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Show uM Ml UUi M BOX 2608 L M I N G UKP. Jrt 8410 Sweet'nSOUR by C2B and Midge city is looking for some kind The hearted soul willing to donate a piano to replace the one destroyed by vandals at the Memorial Park bandstahd earlier this month. But because there is a (A Division 15? Volume 86 of DB&B Publishing Co. Inc.) Thursday, August 30, 1973 Payson, Utah 84651 catch, Payson might be willing to work out a swap with the owner of a piano of the proper dimensions. The piano must fit in the steel container which had protected the one destroyed until a hack saw was used to remove a hinge so vandals could get at it. In order to fit in the container, the piano must be between four and a half and five feet high, five and a half and six feet long, two feet and two and a half feet wide. The piano is important in the park, especially for use during the many family reunions held there every year. 45th Homecoming Fete Everything Ready for Golden Onion Days Festival This Weekend Ever wonder about quirky little coLike how only mere minincidences? utes sooner or later wouldnt make it Last week the a coincidence at all? females of the PC took two days off on a first trip to Cedar City to eyeball the Southern Utah State College campus where our compositor will spend her next year. We walked into the housing administration office, introduced ourselves to the lone lady behind a typewriter and asked if she possibly would have a record handy of Making us living quarters for Biji. feel very much at ease the woman said, Well, isnt that strange? Im just doing Bijis form now. Two minutes later she handed us an envelope containing the information we requested, complete with names of roommates, I wont and said How about that? We came home even have to mail it. feeling very good that wed saved SUSC 8f. A couple of weeks ago a feature story was published in the Salt Lake Tribune about Mrs. Dorothy McFadden, girl manager of the Huish Theater. It was a darn good story for Dorothy and any time one of our residents is written up thats darn good publicity for Payson, too. Last Sunday in the Trib was some more good publicity for Payson, written by the same writer, Hazel Parkinson. A whole page was devoted to Main Street and Utah Avenue with pictures to boot. Every time an writer makes the effort to plug Pay-so- n, thats putting Payson a little bigger on the map. m- -- Last year around this time we wrote a little item in this column about a former Paysonite who is vice president and general manager of Pacific Fruit Express Co. in San Francisco. Hes L.D. Schley, who was in this area last week and dropped in to see us. Unfortunately, it was Terrible Tuesday which prevented us from having a chat with him over a cup of coffee. We would have enjoyed personaUy bringing him up to date on his former hometown, but we hope hell keep reading the best source for that--tPC. he -- m- A number of things have been accomplished to make downtown Payson more attractive this summer. One of the most recent, in our opinion, is best of all It is removal of the Payson ambulance association thermometer on the light pole at the library corner. It had fallen into a bad state of disrepair and we believe was one of the worst eyesores in the core area of the business community. fund-raisi- ng Anyone who hasnt been contacted by i Flames and black smoke pour trom roof of the Bedouin Sportscraft & Manufacturing Co. plant in Payson mo- - ments alter the first alarm summed Saturday afternoon. The structure was destroyed with the loss estimated at Payson s most disasterous fire in more than a decade Saturday afternoon virtually leveled the BedouinSportscraft & Manufacturing Co. plant off Highway 91 just below the Peteetneet School. Owner Stanley Peck estimated damage at between $150,000 and $200,000. The structure, which once housed Payson s Coca Cola plant, was not insured. Our insurance costs would have been Peck told The Chronicle. prohibitive, We had to rely on good housekeeping. I guess it wasnt good enough. Peck said he was not certain if the structure would be rebuilt and the business continued. The cause of the blaze probably never will be known. Theories advanced after investigators combed through the rubble combustion or included spontaneous faulty electrical wiring. No one was in the building about 7 p.m. Saturday when the first flames belching black smoke high into the air appeared after what one nearby resident said was an explosion which sounded similar to that of a far off, large firecracker. Paj'son volunteer fire department steward Dean McCoy said the building was destroyed within 15 minutes after the alarm was sounded. Although firemen, who were en route to battle a fire at the city dump at the time, were delayed somewhat in reaching the scene, it is doubtful the building could have been saved if every piece of apparatus in the county had been on the scene within three minutes after the first explosion. McCoy said the fire should help in reducing the persistent fires at the dump as well as obtaining radio communications equipment for the fire trucks. Every member of Paysons fire crew who could be found received invaluable assistance from the Salem and Spanish Fork fire departments. Police, sheriffs deputies and highway patrolmen also were credited by McCoy for doing a fine job in traffic control and keeping the curiousity seekers at least a couple blocks from the blaze. still there But, McCoy lamented, were cars driving over fire hoses. firemen remained on the Payson scene until about 2 p.m. Sunday, some 465-352- 1. will help our newspaper and it will help our community. -- c- A -- c- There was a disturbing example in the canyon last week--on- e which fortifies our contention the human being is far from the cleanest animal on the face of the earth. Two weeks ago today members of the Payson High School varsity football team did a superb job of cleaning litter alongside the canyon road all the way up to Maple Dell. Exactly one week later, we decided to check how much litter had been strewn since that time. Well, the press of time prevented us from going all the way to Maple Dell We had to turn around after an hour and five minutes and return at the top of Walker's Flat. In that distance, with No. 2 son riding shotgun on the fender of the car, we gathered two plastic trash bags full of fresh litter. Bix -- c- 17 hours after the fire started, mopping up hot spots. In spite of the tons of water poured on the ruins, firemen had loader and to use a city front-en- d dump truck to remove some of the hot debris hours after the fire was controlled there McCoy said, Fortunately, were no adjoining buildings which made our job tough as it was much easier than if the flames had occurred downtown. Moonlight Sale Starts Tonight Area shoppers unlucky enough to miss wont be Moonlight Sale completely left out, but some of the special bargains may be gone as the promotional event continues tomorrow and Saturday. Everyone who possibly can, suggested chairman Richard Lindsley of the chamber of commerces merchants should take advantage of committee, the super savings many of the businessmen wiU be offering from 7 to 9 or 10 oclock tonight. He reassured those who miss the kick-o- ff portion of the sale tonight or who want to come back for second and third looks Friday and Saturday there still will be plenty of bargains galore' right up until the regular closing hours of the stores Saturday. Earlier, committee vice chairman Roe Wilde reported each participating merto close at 6 p.m. . . . chant plans Thursday for an hour so he and his clerks will have time to mark down the items which will be on sale. And, Ive been told most plan to place a wide variety of merchandise on sale, Wilde declared. tonights participating in the include The Body Moonlight Shop, Root Cellar, Wilsons Style Shoppe, Christensens, Page Furniture, Charles IV, Roes Bake Shoppe, The Dowry, Forseys Variety Store, Chase Lumber Co., Scott Adams Studio and Geans Sale Dancing in a scene from Oliver, Td Do Anything For You, are, from left, Michael Leak, Dwight Liddiard, Tamara Fowler, Richard Burton, Doug Llewellyn, Robbine Sparkman, Lynn Frost and Wade Lamb. The Payson Community Theaters production opened last night at the high school. Chronicle Photo Golden Onion Days Program p.m., Payson High School auditorium. p.m., near Memorial Park. Oliver, special family night, 6:30 p.m., Payson High auditorium. Horseshoe pitching tournament, 7 p.m., Memorial Park. department fireworks display, 9:15 p.m., east of race track. Friday - Monday Art exhibit by Wayne Pickering, The Artisan Shop and Landscape 8 Today--Oliv- Friday City of Fun midway opens, 6 Nursery. Saturday 9 Kiwanis Club outdoor breakfast, a.m., off library on Utah Avenue, Dedication of Gene Hillman Memorial Field, 9:30 a.m., 800 West baseball complex, Worlds Championship Leaning contest, 10 a.m., Memorial Park. Onion Days and Homecoming celebration parade, noon, Main Street, 100 N, 100 S, 300 E City of Fun midway opens, noon, near Memorial Park. Rock and Hobby Show, after parade until 6 p.m., senior citizens center. Golden Onion Days and Homecoming celebration horse race meet, 2 p.m., race track. Camera Center. Dougs Auto Supply, Jacks American Service, The Cloth Shoppe, Lindsley s Western Auto, Furniture Will-L- o Sunday 1- Monday--Gold- en Street, -9 100 N, 100 S, 300 E. Rock and Hobby Show, after parade until 6 p.m., senior citizens center. Art and Flower Show, after parade until 5 p.m., Middle School west of Memorial Park. City of Fun midway opens, noon, near Memorial Park. Onion Days and Homecoming celebration horse race meet, 2 p.m., race track. 8 p.m., Payson High School auditorium. Cockleburr Riding Club rodeo, 8 p.m., arena southeast of race track. Pay-so- Final Rules Fixed For Payson's Leaning Contest Because of the size of the prizes offered in the first annual Worlds Championship Leaning Contest Saturday in Memorial Park, a polygraph expert may be on hand to test the honesty of contestant seconds. (turn to page 5, col 8) The Middle School west of Memorial of art and flower shows Sunday from 1 to 9 p.m. and Monday after the parade until 5 p.m. Throughout the celebration the City of Fun midway will be providing thrills for youngsters and games of skill for those just a bit older immediately north of Memorial Park. Park will be the scene n and Hobby Shop. Progressive Party Organizational Meeting Scheduled A Progressive political party will be organized in Payson at a meeting Sept. 8 at 8 p.m. in the conference room of Zions First National Bank. Like the Citizens party composed principally of Republicans, there is little doubt the Progressives will call upon the communitys active Democrats for a good portion of their political (turn to page 6, coL4) Tem.-Preci- dance, 8 p.m., Payson High School, guest caller, Fred Brown. 8 p.m., Payson High School auditorium. Cockleburr Riding Club rodeo, 8 p.m., arena southeast of race track. Rock and Hobby Show, noon - 6 p.m., senior citizens center. of Fun midway opens, noon, near Memorial Park. Art and Flower Show, p.tn Middle School west of Memorial Park. Onion Days and Homecoming celebration parade, 10 a.m., Mair C. Reece & Sons, & Appliance Co. Table p. Square six-pa- ck six-pa- Re-t- he Photo Businesses gathered: Five pop and beer bottles, one small cardboard food container, 31 paper cups, 35 pop and beer cans, four paper bags, 11 drinking straws, five cigarette packages, two plastic trash bags, one paper towel, one beer bottle cap, one broken auto radio antenna, one holder, one business reply card, one glass jar, one vegetable oil can, one milk carton, five cardboard containers, one food wrapper, two cold cereal boxes, one paper plate, one cardboard cup cover and a piece of facial tissue paper. Obviously careless users of Payson Canyon get rid of their litter quickly. About 95 per cent of it was found on the up side of the road. between $150,000 and $20U,000. building plans are indefinate. $200,000 Blaze Saturday Levels Bedouin Sportscraft Co. Plant members of Payson High Schools Letter mens Club, which is conducting a circulation campaign in cooperation with The Payson Chronicle, is urged to contact head football coach Jim Durrant at his home. His telephone number is If you call him, he promises to have a club member knocking on your door within minutes. We suggest you make the calL It will help the club, it fine example of governmental cooperation, we think, occurred at the mouth of Payson Canyon last week. The canyon road is under the jurisdiction of the county. But city street supervisor Carl Benson, agreeing there was a need for a yield sign at the Y, decided the sooner it is installed the better. So he called county road supervisor Sterling Jones of Spanish Fork to determine if there were any objections to city installation. Jones said be my guest. The sign was installed that day. We think it will avert a potential accident. Only one imponderable remains after scores of volume, rs luve complete plans for Paysons 45th annual Golden Onion Days and Homeeomh r c. leontion which run tomorrow. kicks off a four-da- y Volunteers have donated countless hours to the detail necessary to stage a celebration of the magnitude of that observed in Payson every Labor Day holiday weekend. Work of the committees has been coordinated by Mayor W. Howard Riley and members of the city council. The imponderable is just that imponderable. Unfortunately at Chronicle press time, the newspaper was unable to find anyone able to predict with 100 per cent accuracy wuat weather conditions will be Friday through Monday. It appears the celebration will be a success even if weather conditions are inclement. Should the weather be ideal, there is little doubt the 45th edition of Paysons Golden Onion Days and Homecoming celebration will be the biggest and best ever. This years celebration will have an international flavor, one with the potential of spreading the name of Payson the globe Utah, not Arizona--aroun- d in future years. That is the first annual World's Championship Leaning Contest. But there also will be lenty of the' old standard events which have made the celebration so popular in the past chief among them are the Golden Onion Days and Homecoming celebration horse race meet and the two mammoth parades which have become synonymous with the festivities in Payson over the Labor Day weekend. This year there will be a celebration feature never to be repeated again. Baseball fans throughout Utah County and those in other parts of the state who were privileged to have known him will be on hand Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at the citys 800 West baseball complex for formal dedication reremonies of Gene Hillman Memorial Field. Police chief James Box and parade Arch Williams reported 11 three junior and high school binds, riding dubs and more than 150 commercial, religious, civic and special groups have been invited to participate in the processions at noon Saturday and 10 a.m. Monday. The parade starts south at 800 South on Main Street, turns east at 100 North to 500 East, south to 100 South, then west on 100 South to 300 East where it will disband. New on the program this year will be a Cockleburr Riding Club, Rocky Mountain Rodeo Association sanctioned rodeo performances in the Cockleburr arena southeast of the race track at 8 p.m. Saturday and Monday. a who suffered serious Randy Carter, electricial shock Friday, helped city Festivities got off to an early start crews decorate the community Christlast night with the premere performance mas tree last November. by the Rayson Community Theaters It Oliver. Chronicle Photo production of the musical will be repeated tonight at 8 oclock was ment supervisor, reported Carter in the Payson High School auditorium, to splice a "dead putting a jumper followed by a special family night the when street light circuit together early show tomorrow at 6:15 p.m., and end of the jumper he was working with the final performance scheduled for 8 somehow came in contact with a 2,400 p.m. Monday. volt distribution wire. The annual Payson horseshoe pitching Workmen on the job with the victim tournament is set for 7 p.m. tomorrow at the time said they were unable to and the traditional volunteer fire deexplain exactly how the accident occurred. partment fireworks display follows at It happened about 10 a.m. Friday near about 9:15 p.m., immediately after Frithe intersection of 400 South and 800 days Oliver. West where the city is in the process Friday through Monday there wiU be of installing a new electrical distribua special showing of the sculpture, tion system. painting and pottery of Wayne (Lucky) Carter, who ofwas working in de-the Pickering at his Artisan Shop and Landof one the electrical bucket scape Nursery. partment trucks, slumped unconscious The Kiwanis Club outdoor breakfast immediately after the shock. He sufis scheduled Saturday from 7 to 9 a.m., fered severe burns on parts of his body. on Utah Avenue off the library. A rock and hobby show continues Saturday through Monday at the senior citizens center. Fred Brown will be guest caller at a square dance Saturday at 8 p.m. at the high school. 1 m- -- Number 35 465-92- 'he daily temperature range and during the week ended Monday measured by A.Z, Robbins and Bob alps, respectively, include: Low e Precip. High 57 .12 90 ;. 21 pre-itati- on 22 87 t. 23 I. 24 I. 25 I. 26 91 g. 27 84 88 88 82 56 54 46 54 54 50 Leo Daley jokingly points to a spot on one of the signs at the new Daley off Utah Avenue near the 100 West intersection and instructs Take Out Kitchen workmen were his wife Merlene, to clean it off. At the other rushing to get the interior ready for opening this weekend. Because of the popularity of their chicken, the Daleys decided the consumer in the Payson area wanted other ready-to-e- at foods. The newest addition to Daley Market will feature, in addition to chicken, pizza, deep fried fish and shrimp, broiled hamburgers cooked under the Each ready-to-elatest quartz broiler, plus the finest cream pies anywhere. meal will include potatoes, salad of the customers choice, rolls, fruit turnovers and Chronicle Photo soft drinks. er mid-we- precipitation to date: .92 inches. average: 1.29 inches. Water year to date: 19.92 inches. Aug, Aug. i ek at |