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Show Serving a combined population of 7,000 In Dragerton, e, 1 e Sunnyda and Columbia. , Sun-nysid- Per Copy 5c Dragerton, Utah, July 26, 1949 Volume 3 Graveside Rifes Mrs. Ruiz Not Guilty, Says Eight-Ma- n Jury 4- Held Saturday For Columbia Hero I- No. 4 "V-- I Vi Canadian Elected President of Lions International C; .. - f ,- Ct A-.'-- -- Verdict Returned After Two-Ho- ur Session; Defendant in Tears as Judge Orders Dismissal Mv An eight-ma- n jury in the district court in and for Carbon county last night brought in a verdict of not guilty in the case of the state of Utah vs. Ophelia (Ufilia) Ruiz, 30, who had been charged with murder in the second degree following the fatal shooting of her husband at their home in Sunnydale on May 18. The jury deliberated approximately two hours and returned the verdict at 7:50 p. m. In the inquest following"the fatal shooting, the coroners jury returned a verdict of death at the hand of Ufilia Ruiz by shooting with a .22 caliber rifle not feloniously. Following the rendering of this verdict. County Attorney A. John Ruggeri filed a complaint charging murder in the first degree. The charge, however, was reduced to murder in the second degree following the end of a preliminary hearing heard in the court of Justice l: iT- - V- - v . 4 ciation of Lions Clubs (Lions International). He was elected by unanimous vote at the 32nd annual convention of the association which closed at New Yorks Madison Square Garden today. Fisher succeeds Dr, Eugene S. Briggs, Enid, Oklahoma. The convention concluded one of the most successful years in the history of Lions International, according to the report made by Melvin Jones of Chicago, secret al and founder of the O $f - Id- ;v f' c 0 - - v 4 njTLG tary-gener- of the Peace Jack Allen at Wellington. An information charging the defendant with second degree murder was filed with the district court and the defendant entered a plea of not guilty. The trial started on Monday of this week and was completed yesterday afternoon. The testimony brought out at the inquest, the preliminary hdar-n- g and the trial indicated that Mrs. Ruiz had been the victim of many beatings at the hands of her husband and these altercations led to the tragedy on the morning of May 18. When the verdict was read, Mrs Ruiz was obviously moved and burst into tears as she was surrounded by her friends. Immediately upon discharging the jury, Judge Fred W. Keller ordered the defendant discharged from custody. Serving on the jury were Lloyd Perigo, foreman; A. Clement Atwood, Elbern O Nelson, ames Wilcox, Walter D. Whitburn, Harry Gordon, John L.'Drlscall and Thomas A. Burgess. Attorneys for the defense were Henry Ruggeri and Frank Hanson, both appointed by the Price city court prior to the preliminary hearing. Prosecuting for the state were Duane Frandsen, district attorney, assisted by A. John Ruggeri, county attorney. East Carbon Celebration Draws Large Crowd School Board Clerk celebrated the 24th of July in real fashion here on Monday. The day started out with a parade at 10 a. m. This was made up of ten beautiful floats, about 25 beautiful horses and bicycles m great numoers. The walking clowns added much to the fun for the bystanders. A crowd of about one thousand people' crowded the streets of Dragerton. After the parade a very interesting program was held in' the . school pro- gram a baby beauty contest proved to be the show of the day. A hundred "babies entered the contest. They all proved to be an improvement on the older The boys and girls generation. had a great time competing in a contest on the park lawn. The day closed with a dance well attended in the school gymnasium. MOVELL JEWKES Price Man Named As District auditorium. After the School Building at . Dragerton School Board Cleric Gets Face Lifting Movell Jewkes, native son of the Carbon-Emer- y county area, Saturday was named as clerk of Under the direction of District the Carbon county board of edu- Building Supervisor D. E. Wilcation to fill the vacancy created liams, our junior high school by the death of George Ockey on building is undergoing a face liftJune 17 after having served in ing that will make parts of it that capacity for the past 25 years. look like a new building by the time school starts the first ofSep-tembe- r. ' Mr- - Jewkes was born 'in Emery county, on FebAll the black boards have been ruary 14, .1915adi'the family moved to Carbon county in 1923 surfaced and slated. The floors where it has resided since. He have been surfaced and filled. attended Price schools and grad- The library is being divided into uated from the Carbon senior high a library and study hall. A divischool where he was active in sion of the room is being made athletics. Following high school, so that shelving room for books he attended the Brigham Young will be increased and books will be made available throughout the university for two years. He entered the armed services day to the students. The roof of the, entire building in 1943 and attended officer candidate school and graduated as an has been renovated so that everyin the quartermaster thing will soon be in first class officer corps. He was discharged in Sep- shape for the opening of school. tember of 1948, and became asThere is still one thing that is sociated with the. state Depart- badly in need of attention. - More ment of Veterans Affairs as dis- than 75 windows have been purtrict service officer. He remained posely broken by boys since in this position until April of school was out in May. In the this year and then accepted em- past over three hundred windows ployment with Carbon county as a year have been broken by boys a' deputy in .the sheriffs depart- throwing - rocks through them. ment. Some work on the part of officers The new. school board clerk certainly ought to do. something will take over his new appoint- about that. ment on July 26 at which time auditors will check the books of Joins .the district Mont Harmon, dis- Dr. stated school trict superintendent that Mr. Jewkes will work with Dragerton the auditors to familiarize himself with the records of the dis- Hospital Staff trict office. We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Warreii R. RupPre-F- ab Hangars per has come to Dragerton to join Arrive At Airport the staff of Dr. Colombo. Opinions are in circulation Four portable that he is already a very person pleasant hangers have been delivered to to meet and very efficient in his at and the Carbon county airport work. that location they will be mounted Dr. Rupper, we are very glad to The concrete foundations. on hangers will be rented by the county, have you with us. Let us help to to 'owners of private planes. The make you happy. purpose of constructing the hang- ers at the airport is to give plane) Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Driggs left owners an idea of the type of. their children, Bobby, Kassie and structure they can build in the! Jimmy, with relatives in Indiana event they wish ' to lease ground' and Kentucky until school start here in September. for their own quarters. Rupper I Heads All Lions f' NORMAN K. COWAN MiLary graveside services for Private First Class Norman K Cowan, 18, Columbia, who was killed on May 23, 1945, while serving with the 96th Division on Okinawa, will be held Saturday, July 23, at 2.00 p m. at the Price Carbon Countys ' Welfare Activity Delegates Return In city cemetery He was born on June 17, 1926, at Wellington, a son of Kirtland Cowan and Jequetta (Cowan) Lines. He attended grade school at Columbia and Sunnyside and graduated from the Carbon senior Dragerton Benefits Everyone Miss Catherine Chantry, Carbon delegate to the nacounty tional H club camp m WashSome of us who are non-uniington, D. C., has returned to her members are not aware of the home in Wellington enthusiasti- fact that Dragerton has a Recreacally extolling the experiences en- tional Association and is made up ofH countered on her trip. mem high school (of union and non-unito fers wonderful opportunities Young Cowan entered the arm those who work for them, she bers. The object and purpose of this association is to promote the ed services at Fort Douglas on says. I hope some other 4-- H September 13, 19i4, and received boy or girl from Carbon will some social, moral and educational welhis basic training at Camp Robhave the opportunities I have fare of its members by sponsorng athletic activities, motion pictures erts, California His training pe- day for they are really worth of educational and entertainment riod extended through 13 weeks had, while. and upon its completion he was dances and all types of national camp The H sent overseas. activities deemed worthy and apWashington, D. C., began June 15. He was a member of the There were 200 delegates present, propriate. Membership is open to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter four from each state m the union all the people of our community. Old and young by paying reguday Saints and Puerto Rico, she relates. lar dues of one dollar per, month Survivors besides his mother H were at the headquarters wha resides at Columbia are his Raleigh hotel in Washington, D. C. per family.. One membership card entitles father, Fairfield, Montana; a Camp opened with a general brother and sister, Thomas Cow- assembly and a quick foresight the entire family to the benefits an, Sunnydale, and Lorraine Mar- of what we were going to witness, of alL the activities of the assotin, Olympia, Washington; his which was something aoout hich ciation. step-fathWilliam Lines, Co- most of us had never dreamed. If all the clerks, secretaries, and lumbia; two station attendants and During our eeks stay in the service two step-sisteW. S. Lines, nations capital, we were honored school teachers would join this asPrice; Leon Lines, Salt Lake City; by having as .speakers at various sociation our welfare committee Leona Markosek, Price, and Amy group meetings, Charles F. Bran-na- n, could make more activities for us. Bishop, Hiawatha. secretary of agriculture, and Burial will be under the direc- Mrs. Charles F. Brannan; Senator CARBON BAND IN Elmer Thomas; Robert Huse, dition of the Wallace mortuary. The remains of Pfc. Cowan rector of overseas investigation; PRACTICING MOOD were returned to the United and Bernard M. Suttler, F. B. I., States under the Repatriation of who spoke to us on the hows and The Carbon band may be seen World War II Dead program. whys of governmental affairs. of Price each streets the strutting The official camp picture was Tuesday and Thursday evening taken at the White House with between seven and nine oclock the president of the United States to to whom a H pin was presented preparing of uphold their reputation as one the top bands of the by the delegates. state. Its nice to see East Carbon A phase of the program that in the key powell interested the very much sition represented band. Dan McAlpin of the Norway Fights Reds Right Way was the discussion of our govern- and Shirley Oveson are among The labor government of Nor- ment They discussed the topics, the old members while Helen way not only is meeting the chal- My Past As a Citizen, UnderHelen Rowe of Dragerton and lenge of rebuilding a country standing Our Representative and which was virtually stripped bare Judicial Systems, World Peace Hinkins of Sunnydale are the during the German occupation Is ,Our Business. Reports of these twirlers. but is also successful in "meeting were printed in the Washington The band will leave Price early the challenge of communism, said paper each day. The thing that Monday mormng in order to be Dr. Halvdan Koht, eminent hi the headlines was American there to participate in the parade historian and minister of Youth States Filibustering a at 9:30. They will return home foreign affairs at the time of the Silly Practice for Grown Men. Monday evening and immediatestart preparing to be a leading invasion, during a brief stop in Many national buildings were ly Roost of the Robbers feature ol as such Cheyenne last week. the nations cap-itvisited, and 29th 28th, July Roundup, A different method of combatbuilding, the Supreme Court, 30th. Naof the the has communist the Congress, Library ting party been adopted than what has been tional Art Museum, the Federal was the candle lighting held at used in America. In Norway the Bureau of Investigation, the the Aztec Gardens in the communist party is permitted to Beltsville Experimental Farm. building. Other places visited were the function just as any other politiMiss Josephine Daines, a Utah Mt. Lee Custis cal group. Members of the govMansion, Vernon, student to Holland, ernment, if they can be elected the Washington Monument, the exchange made the trip to Washington with to office, university professors, Lincoln Memorial, and the JefMr. and Mrs. David Sharp, Jr., of teachers, as well as others are ferson Memorial. The delegates paid tribute to Logan. Others who went were not restricted in any way because Dorene Atwood, Lakeshare; Vern the grave of the unknownsoldief of their political affiliations. Wood, Minersville, and myself. In spite of political freedom, at Arlington cemetery and at Miss Daines went on to HolMt. at Vernon tomb membership in the Norwegian Washingtons Miss Anne Green from and land, a each at wreath placing grave. by is communist party decreasing in a n exScotland, Aherdeene, Some interesting churches Norway. The reason for this visited while there, . the U. change student t oAmerica, camp were was easily explained S. Naval phenomenon Academy chapel, where home with us. by the historian. It was the comOn our way home we went to were held for services munist revolution in Czechoslo- Sunday Ca- New York'" took an all-dotur the the Washington" vakia and repression of minority groups in eastern Europe which thedral, also the little church of the city, visiting the Empire made communist politics repud-siv- e where George Washington went State building and the Goddess .to. the Norwegians. To clinch to worship. In 1944 Franklin D. of Liberty. We also visited places the issue is Russian foreign pol- Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in Philadelphia including Indevisited this church because they pendence Hall where we saw the icy, which is as incomprehensible to Norwegions as it is to America. felt it suchi an honor to sit in the original liberty bell. seat of the father of our country. The journey home was very The oft repeated moral and the On the day set pleasant. All Utah delegates made day, of the labor governexperience to do as the entire trip in the private car ment in Norway is that the best aside for the delegates pleased, the Utah deleagtes cf Mr. and Mrs. David Sharp, they is to beat to communism way visited the Fords theatre where jr. Mr. Sharp is the state club make democracy work rather than Abraham Lincoln was shot, also leader for boys and girls, to cloud the issue with persecua rep- the Franciscan monetary, The tri was fl wonderful ex tions of minority groups. If po- liea of the underground cities of perience and j, something never litical freedom in Norway will Rome. old to be forgotten. Id advise every should as effective be work, it Two ceremonies were held to work hard to win this here. that were inspirational, especially trip. For this wonderful trip I Mr. and Mrs. Frank Markosek the Citizenship Ceremony held in am grateful to all in Carbon counand Roselyn returned Thursday honor of the new ovters, It was ty who helped make it possible after spending a week in Yellow- held on the steps of the Jeffer- - for me, to those who contributed son Memorial. On one side of money, to those who gave much stone park. Mr. .and Mrs. Floyd Tucker, the memorial was the beautiful needed advise, to all my friends Linda and Michael attended a colored sunset, on the other side and Without these, family reunion in Sanpete coun- .was a large rainbow, truly a beau- - ' j know the trip would be impos-tif- ul sight. The other ceremony sible. I am truly grateful. ty over the week end. 4-- H 4-- on 4-- 4-- 4-- er, step-broth- ers rs, Preparations Made 4-- For Labor Day ers Nor-wegi- on an ay all-stat- es I 4-- well-wishe- rs. 4 Carbon Delegate Tells of Trip on Dragerton - Walter C. Fisher, Queenstown, Ontario, Canada, is the new president of the International AssoA ft Eastern Carbon county has the brightest future of any area in the Intermountain area To Washington, D.C. Carbon county delegates re turned Saturday, July 9, from the enthusiastic state camp, about things that they learned while attending this three days of 4-- H fun and school In H camping techniques. The hightigth of these three days training came when awards were made on Friday, Juyy 8 when Carbon county received first place for the best skit prepared and presented by the girls at a campfire candle lighting ceremony in Logan Canyon. Mrs. Helen Bunnell, working with the entire group of girls, prepared the skit and presented it in eompeti tion with similar skits from all other counties represented. -- The skit was judged on originality, number participating from the county, the relationship to H club work, and the results it produced. Carbon countys delegation also received recognition and a prize for traveling the most miles, which was computed by miles traveled times the number participating. This totaled 3,038. Mrs. Helen Bunnell, leader of the Thimble and Needle club of Price, and also chaperone for this group, received a small gift as a token of appreciation of her good work as a leader. She was very active throughout the three days camp and led the singing for the entire group at the candle lighting ceremony. Shirley Morley was elected and served as an officer on the recreation committee, working with other members elected from other 4-- 4-- counties, Mary Helen Bunnell acted as a councilman and- - served to help elect officers for the camp and perform other duties assigned to the council. Instruction was given to the delegates in many ways. After arriving in Logan at 3:00 a. m. on Wednesday, recreational games to become acquainted were played and an election of officers was held. The evening was climaxed by a banquet that was held at the Bluebird restaurant in down town Logan. At this banquet the principal speakers were President Franklin S. Harris of the Utah State Agricultural college who welcomed the delegates, and Dr. Carl Frischknecht, director of extension, who urged the delegates that in representing the of the state they b6 aware of their responsibility to take back to their various counties the .Information which they were about to receive. The following day, training was given m leading of songs, H handicraft, recreational games, and dancing. The third day of the camp was devoted to songs, additional games, a nature hike in Logan canyon followed by games and a campfire program. Carbon county had next to the largest delegation at the camp and was surpassed only by Weber county who had thirteen compared to eleven from Carbon. All delegates attending expressed appreciation for the opportunity they had in attending the camp. Carbon county delegates were JoAnn Leonard, Joan Hardy, Shirley Morley and Sherrie Young from the Home Furnishing Fanatics of Price, led by Ruby Campbell and June Mary Helen Bunnell from the Needle and Thimble club of Price, led by Helen Bunnell; Connie Platis, Joyce Colton and Marie Nelson of the Jolly Half Continued on Page Four) -- 4-- H 4-- Blea-zar- d; WALTER C. FISHER t association. He reported the addition of 757' new Lions clubs and' 23,282 men to the roster of the association during the period ended June 30, 1949, for a total of 7,4?7 clubs and 381,428 members. He stated also that during the fiscal year Lions clubs were established in four additional countries: France, Bolivia, Philippines and Norway. Lions International, he- - added, is tjie largest, strongest and most active service club organization in the clubs in .26 world, with Lions countries on five continents. Fishep, in accepting the presidency, said: During the past few years, we have become more fully aware of the international implications of the old truth that' man cannot live unto himself, and that security of the individual is impossible as long as there is national or international insecurity anywhere in the whole world. To that end we have raised our sights seemingly higher with each succeeding year until we now include in our Lions program the international problems confront-i- n all nationi, particularly those intimately related to the mainte- nance and preservation of world peace. Our responsibilities, as Lions, are heavier and more complex than ever, but at the same time there has been opened to our view a new vista of glorious opportunity since we have in the past year extended our work into four nations. 385,000 leading citizens of 7,500 communities, inc 26 nations of this world can have a tremendous impact on world ideas. We can set a pattern for public opinion which will insure a spirit of generous consideration among the peoples of the world. Everything that is worth having is worth the time and energy and sacrifice necessary to obtain it; we must decide to what degree we want Peace on Earth, and then make up our minds to sacrifice enough of our personal pleasure to pay the price of attaining" such a goal, which we confidently expect will eventually be ours. Fisher has long been active in the affairs of Lionism. His record of Lions service dates back to 1933 when he became a member of the Lions club of St. Catharines, Ontario. In the St. Catharines club he served as chair-man of various committees and as a director of the club, and in 1941-wa- s elected club president' During. the following, year he filled the office of deputy district governor of Zone 5, District A. Then he served concurrentin 1943-4- 4, ly as district governor of District A-- 2, as chairman of the board of governors of District A, and as president of the nlternational Association of Lions Clubs of Can--a- da (the Canadian Association of Lions). In 1947, he represented Lions International at a special conference of agencies which was called at Lake Success to formulate plans for the dissemination of educational material concerning the United Nations. ad-dik- -- . Mr. and Mrs. Lisle Driggs were accompanied by Mrs. Driggs mother, Mrs. Frank Rooch of |