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Show All the candidates will be there!!! ' - HJ' , . M N An invitation is extended to all voters in Nephi to attend a town meeting on Friday at the Juab High School auditorium, starting at 8 p.m. The town meeting is being sponin an effort sored by the Times-New- s to give all candidates for Nephi public office a chance to state their positions and to give voters an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers on matters of public inter- est. Through a misunderstanding, it was reported in last weeks edition that some candidates would not participate. However, all matters have been cleared up and all candidates for city office have indicated that they will be present and will partic The e heart-shape- d coin-operate- hand-operate- d d Lift City, Utah SUllO urges voters to bring questions to the meeting which only have to do with the administration of the municipality and to discuss propositions and ideas which will be upbuilding. Criticism of any particular persons in the present city administration will be out of place at the public meeting. Times-New- s Serving East luab County -- A Nice Place to Live! November 3, 1977 her collection of many World War I TNPhoto era antiques. of short turns or other combinations could also be used to call another party on the same line). Mrs. Wright also has an early-daservicemans g set used by the repairmen of the day. The clock which hung in the old Nephi North LDS Ward for many years is also among Mrs. Wrights souvenirs. She purchased the antique clock at the first Third Ward Fourth of July carnival auction many years ago. Today it is a very valuable antique. y trouble-shootin- Several hand-madpadlocks, thought to have been made by her late husbands grandfather, James D. Pexton, are among Mrs. Wrights antique collection. Some of the locks are complete with keys and the locks still work very well. An antique Edison wind-uphonoin Mrs. collection graph Wrights still does a good job of playing the phonograph records she owns. Ones mind goes back to and days as the voice of Harry Lowder sings Oh Its Nice To Get Up In The Morning and others of the day sing Over There, Ill be Loving You Always, and many others. Many other items are also included in the fabulous collection owned by Mrs. Wright. Some of them are an grain scale complete with sack hook, balance arm, and tranweight; a sit and tripod used by surveyors; at least five saddles; an antique sewing machine; a grinder apprently used in the home to grind wheat or com; souvenir plates; a kerosene lamp given to Mrs. Wrights mother as a wedding present; two chums (one wodden and one glass); and a brass umbrella stand. Mrs. Wright has spent countless hours refinishing furniture, including a piano, a dining room table and Its given me something to occupy my time and I love it. Mrs. Wright is presently secretary to the manager of Nephi office of Valley Bank and Trust Co. o e chairs, a rocking chair, a table, a sewing machine, and an old time secre- tary." Of her refinishing work and antique collecting, Mrs. Wright says The polls will be open from ( , 7 a.m. until 8 p.m., according to Evan A. Frampton, Nephi City Recorder. Candidates for the respective positions have been seeking votes since their nominations by the Democratic and Republican parties early in October. Republican nominees are J. Bar-re- s Jenkins for mayor and Earl S. Jarrett and Paul McPherson for councilmen. Democratic nominees are R. Elgin Gardner for mayor and Keith Bellis-toand Robert (Bob) Day for councilmen. Jenkins is a Nephi businessman and Boy Scout leader. He is proprietor of Jenkins Sales and Service, which he has operated since 1959. He is currently serving as a scoutmaster in the Nephi First Ward. His interest and support of n young peoples activities has earned him an award as an honorary Future Farmer by the Mt. Nebo Chapter of the Future Farmers of America. In addition to his local Scout duties, he serves as a member of the executive committee of the Utah National Parks Council. Active in the LDS church, Jenkins has served as a bish- of Jenkins Sales and Service. He is a graduate of Utah State University in agricultural technology. He holds an American Farmer degree from the Future Farmers of America and s has been honored by the Nephi He has service. for outstanding served as an office of the Nephi Chamber of Commerce and is currently president of the Nephi Sixth LDS Ward Sunday School. Belliston is an employee of NRP, Inc., where he has been active in affairs of the machinists local and later in the United Rubber Workers local. He has served for three years as a member of the negotiations and Jay-cee- grievance committee. He has been a member of the Utah National Guard for 15 years. Day is an active member and is a past president of the Nephi-NebPosse. He is also an officer and member of the Nephi City volunteer fire department. He has been a member of the Juab County Advisory Council for the past four years and has been president of the council for two years. He has been an officer of the Little League Council and of the Nephi Roping Club. He is employed o 4-- H by Barton Plumbing and Heating and has worked part time for the Juab County Sheriffs Department. City makes changes in polling place locations Two changes have been made in the normal voting places for the city election on Tuesday, according to an space there is no longer available. Voters in the Nephi Fourth District will cast ballots at the medical clinic building adjacent to the Juab County Hospital. The north entrance of the building will be used, Frampton said. In the past, the old central school building has been used for the Nephi Fourth District, but In the Nephi Third District, ballots will be cast at the Anew Optical Co. office at 257 North Main. In previous years, voters have gone to the basement of the Jensen law office building to vote. This building is no longer available for this purpose. Voters in the Nephi First District will go to the armory building at 68 North First East and those in the Nephi Second District will go to the Juab County Courthouse. Vinton Steiner and John Parkin of the Nephi Kiwanis Club hold up a poster announcing their Nov. 11 TNPhoto Aloha Islanders Luau. announcement made Wednesday by Evan A. Frampton, Nephi City Recorder. as a ward bishop, and as a counselor to the stake president. He served five years in the United States Army during World War II and is a member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Gardner is a retired Nephi businessman. He operated the Phillips distributing agency and its predecessor company in Nephi for 30 years. He is a former Juab County Commissioner, having served for ten years. For six years he was chairman of the commission. He also served as Juab County Clerk, as Juab County Assessor, and as a member of the state board of water resources. Gardner is currently a teacher in the gospel doctrine class of Nephi Sixth LDS Ward Sunday School. He is secretary of the Nephi Lions Club and has served as Lions Club president and in other club positions. Jarrett is a farmer and livestock raiser in Nephi. He served as president of the Juab County Farm Bureau for several years. He is currently president of the Juab Soil Conservation District and vice president of the Nephi Irrigation Company. He is also a member of the life-lon- g e old-tim- years. ops counselor, a stake high counselor, p pre-radi- The voters of Nephi will go to the polls on Tuesday of next week to select a new mayor and two new city councilmen, each for a term of four Idaho. 'J Davis asked that appropriate government agencies take timely steps which will prequalify those sites they agree are suitable for future power plant construction. Based upon prequalification, UP&L will then make plans to develop the sites in a sequence most beneficial to those who will be served, while maintaining environmental effects. The seven potential plant sites would take care of the needs of UP&L customers up to the year 2010, company officials say. e 1918-vintag- Nephi City e lectio os set for this Tuesday Nephi plant is on Utah Power's OK list Collecting's her game Beautifully restored and preserved mementoes of the World War I and other eras are featured in a collection of Mrs. Verna Wright of Nephi. Mrs. Wrights collection has World War I cavalry tack, old records, old phones, clocks, furniture, and other priceless antiques. The favorites in Mrs. Wrights collection are several pieces of tack. She has a World War I cavalry saddle patented in 1900 which belonged to her father, Charles M. Johnson. Johnson served in the cavalry during World War I and his official discharge bears the date November 11, 1918, the day the armistice was declared which ended the hostilities of the day. The tack display also includes the cavalry bridle and cavalry spurs used by her father. At least a dozen hand-madspurs in sizes from very small (to fit the heel of a womans boot) to very large are featured in her tack collection. The leathers on several spurs have been hand tooled and decorated. The decorations range from plain rivets to imprints. Many of the spurs have special chap guards. Also featured in the tack collection are two complete sets of harnesses and four pairs of horse collars all of which Mrs. Wright has refurbished in the past year. It takes a lot of saddle soap, harness oil, and work, but its interesting and I love it. Mrs. Wright says. Mrs. Wright also has two antique telephones in her posession. Her 1918 telephone is about the size of one of phones. It has todays a magneto (which still works) and the phone appears to be ready to be put back into service (for those of younger generations who may not know of such things, the crank on the side of the telephone was turned to create an electrical signal to alert the operator at the central office that one wanted to place a call. A long turn and a couple Free, s Assn, 1327 ' Each candidate will use up to five minutes to state his positions on city administration matters. The meeting will then be opened for questions from the audience on any matters of public interest with regard to the city. From WWI cavalry tack to 191 8 telephone by Roy E. Gibson Box ipate in the meeting. A proposed electrical power plant west of Nephi is one of seven on which Utah Power & Light Company has asked for prequalification by the Department of the Interior, according to a release received this week from the power company. In presentation to Department of Interior officials, Frank N. Davis, UP&L vice president, said the company had conducted comprehensive power plant site studies. Of 18 sites evaluated, the seven sites were identified as essential for the future power plants necessary to satisfy UP&L electrical customers. In addition to the Nephi area site, others are at Emery, Delta, Wellington, and Green River, Utah; Naugh-ton- , Wyoming; and Soda Springs, Mrs. Verna Wright listens for Cen- tral on her 1918 telephone part of State P.0, Slt ews' 't6 wn meeting' is Friday night Ti mes-- Utah Funeral services held Wednesday for Ruth Blackett Posse. McPherson is Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at the Nephi Fourth-FiftLDS ward chapel for Ruth Lunt Blackett, 64, who died at the Juab County Hospital on Saturday. Mrs. Blackett was bom at Nephi on April 5, 1913, a daughter of Shed-ricAlonzo and Ellen Made Chapman Lunt. She married Robert Blackett on December 2, 1946. She was a member of the Church of assistant manager h Vote your k La-Mo- nt Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. Survivors are her husband of Nephi and a daughter, Mrs. Kent (Brenda) Sudweeks, also of Nephi. Also surviving is one grandchild and a brother and sister: Ray Lunt of Nephi and Mrs. Nola L. Pearce of y Beaver. Interment at the Vine Bluff cemetery was directed by Anderson Fun- eral Home, Nephi. conscience on November 8, but please vote!!! Kiwanians set 'South Sea Luau' for November 11 at JHS Members of the Aloha Islanders will present a luau at Juab High School on November 11, the Nephi Kiwanis Club has announced. The Islanders are a group of Brigham Young University students from the South Pacific. They will serve what has been billed as a genuine South Pacific meal and will present a program featuring song and dance from all areas of the Pacific. One of the highlights of the program, according to Dr. Kirk Wright of the Kiwanis Club, is a special Samoan Fire Dance. The program is fast moving and educational and provides the best type of family entertainment. the Kiwanis club says. Tickets are $5 each and can be picked up from any Kiwanis Club member or the following businesses: J&M Sportsmen Supply, the Toggery, Parkin Motor, Steiners Chapman Furniture, Nephi Dental Clinic, and Nephi Lumber. U-Fi- t |
