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Show tfff sjiivrrs.i flf Ffn MtMMMffff tij'r.nnng Hi hierpoit rtver.je I 'alt Lae, Tf fff ff f H' ff IMMU Jo. Utah The Weather Public hearing On salary request Pursuant to the provisions of legislation enacted by the Utah Legislature, the Carbon County commissioners will meet at 2 pm. June 5, to consider a request from the elected officials of the county, excluding the commisincrease m salaries amounting sioners, for a to 7 per cent of the present salaries. Approval of this request would be the first raise granted to county officials since July of 1965. Under this legislation, salary increases to elected county officials can be considered only after a public hearing and it is for this reason that the June 5 meeting has been called 1969 cost-of-livi- THE Volume 78 VOICE OF UTAHS CASTLE VALLEY Price, Carbon County, Utah, Thursday, May 29, 1969 16 Pages f it m m Big 5 City considers A budget of $906,168 00, proposed by Mayor Murray Mathis, is being considered by the Price City council for fiscal 1969 70. f Farewell to final Dino Boats, campers, Do-Go- od GREEN RIVER Despite conflict with the opening of fishing season, hundreds of boaters have indicated they will join the Friendship Cruise May 31 and June 1 from Green River to Moab. According to Jan Howland, Green River, secretary-treasure- r of the Canyon Country River Mar-thothe advance queries about the cruise number about the same as usual. Based on these queries, at least 400 boats should be on hand for the annual cruise down the Green River and up the Colorado to n, sports-minde- Moab. , Do-Go- rlf . . . Students for a LOOK OUT FOR WORK-Ig element fomenting Democratic Society (SDS), the most of the unrest on our nations campuses, is planning to invade manufacturing plants and other private business left-win- establishments this summer. The National Chamber of Commerce is sending to all affiliated chambers of commerce and trade and professionwork-i- n al associations the complete text of the SDS bulletin It gives all details of the strategy to be followed by students bent on disrupting plant operations and propagandizing unsuspecting employees. The SDS program spells out: How to learn what jobs are available What jobs to look for (local plants with many workers) How to get the job (tips cover dress, conduct and artful evasion of the truth in questioning into background) What to expect on the job (racism, political prowar talk, etc ) What not to do on the job (engage in soap-bo- x orations, show off intelligence, or alienate the workers) 888-99S- rlf in kit- Farm League Farm League baseball for boys eight to ten years of age will be revived in Price this summer as part of the Carbon County School districts summer recreation program. The program will be directed by Jack Kobe and his staff. Mr. Kobe directed the Farm League program when it was a part of the Price City recreation program. Youngsters in this age group interested in playing Farm League ball can register at the Youth Memorial Pool from June 2 to June 13. Equalization dates scheduled ' The first of four property valuation equalization dates m Carbon County will be held Monday, June 2 At that the county time and on the other three dates, June 5 commissioners will convene as a board of equalization Complaints and requests for abatements must be made on the dates designated, otherwise the property owner forfeits his right to abatements, or relief from excessive valuation. Those having business with this board must take their valuation notices with them when appearing before the board Valuation notices were mailed to property owners last Friday by William Thomas, county treasurer. Property owners are asked to carefully check the notices for proper names, addresses and descriptions as well as amount of valuation because it will be upon this valuation that the 1969 taxes will be assessed. Tax notices for 1969 will be mailed in October and they will carry the same information as well as the amount of the tax. 0, stop in Price on way to Canyon Country rs Cruise time again Friendship - Do-Go- One female cat with one Dragerton. fun-seeke- Down the Green, up the Colorado d, . . . at CEU await The College of Eastern Utah has finalized plans for the graduation of a record class 198 Graduation day will be Thursday, June 5 Lorin Pace, speaker of the Utah House of Representatives and Salt Lake City attorney, will present the commencement address The commencement program will begin at 7 30 p m in Geary Theater and the public is invited Special guests will include friends and relatives of the graduates Certificates to be awarded include associate degrees in art, mechanics, science, industrial business and secretarial and machine shop. Certif.eates of completion will be given in clerical, stenography, cosmetology, auto mechanics and machine shop SCRIBBLER Following a summer of part-tim- e employment at the office of this newspaper this writer asked a Carbon High School student to do a weekly school column for the paper. Carbon The result was an informative column entitled Capers m which the young lady devoted a paragraph each week to her selection of the Dino citing a student or group of students for outstanding service to the school. This week the column would like to reverse the tables and nominate Miss Marilyn Borla for the citation Throughout "Dino four years of high school Marilyn has participated in a wide range of activity and service to her school, from a cheer leader, to a cappella choir, to journalism, to piano, to Girls State, to the Inquiring Editor TV program, to the debate team, to the school play, and among other things just to make d father happy, she went out and set the her school high jump record for girls. The significant point of all fhis activity is the 3 95 Average Marilyn has maintained throughout high school, another reason for citing this final week of school, her with the Dino v ., u t r 1 f LaDonna Fausett, one of only 7 women officers with the Walker Bank organization, came away from a WB officers seminar last weekend with an award . ... of sorts The seminar, at Park City, was held during the day Saturday and left the evening open to seek your own entertainment. After ft night on the town, LaDonna came back to the Iiotel room she was sharing with two other femme Officers, let herself in but forgot to take the key out of the lock and didnt get the door to her room shut completely. So at the final meeting on Sunday, LaDonna was presented an award for being the most trusting officer in attendance. 5 Graduation rites The proposed budget is $95,832, less than the one under which the city is currently operating The larger amount of this years budget is attributed largely to $82,000 which was included from accumulated surplus to purchase the Central-Hardin- g school property from the Carbon County School fiscal budget for operational District. Actually the 1968-6- 9 purposes, discounting the $82,000 from surplus funds, totaled $920,000 which is $14,000 more than the budget proposed for the next fiscal year. GIVEAWAY ten. Phone S day June 198 Reduced budget THE Number 22 637-073- 2 y Basically, it is a trip with the majority of the boaters two-da- leaving Saturday morning and arriving in Moab sometime SunHowever, boats day. going through Price towards Green River indicate that many will leave two or three days ahead of the regular schedule Boaters are reminded that there will be no gas available on the river until Friday. Memorial Day May 39 is a time to turn memories back, to pay homage to loved ones who t recommendation of Mayor Murray Mathis, the Price City the council Monday night ap- FORD WINTERS are no longer with us only in memories v 'A visit to a cemetery is a recall of the past. As a person among the reverently moves graves and reads the weathered epitaphs, mental images of days and people long gone come to the fore Paved roads and pathways are replaced by nearly trackless country. Life was hard in the early pioneer days of Southeastern Utah. Doctors were scarce Some of the most beloved and needed persons in the communities were the women who served as midwives and nurses Price did not have a doctor until 1898 (The community was settled in 1879 ) The first undertaker came to Price about 1910 Prior to this time care of the dead had to be done by the people of the community. Many communities appointed burial committees to take care of the dead The women on the committee would take care of the female dead, and sew clothing for all the dead The male members of the committee would care for the men who died. Many times the committee members also would have to make the caskets and dig the graves The midwives and nurses of the area also took care of the dead. Caskets were usually made of , Hearings called By ICC on fate Of Zephyr train The Interstate Commerce Comhas called for a pubbc hearing on a request by the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad to discontinue operation of the California Zephyr between Denver and Salt Lake City. The railroad has issued notices of discontinuance effective June 16. The hearings, which have not as yet been scheduled, will necessitate that the train be continued until the outcome of all pertinent investigations. mission Procedural snag Between board, CCEA surmounted r ings. Mr Milano stated the CCEA would agree to meeting in closed school year sessions om the 1969-7contracts if James L. Young Effective June 5, beer parlors, alleys, confectionery stores, softdrink parlors, taverns, cabarets, dance hal's, pool ha'Is and billiard parlors located in Carbon County outside the limits of incorporated cities and towns will be permitted to remain open until 2am daily during the period in which daylight saving time is in effect. 0 serves as spokesman for the Board of Education In the event Mr Young is replaced as spokesman either voluntarily or involuntarily, the agreement woud no lcnper be effective This agreement is now subiect to approval by the Board of Education as a whole The change m the closing hour is contained in an amendment to Carbon County Ordinance No. 106, Section 1, approved by the county After the expiration of daylight saving time, the closing hours wiH revert to 1 a m on week nights and 2 am. Sundays and mornings of legal holidays. sandplaned boards lined with white monurrtents made of native stone. Price was apparently focloth Many times cloth was unavailable, and the dead had to rtunate enough to have a person skilled in the making of monu-met- s be buried in an unlined casket. at an early date. ProfessioIf possible the caskets were monuments are on nally-made trimmed inside and out with lace graves dating from the year 1891 edging in the Price City Cemetery. The dead were cared for in their homes. The body was washed, It was customary to place an dressed in a light article of clothepitaph on the monuments The ing, and laid out on a specially epitaphs were short verses inmade table. Ice packs were placed scribed on the monument exaround the body. Cloths were wet tolling the virtues of the departed or expressing the loss felt. in a formaldehyde or saltpeter ice Many of these graves have been (Picture of old headstone at Wood-sid- e forgotten by progeny, many have no attachments with living beings Cemetery on Page 2) They sleep eternally, forever lost water solution and applied to the to memory except in the minds of those who attempt to mentally bodys face and hands to keep them from turning dark It was visualize the person and his time from the markers which have necessary to sit up with the dead to change the ice packs and withstood time and the elements. cloths On the day of the fueral the body was dressed in the burial clothes and placed m the casket. The graves were usually marked with homemade headstones. Many graves were marked with a board that the name of the deceased had been burned or carved into Others were marked with the names and dates etched into cement Some were marked with LORIN PACE procedural impasse between the negotiating teams of the Carbon County Board of Education and the Carbon County Education Association was apparently broken Monday night when CCEA spokesman Robert Milano offered a compromise on the issue of open or closed negotiation meet- bowling law. graduation program will an academic procesbegin sion of graduates and faculty. Following the academic procession, Dr John W. Tucker, CEU director, will acknowledge the presence of special guests and will deliver the welcoming address The invocation will be given by Salutatorian Necia Erra- with A Summer Closing commissioners and published m this newspaper as required by numbers also will be The Green River, the cruise registration site. The steak fry is sponsored by the Moab Jaycees. Registration fee is $20 This will cover the cost of moving car and trailer from Green River to Moab. The fee also covers the cost of the rescue and assistant crews which will be on the rivers during the cruise. Memorial Day is a time for recollection Retired UP&L aide Named to council proved the appointment of Ford Winters to fill the unexpired term of councilman created by the resignation of Mack Budge two weeks ago. Mr. Winters formerly was Price district representative for the Utah Power & Light Co , a jwsttion he held for 10 years prior to his retirement in May of 1967. Mayor Mathis assigned the new councilman to head the parks, cemetery and swimming pools which had been departments headed by Mr Budge who also was appointed to the council to fill the vacancy created upon the death of Dean Holdaway. Mr. Budge served on the council for one year. The term of office to which Mr. Tord has been appointed will expire two years hence. Mr. Winters will be tendered the oath of office Monday, June 2, at 4 30 p m in the council room of the city building fry and dance at Anderson Bottom Saturday night with tickets for the event on sale at Lees in Musical featured. I Fills resignation vacancy Upon On Friday and Saturday gas will be available at Mineral Canyon and fuel also will be available at M G M Well on Sunday. There will be no gas at Anderson Bottom this year. There will be the usual steak mouspe The valedictory address will be given by Carolan Postma which will be followed by Dr. Paces address. F. Dean Walton, dian of instruction, will present Luke Pappas, a the graduates member of the University of Utah board of regents, will present the diplomas The benediction will be offered by Carleen Matekovid, It a'so was agreed that Lorin of the Bailey, president-elec- t CCEA would join the teacher negotiating team at the meetings Another procedural item agreed unon was that if a member of either negotiating team other than the spokesman desired to speak, he would ask permission of the spokesman of the opposite team. Meetings were scheduled for June 6, 16, 18 and 23. M .! Au ! tuJwUL J. C Another homemade native red sandstone marker is in the Price City cemetery. Its inscription dates it back to, the early 1900s. mtht WELLINGTON . . . This elaborate headstone Wellington cemetery dates back many j ears. Home made of sandstone, it is centered with a'marblel ' nameplate. N |
