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Show A WEEKLY newspaper devoted to the best iv Chronicle Pay, .'ho i ital, , "Celt, n JL. Lan VOLUME 62, he "e 10 NUMBER PAYSON, UTAH, FRIDAY, MARCH Editors Column h Didn't the Committee lake a Decision? Ci and verV good nn the condition of sys-f- a City's waterworks j rt comprehen-repo- . V fmiancial condition was The complete Idmi committee made up Lrs of the Chamber of Tp tJJJeree, the Llons Club and and this week. Commerce, the Chronicle of ifrTpnnted , in pages 1 and 3. a fine Ithis committee did very and on week ; their investigation The fmdings. esentmktheir to pre- -' was the of report e nf S , citizens of Payson the let them decide for eland Lmselves whether or not . Lor the coming bond election. was one think that there committee the thing that I S!ouid have done after complet-- L their investigation. Luld, in my opinion, have whether or not 1 statement the bonding of Payson li:ty to the extent of $170 1,000. I Host of us know that we need pur f.ore water for yculinary liases fire protection and mdus-- f al growth, but the thing that it worth go- ie must decide, is The com$170,000. L debt in mittee had all the facts at hand, recommind should have made a the o to lm-Lrta- nt endation. w to vote, be sure at the city and vote on this If you are able Id go to the poll i I Tuesday Important issue. (ayion's Early Tucked away in trunks kept with valuable papers for MCD) Performance Tonight Final performance of Erminie, a light opera in two acts, presented by the music department of Payson high school, will be given tonight, Friday, with all efforts bent toward making this an outstanding performance in the annuals of Payson music. The opera was presented Wednesday night for students of the and Junior elementary high schools, and Thursday night for high school students and adults. Tonights performance is the grand finale. Curtain time is 8:15 p.m. Cast of the opera and story have been printed in previous editions of the Chronicle. A world favorite, Erminie was written in London in 1885 by Edward Jakobowski. After an enormous success in London it was played over a 1000 times in America, enjoying a revival in the early 1920s. It was presented by Payson high school March 31 April 1, 1926, and the present production will be favored by many who took part in the early presentation here. Under the baton of J. D. Christensen over a hundred students are in the chorus, ably assisting the fifteen leading characters. The orchestra is composed of about twenty-fiv- e high school students and other local -- Same Opera in 1926 With Paysons centennial this year, it is interesting hundred years, a little nd written history of the first to look back a quarter of a ceni years of the early settlement tury and remember the opera Erminie, as it was first played Payson has recently been unmost a in Payson, though it was then known as The Two Vagabonds. among From an old newspaper and a Justin of the Silver and the Green, copy Loveless, bishop in Payson for both dated 1926, we learn that ny years. It had been turned the opera was presented in the m one bishop to another, as s the intention of the first Nebo stake tabernacle and the event Marks the grand openiter, who wished for each ing of the recently remodeled bishop to record the large stage and rostrum . . . . of his day. While all of the singers are local hrough the courtesy of Glenn pepole, three of j,the principal '.oveless, into whose possession characters were chosen outside e yellowed book now has of the school. Seventy-fiv- e pickherewith publish the first ed characters were chosen outailment of the history: side of the school. Seventy-fiv- e n the fly leaf we find: A picked voices comprise the chorord of the Early Settlement us, and the full orchestra is comPayson City, Utah County, u posed of local and outside musiTerritory, Together with its cians. Church Record and a Gen-- y Prof. Carl O. Nelson was diof its inhabitants in 1860 rector and Lucile Tuttle was Franklin W. g Young. dramatic art coach. on page one, we read: Blanche McBeth Hansen playn commencing this brief ed by part of Erminie, now we are compelled to by Jo Ann Bingham. played leave to copy from the Only three of the former cast of borther Joseph remain in this locality today, hs in which we find infor-Io- n being J. Rowe Groesbeck, a no where el6e to be teacher at the high school then, and we feel ourselves as now, who played a comedy itly obliged for the privilage part in Ravennes; Byron Staheli Pying them. was the Marquis and Donald Tall of 1850 President Hanson was the captain. These oung counciled certain indi-iai- s parts are played today by James to go t0 Peteetneet Creek Ewell, Dick Peery and Don Valley and make a Spainhower. , Others from the old cast, folEuld n the 20th day of Oct., lowed by present cast are P. ames Pace, Dixon); C. Ferrin, (Jerry Andrew Jack-,- 1 gene, ewart and John Courtland Cadeaux, Oscar Drake, (Keith at and camped Cooper); Cerise, Ethel Stevens, i (.arrived e Ernest, Douglass pleasant place where (Joy Steele); li? nT stands- with their Brown, (Dick Taylor); Javotte, Edna Okelberry, (Helen Law); and proceeded to make cabins, Simon, Adrian Elton, (Ronald y make Nelson) ; Chevelier, Raymond yards, etc. (Lamar Bowers); PrinClayton, 1 Pr,tte B' part cess, Annona Jensen, (Lorraine YounS made a Partridge); Sargent, Ray Patten, U,nteers t0 S t0 Florence t0 strengthen the (Merrill Nelson); Marie, Ann Tuckett); Bushman, (Shirley there, and Dufois, Truman Hall, (Russell it tK,6otmmenced December as F nirst Madeline Robinson Daniels arrived here Tew, was piano accompanist. "family, and about the JosePh and Ige CmTmber amved with their lies Payson Resident Is wed. he record was found belongings of the late uta sub-'que- nt hap-mn- gs fal-w- ' Con-icin- INTER lit-wo- pri-journ- ATRE JTAH al , 3k Mar. peditioa ;nder - March 5" Novem-forvnf0- vford DS UNE Pete-emeCnte- ?k Erl-ands- sMaj r Georo JAlb of December - rch I- RA HAI Honored on Birthday mith stopped firends Over two hundred-fiftLittle Salt her) hQmake a settlement, and relatives called at the open the a a mi66 day.or wo and house held Sunday honoring Luke Mr. of aiJnf' which was in eightieth birthday 35 f0llows: Numerous Montague. e in the festivities poined 18j according to as well as local people. intment $ Pace ,and ,at the house of The affair was arranged as a Was opened Per by members of Mr. Mosurprise whU bHGlorge. A. Smith, ntagues family. During the afterPnt Jam heDmoved that we aside his 3S President noon Mr. Montague laid settleml , e a cane and performed seeonded by Stewart music provided to accordion the MV- George Smith that A. by Mrs. Thelma Peck and Mrs. ewart he Wilson. SettlementPP01nted clerk of Jennie ice e Gallons of Pal secndedT vte carried. by cream were served to guests and 'Continued napkins were imprinted, Happy next week) Birthday, Luke Montague. t86f f0r, T y It 16 step-danc- home-mad- S SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 10, 1950 Erminie High School Payson Lion Basketball Spuad is Nebo District Champions Civic Croups Make Gives Final Opera Study of High School Presented History evlewed 4' INTERESTS OF SOUTHERN UTAH COUNTY Water Bond Issue Committee: chairman, Roy Broadbcnt, Gcoige C. Chase, licit S. Eggert-sun- , Payson Chamber of Commerce. Owen Club. A. Bui tholomcw, Lions Thomas 11 Reece, Payson Junior Chamber of Commerce. The above oommittee was appointed by the Boards of Directors of the Civic Clubs named, with instructions to make a detailed study of: A. The Present Condition of Payson's City's Water System. B. The need for the improvement of Payson Citys Water System. C. The proposed methods of financing the proposed improvements. D. To summarize in a The Champions are shown with their coach, Deb Smith, top row left. The players are left to right, top row, Dick Taylor, Dennis Dixon, Melvin Lunt, Milo Young Don Spainhower, Terry Smith and Bob Provstgaard. Bottom row, LaMar Walker, Glen Thatcher, Ronny Amos, Gordon Smith, Garry McBride, Dick Cahoon, and Dick Money. Photo by Gean's Photo Shop. Melvin Wilson Made a Centennial Queen Will Special Citizens Commission Bond Election Melvin Wilson, of Payson, was a member of the Workshop conference sponsored by the National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on February 26th. The meeting was held in conjunction with the national convention of the American Association of School Boards Association. Among the one hundred participants in the Workshop were professional educators, school board representatives, and members of active citizens groups interested in school improvestates. ment from thirty-si- x The National Citizens Commission for the Public schools, the sponsoring organization, works with an group of communities all over the country. The Commission is primarily a of ideas and inclearing-hous- e formation. It attempts to stimulate citizens to form their own groups and solve their own school problems; it does not try to give specific directives. The Workshop sessions dealt primarily with the citizens participation in his school affairs through his local organization of and provided a swap-sho- p ideas. Subjects discussed ranged from the techniques of beginning a citizens school committee programs. to adult education of the Roy E. Larsen, chairman Commission Citizens National for the Public Schools and President of Time Inc., gave a brief beintroductory address at the session. y of the ginning Tuesday, March 14th Set March 14th, Tuesday, citizens will have a Payson chance to decide whether or not they favor the bonding of the city for $170,000 to improve the waterworks system. The city library will be the only polling place in the city. In order to vote, a person must be a qualified elector and have paid taxes in ,his name during the year 1949. The voters will receive two ballots from the judges. One will be for the issuance of On General Obligation white ballot) and the other one will be for the issuance of $85,000 Revenue Bonds $85,000.00 Bonds (a (a yellow ballot). The General Obligation Bonds will be repaid out of The Revenue general taxes. Bonds will be repaid out of the net revenues from the waterworks department. If you can vote, vote! American Legion Sets Annual Dance The annual American Legion Barnyard Carnival dance will be held Saturday, March 18 in the The Payson high gymnasium. public is invited to the evening. Tickets will be $1.00 per couple, with all proceeds to be applied toward the completion of the War Memorial Building now Stake Conference under construction by the legion. The work is progressing rapidly on the revamping of the building Announced on First South Street. The local Nebo stake quarterly confer- post has undertaken the project a community center ence will be conducted Saturday to provide 17 and 18, where civic and social groups March Sunday, and made may participate in their club according to announcement programs and have facilities for this week bv stake president, and business He an- all recreational Christensen. George E. Mark meetings. nounced that Apostle of the Peterson, of the Council conferall-da- Twelve, will direct the meet- ence and be speaker at tion. The purpose of the above study was to make available to the voting public, whatever information the study revealed, in order that each could more intelligently vote pertaining to the bond election of March 14, 1950. Demos Slate District Welfare meeting Saturday will Mass Meetings reginitiate the conference, with District mass meetings of the morning Sunday sessions ular Democratic party will be held in Peterson Apostle and evening. all of- all of Paysons four districts durhas also requested that auxili- ing the next week. ficers of stake and ward District No. 1 will hold their the aries meet him with notpriestbeen Friday, March 10 at the meeting hood, but details have home of T. H. Reece. District will Chronicle released as yet. No. 3 will hold their meeting at next announce time schedule the Payson Hotel on Wednesday, District No. 4 will March 15. hold their meeting at the home of Heber A. Curtis on Friday, To Broadcast State March 10. District No. 2 will hold their meeting Monday, March 13 Games at the home of Gus Steiner. All High School four meetings will start at 8 p. m. All Class B basketball games The purpose of these meetings state the at is to reorganize the district orplayed by Payson, tournament, in Salt Lake City, ganizations and to elect delegates will to the county and state convenbeginning next Wednesday cothe tions and to elect members to through be broadcast Commercial The the county central committee. of operation District No. 2 held their Utah. of Bank YEAR IN ADVANCE Dale Persson Killed In Auto Accident Funeral services for Dale Franklin Persson, 25, who was killed instantly Sunday morning at 8:50 a.m., when his car over turned on the Lakeshore highway, were held Thursday in the ward chapel. McKay Christensen, bishop, presided. Burial was in Payson City cemetery under direction Claud-i- n Funeral Home. Mr. Perssons auto failed to negotiate a curve half mile east of the Spanish Fork river bridge on highway U115 and went out of control. The car went off the right side of the highway and crossed over to the left where it went into a borrow pit, knocking out four fence posts and rolling over before coming to rest. 10 Feet From Car The victim was found 10 feet from the car. Sgt. C. H. Allred, Spanish Fork of the highway patrol, sand cause of the accident had not been determined. The man either lost control of the car or dropped off Park-Secon- d to sleep, he said. Crippled by polio, Mr. Perrson wore leg braces, causing a slow reaction in operating the car, the officer said. Mr. Persson was born in Pay-soOct. 22, 1924, a son of Reid n, and Alleene Cowan Persson, Pay-sooouice of Information 1. the committee read m deEducated in schools of tail the report made through the Payson, he was stricken with polio in 1940. e The Cuitus Club Dance Payson toJunior Chamber of He worked at Geneva doing Payson Cny pertaining io m e insurance jates, which work as a bookkeeper and for Payson Centennial queen con- was the past three years had been emprepared by "The Utah test was announced Monday evewith S. and S. Sales and ployed Boaid of Fire Underwriters. Service in Payson. a after ning meeting of the Cen2. By leading in detail the tennial celebration committee. A are his parents: a Surviving for queen to reign over all of the "Engineers Report prepared brother, Wayne R, Persson, PleasCentennial events during 1950 Payson City by Engineer Hugo ant Grove; two sisters, Mrs. Luwill be chosen at the Cuitus Club Price. cile Goates, San Lorenzo, CaL; 3. From information contained Mrs. Carol Hone, centennial Provo, and a community dance, March 25. in the "Auditors Report of Pay-so- n grandmother, Mrs. Ella Cowan, City for the two year period Payson. Qalifications for queen candidates were announced as follows: ending Dec. 31, 1947. she must be between the ages of 4. By conference meetings with and a native of Payson. Mayor Harmer, Councilman Heb- Centennial The contest entry list is now open er Jones in charge of cullinary and will close on March 24. Canwatermas-ter- , didates may enter by contacting water, Lyndon Crook, Ogden DeWitt, treasurer, Hospital one of the queen committee memEdward Bates, city recorder, bers, Q. M. Burdick, Stanley Hugo Price, engineer in charge of Scheduled Bliss or Della King. Judging will be at the centennial dance brief meeting with the city coun-thi- s survey, and by means of a Saturday, March 25. Dancing groups were in prepThis queen will rule over all grief meeting with the full city aration this week for their parts in the Cuitus club Centennial the Centennial events, but the council. dance program. This Onion Day royalty will still be square Condition of Present chosen to reign at this annual event, first in the series pf monCullinary Water System eve'nt. thly Centennial events, will also Including all types of water be featured by choosing of the connections (residential, commer- Centennial queen to reign over cial and industrial), there are all events. Utah American Legion approximately 1230 connections Proceeds from the dance will at present, serving approximately to furnish lines to go 4200 people, with an average every room in oxygen the Payson City To Birthday daily consumption of hospital. Ticket sales are underapproximately 250 gallons. day by members of the club. OfClarence C. Neslen, Utah ComEngineers and geologists as- ficials stated today that any permander of the American Legion, sure us of an ample potential wa- son who makes a contribution to announced this week that on Sat- ter supply from our Payson the hospital project fund will be March 25, 1950, in Salt springs now used and which can urday, a to the dance. ticket given Lake City, Legionnaires will hold inexpensively be developed; sufVarious social and church a Legion birthday ficient to serve a community of groups in the city are preparing party, honoring the 31st anni- 15,000 population. At present the Flow Line" in- parts in a gigantic floor show exversary of the founding of the to Paysons water storage tanks hibition of pioneer dances at the organization. event. But before and after the Hotel Newhouse will be the (two tanks, each with a capacity floor show all couples may parof 345,000 gallons) is carrying its site for the thousand-mabanin the square dances. ticipate full of besome because of floor show which capacity, quet and the sections of pipe being only gins promptly at 6:30 p.m. 8 in diameter. The flow line The Payson Junior Chahber of Legion posts in Utah annually is also limited by many Commerce are in favor of the capacity belocal stage birthday parties small leaks at the joints of the bond issue and tween the dates of March urges the citizens of Payson to vote in favor of it. (Continued on Page Three) However, not since 1941 has the Legion department held a come bined observance. Due to pressure of the war, they were discontinued that year and were High not resumed until this year. Tickets have been printed and distributed to proportionately Legion post commanders under the direction of Clem S. Schramm general chairman. Schrarfim said that the committee is presently negotiating for the service of a man of national prominence to fill the bill as main speaker. Also, J. E. (Doc) Martie, National of the American Legion from Reno, Nevada, will be in attendance. One of Utahs impressarios, in the person of Kingsley E. Clawson, a past department commander, has lined up a floor show which he bills as surpassing anything seen in the Beehive state in at least 10 years! New colors and standards of the Legion department will be on display for the first time. The ON THE AIR every Saturday are these three Payson high stuold colors, having served the a for organization dents, who broadcast items of local interest over station KOVO. generation, and now much faded, will be The MC is Tom Cahill, sports editor Don Spainhower, and ladies formally presented to Governor editor Jewell Cloward. Shown here they are ready to beam their J. Bracken Lee, for safekeeping program The Payson Parade" as written by them. The proamong the states most treasured momentos. gram is broadcast at 12:45 p.m. Waterworks Be Chosen at Member of Natl ever-growi- their findings manner suitable to publica- $2.00 PER n. Com-meic- Dance for 18-2- 5, Fund March 25 Observe state-wid- per-capi- ta e n 15-1- 7. state-wid- Payson School is on the Air er , |
