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Show THE BEAVER PRESS SJKe April 14, 1994 PAGE 2 Obituaries Merwyn Lewis Beaver Press USPS 047-40- 0 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT BEAVER, UTAH BY THE BEA VER PRESS SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BEAVER, UTAH 84713 . STAFF Elisa Corral Publisher Laura Maxfield Production Greg Maxfield Pender Merwyn Lewis Pender, age 92 born January 6, 1 902 in Indian Terri tory near Alva, Oklahoma to Cecil ArthurPenderandFloraMaude Lewis passed away April 9, 1994 at the home where he resided with his WriterPhotographer COLUMNISTS Ilynn Bradshaw Mildred Yardley 438-550- 9 438-222- 7 "Our Town" SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Beaver County $14.00 Beaver County Senior Citizens ..$12.00 Outside Beaver County $17.00 POSTMASTER: Please send change of address to: The Beaver Press, Box 3 5 1 . Beaver, UT 847 1 3 Beaver City Council Minutes CorvV, 1 Councilmember . " 'f If Mission Call Elder Jeremy Bradshaw has been called to the Knoxville, Tennessee Mission. His farewell will be held Sunday, April 17, 1994 at 1:00P.M. intheBea-ve- r 5th Ward Chapel. Jeremy is the son of Shad and Janet Bradshaw of Beaver. Soil Conservation Bradshaw moved, Williams seconded, Beaver City approve a $200.00 donation to the American Legion Boy's State. All voted in favor of the motion. Councilmember Bradshaw moved, Paul Anderson seconded, Beaver City approve the outside the City water application for Mr. James Jackson for a 34" surplus water connection for Lot No. 3 & No. 4 combined in Canyon Breeze Estates. The approval in subject to Mr. Jackson complying with Beaver City's water-lin- e extension policy. A copy of the application is attached hereto as ExAll voted in favor o hibit the motion. The City Council reviewed Beaver City's outside the city water rates and water usage and Beaver City's inside the city rates and usage. The rates and water shortage were discussed at length. The matter was tabled for further discussion and investigation. Ms. Diane Hibbard, representn, ing the March of Dimes met with the City Council and requested a donation to help defray Afthe costs of the ter discussion of the project, Council-membe- r Paul Anderson moved, Williams seconded, Beaver City donate $125.00 totheWalk-A-Thon,S25.of the $100.00 shall be used f.s prize money. The City shall provide pool rental costs for an open swim for Walk-A-Thparticipants. The Walk-A-This Saturday, April 23, 1 994. All voted in favor of the motion. It was the consensus of the City Council that a work meeting with department heads and budget officers be scheduled for April 15th. The City Council reviewed Beaver City's policies regarding travel. After review of Beaver City's travel policy and other cities' policies, it was the consensus of the City Council that Beaver City's policy for travel on city business be changed to the following: Meal allowance $5.00break-fas- t, $8.00 lunch and $ 12.00 supper, for a total of $25 .00 per day. Personal vehicle use mileage 25 cents per mile. Motel accommodations, actual motel room costs up to a maximum of Walk-A-Tho- Streamflow Forecast Walk-A-Thoh- The Streamflow Forecast released by the Soil Conservation Service for April first shows the following: Beaver River nearBeaver: 17,000 (65of average) for April acre feet through July. The forecast is based on average precipitation and normal temperature and accumulated moisture up to this time. Letter To The Editor Dear Editor, There is a child in this town who is dying. It is not a physical ailment, some disease which we can name that is killing this child. It is an affliction which is more insidious, it is a spiritual death which this child suffers. This child does not have Nintendo, or tennis shoes that light up. What he has isbright and ready smile, an eagerness to please that would melt the coldest heart. He has some problems, but nothing a little special attention couldn'tcure. Thischild has deep feelings, a sweet spirit that is being crushed by the cruelty and ignorant prejudice of his schoolmates and even his teachers. This child is maligned, andbatteredby ignorant slobs in pretty clothes. The welfare of children is everyone's responsibility, but most particularly teachers and school officials. Open your eyesl I have one child in mind particularly, but I know there are more who are equally tortured because they don't have the right clothes or the right parents. To the parents of children who wouldvictimizesuchachild, (if you don't know who are FIND OUT) what kind of personal integrity are you teaching in your homes? What kind of Christian ethic? Areyour children taking part of the destruction of this child's heart? A wise person once wrote that man proposes and God disposes. We know that this is true. In the meantime a child's spirit is waning, his sweetness rotted by taunts. You not only allow this behavior, condone it, but many of you participate in it yourselves This child's life isbeing sucked away by indifference and Take responsibility people, and n. on $80.00 perroomper night. Councilmember Bradshaw reported that he is presently seeking election to the office ofBeaver County Commissioner. Councilmember Bradshaw wanted the City Council and public to know that if he is elected to the position of County Commissioner, he will resign the position ofBeaver City Councilmember. Councilmember Bradshaw reported he is still dedicated to the Beaver City Council and until which time he may be elected to the Commission, he will continue to perform his duties in an orderly manner. No further business presented before the City Council, the meeting adjourned at 12:15 A.M. A. Powell Beaver, Utah Devona Griffiths had her daughter Helen spend several days with her fromSaltLake. Mr. and Mrs. George Rich of Jacob Lake visited in Beaver on business. They also spent some time in Minersville with their daughter Susan Craw and family. Mr. and Mrs. Kay Bowler received word of their first new granddaughter who was born recently to Mr. andMrs. StevenBowlerof Sandy, Utah. Mr. andMrs. Rex Carter enjoyed havingalltheirfamilymembers spend Easter with them. Their sons Melvin, Gale and Mark of St. George, and Cullen CarterofMilford. Ann Swindlehurst spent a week recently visiting friends in Lake Havasu. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Beaumont had Keith's sister, Gloria and family of Provo visit for the weekend. They were here to attend the farewell of Lora Beaumont who was called to serve an LDS Mission in California. Mrs. Da Messenger had two sisCalifornia recently visit her. from ters all They attended theMantiTemplefor a nephew's wedding. Mrs. Margery Twitchell spent the weekend with her sisters. She makes her home in Salt Lake City where she lives with her daughter. "Just Looking married Rhea Irene Parker of Saskatchewan, Canada, daughter of Thomas Parker and Emma Cassidy. They had 5 sons, Thomas, Donald, James, Jack, Richard and one daughter Donna Lou. Lew and his family spent several of those years in Ventura, California before returning to Arizona where he freighted poles into Mexico. Eventually he gained employment with the Tucson SchoolDistrictlfrom which he retired in 1965. He moved to Holbrook in 1987 to live with his son and daughter-in-laJack and Jean Pender. He is survived by his sons Donald, of Arroyo Grande, California, Jim of Evansville, Indiana and Jack of Holbrook. 14 grandchildren, 28 greatgrandchildren and 14 Grandfather ofJimand Lorraine Pender ofBeaver, Utah. Lew belonged to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge 3 85 of Tucson for 5 1 years. He was a charter member of the Mason's and 32nd degree ScottishRite anda Shriner of Tucson. Robina (Ruby) Kerr Marshall BE AVERLAS VEGAS Robina (Ruby) Kerr Marshall, age 88, passed away on April 5, 1994 inBeaver, Utah. She was born on August 14, 1905 in ByMildredYardley There is an old Parowan legend New York to Norman and Maggie during Pioneer days of a band of McCloud Pearson. Indians that demanded a bag of grain Ruby and Redd Kerr managed the from the first one municipal of golf course for 1 1 years each, settlers, who only had a meager harvest that from 1946 to 1957. They were expert fishermen Ruby was also in charge of year. So he asked three members of his ticket sales for the Tournament of threshing crew to help him scare them Champions when it was in Las Vegas. off. One of his man had a peg leg, Ruby taught bridge to many in Las anotherworeacurlyredwigandaMr. Vegas and had a multitude of friends. Smith had a handsome set of false Ruby lived in Las Vegas in the winter and in Beaver, Utah the rest of the teeth! At a given signal, one gave a war year for the last 18 years. Ruby was whoop and unbuckled his peg leg and preceded in death by Redd Kerr in 1960. She rnarriedHal Marshall in 1962 threw it in the air. Not to be overdone the one gave another war whoop and and he preceded her in death in 1976. threw his curly red wig in the air. The Funeral services were held Monday, Indians stood wide eyed. But, when April 1 1, 1994at2:00P.M. in theOlpin Mr. Smith gave a howl and let his false Mortuary, 195 North 200 West in teeth fall, they took to their horses Beaver, Utah. Friends paid their reand fled! spects one hour prior to services on Eliza Piatt was another pioneer Monday. Interment was in the Mountain who watched with dread as a thick View Cemetery in Beaver, Utah under black cloud of hungry crickets approached their settlement She looked the direction of Olpin Mortuary. at her garden and wished there was something she could do to protect the tender young plants. Suddenly she had an idea she hurried inside and gathered her lovely hand-maquilts. She carefully spread them out over the top ofher crop to protect them and then hurried inside. The crickets came with a roaring sound by the thousands. Later, she saw the seagulls and rejoiced with tears in her eyes. April 19th Immunization Clinic in Beaver Later she went to collect her quilts. 2 :0O-- 5 :00 P.M. at the health defrom She gasped for the quilts were gone, without a thread or a trace to be found partment, 385 East Center. April 20th anywhere Oh yes, and the garden WIC in Beaver at the health was gone tool by appointment. April 21st WIC ihMinersvilleat the Legion 7 com at the Post Office by appointment April 22nd Cholesterol screens in Beaver at the health department, by appointFridav.ApriliSth Back" de Schedule Citizen Menu Wednesday. April 20th Chicken and Dressing Casserole Sweet Potatoes Set Salad Hot Bread Melt In Your Mouth Fridav.April22nd Navy Beans and Ham Fresh Veggies Cottage Cheese and Pear Salad Corn Bread Chocolate Pudding Hamburgers and Trimmings Baked Beans Fresh Veggies and Fruit Chips and Dip Peach Cobbler ment April 26th Immunization clinic in Beaver from 5:00-7:0- 0 P.M at the health de385 Center. East partment, April 28th Monday. April 18th Sirloin Tips Mashed Potatoes Mixed Veggies Green Salad Hot Bread Cherry Crunch Bradshaw-Co- Wedding x Lynn and Glenna Bradshaw are happy to announce the marriage of their daughter VickiLyn to R. Scott Cox, son of Randy and Allyson Cox. They have chosen Friday, April 22, 1 994 to be married in the St. George Temple. A reception will be held that evening in the Third, Fourth and Sixth Ward Chapel. VickiLyn and Scott are both graduates of Beaver High School. VickiLyn will graduate in April from The American Institute of Medical and Dental Technology in Provo. Scott is attending ITT in Murray. His is serving in the Utah National Guard and is employed at Utah Wyoming Freight Lines. They plan on making their home in Salt Lake City. LDS Churcn General Statistical Home And School Are Vital Links Information For the information of the mem- bers of the Church, the First Presidency has issued the following statis-ic- al report concerning the growth ind status of the Church as of April 1 , 1994. (Membership figures include estimates based on 1992 reports available prior to conference.) CHURCH MEMBERSHIP Total membership at the close of 1 993 : 8,696,224 CHURCHUNTTS Number of stakes 1,968 647 Number of Districts 295 Number of Missions Number of Wards and Branches 21,002 (These statistics reflect an increase of 49 stakes and 921 wards and branches.) Nations and Territories with organized wards and branches 149 CHURCHGROWTHDURING 1993 Children of record baptized during 1993 76,312 Converts baptized during 1993 304,808 MISSIONARIES 48,708 BYU Jerusalem Southwest Utah Center Has a New Public Health Department Clinic Director President Rex E. Lee has Beaver Senior save a child's life. This child can be a senator or a crime statistic, either way, all those he comes in contact with in his youth are responsible. Get a grip. By Mildred Yardley Melinda Lundberg visited her mother JessieRoberts and family members for several days. Melinda teaches school in Logan. Mr. and Mrs. DonSly vacationed for a week in the Riverside area with their family and friends during the Easter Holiday. Lew left the Oklahoma Territory in 1906 by train. His family stayed several years in Uvalde, Texas before traveling in a covered wagon to Ft. Stockton, Texas. Around 19 10 he and hisfamily migrated to El Paso. When his Grandfather homesteaded outside Columbus, New Mexico the family joined him there by way of the same covered wagon. Lew and his family witnessed the raid on Columbus by Pancho Villa around 1916. As a small child he once rode the arena with Buffalo Bill during one ofBill's tours. In 1919thefamily movedtoMesa and in 1923 they moved to Tucson where Lew spent thenext54years. He Immunization Clinic inMilford at the health department 21 West 500 South, from For further information or to make an appointment you can call the Beaor the Milford ver Office at 43 10:00-6:00P.- Office at387-267- 1. ap- pointed Kaye Hansen, an assistant professor of management communication at Brigham Young University, as the associate director of the BYU Jerusalem Center. Hansen replaces Duane Dudley, who will return toteachingin the BYU physics and astronomy department. Hansen will assist director Kent S. Brown in the administration of the center, effective May 1st. "Duane has give conscientious, devoted and important service to the center," said Lee. "Kaye will likewise give important service to the center, its faculty and students, and I appreciate her willingness to accept the assignment." A doctoral graduate of BYU, Hansen is the associate director of the Master of Business Administration program and director of public relations for the Marriott School of Management. She has taught in the School of Management since 1984. Mrs. Hansen is the former Kaye Terry ofBeaver and the daughter of (the late) Lila and Andrew Terry. ByLilyEskelsen Mom was a little ashamed of herself for being so annoyed when the school called. They told her that her Darling Child had received a second "white slip" (a ticket for breaking school rules). Two tickets for misbehaving in one term meantthat parents had a choice. They could either supervise said son at home for a one-da- y suspension or come to school with him for one day, sitting beside him and making sure he understood that the school took his behavior seriously and was determined to help him improve. Mom didn't want him to miss a day of school. But she also didn't think it was fair that she had to take a precious vacation day to sit beside Darling Child in a 6th grade classroom practicing spelling words and times tables. She wasn't planning a vacation just then. She was a busy woman with important things to do. Way important. And besides, that's not what vacation days were for. And who was being punished here, anyway? What had she done? She decided to go to school. But to help her cope with such an unfair situation, she did what any mature, prudent and conscientious mother of a of school rules would do: She pouted. She sulked big time. She wallowed in rationalisms about how Darling Child's punishment should not require an inconvenience on the part of an innocent parent bystander. But she did go to school. She noticed her presence had an interesting effect on the other students in the room. The teacher had told the kids the day before to expect a parent who would be coming in to help one of the students who had some trouble with too many "white slips". Every child was imagining life with Mommy or Daddy sitting across the aisle. Some broke out in a cold sweat. The teacher never acknowledged or mentioned Mom the whole day. Nothing in tne day was disrupted. Mom began to find the class routine fascinating. The kids knew what was expected of them. (I'm not saying they always DID what was expected of them, but they knew.) Darling Child had several late assignments to work on. Mom monitored, tested, advised and corrected during two recesses and after lunch. Everything was turned in by the end of the day. Darling Child was not happy about havi ng Mom there. On the other hand, he actually seemed pleased about all the work that was turned in. And walking home after school, I told Jared that if he ever needed me to spend another day at school, I'd be there. Even if it cost a vacation day. Because we learn a lot in school. Like long division. Like facing consequences. Like you can't take a vacation from being a parent. |