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Show L i - V r j. L y.X 'lining Emery School District By Stephen Behling We are about done with our selling of Christmas cards. All the boys did verf well on selling the cards. They have delivered all their cards and have brought in their money. We did very well on this and would like to thank all the people who helped us. We had a meeting with the junior high schools and found out that they are doing very well. They helped us a lot with the Christmas cards and are also helping in the rodent drive. In our chapter we have some boys who are try ing to receive the State Farm Degree. Last year we had four boys and we hope to have this many or more this year. These boys are working on their record books trying to get them completed and up to date. We hope that all the boys who are trying to become State Farmers will receive the degree. F. H. Castle Dale Official Station Alvin Jensen, Observer Hi CONSOLIDATION VOLUME M Red Cross holds county meeting A County Red Cross meeting A. REPORT By Brenda Hassinger On December 4, the FHA officers held a meeting. At this meeting committees were chosen and assigned special duties concerning the Girls Day Dance and Fashion Show to tak eplace on December 8. Also discussed were the Christmas cards that are to be sent to all missionaries and servicement from the county. Each year the Emery Chapter of the FHA sends Christmas Greetings to these boys. Our nxt FHA meeting is being prepared by ' White. An-gel- ia was held Wednesday night at the home of Famie Baxter, County Chairman. Field Representative Wallace Tharp, was present and also Mrs. Emma Huntington, blood chairman, Mrs. Lucille Oveson, secretary, Mrs. Naomi Jensen, Castle Dale; Mrs. Ruth Litster, Cleveland; Mrs. Georf-gen-a Hansen, Elmo; and Mrs. Audrey Sandberg, Huntington. The report was given that 31 Ditty Bags had been sent from Emery County to Servicemen in Vietnam. FASHION SHOW SET FOR DECEMBER 8 The big day has finally arrived. On December 8 at 7 p.m. the Home Ec. Department will present its fashion show. The theme chosen for this Fashion Show is Winter Wondrlande of Fashion. The decorations will be centered around this theme. The, girls have been working extremely hard on their coats and suits as well as their home projects. It will be well worth your time to attend this event and see these beautiful girls model their articles. Also at this fashion show, another one of jthe beautiful quilts tho girls have made 4will be given away. Tickets are being sold by the Home Ec girls and at the high school the night of the entertainment. Immdiately following the Fashion Show refreshments will be served and the Girls Day Dance will take place. Admission' to this dance will be 11.00 The Jimmy Dart orchestra will furnish the music for this dance. Plans are to dtganize a Junior Red Cross in the school. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Baxter, Mrs. Sandberg and Mrs. Jensen. Group expresses thanks to people The Beautification Committee of Huntington wish to express their thams to the people who have supported them with help and donations in helping them to carry out their program. This first year has been quite successfsul thanks to to the people. Without much help the committee feels that they have served to th best of their abilitis. They hope that they can expect the cooperation and support of the citizens of Huntington in making this a continuing project with bigger and better successes next year. COMING EVENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL By Scott Johansen Thursday, December 7, the Spartan wrestlers will meet Richfield at Emery. Time: Junior Varsity, :30; " Varsity, 7:30 p.m.. Friday, December . 8,. the Home Economics Department will hold their annual Fashion Show and Girls Day Dance. Fashion Show: 7:00 p.m. Dance: 8:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to atend hets events. Saturday, December 9, the Emery basketball team will go to Carbon.'. ... Members of the committe have been Pirc and Hilda Wilson, Gl-- n and Verda Leamaster, Irene Harrison, Lucille Kinder and Frank Robbins. - 5 C S leader EMERX PLAYS UNION AND UINTAH The Emery-Unio- n game seemed to be proof of the of th strngth expeetd Spartan team. The Spartans dominated the game all the way. Our offense had the Union Cougars off guard, and our men were all over teh floor. The Union team never even presented much of a threat, although they are a much finer team than the score showed. The final score was Emery 71, Union 55. Dean Nelson scored 23 points and Clyde Nelson and Paul Cowley had 17 and 9 points respectively. The first half of the Emery-Uinta- h game looked like a repeat of the previous nights contest. The score going into half time was Emery 27, Uintah 22. The second half was a different story, however, as this underrated Uintah team got their offense in motion. Uintah built up a lead in the third quarter and withstood a late Emery drive to come out on top by Uintahs Brent Jones and Dez Mura score of 16 had points a piece as did Dean Nelson for Emray ery. The loss was the first for the Spartans. iii 'ii , v a Paul Cowley NORTH EMERY JUNIOR HIGH NEWS By Coralie Story Two weeks ago on Wednesday, all the Eiglish Students saw a movie, The Red Balloon. Last Wednesday three inmates from the State Prison came and spoke to us. It was very interesting. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday there was a series of basketball games. Certificates were given to the top players of the school, Scott McArthur, Elvfri Stokes, Thomas Lott, James Ward, Larry Palmer and 15 others. We are very proud of these boys. GREEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL NEWS By Steven Hatch The Green River Pirates will travel to Wayne high (Continued on back page) - receives award Donald A. Williams, head of the USDA Soil Conservation Service who spent more than a decade in the West as a conservation engineer and an administrator win receive .the 1967 RocKefeller Public Service Award tor administration December 6 in Washington, D. C. Williams, a career conservationist with 31 years public service, will receive a 510,000 tax-fre- e cash award at the luncheon in his honor. The award was made possible by funds granted by John D. Rockefeller IH and administered by Princeton .University. 52-4- 5. PLAYER OF THE WEEK IS NAMED The Emery County High School basketball team traveled to Roosevelt and Vernal last weekend and against Union High and Uintah played two games in High. Paul Cowley showed an outstanding effort of the named has been and Player these games, Week. In the first game against Union, Paul pulled down 17 rebounds, and was instrumental in the Spartan fast break. Paul also played great defense, and kept the other team from gaining the advantage under the basket Paul also did a great job on the boards against Uintah, and kept the team moving. Weather EMERY COUNTY F. F. A. REPORT , Williams came to the Pacific Northwest about 1939 as a conservation engineer asd, before transfer, to the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1950, was assistant regional director for SCS in the Far West. A native of South Dakota, Williams was graduated from South Dakota State College (now University) which awarded him an honorary degree of Doctor of Agriculture in 1956. His career with SCS began as a camp superintendent in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He came west to Great Falls, Montana and Emmett, Idaho, as conservation engineer and was stationed in Dayton, Wash., as SCS area engineer. Later he was an engineer with the Spokane area and regional offices of SCS. When the regional office was moved to Portland, Ore., Williams went there as engineer. In 1947, he became assistant regional director. From 1950 to 1951, he was flood control survey officer in Washington, D. C., for the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture. From 1951 to 1953, he was assistant chief of SCS and was named Administrator in 1953. he anTnouncement from the Rockefeller Award Administrators noted that, as the third head of the Soil Conservation Service since its establishment by Congress in 1935, Williams has guided the agency from the dustbowl age to current activity in water conservation, flood control and land use planning. Conservation is everybodys business because it affects everybody, Williams commented. -For example, it is necessary to keep silt out of harbors, in addition to keping topsoil on the land. may be a lost art but there is much to be said for the ancient custom. Home-makin- g Pr. Le 25 22 22 2 2 OF THE EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS AND THE GREEN RIVER LEADER Castle Dale, Utah, December 7, 1967 4 NUMBER 3 49 Accident takes life Statehood is to of Cleveland man be observed Kenneth Anderson, 59, Cleveland, independent trucker for the Deseret Coal Mine, was killed Tuesday morning at the bug dust dump at the church mine. Mr. Anderson, just prior to the acident, was dumping bug dust just below the tipple when his truck became stuck in the soft dust. Mr. Anderson summoned help and a cat was brought over to pull the truck free. According to County Sheriff Jack Leamaster, Mr. Anderson was helping to hook a cable to the front end of his truck, with the cat parked a short distance in front ready to pull the truck free. The cat sitting on a very slight incline and rolled forward pinning Mr. Anderson against the truck crushing him. New plans set Statehood Day, commemorati- ng the 72nd anniversary of Utahs entry into the. Union, will be observed January 4, during 2 p.m. ceremonies in the rotunda of the State Capitol Building. Principal speaker for the Statehood Day ceremonies will be Dr. J. D. Williams, professor of FHA approves loan to county The following telegrom was received by the Progress-Leade- r Wedicsday morning from Senator Frank E. Moss in Washington, D. C.: FHA informed Sen. Frank E. Moss, today of approval of a loan of $37,400 to Emery County for a water sytem to serve approximately 100 families in Emery. Classes sought for residents The Extension office has re- Forest Service personnel shown checking with helicopter pilot on ceived requests for Education . range area to be reseeded. 164, Tests and Measurements,! ( and Secondary Education 230, Secondary Education to be tau--J Orson to from word According ght in Emery County. Instruc-- f Peterson, Emery County Supertors can be obtained, and thestj intendent of Schools, via Princiclasses taught for college credit.! Ripal Kent Johnson, the Green ver Elementary School section We must have a Five hundred acres of the Fer-ro-n Fishing regulations for Utahs began a class schedule change of 20 people in order to conRanger District were seeded 1968 season were set by the Monday, December 4, with all duct these classes, and this preby hlicopter Wednesday, NovemBoard of Fish and Game at their classes bu the kindergarten and registration must be completed ber 22, 1967. The areas, located meeting in Salt Lake City last three grade undergoing change. by D. If you are interested, in Joes Valley and Ferron Canweek with the opening date set please call the Extension office, Mrs. Clare Elmont will conyon, were seeded to improve for June 1, 1968. 1 before this date. and condition tinue her classes as previously; watershed forage Don Andriano, Fisheries Chief, . Mrs. Nell Ekkers room will be production. the first grade, but nine of her said much effort had gone into The areas in Joes Valley were drafting next years regulations -present group will be placed in chained to remove Pinyon pines to simplify the rules. Wuh minor a group of eleven scond graders from Mrs Noreen Wilsons room. and Juniper, during October and changes the Board adopted the This split grade will be taught recommendations presented at November by Scartys ConstrucTo keep your Christmas tree their meeting. tion Company. The areas in Ferby Mrs. Dorothy Nelson; Mrs. Wilsosn will teach the remaining fresh and pretty, give it the wron Canyon will be chained by Creel limit on trout and sal-fa- n second graders; Mrs. Sillimans aters eatment. Cut off the end of the Forest Service in January. will.be eight fish, but no' third grade class will remain the th trunk diagonally at least one The helicopter, supplied by more than two of these can be inch Bruce Inc. above the original cut. Mountain West Helicopters, Nelsons fourth same; lane trout. Anglers may take a grade will lose six to a split Stand the tree at once in a con- of Provo, seeded the five hunbonus of six citthroat andor fourth-fift- h tainer of water and keep it there dred acres in only three hours. grade that Mrs. CarbrooK trout in tne aggregate ol Durrant will teach after 15 all the time you have it in the Over 4,000 pounds ot grass and fioin waters in Duchesne, Uin-tal- i, sixth graders are taken from house. browse seed were broadcast. Summit, Daggett, Wasatch, her class along with 12 sixth Be sude the water level is Garneid and Wayne counties. graders to form a fifth-sixt- h above the cut surface. This will exceptions to this eight fish grade which will be taught by creel limit on trout wm be on an incoming teaoher, Mr. Perry, keep the needles from drying Lake Powell, Bear Lake, Strawretired from Alpine District. The out and bcoming flammable. As an added guard against berry Reservoir, and the two will sixth be remaining graders fire, you may wish to spray the quamy tishmg streams, Blacktaught by James Ramsay. Carbon-Emer- y Fish The and smith Fork and tree with a coatStrawberry RivThe grade population will be ing. This recipe, from the U. S. Game Association will hold a ers. as follows: Kindergarten, 35; Forest Products Laboratory at meeting in the Carbon County Limits on all other species of First grade, 26; First and SecMadison, Wis. will also make Courthouse in Price December fish have been changed so it is 7, 1967 at 7:30 p.m. All officers the needles shiny and translucond grade, 20; Second grade, 30; and members are urged to at- divisable by two since the new Third grade, 27; Fourth grade, ent. tend. Fourth and Fifth juvenile limit is y2 of the adult 27; 3g; grades, Mix together 9 parts water A review of the BLM Lands Fifth and Sixth grades, 27; and daily creel limit. glass (sodium silicate, available Classification will be presented, Sixth grade, 34. Major changes were made in at drug stores) and 1 part water as will a film on the Lake Powthe ruies regarding the use of to which a teaspoon of detergent ell Recreation area, plus several Selection of students particiboats and motors tor fishing to pating in split level grades will has been added. Spray or paint other important items affecting simpliiy and shorten this long on be done by the administration for added beauty this area s sportsmen. your tree and sometimes confusing part of and safety. and will be final. the iiahing proclamation. For 19t8 angling from boats, rafts, or other floating devices with or without motors will be permitted on all waters of the $11 State except the following: Green River irom Flaming Gorge Kennecotts Utah Copper Division last week paid a record Dam to Red Creek; Thompson n Reservoir in Grand County; $11,772,523.43 to Salt Lake CounPonds and Cherry Creek ty for 1967 property taxes. This tax payment, largest in Ponds in Juab County; Duck the history of the division, is Creek Spring Lake and Aspen-MirrLake in Kane County; nearly $1 million or 14 percent more than last year, which also Little Creek and Woodruff Reswas a record amount. Property ervoirs in Rich County; Foy taxes for the Utah Copper DivLake, Monticello Lake and ision have increased nearly 30 Reservoir No. 3 in San Juan County; Payson Lakes and percent in the last four years. Spring Lakes in Utah County. Sections of two streams will fall under the category of quality fishing waters for 1968. Part Arthur Petty and Earl of the Strawberry River will Olsen have been in the Price again be for fly fishing only hospital for tests and observawith minimum size limits in adtion. dition to the five fish limit.. Mr. and Mrs. Ole Jensen Blacksmith Fork River from its returned home Sunday from Salt source to the confluence of Rock Lake City where Ole had underCreek will have a five fish limit, gone major surgery at the Unitwelve inch minimum size, and be open for artificial lures only. versity of Utah medical center. Arthur and Ruth tBroderick brA section of the Upper Weber River will be open for fishing Ray Albrechtsen and Dan Hur.ier look over location map where ought them home. Ole is slowly with artificial lures only. drilling operations will begin today, Thursday, December 8, on improving. Miller Creek, southeast of Price, a prospective natural gas site. for G.R. school Forest area 'is seeded 1968 fishing rules adopted 748-238- Keep a shine on Christmas tree Local association sets meeting fire-retardi- Kennecott pays million taxes Bur-risto- Emery News $Ptlul OWUftl New drilling set for Carbon County Western Prospectors, Salt Lake City, announced that drilling will begin in the Miller Creek area, nine miles southeast of Price, on Thursday, December 7. The exact location as listed on the filing claim is NEVS of NE4 of Section 26, T15 S, R10 E in Carbon County. Western Prospectors is owned by three former Emery County men, Ray Albrechtsen, Dan Hunter and Thomas E. Hunter, who specialize in the location of gas, oil and minerals. They hold the lease on the property d above and have been working on th project for two years, in preparing for the drilling of what they call Smith-MillCreek No. 1. Construction operators will be Enoch Smith and Sons of Salt Lake City and Bush Drillers of Grand Junction, Colo, will be drilling. They will be drilling and testing the Ferron Sandstone part of the Man-cou- f Shale group. men-tione- er The following letter was received by the Ferron Landscape Improvement Committee recently: In the near future your town will receive the Utah State University Special Award of Merit. This award is presented to communities that made a substantial and outstanding improvement in the landscape during the past year. I am very proud of you for political science, University of Utah, ai d chairman of the Hinckley Institute of Politics. , Gov. Calvin L. Rampton will deliver a welcoming address and the South High School A Cappel-l- a Choir, directed by Armont Willardsen, will be featured entertainment. The ceremonies are open to the public. Following the Statehood Day observation, the public will be welcomed at an open house at the Utah State Historical Society Buildinp, 603 E. Temple. Utah was admitted to the Union as the 45th state on January 4, 1896, by proclamation of President Grover Cleveland. Utahs first governor, Heber M. Wells, and other state officers were inaugurated two days later. Fish and gamo holds final meeting of year Fish and Game Board members met in Salt Lake City last week at the Fish and Games of- fices for their last regular meeting of 1967. The Board s agenda covered hunting and fishing proclamations, land purchases, financial reports, and new licenses for 1968. , ... In early action the Board set the new fishing and seining proclamations wmch'wui become effective January 1, 1968 and the new mountam non and bear proclamations for 1968. The Board approved the purchasing of deer winter range lands m Millard County. These lands are adjacent to winter range already owned by the Fish and Game Division wnere a rehabilitation project is scheduled for next year. Approval was given the Division to negotiate on the purchase of a hatchery site at Mantua in Box Elder County, and to order the necessary fuming and hunting licenses for 1968 A financial statement and budget report was presented to the Board for their consideration. The Board also approved the acceptance of the low bid for construction of additional facilities at the Springvilie Game Farm. Mountain Fuel pays co. taxes Mountain Fuel Supply Company has sent a check in the amount of $29,040.69 to the Emery County Treasurer in payment of its 196 property tax in the county, according to W. H. (Shorty) Maxlieid, district agent for the firm in Castle Dale. Mountain Fuel operates in 17 of Utah's 29 counties and will pay a total property tax bill in Utah this year of $2,295,642.47, he continued. The Company s largest payment, $961,394.17, is made in Salt Lake County, and the smallest, $65.40, in Grant County. The Company has been distributing natural gas in Utah since 1929 and in Emery County since 1965. The Company serves five communities in the county including Castle Dale, Huntington, Orangeville, Clawson and (JIV6I1 tO FGIT0I1 winning this distinction because it represents a great deal of hard work, not only on the part of the chairman and other leaders of the landscape improvement program but also many of the citizens in the community. This work is very gratifying because it makes your town- and the State of Utah a more desirable place in which to live. It is also a step forward in making our environment reflect the decent, respectable people that live in our state. May I congratulate you ar your citizens on winning th fine honor. I do hope you wi find it possible to continue c with this worthwhile effort unt your community is complete! free from unsightliness, and b comes a source of pride and ai miration to all citizens of tl town and in the state as well. Sincerely, A. Stark Extension Horticulturist |