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Show a Serving a combined population of 7,000 in Dragerton, Sunnyside, Surhjyda 1 e and Columbia. erton. .116 Mrs. Jessie Hicks Club Kiwanis Sunnyside Named President Holds Charter Night Of Trinity Guild Kiwanis Governor and Many Dignitaries On Hand in Welcoming Local Club as Member The District Governor, Reed C. Culp, of the Utah-Idah- o District of Kiwanis presented the Kiwanis Club Charter to the Sunnyside group on Saturday, June 4, 1949 at a banquet in the Sunnyside school. This is the official recognition of their affiliation with Kiwanis International with clubs throughout the United States, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. Governor Clup gave the main address of the evening and emphasized the ideals of Kiwanis. He stated the nucleus 6. nbune of the American way of life was the American Home. Without the home, he stated, we would not have our churches, our schools, and everything which makes up our community. Preservation of the American home was a prime motive of the Kiwanis International. Mr. Culp indicated that the Kiwanis organization is not a. religious group, but does support religion; they are not a political organization, but believe in American politics; they are not fraternal clubs, but hold high the fraternity of people and nations. Mr. Culp stated that we must work to preserve that American freedom which we now enjoy. Tom Mahon, president of the' Sunnyside Kiwanis club, accepted the charter on behalf of the community of .Sunnyside as well as the members of the Kiwanis Club of Sunnyside. In response to the awarding of the charter by District Governor Culp, Mr. Mahon briefly outlined the history of the Kiwanis club from its conception in the minds of the leaders of the Price Kiwanis club, its sponsors. He told of the need for a service organization such as Kiwanis in Sunnyside and of the accomplishments of the Sunnyside Kiwanis club to date. . , Lieutenanf Governor Cliff tt was the presiding officer and toastmaster of the evening. Claude P. Henier, President of Utah Fuel Company, addressed group briefly and extolled the future of Sunnyside. He indicated that, although coal for coke s Sunnysides only product, the need for this was so varied offering an optimistic future to the Mr. Heiner stated community. that Utah Fuel was the single property owner in Sunnyside but that they were interested in the type of people living in Sunnyside who would be willing to risk a little capital of their own. Many suitable gifts of necessities for the new club were pur chased by the other Kiwanis clubs of this Division. Most notable of these were the gong and striker from the Provo club, a brilliant club banner from the Helper group, and a secretarys kit 'given by'the sponsoring club in Price. Past District Governor R. J. (Dick) Vaughan presented the gifts to the Sunnyside club on behalf of the donCharles Golbach, ating clubs. Secretary-Treasurof the new club, accepted --the gifts for the Spring Glen Edges in Fast Moving Game Sunnyside, 4-- 3, In a fast moving game, Spring Glen came from behind with two runs in the eighth to edge past the local Sunnyside team and go on to a 4 to 3 victory. Both Johnny Byrge and Cyril Dnggs pitched steady games. All runs scored in the game were of the unearned kind as the fielding errors committed figured in every score. t ed No extra base hits were g but Lisle Driggs led the hitters with two singles in four ar-ner- trips. Driggs whiffed 6 as he held the Spring Glen team hitless for the first six innings. Johnny Byrge, formerly with Helper in the Industrial League, fanned 10 Mem-mo- much-need- ed er club. The program was arranged by Cal Jewkes of Sunnyside who acquired the services of the talented and popular accordian artist, Ernest Lauriski, as the featured musical attraction. Cal Jewkes; Sr., of Kenilworth, gave some vocal solos accompanied on the piano by Tommy Thomas, also of Kenilworth. The house decorations received the plaudits of the visitors. Henry Murphy and Rell Anderson of Sunnyside were responsible for the excellent arrangement of the hall for the ceremony. Many local dignitaries and friends of the local Kiwanians were on hand to applaud the awarding of the very desirable Kiwanis Charter to Sunnyside. Chief among these were Mr. and Mrs. Heiner, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Heers, Manager of Kaisers Sunnyside Mine, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Nyman, General Superintendent of Utah Fuel, Mr. and Mrs, Walter B. Odendahl, General Manager of Utah Fuel Mine, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Walker, Housing Manager for Utah Fuel, Mr. Ben Sloane, Sales Manager of Utah FuelTMr. and Mrs. W. W. West, President East Carbon Lions club, and Mr. and Mrs. Emery Olsen, President of East Carbon Rotary club. Bake Sale to Be Held Saturday at Rental Office in Dragerton Mrs. Jessie Hicks was named president of the Trinity Guild to succeed Mrs. Cristina Kirk, who has moved to Murray, Utah it was announced 8t a meeting held on Tuesday, May 31 at the home of Mrs. Jessie Hicks. Mrs. Elizabeth Olsen is the new treasurer taking the place of Mrs. Helen Schultz who has resigned due to taking a position with the Union Supply Company. Reverend Nicholas, the Episcopal pastor, is planning on making his home in Dragerton within the near future. He has expressed his appreciation to the fine response of the community in its contribution toward a parsonage. With Reverend Nicholas moving to Dragerton the present intention Is to have morning services in place of the 4:30 services as at present. Reverend also expressed the feeling that he will be much better able to minister to the needs of the parish, while living here than when he lived at Kenilworth. The Trinity Guild ladies have worked very hard in getting, a section of the clinic building reorganized into a church meeting place. Cake sales and card parties have been held in the past for the church building fund. The next cake sale will be held this coming Saturday, June II at the rental office in Dragerton. Plans have already been laid for a bazaar in the fall Some Price merchants have contributed very nice gifts for the bazaar. Appreciations have been extended toward the Price merchants and others who have made donations. The next meeting of the Trinity Guild will be held at the home of Mrs. Harry Malaby on June 14 at 2:00 p.m. All families who desire to attend the Episcopal services are cordially welcomed to do so. Good Shepherd speedy recovery. Public Dinner Sunday To Be Given by Catholic Altar Society The Catholic parish in East Carbon is giving a public dinner this coming Sunday, June 12 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 pjn. Everyone has been Invited to attend the dinner. The cost per plate is $1.00. In addition a $12.95 general electric iron will be given away to some lucky person. The ladies of the Altar Society are taking care of the dinner Ham with all its trimmings will be the main issue of the eating within table. Various groups the church are getting together and donating the food which will be cooked by the ladies. To date 14 large hams have been donated by business firms and individuals in the area. Rotary Club Honors Services Wednesday for Students, Civic Mrs. Potochnick, who Leaders at Luncheon Passed Away Saturday The East Carbon Rotary Club OLSENS LEAVING FOR ELDORADO, COLORADO Mr. and' Mrs. Emery Olsen and are family June 9 leaving Thursday, for Eldorado, Colorado, where Mrs. Olsen and the children plan to stay for the summer. While enroute they will stop at Boulder, Colorado for Lorraine,, who is a student at the University of Colorado. Mr. Olsen plans to return around June 20. - The Utah Fuel Company has painted work safely on their mine cars with an aluminum reflecting paint. Mrs. John Potochnick age 33, wife of John Potochnick, Sr., of Dragerton died at the Price hospital Saturday at 8 p.m. from an after effect of child birth. Mrs. Potochnick gave birth to a son, Lenie, just 12 days prior to her death. She is the daughter of John and Frances Yelan Golcort and was born in Price, Utah in 1916. Survivors include her husband, three children, Frank and Frances, Lenie, two sisters in Austria and a sister in Dragerton, Miss Annie Golcort. . She is now at the Mitchell Funeral Home in Price. Services will be conducted there Wednesday evening at 5:00 p.m. by the Helper SNPJ, Slavonic Lodge. She will be buried at the Price City cemetary. ... IV. W. WEST AGAIN CHOSEN TO HEAD LOCAL LIONS CLUB FOR COMING YEAR Bradshaw, Mayor and Kramer Elected Wee Presidents with Other Positions Filled The feast Carbon Lions Club again reelected W. W. West as its president for the coming year at its annual election held on Wednesday, June 1 at the Sunnyside Hotel. Running against Mr. West who was nominated from the floor was Don Faucalt and A. W. Anderson. - Hernian Bradshaw- was named first vice president over - Don Leatham with Clifford Mayar winning out for second vice presi- dent against Royal Allred. An- ton Kramer defeated Frank Lauriski for third vice president. 'Joe Harvey was nained secretary-treasurover Don Ross. Albert Menotti was renamed tail twister over Mike Turnbull. Orlan Mortensen was victor in the lion tamer contest over E. L. Stultz. Veraer Stoddard and Ellis Peacock were chosen for the two year director position. The other two directors are Nick Bikakis and Clyde Rock, who come up for election next year. On Wednesday, June 15, the local Lions will have Ladies' night and have invited toe Price club and their wives to share a Mr. and Mrs. Russell Curtis pot luck dinner which will be had a son on May 27. A boy was held at the East Carbon junior also bom to Mr. and Mrs. Manuel high school. Attending last week's Marzanares of Dragerton while meeting were three Price guests, on Thursday, a daughter was bom Holly Bryner, George Chandler to Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Laybra. and Charles Semkin. ReelSCtOQ LlOnS Sunnyside Community Plans Playground Sites for Children Plans are underway for a well rounded recreational program in Sunnyside and Sunnydale. The Utah Fuel, the Kaiser Co., the Sunnyside Welfare and the Kiwanis Club are all cooperating in this endeavor. Tentative plans call for four or five playground areas with supervisors at each one. One of the present difficulties is in obtaining suitable supervisors Meetings are being held this week to make definite plans and put toe program into operation. Cloverettes Club Holds Second Year er 1 ttcod had a very fine program last Mon day night The president and the secretary of both the East Carbon Lions Club and the Sunnyside Kiwanis Club were guests for the evening. The winners of the East Carbon Rotary scholarships, Sylvia Jensen and David Gerald Crawford al& attended and thanked the club for the awards. The honor students, Faye Olsen and Carl Poglajen of East Carbon Junior high school, who received toe scholarship plaque for 1949 were the honored guests of the club., A colored picture of rainbow land, the trout streams of southern Utah was shown by Bud Fisher. Organization Meeting The Cloverettes held their first meeting at toe home of Lillian Howey. They organized for the second year of H club work on Wednesday, June 1, 1949. Off! cers elected were: president, Vera Odendahl, vice president, Mary Lou Rayan, secretary, Faye Bullock; reporter, Marilyn Colombo; song and cheer leader, Coleen Burdick and social chairman, Joan Heers. The project for toe year is sewing a school costume. The leaders are Lillian Harvey and Dona Anderson. The meeting will be held each Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Each girl will have toe opportunity to entertain the group during the summer.' 4-- W. W. WEST Intermountain Per Copy 5c 8-- 3, area Number j 43 Odendahl Tells Why He Opposes Safety Bill Dragerton Defeats Sacred Heart News Hiawatha, Avery successful summer school has just been closed at the Good Shepherd church. An average of 135 children from Dragerton, Sunnydale, Sunnyside and Columbia attended each day. A class of 36 children received First Holy Communion at the 9:00 oclock Mass m Dragerton. The Sisters of St Vincent de Paul Society, who are teachings at the Notre Dame school in Price, again conducted the classes. They were assisted by the misses Anita Tan-gar- o and Juliette Aubert students of Notre Dame school. The work was very much appreciated and the parish has expressed its thanks to the sisters. Little Eugene Farliano of Sunnyside, a member of the First Communion class could not be present to receive as he was recovering from an appendicitis operation in the hospital. Ac. cording to a statement of Doctor Colombo, Eugene is doing quite welL The prayers of his class' mates are being offered ''for i Eastern Carbon county has the brightest future of any area ia the i Dragerton, Utah, June 7, 1949 Volume 2 " t by Hitting, Pitching Would Supersede Four Other Authorities Who How Have the Right to Close Mines The intense interest of the UMW In Senate Bill 1031 Dragerton continued on its winning way by taking a very well played game from Hiawatha Sunday by a score of 8 to 3. Poglajen held the Hiawatha boys under firm control until the final innings when they managed to push across three runs. The heavy sluggers for the local boys were Jerry Crawford with three hits and Morris Nelson with two extra base blows. All the boys were hitting consistently and in the which allows federal mine inspectors to close down unsafe mines and the opposition to this bill by some operators led the Dragerton Tribune to ask the operators why. Mr. Walter Odendahl of the Utah Fuel Co., went to Washington two weeks ago to testify against the passage of it. The Dragerton Tribune is interested in quoting; both the UMW viewpoint and the operators viewpoint. In a following; issue we will have a synopsis of labors side. This week we are clutches. This makes Mr. Odendahls viewpoint. the third victory quoting Senate bill 1031 provides that when a Federal coal mine within a week for the Smooth Inspector finds imminent danger operating Dragerton club. Their to employees In a mine exists he only defeat was to Sunnyside shall order the mine closed immewhen the boys just couldnt seem Opposes Bill 1031 to handle the ball with their acdiately." customed finesse. To most people who are not The Spring Glen outfit is at familiar with mining this is for present leading the league with safety and- - is a must for four straight victories. , C Sunday action." the league leaders took a hard bill This is very misleading fought and well played game from because it would only be supplethe Sunnyside boys. 4 mental to toe four authorities DRAGERTON Hits In Utah now charged with toe 2 Lindsay, CF same duay; as a Federal law it ! Woodard 2B 1 would displace action by the State SS 2 Byer .M authorities and thus reduce the W 2 Tobey 3B actual . safety practices we now D. Crawford C 2 have," J. Crawford IB . 3 When an imminent danger exM. Nelson LF 2 ists in a mine no one cares how it Red Nelson RF ... 2 Is shut down, whether 0 by State, Joglajen P ... Federal, mine officials or by management just so long as It is HIAWATHA AB Hits shut down in time to avoid injury Christensen SS .... 4 3 or loss of life or disaster. Truly C. Ruse RF 0 4 no one will oppose such action for 1 Lowe 2B 4 wfe all want the highest Jackson IB .... 4 0 degree of v safety possible in cur mines." Lowe C .... 4 0 v 1 Wilde 3B .... 4 However, when the plan is , advanced simply to Increase toe .... 3 I Bingham P W. B. ODENDAHL 1 number of government employees Bult LF .... 4 1 then a real danger to the Ameri.... 4 Assay CF can public exists toe danger of the eventual loss of our freedoms. WALKOUT PROBABLE AS CONTRACT (Earl Maize, who was with me In toe Bureau of Mines informed me that he participated In toe TALKS LAG BEHIND FORMER YEARS formulation of Bureau of,Il.nes plans to place a Federal cozd mine in each of toe principal Inspector little Effort Made bv Either UMW or Operators coal mines in the United States To Reveal Strategy tor New Wage Contract 2300 additional inspectors with toe necessary additional superOperators said Saturday that negotiations for a new soft visors, darks, etc.) coal wage contract are lagging far behind the schedule of During the last few years the other years. number of Federal employees has They hold little hope that an agreement can be reached increased more than four time before the present contract expires on June 30 or that any because the various governmental bureaus have made determined industry-wid- e strike can be forestalled when the miners efforts to increase their sphere of annual vacation ends on July 5. All coal mining will cease 17 days hence when the United influence and to perpetuate themselves in office- - In other words Mine Workers begin their vacanow employed by the US people tion. Following past practice they Government make sure they do not to will return their jobs unless not lose their MINERS SOUND jobs when the Cona new contract has been negotiated by the time the holiday ends gress gets economy minded, by the simple expidient of increasing the WELFARE FUND Changes are that the eoalj wage pay rolls of the bureau they are dispute will reach a crisis in the in. Thus each of us now pay at midst oL steel and auto contract least 20 cents on each dollar we HIKE WARNING The government is earn to keep toe people In the negotiations. already confronted with toe threat US bureaus in their jobs. The United Mine Workers Sun- of strikes set in toe atomic energy said there vas danger of toe day used toe occasion of a mine project and the maritime industry lossI of our freedom. When the disaster monument dedication to on or before June 17. Federal government steps in toe-awarn toe 'soft coal industry" there' Only one set of negotiations Is nullifies the power of the can be no new wage contract un- under way in the coal industry. state. The United States is a These talks are between John L union of small nations and toe less the union welfare and retireLewis United Mine Workers and ment fund is continued and en- the Southern Coal Producers As- rights of the states if retained by the 6tates insures us that our sn. They began May 25. larged. democracy will be more apt to The speaker war John Owens, " The talks here are two weeks continue because the states rights behind the schedule of 1947, toe act to control the Federal govern- International secretary-treasure- r, who dedicated a monument to 90 last time the miners and southern- ment Should nil our government functions be centralized in Washminers killed in. an explosion at ers held separate negotiations. the No. 1 pit of the Pond Creek In that year operators submit ington, D. C., we would be ripe Pocahontas Coal Co., in 1940. ted their proposals on May 29 and for some dictator to step in overOwens represented the UMW toe union rejected them June 3. night, either fascist or Communist, we ' common people would Operators said the most omin- and president, John L. Lewis. Monday when the union resumed contract ous sign is the failure of Lewis lose all the freedom we now entalks with the Southern Coal Pro- and producers to set up wage con- joy The right of free speech, the ducers Assn. Lewis returned to ferences for northern and western right to belong to a union, the Washington Friday without say- commercial companies and steel right to work and when we wish with a plan to retire to that little ing why he was leaving. Nor corporations operating mines. chicken farm we have dreamed would UMW headquarters in The captive mines have toe CIO Steelworkers to contact on a con- about for years. These things and Washington say why. aU other freedoms are So far the negotiations have tract There deadline Is July 15. nearly lost when a dictator takes over. Thus unless can the down-steelworkers in bogged technicalities, The preservation of States with specific proposals- from be brought into line there is no neither side. But spokesmen for need for the operators to be in a Rights is very important to all (Continued on Page Four) both sides have made clear that hurry to come to terms with the the welfare and retirement fund UMW, The amount of coal above " r favorable-congressio- w , 10-d- ay J is a big issue. Lewis is expected to demand on increase in operators contributions from 20 to 40 cents a ton. the fund uses the money to pay $1000 death benefits to union members survivors, $100 a month pensions to miners over 60 years of age, and other grants in aid. County Commissioners to Act on Incorporation ground is also sufficient to allow the operators some bargaining leeway. With the skimping off in the price market and a lessening of demand by industrial users it is thought by many operators that this is the year that toe demands of the UMW can best be resisted. It looks like a very tough summer ahead for the coal mining industry and those connected with it. Australian Ccal Men Want John L. Lewis . In Their Ccal Union In an excerpt from the Salt Laks Tribune a visiting Australian coal and steel producer was quoted as desiring very much a man of John L. Lewis caliber to straighten out the coal mining union of Australia. At present they are plagued by strikes of many types. There is no order in the industry. The inference was that John I Lewis could get order and keep it This is indeed a finegesture to the leader of the UMWf From many newspaper articles in this country, John L Lewis is not given the proper credit for a stability in this country toads toe desire of producers in Kaiser Men Inspect Mine The incorporation of Dragerton Equipment In Illinois is scheduled to be brought before Tom McCourt, mine superintenthe entire county commissioners this Tuesday, June 7. After fav- dent at Kaiser and Lee Alger orable action toe entire procedure master mechanic, left Friday for is advertised in the local papers an inspection tour of mines in four weeks before the election southern Illinois, who now are date. In all probabilities, the elec- using toe continuous miner. The tion will be held immediately fol- Kaiser Company has one miner lowing toe completion of the on order. The men will return next Wednesday. miners vacationr other countries. nal |