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Show V i THE SUN CHRONICLE, THURSDAY JUNE 4, .1964 ' ROY HEWS The Pol Annes met last Thursday evening at the home of Hazel Strong for their monthly meeting. Guest speaker was Mrs. Mabel Decker whose subject was She From the Garden. CIVIL DEFENSE JOB ALASKA LAUDED Whats Your Postal I.Q.? AVWWM'MWMWMVMV,'.' Fra-pran- sooke about sweet smelling flowers and what can be done with them, telling them among othpr things how sachets could be made from garden plants. Club members in attendance were Vera Zaugg, Annie Vessel, Larene Cnrnlvn OEtta Burton. Arve, Ethel Brown. Melna Schenk, pnth Benson, Alice Scjienck. Helen Stewart, and special guest Gladys Thomoson. After the meeting refreshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. Oeoree Sfm-have a new babv daughter. The oouDles first child arrived Mav ?2 and needless to say, they are thrilled. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Howes and their daughter Susan, and gon. Nick, former residents were back in town recently for a few days visit. The family is presently living in Oregon. Shirley Hein is home after having spent a week visiting with friends and relatives in Wyoming. Betty Parkes and Norma Passev are both home after having spent 6ome time in the hospital and are reDorted to be doing well. Eldon Bingham is also at home now recovering after an emergency appendectomy. Pat Smedley is in the hosDital as is Jerry Bradshaw. Mr. Bradshaw has been critically ill but was reported to be somewhat improved. We wish all a quick and complete recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Farr will be leaving with their family for Las Vegas, Nev., in the near future where they will make their home. Mr. Farr has been living there for about three months. He came back for his sons graduation and will take the family with him now. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Smith of Itov snent the long weekend in Soda Springs, Idaho, where they went fishing in the Blackfoot reservoir. Also along on the trip were Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Selley of Layton, and Mr. and Mrs. Junior Sellev of Nibley, Idaho. June 13 has been set by Jacoba Visser and Abram Formi as the date for their marriage. The couple plan to be married at the Pag Six When the most violent earth shocks of this century shook Alaska last Good Friday and tested the mettle of its citizens, Alaskans found in civil defense a new ally in their endless but- PD YOU KNOW... NUM0ER OF POSTAL.' EMPLOYEES IN 1890 iS5sfey&s Ole-so- n, J 5o,oooiD ,300,000 Z7 95,000 a OCTOCi tle with the elements. Measures taken under a not nearly completed program to help Alaskans survive a nuclear attack were found to be invaluable in surviving a natural lnmity. The skeleton State Civil Defense staff of eight became the nucleus of an expanded operations center coordinating the efforts of the armed forces, private organizations such as the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and the YMCA, and the work of local governmental units. Among the functions performed by civil defense were: Compiling and issuing cas, ualty lists. Disseminating tidal wave warnings. Coordinating private, municipal and military efforts for relief and recovery. Initiation of emergency broadcasts to instruct and inform the people. Distribution of auxiliary Army units moved quickly after Alaskas Good Friday earthquake to help alleviate suffering, such as the 55 officers and men ordered to Valdez (see business district above) to work p with the city's civil defense forces. Valdez Mayor Bruce Woodford praised the job done both by the Army and civil defense. Valdez evacuees inland also got Army help, including medical care at Glenallen (right) and a field kitchen set up at nearby Gulkana. (U.S.Armyphoto) JThe number of Post Office employees in 1890 was 150,000. Today, your Post Office Department handles 16 times as much mail with less than 4 times as many employees. In the last decade alone, the number of pieces of mail handled per emIf the Post Office Department were ployee has gone up operating at 52 productivity today, it would need 70,000 more employees than are actually on the rolls now. 12. Visser home. Officiating at the 2016 W. 4400 So., Roy. Mr. Peterceremony will be Bishop Howard son will receive a degree in Mechanical engineering. Bott. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hutchinson Planning a wedding in September is Shirley S. Charlie, foster had some overnight guests at their daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arland home recently. Mrs. Hutchinson's DuVall. The lucky man is Ray- aunt and uncle from Reno, Nev., mond Midifet, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Midget of Brigham City. arc Parents of the bride-to-b- e Mr. and Mrs. George S. Charlie of Greasewood, Ariz. The couple plan to be married in the Salt Lake Temple. Ivan Walkers mother died recently and Gaylen Heppler lost his father during this week. We extend our sympathy to both families at this time. Colo. Visiting with Mrs. Elva Fox of Roy, is Mrs. Vanza McCelland of Preston, Idaho. Mrs. Fox and Mrs. McClelland are sisters. Sherry Parkinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Parkinson, has been in the hospital this week for surgery. We wish her a speedy recovery. Among the graduates at Utah State University in Logan this week will be Jerry Peterson, t I Janet Chappel, daughter of Nina Chappel, has returned home after having spent the past three months in the East attending a university there. ' General Raymond J. Reeves, Commander in -- Chief, Alaska, stated that he quickly discovered -- after the earthquake that it was necessary to funnel all requests for assistance through Civil Defense to assure coordination, lack of duplication of effort, and the most efficient operation. Looking back to the first frantic days after the quake, Alaskas Governor William.' A. Egan noted : When we were dropped to our knees by the earthquake and tidal waves in Alaska, the Civil Defense organization was there to pick us up and get us started on the road to recovery. I cant give enough praise to the Civil Defense organization. Anyone in Alaska who had reservations about Civil Defense in Alaska, I am sure, has changed his mind now after seeing the great job this agency did and is continuing to do for our peop ; i'.i 1 ' I KWVt Mrs. Kana Hofling and her daughter Barbara have just left for Japan where they will spend the summer. They will be visiting with Mrs. Hofling's parents as well as other relatives and friends there. Mr. and Mrs. Laurel Jones are back in town after spending a few days relaxing in California. The children stayed with Mrs. Jones mother in Nevada while they were Farewell Honors and safe drinking water. In Alaska, a powerhouse of the Nations defense, many of the resources readily available to help out were military. Lt. "r' stopped to visit with them. Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Simmons spent last weekend in Springdale, Utah at the mouth of Zions Canyon. Their son David will remain there to work during the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Vem Thompson have had some young visitors at away. their home recently. They cared Spending a few days with the while Larry Wilcox family is Mrs. Wifor their grandchildren their daughter and lcoxs mother who lives in Tooele. Earlene and Jerry Booth spent a few days vacation in Denver, lectric power equipment, medical supplies, hospital equipment ? - ' .. t .'v- mi r : yn 1 RESCUE CHIEF for Anchorage Civil Defense, Bill Hendricks, smashes through a window prior to entry into an apartment building. to search for victims of the earthquake which devastated Alaska on March 27. A soldier im guard duty reported hearing cries for help earlier, but no victim was found. Hendricks personally removed two dead victims from the ruins of buildings. attack. He said: Seward would have been a total loss without the training we had. Twenty minutes after the earthquake hit we were in operation through Civil Defense. The light plant was knocked out immediately, but we had a Cl) generator in the basement of the hospital and CD headquarters was set up there. MAYOR IEKRY STOCKTON (right) of Alaska, tells newsmen how the city of 2, Oilli, struck by earthquake, tidal wave and fire on March 27, survived the ordeal with the help of the Army and the civil defense rations, medi-- i plies, electric generators and fuel which .1 m stockpiled there in case of an enemy ') -- v KIDS! "ir-'- ' '5 . y r. Ifc. X't T.' , I Ss ! f u VACATION TIME is Elder James E. Baggs ... SHOW TIME! We open every day at 1 p.m. Elder James E. Baggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Baggs, 27 South 400 East, Clearfield, will be honored at a Farewell testimonial Sunday at 6 p.m. in tfie Clearfield First Ward Chapel, Park your children where its cool and cozy. ALLTHEHESTSHOWS COMETO ROY RQY THEATRE Henry Cabot Lodge Represents lL Northern California EADERSH1P 326 E. Center Street. A graduate of Clearfield High School where he was a member of the Lettermans Club, track and wrestling teams, a outstanding trackman for 1963, he ha9 been attending Weber State College. He is also a graduate of tho Clearfield Seminary. He has been employed working a fulltime night shift by General Machine Co. welding. Elder Baggs will enter the Mission Home June 8 and will depart for the Northern California Mission June 11 The missionary's brother, John T.' Baggs, is presently serving a mission for the LDS Church in France. MUTUAL FUNDS PPORTUN1TY ,vrsvw'' v , ' i EMERGENCY WATER containers sent to Alaska by the national V COMMUNICATIONS proved vital in the hours immediately after the Alaska earthquake of March 27 because of the need to call for outside help despite the destruction of land lines and power systems. Ernie HewetF (1ffO. Alaska state officer for the Radio Amateur Civil 'Emergency Service (RACES), used a civil de- RADIO xt ri fense radio in his car to help fill in the gap. He also directed other radio hams at the State! Civil Defense command post in Anchorage (right) in setting up the first emergency communications net tying in military, civil defense and commercial radio facilities to get help where and when needed in a land of vast distances. to points populace to carry away drinking water supplied by Army tank trucks in disaster areas. Some public facilities, such as Providence Hospital in Anchorage, also had filled such drums in case of war emergency, and found the reserve supplies useful after the quake. Charles C. Ralls (left), Director of OCI) Region 8 which includes Alaska, and Dominick Torrago of the Anchorage Water Department, check on a stock of drums in downtown Anchorage. 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