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Show Commissioner Young questions dental facility Vol. 51, No. 8 8 Monticello, San Juon County, Utah 84535 Thursday, February 22, 1968 Canyonlands Capitol Monticello sets U-m- Saturday was probably one of the greatest days in the life of Cooper Jones of Monticello. It was on Saturday evening in Salt Lake City that Mr. Jones heard his name announced as one of the three State winners of the Utah Jaycees' Outstanding Young Men of 1967. Mr. Jones won the Jaycees Distinguished Service Award at a banquet held in January which enabled him to enter j the state competion. Needless to say, the ever modest Cooper was speechless when his name was announced as one of the winners - but not his booster club which accompanied him and his wife Jeanne, to Salt Lake City. Sitting in the audience were President of the Jaycees Carl Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan Hansen; Mr. and Mrs. Glen Trueblood and Mr. and Mrs. Rust Black and when the announcement was made of Cooper's win, they burst into wild applause and cheers. Cooper was awarded a beautiful walnut plaque and will nominee and Roy Beckstead, president of the Utah Jaycees, presented the awards to the three winners. It was a thrilling sight to see Mr. and Mrs. Jones step onto the stage to receive his award. The boosters said they were sure Cooper would win and that they had known since noon on Saturday that he was one of the winners, but did not reveal this information 4th Annual City terms ill NPS accepting Publishers of Utah's weekly newspapers, their wives, fant ilies and friends, will head for Salt Lake City this weekend for their Annual State Press Association winter meetConvention ing Feb. 23-2- 5. headquarters will be in the Hotel Utah. Business committee meetings and Board of Directors sessions are set for publishers only Friday afternoon with registration beginning at 3 p. m. and at 7 p. m. the convention will formally open with an opening night cabaret party and open house in the Empire Room of the Hotel Utah. Formal business sessions begin Saturday morning with President Clarin D. Ashby, Publisher of the Uintah Basin Standard in Roosevelt, conducting. Speakers will be Mr. Ralph Comstock, First Security Bank of Boise, who will speak on "Responsibilities of the Newspaper to its Community". Mr. Lyla A. Young, manager Hancock, Ronnie Guymon, Hal Black, Saun Bohn, Tim Perkins and Bill Redd were the team members. Of the 36 games in tourna- ment play the fabulous Grayson Ward Team won 29 and lost 7. They won 13 games in a row before being beaten. They played such extra teams as Carbon College, Fort Lewis College and Mesa College. The townspeople of Blanding went in droves to the games at Provo and supported their team to the last person. Many of the former residents of Blanding also attended the games to cheer the team on. A royal homecoming was arranged for them after their win and the town celebrated for an entire week. Although there are 18 out of the 33 men of the winning teams out of town, Bishop Alexander has notified them of the special banquet which will be held at 2 p. m. for the players and their wives. It will be held in the Recreation Hall and will be a reunion for many of the men who have been away for some time. Coach Alexander deserves a lot of credit for the success of the teams of the era. He spent many hours coaching the men and giving them the benefit of his training and experience and he still keeps in touch with them alL All-Chur- ch THE ALL-CHUR- Basketball The Champions of 1954 from the old Grayson Ward, through their coach, LaRay Alexander, have issued a challenge to the San Juan Stake Basketball ! Champions of 1968 The challenge states that Weed Control they want to play this Monticello Ward winning team on March 2 at six o'clock p. m. conference in the Blanding Recreation Hall. This should be a real game. scheduled March will mark the 14th anniversary of this The 1968 Utah Weed Convictory and a big celebration trol Conference will be held is being planned. This team 1 in the PrudFeb. was a formidable one in the ential Building in Salt Lake six years it competed in the City, according to Blaine JoneSj M Men bracket at the All Extension agent for Grand and It has a Church Tournament. San Juan Counties. All people record that would be hard to interested in any phase of weed beat by any team. In the six control are invited to attend. play the years of Emphasis will be placed on two Grayson Ward team won 24 major areas this year, basic games and lost six. Several principles of weed control and of the men played all six control of annual weeds in years but there were some who field crops. played one year or two, accPersons desiring additional ording to their length of time information may contact Mr. in the ward. Jones. The 1952-5- 3 team won the All-Chur- ch 587-276- All-Chur- ch 29-M- ar. All-Chur- ch CHAMPIONS OF THE OLD GRAYSON WARD Consolation 5th place, losing only one game out of the five played. On the team that year were Bud Nielson, Calvin Perkins, Kenneth McDonald, A1 Dean Washburn, Kay Bradford, Fred Halliday, Eugene Shumway, Connie Nielson gene Shumway and Connie Nielson. The 1953-5- 4 team were the Champs, winning all five of their games and going on to losing only one game, that to Fort Lewis College at Durango by a score of 77 to 80. They played a total of 36 games around the country. On the Champion team that year were Glen Rupp, Calvin Perkins, Dudley Rowley, Richard Perkins, Eugene Shumway, Connie N Nielson, Kay Bradford, Kent Black and Calvin Butts. The record for the next year was a win of 4 to one loss and the team members were Nel-dCochran, Richard Perkins, Dudley Rowley, Eugene Shumway, Dee Hancock, Conrad Rowley, Glen Shumway, Glen Nazar and Baymond All-Chur- ch on Winning eighth place over all in 1955-5- 6 the team again won four and lost the one game to Bert Cook and his Plain City Ward. Team members that year included Richard Perkins, Neldon Cochran, Dudley Rowley, Eugene Shumway, Johnny Nielson, Raymond Lyman, Joe Finn Lyman, Merrill Hurst, Harold Lyman and Rex Shumway. In 1956-5- 7 the team achieved second place, again losing but one game, this time to the 31st Ward of Salt Lake City. The team still had some of the original members on it, Richard Perkins, Dudley Row-le- y, Eugene Shumway, Rudy Konold, Neldon Cochran, LaMar AVright, Glen Shumway, Rex Shumway, Johnny Nielson and Bruce Hurst and ended up in second place. The year 1957-5- 8 developed into a year of hard luck, with the team in ninth place, winning only three games and losing their last game to Car-laWard. Dudley Rowley, Eugene Shumway, Neldon Cochran, Morris Swenson, Dee nd Lee Christensen suffers heart attack Lee Christensen, formerly with the Monticello office of Bureau of Land Management and who now is stationed in Price, suffered a severe heart attack last weekend and is presently hospitalized in the Price Hospital. The latest word on Lee is that he will be hospitalized for at least two weeks and will then have to lay off work for two months or more. It is believed that the damage to his heart was severe. Lee's address is in Price is 768 N. 1st East in case his friends would like to drop him a line. of the Idaho Press Assn. , will speak on the "National Advertising Ficture" and Governor Calvin Rampton and Walter Smith of the State Industrial Promotion Commission will speak. Business sessions will be held Saturday afternoon and the ladies will be girests of the Pioneer Memorial Theater for a performance of T artuffe. Saturday night the delegates will attend the annual USPA banquet and on Sunday, after other speeches, and a panel discussion, the convention will conclude with the awards luncheon. Last year 49 of the 50 member newspapers in the state were represented at the annual convention, as well as numerous associate members and friends. New Travel ulation in the area for the services of the County Health Department, Dental Services, and Medical Services, 2. The projected costs of the building both as to construction and as io operating costs. 3. The specific needs for the building within each Attends Lions banquet George Park, Secretary of the Monticello Lions Club, and Mrs. Park attended the er Lions Banquet held last Saturday evening in the Terrace Ballroom of the Hotel Utah. The large audience, numbering over 1200 people, heard Governor Calvin Rampton speak. They also heard a speech given by Lions International Vice President David H. Evans of Texas City, Tex. Three Lions clubs in the vicinity of Salt Lake City had a 100 attendance at the banquet and all clubs got an award. The Cedar City Lions traveled the most miles to attend the banquet. The Lions heard a report that more than 10, 000 pairs of old glasses were turned in to the International Lions President. Seventy-fiv- e pairs of those were from the Monticello Club. The Monticello Lions Club would like to thank all the people for the wonderful response for old glasses which will be used to help the blind. mid-wint- The commission discussed the project at considerable length during their regular monthly meeting. At the request of Governor Calvin L. Hampton, the Commissioners declared March 4 through March 16 American Sportsmanship Weeks. These are the weeks of the Utah State high school athletic tourna- ment. The Commission authorized Chairman Marion Hazleton to sign the necessary documents to obtain U. S. Forest Service Funds for 4. 5 miles of surveying performed by Chap Blake on the Blue Mountain Road. Woid was received from Planning Research Associates requesting a date for reviewing the pleminary County Master Plan Report. An appointment will be set up to include the Commissioners, the Planning Commission, representatives of Blanding, and Monticello, and other interested parties. Accident victims Director named Canyonlands National Park will accept laborer applications from Feb. 25 through March 2, 16S, reports Superintendent Bates E. Wilson. The work involved may be at COOPER'S BOOSTERS ARE GROUPED AROUND COOPER JONES AS HE SHOWS Natural Bridges National off his two placques - the one his wife is holding awarded him by the Monticello Monument, the Needles disBoosters or Island in the Sky disare trict Utah is the he and one the Standing Jaycees. holding by Jaycees of Canyonlands, or the Carl trict Monticello of President and Hansen Sheridan Glen Trueblood, Jaycees Arches National Monument. Wagner. Seated - Sandy Trueblood, Annette Jan Standard applications Form Wagner. Seated - Sandy Trueblood, Annette Hansen, Jeanne and Cooper Jones, is available at the Post 57 Una Black. Marilyn Wagner and Office or at the Canyonlands Record Photo National Park offices in the tor-tuhonor. an such he could deserve his is son of and Mr. In the Post Office building. good discussing Cooper Mr. Jones has brought fame Mr. Jones said he felt Mrs. Cecil Jones of Monticello to the community of Montiand owns and operates the he should not have been a Bronson discello and to San Juan. His the to name His winner compared Canyonlands Dairy. wife state entered was entered in the competition tinguished nominees in the competition tomorrow last year as a candidate for race and that he was just "a by Bishop F. Bennion Redd Mrs. the and Utah now contest who wholeheartedly endorsed from but Monticello" it peon Funeral services for William Cooper has won in a state wide this young man as an outstandis obvious that the judges both Bronson, a native of Monticontest. The entire commin Salt Lake City and in his ing person in his personal life, cello and a beloved school unity is very proud and happy his church life and in his home town thought otherwise. to old timers here, teacher such a Mr. as have to citizen his He was generous in his appreccommunity and cited, in Jones in our midst and to have will be held Friday, Feb. 23 letter of recommendation, the iation of Bishop Redd's thinkat 2 :00 p. m. in the LDS him selected as one of the ing as highly of him as he did many fine things that Mr. William is a brother Three Men Chapel. Young Outstanding in nominating him for this Jones has done on behalf of of Fletcher Bronson of Montiof the state. the community. great honor and said he hoped cello. funeral which studied the Courthouse addition last ear in order to make the following determinations: 1. The needs of the pop- - Press Association convenes applications ne He also asked that the matter be studied by a citizens' committee similar to the one department. The Monticello City Council I Jit night agreed to terms for ground rental and water rates for a uranium mill to be located here. City Administrator Phil Palmer has shown executives of the company over several sites In and around the City. Meanwhile, the City Council has authorized Mr. Palmer to Initiate inquiries into engineering costs for planning an additional water storage unit to be located on the mountain. He will also investigate further the possibilities of financing that project and a proposed storage tank for treated water. The Council passed an ordinance admitting certain properties to the City, agreed to purchase 20 mercury vapor lights to improve city lighting and appointed Councilman Leon Bchunin to head a City Recreation Committee to advise the County on needs in the North part of the County. Bowling Tourney pormer chompS jssue challenge The Monticello Fourth Annual City Mens Association Tournament has been scheduled and set up to begin on March 1. There will be some changes from the Third Annual tourney, but basically the format will be the same. One of the major changes is that the tourney will last for two weekends. Before, it has only been held for one weekend. Another of the major changes is that there will be an added event that should be a good one. This is a Scratch Singles event. It will be on Saturday-night- s at 7:30 p. m. and the entry fee is $2. 50 per time. This is mainly a prestige event but it should produce some real good scores. The entry fee for the other events has been raised to $5. 00 and $3. 00 of this will go into the prize fund. The times for bowling have been set for Fridays at 6:00 p. m. starting bowling have been set for Fridays, starting at 6 p. m. , for Saturdays, starting at 10 a. m. , and for Sundays starting at noon. Entries may be submitted to A1 Haskins, Box 635, Monti8. cello or call at They will also be taken at Joe Berry's Park Lanes. In a discussion of the proposed health facility planned for Montezuma Creek, Commissioner Harold Young questioned whether the need for dental facilities at this location had as yet been established. par copy Cool Climate - Warm Welcome Cooper Jones Wins State Award enter the national competition later this year in St. Paul. The Jaycees of the State yearly convene to choose the three outstanding young men of the year. The 32 participants, their wives, the members of all the Jaycees clubs in the state and a large audience heard the keynote address given by Attorney General Phil Hansen. Craig L. Mickelson, chairman of the Utah Jaycee TOYM, gave a brief explanation of the program and introduced each lOt Pages progress The latest word from the Redds who were injured John David Rose, a member in a car accident in Califorof the staff of the executive vice president of the University nia is good. Mrs. Redd has undergone extensive surgery of Utah, has been named as and has had her broken bones the new director of the Utah set. Presently she cannot eat Travel Council. or talk as her Jaw is wired, Mr. Rose will take office, succeeding Gerald L. Fulsipher, because of the damage to it. She will have to remain in as soon as his successor at the the is accordhospital for another ten University named, ing to an announcement issued days and then will remain in by Murray M. Moler of Ogden. California for a month or so until they remove the wiring In accordance with the law from her Jaw. the appointment has been Mr. Redd has been released approved by Governor Rampton from the hospital and is feeland members of the Coordining some better but he was ating Council of Developmenso bruised in the accident he tal Services. Although opercould not raise his arms. ating under the name of Utah The Redds will undoubtedly Travel Council, the tourist with his mother, Mrs. stay promotion agency technically Fannie Redd of Niles, Calif. is in the Division of Travel Mr. and Mrs. Tom Redd are Development of the Departexpected home this weekend ment of Developmental Serhaving gone to Carmel to see vices. Tom's parents. Mr. Rose, 36, served Gov. Rampton as his press secretary until July, 1967 when he joined the staff at the University. Before joining the Governor's staff he had been a creative services director and copy chief for a Salt Lake Mrs. Keith Brent (Shirley) City advertising firm. daughter-in-la- w of Redd, Mr. Rose is a graduate of the Keith Redds, had a straight Idaho State College and has A average (4. 0) last semester attended the University of at the University of Utah Utah. He served for three where she is majoring in Elyears during the Korean War ementary Education. in the Coast Guard. Ed-w- ay Attains perfect grades ir crash hills 3 near San Juan l&iver An airplane crash fatal to three persons took place Sunday near a landing strip 16 miles down the San Juan River from Piute Farms, approximately 100 miles from Bluff. The accident was extensively investigated by Sheriff Rusty Mussleman, Deputy Sheriff Chauncey Black, the Federal Aviation Agency, the Bureau of Public Safety, and the National Park Service. Dead on impact at the time of the crash were Lee Crooks, San Bernardino, Calif. , Rick Townsend, North Hollywood, Calif. , and Julia Virginia Cannon, Provo. They were flying in a Piper 250 Comanche and had tried to take off ifrom the 1250 foot landing strip when they ran into trouble. Townsend and Miss Cannon were thrown from the plane and had wreckage land on them. Crook was still in the plane with his seat belt fastened. The plane was the property of Wyoming Nuclear Corporation. Investigating were Mr. Cornish of the FAA office in Salt Lake City, Bill Parker of the Bureau of Public Safety, Denver, Colo. , and Jack Moorhead, Keith McFall, and Roger Olson of the National Park Service at Page, Ariz. Nine members of the Jeep Patrol participated. Dick Smith flew in to the strip to assist on Monday. The federal investigators were driven in on Tuesday by Kent Frost. |