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Show r Ronald Jerry, and Barry would be proud Utah State Press Assn, ' P.O.Box 1 327 GOP takes cofy race Republican candidates made a clean sweep of the Nephi City election on Tuesday, according to an unofficial tabulation of votes made by Evan A. Frampton, Nephi City Recorder. Elected to the position of Mayor r of Nephi City for a term was J. Barres Jenkins, a Nephi businessman. Jenkins carried three of the four voting districts and had a plurality of 148 votes over R. Elgin Gardner, a Democrat and a retired Nephi businessman and former county official. The total vote cast in the mayoral race was 1219. There were three write-ivotes in the Nephi fourth district. The highest number of votes in the election was gained by Earl Jar-retwho polled 798 votes. Paul McPherson trailed Jarrett with 780 votes. Democratic candidate Robert Day received 429 votes and Keith a Democrat, received 405 votes. Salt Lskc Cit y, Utah 81110 percent of the register-Bellistoed voters in Nephi City voted in the n, Sixty-nin- e election. Here's how you voted . . . four-yea- Serving East Juab County A Nice Place to Live! November 10, 1977 n Sen. Gam will be speaker at Friday ceremonies t, Harward will lead Levan Senator Jake Garn will be the keynote speaker at ceremonies for the new Nephi Industrial Park on Friday at 10 a.m., according to an announcement made Tuesday by William D. Howard, president of Nephi Enterprises, Inc. Howard said that representatives ground-breakin- Lane Harward was elected president of the Levan Town Board in the election held Tuesday. Harwood, the Democratic partys candidate, polled 163 votes. Verl Tanner, his opponent on the Republican ticket, polled 7 5 votes. Elected as members of the Levan Town Board were Marion Wankier, Republican; and Pete Ballow, Democrat. The tabulation of the voting folVerl Tanner for lows: Republican from the offices of Congressman Dan Marriott and Governor Scott Matheson will also be in attendance. The ceremony , ground-breakin- power problem Man-gelso- Everd Squire, a faculty member at Juab High School, was elected president of the Mona Town Board for a r term on Tuesday. Squire was a candidate on the Citizens party ticket. Elected as members of the Mona Town Boiird were Maurice Kay and Mark Vest, candidates of the Peoples party. The unofficial tally of the votes, as four-yea- compiled by Ray Myers, Mona Town Clerk, follows: Peoples party Don Garfield for town president, 47 votes; Maurice Kay, 98 votes, and Mark Vest, 99 votes for town board members. Citizens party Everd Squire for town president, 98 votes; Glen Mellor, 51 votes and Marlin Yates, 41 votes, for town board members. Commissioners seek 5 change 1- -1 Juab County Commissioners will seek a change in the location of the interchange southwest proposed of Levan to a point nearer Levan in response to a request made by the resident of the community at the regular meeting of the board of com- 5 g Utah Power & Light Company will proceed immediately with the installation of six banks of capacitors in the Nephi City electrical distribution system to protect against overload and a blowout of the present sub- Election judges Evelyn Lomax and Pat Greenwood of the Nephi Fourth voting district watch as Terry Sper- ry marks a ballot from his wheelchair atop his motorized cart. Sperry was one of the 69 percent of Nephis citizens who voted in the Tuesday election. TNPhoto gineers have assured the city that the installations will take care of the overload situation until the rebuilding of the substation can be com- pleted next spring. Nephi City will conduct a bond election on December 13 to seek the voters authorization for a $600,000 bond to complete the rebuilding of the distribution system and to purchase and install a new substation. City officials say that the $600,000 should bring the capacity of the system up to the point to take care of Including special classes for Christmas, a new term of adult education will begin on November 16 and 17. Registration should be done immediately, according to Susan Cowan, director of the program. Mrs. Cowan may be reached at the high school at or at her home at for registration. Anyone wishing to take classes for high school credit may do so free of charge. A $5 fee will be charged all others who register. Classes will 623-128- 8 623-049- 0 missioners held Monday. The present plans for an interchange at the Mills junction do not suit the residents of the community, the commissioners were told at the meeting. Randy Freston, representing Uintah Engineering (who provides highway engineering services to Juab County) was asked to formulate a letter to highway department officials expressing the wishes of the Levan people. Freston was also asked by the commission to evaluate a stock pile of crushed gravel owned by Deseret Irrigation Company, and to purchase the gravel at a cost of $1.25 per cubic yard. The commission voted to continue the bookmobile program in Juab County, after hearing a discussion on the use of the service by Paul Butters of the State Library Board. The service is not available, howCreek area ever, to the Callao-Trobecause of the distances involved. Butters said. A committee from Eureka presented a petition to the commission protesting the recently approved beer sales ordinance. They particularly protested the third section of the ordinance, which prohibits children from frequenting places where beer is sold. Summit Drive Inn, located outside of the Eureka City limits, is affected by the ordinance. The committee requested that the ordinance be changed because the drive inn is the only place open in Eureka during extended hours each day. The commission df uded to take no action on n Monday evening. Councilman W. Leon Pexton said that UP&L en- Adult education classes will begin November 1 6 provide 18 hours of instruction. Please turn to page seven station transformers, city council-meheard Monday night. The authorization for the installation was made at the regular meeting of the Nephi City Council held on Please turn to page four for now ty commission to pursue the matter. Newton also discussed a possible installation of a single channel base communications system for the fire department at a cost of $1450 to $1900. Councilman Mellor also presented a suggested draft of a building to house the fire and ambulance departments, with an estimated cost of $70,000. The council also heard some discussion on the proposed fire truck discussed during a previous meeting: Councilman Mellor is to discuss the purchase of this truck with county officials when he meets with them concerning the citys fire rating. In other action: The council approved a license for the retail sale of beer for Richard May at Mays Market. They also approved a business license for Calvin Ross to operate the business known as Plants and Things. Please turn to page three Nephi operation of this company will also be the distributorship for Panuli Candy Company of Vienna, Austria. Officers of Panuli have been in Nephi recently and have indicated a strong interest in the establishment of their first U. S. manufacturing plant at the Nephi Industrial Park site. State Representative Cary G. Pet- erson is to be master of ceremonies at the ground breaking. Other speakers at the ceremonies will be Mayor Donald J. Eyre of Nephi City; Eldon Jones of Lake Crystal, Minnesota, president of Utah Candy Makers, Inc.; and others. We invite the general public to be in attendance at the ceremonies Howard said. This is a milestone in our communitys growth which could lead to much greater things in the immediate future. The industrial park is located north of NRP, Inc., adjacent to the Union Pacific railroad, north of Nephi. Governments to meet with UP&L on plant site west-of-Nep- hi Juab County and Nephi City officials will meet with William (Bill) Reese, administrative assistant of Utah Power & Light Company on Friday to discuss possible assistance that may be given locally for prequalification of a prospective plant the company is planning to build west of Nephi. According to Representative Cary G. Peterson of Nephi, the meeting will follow the groundbreaking ceremonies at the Nephi Industrial Park. period. projected growth for a According to information presented at the Monday evening meeting, the bonding would not impose an increase in taxes at this time for the bonds. Construction of the new substation could begin early in the spring 30-ye- ar David A. Miller David Miller gets basic training at Lackland AFB Airman David A. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. David I. Miller of Nephi, has graduated from Air Force basic training at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. The airman, who is remaining at Lackland for specialized training in the security police field, studied the Air Force mission, organization, and customs. He received special instruction in human relations. Completion of this training gives Airman Miller credits towards an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Airman Miller, a 1973 graduate of Bingham High School in Copperton, attended Brigham Young University. of 1978. The council authorized Mayor Donald J. Eyre and City Recorder Evan A. Frampton to execute an agreement with Burrows, Smith, and Company as bonding agents. Greg Newton, county fire warden, met with the council concerning the fire protection agreement between Juab County and Nephi City. Newton mentioned that the county officials are aware of a recent fire rating inspection and the possibility that Nephi Citys rating may go down because city equipment is sometimes used to fight fires outside of the citys limits. According to Newton, help could be given by Juab County to Nephi city in order to retain the Class 6 fire rating within Nephi City. Councilman Charles Mellor was assigned to meet with the coun 'li'V ; ..... S. I.' A a Adi Mildred and Douglas Brown Saturday open house will honor Browns on golden wedding date ut Elder Kerry Lynn Nielsen, 6on of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan E. Nielsen of Nephi, will give a report of his mission headquartered in San Diego, California at sacrament meeting in the Nephi Second LDS Ward this Sunday. Elder Nielsen returned home this week. Bishop R. Clark Greenhalgh and his counselors extend an invitation for all members of the ward to attend. will signify the start ot construction of the park itself and of the first building to be erected there. The building will house Utah Candy Makers, Inc. Financing for the building is from a Small Business Administration loan of $184,500 and a Nephi Enterprises loan of $20,500. Utah Candy Makers is expected to employ up to 20 people at the onset of production, increasing to ap- proximately 40 within a year. The UP&L, Nephi City fix board president, 75 votes; Vern 111 votes and Marion Wankier, 139 votes, for town board members. Democratic party Lane Harward for town board president, 163 votes; Pete Ballow, 120 votes and Louis Martinez, 91 votes, for town board members. Squire gets Mona's nod g Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Brown at an open house on 12 from 6 to 10 November Saturday, p.m. at the Nephi Stake House in observance of their golden wedding anwill be honored niversary. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were married on November 2, 1927 in Nephi. The marriage was later solemnized at the Manti LDS Temple. Bob Tolley and Rodger Jorgensen of NRP present watches to Ned Barnes of Nephi and Ray Winter of Levan. The pair was honored on Tuesday for 25 years of service to NRP and its predecessor companies. Mildred Cross Brown has been active in the LDS Relief Society, serving as a counselor in a ward presidency. She is currently a captain of the Salt Creek Camp of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and is a dir ector of the Senior Citizens Fun Band. Brown was manager of the Nephi LDS Stake welfare farm for 18 years. He served as a member of the Juab County Farm Bureau Federation board of directors for 15 years. Hosting the open house will be their children: Mrs. Arthur S. (Marian) Johnson of Spanish Fork; Ronald A. Brown of Lindon; Mrs. Ray (Sonia) Liddiard of Tooele; and Mrs. Kirk (Betty) Sanders and Terry D. Brown, both of Nephi. The Browns also have a foster son. Bill Woods of Spokane, Washington, 17 grandchildren, and seven |