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Show 5 o o CO CT ul co 0) LJ5- 403 4 CO c O H O C CO, W c C- A3 23 d Serving Kearns, Granger, Hunter, Magna, Taylorsville Salt Lake County, Utah, Thursday, March 31, Volume VI Kearns Jr P The Fastest Growing Community In Utah 1Q Number 13 High Sponsors Kearns Health Standards Below Jamboree Ip alien on Uniforms Friday, April 1st, at 7:30 p.m., the students of the Kearns Jr. High School will present a Gym Jamboree for the residents of Kearns. Proceeds from this event will aid the Band Uniform Fund. As most o f the Kearns residents know, the purchase of uniforms for the Kearns Jr. High Band cost nearly $3,000.00 and some $900.00 of this price is still outstanding. Last year two educators of the n school and one private citizen signed a personal note for this money. The note was due several days ago and had to be refinanced. It is my sincere belief, wel-know- David Gourley PTA Meeting April 6th COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE GYM JAMBOREE! So please, all you parents of junior high students and all you Kearns resident, come out in force and show that you are interested in your children and in your school. Donations are: 35 cents for students, $1.00 per adult, $1.50 per couple, $2.00 per family. REMEMBER, FRIDAY AT .7:30 p.m., IN THE JR. HIGH Ernest H. Wessman, PTA president of the David Gourley PTA announces plans for the final school year meeting of the 1959-6- 0 have been completed. It will be held April 6th, at 7:30 e room. p.m., in the Dr. Boyd V. Sheets, who heads the speech department of the University of Utah will be moderator of a panel discussion on subjects chosen by popular demand. One of the topics set for discussion is: What parents can expect of the school and what the school expects of parents. Election of next years PTA officers will be held during the meeting. There are several nominees for each office to stimulate the voting and to give patrons a chance to vote for the nominee of their Mrs. multi-purpos- choice. The 6th grade chorus under the direction of Mr. Val Hicks will render several musical selections. Parents are urged to attend this very important meeting. Whittier School to Hold PTA Election The nominating committee for new PTA officers at Whittier School, consisting of: Mrs. Joseph Defa, Mrs. Mark Hurst, Mrs. Charles Fratto, Mrs. Keith Burnett and Mrs. Harold Hymas, announce the candidates for 1960-6- 1 PTA officers. At a meeting scheduled to be held Thursday, April 7, the following people will be up for election. Incumbent, Mrs. Artsol Wright and another candidate to be selected, president; Mrs. John E. Hanson and Mrs. Edward Coror-ron- , vice president; Mrs. Raymond Meldrum and Mrs. Clyde Theobold, secretary; Mr. Leon B. Paulsen and Mrs. Fabian Benedict, treasurer. Granger High PTA to Hold Tea for Parents On April 6, at 4:30 p.m., there will be a PTA tea at Granger High School. Parents of children of the school and all interested parties are invited. There will be a very short business meeting before this tea. The nominees for officers for the coming year will be presented. . the National Average Far With State The health standards of Kearns, being as good as the average Utah community, are still behind the nathat most of our citizens would tional average. Under present operlike to see these fine uniforms paid ation there is found to be a laxity for and release these gentlemen of in rules governing the health standthis obligation. This could easily ards in the state. be done, if 500 FAMILIES WOULD Family Restaurant in Granger Opens OLD HICKORY A new family restaurant was opened yesterday morning by Douglas Prince at 3517 So. Redwood Road in the Model City Shopping Center. He will feature the Old Hickory recipes that are so popular in the East and have taken years to per feet. room and take home services will be available, cooked to perfection by Eva Allen in the morning and Dutch5 Hogan in the afternoon and evenings. Served by Marjorie Batt, Rita Retallick and other fast and courteous waitresses. Curb-counter-dini- ng Kearns has sufficient doctors and dentists, and ambulance service is adequate for the present time. The operations of the Kearns Improvement District are very favorable, and the water is classified as 7fh Grade Student Places Second In Math Contest By Evan Bringhurst, 7th Grade Decimals The History of the Decimal System The history of the decimal system is a very interesting story to me. We have a decimal number system because we have ten figures on which to count. This origin is shown by the language of the Tamanac Indians of South America. Their word for 6 is one on the other hand. Their word for 11 is one on the foot, and for 16, one on the other foot. The word for 20 is the word meaning man. They counted first with their fingers and then with their toes to reach a total of 20. In early times, this was as far as they could count. The decimal system is called the Hindu-Arabi- c system. The people of ancient India invented it. They passed it on to the Arabs, who gave it on to Europe. The decimal system is very old. It was used in Baghdad in the 800s and began to come into use in Europe in the early 1200s. The decimal system was only gradually extended to include decimal fractions. Murray City JC's Start To Remove Junk Cars President Neal Murray City Cluphf today announced plans of the Murray City Junior Chamber of Commerce to offer valley residents their services in helping to clean-u- p the area by removing located on the premises cars junk of some home owners. President Cluphf said the action is being taking at the request of several residents who have asked if the Jaycees couldnt undertake such a project in hopes many home owners would take this opportunity to have these junk cars removed at no cost to them. The Murray Jaycees have been spoting these junk cars for over a week and are presently contacting home owners to see if they would like for the Jaycees to remove the cars from their lots. In this effort, the Jaycees are offering this free service to any valley resident who will telephone any of the following numbers and leave their names, addresses and telephone numbers. You may contact Jaycee Bennie Williams at AMherst Jaycee President Neal Cluphf at AMherst or Jaycee Jim Thomas at AMherst If you know of a junk car on any vacant lot you would like to see removed, the Jaycees will In view of 18s suburban status, contact the owners and inquire if they can move them,, if you will give the address or approximate location when calling. The Jaycees said this activity will probably continue through most of April since most of the work of removing the cars will be done on weekends. The Jaycee club pointed out that residents should ask for some kind of identification from inquirers on the cars to verify they are members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce participating in the project Operation Clean-U- p. Since the Middle Ages the decimal system has gradually replaced the Roman numerals and computation by the abacus, or counting e business men board. Many to replacing the good old objected Roman numerals by mysterious symbols such as 1,2, 3, and 4, but anyone that is not sure of the Hindu-Arabi- c system wil change his or her mind after trying to multiply CXXIV by XLIX, with or without an abacus. Even today the decimal system has not been completely accepted. The English-speakin- g nations are now about the only countries that d0 not use the metric system of weights and measures based on the decimal system. We use the decimal system for our money, our scientific work, and in many other ways. But the standard measuring ruler uses the yard, which is divided into 3 feet. Each foot is divided in to 12 inches, which are in turn divided into 8, 10, 12, 16, or 32 parts. The metric system is based on the meter which is three inches longer than the yard. Now Ive talked about the history of the decimal system I am going to try to explain how you would work problems with decimals. The decimal number system is the one that we use every day in writing numbers. In the decimal system 1 means one, 10 means ten, 100 means one hundred," 1000 means one thousand, and so on. The number two thousand is written two hundred twenty-tw- o in which 2,222, The first 2 means 2,000 The second 2 means 200 The third 2 means. 20 2 The fourth 2 means The number is 2,222 The number 3,333,333 is read three million, three hundred thirty-thre- e three hunderd thousand, thirty-threThe places, counting backward from the right, are ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, hundred-thousandand millions. The decimal number system is a place system. For example, 4 in the ones place means 4 ones; a 4 in the tens place means 4 tens, a 4 in the hundreds place means 4 hundreds. Decimal Fractions Decimal fractions are fractions written without denominators; for example, .1 which equals 110 and is read one tenth; .22 which equals 22100 and is read twenty-tw- o .035 which hundredths; equals old-tim- provisional, at the present time. An approved classification will be applied to the system as soon as the new filtration plant is completed, the filtration plant including only the water from Deer Creek Reservoir. In conducting the health survey, it was found that the dog nuisance in Kearns could be improved by the cooperation on the part of the owners with existing regulations. In a survey conducted by the Lions Club concerning the building of a hosiptal, the citizens were highly favorable towards the project. About four years ago, an architect was contacted and for an estimated $500,000 a d unit could be constructed. Lack of financial backing and interest caused the idea to be dropped. A local doctor also investigated n the Fund, under which the government finances hosiptal on a population basis. Under this program, Kearns will have to wait until the area is eligible for a hospital on this basis. Investment and loan companies in this area do not consider a hospital a good investment, for at the present time three out of fouMn' Kearns aK covered b some , of health insurance The national figure calls for one doctor for every thousand persons in isolated areas. There are more doctors living in the Salt Lake County than this ratio. Four, doctors, five dentists and one optometrist, are now practicing in Kearns. Residents of Kearns have the facilities of the Salt Lake County ambulance service, and the local fire station is equipped with one 50-be- Hill-Burto- resusitator. The availability of doctors in the community have reduced the exneed for clinics, and aminations were paid for by the welfare fund to the Granite School District. Doctors in the community treat a large number of home accident cases due to the large number of childreji. National reports show that these children are involved in more home accidents than any other age group. The Kearns Improvement District is utilizing the water and sewage system that was installed during the second world war to accommodate Camp Kearns. Considerable repair has been made to the plant. 0 The plant accommodated up to men for Camp Kearns and has a capacity rating of 23,000 for family units. With the present population of Kearns at about 17,000, the sewage disposal is sufficiently adequate. Kearns as an unincorporated area, comes under the Salt Lake County Commission in matters pertaining to the health and sanitation. The public swimming pool of the 351000 and is read thirty-fiv- e community has one of the best thousandths. In decimal fractions in the county and we write no demoninator but we filtering systems read denominators. The denomin-(Continue- d is tested weekly during operational season. on Page 2) pre-scho- pre-scho- ol ol e. ten-thousan- s, The club also asked cooperation from persons desirous of removing these junk cars from their property in letting them know immediately to enable members to have time to remove the cars. President Cluphf also stated that residents should know that any proceeds derived from junking these cars will go to the Civic Activities Fund of the Jaycees, which supports many project endeavors during the year, including the Christmas Activities Project consisting of several charitable and worthwhile activities. Chairmen of Operation Clean-U- p are Director Cottle and Wayne John Zimmerman. Vice-Preside- nt - P ct- 23 50,-00- - O' ST CD 1 P- CD t23 a t-- 3Kcj |