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Show SLIDE DISASTER FUNDREPORTED Total $1878.03 Expended; Amount Raised Here Was $289.27 Local contributions to the Highland Boy snowslide relief fund totaled $289.27, Mayor Ed Johnson, chairman, announced after a committee meeting Thursday Thurs-day evening. A few outstanding pledges remain for collection. To date $1878.03 has been expended ex-pended for clothing, fuel, food, hospitalization and housing for the families suffering losses in the slide of February 8, which took the lives of four people. This amount was advanced by the Salt Lake county chapter of the Red Cross. No wages or salaries sal-aries were paid workers, Mayor Johnson stated. Local contributions contribu-tions will be used for part of the expenses. The committee wishes to thank everyone who contributed to the snowslide relief fund. They appreciate ap-preciate the fine cooperation and t generous assistance the Red Cross chapter has given the Bingham Bing-ham committee in their efforts alleviate the distress following the slide, according to a statement state-ment given the Bulletin Thursday. Thurs-day. Active on the committee were Mayor Johnson, Dr. Paul S. Richards, James Nordberg, Walter Wal-ter Bolic, Miss Ada Duhigg and Mrs. W. II. Trevarthen. |