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Show UNI MICROFILMING BOX 2608 SALT EtMtt Volume M Sweet'nSOUR by Midge, C2B, Biji and Biz This newspaper has encouraged letters to the editor in the past and it will continue that policy in the future. If they are honestly controversial, nothing could be sweeter as far as were concerned even though the letter itself intentional may be plenty sour--pu- n But we will not print letters which are libelous, slanderous or loose with facts. So, you potential letter writers, slow down. However, dont be malicious and above all do the necessary research to make certain any accusations you make are built on a firm foundation of fact. -- c- Incredible! Absolutely incredible! Probably the understatement of the year is the eight schools in the first round of last weeks (A Division Payson, Utah 8465 AAA state basketball tournament were evenly matched. The four losing teams scored a total of seven fewer points than the winners. To use an old sports cliche, any one of those games could have gone either way. Payson fans may take some consolation in the fact Cyprus, which beat the Lions out of a tournament berth, scored the biggest win of the day a three pointer over Region Six cochampion Spanish Fork. Another game was decided by two points and the other two by just one and one of those went into overtime. SIT' Bert Wignall, 80, for many years before his retirement one of the Wests foremost gunsmiths, died Tuesday afternoon at Payson Hospital about four hours after he suffered a shotgun wound in the Many Payson merchants wring their hands and complain about all the business which is going north to Provo, Orem or Salt Lake City. What they should realize is cars travel in both directions on that damnable freeway. A couple of wonderful young ladies who stopped in our newsroom last weekend prove the point. The are Gloria Giles of Provo and her mother, Ida Roach of Spanish Fork. Mrs. Giles, especially, and a number of her friends and relatives are not uncommon sights in downtown Payson. Sometimes, as last weekend, they are accompanied by Mrs. Roach who volunteered she might be in our town more often if she drove. Why do they come to Payson to leave a few dollars in our wonderful little community? We find Payson a pleasant, relaxing place to shop and have lunch, Mrs. Giles explained. The prices are about average and we find a nice variety of merchandise. The sales people who serve us are very nice and weve found no problem whatever when we want to exchange merchandise from a previous purchase. T ake heart you Payson businessmen. Those unsolicited testimonials dont appear every day. But if Mrs. Giles feels that way, isnt it possible there are hundreds of shoppers like her? We think so. With spitting snow fluries now and then around here it doesnt do much for giving one spring fever. But compared to Eureka where the snow is still piled high along roads and in yards, it makes Payson look like summer. We saw one car up there (we think it a car) with the snow so deep was around it all that showed was the windshield, part of the hood and the roof. We figure its owner decided it was easier to walk than shovel -- m- Journalists like to inform the world they are an accurate group of individuals. As the late head of the department of journalism at the University of Nevada, A. L. Higginbotham, used to preach as our good friend, Leslie Burns Gray, journalism student turned lawyer liked to remind us... Accuracy, ACuracy, ACCuracy, ACCUracy, ACCURAcy, and ACCURACY! Now the reason for this discourse is we received our membership card for national headquarters of Sigma Delta Chi (in Chicago) last week. It urged us to affiliate with the nearest professional chapter if we were not a member of a local group. Weve been a member of the Nevada professional chapter for years, but since were no longer in Nevada, we decided to sign up with the Utah chapter. The following is the address we received from Chicago. George Everett, 3161Millcreek Road, Salt Creek City, Utah, 84112. Salt Creek City? We think perhaps the SDX executive director has been reading too much about a certain sect in a small Arizona community near the Utah border which manages to get itself exposed periodically in the national press. Even then hes confused because thats Short Creek, not Salt Creek. -- c- Utah skiing areas are highly popular in the Detroit area. Our source is none other than Jack Daniels who has been in a past few position to know for the on a winters. Hes the chief ram-ro- d water purification plant nearing completion in Michigan and built by Butler Construction Co. owned by another Pay-so- n native, Jack Butler. Now Jack Daniels tells us its no serious problem to get a flight out of Detroit to Salt Lake City at midweek. It is a problem, however, to find an airline seat from Salt Lake City back to Detroit on Sunday. The reason? Michigan skiers and ski bunnies. They seem to like Utah slopes, Jack teUs us. He swears he hears more talk in the Detroit terminal about such places as Alta, Brighton, Park City and Sundance than he does about Washington, KC when he's biding his time waiting for his flight. Nearly all of the conversation comes from men and women carrying long sticks about six inches wide. We have it on good authority -- c- Thursday, March of DB&B Publishing Co., Inc.) is working overtime to make up for Februarys lack of precipitation over the Payson area and keep the total for the water year to date well above the seven-yeaverage. In fact, March is working so hard the average for the month already has March UT. 84101 Number 15, 1973 11 Nebo Creifres New LBS Ward IFeoiilMuJ Sustain 3 Bishoprics Nebo IDS stake grew to an even dozen wards Sunday with division of the Fourth ward to create Paysons Ninth ward. This brings the total in the city to 10 and with inclusion of Spring Lake and West (Mountain) hikes the stake total to 12. The division required reorganization of the Fourth ward bishopric and new leadership for the Ninth. At the same time, the Fifth ward was reorganized. Stake president Philip E. Jones presided at all sacrament meetings during which ward members voted unanimously to accept the new Ninth ward boundaries and aU new ward officers. Joe Lynn Spencer was sustained as Fifth ward bishop. He chose Reed M. Page as first councilor and Welby L. Rushton as second councilor. Released were Blaine L. Montague as bishop and councilors Hal Shuler and Carl Marvin. Logan N. Nilsson continues as ward clerk with Harold J. Johnson, financial clerk. Raydon Madson remains Fourth ward March Precipitation Exceeds Average CIU, JAN fjatttOT abdomen. Investigating officer Roy Bills declined to speculate other than Wignall whom he said had been in ill health for several years, died of a gunshot wound. BiUs refused to say whether he thought the single shell from a .12 gauge double barrel shotgun discharged accidentally. The policeman told The Chronicle the victims sister, Josephine Conk, called him to dinner about 12:15 p.m. There was no answer so she started down the stairs, he said, when she heard the gun fire. When police arrived, they found WignaU unconscious at the foot of the stairs. He was taken to the hospital where he underwent surgery and blood transfusions were administered in a fruitless attempt to save his life. The body was taken to Rigby Mortuary. At press time a mortuary spokesman said funeral services tentatively were scheduled for Friday or Saturday. -- c- LAKE cckp. Larry Erickson, left, second councilor, and Wayne II Lindsay, right, first councilor, help Fourth ward bishop Raydon Madson go over ward records. Appointment of new councilors was nec Making certain things are in order is the new Fifth ward bishopric, left to right, Reed C. Page, first councilor; Bishop Joe Lynn Spencer, and Welby L. Ruston, second councilor. Photo by Gean essary with division bishop. But because of creation of the Ninth ward it was necessary to appoint new councilors. Larry M. Erickson was selected first councilor and Wayne R. Lindsey as second councilor. They succeed Joel Mack Johnson and Alma Wiley who were released because of new ward boundaries, Larry D. Houser replaces Houser Francom as ward clerk. Assistant clerks are yet to be appointed. Joel Mack Johnson was sustained as bishop of the Ninth ward. He tapped Wiley for first councilor and Clark Clayson as second councilor. Richard Davis will serve as ward clerk with Lawrence Johnson and Alton Nielsen as assistants, Jones announced all meetings of the Fourth and Ninth wards will be held jointly Sunday and until reorganization procedures can be completed. Members of the Ninth ward eventually will meet in the Third ward chapel. A meeting schedule will be announced as soon as details are available, Jones added. -- of the ward. Photo by Gean ar been exceeded including snow not occurred Tuesday. With the legislature adjourned, volunteer weather observer Bob Phelps shifted back to a moisture report which showers which carries through Monday of each week. The last 10 days produced 1.14 inches of precipitation and pushed the total for the month through Monday to 1.44 inches as compared to an average of 1.18 inches in March. At his residence off Goosenest Drive, Phelps measured .38 of an inch March 5, .42 of an inch Sunday and .34 of an inch Monday. Those figures bring the accumulated moisture for the water year to 11.38 inches. This is less than three and a half inches fewer than the. seven-yeaverage for the entire water year of 14.68 inches. ar Downtown Zoning Supported, But Refinement Necessary Payson businessmen generally favor a zoning ordinance to preserve and en-hance the citys turn-of-tcentury change of pace. But there is something less than unanimity as to just how restrictive it should be, a definition of turn of the century or whether it should cover just the downtown area or the entire community. (see editorial page 2) About 15 persons appeared at a city council public meeting last week to discuss the issue. Two were opposed. Other spokesmen who canvassed the business district said a heavy majority approved the proposal but a few expressed reservations, particularly if the plan were an attempt to tell them how to operate he their establishments. Early this week Mayor W. Howard Riley said he would ask the chamber of commerce to appoint a committee to work with city attorney Dave McMullin in developing guidelines for a zoning ordinance. Then another public meeting will be held before the council makes a decision. Baker Roe Wilde said most of the businessmen he contacted felt the idea was good. Hairbenders proprietor Bert McGriff questioned whether the downtown core area involved in preliminary discussions is large enough. It doesnt account for any city growth, he said. A proponent of an ordinance covering the entire city was banker Roy Broad-ben- t. It seems to me if were going to have an ordinance it should be for the whole community because otherwise you have one section against the other and you kind of nulify the efforts in one area by the other area. Antique dealer James Reece said he doesn't understand what is meant by turn of the century. Does it mean old west board buildings or does that mean the kind of buildings we already have or what? he questioned. of Goshen said he Gary Pickering questions nailing down the theme to any particular period. He cautioned preventing outstanding architecture such as the Huish Theater. As an artist and working in this particular field, I would resist these kind of restrictions... You get on very tacky ground with artists and architects Dog Licenses, Like IRS Payable on April 15 City officials contend this is the last warning. Residents of this community who own dogs must purchase tags at least as soon as they pay their federal and state Income taxes by April 15. Payson officials contend they are not puppying pun intentional If dogs are not licensed by they will be apprehended. mid-Ap- ril when you begin to impose styles on he warned. Im no longer really a citizen of the he admitted, but I do have some town, interests here, speaking in behalf of family and fiiends. Wouldnt you have a lot of latitude with turn of the century? replied the mayor. It seems to me as far as architectural design is concerned, you have about as much latitude there as any theme that you could follow. I think you can bend and work around these things, Riley said. Plugging hard for an ordinance, McGriff said Payson needs to be different because it didnt make it the other way. We need to keep the town developing. This is whats brought it up so far in the past year and a half to two years. Before that it was downhill. Wilde told the council he had contacted Dave Forsey in Spanish Fork and was told plans for remodeling the Payson Forsey store were well along. Wilde quoted Forsey as saying the Payson project had been delayed for about two years while management waited to make certain the city was headed-ia them, direction. In fact, Wilde added, Forsey thought a committee already was functioning and volunteered to submit preliminary remodeling plans for its approval SfR0of Directors of Strawberry High Joel Mack Johnson, center, bishop Ninth ward, checks a church document while Clark Clayson, of the newly-creat- ed line Canal Co. will meet with representa- tives of Payson as soon as possible to from discuss anticiapted heavy run-o- ff the canyon this spring. The board took the action at its regular monthly meeting after noting March 1 snow surveys revealed an accumulated water content of about 175 per cent of the average. So far this month, directors were told, precipitation is well above average. Company employes particularly want to join the city in checking the high water channel below the canal to make certain it is ready to handle the heavy canyon flows when they begin. Because of continuing cold and wet weather, little has been done to get the canal and laterals ready for the ar summer irrigation season, directors were told. The board set a 40 cents per acre inch price on rented water handled through the company office. It was disclosed bureau of reclamation officials will inspect the canal about April 17 or just before water is We welcome this inturned into it. spection as we are proud of the way the canal system has been maintained, said secretary LeRoy A. Hill Director Ernest C. Hanks of Salem was named company representative on the Central Utah Water safety council That organization promotes safety in all water related activities. Going over a new law which could provide up to $2,5 million in emergency construction money for Nebo school district are, left to right, Reps. Don Strong of Springville, W.R, Phelps of Payson, and Hugh Hjorth of Mapleton, Nebo school trustees are expected to decide within the next few weeks whether to ask voters to approve a $4 million bond issue which could qualify the district for as much as $2.5 million in emergency construction aid from the The four lawmakers representing all or parts of the district met with school officials Monday in Spanish Fork to discuss HB105 approved by the legislature which adjourned a week ago. It is a $5.5 one shot only appropriation to the state board of education to assist districts with critical school building needs which cannot be satisfied through local resources combined with present state aid. A campaign for a bonding proposal becomes virtually imperative, saidSen. Robert Superintendent explains some of Nebo school districts building problems during an informal 'informational session involving the board of education and Paysons city council Also pictured, left to riglt, are council- 'men Dick Harmer, Gary Hansen and Philip Jones, and Errol Smith, school Chronicle Photo board clerk. Payson and Schools Peer cat Crystal Ball Payson and the Nebo school district have no intention of complacently sitting on their coUective hands until one or both collide face to face with critical and emergency problems. That was apparent last week when the school board met with the city council to discuss present problems of both as well as those looming in the immediate and not too distant future. Payson needs a city complex. Nebo needs new school sites in the community. The purpose of the meeting was to explore ways the two political subdivisions could help one another find solutions to those problems. While no concrete decisions were (see page 5) president Robert Rep. O. of the school board; Sen. Bowen of Spanish Fork and Ray Nielson of Fairview whose legislative district includes the Maple-to- n Chronicle Photo area. School Trustees View Possible $4 Million Building Bond Issue state. Joe Reidhead, right, second councilor, left and Alma Wiley, first councilor, right, watch, Photo by Gean O. Bowen of Spanish Fork, be- cause Nebo would be one of the prime recipients of the emergency financial transfusion from the state. But to be eligible for additional money from the state, a district must be levying 18 mills for capital outlay and debt services, rank among the top districts in replacement cost of intolera- ble buildings and be bonded to capacity. Nebo heads the list in replacement cost of intolerable buildings more than $10 million and already is levying an 18 mill levy. But it has an unused bonding capacity of $3,373,296 which will be increased next month when annual payments on existing bond issues are made. If voters should pass a bond issue in the event trustees decide to submit one to them, My guess is well get at least one new school building out of this bill said superintendent Joe Reidhead. He and board president Hugh Hjorth of Mapleton stressed there would be no tax increase, revenue from the present 18 mill levy plifs increasing state aid are sufficient to repay the debt. Other important factors are the pressing need to replace up to 11 schools in the district as weU as build new ones to take care of the increasing student load plus skyrocketing building costs headed upward at a rate of between 8 and 12 per cent a year. There were indications at the meeting voters would be given a definite building program if trustees decide to submit a bond issue proposal to them. A vote of the board of education is necessary to put a bond issue on the ballot. A special election would be necessary because districts would have to be bonded to capacity Nov. 1 when the state would begin making decisions as to which were in a condition critical enough to merit emergency state aid. two-thir- ds Payson Police Deny Grays Allegations A quintet of Payson policemen forma ly have denied charges they falsely ai rested Richard F. Gray and mistreat his wife, Deon, during last years Golc en Onion Days celebration. The Grays have filed a civil damag action against officers Dale Black, Duai Jewett, Rodger Johnson, Steven Johns and Richard Murdoch seeking a total $30,000 in compensatory, exemplary ai punitive damages. The city was not nam a defendant in the suit. In the complaint, Gray said he was ar rested by the defendants Sept. 2 wronf fully and without warrant or judici authority at law At all times, he coi tended, he was acting in a peaceabl quiet and law abiding manner on h (see page 5) ' |