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Show I WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, APRIL 17. 1980 The Leander Henry family, at their Verdeland Park home in Layton, about 1960, wrere among early Blacks who settled in North Davis. Pictured are Jaquelyn, left, Darnell, Leander, Katie, his wife, Debra, Elaine, Delores, Beverly and two friends. BLACKS SETTLE IN NORTH DAVIS Though Utahs Black population has never been large, it has played an important role in Utah's history. Utahs Black experience began during the exploration and fur trapping period with the visits of James P. Beckwourth and others in the area. Three Blacks (Green Flake, Oscar Crosby and Hark Lay) arrived with the original Mormon pioneer band in the Salt Lake Valley (1847) and by 1850, fifty Blacks resided in the Utah TerThis quotation is ritory. taken from a Utah Historical Society publication. LN 1886, two troops of the 9th Cavalry came to Fort Duchesne. These Black men Jerry Thompson, with the Davis County Health Department tests the emissions on a van at one of the IS YOUR CAR POLLUTING? introduce the program to the free clinics held to help By DICK STl'CKI vehicle emission testis being introduced to vehicle owners in Davis County by the Davis County Health Department. A new ing program IN AN effort to help reduce air pollution problems in Davis County the Health Department is holding free clinics to test the automobile emissions of your vehicle. County residents are being encouraged to take the five minute test. The men will place a probe in your tail pipe and test the levels of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons. ACCORDING to Bryant Evenson, registered environmental health specialist, some of the reasons to have the tests are: Improved fuel economy; reduced air pollution; and improved public health. The free tests will be con- ducted at the Five Points Shopping Center, 1606 South Main, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, April 16, 17, 18. 19X0, from 10a.m. to6p.m. emission controls are often not realized due to lack of proper maintenance. The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 singled out these emission tests as the main way of inspecting vehicles to be sure that they are not polluting at unsafe levels. y THE PROGRAM will become mandatory in 1982. And if the program is made mandatory, you will have to have your car tested just like you have it inspected each year. If the program is made mandatory by the federal government, the state will have to conform to the program or it THE TESTS will also be given the following week at the Lakeside Shopping Center, 389 South State, Clearfield, on April 23, 24, 25, 1980. Mr. Evenson says that they hope to educate the people in the county that emission testing can help them save money. It is also intended to help you learn how to take better care of your car. prob-aW- HIGH LEVELS of automotive pollutants in the air, says Evenson, effect all of us and can be especially bad for children, the aged and those with respiratory and heart ailments. The standards that your car must meet were set by the EPA under the authorization of Congress. One of the main problems in Davis County, according to Evenson, diers. would not receive federal funds. AFTER THE health department tests your car, they will give you literature that will explain some of the areas you can have checked on your own. It will give advice for if you have high carbon monoxide, or if you have high hydrocarbons. The county is also giving out tips to help you save on your gasoline consumption. is smog. And autos are the major contributor to unhealthy air. EVENSON SAID, that although your car may have emission control equipment designed for low pollution levels, the effects of these SM5JWXiSS55KS:: Drive Set For Sat. Saturday, April 19 is the Kaysville American Legion Post monthly newspaper and scrap aluminum drive. Trucks manned by the legionnaires will cover the town to pick up these items as a fund raising project. There motto is Keep It is sugKaysville Kleen. gested that the old newspapers and aluminum be put out on the curb by 9 a.m. for easy pickup. It is requested that newspapers be boxed, bagged, or tied. THE LEGIONNAIRES have been pleased in the past with the cooperation from the citizens and ask for your continued support. The money generated for the Legion through this drive is used to support its many service projects and programs. Everyone that helps with this drive is helping many others. Each 100 families that receive a daily newspaper generate ' tons of news print each month. The newspapers and aluminum scrap and cans can also be Rummage Sale Set For April 24th CLEARFIELD A rummage sale will be held at the Clearfield Community ALL IN THE FAMILY Raising their children to become Eagle Scouts is a goal that was recently realized by Mr. and Mrs. Ace Allred, 585 Julie. Layton, when their youngest son, Kevin, received his Eagle award on March 22. THE ALLREDS are the parents of four sons, all Eagle Scouts. All the Allred boys attended the Court of Honor when Kevin received his . " award and all were dressed in their scout uniforms. Kevins grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.- Rodney Childs, of MRS. ALLRED started her boys out in the Cub Scouting program. She worked as a cub leader while her boys were active in the program. Mr. Allred supported his sons by . all graduated from Layton High School. Kevin is a sophomore at Layton High this year. John served an LDS mission to Indiana. He worked a short time as a scoutmaster before going on his mission. He mai They live ried Malinda Hansen of MRS. ALLRED says earning Eagle Scout ranks is a fami- Layton and they are the parents of a three month old baby boy. John lives in Syracuse and is employed at the Albertson Warehouse in North Salt Lflkc BRICE ALLRED married Kathy Adams from Morgan. ly affair. She believes the scouting program helped her raise her family by giving the boys something constructive to do. She says scouting helps boys set goals and gives them foresight to help them with everyday living.dmg -- coaching Little League base- -' ball and basketball teams. The family is interested in camping and outdoor activities and this helped the boys earn many badges in scouting. Mrs. Allred gives considerable credit to Dee King and Craig Snow for the hours they spent working as scoutmasters for the Allred boys and other members of Troop 206. THE THREE oldest Allred boys, John, Bruce and Gary, in South Weber. Bruce works for Jim Bundy in construction. Gary is currently working at Clover Club Foods. Church, 200 S. 500 E., dear-fiel- d on April 24 from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Friday April 25 from 9 a.m. until 12 noon. THERE WILL be clothes, dishes, and all types of rummage on sale. Light refreshments will be sold. V. Cwrtfier Appointed Dance Club Closes LAYTON Victor G. Season OGDEN The Variane Dance Club invites the public to the closing dance of their 1979-8- 0 season to be held at 9 p.m. on April 18 in the Weber State College ballroom. Music is by Soft Touch. Refresh- ments will be served and Crowther,301 North Main No. 108, Layton, has been appointed an agent by the state Insurance Co. All- HE WILL sell the companys full circle of auto, life, health, property and business insurance. He will represent the Allstate Motor Club and Econo-Rat- e financing. He also will assist local groups in promoting traffic safety to help THE PURPOSE of the dance is to acquaint dancers in the non-prof- it tastes highlights the eight reduce highway deaths and accidents. Crowther is a graduate of Weber High School in Ogden and also graduated from B YU. He is married and the father of one child. CROWTHER has com- pleted Allstate's professional insurance course at the Allstate Research Center, Menlo Park, Calif., and is located at the Ogden Sears store at 3625 all Ave. monthly dances held each season beginning in September. Membership dues are $25 per couple. Registration for the 1980-8- 1 season will begin at the dance and will continue through July. For further information, call Barbara and Gordon Yurth, Olive and Lane Nal-de- r at Del Mar and 825-983- 376-296- 6; Judy Stevens, 376-487- 4 John and Connie Alberts, had well-establish- Black populations. WORLD WAR II prompted the rapid growth of Hill AFB and both military and civilian employees moved into northern Utah. Among the many new arrivals to Davis County were three Black families the Ralph Price family, the Leander Henry family and the James Spinks family. Ralph Price was probably the first Black man to establish residency in Davis County. U.S. Army Air Corp 1st Sgt. Price was stationed at Hill AFB in 1942. He had under his command 250 men assigned to the dual purpose of constructing roads and air strips and of landscaping the base. AFTER HIS discharge, Mr. Price would return to Hill AFB to drive the Hill Field train and to work as a master mechanic. There was a critical housing shortage in the county during the 1940s. Temporary trailer houses were erected near Hill AFB on Laytons north section of Main Street until several government housing projects could be completed Sahara Village, near the Main Gate of Hill AFB; Anchorage, across the street from the Naval Supply Depot or the present-da- y Freeport Center; Verdeland Park, where the Layton City offices and Layton High School now stand and the Arsenal Village in Roy. BLACK families, like so many other families, found homes in these government housing units. Ralph Price lived in the or Davis County realtor but also listed by multiple listing with a real estate firm in Ogden. Mrs. Spinks called the Ogden firm, viewed the home and signed the necessary purchase papers on a weekend. It was Monday morning before the Davis County realtor realized the sale had been made. Mr. Spinks recalls he was apprehensive about the reception he would receive when he moved into his new home. The first day, a Catholic neighbor and a Mormon neighbor both came to the Spinks home to make the new family feel welcome in the neighborhood. They never felt any racial prejudice from their neighbors. Whitesides School. Their daughter, Beverly, graduated from Davis High in 1959. Other Black students including Eddie Tillman, J.L. Dixon and Bobbie Lee attended Davis and graduated about this same time. Leander Henry became involved in Layton Community affairs, especially the recreation programs. Jay Starkey and Mr. Henry were in- strumental in organizing Little League baseball in Layton. Mr. Henry coached Little League teams for many years. purchased a spacious older home from a private individual. When they moved into this house, located at 933 West Gentile, Layton, they became the first Black people to own property in Davis County. James Spinks approached - FOUR SPINKS children graduated from Davis High School and two graduated the leading real estate firm in northern Davis County about purchasing a home and was told there were no listings available in Davis County but there were several nice homes near Wall Ave. in Ogden. He contacted another realtor who told him selling to Blacks would cause him to lose business. This man suggested Spinks might want to build from Layton High School. Since the 1940's when the Price, Henry and Spinks families moved to Layton, many other Black families have located in the county. These people have contributed to the of their neighborhoods and communities, dmg Sahara Village first, then moved to Ogden for a short time when he was joined by his wife, Ruby, and their children. The Price family settled in Verdeland Park. RALPH retired from Hill AFB civil service in 1963. He then went to work for Layton city, retiring from this job in 1978. Ruby Price started teaching school in Utah at the Intermountain Indian School in Brigham City in 1950. Her career with the Davis County 1963. area with the quality entertainment the club provides. A range of music which appeals to adults with varying Insurance Co. Agent Elementary School District began at Verdeland Park School in admission is free. Centerfield, Utah also attended the Court of Honor. Layton where all of their four sons have achieved the Eagle Scout rank. They are John, left, Bruce, Gaiy and Kevin Allred. Verdeland Park School and Lake City tinue to support your local Legion post in this drive, np Allred resident in another Black regiment, was stationed at Fort Douglas in Salt Lake 24th Infantry, City. When Black families moved to Utah, they settled in the industrial centers where they could find employment. By 1940, both Ogden and Salt turned into Carl's Chevron Station at the comer of Main and 2nd North. Please con- Its all for one and one for four at the Ace Buffalo SolTen years later, the listed through the leading THE RALPH Price family were called public. down by the lake, away from other people. THE SPINKS family was determined to stay in the Layton area. They found a home in the Vae View subdivision that was WHEN THE U.S. government closed the housing projects, the Black families who lived there were forced to look for homes to buy or to rent. Most of the families moved into Ogden. Leander Henry contacted a real estate company and was told there was no housing available in Davis County for a Black family. He still remembers the hurt feelings he had when people who he had lived, worked and played with for over 20 years refused to sell him a home. The Henry family moved into a nice residential section of Ogden. JESSE RUTH Price, their daughter and Edna Pearl Bolden, a niece, were among the first Black students to attend Davis County schools. James Spinks was stationed at Hill AFB in 1945. He met a girl, Willa May Payne, and eventually they married. Miss Payne attended Davis High School in 1944. When her father, who worked for the railroad, was transferred to Nevada, she moved with the family and did not graduate from Davis High. JAMES SPINKS left this area in 1946 and then returned to Layton in 1950 after he was discharged from the service. The Spinks family lived in the temporary trailer homes and then in Sahara Village from January 1951 to August 1953. In 1953, the family moved to Verdeland Park. Mr. Spinks as a civil service employee at Hill AFB. Leander Henry started working at the Naval Supply Depot in Clearfield in 1945. His family lived in Sahara Village. When they moved into Verdeland Park in 1946, they became the first Black family to live in this housing project. THE HENRY children attended Hill Top School, Woods Cross High sophomores Blair PARAMED PROGRAM By TOM BUSSELBERG WOODS CROSS When some students at Woods Cross High School hear that a man has suffered third degree bums in a news report, theyll have more than just an inkling of what that means. BECAUSE FOR 90 of them, one hour a day was spent over the past week learning lifesaving procedures in the Paramed program, a new life- saving techniques program geared to teach all county resie and up, dents, 14 what to do to aid a stricken patient until the paramedics or other help arrives. There are three types of years-of-ag- burns, volunteer Paramed Instructor Karen Edson told A first degree the students. means red skin, second degree affects skin tissue and third has destroyed all skin layers down to the bone. A second degree bum should be kept in cold water for 0 minutes, she explained. 15-2- A PATIENT suffering third degree burns, on the other hand, should be placed in a sheet or pillow slip something sterile, Mrs. Edson said. The biggest problem with bums is infection. People often get pneumonia and die. Turning to poisoning, she said the University of Utah Medical Centers poison control center should be contacted To dilute the immediately. poison with milk is the best Kent and Tim Marsh apply diopulmonary techniques resuscibaby during paramed class. g dont induce vomiting, she cautioned the students, unless so instructed by the poison center. THE CLASS wasnt only lecture. Near the end, students were turned loose to try some of the techniques theyd learned. That included cardiopulmonary resuscitation on resusciannis or practicing the Heimlich manuever, used to free dislodged items in someones throat, preventing choking. life-savi- Students appeared in- terested in the class, intently watching the demonstrations and asking questions. Student Troy March said of the class, Ive learned a lot from this. Im getting certified in CPR. THE WOODS Cross class was a first in Davis County, but may lead to similar classes in other schools and throughout the county to adults, as well. In fact, Allan Parker, who is coordinating the program for the county health department, says he has a battery of instructors trained" and ready to provide instruction to anyone interested. ALL IT takes is a group of 10 people, from friends and neighbors to members of a so- cial club, church or civic group. In four hours, they can receive the instruction. A $3 donation to help cover material costs is all that is asked in return, he says. car- to It was organized for the great need recognized for citizens to respond to an emergency in the proper way, Mr. Parker says. If a trained bystander or citizen can do something to keep a patient breathing for three minutes (until help arrives) it can mean saving a life. CPR administered within one minute of trouble can mean a 98 percent chance for recovery. That diminishes to only eight percent in seven minutes and a patient could actually be dead within four-si- x minutes if nothing is done, Mr. Parker notes. Speaking of the instructors he says, I think they are the best we can find. We have outstanding emergency medical services in Davis County. They're really great but it still e takes minutes for them to get there (to an accident, etc.). Well save some lives in Davis County. two-thre- vy pvncnudl 51 single person c his neighbors tc have the class Mr. Parker poir The program successfully in ! where it origii years ago. Thosi information si health departme or 773- 295-239- 4 |