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Show Holt Elem. Schoo May Wot Open On By TOM f August 25th IlNsliJIRG - ARM1NGTHN S.U4 bcOswtShe ringing throvgVut IV Dasu Aug. 25. hut f or students ci to Holt attend the fi, Haii-Elementary Ikboul m (leaf-fiel- d may base to meet elsewhere fie upward f a month, it was learned Wednesday mormng. rmrr ORIGIN AL PLANS Called for completion of the tshool Sept 9. a construction otlWul said. But that date has been moved bask to Sept. 21. llus would mean students may have to attend elsewhere for four full weeks (excluding Labcr Day, Sept. I). ..; Die other two etemeniaiy schools currently under construction are rcponedly on It took Kvenl houn to bring the fire under control as firemen worked to keep other tanka and lines from exploring into flames fhoto by Dick Stuck! A DRAMATIC FIRE By CARY R. BLODGETT WEST BOUNTIFUL -There wa a farewell party going on for three retiring Phil lips Petroleum Company employees at the time of the ex- plosions and fire that rocked this plant's facilities Jast fri- day afternoon. BECALSEof the party coming at the change of the several of afternoon shift the employees who might have been in the hazardous area were attending the party in the conference room of the refinerys main office, several hundred feet from where the blaze erupted shortly before 4 p.m. was to honDie or Max Pope, manufacturing AND er superintendent; Eddy Hartman, safety department; and Milton Parks, warehouse superintendent, according to a plant spokesman. I DONT think we would have had many personnel in the immediate area of the blaze at any time, but it might have been that the party took a few personnel from the area and perhaps saved lives or serious injuries, he said. More than 125 firefighters from Phillips, Davis County, Bountiful and North Salt Lake fire departments battled the stubborn blaze for several hours before bringing it under complete control. FOURTEEN firemen seven from Bountiful, three from North Salt Lake, and four were Phillips employees hospitalized after suffering in- halation of smoke and acid-fume- s. Davis County Fire Chief Brent Argyle said all of those hospitalized for observation and treatment were released over the weekend. AFTER SEEING what d some of the firemen had suf-fer- (acidic fumes in the eyes and lungs) others were invited by the hospital staff to report and examinations, for said Chief Argyle. As a result, as many as 60 firemen and employees involved with the fire entered the hospital for this treatment and observation. But thats not to say that all of them actually were treated. It was more of a precautionary measure. THE CHIEF emphasized THE KAYSVILLE REFLEX 197 "B North Main St., Layton PHONE ' 376-913- 3 Published Weekly by CUPPS rc?KTX CO. John Stable Jr., Publisher Second Class Postage Paid At Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year ssst d sm sismovmot enriMi SmHnWW (IMS am (Paymw in Advmce) ' scheJule for the Aug. 25 opening. They are Know lion in north Farmington and Last Layton. that this was one of the most hazardous fires he and most volunteer firemen bad ever encountered. It was the same type of blaze, involving the same type of unit, that exploded and kd-.- .. led several firemen and pioyees at Phillips' mam refinery in Bartlctsville, Gkla. We knew that an explosion any second could take a large toll of lives. It was real scarey. I'll tell you, the chief said. of the wont fire in the refinery history" but deone clined to give an estimate of damage until a complete inves- -. ligation is completed. SEVERAL inspection teams from the refinery, the company's main office in Bartles- ville. and the Occupation Health and Safety Administration w ere on (he scene Monday for a thorough investigation. Refinery officials said there was not much chance of a ma jor refinery fire resulting in the ture and subsequent explo- storage tanks exploding because most of the full tanks were located in an isolated area of the facility, a considerable distance from the origin of sions. Ti e refinery processes about 23.000 barrels of crude oil dail. . about 20 percent of that bcint convened to high octane the fire. THE FIRE broke out about 3:45 p.m. Friday with the gasoline, Mr. Lacey apparent rupture of a feeder line going to the plants alkylation unit. Plant officials are still determining what caused the rup high-pressu- re pt- - --- ex- - a PLANT employees, who recently returned to work after a long strike, said they hoped the fire damage will not cause a long shutdown of the plant's facilities. Sl'FT. LAWRENCE said in a telephone Well-in- g inter- view some delays are due to the different type of construction required. The Holt School, built with a metal exterior. is the only one of its type ever constructed in the school district. The two story structure, at 1000 West 300 North, Clearfield, was designed to meet ground requirements on the site. The building was delayed for about a year as soil studies were completed, wore fill ptat ed on the w! e and time w s needed lor the ground to settle those debts base raised the ire of residents tn that fast-p- ig area. It wdlaccommo-Was well as stu- e new growth dents from Pioneer I Jemen-(arthat was due for closure alter school lets out the end of y, Hus month, WE ARE doubling the crews there anJ they toe doing everything they posshy can to get the huitdirg finished. bup. Welling said, adding Hut he had been told the budding tyre requites construction be finished on the inside, moving out Second story ffiwr concrete must be laid before the skeleton is completed, for inst- ance. We are keeping our fingers crossed and will have to prepare some building contingen- plans,' he continued. cy We ll be able to make use of Pioneer School for a while if we need to. It may be a little inconvenient but we'll make do. DISTRICT building department official Dee Casper said work is progressing real good. adding that officials have been "pushing pretty hard. They are getting ready to put the roof on tlie west side. We are putting aU our effort on to get it done as fast as we can." Project engineer. Brad Knowlton, with Tektron Con tractors uf Salt I ale (Vt . va-- the 4 began, that date w im possible, WESTARIID the job on Sept, 27. hfY and we re sr? mg to get as close as possiNe. the first change order. fir instance. w as mane to help gel the prefect into budget. It was quite lengthy." Explaining the construction process be said, a metal building requires complei.ng interior wall partitions and the roof due to w md factors before building outside walls. No masonry is msofied. "We will start roofing the week of the 12th and exterior a week or two after. We're hepipg to get it done clove to the start of school and will try to finish the classroom portion as soon as possible." ttucttqubtutstacq Like Lots of L's you a good extemporaneous speaker?" Positively the best. I never remember a thing I wish to "Are ay when audience." I get before an It's So Mows - up Inflation everything a white collar worker has to buy, but leaves his pay envelope as flat as ever. tar-Times, St. Louis FLAMES SHOT more than 200 feet high between tall chimneys and among several empty refinery storage tanks. Black smoke swirled several hundred feet into the air and could be seen from all parts of Davis County. Residents of a 72-un- it mobile home park south of the refinery were warned to Some residents heeded the warning while others stayed to watch firemen battle the stubborn blaze. Tuesday, May 6 the voters of East Layton rejected a bond HEAT FROM the blaze fed by a combination of propwas so inane and butane tense that it melted asphalt tar at the intersection of 500 South and 800 West, more than 2,500 feet away. Plant personnel, experienced in immediate control of refinery fires, acted quickly to shut off valves feeding the fire. However, bum off from the decompression continued for several hours preventing refin- -. ery safety and inspection per- sonnel from getting a close up look until Saturday morning, according to Miles Lacey, manager of Phillips Petroleum Refinery. WITNESSES SAID there were several loud explosions that accompanied the fire. Some witnesses said they heard the explosions but felt no earth movement. Others said the earth rocked like a bowl full of jello. Plant officials said it was election that would have provided funds to continue Rain- bow Drive from the East Layton City Hall to U.S. 89 and would have improved the lower part of Rainbow Drive from the city hall to Fairfield Road. THE VOTE was 4 to 1 against bonding for the road extension and improvements. 446 voted against and 110 voted in favor of bonding. About 46 percent of the registered voters turned out to vote. Layton Scholarship Pageant will be Saturday, May 17. Girls between the ages of 6 who 17-2- have graduated from high school or who will graduate from school by September of 1980, and who are residents of Layton are eligible to enter this contest. APPLICATIONS can be picked up at Anns Fabric Loft, 21 East Gentile, Layton. Girls will be judged on their poise, goals, accomplishments, personality, talent. The swimsuit competition will be held in private before the judges. Drive extension is impossible at the present time or in the foreseeable future. The future of a proposed Grand Central store to be located at the intersection of Rainbow Drive and Fairfield Road is hghly doubtful since the developers of this property have indicated for many months that construction of Grand Central or any other major industrial complex on this site was tied directly to the building of an access road from Fairfield to U.S. 89 (Mountain Road), dmg $2.00 For Billing Services As the FARMINGTON old saying goes, You dont get anything for nothing. AND THATS the way the Deadline For Miss Layton Scholarship Pageant The deadline for accepting ITHOUT BONDING, the construction of Rainbow llpcies To Oe Charged May 17th applications for the Miss W SCHOLARSHIPS awarded to the queen, and second attendant. cial talent scholarship given also. will be the first A spewill be The Layton royality will represent Layton at all the 4th of July activities. The queen will be Laytons entry in the Miss Utah Pageant. A SPECIAL orientation tea will be held May 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Ann Harris home, 517 W. 2475 N., Layton. The pageant will be held June 28 in the Layton High School auditorium starting at 7:30. The Layton Prince and Princess Contest will be held at the same time, dmg Davis County Commission feels about a service that the county has been offering free for several years. But no more. The service deals with the preparation of some 15,000 annual billings that the county treasurers office has been doing without charge for the Bountiful Water Subconservancy District, Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, and the South Davis Sewer Improvement District. COM. ERNEST Eberhard made a motion, that was unanimously passed by the commission, to charge $2 per billing if the agencies still want the county to provide this service. The commission agreed to send a letter to the agencies immediately so that the charge would be effective this year, beginning in July. THIS TYPE of thing (billings for other agencies without charge) has been a real drain on the county budget and i not right, said Co Eberhard. "Why should the county carry the burden of other entities without proper compensation for time and materials needed to complete the project?" EXPLOSIONS AND HEAT d the antis ipated completion date had been pushed to hTt. 21. Onymally. a heft, 9 date had been flawed. However, due to 1 1 thafe of drts sms The second explosion to occur is shown here as the mixing section of the refinery explodes into flames. Heat from the fire melted the tar on the roads at 500 So. and 800 West Photo by Dick Stucki |