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Show Uni. Microfilmong Corp. 141 Pioruont Avenue Stilt Lake City 2, Ut.'h Jaycees Keady For SaftB Momirog Easter Egg Hyinit The annual easter egg hunt of the Payson Junior Chamber 4L . li of Commerce will be held on Saturday morning at the Pav-so- n City Park. A siren will be blown at 10 a m. signaling UTAH THURSDAY, MAR, 26, 1959 the official start of the hunt. Some 250 dozen brightly colored eggs will greet the eyes Unit of the hundreds of eager joungsters w'ho will particiin this outstanding easter pate Be season event. Ted Smith, vice Plans for reorganization of president of the local Jaycee the U. S. Army Reserve unit organization, is general chairEASTER EGG HUNT Payson children are in Payson under the pento-mi- c man. anxiously awaiteaster The egg hunt, which ing the annual Junior Chamber of Commerce Easter Egg Hunt concept were announced today by Senator Wallace has become one of Paysons scheduled Saturday in the Payson City Park. most eagerly awaited proF. Bennett. .. VOLUME 71, No. 13 PAYSON, take President To ie Named In Nebo Stake Ccmfeireiflce Sunday Elder Petersen is a career newspaperman. He was news editor, managing editor, then editor and general manager of the Deseret News, pioneer daily newspaper in Salt Lake City. He is now president of d this large publishing company. He has served in many civic, community, and church assignments. Elders Mark E. Peterson, Eldred Smith Will Preside at Payson Conference A meeting will begin at Mark Peterson, of the Council of the Twelve, and 8 p.m. in the Third ward following the priestEldred G. Smith, presiding chapel hood' meeting for husbands Patriarch of the church, will and wives. Attendance at direct the proceedings of the this meeting is by invitation Nebo Stake quarterly conferonly. ence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to be held Saturday and Sunday. Youth Chorus Will Reed J. Money, first counselor in the stake presidency, and Harold Harmer, second In Sunday Evening MIA Meeting 'counselor, will conduct the The Crucification, an easter cantata, will be premeetings of the conference. Stake President Delphin S. sented in the Nebo Stake Tabernacle Sunday evening beHiatt recently moved to ginning at 7 p.m. by the Nebo Stake youth chorus. The cantata was written by John Stainer and will be directed Idaho, and does not by Barbara Leatham. plan to return to attend the The presentation of the cantata will be under the diconference. President resigned his position before leaving rection of the stake MIA and will be the concluding session of the Nebo Stake Quarterly conference. for Idaho. Under the direction of the Accompanists will be Shirley Hiatt and Betty Wine-gatwo general authorities of the Soloists will include Paul Bowers, Howard Christensen, Jay Taylor, Douglas Christensen, Judy Gee, Donna church, a new stake president will be sustained in one of the Smith, Lynda Keele and Richard Drollinger. general sessions of conference Sunday. General sessions are open lo the public at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. in the Stake Tabernacle. Priesthood Leadership The opening session of conference will be a priesthood leadership meeting beginning sm the Payson Third ward church, at 6:30 Saturday evening in Those requested to attend the meeting include, stake presidency, stake clerks, high councilmen, quorum presidencies, group leaders, quorum and group secretaries of the h'gh priests, seventies and elders, bishops, bishops counselors, ward clerks, stake comI mittees for the Aaronic priesthood, and stake committees "THIS IS MY COUNTRY" Mary Joncs, Judy Done and Chrisfor ward teaching. tine Walton are three senior girls appearing in the Payson High School Dance Revue to be presented on April 2 and 3. E. Throughout Utah, thpre will be a decrease of five in the number of company-siz- e units. Salt Lake City will lose three, and Logan and Provo will lose one each. However, the num- ELDER MARK E. PETERSEN . . . Nebo Conference Speaker MIA Session An Easter Cantata by a youth chorus of the stake under the direction of Barbara Leatham will be the concluding session of the conference. The cantata will be presented under the sponsorship of the stake MIA organization and will be in the stake tabernacle beginning at 7 p.m. On March 1, 1899, Rear Admiral George F. Dewey, war hero, became the first Naval officer to receive the newly created rank of Admiral. v Students from Payson junior and senior high school and Santaquin and Goshen junior high schools will participate in the Central Utah Regional Science Fair to be held at Brigham Young University April 10 and 11. The fair is sponsored by the Junior Academy of the Utah Academy of Science, Arts and Letters and BYU." According to Dr. Earl M. Christensen, associate professor of botany at BYU and chairman of the fair, the students will be permitted to submit exhibits in botany, zoology, general biology, earth sciences, physics and chemistry. Junior high and high school exhibits will be pudg-e- d separately. Factors to be considered in judging the exhibits will be scienticic thought, originality, thoroughneess, dramatic value, and ingenuity, technical skill and workmanship. High School Dance Revue Thursday, Friday April 3 This Is My Country is the theme for this years presentation of the annual High School Dance Revue to be presented Thursday and Friday, April 2 and 3. The revue is presented by the Senior Dance class and Girls Physical Education Department under the direction of Miss Clara Johnson. Junior High Slates Last PTA Meeting The last P. T. A. meeting of the Payson Junior High School to be held this year will be on Wednesday, April 1, at 8 p.m. A panel of who are patients at the Utah State Hospital will discuss their problems, and the help they have been given. A moderator from the hospital will direct the discussion. teen-ager- s' Payson High School claims the distinction of being the only high school in the state that g.ves all their girls an opportunity to be in such a dance production. Arch Williams, principal of the school, is general manager. The music department, under the direction of Mr. J. D. Christensen, will furnish a twelve piece orchestra and a girls chorus to accompany many of the dances. Mr. Williams and Den Milner will be in charge of special lighting. George Cheever is assisting the senior girls with special decorations. This years dance officers consist of Christine Walton, president; Mary Jones, manager; and Judy Done, Judy Gee, and Deanna Brereton as committee members. Thursday performance will be given for students and adults who are unable to attend Friday night. The Friday night performance is for adults only. Jay-cet- g ber of officers and men authorized for Reserve units in the State will be increased from 2,862 to 4,605. Although , the maximum strength for pay will be increased, about 35 officers throughout the State will be declared surplus by the reorganization because of the decrease in the number of units, Senator Bennett said. They will be given an opportunity to join control groups, or training units where they will receive no pay but can earn retirement points. Purpose of the reorganization is to make Army Reserve units conform with the active duty Army units in structure. The basic unit under the pentomic concept is the batFFA Unit Organized tle group instead of the company. Senator Bennett emphasizAt Junior High ed that no communities in The Annual F.F.A. officer Utah will be vacated by the Reserve, and that no facili- elections were held recently ties now in use or under con- at the Payson Junior High struction will be abandoned. school under direction of the Payson Chapter of Future The Farmers of America. meeting was presided oyer by Jay D. Rindlisbacher, the chapter president, and Ben Leatham, the chapter advisor. The new officers are as follows, president, Gordon Moore; vice president, Keith LaFevre; secretary, Jim Mortensen; reporter, Steven Bona; treasurer, Jim Mower, and sentinel, Clyde Peery. Peleetneet SUP Camp Plans Activities, Sets Inaugural Banquet April 17 Peleetneet Camp of the SUP have outlined their years program, according to Heber A. Curtis, president. They are now conducting a membership drive of all who are eligible to jiin the camp. In order to be eligible to join, one anscestor must have arrived in Utah by May 10, 1869. Edward H. Bates, city will accept membership dues at the city office of anyone desiring to join. The first activity of the local camp will be installation of the officers elected in February and a birthday banquet on April 17. recorder, Other activities during the year will include: May 9, A trek to Corinne to participate in the Golden Spike Celebration, and the dedication of the new SUP Monument; June, A trek to South Pass and other points of early historical interest in Eastern Utah and Wyoming; July, Payson day at Pioneer Village; August, Annual Encampment at Ogden; September, A trek to the (last chance to see this historical site before the waters of the Glen Canyon Dam covers it); Central Utah area SUP party. These are state as well as local activities. Advisory Group Selected For Uinta NatI Forest A new advisory committee has been established for the Uinta National Forest according to C. S. Thom-ocsupervisor. The purpose of the advisory board is to advise the Forest Service on broad aspects of policy, programs, and procedures affecting the administration of forest Service activities on the Uinta National Forest, and to give the forest supervisor the benefit of its opinion. . The advisory committee will provide a Jorum for discussion of policy matters which may be raised by either the Forest Service cr the committee. The members of the new multiple-us- e advisory committee were selected because they are leading citizens who have various major interests and are located in the several communities adjacent to the forest. The membership of the committee includes: Three-yea- r terms Dr. Vasco M. Tanner, Provo, education; Leo P. Harvey, Pleasant Grove, water; C. E. Peterson, Provo, business and industry; and Howard F. Pace, American Fork, labor. Two-yeterms Ivan Anderson, Heber, timber; Jack American Fork, Allshouse, fish and game; and Mrs. Stella H. Oaks, Provo, general k, ar 2-- BYU Science Fair grams for children, is spons sored each year by the and most local merchants cooperate in the program by purchasing eggs and presenting the children with a nickel for each egg bearing his name inscribed on it. The merchants cooperation each year has made the program possible Chuck Wagon Breakfast The Jaycees are also hav-ira chuck wagon breakfast on Saturday morning in the center of the Payson business district. The funds from the breakfast will be used to reiuvenate the summer recreation area in Pay-soCanyon near the eki lift. Menu includes flapjacks, ham and bacon, eggs, coffee, Noel milk and soft drinks. Dixon is cha rman of the chuck wagon breakfast. The area has. had extremely use since the Jaycees constructed it. This is the only picnic area in the canyon below the area near Payson Reservoir. It is in need of considerable woik and new construction if it is to continue to serve the public as it has in the past. n De-tric- h, To Compete in Reorganized of 103. Present Cantata P. H. S. Students To Under the reorganization, Payson will retain one comReserve unit pany - sized which now has an authorized strength of 41 and an assigned strength of 40, will be increased to a pay drill strength church-owne- r. Payson Army Easter Cantata to lp im. BUNDLE DAYS CLOTHING COLLECTION A clothing collection campaign will be completed this week for underprivileged children at the Payson High School. In charge of the campaign are Grant Schaerrer, Paul Bowers and Kay Wyler, student body officers. Students Make Last call for Bundle Days Clothing Collection! Children in many parts of the world including underprivileged areas of the United States await the response to nationwide Save the Children Federation Bundle Days Clothing Collection ending this week in Payson High school. This year the need for clothing in the Southern Mountains is especially acute, because of floods and unemploy- Clothing Drive ed States, Algeria, Austria, Finland, France Germany, Haiti, Israel, Italy, Korea, and Be Presented Early risers are invited to attend the Fourth Ward Cantata at 8:30 a.m. Easter Sunday in the ward chapel, Services will be concluded about 9:30, in time for the 10 oclock session of Quarterly Conference in the Nebo Stake tabernacle. Alma Willey directs the program, with accompaniment by Mrs. Bernice Wil- public. One-ye- ar C. Sherwood, J. Karl Worthington . . . tion; Selby O. Dixon, Payson, range; and Mrs. Ruby Christensen, Springville, womens organization. The charter meeting was held in Provo last week during which the committee became acquainted with many of the broad policies and programs of the forest. The new charter was adopted1 and officers elected for the ensu'ng year. Dr. Vasco M. Tanner was elected chairman and Max Rees, assistant forest supervisor, was appointed to serve as secretary. A field trip was scheduled for August 5 to include the Provo Peak Loon. Anderson sawmill at Heber, the Heber Ranger Station, Mill Hollow, Wolf Creek Carrp Upper Strawberry, Mud Creek, Bryants Fork, Indian Creek. and Tank .Hollow. On this trip the committee will be introduced to a wide variety of national forest activities and Basketball son. Mexico. two-da- y 4-- ment Donated clothing should be sent to school this week by students or brought to school directly in bags or cartons. Blankets and sheets, in to good, used winter and summer garments for children, babies and adults are d requested. urgently shoes and overshoes are especially needed. Each year thousands of children are enabled to attend school in the Southern Mountains by the distribution of clothing through SCF Clothing Centers where clothing is made available at very low prices to a poor but proud people who prefer not to accept free clothing.' However, to those who cannot afford to pay, clothing is also made available without charge through County welfare and attendance officers. In addition to its use in the Southern Mountains, clothing $100 FOR LIBRARY BOOKS Mrs. Merlynn Tanner, president of the Payson Junior High is stockpiled for free distriSchool PTA, second from left, presents Mrs. Spence Amos, libiarian, and Stanley Wilson, prin- bution to victims of disasters cipal, of the Payson Junior High School a check for $100 for matching funds to buy library at home and overseas. In years books for the, school. Mrs. Blair Davis, secretary, left, and Mrs. Sterling Coombs, project past, SCF has rushed clothing to stricken areas in the Unit chairman, center, watch the presentation. term Eldon C. Nephi, recrea- . . . ad-dit'- programs. Lynn Oborn Basketball Basketball Captains Elected, Team Low-heele- Honored at Annual Banquet Friday NATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY OFFICERS Officers of the Payson High School basketPayson High School chapter of the National Thespian Society ball team has elected J. Karl were elected this week. Left to right, front row are, Kathryn Worthington and Lynn Oborn Jermain, treasurer; Bonnie Heelis, president; Elaine Rodgers, to be of the 1959-6- 0 historian; back row, Nancy Pulver, vice president; and James Lions. Cooper, secretary. Results of the team elections Thespian Officers Named at PHS Init ation for the thirty charter members of the Thespian Club was held on Monday night. Max Golightly of B.Y. High School brought a group of his students over to conduct the formal ceremony and make Payson High School students official members of the National Thespian Association. Officers for the new club are Bonnie Heelis, president; Nancy Pulver, vice president: liams, Seminary Principal and Mrs. G. Osmond Dunford. Miss Clara Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Don Milner, Mr. end Mrs. Robert Stevens, Mr. and Mrs Thor Leifson, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene were announced Friday night Hillman and Mr. and Mrs. Jerat the basketball teams an- ry Cahill. nual banquet at West Ward Cahill, Deseret News sports recreation hall. Worthington James Cooper, secretary; Kath- is the son of Mr. and Mrs. ryn Jermain, treasurer; Elaine Gean Worthington; Oborn the Rodgers, historian. The club son of Dr. and Mrs. Norman sponsor is Don R. Milner, Oborn. speech teacher. They succeed Joe Ahlin and Another initiation will be Neil Losser. held later this spring for those n Ahlin was master of who acquire the necessary es for the program. Guests points. included team members and The Thespians will be hap- their dates, cheerleaders, Coapy to supply readings and oth- ch and Mrs. Dick Harmer, er entertainment for civic or Coach and Mrs. Jim Dun-ant-, church organizations. Principal and Mrs. Arch Wil cere-mo- writer and Payson graduate in 1948, was guest speaker far the evening. Toasts to the school, team pep club and coach were given by Kent Christensen, Keith Peery, Grant Schaerrer, and Neil Losser. Losser also presented a gift frem the team to G.ach Harmer. Mr. Williams and coaches Harmer and Durrant responded. Prayers were offered by Rulon and Ronald Warr. |