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Show iJlVTftSAL IHCHOFIUONG CQISP 141 PIEIZPONT .?- - 'Arsenic and Old Lace1 will be presented here March Rehearsals for the three-ac-t comedy play, Arsenic and Old are nearing their final Lace, week as the performance date, March 10, fast approaches. The Monticello Civic Theatre production will be at 8 p.m. on the Monticello High school stage. Director of the play is Leona Lee. The delightful play features a family in which insanity does not run, it "gallops." The two old spinster ladies, played by Ivalou Redd and Tharla Holyoak, administer arsenic in the tea of lonely old gentlemen, an act their nephew, Richard Williams, just cannot understand. The proceedings are further complicated by bne brother Teddy, played by Doyle Rowley, who thinks he is Theodore Roosevelt, and by another wicked brother, Jonathan, played by James Heaton. The hilarious Recapture bid to firm Springvil! Whiting Springville was and Haymond, contracting 1 firm, apparent lor bidder Tues- day on the Utah 262 road and bridge project across Recapture Wash south of Blanding The firm turned in a bid of $193,574 for the 1.84 mile project which will include a three-spa- n bridge across the wash. estiHighway department mates for the project indicated the cost would be about $197,-449. The project will begin a half mile east of the junction of Utah 47 and Utah 262. The approach to the bridge will be relocated to circumvent the old twisting roadway. Materials for the job have been estimated at 97,000 cubic yards of fill; 267 tons of bituminous material; 19,000 tons of gravel and 287 cubic yards of concrete. Under terms of the highway departments requirement, the project is to be completed in 120 working days. - 10 events add up to an evening of laughter and fun. Production manager Betty McDonald reports that furniture, lamps, pictures, etc. are needed for scenery, and she would appreciate a call from anyone having these items. Air Force plane lost with 3 man crew trial begins The first degree murder trial of Lawrence E. Peirce, accused of killing an oil field worker in September, began in District Court in Cortez Monday. Peirce was charged with first degree murder after admitting the slaying of Henry T. Arnold. Arnolds body was found near Pleasant View on Sept. 5 and Peirce was later apprehended at Blanding. Peirce entered a plea of "not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the crime but was sent to Colorado General Hospital and adjudged sane. He was then returned to Cortez for trial. Most of the early court proceedings were expected to hinge on selection of a jury and the actual trial was not expected to begin until later in the week. Game & Fish movie to be shown at Jeep Patrol meeting A Utah Department of Fish and Game movie will be shown preceding the regular meeting of the San Juan County Sheriffs Jeep Patrol at the commissioners room in the courthouse Friday evening. Conservation Officer Cecil Jones will show the movie beginning at 7:30 p.m. and all interested persons are invited to attend the showing. According to Mr. Jones the film was taken in its entirety in the Four Comers area - and contains scenic as well as wildlife material. Volume 46 . Utah Governor George D. will speak on the Canyonlands National Park issue at the High school auditorium in Monticello Wednesday night, March 7 at 7:30 according to L. Robert Anderson. Mr. Anderson stated this afternoon that he had written Governor Clyde and that he had received confirmation of his visit today. AU San Joan Countians interested in Canyonlands are urged to attend this meeting. Clyde Orthopedic clinic set for March 9 On Friday, March 9 at 8.30 a.m. a Primary Childrens Hospital Orthopedic clinic will be held at the Blanding LDS Ward. For application please con, tact your Primary Stake President, public health nurse, or the Primary Childrens hospi-ta- l. The new applicants must bring a completed application with them to the clinic, signed by their family doctor. full-tim- y nearer reality County Commission Chairman Marion Hazleton indicated this morning that prospects for improvement at Natural Bridges National Monument are more of a reality than ever before. Chairman Hazleton today received a telegram from M. Blaine Representative Peterson in which Congressman Peterson indicated that the chairman of the Honse Interior Committee was seeking opinion concerning the Presidential Proclamation providing an additional 5,236 acres of land for nse in Improvements at the Natural Bridges. The additional land would be used for construction of a visitors center, administration building, employee residences, maintenance facilities and a new entrance road. Chairman Hazleton wired Representative Peterson that San Juan County did want the addition and much SPEEDERS needed improvements. radar speed himCity Judge self into a snow bank John and Corine with a beautiful suntan no scenes Monday, visibility zero at times .'. . . interest rising in politics night cop having trouble feeding jailed dogs everyone with new license plates. hot-roddi- .. ...... wrestling Monticello High School's complement of wrestlers at 10 per copy 8 Pages Thursday, Merch 1, 1962 Number 5 Mrs. Mildred Odette selected Mother of the Year nominee Mrs. Mildred Odette, Monti- Odette Oct. 18, 1934, and they the state tournament in Roosevelt last week fared quite well cello, is the nominee for 1962 came to Monticello in May and came back with a first Utah Mother of the Year rep- 1945. Swede farmed and, for and second state titles in their resenting the Eastern Dist-n- a time, they managed a local of the Utah Federated motel. During the summer weights. Mike Bailey wrestled his clubs, according to Mrs. L. months they operate "Swede's way to a win and a gold Frank Redd, chairman of the Texburger Stand. Mildred has medal in the 112 pound event district Mother of the Year also worked as In the local doctors by pinning Turner from Mi- selection committee. Mrs. was nominated by office since 1954. llard in the state finals. Buddy Rebus Rota Club. Redd edged out of first place Mrs. Odette is the mother An outstanding wife and of three children, Bert L. in the 136 pound class by mother and a faithful church Carlson of Wasatch who a teacher in the Montihim by one point and civic worker, Mrs. Odette cello Elementary school; Ray but Buddy retained second hap many fine accomplish- Odette, science teacher and place and a silver medal for ments to recommend her for coach in Salt Lake City; and st secretary-receptioni- st Mont-icell- his efforts. This is the second year that Bailey has won the state tournament in his weight class. Redd last year placed 4th in his division. Although the two Monticello wrestlers were the only representatives from here to go to the tournament they still managed to place 7th in team standings with 24 team points accumulated through their finals standing. the honor. She has been active in the PTA, American Legion auxiliary, Altar society, San Juan Friends and the Monticello Golf club. Mildred Freda Paulson was born irr Vancouver, Wash., Oct. 31, 1911. Soon after. her family moved to Oregon and later on to California where Mildred graduated from the Long Beach Polytechnic high school She attended the Compton, Calif, Junior college. She married L. A. "Swede Mira O. Bateman, a beauticShe is the very proud grandmother of Berts two daughters and Rays son. An ardent PTA worker, Mildred served as president from 1951 to 1953. During this time the organization sponsored the first annual Halloween carnival to keep the children happy and busy and thereby prevent destruction in town. Under her leadership, the PTA established the annual art show and tea, and they sponsored a kitchen shower for the home economics room of the new high school. A charter member of the American Legion auxiliary, she served as its president, on the parade committee, and on July 24 celebration committee. Mrs. Odette has been Assi-taSan Juan County chairman of the Red Cross, and has been chairman of the blood bank committee. She was of the Republican Womens Study club in 1952-5- ian. nt Bridges facilities Scenes around town Monticello, San Juan County, Utah Governor to be Bailey, Redd in Monticello take 1st, 2nd Wednesday in Mrs. Seth F. Wright, Le-la- ber of 1960 when he was apR. Rasmussen and Max his present office since Oeto- King, all of Monticello, open(Continued to Page 8) or LKE CT'rr t Peirce murder office county Clerk-Audit- T ed Five file for ed up political activity in San Juan County this week and became the first to file for any of the county offices up for election this year. Mrs. Wright was the first to file Monday seeking the position on the Democratic ticket. Mrs. and her husband Wright moved to San Juan County 26 years ago from Davis County where she was born. She has been employed as teller, bookkeeper and proof operator for the First Security Bank in Monticello for the past five years and previously was a staff nurse for seven years at the San Juan County Hospital. She assisted her husband as matron during the time he was sheriff and is now a member of the county welfare board and vice president of the staff at San Juan County Hospital. i Mr. Rasmussen filed Tuesday seeking Democratic nomination as candidate for the county commissioner term. Mr. Rasmussen has been a resident of San Juan County since 1946 and was bom in Salt Lake County. He has been a farmer, truck driver and heavy equipment operator and recently worked for the county roadis department Mr. Rasmussen said Wednesday, T think the county commission should operate on a e basis instead of part time as none of the county offices can function properly on a part time basis." Incumbent Sheriff Max King filed Tuesday afternoon as Democratic candidate for phprjff. Sheriff King has held I-- nt 5. She has been a member of the County Fair Board committee and the local health council. She has always been a helper at the local immunization clinics. Mildred has served as Boy Scout banquet chairman. She helped organize the Brownie Girl Scouts and served as Brownie scout leader. She has been a faithful supporter of the local schools. Many times she has chaperoned and chauffered groups on numerous trips to ball games and other school activities. She has served as chairman of the Athletic clubs banquet committee. A member of the Monticello Golf club, Mrs. Odette has served on the nominating committee of that organization. Mrs. Odettes church affiliation is with St. Josephs Catholic Church. She has been of thq churchs Altar Society and a member of San Juan Friends. She has worked hard in her church fund raising activities. BEWARE! Sheriff Max King this week received the countys new check unit which will go into use shortly on streets and highways in San Juan County. The compact unit i3 highly portable and can be switched from one vehicle to another in a matter of minutes so that no one car can be tagged as the radar car. The unit will be used primarily around reduced speed zones adjacent to schools and recreation areas and on highways within the county. Sheriff King asserts that the unit will definitely not be used as a trap and NOTICE indicated that a first time violator would receive a warning ticket unless his speed was over 10 miles per hour faster than the posted limit. Last year nearThe Community Concert ly all of the traffic fatalities in San Juan County were attributed to excess speed featuring Charles ONeil which scheduled at Moab foe and it is the intent of local law enforcement officers to more, closely control was March 9 has been changed to Record Photo Thursday, March 8, speeding within the county. Mrs. Mildred Odette Monticello C of C votes $400 to park Members of the Monticello Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Buckboard Cafe Tuesday noon, voted to commit $400 to the proposed city park on the lot south of the should the school library board agree to lease the land to the city for park purposes. Monticello Mayor Kenneth Bailey informed the chamber members that the city had already set aside $500 for use on the park and that the $900 total would nearly take care of installation which sprinkler had been estimated to cost approximately $1,000. Mayor Bailey also urged chamber members to attend the meeting to be held with the school board Thursday night at the court house at which time the school board would like public opinion as to leasing the lot to the city. GAME AMI FISH REPORT Cecil Jones, local Utah Fish and Game conservation officer, his presented departments views on the proposed Canyonlands National Park. Mr. Jones pointed out that much of the land in the proposed 332,000 acres was prime winter range for local deer herds and that any park formed should be open to bunting to alleviate deer population problems. He explained that if no hunting Were allowed there would not only be a problem on the winter range but on the summer range as well since deer populac would increase and the normal kill would be (Continued to Page 8) |
