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Show Friday, March 6, 1953 Garfield Leader. Garfield. Utah Mr. Rasmussen was born in Lingby, Denmark, December 8, Former Magna Garage Owner I MAGNA DRIVER 1873. I Survivors inrlude his 9iow; three suns and three daughters, Carl Rasmussen, Seal Beach, Cal.; George T. Rasmussen, Salt Lake City; Paul A. Rasmussen, Los An- gelis; Mrs. .L,:;e K. tide. Murray; Mrs. Mabel H. Haws, Creccnt; Lafayette J. Twitchell, Mrs Amy R. Johnson, Magna: 23 Magna resident, involved in a grandchildren and 26 highway accident September 16th, 1952, that killed three persons, Sincere sympathy is extended was placed on probation by Third District Judge Martin M. Larson to the sorrowed family. Final rites for Mr. Rasmussen Saturday. Mr. Twitchell was seriously inwere held Wednesday at 2 p. m. in the Pleasant Green Ward Chap- jured in the accident, and had el. Bishop Ernest Daybell offic- previously pleaded guilty to a iated. charge of involuntary manslaughBurial was in the Pleasant ter. In rfforts to help the two famGreen Cemetery. ilies. whose members were killed, Mr. Twitchell is paying by monlh- - PLACED ON Dies Saturday ' Pioneer Merchant Succumbs In Salt Lake Hospital Richard Johannes (John) Rasmussen, 79, of 525 Center Street, Salt Lake City, died Saturday at 12:30 p. m. in a Salt Lake hospital. Mr. Rasmussen had lived in Magna 28 years, operating the Rasmussen trucking line and garage. He moved to Salt Lake City in 1947. j PROBATION ; ly installments $11,000 to the Magna and Garfield residents. Th.s sum was agreed upon by the involved families. GIRL SCOUT NEWS Lulics Dowling railroad-buildin- 87 Ktddit, marly California sssntyr, dtnStd bis lift to making bis drum if a Sranstnlinalal rail-nosbnugb lit Ftalbrr Rjrtr Canyn nmt trut. - 190-16- 0; 162-15- 147-14- 156-16- 164-15- 3; 168-16- Afternoon League 11. gh seunng honors were by Nurma Hauler, in the Afternoon League. Ethel Stevenson took games of A. Ituinrell, Other were Emma Strebhel. June Jeffs, Merl Winn, 142 and Nancy Simmons, cap-turn- 149-14- 1. 149-13- and curves 10 degrees. ut V , r. THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL VISTA-DO- f'i TRAIN, the introduced by Western Pacific in 1949. In 1941, WP had become the second railroad in the countty to put diesel locomotives into mainline freight service. .VAW.V vy y j, .;. ; Saw the lines of the Western Pacific branch out to Reno, and from Oakland to San Jose. In 1917, WP tapped the San Joaquin nov. 1, lvov, the east and westbound track gangs met near Kcddie, and the last spike was driven. On Aug. 22, 1910, the first passenger train made its historic trip from Salt Lake City to Oakland. v.sv Ay wA ," DRIVING OF TNI OOiDIN spike tm Nov. 10, 1931, linked Western Pacific with the Great Northern and established the strategic'Inside Gateway' route between the Pacific Northwest and Southern California. THK Valley with the acquisition of the Tidewater Southern; in 1921, the purchase of the Sacramento Northern extended WP service throughout the Sacramento Valley. JUST LIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS! yv s at THE FIRST DIESEL RUDD CAR yvX'X.W.0ivXvh..i'; .iv y. . .v. in THE the countty was placed in regular passenger service by WP on Jan. 18, 1950. THE eolh-etin- Vista-Dom- ON X 1 on the traveling e California with its public has become "the most Zephyr... that it talked-aborailroad in the West! THIS PERIOD OF EXPANSION NT The Garfield Womens CJuh have boosted their Heart Fund Drive rnllcc-t:on- s liie wonderful sum of S2I3 77. by S23 57 mire th past week, announces Mrs. L. L. Pul-lupresident. On Saturday of last week, a gi.mp of young matrons literally left at daybreak to solu-i- l funds at the entrances to the Kenneeutt nulls. Garfield Smelter and Refinrry. The men generously to the eommiltee euiisisting of Margaret Nel-oMyrtle Lester, Alice Hoops. LaVon Hagen, Kathleen Keyes. Joyce Pulluin, Beth Ahlijuist, Evelyn Underwood, Mitzi Cameron and Lola Mae Bateman. These ladies later returned to the Pullum home for coffee and rolls. Mrs. Pul-int- ii acted as baby-sitterfor the young mothers while they worked for the worthy cause. a favorable impression Railway Company was organized on March 3, 1903, to proceed up the canyons of the Feather River and cross the Siena via Beckwounh Pass to Salt Lake Gnr.The contract to build the railroad contained the costly stipulation that grades on the were not to exceed Garfield Group Increases Heart Fund Donations Western Pacific Railroad, the Feather River route, is setting so many significant operating records.. .is establishing such unusually high standards of service to shippers.. As making such thi western pacific 142-13- 4; 137. TODAY, d A. Griffith, Sudbury, "B" League Some wonderful high games In t!u "B" League, CIcnne we: e recorded .n the I't.ih Cop-- I F.i:n-wuiiCookie Sal Starts Monday had high Rami1 uf 175 per Club Wunun's "A" Rowling and Lula Den.-le- v captured high The annual Girl Smut cookie League Tuesday night, topped by series uf 454 with games uf sale starts Monday. March 16th Romanic Z.to, 213. She also had Shi- was only twu points , after school and will be concluded others of 178 and 147 for a 538 ahead uf Fran scries of March 30th. nrrirs. 452 with games of Otlii-rThe girls are offering two types Closely following were Arline w.re B. Mitchell, 147; of cookies this year, a ehoeolate Harward. 210; V. Kemp, Ella Einpey. 169; Neva Wimmer, Thelina Singleton, 190 and Elaine 151; Anita Junes. 163; Millie mint and cream filled variety. C'hi Utoffcrson, They are also available in cases Husband, 201. 161; Joy Coon, Some of i he other high scores 170; Norma ('idlings, 152; R. Coon, for shipment overseas, as well as were i Dent-eto servicemen in the states, acDorothy Merrill. 166; Shir- 145; Disera, 155, M. Calley Begent. Vi Nordquist, 169; Dorothy Dea, lings, cording to Mrs. Robert Dean. LaVon Dea, The usual kind, generous reL. Huth Andrus, Alice 152; Bessie Snell, 146 and sponse of the public will be ap- Coon, 156: Edna Miyeis. 186; Ellen Xrwhold, 168; Alice Begent, Helen Wimmer, 150. preciated by the Scouts and Irene Turkey. 163; LilTeam No. 6 took high game uf lian Hilry. 151; Margante Pritrh- - 735 and No. 4, high series of 1978. g d rtbssr Kuby Cushing, 152; Fairbournc, 156: hftry "A" League ut of California's legendary Four of laughingly Big rejected Arthur W Keddies proposal that a relatively low altitude railroad be built over the Sierra via Feather River Canyon:"no man will ever be fool enough to build a railroad through that canyon. 158; Nurma 158-16- 5. How the railroad that "no man will be fool enough to build became the railroad in the West! most talked-aboIN 1869, one uid, FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL railroad to achieve 10095 of all freight and THE FIRST COMPARTMENTIZER FIRST BLOOD BANK CAR On rails was originated by Western Pacific and turned over to the Red Cross on Jan. 10,1951. This car accounted for 2 of the country's donations during its first year of operation. ' i box car was developed by WP and Pullman-StandarThey have proved so success- ful in minimizing damage to goods in transit that their number has just been doubled. d. 0 y passenger service was Western Pacific. And by early 1953, Western Pacific had a higher percentage of its mainline under CTC (the modern Centralized Traffic Control system) than any other Class I Railroad in the country. If A GREAT STRAIGHT - BOURBON mar Aca THIS WHISKEY IS 4 YEARS SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY NATIONAL DISTILLERS OLD 86 PROOF PROD. C08P, K. Y. |