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Show O hmuin VOLUME tala News THl XXVI NO. 48 kanab, utah; Thursday, sepetmber Salt Lakers Tour Kanab - Glen Canyon Area . ' i i , ' ' x FHi' i:s ':: - . s'- '' H$- ' ' '' Part of the delegation of officers and members of Tourist Enterprises, Inc., are shown above in the cavalcade that started from Salt Lake City last week apd came to Kanab for an official inspection of the local site chosen for early development. Approximately 50 persons made the tour and spent some time at Glen Canyon Dam site as well as looking at several attractions nqar Kanab. A meeting with members of the Kanab Chamber of Commerce was held in Kanab Saturday -- - ; vv - evening, and several members of Kanab City Council also attended. The local meeting and tour were planned to get better acquainted with people in the Kanab area. Two Kanab men, Fay Hamblin and Dr. Wayne P. Kelley, ,are. advisers to the board of directors for the large corporation and also are stock- holders. Other southern Utah men actively interested in the development are Jack H. Scholtzen of Hurricane and lanthus Wright of Cedar City. Attend Conference At Beaver Last Week and husSeveral Jayce-Ette- s bands from Kanab attended the Southern Utah Conference at Beaver last week. Attending were Diane and Doyle Franklin, Jean and Mel Swapp, Elsie and Leon Swapp, and Jo and Kelley Johnson. The couples reported a good time and enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner as welL park, in Beaver canyon, was the site of the conference. On September 4, the Jayce-Ette- s held a business meeting at the home of Elsie Swapp, where two more offices were filled and another committee organized. Margaret Excell was named to the T V committee and Arloa as membership chairman. The committee for the Annual Doll Raffle was chosen, with Luticia Swapp as chairman and Diane Franklinand Elsie Swapp, Pon-lero- sa Ros-enda- hl - Following the business meeting, the group were served cake and hot chocolate. Local Distributor Featured In National Magazine Karl Jameson, distributor for Standard Oil Company of California, who resides in Kanab, was featured in two full pages of photographs and text in the issue of the magazine "Clues, published by Ford Motor company . The article, Harnessing a River in the West, featured Mr. Jamesons part in helping to pioneer and work in getting construction started on the Glen Canyon Dam project. He, together with his trucks, also were featured on the cover of the magazine. Mr. Jameson began servicing crews and the dams first contractors in the spring of 1956, when access to the site from Utah was only a narrow, muddy trail, with heavy sand to contend with in many places. Besides serving the Glen Canyon Dam area on this side of the river, Mr. Jameson covers a bo lit 17,500 square miles of area in his territory. August-Septemb- . g THCOIQ TIMES The man who toots his own horn soon has everybody dodging when he approaches! Tourist Enterprises, Inc., a Utah corporation recently set up to develop the tourist business within the state, who will develop their first big project at Kanab with an ultimate $3 million project, told the Southern Utah News that they anticipate getting construction started here by November 1. The corporation has completed purchase of the 390 acres of land just east of Kanab, formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Hall L. Hibbard of Los Angeles. Plans resort motel call for a e with a golf course, swimming pool, and other attractions to make it a center for the tourist attractions of all southern Utah, Including Glen Canyon Dam, Zion and Bryce National parks, and the Grand Canyon, besides many local points that will be of unusual interest to the touring public. Aim of the corporation is to develop, at strategic locations in the state, facilities and ao-- ; comodations in the form of destination developments, to hold the tourists and vacationers for longer periods of time, rather than the "overnight stops. The immediate development at Kanab will be of a family resort type. Horseback riding facilities, childrens playgrounds, a tennis court and novelty vacation facilities will be included. According to officials of the corporation, "Kanab has been selected for the first development in the state because it is the hub of so many natural tourist attractions visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists each year Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Zion National park, the Sand Dunes, and many others, with newly added Glen Canyon Dam, the bridge of which will be completed early next year. e plans of the cominclude similar facilities at pany other of Utahs scenic spots, all with scenic, historical and archewhich no ological attractions other area in the world can 350-un- it nine-hol- Long-rang- equal! A LDS airport im- provement project for Kanab were opened here Tuesday but the low bid of $32,162.20, submitted by Whiting & Haymond Construction Co., Springville, was some $2,800 over the engineers stimate. The airport improvement project includes two miles of pipeline to supply the airport with culinary water, two parking aprons, two taxi strips, and of a quater of a mile of access road from U. S. Highway 89 to the airport. Part of the bids for the pro-je- t were rejected last month, when the lowest bid was more than $8,000 in excess of the engineers estimate. A separate bid for a $10,0u0 airport administration building was accepted by the Kanab City Council and State Aeronautics -- Tourist Enterprises Inc., Plan Start On First Development Project at Kanab s Airport Bids for a $30,000 near full-pag- e advertise- ment for the corporation will be found in this issue of the Southern Utah News. Local Girl Featured Miss Sharon Hamblin, pretty and talented young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hamblin of Kanab, was featured in the August 20 issue of Life magazine in a fashion pose in color. Miss Hamblin was chosen to represent Kanab as the typical girl of this area by Life representatives who worked in conjunction with Mr. and Mrs. Dean Vance of Parry Lodge and Fay Hamblin. Six different towns were chosen from throughout the nation to feature various fashions and the choice brought merited recognition to a Kanab girl as well as more publicity for her home town and fop all southern Utah. full-pag- e high-lev- el re-oili- Board. Kanab Mayor Harman Steed opened Tuesdays bids. Also on hand were State Aeronautics Director Harlan Bement and Wiliam Smirl, Kanab, a member of the State Aeronautics State Ruling on Set Pari-mut-uel For Vote Test Utahs Attorney General E. R. McAllister Wednesday ruled that a proposition to legalize parimutuel betting on horse racing in Utah will be placed on the ballot for the general election on November 4. The right of direct legislation by the people should not be defeated in the absence of a clear failure of compliance with the the law, says the opinion, writ ten by Walter L. Budge, deputy attorney general. Secretary of State Lamont F, Toronto had asked for the opinion after a large number of on petitions for the referendum had been disqualified by county clerks. Mr. Budge cited a state law Utah Code Anno(Sec. tated, 1953) which permits sponsors of initiative referendums to obtaina additional signatures within dealine of 50 days before a general election. The Utah Racing association, by August 5, had filed petitions bearing more than 55,000 signatures. After being checked by county clerks, the number of signatures of qualified voters was reduced to 30,170, which is almost 2,000 below the required number of 33,289. The opinion points out that there were ample signatures to qualify the initiative referendum except for the fact that so many were disqualified. HIt appears that in one county some 50 per cent of the signatures were not certified to, the opinion says. "Subsequently, and more than 50 days prior to election date, the sponsors recirculated and submitted to the secretary of state additional petitions containing sufficient certified signatures to qualify the petition for the ballot, the opinion further states. , Mr. Budge concluded that, "provided the facts are as we understand them the proposition must therefore go onto the ballot. The initiative petition to go onto the ballot would propose a law to provide for appointment of a State Racing Commission. This commission would appoint a director and would have authority to issue licenses for any person, club, or association to conduct horseracing meets. The commission also would establish rules governing 'such meets. . Of the bets on the horse races, which would be legalized under th? proposed law 87 per cent would go to those holding winning tickets. The remaining 13 per cent would be distributed as follows: Btate uniform school fund, 2 per cent; 6, five-memb- er pari-mutu- el $3.50 Yearly, 10c Single Copy "r A 9 Kanab Conference Services For Improvements Tuesday to road-buildin- aJLi y , i,- 'V; Jayce-Ette- iUL On V If nn Bids Top Estimate V 3 nr 11, 1958 Church Meet Sept. 6, 7th The 320th Quarterly conference of Kanab stake, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints, was held, at Kanab Saturday and Sunday, September 6 and 7. There were no members of the General Authorites of the church present for this conference. Stake President Daniel S. Frost presided over and conducted the morning and afternoon sessions on Sunday. Principal subject of the meeting was missionary work and returned missionaries reporting their missions were Darnell Jones, Delwin C. Jackson, James F. Maxwell, Wayne Robinson, Ernest D. Workman, and Maurice Pugh., Other speakers were President Frost, President E. Jay Whiting, President Odell J. Watson, Gilbert G. Heaton of the St. George High Council; Bishop Claude M. Glazier of Kanab North ward; Bishop Isaiah Meeks of Kanab South ward; Bishop Jack H. Maxwell of Gendale ward; Bishop Byron D. Roundy of Alton ward; Mrs. Leah Jackson, William J. Schmutz, Boyd Robinson, and C. Keith Anderson. Dr. and Mrs. Wayne C. Kelley spoke of their recent conversion to the church. Those released from positions in the stake organization included Lyman M. Feterson and C. Keith Anderson as stake clerks; Antone R. Hamblin, Valton E. Jackson, and Harman C. Steed as Stake YMMIA superintendency and James Reynolds as secretary; Leah Jackson, Eva O. Peterson, and Lois W. Swapp as Stake YWMIA- - presidency and Afton Mar Cram and Rhoana Findlay as secretaries; F. Melvin Rider as 1st assistant of the Stake Genealogical committee and as secretary of the 85th Quorum of Seventies; and D. of the same quorum. Wayne Rose from the presidency Sustained in the vacancies thus created and other vacancies were Mark J. Brinkerhoff as a member of the Stake High and Council; Boyd Robinson William J. Schmutz as stake clerks; LaMar Bybee as superintendent and LaVar Richman and Louis Chatterly as assistants in the Stake YMMIA; Lola By bee as president and Verna Pugh and Lois W. Swapp as assistants in the Stake YLMIA; and Delbert R. Palmer as president and James Maxwell and Dale Spencer as counselors in the 1st Quorum of Elders, with Arval K. Palmer as secretary. Music for the Sunday general sessions was presented by the Kanab North and South wards mixed choir under the direction of LeRoy Judd with Kathleen At water at the organ. The following songs were presented: "Oh, Be Joyful in the Lord, Come, Heavenly Father, from Above, "Calvary, "Song of Paradise, Peace, Troubled Soul, and All Mighty God- of Our Fathers Congregation singing also was directed by Mr. Judd. Prayers for the Sunday ses sions were offered by Dale Spencer, James F. Maxwell, Hans T. Sorensen, and Dale Davis. Loud speaking facilities for the overflow gathering in the chapel basement were operated by Winston Jepson and Willard Decker. There were 511 in attendance at the Sunday morning session and 501 at the afternoon session. y - Engegeraenl Is Carmel Resident Heated Campaign In November Election Held Last Week An unexpectedly large vote in Kane county for the only county office on the ballot, and a statewide swing toward the Democratic party were the highlights of the Primary election in Utah Tuesday, in which only a light turnout at the polls was noted generally. In the race for the nominacommissiontion for four-yeer on the Republican ticket, Merrill R. MacDonald went to a lopsided victory over Daniel S. Frost. Both are Kanab men. ' Funeral services were held in Mt. Carmel last week for Mrs. Zerelda Hoopes Allred, who passed away August 30 in Omaha, Nebraska following a long illness. Bishop Wilbur Covington conducted the services and interment took place in the cemetery. ar Fredonia News and Current Events By I vis Farr A newly engaged couple, Miss Arleen Bunting and Lyle T. Lamphere, has circled October Cool-idg- large-scal- e M. COX Ray Palmer spent a couple of days last week in Sanpete county, attending FF A meetings. Mrs. Elinor Baldwin is home after spending a few weeks in Salt Lake City and vicinity. Mrs. Charlotte Hoyt and son Bruce, from Merced, California, are visiting here for a few days. Bruce will go to Provor soon and attend BYU this coming school year. Charles Robinson was here from California last week, visiting relatives and friends. 126-pou- two-da- y - Miss Louise Robinson, Miss Fredonia for 1958 and our candidate for the Miss Coconino County title, is in Flagstaff this week for the preliminaries and contest to be held in conjunction with the County Fair on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of this Many people are discussing Tuesdays election and the returns. On the local level, Louis A Wagner defeated Joseph Brooksby, incumbent, 80 to 32, to win the Democratic nomination for justice of the peace, Mr. Wagner is a comparative newcomer to Fredonia but has owned property here for about nine years. Since his compulsory retirement as a maintenance man in the California school system, he has built a home on his property in the west side of town, where he resides with his wife Lillian. The first meeting of the local featured a discussion of the reading program to be used in the Fedonia Elementary school this year. Mr. Keith,J3ry-ner- , vice president, led the discussion. A supper was served, with President Bruce Cluff and Secretary Nedra T. Payne in charge of arrangements. Remember that the second Wednesday evening of each at the Fredonia month is P-T- A pot-luc- k school! 160-poun- d Pan-guitc- week. P-- independent candidate. Watkins this year. defeated Carvel Mattsson of again Richfield by a large majority to Sherill Swapp left Monday for get a try at his third term in the Bingham, where she expects to sena te. have employment this coming winter. In the race for Congress, 1st district, M. Blaine Peterson defeated David M. Welling by a Fighi Card large- majority in the Democratic primary. Pleases Kanab Fans Democratic voting in Kane county was light, with most of The fight card staged the night the voters apparently swinging of September 1 in connection to the Republican side to cast with Kanabs observance of Latheir votes in the commission bor day was declared by all to race. County voters gave Wat- be an outstanding one and was kins 336 votes and Mattsson 157. well supported with a good turnMoot received 12 votes and Rob- out of fight fans. erts 5, while Peterson was given Kenny Young, classy young 13 votes and Welling 3. fighter of Kanab and Page, lost In the commission race, Kanab a close decision to Manuel Elias voted 245 for MacDonald and 83 of Phoenix, but the fight was a for Frost; Orderville voted 63 good one and won the obvious for MacDonald and 15 for Frost; approval of the fans for the Glendale gave MacDonald 26, main event. This was a Frost 17; Mt Carmel voted 22 for class bout MacDonald and 8 for Frost; and Armand Cadall of Cedar City Al,von voted 16 for Frost and 13 dropped the decision to Nate Ish for MacDonald. of- Phoenix in the diTotal vote for MacDonald was vision. 369 while Frost received 139, givDick Johnson of Kanab won his ing MacDonald a majority of 230 bout with Larry Coons of votes. weighing 160 pounds. This is the fourth win for. young Johnson in four local fights and he showed real class by knocking Kanab High Coons out for a clear-cu- t win.' Wendell Heaton, Kanab heavySchool Hews Holes weight, knocked out Dillenger John for his win. Wendell is beAs school started out this year, as one of the best a new schedule was started also. ing recognized in the area. fighters The day, approved Several good preliminary bouts' by the State Department of Edu- preceded the bouts listed. cation, is working on an experiFrancis Kelley, who has been mental basis, to see if it works teaching the local tricks of for the best needs of school. the fighting game,boys the helped Each class is 50 minutes long, LDS celebration committee stage interval be- the fights. with a tween classes. Several students have commented on the way time has flown. Public Notice And, by the way, any alumni who have old books floating Law enforcement officers in around home, PLEASE bring Kanab and Kane County anthem to school. They are desnounce that closer observance perately needed. of curfew hours will be expectAs to whats coming up on the ed. calendar: This coming Friday, Curfew hours are 10:30 the 12th, here will be a football on school nights and 1 a.m. on game, Kanab at Richfield. There will be a big dance after. And, Friday and Saturday nights. on Friday, the 19th, we will play Dixie with a big dance that night. ii'i Ramona Davis v. ,1 six-rou- T . The Fredonia LDS Relief held their monthly work meeting Tuesday at the chapel under the direction of the work counselor, Karen B. Call. Two quilts were worked on and other bazaar articles were prebanquet was pared. A served at noon. Mildred Morrison was in charge of the nursery and had 20 children present. Sixteen mothers were in attendance. y y pot-luc- k as their approaching wedding date. They will be married at the home of the bride in Kanab. Miss Bunting is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Bunting is the and the bridegroom-to-b- e Mutual Manners was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Meurs of Rapid City, South Da- theme of the assembly program at MIA meeting Tuesday evekota. ning. The Mia Maids and Explorers, under their leaders, Shirracing commission, for adminis- ley Swapp and Eldon Johnson, tration purposes, 1 per cent; presented the skit. Art McKinsponsoring organization, for op- ney, Dick Ellison, Wade Brooks- erating expenses and profits, 9 (Continued on page three) per cent. 11 By ALLEN - Aerial reseeding of three varieties of grasses was completed this (Wednesday) morning over 3500 acres of Kaibab North forest, according to Ranger Tom R. Jones of the Big Spring district. The reseeding, done under contract by Bill Burns of Arizona, was in two areas. One area is near Ryan and the other on Sowats Point, farther south and west of Ryan. The grasses selected for this planting were crested wheat, yellow clover, and weeping love grass. The plane used was based at Kanab airport for the operation. Good germination is expected since the land seeded is in excellent condition due to the recent heavy rains in these areas. all-da- - Alton News Notes Born November 2, 1897 in Beaver, she had lived several years in Mt. Carmel. In 1953 moved to Henderson, Nevada, where she had lived with her daughter, Mrs. Arlene Anderson, until July Statewide, the Democratic par. of 1955, at which time she movty exhibited greater voting ed to Omaha to live with her son strength than in previous years, Darol and family. She had been with a total of 60,468 voting confined to her bed in Omaha Democratic against 57,534 Resince last December 14.. publican in 1058 of the 1077 total Survivors are two sons, Don- voting district. ald of Burbank, California and Frank E. Moss, Democratic Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Pugh left Darol of Omaha; two daughters, candidate for the U. S. Senate, Monday for Salt Lake City for a Verma Allred, Salt Lake City, defeated BrigHam E. Roberts to short visit. . ai'd Mrs. Ken (Arlene) Ander- becomp the Democratic partys Mrs. Ardis Evans and Mrs. son, Henderson; also by three choice to run against incumbent brothers, two sisters, and ten Senator Arthur V. Watkins and Ruth Wilson of Hatch were visitgrandchildren. Her husband, Jos- former Governor C. Bracken ors in Alton Friday . eph Parley Allred, and five chil- Lee, who will he running in the Mrs. Melba Jalmer is teaching dren preceded her in death. November general election as an school at Short Creek, Arizona So-cit- Annosneed By Kanab Paresis- Primary Race Settles Candidates For Mt. h, seven-perio- d five-minu- p-- Sports Review . . . Well, here we are for the first time this year, with a little something about sports. I suppose we had better talk about football, seeing as how it is football season. In comparing this year with last, lets say we are about even. However,- we will be a little weak in a couple of positions. Our quarterback this year is inexperienced but he is trying hard and Im sure, by the time our league games start, there will be no weak spots on the team to complain about. Our first game will be played with Richfield at that place on Friday, September 12. Our first home game will be on Septem ber 19, against Dixie. We want to see all of the town folks out to the home games this year. See you next week! Pat Duffy - ITS A DUTCH TREAT when Ericka Kraft and Frankie Saw-er- s glide across the ice stage in HOLIDAY ON ICE of 1959. Youll enjoy their brilliant showmanship when HOLIDAY opens September 12 at UTAH STATE FAIR In Salt Lake City. The ICE spectacular will continue through Sept 21, |