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Show Millard County Chrohie!- The Millard County Chronicle Published Every Thursday at Delta, Utah By CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY H. H. (Bob) RIDING OWNER-PUBLISHES INEZ RIDING EDITOR JOE STEWART LINO-PRESSMAN Entered as Second Class matter at the Postoffice at Delta, Utah, under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879 Subscription Rate: $4.00 a year In advance; Six months, $2.25 Advertising Rates on Request NATIONAL EDITORIAL UAH STAT Utahns Paid $543 Million In First Quarter of 1965 Personal income in Utah during the first three months of 1965 totaled tot-aled approximately $542 million, and the outlook for the second quarter is generally excellent. This is the report of First Security Secu-rity Bank's quarterly News Letter which was distributed last week, it was announced by Otis Walch, Man ager of the Delta Office. The News Letter is edited by Dr EIRoy Nelson, First Security Corporation Corp-oration vice president and economist. econo-mist. According to data from employment employ-ment payrolls and other sources, personal income during the first quarter of the year increased $18 million, or 3.5 above that report ed for the corresponding period in 1961. However, because of increas ed state personal income tax withholding with-holding from 9 to 14 of the federal fed-eral income tax, disposable person al income will increase at a rate somewhat below that of total per- GfcQxnoaD ffitil! tor- lite .Tnf. Hr.v .V.ftir v,4 Si Tin i Thursday, April 22, 1965 1 1 W'5N fr., ..., I JJ.III J sonal income during the remainder of the year. Significant increases were shown during the first quarter in the metals, met-als, and the outlook for the rest of the year is excellent. The total value of mineral production in the state is expected to exceed the previous record of $403 million. Steel production is at capacity levels with an excellent market indicated in-dicated throughout the second quar ter unless a strike closes down production. pro-duction. Copper production is continuing con-tinuing on a seven-day operating basis, lead and zinc production are expected to increase above 1964 levels, and coal, oil shale and bituminous bit-uminous sand development, and phosphate output, all have improv ed outlooks. Phosphate output m 1965, the News Letter reports, should establish new records, as will potash production. Oil production in Utah continues to decline, and is approximately 14 below a year ago. New fields are not yet connected to pipelines and the Greater Aneth field production pro-duction continues downward with age. Crude oil delivered to refineries, refiner-ies, however, is approximately 3 above 1964. Anticipated cash receipts from farm marketing in the Beehive State during 1965 should be slightly above the $159 million reported for 1964. The livestock marketing out look has improved somewhat, with the beef cattle inventory 3 above that of a year ago. Turkey growers expect to pro duce 2.4 million birds this year, a big crop, but the smallest in the state since 1953. Milk production Is somewhat lower, but prices are approximately the same as 1964. Both egg prices and production are lower, while lamb prices continue well above last year's levels. Total non-agricultural employ ment by mid-March was almost 3,000 above that reported in 1964, a 1 increase. Although employment employ-ment in the missiles industry had decreased by 1,500, all other segments seg-ments showed significant increases especially mining and manufacturing. manufact-uring. Unemployment in March was slightly above the totals for last year, primarily becaue the total work force had increased at a rate slightly above that of jobs, says tne news Letter. Department store sales in major Utah cities for the first two mos. of the year showed a 6 to 8 increase in-crease over 1964, while new car sales were up 5. Increased in dustrial demand was reflected in a 4 increase in the utilization of electricity during the first quarter. ihe News Letter shows increases in bank loans reported by Federal Reserve member banks in the state. Deposits with the banks, both de mand and time savings, showed in creases during the period over a year ago. WITNESSES HAVE TRAVELING REPRESENTATIVE HERE Every four months now the Delta congregation of Jehovah's Wit nesses is visited by the traveling representative of the Watchtower Society, assigned to this area. At present the one assigned is Mr. Chester D. Wallace, who will serve here from April 20 to the 25. His wife will accompany him. A special week of activity is planned with meetings to be held Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.. . Thursday. 8:00 p.m., and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday at 3:00 p.m., Mr. Wallace Wal-lace will deliver the public address: "Does Religion Guide Your Life?". All meetings are open to the public pub-lic and free. 7,500 Read It In The CHRONICLE Let's . . PLAMT-UP PAIIIT-UP CLEAN-UP RTM0 GET YOUR SEEDS, FERTILIZERS & SUPPLIES at OUR STOCKS ARE HANKERIN' TO CO & GROW QUALITY MARKET HARDYARE DELTA, UTAH Last in a series of Articles on "The Coming Crisis In Secondary Education" William Van Til, Chairman of the Department of Secondary Educa tion, New York University, says "If Kraft is an Angry Young MAN of education, he is speaking out at a time when there aren't many Angry Young Men around. "There are many more Placid Younff Men of education whose Greatest concern seems to be avoid ing wrinkles in their gray flannel suits as they await the outcome of their fund requests carefully tailored to reflect the prejudices of foundation officials." Mr. Van Til says that Kraft is asking the important questions and raising important issues in educa tion. He says that there is not much point in searching for answers if one hasn't asked the rignt questions. ques-tions. Neither is there much need in struggling with issues if one hasn't identified the basic ones. He says that Kraft asked in his article "What kind of education must be provided for youth so that it will function, effectively, creatively, creat-ively, constructively in a new world?" The old world was rural, agrarian, limited. The new world is urban, industrial, international. The new world must reckon with advancing technology, automation, altered manpower requirements, potential plenty, Increased leisure, emerging new nations, developing national purposes. Yet education is failing to help youth to think so cially and responsibly in such a world. Mr. Van Til says that Kraft's in dictment "Schools have abdicated their chief duty, which is to honestly honest-ly and fearlessly instruct the young to win them over to a constructive vision of man's earthly purpose, and to equip the young to confront the great issues of our day and our world, issues which are pre-eminently social and ideological" is strong, overly sweeping, yet substantially sub-stantially correct. He continues though "American education has been avoiding the truly critical issues is-sues of education". These issues to Mr. Van Tel are: 1. Helping children and youth to come to grips with the international interna-tional problems of their times. 2. Developing democratic human relationships among young people peo-ple of varied races, religions, nationality na-tionality backgrounds and social classes. 3. Teaching young people to participate par-ticipate as intelligent citizens in the great human issues of our times. 4. Educating young people for a society in which an unskilled and the uneducated are obsolete. obso-lete. Hew Rrecreation Fee Applies to Fillmore District The Land and Water Conservation Conserva-tion Fund Act passed by Congress and signed by the President on Sep tember 3, 1964, is important conservation con-servation legislation to the entire country. The U. S. Forest Service is one of the agencies charged by Congress with administering the new program. " Most National Forest recreation sites in the Intermountain Region will be designated as charge areas under this new legislation. On the Fillmore Ranger District, all recreation recrea-tion areas that have been rehabilitated rehabili-tated in the past two years have been designated as charge areas. These areas are: Shingle Mill, Pistol Rock, Buckskin Charley, Copleys, Cop-leys, Maple Grove and Oak Creek main camp and picnic area. The fees have been set at $7.00 for the Land and Water Conservation Conserva-tion Sticker which is designated for use on the automobile bumper. All occupants of automobiles displaying display-ing the sticker are allowed entrance en-trance into designated charge areas Extra fees will be charged in some areas where special facilities facili-ties are offered. Also a daily fee of 50 cents per person (16-years of age and over) may be purchased in lieu of the stickers. Stickers may be purchased at the Forest Service Offices or from Recreation Re-creation Guards patroling designated designat-ed areas. S. Ronald Lisonbee District Ranger 5. Developing young people who are unique individuals, characterized charac-terized by individual differences and a variety of needs and interests. 6. Helping each and every boy and girl to develop into the best he and she are capable of becoming. becom-ing. 7. Encouraging young people to cultivate reflective thought, to use maximally the method of intelligence. 8. Answering the fundamental question as to human knowledge, know-ledge, "Knowledge for what?" Principal of Euclid Central Junior High School, Euclid, Ohio, Melvin H. Robb casts his vote in support of Kraft's position on the impending impend-ing crisis in secondary education, "At the risk of losing the few remaining re-maining friends I may have in the field of education." The only area where Mr. Robb disagrees with Mr. Kraft is in the tense. Kraft, he says, infers impending problems while he thinks that the problems are very much with us and have been for some time Mr. Robb says that school administrators admin-istrators GENERALLY are hired by conservative and unimaginative boards of education who obviously would not hire creative administrators administra-tors even if there were many available. avail-able. Mr. Robb says "The adult pub lie wants a school system which will guarantee their children safe passports to respectable accupa-tions accupa-tions and feel that, a traditional program, no matter how dull or uninteresting un-interesting it might have been for them, will provide this guarantee. ' Mr. Robb says that school administrators admin-istrators are aware of the main factors which contribute to the educational ed-ucational dilemna in which we find ourselves. He questions whether they know how to go about changing chang-ing or whether they care to change the situation: the enormous task of organizing and administering the present educational system seems to be their only concern' He says that most administrators who are involved with curriculum and with the supervision of teachers teach-ers surely are or ought to be aware of the great heed to upgrade the teaching profession and to revise the curriculum so that the next generation of voters will support a realistic reorganization of the entire educational system. Mr. Robb continues that many oi the changes inferred by Mr. Kraft have been irritating the educational education-al establishment for several years now, but they have been safely controlled by "alert" school administrators admin-istrators and school boards. Foremost Fore-most among these has been c brave attempt to recognize the great differences in the abilities of teachers and to utilize and reward those competent teachers who could help drag us out of thq mess of educational mediocrity in which we find ourselves. Unfortunately, any bright creative, hard-working teacher who actually becomes familiar fa-miliar with the research in his field and attempts to do something a-bout a-bout it, must plod wearily along the tedious steps of the salary schedule. Few teachers, he says, have been able to escape the maze of educational mediocrity because of local, state, and national controls con-trols of teacher salary schedules. While many school administrators administra-tors recognize the need to "liber ate" some of the brighter educational educa-tional specialists, they are reluctant reluc-tant to fight the Nea, The State Education Associations, the local organizations, and especially, pub lic opinion, which they feel are in favor of standardized salaries. Much of the failure of innovation in educational reforms is the result of poor planning, poor direction, and poor supervision of the projects or experiments, Mr. Robb contends. He says that if it (new change) hasn't been tested and approved or produced by a commercial company, com-pany, most school people aren't buying. Similiarly, if it is produced by a commercial company no matter mat-ter how poorly planned it might be or how vague its objective, if af fluent systems buy, everyone buys it. - Obviously school administrators administra-tors need to do battle with well-intended well-intended state organizations which accredit teachers, teacher training institutions which fail to screen their teacher candidates, with local boards of education for paying more attention to the physical and social rather than the intellectual needs of students, and with their teaching staffs to make deep, searching self-analysis of their duties to the young people in their communities. SHOP AT HOME SHOP THE ADVERTISERS WITH USAIR FORCE THE AEROSPACE TEAM 5 your local Air Forxa Rcrvitar on S eDi)dliu7 Education 1 FERRIS WHEEL; (2S SS 1 FLYING SWINGS! Mb Vrri THE EASTER WEEKEND, Saturday Satur-day and Sunday, April 17 and 18, marked the opening of Lagoon's 69th Season of Fun. It also marks the 20th year Lagoon has operated operat-ed under its present management ....Ranch S. Kimball, president and Robert E. Freed, general manager. Ever since its beginning 69 years ago when it served as a railroad park on the old Salt Lake & Og-den Og-den line. Lagoon has made expansion ex-pansion and improvement a yearly policy, growing with the state and growing up with its citizens. 1965 is a very special year for it marks the biggest expansion ex-pansion in a single season in Lagoon's La-goon's history. A history, inci-dently, inci-dently, that vividly recalls the 1953 fire which completely destroyed des-troyed the park; a history that also recalls the same park completely com-pletely rebuilt and ready for the 1964 season. Spectacular is the word for the '65 Lagoon. It's bigger, more colorful, and even more exciting. There's a New North Midway built around the most exciting new ride in years the Wild Mouse, the original German ride Mrs. Mary Graff Named to Study 'Retarded' Plans Mrs. Mary Graff, nurse for the Millard County School District, was named temporary chairman to make plans for survey work concerning con-cerning the mentally retarded and their needs in Millard County. At a recent meeting held at the Millard Mil-lard County Court House in Fillmore, Fill-more, representatives from this area met to discuss this problem with Miss LaVerna Peterson, special consultant to Governor Rampton's State Advisory Committee on Men tal Retardation. Based on statistics of the nation al average, Miss Peterson stated that Millard County with a present total population of about 7500, pro bably had 3 of its people afflicted with mental retardation, making a MEN'S & BOYS' SHIRTS Priced 2.49 2.98 Boys' Sizes . 1.98 149 2.98 I j T r DflTQ't " I mm' DfPORTmEflT ). jl PATIO GARDENS MewS I WILD i. :hmm ill am irrr. i i m i n m ,. , "i t a t ORN WAGON 1 IMMV A dfctt.tf HI-STRIKER j JULIAN M. BAOERCK FOUNTAIN which was imported for the Seattle's Se-attle's World Fair. The northern addition also features Bing-O-Reno, the Flying Swings, the Basketball Toss, the Hi Striker and an antique Popcorn Wagon that recalls the turn of the century. Separating the new northern addition and the Lagoon you remember re-member from last year is the spectacular Julian M. Bamberger Fountain, a $25,000 water sculpture sculp-ture in dazzling colors and lighting light-ing effects. Go'i-Fun becomes Golf-Fun-USA this year. Each hole is themed to represent the natural wonders, landmarks, and man-made structures struc-tures which are so much a part of the American Scene. Every park should have a conversation con-versation piece; Lagoon's this year is Porky, The Paper Eater. He's really just a giant vacuum cleaner. But give him a personality person-ality and a little house in Mother Goose'.and to live in and he becomes be-comes a wonderful storybook character who lives on trash, empty cups, paper, and ice cream sticks. A new office in a new location. possible 225 persons; of these persons, per-sons, 187 would likely be mildly retarded; 30 would be moderately retarded; and 8 severely retarded. Miss Peterson estimated that there would be 49 enrolled in school, mildly retarded, and in need of special education. Because of the 21 overcrowded condition at American Fork Training Train-ing School, which also has a waiting wait-ing list of 270 children, planning must be made to take care of this need. Possibilities of creating a new training school either on a five or six county basis, or the creation of another school for the retarded in the southern part of the state was mentioned. Miss Peterson has met with representatives from other oth-er counties and plans to continue her tour. Mr. Frank Baker is the executive director of this State Advisory Ad-visory Committee on Mental Retardation. Re-tardation. Such surveys are being made throughout the nation as a result of the President's Panel on Mental Retardation which President Presi-dent Kennedy established. $30,000 mm o in ti f ! r , I MOUSE 1 SPACESCRAMBLER) BING-0-REN0 i SKEE BALL I just west of the Fun House, is but another addition to the park. The office also boasts a new look and new facilities to offer patrons pat-rons ever more and better services. ser-vices. Speaking of new facilities. Lagoon has added many new picnic pic-nic terraces with family reunions in mind. It now takes but a single phone call to reserve one of these areas for your family or organization. No Lagoon season is complete without the traditional line-up of America's Greatest Attractions. This year is certainly no exception excep-tion and names like the Smothers Brothers, the Beach Boys, the Kingston Trio, and Count Basie, to mention but a very few, will grace the Patio Gardens' Stage. Speaking of the Patio Gardens, a new transistorized sound system sys-tem has been installed for the '65 season to increase patrons' enjoyment. All-in-all, it's a banner year at Lagoon and the banner reads "more exciting than ever before." Lagoon is truly busting out all over in '65. was allocated to the State of Utah for this survey and preliminary planning program. Present at the meeting in Fillmore Fill-more were: Millard County Commissioners Com-missioners Archie P. Christensen and Leigh R. Maxfield; Jack Fowles, counselor at Delta High; Carl H. Whatcott, counselor at Milled Mil-led High; Bruce Allen, Millard County Welfare Supervisor, Mary Graff, Millard County School District Dist-rict Nurse; Marie Hanchett, Richfield Rich-field Regional Office of the State Department of Public Health; Harriet Har-riet Eliason, former PTA Council Exceptional Child Chairman; and Madeline S. Wilson. SHOP AT HOME SHOP WITH THE ADVERTISERS mil mrni |