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Show A If AN INDEPENDENT ?i0N SELECTIVE SERVICE r BOARD ON members S 26. No- - Selective Complete Long Job for Carbon System, went out of existence VS Obviously nipping all rumors recently circulated about the railroad terminal at Helper being transferred to Green River was a statement received this week by Superintendent G. J. Reeves of the Carbon county school district from B. H. Decker, superintendent of the Denver and R i o Grande Western railroad. This statement was in reply to a point-blan- k question put by Superintendent Reeves whose interest in the matter related to the future of that communitys schools. Mr. Decker, in his reply, TO TERMINATION ORGANIZATION JOB FROM Board have distinction of staying when the met to cul-t- e a large their affairs and in humorous many the recall t0 .well as more serious expentake to in lot their was ,t than six during their more March 29, SfSrd members S rea ' of service. The Carbon county Selective the dlstinction cke board has few boards in the of one rfbemg that wound up its affairs still the original members George Leatham, upper left, who served as chairman of the Carbon Cou n t y Selective Service Board since its active. established and This board was habits first meeting on October A. i 1940 with George Leatham, as Peterson 0. J. and y Smith over aembers. Mr. Leatham took and continued ,e chairmanship tion. right the final is A. Upper until that capacity a N. Smith attor-Price daj. Frank Hanson, of and left is J. O. also has the distinction Peterson, m e m- -l and King appointed appeal agent bers who also remaining in that position until served the full the final day. time. Otto B. McKinnon was named he first clerk and he served until February of 1946 at which time CARBON UNIONS Martha Strong became the clerk. She fulfilled the clerk's duties for ASK STUDY OF Several months and upon her resignation Douglas Johnson, World was appointed. War II veteran, HIGH LIVING COST He remained until August of 1946 and was succeeded by Leon Lines who, as the present clerk, is preLETTERS POINT OUT ying the records for final INCREASE which will be transferred 150 to a central office in Salt Lake IN MANY INSTANCES I Mrs. Strong, prior to the position of clerk, acted Letters dispatched this week by deputy clerk for some time as the Miners Executive Union Counlinn Martell and Rae Oman, cil of Carbon county to Senators Lines is also a veteran of Elbert D. Thomas and Arthur V. ild War II. Watkins and Representatives WaiJoctors in the county who serv-dun- ter K. Granger and William A. the boards tenure were Dawson, Utahs congressional C. Hubbard, G. W. Anderson, delegation, demanded that these RDemman, S. W. Fennemore, officials go on record as propos- -' F. V. Colombo, E. V. Long, R. W. ing legislation or introducing a L. II. Merrill, Q. A. resolution demanding that a na-- ! Hobason, Whitir.g, F. J. Gurishek, J. E. tion-wiinvestigation be carried Dorman, 0. W. Hardy, C. W. out to find the reasons why living Judd, R. F. McLaughlin, J. D. costs have risen so sharply since Peterson and B. L. Finlayson. the abolishment of the Office of (Continued on Page Ten) Price Administration. The letter points out that living costs in many instances have risen UTAHS STUDENT as much as 150 per cent. While it is true the miners LUNCH PROGRAM received 18 Vi cents an hour increase in the 1946 Lewis-Kru- g agreement, besides longer hours TO FINISH YEAR imposed on them in 1943 which (Continued on Page Ten) on as-u- ng f. ng de Centennial Stamps ItuhdlJunch- ,p,rogram(. for withNow Available At This Office this school year tit and federal funds approxi 10 cents per meal, Rodney srby, head of the lunch pro-?aWhen you write to your friends announced this week. In Carbon of the state let them know out countv 39,491 lunches a:e served through the Utah is celebrating its centhat program neb month or a total of 1974 tennial year. To assist everyone per V. Schools in publicity Carbon county in this in the program are task, the Utah Centenial commis ... hard mg, sion has had Printed one million m, ed Central, Southside Carbon senior high school in poster stamps which should be c,.ice Ellington, Dragerton, used within the next month. jncyside, Hiawatha. The stamps will be distributed Spring and the to the public through this Central Helper locally '(tool, To obtain the stamps, , newspaper. Verage cost of type A govern- - merely call at The Kent approved meals, which sup in Price. 7 Irom to one-ha- lf The stamps will be issued in the daily riUnaI requrernents of quantity of one sheet (30 stamps) sbidenm rom ' 'S cents to an applicant, and to prevent children loss and wastage will not be issued fremen.tary school cents school high to children. They will be distrib- U en's uted as long as the local supply Ail stated. shby tstrictl. 10 the Carbon school lasts. ere -c- entlv raised to 20 Those who cannot come to this testj j e hhe inci eased costs office for of them, or fail to get them freparatiommCKlltieS Used in tbeir be:fore tbe local supply is ed, may obtain a sheet of stamps urtbfr stated that by writing Karl F. Weiler, asatlons require that sistant business manager, Utah Jdren Terence KfCannot afford the Centennial, Box 329, Salt Lake n cost of the meals ana City 8, Utah, and enclose a . must receiv"3 efederal allotments envelope. Kad federal31-(lee f charge' at tha been allocated FISK SINGERS GIVE PROGRAM perffiealPurv ed rate of lncIuciis milk, the federal The Fisk Jubilee Singers from nWuId have been aP 15 194G' the Fisk University at Nashville, hesaid InLDfternbor he fedcral bas been grant Tennessee presented a program of at less than the n,Cated proved group singing, solos and piano bmds W1th state! numbers in the Price civic audi- C drived rm a 4 per cent torium Tuesday at 11:00 a. m. A tax. capacity crowrd of school children year federal from the Helper and Price schools for .fool griJ5:i included .scbI lunch pro- - as well as townspeople were enalon288'594 for thusiastic in their applause fol.v,n order to obtain lowing the presentation of each 7 1450 onnC!! t0tals approx- - number. The program was prere Etate and in- - sented under the bbd'ual direction of the stiiHo 000 hentS have spent about Carbon college assembly Sun-Advoc- ne-thi- rd r- fr self-stamp- ed WELL-RECEIVE- S food-mon- noted. ev D stated that there is no immediate or future prospect of the railroad moving its terminal out of Helper. Such an undertaking would be a very expensive matter and so far as I OF TOE SUN AND CARBON MINERS IN MEMORIAL NEWS-ADVOCAT- E 1947 WILLIAM S. LINES PROGRAM FRIDAY ELECTED TO HEAD $ Number 14 Utah Symphony Sets Concerts Today In Civic Auditorium Miners of Carbon county will PRCE VFW POST gather tomorrow afternoon in the Price civfe auditorium at which tune a memorial program for the NEW OFFICERS TO BE MATINEE AT 2 OCLOCK THIS AFTERNOON TO 111 miners killed in the Centralia, INSTALLED APRIL 8; BE FOLLOWED BY PROGRAM AT 8 OCLOCK P. M. Illinois, explosion will be con- CHANGE MEETING DATE ducted. The general public is invited to attend. William S. Lines, World War II Overture to (Fantasia) Romeo and Meanwhile, approximately 25 veteran Tschaikowskys and member of the Utah mines whose employees are memwill be Juliet the first number given by the Utah State bers of the United Mine Workers state highway patrol, was elected orchestra this afternoon at 2:00 p. m. and again of commander Symphony of America are in the third day Miners of their Post this evening at 8:00 p. m. when, for the first time in the y memorial holiNo. 2379, Vetday. The miners laid down their history of Carbon county, a symphony orchestra will make erans of Fortools at midnight Monday and its appearance in the Trice municipal auditorium for the will remain out until after jnid-nig- ht eign Wars, at of April 6. 'v the organiza- enjoyment of symphony music lovers. Coal production still continues' The presentation of the symphony in Carbon county is tions last reguin the small mines which are not lar meeting unique in that never before has a full orchestra been preunder union contract. held Friday sented in this area. The cost of the production may exceed night. returns but loss is can see from an operat- ing standpoint, of no value to the railroad whatsoever. In addition to the expense involved should the plan be tried, changes in agreements and working conditions with various labor organizations would arise which,, in my would be insuropinion, Mr. Decker statmountable, ed in his letter. The letter closed with an emphatic denial that any such move is in the offing and stated there is no foundation for such a rumor. V A CONSOLIDATION Irice, Carbon County, Utah, Thursday, April 3, Rail Official Spikes Helper Move Rumors AFFAIRS AT SATURDAY MEET . NEWSPAPER J BUILDING MODEL CLUB IN PRICE GETS NEW START The We Built It Model Club, revival of the boys model building club, originally founded and sponsored by the Price lodge of Elks and inactive during the winter months, was organized Monday evening at the home of Marvin Brown at which time 10 interested boys met and selected their officers. Jack Sweetring, active in the field of model airplane building, a was elected president. Don Cole- man was named'vice president and Wilford Jensen, Jr., was selected as the secretary and treasurer vvith Billy Mathis as an alternate officer. Mr. Brown, who recently settled in Price, has been interested for many years in assisting young boys to get model building organizations under way and he plans to get several of the citys civic clubs interested in sponsoring such groups. He has also outlined elaborate plans for the summer months in which the boys can get the most out of the hobbies they have chosen to follow. The club members will specialize in building miniature models of every description and the airplane builders expect to enter their models in state competitions. The club will meet every Wednesday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p. m. at a location to be announced and President Sweetring has announced that all boys interested in joining can contact him at his home at 340 North Second East or Mr. Brown at 266 North Second East. SUGAR STAMP 11 NOW VALID FOR 10 POUNDS Sugar stamp No. 53 for five pounds of sugar is now invalid and sugar stamp No. 11 for 10 canpounds for both cooking and ning purposes is now in effect. Stamp 53 went out of circulation on Monday and the new stamp, No. 11, became valid on Tuesday of this week. SCHOOL BOARD IN SFECIAL MEET TODAY The Carbon county school board will meet in a special session tosalday to discuss contracts and aries for teachers for next year, according to G. J. Reeves, superintendent. six-da- DRAGERTON BID TOff GENEVA APPROVED BY REVIEW BOARD covered by the Utah the Mr. Lines any possible State commission. Centennial served in the The full orchestra of 68 pieces will appear for both the infantry in the Wm. S. Lina ' southwest P matinee and evening performances. The matinee performance and was in Hit service Jor is three years. He was Fora and reared in Carbon county and is a charter member 4)t the Pried V POLIO FUND OHIO MANAGEMENT FIRM F. W. post. During the. past year he served as senior vice com- LN CARBON RETAINED TO OPERATE mander. He succeeds Curtis ENTIRE TOWN SITE Sale of the entire town of Drag-erto- n to the Geneva Steel company was approved Tuesday by the real property review board, Washington, D. C., at terms of the companys bid of $1,553,000, according to W. E. Griffin, deputy director of real property disposal, war assets administration The company has retained the John W. Galbrcath and Company of Columbus, Ohio, to operate the entire town site and utilities and lease the homes to employees at a fair and reasonable basis in relation to purchase price to help assure sufficient miners to operate the companys Horse Canyon coal mine. Two officials of the Ohio company arrived in Price Monday and have established an office at Dragerton from where they will conduct all business connected with the supervision of the town. Previously government owned, Dragerton was declared surplus early this year and was placed up for bid with the Geneva Steel company submitting the highest bid gatW Present plans call for the school house to be given to the school dis- itrict for $1 providing it is main- t and thfi church hospital ' Abrams. Elected to serve with Mr. Lines were David Wallace, senior vice commander, succeeding Mr. Lines; Richard Pace, junior vice commander, succeeding Robert Hammond; John Grako, quartermaster, succeeding J. Herndon Virden; Luke Pappas, post advocate, succeeding A. John Ruggeri; Jack Abrams, surgeon, succeeding Dr. S. W. Fennemore, and Elmer Bertot, chaplain, succeeding Phil Fister. Trustees elected were Harold Patterick, three-yea- r; Harvey and Douglas Thomas, two-yea- r, T. Ward, one-yea- r. The newly elected officers will be installed at the next regular meeting to be held on Tuesday, April 8. Prior to the business of elections, the membership voted to change the meeting night from the second and fourth Fridays of each month to the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. It was also announced that the post voted to accept the lot donated by Frank and Valentine Vouk and plans are now progressing for the construction of an exclusive home for the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Carbon Students Legion Oratory Contest TOTALS TO MANAGE DRAGERTON Gerald H. and George R. Galbreath of the John W. Galbreath and Company of Columbus, Ohio, arrived in Price Monday to take over the supervision of the Dragerton townsite for the Geneva Steel company. The Galbreaths will spervise all housing rentals and other matters connected with at the library until April 10. the management of the town. four-minu- Al-ter- ra their daughter. $5203.98 T HALF OFvNEt A.MOUNT TO BE RETAINED BY COUNTY CHAPTER ,, and clinic for similar figures to responsible groups. Win According to officials of the defiGalbreath company, nothing nite has been announced as to the sale of the houses to individuMiss Merlene Forsyth, student als now occupying them. of the Price junior high school, was declared winner of the Fifth WORK ON RECORDS district American Legion Americanism oratorical contest held at Roosevelt last Saturday evening IS COAL Jimmy Lee, Carbon high school junior, was awarded runner-u- p honors in the speech contest, both WELL UNDER WAY for his delivery of a prepared oration on the general subject, and Construction work on the plant for his extemporaneous talk on of the Records Coal Processing Woman Suffrage. Miss Forsyth was chosen by plant near Wellington is now well under way, according to company three judges over five other conofficials. Placing of the twro testants from Uintah and Carbon eleven-to- n boilers was completed county senior and junior high last week and bricking of the schools for her presenboilers and boiler room has been tation on the Rights and Responcontracted. 'Retorts and condenssibilities Under the Constitution, ers are expected to arrive about the subject designated this year May 1. by the American Legion for all Excavation prior to erection of participants in the annual Amerithe office building is now being canism oratorical event. She was also judged first in the done, and carpenters will start te work by the first of next week. extemporaneous talk The necessary pipe to connect on- on Framing of the Constitution." to the city water main has been Joylene Curtis, a senior at received and trench work was high school, Uintah county, the winner of last years contest in begun today. The large supply of ammonical the Fifth district, was selected as liquor that this plant will produce third place winner. has already been requested by Judges were George H. Harrione of Utahs large chemical con- son, mayor of Roosevelt; Rev. R. cerns. It will be the policy of E. Cure of the Roosevelt Baptist the management to encourage the church, and E. J. Ward, Roosesale of its products for the bene- velt L D. S. ward bishop. fit of Utah interests as far as THIRD WARD WILL HOLD Actual production at the plant BASKET DANCE FRIDAY is expected to start by July 1. An Easter basket dance will be CENTENNIAL ART held on Friday evening, April 4, DISPLAY AT COLLEGE in the Third ward chapel, beginning at 9 oclock. The public is An art exhibit sponsored by the cordially invited and ladies are Utah Centennial commission in requested to bring a basket lunch conjunction with the Carbon col- for two. They will be sold at auclege art department is now on tion and the proceeds will go to display in the college library, it the Third ward building fund. was announced today by Carl E. Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon AnderOlsen, Carbon art director. The paintings are water colors by son left the fore part of this week John Lambson, famous Utah wa- for California where they will ter colorist. The display will be visit with Mr. Andersons brother PUNT DRIVE Vv Collections for the fight agairibi infantile paralysis within the' communities of Carbon county showed a decided increase over last year, according to a report released today by Charles Sem-ke- n, county chairman. The drive in Carbon county during the 1947 fund raising campaign netted a total of $5,096.20. The total collected was $5,203.98 and expenses for printing, advertising, coin boxes and other items totaled $107.78, according to E. R. Hansen, county drive treasurer. In 1946 the net total collected was $4,158.10 and in 1945 the net was $3,427.60, evidence of the increased contributions by the public over the years. Of the total, the Price Lions in club, who handled the a this city, turned in $1,563 Pi for the largest amount from a y one The next highest community. amount came from Dragerton and Horse Canyon with $1080.91. William Dance chairmaned the drive in those areas. The following amounts were donated in the respective communities and the chairman of the respective drives are as follows: Castle Gate, Willard Craig, $405.88; Clear Creek, Ladies AuxColumbia, Eu$111.10; iliary, gene DeAngeles, $111.78; Consumers, Terry McGowan, $28.00; Helper, Kiwanis, $136.90; Hiawai tha, local union, $337.85; Kenil-- ( Continued on Page Ten) being held principally for the convenience of the school children who will be admitted toy 25 cents. Adults may also attend the afternoon concert but the admission for them w.ill be $1.20. All admissions for the evening program will be sold at adult prices, $1.20. The symphony, reorganized this year under the direction of Werner Janssen, has already taken its place as one of the leading musi-'ty- a organizations in the country. Jhe New York Times and the Los Ajjfeles Timet have commented on the high standards set by the groupDwi the rapid progress made tcward the top ranks in the musical world. f The program oifcfs a variety of numbers which Wul ..appeal to both the musical cormoii?2ur and : the novice and wul include , ai stated, Tschaikowsky'c. 'Ov to (Fantasia) Romeo and Debussys Clair de Lune the last number of the first vhalf of the program, Strauss popular Tales of the Vienna Woods. The second half of the program will be devoted to Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Opus 95 from The New World by Dvorak. It will include: (1) Adio: Allegro (Continued on Page Tern . v ELKS SET ANNUAL 2-D- JUNIOR AY BOXING TOURNEY Roundup Ordered Of The first annual Elks Junior Boxing tournament for youngsters of southeastern Utah will be held at the Carbon college gymnasium on April 11 and 12 under the sponsorship of the Price lodge of Elks assisted by the Carbon college athletic department, according to Paul Mancina, chairman of the Elks sports committee. Mr. Mancina reported that the Price Elks lodge plans to make this an annual tournament and if Unlicensed Dogs By Chief Of Police ior division Stray dogs not having license tags whether they have collars or not will be gathered up by the city dog catcher and disposed of, said William Mclntire, police chief, Wednesday. Owners of dogs they desire to keep are advised that the best way to do it Is to pay the required taxes and secure the metal license tags to attach to the collars. Because of many complaints, the city has instructed Chief Mclntire to eliminate all ownerless dogs or those that do not have licenses paid. interest warrants, the tSumey will be expanded to include sen- Scofield, Kenilworth, Spring Canyon, North Emery, South Emery and Green River inviting them to send entries to represent their schools. 'Boys 16 years of age and under who have not reached their 17th birthday are eligible to compete and suitable awards will be given to winners in each weight class. VVyfVVVV MINER INJURED Nels Brotherson, 59, Wattis, was injured yesterday at 1:45 p. m. in a tipple accident at the Lion Coal company. He was loading material in a mine car in the tipple when he apparently lost his balance and fell about 30 feet into a steel railroad car. He received injuries of the head. He was tak-an- d en to the Price city hospital. VVV r Statewide Centennial Events TAKE MINE TESTS Approximately 250 applicants are now undergoing examinations in the Price civic auditorium which, if they pass, will qualify them as shot firers, fire bosses and mine foreman. The examinations are being conducted by State Mine Inspectors Sid Dobbs, Robert Schultz and L. L. Arnett and will be completed tomorrow. They got under way yesterday - fighters. Thus far, letters have been sent to the principals of the schools at Hiawatha, Castle Gate, Dragerton, Helper, Price, Notre Dame, Clear Creek, Spring Glen, Wellington, & $ April 3, today: Utah Sym- phony Orchestra, Price Civic Auditorium. April 5: Blossom Time at Fillmore; Angel Street at Ferron; But Not GoodS bye at Logan. April 11: Dear Ruth at v Fairview; Blossom Time at Manti; But Not Good- bye at Nephi. .' rApril 11 and 12: j' bon College Junior Boxing N N Tournament. April 12: Dear 0 at Mt. Pleasant; But Not Goodbye at Delta; An-g- el & Street at Vernal. 19: Blossom Time April S at Price. Elks-Ca- '' ,v |