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Show H,ei-po- Two Huge Construction Projects Will HelpBring Tourist Crowds To Utah IT. r i i . ; sh..wk mm , ""rw .si.'... Dutch John ''tLi DINOSAUR Scenic Overlook single Copy 10c - $3 a year LAND BEAVER, UTAH. Funeral Held for ASHLEY "" " I f V NATIONAL f'taattmti Lawrence C. White SIA; r" F0REST ""' C. Funeral services for Lawrence White, 75, were held Monday afternoon in Beaver First-Thir- d LDS ward chapel, with Bishop y Harris in charge. Mr. White died Friday of pneumonia complications in a Cedar City hospital, where he was taken, suffering with a broken hip, following a bad fall at his home March 2. Family prayer at the home was offered by Bishop Burton White of Cedar City; the invocation and benediction at the chapel by M. J. Warr and Milton Gentry; and the grave dedicatory prayer in Mountain View cemetery by George A. Simkins of Springville, a brother-in-laLe-Ro- Cfc I I NATURAl history VISITORS' 111 XrLJi U B 1 i UPoInt J V dINOSAUrS c,"' CINTWvT VERNAl I I Xi C L DINOSAUR NATO. MONUMINT fV) Jensen 7"To Salt lake Old Fort 140 Outhein MAP SHOWS HIGHLIGHTS of many scenic and educational spots of the "Unusual Uintahs", near Vernal, Utah. Inset shows it how areas is easily visited from Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming points. All Utah is preparing for increased tourist traffic this year. You can't lose when you invest vacation coins 'to play in the vacation areas of Utah. You hit the jackpot every time! William Willden, Beaver City This year, all of the state's well-knoand Beaver Precinct Justice Judge spots will receive a shot in of the Peace, has prepared for The the tourist traffic "arm". Everyone in the state is preparing to Press the following report on cases play host to what may be the great- heard by him from the first of the est horde of visitors in the history year to date: of the West. Beaver Precinct Court Two places where there is great G. C. Greenwood, Jan. 8, no mud construction activity are responsible for this "shot in the arm": guards; fined $5. C. M. Loflin, Jan. 14, speeding; Glen Canyon Dam, southeast of Kanab, and Flaming Gorge Dam, fined $10. A. Medina, Jan. 10, speeding; 40 miles from Vernal. These workhorse units of the Colorado River fined $10. R. J. Williams, Jan. 14, charged Storage Project also are sleek, under litter-bu- g law; fined $5. trotting preB. H. Jan. Poulson, 12, speeding; to offer America a whale of paring fined $10. a lot of fun. E. H. Sulke, Jan. 23, speeding; While these "horses" are getting fined $10. ready to harness the mighty ColoG. Driggs, Jan. 23, speeding; rado and Green rivers, they also are twirling out a lasso to bring fined $10. Mack A. Snow, Jan. 31, speeding; Utah one of its biggest tourist fined $15. bonanzas. S. K. Munk, Feb. 2, driving unAs the huge concrete dams bow their backs against the onslaught der influence of alcohol, fined $100. L. M. Burt, Feb. 2; fine suspendof the waters, they will add to their work function a galaxy of playtime ed. D. D. Yardley, Feb. 15, failure attractions. And, while this is hapto report; fined $20. of decorated Utah's land pening, Frank Stone, Feb. 15, reckless parks, canyons, arches, waterfalls, driving; fined $50. and wilderness is preparing. Billy Corcoran, Feb. 26, speedUtah's national parks, neighbors to Glen Canyon, are shining up ing; fined $10. Melvin M. Miller, Mar. 2, speedtheir "doorsteps" and laying an ing; fined $10. mat. welcome folks But enlarged Webster Hamilton, Feb. 28, aren't waiting for the completion of either dam. Already, they are driving under infulence of alcohol; fined $100. taking a gander at the huge David Ted Cox, Mar. 1, charged operations. with contempt of court; fined $20 And it's a sure thing that the or 10 days in jail; committed to people who come now to look jail. will be back later to play in the Webster Hamilton, Mar. 1, pamidst of the most scenic areas role violation; sentenced to 30 days in the country! in jail. Several agencies local, state, Kenneth W. King, Mar. 6, speedand federal are beating on doors ing; fined $10. to advertise the areas and attract Doyle Evans, Mar. 6, speeding; more tourist traffic. fined $40. Expansive recreation areas are Marilyn. Bradshaw, Adamsville, planned surrounding the lakes to Mar. 10, expired Utah registration be formed by the dams. Envisionand no driver's license; fined $30, ed are hotels, boat ramps, golf with $15 suspended if driver secourses, and beaches; also new cures driver's license. roads and bridges to open the new Ray Hodges, Beaver, Mar. 11, exvacation lands to fishing, hunting, pired registration; fined $5. Merlin Sprague, North Las Vepacking, and hiking. Utah's State Tourist and Pub- gas, Nev., Mar. 12; speeding, 60 zorfe; fined $10. licity Council says Utah has hardly mph in Donald A. Llndsey, Cherry begun to realize its potential in tourism, even though 3,000,000 Creek, Ncv., no Utah truck permit; tourists in Utah last year spent fined $5. about 100 million dollars! All Harold E. Llndsey, Cherry agencies are embarking upon a Creek, Nev., no Utah truck permit; more ambitious advertising and fined $5. publicity campaign to bring in Roy Yardley, Beaver, no direcmore visitors and keep them here tional signals on truck; fined $2. a little longer on each visit. Beaver City Court Utahns, and others within a radiJohn Ansclmi, Jan. 1, speeding; us of a few hundred miles, can fined $10. state's of the several of sample any Wm. Montgomery, Feb. 2, speedmost scenic areas including Glen fined $10. ing; and Gorge Dam Flaming Canyon Harold W. Ricks, Feb. 5, speedweek-enDam in a ing; fined $10. Studies have shown that the state Robert E. Pursir, Feb. 9, speedstates ranks well below most other fined $10. ing, in number of visitors, time spent John Kozark, Feb. 15, speeding; but in the state, and expenditures; fined $15. some officials estimate that the David L. Yates, Feb. 22, impropthe formed by two recreation areas er parking; fined $10. miltwo dams will bring nearly a Eldon R. Black, Feb. 13, speedeach Utah into lion more persons to at ing; fined $20. year. A cautious guess points the least 300,000 more visitors to and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Uintah Basin area this year to Ashley. more thousands probably many "Our Constitution, the Bulwark the southern Utah areas. of Liberty," is the essay subject, Yes, Utah wisely is starting and judges were Mrs. Florence now in her Job as hostess to a Wood, Mrs. Vivian Marshall, and flow of tourists! never-endin- g Mrs. Gwen rryor, who have no children in school in those grades. MINERS VILLE ESSAY WINNERS Mr. Milton Albrecht is instructor classes. Winners of the essay contest of the combined The essay written by Miss Gil8th and 7th grades the entered by will be etnercd In district comof the Minersville school, spon- lins petition. American Legion the sored by Auxiliary, are Miss Susan Gillins, Subscribe for your home-towdaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence CiUins. t&& Miss Janet Ashley, Newspaper! In Beaver Courts dam-buildi- n The speakers were former Presi dent S. Taylor Farnsworth, who told of the history of the White family, and A. Carlos Murdock. Prelude and postlude music was played by Mrs. Clara Carter, and other musical numbers included a men's quartet, "Oh, My Father," by Kent Hansen, Haf Lund, Sherman Carter, and Gilbert Gale; a vocal duet, "Beautiful Sunset," by Mr. and Mrs. Milo Baker; and a vocal trio, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives," by Mrs. Carol Smith, Mrs. Nell Smith, and Mrs. Carol Carter. Pallbearers, all nephews of Mr. White, were Max" Simkins, James Morton Smith, Clinton Smith, Smith, Wm. White, and George White. Honorary pallbearers were fellow members of the LDS high priests quorum. Relatives and friends from out- attending the services included Mr. and Mrs. Derrell Ber-re- tt and children and Mr. and Mrs. Max Simkins, Provo: Mrs. Lois S. of-to- Robert Blood, White jr., and B. Burton White, Cedar City; Mr. and Mrs. Grant E. Smith, Phoenix, Arizona; Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Smith and children, Orem; Mr. and Mrs. George A. Simkins, Springville; Mr. and Mrs. Myles Roach, Spanish Fork; Mrs. Vernon Clegg, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Miller, and Mr. and Mrs. David Hutchings, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Ted Nowers and Mrs. Virgil Goodwin, Kearns; Mrs. Bertha Topham, Paragonah; Bishop Max L. Shirts and Joseph M. Clark, Dugway; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Blackwell and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pearson, Circleville: and Mrs. Alden Nielson. Mrs. Gilbert McCulley, Mrs. John Bailey, and Mr. and Mrs. Phil Lund, Milford. Lawrence C. White was born in Beaver August 9, 1884. a son of Wm. Henry and Annie Riley White, to whom were born 11 children. Of these 11 children, Mrs. Florence Simkins, a twin sister to Lawrence, is the only survivor. He spent most of his life in Beaver, raising livestock, farming, and trucking produce. He was employed in custodial service at the GUARD LEAVES IN BLIZZARD Though the 50 or more officers and men of Beaver's National Guard unit left Beaver Monday morning in a furious blizzard and probably had bad weather for some distance after boarding ' their huge transport planes at Hill Field, near Ogden, they no doubt now are enjoying the best of weather in salubrious Puerto Rico. There they already have been engaged as part of "Operation Big Slam," using equipment of the Puerto Rico National Guard. Accompanying the Beaver unit on the trip, as a guest of the Guard, was Editor Steve Williams of Mil-forwith editors of Fillmore, Cedar City, St. George, and Richfield papers likewise guests of their respective units. Ave . FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1960 Fine Showing Made At Music Festival Thirty-tw- o students from Beaver High school Music department traveled to Delta Thursday of last week to participate in the annual Solo and Ensemble Festival for Region 10. From this group, 17 solos and ensembles performed and nine "I" ratings and eight "II" ratings were received! Howard R. Low, BHS music instructor, reports this group was the best he has taken to this festival in several years. Although there were several "III" ratings given, Beaver received nothing lower than "II", he added. The following students received the highest ratings possible: PiFormer Beaver Man ano solo, Maria Spendlove; saxoCSU phone solos, Bill Twitchell and Appointed Dean Richard Smith; vocal duet, Kaye Richard E. Gillies, a Beaver na- Terry and Kathryn Seaman; claritive son, has been appointed dean net quartet, Jill Hollingshead, Anof students at College of Southern nette Edwards, Deanna Stapley, Utah. A new post at CSU, the and Susan Cartwright; trumpet deanship was a recommendation of solos, Dennis Lowe and Michael the Northwest Accrediting Asso- Riley; trumpet duet, Michael Riley ciation, according to Dr. Royden and John Kerksiek; and flute solo, , C. Braithwaite, CSU director, and Barbara Nelson. The following students received was made Saturday at Logan by Utah State University Board of "II" ratings: Piano solo, Judy Will Trustees. College of Southern is a den; clarinet solos, Kaye Terry branch of USU and thus the board and Jan Truman; clarinet quartet, has jurisdiction over both colleges. Maria Spendlove, Peggy Joseph, Dean Gillies is a son of Isabell Janice Wickers, Marge Ann BradGilGillies, for many years the very shaw; trumpet solo, Richard efficient general deputy for Beaver lins; vocal solo, Joe Bradshaw; vocal trio, Janyce Bradshaw, county offices, and the late Eben-ezWilliams, and Marie Grim-shaGillies. He has been social girls chorus, Shanna Robscience instructor and coordinator erts, Janyce Bradshaw, Bonnie of student organizations and activiBradshaw, Alice White, Kathryn ties at CSU. WilHe is married to the formei Seaman, Thelma Hunt, JoAnn MarDotson, Nancy liams, Nancy Margaret Joseph, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Joseph of Beaver, shall, Marie Grimshaw, Edith and they have three children, two Yardley, Joyce Bradshaw, and Karma Murdock. (Karma became ill daughters and a son. and couldn't make the trip, but should be mentioned as a member Beaver county courthouse for of the chorus). about 12 years. Judges at the Festival, all from In 1908, he filled a mission in Provo, were: Piano. Maughn the Northwestern States for the vocal. Elvin Terry; woodLDS Church, under President Mel- winds. Wes Barry; and brass, Melvin J. Ballard, and in 1936, he vin Billings. mission in the filled a short-terBeaver certainly should be proud Central States. Always active in of the fine record made by their church work, he had served in ev- students at this Festival. ery organization. He held the office of high priest and served for WINNERS IN ESSAY CONTEST 13 years as a stake high councilANNOUNCED BY AUXILIARY man. Three winners in the Beaver He married Effie Smith October American Legion Auxiliary Essay 2, 1914, in the Salt Lake LDS Tem- contest have been announced by ple. Leon Paice, Auxiliary presiMrs. widow and He is survived by his are Blanche Yardley, dent. three children: Melvin J., Provo; Marie They and Hunt, Judy Willden. Ronand Mrs. Wendell S., Dugway; have been sent to and their essays ald (Vie) Lund, Los Angeles; also Mrs. Josephine Farrell of Hurrinine grandchildren. His twin sisas entries district cane, ter, Mrs. George (Florence) Sim- in the districtpresident, contest. him. also survives kins, Subject for this year's essays is "Our Constitution, Bulwark of LibBob Draper, of Draper Shoe and erty." Judges of the local contest now in his shop all day every and were Mrs. E. S. McQuarrie, Mrs. prepared to serve well the people Lee Strong, and Mr. and Mrs. S. of Beaver county. Taylor Farnsworth. d, at Jo-A- nn er m Vol. 55, No. 12 BEAVER LEGION, AUXILIARY HOLD JOINT OBSERVANCE Birthday of The American Le gion and Charter Night of the Bea ver Legion Auxiliary unit were fittingly observed Tuesday night of last week with a steak banquet at Beaver Community Center, followed by an appropriate program, with members of the Legion post and Auxiliary unit, with their partners, Repulicans Elect State Delegates S. Taylor Farnsworth, Beaver, was elected county chairman; Beatrice Oxley, Milford, vice chairman; and Marybelle Eyre, Miners- ville, Saturday evening at the Beaver County Reparticipating. publican Convention, held in BeaPost Commander Leon Paice had ver. They succeed Mrs. Freda charge of the affair and color bear- Wood, Minersville, who has been ers were Legionnaires McKay chairman; A. Carlos Murdock, BeaFarrer and Gene Barton, with ver, vice chairman; and Karl S. prayer being offered by Howard Farnsworth, secretary - treasurer. Bradshaw. Eighty-siwere in at- State committeeman is Stanley tendance. Minersville; and state The program, which followed the committeewoman is Alta Hickman, secretary-treasure- x banquet, consisted of a vocal solo by Mrs. Jim (Marlys) Bohn; sec lection by Women's Chorus, composed of Kathleen Farnsworth, Veloy Ashworth, Sara Mackerell, Marlys Bohn, Phyllis Warr, and Anona Swindlehurst; piano solo, Mrs. Joe (Carol) Kesler; vocal solo, Kent Hansen; vocal trio, Carol Smith, Velda Esplin, and Carol Carter; vocal solo, Karen Beaumont Gale, accompanied by Vickie Hutchings; and a talk by S. Taylor Farnsworth. Beaver Womens Clubs Make Nice Contribution Financed and completed recently as a joint project and now in use at Beaver's very fine Community Center, is an attractive coat rack, which is a fitting complement to other equipment at the Center. At Christmas time, Beaver clubs holding their Christmas parties at the Center were asked to contribute 50c toward a gift for the Center, and two groups, Beaver Business and Professional Womens d Club and Beaver TNT Club, in the project Mrs. Evan Nielson, chairman of the TNT Christmas party, reported they collected $23 at their party, buying Christmas decorations for the Center with part of this money parti-ticipate- Beaver. It was voted by the delegates present at the convention to have the county chairman and vice, chairman, with similar officers of the various voting districts of the county, comprise the county central committee. Seven delegates to the state Republican conventions, to be held April 30 and August 6, are S. Taylor Farnsworth and A. Carlos Murdock, Beaver; Stanley McKnight and Karl Truman, Minersville; and Joseph R. Murdock, Melvin Persons, and Beatrice Oxley, Mil- ford. Vernon Romney, state Republican chairman, said he was overwhelmed at the large percentage of delegates in attendance at the county convention. He told the Beaver county delegates that more than 86.5 of the entire delegation answered the which the best attendance of any convention he had thus far attended. He called it "A great exhibition of Americanism in action!" Other prominent state Republicans who were present were John Flynn, treasurer, Men's Republican Club; Joe Nelson, field representative for Senator Wallace Bennett; Allen Johnson, representative for roll-cal- l, George D. Clyde, governor of Utah; Rex Sutton, president, Men's Republican Club; Ford Paulson, vice chairman of the Young Republican League; Mrs. LaRue B. Jex, state and turning the remaining $11.50 committeewoman; and Mrs. Eveover to the BPW committtee to lyn Williams, head of Republican women's organizations in the state. purchase a gift for the Center in combination with the $23 which the BPW collected. COY CLARK, FORMER BEAVER The BPW committee, composed MAN, DIES IN SAN DIEGO of Orlene Parkinson, chairman; Funeral services are being held Louise Farrer, Kate Joseph, Verl Patterson, and Maye Atkin, with in Richfield this Saturday for Coy Conrad Grimshaw helping, decided J. Clark, 46, San Diego, Calif., forthat a coat rack was needed as mer Beaver county young man, much as anything at this time. who died of pneumonia Monday in As a result, that nice piece of add- the U. S. Naval Hospital in San ed equipment stands ready to do Diego. He was born Jan. 23, 1914, in valiant service during the remainand surviving him are a Richfield, and for weather long ing chilly his widow, Gwen Ashman Strang time in the future. Low Farm Equipment built the Clark, San Diego; son Stephen G. rack for $30, and to these good (son by his first wife, the former people and all others who partici- Barbara Oakden of Beaver); his and mother. Mr. and pated in the project, the gratitude step-fathMrs. H. M. Christensen, Salt Lake of the committee is extended. City (formerly of Beaver); stepsons, Robert, David, and John MORMON YOUTH TO DISCUSS Strang, San Diego; and the followCULTURE ON N B C PANEL and sisters: Hal ing Keith Engar, University of Utah Chicago, 111.; Reed, Washington; professor, will lead three young Wayne, Pueblo, Colo.; Mrs. Carlos people in a discussion of cultural (Betty) Taylor, Rio de Janeiro; activities for youth on NBC net- and Mrs. Howard (Alcen) Slater, work's "Faith In Action" series New Jersey. Sunday, March 20. The program will be heard at TO SPEND 8:15 a.m. EST on the network, and CONTINENTAL OIL MTN. STATES MILLION IN $15 to Utah audiwill be ences by NBC affiliate station Continental Oil Company will KCPX at 7:45 a.m., MST. invest approximately $15,000,000 This will be the third in a series in exploration, production, manubroadof four March nation-wid- e facturing, and marketing activities casts on the current youth pro- in the Rocky Mountain states in gram of the Church of Jesus Christ I960, including $1,500,000 in exSaints. of Latter-da- y ploration and production opera Richard Evans, commentator for tions in Utah, it was announced Mormon Tabernacle Choir broad- Saturday by J. W. Liddcll, Den casts for more than 30 years, will ver, vice president and Rocky introduce Dr. Engar and his panel Mountain region general mana of young people. Panelists will ger. include Deanna Sherwood, 18, UniMr. Liddell added that the $15,- versity of Utah freshman; Briant 000,000 investment does not inCummens, 18, high school senior; clude the annual company payroll and Joann McCrca, 17, high school of $12,500,000 for some 1,800 com junior. pany employes in the Rocky MounIn a discussion titled "Culture tain region, or maintenance and for Youth," the group will review other normal operating expendiactivities in drama, dance, music, tures. and speech, as provided by the MuConoco plans to drill 17 explortual Improvement Associations of atory and development wells in the church. Utah during the year, said Mr. Liddell. The company's wells in Utah are currently producing at the rate Stanley O. Riley, son of Mr. and of approximately 9,700 barrels of Mrs. Othello Riley of Beaver, now oil daily. is in basic Army training at Fort Ord, Calif. Pvt. Riley, a graduate of Beaver High school, had taken a The two billion tons of waste macouple of years of college work terial and ore removed from at University of Utah prior to takopen-p- it copper mine in ing a position as manager of a Bingham Canyon, Utah, since op Stand?rd Oil station in Salt Lake erations bonn a little owr 50 yr.irs City. He left from Silt Lake Feb. nso, would cover all of Salt I.n!:? 28 on call from the Beaver County City with a layer of rocU 15 feet Selective Service Board thick. er half-brothe- One Nal'ion-O- ne MUsion-O- ne Army National Guard Troops America's Up To The Minute Men -- fT0 l 7 pT""" " ' i -- 1 XT'"9 i - - . - -- 1 w """" 7V'-TT--- r'"!V - r'T- - I y MA. 0m0nfl ,he fir,f volunfeer, In war end disaster, evacuating air crash. Training programs under fough Army standards help hllL M?KT nlv ? ony FUny 'oi ff emcrency-to - Th Mdn Army National Guard cel.. respect George Washington. The First President lerved h.t country end hit star at a member of the Virginia Militia. Today, the National Guard carries cm In the best tradition of the historic NAJ'?NAt.?UARD on th TR?PS' scene of an citizen-ioldie- r. r; -- Ken-nccot- t's |