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Show Serving a combined population of 7,000 in Dragerton, Sunnyda e and Columbia. Sun-nysid- erton tie e, 1 nbune Per Copy 5c Dragerton, Utah, May 31, 1949 Volume 2 Kiwanians to Receive Charter Friday Night Incorporation Papers Now in County Hands New Medical Contracts (i i - k Sun-rryda- le share-tBe-wo- dale. Reverend John Wonder of Helper is the pastor of the church. He has extended an invitation to everybody to attend their services. The Sunday school is held at 10:00 a.m. with morning worship at 11:00 a.m. The PYPA Young Peoples Meetings Hour) starts at 6:00 p.m. with evangelistic services at 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting is held every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. In addition to the above service there is a summer service on Saturday night u rk would be accomplished presumably by alloting so much tonnage weekly to each mine or each company to be gauged by market conditions and the mines normal share of the market. Operators contend that such a plan is not feasible, theyre set to resist it determinedly. Hebrew Ward was operated on last week for a ruptured appendix. Louis Demarco was in the Dragerton Hospital last week for a foot operation. Health, Welfare Funds Go into Operation June 1, Necessitating New Arrangements The medical sqction of the United Mine Workers of America welfare and retirement fund goes into operation on June 1. This provides free hospitalization and medical care to all members and their dependents. For the UMW locals in East Carbon this necessitated a new contract with Doctor Frank Colombo who had provided both hospital care and office and home calls in addition to many other provisions. Labor Neivs Inter-unio- Number 48 UMW Locals Ratify Election Will Probably Take Place after July 5 With Official Incorporation Five Weeks Later ' The incorporation plans of Dragerton are now in the hands of the county officials who must move according to the legal code of Utah. The minutes of the nominating meeting have been submitted to the county clerk where they have been filed. On June 7 the county commissioners will act on them at their regular meeting. The Utah Code states that, the county commissioners will consider the petition and if found according to the statute of the State of Utah will fix the time Possible strikes in coal and and place within the boundaries and steel darken the summer elecof proposed city at which the horizon. economic tion may be held to determinef the A coal walkout is believed to elecof and matter incorporation be the most likely as Lewis and tion of officers. start perliminary The code further states that, the operators contract in a bulldog skirmishing before such election shall be held mood. be made with cant Steel the board of county commissionout coal and steel mills have been ers shall give notice "by publicastocks against tion in s ome paper circulated building up their a coal strike. But even if a mine a once limits least at said within settlement is reached. Murrays week for four successive weeks stand determinedly such notice shall contain contents steelworkers with their the in background of petition, description of terrihands out. to be tory proposed incorporated, Any curtailment of steel outthe officers to be elected, and shall would be felt quickly. Proput also designate the time and place to 95 of at which the election shall be duction has slipped as metal many product capacity, held. Ballots used at such elecmakers have thinned output. But tion shall contain, (for incorporatdemand for the basic tnetal is ion),(against incorporation) its flow would and the names of offices to be still huge. Stopping of factories. hit hundreds filled and jhe candidates theren Old foes angle: fore. Lewis are in a sense and Murray the After the election county other. commissioners shall make a can- again pitted against each contract expires June 30 vass of the ballots (certify the The coal but the most likely date for a accuracy of the count and if strike is July 5 when the miners for incorporation the county clerk from their annual vacaback get reshall give public notice or deadline on steel negotion. The sults for four successive weeks. is July 15. But because Certified copies are sent to the tiations the two industries are so inter secretary of state. Upon filing a walkout by either with the Utah secretary of state dependent, the other at the barunion hurts he then gives public notica in table. gaining papers of state wide circulation INDUSTRIES WATCH for one issue. Upon performance The southern coal wage conof the above the secretary of state ferences are verging on collapse. then can give approval. If the soft coal conference colThe election cannot be held before July 5, the day the miners lapse comes and it apparently take a surprise development return from their vacation. The will to avoid it nobody on the union county commissioners must cer- side is to be sorry. John L. tify the results and give public Lewis going implied to the pointedly notice for four more weeks. The as the wage operators yesterday, state of must act then secretary session that the United opened, subon the official documents mitted to him. The officers for Mine Workers didnt particularly the various positions when elec- want to negotiate with the south ted will not be eligible to take of- erners in the first place, but under fice until approximately August the law had no alternative. Some southern operators share 15 when the final certification of Mr. Lewis feeling that a breakthe incorporation takes place. A very important issue pre- down in negotiations would not sents itself at this early stage of be distressing. The eyes of the industrial incorporation. Money must be world have been on Bluefield this had to run the city. Unless a week. This is the first attempted to mil is levy certify presented the county officials before the sec- negotiation in the big coal inond Monday in August, they will dustry and coal company leaders not be eligible for levy funds have made it clear they dont want to increase their labor costs available after November 30. At the present time no one is now, with both demand and prices e taking air- active part in guiding slipping. - Mr. has not disclosed Lewis the incorporating procedure along what changes he will specifically its way. There are many facts bitumin-ou- e that should be known to all of ask to be made in. a new whatbut agreement, wage of citizens These the Dragerton. inif means an ever he it seeks, usually do not come up until the crease in coal production costs, need for them is realized; many times this is too late for proper will be rejected by the operators, benefit. The only answer to this leading interests have indicated. Commercial producers, who is for a citizens committee to a declining coal study the incorporation procedure have been in and discuss it with the county of- market for the past eight or nine ficials. The county officials have months, consider theyre in their no active interest in the incor- best bargaining position since beof them are poration. They do their work as fore the war. Many it is presented to them. They resigned to a strike. are not there to guide the citizens Its rather generally expected of Dragerton. The logical citi- that the union will present two zens committee should be com- chief demands in support of which posed of some of the candidates they will be ready to strike. One for the various offices, who will will be for a shorter week with have an active part in the opera- at least no reduction in pay, and the other will be for improvetion of the city if incorporated. ments in their welfare and retirement fund. Full Gospel Church The standard work week in the mines now under the contract is Is Planning New 40 hours and the basic daily wage Church In Near Future is $14.05. Few miners have been working full time recently. The Welfare fund Is' financed by a 20 The Pull' Gospel church of is planning a new church cents per ton tax on coal, an The amount union leaders do not conwithin the near future. is church at present conducting sider sufficient to support the its services in the former Utah fund, particularly in view of the Fuel Building in Sunnydale, This curtailment in coal production. building has been sold to be used ".The miners also may demand soon for a commercial business. that operators install a Thus it has become necessary for plan, similar to a program the Church to find a new site for now in operation in the anthraite their services. The present call fields of eastern Pennsylvania. The for a new building, the size of aim of course, would be to spread which will be 40x60. It will be employment among the miners between Dragerton and Sunny- in times of declining demand. It Eastern Carbon county has the brightest future of any area in the Intermountain area Utah Fuel Company V M.A, Sells Three Old Commercial Buildings The new contracts in East Car- bon were ratified by the Columbia and Kaiser locals on Tuesday, the Utah Fuel on Monday and Horse Canyon on Saturday.' The cost to the union members has been reduced from a charge of' $5.00 per month to $4:00 per has month. The members and their Orson Spencer, Dee Croft, Cal Jewkes, Hank Zaremba, Rell Anderson, Standing, left to right: The Utah Fuel Cmpany Henry Murphy,, Clayton Anderson, Vic DeLost, Bud Manchester and Lee Alger. ly Sitting, left to right- Tom Mahon, Earl Faucett, Joe Brown, Sye Ros, Owen Price, Charlie Gold Isold three buildings that it. used These consist of the back and Howard Kissell. former grocery stores in both Sunnyside and Sunnydale and the other old building near the Bitten by SUNNYSIDE KIWANIS CLUB ANNOUNCES Youngster boundary of Sunnydale toward Rattlesnake Thursday Dragerton. Dr. Colombo and Mr. Larry Malcolm C. Hansen, age 10 CHARTER PLANS FOR THIS FRIDAY years, was bitten by a rattle snake Stephens bought them from the last Thursday as he was playing Utah Fuel Co. Mr. Stephens is District Governor to Speak, with Many Visiting in the Grassy Trail ravine near down old the Sunnyside the creek in back of the new tearing Kiwanians on Hand to Help in the Installation homes. The child was taken to store building for salvage value. The newly-forme- d Kiwanis club of Sunnyside is holding the doctor immediately so that The Sunnydale store building" is Charter Night Ceremony Banquet at the Sunnyside the danger of infection was being remodeled into apartments. School, June 4, 1949. The charter for the club, will be pre- caught quickly. Malcolms condi- In the old building near the. SunSince this nydale entrance, Mr. Stephens is sented by Utah-Idah- o District Governor Reed C. Culp who tion is satisfactory. , sheriffs both office remodeling and plans to install a the mishap will be the principal speaker that evening. Tom Mahon, eluL the are doctors and cautioning the bakery, both wholesale and reprexy, will accept the charter in behalf of tl club. Lieutenant-Go- children against playing around tail. This ' will be ready somevernor Cliff Memmott of Helper will act as Toast- the rocks or the creek. time during the summer. - for-jmer- its -- master for the evenings activities. has been arranged by Cal Jewkes. The Sunnyside Kiwanis club formed on April 29, 1949, with the Kiwanis club of Price as its sponsor. Harold Patterick president of the Price club, and Jack Houston, past Lieutenant-Governo- r, took an active lead in organizing the Kiwanis in Sunnyside because, as they explained it, there is a real need in" Sunnyside for a service club such as was Kiwanis. The Sunnyside club elected as officers the following men: Tom Mahon, Kaiser Company Vem Storekeeper, president; Jones, Wasatch Store Manager, k, and Charlie Kaiser Company Warer. A houseman, board of directors was elected to assist the club officers in handling the clubs activities. They are: Henry Murphy, Cal Jewkes, its Gold-bac- vice-preside- nt, Secretary-Treasure- Musical entertainment Greatest Production in Steel History UMW 6089 to Hold Achieved in First Quarter of 1949 Nominations for Office Thursday The Columbia local, UMW 6089, hold its local and district nominations this coming Thurs day, June 2 at 4:00 p.m., in the Columbia house. school The nominations for district offices will remain open until June 16. The election for district offices will take place the first Tuesday in September. The election for local offices will take place later in June. All UMW politicians have been cordially invited to attend the will Vic DeLost, Sye Ross, Columbia meeting. and Rell AnderThe four UMW unions in East son. Carbon will all hold their local The current plans of the club elections in June. The air is full call for a program to assist in the of politiking with the district improvement of Sunnyside. Co- candidates sending out notices of operating with the existing agen- their intent to run. The tension cies, Kiwanis ip Sunnyside is ar- around the union cracker barrel ranging to construct small neigh- is very hot. Candidates are lay-ih- g borhood playgrounds throughout groundwork for a favorable the community to provide facili- rail position. It is time now to ties for the little children who get into a good position for the cannot go far from home. A final stretch. The national presiClean Community program has dential races do not carry the been started under the direction potency of these local races. These of Henry Murphy, Sunnyside elections are at our own doorsteps Homes Manager. and vitally effect the local memMany requests have been made bers in their daily lives. It is of the Kiwanis club of Sunnyside democracy at the grassroots. for assistance in the development of recreational facilities. High on Painter Breaks Arm and the agenda is a plan calling for Twelve-foot in Fall the clearing of a Ski elope near Leg the rock asphalt quarry. The club Robert Nelson, Salt Lake City, is making arrangements to assist who works for the Utah Decoratthe recreational director of Sun- ing Co. fell from a scoffold while nyside in this project. working in the Carbon County A service club in Sunnyside is Railroad diesel shop. A hose a means for channeling the many flipped him, causing him to drop scattered efforts in the comnTuiity twelve feet breaking his arm and toward definite goals. The Ki- leg, and causing severe shock. Mr. wanis club was officially wel- Nelson will be removed to Salt comed to Sunnyside last Tuesday Lake as soon as he is in condition (Continued on Page Five) to be moved. Hank Zaremba, Runners-U- p For State dependents will receive many additional coverages that they did not receive - under the previous medical setup. As the national fund is enlarged the coverage by it will expand thus continuing to reduce the monthly cost by the members. Eventually it is hoped by the members that the health and welfare fund will take care of the entire cost One important provision of the new contract is that maternity cases are handled free In the hospital. If the birth is delivered at home there is a fee of $75.00. The reason for this is that the mortality rate on home births have been very high in the mining camps. The thinking of union Officials is that the charging for home deliveries will discourage it - thus decreasing the overall mortality rate in the mining camps. . From all reports obtainable, the policy committee of ,the UMW will ask lor an increase on the During the first quarter of this year the greatest pro- royalty per ton of coal mine that duction of raw steel in history poured out of steelmaking goes into this fund. At present furnaces in the United States. The tonnage was sufficient 20 cents per ton is charged. Variestimates expect the policy to have provided every one of the 147,000,000 men, women ous to ask for a 40 cents and children in the United States with a total of 326 pounds committee ton royalty. If this is granted per of steeL the cost to the UMW members The record output of the first will be further decreased.- quarter raised the total producThe UMW is one of the foretion of raw steel in twelve sue runners in obtaining ' adequate cessive months to more than medical coverage for its members. tons,, an achievement Many- - .other national unions, en- -' never before equaled in a like vious of the UMW are striving Eldon Tidwell of Dragerton won the Class C state single title period. The effect of the greatest for the same type of coverage was being which the UMW members and in the state trapshooting tourna- steel production cycle ment. His two day total was 191x felt everywhere as the factories their dependents are now receivbalanced of the country rapidly 200. ing. and demand for their prosupply Rifle National The Sunnyside ducts. Association was organized with World Leadership Emphasized Jim Cassano as executice officer facts about steels signiOther Silas Ross -- 00 junior executive ficant production achievement include: First plans started for The output of the first quarSunnyside Ski slope. ter, 24,000,000 tons of raw steel, The Utah Power & Light Co. is far exceeded an entire years pronearing completion of a $130,000 duction in any other country. For expansion program in East Car- the first time in any bon. Street lights were added in period, furnaces were operated at Dragerton and the new section of an average exceeding 100 per Sunnydale. Most of Dragerton cent of capacity. The country in addition to all the new homes was getting benefits from steels have been rewired. large scale expansion and imSprinkling regulations were put provement programs. TechnologiThe cal advances were meeting expecinto force in Dragerton. water situation is quite critical tations. at the present time. Average weekly output of Lewis makes first peace talk steel during the first quarter was terms. Atmosphere of both opera- 1,870,000 tons. If continued durtors and UMW officials is one of ing 1949, that high level would result in the production of more conciliation. Mrs. Edna Graham was elected than 97,000,000 tons, an increase president of the Eastern Utah of about 9,000,000 tons over 1948. District Federated Womens Clubs. Shipments of finished steel exJ. O. Blondie Peterson filed de- ceeded 18,000,000 tons in the three claration of candidacy for post of months January, February and March. That equaled more than county commissioner. Fire started in the Horse Can- half of the total shipments or the yon Mine. The area was sealed year 1939. It was 40 per cent of off with no great property damage the total for 1940. and no injured personnel. Januarys output was remarkEllis Peacock takes over the able because it exceeded 8,000,000 operation of Petersons Grocery. tons. Never before had that much steel been made in a single month. But the record was soon Championship shattered when March became the month of greatest steel output with 8,389,000 tons. Thus, the supply Of steel "WaS rising faster than ever before. In a year of production at the rate of the first quarter of 1949, the per capita output of raw steel would be more than 1,300 I pounds, compared with an aver-- I age of 807 pounds for each person ten years earlier. Steel companies increased their total annual ingot capacity by about 1,800,000 tons in 1948, to a record level of over 96,000,000 tons. They plan to raise Capacity to almost 99,000,000 tons by the end of 1950. They spent $583,000,000 in 1948 and expect to ahd officer. three-mon- th Summer Hours Aro Announced for Community Library summer hours for the ' Community in located east the end of Library, the Clinic Building! have been announced by the library board. June 1st, the hours will be Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p. m. A rental fee of 25 cents will be charged for a period of three The Dragerton-Columb- la ely months. Until funds the secured to pay a librarian. Miss Myrtle Davis, the Junior High School librarian, and Mrs. Emily Morrison, are volunteering their services. The past week found Miss Davis, Mrs. Morrison and Mrs, T. A. Constance working both days and evenings getting the library in readiness for the opening this week. Betty Jean Poglajen joined the ladies in the evenings and spent many hours assisting in cataloguing the books. There are many very good books both juveniles and adults to choose from. Everyone is invited to visit and use the library. The old stork had a busy half week" When he ' delivered five babies, then decided to take a good vacation over Memorial Day. Mr. and Mrs. James Carter of Dragerton had a daughter on May 21. Three youngsters arrived on Monday. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roberts of Sunnyside; a boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Alex Pacheco of Sunnyside while a girl was born to Mr. Mrs. and of Clyde Grames spend $627,000,000 this year. The heavy production of steel Dragerton. On Tuesday a daughhas changed materially in the ter was bom to Mr. and Mrs.. Earl , past six weeks with capacity at a Hinkins of Sunnydale. reduced level for those weeks. The high was on March 19 with Galbreath Returns East A of capacity. Galbreath has returned operations at 102 Shown above are the members of the Carbon high school baseball team who, as the result of yes- Last week capacity was at 94.1. eastGeorge he will be engaged in where 8- -3 loss to Box Elder, ended up the season as runner-up- s for the state championship. terdays Mr. president of the other real estate activities for the In the front row, left to right, are: Bill Perry, Frank Marelli, Louis Tone, Jimmy Scarcelli, Burl Geneva Mathesius, Steel Co. stated that there John W. Galbreath & Co. Mr. th Hoopes, Bobby Davis and David Faddis. is no move underway to curtail be back in for a may to Ernest Gerald July Etzel, Manager; Culwell, Morris Nelson, Jerry Crawford, Gene Standing left right: few days to complete some unfindespite Plaga, Calmer Griffith, Juney Lindsey, Darryl Crawford and Coach Chris Axelgard. Photo by Markakis operations at Geneva on Page Four) ished business. Gal-brea- |