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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, SEPTEMBER 4, 1980 NORTH DAVIS LEADER, SEPTEMBER 4, 1980 Clinton Citizens Complain About Nigh Utility Costs By MARK D. MICKELSEN CLINTON A nearly depleted water and utility fund is being blamed for Clinton citys recent utility billing increase, but Mayor Keith Cisney says there is more to the story. PEOPLE DONT have any idea how much water they use during the hot months of the summer, the mayor said Friday, attributing this as the reason behind a gathering of angry residents who demanded explanations for their high water costs at last weeks city council meeting. He explained that the increased utility costs and added water consumption combined to bring the 100 homeowners to the council chambers. munity were recently hiked $2.75 above the old cost. The fee allowed a maximum of 12,000 gallons of water per household each month. HE SAID there were plaints that meters were being read wrong, or that the meters themselves were faulty. But the mayor said this could not have happened to all of the people that showed up. He added that people complain about the problem every year, but there have never been so many at one time. WATER RATES in the com- - Though the gallon allotment is still the same, residents must pay 60 cents, rather than 40 cents, for every thousand gallons they use over the 12,000 figure. The mayor said that at the time hearings were being held to discuss the change, almost no one from the community showed up. And though he listened to the group last week, the mayor told them no resolution could be reached at the Layton By DONETA GATHERUM SOUTH WEOEH WORKERS Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Burton have enjoyed having visitors from out of state staying in their home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burton from the Seattle, Wash, area accompanied by their daughter and and baby, Kirk and Colleen White were in Layton staying with the Robert Burtons. Also visiting were Mr. and Mrs. Allen Robins and their two boys, Allen and Adam from Phoenix, Ariz. The two families came to attend the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Burtons grandson, Vern G. Robins. He was married in the Manti LDS Temple. Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Burson-in-la- By DONETA GATHERUM A summer Thanksgiving dinner would be an accurate description of the meals farmers wives and children prepared a few days each year for some special people and welcome guests the threshing men. AS LAST week's column illustrated, grain threshing in the earlier times was an involved process requiring many men and long hours of labor. n Equal to the task of threshing-graiwas the job of preparing food for the threshers. Depending on the size of the grain fields and the distance the field was from the farm house, threshers would spend from one day to a full week at one farmer's home. The farmer fed the crew during their stay. ALL THRESHING crews ate one noon meal. If the field was some distance from the house, the farmer would provide breakfast, lunch and supper for the working men. These meals would either be prepared early in the morning and taken to the threshing site by the men or else the noon meal would be delivered in a buggy by the farmers children. ELIZABETH and Alice Layton remember delivering a hot lunch to threshers working on their fathers farm in Syracuse. While the men ate their meal, the girls picked black currants to be used as filling for pies to feed the men the following day. One particular day, the Layton girls picked cattails and placed them on the bridle of their horse. The cattails irritated the animal, resulting in a No one was buggy injured. run-awa- WHEN MORE than one meal had to be prepared for the threshing crew, the farm family would start cooking about 3 a.m. Threshers expected and received a high-qualit- y hot meal. Various kinds of meats were cooked. Vegetables from the garden, hot bread, potatoes, cake, currant, raspberry and apple pies were always served to the men. potatoes, vegetables, beef and topped with a crust was a favorite threshing meal. Rice or custard pudding was served with each noon meal. Pudding would be prepared in a large milk pan. If the meal was to be eaten inside the house, the pudding pan would be placed in the center of the table. Pudding w as also carried . to the fields and left out to warm in the sun until lunch time. depleted water and utility fund, which for years helped offset the costs, can no longer be used for a barrier, he added. These things, combined with prohibitive inflation, "are Mrs. Hazen Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Larin Nalder recently returned home from a THRESHING CREWS THIS IS A typical threshers 3 cups rice pudding recipe cooked rice, I qt. milk, 3 eggs slightly beaten, 14 cup sugar, tsp. salt, 3 TB. melted butter, 2 TB cinnamon, also dashes of 1 nutmeg and lemon. Heat cooked rice and milk, pour into a pudding pan. Combine eggs, sugar, salt and butter and slowly pour the egg mixture over the top and mix well. Bake in a moderate over 40 minutes until brown on top. T o accommodate the threshers and extra company who would always stop by" Members of South Weber grain threshing crew included William Watts, Harry Lund. Farley Ray, Orville Bambrough, Ijeonard Bowman, John Allen, Dod Ray, Jack Gibson, John Ray, Fred Cobabe and Oscar Stark. at threshing time, extra leaves would be put in the dining table until the table was extended the entire length of the dining area. ALICE LAYTON tells the story of a small boy who stopped by their house just as the table was being prepared for the threshers. Mrs. Layton asked the youngster if he would like a sandwich. Looking at the quality and variety of food on the table, the child replied, "Vickie, Id rather sit up. Dr. Whitlock, the local physician was another person who would rather "sit up. His house calls often came on threshing days. WHEN THE threshers returned to work in the afternoon, the food service crew spent hours washing dishes and restocking the pantry shelf with pies, cakes and breads for the next days meals. Toward the end of the day, the children would walk out in the fields to watch the threshers work and to dig tunnels in the clean straw stack, dmg New Officers Named The Kaysville Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors elected new officers for the new 1980-8- 1 year. Gaylen Sprague, of Harry's Thrift- an installation banquet Oct. at Oakridge Country Club. Special assignments for the various Chamber activities will be assigned to members of way, became the new presi- the Chamber with committee dent with Ron Richins of chairmen Jerry Thompson Barnes Bank, vice president, and Leone Duerden of Coast to Coast as r. secretary-treasure- over membership, Doug Beatty and Helen Kah Pedersen, retail promotion: Ron Richins, economic development; and Sandy Butterfield, publicity. THE NEW officers and board are enthusiastic and look forward to a special year with the Chamber of Commerce in Kaysville. Many thanks to the past president, Ron Pearson and all those who have served this past year. THE CHAIRMEN of the Kaysville News Board are Ken Baurle of Clover Club; Dave King, teacher at Kaysville Drug; Gaylen Sprague, Harr4u Thriftway; Jerry Thompson, postmaster; Helen Kay Pedersen, First Security Bank; Valeen Thomasses, Bowman's Food Town. Also on the board are Leone Duerden, Coast to Coast; Ron Richins, Barnes Bank; and Doug Woods, Woods Insurance Agency; with Sandy Butterfield as executive secretary. CHAMBER OF Commerce-membe- rs will be welcomed at Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Scharp recently returned from a vacation tour of Europe. They flew from Salt lake City to London and crossed the English Channel by steamer to Brussels. tour was attending the Passion Play which is only presented the first year of every decade. The rest of the trip included Innsbruck, Austria through Brenner Pass traveled by bus to Amsterdam. Holland, visiting also the island of Marken and Volendam. Stops in Germany included Rome, Italy. T raveling along the Mediterranean coast to Switzerland they toured the cities of Geneva. Lucerne and Bern where they visited the LDS Temple. After a few days sightseeing in Paris, they returned home. Belgium. From there they Cologne, Heidelberg and Frankfurt. The highlight of the Creative Hair Designers Was 13 South State - Now 1475 South State, Clearfield Block North of Antelope Dr. TrChris BUT AN auditing firm, says Mayor Cisney, told the city that they had no choice but to increase the fees. An almost Layton visiting with Mrs. Sedgewicks parents, Mr. and We've Moved 1 change came all at once, citizens paying far more for the service. Wash, where they spent two weeks vacationing and visiting the Frank Burton family. David and Reah Sedgewick from Folton, Calif, are in Davis High; Doug Beatty, MEAT PIES containing HE SAID the residents are angry because the costs are so high now, and blamed the drastic increase on the fact that the city, for too long, did nothing to offset the rising water purchase fees from Weber. Rather than a gradual increase in utility fees, the ton traveled to Kirkland, combination Christensen, Stylist Darlene Noppe, Stylist T Candy Hammon, Stylist Phone 825-354- 3 Uber-ammerg- to Venice, Florence and Mr. and Mrs. Farrell Humphreys and their daughters Margo and Jodi Lowry with her son Justin, vacationed in Reno, Lake Tahoe and San Francisco recently. While in Reno thery visited with Mr. Humphreys three brothers, Wayne, Dale and Garth Humphreys and families. On returning home they attended a high school reunion at the Elko Convention Center. Mrs. Ivie Ottley and daughter Ruth Wright were honored at a birthday dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. Gary Paxman in Idaho Falls. The families of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Wright and Mr. and Mrs. Farrell Humphreys all attended. Mrs. Ottley and her daughter Ruth have birthdays on the same day. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Miller of Porterville, Calif, have been visiting with his mother, Mrs. Nora Miller for the past months and with other LIBRARY MOVIE SET Brian Hess, left, and Nathan Owen are in the proper mood for the Kaysville City Library movie about Indians set for tonight. Free movies at the Kaysville City Library are getting underway again, beginning Sept. 8. MOVIE NIGHT at the library is the first Monday of each month, at 7 p.m. at the library. The free movies are open to the public and usually last about one hour. Films of interest to families are featured with a mixture of entertaining and informative films. ON MONDAY, Sept. 8, two films will be presented; Children of the Colonial Frontier and Children of the Plains Indians. These two films present life as it may have been for young people growing up during the early days of our countrys settlement. during the year is posted at the library. HE DID say, however, that a thorough check will be made on each individuals billing to determine if mistakes were made in meter calculations, or if the computer is at fault for, the problem. He added that the concerned individuals must take it upon themselves to ask for the billing recheck. Random samples will not be made. The residents who gathered Tuesday night, the mayor said, "could not believe they were using the amount of water the city said they were using." Many of them, he asked, are probably justified in their complaints and should ask for the recheck, while others will never approach the city. THEY HAVE a right to be he said, but the unhappy, fees were raised for a good reason. He explained that since 1964, the city has experienced a 500 percent lincrease in water costs from the Weber Basin Conservancy District. And doesnt that, he added, even include labor or any repairs. 773-497- 6 Part of the South Weber threshing effort in days gone by were Dod Ray, left, John Ray, Clarence Earl, Fred Cobabe, Oscar Stark and Javk Gibson. Both photos were courtesy of Mrs. Raymond Ray and Glen Ray. meeting because they werent originally on the agenda. vacation and business trip to Oregon. Ann and Kim Harris recently returned from a two week vacation trip to Hawaii. They traveled to the five main islands in the Hawaiian chain and enjoyed all the popular island tourist activities. The trip was a delayed high school graduation present for Kim. the reasons, the he said, behind hike. PEOPLE ARE hostile, the mayor said of the increase, but added that six months of drastic changes cant be easily explained to anyone. Well deal with it. WHAT DOES HARRY GERLACH BELIEVE? INFLATION - TAXATION Inflation increases the County Budget Yearly. To combat this, the County Commission must guarantee that Every Tax Dollar produces efficiency. VOTE FOR HARRY GERLACH DAVIS COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMISSION Political ad paid by Harry Gerlach MONDAY NIGHT movies will be provided by the Kaysville City Library for the next nine months. A complete listing of the films to be shown truly Take Part In Tennis Tourney Representative for the A group of Kaysville youths participated in the Idaho Open Tennis Tournament at Sun Valley over the Labor Day holiday weekend. THOSE participating included Roger Green, Shaun People Whitesides, Cindy Miles, Katie Watkins, Christopher Watkins, Chris Freeman, Kym Palmer and Michelle Moffett, np Completes Basic Training Airman Randy L. VanAus-da- l, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alton L. VanAusdal of 857 E. Brook- shire Drive, Kaysville, has been assigned to Sheppard AFB, Tex., after completing Air Force basic training. weeks at Lackland AFB, Tex., the airman studied the Air Force mission, organization and customs and received special DURLNG THE six training in human relations. In addition, airmen who complete basic training earn credits toward an associate degree in applied science through the Community College of the Air Force. THE AIRMAN will now receive specialized instruction in the accounting and finance field. has had many years of service on a personal and community level. has enjoyed a close relationship with people as a physician. is a life long resident of Davis County. is married to Gail Whitesides 8 children. is in private practice and understands some of the problems of governmental regulations on small businesses. does not represent and is not supported by any special interest groups. Would be honored to represent - THE PEOPLE asthe Republican Candidate House of Representatives District 54 YOU Paid pol. ad by Ute Knowlton Ob Rl |