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Show Mierotilm'ng 111 Piorprnt Coil' Ae UTAH Volume :iti, Xu. i; Kanab, Utah 84741, Thursday, Juno 22, Chamber Cancels Donkey Game Postpones Training Conference f Cancellation die Dunkcy game scheduled by the Chamber of Commerce for June 2: was announced Wednesday by Cnarles Cates, ehaii man of the event. Miss Cheryl A say . engagement told . Asay-Espli- n Tell Of Engagement Mr. and Mrs. Harris Asay of) Lovell, Wyoming', announce ll'.c engagement of their daughter. Cheiyl, to Max Esplin, son ol Mr. and Mrs. Poland Ksplin of Ml. Carmel, Utah. office of the Small Business ministration the business Ad- ing session to be held in Kanab June 2$ has been post pout d until the middle of September, it is announced bq Taylor CrosIt is with regret that wo have by, president. not been abio to work out satisThe mother of the man who factory airangements for the af was to head up the group just fair," Mr. Cates said. Many passed away and he asked for a an in the interest hao expressed Mr. Crosby expostponement, game." plained. We felt that July and Business houses which nave August were not the months lot purchased books of tickets for such a conference so we suggestchildren will have their money ed the September date and it was r funded, Mr. Cate said. They satisfactory with SBA officials. should contact the Chamber by letter or by phono and the tickets w.U be redeemed. Fredonia Make:; Plans Sen. WASHINGTON, D.U. D F. Robert New Yoik. Kennedy, will inspect Antelope Island in Great Salt Lake on June 21), Sen. Frank E. Moss, I' Utah, said this on Corporations hearing before the Public Service in Commission their request for a travel The couple plan a September wadding in the St. George fran- vvcek- - Ki nnedy and Sen. Moss w ill lake a longer ride on Iutkc Rowell, the m; in made reservoir backed up j The overflight will take place prior to a flight from Salt Laki City to Moab, on that date. Sen.' Moss said that Sen. Kennedy will visit Canyonlands National Talk.1 the nation's newest national park, and will probably take a oriel ride on the Colorado River. Sen. Glen Canyon I 'am. St n. Kennedy is scheduled to arrive in Salt Hike City, Wednes day. June 2S, at (5 :0a p.m. lit- - will attend a 100 Club reception at the University Club in Salt Cily and then will speak at a box. lunch supper at the Terrace ball room in downtown Salt Hike Fredonia Ward Bishop, Arland Brixiksby was pleased last week to receive a $3,500.00 contribution to the ward from Kaitiab Lumber Company. Making the presentation in behalf of Kaibab was Division Manager, Owen Johnson. Rians have been made to expand the present Fredonia LI'S to Rainbow Fridge National Mon- chapel building by 5400 square ument to meet Sen. Kennedy anil fett and to remodel the existing Sin. Moss by mid afternoon. The facilities. A new chapel and seven entile paity will return to Wah-- classrooms will be added plus a tap and Glen Canyon I 'am by seminary room. late evening. Staiting date is set for NovemSen Moss said that on Friday, ber 1, 1907, and completion is Son. Kennedy and his party will anticipated within one year. Esmhark on tin Colorado River timated cost of the project is below Glen Canyon Dam to float $125,000. Mr. John Rowley, archi- of Cedar City, is in charge through the Grand Canyon tional Raik. of construction design. Senator Moss and Kenni'dy will leave Salt Lake Citv earlv Thursday morning over the overfhgh. of Antelope Island, which Son. M vs hopes to have declared a National Monument by Congr ;.s 'this year, and thence on to in the Commission Chambers near Moab Airport the Court House commencing Tb.ev will then transfer to a jq a m helicopter for the Letters are being sent to stork flight into Canyonlands National holders explaining the nature of Raik. Sin Moss said, We expect to Miss Warrs visit and setting; up times for interviews with her. Of- - 1;:ml several times within tile ficials of the Corporation desire Park to permit Sen. Kennedy to the various sections of Cauthat members plan to schedule their time to talk with her and yonlands from the ground. If lend full support to this project. time allows, we will go onto the Colorado River at Cataract Canyon. Our final destination by helicopter will be Bull Frog Basin Seventies' Barbeque where we will embark on Lake Powell for a very scenic trip io Set This Weekend Aztec Canyon and Rainbow Bridge. Final preparations for the 70s, Other members of Sen. KenDay Barbeque are being wrapped will have flown to family nedys up by tfp Kanab Stake 85lh earlier. On ThursAriz., Page, Quorum of Seventy. day they will sail on Lake Powell Presidency of the quorum are making final announcement ol the big affair ad quorum members are canvassing the various wards of the stake in a ticket drive. Tickets Will also be available at the door, according to the presidents. - eere-Tvv- HUT Can-yonlan- j j , - chise. For Road Openng Attorney Warr will be headat the Coral Sands Moquartered by Don Ellison tel and will be meeting with The Fredonia Town Council is stockholders of the corporation, Two Frem Kane CounJy making plans for a gala celebra- as well as with other civic and tion and dedication of the compe-tio- community leaders. of Highway 389 on Saturday The hearing has been set for 5. The dedication G and will be held in Kanab, August July Kane County residents and celebration will be hcld have been appointed to slate on that tion of the if;hwav committees by Governor Calvin between Majn StIwt or u s 89A Fredonia Plans Big Rampton and confirmed by the d lst Wcst and will indude a Utah Legislature. program and barbeque. Fourth Celebration Ernest G. Kirby of Kanab has The settlements of Moccasin, By Don Ellison been appointed to serve on the Kaibab, and Colorado City arc With the theme of Fredonia, and Commhtce on Children invited to participate in the Friendly Town, a patriotic being Youth. Mrs. Madge Little, Ka- this dedication as well as the U.S. nab has been appointed to serve Park Service, Bureau of Indian celebration is being planned to start with the first day of July on the Board of Expositions or Bureau of Land Manage- as follows: Affairs, Fair Board. Mrs. Little served ment, and Arizona Highway DeJuly lst: Miss Fredonia Con in this area last year also. partment. test, 8 p.m., FHS gym. July 3rd: Childrens dance, 7 to II The annual barbeque is schedto begin at 7 p.m. this Satuled coronaFHS Queen gym. p.m., tion dance will start at 9 p.m. in urday, June 24 and will be heid in the Kanab Stake House in Kathe FHS gym. nab. JULY" 4th 7:30 town at Breakfast park, A program, which will take to 9:30 a.m.; parade, 10 a.m.; place during the dinner, has been games and races on school lawn, arranged for the entertainment 11 a.m.; concessions, 12 oclock; of those attending. Junior rodeo at old CCC corral, The seven presidents of the 1:30 p.m.; sandbug races one mile west of town, 3 p.m.; Little quorum extend an invitation to League ball game at town park, everyone in the area and espec5 p.m.; program and awarding ol ially invite tourists or other in FHS gym, 8 p.m.; fire- - itors in the area to join them for the yearly event. works at airport, 9:30 p.m. s 5 t long have wanted to take a trip through the Powell country, but havent dared because until Lake Poweli was formed, we knew it was entirely too rugged a trip for us. MAGAZINE ARTICLE Their visit coincides with rite release of the July issue of Na tional Geographic with its article and color photos of Lake Powell. She brought an ad vance copy to Art Greene, Colorado River pioneer and head of Canyon Tours, and autographed it for him. e 7osBfts j I grew up hearing much about Maj. John Wesley Powell (the man who explored much of the southern Utah area) from my Grandfather Bell, said Mrs. Jones. The two men became great friends in the early 1880s. In Youd be surprised at how fact, Maj. Powell along with my often the name John Wesley PoGrandfather founded the Nationwell comes up in a conversation al Geographic Society. in Washington, D.C., said Dr Jones. In fact, the Cosmos Club has an auditorium named for him. Dr. and Mrs. Jones took the lake trip, Canyon Tours three-da- y travel it in a jeep probably in seeing among other things, Rain August. With him will be Mr. bow Bridge and Cathedral in the Henry Helland or Lee Sargent of Desert, and camped out two the State Road Commission. He nights. also said he would be happy to TW O PREVIOUS ARTICLES Walt Edwards, who wrote and have representatives of this area go along and help survey the photographed the National Geographic Lake Powell story, had area. 80 of his colored In other discussion with the shown us about slides of the and there have area, Conutv Commission the top Utah two other feature stories in been Executive said he was not satis one in 1959 and fied with the way the Kaipar-owit- s the magazine 1964. one in coal project was progress- Still we were unprepared for what we saw. No picture or word lie said he seemed to be getting description can do it v.a: different stories from two sides the way Mrs. Jones justice, summed up and was planning to meet in his her reaction to the scenic granoffice with officials from the Bur- deur of Glen and Lake Canyon eau of Reclamation and Resour- Powell. ces Company in an effort to get The Joneses left this week for boih stories together and find a trip down the Colorado River-retrac- ing solutions to the problems. Major Powells journey. OTmtfy The Chief Executive of Utah said he felt t hat if the Gun Sight area could be settled on as a development site that it would be bigger than anything else on the lake. He said the state v. s trying to proceed sensibly on the entire lake. A few minutes after t He meet ty Commission as they discussed the problem of access road imo ing with the County Commission the Governor received several the Lake Powell area. citizencs particularly intererested Local citizens have been urging in these developments. He told the Utah Stale Road Commission them the same tilings and added to get started on a programed have told him ol that engineers two-milstretch of road at Glen an alternate route into the Gun Canyon City, going toward Warm Sight. Warm Creek area, other Creek. The Governor feels t.a: than the one being proposed b the Slate Road Commission is local citizens. wise to k.iow exactly what is goThe Governor said he is planing to happen before doing anyarea." in that ning to fly ov er the area and then thing with last years figure of Davdi Greenwood, B & C Road Fund Administrator, LTtah Stale Department of Highways, stated that the appropriation is made to the State Road Commission by the state auditor on the first day of March from the motor vehicle registration fund. The appropriation is made after the expenses registia-tio- of vehicles has been deduct ed. The State Road Commission--shar- e of the fund is $747,317.03 compared to $662,831.72 for 1961 Geographic July National Dr. and Mrs. Jones is tak-fron- The Class B & C Road funds counties and The primary purpose of tl.e Utahs twenty-nin- e 212 cities and towns will be the Class B & C Road funds it that are distributed to the counties recipients this year of $4,241 51.-0- of permanent road construction. and cities on a ratio established allocated from the Class B & Local when suitable, by the law. The ratio is based funds, C Road funds. This compaies should be used for maintenance 45G on population, 45 G on road for administrating the Lake Powell Area Featured In (The following article the Salt Lake Tribune). by Elizabeth Mayes The grandPAGE, ARIZ. daughter of Alexander Graham Bell, Mrs. Joseph Jones, and her husband, Dr. Joseph Jones, have made their first visit to the Lake Powell area. Bishop Arland Brooksby graciously receives contribution from Kaibab Lumber Company Division Manager, Owen Johnson, as his counselors, Eldon Johnson and Cliff Swapp look on. Distribution Of A-- B Road Funds For State Listed 9 We are rot dragging our feet. the Governor told the Kane Coun- $1.00 Yearly, lOe Single Copy Senators Kennedy and Moss Plan Visit to Lake Powell Gain- The advance man who sold the tickets for the event didn't 'cave a list of those who pur Officers of the Kanab Develop-- . 'based them or we would take the ment Corporation announced this initEiive in returning the money," week that their attorney Irene he explained. Wai r of Salt Lake City will be At the request of the Salt Lake n Kanab this Saturday, June 24, making preparations for the 1 Cabin L. Rampton, Govemor of the State of Utah, visited in Kane County briefly last Thurs-dav before moving on to Garfield County in his whirlind tour of Southern Utah Counties. it!7 Kanab Development Corp. Moves To Secure Franchise Cheryl is a senior at Brigham Young University and is affiliated with Vlion Yrsta Culture Unit. Max is a graduate of Valiev High Sehoul in Orderville, and of Fixie College in St. George an is also a senior at BYU. He filled a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, in the Noi thwostern States. (7o 1 Kaibab Gives $3 500 To Fredonia Ward This year the counties will receive $2,539,209.37 and the cities and towns will receive $1,702, 741.71. Last year, the counties received $2.4 million and the local communities received $1.6 milstated Mr. Greenwood. lion, curb mileage other than state roads and 10C on land area as each of these figures compare to overall The county or local commun- state population, overall road ity, upon application to the High- mileage and area of the state. way Department through the DisAccording to Mr. Greenwood, trict Engineer, may also use the funds for equipment mainte the county of Kane was allocated nance. In some instances, it has $67,358.15 for 1967. The populaalso been advantageous for the tion of Kane County is 2,667 with a mileage of 475.8 and land area county or community to allow us Class B & C funds to accum of 'll, 099. 78 square milqs. The ulate or to invest their their statistics for the cities and towns of Kane County are as follows: money in government offerings Alton population, mile 116; deof or bank time certificates alloca.35; 3.6; miles, sq. ages, posits. Mr. Greenwood credited the in tion, $557.18. Glendale; population creased I & C Road fund iliis 223; mileages, 2.1; sq. miles, .19; year to the greater number of allocation, 657.50. Kanab: popularegistered vehicles. Registered ve- tion, 1,645; mileages, 9.3; sq. hicles credtied to the 1967 figure miles, 1.00; allocation, 4,322.97; were 561,309, which compared Orderville: population, 398; milewith 552,237 vehicles for the 193 i ages, 2.6; sq. miles, .77; allocaallotment. tion, 1.078.94. operations, for sidewalks, and gutter installations. Kanab Girls Leave For Girls' State Both girls have been active in Chosen by the American Legion studentbody office of secretary- Auxiliary as among the mo t out- - treasurer for the coming school most school functions and have served on several committees. standing girls of the community year. to participate in Girls State are Chosen as alternates to the two Georgia Stew art and Tina Tlioi n were Maggie Aiken, daughgirls ton, students of Kanab ter of Mr. and ?drs. Duke Aiken. and Lvnn Henderson, daughter of T Georgia is the daughter of Mr. ci,,, m,-,-, drived on the Junior:,, ,jr and Mrs. Reed Hendersc and Mrs. Sherman Stewart and pronl committee. Tina is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Thornton. The week of activities beg'ns, Sunday, June 25 and will lake: place on the Utah State Univcr sity campus at Logan. Primary purpose of the aclivit is to give informatin and insti tion in the affairs of government that will foster and increase use fulness in the girls as future lead ers and citizens. Miss Stewart has been on the A-honor roll throughout her junior year. She has served as Junior Class reporter, Jun.er Prom Chairman, Larrjette advertising manager, FHA secretary-treasurer, and worked on the SPUR staff. l t ( She has been elected secretary-treasure- r ' i' V of the senior class foi next year. GIRLS STATE NOMINEES Miss Tina ThornMiss Thornton has been on the ton left and Miss Georgia Steu'art leave this A honor roll this year. She sorv weekend to represent Kanab at Girls State which ed as Junior class seeretary-tieaurer and has been elected to the will convene at Utah State in Logan. . - it s University J' f |