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Show A Letter trom Kesri, lona and barbara... Mrs. Carol Edmonds spent Friday in town talking to businessmen and leading citizens. citi-zens. She is preparing an article featuring Green River for "Shale Country." a publication publi-cation sponsored by leading oil companies interested in producing pro-ducing oil products from shale. Although the Green River formation is one of the target shales, most of it lies north and east of Green River. The Nequoia Arch south of Green River contains a thick, gummy oil and sand that will probably be produced by either steam or underground burning to melt the oil for extraction. Attends Board Meeting Rev Lloyd Hart attended a board meeting of the Utah Livestock Production Credit Association on Friday at Salt Lake City. The fallacy of killing grass-fed beef was discussed. Since one animal produces about half as much beef from grass as from the feed lot, the . subject was of importance. Cattle prices are still depressed, depres-sed, with only a small number of stockmen making a short gain on cattle feeding the past few months. However, the concensus of the meeting was that the situation has reached bottom and some improvement improve-ment should set in this fall. Industrial Park James Banasky and Floyd Mevens met in Moab Monday morning with the Grand County Economic Development Develop-ment Committee and the Grand County Commission, to discuss the status of the missile base, and to discuss the possibility of creating an industrial park in Elgin. The committee endorsed the idea of creating an industrial park in that portion of Grand County; authorized Director Del Shermer to work with the Green River men to obtain financial assistance from the EDA, and invited a representative represen-tative of the community to become a member of the Grand County Economic Development De-velopment Committee, which meets twice each month to promote industrial development develop-ment in Grand County. Extend Thanks The Green River Womans Club would like to extend their appreciation to Mayor Hart and the councilmen for their generosity and full support they have given to the Elgin Cemetery project by paying for the pipe, and digging of the pipeline. This pipeline extends from the river to the east hills of the cemetery where a large water storage tank has been placed. This donation has made a dream a reality. The work came to well over a thousand dollars, according to club president, Florence How- I v - - - Mrs. Berniece Hunt, Mrs. Gladys May and Mrs. Sue Allen, the Medical Center staff. Mrs. Allen is a paramedic and is on duty 24 hours a day. Her trailer house is parked at the clinic. l -I' vL- vL. vi- -L. -! -J vi L- L. L. L. L. .1.. -J. . f. . T . .,. land and project chairman, Louise Sherrell. Family Reunion Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Dumas and children enjoyed a family reunion Sunday, Aug. 17. Out of town visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Dick Walje and Barry, Pam and Ricky Walje, Debbie and Kevin Walje, Cindy DeGraff and children, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Mickelsen and family, Connie Chenowith and family, and Mrs. Bill Luhrs and Sherrie. A pot luck dinner was enjoyed by everyone. There were 45 children and great grandchildren present. An open house was held for Mr. and Mrs. Ron Mickelsen (Sharon), daughter of Rollie and Jean Thompson, Saturday, Satur-day, Aug. 16 at their home. The couple was happy to meet old friends. They will make their home in Hemet, Calif., where Mr. Mickelson is employed. Pirate News... By Royd Hart Wednesday, the 27th of August, school will start for all Green River students. Elementary Ele-mentary students should report re-port to their class rooms at 9 a.m. . Students in grades 7 through 12 will meet in the auditorium for a general assembly at this time. Registration Regis-tration will follow and in the afternoon a brief schedule of classes will be held to determine the number of students in each class. Thursday Thurs-day and Friday will be regular school days. This year Green River High will host four new teachers. The business and English teacher will be Miss Jerlyn Jones from Enterprise. Utah. She is a graduate of SUSC in Cedar City. Mr. Stan Parsons will be teaching math and will be the coach for the girls athletic program. He will also be assisting Coach Bacon in football. He has completed one year of teaching in Grand County and is a SUSC graduate. Mr. Richard Probart from Scipio, Utah will be the new science teacher. Me is married mid has one child. This will be his first year of teaching. He is a radiialc of HYU. Miss Kac Ncl Van Vlcct, during her first year at Green Kivrr Hijjh will leach home economics and girls physical education. She is a graduate of HYU and comes lo Grcrn River from Priest Kivrr. Ida. These four new teachers help lo complete the faculty nl Green Kivrr Hinh for the l')7S7(i si liool year. |