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Show DAVIS REFLEX JOURNAL, DECEMBER 5, 1984 - Si The scene of competition, the Davis be School stadium, may getting lights in its fuHigh ture, thanks to the Kaysville Rotarians and school viceprincipal Gerald Purdy and committee spearheading efforts. Members include: front, Wayne K. Sheffield, left, Steven Ashby and Richard Waite; middle, Mike Waggoner, left. Jack Oram and Harold Gailey; back, Harry Duckworth, left, Allen Strong and Mr. Purdy. many-a-spor- STADIUM LIGHTING V- - KAYSVILLE - On thinks of those numerous night football contests under those antiquated dim stadium lights and those dark brown football jerseys engulfing the brown leather football frustrating opponents and evoking numerous negative claims and charges. OPPONENTS and critics of the Tuesday, Kaysville Rotarians met u.'". Nov. 27, at the Davis High School with Vice r' ' Principal Gerald A. Purdy to g plans to spearhead a campaign to collect dona-- ; tions towards new lighting for the , . Davis High stadium. for-mali- fund-raisin- MIKE Waggoner, Rotary Chairman of the project, spoke of the importance of the project not only for school but also for community, as the stadium is used for many functions as well. Richard Waite, Kaysville Rotary Past President will be in charge of publicity and Jack Oram, Rotary will be assisting Mr. Jl::: president r Waggoner who is chairman of the service project with the help of ,ci' Davis High School and the Davis I..;- - County School District. THE KAYSVILLE Rotary Club has set up a special project fund with Davis High School and would like to provide the opportunity to contribute to the project to all alumni, of Davis High, all citizens of the greater Davis High community, Davis High fans, and Davis High opponents, present, Davis High School Stadium lights past and future, and anyone else take heart! All of that is about to looking for a worthy cause to change. The Kaysville Rotary Club which to contribute. is undertaking a community serAll contributions are vice project to replace the lights at and should be sent to: the Davis High School stadium. Davis High School, o Kaysville Beginning today and continuing Rotary Club, P.O. Box 391, Kaysthrough March 31, 1985, the Rot- ville, Utah 84037. ary Club of Kaysville in conjunction with Davis High School and THE VERY first contributor to the Davis County School District, the project is Gerald A. Purdy, vice are accepting contributions and principal of Davis High School, donations to pay for the replace- Mayor of Kaysville City, a member ment of the lights with the installaof the Kaysville and tion of a new and state of the art Rotary Club, and head football coach at Davis High from 1959-6lighting and sound system. The cost of the project has been Jerry was, and is still, often acestimated at $40,000. The Davis cused of not supporting replaceCounty School District has com- ment of the stadium lights by mitted $15,000 to the project which opposing coaches and players beis equal to the amount it has given cause of the alleged advantage the to all of the other high school sta- dim lights give the Darts and their diums in the district. The Kaysville double-win- g offense. To prove Rotary Club has committed an those numerous critics wrong and additional $5,000 to the project for bury those accusations, Jerry is a total of $20,000 already raised. pleased to donate the first $100 to' the lighting project. le c-- , MR. WAITE, publicity man, said, ts To Meet For Xmas Activity The Preceptor Iota Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will meet Dec. 7 at the Hayloft Restaurant in Roy for a dinner meeting and party with their husbands as special guests for the holiday social. THE CHAPTER Ladies Christmas party will be held on Dec. 1 1 at the home of Mrs. Millie Bates in Layton. Mrs. Jean Van Vilken-burg- h and Mrs. Maxine Leavitt will be assisting hostesses. The group will exchange gifts. They met in November at the home of Mrs. Ellie Jacobsen in Riverdale for a special Thanksgiving dinner. Their second November meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Laurel Craig in Layton. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Wallace from the Murdttck Travel Agency were the guests for- the eveningr Mr.1 Wallace showed slides of the Hawaiian Islands and told of the attractions and accommodamany THE PRESENT lighting system tions that are available. Mrs. Walat the Davis High School stadium lace talked on the proper way to was installed in 1947 as the result of select pineapple, prepare and was a lighting project that serve. spearheaded by a group of local businessmen who assisted with a SHE ALSO sang several service project. Through numerHawaiian songs and did a Hula ous individual donations the Dance, np the install to raised was money lights. The first night football game was played in the fall of that year. Davis played Jordan and E. Lee Liston was the head football coach. Jerry Purdy played tackled on the team. The Darts lost that contest to the Beetdiggers who went on to win the State Championship that year. The Davis High School Stadium is more than just a football field to the Davis High community. It is the sight of the traditional and famous 4th of July fireworks celebration held each year in conjunction with Heritage Days Celebration. The annual Davis High School Invitational Band Competition is held there as well as numerous Dance Festivals, Religipus gatherings and a host of other community activities. CHS WINNERS past-preside- nt chair- 1 8. Davis High School. The very name bespeaks traditions. One of those traditions is football and the Davis High Stadium. Included with ri,;. the mention of the stadium and football is Davis High Schools outstanding record of winning football for many years. When contem- -' ftr--, plating Davis High football, one . v::- - r! Emma S. Cox Mrs. Emma Sheets Cox, 84, of Crestwood Road, Kaysville, died Thursday, Nov. 29, 1984 at a Clearfield nursing home. Phoenix, Ariz.; Robert Cox, Los Angeles, Calif.; Shirley Rogers, Globe, Ariz.; and Lindy Lively, China Valley, Ariz. MRS. COX was born Jan. 24, West Virginia, a daughter of Wiliam and Lottie Scott Sheets. She married Stoke Dudley Cox in May of 1916 in Clarksburg, West Virginia. He died in 1929. SHE WAS a practical nurse. ters, Mildred Sheets, Greensboro, West Virginia and Rettie Elder of Canton, Ohio. Funeral services were held Monday at 11 a.m. in the Lindquists Kaysville Mortuary Chapel. Surviving are one daughter, Phyllis Barnes, Kaysville; four grandchildren, Carol Morris, BURIAL was in the Kaysville City Cemetery, np 1139 ALSO SURVIVING are two. 1900 in sis- Martha 0. Russell Funeral services Martha Clara Olson day, Nov. 30 at the Ward Chapel. She Preceptor Iota tion I Need Thee Every Hour by the Wellington Ward Choir; benediction, Gordon Olson. Dedication of the grave was by Bishop Ralph Christensen with interment in the Wellington City Cemetery. were held for Russell on FriWellington 1st died Nov. 26, 1984. BISHOP Clyde Davis of the Wellington 1st Ward officiated. Family prayer was by David Clark; prelude and postlude music, Janice Munson; musical selection, Janean Samples & Brenda Stephens, Lay My Head Beneath The PALLBEARERS were Russell . Gumbrecht, Paul Gumbrecht, Raymond Gumbrecht, Robert Taylor, Gordon Solt and Ralph Rich. Honorary pallbearers were Kurt Gumbrecht and James accompanied by Carla Park; invocation, Raymond Gumbrecht; remarks, Bishop Clyde Davis; speakers, Cloye Peterson and Asa L. Draper; musical selec Rose Taylor. FLOWERS were cared for by the Wellington 1st Ward Relief - Clinching honors from Clearfield High School in recent BYU competition were David Cramer and Ronda Sue Guthrie. 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