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Show Taylor School wins National Freedoms Foundation Award The School named VOLUME 80 PAYSON, NUMBER 9 i UTAH THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1967 Kaletta, Manwill win in Tolhurst, Legion contests Robert Kaletta proved his worth as a public speaker three times last week, the third time when he was named winner of the boys division Tolhurst Oratorical Contest Thursday at Payson High School. Karen Mmwill won first place in the girls division. Her topic was Are the American People Losing their Backbone? Robert spoke to the subject, Guilty of What? (Democracy on Con- 1926. - Max R. Warner, editor of the Chronicle, is holding WIN BETTER NEWSPAPER STATE AWARDS Association Better Newspaper Award Contest State Utah Press the in won the award the Chronicle Class n newspaper, circulation The award he is holding is second place in General Excellence in Chronicle the for is holding the award for first writer from 1300 to 2300. Madoline Dixon, society were third for best front page, nlace for the best society page of the year. Other awards received . The Chronicle was also in and material typography of illustrated honorable mention for best use For aiding in the war on D newspapers by the Utah Heart Association given the award in Class Warner attended the anand Mrs. Mr. and support. heart disease by increasing public knowledge association held in Salt Lake City last week end. a- - ' nual Press Payson High School wins Debate Meet at Wasatch The Payson High Debate and Forensics teams journeyed to Heber to compete with Wasatch and Spanish Fork High Schools in an inter - school debate meet, on February 21. Kent Larson, Wasatch Debate Coach, was host for the event. Throughout the day, 27 P.H.S. students competed in the of Extemporaneous Speaking, Oratory, Radio Speaking, Leg. Forum, and Debate. Payson won the tournament in the catagories of Oratory, Extemp, and Radio Speaking scoring 65 points, Wasatch had 45 points and Spanish Fork, 30 points. In Extemp, speaking in the A division John Larson and Susan Smith took superiors, and in the B division Judy Jolley was 1st place. In oratory, Brent Christensen and Rose Marie cata-gori- Bowan walked off with es the honors, while in the B division, Vickie Brown took 1st place. In radio speaking in the A division, Laird Leatham, Gary Clark and Robert McMullin took honors, while in the B division Greg Fowkes, and Dianne Gasser placed. In the Debate finals, the teams of Rex Young and Robert Kaletta along with Karen Manwell and Tommy Tervort took superior tatings winning three out of Lady Firemen plan Easter Benefit The Lady Fireman of Payson are preparing their annual project and will present an Easter outfit to holder of the lucky ticket. Funds will be donated to the hospital. The Easter outfit wiU be given away at 5 p.m. on March 18 at WilsonsStyleShop, where the' suit and accessories will be disolaved until that date. Tickets may be purchased from Mrs. Frank Holm, President, and general chairman of the project, or from any member of the organization. their four debates on the subject: Resolved that the Foreign Program of the United States should be limited to NoAid nmilitary assistance. In legis- lative forum, Mike Cahoon and David Jenkins placed. Other students attending the meet and helping secure the points for the school were; Eloise Walker, Patsy Adams, Steve Haskell, Doug Peterson, Brad Wightman, Sharon Bowan, Dawn Powell, Lemuel Harsh, Connie Wood, Mary Alice Thompson, and Arnold Thompson. Attending as Judges were, Ralph Martinez, Jane Butler, Suzanne Nay, Mrs. Clifton Nay, and Mrs. Darrell Wightman. On Thursday, March 2nd, Payson will host the Region Debate Finals. There will be five schools represented including, Springville, Spanish Fork, Pay-so- n, Provo and Carbon. In all, 40 teams will be competing for the honor of representing the division at state. Eight teams will be chosen to go to the state Forensics tournament at the University of Utah on March 24 and 25. This is the first year Pay-so- n will be represented at this event in Debate. Mrs. Joan Christensen is the coach for these activities, and Robert Kaletta is the Debate Manager. These two will be in charge of the division Debate Meet. Payson Youths play in Valley Concert The annual concert of the Utah Valley Youth Symphony will be held next Monday, March 6 at 8:15 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Harris Fine Arts Building on the BYU Campus. Prof. Harold R. Laycock is the conductor. Playng in the violin sections will be Leslie Dixon of Payson and Rae Lene and Rosanne Johnson. The concert is free to the pbulic and everyone is invited to attend. Introducing New Teachers Donald Wright is counselor at Junior High list of new teachers at the Payson Jr. High includes Donald L. Wright of Salt Lake City. Don graduated from BY High in 1955 and attended the BYU for one year before serving on an LDS mission in the West The Central States. After returning from his mission, he spent six months in the army. Later he received an assistantship and taught part time while he worked on his Masters Degree in Counciling which he received in 1966. Mr. Wright is not married is now living in Provo. and Bids let on 1-- 15 Freeway Payson Section Tuesday Bids were let Tuesday by the State Road Commission for completion of the Freeway from Payson to Spanish Fork and the Payson to Santaquin section. Low bidders on both projects was the Cox Construction Company of Manti. The bid on the Payson - Santaquin section of 7.714 miles was $1,057,275.53 and his bid on the Payson -Spanish Fork section of 6.815 miles was $977,475.26. The company has 150 working days in which to complete the two projects for opening sometime this summer. Kennecott will build Tintic Concentrator Plans to construct concentrator at Kennecott Copper Corporations Tin-t- ic Division, near Eureka, were announced today by M. J. OSlaughnessy, General Manager of Kennecotts New Mines Division. The concentrator will treat lead - zinc - silver ores from the Tintic Division, and will produce a lead concentrate and a zinc concentrate. The concentrates will be shipped to custom lead and zinc smelters. At the present time, 500 tons of ore daily are being mined and shipped directly to custom lead smelters. The new faciliay ties, All of the finalists have participated in public speaking events in the area recently. Robert Kaletta and Karen Manwell won first places in debate with their respective team mates at a meet in Heber. Payson scored 65 points to Wasatch High's 45 and Spanish Forks 30 points. Robert was also named first place winner in the American Legions Oratorical and Contest held earlier in the week. which will not be in oper- smelters. of C studies improvement in Pauline Porter Business District wins Time The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted in favor of studying and investigating the possibilities of improvements and development in Payson Business District. Ver-ni- le Gasser presented information concerning business developments in Grand Junction Colorado of a similiar nature. The Merchants Committee with Wallace Brown as chair man was assigned to pursue this study. The directors also voted to have the Chamber beautification Committee with the City Beautification program. The situation of Junior High School students coming downtown during their lunch hour was discussed and the Chamber expressed the feeling that the students should remain on the school grounds during this time. A meeting concerning Bad Checks and Shoplifting will be held Thursday March 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Nebo Stake Center. Calvin D. Lowe will give valuable information for all businessmen and employees. Cerenuny of Freedoms Foundation and will be presented later in local ceremonies. Over 1,200 awards to American organizations schools and t' Robert Kaletta, son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Kaletta, Santaquin, has been named winner of the American Legion Oratorical and Extemporanious contest in Payson. The contest was held Wednesday at Payson High School under direction of Frank Mad-so- n, commander Post 48, American Legion. The three finalists who participated included Mr. Kaletta, John Larson and Mary Alice Thompson. Judges were Ronald Hall, Payson, Brent Peterson, of Brigham Young University, and Milton Christensen, Salem. Each contestant was required to present an 8 to 10 minute oration on an assigned topic, Our Heritage and Responsibilities Under the Constitution in 1967. Later, each contestant drew a topic from a hat and after a half hour preparation, spoke on the subject named in the drawing. For this extemporanious speech, Robert talked on Powers of the Supreme .Court. All subjects were on various phazes of the constitution. Robert will now enter regional competition, slated for March 3 at Provo High School auditorium. Joan Christensen, instructor at Payson High School, supervised preparation for the contest. Lee Hubert, member of the American Legion, assisted Commander Madson in posting the colors in brieg opening exercises prior to the start of the contest. Other bidders were Continental Bank and Trust Co. and Smith Burroughs Co., both of Salt Lake City. In other business, the council approved an application to be submitted to Utah County board of adjustments for rezoning the area selected for the sewage disposal plant The site is located about a half mile outside the city limits on North Main Street. John Can ot Call Engineering Co. Inc., explained progress of plans for the sewage disposal plant, with added collection lines. He mentioned requirements in electrical power and culinary water. As a result, the council approved extension of an eight-inc- h cast iron water pipe to be extended north on Main Street to the area of the plant. The council approved Craig Wayman of West Mountain as local representative of the Utah County Planning Board. Ralph Davis was named a member of the Payson City Hospital Board to replace Reid Money, whose term has expired. Roy Bills was named a member of the Payson Police Reserve. Lions Club members, Dix Grace and Bernell Evans displayed a design for a bowery to be placed in the picnic area at Memorial Park. RELIEF SOCIETY SEWING CLASS Pictured are Maurine Hiatt, assisted class members with their notes in the Stake Relief Society sewing class just completed, Janice Lundell, one of the class members who is trying on a dress she made in class, and Zella Peay, stake work director, who has been also one of the class members. who Relief Society completes Stake leader Sewing Class The Nebo Stake Relief Society has just completed a series of sewing classes for leaders of the nine wards. This has been under the direction of Zella Peay, stake work director, with Emily W. Tyler, Utah County Home Agent, serving as ins- tructor. Each ward in the stake had two representatives in attendance at the classes. These women wiU, in turn, carry the information and skill they have gained back into the wards where they will hold similar classes for all members of the Relief Society. The program is most beneficial in helping to bring sewing back into the home where it belongs. The two-fo- ld benefits of this sewing series are better articles clothing of at more economical prices. All members of the class have been cooperative and interested in their assignments. The artof clothing are beautifully finished. A fashion show is being planned where all the women icles will model their dresses. completed Shoplifting, Bad Check meeting Mar. 2 Payson City and the Chamber of Commerce have scheduled a specil meeting concerning bad checks and shoplifting. Calvin D. Lowe, State of Utah, will conduct the meeting to be held Thursday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the Nebo Stake Center. The meeting is especially for all merchants, businessmen, and employees. The public is also invited. Lions Club hears talk on Delinquency ation until 1968, will permit the mining of ore which now cannot be shipped directly to C The Utah recipients were anat the 18th Annual nounced National and School Awards tion of all national holidays such as Veterans Day and Freedom Week, observation of a free people at the polls at election time and writing letters to service men in Viet Nam. The book also showed photographs of the children learning good citizenship by helping to beautify the school grounds and in assisting a forest ranger set out trees in Payson Canyon. Culminating the years activities, the entire school presented The History of America in Song and Dance, staged for parents and friends of the .school as an evening entertainment last spring. At a meeting of the Payson City Council, held Monday evening at the Fire Station, bids were opened for purchase of bonds to supply funds for the proposed sewage disposal plant. First Security Bank of Salt Lake was named as the successful bidder for the $480,000 general obligation bonds approved by the citizens in a bond election December 13, 1966. at the having originated in Delsa Tolhurst Staheli sponsors the event and will present gold medals to winners at the Awards Assembly in M.iy. Other contestants were Mary Williams, Rose Marie Bowen, Susan Smith, Brent Christensen, Rex Young, Gary Clark, and John Larson. Judges were Dorothy Hawkins of Benjamin; Ann Kempton of Spanish Fork; and Milton Christensen of Salem. officials. individuals were announced, honoring their "contribution toward a better understanding and a greater apprection of the American Way of Life. Blaine Moore, principal at the Taylor School, nominated his school for the award. He said all claims m ist be documented. A scrapbook, compiled by Marie D. Stevenson, and other members of the faculty, The Book showed newspaper clippings and printed programs of the 1965-6- 6 years activities in Americanism, with every grade from kindergarten to sixth grade participating. Activities included observa accepts bid for Sewer Bonds test is the oldest contest school, Elementary in Payson has been a winner of one of 21 awards to Utah schools and individuals by the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge, Pa. This is the first time a school in Nebo District has received this honor, according to school City Council Trial). The Tolhurst Oratorical Taylor Current Affairs Payson High School has announced that Pauline Porter has been named the local winner in TIMES 31st annual current Affairs Contest. Other high - scoring local students include: Shirl Hendrickson and Boyd Hore. TIMES Current Affairs Test, given this year to more than 3 million college and high school students in the U. S. and Canada, consists of 100 questions on national and foreip affairs. Also included are such categories as business, sports, entertainment, science, religion, literature and the arts. The test, created for the TIME Education Program an exclusive classroom service of TIME magazine has been taken by nearly 10,000,000 students since its inception 31 years ago. scorers receive a certificate from James R. Shepley, Publisher of TIME, The Weekly Newsmagazine. Top Dr. Willard E. Smith of the Brigham Young University was the guest speaker at the Lions Club meeting held Monday night at Bobs Cafe. A quartet compsoed of Mr. and Mrs. Monte Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Tolman, accompanied by Kenneth Shepherd, sang four numbers and Mr. and Mrs. Tolman sang a duet. Dr. Smith spoke on juvenile delinquency and said that it has been predicted that 40 of the boys of today will appear before a Juvenile Judge and that does not count traffic violations. Delinquents, he said, fall into three catagories, (1) the mental delinquent, (2) the emontional delinquent and (3) the maladjusted youth. A youth can be pegged as a delinquent in his youth if he is judged by five standards set up recently by a study made nationally. The five standards, he said, were (1) Does his mother love him? (2) Does his father love him? (3) Does his mother know where he is and care? (4) Does his father descipline him? and (5) Is his family cohesive? The meeting was under direction of Dix Grace, The program was arranged by the convention committee with William Hansen, Leo Daley and Roy Tachiki as members. Mr. Hansen introduced the speaker and Mr. Daley the musical program. nt. Legion will hold Birthday Party The American Legion will hold their annual birthday party on Saturday, March 11, at the Legion Memorial Hall. Legion members and their partners are invited. The Legion Auxiliary will serve a dinner at 7:30 and a program will follow. Nebo Stake Standards Night was held Monday night in STAKE LAURELS STANDARDS NIGHT the stake center. Participating in the event were, left to right, Joanne Mattinson, counselor in the Nebo Stake MIA presidency, Rose Marie Reid, guest speaker, Kathy Hogan, outstanding Laurel and Joyce Saunders, stake Laurel leader. Laurels hold Standards Night Rose Marie Reid, nationally known designer of swim suits and member of the LDS church, was guest speal er at the Nebo Stake Laurel Standard Night, held Monday evening at Nebo Stake Center. Laurel girls, ages 8, and their mothers were in attendance, together with members of the stake presidency and their wives, bishops of the wards and their wives, YWMLA presidency and members of the board. The program included prelude piano music by Deona Jack-so- n, greetings by the stake Laurel leader, Joyce Saunders; vocal trio, Kathy Barnett, Patsy 17-1- Adams and Jean Miller, Your of Great Price, accompanied by Mrs. Neil Kitteridge; presentation of the Laurel Crest by Carolyn Beddoes. After presentation of booklets to each girl by the Laurel teachers, the West Ward Laurel girls sang. Pearl of a Girl. In her talk to the girls, Miss Reid gave suggestions on hair how to develop and make-u- p, the personality, how to be popular with boys and girls and how to act when on a date. She gave tips on improving ones looks. Miss Reid advised the girls to live so as to be worthy of temple marriages and Pearl stressed the partriarichal blessing as a guide line. A Laurels Desire was the theme, with the Salt Lake temple depicted in decorations. A reception with light refreshments were arranged in the Cultural Hall after the formal meeting. The committee in charge included Elizabeth Dixon, Sharon Provstgaard, Carolyn Beddoes, Miry Robertson, Kathy Hogan, Rebecca Jewett, Sherry Dell, Delois Gold, Kathy Branett, ward Laurel teachers and the stake leader. Prayers were by Sharon Bowen and Mary Jane Hone. |