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Show ? Tokyo Raider To Retire HILL. APB One of General Jimmy Doolittle's "Tokyo Raiders" will retire from his second Air Force career at Hill AFB on Friday , June 2b. MR. CHASE Neilson of Brigham City will retire after lb years as a management analyst at the Hill AFB Engineering Squadron. Mr. Neilson retired once before in 11 as an Air Force lieutenant colonel, hav ing held the ratings of pilot, navigator, gunner and radar operator. His awards included the Air Medal. the Purple Hear! and a Distinguished Flying Cross which was presented to his mother posthumously while Mr. Neilson was missing in action. He was the first Ltahn to receive the DFC After the war, Mr. Neilson HE WAS a nav igator in April when his and 15 other s took off from the deck of the carrier LSS Hornet. The subsequent bombing of Tokyo inflicted a serious blow to Japanese morale and was welcomed as a sorely needed v in the L.S. Originally scheduled to land at a friendly airfield in China. Mr. Neilson's plane ran out of fuel and ditched off the coast of China near Japanese held territory. He swam ashore only to be captured by the Japanese forces. 1942 5 testified at the War Crimes Trials in Tokyo, then continued his Air Force career in various flying and maintenance positions in the Strate HE W AS held prisoner with seven other Doolittle Raiders until he and three companions were repatriated in August 1945. There story was told in the hook "Four Came Home" bv Col. Carroll V. Clines. piimary responsibility for control and eradication of weeds on his pioperty The Utah Noxious Weed Act makes provision for a county weed hoatd and weed supervisor to help control noxious weeds in the county Eleven weeds are de- vioild is ,t small world wlitie evt-- t vtlimg iliiklu'i! usiialK srt'ii is uiii ut cai Ii. Not so auhe i hililu n s set lion wheie iltr.i-tiaot tin North Bi.inih lihurv in Cleat Glailvx Smith holds up )opular Beatiix Potter l ittle in ohlita tc.t st lor " in l ittle Boohs lot ' A i SMALL WORLD fk-ld- . By BUT THERE is no denying that the Czech has copied "It's a That is, they're patterned for the small people. Serious study can be done at tables on harder chairs again, made just for the kids There's a beanbag chair for some lucky soul and a w hole magazine table geared for youngsters. Benches are lower as is the reading table. JUST LIKE the song made famous at Disneyland and around the world by recordings and TV, there's a "small world waiting for your child at the North Branch, Davis County Library in Clearfield. Its small in every sense except the warmth and enthusiasm of children's librarian Gladys Smith, largely responsible for the transformation from a section of the library marked for children but with d chairs and all. AND SINCE it's been installed that table is seldom free of kids reading the magazines that range from "Humpty Dumpty" to "National Geographic World" and "Sesame Street," Mrs. Smith says, noting, "They just love the furniture. It's just the right size that's" what they all say ." The children consider that area of the library as "then room" and she tries to make them feel welcome. "They're always treated special and adult-size- INSTEAD, THERE are padded chairs like you might find in your living room where the kids can relax with a good book. But, as the kids say, "theyre just the right size. Main cially noted, circulation all have special needs." o II climbed and such ot. ate popular and the siiiiur.ei with reading prog-ta- In is addition, MRS. SMITH has read most of the hooks she considers spe- cial. and constanly has her nose in a hook so she can recommend one with personal assurance of its contests. She is bilingual and able to assist patrons. "1 also try to emphasize making the connection between a book and its author so a child can learn the author is a think it's impoi real person. tunt," she says, adding. "1 love working here." Spanish-speakin- u RAILROAD representatives contacted the city by mail recently urging officials to contribute $18,000 toward crossing arms on Main Street and 1000 West. Railroad or $9,000. officials agreed to pay into the project if the city makes the contribution. Councilmembers leaned toward the installation of the Main Street crossing based accis on one fatal and several dents. A Clearfield motorcyclist was killed one-hal- f, near-mis- recently when he eif idcd with ing through the xro"ui.:. a train x ' Under 21: No Liquor CLEARFIELD Local store owners caught selling alcoholic beverages to anyone under age 21 will be in violation of a newly devised city ordinance. spelling out specific .me limit ot ions. THE ORDINANCE, adopted unanimously by the city council last week, clarifies an existing statute prohibiting the sale of liquor to "minors." Claiming that the word "minor" was too vague, city attorney Alf VanWagenen asked the council to amend the ordinance. City Manage! i.:y ie Marks questioned mi w tth famiwhether re'iden'x unbet 2 lies of their own. wo aid a wo he excluded from buying aLota ' Founders Day In Syracuse n 1 r. chuiex uvm ,,nd organiza- tion' SING E uiion- le-t'- iv - arc made nn atr'i come first serve basis. i0 gam it ions wishing to re'erve booth xptU.e should cal! iT.mvdiateiy to inxiite ttieir fli't .Li vc I o reserve a booth call Susan Martin Arrangement' for power, water or o'.riei spe.i.il equipment rm,--- t rr.jje attre time booth space is re sc v eJ FuMi organization is response l io 'el up and take down their own booth, and lor cleanA ou must ing p 'he.! area, DR. RAMPTON is a Ttative of Kaysville and graduated i pro Clark W., Connne and Brear. ne. will make their home in Farmington. tu1- err j, ou r ow n e e- cv. So chairs. i.irds and - wer'e j .ibc'r J j IN Borg as other words t hackhne unseats who fm.tllv number-one- . Governor Names Dona Wayment To Senate Seat Of Her Husband SALT LAKE ClfV - Sunset who was top with 2 votes. Mrs Dona Wayment, Clinton, was appointed last week to fill the unexpired term ot her late husband State Senator Sherman A. Wayment, who died of a heart attack while jogging June 1. 2b0. vote-gette- r Wayment received 2s committee ballots, I w o others w ho sought nomination. Clearfield Mayoi Donal Iownlev and Don I Bush, also of Clearfield, received 14 votes each THE APPOINTMENT was made Syracuse Bv VIRGINIA BENNETT 5 Judge and Mrs. James O. Della Silva are back in the Sy racuse home after a most enjoyable trip for the past five weeks. They traveled by plane to Cairo. Egypt where they were guestsof their son and his family. Mr. and Mrs. James H. Della Silva who is a logistic officer for ihe Air Force with the Egyptian government. Tel-Avi- v Jeruxelem visiting Governor Scott DIS I KICT 21 serves the northwest portion of Davis County and extends into W ber County. The meeting was attended by Weber Countv Central Committee officers and district leaders. In making the appointment. e- Davis County Republican While in Cairo they visited places such as the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, the Valley of the inKings, and various other flew to They teresting places. Israel and spent a week there visiting some Hebrew friends, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Frost, whom they meet three y ears ago in l.ishan. Another five days was spent in by Matheson from among three names recommended by the Beth- lehem, the Sea of Galilee, the Mount of Olives, etc. Central Committee. Mrs. Wayment will fill the unexpired term of her husband until 1982. He was elected in 1978 to represent Senate District 21. Governor Matheson s.nd. T)vna shares her husband's interest in polities and public OTHER NAMES submitted issues and they often woiked by the GOP Central Committogether as a team. I believe tee for consideration by the that Dona's past involvement governor were Henry J. in public issues makes her exDickamore, South Weber, ceptionally well qualified to rewho received 25 committee place her husband as icpresen-tativof Senate District 21. votes; and Kay Browning of v TOM Bl SSEI.BERG Bl I BA and I. ii ue perple are really nice, she says, not- hnothx will he otinder's part oi Syracuse Dav. July 2' Ihe selling of lov'd Hem', games, and has been a good monei rr .iking activity for ( onsC'-io- marked the graJune 4, duation date for Dr. Clark B. Rampton, as he completed his two year advanced orthodontic program at the University of Southern California. He previously graduated from the University of Southern California with his doctor of dental surgery degree after his lour year program there, and is a bachelor of arts graduate from the U. of U. 1981 Layton, and their family. yes MDM Completes Schooling from Davis High School. He is announcing the opening of his practice at 95 South Main, in the Corners Profession Bldg., where he will join his father. Dr. Jack A. Rampton in his orthodontic practice. CLARK AND his wife, the former Sherrie Whitman of 'aid stroker. in super-patien- BI T SHE admits that m.iny people will be missed, from those she spoke to only over the phone to others she was able to see in person. In fact, in her years at "the board." only two people hav e ev er really e anger. One was upset because she couldn't be connected to the correct party. But the power was out and there was no way to do it. she recalls, noting the other time a women was upset because Mrs. Brown didn't recognize the name being asked tor. AR-tfl I) ee limit ilmn has THE 21-been accepted on a state wide basis. explained and icomnended that the ordinance aiiw minion1 be adopted At.EM McEnroe, another I HOSE WORDS have been repeated dozens of times each work day for the past 12 vears by Ruth R. Brown. Davis School District's switchboard operator. Since last Friday J hough. Mrs. Brown has been able to practice using her v ocal chords for other pursuits day and night, after laying down ihe phone al the switchboard for Ihe Iasi time. Expressing the belief that "life is too short" not to he busy in things you enjoy, she says it's time to move on to another part of life. That will include a lot of traveling, with San Francisco and New Enon the doi kcl el, aid .ii call t ANW 2 1 FARMING ION "Davis School District. ..I'll ring for you." s . urged to call the Extension or Service office at the Horticultural Farm at I he county weed department is located at the county shops, Farmington and south call Kaysville and both ext. north call Lendl's calm. 1MBI F DON, which will probably he in progress or even over when you read this, will be another sensational lesi for Borg He has won ihe french title six times and should he do this at ondon. there's no doubt he would go down in history as the greatest plaver ever to swing a racket But even Borg can't go on fotever. it nuv he someone like I endl. and not John W - pos- THE CONSEYSl S of tiie couneil wax that placing crossing ainix along Main Street will make the ,uea more safe for motorists and pedeMti. ns t ouncilmcm-berleaned away from tie uui W ext crossing. despite r.iib'i, n! MTniM' conclusions that the area hoLL omc ot the same types of dangers. The council asked t it M.magei tiavle "tie possibility of Starks to "cheek i:v funding for only L ,. Mam S revt crossing. "If there is a tram sonurg. it uo'singi may save a life." Counciini.ii' N Mon Hamblin said, mdm ATI in Davis County revealed five new noxious weeds not listed in ihe Weed Act. Some ot the weeds of most concern in Dav is County are weeds even on point after point going or even thirty strokes. Of course, that's on slow clav. but it nevertheless testifies to Familiar Voice Leaves Switchboard By car-trai- n g 1 I 11 NOW some of the more popular hooks are spe by L more mistakes, and one needn't wonder at that, for he's just 21. He played Botg a and a reference section and catalog are available. dewing the latgesl ctowd ot any county library with nearly 40 attending the opening day last week lo Luther help the kids, popuiat collections and types ot hooks ai e specially marked. sUs h as the Beatrix Potter stories-. placed near a sign that says. "T ittle books for liny little hands " Other popular bool s ate set on topofthe low-reading shelves just waiting to he checked out w hile picture hooks are placed in one urea. Street Crossing Arms The Clearfield City CLEARFIELD Council vowed Tuesday night to look into the possibility of installing railroad crosinsing arms near a dangerous tersection on Main Street. g paperback section has proven popular tin o,.s at a!" i has awatd-winmn- hooks as receive the Newberrv award for writing and Caldecott for illustrations are noted. RN1IIK1-- . alone doesn't v make, olcour'e. Pea-t-i'e- s Ul'i as the vveehly story Vne Long Friday ah1! in ihe Weed Act. All eleven are found in Davis County In addition, a 9S0 survey of new exotic noxious Utah Borg's style and that his foreis especially wicked. Time and again he pushed Borg hard with that forehand In the end. endl made hand FARMERS AND homeowners needing help or information on weed identification are toe lo twenty . twenty PETE FRITIl H1F Bjorn Borg almost met his match at Paris Ivan Lendl plays his type of game and is younger but he was careful enough and with icy nerves w on the fiv e set final at Roland Garras Stadium his sixth French Open title. dyers woad. buffalo burr, and giant whitetop. Dyers woad is very prominent and is recognized by its bright yellow flowers and its winged seed pod. Buffalo burr is a new It has weed to the county leaves similar to a watermelon leaf and a spiney. yellow hurt. Giant whitetop is found in many places in Davis County and is spreading rapidly. It has yellow flowers at maturity and has oblong, sharply toothed leaves. signated noxious weeds laud' I CLEARFIELD ti 1 1 t small world, after all. it's a small world after all... 1 MR. NEILSON and his wife Cleo plan a retirement spent fishing and travelling throughout the IS. and abroad. Tough Tennis Weed Problems A weed has often been defined as a plant out of place. Weeds reduce the yield and quality of farm crops and present a menace to the homeow ner. A survey in Idaho last year estimated weeds losses in that st.ite to he in excess of $5(81 million a vear. THE LANDOWNER has ihe gic Air Command. 'b ing it goes both ways. It hasn't been people who've created the real problems. but the phone systems they've installed. Mrs. Brown has studiously kept a green notebook since she started, logging the problems encountered. WHEN SHE started in August 1969. she was the first employee in the then new administration building. The district had formerly been housed in the sounhouxe across the constreet and "Information tinued to give out the courthouse number. As with anything new. she recalls, there were problems from the start. Ihe phones .io! ild rmc all night, tuii'teix would be cut off or phones disconnected. It got so bad that by September they tried a new switshboarj but it was even worse. So they went back to OPERATOR RETIRES the first one. AND IF the equipment was the phone number wouldn't be. For a while, the district's numbers were being changed at the rate of what seemed like once a month. The in order recordings wouldn't reflect that and no one would know where to call. Even some district employees couldn't keep up with the numbers' For a while, calls were coming in asking to speak to the Kaysville City Hall, thanks to provided by the telephone company's "411" number. But she hastens to pat them on the hack, noting. "One thing about Ma Bell, when you have a problem they really try to help." AND SHE marvels at how the repairmen can make sense out of the seemingly endless wires that must he patched correctly. Added to that is a respect for the American telephone system after traveling in Mexico, where she says you nev er can get connected to the right number. After Bendint lift eat to aitxwci (alls limn inis ot thousands ovet the pax! 12 veals, si liool ili'tiM telephone operator Ruth R Bi ou n ot l.innmgtoii is h.uigmg up the phone lor one last time and looking loiviaid to seeing mote ot the woild in tetnement Perhaps more so than many Perhaps one of the most . because of her position, Mrs. Brown realizes the problem besetting county residents trying to call from one end to the other. That is supposed to becorrectedby early nextyear with countywide dialing. toll-fre- e AS IT stands now. she has had to spend time transferring calls from one end to the other time when she should have perhaps responded more quickly to other calls, she adds. memorable day s w as w hen the power went out from 11:40 am to 5: 15 p.m "1 hat was a ' quiet day .' she recalls, laughing. "People nulling in still got a ring so can Uxt imagine what they were saving about me MRS. BROW N, it can readily be seen, has enjoyed her work, and urges others to do the same or change their jobs. She is now taking that advice. |