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Show Ma, 8, 1975 (Ttjf JJayann (CljnmlrU Page 10 Bigler Athletic Medal, Oldest PHS Annual Award, Nears 43rd Year h? Jfaggatt CEIjromrlp j Interpretative Report Flood Payson to Irrigate Fa: The Salt Lake City office of the Bureau of Reclamation apparently would prefer another flood in downtown Payson to interruption of irrigation water deto agriculturalists along the livery Strawberry High Line Canal southeast of its confluence with the canyon high water ditch. V0; v;v !n?V C .e 1r. 7erf. ic ci Cngr le iweei. anf th, ffen5 Zyusve undPtrPr'o. Wve Vv hot drirt, tA:S aL- - y k A... Cas ernnd Red Devils Win Track and Field Meet 3-W- ay Springville raced past Payson and American Fork last week in athree-wa- y track .VC Ce A'v, ' e' VA 1C! ' V Ve' ; c exPansion nrn ln excess of an- xe& - X 7 1? so Mondiv CSe eind x ,S& "n"" S ye x ox 7' i4 f nor SUperfna rket SOqQlS ,0 XVs- - xU c"'; eV 'fyQlp - & o-- .A Way ;ex;jxp VtVV NXe . . af ffte fro, w of ack Up I1 Of JM 7,eZill ,;'ar,$ 0(e$t!leC y,ea Jroutrk paaoit ht t fc Danny Sudweeks, 1973 recipient, Although shes had 32 years of experience, a petite woman whose agility belies her 82 years will still be nervous later this month as she sits waiting her call during the annual Payson High School honork assembly. But that nervousness will disappear, as it always has in the past, when Pearl Bigler is summoned to present the a oldest award still given student at the high school. It is the Bigler Athletic Medal presented each year since 1932 to the outstanding senior athlete. 43 The tradition started years agowhen then PHS coach Stan Wilson suggested the award to her former husband, the late David Bigler. Stan Wilson spoke to Dave at one time and said you have four boys and wouldnt you like to give an athletic medal' said Mrs Bigler in explaining the origin of the award. Longevity of the medal was threatened briefly some 10 years later when domestic difficulties caused Mr. and Mrs Bigler to separate. But Mrs Bigler, an infrequent school spectator at high athletic events, elected to continue the award on her own. She made the decision it because I thought that stimulated athletics in the of high school and, because the incentives, I thought it would encourage all of them (competitors for the medal) to tie better students Mrs. Bigler disclosed not without pride that the die used to cast the first medal still is used by the jeweler which supplies it. While other awards now given at the high school may be more spectacular in the she said, filler Medal will remain the same as long as I live of and I hope sponsorship the same medal will be continued by one of my children. Athletic ability, of course, is the major consideration who for faculty members, frequently must engage in in serious soul searching, determining who will receive But there are the award nthpr elements Judges also must WPigh schnlaiship, leaof dership and chaiacter the candidates before making receives the Bigler Athletic Medal from Mrs. Pearl Bigler. Chronicle Photo win it, Mrs. Bigler said she was told by their mother, Mrs. Afton Oborn. their decisioa Mrs. Bigler recalls boys from Div idend, Goshen, Santa-qui- n and Spring Lake in addition to Payson over the nearly history of the medal have been presented the award The first recipient back in 1932 was Woodrow Twede, then of Spring Lake and now to Oborn went on football for Brigham Young University for three years, coach IXirrant recalls, and until recently held the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) record for kick returns. Gordon Oborn divided his three-yecollegiate football and career between BYU the University of Utah. Among other recent recipients, Brent Olson was a grid star for three years at Y the and the same was true of Dennis Wall at the Kent play half-centu- ry a Union Pacific Railroad ar station agent who mikes his home in Tooele. For several years after the medal was presented to Mr. Twede lecords are sketchy. But Payson High School athletic director Jim Darrant, who incidentally wasnosedout for the medal when he was a PHS senior football star by Dick Taylor, has researched the record for the past 17 U Gary Weight is expected to be a football starter this fall for the defending WAC years. BYU Cougars. doubt the Bigler Athletic Medal will be continued at Payson High School by one of Pearl children. There may be a family dispute regarding which of them gets that honor. champion There is To the best of his knownot ledge the medal has been presented to a father-so- n no Biglers team. However, Mrs. Bigler has handed the award to three brothers--GordoKent and Lynn Oborn. 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