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Show UTAH STATS P?X:S CU?MXG, 467 EASr 300 SO. LIZZ CITI, SALT UTAH C T zVr" 1 11 i i -; L L r THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Pages 28, 198- 0- VOLUME FIFTY NUMBER FORTY-TW- O (DoirasSdleir By TOM BUSSELBERG site to determine feasibility of constructing a building there. It is intersected by Kay's Creek, but wet weather has FARMINGTON Layton should deed any property to be utilized fora county headquarters library to the Davis County Library Board. prevented action. Library Director Jeanne Layton told the library board during their regular monthly meeting. Mr. WHITESIDES said any formal action with Layton should be delayed until the board has determined which site will be utilized for the fulibture headquarters-region- LiBRARY Board Chairman Evan Whitesides, himself a Layton resident, said Monday he had been advised to that end in a letter from County Attorney Rodney Page. He (attorney) strongly recommended title to the land be deeded to Davis County as opposed to a long-terlease. al rary. Similar procedures to transfer title were completed with construction of libraries in Clearfield and Bountiful. He indicated the city had some concerns with deeding the property. It is a part of the citys Commons area that has m Where construction and other costs will be incurred by the library instead of the city, the building and site should be under complete library control, Mr. Whitesides said the letter continued. U.S. Senator Jake Gam second from left, was keynote speaker at the annual Davis County GOP Lincoln Day's Dinner held last Saturday night in Layton.- Senator Gai n told more than 250 Republicans that the Carter Administration has made serious mistakes in foreign and domestic policies. GARN ADDRESSES GOP By GARY R. BLODGETT - LAYTON U.S. Senator lashed out Jake Gam at the Democratic administra- tion during a gathering of Davis County Republicans at a Lincoln Day dinner at Valley View Restaurant in Layton. SENATOR GARN, who is said the seeking Carter Administration has made several serious mistakes in foreign policy. He told the GOP partisans that It took invasion of Afghanistan to wake up our president to the fact that the Russians are not nice people. personnel, five times the number of tanks, and three to four times the edge in artillery. "While the U.S. has been spending 56 cents of every dollar on health and welfare, the Russians have been spending 25 cents out of every dollar for military defense," he said. Weve got to stop turning the other cheek and realize that we are facing a dangerous, aggressive enemy in (he Russians. HE ADDED that inflation has cut into our economy to such a point that we simply don't have the funds that should be spent on defense. I LEARNED in history class years ago that the Soviet Union is an aggressive country, he said. I can't understand after all this time why office of the president, whomever is serving. But you simply can not separate the facts, and the facts are that the presidential administration was caught cold with Russia's invasion of Afghanistan. THE U.S. Senator, who said he will announce his candidacy in May, also for . spoke out against the terioration" of our military dede- fense. : Ten years ago the United States had a definite superiority of military defense, he said. That is not the case today. The Russians far exceed us in every category except aircraft carriers." : HE SAID that while the U.S. was cutting back on military scrapping the Bspending Bomber program and delaying the the MX Missile program Russians have taken a wide -l margin over us with three times the number of trained tKKAYSnLUREFtK 197 B North Main Layton St, PHQNE 37M1 33 Published Wwkty by nrmrjersa. Publisher John StaNw Second Pass Postage ' ; PMd At Layton, Utah SUBSCRIPTION $4.50 per year lailMMMHSe . mnaaiSaiaallM We are not building enough ships to maintain an adequate naval force, let alone build up the Navy, the senator said. -- SWITCHING to the national and local scene. Senator Gam said there are too many U.S. senators with poor voting records. He urged the local Republi. cans to turn out this election and GOP leaders to office. THEN KEEP a close watch on us, me included, and be certain that we are all doing what should be done, he said. "If we aren't, then elect someone else to do the job. He emphasized that the speakminority groups ing economically, not racially are controlling this country because only 38 percent of all registered voters cast ballots in the last presidential election. SENATOR GARN ex- plained. however, that the Republicans won 20 of 35 senatorial seats up for election. "We should win five or six more this year, maybe more, and when the Republicans gain ten more seats, it will have the senate majority. This could be he 1982, said. accomplished by THE SENATOR also stressed the importance of good local governments. Don't ignore them while looking to the presidential election, he said. Be active and give your support to these elected officials as well." Gene Peresich, chairman of the GOP Party in Davis County, said nearly 300 persons attended last Saturday's dinner, one of the largest crowds toevergatherforsuchan occa- sion in the county. Davis Library Board Members May Attend Meet Anyway President Carter hasn't learned at least this much about the Russians. Senator Gam said he hesitates lashing out at the president. because I respect the THE BOARD is considering two sites, one near the Layton Heritage Museum south of the municipal building and the other about one block south on the corner of Hawthorne and Wasatch. The city has said it would provide either site at no charge with the board favoring site. the Hawthome-Wasatc- h Soil tests were to have been obtained from the Hawthorne. FARMINGTON Although the Davis County Library Board has opted not to join the Utah Library Association until a censure by that state group has been dropped, some of its members may attend upcoming meetings. THE BOARD made that decision during a nearly three hour long session Monday after hearing the state association's plans for a seminar early Jeanne Layton said. Were the work to be done by outside contractors it would cost 5 cents a card and an unit could pay for itself within a year at that rate, the board was told. Turning to other business,' Miss Layton told the board, I do not at this time see a general 50-5- meeting-relate- d It took railLAYTON road repair crewmen nearly a week to clear the wreckage from two tracks of a Union Pacific Railroad train derail IN ADDITION, staff members who are members of the association were "encouraged to attend with eight or nine planning to attend sessions relating to their job areas. The board agreed to foot their attendance bills, as has been done in the past. Sessions will be held March 7 at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake City. In other action, the board approved purchase of a graphotype card embossing for about $5,100 to replace plus model in use in the system for about 20 years. 5-- ABOUT t.ono are produced a month, Library Director rary. million facility with furnishings expected to add 000. Plans call for letting bids in about a year and construction start the following spring. Funding would come from a special mill levy. Miss Layton said plans were being formulated for a two $150, . 000-520- 0, pened in Bountiful when that facility was completed. THE BOARD questioned architect payments, in a related matter, with Commissioner Swapp recalling that architect candidates had been told before any were chosen no money would be forthcoming immediately because of a money squeeze. Funding could be obtained by taking money from tax anticipation notes in the fall, as is done routinely with county activities, Mr. Whitesides suggested. Architect is Robert Dewey and Associates of &J PflSMGP fJaiilGd By WANDA LUND LAYTON Kenneth F. Stuart, a veteran employee of the U.S. Postal Service, took his oath of office Friday as Layton's new postmaster. He has been a postal employee for 32'i years, most recently as general foreman of delivery and collections, Ogden Post Office. HIS FIRST assignment was clerk. Then he became foreman of mails, carrier foreman and Gorder Station superintendent. When that station was closed in 1976, he again served as carrier foreman and was then promoted to general foreman. He has served as a stake and regional athletic director in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for the past 35 years, and has officiated in every sport activity that required an officiator. HE LIVES with his wife, the former Marion Wolthius, and two of their five sons, Jeff and Richard, in Uintah. New postal regulations require that he move to Layton. Their other sons are Ron. Clearfield; Greg, an Army lieutenant at Ft. Dix, N.J., and Brent, serving an LDS mission in Arkansas. The new postmaster will supervise the activities of 25 employees in delivering mail to residents of Layton. East Layton and Syracuse. Joseph D. Burbidge has been the officer in charge of the Layton Post Office for the past ten months. The former postmaster. W. Petersen, died March 31, 1979 after serving seven years in the position. His widow was present to see Mr. Stewart installed as postmaster Friday. CHARLES R. Losasso. Salt Lake City Postmaster-Manage- r Par-let- te Sectional Center administered the oath of office to Mr. Stuart and welcomed him to his new assignment. 1 feel real pleased that we now have a permanent post- master of the Layton Post Office, Mr. Losasso said to postal employees gathered in the working area of the office. "We wouldn't be here except for the untimely passing of Mr. Petersen. 1 am especially pleased that Mrs. Petersen is here to represent her family and to let her know that we still have a strong feeling for Parlet-te- . 1 found him to be a fine gentleman and one who was dedicated to the postal service. I WOULD like to thank you folks for bearing with the situation. he continued. Parlette was ill for quite a while, and we had temporary postmasters. We have had a lot of changes, and that is a little bit of an unstable situation. I appreciate the kind of dedication that the Layton Postal employees have shown to work in that situation. Joe (Burbidge) has done a very fine job. and I want to thank him for his efforts. What we thought was a assignment extended almost ten months." MR. LOSASSO said the new postmaster has always been a very productive person and has had a lot to do with the (Continued on Page 2) 1 She said recommendations resulting from those interviews would be forthcoming. THE FIRST cleared for cars from a freight train en route from Ogden to. Salt Lake City. Four other cars 36 ment here. slow-movi- track was trains on Tuesday, following the Sunday morning derailment of 65-c- were partially derailed, according to a UP spokesman. mile More than of tracks were ripped up during the crash, causing workmen to spend several hours a day until last weekend cleaning up the final debris. one-quart- Mobility Unlimited - expenses. The board members receive no salary. for one week. I think they're attempting to level with me and 1 think Pm getting valuable information for me personally and for the libmy time from the Federal Bureau of Reclamation. Were the parcel removed from city control, officials might question participation. IN RELATED matters, the board opted to plan for a $1 .25 have to be ordered nine months before the librarys opening. Miss Layton indicated. But if funding wasn't aailable. the library could "sit empty for six months as hap- Wreckage Cleared next month. The ULA formally censured the county board last fall in relation to intellec- tual freedom and the controversy raised over the book Americana." It has not removed that censure. . The library board decided not to join the group in January but said Monday if any trustees wanted to attend sessions they would be reimbursed for moral problem (with the stall). 1 think its spotty. She was asked upon her reinstatement last month to concentrate on improving the morale of staff mpmhpre TVE STARTED a program of interviews, she explained, and have talked to nine staff members. It took almost all of . received funding assistance story building that would include 24,000 square feet about the size of the Bountiful and Clearfield branches. WHEN THERE was some question if $1 .25 million would include furnishings Commissioner Morris F. Swapp said, I would think we ought to talk about $1 .25 million for the library and then the furnishings. We may be able to twist an arm (to get the furnishings). Furnishings would probably Davis FARMINGTON County Commission is taking a second look at a new program for the handicapped. The nonprofit organization is called .Mobility Unlimited." DETAILS OF the program were presented to the commission last week by Ruby Price. Layton, who said the program is designed to aid the severely mental and physical handicapped persons of the county. She said the group would not only provide transportation. as the name implies, but would also sponsor a rehabilitation program, . training, and assisting the' handicapped in adjusting to home and community living. I WE INTEND to offer services not now available in the county," said Mr$. Price. "We may contract the work the first year but would tike to take over operation after that. She said that federal funds are available for this type of a program. She named several prominent Davis County citizens as being members of the board of directors. THERE WAS a major ques-liohowever, regarding the possible duplication of ser-vices between this agency and n, other organizations in the county. Commissioners tabled the matter until further tion is obtained. UNION PACIFIC officials said they are still investigating the cause of the accident only one of several in the Layton area in recent years. Many of the cars were loaded with cargo and the cost is expected to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. The accident caused other" trains to be diverted to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks which parallel the UP tracks. The UP line is the main' Los Angeles to Chicago route and ordinarily 20 to 30 trains will pass the accident site daily, according to a UP spokesman. I Kenneth Ft Stuart, new Layton PostmasLikes his oath of office from Salt Lake City Postmaster Charles R. Lnsassr i. T he Layton position was filled for the past ten months by Joseph D. Burbidge, who will now be assigned to another lota-- - ter, TAKES OATH tion. |