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Show i 4 v LVAy -- v Ay Association rMfri.ici yi Founced 1885 a" NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ittKIUltll 3SOS1 ' MEMBER OF THE NNASUSTAINING MEMBER-1- 977 Volume 86, Number 20, Millard County Progress, Fillmore, Utah, Friday, May 16, 1980 Fillmore to Host City Clerks Fillmore City Clerk Carol Wise was the hostess for approximately 18 city clerks from many central Utah cities on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 in of Municipal Clerks Weeks." The group conducted discussions on organizing public works departments, lunched at the Paradise Inn, and later in the day toured the mushroom farm. Qna& Mayor Mark Paxton signs Poppy Day proclamation while Jamie Rhodes, Miss 1 VflO&A orgason. (sw Poppy, smiles her approval. Mayor Proclaims Poppy Day Mayor Mark Paxton has proclaimed Saturday, May 24, 1980, as Poppy Day in Fillmore, according to Ellie Fuller, Poppy Chairman of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 61, which sponsors the annual observance. Jamie Rhodes is Fillmores 1980 Miss Poppy. Jamie is the daughter of Pat and Jim Rhodes of Fillmore. The American Legion Auxiliary adopted the Poppy as its Memorial Flower which pays tribute to the war dead and aids the living veterans and their families. The contributions are used solely for children and youth and rehabilitation in our local community. Police Report Scipio Cabin Burglarized, Deer Poached A Salt Lake man and three juveniles we.e arrested Saiuiday, May iu, 19tu, of Wildlife Resources by Division agents for poaching a deer and breaking into a Scipio Lake cabin the previous Thursday morning. The four suspects were in the cabin when confronted by the cabin's owner, Mardcn Stone, and a companion, Vcrn Hatch. The suspects were also You have a right to know who the people are that are serving in government offices. Political power can have a tremendous influence on the value of your earning power, the place where you live, and the types of schools your children attend. You hold the power to elect people to government offices, and candidates must ask you to vote for them. So important is the information about candidates that you receive from a free press, that Chief Justice Arthur J. Vanderbuilt of the U.S. Supreme Court said in 1951: Honest elections, unbought by money, jobs, or promises, and an intelligent, educated, and vigilant electorate are as essential to the survivial of a representative republican government as are peace within the country and security from enemies abroad." 20CENTS Murder Suspect Caught in Millard County man wanted for murder was apprehended in Millard County just hour after the death of a hitchhiker le ui Reno. Nevada was reported to P' hie. The victim, Carl William Pear-sei29, was found shot to death "(dnesdav afternoon. May 7, 1980, about 60 lect off the side of three miles north of Manderfield. Booked into the Millard County Jail that same afternoon was Earl Eugene Collier, 38, from Glendale, California. Collier was transferred to the Beaver County Jail Thursday morning and was arraigned in circuit court e on charges of murder and aggravated assault. Sgt. Lynn Cartwright of the Beaver County Sheriff's Office said Pearson and another hitchhiker, whom he declined to identify except as being front Michigan, were picked up by a man near the Tocquerville exit on I 15. The other hitchhiker told . ..iithontics the driver of the car asked the hitchhikers if thev had money for When Pearson said no, the g.ts r re('river pulled out a volver and shot Pearson twice, the letchhikcr told police. Cartwright said the murder weapon had not been found, but Beaver Sheriff's Posse members were combing the a.ea looking for it. 1 he other hitchhiker said the suspect i. first-degre- small-calibe- Suspected death car impounded at National Guard Armory ordered him to help remove Pearbody from the car. but when he opened the door he just started running. The suspect allegedly fired a shot at him as he fled. When reporting the incident to police the excited hitchhiker said the California car was bright red and the driver had told them he was on his way to Montana. A short time later I'HP Trooper Mac Shields stopped a silver colored 1977 Cadillac Coupe dcV'illc with a bright red interior and California plates in Baker Canyon and ticketed the driver for speeding. He noted the driver said he was enroute to Montana, had spots on his shirt, and was acting suspi- son's ciously. When he received a radio message alerting police to watch for a red Cali fornia car. he asked the dispatcher if the car could possible be silver with a red interior as he had just ticketed such a car. I'HP Trooper Scott T. Duncan sighted the silver Cadillac one mile north of the Black Rink View Area near Kanosh He pulled the car over and arrested the driver Duncan, of Juab (ountv. was on special dutv in Millard ( nuntv working on the federal speed enforcement program Pearson's bodv was taken to the State Medical Examiner in Salt Lake C itv for autopsy. Collier's car was impounded and stored overnight in the National Guard Armorv at Fillmore w here members of the Salt I akc Countv checked it out before releasing it. It was towed to Beaver the next evening. Requests Made to Beautify Cemetery Road Numerous complaints have been registered about the condition of the road leading to Fillmore Cemetery. A sewer line was laid under the shoulder of the road last fall for the Gordon i Grilfin Subdivision. The line was covered over, but the shoulder Ten people have filed for County lightly has never been graded nor the bouof as Commissioners in Millard County, lders removed that were dug up during G for last 1980. the 12. day Monday. May excavation for the line. ? ft-'filing. Mayor Mark Paxton said the work Commissioner Those filing for was done by Carling Equipment Comare: Sara Jo Louder, Jack M. Grayson, pany and it was in their agreement that and Gene W. Walker for the Demothe line would be covered and the roadcratic Party and Ralph Leon Smith, besources Office Brent Olson near the Ben H. Robison, and Michael R. Sty-le- r way left in the same condition as fore. Industrial Park in Fillmore. The wildfor the Republican Party. Complainants have also expressed life in his possession was confiscated Commissioner those filing For their desire that this work be completed and he was fined by Judge Ron Hare arc Guy L. Robins for the Democratic Memorial Day weekend when before Looking west on the cemetery road. Citizens complaints stir city to action. Harold McBride and and released. Party and Jack arrive numerous people Stewart for the Republican Parts. to visit the cemetery and travel this county. He said the city does not have completion of this project in time for Mervin G. Williams also filed for a grader to do the work and that a road. Memorial Day as the cits would like to Commissioner for the American Inmake the "best impression we can" Mayor Paxton said part of the road formal request has been sent to Carling dependent Party. is in the city and part of it is in the Equipment asking them to expedite on our visitors. in possession of the hindquarters of a deer which Stone and Hatch conns-cateThey then reported the incident to authorities. The adult suspect. Curtis Dickson, was fined $500 and released. The juveniles were referred to Juvenile Detention in Salt Lake City and released. Other Millard County charges are pending. Ten File for County Offices jsos- Mourning Dove Poaching Charged Arrested for allegedly poaching Mourning Doves in Flowell was Vantha Sut of Fillmore. The suspect was apprehended by Division of Wildlife Re- - USPS 446740 i I n Stolen Van Recovered Just Like the Movies Several Fillmore residents were startled at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, 1989, when a Highway Patrol Trooper pulled a van over at 50 N. Main, held a shotgun on the driver, and ordered him on the pavement. to lie spread-eagleTrooper Randy Lythgoc spotted a blue 1974 Ford Van that had been reported stolen earlier that afternoon from Cedar City. The driver of the van pulled into the drive of the El Ana Motel to stop when the officer signaled him to pull over. Ronnie R. Carson of Cedar City, owner of the van, reported to police that his van had been stolen at 3:50 p.m. d The suspect, Kevin Glen McCafferty, 40. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania told Lythgoc that he and Carson had been drinking in a bar in Cedar City and that he took the van, picked up some hitchhikers, dropped them off in Beaver, and was looking for a place to turn around when he pulled into Fillmore. Police were hardpressed to understand why he had not been able to find a during the 50 mile trip from Beaver to Fillmore. McCafferty was charged with Auto Theft and No Drivers License. Bail continued to page 9 turn-aroun- d Dont Forget to Weather Report Attend Mass Meetings Mon. May 19th Details on page 9 PAHVANT VALLEY SENIOR CITIZENS SCHEDULE By MaeCahoon had a good turnMonday, May 12-I out for the governor's conference. believe there were many things brought I to the senior citizens' attention. have a lot of phone numbers posted on the bulletin board; legal aid, social security, etc. 't forget our Saturday, May 1 dance Saturday at 9 p.m. at the Center. Come have fun before the farm work starts. at the Center Monday, May at the Wednesday, May We 7-- Center. Thursday, May City. 743-542- Doctor 22-T- rip to Salt Lake Mae or Maxine, appointmcnts-ca- ll Albert 743-546- 743-577- at the Center Friday, May How about sharing some of your favorite recipes or let us know things you prefer? ner -- k 4 Dippy Duck Discourages Duct Dabbling Dippy Duck of San Diego fame joined Millard County Sheriff's Deputy Kim Quarnberg and Fillmore Ambulance EMTs Dallin Nielsen and Kent Dalton in presenting a water safety program at the Fillmore Elementary School last Fillmores Monday, May 12, 1980. Dippy Duck in reality was Sheriffs Dispatcher Jim Masncr. The Dippy Duck program teaches children about water safety and cautions them against playing in or near irrigation canals, ditches, and ponds. Deputy Quarnberg was the enure for the program and informed the children of the hazards of swimming in the canals, of possibly falling in tin m when playing near them, and explained how nearly impossible it was to get out of the canals because of the strip slippery sides once you arc in them He also stressed that besides the dan gers it was also against the law. EMTs Kent Dalton and Dallin Niel sen were on hand with "Andy", tin Ambulance Team's resuscitation dum mv, to demonstrate the proper method of mouth to mouth resuscitation on a person who has stopped breathing from drowning. A cartoon film starring Dippy D. "Slav Out-St- ay Alive", was shown to the children which demonstrated ho fast the water flows in the canals and that walls of water coming down a canal can engulf an unsuspecting swimmer Dippy Duck also told the children that even a duck couldn't hold its breath long enough to go through sonic of the underground ducts the water flows through in places. A coloring book was presented to the children from the sponsors of the water safety program, Holden Irrigation Company of Holden, Chalk Creek Presenting the Dippy Duck Water Safety Program" to Fillmore Elementary children were (left to right EMT Kent Dalton, EMT Dallin Nielsen, Andy" the resuscitation dummy, all with the Fillmore Ambulance Team. Dippy Duck" (Jim Masncr of the Sheriff's Department, and Deputy Kim Ouarnbrrg Irrigation Companv of Fillmore, MeaIrrigation Company of Meadow, and the Corn Creek Irrigation Company of Kanosh. The coloring book contained the song "The Dippy Duck Song" which the children sang to the tunc of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". Dippy Duck threatened to kiss all the children who werent singing and managed to plant a few "pecks" on some of them. Deputy Quarnberg then asked what they had learned about water safety and from the replies the children seemed to have been very' impressed The program, which had been preDippy Duck (Jim Masncr, Deputy Kim Quarnberg, and EMT Kent Dalton viously presented in the Delta school, should do much toward summer safety distribute coloring book, provided by sponsor irrigation companies, to elementary childrr n during watr r sale ty program. of the Millard County children. dow |