oc a v.- .y f s , - ' ' ' i f 1 I : . .. if1' A. . .s i i ViN ft, ' I -- life -- is 0 This picture shows a section of the new exchange with the strands of wires apparently running in every direction. It looks extremely complicated and to the average layman an impossible puzzle. A new telephone exchange will Dragerton, Sunnyside and Columbe established at Dragerton on bia communities to reach many May 17, 1951, by the Mountain new subscribers for service who States Telephone and Telegraph tension of telephone lines in the company to serve residents in the will be connected to the dial Dragerton, Sunnyside and Colum- facilities when they are cut into bia communities. The new service service. In planning these addiarrangement will replace toll tions to outside telephone plant, telephone service which has been residents of the three towns as provided in the area through an well as the surrounding rural disagent who switches calls between tricts were interviewed by comthe toll station users and also pany representatives, to learn to long distance lines for calls to how many people would want service. Approximately 850 telePrice or beyond. P. B. Horsley, Price manager phones will be connected to the of the company who made the Dragerton office when the new said that dial exchange is opened, Horsley said. announcement, Since new telephone numbers switching equipment has been be assigned to all telephones installed in a building at Drager- will at Dragerton, a new telephone diton which has been specially preto subpared for it, and all telephones to rectory will be deliveredthe dial be served from the new Drager- scribers there before conversion. Calls from Price to ton office have been equipped Dragerton should be given to with dials. Price operators who will comThe dial unit at Dragerton will plete the calls. be connected to the, Price teleThe opening of exchange servoffice seven lines. ice at Dragerton is scheduled for trunk phone by dial switch will 7:39 a.m. on May 17, and starting The equipment all calls between Dragerton users, at that time the new dial equipafter the cutover, but Price op- ment will take over the job of erators will handle long distance, handling calls between telephone information or assistance calls for users there. subscribers in the new exchange. The cost of the entire project The new telephone expansion has been in the neighborhood of project has also involved the ex- - $150,000, Horsley said. . ' xv ' f I f-t- S S V. - tv.Sv ; .. 'it ' I f ; iQp- f ? rv ? f WEEKLY TOWN AGAIN ON PLANT AGENDA v' Get Ready For EAST CARBON DAYS JUNE 7, 8, 9 and 10 East6Carbon area will again have a beautification contest Details are being worked out and will be published soon. Be thinking how you can make the exterior of your home and grounds more beautiful. 4 throughout the summer and fall months, it was announced today by company officials. The tours will be conducted each Tuesday beginning May 8 until further notice. Tours begin at Gate House Number One of the Geneva plant at 9:30 a.m. and last approximately two and hours. one-ha- lf i L i I v ' V X;; y . . ' , Oral O. Merrihew, new manager, of the East Carbon exchange of the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company. Mr., Merrihew came to East Carbon from Eureka where he had been exchange manager since 1950. He is married and with his wife, Marie and their two children, Susan, 6, and DeRae 4, lives at 324 Carson, Dragerton. these recommendations are: the establishment of more safety education programs for the schools, where boys and girls Attention East Carbon ' X V Among are at the formative age when safe habits, attitudes and skills are more readily acquired and more modern endeveloped; gineering techniques used in road building for an increased margin of safety; and the adoption of uniform traffic laws for our cities and states. VA i- - ' ft ftV ' V v x 'V.vft;ft", svsA y v ' L fyll'y . r itwvWWW. '' I "ffl ffl STATION INSTALLERS WITH ffll8med From left, to right, are: Dave Clarkson, Bob Fuehling, Douglas Moore, Bruce Thoreu, Marvine Fuich. Coy Schafield and William Merbach. These are the station installers whose duty it was to install the 850 phones that will be ready for service May 17. They were transferred to the East Carbon area from the Salt Lake office and will return after the new dial syste mis in operation and after they haye taken out the 118 old phones, New 4-- H Club Organized By Mrs. Vera Thomas club work has resumed at Sunnyside. A new club has been organized under the direction of 4-- H Mrs. Vera Thomas of Sunnydale. The girls have chosen the name Mrs. Naomi Anderson s. The proof Stitching 4-H summer work is for outlined Club Starts New ject Officials said that arrangefirst The second phase clothing. ments for Tuesday tours can be A piano recital was held at the meeting of the club was held at made by calling or writing the home of Mrs. LaVar Liddiard on the home of Nan Blackburn of Training vision of Geneva Steel Monday evening, May 7. Stu- Sunnyside. Officers chosen were: company by the Friday preceding dents participating wede: Elaine Joyce Erickson, president; the Tuesday tour. Mecham, vice president; Mayer, Julie Peterson, Virginia Pauline Other regulations which the Santelli, Sandra Gibson, Clark Hunter, secretary-treasure- r; Nan Blackburn, reporter; public should keep in mind for King, Patsy Nuemeier, Donna RaNee Newell, game director; the Tuesday tours are: 1. Visitors should not be in posLeavitt, and Jimmy Liddiard. Mary Lou Tallerico, assistant session of cameras on plant prop- Guests were parents and friends game director; Colleen Preston erty. of the students. After the pro- and Estella Preston; song leaders; Ellen Preston, organist, and Mrs. 2. Visitors who are not Amerigram, light refreshments were Vera Thomas, club advisor. can citizens should submit names served. and addresses at least four days in advance of the scheduled tour also consider requests for spe- Guri Manufocture for proper clearance. cial tours from Monday through Bituminous coal provides the It is hoped that the Tuesday Plant be visits cannot coke necessary to make steel and tours will take care of most tour- Friday. scheduled for Saturdays, Sundays it takes five pounds . of coal to ists and visitors, but the company or its will division make one army rifle. holidays. through training x No-lee- na Weekly tours of the Geneva steel plant will begin again' on Tuesday, May 8, 1951, under Geneva steel companys sponsorship, and will continue every Tuesday . S Co-ed- GENEVA .v'-- - Tanda Campfire Girls Make Gifts for Mothers Day The Tanda club of Campfire girls met at the Fern Tollis home plans for a cup cake and doughnut and candy sale to be held on May 12. They also made gifts for Mothers day and will make a mothers day card at the meeting May 8. Wilma Meridith has been elected as drill captain, and they will begin learning to drill out letters of their name and also the cross logs, the symbol of Campfire, At present the girls are making symbols of the meaning of their In- dian name. These symbols are very interesting to make. The next meeting will be held at Mrs. John Schericks home. Delicious refreshments were served by Mrs. D. Tollis and in offering thanks to her the girls sang beautiful Campfire songs. . |