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Show UTAH PRESS 467 E 300 S Volume Eighty-th- Eureka. Hah m KK52K - Man-- 2. 84111 UT SALT LAKE CITY, :r IDS? NumlHr 12 i party termed great success here mrniimiSmm In their recent meeting, the Juab County Commission: -- Set a public hearing for 5 p.m., 6, 1987, to disccuss whether or The Second Annual St. Patricks April not to a building permit for Irish Fun Night has already faded Clintongrant and Suzanne Pew on into history, but it was deemed, by of Nephi on old U.S. north property all the Irishmen for a Day, a 91. The property is 22 acres in size decided success. less than the countys presently The evening began with an Irish required 50 acres. The commission dinner, befitting the occasion... will decide whether or not to grant a served at the Elks Lodge... to guests seated at a table decorated in a St. variance to the zoning ordinance, the county assessors private office. might be remodeled to provide more -- Accepted bids on tires for the The plan was approved with the office space. C Circle road -- Talked with Duane Anderson county department. stipulation that the county do Truck Stop and Greenwood Tire both everything possible to get the about applying energy-savinsubmitted bids. The commissioners assessor another office. treatments to windows in the county -- Declared a moratorium on the decided that the bids were so close building. The commission decided to that they would buy eight tires from erection of advertising signs along have a few windows done in the each of the bidders if they could get Interstate 15 until the county can county computer room and the them for the bid price. complete a master plan for such use. clerks office. If the window treat-- Awarded a bid for a road -- Voted to let the local Job Service grader ments work well, the county will office continue to use what was once to Wheeler Machinery Company of consider doing the rest of the wing Salt Lake City. The county will buy a Caterpillar 140G grader for $97,416. The county also received a bid from Scott Machinery Company for a John Deer 770B road grader priced Patricks theme. Leprechauns seated on toadstools, along with green streamers and shamrocks, centered each table. Cutouts, at balloons (helium donated by Cleo), streamers, banners and posters, carried out the theme throughout the hall. After dinner, Master of Ceremonies Martin Fennell took charge and with his authentic Irish brogue introduced the evenings entertainment which had been acquired and coordinated by Mabel Butler. Mark Young and Linda Jessup entertained the group with a medley of Irish songs which included, Its A Great Day for the Irish Eyes are Irish; "When Take You Home and Ill Smiling; Again Kathleen. . Reading. Because of recom. dows in the building. -- Met building with Duane Painter, county inspector. Painter sub- mitted some county documents relating to his job for revision by the county attorney. Painter also wanted to know if he could bid on doing county weed spraying jobs. -- Signed a Wildland fire protection agreement provided by Randy Thorpe of the State of Utah. Under the terms of the agreement, the state will provide a fire warden for the county for five months of the year. The county will pay half the fire wardens salary. Historical society gets demo on new projector, holds meeting . !Wr. Fergeson of Box Elder School District works with the Tintic Fourth Grade. lie explained and demonstrated magnetic fields and electrical forces. School history told in story OF THE SCHOOL was published in the 1910 EUREKA CLARION, a high school yearbook belonging Leo Donnelly. HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL This "HISTORY Eureka school district was organized in 1889 with H. F. Gear, J. U. Green and James P. Driscoll as into the ways of personality the greatest things of life the things worth while. They have supported Superintendent R. S. Baker in the school organization of a twelve-yea- r both course that has solidity and continuity. It is foundational. It assures to the High School graduates a true cultural education- -a training that brings to him the best in trustees. It was through their efforts that the present grounds were set apart for school purposes. The knowledge, habits, morals and immediate school needs impelled manners of our social life, them to raise a building fund by popular subscription, rather than to await the slow legal process of levying a direct tax. The two-rooframe building that is presently used for the beginners grade was the outgrowth of the peoples generosity and their desire for educational advantages. This was only a beginning in the movement of public education. Six y grade years later the building was erected, which now has its eight rooms taxed to the utmost to accommodate the pupils of the first four grades. The rapidly growing population inspired the m Drawings were then held for the prize and the door prizes conducted by Joe OBer nini. Winner of the handmade quilt and two decorator pillows was Gary Kirgan. Lucky winners of the door prizes were: Mabel Butler, Phil Sullivan, Mac Bigler and Tim Me- Mahon. A word of thanks from Father Walter brought a lovely evening to friends of a liberal education to ;an end. movement chamDion the state-wid- e for establishing High Schools. The imposing High School structure of 1907 is the logical result. Eureka was the first few cities of the Brigham Young University will among to establish and maintain a increase the cost of football tickets State this year to cover sales tax, which is complete school system from the now required on all admissions to culminating in the State University. athletic events. The keen and widespread scrutiny BYUs $12 ticket will be increased worth while is typical of of the by $1, and the $7, $5 and $3 tickets the thingsof the present Board of policy John Morley, C. Messrs. were Trustees. ashes Africa In North E. A. Adams are Mrs. C. and the sore considered a sight for Griggs eyes: so well done by work the with afflicted orbs were rubbed continuing in no efforts having woven ashes to cure them. sparing raffle $88,639. mendations from the county road department and from the county engineer, the commissioners opted buy the Caterpillar grader, even though it cost more. -- Reviewed the plans for the of the county courtroom, remodeling and approved the plan unanimously. -- Examined the old auditorium in the county building to see if part of it Stephanie Wahlberg and her Irish teddy bear were next, as they delighted the audience with Me and My Teddy Bear. Two beautiful young ladies, Traci Schow and Angella Sparrow, performed a modern dance number; followed by Mary Jane Nelsons pretty renditions of Danny Boy and "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling... Everyone joined her for the chorus of the latter. To the delight and surprise of everyone..Tim McMahon appeared center stage and shared his musical talents with the audience. He first, sang an original composition and accompanied himself on the guitar. His rendition of "EUREKA WHISPERS was beautiful and enjoyed by all. He followed up with We Somebody Loves You; Thanks and These Hands. Can; were expressed to Tim for this delightful and unexpected addition to the program. To end the evenings entertainment, St. Patricks very own leprechaun Martin Fennell, sang Galway Bay; The Wearing of the Green and gave a 'Musical mim . . The Tintic Historical Society met last Wednesday evening in the Memorial Building. Conducting this first meeting of 1987 was President lone Ryan. Routine business was taken care of with a number of interesting phone calls reported. Time was turned over for a demonstration of the slide projector purchased by the Eureka Preservation Committee under the Certified Local Government program. The objective is to put together a slide-tap- e program to aquaint visitors with the historic sites of the area. This is one of the projects outlined for this summer. The few slides now in the possession of the society were very much enjoyed by all those attending. The remainder of the time was spent discussing the celebration. It was noted that people were under the impression that no celebration is held this year.. probably Eureka Fire Dept., and the P.T.A. The deadline for inclusion on the Depot Days and Tintic Silver Festival flyers is MARCH 31! The next meeting of the historical society will be the annual Folk-Foo- d Potluck dinner. This will be held April 17. Start planning what to bring. ! ! Former resident given honor Mr. and Mrs. Ed Webber received word that their daughter was honored as follows: The South Side Inn in St. George has chosen Carol Echevarrieta as their Employee of the Month. She moved here two years ago from g Eureka, Utah. She has been 1 for almost Side Inn South ployed by year. Carol is head maid. em-bein- because they scan headlines and dont read the articles. Plans are Germans used to believe striking going forth, and input is still needed. door a sill with an ax would end a So far, the organizations reporof bad weather. ting plans are: Senior Citizens, the spell two-stor- BYU football 5 , Elementary &hoof had some of the district science committee from Box Elder School district visit the school. The educators were here through the arrangements of Dr. Openshaw. They made arrangements with their district for release time to visit our Public School. l'.urrka. Utah. school and go over the K through 6 Science Core Curriculum, Box Elder has used some of their productivity funding to develop lesson plans and material tied to the Core, Mr. Shaw from Tintic High School visited Box Elder School District on Friday, March 13, to share some of our districts expertise in technology. He explained the use of Intelligent Video Disk Systems to them. Mr. Shaw has been working on his doctorate degree in this area. This beautiful picture was sent to the historical society last fall by Mr. Vern Okey of Hayward. California. It came at an interesting time, since some Tintic High School students had just finished doing research on their school. |