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Show JAY 10, 1952 THE JOURNAL i About Folks in ws SAHAItA VILLAGE fj DOROTHY WHITE Correspondent Phone FLOOD SCENES SHOW WRATH OF WEBER RIVEn Weber Flow Reaches All-Ti- me High 29-J- 4 Carma Neilson gave the Teacher-Trainlesson when the officers ,nd teachers of the Branch Primary et last week in the Community ldg. President of the branch, Robert Benton was also there with his counselor v Dell Halliday who set ipart hew teachers for their several positions. Hostesses for the evening, were Evelyn Brown and La Rita Christenson. er T) ': KAYSVILLE The Weber river staged a destructive rampage down the canyon and into the valley this week in a demonstration of strength that wiped out chunks of ' . J x 'w ; ' ' ' imL ; IV , " f ' ' the roadway and left Morgan :.T tllfrJV county isolated except by railroad. 'f In Davis county, commissioners ' ' declared a state of emergency in W .' ' ' ' ' ' ... the South Weber area. A member . '' ' 'V' ; of' the Davis county sheriffs office is patroling the south banks of W' ' Moving to Layton soon will be the river through the flouth Weber Air. and Mrs. Reid Martin and area and trucks are assisting state rr. Sammy and Tiwa. equipment in diking the river bank. 1 ' ' if D. Lay-toD. to conference under the According Harris, Primary secretary-managof the Wedirection of Mrs. Marvelle Riley was held at the branch evening ber River Water Users and the c meeting. The new song book The Davis and Weber Canal company, e Children Sing was well introduced the river has reached an of. cubic of water 7(500 feet to the audience in song and tableau. peak second. Acting as chorister was Carma per Cool nights in the past few days Nielson, soloist Rosalie Grose, chorKendall Junction was isolated by the surging Weber river this week which washed a falls over the ister Velma Drake and organist have cut the stream down and fuedge of the highway as it coursed down a new channel. ture stream flow will depend on the Margaret Stimson and how fast snows e doctors temperature From the looks of in the higher elevations melt, Mr. office last Saturday, looks like tlje Harris said. spring diseases of kiddies is still There is plenty of water in the with us. Among several were Joy snows up high but unless there is Christenson and son Gary there for a check on his past ear infection, a long spell of unusually warm Mr. and Mrs. Burt Harmer had weather it is unlikely the situation will become any more serious than Stanley in for an inoculation. For excitement Jay, Paul and Dean it is now, he said. Mr. Harris said East canyon resHalliday, sons of Dell Halliday were unceremoniously ushered out ervoir is completely full and has been for the past 10 days but the the back way. Why? Measles! flow of water into it is diminish- Burt and Donna Harmer are ing day by day as a result of cool being wished well by their friends their new business venture. They nights. Echo reservoir is practically full have taken over the management of the Barrel Cafe in Clearfield in but cool weather has also slowed down the stream flow into it. No partnership with Mr. and Mrs. Fay water will be released from either Atkinson of Clearfield. reservoir for the next few days. reColorado the over in Whether it will be necessary to reVisiting cent week end were Mr. and Mrs. lease any later on depends on the Riley and children. melting of snows in the higher regions and this in turn depends on Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Wiggill had the weather. an enjoyable trip to Idaho Falls rePrincipal point of destruction on cently where they and Mr. Wiggills vital U.S. highway 30 through the mother enjoyed an excursion the canyon was Devils Gate where Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sharp. Uintah, stand on' an embankment above their house which is covered through the temple there, to the eaves by the Weber river. The Sharps said it was the first time in 50 years that water had the surging river completely wiped and S. Christenson family reached that area. j Harley were Sunday dinner guests at the out the highway for a distance the curve with the excephome of Robert W. Benton, Branch tion of a six inch shelf next to the president. Mr. Christenson and President Benton were the main mountain. Heavy army equipment was atspeakers at Sacrament meeting. tempting to replace the roadway At the Sunday school faculty the curve but with the river meeting held last Sunday evening running rampant it appeared an at the Branch Supt. Robert Grose almost futile task. was in charge f the meeting. f'tr f. "ISClosing of the canyon road Elburn were visitors Stake Supt. a stranded Morgan county residents Dixon and Jimmy Barnard who except from the Parleys canyon gave the lesson. route via Salt Lake City. To many Moving to Sunset are the Elsel residents who work at local defense PS Nielsons from H61. installations it will mean moving Mrs. Helen Kerns has been from the area to the valley where to her home with illness this housing is already at a premium or past week. their jobs. Rebuilding of Miss Darlene Drake has been re- giving up the Devils Gate road could probcuperating from a tonsilectomy. ably not be accomplished for a Robert Grose and friends from while since the river is expected to Salt Lake City went on .a fishing run high for sometime to come. trip up Park City way last week. At Kendalls Junction below the The Senior Sunday School class mouth of the canyon, the river had held a canyon party Saturday night into three tributaries, one with class leader Wayne Nielson in split up going through the original channel charge. The young folks enjoyed and under the highway bridge wieners and trimmings. which remained intact and the ' ft other two splitting above the juncit Here is another view of Kendall Junction where flood water completely inundated homes, a gation then coming together again Odd Fact rage and cabins. The area was flooded when the W eber carved a new channel from the mouth of the on the U.S. highway SO to form a jl A Navy veteran, who was canyon .in the worst flood in 50 years. 15 of to life after at least (Photos courtesy, of Ogden Stan4ardrExaminer.) roaring waterfall over the edge tolnutei of death," when two the highway. Kendall service stadoctors opened his chest and tion, store and cabins were flooded homes were completely flooded. the Hill Field entrance road. The 91 with cars from defense installto now able Is his heart, massaged Roadblocks have been set up on result was to throw an even heavier ations traveling bumper to bumper while on the side of the road towrite letters, feed himself and ward the train tracks, at least three U.S. 80 near Burch Creek and at burden of traffic on U.S. highway during the working shifts. play cards. yy y .... x s . .'mm x s .v.' x... - .v.v.v. x i? . .w.-- - V, .'.v kid-Jdi- 4 .4 x. ... es , n, er ' all-tim- . t i a-ro- a-ro- - '.v.'vA v.'.v.- 1 con-fin- ed ij: t t re-sto- red . -- l'4 |