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Show I Green River j'jj pp- A Letter from Pearl, lona and Barbara... NEW AMBULANCE The Green River Fire Department recently accepted delivery of a new Type I modular ambulance built by Superior Coach. The new ambulance meets or exceeds all of the federal guidelines for new ambulances involved in the emergency medical service. ser-vice. The improved design enables transportation of four injured persons instead of two. Additional space in the new unit makes care for cardiac patients much easier. Fire Chief Howard Burnett and Sec. & Tres. Jessie Ekker are shown presenting Mayor Rey Lloyd Hatt with a check in the amount of $10,500. This amount was raised through talent shows, bake sales, dances, and the very generous donations of many businesses, organizations, and private citizens. Without the support of everyone involved the purchase of this much needed ambulance would have been impossible. The Fire Department Depart-ment also wishes to thank the Federal Government for their assistance in the amount of $7,500. The Green River Fire Department presently has ten Emergency Medical Technicians. Techni-cians. They are Mr. Jesse Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Riches, Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Ekker, Mr. and Mrs. Gary Gunrud, Mr. Jess Dennis, Mrs. Bernice Hunt, and Ms. Susanne Allen. Currently attending at-tending EMT training are Mr. Howard Burnett, Mr. LeRoy Ueim, Mr. Bill Brock, Mr. Dennis Fluckey, Mr. Larry Carter, and Mr. Eugene Mantle. Upon the certification of these EMT students the Fire Department Ambulance Service will have a total of sixteen trained Emergency Medical Technicians. The Fire Department has also improved the capabilities of their Rescue Truck. Recently Recent-ly a truck chassis was purchased for this vehicle which will be more reliable and have a greater range of performance. WOMAN'S CLUB Woman's Club met at the home of Mrs. Ionu Ekker, with Mrs. Edna Anderegg, President, Presi-dent, presiding. Roll call was answered with a Halloween poem. The program was provided by Mayor Hatt, who introduced introdu-ced Emery County Commissioners-elect Kent Stilson and John Parker who each gave a talk. Stilson commented that Green River needed help with the expenses of the Medical Clinic, and is entitled to them from the County. He also commented that there was grave need for the new City-County buildinp which has come to a stand-still lately. When asked by one of the club members why this building was needed, Stilson pointed out that there are no prisoner holding facilities here, and that there is also a great need for a central office for the Highway Patrol through here, Castle Dale being off the traffic stream of 1-70. Mr. Parker stated that he is a trained accountant, and his wife is an RN, with her field OB, and her interest in Public Health. Since the Parkers have lived in Huntington, she has been busy with her family, but she hopes to get back into nursing in the near future. This sounded great to local citizens, since it would be a fine thing to have someone-that someone-that interested to bolster our Clinic's image. On Parker's part, some fiscal expertise might be a good thing for the county at this point, since the tax base has gone from $9 million to $50 million in the past two years. Mayor Hatt pointed out that in Green River's contacts with the County Commissioners, Mr. Stilson has been the only one to treat us other than poor relation. This opinion was heartily endorsed by Mrs. Pearl Baker, who has had considerable experience in meeting with the commissioners commission-ers the past year or two. Mayor Hatt also pointed out that the voters of Green River should give the ballot a good bit of thought this fall, and vote in a block for a man who has tried to give Green River a square deal. After the speakers had gone, one of the ladies summed up the situation rather neatly by saying, "A vote for Stilson and Parker is a vote for Green River." Mrs. Glenn Baxter, Mrs. J. R. Taylor and Mrs. H. S. Anderson were the hostesses, and served delicious refreshments. refresh-ments. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Ray Sherrill, with Mrs. Tony Spadafora, Mrs. Joe Baker and Mrs. Florence Howland as hostesses. The date is November Novem-ber 11. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Chamber of Commerce met on Wednesday with Mrs. Pearl Baker, President, in the chair. Several subjects were discussed, discus-sed, and three new members of the Board of Directors appointed. These were: Bob North, new manager of the Overnighter Cafe, Jim Siders, manager of the new Boise-Cascade Boise-Cascade office here and Dick Clark, manager of Overnighter Motel. The group decided that the main thing on the agenda at present, other than a concerted concer-ted membership drive, is to get the Travel Center going for next spring. It is proposed to put it on the north part of the State Park land where the City-County building is to be ' rj : ' 1 Jessie Ekker, Howard Burnett and Mayor Hatt with new ambulance. built, and Tim Anderson was appointed head of a committee to see if some help could be obtained from the D&RG for a caboose or other car to be used for housing the center. Mayor Hatt stated that he thought getting sewer and water connections to the site would not be too much of a problem, so long as it was done this winter before the rise of the water table on that land in the spring. He thought the City employees might do that. When the subject of Melon Days for 1977 was broached, Mr. Siders and Mr. North stated that they would take on the whole project if they could do it their way, and not be interfered with. From the experience of those present, this looked like too good an offer to pass up, and they were appointed to go ahead, and were given votes of confidence and offers of back-up from all those present. There was some talk of a dinner meeting for November 10, with an out-of-town speaker. speak-er. A letter will go out to members by about the first of the month, and if enough reservations come in to justify such a meeting, plans will go forward. NEW LIBRARY HOURS Emery County Library Board has increased the hours of the libraries which includes V the Green River Branch. Evening hours for Wednesday from 5:00 to 8:00 will be started, beginning next Wednesday, Wed-nesday, October 27. Several new books have been added to the library recently, some fiction and some non-fiction, and the children's section is well stocked and very popular. The Library also has magazines maga-zines and records to check out. Most of the records are albums and range from children's stories, to Country and Western, West-ern, to light classical and classical. There is a good selection, and the same rules apply to them that maintain for the books-two weeks time. Mr. Russell Davis and Miss Amy Owens were in town from the State Library on their way to set up a library at Thompson, Utah. This will be in the old schoolhouse, and will be in operation in the near future. While in this area, the State people are weeding libraries in Price and other places, but due to lack of space, Librarian Fern Harmon keeps the local library pretty well cut down. |