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Show Seen and Heard 'Round the Town By EDGAR I am informed that Vae Monroe Fenley,. self-confessed murderer of Royal S Hunt, has made application appli-cation for pardon and his case is to be reviewed by the Pardon Board on Dec. 18th. You who followed fol-lowed this case will recall that Fenley admitted that he shot Mr. Hunt through a window at night, from a distance of about 12 feet, and after Mr. Hunt had gone in and telephoned Central that he had been shot, he (Fenley) went in and shot him four more times as Mr. Hunt lay on the floor of the kitchen. . . . Fenley was , given a jury trial and was found guilty and the first degree murder sentence was recommended by the jury. This sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment by the Board of Pardons and now, after serving two years of his life sentence, he is coming up for parole, with the possibility that he might be released and turned loose on society. . . . Evidence was produced at the trial which indicated that he had been dishonorably discharged from the COC before he came into this county to shoot the man who had been his benefactor. An attempt at-tempt was made by the defense to prove that he was sub-normal mentally and it was generally agreed that he was sub-normal to a degree. This, to me, would be just another reason why he shouldn't be turned loose. Those who took his confession and whe talked with him about it, report that he was very callous regarding re-garding the affair. It would certainly cer-tainly appear very doubtful that he will have improved mentally or have learned his lesson in the two years that he has been in prison. Undoubtedly, the boy would be better off out of prison, but he certainly shouldn't be turned loose on society. There should be some better way of handling this case. However, in a small state like Utah we lack the means of doing this. But that shouldn't mean that the boy should be turned loose to use his immature mind to go out and commit another crime. One Shot Two Doe One of the best hunting stories to come to my attention this year is that told by Norman Gubler of Santa Clara. Norman declares that he took a quick shot at a doe and saw it fall. But, imagine his surprise when he went over to the animal to find his shot had gone on through the doe and killed a second doe, which had been just the other side of of the one he had shot. It sounds like Norman hit the jack pot. Basketball The creation of the A and B divisions in state high school basketball tournament has caused considerable comment among basketball bas-ketball fans and coaches. Most of the B schools (those who have a studentbody of less than 500) are well satisfied with the new division. There is some complaint, and it seems justified to me, in the fact that out of the 76 schools in Utah, 15 are A schools and the balance B. This means that only a very small percentage of the B teams will get into the tournament (which is to be a three-day affair instead of four) while 8 of the 15 competing teams in the A division will go into the tournament. This certainly doesn't appear fair in any sense of the word. . . . When asked about the division, Coach Lee Hafen expressed ex-pressed great disappointment in it. He declared that he much preferred pre-ferred to go into the tournament with a chance to win "state honors" than to win the B division di-vision honors. Some of the other B team coaches who have consistently con-sistently had good teams felt the same way. However, it is generally gen-erally conceded that most of the smaller schools are satisfied with the set-up with the exception of the fact that the A schools certainly cer-tainly have the best of it when 8 of the 15 teams in this division di-vision go to the tournament. . . . Speaking of basketball, it is generally gen-erally conceded that the Dixie district will be a fast league this coming season. Cedar, Hurricane and Dixie all have good material from last year's squads and should be able to place fine teams on the floor. Some of the other teams may surprise too, to make this league's games mighty interesting. inter-esting. Both Cedar and Hurricane have showed much strength in their practice games. Dixie hasn't played an outside team as yet, but Lee has some mighty fine material so that he should be able to turn out another of his many fine teams. War Fund Drive My apologies to Wendell M. Snow and Lee Adams, city and county United War Fund drive chairmen. They gave information for a lead story and in the rush I forgot it until we had the forms on the press. The gist of the matter mat-ter is that the county and city are still short of their quotas and a united drive must be made to go over the top. Businessmen in St. George have not been approached ap-proached to date, but they will be asked to contribute generously if the city and county are to reach their quotas. A total of 17 agencies receive money from this fund included among the 17 are the USO and Prisoner agencies. Everyone should contribute freely. If you have not been contacted you may hand your contribution to W. W. McArthur. |
