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Show I WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL. JUNE 15. 1978 113? Employment And Inflation Are Gn The Increase By GARY R. BLODGETT Employment and inflation d seem to go continually on the rise. hand-in-han- NON-FAR- Wasatch jobs along the Front North which includes Davis, Weber have and Morgan counties spiraled up and up, even at a faster pace than has inflation. However, the increase in new jobs, thus a drop in Viewmont cafeteria workers received ceramic vases at a presentation at the Bountiful Golden Years Center. They are front, to r, Marna Pack, Joyce Carpenter, Kay Wehrli, Stella Hayes and Sharon Piffer. COOPERATE - BOUNTIFUL The 17 cafeteria staff members from Viewmont High School were honored at a luncheon at the Golden Years Center in Bountiful recently in a presentation which recognized that they were a part of one of the only nationwide programs where the schools cooperate to provide hot meals through the Senior Nutrition Program. CERAMIC VASES made by Lilly May Strayer, a senior citizen were presented to the cafeteria woikers The meals for the senior ci Fred Kirby returned home from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma where he spent a week on a government business trip Mr. and Mrs Don Linford of Boise, Idaho visited last week with his sister Mrs. Vern R Butcher. They were in Utah to attend their son David's graduation exercises from Weber State College They also visited with Mrs. Linford's mother m Salt Lake City and other relatives in the area Stanley Tebbs and Don Adams spent a few days on a fishing trip to Panguitch Lake last week. Mr. and Mrs larry Kjieedy tizens began to be served five days a week at the center in Oct. 1975 according to Rosemary Davis, director of the Davis County nutrition program. The first year 29,290 meals were served. This increased to 47,367 the second year and approximately 78,000 will be served the third year. The meals at the Bountiful Center are prepared at the Viewmont Cafeteria. of MRS. DAVIS said the price the food for the senior nu- trition program has not increased in cost since the nutrition program began, rk open heart surgery last wfk at the LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Mitchell returned a week ago from a month m the southern states. They spent a week at Sun City, Ariz. en route to Georgia where they visited with former Navy friends in Brunswick. They were houseguests of her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lott, at Biloxi, Miss. The Mitchells and the Lotts visited in New Orleans, La. during their stay. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Heath visited Friday evening tn Bountiful with his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Roland Heath. Museum near Blanding. Arvol T. Allen of Layton has been confined to the McKay-f-- e Hospital in Ogden undergoing treatment for a heart j2j serv- STANLEY GKEEN Arizona Mr and Mrs Melvin Heath visited tn Southern Utah last week They were overnight guests at Junction of her sister and brother in law, Mr. and Mrs Garth timer, and at tirclevdle of another sister, Mr. and Mrs Alan BranMn At. M' nrne they visited with Mrs I lu Fradsen. Ira J. 1 gberl underwent TV REPAIR Make. Reasonable Rates, p Used Color TV Antenna Installed Go-o- 1 . CH rrrv) lOU SC COO 03 Call Bill Brlmley 376-819- 6 v v- - ing on a LDS mission in All " if condition Mr and Mrs Gerald Kirkpatrick and family recently returned from a two week vacation trip to Arizona and California They spent time m I os Angeles area and Disneyland and other places of interest. I n route home they visited with her mother Mrs. leona Gardner and Mrs. are Graduates Stanley W Green of Layton was one of 84 University of Alabama School of Medicine graduates receiving Doctor of Medicine degrees cm June 4. He completed his clinical training at the School of Primary Medical Care, the I diversity of Alabama in Huntsville GRi Sret, M D Green. Angel I ay ton, received his R degree during the University of Alabama in Birmingham graduation esrrcive held at the Civic rrsrr Tie Jlre The new phvsician will b- gm his iniernvb pat Trav is 4 Al H II e.pii.) in San Cai f L rano-i'i- , CKpeS (rl f r "v e 1 S'ufV c- Vo 100 in t -m Ccc eni e'r -- OW Laws Cfeem-Dr- y CARPET CLEANING Uoh and I N, SON of Mr. timer Mr ip lo4C Security. 1 and her mother, Mrs. Viola Parker, visited over the weekend in Blanding, with Mrs. Kneedy's brother and Mrs Parker's son, Gary and family. Mr. Parker is a park ranger at Edge of Cedars Mary Timothy who overall unemployment, can be expected at this time of the year, according to Harvey N. Rich, manager of the Ogden Job Service of the Utah Department of Employment Ffccme 825-153- ? so1 monthly news release, it noted that the IN THE traditional summer spurt in non-farjobs, which was highlighted by construction, added 1,300 new workers to the already bulging employment rolls This monthly increase for May boosted the total employment to a whopping e another 89,893 and an almost unrecord believable increase of 3,900 over a year ago, he said. all-tim- HE ADDED that while con- struction jobs showed the major increase, all categories the labor market showed substantial increases during of the past month For example, significant gains were noted in the trades, up 300, services, an and increase of 334 manufacturing which jumped by almost 300 CURRENT THE employment picture compared to a year ago is very bright, said Mr Rich All employment fields, but especially construction, have shown tremendous increases over the past year. He noted that construction includes building of bridges, roads, sidewalks, utilities, etc , as well as commercial and residential construction. THE TRADE industry made a substantial increase during the past year, climbing to 18,980 with an increase of 1,080 during the past month. Services had 800 new jobs, manufacturing, 688, govern- ment, 395, transportation, communications and utilities, 250; and finance, insurance and real estate, 190 MANUFACTURING seemed to be at a near standstill for a while, but is beginning to show signs of growing again, said Mr. Rich. New firms are springing up in Weber County He said total construction employment hit 5,263 in May, a record for the Wasatch Front North area Construcarea is tion m the booming everywhere you ty look, said Mr. Rich HE NOTED that with the impressive employment, gains in the unemployment rolls have been reduced from 5,800 a year ago to 5.300 today. The biggest decline in employment during the past month occurred in government jobs where the Internal Revenue Service Center in Ogden dropped some 400 seasonal employees during May as the IRS peak tax load decreased substantially Kaysville Mr and Mrs Lynn Kneedy, Mr. and Mrs Scott Larkin vacationed for one week at Yellowstone National Park and took in the celebration at Cody, Wvo I |