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Show "Ml Serving a combined population of 7,000 in Dragerton, e, Sunnyda 1 e and Columbia. o ne Sun-nysid- i rioune Volume 3 Dragerton, Utah, August 16, 1949 Dragerton LDS Church Announces Building Program and Fund Drive STUDENTS THEORY Columbia Sold To APPLIED AT MINE to Start Immediately With Construction Of Church and Recreation Hall Set For Spring The vast and intricate underground operation that is Geneva coal mine at Horse Creek canyon, Emery county, was a lesson recently for a group of mining students from Michigan. streets. students and three Twenty-on- e The presiding bishopric of Salt Lake City has given permission professors from Michigan College of Mining and Technology, Houghto start a fund. conducted ton, were recently Present plans call for assessments on the 220 LDS families in through the mine, one of the most modern horizontal coal mines in Dragerton and for private donathe world. The contions from everyone. Observe Mining Methods struction of the building is conobserved mining methods for next They templated spring, in the underground network of Child and Youth Welfare with entries, levels, haulage ways, partrecreational its accompanying ings, rock, tunnels, beltways and facilities has always been a air courses, and commented that LDS church. in the strong feature in spite of the horsey name of its Dragerton being a new community location and the fact that a few is strongly in need of all youth are used in development horses activity functions that it can get. work, the mine had left the horse In addition to fulfilling a religiand buggy era far behind. ous need in the erection of the Just the task of getting fresh church it will also help fulfill to the working faces within the air the needs of the younger generamine requires the full time of an tion in their search for the things engineer and a large group of of life. It will go a long way toworkers. Fresh air is necessary ward lessening the delinquency of the miners and the health for bound is problem that Dragerton to the dangerous away carry to have because of its lack gasses released by falling coal. of proper recreational facilities. Air Taken Down The building of this recreation Air is taken down one passagewith the hall in .conjunction way to the working area, forced church makes the project a comall the cross entries and through munity affair in tyhich the entire to the outside by way of another Two All Star Games across should help put population passage. to a successful completion. To take all the coal in an area Scheduled For This requires the driving of cross en- Week In Salt Lake Eighty-Eig- ht tries at intervals, at Geneva every 60 feet, leaving pillars of coal to The Shrines are holding an all-st- ar support the great mass of the basketball game on Friday, coal. After the mountain above all-st- ar basketthe entries have been mined, cre- August 19, and an out of 43 aspir- Huntington, William T. King, ating feeder lines back to the ball game on Saturday, August 20 Twenty-seve- n ants successfully passed examinaJoseph W. Merchant, Lloyd Mil- main haulage way, the pillar coal for the benefit of the Shrine hostaken starting at the point pital in Salt Lake City. The games tions for mine foreman field re- ler, Arnold A. Muhlestein, James Alden Hollis Rock, Muncy, Clyde farthest from the haulage and will be played at night at the Unicently at Carbon college, it has been reported by S. A. Dobbs, D. Swasey, Raymond. E. Thomp- working back toward the main versity of Utah. The price for the tickets are line. Price, chairman of the examining son, Charles David As the pillars are taken the min- $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00. From early board. From Price In addition to the 27 new mine Brozovich, Marvin L. Jones, Ray- ers retreat toward the main line, reports on the ticket sale, it is foremen, 51 out of 82 successfully mond S. Jones, David J. Slama taking the coal as they go, and anticipated that all seats will be A. Yount. Wellington the area left behind caves in and taken before the last few days. passed the examinations for fire and Fred Tickets for Carbon County fans boss papers and nine successfully Clarence Wallace Craig. Hiawa- cannot be safely entered again. W. V. can Methods Frank Main be obtained at Carbon Drug Ted tha Three Fitzgerald, completed the examination for The three main methods of coal in Price. shot firers out of 11 who took the McDonald, Andrew J. Moffitt, William G. Harris, loading at Geneva are shuttle This very worthwhile hospital Columbia test. One man passed the cause has been receiving the enmine foreman examination. Michele Maio, Joseph B. McKean, cars, shaker conveyors and loaders. They are used thusiastic backing of the public Ivan Donald McCourt, Frank J. Mr. Dobbs reported. and Edd Bernard Taylor. under different conditions found throughout Utah. The following men passed the Roybal, From Lloyd A. in different places. Sunnydale examinations for mine foreman: The shuttle car is a Gleaner Girls On Three G. Gailard Earl Hinkins, Heath, George Lyle Addy, Arthur W. mobile unit equipped on one CasA. Mower. Day Trip to Brighton Cassett, Richard G. Kuhns, Ar- Jumper, Joseph end with a loading boom that is Elmer Leon Gate Earl tle Huff, thur Munn, Tony Mazzarise, The loadThe Gleaner, Junior and BeeC. Witt. Help- adjustable for height. the hive girls left Dragerton Monday Joseph Eli Mestas and Earl Glan-di- n P. Johnson, James extended toward is boom ing h, Mike Smith, all of Dragerton; John er Glen F. Jackson, has been cut and John Tomsic. Royal Tony loose coal that Miners work the morning for a three day excursion Andrew Barnett and George B. blasted down. to Brighton. They will visit at HarMason, Hiawatha; Jack Neldon Kokal, Jr., David J. Lucero, coal onto the other end of this Mt. Timpanogos enroute and at E. Sanslow. old Birk, Columbia; Joseph Fish, Warboom and it is conveyed up into Saltair on their return trip. The From Huntington, Franklin B. the car. ren H. Slater and Steve Star, ski lift, hore back riding, swimSalina R. J. Mathis, When the car is full it is driven Castle Gate; James L. Farikoff, Kinder. ming and hiking will all be on the J. G. Jackson and Tohn H. Stowe, Ronald O. Reichert, Karl O. Re- from there by car or another con- daily schedule while there. ichert Price David J. Slama, veyor to the main haulage way. Helper. The leaders who will accompA. Yount. Cedar City Fred R. James It is used in comparatively level any them are Mrs. Floyd Warren, Harvey, Somerset, Tucker. J. areas with good ceiling requiring Mrs., Colorado; Walter John Hillabrant, Floyd Ray. .B.owen, .Mrs, Ellis. Pea- -, The following-me- n passed the few props. Wattis;' Ray ' Johansen, Kenil- shot fire test: cock, Mrs. Walter Anderson, Mrs. On Higher Faces worth; Louis A. Kosec and StanKenneth Smith and Mrs. O. D. Herman O. Allred and Frank The shaker conveyor is used in Steele. The following girls will ley Nielsen, Spring Glen; Henry Provo; Russell Coop-rid- e areas where the working face is attend: Donna Leavitt, Alice Korfanta, Sunnydale; William C. J. Stimao, and Alvie L. Stone, Drager- higher than the haulage way. The Lemmon and Edward L. Suvada, Ann Lou Robles, Mahon, Patsy steel shaker ton; Orson W. Dalton, Wattis; shallow trough-lik- e Bonnie Haddon, Patsy Sunnyside; John Lewis, Soldier Velden Guymon, Krebs and Emmett F. pans are joined in an endless Summit; Arnold Lorenzo Stoddard, Patsy Barradi, Geniel Price; Benjamin F. string and reach right up to the Burdick, Schwartz, Berdell John and Geraldine Hyita, Myma Huntington, Mayer, Trujillo, Spring Canyon, and working face where miners work Charlesworth, Sallie Mahon, SunSillitoe, Scofield. J. Villegos, Sunnyside. the coal onto the end pan. The Claudia Rock, ny Worthington, The following men successfully Ralph The man passing the gilsonite jerky shaking motion of the pans LaVonne Rock, Joan St. Clair, passed the fire boss examination: foreman test was Richard John causes the coal to slide down toJoan Heers, Barbara Walter, Ar-leFrom Sunnyside James Francis ONeil of Randlett Utah. ward the haulage way. Arambula, Thora Ann Ovi-a- tt Avery, Lee Solano. Kenilworth Track-mountloaders are used the examinMr. Besides and Dobbs, Patsy MakL Everftt Keith Berensen. Dragto take the coal along tunnels erton Glen Whitson Burk, Ern- ing board includes Albert Shaw, be trunk haulage est Casillas, Donald Lee Draper, Rains; G. B. Jackson and L. Cat-li- n, that will later new areas of the Paul Mower Sustains ways connecting Don E. Foucault, Hobart A. Goff, Kenilworth; J, H. Phillips and mine with the main haulageway Broken Back In Mine Jr., Ralph O. Huish, Hyrum A. Melvin Thomas, Price. and here a permanent track is laid later. Accident At Kaiser ELECTION SEPT. DISTRICT Joe Harvey, safety engineer of Columbia mine, helped guide the Paul Mower, son of Mr. and party through the Geneva mine. Mrs. Jiggs Mower of Sunnydale, WITH MANY CARBON MEN CANDIDATES eLading the students was J. Mur- is in the Dragerton hospital with ray Riddle,- - professor of .mining a broken baek. The accident ocOn August 14, more than 7000 UMW union, has two opponents engineering at the Michigan colcurred Wednesday, when Paul, a Malio Pecorelli and Johnny coal miners in Utah and Wyoming lege, car operator, was scaling shuttle are preparing to ballot on the Vlekovich, each of Royal, Utah. F. V. Hicks, general superin- down cap rock in preparation for men who will represent them on District President Houston Mar- tendent of mines, Geneva Steel timber. It was thought the state level during the next tin of Rock Springs has opposi- Co., introduced the party to the setting a bounce occurred shaking that two years. The primary election tion from .Adrian Anderson of Mr. Harvey and O. D. lose rock which fell on his back, guides: of district 22, United Mine Work- Royal, Utah; State Senator KenBurdick, Jack Birk, Steele, Lyle neth D. Coke of Rock Springs; R. J. Bowen, John Cone, J. B. breaking it ers, is underway. To each of the 52 local unions William Zurich of Superior, Wyo- McKean and Vernon Gras. P. H. Friday night of UMW in the two states, the ming; and Robert J. Henderson Holland, mine superintendent, was Kaiser Steel Pictures election ballots are being mailed of Hiawatha,, Utah. in the mine directing the main Shown At Rotary Club Another contest is the election trip and tour. by Secretary Virgil Wright of Rock Springs, with balloting of district 5 vice president, includThe making of steel including scheduled for September 6. Res- ing incumbent Frank Fox of Price, Driver Arrested the mining of coal and iron right not be will ults of the balloting Utah; J. E. Brinley, Sunnyside, through to the finished product known until the district tellers Utah; C. A. Knudsen of Rock Following Accident was shown to the East Carbon Romeet on September 12 to deter- Springs; Joe Dowd of Latuda, was arrested by tary club Monday night Preston Leigh Many mine the candidates for the run- Utah, and W. R. Byrge of KenilDeputy Sheriff William Collins of the miners who work at the Utah. off slated October 11. worth, for drunken driving after an acci- Kaiser Mines are in the pictures. Under the union rules, unless a Virgil Wright, secretary-treasuredent with a car driven by Lloyd Don Ross of the East Carbon is opposed by Arthur Biggs Hunt of Dragerton. The accident Lions club is handling the pictures candidate receives a majority of all votes cast for the office in the of Columbia, .Utah and John Ten- occurred at the intersection of for the Kaiser Co. primary, the top two vote getters nant of Superior, Wyoming. Grassy Trail and Whitmore Drive district auditor Candidates run it off in October. Grant Slaughenhaupt left SunvaWhen a fellow vows theres Malcolm Condle, Rock Springs, are Robert Farish, Sam Dexter, day by plane for a one-we- ek J. Yovich, Conway Oveson, thing he wouldnt do for you, cation to his home in McDonald, who represents the district on the Ohio. board of directors of the parent Thomas Mellor and Frank Yurak. thats usually what he does. Mining Men Successfully Pass Examinations For Mine Papers gil-son- ite track-mount- ed self-power- ed Mil-ovic- en 22 6 r,- , fr no-M- att fi!e s Final Plans Ready For Childrens Day Tentative Plans Call For Park Area And Include Recreation Facilities Labor Celebration The possibility of a large park and recreation program for the East Carbon area appears very bright at this time. The initial impetus for this program arose from the desire of local members of the United Mine Workers of America to obtain for East Carbon, the 1950 Labor Day celebration. The reasoning of the UMW members follows the line that this area has never hosted the county-wid- e celebration although approximately 50 per cent of the miners of the The big celebration three-da- Labor Day y is taking shape with committees working exceptionally hard to make this years the very best yet held in Carbon county. On Sunday, September 4 is the childrens day. Horse Canyon Local UMW 8003 has charge of childrens sports for that day. A kids parade will open the affair which will start at 11:00 a.m. Each child marching in the parade will receive 50 cents. If the child wears a costume they will receive $1.00. Two dollars will be given for a miniature float. Immediately after the parade will start the races. These will be divided by age groups so that everybody will have an excellent opportunity to win. At the same time that the races arp going on there will be free swimming at jhe pool. The committee is interested in notifying all children to get set for the big day. It is easy to make a float for your wagon, tricycle or whatever you have, so the committee says. Last years parade was a humdinger and tiis year it is expected to be even better. The committee wants all the children to share in the fun and to get out there with your costumes and float. Free buses will leave East Carbon to Helper and back. The buses will start picking up the children at 8:00 oclock Sunday morning. WASATCH STORES BREAK EVEN IN 2 GAMES PLAYED The Wasatch Stores Ladies team broke even in two games played last week. Against the Price Independents the local ladies started right out with a three run splurge in the first inning and were never headed. Nellie Holland pitched six hit balls while her mates picked up ten hits to win a 5 to 3 victory. In the second game the gals from helper were red hot running up a 20 to 7 victory over the Wasatch scored girls. Helper five runs in each of the first two innings two, in the third and eight in the fourth for a total of twenty runs. Wheeler of Helper allowed only five hits but was quite wild on occasions. This was the first defeat for Wasatch against six victories. PRICE INDEPENDENCE The office of Naval Officer Procurement of Denver, Colorado, has announced that their Wave Procurement officer, Lt. Ruth M. Bosier, USN will visit Price on Friday, August 19th. The purpose of Lt. Bosiers visit will be to present to qualified and interested applicants the programs offered to women by the U. S. navy. She will be accompanied by Lt. Clara Buehler of the Navy Nurse Corps, who is interested in talking to registered and student nurses about the advantages of becoming a navy nurse. While in Price the officers will make their headquarters at the Navy Recruiting Station, located in the City Hall building, swimming - , Invitations Extended For Labor Day Banquet Invitations are now going out to civic, business and industry leaders in Carbon and Emery counties for the annual Labor Day banquet to be held on September 5 in the Helper civic auditorium. The banquet and celebration is under the sponsorship of the United Mine Workers of America with locals In Carbon and Emery counties participating. rodeo grounds. canteen. IL AIMS AND OPERATING PROCEEDURE The program to include the communities of Columbia, Dragerton, Sunnydale and Sunnyside. The program, not to be limited to any particular community. It is recommended that for the program to be a success that all organizations participate and be a part of the program. Playgrounds and facilities to toe provided in each of the communities. . 1. The baseball diamond at Sunnydale to be used as the main ox whtaswr A, of Dragerton. pool, Indoor Program: Rotary Building for: meeting places for Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, boys clubs, meetings for civic organizations, union meetings, and Teen,Age enlistThe ment is still law, but the Navy has temporarily suspended, this type of enlistment, according to T. Morris, local navy recruitor. This order went into effect approximately one year from the date enlistment started. the Morris further stated that the quota for this area has been one a month, and eleven men were enlisted during the year that the program was on. An announcement will be made when this program is reopened. ds - Outdoor Program: Picnic area, shade trees, drinking fountains, toilet facilities, baseball diamond, area and facilities for a Labor Day celebration, playground equipment, swings, teeter totters, etc., soft ball diamond, Interested In Navy The old stork has slowed down materially. 'Maybe he is resting or possibly over the . week-enhe is on a three day week. Regardless of the reason he has only delivered ,,Jour .babies to the Dragerton hospital, in the past two weeks. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Poglajen of Columbia on August 6. The same day Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Lucero had a new arrival. On August 7 Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Santchez of Sunnydale had a boy. One week later on August 14, a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Simpson the installation of playground equipment, construction of a youth building and a- fine ball park lighted for night playing and other recreational facilities. It is the expressed view that this can be done only with the unanimous cooperation of all the people of the East Carbon area including a combinatioiof the many ideas on the subject. With this thought in mind, a number of Individuals interested in recreational activities in this area got together and drew up a list of aims in order to get the pecessary machinery underway, and another meeting will be calif ed in the near future to which all will be invited. The following is the tentative program as recommended for the establishing of an East Carbon park association: To provide parks, recreational facilities and a recreational program for all the children and the adults in the East Carbon area. Navy Wave Officers To Interview Girls w1 county, are employed ill the East Carbon mines. Efforts should be made now and plans begun to get the celebration for the area now, they reason. The UMW idea is to have a large park where celebrations can be held and this Idea ties in with others of this area which favor I. AIM OF THE ASSOCIATION baseball diamond for the area. Baseball program to include seats around the hill side and possible permanent lighting and concessions. , The Rotary building to be located in Dragerton and the picnic area to be located in Dragerton. 3. Playground faculties and softball diamond in Columbia. 4. Each community to retain title to the facilities in their community tout the supervision of the activities to be under the East Carbon Park Association. 5. The East Carbon Park Association to be governed by the following trustees: (a) 1 from each of the 3 communities Dragerton, Sunnyside, ed UMW area ' No. 7 - Lbr Doy com- Warren, A. W. Anderson and Don Justesen have set an approximate figure of $80,000 on the cost of the church and recreation hall. The building will occupy a site extending from Geneva Dr. to Whitmore adjacent to the first house on those two 5c Intermountain yy1WLeIs dye 1950 Negotiations have been pleted between John W. Galbreath and Co., and Geneva Steel Company, U. S. Steel subsidiary, for the sale of the townsite of Columbia, Utah, it was announced today by Dr. Walter Mathesius, Geneva Steel president. The townsite includes 50 houses and several other buildings. The homes and buildings were built in 1922 and 1923 by Columbia Steel Corporation which became Columbia Steel Company in 1930 after being purchased by U. S. Steel. The townsite was managed by Columbia Stel Company until the fall of 1946 when Geneva Steel Company acquired management responsibilities for all of Columbia Steels operations in Utah. Sale of the townsite of Columbia is the second such sale made by Geneva Steel to Galbreath company, Dr. Mathesius said. In September of 1948 Geneva Steel company sold the townsite of Dragerton to the Ohio company with Gerald H. Galbreath, Jr., as Utah manager. The small town of Columbia was built to house coal miners who are employed at the Columbia Coal Mine. It has a current population oi approximately 500 persons. The Galbreath office in Dragerton had no comment to make on the announced sale. The LDS church in Dragerton has just announced its ex- Michigan Group See pansion plans. The building committee under the chairman- Ultra Modern Mine ship of Lyle Burdick together with Orlan Mortensen, Floyd In Operation Here Per Copy H. John W. Galbreath By Geneva Steel AND PRACTICE Drive Eastern Carbon county has the brightest future of any area in the Cloveretfes Club Atfendsd Ccmp At, Boulger In Huntington 4-- H Columbia. (b) 1 from of the UMW ser, Columbia, . (c) 1 from, each of the 4 locals Horse Canyon, KaiUtah FueL each, of the religious organizations LDS, Episcopal, Catholic, Dragerton Community, Assecond " year The Cloverette, sembly of God, Sunnydale and club of Dragerton attended the Full GospeL the camp at Boulger in Huntcivic orof from each the (d) ington on July 28, 29 and 30. Only ganizations Lions, Kiwanis, Rothe Carbon County clubs attend- tary,. Cultura, Bookcliff, Business l, & Professional ed this camp. Vera June Womep. Mary Lou , Ryan, Marilyn (e) I from each of the coal Colombo, Colleene Burdick and companies Utah Fuel, Kaiser and Joan Heer were the club members Geneva.' The chaperones were attending. (f) 1 representative from the Dona Anderson and Noama An- East Carbon Business Mens group derson. and recreational director who Camp officers were elected would be appointed by this board the first day after which a camp of trustees. fire program was attended. The Ill Finance second day, a nature hike, conThe financing of the program tests, handicraft period and camp wiU be a very important function fire program was on the agenda. of the board of trustees. It has The third day, an honor assembly been recommended that the finwas the highlighted affair. Dur- ancing be broken down into the ing each day a two hour recrea- various projects which will be tion to periods in which the girls undertaken, tion to period in which the girls 1. Park Area in Dragerton could chose their own entertain- The land will be donated. The ment (Continued on Page Flva) 4-- H 4-- H Oden-dah- , - 1 , - |