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Show Old Hospital building loosed to Monticello qolf club Flans go ahead for HS building Volume 44 Monticello, San Juan County, Utah lOtf per copy Friday, Oct. 14, 1960 8 Pages Number 37 Blue Mt. White; Deer hunters began to come in to Monticello this week in preparation for the big game season which starts at daylight Saturday. Campsites on Blue Mountain have already been set up, some of them as long ago as a week. hunters Around 2500 are expected in the Blue Mountain-Elk Ridge area. Five extra game wardens are due in for the opening of the seate son. Daylight for deer hunters begins as soon as it is light enough to shoot, local game protector Cecil Jones said this week. Red Jones also emphasized: head gear and red sweater, shirt or jacket must be worn at all times vhile hunting and he added that red meant red, not orange or yellow. Hunters not obeying this rule will be automatically ticketed. He again said that the law requiring guns in vehicles be unloaded would be strictly enforced. The six game wardens will set up numerous road blocks for checking hunters. Utah hunters should heed the game law provision that prohibits a resident from sending a deer out of state or allowing his deer to be taken out of the state by another. This law applies to the meat after it is dressed too. All schools in San Juan County will be closed Monday so that any students who wish to go hunt- - V- ing may do so. Lase year 849c of the hunters filled their license. All hunters are asked to register at the sheriffs office, so they may be located in case of emergency. The Chamber of Commerce will have an information booth at the courthouse, with maps of the hunting area furnished by the Bureau of Land Management, and other information hunters might need. The Monticello Lions club will have a chili supper at the old San Juan Electric building on Main Street. They will serve from 4 p. m. to 7 p. m. tonight (Thursday). The American Legion will sponsor a hunters dance for - I- - the public later starting at 9 p. in the evening, n. at the Monti school gym. Everyone cello High The first snow7 fell on Blue is asked to wear hunting apparel with street shoes. A rifle and door Mountain Saturday night leaving around one to one and a half feet prizes will be given away to those of snow with Monticello receiving for the dance. tickets puchasing 2.01 inches of rain in a four day period which started Saturday Services held ut for George Hurst By Albert R. Lyman The funeral of George A. Hurst Senior, was held here at 2 p. m. Friday, Ernest A. Helquist of the Third Ward Bishopric presiding main half of d over the the church building. , O My The opening hymn, Father, was sung by the choir, and the opening prayer offered Bisby Reed Bayles, a hop Scott Hurst of the First Ward, a grandson, spoke interestingly of his close acquaintance with and love for his grandfather from early childhood, giving somewhat of a sketch of his life from his childhood in Sanpete county in the seventies and eighties, and how in his latter teens he went to help his people move to Mexico, expecting to return, and probably would have done so, if he hadnt met Mary Terry, whom he married and he lived in that country till the revolution forced him and others back into the United States. He told of his grandfathers keen interests and ability different lines, and the active part he took wherever he lived. Mrs. Mable June Palmer, a granddaughter played an organ John D. solo, Going Home. Rogers, of Manti Temple, a told of the 20 years grandpa Hurst and his wife had worked in the temple, and of the great esteem in which he is held in that community. Spoke of the great magnitude, of temple work to w7hich grandpa was so much devoted, and of the great contribution he and his numerous family had made to Blanding and other places. When some one suggested to grandpa Hurst that he must have made some good investments to have means to spend so much time in the temple, he said yes, he had invested in faithful sons and daughters, and they enabled him to spend 20 years in temple work. A male quartet: Francis and Joe Fin Lyman, Howard and Leonard Hurst, grandsons, ac- companied by Mable June Hurst rainier, sang, I Need Thee Every Hour, and also, a special favorite of the Hursts, I Wandered Today To The Hill, Maggie. y v V fVf,. V i f - f- a- - t - 4 7, TROPHY WINNERS in the recent Counse Match Play tournament held at Monticello Golf Course. (L to R) Jolene Bailey, Ladies Championship; Dick Broderick, A flight championship; Mickey Wall, B flight championship; Zenos Black, championship flight. Races set for Oct. 23; rained out last Sunday The stock car races that were scheduled for last Sunday at Blue Mountain speedway were postponed because .of rain. Next date set for the last race of the season will be Sunday afternoon, Oct. 23. This will be the big race of the season with a 100 lap race featured. A large trophy will be presented to high point driver of the year. The stock car races have proved popular entertainment for people of this area since they began the early part of July. Art students hold show and tea An art show and tea will be held by students of Jo Lee Storm from two until five p. m. this afternoon (Thursday) at the old City Merc building. Mrs. Strom has been giving private instruction to people of this area for the past month. Classes have closed and the art work will be exhibited at this time. The public is invited to visit the show and see the local talent displayed there. man speaks meet SLC at P-T- A The first high school meeting this year was held last Thursday at the high school. Dr. Jefferson Eastman, Utah A Education Association officer Improvements effected at Blue Mt. ski run well-fille- son-in-la- "i f Monticello gets a good soaking The majority of those who attended the Board of Education meeting held Oct. 10, favored going ahead with plans for building a new gym and remodeling the present gymnasium into an auditorium at Monticello High school. Lew is Eric Sandstrom, Provo architect, who has been retained by the Board to prepare sketches of the proposed facilities was there and showed and explained the plans. Around $700,000 was estimated would be needed for the project. A short term loan over a two year period could be arranged which would require no raise in the tax levy if tax receipts remain the same. It was also estimated that the building project would take two and one half to three years to complete. The board has submitted the plans. to the State Architects office. ' from Salt Lake City, was the speaker for the evening. Dr. Eastman gave an enlightening talk on proposed bills be fore legislation which have been sponsored by the UEA, State Department of Education and the Bishop Helquist spoke feelingly Utah Congress that affect of his acquaintance through many schools. our years with grandpa Hurst, after Some of the laws were: (1) which the choir sang. Benediction to installations on Abajo Peak Bud Corbin and Ormas Hawkins found traveling a little rough Sunday on a trip to Abajo Peak to repair telephone installations and two w7ay radio systems. They were forced to walk over a mile in the snow and ice storm after their Jeep broke a hub and refused to go any farther. Snow at the time was a foot to two feet deep in some places. Drifts were four and five feet deep. After reaching their destination, they found all kinds of andamage. The tenna, several receiving antennas, the county radio antennas and the triangular tower of the Colorado Ute communications were either down or damaged. The television transmitting tower went down the next morning from the weight of ice which had collected on it. Lightning had caused extensive damage to highway patrol equipment. They spent the night in a cabin there and Colorado Ute Electric sent a Krist cat from Cortez, with two men and 20 feet of new tower for the Colorado Ute system up Monday morning; they made as many repairs as they radio-telepho- Ski club members have been working nearly every weekend making improvements on the ski run on Blue Mountain for the winter season. The parking area is ready to gravel. They have lined the cabin and built on a small porch; the north trail has been completed and the south trail widened. As soon as the REA receives a permit from the Forest Service work will start to install electric power for night skiing. There are approximately 50 to 75 members of the Blue Mountain Ski club. They will meet sometime this month to reorganize their club. All the work on the course has been donated labor. New shop opened on Main street A new shop has opened on Main Monk and his son, street by Jones Doyle, formerly of Salt Lake City. The new proprietors opened for business Wednesday in the old City Merc building and will operate a TV, radio and small appliance repair service. Monk said he came through Monticello in 1939 and since then has dreamed about coming back could. Bud and Ormas rode down to here to live. their Jeep on the cat and were home Monday evening. DEER SEASON BRINGS The county will open the road VACATION AT SCHOOLS as soon s possible so repairs can be made. The TV tower will be Its vacation time for all county replaced and installed as soon as school children and teachers startthe road is opened and the tower is received so that people in the ing Friday evening until Tuesday area can again watch Salt Lake Morning. School will be dismissed for deer hunting season. City TV. County commissioners, at their meeting Monday, voted to lease the old hospital building in Monticello to the city golf club for $250 a year for a period of 10 years with two five year options to renew the lease. Lease is to become effective Dec. 1, 1960. All major changes of the building have to be approved by the board of county commissioners. Flans were also made at the meeting to hire a permanent road superintendent to administer construction and maintenance programs within the county. 4-- H club meet . held in Blanding There were 41 awards, five savings certificates and 250 achievement gifts awarded members Thursday evening at the annual Club achievement program held in Blanding. Rell Argyle, County Agent, states that this is the largest projects in group completing the county program to date. The program was conducted By Dorothea Guymon, County council president, and consisted of congregational singing led by Ver Dawn Butts; prayer, Christine Nielson; piano solo by Kathleen Guymon; welcome, Yvonna Hoggard, council song by Maxine Lymans club; Fern Peterson, extension secretary read two poems written by a member; achievement were presented by Argyle, County' Agent to 41 members; saving certificates were presented to five outstanding 1st, 2nd and 3rd year members by Harold Lyman, assistant manager of the First Security Branch Bank; a piano solo by Kathy Bailey; certificates and county achievement. Gifts were presented by Argyle and William C. Walton, chairman of the County Commissioners; the congregation sang America the Beautiful and Lloyd Lyman gave the closing prayer. 4-- H 4-- H 4-- H 4-- H 4-- H Public invited to Laundromat Grand Opening Ben Hess is holding a grand opening of the new Laundromat Thursday, Oct. 13 (today) which is in operation now. Thursday, all day, everyone is invited to come to the new laundry and try out the machines free. Besides the regular sized washers and dryers there is a large Washette which will wash shag rugs up to a 9x12 size, quilts, and any other large, heavy articles. A large extractor will dry these things for you. Free refreshments will be served, compliments of Cloverleaf and Hostess Dairy, Coco-Col- a Cakes and Cookies. Ben invites everyone to come in and see the new modern self-servi- ce A Re-wii- te National NEWSPAPER WEEK all school laws. (2) Consolidation of county school districts. (3) Provide money for the state to match the federal funds for education. (4) Change the present teacher retirement laws. The most important law to San Juan County, as explained by Dr. Eastman, was the proposed state equalization law and its effect on San Juan County. Under the present setup 12 of the 20.5, mills paid here are levied by the state which amounts to over $1,000,000 sent by San Juan County to the state for redistribution among other school dis- tricts. If the preposed law is passed the mill levy collected by the state will be raised from 12 to 16 mills, which will amount to San Juan County sending over $2,000,000 back to the state for redistribution. After Dr. Eastmans talk an informal discussion wras held. Next high school meeting A wiU be held Dec. 1. was pronounced by Marvin F. Lyman, Grandma Mary Terry Hurst was present in a wheel chair, and 10 of her living children: George A. Jr., Nate, Phil, Riley, Mrs. Ines Rogerson, Mrs. Luella Rogers, Mrs. Dora Bayles, Mrs. Margie Lyman, Mrs. Guen Jones and Mrs. Beth Kartchner. Another daughter, Mrs. Nedra Lundberg was detained in Washington, D. C. on account of the sickness of her husband. The body was interred at the Blanding cemetery, where Francis Jones, a offered the dedicatory prayer. son-in-la- son-in-la- w LIVESTOCK AND CROP REPORT FOR COUNTY Livestock conditions generally good, poor on reservation as well as some other areas. Some calves have moved. No forced sales. Feed is short. No killing frost to date. Thunder showers have helpEDWAY REDD LOOKS mighty happy with the new 1961 General Motors line of cars he will ed grain germination. be selling for the coming year. Edway is owner of Redds Motors. |