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Show IUSPS 446-74- rA fxw 0 v 25 CENTS Ay Asoca' FOUNDED IN 1894 on MtMtt Volume 88, Number 3 ''I f r-- di Millard County Progress, Fillmore, Utah 84631, uncen ItK F - Of THE cUaf? Cxuxi Friday, January 22, 1982 y r-- IM f Stf i Reid Penney Construction Co. demolished the old George Hotel, starting at the The remaining bricks of the front wall of the building decline to give up the ghost all with a final blow the remaining bricks slide to the ground as the old hotel bows to Photography by Marge Barton rear of the building and working toward the front. Here the last vestages of a side at once. Here windows and a part of the top structure bow to the onthrust of the cat progress. operator's bucket. wall comes down leaving front standing as a sentinel echoing the past. GEORGE HOTELS PAST SPLENDOR FADES INTO DUST OF TIME TO MAKE WAY FOR FUTURE PROGRESS The old George Hotel, known in earlier days as the Day Hotel, located on the northwest corner of Main and Center Streets, was demolished last Wednesday. The building has stood empty for the past 25 years and has steadily deteriorated since that time. Children have spent many happy hours playing in the empty hallways and rooms and others have vandalized the building inside and out and slowly stripped it of its once regal appearance. The hotel was built in 1916 by Miah Day, who emigrated from England in October of 1874. Miah married Mary Huntsman on March 10, 1887. As soon as the new hotel was finished Miah and Mary opened for business. That day. Sheriffs Posse tial submitted needs, service and department relationships prior to the development of an initial basic floor plan which should be available next month and ready for initial community appraisal. Design West, Inc. is a firm which has been engaged by Intermountain Health Care, Inc. to assist three of its managed re, hospitals-FillmoWest Millard and Sanpete--wit- h their preliminary designs in a three hospital construction cost saving endeavor. Womens organizations desiring further input or information concerning the new hospital may contact Mr. Fisher, the Hospital Administrator. made in the future to offer these ses, if more interest is shown. B Ruth 743-531- There will be a hunter safety class on Jan. 23. Contact Wildlife Conservation Officer Brent Olson at 8 for sign-u- p or further information. Chops Monday, Jan. Wednesday, Jan. 2- 7- Shepherd pie soup. Friday, Jan. 25-P- ork If you have an appointment in Salt Lake on Thursday, Jan. 28, reserve a 8 seat on the bus. Call Dorothy, 2 or Albert, Alta, 743-688- 743-546- FROM THE OLD SCRAPBOOK: Peace is about the only thing worth fighting for. OWN YOUR OWN TELEPHONE? Continental Telephone Company is the first Utah telephone company to single party telephone instruments. New single party business and residential telephone customers no longer will rent telephone sets from Continental Telephone of the West in Utah. Sets may be purchased from Continental or a source of cusa.m. when the men notified the She- tomer choice. Thats because the FCC riffs Department that they were home and Utah Public Service safe. They said they had started walkCommission has dereguing out Sunday morning and had been lated single-part- y telepicked up by Richard Scott, who ing phone brought them back to Holden. The East Millard Sheriffs Posse was called into action at 8 a.m. Sunday morning to search for two men reported missing after going for a Jeep ride. But they had hitched a ride and came in before the posse could locate them. Brad Guff and Brent Stephenson, both of Holden, left at 2 p.m. Saturday to go jeeping. They went up Paradise Canyon and got stuck on Roberts Knoll. They were unable to get their vehicle out and spent the night signaling to attract attention, but nobody reported seeing their lights. Brads wife notified the Sheriffs office at 8 a.m. Sunday morning that the two hadnt returned and she feared they had run into trouble. Sheriff Ed Phillips called out the Posse and the men swung into action. ff sets-remov- them from the list of equipment which Continental rents to customers at regulated rates effective Jan. 18, 1982. The Utah commission acted at Continentals re-- j quest, according to the companys State Customer Services Manager, Grant Callister. The Federal Communication Commission has ordered that the telephone industry must be deregulated by the first of next year, Callister said. We saw many advantages to both the company and to our customers by acting now. For the company, Callister said deregulation now offers two advantages: The company will be able to position itself for the competitive marketplace of the future. And as more customers purchase their own telephone sets, capital will be freed and made available for Continental to invest in service expansion and improvement projects. Customer advantages are more numerous, cunt . on page 7 Posse members, Jim Larsen and Tony Dearden, Jr., first made an aerial survey of the area the men were believed to be in and when they were unable to locate them the ground crews were being organized when the call came that the men were safe. Deputy Garth White was the Investigating Officer. UAMPS reports on Hunter II purchase W. Boyd Christensen indicates that A stipulation has now been filed by most of the hurdles have now been UAMPS with the PSC stating all parties crossed preparatory to bonding for the are in agreement, and it is expected that Hunter II purchase by the municipaliby Jan. 15, 1982, all documents will be ties. Mr. Christensen reviewed the Oct- ready for presentation to the PSC. No ober meeting with the Public Service formal public hearing is expected to be Commission (PSC) at which time the required. Commission stated they had the right to The consultants are now moving change the original Hunter II purchase ahead preparing for the bond sale which is tentatively planned for March or April contract to eliminate Emery Countys of on the sale of right approval capacity depending on the market. to the municipalities if the County was not reasonable. The Commission told Mr. Christensen gave credit to the County to make a mutually agreeGeorge Fadel for his insight into the able arrangement with UAMPS wherehandling of this matter by suggesting by the purchase by the municipalities That the PSC be used to force Emery could proceed. County to be reasonable. au. I hree person, walked from the crash of a Piper t hexenne. lurho prop twin engine plane. The amdenl occurred mils minutes alter lakeolf from ( hrislensen's prisali lamlint; strip, PLANE CRASHES ON FROZEN RESERVOIR M- diiJ w.W-.-- - jnJ k'-u- Mrs Deiral ( hfi'xtcnv.in DlIm Idnr i) .iw.n open I urbuluki ui i,! "u pi im t Kmi'm pld Jipp.ni hu tm ' i it S.m Dillni ( .iliturnu tr tni Mr plant th.it uaMted Mi UN f L Hf Hi d' Is! r tULf wine tip M north hcdM Mill dllJ L'llk'it pldtk a hi J) It h.k k.l'miH Mr In. nn THE MILLARD COUNTY PROGRESS Millard Countys First Newspaper CELEBRATES 88 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE COUNTY r pi .1 l H p lu ; l Pst Pl p,i s' i' 'f M'l j ' ( n . 'R Hi ' Mr ii ' k' t v! At si " M " t ' h J t hoc s' A ,1 t. i,i,t vt iti s'. of rv 2 ' ,1 p. i ' Mi Mi'' 'fr 'u pl.iru. H ! s r .in i J up hi t t " k he pd mitravich 743-537- two-stor- the empty building approximately 12 years ago. The building was condemned last year and ordered torn down. Murphey has no immediate plans for the property the proud hotel once graced. The tarnished plaque located on the front of the hotel building, which reads Miah Day, 1916, was removed before the demolition and presented to Mrs. (Melvon (Mary) Turner of Fillmore, eldest child of Gorman Day, as a rememberance. Mary and Melvon plan to polish the old copper plaque to its ince burnished sheen. cour- The proposed Spring Quarter schedule will include accounting II and business law. For further information on courses in the future; including the prerequisites to a nursing degree, financial aid, reduced or free tuition to veterans and senior citizens, degree programs, and credit for knowledge acquired outside the classroom, call Nancy McDonald at 743-666- called for search The search was called off at 11:20 NOTICE SENIOR CITIZENS SCHEDULE Norman, Ramon, Colleen, and Gorman, Jr. The Days traded the hotel to Eldred y Robison for the home located on the corner of 1st East and 3rd South jn Fillmore. Robison sold the hotel to a Mr. Potter who in turn sold it to Neldon George of Kanosh. The name George Hotel stuck, even though Don Murphey purchased By Jay T. Rogers Wanted: One Creative Writing Student Snow Colleges Winter Quarter of classes in Fillmore began last week with an enrollment of 35 students. Sufficient enrollment was attained in computer programming, speedreading, and accounting to ensure that these classes will continue. Only one additional student is needed for the continuation of creative writing. Intermediate typing, general psychology, and trigonometry were cancelled due to lack of interest. (Five students enrolled in the 3 courses combined.) Efforts will be City. Miah and Mary turned the hotel over to their only son, Miah Gorman Day, who continued to serve their patrons In the same fine tradition as his father. Gorman married LaVieve Kelly (sister to James Kelly who built the Kelly and they operated the Building), business for a while. Gorman and LaVieve had five children, Mary, Weather Report New hospital planning continues New hospital planning continues despite current low use by community. Mike Henderson, President of Design West Health Facilities, Inc. from Logan, spent most of the day, Friday, Jan. 15th in Fillmore with hospital and community members discussing various aspects of a potential new hospital facility. Mr. Henderson visited the site of the new facility and discussed soil, drainage, access and utilities with the county engineer, Jim Cox. He also met with Sharon Olpin, a very talented and professional interior designer of Fillmore. Mr. Henderson, seeking additional planning data, reviewed with Mr. Fisher and other hospital personnel their ini Jan. 12, 1917, was a landmark in their lives. Their hotel was considered the finest hotel between Provo and Cedar t Ik i ' ' V ' ' 's k HI Wi'l PfkiM hv driPi.ldMss to I ) ),n u! Mi'spi'stl whi.ii Hlur examined .n-- lK jseJ Minn M'k ken h I ,i lot w i'hor J Mr j ,h mm 1 ' Mk .iisf p Vr i ivkKJ s MilldfJ M U 1,1 'v n i ( Mu l I ( h ll if KkoP .r .Hi 111 si d s.ivk Mr sM-- svfv h .mu ii Mi pi si li r K m hiu Ni'Ulik ( h 'hi s.i'i vk k |