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Show A Letter from Pearl, lona and Barbara... From California. . . Mr. and Mrs. Todd Weber and children were happy to have Sandie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Erwin and her sister Becka, from Le-more, Le-more, Calif, and her brother bro-ther Mr. ArtManzanares from Los Angeles spend Christmas holidays with them. The Harmon Weber's We-ber's hosted them at a special family get together to-gether before they left Sunday. Over Night Visitors. . . Sandie and Todd Weber also enjoyed the over night visit of friends, Rhonda and MarkVarney from Silver Bay, Minn. The Varney's were on their way home after being be-ing released from the Navy Base at Lemore, Calif. Fun White Stuff. . . Well it finally snowed and made some people happy. It wasn't long before the Harmond Webers, Trevor White-sides, White-sides, Tim Anderson's and Dean Jewkes, were all out enjoying the white stuff as they were pulled along on tubes. Such fun, we hear their will be more fun if the snow lasts. Children Blessed. . . Mr. and Mrs. Todd Weber had their two children, Rachel and Jason, blessed on Sunday. Sun-day. After the cere-money, cere-money, they were joined by grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Dumas at the Harmond Weber home for dinner and an afternoon after-noon of family visiting. Christmas in Calif. . . Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Stephens drove to San Diego to spend Christmas Christ-mas with Floyd's brother, broth-er, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Har-old Stephens. They were gone about a week, returning re-turning home for New Years. Special Meeting. . . There will be a public hearing on the proposed increases on hookup rates on both sewer and water at the special City Council Coun-cil meeting January 7 at 7:30. All interested parties par-ties are urged to attend. Mrs. Baker announces also that the dog tags are now here, and anyone any-one needing them can call at the City Hall afternoons. Beta Zeta. . . . Eight Beta Zeta members mem-bers and partners met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wright for a New Year's Eve party. A most enjoyable evening was had by all. There were several guests for the occasion. Goblin State Reserve. . . During the month of December 1974, 106 people peo-ple visited the park with 6 people camping over night. This is a 7 decrease de-crease over December 1973 when 114 people visited vi-sited the park with 30 people camping over night. The decrease is due mainly to the colder temperatures tem-peratures and at times heavy winds. Also on December 28th, three inches in-ches of snow fell which also contributed to the decline of visitation to the Park. On December 22, 1974, the restroom facility was closed for the winter and the fees discontinued. However, the pit toilets remain open at the point for visitors. Rangers will be on duty seven days a week to assist visitors coming into the park. The campground remains open for those still wanting to camp. . Womans Club. . . A New Year's wish for happiness and peace was extended to Womans Wo-mans Club members attending at-tending the January 2 meeting by hostesses Scott Anderson, Doro-. thy Nelson and Florence How land. Only nine members braved the cold and fog but were well rewarded as they participated parti-cipated in a rap session with Mayor ReyLloyd Hatt. Mayor Hatt reported report-ed on the progress of the Water Plant and the Curb and Gutter project on ' Farrer Street, outlined some future plans the City is contemplating, and answered questions concerning current problems pro-blems and projects. It . was a most interesting the Womans Club members mem-bers were greatly appreciative ap-preciative to Mayor Hatt. A short business meeting meet-ing was conducted by President Florence Howland. The Club voted to continue sponsoring the security light in the City Park. Members were reminded that next month will mark the 50th anniversary of the Club's founding, and a special Golden Jubilee Tea is being planned. President Howland adjourned the meeting and the ladies enjoyed delicious cinnamon cin-namon rolls, punch and coffee served by the hostesses. hos-tesses. Fastwater Expeditions. . Mr. and Mrs. Bill Belknap Bel-knap visited friends in Green River over the weekend. They were en route home after spending spend-ing the Christmas holidays holi-days with Mr. and Mrs. John Evans (Loie Belknap) Bel-knap) and daughter near I Denver. ' The Belknajs publish I and sell river guide books from their West- water Books in Boulder, Nevada, as well as run I river trips in Sportyaks on the Green River Wil- derness area through Desolation Canyon. Belknap helped develop devel-op and test Sportyaks. In 1963 when the Glen , Canyon dam gates were I closed, only 1,000 feet I of water was left flowing ' through Grand Canyon. I Since a great many peo-' peo-' pie wanted to make trips j through the canyon, ' some kind of smaller j boat was needed. Bel-' Bel-' knap, working with the Park Service procured a fleet of Sportyaks and he, his son Buzz, Dock Marston and Mack Mil- ler tested the boats in i the fast water of the Grand. Mrs. Belknap i (Fran) kept them sup- plied by helicopter, fly-L fly-L ing in every day. The t river runners were lost L for a few days at one r point, but Fran finally i located them and dropped f supplied. Sportyaks are 7 foot r individual boats, molded of linear polyethylene r plastic. Most of them are orange, but some are other colors, and k Belknap's lead boat is green and white. The I Desolation run is best for these smaller boats, I since they are one-man do-it-yourself jobs, and P the rapids in that por-L por-L tion of the river are not ) as severe as those in L Cataract and Grand. r Fastwater Expeditions ran last year, and will r be on the river again i this year, based inBoul-r inBoul-r der City, Nevada, but putting in the river at Sand Creek or Ouray and running into Green River. Ri-ver. Outlaw Trail Notes. . . Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Ekker and children spent several days in California Califor-nia before the holidays visiting the Transues and for A.C. to study and work with Hoi combe Industries In-dustries at Redwood City where the boats he uses in his trips are made. He spent two days there at the plant working with materials, pitching, seam reinforcing, designing de-signing boats and life jackets. The vinyl-coated nylon boats are lighter to handle han-dle than the inflatable neoprene rafts, and handle han-dle better on the river, Ekker feels. He uses them exclusively for his trips by inflatable rafts, but added a fleet of Sportyaks to his other river-running expeditions expedi-tions for the coming year. Pete Tooker, Outlaw Trails, spent the holidays holi-days visiting family and friends in Washington, D.C. Before returning home he has several rnmmitmpntc to show thp Outlaw Trails film and river running slides and film promoting trips for the coming season. Enjoys Letters. . . After Jake appeared on national TV during the rodeo finals at Oklahoma Okla-homa City, the Miltons received letters from all over the West congratulating congratu-lating Jake on his showing. show-ing. He place 7th in fif- teen teams. One of the letters especially es-pecially prized by the family was from Mrs. Eugenia Simonson of Salt Lake City. She stated that she was more thrilled thrill-ed by his part of the rodeo ro-deo than she has been in anything fof fifty years, and she wanted him to know that she really enjoyed en-joyed being the friend of a nationally known cowboy. cow-boy. Jake added the letter to the scrap book his mother, Mrs. Lorin Milton Mil-ton had made of his rodeo career for his Christmas present. New Airport. . . Notices are out for a meeting January 14 of the FAA, BLM, Emery County Commissioners, Missile Base, Four Corners Cor-ners Regional Development Develop-ment and Jim Hurst, local lo-cal airport manager for advancing the development develop-ment of the new Green River Airport. The location is south of Green River, on a long gravel bench which will give enough room for cross-wind strips. A well has been procured to furnish water for the development, and the firrn of Nielsen, Maxwell Max-well and Wangsgard will handle planning and layout. lay-out. Home On Leave. . . Miss Kathy Engleman spent the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. David En- gleman and family. Kathy ' ' . v,' ' is stationed with the Air Force at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, Miss. ' Enjoys Trip. . . Mr. and Mrs. C. R. (Rollie) Thompson and son Clinton enjoyed a ten day vacation visiting visit-ing their daughters in Califronia. They visited at Long Beach with Mr. and Mrs. Steve De Graf, Stevie and Rebecca and Mrs. Sharon Elsenrath and Danny and Pat. While there they took a boat ride on the ocean and saw a school of whales near Catalina Island. After returning home for the New Years, they took Clinton back to Salt Lake City where he is enrolled in Utah Trade Tech. Returns Home. . . Mrs. Richard DeLong and family are living in Green River while Richard Ri-chard fills an assignment for the Navy in Japan. He will return to the U.S. in February and as soon as he can obtain housing, Boneta and the children will move to California. Richard will be based with a VP squadron at Moffatt Field, near San Francisco. The family is living in the Charles Hanks home, Mrs. DeLong' s grandfather. She is the former Boneta Thompson, Thomp-son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rowland Thompson. Thomp-son. After the couple were married 18 years ago, they left Green River, and have been back since only for short visits. They have seven children, six sons 1 and a daughter, all of whom except the baby are in school. Boneta states it is fun to be home, renewing old friendships, and that the time is passing swiftly swift-ly until the family can be together again. .. . . , ; r? '' '.i-',.,J,i'.'.t'.,,:.i-f |