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Show (.11467 y - AiSJCL'.TION TMFu) SOUTH rio, j RAST iiLT Hiw. Serving East juab County October A 2, cm, IT H4U1 Nice Place to Live! 1980 Census: Nephi, 3,271; Mona, 536; Levan, 454 Preliminary census figures for Juab County have been released by the Bureau of the Census, and the countys population has grown by 942 persons, or 20.59 percent since 1970. The preliminary figures peg the countys population in 1980 at 5,516, up from 4,574. Monas population increased r the most in the period. In official 1970, figures placed Monas population at 309. In 1980, the Census Bureau says, the towns population has increased to 536, up 73.46 percent or 227 persons. Mona housing units have increased from 99 in 1970 to 164 in 1980, up 65.65 percent. Nephi s population has gone up 21.19 percent in the 1970-8decade. Preliminary census fig- ten-yea- 0 ures show the current population of Nephi is 3,271, up 572 from 1970s official population of 2,699. The number of housing units in Nephi, say census takers, has increased from 869 in 1970 to 1,139 in 1980, up 31.07 percent. Levans populatiort, too, has increased in the ten years since the last census was taken. Preliminary figures put the southern-Juab-Count- communitys population at 454, up 78 persons or 20.75 percent from the 1970 census figures. Housing unit numbers increased 6.45 percent in Levan in the 1970-8decade, from 155 to 165. The population of Eureka has gone down in the last ten years, census figures show. The towns population was listed as 753 in 0 JHS seniors will at- tend voter workshop Juab High School seniors will attend a voter awareness workshop hosted by Delta High School next Wednesday, Oct. 8. Seniors from Tintic and Millard High Schools will also join the 4-- This car carried Mary Ann Button, 36, of Fredonia, Arizona, to her death last Thursday morning near Levan. The other two occupants of the car were seriously injured. TNPump One killed, two injured in Thursday a.m. wreck An Arizona woman was killed last Thursday morning when her car was hit by a truck. sen, both of the Utah Highway Patrol. Both the East Juab am- - bulance and rescue van were at the scene. Killed was Mary Ann Button, j6, of Fredonia, Arizona. The accident occured at approximately 5:10 a.m. at the intersecin the center and tion of county, and municipal government, as will groups to discuss the police, the of Levan. i U-2- 8. More Juab County people were unemployed in the second quarter of 1980 than in the second quarter of 1979, says the Utah Department of Employment Security in a recent newsletter. According to the departments figures, 8.4 percent of the countys work force was out of work, up 25.37 percent from the 6.7 percent listed for the second quarter of 1979. The Juab County figures were in line with the figures from the rest of the central district of the van-typ- Tri-Way- s, Inc. of Montebello, California. The car was pushed about 100 feet from the point of impact by the truck and the cab of the truck fell over on the car. The cars top was smashed flat. The driver of the truck was George Johnson, 40, of Los Angeles, California. Willey Belin, 41, of Compton, California was a passenger in the truck. They had minor injuries. Trooper Taylor estimated damage to the truck at $20,000. One of the two trailers received $5,000 in damage. The Button car was totaled. Taylor was assisted in his i by Trooper Carl Howard and Sgt. Sterling Christian- - department, passenger pickup that rolled near Mona Sunday night. Its three ocTNPiioto cupants had minor injuries. Wreck injures three men; totals new truck Three men were injured Sunday night. Sept. 28, when they rolled their pickup truck near Mona. The accident occured at about 8 p.m., about a mile west of Mona on the Goshen Canyon Road. According to Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Blair Bradford, the truck was headed towards Mona when it failed to negotiate a curve in the road, went through a couple of fences, and rolled times. The truck was a 1980 Ford F250 pickup belonging to Geological Service, Inc., of Denver. The driver of the truck was Brian Douglas Smith, 16, of Mtn. Green, Utah. Passengers in the truck were Brian Clements, 21, and Todd Peterson, 16, both of Nephi. All three occupants of the vehicle were taken to the Juab County er comprising Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne counties. Only in Wayne County was the unemployment rate down. Juab Countys nonagricultural employment rate was 2.7 percent higher in the second quarter than it was in 1979. According to the Employment Security department, there were 1,733 persons employed in such jobs in the second quarter, up from 1,688 in the second quarter of 1979. Hospital by the East Juab Ambulance. The accident victims were treated and released. The districts nonagricultural employment rate was up 2.9 percent. The government sector produced nearly half of the new jobs. This increase was mostly due to growth in local and state government jobs. Service and manufacturing were next in terms of the number of new jobs produced by Trooper Bradford said the truck, valued at about $9,000, was totaled. Gross taxable sales in Juab County increased 32.4 percent the industrial sectors. Five-hundre- n d Ramon Mem-mo- tt returns to Nephi police Ramon Memmott has been hired by the Nephi Police Department to take the place of Bill Young, who was recently made police chief. Memmott previously worked for the Nephi police, but left six months ago to work for the Moab Police Department. The Nephi native is a graduate of the Utah Police Academy in Salt Lake City. He is married to the former Nancy Parkin, also of Nephi. Nephi Police Chief Bill Young said that Memmott had received a lot of excellent training in Moab, and that he was glad to have Memmott on the force. courts, and political parties. The seniors can participate in any three discussion groups. The purpose of the program is to help seniors understand the workings of their governments, to ' "Were glad to be home, Memlet them meet and discuss issues said. Its a good departmott with political figures, to teach ment. Weve got good men on the them the mechanics of registraand Im glad to be department, tion and voting, and to motivate of them. one them to vote. It is an outgrowth of the Boys State program, say organizers. The vote was started Peterson of ty when he Utah State Universinoted that even in a presidential election year, only about 50 percent of the eligible voters can be expected to cast a ballot. Statistics show that a big chunk of those not voting are the new voters, those in the 18-2- 4 year-ol- d group. from the first quarter of 1979 to the same period in 1980. Juab County merchants sold $6.0529 million in 1980 compared with $4.5724 million in 1979. In the central district, gross taxable sales totaled nearly $47 million during the first quarter of 1980, an increase of 11.2 percent since last year. Juab Countys tourist room sales in the first quarter of 1980 went down nearly 41 percent from last years sales of $100,100 to $59,300. District-wide- , rifle 22-calib- re awareness program in 1976 by Dr. Edwin Juab County unemployment is 8.4 According to Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Gary Taylor, the Button vehicle, a 1972 Plymouth Duster, was northbound on The car ran the stop sign at the intersection and was hit by a 1980 e Peterbilt tractor pulling two trailers loaded with hardware. The truck belonged to Button was dead at the scene. The other occupants of the car were taken to the Juab County Hospital and were later transferred to Utah Valley Hospital. Mrs. Smith was in satisfactory condition at press time. Her daughter has been released. 4-- state, national, U-2- 8 Personnel from the East Juab Ambulance Association worked for over an hour to free Button and the other passengers of the car: Paula Smith, 37, and her daughter Betsy, 5, both of Fredonia. group. The voter awareness workshop is a special program conducted in cooperation with the high schools throughout the state, says Blaine Jones, local USU Extension Agent. Under the program, the seniors will talk with state and local government officials, such as mayors, county commissioners, city councilmen, and police officers. Six discussion groups will be formed in such categories as y 1970. Current census figures claim 668 persons live in Eureka, down 85 persons or 1 1.28 percent. and eighty-sevepersons are living in the unincorporated areas of the county, say 1980 census takers. That figure is up 34.32 percent from 1970s figure of 437 persons. tourist room sales increased 26.1 percent. Juab County new car and truck dealers reported 11.8 percent less sales in the first quarter of 1980 as compared with 1979. Total car sales were up 2.4 percent. Sales of domestic cars were up 12.5 percent and foreign car sales were down 33.3 percent. New truck sales were down 28.6 percent. The districts first quarter 1980 truck sales dropped 40.9 percent, while domestic car sales dropped a slight 0.4 percent. On the other hand, foreign car sales boomed in the central district with an increase of nearly 38.9 percent. The increase in foreign car sales was not nearly enough to compensate for the decline in domestic car and truck sales, though, as the districts overall sales dropped 19.7 percent. The countys building construction was up 6.2 percent in the first Please turn to p"" six stolen from Nephite's car The Nephi Police Department rifle was stolen from a vehicle belonging to Van Stephenson last Saturday, Sept. 27. Stephensons vehicle was parked at 244 East First South in Nephi. The theft was reported Tuesday morning to the police, who have no leads in the crime. The gun was reported to be worth $180. reports that a re Or they'll use it for a party Come get your fair money!!!!! Bailey, the secretary-treasure- r of the Juab County Fair, is urging fair exhibitors to pick up their exhibit money. The fairs books must be closed soon. Mrs. Bailey asks fair exhibitors to stop by the USU Extension Office in the basement of the Nephi post office to get their Please pick up your money. if you can, Mrs. Bailey money "so that we can avoid the says, cost of postage. Carla UAW plans 'meet candidate nighf Tuesday Next Tuesday night will be Meet Your Candidate Night in Juab County, say representatives of the Utah Association of Women. The organization is sponsoring the event, to be held at the Juab County Courthouse at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Candidates or their representatives from local, state, and national political races will be in attendance at the meeting, UAW members say. |
