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Show Juvenile Court Performs Holding Action says Judge n Regnal W. Garff Jr., judge of the Second District Juvenile Court, is a tall, relaxed man with an easy smile. He has leen sitting on the juvenile lench since 1959 and has learned the language of the teen-age- r, which he uses with ease and a lack of His feelings alnnit what the juvenile court should le doing and what it is, in reality doing, are strong. The Juvenile Court, he says, is really just a holding action to keep youngsters from harming themselves or society until they outgrow their teen years. Then, he says, most of the basic problems will resolve themselves and society gains solid citizens. Most of us, when we were young, did things which could easily have landed us in front of a judge. The only difference I see letween myself at that age and many of the youngsters who come Indore me is that I didnt get caught." Statistics lear out Judge Garffs theory. The Presidents Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice states that studies reveal that perhaps 90 per cent of all young people have committed at least one act for which they could have lieen brought to juvenile court. In Utah these acts range from smoking cigarettes to running a stop sign to truancy to attempted suicide, and with this approach. Judge Garff disagrees. "The Juvenile Court was originated to deal with the delinquent and with delinquency. We have now liecome a catch-al- l for all the community problems which no one else wants. We get many of these kids Indore us who really have not done anything wrong, but who have problems. These problems are frequently the type that the schools or another social agency would lie tatter equipped to handle than the juvenile court. Judge Garff feels that this lumping of juvenile problems presents other difficulties. The child who is not delinquent yet is brought Indore the court for ungovernable behavior forms an identity with the court. Perhaps there has never Indore been anything with which he could identify and in associating himself with the juvenile court, he is identifying himself with delinquents. The child can also form acquaintances with the actual delinquent, leading to further trouble. In fiscal 1967, the Juvenile Court system in Utah handled a total of 30,770 referrals, 15,187 of which were for traffic violatioas. The Second District handled a total of 15,220 referrals. Then included 7,113 traffic referrals, 7,2 IS delinquency" referrals, 675 dependency and neglect referrals and 153 referrals on other complaints including adult contributing. Ot the 7,248 referrals for delinquency, only 40 percent involved actual criminal law violations, the judge said, and of these, fewer than ten cases were for very serious infractions. Judge Garff is convinced that the juvenile court is holding its own with delinquency, but there are problems in keeping up with the ungovernable children. Working with these referrals takes' a good deal of time liecau.se the prolr-lem- s have usually lieen brewing for quite a while tafore they finally explode. A juvenile court judge in Utah has three basic dispositions which he can make in juvenile cases. He can commit the child to the State Industrial School until released by the school or until his 21st birthday, place the child in a foster home if the judge feels the natural home is not a healthy environment or put the child on probation along with levying fines or orders for restitution. The drivers license of a minor can also lie revoked even if the offense in question did not involve a motor vehicle. There are variations on these dispositions, of course. A judge can, for instance, put the child on suspended commitment to the State School-whic- h means that as long as the child is on his good liehavior he is held on probation, if he causes further trouble he can lie immediately sent to SIS. In Utah last year, thousands of hours were worked off by juveniles tailoring for state and local government units. $19,(XX) was taken in restitution for damages, $112,520 was paid in fines, and $3,(XX) was paid for juvenile fish and game violations. Judge Garff has little patience with those who claim that the juvenile court is "too soft" on offenders. He states that the court must have I Kith the welfare of the community and the welfare of the child at heart. The court must lie leery of doing more harm than good with a disposition and cannot fine a child Iteyond his ability to pay. He points to avenues which are open to the juvenile court but not available in adult courts such as drivers license revokation. The Judge said that the establishment of a work program in Tooele County, where juveniles could work off their fines and obligations, would le of great help to the court. . cer-'-tain- ly ,, MMl Volume Number Seventy - Four M"7 ar k--u W J! K tmm wwtl pcr??r T3i r 1, T v; i . 3 n Hos'iijiNG'.TO Dissrjg J i V' . - - - s ; The Tooele Fifth Ward took first place' honors in the Days of 47 parade with this float interusing the motion picture title Guess Whos Coming to Dinner for a humorous pretation of the seagulls saving the pioneers. fl Jk a : - - I r J m Beautiful girls and flowers decorated the Third Ward float And the Desert Shall Blossom. Pioneers Honored With 150 Entry Parade Tooele paid homage to the pioneers who settled the valley Wednesday with a large 24th of July parade. Parade officials said that 148 entries were tagged in addition to the three Tooele School bands which participated. FIRST PLACE winner in the float division was the Tooele Fifth Ward. Their entry Guess Whos Coming to Dinner depicted the arrival of the seagulls during the invasion of the locusts. Second place honors went to the Third Ward and their float The Desert Shall Blossom and the Tenth Ward took third place with their entry All is Well. In the miniature float division, first place prize money was won by Seven Little Indians, entered by Mrs. Tyler. The Tenth Ward took second place with a Honeycomb entry and the Second Ward Sunday School won third prize with an entry honoring the First Sunday School. AMONG THE unclassified entries, the Fourth Ward won first place with their entry Utah Winter Playground, and second place went to a float depicting a pioneer family with its animals. Beata Shepard and her red canopied bicycle took top honors among junior entries. An Indian family was awarded second place and a surrey belonging to Ann Shepherd took third place. The prize for the best dressed horseman went to a little girl dressed in a gold uniform whose name is not known. WINNERS MUST identify themselves to County Clerk Rex Kirk to receive their prize money. A weighman at a Utah HighWEIGHMAN Ed Fordhain way Patrol weighing station said that the man, tentatively Wednesday shot an attacker who identified as Ed Kytta, address came at him with a knife. unknown, entered the Wendover Port of Entry at about 6:45 a.m., and said that his car had been stolen by three hitchhikers with a gun. He described the car and Arrested 1968. Jack July 20, a Massachusetts license plate Wiseman, 302 North 1st East, for gave number. strikspeeding, hit and run after Mr. Fordham said that the ing a police car and evading an officer. Found guilty and fined man was sweating and had no $165 or given 33 days in jail with shirt on. He told the weighman he was going to the washroom orders to repair police car. to clean up. July 20, 1968. Arrested Jose The bearded man entered the for intoxication. 42, Vigil, public restroom and emerged a few mo- July 20, 1968. Citation issued toy merits later - bleeding like a Shefidan- - Slroemaker; Elmer pig,Trorir' an apparently Grantsville, for driving 40 mph,in slash across his a 25 mph zone. July 20, 1968. Citation issued to Arturo Emos Chavez, P. O. Box 3, for acceleration exhibition. July 21, 1968. Citation issued to Gordon Lee Crandall, Provo, for driving under the influence of alcohol. Ai Beno Macari, Stockton, July 22, 1968. Minor accident died of natural causes July 23 in at 145 South 1st East, involving a a Salt Lake City hospital. Eldon runaway car owned by He was bom December 2, Eugene Shafer, 165 South 1st East, 1910, in Mercur, to Vincent and which rolled into a fence owned by Minnie Bertino Macari. He marD. Gowans. ried Jean Boyce on July 4, 1936 July 22, 1968. Citation issued Butlerville, Salt Lake County. to Sammy Leroy Gonzales, 284 Mr. Macari had been employEast Valley View Drive, for reck- ed by the Tooele County Road less driving. for 23 years. Department July 22, 1968. Citation issued Survivors include his widow to Robert L. Swanson, Warren, and a son, Joseph Ivor, Salt Lake Minn., for acceleration exhibition. City; three grandchildren; a sisJuly 22, 1968. Citation issued ter, Mrs. J. A. (Edith) Richards, to Bruce E. Anderson for acceler- Toquerville, Washington County. . f, ation exhibition. Funeral services will lie held - Citation issu1968 22, July for ed to Bradford Walters, Jr., acceleration exhibition. July 23, 1968. Minor accident at West First North and Coleman Streets involving automobiles operated by Ahti August Somppi, 157 North 1st West, and Albert F. Grant, 269 Birch Street. Citation issued to Ahti Somppi for failure to keep a proper lookout. July 25, 1968. Arrested Leonard Rex Kirk, 357 South 2nd West and Tom G. Sanders, 373 West 440 South, for illegal possession of alcohol. July 25, 1968. Arrested Randy Christiansen, 302 North First West, Dave Stephenson, 315 South Coleman, Scott Davis, 357 Overland Road, John Curwen, 392 So. First West, for illegal possession of alcohol. Police Blotter - The parade committee would like to express its thanks to all of those who participated and watched the parade. Particular thanks are conveyed to Roy Fer-ri-n and the school bands for their part in the parade and for the band concert following the' parade and to the Tooele Army Depot for the lovely float which they provided but did not wish to have judged. Thanks also to Bish White and the State Road Department crew who had the gravel swept and washed from Main Street The Tooele City Police are before the parade. reminding bicycle riders that Continued on Page Three rules governing the operation of cars and motorbikes apply also Nature provides the fish, but to pedal driven bicycles. you must dig the bait. According to City Ordinance Any person operating Lots of gals seem to suffer from a bicycle shall obey the instructions of official traffic control sig- - Bikes Must Obey Traffic Regulations 2, him-somni- a. Number Eight Bullet Stops Attacker At Wendover Station V.p7 00 0 Tooele, Utah, Friday, July 26, 1968 throat. HE BRANDISHED his knife at Fordham and lunged toward the weighman, saying he was going to kill you." Fordham said he tried to stop Kytta with his left hand while he drew his gun. The man kept coming and Fordham said he shot once. The bullet entered the left side of the attacker and passed through his body. The assailant was rushed to Tooele Valley Hospital where he was reported in satisfactory condition Thursday morning. A check of the license number given by the man showed it to belong to a canegtstered"to a woman doctor at a mental hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts. SHERIFF Fay Gillette said that the man had not spoken to officers other than to give his name. Fingerprints and mug shots have been taken in an attempt to identify him. Officers estimated his age at around 35. Mr. Kytta is under arrest for assault with a deadly wea- -' pon with intent to do bodily harm. Postal Cutback Blamed On Manpower Restrictions employment to the June 30, 1966 level - including 83,238 for the postal service nationally and many in this area - mail service limitations will start locally July 27, Assistant Postmaster Colledge said today. THE LOCAL postal head has been advised by Postmaster General W. Marvin Watson to comply with the cutback required by Congress under the recently- - enacted bill (Public Law by reducing some postal services and curtailing new hiring. Curtailments as follows will take effect locally: Effective July 27, all regular Saturday and Sunday window service will be discontinued. Effective July 27, Saturday collection of mail from street deposit boxes will be adjusted to conform to the generally less- frequent Sunday collection sched90-36- ules. e ASSISTANT Postmaster also noted that beginning July 1 all planned extensions of Col-ledg- city and rural delivery were curtailed. At this time there are no vices applicable to vehicles, un- plans to provide mail delivery serless otherwise directed by a police vice to new housing subdivisions f9eer- and apartment projects. This means that bicycle riders All first and second classes must obey stop signs, traffic sig- will provide a call or general denals and other regulatory devices livery window for two hours each such as no signs, and Saturday. All the service that limits. will be rendered is to hand out speed boxes or packabes and COD and postage due. This is not a matter of dollars but of people, Postmaster General Watson explained. Under the manpower restrictions imposed bv the tax bill, we simply will not have enough people to continue all postal services at their present level. Hopefully, Mr. Watson added, Congress will correct this situation. ASSISTANT Postmaster Col- signs and other control de Tooele County Royalty, Masie Young, left, first attendant; Vicki Davis, Queen, and Ten Ellsworth, second attendant. Photo by A. D. Thomas Tooele County Queen Picked ledge emphasized that the Post Office Department agreed to the reduction in funds for the 1969 fiscal year that began July 1, and is not asking for a restoration of any money cut from its budget. The Postmaster General, Mr. Colledge explained, told us we could operate within our budget and maintain postal services at or near their present level if we did not have to reduce employment to the June 1966 level. Mr. Colledge noted also that he has been directed to submit his plans by September 1 regarding his proposals on how and when Saturday delivery on city residential routes should be handled locally. AN EFFECTIVE date for the elimination of Saturday residential delivery here and nationally is then expected to be established by the Department, the- - Assistant Postmaster explained. The exact total out of the overall employment cut that will apply locally is not yet known, and it will be affected to some extent by the rapidity of job turnover in the local staff in the months immediately ahead. However, the Assistant Postmaster said he expects the cuts to be Brown-eye- d Vicki Davis, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LaMar Davis, 353 East Third North was crowned Miss Tooele County following judging Monday night at the North Tooele Stake Center. Miss Davis graduated from Tooele High School in 1968 and plans to enter Brigham Young University this fall. She sang a medley of love songs for her talent number. First attendant is Masie Young daughter of Doris Young, 43 So. First East. Miss Young, a junior at the University of Utah, performed a ballet for her talent number. Second attendant is Ted Ellsworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Ellsworth, 540 West Second South. Miss Ellsworth will be a senior at Tooele High School and is among new varsity cheerleaders. She did a dance to the music of Daddys Girl. Miss Davis will represent Tooele County at the Miss Utah State Fair contest in September. serious. Tooeles Police Reserve officers did some fast moving Monday night when Police Sargent Freeman Sly pulled a surprise fan out drill. The drill is designed to test officers on their ability to respond quickly to an emergency To make the overall cutback to the 1966 level, post offices have been ordered to fill only three out of four vacancies as thev occur. Mail Contract Open Reserve Surprised With Sudden Drill call. Sgt. Sly called the reserve commander at 9:06 p.m. The first is now man arrived at his post in five informa- minutes, the last in 34 minutes. Post Of- More than half of the men were at their post, in full uniform, in fice. under ten minutes. The highway to Mt. Evans, Sgt. Slv said that a time of near Denver, is classed as the 30 minutes would have' to be the considered good, so the mens highest automobile road turnout was excellent. world. The opporlunity to bid on the mail messenger contract Tooele and TAD Park open. Forms anu further tion are available at the between V |