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Show VOLUME TWENTY-ON- THE LAYTON JOURNAL, LAYTON, UTAH, FEBRUARY 17, 1949. E THREE STAKE SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION PUNE REMOVED MEET YOUR DY AIR FORCE UKE FROM By MABEL JONES GABBOTT HILL AIR FORCE BASE The recent cold spell made It possible for the air force to reclaim an aircraft for the civil aeronautics adhad ministration. The on the edge of Great Salt lake the day before Christmas. The $65,000 airplane was reclaimed for crash-lande- d IT WAS A COLD windy, win- try day when I called at BIt. D. R. Tolman's office, but he welcomed me with a reconnaissance par were sent out from Hill base to determine how much effort and expense would be involved in the reclamation of the plane. coat of snow Beneath the was a layer of oozing, mud. eepe equipped with chains on all four wheels bogged down and were useless. 12-inc- h super-coole- Lieut Col. Benjamin Files Nbw IRotei To Increase Fund G The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company today filed with the Utah Public Service Commission at SaK Lake City, new schedules of rates which would increase its revenues In Utah approximately $72,000 a month as applied to the preaent volume of buslnem. The ncrcase In net income after taxes, would amount to $43,000 a month The application stated that the company had expended $12,410,000 for gross construction in Utah mentioned by the company since the end of the war. This con- prices were poles, 73 per cent; capper struction has Increased the com- wire, 108 per cent; cable, 119 per panys Investment 48 per cent in cent; crossanns, 172 jper cent; he state. It provided 55,386 addl-ionover 100 per cent; and wildings telephones, an Increase of installers trucks 100 per cent 50 per cent, and 8,550 additional The company stated that the inmiles of long distance circuits, an vestment per telephone will Inincrease of 39 per cent. Expansion crease substantially in 1949 over of facilities in the state has re- 1948 because inof the sulted in an increase of 730 em- crease m the coat continuing of providing ployees. Expenditures for gross service. The depreciation expense construction sine Day are which is based on plant costs is equivalent to more than half the therefore increasing rapidly. otal investment the company had Earnings on 1948 . intrastate n Utah on January 1, 1946, which operations in Utah were only 3 lad been built up over a period of per cent on the cost of original 60 years. the property, according to the Due to continuing demands for company. Even if the rate increase additional and improved service granted by the commission last the company stated that further August were applied to the fall substantial construction programs years operations in 1948 and wage will be required. The 1949 pro- costs effective in December, 1948 gram calls for $4,339,00. Some of were applied to the entire year, the jobs are under way and, in- the return would hav been cluded in the program for 1949 3.6 pr cent This figure is a only reaare 20,000 miles of wire In cable; sonable Indication of the present 1600 miles of exchange wire; 4, going rate of return. To continue 328 miles of long distance cir- its expansion and service improvecuits; 5700 terminals of dial equip- ment program, large amounts of ment; 1445 lines of manual cen- new capital will be needed. Money tral office equipment; 31 switch- received by the company from its board positions and 2 building ad customers in payment of ditions. The 1948 expenditures to- telephone service is used monthly to meet taled $4071,000. day to day expenses such as wagThe application stated that the es, taxes and other operating costs. companys expenses have Increas- Money for service improvement to ed much faster than revenues. For present customers and provision of example, labor costs which take service to those whose orders are about 56 cents of each dollar o unfilled must come from new caprevenue are now 2S8 per cen ital secured from the sale cf comgreater than in 1941 due to higher pany stock and securities. Tbs wage levels and more employees, company states that the present whll revenues have Increased only low level of earnings will not at138 per cent The last general wage tract investors to Invest tta sitt-tionIncrease which became effective capital needed. In December, 1948 increased the The company pointed set the companys intrastate wage costs in serious situation in which it is Utah by $415,000 s year and this placed through the use of a past item alone absorbs more than two test period in determining future thirds of the revenue increase earnings when there is a dtiay in granted by the commission last making the rates effective. It August. pointed out in the application that The cost of practically every- the commissions order, la conthing used for providing telephone nection with the company's reservice has increased substantially. quest for rates early In November Some of the increases over 1939 1947, was not fully effective until and rare varieties of irisin his September 1948, and sines the And ing was based on 1947 operations garden. only, the result was that tor the 20 months period, January 1, SPOKE affectionately of 1947 to August 31, 1943, the comhis children of the son who is pany failed to realize by gSl,C3) studying stage and theater in the earnings requirements thought New York City; of another son, reasonable by the commiasian. trained to be a violinist who The Increase sought by the comchose instead to practice law; of will vary for individual cuspany the daughter in Tucson, whom tomers he misses, and with great pride service depending on the type of they have and the. exof the children with .him in which they are located. in change Bountiful. The company pointed out in its I application that telephone rate inhold a twenty-fiv- e year vet- creases have been very moderate eran Boy Scout pin, he said, withincreases since 1939 and I must admit that now compared of 72 pr cent in the cost of living; my most enjoyable hobby is my 88 per cent for new automobiles; Shortly after the plane crashed, tie warmth that dispelled the chill from outside. Seated In hU friendly room on the south side of the $514. air and ground Telephone Company NEIGHBOR MUD 3 NUMBER SEVENTEEN d al Sheldon, under whose direction the survey vas made, told the CAA that the plane could, no be salvaged without spending more money than the plane was worth. Ski Journey Made Then Old Man Winter" moved n and sat right down in the Salt Lake valley. Three llill workers, Emil A. Woodward (hydraulics) Hubert L. Bizzell (scheduling) and Max Woodward shop) clamp to Allen MR. TOLMAN Strong, superintendent of Davis Stake Sunday school; Elbera Dickson, superin- ed on their ski(prop (Lft right) harnesses and tendent, North Davis stake; IL Aldons Dixon, member Sunday school general board, and Leland Barnes, started toward the brick red school house, he seemsix For plane. superintendent of South Davis stake. Picture by Don Fund hours they skied across the salt ed to me the kind of man to flats before finally sighting its whom I could trust the scholasn Davit, North and South Davis stakes participated in a Sunday school wreckage squatting on the ice. tic training of my child genial held last Sunday, February 13 at the Davis high school. Sessions of This was the first time that a and tolerant, but wise and firm. ground party had been able to the convention were held at 10 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. SPOKE with love and reach the craft. about Stoker school, where looked Ff Aldous Dixon, Ogden member of the Sunday school men the The pride over, plane general board the ground and the snow he has been principal since 1914. was in charge of the convention. Theme carried out by the convention was tested and ice, and decided that it He invited me to lunch at the wouldnt be such a tremendous school cafeteria, and very kindly improving our spiritual environment. job to reclaim the plane now that escorted me through the clean kitchen and attractively set dinthe ground was partly frozen. Then Lieut Col. Sheldon decid ing hall. Stoker school, he told, ed to have another go at it" me, bad the first cafeteria in the !rom nearby Ogden arsenal he state. At first there were no miTowed two weasels. Then he facilities at the school, and soup had workers at Hill build special was carried from a nearby rigs that followed the exact con- neighbors place for the children. Then, a parent donated a tour of the underside of a these sink, and a merchant helped out had air he To All three directors of the Davis wing. regular FARMINGTON Paimington FARMINGTON with a gas range; the cafeteria .. attached. aids craft Farmington County Canning Crops Assn., whose Lions club announced it will spon- ward will hold a reunion was set up under the gyrnn, and Feb. 21 a Early Deien i . terms of office had expired were sor LaDell E. Sessions as a candt-dat-e Mar-stoand and Mr. Wachers and children ate in re- 22, Milton Mm at out oclock five when the reelected Saturday night By starting for the office of district govgeneral chairmen, announc- each morning, the crews were able lays. Today, as I walked between association held its annual meeting ernor. A district governor will be to traverse the seven miles in two the long tables, I was told that and banquet at North Davis junior be elected at the state convention ed. will be enter- days. At the end of their towing from six to seven hundred chilstudents Primary high school. to be held In Ogden in June. tained after school on Feb. 21 ob, a trailer and crash truck dren are served each day a nuJ. Kay Nelson, Clearfield, vice Sessions, it was reported, is a with a nomsupper and program under awaited them. They loaded the tritious hot meal Mr. Tolman president, presided during the charter member of the Farmington supervision of Primary leaders, plane on the trailer, removed the said that Stoker school had reinations and election since Irvin Lions duband has a 100 cent Mrs. Lillian Dobson, Mrs. Aleen wings for easier traveling, .and ceived particular comment In Call, West Layton, president was attendance record. He hasper served Sessions and Bin. Earline one of those whose era of office as an officer of Elliott lauled the plane to Hill air force the American School for this club various in the was reelected Call Mr. has been had expired. fine project. arrangTransportation ase. serving as president for ed for older persons desiring to for another two years despite his capacities, two successive yean. During his attend. Those in need of rides are plea that he had served on the GIVING so much of Roads board of directors for almost 20 administration, it was pointed out requested to be ready at twelve-fiftee- n Snow-Clogg- ed and interests and heart his life the club received an award in disFeb. 22, so dinner years and wished to be relieved. Mr. Tolman has to the school, pjn., trict contest Two Others Reelected twelve-thirt17 North served at of be Close may served his also neighbors in ofThe proposed candidate has been The other two reelected to From 1906 to other pm. ways. many fice were Raymond Poke, West instrumental in formulating many Dinner will be served from Davis Schools 1908 he filled a mission for the of the standards and policies of twelve-thirt, Point, and Elmer Major, Layton. to six to everyChurch of Jesus Christ of LatteHoldover directors were Ernest K. the club, as well as the zone and one in the ward. p.m. Saints in England. After Bendistrict it was reported. He served At eight p.m., there will be a At least six out of 17 schools at r-day Behling, Kaysville; Elton J. his return from his mission, he as and a zone Nelson, J. chairman under District Kay nett, Syracuse, the north end of Davis county, in classes in the Governor Melvin B. Wright and is program. Clearfield. the high school, were clos- taught religion eluding in Committees of was presarrange charge Over 400 members and their now serving as a deputy under ments are: Mr. and Mn. Gorin ed Tuesday when road conditions Bountiful First ward, I. M. and asof ' ident the A., annual the out for turned District Governor Joseph W. Wilpartners worsened rapidly as the result ot sistant to Mr. Bill Mrs. and Steed, publicity; banthe superintendent of liams. meeting and show after the Mr. and Mrs. Dave winds that drove new snow into the Sunday school, until he befoods; McClurg, Grace the featured which quet During the past two years, it C. drifts on the highways. came counselor to the ward Evans troupe, Salt Lake City. was reported, he has successfully Merrill, program; Mr. and Mn. High School Closed R. Sorenson Mr. decorations, and Ebenezer J. Kirkham, Salt Lake fulfilled many district The Davis high school, which bishop, where he served for assignCity, served as toastmaster during ments. He has been a club repre- and Mn. L. W. Robinson, draws its students from all over nineteen years. He has been a ithe banquet, after which Pres. Call sentative the county, was closed after the member of the Davis County cooperating with other called the meeting to order. bus drivers had completed their Welfare board since 1929, and service organizations in the proNotes Lethargic Condition runs. The basketball game between has watched that activity beof important projects in J. R. Peay, Spanish Fork, presi- moting Davis and Jordan high schools, come a vital part of our lives of Davis county. At the interest dent of the State Canning Crops present, he is jscheduled for Kaysville Tuesday, He served for five terms, of two as finance Assli., )was the first speaker. He chairman and serving was postponed because of road con years each, as a member of the secretary-treasure- r Bountiful city council, and for explained the present lethargyoffi-oi of the Davis county planning comditions, according to Mr, Morgan. the canners and association dozen teachers were twenty-fiva least At years in the coun mission. cials in working out price schedto get to their schools Tues- cils of Bountiful First ward and unable his and Sessions, wife, Louise, see ules to a tendency to wait and The Davis county PTA meeting day morning and parents and bus South Davis stake. what happens as to canned foods. daughter, Marilynn, reside at 20 will be held Monday, Feb. 21, at drivers at the north end of the South State street, Farmington. The market is slow at present the Davis high school, according to county became increasingly anx-ou- s When I ASKED Mr. Tolman He expressed the opinion that all , Thomas Q. Williams. about the return trip. H. D. what his hobbies prices had reached the leveling off New Datee Set For between parents Call, principal of the Clinton were, he said,particular hours, Visiting I the guess Well, point, ubt he had no fear of any and instructors will be from 7 to school, found only three students main one is reading. Then, he of The in department prices. slump 8 p.m., followed by a general had arrived when he went on duty. told me about his desire and Founders Day agriculture has recommended a meeting at which, Mr. B. L. Flan- He closed the school for the day struggle to get an education. 5 reduction in corn, a 5 per cent agan of the state department of and sent the students back home. In order to go to school, he ran increase in tomatoes and about the Program, March Pupils Taken Home employment security will speak on ice route in Salt Lake same production of peas as last Other schools were closed early a retail the Possibilities for Employment for his father. In the early year, according to Mr. Peay. and bus drivers in the the day The new date set for the Found of Young People. Musical proTomato Production Survey soring and fall they would load Day program for the South gram will be furnished by students started running the pupils to their .. Debate Nichols, Davis county ex-- ers the ice wagon at about two a.m., on were called homes. Snowplows tension agent read a report on the Bountiful PTA is March 4th (Fri) of the school. drive to Salt Lake, deliver the some of buses to go ahead of the auditorium ice to over one hundred cussurvey made of tomato production at 8 pm. in the school the driver for and Ray, Joseph Special guests for the evening on 83 Davis county farms in 1948 Facts tomers, feed the team, go to was forced South Weber district Interesting carried out by Dr. George Blanche are to be all past presidents of the a wagon and team of horses school, and then drive the team use to Some geographers consider that to cover the last three miles ot home after school. In 1903, he of tiie economics department Utah organization. . State Agricultural college, in coSupt. E. J. Hartvigsen will be Russia generally considered a ter- his route. graduated from the University operation with the ' extension ser- guest speaker. ritory of boundless resources, is alto West Point ana of Utah normal school, and in roads The Music will be furnished by the ready overpopulated In the terms vice and the Utah Canning Crops were blocked early and 1941 received a B. S. in Educa6th grade students under the di- of achieving the American stand- Syracuse Assn. Galley, superintendent ot tion from the University of Clyde V. T. Rice. ard of living. J. Kay Nelson reported on a trip rection of Princ-pa- l was able to get Utah. He kept up his reading schools, Syracuse he had made to Moapa, Nev-- in an as far as Anchorage from his and took extension only many attempt to improve the quality oi Bottles Launch home in Kaysville. Big Ship he visitwhen courses. Help Recently young tomato plants .used in the Two snowplows used in the counwas told he ed the country. He expressed optimism tv were in the repair shop and he had university, hours two over hundred that something would be done KAyr other equipment had been sent else- to his credit and could take out 'r along this line. Norton Bounds, Og-where recently when it appeared his degree in the field of Engden, president of the Weber County that the job of clearing Davis lish, ' Education, or Sociology. y A Cannig Crops Assn, also talked on roads was under control. v county ; when they told him they his trip to Moapa for the same The schools which were closed Later a mistake, and made had purpose. Tuesday were. Clinton, West Point, hours more must be donethirty in Syracuse and Layton elementary . residence, he was unTo be what we are, and to bequite Davis schools. North junior hieh a summer come what we are capable of beschool Clearfield, and Davis high daunted; but spent and fall term at the university coming, is the only end of life.Rob school. Kaysville. n make up those hours. ert Louis Stevenson. The soil of China has become so Indias population exceeds 400 TOLMAN spoke fondly ALAMEA NAVAL AIR STATION, Calif. (Soundphoto) The depleted through lack of soil conmillion. Economists generally agree of his wife, and said when she land servation that the practices that the soil of India is so depletec newly commissioned Navy Transport Constitution, is shown as it cannot produce enough to feed the was living, perhaps his favorite in fertility that it can feed but 300 leaped into the air following ceremonies in which it was accepted as people of China. It has been said hobby was to keep the grounds million people on the lowest human part of the navys operation force. The huge plane is driven by four that the greatest tragedy that could and house fragrant with beauti3,500 horsepower engines and . will carry 180 persons within its happen to China would be a red- ful flowers, in which she found , food requirements yyet India fuselage. It was launched into the sky with the aid of uction in her death rate or an In- enjoyment At one time there increasing her population at the double-decke- d Jato bottles attached to its wings. , rate of 14,000 a day. crease in her birth rate. delicate were over seventy-fivcon-ventio- Pavia Craning Unit Elects At 45 Parlay Davis Ideas dab Farmington Ward Tells Gclc3 Ccr Plans Roonica District Leads? February 21 22 C-4- 5 n, While y 6 y ' Davis High PTA To Hold Meet February 21st e . 4 . 4th V-- J al Hg grandchildren. T was a pleasure to meet our neighbor,' Mr. Tolman, and I hope some other time I can accept his invitation to lunch, and have chili served from the biggest soup pot I have ever seen. 99 per cent for wearing apparel; 52 per cent for rail freight rates; 115 per cent for food costs, along with other examples cited. The company feels that it is faced with an emergency and has requested early consideration of the application for increased revenue.. 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