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Show UNIVERSAL incrxDPiuniia- coup mipieupoht - LT ZJJCE S- CTTx XJT'T ic '! 5. Volume 45 SNOW SCENE on Main street Tuesday after the big storm which brightened the spirits of people of this area after an unusually dry winter. Thirteen inches of snow was measured in Monticello. fcEa mm GoOfieoidl CEakdug travel show Mr. D. James Cannon, Director National Monument, Monument Valley, and Garden of the Gods. From this area people may visit the Grand Canyon National Park, Bryce, Zion, The Glen Canyon Damsite and Recreational Area, Mesa Verde, Salt Lake City area and Dinosaur National Monument of the State Tourist and Publicity Council, and Gaylord L. Stavely attended the Chicago Travel Show. Mr. Stavely took with him excellent examples of Navajo rugs and jewelry from this area. He reports people were very curious about these articles and couldnt believe they were hand made. Mr. Stavely reports that people are very interested in this portion of the Old West but hard to convince that it is perfectly safe to travel out here and that there Monticello The Elementary are paved roads. He was impressed with the urgent need for telling School PTA held a meeting March 2 to elect new officers for the people more about our state. San Juan County and the sur- organization. Elected to serve were: Eddie rounding territory has the greatest concentrated scenic attraction Boyle, president; Nicki Goon, vice in the State of Utah. A few of the president;; Annie Broderick, secfabulous attractions in this area retary; and Marcia Nielson, treaare: Hovenweep National Monu- surer. An interesting discussion on the ment, the Goosenecks of the San Juan River, Natural Bridges Na- present system of grading, report tional Monument, Rainbow Bridge cards, et cetera was held. Officers elected at S' PTA meeting Monticello, San Juan County, Utah 10?! per copy Thursday, March 9, 1961 Sally Bailey dies in early morning fire BLANDING termined origin Indian hogan in Tuesday at t A Fire of undeswept a Navajo Underground waste of oil in the nother area the presuress were Aneth area is causing grave con- down to about 1,163 pounds per 2 a. m. fatally cern among the oil companies and square inch. woman. burning a the Utah Oil and Gas Commission. The Utah Oil and Gas ConserThe body of Mrs. Sally Bailey The Commission was informed by Commission has a convation was found in the ashes of her Superior that in their opinion a on start of secondastudy tinuing 6:30 home at a. m. million barrels of oil per month and one operator had recovery ry Blanding Fire Chief Don Smith are being wasted in the area beplanned to begin the injection of reported the dead womans hus- cause of delays in water flooding. water on Jan. 1. However the proband was pulled from the blazCore Laboratories, Inc. reported cess of injecting water into a resing home by two youths. He was Tuesday that significant losses in ervoir to maintain pressure renot hospitalized. The youths said ultimate recovery of crude oil may quires the common consent of all Mrs. not reach Bailey. occur at Greater Aneth Field if interest holders and the they could pooling of Mr. Bailey said more than declines continue. The their leases. pressure and of worth $200 $1,300 jewelry firm states that secFour separate units have been in currency was lost in the flames. engineering recovery ondary through water proposed at Greater Aneth. Two A portion of the melted jewelry flooding should be instituted at of these now pend before the Inhas been recovered. ll oil pool in San Juan terior the Secretary Stewart L. Udall Mrs. Bailey was well known in when reservoir pressures as a hangover from his County predecessthis area for her skill as a weaver are at about 1,050 pounds per or Fred A. Seaton. One is the and her knowledge of English. inch. It presented a chart Aneth Unit of which Texaco, Inc., square She has served as an interpreter showing that in one area of the will be the operator. The other is in both and courts at hospitals field reservoir presures had al- the McElmo Creek Unit on which Arizona and Utah. She representdropped to about 746 pounds Superior Oil Co. of California is ed her people as a weaver at the ready inch and that in a- - the operator. Superior, however, is per square Chicago Worlds Fair. Mrs. Bailey had also completed a practical nursing course. northwest Bland-in- g 550-we- Mrs. Bailey had six children by a former marriage. Her first husband, Phillip Draper, died in 1937 and she married Alvin Bailey in 1940. Her children are all well educated; one is a doctor, one a Presbyterian Minister, and one holds a government position at Windowrock, Ariz. Surviving are her husband, daughter, and sons Phillip, James, Peter, Roward, and Frank Draper. Funeral services were conducted Mrs. Mabel Wright wins jackpot; winner this week gets $20 kite",, ' y' e J Of from which the town of Mexican Hat reSCENIC ATTRACTION NOTICE The Drivers License officer ceived its name. The rock is located about five miles north on the highway leading into town and is only one of the interesting things will not be in Monticello March RECEIVING the $48 check from last weeks Mystery Personality Record photo. 15. to see around Mexican Hat. Boyd Wilson, is Mrs. Mabel Wright who guessed his identity. Utahns, Inc., an organization to supplement the Tourist and Publicity Council has been formed to promote the publics growing interest in Utah as a tourist area. President of the organization is is Max Dean and is S. R. J. Olsen. Anderson. The Utahns, Inc. is set up with a vice president for each of the seven districts of the state. Bates Wilson, Superintendent of Vice-Preside- nt C. Sec.-Trea- s. Second Ward team wins third pin By Marilyn Rowley The Monticello 2nd Ward basketball team wTon in the Consolation third place at the Region 6 tournament held last weekend in Denver, Colorado. The team was defeated in their first game by the Laramie, Wyo. 2nd Ward score. The Wyoming with a 44-4- 0 team went on to win first place in the tournament. The Monticello players in their second game defeated the Farmington, N. M. 3rd Ward by a 3 margin. In the final game Monticello wTon over Randolph, Utah 62-5- 0 earning them third place honors. A former Bill Montieellan, r, Halls, was a member of the N.M. team. This team took second in the tournament. 71-5- Blue-wate- Done the Arches and Natural Bridges and information brochures. Any National Monuments, is Vice Pres- ideas or information on this subdisident of the Southeastern will be welcome by any of the trict. Other members in this area ject above-nameinclude: Gaylord L. Stavely, Mexican Hat; Frank Wright, BlandHoward ing; Kent Frost and Jim Hurst, Rogers, Monticello; Green River; and Jack West, Moab. There are 60 board members in the organization. In defense of tax money spent on publicity and advertising County Officers and volunteer Utahns, Inc. states that for every workers of the Cancer Society met one dollar spent in state tourist for a luncheon meeting Saturday and publicity advertising, state in Blanding. and local tax coffers receive nine Lunch was served to around 30 back. This does not include income at the Elk Ridge cafe. persons of those catering to tourists and The was held at the home meeting sportsmen. of Mrs. Grant Bayles. Economical reasons for promotPurpose of the meeting was to ing tourism in the state include acquaint the group with the Cantax money left by tourists which cer Campaign which will be held aids building and improving roads the month of April. during and state parks. Many tourists Guest speakers were Wallace will return to Utah to live and this promotes business and in- Toronto, State Cancer Chairman and Mrs. LaVerda Morgan, Field dustry. from Salt Lake The opening of Powell Lake Representative, Mrs. George Bloomfield, City. from waters backed up by the showed two films. Glen Canyon Dam is expected to Monticello, Identification kits were given draw more tourists than Lake to volunteer workers for use in Mead! the Cancer campaign drive next As a follow-u- p of the organ- month. izing of Utahns, Inc., a meeting Attending the meeting from was held Feb. 26 at the home of Kent Frost in Monticello. Present Monticello were: Mrs. Bloomfield, were Bates Wilson, Gaylord L. Mrs. Marion Hazleton, Mr3. Joe Frank Wright, Kent Adams, Mrs. Henry Doughtery, Stavely, Mrs. Donald Adams, Mrs. Milt Frost and Howard Rogers. Discussed was the need for in- Nielson, Mrs. Mabel Wright, Mrs. formation booths in the area Howard Rogers, and Mrs. Steve where people could obtain maps Hazelwood. d. Co. Cancer meet held in Blanding USGS sources Blanding team enters tourney M BLANDING The Junior Men basketball team took first place honors in the recent Regional tournament held in Denver and won the right to play in the All Church tournament which will be held March 12 to 17 in Salt Lake City. The team will leave Sunday for Salt Lake City. Schedule of the games had not been received by Coach Dee Hancock yet Wednesday evening. The games will be held at the Deseret gymnasium. Team members who will make the trip with Coach Hancock are: Bob and Terry Certonio, Lawrence Guymon, Melvin Wright, Lisle Palmer, Don Pritchard, David Max Palmer, Morgan, Wayne Jacobs, and Steve Lynton. these delays occurred after approval of the McElmo Creek unit by regional and Washington su- pervisors of that agency when the unit proposal was lifted from the USGS desk and placed before the Interior Secretary Fred A. Seaton. Objections to the agreement were raised by the Navajo Indian Tribal Council and council representatives. These objections have never been made public, but appear to surround the formula on which distribution of oil from the unit is to be made. 80-acr- spacing approved by Oil & Gas Com. e Utah Oil and Gas Conservation Commission agreed Tuesday to establish an drilling pattern at Anido Creek Field. The reserved for later Commission hearing the issue as to whtther wells completed both to the Desert Creek or Ismay formations may be completed dually or the crude from both sections comingled. At the present time one well alone tract. can be drilled per In all the commission was told some 72 well locations over nine sections of land may comprise the productive area at Anido Creek. Henry Shokowski, exploration manager for Champlin Oil & Refining Co., Denver, Colo, expressed and opinion that dry holes drilled north of Champlins wildcat find at Anido Creek would not necessarily limit extension of production in the Desert Creek formation. He said the Humble Oil & Refining Co. encountered a zone of tight porosity and permability and that in at least two sections north of the Humble wildcat there may be flush production. Superior Oil Co. of California indicated it had completed a nonproducer northeast of the Champlin and disclosed conditions in the reservoir suitable to artificial stimulation through formation fracturing. 80-ac- re The Needles Area drew some atCongress Tuesday when Sen. Wallace F. Bennett introduced legislation to authorize the Needles National Recreation Area in San Juan County. Sen. Frank E. Moss challenged his Democratic colleague one better and asked the Interior Department to study the feasibility of adding the Needles area to the national park system. Sen. Bennetts proposal covers a 75,200 acre area studied by the park system two years ago and later recommended for designation as a recreation reserve. Sen. Ben- 4-H nett indicated he would oppose making the area a national park. San Juan County cheers the long over-du- e recognition of the fabulous scenic area. tention from attend. !Ei to area proposed by Bennett PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND SOIL CONSERVATION MEET EASTLAND A District Soil Conservation meeting will be held at 7:30, Friday, March 17, at the Eastland church. A film will be shown and everyone is invited to raevjly open. According National Rec. Thursday at 2 p. m. in the Blanding Indian Chapel, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Burial was in the Blanding City Cosaty mm mi e filing a complete new unit agreement with additional engineering facts included. They are expected to seek a public hearing to bring the source of past delays in the i 80-ac- re Cemetery. toes Number 6 8 Pages Mrs. Mabel Wright, employe of in a uranium mine when a jackthe First Security Bank in Monti- hammer drilled into a miss-fire- d cello, was the lucky winner of the round of dynamite; Boyd was not $48 jackpot given away for iden- hurt, but Walt Bronson was hit tifying the Mystery Personality with flying rock and injured. last week, and having the correct Meet the man once and you will number of clues. note his wit and sense of humor. Mystery Personality last week He would make a wonderful teller was Boyd Benjamin Wilson. Mr. of tales by campfire. Take the Wilson was born Feb. 13, 1904 in time he and W. H. Buck ChristTeasdale, Utah, and moved with ensen hauled rifles to Blanding his family to Monticello in 1916. at the outbreak of the last upHe has seven full sisters, two s, rising there, wherein Posey set and three brothers. One things astir. brother has died. His father was Boyd now works at the high a farmer. Boyd married Gladys school. Asked how he felt about Mock in 1945, and they have a the present not bright national economic scene, Boyd replied, the daughter, Eula. During his 45 years in Monti- economic situation has got to get cello Boyd has been a cowboy, better, and I have confidence that farmed, mined coal and uranium, President Kennedy will lead the built roads, guided tourists and country out of this trouble. Hed hunters, hauled oil field equip- better, for he got my vote. He ment, carried the mail, worked on added, The uranium boom is the film locations, and traveled. His single most important event I closest call with danger happened have seen happen to Monticello during my stay here. The Mystery Personality jackpot goes back to $20 this week with only a few times left to enter the contest and try for some easy money. Read the ads carefully. Keith E. Norris, District Ranger You may be a winner this week. with the Bureau of Land ManagePlaces to deposit entries will be of 32 one ment, was men, from found on page seven of this issue. throughout the United States, who attended school at Montana State University during the month of half-sister- District Ranger attends school February. date for concert The Elementary School Concert band and the Fourth Grade Beginning band will present a concert at 7: 30 p. m. Thursday, March 16, at the Monticello Elementary school auditorium. In addition to the band numbers, several solos, duets and trios are on the program. Robert L. Hardesty, band director, announced a short demonstration-lectur- e would also be included. The public is invited to attend this free concert and enjoy the evening of band music. of county are praised Sixty-fou- r volunteer club leaders in San Juan County who have so successfully directed the club training of some 268 youthful future citizens of this county, are not going unsung on this the annual club week throughout the fifty states of this nation. Published in todays Record is a full page commendation report of club accomplishments in the county. The only pay the leaders get is a word of congratulation and appreciation from the citizen4-- H 4-- H 4-- H 4-- H ry- Should there be some names missing from the congratulatory list, it is because they could not be contacted. All who were approached were enthusiastic in the opportunity to join in a tribute to club work in San Juan County. 4-- H Cortez skier injured Scenes around town . . . in freak accident The school was designed to asSmall child breaking bottle of sist the experienced junior and ammonia in Town and Country middle-Hevadministrative offi- Market. . . . .girls taking to snowcers in developing those skills, bank to avoid slush sprayed by attitudes, techniques, modes of hot rodders lady calling for behavior, and knowledge of human high chair after loaning it to an relationships usually possessed by expectant mother. . . . .local skier officers. busting out all over. . . . .people superior administrative The courses offered attempted to looking happy who are receiving stimulate development of new ap- tax refunds sun helping proaches in the diagnosis of ad- workers clear the streets. . . . ministrative problems and Im- mother booting small boy across provement in the skillful man- street after he fell down in the mud. agement of men. el School band sets leaders Don Cleaver of Cortez received minor lacerations of the face and head in a freak accident on the tow while skiing Wednesday on Blue Mountain. Cleaver was brought to San Juan hospital where he was treated for his injuries and dismissed Thursday. A detailed report on what caused the accident was not available at press time. wives net $128.06 at bake sale Golfing Wives of the Monticello Golf Club made $128.06 at a bake sale and coffee at the Hess Silver Coin Laundromat Wednesday. Proceeds were turned over to the Golf Club to apply on the building fund for the club house presently being made by remodeling the old Monticello Hospital building. Ben Hess, Manager of the Laundromat, donated half the proceeds of his laundry for the day to the ladies. iraiir 1 |