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Show vl f Tuesday, March 1, 1949 THE DRAGERTON TRIBUNE, DRAGERTON, UTAH PAGE TWO i ' r O' &r 4 r K 1 ; i. , ( i "lV ,' I J , Dante Pederiva Is One of Sunnysides Oldest Residents P:yr. ' .. ' 4 ,1 Wi(l Coal Industry Meet Challenge of New West t 1946, Asks if Utah One of the oldest residents in Has the Initiative to Expand with the West is Dante V. Pederiva, Sunnyside ;h Sometimes it takes a war to give us a true valuation Tnager of the Wa satch Store in of 5ur great natural resources We have seen, for example, - how coal wfr., inproved to be the number one energy in the vast SunnyDante wa dale win World War to II. took it dustrial effort of supplying what born in Ttax in coal is first how now undisputed And we are seeing on J uhe 2 and the industrial pursuits 1886 and came place as a fuel for rehabilitation Moroni Heiner in November, ' i . " f W. f:i p ' i. ; Gr ' V! ' ') . yU 1 , fin- v I I to yy-- , , the States His was f - y in of peace. We Utahns are proud of our new steel industry, for Un ted 1903 first stop B.nghanv. Utah P&L Co. ,"1 Utah. He worked in the Commercial 7 j D ante to Coal Hoedsa200 Ills first job was working in the mine driving mule and horse teams. In 1915 Mr. Pederiva went with the Wasatch Store, being with them ever since. D.aote is married and has two daughters j Mr. Pederiva has seen Sunny-sid- e build up to a peak around 1918 and then slump again in the ?0s and 30s In 1942, Sunnyside again built up and Dinte says we are in for a great future that justly due a famous cnaol aua 1 'I such as Sunnydale 1 O-c- in is. f J Hanna, Herb Preston. Back row, Hoyt Driggs, Tommy Mahon, Cyril Driggs, Manager Summerhays, Jackson Jewkes, Tommy Byers. Team sponsored by Sunnyside Welfare. The Kaiser Company and the Utah Fuel cooperated to put ou the champs in the 1948 Coal League. The boys went on to win additional honors in post season tournament play. Front row, Bill Thompson, Leon .Jones, Dick Hill, Ned Alger, Figs The Founding of Library CATHOLIC PEOPLE Book Cliff Club BUILT CHURCH III Well Known for In 1882 Pioneering Shows Aggressive Coal Development .Spirit of the People SUHNYSIDEIN1942 Civic Activities The Sunnyside Library was then Valley started in 1944 by the Women's Coal Company was organized in Book Cliff Club. They canvassed 1882, only four years after the the town for books and got things, opening bf the Winter Quarters started. The Utah Fuel company; mine. Its beginning was a merg- donated a room in the Sunnydale ing of the Winter Quarters mine Homes building and had the carand another small operation call- penter build the. necessary shelves. ed the Mud Creek mine. Utah The library started on people's Fuels Clear Creek mine later books besides many old cast-o-ff remains to thi? day, the donated good books generously outstanding bituminous coal min by .the people in the two eommu-jnitie- s; ing enterprise in historic Pleasant now the library has new Valley. books coming in every Just as. Utah Fuel Company month. ' pioneered the way in mining deFor two years the Welfare Asvelopments, It ha been a leader sociation paid a librarian to take oization "mining In the in e of It and have it open two Installation of safety systems. In afternoons and two evenings a se.in, up moa coal preparation, in the advance- week. Since January, 1947, the ment of housing and recreational Utah Fuel company nas provided re. ources and in the promotion of a librarian and the library is open new mining centers In a farOung every afternoon Monday through t region of choice coal fields. .iday and on Saturday from 10 Included in the Utah Fuel em- a. m. to 12 noon. pire are Clear Creek. Cashe Gae, Through the generosity of the Sunnyside and Somerset mines. .Utah Fuel company the library The first three are in Utah, the has a set of Smithionian Series last named in Colorado. Calumet reference books; a set of World in Colorado is an affiliated mining Encyclopedias and 11 books come company. in each month from book of tne month cluos. The cash m n .. Kaiser conjpany has donatel has been used to buy new books, mostly junior, chosen by the liGARAGE STARTED brary board members. The first liorarian was Mrs. W. C. Schriever. She was followed SIX YEARS AGO by Mrs. Alice Faddis and the one is Mrs. Agnes Jeffs The Howa Garage was started present The" people of Sunnyside' arid" six years ago byMose Howa, Jim Sunnyda.e are juauy p.oad of Howas brother. Jimmie Howa has their library. Although small it is taken over from his brother and very good and provides a variety kept intact a place where the res- of reading .or all ages. Beside, books there" are idents of Sunnyside and Sunny-dal- e the reference boo on ine.veo ana could get thei cars fixed. In i a manj a. -- nd tmeUme; the new community center the Howa Garage is part of the new books will go out in one day. The service station and garage build- horary is free to everyone living' ing next to the main community in either of ths two towns. , there was no permanent Uathohc Church m Sunnyside. In that year the Utah Fuel company donated a house to the Catholic parish. Under the leadership of Mr. Mose Howa, the Up to 1942 rt :j & .1 r--t 00 building. Here a car owner can come into the - garage and get a complete overhaul job on any car. The very latest equipment is on hand to give the car owner the best service obtainable. A supply of parts On September 26, 1944, a group of sixteen Sunnydale women met at the home of Mrs. Edna Graham for the purpose of forming a club with the thought in mind of becoming a Federated club. Mrs. Edna Graham presided over the first election of officers The following officers were elected: President. Mrs Fdna Graham: vice president, Mrs. Gladys Judd; secretary-treasurer," Mrs. Alice The colors are red part on were tom out and an addition'Tniilt for the altar. In 1945-4- 6 the growing population of Sunnyside and Sunnydale made it necessary to en'arge the church. The pastor, Father Sanp ders, received permission of Bishop Hunt to enlarge and. renovate the chapel at a cost o." $3300 The generosity of the people, very .he Utah substantial help Fuel company the Kaiser company the Catholic lixtenuon Society cf Chica'"' mide ihe church possible. .'i-es- l tfaj .34. h- - in East Carbon except 'o- - short period; o. lime Norma. y a priest would come out from the Price pa-ir- h lo U e care of the religious needs of Catholic people in this area. Father Sanders, the pastor, was born in Holland and ordained aj priest in Furope." In the early 1020 he came lo this count: y an I has spent all his time in this part of the country. vvo-.n- white and blue, and the flower, mountain flowers. The first proiect carried out by the new club was the organising r and r' ' public library. The ice skating pond at Sunnydale wa- - the second project. The womens Book Cluff Club has sponsored the asy clinic for Sunnyside and Sunnydale. In 1948 th'fe club gaVe a years nursing scholarship to a Sunnydale ir' at the Salt Lake Genh-- snpi-f.-m- Sm-v-i- io eral hospital. One put on of- - the outstanding events v the club was an ea' -- orate musical written and ' acted hy local talent An annual event, looked for- ward to by all chib mm'ers. is the formal Washington Tea ng program. The past presidents of the club are Mrs. Edna Graham, two terms; Mrs. Thema Wright and Mrs. Alice Kloster. The following are the present officers of the club: President, M' Mary Daily; vice president, Mrs Hazel Morgan: secretary, Mrs. Helen Durrant; correspondIs always available. It is an ofor the ing secretary. Mrs. Mary Jones; Due ta many reru-st- ' Mrs. Joanne Arrow ficial inspection Auto Line station where Shopping Bus treasurer, K'os-te- r; M- Vi-- e cars are checked for proper work-i- g be extended to Sunny ide tne Mar-ra-- rl Mrs. chairman, program that row has announced conditions prior to getting li- company Mrs. Hers: e. hospitality, it will stop at the Sunnyside cense plates. Mrs. Thelma Wright; historian, Tmm ' nodds audi.o- - Mrs ' nes Godbaeh; music,. Mrs . Adimae to Find the Kissell-pa".'mta-.a- post-offic- labor and.Managcment Working Together x I (in fewer Sunnyside School daes the early days of the lOOuS. The pre-e"school budt around 1929 when the old chool was destroyed by fire. At the pre-'en- t t.me thre is a Varh-,n- g staff of t.3 and a student of 90 students in grades 'rom the first through the sixth. The children come from - Sunnyside and Sunnydale. t present there are over 100 students in the lumor high school in Dragerton from the Sunnv'ide and Suoov-dai- e area. Including the high school and the college students going to Price there are approximately 600 in the various schools from the above commumtie' The school has found it rather difficult to induce or hire new teacher to instruct in the SunSchool because ja f the nyside It is almost housing situation. impossible to obtain homes for them to live in. This situation might have been much more serious had it not been for the loyalty and efficiency of the teachers who live in the camps and who are willing to sacrifice their time and energy Most of the teachers of East Carbon are to be commended for their efforts in this respect Up to this point the Sunnyside School has not suffered for lack of good teachers. During the si mmer months the Utah Fuel plans to remodel the old hospital and build housing accommodations for the leacherS. It appears to the people of Dragerton. Columbia. Sunnydale and Sunnys'de that with the number of students now living in Fast Carbon in addition to the anticipated increase over the next five years that their number justifies a senior high school in the east end of Carbon County. Jt is hoped that the school board will place a high school here when the school district begins a buyito r nt Kloster. The club planned to hold its meeting every other Tuesday The name decided upon for the new club was Book Cliff Club, named after the Book Cliff range of mountains. The motto was to be Investigate, Improve and Im- X i PRESEHTHOWA 390 Students By back, Ulcli Fuel Started Utah Fuel Company known as the Pleasant Present Sunnyside School Attended - Brown. At the present time there are 35 members in the cjub- New bylaws for the club are being drawn up this year ' The most - recent pro ect of the club was the pur-c- h and eing cT a phonograph some records for the school at Sunnyside. m rd s ds tly Winter Sports for Everyone Found in Sunnyside Hills UiiU r inii: :Y5f y--4 - ri.v . iCh if &. A- - '; i J i & :,K. w. nr uhA jfcjSl '1 xftVt'F , 7 Ti s'?'!" Vv Ar ; ,v iV t ''V j, A- ! S 4- r I , jVsy - - t A'-- ' rt ,r " Stt O'S -' ? r j'-- i 1 f' The stork checked in with fo ir A , robust vounesters lat week at b'1! J, Dragerton Hospital Mr and Mrs t had a daughter on James Tuesday A daugher was aLo born to Mr. and M- Shown above are sorife of the officials of the February 25 Two boys Utah Fuel Co. Reading left to right are, James arrived on Saturday, one to Mr W. C. Walker, hous- Kissell, Vincent Hyatt, Mary Fahl, Sec., Darrel and Mrs Arco Pa!oni and tne Cassano, operations assistant Sworts, Wilmer Wright Mateo Jiminez, Arnot other to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mcore, ing manager; Herb Snow, senior vice president and Dodds and Steve Harper. director; George Kirk, assistant sales manager; Ben both from Dragerton. ' ? 4 y - j Shown here in conference are Walter B. Oden-dah- L Then reading Sunnyside Superintendent clockwise: Nick Tallerico, Melvin Kelley, Howard a Bigwigs of Utah Fuel Company Visit New Store rmm - wonder- Will Increase Sunny-side- . Pederwu think that without our ful storehouse of coal, there would be no steel industry here in the west. Steel is in every bod v's steel makes the big headlmes. Steel i touted as the thi within the industry ofthat will spearhead Work will begin in the westnew era expansion million a $7 next few weeks on ern states and bind them together addition to the Utah Power & in a solid empre. electric and Co steam Light p'ower station that will be located at the mouth of the Provo Canyon, Orson Slack announced last w ' 'it m Orem, The new unit will be the fu.--t of several to be constructed by u mpany at a cost of $61 million dollais within the next 5 years. 2 ae ncv will pi employment for 300 to 350 men dining the conduction period and a pc mnaei t i m dement of 35 men when the p ant - m This is in aJ l.t un to operation the peimanent emplcjmen: now on the payroll. Joe Hughes, noted NT,,w Yo k engineer will be in charge of takes a umind toil to m nuf.ic-tur- e the Otcm Power and Light proia pound of sugar. ect. .The. company will be the UaH r.i i! p 'r'u rno u r hc- second largest conxumr of coal an iLrecl'y oi .n-in the State of Utah, Genova Steel a friirand way It the largest. being tee lormoves that pull OPripr 1943 the During poucr company the f r n u , l ; ,n purchased 182,533 tons of coal in.i ipK fi eight cais that move on from 32 mines in Carbon County fte-t- e n i a:!s. and it constitu'es The cost has increased from $1 90 of the railroads one-thidDotitg in 1941 to $4 60 in 1948. Peak LY.ih co.d heat total haulage time production will reach 23 tons thou'-ardof ch rnrhes lnsp tab-anjier day at the Orem plant. On schools and literally hun-d-ecompletion of the Orem plant of thousands of homes. The will start on the raw 60 On, woik facilities of thousands of seivice KW plant in Salt Lake City, stated; dealers are required to market and Mr. Hughes. deliver coal to consumers throughThe plant will use 750 tons a out these western states. day when pperation is; at Tull Why is Utah coal so dominant load. as a fuel for power and heat Out The new expansion of the Utah here in the west? For several Power & Light Co. will mean that reasons. First, the supply the consumption of coal will inSecond, the coal seams crease approximately 350,000 tons are economically workable. Thud of coal as compared to the pres- the quality is outstanding. And ent consumption of 182,533 tons. iastbut not least Utahs biin 1948. All this coal will be ob- -' tuminous coal is, tained from Carbon County. the low-co- st fuel. So we may be justly proud of our great coal industry. It is basic to the expansion of industry from the Continental Divide westward to the Pacific Coast. Yes, the entire west is looking to our region as the source of fuel, for it is well known to those who are chartering the new eia of There has always been good progress that our bituminous coasting in Sunnydale but this fields mark the western frontier of quality coal deposits in year, as every place else it was the high United States. exceptionally good. The Edgehill So it is apparent from all this Drivd has been blocked off tu that the mines inthis area have traffic in previous years to pro- a great responsibility do produce vide a coasting la'ne for the chil- the coal necessary for the great dren but this year it wasnt ne- industrial expansion of the Westcessary. The hill was so slick ern States a responsibility tv at cars could not get up and the rests alike on management and children had a better coasting labor. lane. It is behind the houses on Edgehill; it is long and fast rid- - of the men made two toboggans ing and there, is, nq danger of to use on .the hall. They were very cars. Grownups as well as chil successful and the shouts and dren have enjoyed the coasting screams every Sunday afternoon there. Several people did the.r told how the young and old were first skjing on this trail. Some enjoying the snow. Copper Mine until 1906 wh n he came to y" we know how much it means tu our future expansion and general prosperity Yet we seldom pause jl - f. Sloan, sales manager; C. P, Heiner; John Nallon, manager Wasatch Store in Delcarbon; Joe Parmley, vice president and purchasing agent; Dr. R. S. Allison, medical director and G. A. Farnsworth, superintendent |