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Show Universal Microfilming C0rS O Box 147 f) t vMMifif OlOT In f1111 wri: 1 Ar y ' VOL. G2, NO. 52. An Independent Newspaper BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1954 Oldest Weekly In Salt Lake County TELEPHONE 91 HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL SEMI-FINA- L GAME TODAV It's Bingham vs American Fork in the hifih school Class B base-ball semi-fin- to be played this afternoon, Friday, at 2:30 p.m. at American Fork. The Class B finals will bo held on Tuesday, May 25 at a site to be decided according to Horace 11. Rose, executive secretary of the Utah High School Activities Association. DELEGATES NAMED FOR GIRLS STATE Sally Ann McAllister of Cop-perto- n and Yvonne Sarrao of Bingham have been chosen as delegates to Girls State with Janull Hansen and Joyce Olson of Copperton as alternates. Bing-ham Women's Civic Club and Bingham Canyon Lions Club are the two sponsoring groups, through the auspices of Unit No. 30, Bingham American Legion Auxiliary. The "call to convention" Sun-day, June 6th through Sunday, June 13, at Utah State Agricu-ltural college, Logan, was pre- - sented the four girls at the an-- 1 nual awards day assembly held at Bingham high school Thurs- - day, May 20 by Mrs. J. Dewey Knudsen, president and chairman of the Auxiliary. The project in practical Amer-icanism and citizenship training offers a splendid opportunity for the representatives to meet out-standing leaders from every high school junior class in the state of Utah and following elections the "governor" will compete in the nation's capitol as a repre-sentative of Girls Nation. According to Mrs. L. M. How-ard, director of Utah Girls State, Bingham has always sent very outstanding girls and the high school faculty, the clubs sponsor-- ' ing them and the American Le-- ! gion Auxiliary are very proud ofj all delegates in the past and feel very sure that the girls chosen this year will bring more laurels to Bingham and the memories of a week of outstanding accomp-lishments for themselves, Mrs. Knudsen stated in making this report and wishes to thank T. H. McMullin, principal of the high school, Mrs. Dale Johnston and her committee and Odell Peter-son and committee for the con-sideration given in choosing these girls and all members of the junior class who entered ap-plications and attended the meet-ing held at the school. COPPERTON AND LARK WSCS PICK NEW OFFICERS Mrs. Charlotte Murano was elected president of the Copper-to- n and Lark Women's Society 'of Christian Service for the com-- i ing year at a meeting held at the Copperton Community church Tuesday night, May 18th. She succeeds Mrs. Othelia Karkle. Other officers named were: Mis. Agnes Groves, vice presi-jden- t; Mrs. Barkle, spiritual life secretary; Mrs. Berniece Lay-coc- k, recording secretary; Mrs. iBeth Sumnicht, treasurer; Mrs. Pearl Knudsen, youth secretary; Mrs. Melba Fike, children's work secretary; Mrs. Vivian Anderson, social relations and local church activity secretary; Mrs. Inez Allan, supply secretary, and Mrs. Betty Gillam, promotion secre-tary. Installation of new officers will take place at the June meet-ing. Hostesses for the Tuesday night meeting were Mrs. Groves and Mrs. E. W. Fennell. Lovely refreshments were served. MANY CONFIRMED LASTSUNDAY Sunday afternoon, May 16, at four o'clock, Bishop Duane G. Hunt of Salt Lake City confirm-ed 92 members of Holy Rosary parish. Guests attending the con-firmation were Mgr. Joseph Moreton, chaplain Point of the Mountain prison; Rev. Robert Pollock, editor of the Register; Rev. L. Spellane of St. Theresa's, Midvale; Rev. T. Navien of Our Lady Lourdes, Salt Lake City; also present were Rev. Stritt-matt- er and Rev. Pellegrino of Holy Rosary parish. Those receiving confirmation were: Dennis and Daniel Arri-tol- a; Floyd Trujillo, Lucas Mar-tinez, Richard Gallegos, George Markovich, Lloyd Gallegos. Mau-rice Kinsley, Eloy Vigil, Thomas Redmond, Raul Rios, Wilfred Rios, Robert Susaeta, Joseph Ugarte, Francis Perry, George Sluga, Angel Maldonado, Gilbert Leyba, Joseph Valdez; Jerry Coffey, David Cunliffe, David Leyba, Emerson Vigil, Mary L. Sanchez, Helen Archu-leta, Jeanette Pino, Joanne Le-por- e, Sharon Anno, Rosanna Tru- - jillo, Dorothy Chacon, Eufemia Jaramillo, Betty Zdunich, Flor-ence Leyba, Ruby Archuleta, Vivian Martinez, Eva Medina, Sonia and Erma Rodriguez, Or-lind- a Martinez, Claudia Murano, Elsie Vigil; Sylvia Rosales, Pearl Milner, Marie Dolores Martinez, Janet Balich, Caniille Groves, Connie Gonzales, Jennie Oseguera, Dol-ores Lozano, Evelyn Read, Dora Archuleta, Margaret Anno, Este-phan- e Saldivar, Solomon Valdez, Ernest Saldivar, Margaret Leyba, Pauline Pantalone, Constance Mehan, Mrs. Modesta Ocasio, Mrs. Frances Tafoya, Mrs. M. Lopez, M. Flores, Mrs. E. Tru-jillo, Mrs. T. Jaramillo, Mrs. R. Martinez; Mrs. Jessie Menna, Miss Con-nie Mochizuki, Mrs. Mary John-son, Mrs. Josephine Baughman, Mrs. Anita Vigil, Miss Ann Pred-ovic- h, Mrs. Edith Scusscl, Mrs. Isabel Coccimiplio, Mrs. Ersilia Cordova, Mrs. Dora Lopez, Geo-rge Balich, Philip Compagno, Berto Moretti, Peter Massa, John Tangaro, Joseph Susaeta, Albert! Hull, Jesse Lopez, John Read, Joseph Vranes, George Sluga Sr., George Markovich Sr., Nelson Casaus and Andres Ocasio. O MAYOR PROCLAIMS POPPY DAY Tuesday, May 25, was set aside as Poppy Day in the City of Bingham Canyon in a proclama-tion issued today by Mayor Joe Dispenza. The proclamation urg-- '. ed all citizens, to observe the day by wearing memorial poppies in honor of those who gave their lives in the two world wars. "Whereas, the City of Bingham Canyon, in 1917 and 1918. and again in 1941 to 1945, sent many of its finest yowng men and wo-- ; men to serve in the defense of jour country; and "Whereas, the memory of their service and sacrifice should be forever kept bright for the in-spiration of our own and future generations; and "Whereas, the wearing of me-morial poppies brings to our minds and hearts the memory of these gallant dead; "Now. therefore, I, Joe Dis-penza, Mayor of the City of Bingham Canyon, do hereby pro-claim Tuesday, May 25, to be Poppy Day in Bingham Canyon, and I urge that all citizens ob-serve the day by wearing the memorial poppy throughout the day." Memorial poppies will be dis-tributed on the streets by volun-teer workers of the American Legion Auxiliary. . o COMING EVENTS Today. Friday Class B high school baseball semi-fina- l, Bingham vs American Fork, 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 26 Lions club meeting, at Civic Center, 6:15 p.m. . BDAA vs Layton baseball game, at Copperton, 8:00 p.m. opening ceremonies, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 27 American Legion stag night, Civic Center, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 12 Galena queen dance at the Civic Center, 9:30 p.m. O DEADLINE NEAR IN GALENA QUEEN CONTEST TITLE Little more than a week re-mains for young ladies from thi.: district (Bingham, Copperton, Highland Boy or Copperfield) to i file applications with the Galena days queen contest committee according to Ross Pino, chair-man of the queen contest. Any young lady between the ages of 16 and 28 inclusive, single, and residing in any of the above mentioned places is elig-ible to enter. She must have con-sent of patents and be available for public appearances between the selection date and comple-tion of Galena days, i May 2:) is the entry deadline, ,t Mi. Pino siid. The queen and "; two attendants will be selected j at a Oaken Queen Dance to be held at the Civic Center on June 12. The queen will receive a $100 wardrobe and the attendants eac h a wiistvvatch. Winner in the contest will reign over the Ga-lena davs celebration which will take place August 26, 27 and 28. To date, six young ladies have entered the contest. They are: Miss Lela Coca, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emilio Ulibarri of Bing-ham; Miss Rose M. Hardman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hatdman of Copperfield; Miss Ruth Ann Barton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Burl Barton of Copperfield: Miss Fern Hallett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Hallett; Miss Beverly Ford, dau-ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ford, and Miss Peggy Wilcox, who has been making her home with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Burke of Bingham. Galena Days shaving permits are now on sale and may be pur-chased from any member of the Bingham Lions club. O BMA FLASHES by Jim Abplanalp BASEBALL OPENER WEDNESDAY The local BDAA baseball nine will play it initial Northwest league game at the Copperton Park next Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. against Layton. The local squad under the manage-ment of Herb Babcock has been working out regularly and should be in pretty fair shape for the openin gtussle. A short program has been lin-ed up for opening ceremonies, to start at about 7:30 p.m. Several important community figures " will be in attendance and an in-teresting time is expected. Some fine prizes are already lined up to be given to lucky spectator at each of the BDAA home gam-es. We want all members and their friends to come out this year and enjoy baseball. We will try and make the sport really enjoyable. Manager Babcock has set no definite lineup for the league opener, but has had the follow-ing men hustling for positions: Mickey Culleton looks like the top catcher, with several hurlers showing good prospects. Kenny Austin and Warren Sumnicht are back from last year's squad. New prospects are Rudy Pino, Herb Trujillo, a lefty from Colorado, Fred Weller, and Frank Hilton. Infielders include Cal Crump, Gary LaComb, Bob Sanchez, George Apostal, and a new com-er name of Stauky. Fighting for outfield positions are veterans Paul Wegkamp, Clare Rager, Mike Zdunich and Pete Dow. Two or three high school lads may be added to the roster later. With this crew, if his pitching is good, Babcock hopes to give any of the other nines a real run for their money. Don't miss this opening game. SOFTBALL NEWS The BDAA Softball nine lost a very close and exciting bottle to Spot Tavern last week in the County Recreation loop. Final score was five to four, with the Tavern nine outhitting the lo-cals 5 to 3. Rupp and Lisonbee held the BDAA hitters well in pretty check, as Sanchez also hurled a fine for BDAA. Mick Culleton did the receiving as the local club battled the win-ner right down to the wire Har-mony Park in South Salt' Lake is the scene of these interesting short diamond skirmishes, and the boys would like you to drop down and watch them. They play every Tuesday and Friday nights. MINERS PLAY TODAY The Bingham High Miner nine plays American Fork today in a semi-fin- al prep contest at Am-erican Fork at 2:30 p.m. If they come through with a win they play Tuesday, May 25 for the State Championship. We all hope they win their next two. O LOUISA STRAND SERVICES SET FORJONDAY Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa Alskog Strand, 74, of Bingham will be held in the Bingham Community Methodist church Monday, May 24, at 1:00 p.m. Mrs. Strand passed away Wed-nesday, May 19, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Claude Lawr-ence of Long Beach, Calif., of natural causes. She was born September 3, 1879, in Voro, Finland. She has been a resident ot Bingham since 1902. Survivors include, a sun, J. L. Strand, Bingham; two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence, Long Beach, Calif., and Mrs. C. J. Butterfield, Bellf lower, Calif., seven grand-children and two Interment will be in Bingham cemetery under direction of the Bingham Mortuary. j KENNECOTT RECALLS MANY MENTO WORK Several hundred Kcnnecott Copper Corp. employes returned to work Monday following a two-mont- h layoif. The increase in the work force followed a return Monday to a j six-da- y operating week at the company's mine, mill and smel-ter. L. F. Pett, general manager of the Utah Copper division of Kennecott, said "a marked im- - j provement in demand for copper in the second quarter of the year , has made possible the longer op-- ! crating week." Company officials declined to make any estimate of the exact number of workers recalled Monday. They would be called ' back as needed. Approximately 650 workers were laid off on March 15. At that time the company cut oper-ations down to a five-da- y week. Workers were laid off on the basis of seniority. Company of-ficials said they would be hecall-e- d on the same basis. Employes will continue to work on a five-da- y week despite the fact that the company will operate on a six-da- y week. Ear-lier this year the company oper-ated on a seven-da- y week with employes working a six - dqy week. Properties at Ruth, New; Ray, Ariz., and Chino, N. M., also are returning to a six-da- y operating week Monday. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Merle Watson of Lark, formerly of Bingham, an-nounce the birth of a daughter on Sunday, May 16, at Cotton-wood Maternity hospital. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. David Cohoe of Bingham at St. Mark's hospital, Salt Lake City, Thursday, May 13. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Poulson of Bingham are receiving con-gratulations on the birth of a daughter Tuesday, May 18 at Cottonwood Maternity hospital. BINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL NEWS by Joyce Olsen 52 Seniors Receive Diplomas Clad in blue and white caps and gowns, fifty-tw- o senior stu-dents received diplomas Wednes-- 1 day evening at the graduation exercises held in the high school auditorium at Copperton. Mary Lou Ball gave the vale-dictory address and RaNae Hol-lada- y the salutatory address. Other student speakers were Ross Oseguera, Carol Steel, Ann Christie and Jose Sanchez. All spoke on the commencement theme which was "Hour of De-cision". Following the exercises a com-plimentary reception was given in the library, honoring the graduating class. Yearbook Delayed Because of certain difficulties, the 1954 Coppertonian, school yearbook, was not received by the student body this week. June 2 has been reserved for obtaining the issue. Buses will run from all stations for the students to re-turn to school in order to receive the books. Award Assembly The annual award assembly was held yesterday morning, Thursday, at the high school at which time students were pre-sented scholarships, pins and other awards for being outstand-ing in the various fields. "B" Day Observed "B" day was celebrated at BUS last Friday and was a huge suc-cess. The junior class was award-ed the trophy for the most points in being cooperative, sportsman-- j ship and other activities they won in throughout the day. The seniors took second place in the events. Girls State Sally Ann McAllister and Yvonne Sarrao have been chosen as representatives from BUS to attend Girls State at USAC at Logan June 6 to 12. They will be sponsored by the Women's Civic Club and Bingham Lions club respectively. Alternates are Ja-ne- ll Hansen and Joyce Olsen. School Paper Last issue of the school paper, for the current school year was distributed Wednesday. SAVINGS BONDS SALESHIGHERi Utah sales of U. S. Savings Bonds during the first four! months of 1954 reached a total! of $6,563,689, exceeding sales for, the same period of 1953 by 11 per cent, according to Clem S. Schramm, Utah state director of the Savings Bond Division. Combined bond sales for this four-mont- h period in Salt Lake county were 52,248,841 compar-- 1 ed to $1,817,675 a year ago, it was announced, placing this county among the nineteen in the state which have exceeded the previous year's record. The continued upward trend in savings bond purchases in Utah indicates that, more and more people are realizing that savings bonds are a safe, sure way to save. KENNETH D DUMONT AWARDED BRONZE STAR Sergeant First Class Kenneth D. Dumont of Lark, recently re-ceived a certificate naming him as a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal from Brig. Gen. Ira K. Evans, quartermaster officer for the army forces in the Far East at Camp Zama, Japan, according to a bulletin received from the army home town news center, Kansas City, Mo. The sergeant, whose wife, June, and son live at 5130 Penn ave., Pittsburgh, Pa., is the son of Mr. and Mrs.' J. A. Dumont, Lark. Sgt. Dumont was cited for his meritorious ser- - vice as assistant to the chief of the AFFE perishable subsistance unit from May 1953 to April 1954. ATHLETIC PICTURE ATBHS TODAY Chicago A motion picture in color on "Athletic Injuries Their Prevention and Care," with head trainers of leading univer-sities in all parts of the country' demonstrating their skills, will be shown to coaches, trainers and members of athletic teams at Bingham High School, Cop-perton, Friday, May 21 (today). The film is dedicated to coach-es and trainers by Bike Web who made it as a tribute to their years of training, and the knowl-edge and ability they employ in protecting the youth of America. Five top trainers reveal some j of their secrets and techniques that help keep their teams at peak physical condition by pre-venting injuries in collegiate sports. Duke Wyre, head trainer of the University of Maryland, shows his method of caring for a shoulder senaratinn. Texas Aggies' trainer Bill Day-ton illustrates how he tapes a knee injury caused by an out-side blow, the most common foot ball knee casualty. Innovations in methods for treatment of hyperextension of knee and elbow are exhibited by Henry Schmidt, head trainer of the Santa Clara Broncos, plus his taping processes for rib, wrist and thumb sprains. Hughie Burns, formerly head trainer of Notre Dame and the Detroit Lions, displays the basic reasoning behind preventive tap-ing of the ankles as a precaution against fractures and sprains. Purdue chief trainer Pinky Newell covers the care of con-tusions and bruises frequently sustained in rough action, also his treatments for back injuries and the charley horse. o Highland Boy Community House Church School 10:00 a.m. Evening worship 7:00 p.m. Charles Robinson will have charge of the evening service arid will preach. Choir will sing "Speak to My Soul Lord Jesus". Rev. Ada Duhigg Bingham LDS Church Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. No evening meeting due to stake conference. Copperfield LDS Church Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Sacrament Meeting 6:30 p.m. Both are held at the school house in Copperfield. Holy Rosary Church Sunday Masses Bingham 7:00, 9:00 and 10:30 a.m.; Copperton, 9:00 a.m.; Lark, 10:30 a.m. Confessions at Bingham Sat-urdays from 4 to 5 and 7 to 8 p.m. Confessions at Copperton On Sundays before Masses start. Transportation Bus leaves Copperfield at 8:15 and 10 a.m.; bus leaves Lower Bingham at 8:30 and 10:15 a.m. Station wa- - gon will accomodate Highland Boy people before the 9 and 10:30 Masses. Convert class every Tuesday evening at 8:00 p.m. Novena Devotions Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. Spanish de-votions Fridav night 7:30 D.m. Baptisms Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Bingham Community Methodist Church Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. Worship Service at 11:00 a.m. Vacation Church School for kindergarten, primaries, juniors, intermediates and young people starts next Monday, May 24 and continues through June 4., It will be held 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon daily during that period. Copperton Community Methodist Church Worship Service at 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 ajn. Rev. POPPY DAY CHARTED Annual Poppy Day, sponsored by the American Legion Auxil-iary to aid its rehabilitation and child welfare programs, will be Tuesday, May 25th in Bingham Canyon according to Mrs. Mabel Brimhall, local chairman. 'BETTER HURRY, BUD!' --V BOOK REVIEW SLATED AT COMMUNITY CHURCH Miss Helen Kimball of Salt Lake City will review "The Song of Ruth" by Frank B. Slaughter next Monday, May 24th at 7:30 p.m. at the Bingham Community Church. Everyone is welcome to attend. LIONS CLUB TO MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY Regular semi-month- ly business and dinner meeting of the Bing-ham Canyon Lions club is sched-uled to be held next Wednesday night, May 26, at 6:15 p.m. at the Civic Center, according to Dean Ham, publicity chairman. All members are invited and urged to be present. O o A "stag night" sponsored by the Bingham American Legion will be held next Thursday night May 27, at 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Center. Admission is $1.00. CHAVIRA MASS TODAY Funeral Services for Pedro Chavira, 61, who died recently in Salt Lake City, will be held today, Friday, at 10 a.m. at the Holy Rosary Church in Bingham. Holy Rosary was recited at Bing-ham Mortuary last night, Thurs-day, at eight o'clock. Burial will be in Bingham Cemetery under direction of Bingham Mortuary. Mr. Chavira has no known sur-vivors. o HEALTH NEWS According to the weekly bulle-tin of the state department of health, a total of 400 new cases of communicable diseases were reported for the week ending May 14. Measles continues to "lead the list with a total of 190 new cases. Mumps came second with 58 and chicken pox was third with 57 cases. The following is a list of all diseases for the week: cancer, 1; chicken pox, 57; diphtheria, 2; poliomyelitis. 1; influenza, 17; measles, 190; German measles, 5; mumps, 58; strep infections, 30; tuberculosis, 9; whooping cough, 12; gonorrhea, 8; syphilis. 4; rheumatic fever, 2; infectious hepatitis, 2; gastro-enteriti- s, 1; mononucleosis (infectious), 1, LADIES BOWLING PARTY ENDS YEAR Bringing the curtain down on a very successful bowling year, the Gemmell Club Ladies Bowl-ing league held their annual woling party Friday evening, May 14, at the Hot Shoppe in Salt Lake City. The dinner which was enjoyed by thirty women, was given by the officers. Election of officers was held with the following elected to of-fice for the coming year: presi-dent, Edna Robertson; vice pre-sident, Alice Ivie; secretary, Darlene Moffitt; treasurer, Lou Nepolis; reporter Myrlene Burke. Helen Maxwell was awarded first place trophy for having highest average in the round ro-bin. Elsie Ford placed second. WEATHER REPORT Joseph Spendlove, Observer High Low Friday, May 14 70 55 Saturday, May 15 73 56 Sunday, May 16 73 55 Monday, May 17 71 56 Tuesday, May 18 74 56 Wednesday, May 19 .. 78 57 Thursday, May 20 75 60 A trace of precipitation was reported yesterday, Thursday. |