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Show Ute Stampede Ute Stampede NEPHI NEPHI JULY 8, 9, 10 JULY 8, ?, 10 'J!., The Times, Volume 28, No. 22 Nephi, Juab County, Utah, Thursday, ERA workers last week comp- canyon was not attempted until this spring. The principal use of the trail, forest officers say, will be by livestock owners, but it als provides a new and Interesting route to Mt. Nebo. Nephl Is one of the very few Interesting points within a great area that can not be entirely seen from the top of the mountain. From the trail on the south slope of Mount Nebo, riders and hikers will be given an opportunity to get an exceptionally good view of the v each camp. At 4 P. M .the party will go to the canyon where the monument which was erected to the memory of the Pioneers who were killed on the monument site, will be dedicat- It is urged that as many members as possible be in attendance. The general public and city officials are especially invited. The new trail joins the Mount Nebo trail at Andrews ridge, just before the Nebo spring is reached. At the south part of the Nebo basins the trail leaves the Mount Nebo trail and goes north through the basins and across the divide at the head of Santaquin and Salt Creek canyons. Some of the older and large bull elk which seem to have a habit of staying in the heretofore CONVENTION TO BE HELD HERE SUNDAY le ct DOROTHY BROUGH IS LEADING QUEEN RACE According to the latest tabulation of votes for the Ute Stampede Queen, Miss Dorothy Brough is in the lead position. Miss Brough is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Brough. Other candidates in the order in which they stand are: June Howarth, Afton Gibson, Marjorie Olpin, Melba Jenkins and LaMar Hawkins. The closing date of the contest has been set as Saturday, June 12. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Jackman of Preston, Nevada visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Foote Sunday. The regular meeting of the SewClub girls met at ing Sallies the high school June 1. Gloria Carter "sang a song and Mary Sells played a piano solo after which the remainder of the time was spent in sewing on hot pads. 4-- Nephi Plaster Company Has Fine National Reputation oouthern Noted Pianist NEPHI the city cannot too many Utah News and Views, ACCSU Publication of Although boost of Nephi industries, one mining business located here stands out in national prominence in its field, The Nephi Plaster Co. This organization and its products are well known nationally, and expressly throughout the seven western states, for its manufacturing of gypsum products. The company was organized in 1887, and during its fifty years of existance has maintained an average payroll of thirty men in year round operations of the mine and mill. Their products have been used in many of the largest build ings in the state of Utah, as well as in school and university building Sunday. District number four comprises eight posts in Utah and Juab counties, with a membership of 398. The posts are located at Nephi, Provo, Lehi, Springville, Eureka, Payson, American Fork and Spanish Fork. The opening meeting of the convention will be held at 10 A. M. and a noon luncheon will be held at the Forrest Hotel at 12:30, to which throughout the entire western all Legionaires and their partners United States. First real prominence in the use will be invited. of Nephi plaster was at the Panama Pacific International Expositin 1914-1when the company FUNERAL FOR BOWLES ion was awarded the contract for fur the materials for the walls YOUTH ON SATURDAY nishing and decorations, the cornices, and work of the buildFuneral services for David E. the sculptural located there. Since that time Bowles, 16 year old son or Mr. and ings use has grown steadily and Mrs. Thomas Bowles, will be held its and many of the forein the North ward chapel Saturday continually, beautiful colege at 3 P. M. The boy died Wednes- most and inmost the western section buildings day of Pneumonia. the United States are finished He was born in Nephi March 2, of with hard wall or super ac1921, a son of Thomas E. and Sarah oustic Nephi plasters. Jane Beagley Bowles, and is surThe company manufactures mat vived by his parents. for every use, from golf- The interment will be in the erials tee cement to dental plaster. City cemetery under the direction The plant is located on the south of the Anderson Funeral home. side of highway 189, which runs east from Nephi into Sanpete valley, just at the mouth of Salt Creek Canyon. At this point was located the original mines of the company, and the workings which are now extinct can be seen on the south side of the canyon, west and south of the mill. In the early '20's the demand for Nephl Plaster 000 000 300 Helper was so great that a tram way was UUO U1U 1 4 000 nepni SUMMARY Sacrifice hits. built across the hills north of the Smith. Burns. Bradv: two hnsp hit plant for a distance of one and a half miles, to a larger mine. This uavis ana L.unt; double plays, N& mine is being worked today, extenpm iwo, fainter to Sperry to Cow-ansively and the grade of the gypsum Bradv to Cowan: inni being taken from this site is eqed bv Burns 6. VanN&t.tn 4 oh as rich as that in the original defeat to Van Natta; at bat off ually Their mine is plainly visab-l- e curns is, vanXNatta 15; hits bat- mine. to the motorist who travels on ted off Burns 7, VanNatta 5; runs 91, north of Nephi. Nnttn i U. S. Highway scored on hsurns 3. lights of the mine at night can Struck out bv Burns 7 Van Mot The for a great distance at la i, farn o; bases on balls off be seenwhen night traveling south and ourns a, van XMatta 2, Par 3. west of Nephi and Levan. massed balls, Blackham 2; UmpW. L. Ellerbeck is presidires, .Gardner and Reese; scorer entMrs. of the company, succeeding Wood. her husband upon his death in recent years. Raymond Moore is vice Second game: 5, Nephi and Helper Split Two Game Series Here Monday The Double header played here on Monday was the best exhibition of baseball seen in Nephi during the present season, when the Nephi and Helper teams met in two games, winning the first and second respectively. Ross Park was on the mound in the first game for Nephi, and the young man proved that he is out to be a successful pitcher, when he stopped the league leading The with only 7 hits. boys from Helper have been playing one of the fastest brands of ball in the league both this year and in former seasons, and it is a very good showing to have the Nephi boys stop them for one game. In the second game Nephi failed make a hit, and lost The scores, first game: Helper AB H PO A 3 0 0 0 Maulsby, cf J2 0 Dalpall cf 2 5 Taylor 3b 0 Bosone rf 5 0 3 Smith lb 4 Patterlck If 2 0 2 2 Allison ss 3 0 4 3 Verdi 2b 4 2 8 0 Blackham c .1 0 Burns P 1 0 0 1 Van Natta P 1 0 0 0 x Connie (x Batted for Burns in 7th) Hel-perit- 6-- 0. 12 12 12 16 110 10 Totals Cowan J,unt If Vtrme c Painter Nephl lb 34 7 28 8 0 0 2 9 14 10 -- . 3b Beagley cf Foote cf Davis rf ... Park P 1 110 0 8 3 1 130 14 0 0 3 2 10 1 0 0 0 3 0 (y Batted for Beagley in 8th) 38 12 29 10 Score by innings: "V-- r fO1' jr- - ' ... t From The annual convention of District number four of the American Legion, will be held In Nephl next June 6, according to Distr-rihigh places of Mount Nebo Sunday, during the hunting season will of Commander .William J. Phillips Springville. probably be fatally surprised next The American Legion Auxiliary fall if snow conditions permit hunt will also hold sessions at Nephi on ers to use the new trail.- " m 03 : vn Maulsby cf Dalpaiz If Bosone RF Smith lb Verdi 2b Allison ss .... Taylor 3b Rochelle C Marchettl P TOTALS Helper 4 3 2 4 1 president and the general manager of the company, whose main offices are located in Salt Lake City, and warehouses are located at San 12 0 0 0 Oakland, Long Beack 0 Francisco, Los Angeles, California 1 and Gadd is 110 110 7 0 To Play Here Music lovers of Juab Stake have a rich treat in store for them next Sunday evening when Chester Hill, one of America's most noted concert pianists, will be featured on the M. I. A. conjoint program in the Tabernacle, according to Sup erintendent Raymond T. Bailey. Mr. Hill, who is in Utah for a short summer vacation, is planning on giving an eight weeks course for advanced students of the piano in central Utah cities, and has included Nephi on his list if he has enough students sign up for it. He was invited to participate on Sunday evening in order for the people of this stake to hear him and also to contact him if the course is desired. Mr. Hill will play four numbers Sunday evening, (a) Sextet from Lucia by Donizetti (arranged as a piano solo for left hand alone by Leschetitsky) ; (b) LaCampanella (the Bells) Paganini - Liszt; (c) Godard and (d) his En Route own arrangement of "Come, Come Ye Saints." The EnRoute number is the 'ultra brilliant' number which he played on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour. Mr. Hill was born in Fayette, Utah where he began music lessons while very young. He was a musical scholarship student at Snow College several years after which he taught music at Lyman, Wyoming for two years. Upon entering the University of Utah he was music scholarships, became the soloist and accompanist with the men's glee club of over; 100 voices and later their assistant director. In 1933 he won the KSL - RKO talent quest for the intermountain awardterritory. In 1934-3- 5 he was ed a teaching fellowship in the U. of U. music department, teaching classes in history and appreciation of music. In 1935 he entered the American Federation of Music Clubs' contest and won first in Utah, first in the Mountain Parks district and then competed with 13 other pianists in While a New xorK Philadelphia. pianist won first place, his playing in Philadelphia led to a scholarship with Carl Friedberg, the great German pianist, with whom he studied in New York as well as attending several thoretical courses at the Juilliard school of music there. In 1936 he played on both the Major Bowes and Fred Allen hours, winning an appearance for a week at the famous Roxy Theatre in New York and receiving writeups in a magazine and in New York papers. The new M. I. A Theme for 1937 1938 will be introduced by an outstanding speaker at the program on Sunday evening with musical and reading numbers furnished by Florence Marcella Wilson, Erma Lomax, Marjorie Lo- max, Harlow Pexton and K.eitn Brough. The full program promises to be one of the outstanding ones of the year and the public is invited to en joy it. superintendent of 4 theRay mil at Nephi, with George Big-las mill foreman. Operations at 2 mine are under the direction 0 0 1 the of J. E. Macfarlane. ...22 6 18 7 The company has its own water Nephi and operates its own electric Cowan lb .... 0 6 0 right, run the mill, fur3 0 2 0 power plant touse Sperry 2b in the mine and .. 3 ' 0 3 3 nish lights for Brady SS Lunt If 2 0 0 0 power to operate the long tram Orme C .. 2 0 0 2 way. The plant has been operating at J2 Painter 3b 0 a peak during recent months, causFoote cf 2 0 4 0 .. ed by a building boom the nation Davis rf 2 0 2 0 over. Cars are daily leaving the 2 0 0 0 Christlson P plant going to the four corners of the nation, loaded with Nephi 19 0 18 i 7 TOTALS Mrl and Mrs. A. H. Belliston Plaster company products. -- . Score by innings: entertained Monday in honor of 210 0126 Miss Ada Wright, fiancee of Harold Helper 000 0000 CHORUS PRACTICE SET FOR Belliston. Those in attendance at Nephi EACH TUESDAY EVENING the affair were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Summary: Called in seventh, rain; Sacrifice hits, Bosone; two base WriEht. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Scovill, Chorus practice for the Nephi Mr. and Mrs. Leland Belliston, Mr. hits, Rochelle; double plays, Ne phi 1, Christlson to Brady to Cow City Male Chorus will be held on and Mrs .Gerald Belliston, Mr. and an; struck out by Marchettl 5 Tuesday evenings, Instead of on Mrs. Gene Worthington, Deon and bases on balls off Marchettl 2, next Tuesday. The time for the Harold Belliston, the guest of hon off Christlson 4; passed balls, Orme practices has been set at 8 P. M. or. Miss Ada Wright, and the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. 2; Umpires Gardner and Reese, Every member Is requested to Belliston. Scorer, Wood. . . . 3 0 3 2 10 0 11 6 0 er Bel-listo- n, 10 18, No. 22 Colorful Pageant Is Planned For Presentation During the Third Annual Ute Stampede Cast it Being Selected For the of the Legendary Ball Schedules Enactment Story of Chief Walker Are Compiled a eant a of ed. city. unacc-essib- The News, Volume The June Convention for the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers of Juab County will he held on June 9 .it was decided at a recent meeting held at the home of President Alice B. McCune. The convention will convene at 10 A. M. In the Juab stake tabernacle and the majority of the time will be taken by State officers and other visitors from Salt Lake City. A luncheon will be served for all the daughters from the various camps of the county at 12 o'clock at the Pioneer Memorial Park, after which a program will be rendered consisting of a number from Juab-Uta- of Quakingasp 1937 Officers Plan Convention leted work on the final section of a trail which now extends from Gardner's canyon north of Nephl about two miles through the Nebo basins to the Nebo Divide road at h the monument on the county line. Although most of the trail was constructed in or before 1932, the uilding of the last protion through ardners canyon and up along the south slope of Mount Nebo to the head 3rd, Plant of Nephi Plaster Company New Trail Completed To Mount Nebo Basins and Red Creek Scenic Loop New Trail Will Be Used To A Great Extent by Stockmen and Will Provide New Route June IMPRESSIVE SERVICES ARE HELD SUNDAY LEVAN Impressive funeral services were held in the Levan ward meeting house Sunday for S. Edwin Malmgren,. The invocation was offered by Hans Anderson and the benediction by Clark Wood. The grave was dedicated by Bishop E. P. Peterson. The speakers were Lorenzo Man gelson, Parley P. Peterson of Nephl and James Anderson. The fol lowing musical numbers were ren dered : Vocal solo, Mrs. Delin Farn sworth; vocal duet, Mrs. Florence Rosequist and Mrs. Chloe Winter; vocal solo, Evelyn Anderson; vocal duet, LeRoy Whitehead and Melba Fowkes. The following out of town people were in attendance: Mr. and Mrs. Russell Mooney, Glendale, Califor nia; Dr. and Mrs. C N. Secrest of Fresno, California; Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Durrant, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. L. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Matherry, Miss Jean Nebeker, Mrs J. R. Jackman, Mr. and Mrs. A. J, Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Clark Mrs. A. C. Lund, Mr. and Mrs. Fabian Hickman, Mrs. Chris Jenson, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Durrant, Miss Roberta Maimgren, Roy Stark, Betty and Bobby Durrant, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hanson, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hanson, Norton Nielson, Miss Venice Malgmren, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Karpowitz, Miss Beth Hobbs, Mrs. Hazel Ferretta, Paul, Betty and Johnie Karpowitz, and Mont Peterson of Salt Lake City; Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Smart of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Malmgren, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Malmgren, Keith and Dwight Malmgren, Dean Malmgren, Centerfield, Mrs. Jean Jackman, Preston, Nevada; Mr. Mrs. Lloyd Hobbs, Gordon and Joana Hobbs, Maurine Francom, Mrs. Ernest Foote, Mr. and Mrs. George Ingram, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. angelson, Parley P. Christison, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Chase, Mrs. Ethel A Irons, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Belli-stoMr. and Mrs. Ralph Belliston, Miss Mabel Howarth, Mrs. W. R. Brough, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Powell and" Mr. and Mrs. James Anderson of Nephi; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Christensen of Riverton; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd McPherson, Mills and Clarence Anderson and Dan Johnson of Scipio. Og-de- n, n, Director Elmo Brady of the Ne phi recreation grounds has announced the schedules for the soft ball and junior baseball leagues of Ne- for the first half of the seasons. He also states that a large number of business men and others are taking part in the soft ball league and invites any others to join. Soil bail games will be played as follows, each game at 6 P. M. on the evening specified. J.CC vs Toggery, and Battery vs Pluygrounds, June 8. J. C. Penney vs Kiwanis, Toggery vs Battery E., June 10; Play Ground vs J. C. Penney, and JCC vs Kiwanis, June 15 Battery vs JCC, and J. C. Pen ney vs Tggery, June 17. Playground vs Kiwanis and JCC vs J. C. Penney June 22. Buttery E vs Kiwanis and Play ground vs Toggery, June 24. J. C. Penney vs Battery E and JCC vs Playground on June 29. Kiwanis v Toggery, July 1. The games will be played on diamonds No. 1 and 2, as listed, Junior base ball JCC vs Scuts, June 4, Kiwanis vs American Legion, June 7; Scout vs American Legion, June 11, Jr. chamber of Commerce vs Kiwanis June 14; American Legion vs JCC June 18; Kiwanis vs Scouts June 21; Scouts vs J C C June 25; American Legion vs Kiwanis June 28; American Legion vs Scouts, July 2; Kiwanis vs JCC July 6; JCC vs American Legion, July 12; Scouts vs Kiwanis July 16. The first named team will be the home team. The games will start at 5 P. M and the general public are invited to attend. They will be played at the fair grounds diamond. FUNERAL IS HELD FOR BETSY ANDERSON "The Sacrifice of Princess On- beautiful Indian Pagcentering around legend early Indian days In Nephl and behind Mt. Nebo, and supported by a group of 150 musicians will be pre sented the evening of July 8 at the rodeo grounds as the first evening performance of the Ute Stampede, according to LeRoy Whitehead, who will write and direct the pageant. The pageant will tell the leg endary story of Chief Walker and his daughter who falls In love with a Shoshone chlefton. Chief Eagle Feather, after a dread disease strikes the tribe camped behind ML Nebo, and she la to be sacrificed to the Great White Spirit to appease his wrath. The coming of the Mormon Elders who ad minister to the Indians and pres cribe for their Illness, saves the princess who is restored to her lovto er. James Shaw will play the part of Chief Eagle Feather; Viola W. Shaw will be Princess El Ray Fehr, Chief Walker ana Dick Garbett the Medicine Man, chief characters of the Indian village. A large group of Indian maid ens and bucks will be selected later to support this cast. With the selection of the Mormon Elders, a cast of about 50 will take part In the pageant. The Indian music for the pag eant will be furnished by the Ute Stampede band under the direction of Frank Wanlass; the Fidells cho ral club under the direction of Mrs. Vivian Hoyt; the Carmenia chorus, under the direction of Mrs. Evelyn B. Anderson; the Nephi City male chorus under the direction of Mr. Wanlass; a saxaphone ensemble under the direction of Carlyle Bralthwalte, and solo parts by Mr. and Mrs. Max Thomas and Mrs. Anderson. One of the features will be two ensemble numbers by the combined ladies choruses and the Nephi city male chorus, making a group of nearly 75 voices, who will sing one Indian number, and as a finale number, the famous Mormon hymn, "Let the Mountains Shout for Joy." The pageant will take place In the rodeo areana, where the ample lighting effects, the erection of an Indian village and suitable bleachers to accomodate the 150 musicians, it should be an outstanding feature of the coming Ute Stampede celebration. The feature wih be presented free of charge to the public and should draw as many to it as the pageant presented during the Black Hawk Encampment and first Ute Stampede celebration held here two years ago, when 5000 were in attendance. The committee which will have charge of the music for the pageant consists of Frank Wanlass, as chairman; Mrs. Vivian Hoyt, Mrs. Viola Ockey, Mrs. Evelyn B. Anderson, Ed. V. Downs and Clarence H. Warner. Mr. Downs, Mrs. Ockey and Mrs. Hoyt will also assist Mr. Whitehead in the presentation of the Pageant. The funeral services of Mrs. Bet sy Anderson, 65, were held in the Community Church in Provo on Tuesday, June 1. Mrs. Anderson was born Dec ember 13, 1871, in Nalden, Sweden, the daughter of Andrew and Breta Nelson Lundeen. She came to Utah when a child, first living at Heber and later moving to Nephl. She left the following children: Mrs. Rose Bench and Gustav Anderson, Nephi, Mrs. Anna Carlson and Alvin Anderson of Tacoma, Washington, and Mrs. Edna Walk er of Union, Utah; one brother, John Lundeen of Midvale and a sister, Mrs. Anna Anderson of Tacoma, Washington. The following Nephi people at tended the funeral services: Mrs. W. W. Jenkins, Mrs. June Kendall, Maurine and Keith Kendall, Mrs. Alburta Belliston, Mrs. C W. Morgan, Mrs. Emma Memmott, Mrs. Gertrude Foote, Howard Cox, Mrs. Mabel Golden, Mrs. Hyrum Hay-ne- s, Mr. and Mrs. Will L. Hoyt, Mrs. Julia Hoyt, Mrs. A. G. Irons and Walter Belliston. Mrs. Anderson was an active Misses Maida and Betty Starr of member of the Nephl Service Star Salt Lake City spent the week end at the home of Mrs. Sarah A Starr. Legion. Ute Stampede at Nephi To Be Outstanding Celebration Mrs. Elgin R. Garret entertained Saturday afternoon in honor of the ticipate and enter floats In the 9th birthday of her son, Marvin. Famous Riders To Be Juvenile parade, and the four winThe afternoon was spent in playing Nationally In Utah For Annual Fete; ners will be awarded expense-pai- d games of various kinds. RefreshHuge Band Festivals trips to Hollywood, where they ments were served to 19 guests. will be guests of Paramount PictNEPHI The queen of the Ute ures. Two afternoons of the three days Stampede is being named by voting LOCAL MARRIAGES this week, one of final of will be devoted to racing meets, showing that the and already inquiries from leading AND ENGAGEMENTS dates activities, for the big 1937 show at Ne- stables of the Intermountain states phi are July 8, 9 and 10 have been received. One afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wright of are the nearing. days the championship and two evenings are to be devoted Mount Pleasant announce the mar rodeo performances, race meets, to the championship rodeo perforriage of their daughter, Ada, to boxing, band festival and other en- mances. Harold Belliston, of Washington, tertainment galore will take comJunior and senior bands and c, son or Mr. and Mrs. A. H l. control of Nephi and a large drum and bugle crops will be featBelliston of Nephi. The ceremony plete ured in the second band festival, territory. was performed Wednesday, June 2, surrounding In past years the celebration has on two mornings of the three day in the Mantl L. D. S. Temple. been a gigantic success, and more celebration, in conjunction with the and better attractions this year Juvenile parade on one morning Mr. and Mrs. S E. Ingram an- point to an even greater show than and the Senior bands independentnounce the engagement of their either the first or second of the ly on the second. The bands will march, parade and maneuver on daughter. Hazel, to Merle E. Bean, annual fetes. son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bean As in years past the nationally main street. Last year the saveral n Sr. of this city. The marriage is famous Madison bands which gathered for the celeto take place in the near future Square Garden rodeo will furnish bration thrilled upwards of eight their strings of bucking broncs, thousand people on Main Street in Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. Brough wild brahma steers and other live- Nephi on two mornings of the Ute announce the engagement of their stock facilities for the rodeo shows, Stampede celebration. More bands daughter Nan to Nevin Hunter, and will bring with them some of participating will bring even greatson of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hunter the best known nationally, spec- er throngs into Nephl for this year of San Diego, California. The mar ialty performers in the rodeo pro- festival. In addition to these major atriage is to take place on June 22. fession. Two parades will thrill the thous- tractions, shows, dances, carnivals, The marriage of Ruby Belliston, ands who are expected to come to musical festival, featuring 200 musNephl for the celebration. A Jun- icians, and many other attractions daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Belliston and Emil Peterson of Sci- ior parade featuring the growth of will be on hand for the visitors. pio was solemnized in the Manti civilization from the era of the Nephl is easily reached, with the Temple Wednesday, June a. pre historic man down to the 1937 main arteries of the state running Mrs. Peterson is a graduate of Ute Stampede, and a gigantic par directly through it. the Nephl high school, and since ade of massive floats and displays Any information desired will her graduation from college has are being arranged. Youth up to gladly furnished you by the general been employed in the Juab school and including 18 years of age from or cublicltv pnmmltttM ot th0 district as a teacher. all over Utah are invited to par- - 1937 celebration. Colborn-Sorenso- |