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Show I . UierotiW'f $$ JY Kyu AN INDEPENDENT Volume 66 NEWSPAPER 10c per copy Price, A CONSOLIDATION OF THE SUN AND N E WS . A D V O C AT E Carbon County, Utah, Thursday, January 31, 1957 Number 5 UMWA District 22 Sets Plans for Convention ' Delegates from the 27 locals of the United Mine Workers of Am- erica in District 22 (Utah and Wyoming) will convene in Salt Lake City February for their 19th consecutive constitutional convention, it has been announced by J. E. iBrinley, district president. The convention will be held at the Newhouse hotel. A representative of the international union president, John L. Lewis, is expected to be in attendance along with Donald L. McFarland of Washington, D. C., representing the UMWAs welfare and retirement fund. Officers of the Colorado district of the union have also been invited to attend, Mr. Brinley stated. One of the principal items to be considered by the district convention is the revamping of the constitution to conform with the changes made in the constitution of the national organization adopt- 12-- 14 Eight Bids Opened On Construction Of New Courthouse Eight bids were publicly opened by the Carbon county commissioners yesterday from construction firms seeking to build the new Carbon 'county courthouse. Three bids were received for the demolition of 'the old building which must be removed before construction on the new building can be started. These bids will be held until the February 5 meeting of the commissioners at which time the successful bidder will be selected. Following are the bids entered: Fred Reynolds,' $486,770; Chrisd tiansen Brothers, $514,000; Construction Company, $551,-00Witt Construction Company, $502,400; Groneman and Company, $502,000; Talboe Construction Company, $505,200; Construction Incorporated, $456,778, and Dor-lan- 0; Chy-tra- us Brothers, $533,880. The three demolition bids were entered by Fred Reynolds, $23,400; Robinson and Blanchard, $9,280; Acme Wrecking Company, $11,400. It is expected the low bid in each case will be accepted provid- ing performance bonds are able to the county. accept- ed in October of last year. , Besides Mr. Brinley other dis- trict officers who will attend the convention are Frank Sacco, district vice president, Arthur Biggs, Rock Springs, Wyoming, secretary, and Malio Royal, international board Sun-nysi- the delegates who have been selected by their respective locals to attend the convention. Mr. Sacco, Doug Tollis, Matt Rauhala, Gerald Oviatt and John Maxey, Sunnyside; Isidor Korit-ni- k, Quealy, Wyoming; SanuJel Fazzio, Adrian Anderson and Mr. Pecorelli, Royal; John Coronie, Lawrence L. Gardner and Carl Samietz, Wyoming; Superior, Hugh C. Moffitt, Paul James and Edwin Albert, Dragerton; Hugh John Fomengo and Thomas, Frank Burlecr, Sr., Stansbury, Wyoming; Thill Marshall, Spring Canyon; Merrill Thomick, Eckol, Wyoming; R. H. Tweddell, Castle Gate; Darwin Jensen, Wattis; Ross Norton and W. ,V. Keele, Columbia; James Menzies, Clear Creek; John Colismo, and Carl Orton, Hiawatha; Frank Costello, Brilliant, Wyoming; C. W. BerMargaret Brown, left, and Mrs. Helen Jordan. gamo, Kenilworth, and Dominick ORGANIZED FOR A GOOD CAUSE . . . Memof the new Carbon county cancer committee Coletti, Rock Springs, Wyoming. bers Standing, left to right, are Mrs. Kathryn Strate, met last week to begin making plans for a countyMrs. Stella Davis, Dr. L. R. Merrill, Mrs. Fern wide cancer education program as well as the fund Special Council Meet; Boyack and Mrs. Maud Leonard. Not present at drive which is due in a couple of months. Principal interest was centered around a new book which this initial meeting were Mrs. Avon Mills, Mrs. Regular D.ate , Changed Mrs. Carmen Hanks, county chairman, is seen disEthel Malaby and Mrs. Lenore Nyman, additional The Price city council will have Other members of her committee are Mrs. committee members. playing. a special meeting February 5 at 7:30 p.m. to consider the bids for the construction of the new library building. The bids will be publicly opened earlier in the day but will not be officially acted upon until the evening meeting to give the architect time to an" of the public on the cal and scientific director for the alyze each. The February 11 regThe truth about what is actuular meeting has been changed to various aspects of cancer will 'be American Cancer Society. A ally known about cancer today. The truth about smoking and February 18 to allow city officials the prime objective of the Car- copy of the book was presented to attend a water and sewage bon county cancer committee to the Price Carnegie library and cancer; The types that are likely to atmeeting in Salt Lake City on the during 1957, it has been announ- another to the Carbon College ced by Mrs. Howard Hanks, the library. Those interested are urg- tack women; earlier date. county committee chairman. The types that are likely to ated to make use of these books to Aid to Handicapped At an organization meeting at find out for themselves the truth tack men; The truth about cancer and the Hank home last week Mrs. about this disease. The books Committee Sets Meet were presented by Mrs. Brown as children; Hanks outlined of duties the the Carbon-Emery The Advisory The truth about common conCommittee for Service to the Phy- county chairmen and Dr. L. H. gifts from the American Cancer committee medical direc- Society, Utah division. She urges ceptions about cancer; Merrill, has scheduled sically Handicapped How to spot and steer clear of gave a short talk and showed everyone to read this book be a meeting for February 4 at 7:30 tor, " In Truth About Cancer the cancer quack; on cause films the matter. subject p.m. in the Price municipal buildThe truth about how cancer is It was announced that the ignorance and fear are dispelled ing. All interested in the rehabilito is and reasonable diagnosed; hope Cancer Crusade funds given for tation of the handicapped as the tyiII be The truth about how cancer is no definite all. Never before has a book been responsibility of the community held in April but imthat offers such treated; published set. dates have been atin which they live are urged to How to think intelligently vital information to be tend. Assisting Mrs. Hanks this year portant, the threat of cancer; will be Mrs. Carl Nyman, vice used for the protection of the about How to help your doctor beat Mrs. stated. Brown family, sechairman; Mrs. James Strate, (Continued on Page Five) According to Mrs. Brown, The cretary; Mrs. Ross Boyack, treaCancer Truth About tell will Mrs. William fund surer; Jordan, campaign chairman; Mrs. Erin you: Evening School Offers Leonard, service chairman; Mrs. RoMrs. Henry Mills, publicity; Class bert J. Brown, public education; Income Tax Service Mrs. Stella Davis, Wellington In connection with the taxpayGeorge Watson, Kent Boyack, and Mrs. Harry Mala- er assistance program, a repre- Prospective Citizens Ronnie Robertson, Tom Burgess, chairman; by, East Carbon chairman. Other sentative of the director of InterThe evening school at Carbon Scotty Deffendol, Darwin Mab-bu- tt, chairmen will be ap- nal Revenue from the Price ofCarl Wolfrom, John Allen, community is offering a new class in College in the near future, Mrs. fice will be available for assisRussell Ramy, Harold Pruitt, pointed Hanks stated. tance as follows: Price office, 86 citizenship. Many requests have come in asking that such a class Darrell Downey, Eugene Davis, Discussion meeting cen- North Second East, February 11, be Albert Passic, Joe Mower, Lavell tered around ata the organized. There are many new book, The 18, 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25, April Shmer, Therald Jensen, Manard Truth About people in thg area who would 8 15. written and Grand court Cancer, by county like to Anderson, Ken Massey and Mack Charles S. citizens of the Cameron, M.D., medi- - house, February 4 and April 1. United become but Johnson. States, they. need a Wide Education Program Planned Through 1957 by Cancer Crusade CAP Becoming Strong Service Organization The mission of the Civil Air Patrol is to train and to maintain a volunteer flying organization composed of personnel who operate and maintain civilian airplanes, who are vitally interested in the advancement of aviation and who are and sufficiently public-spiritpatriotic to contribute voluntarily in wartime and in peacetime their aircraft and personal time and effort to the Air Force. That statement, taken from the senior handbook, Civil Air Patrol manual, is the fundamental purpose for the existence of the Castle Valley Civil Air Patrol which was organized in Price on October 1 of last year. The local squadron since that time has acquired 10 mobile radio units and plans are for five more to be licensed in the near future. One Civil Air Patrol plane along with two private planes are housed at the Carbon county airport and are available to the pat-is rol. Planning and organization going forward now to get a cadet program started in the Carbon senior high school beginning yvith the opening of school in the fall of this year and it is planned that this program will use the facilities offered by the National Guard armory now nearing completion in northeast Price. According to Louis Bunnell, Price, squadron commander, the mobile radio units are to be used primarily as a search and rescue facility but can be used to assist in any worthwhile project in the public interest where two-wradio communication is needed. Besides Mr. Bunnell, the local unit is comprised of the following: Keith Leavitt, Marcell Blanc, M. E. Campbell, Cal Campbell, semi-milita- ry ed f . CARSOtJ-BHER- V Y Zs JV JV Coal WasEiery a Wellington dig Item m Planning San Francisco, January 31 A program providing extensive improvements and additions at the Utah coal properties of the Columbia-Genev- a Steel Division was announced here today by officials of the U. S. Steel Corporation unit. Principal feature of the program will be the construction of a coal cleaning plant to be built near Wellington in Carbon county, according to L. B. Worthington, president of the Columbia-Genev- a Steel Divi- The contract for the coal cleaning plant has been awarded to Allen and Garcia Company of As prime contractors Chicago. for the job the firm will start construction of the plant shortly at a site on the Price river approximately 2 miles southeast of Wellington. This site is located on the main line of the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad and is ideally situated to process all of the coal mined at the U. S. Steels properties in sion. ington said. It is expected that the coal cleaning plant will be in operation by the middle of 1958. The rock tunnel, 13 feet by 9 feet high, will be drilled from the level of the mine tipple to intersect the coal seam at a point 5000 feet down the pitch from the coal outcrop. When complete the tunnel will eliminate a grade to the mine portal now required to remove coal from the working face. While work is progressing on the rock tunnel, the tipple at the Columbia mine will be modified to enable automatic coal dumping and better screening and picking facilities. According to mine engineers the tipple modification is related to the coal cleaning plant in that it will permit more efficient sorting of coal and removal of foreign matters. A new mine equipment Shop will be built near the entrance to the rock tunnel. The coal cleaning plant to be built near Wellington is similar to a plant built by U. S. Steel in 1955 at Corbin, Kentucky. Coal from Utah and Colorado mines will be blended, crushed, washed and loaded into cars for shipment to the Geneva coke ovens. This process, according to U. S. Steel engineers, will produce better coke. M. von Storch, general superintendent of coal mines, and quarries, said the site near Wellington was chosen to take advantage of the terrain, water supply, refuse deposal area and access to rail facilities. He said that Mayor William Welsh of Price and other officials in Carbon county were very helpful in assisting with the arrangements for acquisition of the plant sit. While considerable water will be used to operate the coal cleaning plant, mine engineers pointed out that more than 95 per cent of it will be recovered and recirculated for continual use. Special conservation equipment will be used in the plant to manage water consumption. The new coal mine and quarries general office building at Dragerton will have a steel frame and masonry walls. The 40 foot by 172 foot structure was designed by American Bridge division of U. ' S. Steel. It will be completely air conditioned with individual temperature , controls for each office. Construction of the building is scheduled to start next month. It is estimated that the coal cleaning plant will cost over $5 million while the other facilities planned- will add over another million dollars to the 'total project costs. n The dollar installation, he said, will accord higher coke yield and improved blast furnace performance at the divisions steel works near Provo by reduction of ash and sulphur content in the coal. Mr. Worthington also announced that a new coal mine and quarries general office building will be built in Dragerton and an rock tunnel will be driven in the Columbia coal mine. The office building and tunnel are scheduled to be completed this year. multi-millio- member. Following are U fr for little coaching in order to pass the tests. This class will help these people to become citizens. also asked Many people ha the evening school to teach a class in English language. The class that we have in mind will teach people to read, write and to Such a course speak English. helps people to get better jobs and it also helps them to get along better in the jobs they now rtitfrinaT w CRRBON COUNTY RIHFDRT JL. I.C-- v A f f !i?'5 J bo4fc i ? t 36 W rz ay READY FOR EMERGENCIES . . . Ready for any emergencies that may arise are the members of the Castle Valley squadron of the Civil Air Patrol shown with their planes and mobile radio units. Shown in front of the planes are Keith Leavitt, Marcell Blanc, M. E Campbell, Louis Bunnell, Cal Campbell, George Watson, Kent Boyack, Ronnie Robertson, Tom Burgess, Scotty Deffendol, Darwin Mabbutt, Cari Wolfrom and John Allen, left to right. These same men are also shown with the mobile units. Sunnie Photos hold. The cost of the course will be relatively low, probably just enough to pay the teacher. The classes will be held in the main building of the college. The ad- ministration has obtained the recreation room of the Greek Orthodox church for parties and so- cials. Those 8700-fo- ot Technicians Ready To Service . New Dial Systems Veteran employees of the Mountain State Telephone Company have completed necessary technical training in the maintenance of the new dial equipment being installed in Price and Heper. The rigid training classes were held h over a period in the Price city hall. J. Lynn Arnold, central office foreman for the dial system, .was the. class instructor. In addition to training six employees for the Price operations, four men from Colorado . were also schooled. Those selected to attend the training class were fiioseft because of special aptitudes for the . specific work involved. Edward L. Quinn' wire chief, said these men are trained to locate trouble before customers are aware of it. They will continualy make routine checks to keep all the central office equipment in top operating condition. In event of reported trouble, at least one of them will always be on duty to clear it at once. From now until February 17, the date of the cut over to dial, these employees will be busily engaged in checking and testing all equipment to assure the best possible service to Price and other Carbon county customers. The conversion to dial of all telephone sets in residences and businesses has been completed, Quinn said. Three hundred additional exchange telephones have been installed in Castle Gate, Kenilworth and Spring Canyon. February 17 will mark the first time customers In this area will enjoy regular exchange telephone service. All telephone calls at the present time, to or from these communities, are completed on a toll basis. The exchange service improvement will make the telephones mpre valuable for all customers in the seven-mont- 1500-ac- re Utah and Colorado, Mr. Worth- 500-fo- ot . - High School Diplomas Given 187 After General Educational Development Tests Since the close of World War II, one hundred and seventy-on- e men and sixteen women have attempted to get high school diplomas from Carbon high school by taking the general educational development tests, according to Aaron E. Jones, principal of Carbon high. All of these scored sufficiently high to merit the diploma. A great majority took the tests while they were still in military service, but a considerable number of them took the tests through the Carbon College counseing office. ' During these years, diplomas who are interested in have been issued to 149 men and joining such a group should call 11 women. Almost all of these Wilford D. Lee at Carbon Colwere in either the military service lege (Phone 572) or at his home or they had completed military (Phone 1503-J- ). service when the diplomas were issued. To Show Sports Films Fifty of the men and eight of Lee Kay of the Utafi Fish and the women who were awarded diGame department will be in plomas entered Carbon College for Price Friday, February 1, to show continued education. Some entered films of Utahs wild animals and colleges elsewhere, but the greathunting safety to all Boy Scouts er part sought the diploma so that and Explorers of the Carbon dis- advancement could be made in the trict. The program will be pres- military service or in job placeented at the tabemace under the ment and advancement. No accurate record was kept of sponsorship of the Price Second ward ExDlorer Post 2284 with those whose scores were made arrangements by Jack not sufficiently high to obtain the World, Poct advisor. The public high school diploma because genis invited at attend. erally only the reports of those who were successful in getting the proper scores were sent by military offices to the Carbon high school. However, based on those who took the tests at Carbon College, approximately 70 per cent of those who took the tests were able to pass them. The general educational development tests cover the following fields : Mathematics, good usag, social sciences, natural sciences, and literature. The students spend approximately two hours on each test. Travel, reading, natural curiosity, and getting older in society help prepare the young man or woman to pass the tests. Each recipient has been to be at least 19 years ofrequired age, he must have attended some second ary school in Carbon county, and he, cannot qualify for a diploma at any time previous to the graduation time of his classmates who remain in school No fanfare has been made of these graduates. They do not march with any graduation class and they have no commencement exercises. It is good to know that a sizeable part of the pupils who drop out of high school before graduation really do continue to earn and to become worthy ol graduation, Principal Jones |