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Show HILL TOP TIMES Jll April Page Sacramento AM A Employee Named Programmer of Year oJublished Stories Ull About Old West Thompson, a HQ AFLC hidden treasures, outlaw loot and true tales of the pioneer settlers, no place can surpass at Hill Ge0Iei,-,;ma- He will have a story about the lost gold of the San Juan River in the May issue of Desert Magazine, and an article about the rare and extremely valuable Mormon gold coins in an early issue of True Treasure Magazine. PtSy legend old the particularly Xowns and lost mines, a resident of Layton, in the mining hp grew up 1 it 1 I Ss 1 the famous silver mining camp of Park City and its related mines from the days of the Silver Queen and the hanging of Black Jack Murphy to its new status as a national ski resort. His collaborator, Eraser Buck of Park City, furnished most of e the hundred photos. collected hundreds of unknown tomostUtahns. And then in deal of 1966 and after a great sent he painstaking research, He 'stories and legends ! ; called "Utah's to Old West article J (Unknown" I 5 I i I 5 J ; old-tim- They bought it. Magazine. that time Mr. out Thompson has turned about 50 stories and articles based on fact and legend, and has had them published in such popular magazines as Desert Magazine, Frontier Treasure and True Times, Since 1 Treasure World, to mention a few. Their far-flun- are readers g and have no interest in I devotees of the Old West, J they i blood-andsensational thunder fiction they want or at least me facts, of their stories possibility being true. They, too, know their Old West, and are quick to detect errors in their -I They fire periodicals. off letters. Said Mr. "Utah's I background Thompson: historical is not so well-- I as that of other I Western states, but its wealth of fascinating stories cannot be equaled anywhere. When known it comes to ghost Gen. Joseph R. DeLuca, AFLC's Deputy Chief Staff Comptroller, of presented Klein with the Programmer of the Year plaque during the command- - Maj. &!' Iff' ' Si I work in the development of the Weapon System Ef- fectiveness Program and Models which System, calculates the probability of flight mission success for various weapon systems. book called "Treasure Mountain Home", a history of and as he extended his and reading to other flower, j study Year. Recently he published a interested m muung Douglas H. wide Comptroller Conference Air held March 23, 24 at San Klein, Sacramento Materiel Area (SMAMA), Antonio Air Materiel Area, McClellan AFB, Calif., has Kelly AFB, Tex. been chosen Air Force The AFLC Programmer of Logistics Command (AFLC) 1970 Programmer of the the Year was honored for his Utah." Sand towns, This police officer has established at his home at 105 Gee! Sur " a i an ln. me Sfrvio K.."jvy UT PARTS a"d KOVal feT 11 KM w.ix"KO,Mm i mM V - SUCCESSFUL AUTHOR George Thompson, security police officer, with his recently published book, "Treasure Mountain", the saga of Park City. He contributes regularly to magazines with his true stories of the Old West. treasure Mr. hunter, Thompson asks that in- - ey my giass breakage wiuugii i nave incur on,.. u j ..U1C TRUCK I V OUt-Of-St- at J ACCESSORIES XV terested persons write him at his Layton residence. Whitesides in Layton what amounts to an antique museum. He has an enormous file of stories and photographs on more than 400 little ghost towns, railroad stations, mining camps and overland stage and Pony Express stations. his Besides serious and research writing that require travel, Mr.Thomp "fun hobby" that he can recommend to anyone who wants to invest a little cash say $100 to $400. "With my metal detector I found have literally thousands of old coins, rings and other trinkets in deserted areas of Utah. Where settlements grew up with and meeting churches are always such there houses, son has a items lying underground. It's a pleasant way to prospect." Always ready to exchange information or help a new kJ J2P0 Wii W$ 7 ., pared and served by experts who put you and your dining pleasure first above ail ! Wyffj FOR FOOD TO GO, CALL 621 "9233 or a93'103"1 I UKMlg)MIMUm $ Aj Uj 2783 WASHINGTOrySpjl AumtfRtt faming mou lot m j mm fflBH p AND GLASS COMPANY "Hem of. Nceuary and UnnccttM ry Auto Parts" -- 363 22nd Street ' Ogden Phone 399-331- 7 tjinnnjnnninnnnfnfpnninnnnnnij ::i:iiii;j:i!j:::Hj::j$ jitjjtjtt jt jj jjjiijjjjyyiU:iiiUK immmmmr Ogden EJcank J 13 South O cF 0n Roy 0 Riverdale Lonmoodl Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Federal Reserve System |