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Show THE Sl?N CHRONICLE THURSDAY. JANUARY 12, 196 Roy, Utah, Thursday, January Vol. 7 12, 1961 No. 34 , ROY CHAM Memorial HEARS FLAW Nears Roy Chamber of Commerce memlrs were given a first hand glimpse of what is being done and some of the plans that are being formulated and carried out by the Roy City Council. Three couneilmen, Domenick Antonietti, Dee Sparrow and Dilworth Lyman, attended the Wednesday noon luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce at Mas and Pas in Roy. Each councilman gave a rundown of the organization and plans of the department of which they are in charge. Councilman Antonietti, administrative department, stated that the departments major expenditures involved the salaries of its members, lie affirmed the fact that plans have been made to hire Clay Allred to prepare a master plan for tin; city of Roy. He stated that Roy City was pacing half half the riCTLRED ABOVE is the newly constructed bowery. It will serve as a future site for picnics anc other social activities of the general public. Th Guile has been a. joint project. Kiwanis-Lions-Aprend- WATER BILLS COMING penditure and that the other half of the cost was being met by Weber County. The Roy master plan will aiso project the growth of Roy over the years to come. Also plans are being formulated for risible pay to other city governing bodies for the meetings they attend. This is done in many other cities, this would involve the Board of Adjustment and Planning Commission, etc. As a representative from this city to the Weber County Mosquito Control Commission Councilman Antonieitti stated that the association was considering the use of a helicopter for aerial spraying of mosquitos. A small fixed wing aircraft has been used in the past. Despite an increase in population from 3.700 in 1950 to 9,217 at present, the water rates in Roy are equal to or below those of our neighbors, Councilman Dee Sparrow stated As councilman in charge of the citys water and sewer, department, he reported that much has been done to alleviate the water pressure problem in the summer. The new reservoir which is designed to feed water to the lower areas and new and larger mains connecting shorter blocks will also aid in increasing summer water pressure. Sparrow added that the water service income totals over $100,-00a year. He also declared that the department is financially except for some tax revenue received for the Weber Basin water project The water department does 0 g PLANS continued page two PETE VLAH0S APPOINTED CITY JUSTICE Howard Shupe relinquished his duties as justice of the peace for Weber Countys Roy precinct and as Roy City justice of the peace this week to Pete N. Vlahos. Shupe had served Roy City and Weber County for 12 years. He recently resigned due to the ill health of his wife. Justice Vlahos, Ogden attorney residing in Roy, held his first court Wednesday evening. He was appointed by the Roy City Council Monday evening. He received his Weber County appointment Tuesday. Before appointing Vlahos Mayor O. Dean Parker stated that the council accepted the resignation of Judge Shupe with regret and extended a note of thanks to him for his service. In his dual roll the new justice will have jurisdiction over violations of Roy City ordinances as Roy justice and as county justice he can rule on county and state violations that are committed within the county. Hours for court will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and from 9 a.m. till noon Saturdays at the Roy Municipal Building. Aside from his Ogdon law practice Vlahos is active i.i political, civic and church affairs. He is a member of the Ogden Chamber of Commerce, Democratic Chairmah for Legislative District One, and vice president Ahepa, the Greek Orthodox Church of Ogden. He is a member of the American Legion and was boy's state chairman for the Legion last year. The attorney is a member of the Weber Coun- ty Bat- - Assn. Normally most people in Roy City would be faced with their water bill by this time of the month. It isn't that anyone is feeling neglected, in fact some hopefuls even thought that they might be getting a bonus for keeping their water bill paid during the past year. Bonus hopefuls forget it. The Roy City offices, due to the extra heavy administrative work load that the first of the year brings have merely had to push the date back a little. Water bills will soon reach Roy homes. Speaker Attacks Urban Renewal Development Mr. Roberts said that all ol Roy could be condemned plus five miles beyond the city The Urban Renewal program which is to be presented to the state legislature this session, was denounced as a socialist scheme to confiscate private property by Paul Roberts of Salt Lake City at the meeting of the Aprendcr Guild held last week. The Federal Urban Renewal, and the local Urban renewal commission, which is financed by the taxpayer, can seize your properly, pay but a small part of its worth, then turn the property together with the property ol others to a real estate developer and the teal estate developer will get a loan from the fedeial government to devolope the properties for his own profit," Roberts said "The program will eventually abolish private home ownership according to the speaker cause too much is put into the hands ov President William E. (Bill) power too few' and as a result in areas Utah Junior Dunn, Chamber of Commerce, will be (he principle where the program is operating, f tax dollars are speaker at the Roy Jaycees D millions SA Banquet this year. waded annually with very'littlc Highlight of the annual ban to show for it. he added quet will be the naming of the Roberts cited as an example outstanding young man of the year in Roy. He will receive of dissatisfaction a case invol-mthe DSA award at the Jan 27 homeowners in the Portbanquet at Mas and Pa's land, Oregon renewal program. in Roy. Nominations for this years He pointed out that to date 40 choice are already being taken per cent have petitioned the by the Roy Junior Chamber. court for a more equitable ad Chairman of this year's pro- justment on their property. gram is Robert Stewart. I,ake There is nothing in the law, view Elementary School prin- Roberts stated, that would precipal and last years award win vent the renewal commissioner ner. Nominating blanks were to recondemn and redevelope recently mailed to civic organizations and local church lead- property that had already been ers. Anyone can nominate any- improved by the developer. one who- - meets the necessary While the program was creatQualifications, said Ted Mercer Roy Jaycee president. Nomina- ed for the purpose of doing tion blanks may be obtained away with slum areas, it is the from the local Jaycees. slum areas that have been the In order to be nominated the least affected by the project. nominee must be between the If the state legislature passes ages of 21 and 35, membership the law, Mr. Rpberls said that in in the Jayces is not necessary. Nominees will be judged on Salt Lake City nine square leadership and service to the blocks east of State Street community during the calendar would be torn down and deyear, evidence of personal or molished and then be rebuilt business progress and contribu- This district hardly touch the tions to communiay welfare. slum area of the city which is The judging committee will be composed of Distinguished located mostly on the west side citizens of the community w'ho of the city. are over the age of 35. Bringing it closer to home, Plan DSA Banquet January 27 , g res-tura- limits. In that event, residents would be forced to sell their property at a fraction of its worth and in the majority of cases, the shopkeepers would lose their means of Livilihood. Roberts urged all citizens to protest against the passing of the Urban Renewal Program by the state legislature. It is to the small property owner for it is designed only for the profit of the real estate developer, the arclutect and the construction companies, according to Mr. Roberts. DOG LICENSE STAYS SAME IN DAVIS The price of Davis County Dog licenses will be the same as last year. County officials will call at pet owners homes for the $3 fee for males and spau-fpmaies. If the owncr ls not at home an envelope will be left so the lee can be sent in betore the April 1st dead line. A Veterinarians certificate must be attached to the license. A few changes have been effected in some of the Davis County ordinances, pertaining to the Animal Control Program. Section II. Redemption ot Impounded Dogs now reads that he owner of an impounded dog or his authorized representative upon presentation of rea sonoble proof of ownership, may within five days of such impounding, redeem his do upon payment of a $5 impountf-mfee plus $1 for each da that the animal was impounde Any Veterninarys fees incurred for treatment of the dog would also have to be paid by the person reclaiming the dog. Owners reclaming an unlicens ed or unregistered dog, will pay a $2 penalty in addition to the license fee for failure to register. I 1 Construction is nearing completion on a major civic attraction in Roy. A Municipal Park BOwery and a Memorial Fireplace complete with wood burning grillls and charcoal burners have been under construction the past year and will be formally dicicated in the spring Work Together The Apprender Guild of the city appropiated the necessary coast of the Bowery Total cost is estimated at roughlv $2 650 The grading work for the Bowery was done by members of the Rov Kiwams and Lions Clubs. Lions Club members also poured the cement floor of the Bowery. Seventeen Kiwan-ianpreformed the necesssary contruction work to complete the Bowery and the Lions took charge of painting it . The $2,000 Memorial Fireplace is nearly complete. It is being erected as a memorial tribute to Elmer Brown, Bur ton Mansfield, and Ralph (Mon le) Smith. Three outstanding Roy commun ty leaders who died in a piano crash lr ' - .r. The Roy Kiwams wv d.rect ol the fireing the construed place last year with Everett Pierce as President and continued the project this year with Burt Ure as head of the Roy Club. s I Funds and materials for the came through the fireplace good will of business firms, associations and individuals in the Roy and Odgen area. Future plans for the site include the addition of picnic tables and the pouring of a concrete base in front of the fireplace. Use of the Bowery and fireplace will be open to the gen- eral public. Donations for the completion of the fireplace are still urgently needed. Anyone wishing to contribute is requested to contact any Kiwams member of contributions may be mailed to the Memorial Fund in care of the Bank of Utah. YOUTH MEETING AT CLEARFIELD POOL TONIGHT A meeting CLEARFIELD for all youth in the Clearfield area is planned this afternoon. Purpose of the meeting concerns the Youth Swimming Training program. The meeting will begin at 4 pm. and will be held at the Clearfield pool Present plans call for the Youth Training program to bo conducted after school on weekinformation Additional days. will be brought ou tof the meeting. Other Swim Training programs for the year include an class, adult and which is conducted on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Mrs. A. Jeanne Kearl is in charge of all swimming programs at the pool Beginning Jan. 28 an eight week Red- Cross program will be conducted for interested youth. pre-scho- - Residents Asked to Notify City on Curb And Gutter Needs Residents of Clearfield desiring to have curb, gutter and sidewalks installed in front of their property, are asked to no tify the Clearfield City office before Monday, Jan. 16th. The city is planning to set up a special impovement district to provide curb, gutter and sidewalks in some areas where it is needed, if the demand is great enough. For details concering the program, interested residents may call the City Office on weekdays between 8 a.m.. and 5 p.m. .rr" iwy Completion cost of the plan which Involved an $800 ex MW.l'lvl Take approximately one year of hard work and an idea by an interested member of the Roy the aid of city and community . EVERETT PIERCE (left) and Burt Ure examine the Memorial Fireplace in Roy Municipal Park, which will soon be completed. Present plans call for a concrete base to be poured in the opei area in front fj the fireplace. TREE PROBLEMS BRING GREAT BASIN RESIDENTS TO COUNCIL MEET remove the treesThe council cleared this matter by stating that the property owners were responsible for the.iaterals which run from their house to the mam sewer line and that the council was only seeking a trees near their homes The city had received com- clarification from the property owners as to who wanted their plaints from residents on sew- trees to stay and who wanted had dealt er difficulties and them to go. with sewer problems in the addition for some time. It seemed that many of the complaints and sewer troubles east the trees in the area as villians. However, it was brought to the attention of the council that in all cases sewer troubles were still oil tap despite the leinoval of certain trees. The Lake View Stake will hold their quarterly conference for a the as spokesman Acting involved property owners. Far-rfl- l Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 14 c rt and 15.Smith, 52?7 .So, 2425 Tire- Hr if session the trees told the council that were originally planned by the at 6 30 p m. Saturday evening subdivider. Before the trees in the Lake View Stake House. were planted they were also Priesthood leadership members checked out with the extention are urged to be in attendance. A meeting for the parents service. The extention service will follow at 8 p m. Youth probto in or the response reported lems will be discussed plus a iginal queries that this particufilm entitled "A Time For Sowlar tpe of tree, which is a sil" would not Ik ing ver leaf maple, as hard on underground sewer Music will Ik furnished by other tvpes of the Roy- First Ward choir unpipe as man trees. der the direction of Genevieve Bullard The position of the Roy City Council is that the city does Sunday meetings will comnot want to pull down any trees mence at 10 a m. in the Ogden against the wishes of the prop- Tabernacle with Pres. Henry A. erty owners. That unless a Mat is conducting. strong protest is heard in the future frortji Great Basin resiThe afternoon session will dents or a lot of sewer problems commence at 2 30 p m. and wrill suddenly develop their will be be a special youth conference. no more problem m regards A choir composed of members to the removal of trees. throughout the stake will furIt was brought out at the nish the music Sunday. This meting that a letter sent by the choir is under the direction of city had caused confusion in June Heiser. the minds of the property ownEvening services will be held ers. The letter left the impres- at 7 pm. in (ht? Lake View sion with the owners that they Stake House under the direction Youth (the owmers) were fully respon- of the Stake MIA. sible for sewer line clogging Speaks Up For Youth" wall be and that the city was going to the theme. Approximately 18 Great Basin Addition residents got a dear picture of just what the story was on the alleged plans of the Roy City Council in regards to Lake View Conference - a PHILOSOPHIES MOVED TO RAGLTW0 For many week the Living Philosophies by R. F. Cottle have appeared on the front page of this newspaper. This week they are not there. The Living Philosophies has enjoyed and still enjoys a wide and thorough reader-ship- . The column ia read every Saturday morning at approximately 6:15 ajn. by John Barlow on KSL radio. This newspaper will continue to publish thl sexcel-len- t column. It now moves to Page Two of The The reason for this is the ever expanding news events in the area covered by this publication. e. AIR RESERVISTS ON DUTY AT Hill AFB - Air Force reservist Maj. W. Higdon, 4508 S. 2350 West, Roy, a member of the 9426th Air Reserve Squardon, Odgen, reported Jan. 9 to Hill Air Force y active Base to preform a duty tour. 15-da- for flashing red at railroad warning Polcrossings was cited by Roy as ice Chief Julian C. Green A disregard signals meeting with the city council members of a dele- gation from the Great Basin Ad dition formed a Great Basin Beautification Committee. Purpose of this group will be to meet with residents of the addition and iron out problems such as the removal of trees and promote the overall better ment of the area. Farrell P. Smith was named chairman of the group. He will be assisted by Roger B. Cntchlow, Blaine Harmer, and Dwight H. Brush. Mrs, Maxine Brown will act as CHAMBER NAMES secretary of the group. First objective. of the group NOMINATING GROUP will be to meet with residents of the area and find an answer Senator Frank M. Browning to the area number one problem Utah State Legislature, will ad- which deals with sewer troubles dress the next meeting of the and removal of trees. Roy Chamber of Commerce in February. He will speak on the NEW PATROLMAN the new shopping center in Roy. The Chamber of Commerce JOINS POLICE FORCE has appointed .a nominating Donald K. Richins, 2037 W. committee to select candidates 6075 So., Roy has been chosen for its March election. The com- as a new patrolmen for the Roy mittee is composed of George police. The thrity year old reMaw, Bill Bate, H. D. Sparrow sident is married and is the and J. Howard Stahle. father of three children. FORMER JUSTICE of the peace Howard Shupe Richins appointment to the Applications for a new execu- local reviews policies and procedures with his successor police force brings a total tive secretary Are being taken five full time policemen and Pete N. Vlahos, Roy resident and Ogden attorney. for the chamber. Anyone inter- of time officer to Roy. one Justice Vlahos held court for the first time ested in the position is urged dutiespart to contact Bryce Jensen, presi evening. The new officer will begin Photo by John Sorenson dent of the organization. bis duties next month. full-fledge- OFFICIALS URGE CITIZENS TO OBEY RAIL SIGNALS BASIN RESIDENTS NAME COMMITTEE Following county government and the result wtjl be a lighted ball park for Roy. Clarck Puffer, Roy City Recreation director and a member of the Jaycees thought of the idea of lighting the Roy Baseball Park. He discussed the idea with his fellow Jaycee members. As a result of the dissus-sio- n the Lighted Ball Park idea turned into a project. Puffer was placed in charge. At first several approaches to the problem failed. Then Puffer turned to his fellow citizens. With letters and through personal contact Got their thoughts on the project. It paid off. Armed with the cooperation of the Roy City Council, Puffer with the help of City Councilman, Charles Hull approached the Weber County Commissioners with the project. Numerous discussions resulted in a total of $6,000 being put towards the cost of the lighted ball park. Roys City Council agreed to put $3,000 into the project and Weber County Commission agreed to match the Roy figure. At present plans for the lighting nave been submitted to Utah Power and Light Co.With-a week the project of a lighted ball park in Roy should be well on its way towards becoming a reality. one of the chief causes of auto-trai- n accidents. , There have been three such accidents in this area recently. Two in Roy and one in River-dalOne claimed the life of Mrs. Alfred' (Prisil-la- ) Parker. Another proved fatal to Delbert Stimpson of Riverdale. In the third, two Kanesvllle girls jumped out of their car after it stalled, on the tracks just beforertf Was struck by an oncoming freight train. They were Thelma D. Johnson, 16 and her sister, Ada, 17. They are the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Harold R. Johnson, 3712 W. 4000 So. Result of thq investigation of the accident involving the Johnson car and a Union Pacific Railroad passenger train releaved that Thelma Johnson, who was driving the car, had failed to stop for the warning light. She was cited by Roy Police Officer Junior Hammon for failure to stop for a flashing railroad semaphore. The car was demolished. State and local law enforcement .officials urge all drivers to obey all traffic signals. Even though a warning signal is flashing and no apparent danger ls in sight drivers should not try and 'beat the light officials stated. e. C. Green (right) and the of Officer Junior Hammon, Roy Police force, end of the demolishexamine a portion of the front ed car driven by Thelma D. Johnson, which was involved in a collision with a freight train this week in Roy. No one was injured in the accident. ROY POLICE CHIEF Julian I |