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Show I Microfilming ISfil Corp. n4tPlerponrAve V ' ; . VOLUME outhM ju, M cu JL;;cin;a xxvni NO. 34 rr MAtlONAL JOITORIAl KANAB, UTAH, THURSDAY, MAY, 12, 1960 Winners Named In Kanab's Clean Up Drive Ending May 9th, Judges Have Hard Time With Lot Of Improvements Naming of the winners in city-wid- e clean up drive has posed a big problem, according to Harmaii C. Steed and G. Delmar Robinson,' who have been in charge of the three week long drive, and who have spent many hours of planning, working and judging along with various other workers who have watched progress and clean up during the drive. With the city divided into four quarters, judges were named to observe work in progress on all blocks, .with a first and second place awarded in each quarter and a first and second place, for the entire city. The home of Mr. and Mrs. George Bunting was named first place winner and the home occupied by Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Sprang (the old Kitchen , home) was named second place winner, receiving $25 and $15 respectively Winner of the NE quarter of the city is the Lynn Findlay home. The Vernon Black home took second honors. For the NW quarter the George Bunting home won first and the Scott Betenson home second. In the SW quarter the Joe Brown home won first and the B. C. Hewett home took second. For the SE quarter, the M. L. Sprang home won first and the tell Little home won second. Prize money for the quarter winners is $10 for first and $5 for second place. went to Honorable mention many well kept homes and yards, and as the judges explained some place may have been missed in the block surveys, due to one cause or another, but they went on to say that it is surprising how many beautiful and well kept homes there are in our fine little . city. Honorable mention awards go to Mr. Joseph Wooley, Doyle Smith, Mrs. Bertha Lewis, Clyde Young, Mack Frost, Duff Pugh, Ronnow Bunting, Harrison Frost, Richard Riley. Burton Banks, Jack Croft, Orville Robinson, Mrs. Clara Spencer, Mrs.' Helena Watson, Lew Applegate, Owen M. Davis, Dale Judd, Carlos Judd, Neil Crosby, Elgin Morris, Harry Robinson and Marve Adams. A new feature which started in the SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS last week Our Weekly Page of Features is receiving wide comment from many readers of the S- - U.N. This comic page . which is widely used throughout the nation has top readership for both children and adults. The SOUTH-UTANEWS, to our knowledge,, is the first weekly newspaper in Utah to start a regular weekly comic section. We hope that you, our readers, will enjoy this new section and addition to the S. U. N., it is another step forward toward a better paper for this area. H Kaibab Lumber Hosts Forest Officials Tuesday Some thirty persons were present at an outing and meeting of Forest officials, and officials of the Kaibab Lumber Company Tuesday on the Kaibab Mountain to discuss lumber problems and matters in relation to the harvesting of timber from the mountain. Representing Kaibab Lumber Company were three of the four Whiting Brothers who hold large lumber interests as well as a chain of service stations, garages, cattle and other business in Arizona, Utah, Nevada, California and New Mexico. Fathers and Sons E. I. Whiting and son Virgil came from St Johns; Arthur C. and son Milton of Holbrook and Flagstaff; and Ernest J. and son E. Jay of Holbrook and Flagstaff met with plant manager Mack Owen Johnson and comptroller superintendent Frost, Legging Orvil Bushman of the local plant. Representing the Forest Service were Flick Hodgins, forest supervisor of the Kaibab; Bob Diggs, timber management staff member from Williams; Fred H. Kennedy,, regional forester, New Mexico; also, Ed Grosbeck, Ernie Hardman and Gordon Hammon of the Albuquerque office. Local Forest representatives were William Finley, Big Springs District; Paul Senteney, Jacob Lake District and John of project timber Churches, sales. " -- -- This spring Utah took its story in person to thousands of d travel-minde- and Local School Boards On Consolidation The latest development in the controversial proposal Legion Auxiliary made by the State Board of Education to consolidate schools in Girls Trip Kane County was a The Kanab American Legion inspection of classrooms by a Auxiliary have been busy the past group of state, county, district few weeks working on a quilt raf-f- and local representatives Mon-dato raise money to help send two girls from Kanab to Girls Primary purpose of the study State in Logan, June 12 to 18th. According to Mrs. Delna Major condition of classrooms at each the quilt was won by Mrs. Sherm school, the teacher load and chanStewart. Girls named to go to ges that would be required if the Girls State are Cathryn Roundy schools were consolidated. and Charlotte Young with Karen Schools which would be affectPugh the alternate. ed by the proposed action are Valley High School, Orderville which" would" be consolidated with Kanab High School at Kanab, and , the combining of the Alton and Glendale elementary schools with the Orderville Elementary, at Ord- Two Finished Products The' Kaibab Lumber Company , Kanab High School News Rotes By Peter Dlrkmaat A new group of students will represent the KHS student body next year. In elections held last Friday, Bryson Jones was "elected Student Body President Other officers are James Glover, vice president; Peter Dirkmaat, secretary; Lorraine Ogden, advertising man ager; Charlotte Young, cheerleader; and Alecia Swapp, historain. Best of luck to all of them in keeping up Kanab High Schools high standards, and goals. The election campaigns were wild and woolly and also featured a nominating assembly in which all the candidates were introduced by their campaign managers who extolled their candidates virtues until they were subdued. . With the closing of school omnipresent we students are being crammed with all types of information by our teachers in the hopes that we might .have a slim in two finished products, besides their many feet of planned, rough and examinterior paneling, that is finding chance of passing year-en- d Kai-Dehave The inations. teachers hopes on market. use todays ready a 4x6 roof decking which is of us passing, but the students double tongue and grove is prov- have not the slightest glimmer of ing highly satisfactory with high such optimism. insulation and sound absorbent, and is rugged but' attractive. 20 per cent to Utah. Shadowall, in 6 and 12 inch widths Large Payroll is the other product. . two-thirof Approximately -- The Kaibab Lumber Company Kaibabs Fre at the 213 employees of million board feet stocks 124 donia operation lives in Kane logs for their winter operations. County and help furnish a million From 4 to 6 million ft of processed dollar payroll to this area. The d lumber is timber taken from 8,000 foot high and stacked in their yards for drying Kaibab has a sustained yield of board feet per year. and eventual marketing. 15 per- 42 million The initial operation by Whitis cent of their .annual output ings was started in 1946, with the shipped by rail to caster markets; present large mill at . Fredonia 30 percent goes to Arizona and' erected in 1952. is presently specializing k, semi-processe- room-by-roo- y. Named For Little League Play Tryouts for Kanabs two Little League teams .were completed Saturday, according to ' player agent Kent Carpenter, with the following boys named to play on thetwo teams, whiGh along with a team from Fredonia and vicinity and the Valley, will make up the Associations Little League Tri City play for this year. Boys who tried out but were not named to the two teams-wil- l get a chance to play in the minor league during the summer, and may gqt a chance for advancement this year; play in the minor league will give the boys experience and assurance of making the .team next year. Playing for the American Legion sponsored team, with Ned Welsh manager, are: Mack McAllister, Steve Hulet, John Glazier, Brian Honey, Sammy Carpenter, Anthony C. Chatterley, Donald Beard, Barry Kelly, Larry Dale Pugh, Kerry ..Carpenter, Brent Heaton, Harold' Hamblin, Nichlas H. Wright, Terry S. Lewis and Willard J. Decker making fifteen boys allowed on each team. For the Kanab Lions Team, with Les Pugh manager, are: Patric Chorus Score High In Festival The fine concert band, marching band and girls chorus of Kanab High School scored in top places last week end in the Regional Meet at Parowan. Ratings sent to Mr. Burke Anderson, instructor of the three groups, show that the concert band won an A rating; eighteen schools participated with only eight getting the A rating. The Marching Band won a B rating, only two of the eighteen schools won a higher rating than the B given the ' Kanab High which was nomy measure after a Kane County school study, March 21, has met with growing opposition from the northern communities. Under the school equalization program the state is currently per cent of the furnishing total funds in the district. State school authorities contend it is more costly to maintain several smaller schools than to support 81.1 a consolidated one. ' It will be up to the Kane County-School Board to decide if the schools will be consolidated. Participating jn the study were Gomer P. Peacock, Price, president of the State Board of Education; E. Allen Bateman, state supenntpndent of schools, and Le Grande Backman. state board member, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Ed- na Snow Cannon, Circleville, state School. I persons in the ten year Si t Kanab Promoter Sets Page Fight Card Plans for the first professional boxing card at Page, Arizona is scheduled for Thursday night, June 16th, said Francis Kelly, promoter of Kanab, and will be sponsored by the Page Recreation Association. Don Fullmer of West Jordan, Utah, brother of World Champ Gene Fullmer, has been tentatively signed for the main event Mr. Kelly said that he has been con- I semi-mai- n US Highway 89. I j j Undergoing Of Improvement US-8- 9 derway $3.5 million worth of imThe Girls Chorus also won a B cess. provements on Highways school with one getonly rating between Richfield and Kanab. ting an A out of the eighteen parIn advertising for bids on the Drive Cancer Is ticipating. section, Recordings made on the num- the state estimates the cost of conIn bers piayed by the groups gave Completed County struction at $810,000. The work is band high praise to the located in Kane County. The ofA total of $531.36 was raised ficial and chorus, and their instructor, opening of the bids will be for their balance and training. during the 1960 Fund Drive of held on Tuesday, May 24 at the the Kane County unit of the Amer- State Capitol Building. The proican Cancer Society, according to ject is to be completed in 220 figures compiled by Mrs. Bernice working days. The job will be Impressive Speakers Robinson, secretary and treasurer. to the lowest, qualified Kanab business houses contrib- bidder after bids are checked Headline Cedar Meet uted $153.50, Kanab residents the Department of Highways. by s $232 42; for a total of $385.92 in The state is completing details Cedar City A host of expert Kanab. two other projects in this for speakers will examine economic Glendale contributed $29.65; Utah section of US 89. potentialities of 'southern Utah Glen Canyon City $14.32; Mt Southern Both of these jobs will be adverColat in a' the Thursday meeting Carmel $22.75; Orderville $31.22; lege of Southern Utah auditorium Alton $17.50. Kanab Medical Cli- tised for bids and work commenc-ining during the summer. They in Cedar City. nic donated $30 to a memorial The session is being sponsored fund for the late Odell J. Watson. clude a twelve mile stretch from Marysvale south at an estimated by the Five County Organization Some 45 volunteers joined In cost of $650,000. The other is from and the Utah Committee on Inan encouraging message Elsinore to Joseph. This will be dustrial and Employment Plan- bringing of hope about cancer to their a six mite section that is estimated ning. friends and neighbors and accept- to cost $360,000. Sneakers Include Prof. Eugene ed contributions for the cancer Since 1958, the State epartment T. Wolf of the CSU; Rudger Atkin, control said Mrs. Clara of Highways has let bids on four program, Orpresident of the Five County Pratt, Kane County Chairman. other major jobs in this Southern ganization; Jay Bingham, director Utah area according to Wallace J. of the Utah Water and Power Stephenson District Engineer. This Board; Donald R. Olsen of Utah Concrete Pouring has totaled 19 miles of new imState University; C. Taylor Burprovements at a cost of over $1.7 ton, Utah State Highway director. million. Dr. Elroy Nelson, vice president Set For area on the Road Commission is of First Security Corp.; Dr: Lloyd area on the Roal Commission is R. Hunsaker of Utah State UniAl Glen Canyon; Dam W. J. Smirl, Kanab, Utah. versity; Dr. Osmond L. Harfine, t . Il I 9 Ai new con' director ofthe Bureau of Economic J t May Washington, ment. and Business Research, University struction of the phase concreting Interior Officials believe the of Utah; E. S. Kotok, Ogden, U.S. Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona will haul of the concrete from the Forest Service, and Otto A Wies be initiated June 17 when Interior ley, chaiman of the Utah Com- Secretary Fred Seaton trips the plant at Clarksdale, Ariz., will be the longest in construction history. mittee on Industrial Plannings first yard bucket full of j - June 17' I . ' 188-mi- 'Card of Thanks concrete. When the Dam Is completed in 1964, the waters of the Colorado will be backed up in a 186-milong lake into Utah behind the 700-fohigh barrier. Total cost of the dams is estimated at $324,074,000. This covers the power plant, switch yard and including protection of Rainbow Bridg National le H - 194,062 period from 1950 to 1960 Kane County witlt a gain of 359, from 2,299 in 1950 to 2,658 in 1960 is one of the 17 Utah Counties to show a gain. 12 of the 29 counties show decreases in population. tacting fight managers all 'over th intermountain region for a worthy opponent and said that he would announce the name of Fullmers opponent as soon as he closes the contract. Frank Hardison, who fought several outstanding bouts with Manuel Ellias here in Kanab, will be in the event against kn0CkUt m ehargeof the Adamson. ?nwillbe the track. Scott concessions Billy Murray, chief spar mate for Betenson is chairman of the Race Meet Beauties who will also take Gene Fullmer will be matched, as part in the parade. He Is assisted will Thuman Lucky, another of by Hilma Dennis and Clara Pratt Jensens fighters out of west JorAdvertising and publicity is head- dan. Lucky is a heavyweight much ed by Calvin Johnson, assisted by on the same style as LaMar Clark. Mr. Kelly said that ticket sales Duff Pugh, . Delmonte McAllister, Scott Betenson and Clark Swapp. and other information would be The Kanab Roping Club, under forthcoming in the near future. chairmanship of Jim Bunting will offer entertainment between races with roDing and riding events, they will be joined by the Page Roping Club in many events. Both Clubs will join in the parade. Lot The Kanab Jaycees are helping with publicity and will furnish the loud speakers both days for the several events. The Kanab Lions Club is furnishing the starting The Utah State Department of gates and the stables at the track. Ail proceeds in excess of ex- Highways has asked for bids on from Alton penses will go toward improving the section of and completing the Little League Junction southwesterly for apball park and the Kanab City Park. proximately five miles toward Many business in the area are Glendale. Road officials point ou contributing to the race purses in by the end of the summer that the order to assure the meet a suc- - state will have completed or un- We would like to take this means of thanking our many relatives, friends and others, for their AND I QUOTE kindness and help at the time of It is a wise man who can be death, and for the beautiful funthrifty without being stingy; who eral services and burial of our can be generous without . being mother. wasteful. The family of Lettie Y. Swapp ... -- US-8- 9 board district representative; Owen M. Davis, Kanab, superintendent of Kane County School District; Lynn F. Findlay, president and Mrs. Rachel S. Findlay, clerk, Kane County School Board: Gail Heaton, Alton District representative; Theron Salter, Mt Carmel School Board, and two' members from' Orderville representing a citizens committee in protest of conLewis, Max MacDonald, Paul F. solidation, Mrs. Betty Sorenson Salt Lake Roundy, N. Randy Cram, Kirk and W. Reo Heaton. R. Swapp, Timothy Jon Brown, Tribune. Denny Frost, Steven B. Rade, Lynn Barry Judd, Sterling Gardner Donald R. Dennis, Warren L. Weather Man Turns Quamberg, Kirk Heaton, Gregory Heat On Over Area Honey and Mack Hamblin. The weatherman in the Kane Mr. Carpente r said that he would like to take this means to County area joined the rest of the thank the men who helped in state in setting near record highs the tryouts of the boys and in for this time of the year when the mercury soared to 86 degrees Getting the League underway. First game of the season has on the 9th, to 90 on the 10th and been set for June 6th. Names of to 92 Wednesday the 11th. Low boys from the Fredonia and Valley for the 11th was 61 degrees. teams will be published in next The jumpin temperature was weeks Southern Utah News. more noticeable, due to the fact that less' than two weeks ago, the mercury had dropped to below BockrcsMh Corning freezing throughout the area. The storm last week left good The Bookmobile will be in the moisture over the area with 0.21 County next week, coming to. Al- hundredths recorded at the Kanab ton, Glendale and Orderville Mon- Weather station. Two good storms day, May 16 at the usual time and in April deposited 1.06 inches here to bring the total for the places. ' since October, to 831 in year 17 will at it May stop Tuesday, ces In Mt . Carmel the morning and come on to Kanab that same day where it will be at the High School in the forenoon and at the Elementary School in the afternoon. It is asked that everyone please bring their overdue books in for the Bookmobile visit j Kansk Bend end proposal, recommended as an eco- The preliminary report of the federal census for the state of Utah shows an Increase of 1960 May 20 and workers. The parade at noon Friday finds Alvii Judd chairman. The popular Kanab High School band will furnish the music for the parade and march. Stable, track and horses are under Donald Swapp and Delmonte McAllister. M. W. (Peaches) Beard will be the starter and together with Doc McDonald and Deimont McAllister they have the gates in top shape ready for the opening day. June McAllister and Karl Jameson will handle pony-bo- y duties each day. The two day carnival, following the races Friday and Saturday, morning at the Ward Hall grounds, will be handled by Duff Pugh, with Della Pugh vice chairman. Marve Adams is chairman of the dance Saturday night. Square dan- cinS wil take place from 8 to 10, regular dancing the "st ?f the, "ng. Nearby square dancing dubs have been invited to attend. . Clark Swapp will be in charge of tickets ' and admissions. Mrs. Calvin Johnson and Mrs. Bob i erville. The consolidation BULLETIH Calvin Johnson, 'chairman and Duff Pugh vice chairman are being assisted in the two day, effort by the following committees and This years exhibits were a result of cooperative effort from various agencies. The State Fish and Game Department and the fi?" Juan Commission helped staff at Los Angeles, while ' the San Juan Commission also provided personnel for the Dallas show. In addition, several county commissions and chambers of commerce helped defray expenses. As a result, Utah had one of most interesting displays at as attested by com-- ! both shows pliments from other exhibitors as! well as the large number of people who stopped at the Utah booths. Team Members Association, 21. gram. KANAB el Racing additional attention through free in daily newspapers, publicity radio and television in Los Angeles and Dallas. A colored movie and slides on Utahs attractions were also shown to many audiences. This .bonus publicity, plus effective personal distribution of Utah literature, has encouraged the state council to include travel shows in its future advertising pro- Room by Roczn Survey Completed By State Sponsors With the date for Kanabs. Annual Race Meet just a week away, committee members of the Kanab Area Motion Picture Assn, and other Clubs here are winding up details for a successful two day meet in conjunction with the Utah Californians and Texans, who consistently make up a large proportion of the states visitors. This was done through the medium of special Utah exhibits t huge sports and travel shows in Los Angeles and Dallas, held during March and April. As many as 150,000 people saw Utahs colorful booth at these two shows, and more than 50,000 pieces of Utah literature were personally issued to prospective visitors. Many hundreds of trips into Utah were actually planned over the counter at the two shows. According to D. James Cannon, director of the State .Tourist and Publicity Council, sponsor of the Utah exhibit, the state received Thousands of prospective Utah visitors saw this colorful state display at sports and travel shows In los Angeles and Dallas this spring. Booth provided Information and literature about Utah's vacation possibilities. The display pictured here with Ward J. Roylance of the Utah Tourist A Publicity Council, and Mrs. Gene San Juan County, was a cooperative effort of the Blickenstaff, state, counties and chambers of commerce. , p, Chairmen, Committees Windup Details For Kanab's Annual Race Meet May 20 and 21st, Under Utah Racing Assn. Region To Bring Tcnrisls Info Sfate Chairman Steed and Robinson said that they would like to thank the many who worked with .them on this project, and. that they wih the Kanab City Council would like to thank all home owners in' Kanab who put their efforts in to make a cleaner, better appearing and wholesome Kanab city. The Kaibab Lumber Company cut a total of 110 million board feet of timber in 1959; in addition to the local mill Whiting Brothers operate mills in three other western states. The Kaibab operations is managed directly by E. Jay and Milton Whiting with general offices in Flagstaff. Mills at Wan-shiUtah; Littleton, Colorado and Flagstaff also . come under this operation. The company, besides their own cutting and manufacturing, contract from many small sawmills for their wuput to finish and place bn the market. Starting the four Whiting Brothers, E. I., Ernest J., Ralph E., and Arthur C., in the lumber bust ness was Edwin M. Whiting, father who operated his first sawmill on what is now the Whiting Homestead near Greens Peak in Apache County, Arizona. His first operation was started jn 1891. $330 Yearly, 10c Single Copr Ufch Covers Large4 Ka-na- New Feature Page Running In S. U. It. lASgQC5M6H e le Friday 13th Is A' DayTo Ponder Friday the 13th, contrary to popular belief, is a happy day for the average American because now he is working for himself and his family. - (Continued on Page Six) x |