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Show Eastern Carbon county has the brightest future of any area in the Intermountain area 1 "he Dragerton j J J T ribuoe - Serving a combined popul itioo of GOOD in Dragerton, Sun- nystde, Sunnydale and Cotd'mtsla ! -- - tik ' Volume 2 Dragerton, Utah, November 9,1943 ' TRUMAN PROVES THAT FIGHTER CAN WIN Everything in Readiness (or Big Fiesta This Coming Saturday Night fiT) COUNTRY STORE, EATS, GAMES, DANCING, STRONG MEN, RING THROWING ALL WILL BE ON HAND The big day is nearly here. The be given away, sold or auctioned huge fiesta, PTA sponsored, is off at the big carnival. reaching the point of actuality Unions Select Queens After weeks of planning by enerFach of the four major unions getic committees the huge proselected a queen. Marjorie have gram is all set. First of all there for Kaiser, LaRae Ellet for King for to eat everyone will be plenty Joan Swenson for Utah Columbia, No need to cook your meal at Leavitt of Horse Beth and Fuel and eat home. Bring the family are the glamor girls of Ibe home cooked food prepared Canyon The the girl receiving evening no be will at the fiesta. There as nickels admission charged at the door so the most votes as far concerned will be are dames and about. oome on over and wanted However it is suggested that you crowned Queen of the Fiesta. The object of the free dancing bring a bit of money to help enis to put a beautiful curon be carnival will that festivities the joy tain in the place of th burlap hand. the front of Every home in Dragerton, Co- - that now decorates East in the Carbon, junthe stage and Sunnyside lambia, Sunnydale has been asked to donate. The ior high school amusement hall Merchants of East Carbon, Price or gymnasium. The merchandise that was doand surrounding areas has been aaked to donate and the response nated by the people and business has been fratifying. Everyone has firms is on display in a window Nearly a thousand of the Union Supply Co. of aooperated. dollars worth of merchandise will U. S. STEEL AND KAISER PLAN IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENTS IN MEETING STEEL DEMAND President Harry Trumans S. victory in the election last week is a typical example of what can be done in this great country of ours. Everyone sold the president down the river including the bigparty wigs of the Democratic They didnt think that Harry could win. All the pollsters, columnists, newspaper editors said that it would be a Dewey land- Never daunting against 'he unanimity against him, Harry Truman waged the strongest campaign any presidential 100 candidate has ever waged. Still up to the last minute no one even gave him a chance. On Wall Street the big time betters were giving 18 to 1 against him. Yet when the votes were counted Truman came through with a sensational victory. Harry Truman merely proved once again that any Amencan boy has the opportunity to get to the top if he will only go out and work for what he wants. Mrs. ClifWhen Jacob Sorenson visited his grand-daughtford Meyer of Dragerton on October 16, five generations were present Mr. Sorenson was 84 years old on November 8. He lives et 157 Commonwealth Avenue, Salt lake City. Show above with Mr. Sorenson is his daughter, Mrs. Clara Seeley of Orangeville; Mrs. Mayer, her daughter, Mrs. Stella M. Liddiard and son Jimmy of Dragerton. er, East Carbon Loses Tough Battle To Helper in Rugged, Fast Game SCORELESS FIRST HALF GIVES WAY TO A FREE 3 HELPER SCORING SECOND HALF ENDING 19-1- There was a whale of a football game played last week between the junior high boys of East Carbon and Helper and when the final gun was fired the East Carbon lads were driving down field just a second away from a score that would have given them victory. As it was Helper came out 3 score. on the long end of the stick by a East Carbon was swamped by Helper during the first round and this time they were out to even the .score. The first half went bye with no one scoring. After the intermis-io- n the fireworks opened up on both sides and it became a strictly offensive battle. 19-1- The local boys went out and scored two touchdowns in the , A bunch of car keys have been turned into this office (Sunnydale Homes). They have a 1948 Colorado license tag attached If the owner wants them please call and claim them. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Denison of Sunnyside are moving to Price. They are some of the old timers in Sunnyside and Mr. Denison is retiring . on the. miners pension, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Daily and daughters went to Grand Junction, Colorado,' for the week-en- d Claude Heiner, president of the Utah Fuel company, and W.- C. Walker, the housing manager, both from Salt Lake City, were in Sunnydale Thursday of last week to see the progress Utah Construction is making on the mew shopping center. Mr. Walker and Gus BurdiS of Dragerton went over the plans for the bowling alley that will be in the basement of the new building. Mr. Burdia is to manage the recreational section of the building which will include six bowling alleys, 4 pool tables,' a snack bar and barber shop. Mr. Burdis says everything will be the very latest and it will be one of the nicest recreation rooms in the state. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Markosek attended the birthday party given im honor of Dr. Jones at the home (Continued on Page Four) - 1 at council The publications Carbon college has announced plans for the printing of a student directory, the second such published by the school. The work ii under the direction of John Jones, student body vice president, and Norma Anderson, sophomore representative to the student council The directory, as before, will include names, addressee and telephone numbers of student and faculty. Also included will be the school yells and a school calender of important events and aociala. Older Workers Urged To Contact Social Security Agent With the coming of winter many elderly people in Southern Utah will be or laying Semken Again Named off their seasonalretiring jobs. To help protect their benefit To Head Carbon rights, the Social Security Administration ii issuing a special March of Dimes Drive call to workers and former Ira Higgins, Utah campaign di- workers who have reached the rector for the 1949 March of age of 65, it whs announced to Dimes campaign, today announcedff day by Sherman H. Euesch, manager of the .Provo field office. "Any person covered by the Social Security Act should get in touch with the field office when he Is 65," continued Mr. Ruesch. Of. course, the .eligible worker cannot receive benefits while he is working in a Job covered by the social security program. But by coming to the office he can prevent any possible loss of benefits in the future. If he postpones this call, ho may loao aotma Williams. monthly payments to whicli he Mr, Semken lias conducted the otherwise would be entitled." successful drives in Carbon counIt isnt necessary to retire perty for the past 10 years. in order to receive manently In making this announcement, benefits. If you are 65 and fully Mr. Higgins reports that the polio insured you can receive payincidence for 1948 will probably ments for any month in which pass the peak year of 1916 and you dont work in covered emthat the 1949 March of Dimes ployment campaign is by far the most imMr. Ruesch will be at the court portant in the history of the Na- house in Price from 9:00 a tional Foundation because of the until 12 noon on November 9. high incidence of polio, which Foundadepleted the National tions entire epidemic aid fund SCHOOL NOTES and forced the National FoundaEven with the best effort chiltion to borrow from its research commitments in order to see to it dren do not all move at the same that its policy of guaranteeing to rate. Those who are immature, every one afflicted with, polio, re- slow moving, or not robust in gardless of age, race, creed, or health may do work that is satcolor, competent and adequate isfactory according to their demedical assistance. velopment or strength, yet remore than the usual time quire The incidence of polio for 1941 will probably reach the unparal- to master the subject matter of a lelled total of 30,000. Utah was given grade. Positive and lasting harm will indeed fortunate. Our total will probably reach just a few over a come from trying to force a child to work beyond his powers. The hundred cases. seeking to In order to be prepared to meet school is earnestly any emergency that might arise guard the child from this danger. in 1949, we must have the big- At the same time it aims to give gest. and.- best, .March, of.. Dimes each child the opportunity to campaign in the history, of the progress as fast as health and National Foundation," Mrr Hig- ability permits. Mr. Abe Gantz. that digs and loads coal at the rate minute is entering battle against the dantons of three per costs of and high mining soft coal gers y After two years of during which it was guarded night and day, the mole emerged from hiding ' this week and Showed itself off. bored The big (26-tocontraption directly into a solid barrier of coal, cleaning out everything in its path, in what probably was the worlds first public demonstration of a continuous mining machine. The machine was developed by the Sunnyhill Coal company of Pittsburgh, and was put on display at the companys mine near there to the astounding glares of a large group of newspaper and magazine reporters and mining men. A mechanical mole super-secrec- n) operations must work from. Coking core lik iron ore are the basic fundamentals which must be had before operations can begin. As long ,as steel is produced in the west the unlimited resources of East Carbon will be shipping out the coal to be used It is the only KELLER NAMED good coking coal in the west and both of the only two blast furIFAD COUNTY nace operations, Geneva and Fontana have interests in the local mines. As Kaiser and Geneva ex- BOOSTER pand it is necessary for East Carbon to expand. Geneva has finReorganization Meet ished several steps in its expanNames Theobald sion program as will be noted To Secretary Post later. Fontana is ready to add anA. D. Keller, mayor of Price, other blast furnace to its present dicapacity. Blast furnaces are what was named by the executive use the coking coal. When this rectors of the Carbon County Chamber of plant is completed within the next Comraer c e as 12 months it will mean more coal president of the from East Carbon. , ' organization for ThiS'is not the end though 'but the merely a carrying on of what the TO GROUP government started during the war. You might say it is but a The west coast inbeginning. creased its population over 80 within the past 10 years. The entire west is growing by leaps and bounds. With it the steel industry is keeping pace. East Carbon will be in there as the king-pi- n of the coking end of the steel industry. We in East Carbon are among the most fortunate in the coal of mining industry. 52 week work a year at good wages is tops for any spot in the country. Not only that but the future in East Carbon is as bright as any spot in the fast developing west. East Caarbon definitely will grow with the west This is what the Wall Street Journal has to say about western steel expansion: Steel demand in the Far West, if it could be fully satisfied, may have worked up to more than five million tons a year. It was about two and tons prewar. But steel authorities, including the top flight U. S. Steel group which visited California last week in connection with the "dedication" of the new Columbia Steel tinplate and sheets mill, admit they do not know how great it really is. They say only that it is clear that present supply is inadequate. r, the Far West, out bt its 2,250,000 tons a year consumption, itself produced, mainly from scrap, about 900,000 tons or only 40 per cent. Today the coast plants, Including the new U. S. Steel major expansion, the Kaiser Fontana plant and the other units, have a capacity of not far from 2,700,000 tons a year of finished and capacity which will grow to Ynore than three million tons in the next two years. It seems probable that all deliveries now are running close to four million tons, including outside v ter one-quar- Pre-wa- third quarter. Harry Abeyta took a nice pass and went over while the capable quarterback, Faddis, slipped through on a quarterback sneak for the second score. Helper went over. for one touchdown and East Carbon was ahead 13 to 6. The fourth quarter opened steeL up and Helper went over during Major advances still to be made that time for 13 points. East are Columbia Steel's Torrance Carbon helped the lads from the mill, expansion for which maether-paof chinery - has been ordered but by blocking T Continued on Page Five) one of its own kicks on the 25 yard line. Helper soon scored. gins concluded- . ; -- . The Other six-- ' pointed was 'made East Carton PTA' Holds Halloween Party on a double reverse from the 20 VVeSI Attended yard line. Interesting Meeting Rssfal fiesta! With every second counting, the was MIA East - Carbon P,. T. A. held a Thewell' Halloween party was Entertainment and fun in a ' East Carboh boys put on The gym attended. very very interesting and beneficial and headed goalward but gay mood at the fiesta in the decorated in the HalCarof meeting Wednesday November 3 attractively the East gymnasium them. evaded loween tradition and everyone The again victory in the school building. bon junior high school this final gun sounded just as they seemed to have a very good time. The program was conducted by The outstanding feature of the were getting within the shadows coming Saturday night, November 13. Bring the whole Conrad Staley, the theme being evening was a one act play, The of the family; dont bother to cook. Safety in the Home, at School Broomstick Beauty." The cast for Even though they lost, within Eat at the fiesta. and on the Highways. this play was: the three witches, their hearts the boys won. They You will enjoy the singing Mr. Staley spoke on prevent- Patsy Mahan, Doris Peterson and had the better of the statistics and dancing of the Spanish r, able accidents in the home and at Bonnie Haddon. The hooded and after the first round drubsenoritas. The Southern MelClem Anderson; beauty opschool. Dr, Barratt spoke on bing it was a moral victory to ody Makers will carry you treatment of wounds and broken erator, Sylvia Jensen; Captain come so close even though losing back to the old South. Bob Vaught. The bones and emphasized using com- Cutthroat, in the final moments. See the strong man, Fife, mon sens and preventing serious scene took place in the witches Mephisto, and the many wonMr. and Mrs. W. B. Odendahl, cave where they were getting infections. ders of the modem world. their son and his wife took a vaMarian Larsen accompanied by ready for a Halloween ball. Support the girl of your John Naylor sang Mine Alone." cation trip to British Columbia .to Directing the play was Mrs. visit relatives and to a bit of choice for queen. Each side Final plans were made for the Dora Smith assisted by Bob show that you visit will give moose hunting. They are expectbig fiesta to be held Saturday, Vaught The rest of the evening you ten tickets for the queen. ed back this week from their two November 13, in the Dragerton was spent in community singing weeks vacation. and dancing. 7:00 p. m. gym-a- trt -- fee-eeunty -- semi-finish- ed -- -- -- - . , 4 then-driv- goal-lin- e. hor-ho- V- - f 9 Nurrj Continuous Mining Seen os Reducing Costs, Hazards,. And Eliminating Blasting and Drilling Operations The heart of the best coking coal in the west, East Carbon, has a very definite place in the western sun. U. S. Steel and Kaiser both get tneir coking coal from the local mines. All expansion of their blast furnace capacity necessitates additional coking coal from the only good mines in the west. At the present time the mines have been working for the most part six days a week, 52 weeks a year excluding periods of furnace trouble or labor problems. Other mines in Carbon, County as seasonable in operation and many times are on short working weeks. j East Carbon is the core or base from which all the steel Carbon Names Workers For Publication Of Student Directory 5c Mechanical Mole Digs, Loads Coal Rapidly Future Bright for East Carbon as Steel Continues Its Expansion slide. Five Generations Meet PER COPY - current re- year at a little headway In reducing their high labor costs, which account for about 60 per cent of the cost of producing coal Despite the extensive use of machinery, mining practice itself is pretty much as it was 50 years ago. In modem mining, a citing machine ia moved into th working yoom of a mine, a cut is made, and the machine is withdrawn. Then another machine moves into drill holes In the face of the seam. A third crew comes in to put a charge of dynamite in each hole and fire the shot The loading machine then goes into action, picks up the loose coal and loads it into cars. .. The .cycle is., thea repeated This practice requires that working rooms, where the coal ia organization mined, remain open for days and meeting often for weeks before all the held Monday coal is cleared out noon at the With continuous mining, the Parkview cafe. coal is extracted from the face Mr. K e 1 1 e rs and moved from the mine in one term operation. Blasting, a major hazA Monday, No-- A. ard, is no longer necessary. D. Keller vember 1. working room can be disposed of Chris Jouflasr H e 1 p e r, was rapidly. . . chosen vice president and C. E. Colmol" cuts and , SunnyhiUs Beveridge, Price, was named to loads an entire room in one opthe treasurership. eration. J. A. Theobald, who has ful - It is driven straight into the face filled the duties as executive sec- of the coal and hi advanced conretary for the old Associated In- tinuously, 18 inches to 36 inches dustries organization for several Big Production Speed-U- p years before its name was changSunnyhill claims that with the ed to that of the Carbon County machine, called the Colmol," Chamber of Commerce last year, mine can turn out more than 108 was again the unanimous choice tons of coal a day fop every man of the directors to continue in the on the job. same position. The average production per. F. A. Norton, Price; Chris Jou-fla- s, man day in American mines today is about six tons. Helper, and Gerald Thats under the conventional Jr., Dragerton, will chairman the financial committees in modern method of mining which their respective areas. is performed in the four separate Mr. Theobald geve a brief re- operations of (1) undercutting the sume of the chambers activities seam of coal (2) drilling, (3) in the past and pointed out the blasting and (4) loading. need for the organization in helpIn the continuous mining proIntermittent ing to build and promote the in- cess, that four-ste- p terests of this region in the fu- cycle of operations disappears. In ture. He stressed the necessity its place is one machine that for a strong group of this sort combines the functions of cutting' for the benefit of business, indus- and loading, and eliminates drilltry and labor. He further stated ing and blasting altogether. that its function would be for the The bituminous industry itself legitimate promotion of any proj- several months ago embarked on ect designed to advance and bene a program to develop a continufit Carbon county and Eastern ous mining machine. ParticipatUtah. Mr. Theobald stated that ing are about 60 coal companies the use of the blue card system and a number of railroads. for controlling solicitors hss savSoft coal mines have made raped merchants money and trouble id progress In mechanization in and is a chamber project recent years, but have achievd The executive board is composper minute, cleaning all the coal ed of Comer P. Peacock, F. A. from an area 9 feet wide and le Norton, J. G Forrester, Frirt four feet high. and A D. Keller, Price; The moles claws are a series K. D. Marquis, John Skeri, D. K. of rotary clipping heads, mounted Downey and Ed Marchetti, Help- with steel teeth and driven er; C. A Carlson, Spring Canthat bite into yon; C. E. Beveridge, North Carcoal in such a way that the the bon; Robert Heers, Sunnyside; coal is broken free. The chipping Gerald Galbreath, Jr., Dragerton, heads also-a- ct as paddle convand Bry Miller, Spring Glen. eyors which sweep the coal inRegular meetings of the board to a conveyor. The conveyor in havej?een set.. for.lhe .first and turn- - takes' the coal out over" the ' third Mondays of each month. tail of the machine and dumps it ' into mine cart,, . V.' . Only" four men are required to Mihalik's handle the ColmoL" One is the foreman directing-th- e work, anTo Give Recital other is the operator,, and two are timbermen who follow up the The music, students, of Mrs. to" timber the roof and operafion Mihalik be will preRuby sides. sented in a recital to be given Tuesday, November 9, at BIRTHS 7:00 P. M. in the East Carbon Junior High Library, A girl was born to Mr. and Those participating are: Mrs. G D. Waring of Dragerton Roselyn, Carolyn and Marion October 27. Mr. and Mrs. Roy A 8. lyn Colombo, piano; Patsy Sherwood had a girl on Cartwright, violin; Barbara boy was bom to Mr. and Mrs. and Shirley Cartwright, piDavid Padilla ( of Sunnyside on ano; Veloy Varner, piano; October 29. Mr. and. Mrs. Sam Geraldine Hyita, piano; PaMaddera of Dragerton had a boy tricia and JoAnn Hixson, on November 3. Mr, and Mrs. piano; Phyllis Rose, violin; Clair Behling had a boy on NoVera Odendahl violin; Kathvember 5. A girl was bom to erine Zele, piano and Mary Mr. and Mrs. Ed Velasquez of piano. Dragerton last Saturday while a The public is cordially ingirl was also born to Mr. and vited to attend. Mrs. George Trujillo of Dragerton on Sunday. started . Gal-brea- th, Kil-foy- I""". "I Students 10-2- Lou-Ryan, , -- |