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Show Utah t)tnto Pivas A.3sn. P.0. Box 1327 ' 1k" City, Utah PU10 3lt Vv rPCM Vf'r )V J v:'S 8k;- 7 - - A Nice Place to Live I f w i im '. , .. - i ryptq MU V., JaTIa v , f. SA ' J Serving East juab County tutm iicjuw ri i; May 1 I, 19b I ,'' Tj 0 ?V Miss Nephi and her attendants were chosen last Saturday night, although Nephis power outage forced pageant organizers to hold the event in the Levan LDS Ward cultural hall. Chosen as Miss Nephi was Lisa were, left to Jackson, center. At Lisas left side is Sharon Paxman, Miss Nephis first attendant. Runners-uand Colleen Warren. TN Photo Sow Susan Nielson, by, Sherry right, if p Seven contestants Here's who'll run in 78 percent in 1977 "1 Business volume in Nephi increased 17.4 percent in 1977, according to an analysis just released by Utah Foundation, the private tax research organization. Gross business volume throughout the entire state rose by 17 percent last- year. The study shows that gross sales in Nephi measured by local sales tax collections, amounted to $15,517 million during 1977. This compares with total business activity of $13,218 million in 1976, $11,443 million in 1975, $6,398 million in 1970, and $5,666 Please turn to page two ' TN will be closed Thursday for Ray Powell funeral s The office will be closed all day Thursday in order that the publishers can attend the funeral of their grandfather, O. Ray Powell. Timks-New- Funeral services will be conducted today (Thursday) at 1 p.m. Ward at the Nephi chapel for Olof Raymond Powell, 92, who died Saturday night at the Juab County Hospital following a heart attack. d 4 Pow'ell was born at Payson on August 22, 1885, a son of William and Christina Peterson Powell. He attended school at Payson and then moved to Raymond, Alberta, Canada in 1903, where he was employed by the Knight Sugar Beet Company. He was later named Raymond City electrician and water department superintendent. He held this position for 13 years until he returned to Utah in 1925. After spending a year in Payson, he was named Nephi City electrician in 1926 and served for 26 years. He later was the electrician at Thermoid Company in Nephi. He was a Utah Power & Light Company meter reader and switchman in East Juab County for 21 years prior to his retiremember ment. He was a long-timand past president of the Kiwanis Club of Nephi. e Active as a young man in Scouting, he was selected for spcial training and became a Scout leader in Raymond. After moving to Nephi, he was a Scoutmaster in the Nephi South Ward for many years. He also served in the Sunday School as a superintendent. He served for several years as a counselor in the South Ward bishopric and was a member of the Juab Stake High Council for more than ten years. He was a Master M Man and a Gil-wellia- n V Nephi business activity up 17.4 Services to be held at 1 p.m . to O. Ray Powell First-Secon- v c 7 Duane Sperry has previously filed for the position of Justice of the Peace. four-yea- two-yea- v- - Former county sheriff A. two-yea- ty assessor. Robert L. Painter has previously filed for county sheriff on the Democrat ticket. On the Republican side of the ledger, R. Roscoe Garrett has filr ed for the position of Kenneth commissioner; Epperson and Clarence C, Cowan have filed r com- for the position of Pearl filed Wilson has missioner; for the position of county recorder; Loree Memmott has filed for the position of county clerk; Thomas Fow'kes has filed for the position of county assessor; and Thomas D. Turner has filed for the position of sheriff. Republican Erma I. Goble had previously announced her intention to seek reelection to the posi v,. tion of county treasurer. County Clerk Earl Warner has listed the names of those running for county positions. On the Democrat ticket, Donald J. Eyre Jr. has filed for the position of county attorney; Joseph E. Jensen of Levan has filed for the position of four-yea- r commissioner; Max K. Williams and Donald Royce have filed for r commisthe position of sioner; Alice Newton has filed for the position of county clerk; Ginger White and Craig J. Sperry have filed for the position of county recorder; and Lane Harwrard has filed for the position of coun- . ;n ti ft 7 I (fS ' it' 5 I bi .fei r ? high priest. He and Eva Van Wagoner were married in the Salt Lake LDS Temple December 21, 1906. Mrs, Powell died December 6, 1961. Surviving are three sons and four daughters: William Bert Powell, Nephi; Max Powell, Joplin, Missouri; Dean Powell, Richland, Washington; Mrs. Roy E. (Zoe) Gibson, Nephi; Mrs. Sherrel (Mildred) Taylor, Orem; Mrs. Roy V. (Ida) Nelson, Rohnert Park, California; and Mrs. Ernest O. (Grace) Jacobsen, Santa Maria, California. Also surviving are 26 grandchildren, 65 and a brother, Lloyd Powell, Payson. Friends may call at the chapel Thursday from 12 noon until the time of serv ices. Interment will fe at the Payson City cemetery. I Things are getting back to normal this week in Nephi following a weekend power blackout that lasted over 30 hours. The power outage began at around 3 p.m. on Saturday when the citys overloaded transformer gave up the ghost. City officials first believed that the transformer bad been hit by lightning. They now believe that the transformer had just reached the point where its overloaded state had gone too far and it f,- - "blew'. The citys WH; "dif transformer had been overloaded for many months and the town has had a building moratorium until recently when Nephis citizens authorized a bond issue to replace the overloaded transformer and finish t js the rebuilding ( John Ronald Worwood Services held Wednesday for John Ronald Worwood 60 ' Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Nephi Fourth Ward chapel for John Ronald Worwood, 60, who died May 7, 1978 at his Nephi home. Worwood was born October 26, 1917 in Nephi to Joseph and Amy Ellen Bale Worwood. He married Madeline Bench November 16, 1948 in the Manti LDS Temple. He had worked at the Nephi power plant and as a custodian in the Juab School District. He was a veteran of World War 2. He had been active in and Scouting. Worwood is survived by his w'ife of Nephi. Also surviving are two sons and a daughter, R. Brent Worwood and Mrs. Robert (DeAnne) Garcia, both of Salt Lake City; and Dennis Worw'ood of Nephi. Worwood is also survived by a brother, (Robert Worw'ood of Nephi), four sisters, (Sylvia Worwood of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Eliza Burnett, Green River; Mrs. Lillie Coulsen, Preston, Idaho; and Mrs. Vera Dean Sage, Rich-hill- , Missouri), and two grandchildren. Burial at the Vine Bluff cemetery was directed by Anderson Funeral Home of Nephi. 4-- Highway Patrol will run speedometer check this weekend East Juab County motorists O. Ray Powell gees can check the accuracy of their speedometers at a special "community radar speed check this Saturday and Sunday on old U. S. 91 south of Mona. Sgt. Kenneth Clements, who is in charge of officers in the East Juab County district of the patrol, says the speed check will last from 2 to 4 p.m. on both days. Highway patrol officials say that speedometers can read inaccurately due to mechanical error, changing tire sizes, etc. It is hopedthat by offering this program. the Utah Highway Patrol will be able to avoid citations to motorist s due to speedometer error and encourage voluntary compliance w ith the traffic laws of the State of Utah. We encourage all motorists to participate in this radar speed check program." patrol officials say. citys weekend weather in was Nephi apparently the straw that broke the camels back. Utah Power and Light crews moved in shortly after the blowout on Saturday and fitted the transformer with new fuses. Both the first and second set of fuses blew out as soon as they were installed, confirming the cool crews r T it i i v ATvtV AV.y vst W s. vA- .wvkv - PVy-PT-- V suspicion that the transformer was at fault, not the XX (X -- W A UP&L portable substation was moved into the area late Saturday and connected to the citys distribution system, but the unit was too small to serve the entire community and the town had only "spotty power after the transformer was turned on at about 12:30 a.m. on Sunday. Other areas of the community went over 30 hours without power. was turned off throughout the community on Sunday afternoon as UP&L crews brought in three transformers they had recently rebuilt and Flavors fa the k A V ymr j. jtt Tj -- I 7 7 rjtx-jrxrf- . n a k AH -- 7 r A" i t rV -- ' i7 f if - If if v 77- ' - M ' I - ' ? - i " I I t I I I & N I ' I 'A J i ? I : I- , A 1 A h t ' j I ' I J ' I --- U' ...... . jJolley ofA v Nephi citys transformer makes its finaTboom as Neldon Utah Power & Light (bottom left corner) throws the switch on a second set of fuses. City officials are not sure whether or not the transformer can be repaired, but three loaner transformers from Utah Power & TNPhoto Light will take its place until a determination can be made were going to ship to another tire community at about 11 p.m. town or company. The blowm on Sunday. The three rebuilt transformers transformer was lifted out and one of the rebuilt transformers are being leased to the city by was put in its place, but the crane Utah Power and Light and will be in used to hoist the transformers used only until the citys blown and out proved to be to awkward transformer can be rebuilt and to use because of its long boom the the city's new substation can and another crane w'as brought in be erected. The transformer for from Salt Lake City to effect the the new' substation has been ordered and should be installed changeover. Power w;as restored to the en- June. during living 'Ned ' Higginson would rather be in Nephi than any place else!! by Roy E. Gibson He came back to Nephi "be- cause theres no place on earth Id rather be" and hes seen enough of the world to have a solid background on which to base his decision. Thomas E. "Ned Higginson spent 30 years in the military ser- vice in Hawaii, the Phillippines, Australia, Guam, and several areas of the United States prior to his retirement and decision to "settle down near family and friends within sight of Mt. Nebo and the beautiful Red Ciffs. Born in Knightsville, near Eureka, Ned moved to Nephi with his family when he was a small child. He attended Nephi Schools. He joined the military service at the ripe old age of 13. Back in those days, he recalls, there was a depression on. and young nun did many things to earn a dollar. After serving with Battery E of the Utah National Guard, he saw service in the Civilian Conservation Corps and then went info active duty with the infantry in 1938. He took his basic training and saw his first tour of duty in Hawaii. There he had the highest score in machine gun firing and was transferred to the Air Force. His assignment was to return to a mainland base to serve as a trainer for aerial gunners. But cY" before he could leave Hawaii, things became "hot and he w'as assigned to aircraft maintenance. Shortly thereafter he became an aerial gunner. In September of 1941 he went on to the Phillippines with the 14th Provisional Squadron. He was in the Phillippines when the attack came on Pearl Harbor. The squadron's plans to move to a base in China were abandoned and the squadron was absorbed into the 19th Air Force group. As the Japanese closed in on Corregidor, a plane load of sebct personnel was ordered to Australia. The plane left about an hitr before the ill fated Bataan death march began, and Higirin- - A X Thomas E. "Ned Higginson son was aboard that plane. The plane stopped at Mindano for refueling and was damaged when it hit a reef. The plane was patched by the personnel aboard and flew to Darwin, on the lip of Australia. Higginson flow 36 missions lea-- e turn to page two 2 1 1 J - ,7 fuses. Power t :ss nsr P?.i: ii Vih'Vi "-- i4.. ii. i irt I i. X ! 1 r electrical distribution system. City officials had feared that the transformer might blow during the winter months but had been "breathing easier during recent weeks of milder weather. The f |