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Show Volume 42 . . . By - Number 9 COPY Driver Burned In Crash . - - - Two More Hurt winter and nearly spring means one thing its time to clean up, paint up, and give a general to a town that shows the ravages of a long, hard winter. Like a woman who needs a new make-u- p job, our towns still have the same character and beautiful settings. We just need to improve the landscape slightly- With towns as beautifully situated as ours here in the area its a shame to see debris marring the streets. What about a real clean-ucampaign to revive all flagging spirits and civic pride? g - four-corne- rs d p Seems the Devil was taking stock of his new arrivals and noticed one guy strutting about like a peacock- "Say, said the Devil with a devilish grin on his face. "You act as if you owned this place." "I do proclaimed the newcomer- "My wife gave it to me. Two Texas millionares were busy comparing home. 1 have an course right on my lawn, bragged one"Thats nothing," said the other. "Something like that would be impractical on my lawn. Theyre too busy shooting Westerns on r18-ho- le - - In Death - o Of Butane Truck - - Grayson Four Arraigned on Major Crimes; Quint - Three Bound Over, One on Probation Wins, Loses - - - Church Meet i-ig- h - n one-inc- h, bullet-proo- three-mont- h one-yea- n - - - - h - - - e - st in the sheriffs office; ending period of freedom in drunken ning meal- Returning at 7:00 the men filed into the cell brawling. Primarily involved in the oclock dock through the door between the cell block and the sheriff s office. They were followed in by Sheriff Wright, who after a count off, closed the door to the cell dock- However, as the men were riling in from the Sheriffs office, Harper, who was in the lead, tum-tthe left and went down into the guard corridor, from where he gave A landslide and the resulting his name at role call. The other crash of two trucks on Peters Hill, men went directly into the cell blocknorth of Monticello on highway The guard corridor has a steel 160, created an extremely dangerdoor entrance which is normally ous haszard Monday evening at locked at all time, but on this ocsedan is Kenneth Maughan, principal at Monticello Receiving the keys to the 1958 Chevrolet 10:30 pa. and at the same time casion had been left open for airhigh school, from Wes McDonald, sales manager of Redd Motor Company, Monticello. The car was donated by Edway Redd, manager and owner f the company to use in the drivers traning program hospitalized one of the two drivers ing following a recent mopping of begun at the high school. Principal Maughan with Tony Welch, far right, will instruct the course. Suffering first degree burns on the areaZenos L. Black, superintendent of schools approves the addition to Monticellos curriculum. his arms, side and back was Mar After Sheriff Wright had left vin Gordon, 39, driver of a butane the building, Harper went into the truck belonging to the Graves Bu vault in the sheriffs office and tane Co., Farmington, N. M- He took a bottle of wine held as evift was taken to the Moab hospita dence. He returned to the cell where his condition is reported as block, opened the steel door and Mr- Gordon received the went in to share his loot with the "goodburns attempting to shut off a other prisoners- However, the steel Four men. charged with serious valve near a broken connection door accidentally closed behind him In crimes, were arraigned befoe that was leaking butane after the and caught with a latch. SAN JUmv, Justice of the Peace C. R- Christ- crash. After consuming the wine, the Grayson ward of Blanding did it ensen the past week; three of The collision occurred when the inmates involved, seeking to rePRESENT TO again. For the sixth straight year whom were bound over to appear butane truck, travelling north down plenish the supply, pounded out the Grayson Ward basket- OPERETTA TONIGHT in district court in April and the Peters Hill, turned out of its lane a small lamf other given a ball team not only copped all local suspend- to go around a land slide that had inated in the steel door to Chorus students of the San Juan ed sentence upon good behavior honors, but also won the Division partially covered the road and ran the cell block with a flat iron used school will present "Masque- during a r high Five tournament held this year at into a truck coming by the prisoners for pressing their probation period nearly head-orade in Vienna, an operetta in Forkthe other The other truck was clothes- They reached through the and Baker Earl Velter Bee way. Spanish from Johann both of Blanding are in the driven, by Bernard Herron, 31 of window, unlatched the door, and This title again gave the Gray- three acts adapted ThursStrauss "Die Fledermaus. son quint the coveted honor of county jail in lieu of $1,000 bonds Blanding, and is owned by Gene secured two fifths of whiskey from and Friday, March 27 and 28 day the in pending trial in district court set McFarland, Casper, Wyo- Mr- Her- the evidence room. This was conparticipating the Jiigh school auditoriumin for April 12- Both was arrested by ron was uninjured. sumed mainly by Harder and Tourney held each year in the Music will be under the direction Blanding Chief of Police Ray Ca BYU Fieldhouse in ProvoBob Low. Utah State highway Baker and an argument ensued of Reva V. Redd and Marion hoon and Deputy Chauncey Black patrolman who investigated, said between these two and Testament-ThTuesday, the Blandingites won is dramatic director. Mary after a complaint was signed by the slide had come down within men, one wielding an iron their first tilt in the Lou Densley is in charge of dance Doc Stebbins, Blanding painter. minutes of the crash, as he had pipe removed from a mop bucket meet, downing the highly touted numbers and stage managers are that Baker attack- passed the area 20 minutes earlier wringer, chased Testament through 1 Long Beach, Calif. Lorenzo Moss and Phil Rollins. ed a him with hammer, inflicting and the road was clear at that time the cell block and around the varCalifornians led The at the first with the wounds to his head and arm. Upon High property damage was estma-te- ious halls in the court house buildThe complete and story, were ahead quarter as the butane truck was con- ing, inflicting numerous bruises 5 at the intermission- But color of the 1875 era features in his arrest, Baker filed a similar SheraccusClair Kenion a total wreck and the other on the fleeing man. the sidered cast Redmond, against Harvey, complaint Dudley Rowley, who tanked 15, ing Redmond of attacking him truck badly damagedand Morris Swenson, who had 13, idan, Gary Smith, Rosemarr Testament made good his escape Francis Nielson, Dale with a knife and stabbing him in The highly flammable butane by dropping from a second-storplus the floor work of the rest of the crew, displayed the poise and Jones, Lynn Wright, Dennis Har- the leg and slashing his cheek-Thspilled over the area, creating an window in the office used by the finesse that these perennian tour- vey, Merrill Shumway, Hansene two complaints are repor- extremely dangerous fire condition drivers license examiner- He went ney veterans are famous for in Dennison, George Jones and Kathy tedly a result of bad feeling and for investigators and spectators that directly to a local cafe and called of verbal altercations gathered- The butane, even without Sheriff Wright and reported the a series pulling ahead and maintaining the Blickenstafflead in the second halfThe operetta, by L- Marguerite among the three men; followed being ignited, will burn severely ruckus. It was 4.00 am. when However, in their second game House, is used with the permission by drinking bouts at their residence upon contact. Byron Eastin, Monti(Continued on page eight) of Theodore Presser Co., publishers cello authority on butane fuel, was (Continued on page eight) (continued on page eight) and copywright owners. summoned to the area to advise on safety precautions and to drain the DRAMA. DANCING and MUSIC remaining butane in the truck, estimated at more than 1,000 gallons. As soon as the fire hazard was dispelled, road erwes cleared the by Mrs. H. E Blake highway and the wreckage was re Funeral services for Thelma moved. Officer Low said citations are pending further investigation Bailey Frost were conducted Wednesday, March 6, in the LDS - Monday, Lynn Lyman and Phil Hurst from Blanding met with the county commissioners and requested a joint meeting of the commission and the hospital board to discuss plans and immediate needs for properly serving the Blanding area. The request was granted, and the meeting will be held at a future date when all members of the hospital board as well as the commissioners will be available for the joint sessionPrincipals for both groups in the hospital issue, early this week expressed hope for future cooperation between various sections of the county and a united effort to properly serve the medical needs of effect on the buying power of the poor workers, and lo. a recession begins The solution? A return to sanity where women can look like it and dress to emphasize it, where a dress will sell itself because it whittles a waist and requires some- residents. thing underneath to aid in the battle of he bulge- Stimulating dress sales is bound to be a shot in the arm to a dwindling industry. - thei-sho- rt - fashion. Of course, there are a few who have succumbed to the whimsy of Dame Fashion. These few happily discard girdles and other power-ne- t curtains for their sitting rooms-le- t gravity overcome them, and settle down to the shape of the sack. Corset manufacturers are no longer can they screaming stretch to make ends meet, so slash goes the payroll, again the same escapade were three of the seven inmates confined at that time, Walter A- - Testament, Earl Dee Baker and Clifford L- Harper. At 6:00 p.m Sunday the seven men were taken to a local cafe by Sheriff Seth Wright for their eve- Sunday evening and early Monday morning prisoners in the San Juan County jail escaped from their cells, Secured liquor and cigarettes from the evidence room Blan-din- rapidly this curtailment of buying spreads. With cuts in wages for garment workers and general layoffs, these people can no longer afford new cars, refrigerators or television sets. Further discouraging the buying woman is the very close resem blance of sack dresses and creations designed to conceal the fact of increasing family. Any woman who has worn these dresses with the expandable girth isnt anxious to wear them except as a matter of necessity and would prefer not to be forced into them by fickle resident. wind-tosse- PER DRIVERS Mayor Hurst The conrtoversial and contested issue of a new hospital for San Juan County has run its course. William R- Hurst, mayor of g was granted six days Tuesday of last week in district court by Maurice Harding, Fourth District Judge from Provo, Utah, in which to file an amended affidavit of contest to the recent bond election for the hospital program- The amended affidavit was never filed and the hearing postponed to Wednesday of this week was not held. Mayor Hurst, who filed the act- ion as a taxpayer, notified Judge Harding, and attorney Donald E. Schwinn of the firm of Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall and McCarthy, Salt Lake City, that the action was called off in hope the San Juan County Commissioners would consider a request for an emergency aid station in BlandingThe case was assigned to Judge Harding because Fred W- Keller, regular Seventh District Court judge, disqualified himself on the grounds he is a former Monticello 24-inc- over-haulin- BETTER 10c Called Off says Women look like bags in sack dresses. This fact leads us to believe it is the sack dress that is responsible for the present business recession First of all, women are discouraged from buying a new spring outfit when the dresses shown leave some confusion as to whether they are coming or going. After every day for six doing push-up- s h waistmonths to achieve a line who wants to conceal it in the first cousin to a pup tent.? Thus sales resistance is built up against all the offerings of the garment industry. It is easily seen how Half-pa- MAKES EXPERIENCE ACTUAL Court Proceedings Monty Sello Friday, March 28, 1958 Monticello, San Juan County, Utah, 8 PAGES 57-5- n d 15-1- 4. Trap 28-2- - Burt-ensha- On Recapture Hill - y e By Albert R. Lyman Some time between midnight and Sunday morning our deathtrap on Recapture caught two more victims. Brice Noise and Burns Lyman coming from Monticello were found there in the early morning by Karl Mahon, who notified Deputy Sheriff, Chauncey Black, who, with Don Smith rushed to the scene and found Brice uncon-ciou- s and badly hurt, though Burns had suffered only shock and from which he was recovering. Don Smith drove with hours Brice in four and one-hato Salt Lake, where it was decided he might live, but one side would always be paralyzed. That elbow, that right-anglblind turn on the hillside east of death-tra- p recapture, has been a ever since it was made there in June 1904- - If we hadnt been there at the time, and seen it placed there over the protest of people who knew better, we wouldnt get so exasperated every time it does again what it has been doing since 1904, and what it will continue to do as long as it is preserved as a lf - - - - - Rites Conducted For Thelma Frost CAP Unit Organized In San Juan County e, The following want ad appeared trap. It does, (pardon the wording in a Minneapolis newspaper: "Roommate wanted! Girl to share necessary to express it as it is) it does beat hell that a half mile apartment with two fireplaces. of distance must be preserved to A garden club announced a future generations on our road to forthcoming visit by a famous bot- Monticello for the sake of this inanist, promised: "He will discuss fernal blunder that never should trees and conduct the ladies on a have been tolerated in the first short walk through the park, iden- way for a straight road, a good tifying them by their shapes and place, when nature had provided a grade, and safety of travel. other characteristice. Mrs- - Frost died Sunday following a lengthy illness. Thelma Pointer was bom in Montezuma county. Colorado and was brought to Monticello while a small child. For a time she lived with Mr- and Mrs- - W. A Frost then when about five years of age she was taken into the home of Mr and Mrs. Nephi Bailey, who later adopted her. In 1919 she was married to Howard Corbett and lived in the middle west for several to Monticello in 1947 she made her home in Monticello and Salt Lake City until her marriage in 1957 to Bruce Frost when she made her home in LaSal. Surviving Mrs. Frost besides her husband and granddaughter, Patricia Ann Dole of LaSal, are one daughter, Rosabelle Viera and two grandsons of Gary. Indiana, and five brothers, J- , Elmer and Ralph Bailey, Monticello, and Alvin and Victor Bailey, Salt Lake City. Chapel- A Civil Air Patrol Squadron was organized for the San Juan area in Blanding, Saturday, March 22, by Lt- Colonel Walton and Sgt- Hack-etrepresenting the Utah Wing of CAP in Salt Lake City. Harold Morris was assigned as squadron commander and will supervise completion of the organization. Arrangements have been made with the County Sheriffs office to obtain fingerprints of all interested applicants on Saturday, March 29, at Don Smiths plumbing shopCivil Air Patrol, an auxiliary of the U- S. Air force, sponsors civilian aviation training and serves as the official search and rescue or gization in the area besides being active In any civil incidents in the - - t, - - the presentation of Masquerade in Vienna are San Juan high school students, Kennion Harvey, Clair Sheridan, Lynn Wright, Rosemarr Burtenshaw, Francis Nielson and Dale Jones. The operetta presented Thursday will again be shown tonight, Friday, at 8:00 p.m. Dressed in costume for community. - - years-Returnin- - J-- |