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Show Page Six - The Springville Courac'uws Springville, Utah, through the years, often has been termed, "Home of Intermountain Contractors." Con-tractors." At one time, it is said, Springville had This corrugated steel "shop" was usd to repair equipment for four construction companies here. It originally was built on the Ashel O. Thorn property at about 368 East Center Street, Springville, then rebuilt at the 545 East 1400 South location. It now has been dismantled section by section and is being rebuilt again in Leland by J.M. Sumsion and Sons. UP&l takes steps to assure electric power Utah Power & Light Co. today announced that it is planning to take measures to assure its customers a supply of electricity because it appears that the coal miners' strike will continue con-tinue for some time. UP&L produces approximately ap-proximately 90 percent of its generation from coal-fired coal-fired plants. Fuel supply for its Utah plants (Huntington, Carbon, Hale and Gadsby) comes from United Mine Workers' struck mines in Emery County. This represents approximately ap-proximately 60 percent of the company's coal-fired generation. The rest comes from the company's com-pany's coal-fired plant in Wyoming. Coal for that plant is not affected by the strike. "We have been monitoring the developments in the coal strike, E. Allan Hunter, Hme keccratiHf By Dale QUIET ROOMS deserve de-serve the luxury of thick carpets. Bedrooms, for instance, or any place where you go to escape the bustle and noise and activity of family life into something serene and relaxing. The most luxurious, thick and dense the carpet, the more pampered pam-pered you'll feel when you retreat to your quiet room. ..and the more inviting the room will be. It's often said that cool and quiet are the words for colors in bedrooms and other quiet rooms. Cool greens and blues, or any of the intriguing new pale hues of almost any color, are very serene. However, it should be said that there are no hard-and-fast rules, since many people enjoy warm yellows and oranges in their bedrooms and find them relaxing. , We can't keep quiet about our superb selection selec-tion of famous name carpets by America's leading manufacturers... and the great special values we have to offer. Come in and see what the shouting is all about.. .at your carpet headquarters! M 1 60 North Main, Spanish Fork Phone 798-8409 'V Herald - February 16, more people engaged in general contracting per capita than any other city in the United States. But did you know too, that at one time or "'Sim UP&L president, explained, ex-plained, "and it is obvious that it will continue longer than originally anticipated. When the strike began, UP&L had accumulated a 90-day supply, which under normal operations would have lasted until early March. We have been stretching out our coal supplies by delaying a maintenance shutdown at our Wyoming plant and by advancing the maintenance shutdown date of one of our Huntington Hun-tington units from fall to February. This will extend the company's coal supply some three weeks to the end of March." In order to further stretch its coal supply, the cmpany, beginning this week, will reduce the generation of its Utah plants to minimum load and purchase power to make up the difference from neighboring utilities in the Northwest. "This sill substantially increase costs because the price of that purchased pur-chased power is about twice as much as the fuel component cost of generating it in our own plants," Hunter said. The coal supplying UP&L's plant in Wyoming comes from a surface mine. It will continue to operate at full capacity. By taking these measures, it is estimated that the company can This happy young man is Nathan Dale Stallings, son of Boyd and Kaylene Stallings, who turned one year old on February 5. Grandparents are Sandra and Robert Griffiths, Spanish Fork and Goldan and Leudean Stallings, Springville. Great-grandparents Great-grandparents are Ruth Griffiths, Spanish Fork; Farris and Alice Fullmer, Pleasant Grove; Vernice Stallings, Provo; Lewis and Birdie Thorpe, Springville. Grant and Minnie Hall are great-great-grandparents. Happy birthday, Nathan. f t j 1978 cite- ptropeirvv coincidence another over a 60-year period, most of the original Springville highway high-way contractors owned and operated their businesses from the same extend its present coal supply through the end of April. The company cautioned that an increased risk to service reliability will result from reducing the load on our 'own steam plants and importing power over long distance transmission lines. He added, however, in view of the coal conservation con-servation procedures now undertaken, the company can meet the electrical needs of all its customers without any curtailment measures instituted at this time. 1 This solid, steel-reinforced, concrete "tire house" met its demise last week giving way to progress. The building, virtually impossible to break into, was O at this budget price! Reg. $238.39 SALE 143 piece of property? The parcel of land, located in the southeast section of the city and recently annexed to the city after being part of Mapleton since 1900, is now being sub-divided into building lots with some of the homes already begun. The property is part of some 40 acres originally transferred through a grant by the United States government under President Benjamin Harrison, to Edwin J. Marchbanks on August 6, 1889. Originally described as being "The southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 4, in Township 8 south of Range 3 east, of the Salt Lake Meridian, in Utah Territory, containing forty acres, according to the Official Plat of the Survey of the said lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor Sur-veyor General," the property now contains about 10 acres divided into 26 building lots, and lies just east of Art City Terrace mobile home park. To be known as Sumsion Sum-sion Valley View subdivision, sub-division, the property, as with most other property, has changed hands dozens of times, been involved in court cases to connect, disconnect, divide and subdivide. It has been involved in name discrepancy cases caused by typographical errors, in mortgages, division of estates and decrees of distribution, and once was sold for taxes, then redeemed by its owners. A petition for incorporation in-corporation of the town of Mapleton was signed and dated July 22, 1901 by Aaron Johnson and 107 others. This particular piece of property apparently ap-parently came under that petition. Part of the property was sold to Utah Railway Company when the firm planned to run a railroad track through the area. Then in 1919, the tract was sold to John H. Whiting, who in turn sold the property to his son, James W. Whiting. HON SAVE $9500 H UTAH 373-2430 225-9529 489-7469 03 FOR SHOP UTAH particular James W. was the father of Harold J. Whiting and W. Verl Whiting, Springville contractors for many years. The Whitings farmed the area growing hay for about 40 construction horses pastured there. Harold and Verl recall hauling hay at the site many times in their youth. Whitings then stored construction equipment there Heavy equipment, left, is being readied to knock over the concrete "tire house" behind these six men who met recently at the site of the new Sumsion Valley View subdivision in southeast Springville. All are former owners of the property where they stand, and have operated their highway construction businesses from the site. A following the horse era. Memory can play peculiar tricks on man and when this interviewer questioned a number of the previous owners recently, years and dates escaped their recollections, recollec-tions, but events and general times and seasons were recalled with ease. "We sold the property to Uncle Ace," explained used by four highway construction companies to store tires and other valuable parts. It also was used as an office by Grant Construction Company. SAVE 33" The Secretary's Dream... o JOEL K66 Si- OFFICE SUPPLY 69 Eiit Center, Provo 748 South Stete St., Orem 191 South Main, Springville THE BEST BUY OFFICE SUPPLY Harol J. Whiting, "sometime after Dad died." The abstract of title shows the date was December 17, 1937 when Beulah Whiting (wife of James W.) sold the ground to Ashel O. Thorn. Paul A. Thorn, Ashel' s son, recalls that he coached athletics at Springville High School for three years in the early 1930's before joining his father and his brother Grant S. Thorn in the Construction business in 1935. Thorns maintained their office downtown on the second story of the Central Bank & Trust Company building (Then Springville Banking Company), but built a solid, steel reinforced, concrete building on the plat where they stored tires and other things. Paul recalls, also, that the big corrugated metal o A chair designed with classic simplicity and sculplad lor superb su-perb secretarial comfort In many tolwi SALE 566M it- $100.74 O "shop" located on the Thorn property downtown (about 386 East Center Street) behind the home now owned by Kay Johnson, was moved to the Mapleton site and rebuilt there. The abstract title shows that Thorns sold the property to Grant Construction Con-struction Company June 6, 1946, when they moved to Provo and set up their Thorn Rock Products Company. Grants sold the property moved to Idaho, in Reynolds when they Coer d Alene, April 1949, to Construction Company. Reynolds build an office building on the site and carried on their highway construction business there until 1956 when they sold the property to J.M. Sumsion and Sons. Sumsions, under the direction of brothers Collin Allan, Springville office Collin Allan knows the meaning of service. He's spearheaded United Way drives, been a city councilman coun-cilman and more. And he's spent eight years learning learn-ing how to best serve First Security customers. All in all, he makes a great manager at our Springville office. All of us here, like Collin, want to use our knowledge to help you however we can. For savings checking borrowing any banking need, ask Collin, John, Annette or Nelda anyone at Heads James C and Richard M. "Dick" maintained their business at the site for 20 years until 1976 when they moved to Spanish Fork (Leland). Sumsions subsequently subdivided the property for a housing area and building is now going on. Last week workmen knocked over the concrete con-crete tire house, dismantled the shop, section by section, and plan to set it up again at the Spanish Fork location. The office building was converted into a home, now owned by Brent Sumsion. Whitings and Reynolds have since left the con- representative from Grant Construction Company who owned the property for three years, was not present The men are from left, Harold J. Whiting and W. Verl Whiting, Paul A. Thorn, H. Taylor Reynolds Jr., James C. Sumsion and Richard M. 'Dick' Sumsion. Lay Away Now for Easter Sizes 10 to 20 - UVi to UVi 5 to 13 MARIE'S j 262jOUTH I n of Utah, fJ. Member FDIC up people putting GB(jLnjD3 struction business, but Thorns and Sumsions still are engaged in various phases of the industry, "Snow surveys and 'current streamflow forecasts indicate an average water year ahead, but we still should be interested in taking care of our water supply," sup-ply," said Marion Sorenson of the Nebo SCD. Boyd Surtderland of the Alpine SCD, stated that many farmers have put in a great deal of time and money to improve their systems but much can be done to improve our on-farm efficiencies. All three agree that the workshop will be helpful to all water users. 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