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Show n wi we em jd Irit County Seat Newspaper THE WEATHER N MEDICAL EMERGENCY? Need Ambulance? Call 438-241- 6 VOLUME 76, NUMBER 12 BEAVER. UTAH 84713 f a ' .. '""Z-- - T -- C, T"- v. y f t. : J provide additional parking space. The pipe was furnished by Beaver School Distinction. Excavation, equipment, and labor were furnished by Beaver City. Finishing touches will be done by the State Highway Department. Pipe has been installed in (he irrigation ditch at north end of the high school football field. This will keep anyone from falling into what has been an open ditch and Beaver Trap Club Holds First Meet O'Dell Webb, Milford. with 77 Trap shooting is a national sport which includes both men points; and Class C - Ray Wilson, and women enthusiasts. Beaver, with 72 points. It is an Event 4, Singles, saw Class A expensive hobby when won by Paul Neimcyer, Richfield, you consider the cost of a gun, in a shoot-of- f with Les Draper, ammunition, reloading equipRichfield. High score was 98 ment, and time spent in practice. Women do not shoot in special points. In Gass B, Brad Staples of categories. They compete in the same handicap group with men. Richfield won with 97 points. Dale Swanson, Price, Utah, Firing five times from five stations in rotation makes 100 won the Class C competition with 96 points. points possible. Beaver trap shooters met last Class D was won by Charles Saturday and Sunday at the Peterson, Spring City, Utah, with Beaver Trap Club. 93 points. Winners placed high both days, High Lady was Sheena Mitchell some in the 90's. of Salt Lake City with 93 points. I Class A Singles winner was The New Shooter award went to Boyd Miller of Barstow, CaliKenny Bowden, Beaver. fornia, with 98 points. Beaver is the only club with Class B Singles winner was official sanction to hold meets in Allen Carter of Minersville with Southern Utah. 97 points. As' you can see, shooters scored Class C Singles winner was Hal very high and represented many Smith, Beaver, with a 95 score. areas outside Beaver. Class D Winner was Kevin Swanson, Price, Utah, with a score of 92. . High Lady in Singles was Margaret Miller, Beaver, with a The Beaver High School Base56. ball team is working on a project Event 2, Handicap Division, to earn money for new uniforms. was won by Buss Jensen, RichThe Trans-Alask- a Sea Food 91 with score. a field, Utah, Company will be In town and the Runner-uwas Chad Johnson, team members will visit your Beaver, with 90 points. home and leave an order blank. In Event Hi on Sunday, They will return the next day to Doubles winners were: Class B pick up any orders. They will deliver ail orders of sea food. You SATURDAY'S WINNERS of the may be visited before the 12th of Beaver Trap Club Shoot were April. Please support this good Bovd Miller, Allen Carter, Hal cause and ertfoy a delicious sea Smith, Kevin Swanson, and Marfood meal. garet Miller. BUS Baseball Fund Raiser . p Va JO 2b 24 20 27 .03 .03 SINGLE COPY -1- 5c THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1979 Heber Gurr, president of Beaver Lions Club, met with the City Council to propose that the "Lions Club TV" title on all TV and FM licenses be changed to "Beaver City TV." is due this year. Required changes and upgrading are too costly to the Lions Gub and many costs can be eliminated by having the license in the name of the city. Channel 7 will stand for 50 of an estimated $10,000 to $12,000 cost of upgrading equipment. Motion to change title was authorized and Mr. Gurr was authorized a $50 monthly increase in salary as technician on the equipment. Jim Chapman, representing the Utah Peace Officers Associa- Next Tuesday, March 27th, at 12:00 noon the Beaver Lions Club will welcome as their guests Alton V. Frazier, Director of the Utah Travel Council. Milt Jolleyt Assistant Director of the Utah Travel Council, and William Duckett, Executive Director of Color Country Advertising and Tourist Promotion Board. A new travel promotion film, A fire broke out in the attic of the Kim Davis home, Tuesday afternoon, March 20, causing only minor damage to the attic and some interior sheefrock. Lee R. Beaumont, Emergency Medical Technician, attrihuted the cause of the fire as possibly coming from a ceiling fan. Mr. Beaumont cited the availability of an oxygen mask as the reason the fire was put out without further damage. "We were able to get to the fire," he stated, "without the use of the fire engine because we had the oxygen mask." Once he was in the aitic he was able to extinguish the fire with a sprayer. "With the mask, I was able to get right to the fire." he said. The fire was reported by residents of the home who snielled the smoke. Beaumont stated that the fire was at the smoldering stage and caused mostly smoke rather than flames. tion Police Liability Insurance, proposed a program of liability insurance for police and elected public officials. Action is to be taken after study of present coverage. City is to notify owners of signs that encroach upon state y that said highway signs must be removed or relocated within 30 days or the city will have to remove signs and assess costs. UDOT representatives have stated that Beaver City must take action before contract can be let on the Main Street right-of-wa- "Another Time-Anoth- Place-Utah- " will be presented. This film recently won first place as the best travel promotion film of the year in the film festival at the Anaheim, California travel show. It also won the Sweepstakes Honors. The guests will review current travel promotion programs on the state level as well as the color country region. All interested citizens in or out of the travel oriented business are invited to attend. Please let Clair Lee know if you are going to attend before noon March 26th so luncheon arrangements can be made. Stake Birthday Ball Slated After a year of pageants, parades and celebration activities the Beaver Stake will culminate the years festivities with a Birthday Ball at the Beaver National Guard Armory on March 24th 1979 at 9:00 p.m. The theme of the dance will be "Sound of Music." Odessa, a four piece band from B.Y.U. will Hall Brothers of Hurricane play. Odessa has just returned the week on are to start work this from a tour in Hawaii and have Main Street water line project. worked on occasion with the They had been unable to move in Osmond family. The floor show heavy equipment earlier because will begin with a grand march led of road restrictions. Stake Presidency and their Council will request Lynn by the wives at 10:00 p.m. Refreshments Parsons and Mr. Jensen to have a will be served and those attendnew fee schedule and proposals are expected to observe for improvements to the golf ing church standards in dress and next for the course ready meeting conduct. A pleasant and enjoyof the Council. able evening is expected. The pipe work at the All Beaver County residents swimming pool is complete, exand friends, young and old, are was for testing. Payment cept cordially invited. There is no approved for the contract. for the evenings activity. The pipe has been installed charge The Beaver Stake Activities Comand covered along the north side mittee have done an outstanding of the high school. The State will job this year and the Birthday complete paving as soon as Ball should be one of the possible. highlights of the season. The annexation of the Charlie Smith property was discussed. The petition was denied because the property is excessive in size for construction of one single unit dwelling within the incorporated Foreigners bought 14,000 acres limits of Beaver City: of Utah farmland between January 1977 and June 1978, according to a survey released by the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Nutrition. This land, as well as all other Beaver Stake Pinewood Derby farmland owned by foreign interwill be held Friday evening, ests must be registered, stated March 23, in the Beaver h Ross Marshall, Chairperson of Ward Cultural Hall. the Beaver County Agricultural Winners from Pack competition Stabilization and Conservation d in Beaver, Minersville, and (ASC) Committee. will weigh in their racers at 7 Local ASCS offices have the p.m., prior to the Derby at 7:30 necessary papers for registering p.m. foreign owned farmland. "ForMedals will be awarded to the eigners who owned or had at least winners. a five percent interest in farmland was held Pack competition on February, 1', 1979, must report Wednesday and Thursday nights ownership to us by August 1, in the individual wards. 1979," Marshall said. Those acquiring land after February 1, 1979, must report it within 90 days. The ASCS official said farmThursday and Friday, April 19th and 20th Beaver has a real land purchased by foreigners was identified by the survey in every treat in store. "My Fair Lady" will be State except eight. The study presented by Beaver High School disclosed that 826,534 acres of U.S. farmland were purchased by drama department on two evenforeign investors, with heaviest ings only. This English musical romp tells activity in the South and Souththe story of a young Cockney girl east. The five states with the most who is befriended by an English Gentleman. The Gentleman acreage bought by foreigners wagers with a friend that he can were Oregon, 129,700; Texas, 93,200; Georgia, 57,900; Louisconvert Eliza into a real lady. See the play and go through the iana, 54,300; and Arkansas, trials and tribulations with Eliza 42,900. A single purchase in and her Gentleman. Oregon involved more than Tickets will soon go on sale 125,000 acres. Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, with reserved seats sold to first Florida, Mississippi, purchasers of tickets. Georgia, and South Carolina accounted for Farmland Purchased Stake Pinewood Derby Set Third-Fourt- Mil-for- My Fair Lady 42 percent of the acreage pur-- ! chased, and 20 States (including Utah) accounted for almost 90 Senior Citizens will hold a percent of the total. The ASCS official said foreign meeting at the Community Center at 6:00 P.M. Friday, March 23, purchases, on the average, in1979. volved larger tracts of farmland Election of officers will be held compared to domestic purchases. luck dinner. a followed Senior Citizens M W 51 50 49 48 48 49 Prec. Attic Fire Brings Response city. will NEAR COMPLETION Lo 21 22 Lions Welcome Special Guests Rex Carter,' City Building Inspector, read a proposed letter to be sent to each builder in the - Hi 58 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 City Council March 20 paving project. Ac- Date March March March March March March March by pot Bingo and other entertainment will follow the dinner. small gift to be Please bring used as a bingo prize. However, no significant relationship was found between the price of farmland and concentration of foreign acquisition in individual' States. hand-pum- i i - v ' 1 FIRE EXTINGUISHER Is passed to Lee R. Beaumont, inside the attic, as firemen fight celling fire. Accident Claims Life of Local Youth Morgan Baldwin, son of Donald L. and Carene (Ivie) Baldwin, Beaver, was fatally injured in a pedestrian - vehicle accident on Wednesday, March 21, at 1:15a.m. Morgan was born in Cedar City on November 14, 1959. He was a lifelong member of the L.D.S. Church and first counselor in the Priest Quorum. Graduated from Beaver High School in 1978, he was active in sports and excelled in football. In his Senior year, he was elected president of the Letter-men'- s Club, named Mr. Attractive, and was attendant in the Homecoming Royalty. 4 ;rft pi4a r V David C. Bell, forester on the Beaver has Ranger District, accepted a transfer with promotion, effective March 25, to the Pine Valley Ranger District of the Dixie National Forest in St. George, Utah. Mr. Bell received his degree in forest management from Utah Slate University in 1973. He started his forest service career with the Fishlake Forest in 1972 working as & forest technician on a temporary basis then in 1975 was hired as a forester. Mr. Bell is married to Shirlee Davis. Morgan recently completed Everyone who possibly can should take instruction in using the Heimlich Maneuver for helping choking victims. CPR and Cardiac Pulmonary Resuscitation is another skill everyone should be familiar with. During every Americans lifetime he or she can seriously expect to come in contact with either a choking or heart attack victim. Every year over three thousand people die from choking and it is sixth in causes of accidental death among children under one year of Registration Set to age. Registration of night classes be offered at Beaver High School beginning March 26th for 8 weeks Instruction. Classes offered are: Disco Dancing - Wednesday 7:00 to 8:00, by Ken and Vickl CPR is used for other things than heart attacks. It is effective in starting breating which has stopped as a result of drowning, suffocation, trauma and electrical shock. If you have a person in your family who has a history of heart trouble CPR is important for you to know. Mothers of small children especially need knowledge of the Heimlich Maneuver for choking. Information concerning both skills is available through cither your EMT's or your local fire Yardley. Dutch Oven Cooking TBA In May Mel Osborn. Speed Reading Wednesday 7:00 to 8:00 by Greg Smith. Wednesday Speed Reading from 7:00 to 8:00 - Greg Smith. beginning, IntermeType diate, and advanced Thursday 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. by John Kerkslek. Mondays. Genealogy Wednesdays from by Ann Messer. Arts and Crafts Thursday from 7:00 to 9:00 by GatJ Bell. 7:00 to 9:00 Health Careers Career place- TBA by Drew Larson. English Tuesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. by Call Webster. For more Information call Mel Osborn from 11:15 to 12:00 at Beaver High School. ment department. beginning Instruction Advanced instruction, Wednesday from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. by Melinda Andrus. Microwave cooking Tuesday or Thursday from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. - by Melinda Andrus. badminton, Physical fitness 7:00 to tennis, etc. Tuesday 9:00, by Irene Forrest. Do your own thing Shop by Wednesday, 7:00 to 10:00 Wallace Dean. Gymnastics 4 years through 3rd grade Wednesday from 6:00 to 7:00; 4th through 6th grade Wednesday from 7:00 to 8:00; and Advanced already had instruction; from 3:30 to 4:30 on the middle of March. What many don't realize is that Minersville has the same kind of experience each year. Mr. Derral Wright, Park Superintendent of Minersversville Reservoir, reports that his swallows beat the Capistrano swallows in their return. Mr. Wright said that the Mincsville swallows usually arrive ten days alter their California cousins but this year they were ten davs earlv. At Home BUS Night Class Sewing of people line the streets of San Juan Capistrano, California each year to witness the return of the swallows. Some say the swallows return before the most popular date, while others hold firm to the belief that they return to Capistrano during Life Saving American Fork, Utah, and Mrs. Greg (Kim) Solberg, of Beaver. Grandparents are Loyal and Thelma Baldwin, Beaver, and Delial and Virgie Ivie, Flowell, Utah. Services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Beaver First Ward L.D.S. Chapel. Friends may call at Campbell Mortuary on Friday between 7 and 9 p.m. and on Saturday from 11 a.m. until time of services. Interment will be in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver. . Wednesday from 7:00 to 8:00, Swallows Becsons Celebrate 60 years MORGAN BALDWIN Mark (Angela) Daley, David C.Bell Is Transferred V National Guard basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. After completion of basic, he took more extensive training at Fort Lee, Virginia. He is survived by his parents of Beaver; one brother, Terry, of Payson, Utah; and two sisters, Mrs. Return of the Thousands 1 p . Basketball The Annual Slake Presidency High Council and Bishopric's Basketball Game will be on Wednesday, March 28 at 7:30 P.M. in the old Beaver High School Gymnasium. Last year there was great excitement and fun as "Tall Paul" Nielson. "Razzle Dazzle" Van Tasscll and "Slim Jim" Morgan led their charges against the inflated Bishoprics. Although the S.P. and H.C. lost the encounter they have new resolve and determination to -- overcome and reach greater heights. This will be helped by limiting the Bishopric squad to include only Bishops and Counselors. Prior to the game at 6:00 P.M. there will be a free throw shooting contest for all ages, male and female. The finals as part of the half Alio during the stake two on two held. will take place time activities. half time the finals will be v r' 1 7 1 ,f v f , Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. (Susie) Becson will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Thursday, March 22, 1979. They were married in Beaver, Utah, March 22, 1919. A family party will be held to honor them Saturday. March 24th. Frank and Susie are the parents of five children: Frank Jr. of Blanding, Utah; Clair, who died as an infant; Valgene, Beaver; Donna Cartwright, Beaver; and Joanne Man.ionne of Cedar City. They have 12 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Frank was born in Aur'nurgh, England, January 18, IH'il. He came to America and Beaver in May, 1909 with his nun her, brother Percy, and his sisier. Crissie as converts lo tl;c L.D.S. Church. His father, Alexander Hayden Bceson had come to America before his family to obtain work and prepare fi r their coming. Frank graduated from si hool in England at the age of 13. When he left school he got a job as a messenger boy for the telegraph company. Later he worked in his brother-in-law'- s fish ami chips shop in London. He was IS jcars old when he came to America. In 1917 ar.d 1918 he served America in the famous J 45' h f ield Artillery in the f irst Wot Id War. HS says that he always knew that he would return fn,m the war because his Patriarchal Blessing told him that he would be a fa'her of sons and daugh'ers. After his marriage to Susie Greenwood he pursued his trii'e of bricklayer and plasterer. He built hundreds of homes afd other buildings in Beaver County and surrounding areas. He was also a raiser of bees and produced very fine honey until he was nearly 80 years old tiien he sold his bees but had to reclaim a hive s J for himself to produce honey for his own use. He had a great sense of humor and loves to tell stories of his childhood in England. He loves the Church an:l the part he plays in it. I'c is a High Priest at the present time. If there was a day before the first of the month, he would do his home teaching thai day. He never misses a month and had spent many hours helping all the widows in his neighborhood. He had cleaned their yards, done repair work in t their mad and their homes, visited them often. He is a member of the World War I Veierans and the American Legion. He loves life and enjoys it to the fullest. His happiest times were wi,h his family on camping trips. He isn't in a campground an hour until he knows everyone in ll'e area. His grandsons are all over six fret tall and he can still wrestle wiih the best of then). Susie was born in Beaver. Utah, January 28, T'01 to Tims and Ldiih SiJwcll Greenwood. Her failier died when she was three years old and she was raised by 'he Charles D. White family. She attended school in Beaver and went to the Murdotk Ai.ademy. She ha lived here most of her life ex :ept for a few years in California and in Wellington and Delta, Utah. She has always had an exceptional talent for seiry and crea'ing fine works of art with her cnxheiing. tatting and knitting. She has served nearly all of the Church Auxiliaries; was President of the Primary, Prcsideni of the UWMIA. and Peitef Society President of the Beaver Emt Ward for five years. The Welfare Program of the Church and the Singing Mothers mere organized while she was Relief S viety (coii'mucd on pajje 8) |