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Show r he Dr erton Mbune Serving a combined population of 7,000 In Dragerton, e. Sunny da 1 e and Columbia. Sun-nysid- ' c Volume 3 Dragerton, Utah, August SO, Per 1940 VOLUNTEER HELP START DIGGING Malio Pccorcili FOUNDATION IN EAST CARBON PARR UP FOR ELECTION TO DISTRICT 22 Candidate For International Board AN EDITORIAL Step Is Local supplied the man power. On hand wielding a pick and shovel was Edwin Albert, Claud Bly, John Krnc, John Adams, Joe Yelonik, Albert Walters, Gene Pinkerton, Carlos (Chocci) Gonzales, Sim (Tex) Middleton, James (Bones) Wilson, Donald Hackey, Bobby Adams, Julius Rossman, Eli Mestas and A. T. Wiley. Gene Pressett, Horse Canyon engineer, is handling the overall engineering of the park area. Gene was on hand supervising the work on Board Member Post that organization during the past 14 From Sub District 5 years as check weikhman, sec- He was recently honored by that local and was presented a pen and pencil for his long and faithful service. In addition to his duties in the Royal local, he served two terms as president of the Carbon County Miners Executive Union Council and at the present time is Four board member of of District 22. His coal mining retary and president. sub-distr- i ict experience dates back 16 years. Selected to serve on committees in 1945 and 1949 by the United Mine Workers and the Utah Coal Operators, Association, he helped revise the Utah coal laws and safety orders. Being chairman of the Carbon county Labor Day celebration, he directed a very successful holiday in 1947. He has attended four district and international conventions hi an official capacity. After being selected to ride through Utah on President .Tru- mans campaign special in Frank Sacco, a candidate for ict No. board member of 5, was born in Grand Junction, Colorado on May 6, 1922. Frank soon moved to Carbon county, where he attended school at Notre Dame in Price. In 1935 he went to work in the coal mines. In 1940 with war imminent, Sacco, Joined the U. S. navy and was at Pearl Harbor when it was ed on December 7, 1941. He was sub-distr- Sep- tember of 1948, he' was appointed as chairman of a committee representing five labor unions to discuss current labor problems with the president of the United States. In remarking on his attitudes toward a district union office, Mr. Anderson stated that he is of 4he opinion that a district president should vigorously enforce the international and district constitutions, to see that all contract cases are processed'-1- ' immediately and conduct his office In ah efficient and economical manner. honorably discharged in ber 1942. . In December 1942 he came to Sunnyside where he entered the mines for the Kaiser company. Five youngsters checked in at For the past four years he has been treasurer and financial sec- the Dragerton hospital last week. for two On Monday, August 22, a son was retary and was more years. Since 1942 Sacco has born to Mr. and Mrs. John zamora On Tuesday two served on the pit and safety com- of Dragerton. One to Mr. and mittees. Frank attended three boys arrived. UMW of A. conventions which Mrs. Orlan Mortensen of included two and 'ton and one to Mr. and Mrs. John one district. ' L. Cartwright also of Dragerton. As a member of the organizMr. and Mrs. E. A. Me Mann of ing committee, the men at the Dragerton had a daughter on Kaiser and Frazer Parts Corpora- - Thursday. - Mr. and Mrs. Andy tion enrolled as members of the Ulibarri of Dragerton had a girl UM Wof A. on Saturday. Mr. Sacco is a firm believer in One little "ladys arrival into organized labor and UMW prin- this world that we forgot to anciples and during his membership nounce was that of Mary Kathryn In the UMW, has worked Brillhart, daughter of Mr. and and courageously for these Mrs. John Brillhart.- Mary Kathprinciples. ryn was born on August 2. Novem- . , Drager-intemation- dilin-gent- ly MINERS Community Mourns Death Of Warren f ) ! r" Jf , er Frank Sacco Seeks FRANK SACCO Y No. 9 Buff-mir- bish that had littered up the banks. The bulldozer was to continue its work on Tuesday and Wednesday. itself will be The building moved to the present site as soon as the foundation is completed, which should be within ten days or so. ' More men are going to be needed to help in the pruning, ground leveling, putting in of the water lines and various installations, timbers to build tables and benches, rocks and stones for fireplaces, pipes and fixtures for fountains and toilets. Many crews could get started each working on certain phases of the operation. If the volunteer help will check with Edwin Albert or Claud Bly, work on the various phases can be organized immediately. Louie Veltri is in charge of the refreshment committee. Last Friday, Anselmo & Co. donated beer and on Saturday, the Union Supply' Co. donated beer and soda' pop to the pick and shovel crew. The refreshment committee ex- Mr. Anderson attended grade and pects to continue the free beer to high school of that city. He jointhe volunteer help. ed the U. M. W. of A. in 1933 when miners of the state of Utah first organized into a single union. He is a charter member of the Royal, Carbon county, local and has served as an officer' in ' CARBON-EMER- Copy 6c Over One Thousand Attended Last Rite The election of officers for District 22 will be held on Services Conducted People My Bishop Mortensen, LDS Tuesday, September 6, the day after Labor Day. This day is ' ' a very important day for all District 22 United Mine Workers The funeral for Floyd Warren ' ' was held Sunday, August 28 at of America. Everyone should vote the same as they do for ' ' the Dragerton gym. Over one a UMW local election or for the government elections. ' . thousand relatives and friends at For the Carbon Emery UMW members this is particularly tended the services. (Bishop Ortrue this year. According to the dues paying records for lan K. Mortensen conducted the . April, May and June, this area has approximately 1300 more final rites. The opening prayer J : members than the Wyoming area. was given by Donald Justesen. Carbon-Emer- y should be on the executive board. There The IDS chorus rendered three are many well qualified local men running for office. In all numbers. A duet by Bishop Mortensen and (Mrs. Leavitt sang Mr. democratic organizations such as the UMW each area should Warrens favorite song, Oh How receive proper representation. Unless the individual UMW Wonderful" Allen Ruesch sang, members is this area get out and vote to elect representatives ' ' Going Home. from this area, Carbon-Emer- y will never get its members on The at the services speakers the executive board. e, were Ned Arambula, Lou v; Always vote for the most capable man. There are many A W. Anderson, Oscar local UMW men who are well qualified by experience and Robinson of Salt Lake City, a childhood .friend, and the first ability. They are proven leaders and administrators. Elect counselor to the stake 'president, your own leaders to guide your future in Districtx22. Orvil Stevens. The services were The Carbon Emery area has grown in the past ten concluded with a prayer by Cecil years and from all information will continue to expand. This Clair. field be will west. coal of Shoulder the the the in, king MALIO PECORELLI future, The burial services were held FLOYD WARREN Take your rightful place Malio Pecorelli is the financial the responsibility that is yours. at Spanish Fork cemetery where secretary-treasurof Local 6412 as UMW leaders in the finest coal field in the intermountain graveside prayers were conducat Royal, Utah, and lives at Help- area. Elect your capable leaders to the top offices in District Secretary-Treasur- er ted. , Friday and Saturday. The Kaiser Company loaned the use of a concrete mixer for use in pouring the footers and foundation. Monday the Kaiser bulldozer was on hand leveling out the entire area and clearing any rub- f MANY CAPABLE Is The Installation Of Youth Building And Leveling Of Ground In Area The East Carbon Park Association is letting nothing stand in the way of progress. The group is determined that its program will go through. Last Friday and Saturday there were two groups of men working on the foundation of the Youth Bnilding which will be placed on the east side of Columbia Drive in the park area. John Peparakis, Kaiser engineer was in charge of the plans for laying out the foundation. The Horse Canyon First Eastern Carbon county has the brightest future of any area In the Intermountain area al er, Utah. Mr. Pecorelli has held this position for the past nine At the present years unopposed. time and for the past four years has been a correspondent for the Wyoming-Uta- h Labor Journal featured in Utah Reports. In 1947 Malio was elected second vice president of the Utah Federation of Labor and held this position until the date the UMW pulled out of the AFL. Was a member of the organizing committee that established local unions in the business employees of Dragerton, Hiawatha and Price-Helper. By appointment, Pecorelli rep- resented the UMW at the 1945-47-State of Utah Legislature as He also atfended the lobbyist. two special sessions called in 49 1946-4- 8. Many improvements were made in labor and the social state during this' time. When the presidential train of Harry Trumans went from Price to Salt Lake City, Mr. Pecorelli was one of the three UMW members to ride the train. 'In 1945 he was chosen general chairman of the Labor Day Committee for Carbon county. In the past 10 years Malio has always been active in governmental and political picture, in assisting friends of labor being elected and the enemies of labor defeated at the polls. If successful in being elected to the important position of international board member, Malio Pecorelli pledges his full assis tance to the district officials and promises his full available time in the organizing of the non-u- n ion coal mines of District 22, so that the UMW will have 100 unionism in the coal mines of Utah and Wyoming, whether the mines employ one or a thousand miners. This will eliminate the threat to the UMW organization which the scab miners now im pose on the UMW and are taking away the bread and butter from the many union miners, so stated Mr. Pecorelli. -- 22. Many Candidates Are Seeking Posts In District 22 Election On September 6 FOR INTERNATIONAL BOARD MEMBER (Vote for One): Malcolm Condie, Local 2174, Rock Springs; Malio Pecorelli, Local 6412, Royal; Johnny Vlakovich, Local 6412, Royal FOR DISTRICT PRESIDENT (Vote for One): Houston Martin, Local 2671, Gebo; Adrian Anderson, Local 6412, Royal; Kenneth D. Coke, Local 905, Reliance; William (Bill) Zurek, Local 2328, Superior; Robert J. Henderson, Local 6363, Hiawatha. FOR DISTRICT VICE PRESIDENT (Vote for One): Frank Fox, Local 2282, Rock Springs, J. E. Brinley, Local 6244, Sunnyside, C. A. a, (Al) Knudsen, Local 8078, Rock Sprnigs, Joe Dowd, Local 6058, W. R. Byrge, Local 5861, Kenilworth. FOR DISTRICT SECRETARY-TREASURE- R (Vote for One): Arthur Biggs, Local 6089, Columbia, Virgil Wright, Local 2328, Superior; John Tenant, Local 2328, Superior. FOR DISTRICT AUDITORS (Vote for Two): Robert Parish, Local 6210, Spring Canyon; Sam Dexter, Local 2328, Superior; Matt J. Yovich, Local 8078, Rock Springs; Conway H. Oveson, Local 8003, Dragerton; Thomas Mellor, Local 2335, Hanna; Frank Yurak, Local 7452, Diamondville. FOR DISTRICT POLICY COMMITTEEMAN (Vote for One): Willard Craig, Local 5916,- Castle Gate; Frank Sunter, Local 8020, Sunnyside; Robert McCurdy, Local 5861, Kenilworth; Carl W. Orton, ' Local 6363, Hiawatha. FOR DISTRICT TELLERS (Vote for' Three):' Thomas Jones, Local 2174, Bock Springs; Thomas R, Watson, Local 4376, Dines; John Bynon, Sr., Local 2282, Rock Springs; Walter Sanderson, Local 5807, Wattis; Henry Zampedri, Local 2328, Superior; Leland Powell, Local 5807, Wattis; James Stewart, Local 8003, Dragerton; William (Bill) Flynn, Local 8003, Dragerton; Ben Messner, Local 8003, Drag erton; Charles Hatsis, Local 5861, Kenilworth; Paul F. Hill, Local 5861, Kenilworth; Martin J. Sturman, Sr., Local 22, Rock Springs; Arlen Dyches, Local 6210, Spring Canyon; Eugene Francke, Local 6210, Spring Canyon; Pete Borla, Local 6412, Royal; Mike Palko, Local 2309, Rock Springs. 5 (Vote for One): Earl FOR BOARD MEMBER, J. Sacco, Local 8020, Frank Local 5861, Kenilworth; (Curly) Jones, Sunnyside; Craig Justesen, Local 8003, Dragertori. La-tud- District 5 Board DINOSAUR BONES Member Sought By FOUND IN UTAH FUEL COAL MINE Craig Justesen " I A public dance will be held Saturday, September 10 to help finance the cost of moving the Rotary Youth Building. Jimmie Dart and his orchestra will play at the dance. This is the first of a series of dances planned to make the Youth building one of the finest structures of it? kind in the state. To date the various and locals have organizations been getting behind and helping in every way possible to make this very necessary program a success. V, J 5 William Skinner, 20,of . CRAIG JUSTESEN Crate Justesen, candidate for board member from No. 5 has been a member of the UMW for ten years and is now employed at the eGneva Mine at Horse Canyon. Craig la a past president of UMW .Local. 8003 He serving his term from 1945-4is recognized as a student of labor principles, their laws and the part that they play in the labor . Dragmotor- sub-distr- ict erton lost control of his cycle . on Thursday, - August 25 on the main highway just west of the Community church in Dragerton. Bill was quite badly jarred and suffered a broken pelvis. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Skinner and is employed at Horse Canyon. At the present time he is in the Dragerton hos- movement. pital, Mr. Justesen has been compensation claims advisor for Local Oscar Castleman 8003 for five years. His reputation for, fair play and judicious Steadily Improving opinions were further recognized Oscar Castleman, who was very when he was appointed Justice seriously hurt in a mine accident of the Peace for Dragerton. Tuesday at Horse Canyon, is conThe Altar Society of the Sacred tinuing to improve although his condition is still considered very Heart and Good Shepherd church will" hold a very important meetgrave. Mr. Castleman has a fractured ing Wednesday, August 31.. A disright leg, four broken vertebrae in cussion will be outlined on how the lower part of the back and every Catholic family can be reached for their offerings. punctured lungs. . 7. j V Arthur Biggs, member of Local Union No. 6089, Columbia, .Utah, was born in the coal fields of South Wales, England In 1915, the son of a coal miner. Beginning at the age of 14, he went to work In the John Vipons Collieries and became a member of the British Miners Federation' of Labor"'; -In 1931 Mr. Biggs came to the United States or the land of opportunity, as he regards it, starting to work at the Columbia Coal mine at Columbia, Utah in 1932. A large dinosuar bone was found in the Utah Fuel Mine last The week by Bobie Cowley. part found was approximately 15 inches long, six inches wide and three inches through with some sections being larger than this. It was found in the second dip section which is approximately two miles north to north west from the Utah Fuel office. Bobie Cowley, college student, who is working during the summer with Utah Fuel and a son of a former superintendent, was in the area taking coal out He recognized that the rock was a fossil. Bones become petrified and turn into rock and if one is not acquainted with geology and fossils it would be very easy not to recognize the bones. These dinosaur bones are thought to be millions of years old. Many of the miners are acquainted with dinosaur footsteps for they appear quite regularly on the ceiling of the mine.. These tracks often " measure two feet long, In addition to the dinosaur bones several fossil specimens of plant elife has been found in the Utah Fuel mine. These specimens are probably more rare than the dinosaur bones. Dragerton hospital where he was being treated for injuries suffered late Tuesday In a mine ac, cident , , j Attending physicians who conducted a post mortem said a pulmonary embolism was the cause, of death. A blood clot from a crushed pelvis entered the blood stream and traveled to the lungs, where it lodged. Mr. Warren was first counselor in the Dragerton bishopric, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. He was a face boss in the mine and was testing ceiling in a room when an 1800 pound piece of rock fell on him. Men who rushed to his aid were unable to move the rock and had to dig under from the side to re. lease him. Mr. Warren first entered Genevas employ In 1943, left for ft year in 1945, and had been employed at .the mine since 1946. . Mr. Warren was born at Price, June .son of Hubbard and Bertha Jane Olsen Warren. He lived in Carbon county nearly all his life working most of the time in the coal mines. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Vera May Behling Warren, Dragerton; two sons, Floyd Eugene and Allan H. Warren, Dragerton; his mother, Mrs. George Wakesfield, Spring Canyon; one en Warren, brother, Leland Dragerton, and three sisters, Mrs. Flora Ricketts, Hiawatha; Mrs. Neita Griffiths, Price, and Mrs. Wanda Lund, Clearfield. . , v Jimmie Dart To Play At Community Dance Sept. 10 William Skinner Suffers Injuries In Accident Mr. Warren 39, a unit foreman In the Horse Canyon mine, died Thursday at 2:00 p.m. in the Post Sought By Art Biggs Columbia 4 V s 6 m. t ART BIGGS In 1933 was application for a U. M. W. charter was made at this mine he was one of the original signers. Since that time Mr. Biggs has played a prominent part in U. M. W. activities. His ability was recognized and in 1941 was elected recording Secretary of U. M. W. Local 6089. for a sixth conHis secutive term was by a unanimous vote this past June. An interest to participate in helping to formulate the policies and to further the U. M. W. cause was shown by being elected to attend both International and Dis- trict conventions representing Local 6089, where he served on important committees. His ability was further recognized when he was chosen to represent Utah as a member of the International Policy . Committee during 1947 and 1948 at Washington, D. C. In addition to being a member of the International Policy Committee, Mr. Biggs was chpsen to represent the Mine Workers of Utah, as .lobbyist, at the sessions of the State Legislature during 1947 and 1948. Mr. Biggs now serves as Secretary-treasurof the Democratic Party, Precinct No. 28 and Is also an elected delegate which makes up the Democratic Central Committee of Carbon county. Arthur Biggs has obtained a recounputation in Carbon-Emer- y ties with 18 years of mining experience and a background of Dragerton Ball Team activity in the U. M. W. upholding To Play Superior, Wyo. the miners cause honestly, faithand courageously. His past The Dragerton Baseball team is fully record bears this out and with leaving Saturday morning for Su- this training Mr. Biggs well qualiperior, Wyoming, to take on the fies for the position he seeks, Secclassy Superior team. One game retary and treasurer, District 22, will be played Sunday and one U. M. W. on Labor Day. Fifteen boys will Mr. Biggs resides at Columbia, make the trip. John Krissman and is married and has a family of two Claud Bly of the Recreation As- daughters. sociation will go along on the trip The other day a girl was found with the boys. sitting in a coma in a Chicago Easterner: Why do you ride movie theatre. Tsk! TskI The while your wife walks? pictures theyre showing these Indian: She no gottum pony. daysl er Frank Sunter 01 x Sunnysids Up For Committeeman FRANK SUNTER' ' Frank Sunter a candidate for district policy .committee man, is 39 years of age and first started working in the mines 22 years ago, 1927, at the Peabody Coal Co. in Kincaid, Illinois. Mr. Sunter came to Utah in 1930 and has worked in the Carbon-Emer- y mines ever since. Frank was in one major coal' mine disaster in which 23 men were killed and others injured. Sunnyside No. 1 on May 9, 1945. At the present time is serving as president of the Kaiser Local 8020 for his second term. If elected, Mr. Sunter states that he will work to the best of his ability to see that the safety laws and rules are enforced, and will work to the best interests of organized labor and what they stand for with particular emphasis on the UMW of A. . |