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Show To be held this weekend Festivities set for Price's 75th birthday A special edition of the Sun Advocate will be published Friday which will feature old stories and photographs of Price and Carbon County. The special edition will commemorate the Diamond Jubilee celebration of Price. April 1, 1911 was the actual date of Price becomning a third class city in Utah, but the celebrating will begin on Friday and run through Saturday and Sunday. On Friday evening a special program will be held at the civic auditorium in city hall. At 7 p.m. April 4, Gary Tomsic, former Price city administrator, will speak on the history of Price and will show slides of Price from years ago. George Grivet, life-lon- g resident of Carbon County and retired businessman will show old 16 mm movies taken of Price and the county in the early 1930s and on. Some of his movies feature former city celebrations and parades. Tomsic is a noted historian and possesses some excellent slides of old buildings in this city and Grivet is known throughout Utah for his historical films of this area. The lobby of the municipal building will also have displays of early photographs of Price and the county for people to enjoy. On Saturday, April 5, the celebration will continue at 11 a.m. with a parade on the citys Main Street. The parade will form at Main and 400 East and will travel west to the underpass area at 300 West and 100 North. The American flag will lead the procession, followed by the Carbon High School Dino Marching Band. All living former mayors of Price have been invited to take part in the parade. They include J. Bracken Lee, former Utah governor and Salt Lake City mayor, William Welsh, Jr., Henry Mills, Murray Mathis, Walter Axelgard and H. Mark Hanson. Local city elected officials will also ride in the parade, including the present mayor and council members. Entries in the parade are still possible by calling Gale Cox at Mike Donovan at or Corky Nichols at 637-31- 637-230- 6, 30 637-995- 5. Following the parade and a break for lunch, another program will be held at the civic auditorium in the municipal building At at 1 p.m. this program, the first 1,200 persons to arrive will receive bronze pins, cast especially for the citys Diamond Jubilee, and a brief history of the city taken from official records and compiled by present mayor Art Lee Martines. The pins and the history booklet are free. City attorney Luke Pappas will be both master of ceremonies and featured speaker at this program and will reminisce about earlier days in Price. A full program will feature other speakers, one of whom will be Martines. The College of Eastern Utah choir and the Mont Harmon Junior High School Jazz Ensemble will provide special music selections during the program. Following the program, refreshments will be served and the old photograph display will also be available in the lobby area. Then on Sunday, the Castle Valley Chorale, a group of local citizens, will provide a concert of special music at the Geary Theater on the CEU campus at 7:30 p.m. The chorale will sing selections of music from a cantata by Bach and an oratorio by Handel. A full story on this concert appears on page 6B in todays Sun Advocate. Mayor Martines is looking for the oldest living resident of Price who will receive special honor during the celebration. If any reader thinks they know that oldest resident, please call and leave the mayor at the name and birthdate of that person. Price was organized as a town in 1892 and became a third class city 19 years later, enabling Price to hold a centennial celebration in just six more years. 637-50- Helper changes its utility payment policy By ARVA SMITH Staff writer HELPER A move to try to cut the time lag between the use of electricity by customers and the receipt of payment by the city, especially from those who receive extensions for payment, was approved Thursday by city councilmen. Also shortened was the amount of time that elapses before the bill becomes delinquent. The new plan should improve After three-wheel- the cash flow to the city a little, said mayor Robert Olsen. It will not make a great deal of difference because most of Helpers customers promptly. 1,100 utilities pay their bills Only about 15 customers each month become delinquent or ask for extensions, he said. Workers in the utilities office have said their busiest time is between the 1st and 5th of each month, he said. Under the new system the due date for city utilities bills was changed from the 15th day of the month to the 10th. Bills will become delinquent within five days following the 10th. Previously a delinquent notice was sent on the 25th of the month demanding payment by the 3rd of the following month. The bill received by the customer is for service for the first half of the previous month and the last half of the month before that. With the relatively long period before a delinquency notice was sent and extensions of up to 30 rolls er Missing girl is found safe By ED McKEEVER Staff writer Excitement and concern grew quickly Thursday evening as reports of a missing Carbonville girl spread through Kenilworth. Four teenage girls were d riding vehicles toward Kenilworth on a dirt road when one of the machines went off the edge of the road and went down an embankment. Marla Allred, 14, Carbonville, was one of the four who were on ATVs, returning from Price about 7:15 p.m. according to a report filed by Sgt. Don Blackburn of the Carbon County Sheriffs Office. According to Allred, she and three friends were on the road when she swerved to miss a rock in the road. She said that the ATV continued to roll down a gully after she jumped clear of three-wheele- in it. At the time of the accident, Allred said that Deana Wolverton, Spring Glen, was riding another ATV ahead of her and continued on, and didnt realize that Allred had gone off the road. The two other friends, Christi Buchanan and Brenda Quintana, both of Helper, were behind Allred, then stopped to she if she was all right. Apparently, according to reports, they couldnt see Allred because of the darkness and continued on to Buchanans sisters home in Kenilworth and informed others of the accident. Meanwhile, Allred climbed back onto the road, clinging onto the soft dirt and shale with her fingers. It was hard to get back up because the dirt was soft and kept slipping away, she said in an interview Friday. While she was back on the road, the sheriffs office was notified and Blackburn and other deputies were dispatched to the scene. The call was received about 7 : 50 p.m. Members of the Carbon County Jeep Patrol, Helper Rescue and an EMT from the Carbon County ambulance were also summoned to aid in the search. Allred said she found her way back to the road and continued towards Kenilworth on foot. She said she walked past Kenilworth and about half way to Spring before she saw cars Glen headed for Kenilworth and turned around. Allreds parents, Richard and Audrey Allred, had been called and informed that Marla was missing. They went to the home in Kenilworth to wait. It was so darn dark and started everybody talking about all the cliffs. I had a good feeling, though, that she was all Mrs. Allred said. The right, parents were notified about 8 p.m. Searchers came upon the accident site and located the ATV which had rolled some 225 feet, Blackburn estimated in his report. Just as they began to search for Allred, they were notified by dispatch at the sheriffs office that she had returned to the home in Kenilworth. It was a joyous reunion in Kenilworth as the Allred parents, the four girls and many neighbors gathered in the front yard of Dan Gibson, Mrs. Allred said. Marla had planned to spend the night with Wolverton that night. She said Friday that she didnt plan to ride ATVs for quite a long time. She received some minor bruises in the mishap and complained of being sore. Trials set in robbery cases By DALE EDWARDS Staff writer Three Seventh District Court trial dates were set for a man accused in a series of armed robberies in Carbon County over the past two years. Trials were set in each of three cases against Max Clark Hunt, who is charged with first felony aggravated robbery in each of the cases. In addition, deputy county attorney Nick Sampinos has included a second count which charges Hunt with being a habitual criminal in each of the cases. degree N Go was set for trial July 9 beginning at 10 a.m. The case involving the Mini the Hunt told Mart incident was set for trial Bunnell Boyd inclusion of the count means the on July 28 beginning at 10 a.m. The trial in the third case was state is serving notice that it intends to raise that issue set for Sept. 10 beginning at 10 during the trial and if a guilty a.m. Two days were allowed for verdict is returned, the jury will each trial. In other court actions, the also be asked to make a determination on the habitual court set a jury trial for Shawn Earl Tryfonos to a charge of criminal issue. Hunt entered pleas of innocent theft of a firearm, a second to the charges in each of the degree felony. The case will be tried to a jury cases which allege he robbed the Gas N Go, Mini Mart and on May 9 beginning at 9:30 a.m. In another case, the court Trailways bus station, all in continued until Thursday the Price. A trial on the case involving (Continued on Page 6A) No plea is required on the criminal charge. Seventh District Court Judge habitual the Gas on days being granted in some cases, a total of 80 days could elapse before the bill was paid. Under the new plan the period should be no longer than 60 days, the mayor said. Extensions will still be granted by the mayor in case of need but the request should be made before the bill becomes delinquent. Those denied extensions may appeal to a utilities committee. The shortening of the time periods is also intended to make it more difficult to evade payment of the bill. Approval was granted by councilmen for ' payment of $4,839 to Utah Power & Light for repair of three utility poles. Guy wires on the poles were pulled out causing the poles to tip. The ground has been too wet to allow repair earlier. Also approved was payment of $800 for a new culvert at an intersection near Fossats Drive In and WorkGas-O-Ram- a, mens Market. The intersection will be resurfaced and the old culvert needs replacing. request from Bob Robirts, of economic development for Carbon County, for a letter of support A manager and a possible future loan of money or services was approved. involvement by cities makes it easier for him to ask for outside grant and loan money because most lending agencies demand proof of local interest, participation and involvement. A business license application from Dukes Home provement was approved. Im- |