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Show Utah Press Association 467 E. 300 So. SLC, UT 84111 JU The Voice of Me 30' Sanpete County Number Two Family homeless v'v: : - The Eddie Pederson family was left homeless Friday morning when flames from an apparently overheated chimney whipped through their home in Spring City. With winter temperatures dipping to the 20 degrees below zero mark, Mrs. Pederson was barely able to escape with her MT. PLEASANT low temperatures well as in many pi nation last weel breaking snowfal and much of the Deep snow and failed locally as if the rest of the lowing record-ughoSanpete y- - 'hy Ted Olsen of the id1 Station list the Snow College W following high ,2xfdw temperatures, Jan. 1. - 39T25 and .30 which came as rain and 6 inches of snow; Jan. 2- - 29, 2 below zero and .21 moisture falling as S inches of snow; Jan.3- - 28, 6, .03 as one half inch of snow; Jan 4- - 31, zero, .31 as 4 inches of snow; Jan. 5- - 40, 28, .51 as 11 inches of snow; Jan. 6- - 24, 12, .06 as 2 and moisture On Jan. - xxx $ ? v,! yAv .vy4 yv ? By Ellen Robinson An early morning SPRING CITY fire last Friday left a Spring City family homeless and completely destroyed their rock and wood home on one of the coldest mornings of the season. The family home of Ed and Bessie Pedersen was destroyed when an apparent overheated chimney completely engulfed the structure as temperatures two children. She fled barefoot up the street in the freezing snow carrying her pa jama-cla- d children to a neighbors to summon help. The home, which was completely destroyed, belonged to Sterling Patten of Orem and was not insured. temperatures prevail in Sanpete Sub-zer- o Figures suppli ,85 X x-- Flames destroy house; mother children escape iyce l- inches of snow. On Jan. 7 the high in Ephraim was 19 with a low of 28 degrees below zero and no moisture. Northern parts of the valley reported even lower tem- peratures with unofficial estimates as low as 30 degrees below around Fair-vieand Ftn. Green and 40 degrees below at Indianola. Scofield on the other side of the mountain, reported a 45 degree below temperature. Jan. 8 the high dropped from the previous days 19 to 5 above but the low came up a little rising from 28 below to 24 below zero. Other readings until this week were Jan. 9 26, 9 below zero, no moisture; Jan. 10 35, zero, no moisture; Jan. 11, 28, 3 degrees below and no moisture. The US Soil Conservation Service reported the following Sno Tel reports from stations on the Manti LaSal mountains: Beaver Dams up 12 Mile Creek, 7.8 inches of water for a 150 percent average; Mammoth snow-measuri- Ranger Station up Fairview Canyon, 15.9 inches of water for a 177 percent average; Pickle Keg Springs up Salina Canyon, 11.5 inches of water for a 160 percent average; and Seely Creek with 12 inches of water for a 176 percept, r " ' average. No full official snowfall survey was taken the latter part of December as sub-zer- Pedersen had arisen that morning and, as usual, started a fire to warm the house before leaving at 4:30 a m. for work on the early shift at Deer Creek Coal Mine. At 6:30 a.m. his wife, Bessie, was old sleeping with her four-yea- r daughter who had gotten in bed with her after her Daddy went to work. Suddenly she was awakened by her old sons screams. She smelled smoke and rushed to the babys room. As had been planned because of blizzard conditions in the mountains and the inability of helicopters to get into the area, according to Earl Tuttle of the Soil Conservation Service in Manti. Tuttle said, however, a survey will be made if weather permits the last of this month. Guard sets dedication MT. PLEASANT Plans are now underway for the dedication of the new National Guard Armory south of the city, according to Sgt. Chesley Christensen of the 1457th Engineer Battalion. dipped to 20 degrees below zero during o cold spell which hit the the valley following an earlier snow storm last week. Mrs. Pedersen entered the bathroom, which she had to go through to get to the child's room, she saw flames in the wall and was blinded by smoke. She grabbed a towel and rushed to the baby, putting it over his face and ran with him to the front room. Mrs. Pedersen got her children out the door and started back in to get shoes and coats but the whole house had burst into flame. She fled up the street and around the corner on this bitter cold morning in her bare feet and nightgown, carrying her pajama-clachildren. She knocked at one neighbors door but could not arouse them, then ran next door to Chad Becks trailer. The Becks were up and immediately admitted Mrs. Pedersen and called the emergency COMSAN number. The County Sheriff triggered the alarm in via Spring City automatically d The ceremonies will begin with the dedication of the new Armory Saturday March 6 at 2 p.m. and will be followed by a military band concert. A military ball is planned for nine oclock that evening, telephone. At 7:05 a.m. Spring City residents heard the alarm go olf and volunteer firemen rushed to the station. Four minutes later the pumper truck rolled out of the station headed for the fire on First East between First and Second North, only 2 and a half blocks away. Eleven members of the volunteer fire department fought the blaze, along with DeVon Beck, Rick Allen, Rick Dyches, Steven Strate, Mike Sorenson, and Joe Bennion who came out to help on this frigid morning. The firemen were only able to contain the fire, as the rock and wood home was engulfed by flames when they arrived. 475 feet of hose were used between the house and the fire hydrant, half a block away, and from the pumper truck to the house. The firefighters drenched the house with water to extinguish the flames. were soaked by Many of them hoses end were the from backspray soon coated with ice. Mrs. Pedersen reported that icicles hung from the mens mustaches and beards and some of their clothes were sheeted with ice. Some of the volunteers suffered frostbite on ears and face. It took about four hours to completely put out the fire, which Fire Chief Howard Koyle reported was probably started by an overheated chimney. The Pedersens were renting the home from Sterling Patten of Orem and were not covered by fire insurance. They had recently purchased some new furniture Continued to Page Three NS enters 11 in Sterling Scholar competition MT. PLEASAN- T- Eleven North daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Val San3.599 gpa and has Sanpete High School students have derson and has a been named to represent their school in participated in school musical and the annual Central Utah competition drama productions. She has won awards in state and region meets for which will be held on April 6 in her work. The contestants will compete with Mathematics students from Manti, Juab, Wasatch Valerie Krouth, Mathematics, Mt. Academy, Gunnison, Millard, Delta, North Sevier, Piute, Richfield, South Pleasant. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Krouth and has a 4.0 Sevier, Wayne and Tintic. Representing North Sanpete will be: gpa and is presently preparing a survey on the effects of gravitation and making a geographic slide presentation. She English and Literature has won several awards and is an acMarli Mickel, English and complished violinist. Literature. Marli is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mickel of Spring City. Social Science She has a 3.78 gpa, is editor of the school Dawn Bynum, Social Sciences, Mt. newspaper and a member of the girls Pleasant. Dawn is the daughter of Mr. She on is basketball and track teams. the drill team and was a winner in and Mrs. Charles Bynum and has a 3.85 gpa. She has held school leadership business meets. positions including president of the and Drama Speech sophomore class and is a member of the Connie Sanderson, Speech and honor society. She was named NS Drama, Fairview. Connie is the Junior Miss. Cen-terfiel- d. Dawn Bynum Social Science t 4 Laurie Hall Music Visual Arts clothing classes and has been actively involved in several projects and won awards at the county fair. 4-- Kathleen Mayers, Visual Arts, Mt. Pleasant. Kathleen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Mayers, and has a 3.977 gpa. She is editor of the yearbook and has done illustrations for the school newspaper. She has won several art awards and is an honor student. Moun-tainvil- Vocational Education Brent Lee Sorensen, Vocational Education, Spring City ; Brent is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lee Sorensen and has a 3.0 gpa. He plays several instruments in band and enjoys making things in the shop department. He is an Eagle Scout. Homemaking Trudy Gilgen, Homemaking, Ftn. Green. Trudy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gilgen and has a 3.9 gpa. She is FHA president and a member of the yearbook staff. She has taught Connie Sanderson Speech and Drama 4-- Marli Mickel English and Literature Science Jed Brewer, Science, Moroni. Jed is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Brewer. Business Education Suzanne Turpin, Business Education, Fairview. Suzanne is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Turpin and has a 3.8 gpa. She is editor of the yearbook and secretary of the honor society. She has won honors in commercial meets. Music Laurie Hall, music, Fairview. Laurie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hall. She has a 3.8 gpa, plays flute in band and also plays piano, guitar, accordian, piccolo, clarinet, ukelele, organ and concertina. She plays by ear Continued to Page Three Trudy Gilgen liomemaking Jed Brewer Science Suzanne Turpin Business Education Valerie Krouth Mathematics Kathleen Mayers Visual Arts Brent Sorensen Vocational Education Bobette Allred General Scholarship I |