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Show a Lis; JL V IilCrX)FILliiiJG I-- -I -'I- PIEIZPONT -T L'JCE CQIZP CITV Chamber holds first general meetings; year's program discussed A proposed itinerary for the coming year was discussed at the first general meeting of the Monticello Chamber of Commerce held Tuesday noon at the Buchboard Cafe. The new nct-in- g president of the chamber, Mrs. Kent Frost, presided at the meeting. Mrs. Frost was appointed recently to fill out the term of Kenneth Bailey, Jr., who had resigned to give full time to his job as mayor. What to do during the coming year, dues, membership drives and discussion of the parks proposals all came in for consideration before the group at the dinner meeting. The motion picture film of the county, which the county tourist and publicity committee is purchasing, is almost ready and the group was informed that a copy of the film should arrive prior to Christmas. It was related that the organization would soon be short a vice president and director as the present VP, Bob Cooper, is leaving Monticello. Another directors meeting is to be called soon to formulate definite plans for the coming year. Vco! -- Game roads verdicts cause accident promotion slick roads were blamed Tuesday morning for an accident three miles south of Monticello in which Mrs. Musselman and Rusty daughter Susie, Bluff, escaped without serious injury. The accident happened about 9:30 a. m. when Mrs. Mussel-ma- n approached a car from behind. Seeing that the car was going very slowly, Mrs. Musselman attempted to slow her small foreign car and in so doing slipped off the road into the barrow ditch. Earlier in the morning a Graves Butane truck had gone off the road into the barrow ditch and had not yet been pulled out of the ditch. Mrs. Musselmans car struck the ditched truck. Mrs. Musselman and Susie received scratches and bruises but their vehicle was damaged extensively. Only minor damage was done to the truck. Patrolman Robert Low of Monticello investigated the accident. Snow-packe- deductions set Deductions from wool program incentive payments to finance the wool and lamb producers self-hel- p promotion for 1961 will continue at the same level as in previous years, Howard Crittenden, Chair man, StabilizaCounty Agricultural tion and Conservation Committee, has announced. The 1961 Taxpayers in the county marketing year extends from who have not paid their real 1, 1961, through March April estate, mining and oil taxes 31, 1962. by noon, Nov. 30 will face a Deduction rates will be 1 cent 2 percent penalty tacked onto their tax bill, according to per pound from shorn wool payments, and 5 cents per hunCounty Treasurer Marion dred pounds of liveweight from Bayles. unshem lamb payments. The Miss Bayles said this week deductions will provide funds that over 90 percent of the for advertising, promotional total taxes still remain un- and related market activities on paid and urged taxpayers to wool and lamb. pay their taxes immediately The promotion program is so as to avoid the last minby agreement beimplemented ute rush. tween the Secretary of AgriOver 5 million dollars still culture and the American Sheep remain unpaid on the total Producers Council, as authoritax of 5 and one-hamillion. zed by the National Wool Act Those taxes which are not of 1954, as amended. The prepaid will be published in a delinquent tax list in The sent agreement was approved in a referendum held in 1959. Record in December. Late taxpayers face penalties d, slow-movi- committeemen will be elected at December meetings ASC who will soon be elected Farmer-committeeme- n, I I f: by their neighbors for the coming year, have important program responsibilities, according t o Howard , Crittenden, chairman of the San Juan County Committee. This makes it all the more important that representative farmers be elected to the job, he said. ASC committees have charge of the local administration of such national farm programs as acreage allotments, marketing quotas, commodity loans, the feed grain program, the National Wool program, the Agricultural Conservation Program, the Conservation Reserve Program, and the Farm Storage Facility Loans. Other duties are assigned to the committees by the Secretary of Agriculture as the need arises. The chairman explained that each year, farmers elect a community committee from their own number. The of chairman and this committee also serve respectively as delegate and alternate to the county convention, where the county ASC committee is elected. In San Juan County, farmers who are, eligible to vote for the community committee and for delegates to the county convention will cast their ballots at a meeting held for that purpose. Meetings are scheduled as follows: Community A, county courtroom, Dec. 6 at 7 p. m.; Community B, LDS church at Eastland, Dec. 7 at 7 p. m.; and Community C, Blanding City Hall, Dec. 5 at Brandt, Tanner found guilty Bruce M. Brandt, Albuquerque, N. M., and Harold Tanner, Cahone, Colo., were found guilty of misapplication of Dove Creek bank funds by a U.S. District Court jury in Denver last Thursday. The jury found the pair guilty on three counts which could mean prison sentences of 15 years and fines of $15,000 each. Funds involved were those of the Dove Creek State Bank of which Brandt was formerly vice president and cashier.' Tanner is a bean warehouseman. 7 p. m. Begay acquitted on larceny charge John Begay, accused of grand larceny in connection with the alleged theft of a pickup from the Western Mine Supply on Aug. 11, was found not guilty of the charge in Judge F. W. Kellers district court Thursday. In handing down the verdict, Judge Keller found that there evidence to was insufficient prove felonious intent. Earlier Begay had taken three vehicles and had been convicted of one theft and was sentenced to the industrial school in 1959. cases held; TB 1 Deputy withheld Two alleged Game and Fish violation cases were heard by City Court Judge Palmer Tues- day but verdicts were withheld and the matters taken under advisement by Judge Palmer. Clayton Stocks, La Sal Creek, was charged with illegal possession of deer meat. For conservation officers Dan Wind-boof Moab, Vic Bennett, Manila, Cecil Jones of Monticello, and another officer from Green-rive- r were the arresting officers, Stocks plead not guilty to the charge. Leonard Walterscheid, Moab, was tried on a charge of shooting a deer after dark and also plead not guilty. Conservation officer Cecil Jones of Mont-icell- o signed the complaint Walterscheid. m Cases involving Otf Thursday, November 23, 1961 per copy job exams announced examinAn ation for the position of deputy sheriff in San Juan County was announced this week by the ve Two trials both involving liquor and its consequences were heard in city court by Judge Philip Palmer this week. In the first case on Saturday, Elwood Haycock of was fined $25 by Judge Palmer after being found guilty of illegal possession of liquor. The complaint was signed by Patrolman Ralph Benson who had arrested Haycock with liquor purchased in another state. Allan K. Neal, a welfare case who has been working for the city, was given 5 days in jail on a charge of public intoxication. City Police Chief Art Adair was the arresting officer. 01-ja- to Number 43 Road repairs, Civil Defense discussed by commission Highway Patrol Ciil Requests for road improveCommission and the ment and discussion of civil deS.m Juan County Merit System fense measures came before Commission for Deputy Sher- the San Juan County Commisiffs. sioners at their regular meetApplicants for the job must ing Monday. apply on the Commissions Vint Jones, Blanding, and form and such form Karl Verdure, were on must be returned prior to the hand Barton, at the meeting to redate for closing applications, that the county do some Dec. 1. Application blanks may quest and graveling work on repair be obtained from the sheriffs the Black Mesa road. They aloffice or from the merit com- - so spoke in behalf of Melvin Adams of Blanding who also and age require- uses the road. They related that Physical ments limit the applicants to there were several spots on the males between the age of 23 road that were practically im- and 40. Persons appointed must passible in bad weather. About be in good physical condition one-hamile of gravel would and at least 5 feet 8 inches tall. be needed, they estimated, plus Applicants must also be resi- some blade work. The commisdents of San Juan County. sioners agreed to take the matWritten examinations will be ter into consideration and Hy-ruBlack, commissioner in given in December and it is anti .ipated that two positions will charge of roads, agreed to tour be filled from the list of ap- the road and work at a solution to the problem. proved applicants. Salary range for the job is CIVIL DEFENSE $380 to $445 with the minimum County civil defense director of the range as the starting LaRay Alexander, Blanding; salary. deputy director Bert Warren, Applicants will be given a Monticello; and radiological diwritten and oral examination rector Don Ross, Blanding, were covering such subjects as bus- present at the afternoon sesiness English, business arith- sion to discuss with the commetic, spelling, punctuation, al- missioners the needs and rephabetical filing and vocabul-a- r quirements of the civil defense All applicants must have at organization and what was beleast a high school education ing done to improve the effectiveness of the unit. or equivalent. It was pointed out that in case of an attack, communiSTUDENTS ENJOYING cations would be the most imTHANKSGIVING HOLIDAY portant need. The group conSan Juan County schools sidered this need and concluded short-wav- e radios should were dismissed Wednesday af- that ternoon for the Thanksgiving be purchased for an emergency Some 8 radios would be holiday. Classes will resume use. needed to cover the main pop Monday morning. Utah Sen-ic-e pre-sTib- lf m liquor heard lf ASC W Monticello, San Juan County, Utah Volume 45 Slick rt-l'l seals out to county residents residents of the county have received a letter from the Tuberculosis Association this week containing the TB Christmas seals, according All" should to Gene Foushee, county Christ- mas seal chairman. The county committee has been working for the past several days readying the seals for distribution. Those persons seals who have not received are requested by Foushee to contact him or Mrs. Joanna Pierce, both of Bluff, and seals will be mailed immediately. ulation centers in the county. ADVERTISEMENT SOUGHT It was also indicated that there Owen B. Saunders, of the was sufficient money in this feature advertising department years budget to purchase such of the Desert News and Salt radios. Lake Tribune, was present at Shelter areas came up for the meeting to solicit advertisdiscussion and the Blanding ing for the scenic and travel High school gym, Monticello edition of the Tribune which school basement will be published in May. The Elementary and the new library basements commissioners decided that the were pointed out as being the matter should go through the types of buildings that could tourist and publicity council for consideration. be used for fallout shelters. THANKS FROM CITY Commissioners were read a letter from the Monticello city council in which the council thanked the county for the street work which the county had performed within the city, especially the compact gravel shoulders and the woik done The Iowa Ghosts, Negro basin regards to the curb and gutters. Henry Dougherty, county ketball team, and the Monticello road supervisor, was commend- Ward M Men will tangle on the ed for the time he spent and hardwood Friday night at 8 p. the personal interest he dis- m. at the Monticello High school played towards seeing that the gym. Razzle dazzle basketball, repairing and building jobs were done. featuring football plays and comic action, is synonomous with the Ghosts w'ho racked up Hunters warned 95 wins in 105 games played last year. Leading teams about license, tags throughout the U. S., Canada and Mexico were defeated by Deer hunters who use another the Ghosts in their effortless hunters tags or license were style. issued a warning this week by Composed of high school and Conservation Officer Cecil college stars, the Ghosts while are violations such that Joijes not as famous as their counterbeing checked more closely and violators will be cited. Such vi- parts, the Harlem Globetrot olations are becoming more fre- ters are a talented band of y shotmakers who can. quent in recent days and Jones suggest that to stay out of turn on the steam or tickle the trouble only the hunters own fancy of the most staid fan tags and license should be used. within minutes. The deer season in this area will continue through Nov. 30. A five-da- y notice hunt will be Scenes around town scheduled sometime after the close of the season but hunters are reminded that if they have already purchased a special permit they will not be eligible to Jerky in the making hangnotice purchase the five-da- y ing on the clothesline . . good permit. time to snap our landscape trademark (Horse head) . . . MAGIC SHOW SET road construction workers FOR CUB SCOUT MEET headed south . . . big dinners Cub Scouts of Tack 318 will planned for Thanksgiving . . , participate in a magic show at their next monthly meeting college students home . . Sharp- -, which wall be at 7:30 p. m. shooter Redd killing deer with Nov. 29, at the Community one shot and cutting its throat W'ith the second shot. Church. Ghosts, M Men fanglo Friday pass-happ- Monticello High wrestling outlook good; two state champs returning r Coach Tom r .. QUACK! The sole complement of the San Juan County Duck Owners Association, Jerry Lesher, on left, and Wes McDonald, stand beside their Army surplus amphibious vehicle and contemplate the fun they intend to have using it. The manner of its use has not as yet been decided but the QUACK! two are open to suggestion. The hicle, of the type used in World ve- War II for amphibious operations, is "capable of traveling on either land or water. McDonald and Lesher recently and it can purchased the be inspected at Redds in Monticello. Record photo. boat-vehic- le f'A J rA W; - . h ? . 4; ' i V" V j ' f i Burrs Monticello High wrestling squad went into the second wreek of intensive practice with promise of an outstanding season hinging on 11 returning varsity lettermen, including two state champions and a 4th place state wrestler. The two state champs are Ernie Garcia, who last year w'on the 98 pound class title, and Mike Bailey, 115 pound state champ. Baddy Redd is also on the Varsity squad this year and placed 4th in the state in his weight class last year. Wrestlers who have been chosen for the varsity squad and their weights are: 101 John Johnson 103 Jim Hazlewood 103 Stan Bailey 112 Ernie Garcia 122 Sidney Snyder Mike Bailey 123 Ken Mortensen 125 127 Larry Perkins ; - - ! V), f Loyd Woods Larry Darbey Buddy Redd 130 142 144 145 146 148 150 John Riley John Blake Robert Riley Keith Himmelberger Bill Nebeker 160 Asterisk denotes returning Monticello wrestlers will get their first taste of action on Dec. 1 in an invitational tournament scheduled here, with Nucla, Colo.; Moab and Blanding schools participating. An afternoon session will begin at 2 p. m. and the evening will get underway at 7 p. m. Monticello will be wiestliog with B schools, League 2, in conference activity which will include Altamont, East Carbon, Uinta, San Juan, Grand, Green-rive- r, Tabiona and Union High schools. Coach Burr has high praise for the way the team has been shaping and relates that all the wrestlers have their sights set on the state tournament which will be held on Feb. 23 and 24. The remainder of the matches so far scheduled are as follows: Dec. 9 Nucla, there Dec. 14 San Juan, here Dec. 22 Dove Creek, here Jan. 5 & 6 Durango tournament, there Jan. 12 Open Jan. 19 Open Jan. 26 Moab, here Feb. 1 Feb. 3 Feb. 15 Moab, there Blanding, there District Tournament, here. upfr-s- r TF |