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Show lit (cSIliltlll rail P nlNewiPr BINGHAM CANYON. TTTAH, FRTn AY, .Tm.V Q, lOia Oldest We.kly la Salt Lak Counir PHONE 91 CHILI) HUCK FINN DAY SET FORJULY 16 Come one and all, young and old, to Murray park for Huck inn day, Friday, July 16. The! whole family is invited to come and bring a lunch and join in the fun. There is an exciting program manned. Here is the schedule: 2 to 5:30 p.m., fishing; 5:30 to b:i0 p.m., lunch; 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., games; 7:30 to 8 p.m., program. Prizes will be awarded for the youngest fisherman to catch a fish, the best Huck Finn, the first fish caught, biggest fish caught, most fish caught, and the one with the most original equipment. There will be horseshoes, vol-ley ball, catch ball, softball, base-ball games, square dancing and community singing. So can t you just miss this outing. Remember everyone is invited to come and bring the entire family. You must furnish your own lunch and transportation. We have had loads of fun this week on the playground. The Major Blows program was held on Wednesday, July 7 and each boy and girl did their part to make it a success. There were piano solos, vocal solos and duets, poems, dances and group sing-ing. Highlight of the program was when Jeff English gave his piano solo. At Copperton, the older group of girls presented their interpre-tation of Jack and the Beanstalk which the rest enjoyed very much. See you at Huck Finn day. SPEAKER TO BE HtRE SUNDAY. JULY 18 Everyone who is interested in a better understanding of pres- ent day marriage problems is welcome to attend the lecture of Wayne J. Anderson, director of Utah Social Hygiene. He will speak on, Preparation for Mar-riage Sunday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Bingham LDS chapel Everyone is cordially invited to attend. o HIT BY CAR IN LOWER BINGHAM LAST SATURDAY A 4:yearlold chiId was injured Saturday about 12:30 p.m. when struck by a hit and run driver Ch.arles Harryman. son of Mr and Mrs. James suffered, a. slight concussio? fa lal lacerations and fractured left arm when struck by the car According to Chief of Police Max Ewing the child was chasing a ball and ran into the street be- tween two parked cars. There were no witnesses to the mishap which occurred in lower Bing- ham. The boy was treated It Kennecott Copper hospital and released to his home. Eetter to all MINEEMPLOYEES below is a copy of a Int out Cop-- ? Utah "copper Division homes of all iee! Saturday, July fellow Employee: f know, the company has 7E position that it will whose not any union gffve failed to file non-Z-. a.ffidavits with the p,.latinns Board. mal uduvi : this position, the cor-nels that it is carrying out ,irit and intent of the law. , any aLso feels that this ' of the has the approval mapority of employees, and :,t.hbors in the community. a will be interested to learn all labor organizations rep-- nt Utah Copper Division :Cees. that have contract res to negotiate this year, .filed affi-- s or have expressed their --Jon of so doing, except one. ane labor organization which jot filed the affidavits is the national Union of Mine, Mill welter Workers, and its two i one at the mine and one :.e mills. ( are glad to report to you wage negotiations have been ed with four unions, whose n have filed the affidavits, new working agreements, raig a 12c per hour or 96c a wage increase, have now ratified by the members of locals. These four unions are :.llaws: aferrous Technical and Cler-Worke- rs at the Arthur and pa Mills. arnational Brotherhood of :7ical Workers, Local 1081, at mine. ::ernational Brotherhood of :trical Workers, Local 1438, lie power plant at Magna and national Association of Ma-sst- s, Lodge 568, at the mine, 'age negotiations will be re-ie- d July 6th with the Inter-an- al Union of Operating En-er- s, Local No. 3. at Bineham. f meantime, the contract has s extended to July 31st, 1948, ' the understanding that any increase agreed upon will Active as of July 1st, 1948. officers of the Local, and of parent organization, have the affidavits. e contract between Oquirrh :?e No. 844, Brotherhood of aotive Firemen and Engine-- - representing mine haulage -- syees, continues from year jar, and did not end June ' The local has requested r in some parts of the and the company has 3!ed some changes. Officers local have filed the affi-san- d officers of their Grand e nave said they intend to son as this has been negotiations will be started, ny other employees are re-nted by the International of Mine, Mill & Smelter whose officers have not ; to file ;7S and no negotiations ;en conducted with this organization. We hope that S. who are affected by Ration will understand the it. We assure those ;;Jsthat the company will ;& any union that has 'P operly selected to repre-lon- g as the officers 2onf have filed the non-J- 5 a'davits. If the of-i- f International Union f Smelter Workers Zcals. file non-co-ffidayits, we will be willing to promptly Renegotiations. Cordially, D. D. MOFFAT FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION IS BIGJUCCESS Miniature Parade Limitless possibilities in a min-iature parade, using small child-ren or dolls in presentation of ideas and themes, were demon-strated by number and variety of entries of Bingham's Fourth of July line of march. Approxi-mately 2000 spectators lined Main street to see the miniature par-ade which opened July 4th ac-tivities in Bingham Canyon. The celebration is sponsored annually by the Bingham volunteer fire department. Preceding the floats, entered by Bingham religious, business and civic groups, was a Boy Scout carrying the American flag. Bing-ham summer band followed, 'Goddess of Liberty was the theme of the float entered by No. 2 Fire auxiliary and was follow-ed by "Little Miss Bingham", entered by No. 1 Fire auxiliary. A vari-color- rainbow was the entry of Bingham LDS Primary which was followed by a red and white decorated float and a group of Girl Scout Brownies. The entry sponsored by Ott's Cafe placed third in the judging. A "Freedom of Religion" theme was used by Bingham LDS Sun-day school second place winner. Theme of the Copperfield Girl Scouts' entry was international scouting. The Bingham summer playground entry featuring crafts and sports was first prize win-ner. The A & (M club entry featur-ed a miniature dance floor with dolls used for dancing couples, and was followed by a group of marching girl scouts. Miniature cars cleverly arranged decorated the Canyon Motor Co. entry, and fresh fruits and vegetables and a basket of canned goods adorned the Millers Groceteria entry "Millers Fine Foods". "Miss Lib-erty" was the theme of the Miller Apt. entry. Several groups of boys and girls marched in the parade including a group repre-senting the Bingham Catholic boys and girls and another group of small youngsters representing summer school graduates. Yellow, purple and white was the color theme used in the Bingham Lions club entry which the club's em-blem, the lion. Judges were Mrs. J. Dewey Knudsen, Mrs. Eugene Morris and Mrs. John West. Soap Box Derby Highlighting afternoon events was the soap box derby held at 2 o'clock which was won by Billy Rawlings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Rawlings, while close behind were Lynn Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Evan Miller, and Dickey Walters, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Walters. Other Activities Other activities on the day's agenda were a free show for children at Princess theatre at 10:30 a.m. followed by childrens' races at noon. BCO hall was the scene of a childrens' dance at three o'clock. Climaxing tho days events was an adults dance that evening at BCO hall. Chairman of the celebration was Ross M. Cushing, assisted by Evan Miller, Ned Chestnut, R. G. Benson, John Osoro and Ben McAllister. TRUCK ACCIDENT KILLS 41 SHEEP Although trapped inside the cab of their semitrailer for more than 30 minutes, a father and son were unhurt last Friday af-ter their truck had overturned on the Lark road with a load of 168 sheep. Earl B. Hatch, 31, Riverton and his father, Earl E. Hatch, 63, Dugway, Tooele coun-ty, were riding in the truck which was demolished in the accident, killing 41 sheep. Bing-ham police officers and Salt Lake County Deputy Sheriff Jack Householder rescued the pair. Investigating officers said the truck skidded 169 feet before flipping upside down on the roadside. The younger Hatch said he was transporting the sheep from a Copperton foothills range to Granite Flat in Ameri-can Fork canyon. They were owned by Parley Spratling, West Jordan. He said the front wheels went out of control just before the skid. SERVICES HONOR HARRYJNGLISH Funeral services were conduct-ed Tuesday noon in Bingham Community Methodist church by Rev. J. A. McDuffy for Harry C. English, 22 year old brakeman of Kennecott Copper Corp., Utah Copper Division, who was killed instantly about midnight Thurs-day, July 1 when he slipped be-neath the wheels of a locomotive he was attempting to board. A Bingham war veteran, Mr. English received the purple heart citation and special medals from the French and Belgian govern-ments for heroism during the war. According to company officials Mr. English was working on the plant facility trackage on a train pulling empty ore cars into the open pit mine at Bingham. He dismounted to help in moving the engine to a side track and fell beneath the wheels when he apparency missed his footing, they reported. Mr. English was born October 17, 1925, in Bingham Canyon, a son of Harry Ci and Mamie Nel-son English. A lifelong resident in the Bingham area, he was graduated from Bingham high school in May 1944 and entered the army the same year. While serving 18 months over-seas with the second armored" division, Mr. English was wound-ed in action, and later awarded the Fourragere medal from Bel-gium and another from the French government. He married Jean Marie Goris in Bingham July 26, 1947, after his return. Survivors in addition to his widow, include his mother, two brothers, Harley N. English, Bingham Canyon, and Walter C. English, Salt Lake City, and a sister, Mrs. G. W, Black, Salt Lake City. Interment was in Mt. Olivet cemetery, Salt Lake City, under direction of Bingham mortuary. JORDAN ADOPTS SCHOOLBUDGET A $1,794,301 budget for the school year 1948-4- 9 was adopted by the Jordan school district 'board of education at a public hearing Wednesday night. Of the total $500,000 is for the building program, and the actual operating budget totaling $1,225,-07- 0, is only 10 higher than last year's budget, Arthur E. Peter-son, superintendent, reported. Of the operating fund, teacher salaries, highest in the history of the district, will take some $889,-00- 0 with $44,220 going for gen- eral control, $26,000 for coordin-ate activities, $62,500 for auxil-iary agencies, $95,850 for opera-tion of school plant and $87,500 for maintenance. The district's building program is already underway after re-ceiving a boost from the $750,000 bond issue voted in May by the district patrons. Capital outlay m this program will be $400,981, with $18,250 for debt service and $150,000 for the sinking fund. Revenues have been estimated as $684,000 from district taxes on a 6 mill levy; $812,516 from the state's minimum school program; $37,500 from state transportation funds; $168,250 from bond in-terest and sinking fund; $85,535 from the building leeway state funds and $650 from miscellan-eous receipts. MRS. S.P. DAVIES SUCCUMBS JULY 3 Funeral services, for Mrs. Mary Ann Stewart Davies, who died Saturday, July. 3 at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Glenn Long of Copperton, were conducted Wed-nesday at 1 p.m. in Bingham ward Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints by Bishop Clinton Robison. Mrs. Davies had been in poor health for more than two years. She was the widow of Stanley Powell Davies, former Bingham chief of police for many years. Born April 1, 1876 in Central, Washington county, she was a daughter of William A. and Jane Neal Browning Stewart. She was married to Mr. Davies June (14, 1895 at Richfield, Sevier county. She had resided in Bing- ham 45 years. Mrs. Davies was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints and Bingham ward Relief Society. In addition to Mrs. Long, she is survived by the following sons and daughters: Stanley G. and Ray Davies, Murray; Billy L. Davies, Los Angeles; Mrs. Clar-ence J. Watkins and Mrs. Gail Farnsworth, Bingham. She is also survived by four brothers and two sisters whose names were unavailable, 15 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Burial was in Salt Lake City cemetery under direction of Bingham mortuary. PLAYGROUND NEWS by B. J. Santistevan, Area Director Merlin Coleman who catches for the Bingham Merc, team is one of the most improved play-ers on the playground. Daily play has made this boy a worthy addition to his team. Sammy Robison who manages the Bingham Merc, team is an-other young player who is im- - E roving fast. Sammy . likes base-a- ll and is a natural around sec-ond base. He hits well and has a good arm. LEGION BASEBALL Bingham American Legion club went into a tie for first place by defeating Magna Legion 10 to 3 last Friday. Bob Jenkins pitched a very good game and though a little wild he took sweet revenge on his enemies. The boys hit hard when runs were needed. Heber City forfeited to the Bing-ham Legion post as they only fielded a team of five players Tuesday. This Friday (today) at 5:30 p.m. Bingham will play Murray Legion post on the nigh school field. Bingham Mercantile defeated Canyon Motor 14 to 6 Tuesday to hand the first quarter champ-ions their first defeat of the sec-ond quarter. Billy Collard's Scussel All Stars are on the grounds daily. They haven't won too many games but they never alibi and are back on the playground each day ready to give the next team a battle. Clare Rager who is playing for the Bingham Mercantile is fast becoming one of the best hitters on the playground. Clare takes a nice cut and hits the ball hard and often. He isn't the slowest boy on the playground either. Milan and Pete Niksich are two brothers that play for Scus-sel- 's All Stars. Both of these boys show promise as baseball play-ers. , Harold Patrick and Warren Sumnicht are catching and pitch-ing for Highland Boy BDAA's. They have helped this team a lot. Dick Roblez has taken up where his brother left off a few years back on our playground. Dick is not too large but he is a good fielder and tough at the plate. Copperton Eagles led by Ron-nie Muhar and Dick Houghton are leading the Minor league this quarter. They have a good team. Johnny Landenberger, and David Peterson have improved this team a lot. All the boys playing with this team are good ball players. "Pea-Oats- " Pantalone for a girl is still playing great ball for the U. S. Hotel. Abigail Lipsey joins her every once in awhile and these two girls get a great thrill out of showing the boys how to hit, run and slide. HUCK FINN DAY FRIDAY, JULY 16 On Friday, July 16 at Murray park, the county recreation de-partment and recreation leaders of the Bingham area will hold Huck Finn day for all children of Bingham, Lark, Highland Boy and Copperfield districts. All parents are advised to bring their children and their lunches and have an outing at the park. A well planned program will be conducted from 4 p.m. to about 9 p.m. Come out and make an evening of it and anyone in Bing-ham who can furnish transpor-tation for our Bingham children notify Harold W. Nielsen or Bailey J. Santistevan. B.DAA. FLASHES by Jim Abplanalp BINGHAM SWAMPS DEMOLAY TRIPS MIDVALE The BDAA Amateur baseball nine kept their record clean the past week with a pair of wins over DeMolay 28 to 3 and Mid- - vaie 14 to vs. Against the hapless DeMolay crew, the local swatters broke out in a rash of base hits in every innin" to amass the basket-ful- l of scores. Crump, who plays sometimes in the infield, or the outfield, took another turn on the mound and allowed only 4 hits for his second victory. Crump struck out 13 opposing hitters, garnered as many hits as the en-tire opposing team (4) and al-together had himself a big day. Wonder if this boy can catch? The locals blasted the ball to all corners of Derks field as the en-tire line up fattened their swat averages. In a game scheduled for today (Friday) and held Wednesday in-stead, the BDAA squad came from behind to defeat Midvale 12-1- 1 and push their second half victory string to 7, with no loss-es. R. Pino and that Crump boy shared the mound duties, with Crump getting credit for the victory. Midvale's power hitters, J. Bernardo and Butterf ield, col-lected homers. Bernardo poled one over the left field wall, a feat reminiscent of the power of little Frank Zaccaria in the good old Gemmell club days. Butter-fiel- d slapped two homers into the right field bleachers for the losers but to no avail so far as the score was concerned. For Bingham, Billy Boren homered over the right field wall and Big Jack Knudsen laced out a pair of triples, one with two men on to put BDAA back m the ball game. In the final inning, Jimmy Brown singled with two men on to score the winning run and give the locals undisputed hold of first place. Last night BDAA played host to the Rushton clan at Copper-to- n. Rushton's have won only one game so far in the second half and shouldn't furnish too much trouble for the local leaders. SOFTBALL PLAY RESUMES All rested up during the 4th of holiday, the six softball fquads shodld be back Monday with some above par perform-ances The leading A & M team, of the first place trophy, gngle with second place Copper-to- n that should be a in a game hUS"andTdGarage and Bingham the other field T up on at Copperton, as the Eagles jour-ney to Lark to resume hostilities. MEETING MONDAY. LY 12 meeting of the BDAA bcS of governors wi be held Monday, July 12 at at City hall 6:00 p.m. ACTIVITIES Inndav Cass Hea! and Sam baseball nines meet Derks field at 5:30 p.m. 3 July 1-5- Bingham JTA at Copperton sta-dium at 5:30 pan. CITYJMUNCIL Pay roll and miscellaneous bills totaling $1484.42 were approved Thursday, July 1 by the Bing-ham city council, according to Eugene Morris, city recorder. Other business of the council in eluded renewing the lease from U. S. Smelting, Refining & Mining Co. of the community playground for two years, effec- - , tive July 26. Mrs. S. J. Kenner was given a $50 contract for washing the interior of the city hall lower floor. A. W. MASTERS GRADUATES FROM ARMYCOLLEGE Lieutenant Colonel Avery W. Masters, FA, graduated from the regular course of the command and general staff college at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on July 2. He is a graduate of the Univer-sity of Utah in the class of 1939. He received his commission and was ordered to active duty with the army in September, 1939. The command and general staff college is the highest level edu-cational institution operated en-tirely by the army, and sonsists of five schools and a department of analysis and research. These are: the school of the commander and general staff, the school of personnel, the school of intelli-gence, the school of operations and training, and the school of logistics. The regular course is designed to qualify officers for duty as commanders or general staff officers in divisions or larg-er organizations. Officers select-ed to attend the ten month regu-lar course must have completed the basic and advanced courses in the schools of their arm or branch, and usually have com-pleted more than seven years of active service. Colonel Masters served over-seas as a battalion commander and executive officer of division artillery during the years 1944 to 1947 and participated in the Leyte and Okinawa campaigns. Among other decorations and awards, he is authorized to wear the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Air Medal. O MANY PEOPLE TAKE U. COURSES INTHISDISTRICT Year-en- d reports from the Uni-versity of Utah home study de-partment topped all previous re-cords with 1600 registrations in 1947-4- 8. Students from 28 Utah Utah counties, 35 states, Alaska and Canada enrolled in a new high of 2,154 courses, with 732 registrants from Salt Lake count-y- . The increase in this years en-rollment is due not only to the expansion of the correspondence curriculum to 178 high school and college courses, but also to the growing public awareness of the availability and value of this ac-credited correspondence program in the U. of U, according to Dr. I. O. Horsfall, director of the extension division. Home study registrants list such diverse occu-pations as farmer, clerk, miner, photographer, actress, housewife, musician, bank teller, educator, surveyer, radio news editor, nurse, laborer and air stewardess, indicating the widespread inter-est in professional and cultural advancement through correspon-dence in the state. Bingham Canyon registrants in the U. of U. home study depart-ment include Avon Stoker, Avis Gerbich, Simon Vreeke, Harvey Garrity, Marcus Lombardi, To-mi- Ishimatsu, Glenn Pett, and Maude Stillman. Duretta L. At-kinson, Richard Fields and Fred-erick Pischel of Lark enrolled for correspondence courses during 1947-4- 8. o RENT CONTROL Thomas F. Flattery, compliance officer at the Salt Lake City area rent office, today announced that that office had obtained refunds of $1,218.55 in rent overcharges for twenty tenants during the month of June. Nine landlords were involved in these overcharge cases, which were settled with-out court action. He also stated that upon the termination of leases providing for rent increases up to 15 per cent, landlords must file reports with the rent office within 15 days. The proper forms for this purpose can be obtained by call-ing or writing the area rent of-fice at Salt Lake City. ITALIAN DAY . The Italian - American Civic of Salt Lake City are sponsoring All State Italian Day at Lagoon Sunday, July 17 th at 1:00 p.m. Many prizes. Fun lor all entertainment with complete Mrs. John Crusis gen-er- af chairman and president of the women's chapter; Frank Granato is and hrn est Russo, president of the mens chapter. - BIRTHS '&LMrs' Nelce Garcia f announce the birth 4S,12 ounce baby 8irl 4 yn2 at Bingham hos- - "wKSl ile former ftft Vs born Saturday, nlark's hospital to :BoyMrS- - Pat Shea of High- - ifBifr Mike Oseguera i Khum are the proud W 8irl born Mon" )0eat Cottonwood ma- - ghamMrs- - Ronald Mattson :hbov ?oUnce the birth Wifjwood ma- - HEALTH NEWS Physicians and local health officers reported a total of 336 resident cases of notifiable dis-eases to the state department of health for the week ending July 2. That represents a small de-crease in total numbers as com-pared with last week when 371 cases were reported. For the same period last year, there were only 133 cases. Two cases of poliomyelitis have been reported during the week. One of these cases is a twenty-mont- h old infant from Salt Lake City and the other a nine year old boy from Paragonah. These are the first poliomyelitis cases reported since the week of June 11. There were no cases reported during this same week last year. Since the first of January, a total of 15 cases have been reported, including the two this week. Dur-ing the same period of time last year, four cases were listed. The following is a list of all diseases for the week: chicken-po- x, 26; infantile paralysis, 2; measles, 254; German measles, 1; mumps, 23; pneumonia, 3; Rocky Mountain spotted fever, 1; tul-aremia, 1; undulant fever, 1; whooping cough, 9; gonorrhea, 1; syphilis, 3; rheumatic fever, 2; and cancer 10. 1 LOCAL NOTES . Mrs. Alette Jacobsen Pederson, 81, Murray, mother of Mrs. Gladys Ballamis of Bingham Canyon, died Monday at 6:30 p.m. in a Salt Lake City hospital. Ruth Rebekah lodge will hold their installation of officers next Tuesday, July 13 at Masonic hall at 8 o'clock. Regular Eagles meeting will be held tonight, Friday, at Eagles hall at 8 o'clock, according to H. R. Gust, secretary. Enjoying a canyon party up Butterfield canyon Monday were Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hodges, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Householder Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bates and son Robert, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Boren and daughters, Tina and Lynn, and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Thomas and children, Jimmy and Kathy Dee. Later in the after-noon they were joined by Mrs. J. J. Barrett and son Carl. Mr. and Mrs. Willis Fawms of Sterling, Canada, visited Wed-nesday and Thursday of last week with Mr. and Airs. A. G. Woodland. VETERANS URGED TO REINSTATE THEIR G. I. INSURANCE With less than three weeks re-maining in which to reinstate lapsed GI insurance without the necessity of passing a rigid phy-sical examination, Utah veterans are being asked to contact the Utah State Department of Vet-erans Affairs or the Veterans Administration office nearest them and make sure their lapsed GI insurance policies are rein-stated before July 31, 1948. State Director of Veterans Af-fairs Ed T. O'Brien, stated that while accurate compilations are not yet available, there is an ac-celerated reinstatement program now going forward. Mr. O'Brien said that still six out of seven World War II veterans have per-mitted their policies to lapse. Af-ter July 31, there will be no fur-ther extension of the present lib-eral reinstatement provision and many World War II veterans may lose one of their most precious GI Benefits. Saturday, July 3 Eugene manager of the local Jenkins, served the telephone office, has & Mountain States Telephomneost ot Telegraph Co. 30 years, which has been at Bingah"adm. Jg received many gifts wishes in honor onheoccasion. dWil meeting Tfict By scout Ciiold their regular 4a e el ness meeting next Ll8ht company to Lp,m- - A1l scouters i f nddesnt- - Plans ior lakes will be volunteer firemen weWe?? busy dunng the Past answereu Sm Saturday afternoon at 276 Main and anffrt"JondgVeral brush and grass fires. BUSINESS MEN'S CLUB A dinner and business meeting of the Bingham Business Men's club will be held next Monday, July 12 at Bingham club at 12:30 p.m. All business men are urged to be present. |