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Show featuring Entvrtammvnt Quid Professional Building Room 5 Castle Dale, Utah Telephone 748-243- Volume 79 Number 15 April Library needs 1 13, 1978 9 bookmobile call i board attention Increasing growth in Emery County and the end of a years free service of the bookmobile are bringing several problems facing the Emery County library system to a critical point. The local library board is faced with a need for more library services and keep the bookmobile visiting the county every other week See related editorial on page 9. The libraries cant fit in one room any more, says Jerilyn Mathis, county librarian. Funding for the present library system comes from a .75 mill levy' raised from .5 mills last year to buy books and pay for librarians wages. That mill levy is set by the County Commission. Last year the levy brought in $68,910 for the libraries. Cities which house libraries have been required to find and maintain a building for the library. The county presently maintains seven libraries in Castle Dale, Orangeville, Ferron, Emery, Huntington, Cleveland and Green River. Mrs. Mathis buys books for all the libraries except Green River. She usually ends up buying several copies of the same book to serve all the libraries. Green River gets a separate book allotment and the librarian there purchases the books she feels the community would like. The recent increase in population has brought more requests for local library services, but the present budget cannot the seven libraries cover adequately. Bookmobile service began in the county last year on a trial basis. The state library board said they would provide the service free for a year to let the county see if the service is needed. After the year was out, the county would have to pay over $10,000 to have the service continue. The trial year ends this month. V The bookmobile has been a big hit at local schools, where it spends part of the day in each town. Records show it is used more by juveniles than by adults. Whether the bookmobile should be abandoned and the $10,000 split among seven libraries is a decision facing the library board How to improve local library service is another question the board will have to address. In a meeting with the Emery County Commission and the library board April 5, County Attorney Charles Taylor agreed to meet with the board and mayors to obtain a definite, legal committment from the cities and return to the county to discuss a possible bond to improve the local library system. But by May the board will need some answers to the problems facing Emery Countys ailing library system r. , if KMv 7 i v. f hi .v of x Homes to be Snow caps mountains above AAillsite 4 J i- ..l P jf. kM Reservoir, promising abundant water supply for coming summer. numbered in Castle Dale Castle Dale residents are being asked to number their houses so new residents and emergency services can find their way around the town. City officials, working with Mountain Fuel Co., have updated the citys old listing and will send out each houses number on the water billing card this month. The city is also considering an ordinance to require each home to be numbered. Valley View Estates is the only area of Castle Dale that has not yet been numbered. The city has adjusted numbers that were wrong in the gas companys former listings, but is asking any residents who feel their number is not correct to call City Hall at between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. during the week. 748-211- 5 Recent snow surveys show Emery Countys water supply will be more than adequate this summer. Streamflow forecasts are all above average on local creeks, and reservoir storage is anticipated to be more than enough a contrast to last years drought conditions The water supply, according to snow measurements, is 148 per cent of the April 1 average on the San Rafael River, according to Soil Conservation Service figures, with percent of normal streamflow forecast for Huntington Creek near Huntington; 117 per cent of normal forecast on the Cottonwood Creek near Orangeville and 158 per cent 133 A.D. Keller had moved to Castle Dale with his wife around 1915 and had accepted a position as cashier streamflow of 55,000 if The following is excerpted from his personal journal: An opening as manager of the the largest Castle Dale mercantile establishment in the area, came about. At the time, and for some year Co-o- or so previous, this store had been managed by Mrs. Elva Seely, wife of Dave Seely, residents of Castle Dale and daughter of the president of the store corporation, Mr. Sam Singleton. Directors of the bank at that time were all also stockholders in the store cor- (Continued on page 9) repairs hit by vandals Girl." The play will be presented tonight through Saturday at 7 :30 p.m. at the high school. Admission will be $1. Jim Fugate also stars in the production. J.D. Wickman will student direct the play with Steve Lacy as director. But with a acre feet forecast for the Ferron Creek from now until July, the reservoir should fill up easily. at the bank. He quickly became disenchanted with the monotonous bookkeeping duties there, and looked elsewhere for employment. Joes Valley cabins , road Jennifer Jorgensen tells Kenneth Fullmer to leave her alone in the Emery County Higl. production of Neil Simon's The Millsite Reservoir has no established average, and right now only has around 4,000 acre feet of water stored there. The reservoir can hold 16,700 acre feet. Castle Dale Co-o- p boasts rich history Co-o- Simon play at high school forecast for the Ferron Creek near Ferron. The forecast for the Muddy Creek near Emery is 140 per cent of normal. All of the forecasts are for April through July. Reservoir storage in the area shows a little above average for April at Joes Valley and the Huntington reservoirs. A story is the second in a article on the history of the Castle p Dale compiled by Naomi Jensen, Progress correspondent. Material for the article was gathered from a family history of James and Annie Petersen by a granddaughter, Frona Johnson, from A.D. Kellers personal history, furnished by his son Judge Paul Keller of Price, and from articles in the Emery County Progress and from the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers Emery County history as well as Mrs. Jensens own writings. d ? Jk A two-pa- rt Star-Spangle- i , VM v ..Editors note: The following "The if K Several cases of vandalism and theft marked the onset of Spring this week in Emery County. Last Saturday Chns Diamanti of Price reported that his cabin and several others had been broken into at Joes Valley. Deputy Larry Kelland reported that several things were taken from the Diamanti cabin. Also affected were summer cabins belonging to Price residents Dr. John K. Wright, Walter Axelgard, and Jack Leonard. Investigating detectives found that the four cabins had also been vandalized. Damage included broken windows and destruction of articles in some of the cabins. The thieves were apparently frightened off as they entered one of the cabins and damage there was minimal. Also Emery County road crews had to replace concrete across a small bridge on River Bottom road west of Castle Dale late last week. Vem Leamaster, county road supervisor, said his crews had poured fresh concrete at the construction site Thursday and then put barriers on the road to close it. During the night Thursday someone drove around the barriers and through the wet cement. The concrete was repoured, and again Friday night someone drove through the fresh cement. Deputy Wes Tanner said the matter has been turned over to the detective division for further investigation. Boyd Snow of Huntington reported that during the week vandals smeared shoe polish over his car while it was parked at a church in Huntington last department Carol Burdick Deputies enter race for treasurer, recorder Two women have announced their candidacy for county offices this week, both on the Republican ticket. Eleanore George, who has worked in the county treasurers office as a deputy treasurer for the past 16 years, said she would seek the office in the November election. Carol Burdick told the Progress she would run for County Recorder in the upcoming election. She has worked as deputy recorder in that office for two years. The incumbents for both offices, Treasurer Margaret Magnuson and Recorder Stella Guymon told the Progress they would not seek Mrs. George said, however, Mrs. Magnuson would continue in the treasurers office as a deputy if Mrs. George is elected. Mrs. George said she would stand on the past record of the treasurers office in the election, relying on her familiarity with the office and its functions to win her the post. She worked for two years in the County Assessors office, has also worked as secretary at Emery County High and kept books at Singletons Market in Ferron. Mrs. Burdick, Lawrence, has worked for the Emery County Progress, the Emery County Dental Project and as a teachers aide before her position at the recorders office. Mrs. Burdick is also relying on her experience in the recorders office for the upcoming campaign. Both women claim that someone with experience is needed to fill die positions. Both are also running with the strong backing of those currently in office. Candidates ' for this years election can file for office starting Monday until May 10. - Members of the Republican party in Emery County had planned to meet Wednesday night to discuss possible candidates for other offices in the upcoming election. |