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Show llanksvitte- Weivs By Barbara Ekker The community was shocked and saddened by the sudden death Friday of Ford Weber. He died of an apparent heart attack while dumping debris at the, city dump. He was found by Steven Hatch and Charlie Noyes when they drove up to unload State Road debris. He was given immediate first aid but to no avail. No law officer if. ! J CJ - - - was available to authorize moving him and so the county attorney in Richfield was called. He was taken by ambulance driven by his grandsons, Gregory and Kar-min Kar-min Hunt to Richfield. Funeral services are pending. He would have been 75 on his birthday in November and he and his wife, Ida Mecham Weber, would have celebrated their 50th anniversary also this coming November. He is survived by his wife, four daughters; Audrey Tuft, Salt Lake; Mrs. Jeannine Hunt, Hanksville; Mrs. Ranae Al-brecht, Al-brecht, Bicknell; and Mrs. Cheryle Avery of Idaho; brothers Herb of Bicknell and Albert of Price. Sisters Martha Wyllie and Julia Christensen preceeded him in death, as did a brother, Ray. Ford was an outstanding member of the community. A person who was honest and truthful in every phase of his life. He was a rancher and farmer and enjoyed outdoor life to the fullest. He was a former State Highway Dept. shed foreman when roads in this country were still quite primitive and needed far more attention. He was a counselor in the Hanksville Ward Bishopric under Bishop Bernes Jackson, along with holding numerous church positions, over the years. He and his wife were both active in the Hanksville Culinary and Canal Water Company. Ford will be missed by young and old alike. His wit and wisdom will be remembered remem-bered down through the centuries. Like his parents. Frank and Cecelia Stoddard Weber who helped in home-steading home-steading Hanksville. Ford's deeds will be a monument to this dear man whom we'll all miss deeply. The Wayne County Lionel Club members were in Hanks. 1 1 ville Sunday with their wives" selling their calendars that list every purchaser's birthdatcs (1.1' and anniversaries. Those fe )0i the group were Mr. and Mrs: Barlow Pace, Mr. and Mrs fft Arthur H. Lee, Mr. and Mrs ! Thaine Taylor, and Mr. and'J-Mrs. and'J-Mrs. Arlan Brown. ( This area of Utah's desert? and canyon country will be tfief ' site of three Colorado Outward' i Bound School courses beginA" ning Sept. 3 thru 30, a second !j Oct. 6 thru 28th and the third Nov. 3rd thru the 26th,' according to school director, Gary Templin. Course staging areas will be in the southern part of Capitol Reef National Park, near Lake Powell and : near the. 11,000 foot high ' Acquarius Plateau and in the-Escalante the-Escalante Canyon areas. The "01 courses will include instruct tions in map and compass : -i reading, navigating by the ,.: stars, camp crafts, bacfc packing, first aid, search arid :V rescue techniques, introduc-' tion to rock climbing, rofe':(ty handling and rappelling. Fotfr ., . instructors and their assistants ' will accompany course director'.." Burt Redmayne on these trips." " Redmeyne is a skilled moutj- ... tain guide and a ten year ' " veteran of Colorado Outward"" Bound. He led an expedition last year to Mt. Kilemenjarb, '" : Africa. t ; Highway Patrolman John 1 Mecham got a call about 'a ' wreck in Salina Canyon Ffi-"r': day, went to investigate and : found a pickup piled up off the" road but no one around. He-' " called a wrecker and headed n back to his home office in"'--Richfield. On the road he met ': a couple of youths walking and asked them if they'd like a lift. They did and climbed into the' , patrol car. asking to be let ofit!" in Salina. When he got to the; office to make his report he discovered the license numbers num-bers on the wrecked truck were the same as on all points j-report j-report issued hours earlier, having been stolen in Green River by two youths. He put., two and two together and w'nt-, back to Salina to find the Minnesota run-aways who he. located holed up in an old feed .j. mill. 1 : T Mrs. Kathy Hamm. Wayne -County Health Nurse, will hold r. . a flu and immunization clinic ,T in Hanksville Monday. Sept.;-15th. Sept.;-15th. It was scheduled for the 11th but she has been hospitalized in Utah Valley ; Hospital in Provo herself. "i "' o Mrs. Clella Ekker has been"- in Idaho visiting her son. it |
