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Show t J . . 1,1:03 ) Universal Microfilm. Corp. - . ,T - 141 PierponJ At. " V Z4. it i5 itit i f4 I SERVING THE GREAT SALT LAKE VALLEY 0 fj?fit 3lUdftH MINING FARMING MANUFACTURING f VOLUME 72, NO. 31. Oldest Weekly In Salt Uk. County WEST JORDAN, UTAH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 19C2 An independent Newspaper PHONE AMherst 12 Down Memory Lane I BY JOHN J. CREEDON j POST OFFICE MOVES TO COPPERTON Near sundown on Saturday, De-cember 8. 1962, Old Glory was taken down from the flag pole atop the Post Office in Bingham Can-yon, for the last time, and Bingham Canyon proper was without a post office for the first time in 90 years. The new office in Copperton opened for business Monday morn-ing, December 10, proudly bearing the name of its predecessor in the canyon. Old timers and those who loved and cared about the old town are happy that the Post Office De-partment saw fit to preserve the historic name for the new facility. First notice of a post office in Bingham Canyon was noted in 1870 Iff- yssaiaiM J and in my col-umn last week, the name of War ren Hickman was mentioned as postmaster in 1671. Other men filling this office prior to 1874 were Thomas Mathews, Joseph Goddard and Sometime in the early 1920 s the post office was moved across the street to the ground floor of So-ciety Hall, last known as BCO Hall. Next it was moved to a new build-ing erected by Harry Steele at 407 Main, last known as the Federal Apartments. It remained there un-til 1933, when the present post office was built on the site of the Bourgard Fire of 1924. The office erected by the Fed-eral Government was the finest building ever built in Bingham, and after nearly thirty years, it stands as solid as the day it was built. It has withstood the natural elements and the heavy shocks of the blast-ing. To this day there is hardly a discernible crack in the entire struc-ture. At the time of its opening it was the envy of several towns and cities much larger than Bingham.-I-t was a beautiful 'building with its polished marble lobby and tile floor and the high ceilings and roominess. It was built and finished during the depression and it had a stormy beginning, as I remember it. For obvious and sometimes, hard to understand, reasons, many of the leading citizens and most of the mining companies opposed the building of the post office. They tried to influence members of Con-gress to stop the building. These dissenters met a formid-able force that opposed their views. These forces were public opinion, brought to a head through the voices of the city council, fire de-partment, civic club and other church and civic groups. 1 remem-ber being on a committee, who drafted a letter from the fire de-partment, and of course my old friend, Irv Stillman was chairman of the committee. Needless to say, we won out over this opposition and one of the main groups to spearhead the dissenters, folded its tents and silently passed into oblivion. . The hardheads has a 50 bat-ting average in that period. We got the post office and we lost the high school. More next week on Post Office. Mr. Creedon "ed Kiesel. Isauor Morris seemed to be one of the first really established postmasters. He served from 1874 to 1884. He was also one of the early merchants and 1 suppose operated the post office in conjunction with his store, which seemed to be the rule in small com-munities. Other names along the line in-cluded: Peter Tavey, Patrick Phe-la- Bernard Quinn, Peter Clay, Charles H. Roberts, F. W. Quinn, C. L. Countryman, Archibald Stu-art, Boyd J. Bernard, M. L. James, Earl T. James, Amy R. Snow and Edwin W. Johnson, present post-master. I knew these postmasters per-sonally from Charles H. Roberts on to the present one, Ed Johnson. These men were all community leaders and contributed much to the progress and growth of Bing-ham Canyon. Not only has there been several postmasters over the years, but the site of the post office has changed many times from 1870 to 1962. First mention of a post office was in the article last week placing the site on Main Street, just above the junction of Carr Fork and Main. I have seen a picture of the post office and the postmaster in the early I870's and it appeared to be just above the site of the Bingham A :erc. on the west side of main street. When I came to Bingham, the post office was in the building that last housed the Masonic Lodge and the Bingham Bulletin. I note from the records of the town, that per-mission was given to Charles H. Roberts to use portion of the street at that point, for the purpose of erecting a new post office building. This was dated July 10, 1907, so the new building must have been in use by 1908. When we arrived in 1911, the post office was in the upper part of the ground floor and the Golden Rule Store, later to be-come J. C. Penney Store No. I3, occupied the lower section of the ground floor. Upstairs the Roberts family had their home. BHS CANDLELIGHT SERVICE SET FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY Bingham High School'i annual Candlelight Service, a traditional event of the Christmas uaion, will be preiented in the high school auditorium at Copperton next Wed-nesday night, Dec. 19 at 8:00 p.m. by the combined efforti of the school's music, speech, dance and art departments. Wendell Check-ett- s is in charge of the music, e Bates the tableaus, Mr. Aartje Clyde, speech, Mrs. Virginia McDonald, danco numbers and Dean Bishop the scenery. Narrators for the program are: Micky Milner, Suzanne Willie and Connie Edwards. Talks will be giv-en by Carta Bills and Dennis Car-riga- n. Songs to be sung by the acapella choir include, "A Flemish Carole", "The Cradle" with Vickie Roberta soloist, "Carol of the Bells", and "The Sleigh".. The mixed chorus and girls chorus will sing "Carol of the Russian Children", "What Child is This", "O Holy Night" and "Silver Bells". The dance group and acapella choir will present the number "Guest from Heaven", dance "Jingle Bells" will be given by the dance group, and an instru-mental duet will be presented by Terry Bowers and Jearl Withers. All choruses will join together for the following songs: "T'wai the Night Before Christmas", Russell Ray soloist; "Joseph Dearest, Jo- - seph Mine", and "Hallelujah Chorus." The program will open with a processional and opening prayer and close with a recessional, "Silent Night" and closing prayer. Tableau scenes will include A Manger Scene, Carolers and Santa Claus. The public is invited to attend. MINE-MIL- L LOCAL 485 HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION Joe Dispenza was reelected pre-sident of the Bingham Open Pit Miners Union, Local 485 for the coming year at the annual election meeting of the union held Tuesday night. Other officers elected to serve during 1963 are: Carlyle Carler, vice president; Nick Yengich, fin-ancial secretary; Darrell King, re-cording secretary; Fidel Duran, conductor; Ramon Fisher, warden; and trustees Orlando Lawson, Leon Butterfield and Frank Lopez and Manuel Martinez, latter two were tied. Mr. Yengich was also elected Kennecott Counci ldelegate and named to the grievance committee were Mr. Yengich, Joe Dunn and Mr. King. Convention delegates are Mr. Yengich, Mr. Carter and Mr. Dunn. THE CHRISTMAS TREE CANYON LODGE TO INSTALL NEW HEADS TUESDAY Robert L. Simpson was elec'.ed worshipful master of Canyon Lodge No. 13, F&AM of Midvale, form-erly of Bingham Canyon, for 1963. He succeeds Julian Baum of Mur-ray who has served during the past year. Other 1963 officers of the lodge elected or appointed are as fol-lows: Arthur A. Austin, senior warden; Harry R. Williams, junior warden; Ralph C. Smith, treasurer; Carl W. Kanniainen, secretary; Bertie Thomas, chaplain; Reuben L. Cunliffe, senior deacon; Earl F. Burns, junior deacon: Gerald F. Lowell, senior steward; Courtney C. Huntsman, junior steward; Ken-neth W. Matson, tyler; trustees Frank R. Begley, one year; Neil Fresh, two year; and Mr. Baum, three year. The annual banquet and instal-lation of officers will be held at the Masonic Temple in Midvale next Tuesday evening, Dec. 1 8th. 1 he banquet is at 6:30 followed by the installation at 7:30. The next regular meeting and conferring of E. A. Degree of the lodge is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 8, 1963 at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Kan-niainen, secretary, reported. W. J. POST OFFICE TO STAY OPEN TO 5:00 P.M. NEXT TWO SATURDAYS For convenience of patrons, the West Jordan Post Office will be open all day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. the next two Saturdays- - tomor-row, Dec. 1 5 and next Saturday, Dec. 22, and office hours Monday through Friday until Christmas will also be 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., E. M. Williams, local postmaster re-ported. It is urged packages having great distances to be mailed early so as to arrive in time for the holiday and avoid disappointment. Early mailing of Christmas cards is also urged. So mail early and avoid standing in line as the post office closes promptly at 5 p.m. It is also asked and will be great-ly appreciated if all who get rural service to PLEASE NOT call at the window for their mail during the Christmas holidays. O BHS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE GIVEN Bingham High School's basket-ball schedule for the 1962-6- 3 lea-gue season has been announced as follows: Dec. 28 Bye Jan. 4 Jordan, there Jan. 8 Hillcreat, here 1 1 Murray, there Jan. 15 Granger, here Jan. 18 Cyprus, there 25 Tooele, here jan. 29 Bye Feb. I Jordan, here Feb. 5 Hillcreat, there Feb. 8 Murray, here Feb. 1 5 Granger, there Feb. 22 Cyprus, here Mar. I Tooele, 'there All season games will be played junior varsity at 6:30 p.m. and varsity contests will get underway at 8:00 p.m. Admission to season games is: reserve seats, $1.00; general ad-mission adults 75 cents; visiting students 50 cents and children 25 cents. Remaining n games are: Dec. 14, Bear River at Bingham; Dec. 20, Bingham at East; Dec. 21, Bingham at West; and Dec. 27, Bingham at Box Elder. METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS i PROGRAM SUNDAY i St. Paul's " Methodist Church Sunday School is presenting their annual Christmas program at the church in Copperton this Sunday, Dec. 16 at 5:00 p.m. and every-one is welcome to attend. Following is the program to be given: welccme by Pearl Knudsen; opening prayer by Mr. Bryant; opening song, page 89, "Joy to the World" with candle lighting by Susan Knudsen and Julie- Hatch; opening songs by the Sunday School "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", "Santa Is Coming" and "Christmas Time is Here"; welcome by Celece j Swenson "Welcome Everybody": ! piano solo "Christmas Eve", by Julie Hatch; recitation by Cheryl Cochran and Mary Louise Jones, "We's Glad", Janie Davis, Joseph Esquibel, Bobby Partner; piano so-lo "Silent Night" by Susan Knud-sen; recitation by Joan Tail's class "The Spirit of Christmas" with Terri Ball, Nena Church, Tracy Hatch, Jill Knudsen, Stephanie Hart; recitation by Mrs. Bryant's class "The Christmas Story" and the song "Little Town of Bethle-hem" with Pam Bryant, Susan Knudsen, Shirlene Cowdell, Polly Partner, Julie Hatch, Carol Lynn Johnson, James Rauer; song by cherub choir "Dear Little Stranger; closing song, "Silent Night", page 106, and benediction. Concluding the program will be a visit by Santa with gifts for all. CHANGES NOTED IN MEDICAL HELP Utah's program of medical as-sistance for the aged (the Kerr-Mil- ls Bill) has undergone a series of changes and adjustments as the plan has been fitted to Utah's bud-get and needs. Many more people over 65 are expected to benefit from the program in 1963 than in 1962 when the program was being fitted on for size, according to Har-old Bowman, executive secretary, Utah State Medical Association. New agreements between the Utah Public Welfare Commission and the Utah State Medical Assn. and Utah Dental Assn. have been worked out and changes in the pro-gram have been made which should make it function more smoothly and more efficiently for more of the needy aged in Utah. This MAA program is paid for by funds from both the federal and state governments and is adminis-tered by the State Department of Public Welfare through county de-partments of the public welfare. People over 65 who need help should apply for benefits at the welfare office in their county. 1 he medical services to be paid for by the welfare department in this program include the cost of physician's services, hospitalization, drugs up to $15 per month, cos' of nursing home care, and some den-tal care. Physician's services in-clude care in the office, hospital, or home, but are limited to essen-tial medical care. Hospitalization includes both and out-patient service, limited to a max-imum of 15 days. Dr. John F. Waldo, president of the Utah State Medical Assn., points out, however, that "doctors have always made it a practice to see that anyone in need of medical help is given that assistance, regardless of ability to pay, and Utah physic-ians will continue this help when-ever and wherever it is needed." JAMES THOMAS BROADBENT Funeral services for ajmes Tho-mas Broadbent, 78, of 8860 South Redwood Road, West Jordan, were held last Saturday afternoon, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. in the West Jordan Stake Center. Mr. Broadbent, a re-tired school teacher, died Wednes-day, Dec. 5 at I p.m. in a Salt Lake hospital of natural causes. Mr. Broadbent had taught school for 43 years in Utah public schools including Payson, Goshen and Springville school districts, had al-so served as principal of the West Jordan School, and had been a teacher at Granite High, Plymouth Schoool and Valley Junior High in Granite District prior to his retire-ment. An active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, he was a member of the High Priests Quorum and had served in the Sunday School superintendency in West Jordan Stake. Born Nov. 12, 1884, in Santa-qui- n, Utah County, he was a son of James T. and Sarah Alice Jarvis Broadbent. He married Ruby Full-ried- e Sept. 25, 1909, in Eureka, Juab county. He is survived by his widow, West Jordan; one son and three daughters, James G. Broadbent and Mrs. Joseph (LaVere) Carlson, Salt Lake City; Mrs. John (Doro-thy) Gerst, Pacoima, Calif, and Mrs. John (Yveth) Miller, Glen-dor- a, Calif.; 14 grandchildren; 8 also two bro-thers, William Broadbent, Santa-qui- Ranson G. Broadbent, West Jordan; and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth Hendrickson, Twin Falls, Idaho, and Mrs. Lucy Johnson, Salt Lake City. Interment was in Mt. Olivet Cem-etery, Salt Lake City. WEST JORDAN JR. HIGH CHRISTMAS PROGRAM TO BE HELD MONDAY NIGHT West Jordan Junior High School is holding their annual Christmas program at the school this Monday night, Dec. 17, at 8:00 p.m. and all parents are invited to attend. The program, a Christmas fan-tasy, theme of which is "Christmas Magic" will be presented by the music department and will also in-clude some dancing. Having speak-ing parts on the program are C. H. Miller, Carol Mortensen and Brent Parr. A special feature will be sev-eral numbers of original music by Glenn 1. Latham of the school fac-ulty with arrangements by Lowell P. Hicks. A short A meeting will pre-cede the program. The junior high faculty's annual Christmas dinner for teachers and staff members and their partners, under general direction of Miss Jacqueline Dahlstrom, will also be held the same evening and after-wards all will attend the Christmas program at 8.00 p.m. GRADUATE OF ARMY SCHOOL I T s .'; 'C a ; y V - (AHTNC) Specialist Five Cor-don L. Walters, 24, son of William E. Walters, West Jordan, recently graduated from the Seventh U. S. Army Non - Commissioned Officer (NCO) Academy in Bad Tolz, Ger-many. Specialist Wallers received four weeks of refresher training in various military subjects with em-phasis on leadership and combat tactics. The purpose of the acad-emy is to broaden the soldier's pro-fessional knowledge and to instill in him the and sense of responsibility required of a cap-able leader. A radar specialist in the 1st Target Acquisition Battal-ion's Battery A in Germany, Walters entered the Army in June 1958 and arrived overseas last month. He attended Jordan High School. His wife, Vicky, is with him in Ger-many. (U.S. Army Photo) BHS JR. PROM TO BE HELD AT U OFUTONIGHT The University of Utah Union Building in Salt Lake City will be setting tonight, Friday, for Bing-ham High's big dance of the year, the Junior Prom, being staged by the Junior Class. Theme of this year's affair, which will usher in the school's holiday season, is "Holiday Enchantment" with de-corations centering around a large white flocked Christmas tree de-corated in red. The favors, colored candle lights, will be placed around the base of the tree. Greens and candles will be centerpieces on the small tables. Dancing starts at 8:30 p.m. and music will be furnished by "Paul and the A floor show will be presented at 10 p.m. and will include the dance "Enchantment Waltz" to be given by Suzanne Brown, Larry Johnson, DeAnn Tesch, Randy Schouten, Nancy Jo Williamson, Bruce Asay, Carol Baiben, Henry Menna, Carol Elliot, Grant Milner, Linda Miller and David Johnson, and the promenade by the Junior Class. Highlight of the evening will be announcing of the king and queen to reign over festivities of the evening. They will be crowned by last year's royalty, Margie Sus-aet-a and Clyde Gillam. ' Millie Church and Ruth Claire Kidd are chairmen of this year's social event. Assisting them as com-mitteemen are: Judy Austin, de-coration; Carta Bills, publicity, and Jay Jorgensen, sales. Patrons for the evening are Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Church, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. D. Kidd, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Jorgensen, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn H. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Robeit Austin and Mr. and Mrs. Willard M. Bills. Special guests include Clyde Gil-lam, Miss Margie Susaeta, Mr. and Mrs. Reed H. Beckstead, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Jorgensen, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jimas, Mr. and Mrs. Mar-lon S. Bateman, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Crawford, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde V. Buxton, Mr. and Mrs. Bernarr S. Furse, Mr. and Mrs. John Whea-don- , Mr. and Mrs. Don J. Parr, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Simper, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Steele, Mr. and Mrs. Hosmer Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Carpenter, teachers and part-ners. Class officers are Jay Jorgensen, David Johnson and Judy Austin. Junior class advisors are Thomas Pazell, Russell Stephenson, Vernon Nell, Eliss Harmer and Miss Car-olyn Rice. AMERICAN LEGION XMAS PARTY THIS SATURDAY Pioneer Hall in West Jordan will be setting this Saturday night, Dec. 15 at 7:00 p.m. for the annual Christmas dinner party of Amer- - ican Legion Post I 19 and its Auxiliary of West Jordan. The dinner is being pre-pared by the D.U.P. and turkey and ham will be served. Decora-tions and program for the evening ' are being arranged by the Aux-iliary. Tickets for the dinner, which may be purchased at the door, are $2.50 per person. Proceeds after expenses for the party are paid, are to be used for child welfare. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Davis, he is District 8 vice commander, will be guests. Guests of honor plan-ning to attend are Mr. and Mrs. Lyon and Mrs. Irving for whose sons the post was named. A very good turnout is antici-pated at the party. Also as part of their Christmas project, the Legion is helping and would appreciate knowing of any needy families within the West Jor-dan township that may need help-- such as food, clothing, medicine. Anyone knowing of such families should contact William Thompson, Joe Shaw or Harold Crass. ST. PAUL'S METHODIST Russell Bryant, Pastor Sunday School 10 to II a.m. Church Service I I a.m. Sermon topic: "God Finds. A Pro-phet". M.Y.F. meeting Tuesday 7:30 p.m. at parsonage. The MYF is holding a homemade candy sale this week. Wait for them and buy your holiday home-made candy from them. Your sup-port will be appreciated. Sunday School Christmas party Sunday, Dec. 16 at 5:00 p.m. Candlelight Service, Sunday, Dec. 23 at 6:00 p.m. Immaculate Conception Parish Rev. John J. Sullivan, pastor Sunday Masses: Bingham 9:30 a.m.; Copperton 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. St. Paschal's, Lark, 6:00 and 10:00 a.m. Weekday Mass, 7:00 o'clock in Copperton; Saturday at Franciscan Sister's Convent. Saturday Confessions: Lark 4 to 5 ; Copperton 7 to 6. Friday, 8:00 p.m. Legion of Mary meeting at Lark. No confessions or evening mass at Bingham. COPPERTON L.D.S. 9:15 a.m. Aaronic Priesthood and Elders Quorum. 10:30 a.m. Sunday School. Ward Conference Sessions at 7:00 and 8:30 p.m. Relief Society, Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Literature lesson and Christ-mas party at home of Mrs. Sadie Armitstead. M.l.A. Tuesday 7:30 p.m. Christ-mas party. Primary Christmas party, Wed-nesday, 3:20 p.m MURRAY BAPTIST 184 East 5770 South, Murray Rev. Jerry Babylon, pastor Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Church ' Service 11:00 a.m. Evening Service 7:00 p.m. W. J. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM SET FOR THURSDAY. DEC. 20 West Jordan Elementary School has dated their annual Christmas program for next Thursday night, Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium and all parents are in-vited to attend. A very lovely pro-gram is being prepared. The Fourth grade will present a play based on poems about some of the Christmas symbols and the Fifth and Sixth grades are present-ing a vocal musical featuring tra-ditional songs and tableaus on The Birth of Christ. 24 young people will make .up choral reader group. Accompaniment for the Christmas music will be provided by students of the Sixth grade. Everyone is invited to attend. COUNTY APPOINTMENT APPROVED THIS WEEK FOR MRS. LAUREL J. BROWN Appointment of Mrs. Laurel J. (Amanda) Brown of West Jordan, formerly a stenographer in the Salt Lake County License Department, to director of the department, to succeed the late W. Ray Van Noy who did recently while on vaca-tion in California, was approved last week by the Salt Lake County Commission. Mrs. Brown't salary, as approved by the County Com-mission is $500 a month effective December I. An active worker in the Demo-cratic party for many years, she also has served on the general board of the Young Women's Mu-tual Improvement Assn, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. Her political activities include ser-ving as committee secretary in the Utah Legislature House of Repre-sentatives in 1959, as a docket clerk in the House in 1961 and also as executive secretary of the Salt Lake County Democratic Commit-tee. She resides in West Jordan and is the mother of two sons and a daughter and has three grandchil-dren. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Cotter of Midvale left Tuesday for Los An-geles, Calif., to spend the winter. BIRTHS Cottonwood Maternity Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Ronald N. Parry, 14127 So. 2200 W., Riverton, girl, Dec. I. Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick L. Scho-fiel- d, 7175 So. 1300 W., West Jor-dan, girl, Dec. I. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Parker. 12738 So. I 700 W., Riverton, boy, Dec. 2. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley B. Logan, 11900 So. 1000 E., Draper, boy, Dec. 2. Mr. and Mrs. Val G. Palmer, 10200 So. 1000 W., South Jordan, boy, Dec. 3. , Mr. and Mrs. Glen Stuart Brixey, 4815 So. 4680 W., Kearns, boy, Dec. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Merlin L. Simmons, 13200 So. 1100 W., Riverton, girl, Dec. 5. JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR HOP TONIGHT Jordan High School is staging their senior hop Friday evening, Dec. 14 (tonight) at 8:30 p.m. in the high school gymnasium at Sandy. Theme of the dance is "Nuit d' Hiver" (Winter Night). COPPERTON GRADE SCHOOL f-- I A XiMAS PROGRAM SLATED NEXT THURSDAY. DEC. 20 Copperton Elementary School A is holding their annual Christ-mas program with Santa Claus and gifts for elementary and pre-scho-children at the Copperton school next Thursday, Dec. 20 at 7:00 pm. |