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Show THURS., RED FEBRUARY 21, 1952 EMERY never realized how wonderful the Red Cross was until this incident. . . I might have Been detained days instead of minutes if there had not been a Red Cross to lend a helping hand." This is a typical example of the teamwork between chapters and field directors that makes possible the network of Red Cross Services to the armed forces. Your County Chapter is plan ning participation in a blood program, Home Nursing and First Aid Courses, to be given throughout the County. Your support thhrough your contri buttons will ibe appreciated. (s) Emery Co. Chapter of American Red Cross CROSS Coat'd from Page 1 auto accident at Delaware County, Iowa, half a continent away. He immediately went to the (Red, Cross field director at his base and found that verification from the home chapter had1 Just been received. The information was phoned to the officer of the day and a en-day leave arranged. Unable to draw pay or cash a personal check it being Saturday Roger again called the field director, reaching her at her home. She reopened her office, made the seaman a loan of $200 and notified the home chapter that he was on his far-flu- fifte- way. . Later, the seaman wrote: I ng Red Cross Recreation Program Helps Hospitalized Servicemen GREEK an admireful star farmer as you, my dear friend, Paul Crawford. Would you please talk to me about this, and also about your farm. Here, I am a very unhappy and desperate young man because there is not a job for me to work and take care of my awful bad situation. Therefore I am coming to you, I know that American people is charitable and always willing to help poor unhappy people of foreign countries that the war has destroy, and ask you to give me just a small piece of your happiness by sending me some old spare clothes of yours which I so much need mostly now that we have a real cold weather. Please help me. Let me know what happiness means. Please. I will be deeply greatful to yon for my whole life and may God" Our Heavenly Father give you what ever you wish and keep you always happy. You have to know that some warm clothes from you will make me happy because I am poor and I need them, and they will also give me courage to go ahead in this miserable life. I have faith to you, therefore I will toe hurt If I wont hear from you. I am considering you as a friend of mine and I am proud for. Please write me. My very best wishes, regards and thanks to you. -- -- Address: Dem. Marcopoulos Street, Salonika, Greece 14 M Reed Ini, COO Homes Weekly- Is - T o Use THE P1ROG1RESS ' CASTLE DALE, UTAH ecause Sincerely Yours, Demetrion Marcopoulos A Progress PROGRESS, YOUTH (Oont. from p 1.) Very Providing recreation and entertainment for hospitalized and convalescent servicemen is an important Red Cross job at military hospitals. These Red Cross hospital recreation workers take a group of patients for a tour of Mammoth Cave, Ky., during an outing sponsored by a community service organization. Any woman will tell you shed ation workers. Recreational programs are adaptrather nurse five sick children than one sick man. Doctors and nurses ed to the needs of both the man are inclined to agree with her. A confined to his ward and the conman resents being helpless and Is valescent. They range from teachoften beset by fears for himself ing a bedridden man to play soliand his family. taire to dances and bingo games The sick soldier is little different for the man on the road to from the civilian, except that treat- recovery. There are motion pictures for ing the sick serviceman presents additional problems. both ward patients and the convaUnlike the patient in the civilian lescent, and for the ambulatory pahospital, who undergoes his conva- tients there are tickets and translescence at home, the soldier re- portation to nearby ball parks and mains in the hospital until he is theaters. There are also the special servcompletely fit for duty. After the acute phase of the servicemans ill- ices provided by volunteer workers. ness is past, he is sent to a recon- Gray Ladies run errands and write ditioning ward," where he remains letters, Motor Service provides until he is able to take up his regu- transportation. Volunteer Services lar military job. Sometimes he re- Working with other community mains there for weeks. An usually agencies, help bring into the hos he is far from home. pitals boys and girls of the sam For recreation and simple, pleas- age group as the hospitalizeo urable activities to fill those long serviceman. hours of convalescence, military Red Cross provides the home physicians in post hospitals look to touch which, added to medical and the American Red Cross and its nursing care, helps restore the sick corps of specially trained recre man to good health. COUNTY Karolou-Di- ll Charles Baker, manager of Pacific Supply Co., Walla Walla Washington, who will be principal speaker at the annual ban quet of the Utah Cooperative Association, February 29, in the Newhouse Hotel. Utah Co-o- p Meets Set PAGE zation of the Ohio Farm Bureau, Columbus, Ohio, said Mr Lott. Mr Baker, whose wholesale organization supplies several hundred local cooperatives in Idaho, Washington and Oregon and which discovered two new oil fields in the past year, will be headline speaker at the annual banquet the evening of the 29th. Dr. Wieting, author of Harper and Brothers recent The Proly published book, gress of Cooperatives, will address general sessions on both days of the meeting. Other speakers at the two-da- y convention which begins at noon Friday, will include Heber Bennion Jr., Utah Secre tary of State; Dr. O. Meredith Wilson, Dean .of the University College, University of Utah; G. Alvin Carpenter, Assistant Director of Extension of the US AC; Fred Simonton, Utah Farmers Union; Mrs Louise W. East, President of Associated Women, Utah Farm Bureau: Ray Garrett, Assistant General Manager, Norbest Turkey Grow ers; and Spafford Sumsion, U CA Director from Moroni. UOA Manager W. B. Robins, will deliver the Annual Report. Those planning to attend all or part of the annual meeting sessions are urged to contact their local co-manager, who is coordinating travel and has tickets for the banquet. Door prizes will be awarded at each session, Mr Lott said. op The annual meeting .of the Utah Cooperative Association will be held at the Newhouse Hotel in Salt Lake City on Frl day, February 29 and Saturday March ,1, according tQ Levi Lott, Manager, Castle Valley Cooperative, Huntington. All members of local cooper atives are invited to participate In the meetings and hear speakers headed outstanding Baker, Mlanaget by Charles Pacific Supply Cooperative, Wal la Walla, Washington, and Dr. C. Maurice Wieting, and Director of Organi- Vice-preside- nt Mines Have Changed Power Co. Urges Caution At Oaks Station (elevation water content of the snow on February l, 1952, was HI 5 inches. This compares with the long time average water content on the same date of only 4.79 inches. At Meadows (elevation 9,860 ft.) there were 29.8 inches of Salt Lake for treatment. water in the snow pack on Feb Mr and Mrs Lloyd Jones and ruary I, 1962, as against 13.24 children and Miss Matbgaret inches for the e averThomas visited Sunday In Cas- age. tle Dale. At Headquarters (elevation Mrs lYvonna Mortensen of 8,850 ft.) 18.5 Inches of water Salt Lake City visited a few were measured this year as 8.4 inches for the longdays last week with her parents, Mr and Mrs Gomer Arn- time average. old, after which she went to At each of these three staMontana to be with her hus- tions the water content for band, LaMar, who is stationed February 1, (1952, constitutes there with the air force. Mr an record, the bulletin and Mrs Walter Mortensen of her Huntington accompanied to Montana. Mrs Helen Jones Is visiting with her mother, Mrs Andria iting 7,655 ft.) long-tim- all-ti- Elmo News Nelson. Mrs Harriet Larsen has reby Verda Hansen turned home latter spending Mr and Mrs Bill Jones resome time visiting relatives up- cently motored to Salt Lake state. on business. Mr and Mrs Leon Draper Mr and Mrs Lloyd Moffitt and boys of Hiawatha visited visited In Huntington with Mr Sunday with relatives in deve and Mrs Pierce Wilson. land. They came to see MarMrs Winnie Dalton of Clevevin before he left for the ser- land visited with her parents, vice. Mr and Mrs F. R. Jones. Mr and Mm Tom Price and Mr Ervin Franklin visited Mr and Mrs Max Price, accom his brother, Mr William Frankpanted other relatives from lin. to the Mlrs Grace oviatt visited with Dragerton and, funeral of Don C. Price icf St. friends and relatives in Price. Mr and Mrs J. C. Lofley Sr. George, formerly of Cleveland. David Timothy was pleased and Mrs Arvel Hansen and chto receive a telephone call ildren visited with Dulan Rasfrom his daughter Jean (Mrs mussen and family of KenilA1 Jacques) of Boston, Massa- worth. chusetts, on his birthday on Mr and Mrs Ferrel Atwood of Price visited with Mr and Sunday. Mrs Erma Atwood and girls Mrs Dean Atwood who motored visited a few to Salt Lake. of Wellington Mr Roy Jensen and Ed Jendays last week with her parents, Mr and Mrs (R. O. Bishop. sen visited with Mr amd Mrs Fred Jensen. Mr and Mrs Ervin Erickson were visitors at the home of B. up-Sta- te . GO FLY A KITE but fly it safely, was the advice sounded this week by 8. D. Packard, Southern Division lines and Service superintendent for Power and Light Co. and Spring March winds are just around the corner, said Mr Packard, and this spells plenty of fun and unless possible disaster, too, caution is exercised. For your own safety and the safety of others, observe these rules: 1. Fly kites away from elec trie wires and poles. 2. Dont use metal or wire in any form on kites. 3. Use only dry cotton string. Never fly your kite with wet string. Water is one of the best conductors of electricity. 4. Dont climb poles to recover kites. Never try to release entangled kites by throwing stones at them. 5. Report kites caught In wires and poles to your near est Power company office. U-t- ah kite-flyi- Bishop of Boise, Idaho are visat the Rob Bishop home. Mrs Manard Allred returned home Thursday after a ten day stay in Dragerton but was call ed back Friday because of the Illness of the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Keith Allred. The little girl was rushed to FIVE ng Snow Pack Tops Record Snowfall on the Manti Forest as of February 1, 1952, was considerably above the average precipitation for April 1, a recent bulletin of the Great Ba sin Research Center office at Ehpralm indicates, precipitation for January of this year was from 128 to 173 percent of nor mal, the bulletin said, and this added to the storms of December, makes a well above that snow pack normally expected by April 1. record-breaki- ng H. (Erickson. Mr and Ms Alvin Jensen are making a home of the vacant Clyde Larsen home. Mr and Mrs Thomas Timothy and son Thomas of Empire, Oregon are visitors at the home of Max Tucker. Mr and Mrs Qrcel Oliver motored to Las Vegas, Nevada where Mr Oliver will find employment. Connie Anderson and Louise Wall of Cleveland have been visiting with Alonzo Richards daughters, Doris and Shirley. Cpl. Frank Oviatt was recently married. The bride Is Marie Oveson of Cleveland. Cleveland News .. by Mrs Lloyd Jones Funeral services are sched uled for Sunday, Feb. 24 at 1:00 p. m. in the Cleveland Chapel for Opl. Rowland N. Otterstrom, 23, who was killed on the Korean front on Oct. 13, 1951. He was born Oct. Duty of Miner becomes skilled trade instead of pick and shovel work. Mines have changed. string of cars to the shaft or out which ever the case Just as times have chanbed, the tunnel, mines have changed. There was may be. At the top of the shaft a huge drum hoist that is opera time when work in the under- is ated a miner skill in the funcground was regarded as drudgery tion by of this machine which lifts and the ranks consisted of men with strong backs who could best and lowers the mine cages. Another skilled job is that sf wield a pick and shovel. the powerful automatic operating Today, machines bite their way machines that drill the holes prethrough the underground forma- paratory to blasting out another tions and the men who man them round. Not only does this man are men of skill and achievement. know the operation of a machine, Work of the miner has become but he becomes acquainted with more specialized, more intrsting the underground formations and he and educational. is always anxious to Know what Is The uncanny mucking machine, just beyond the drill. exwhich does about everything Last but not least are the men cept talk, now does tiring shovel who prepare the charge of dynawork of several men. The oper mite that blocks out another round ator is a man who has either in the drift or the shaft, or greslu learned his trade in the In the down another days supply of ore mines or been schooled in the oper- to be shipped to the smelter. These ation of the machine before en- men become expert in formations tering mining work. The mech- and th handling of dynamit. They anical mucker is powered by com- learn how many sticks of powder pressed air and at the touch of to use in moving a certain amount a certafh lever or valve literally of rock and they must know all of reaches down and scoopes up the the sdfety precautions. ore or waste and through it over The mechanization of mining has its shoulder into the waiting left only a small amount of hand mine car. work'. It is the trimming around Then there is the man who a blast after the mucking machine operates the underground tram or has done most of the work and railroad. This is usually a bat- the timbering which requires much tery locomotive that pulls s long of the knowledge of the carpenter. 13, 1928 at Price, a son of Joseph H. and Charlotte Nelson Otterstrom. He spent the early part of his life in Cleveland, and attended local schools and North Emery High School before moving with his family to Salt Lake City where they spent a few years. The family then moved to Sunnyside, from which place Opl. Otterstrom was drafted. At the time of his death he had spent six months in an He infantry regiment in Korea. was a member of the L. D. S. Church. Survivors Include his parents, 5 brothers, Pvt. Jack Otterstrom, somewhere In Korea, Stanley of Dragerton, Kenneth, Aubery and Oarlyle of Sunny-sidtwo sisters, Mrs Ruth Brasher and Joann Otterstrom of Sunnydale and a grandmother, Mrs Bert Nelson of Price. Burial will be in the Cleveland cemetery. Fireside Chat was held Sunday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs Duane Ward. Guest speaker was Blaine Collard, a recently returned missionary from Huntington. Mr and Mrs Bertly Jensen of .Castle Dale were Sunday visitors at the Ernest Jensen home. and Mrs Ronald Overson family of Salt Lake City are visiting at .the Rob Ward home. Mr and Mrs Ted Self and children and Miss Verga Lue Leap Year Dance me (Sloria Stop PRICE, UTAH e; COATS $19.95 UP SUITS $19.95 UP DRESSES $8.95 UP i March 1, 1952 at Emery, Utah Orch. Utah Buckaroos Girls Choice Tickets $1.00 - Extra Ladies 25c Sponsored by Emery American Legion Everything (or the Lady of Fashion i ' |