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Show f i 3 4 i WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, MAY 6, 1982 r f i v 1 A n n n 7 H t. Good Seek Insurance Health At 88 Years 8ITI6S: Kaysville City Corp. invites proposals for furnishing public liability, casualty and fire in- surance as specified. Interested parties may obtain By NORMA PREECE ? J I the Utah State Board of Health for a four year term He retired in 1962 as director of the Davis County Health Dept, and his life has been filled with a vast number of hobbies. Dr. D. Keith Barnes, a prominent Davis County phy now retired, observed his 88th birthday on May 2 at his home. DR. BARNES enjoys good health. He enjoys the working in his yard and rose garden, which is a specialty to him. His neat and attractive home and yard display his ambition. Dr. Barnes was born in Kaysville in 1894 a son of John R. and Mariam McPherson Barnes. He has lived in Kaysville all of his life. He attended Kaysville Elem. and after graduating from the eighth grade entered high school in Salt Lake City. (Davis High School did not exist at that time). He remembers he rode the Bamberger (an electnc train that HE IS an artist, devoting countless hours to painting wildlife in oils, charcoals, and pencil. He is an outdoor enthusiast and loves all sports, duck hunting. He is remembered for always getting n his limit His wife is for her deliciously prepared dinner of wild duck. rs commuted between Ogden and Salt Lake Ctty) one of the main sources of transportation at that time. On Saturdays he would ride the train to SLC for his music lesson. He played a drum in the band. IN THE SPRING of 1921 he received his BS degree m business and finance with three years of engineering and all for medical school. He went to Baltimore, Md. where he entered medical school at the University of Maryland. He interned at a post graduate hospital at the University of Pennsylvania. He returned to Utah to set up his practice. It was while he was practicing at the Dee Memorial Hospital in Ogden that he met his wife, Dottie, who was a registered nurse. DR. BARNES life has been' spent contributing to the progress of the community. He was one of the founders of the first nto i Wlbltf health- lUnarti Davis County. He was a firm believer in health education and still is. He feels that if youth were educated in sound health habits, the next generation would have fewer - esp-cial- ly They have enjoyed many backpacking trips together into the mountains. One of his interests is reading good books. He also enjoys the many sports on TV and his life has been full of activity and accomplishments. Dr. Barnes has served as city councilman, the secretary of Kaysville Chamber of Commerce; directed a drive for a PWA grant, and helped Kaysville become the first Utah city to use such funds in building a sewer collection system. He served as local commander of the American Legion Post for 16 years and was president of the Davis County Wildlife Federation for ten years. He later served for two years as president of the Utah Wildlife Federation. He was in- strumental in awakening the state to the great American disease Littentis caused by the Litter Bug. HE WAS chairman of the first planning board in Davis County during World War II and served as medical consultant of the Utah School Activities Association for 27 years. He was the physician for the high school basketball tournaments and all other sports. He will be long remembered for his dedication to Davis High m all sports, especially football, as most will recall him carrying the down marker for Davis Highs games for 50 years. A job he accepted in 1919. He served on the Utah Fish and Game Commission and on For Salaries fUll-um- part-tim- THAT AND other information is available in the 1981 annual report presented to the library board m their recent monthly meeting. Of the $728,449.81 budget, $455,408.54 went to salaries: $1 10,052 was budgeted for library materials; $18,153 to library supplies; $102,342 for buildings and grounds; $34,268 in the bookmobile contract and $8,222 other. Looking at use of library materials, 12,469 new additions were added last year while 3,257 items were withdrawn because they were worn out or obsolete. If noted 168,838 items stocked in the three libraries, or a little over one item per resident far below the American Library Association recommendation of two items per resident. OF ITEMS loaned, 351,590 were borrowed from the head 546-123- NARFE Meets The Clearfield Chapter 752 of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees will hold their regular monthly meeting on May 12 at the Clearfield Community Chruch at 12 30 p m. MATTERS OF interest to federal employees will be discussed Also Allen Nash from the Wildlife T ederation will be the guest speaker and will show slides if time permits well-know- Library: 62 Sixty-tw- o FARMINGTON percent of the county library budget goes for salaries of e e the 21 and 16 staff who man the systems three facilities. copies of the specifications and requirements from the KJvsville city office, 44 N 5 Main Phone Proposals due by May 15, 1982. quarters and branches while nearly half that 162,599, circulated from the bookmobile, for a 514,189 total, or more than three items per resident. That compared, for example, with six items per resident m the Denver public library. Some 18,157 new patron cards were issued, bringing the number of registered borrowers to 41 ,25 1 . Some 2 18,985 were served although that counted some more than once. Meeting rooms were utilized by 27,855. IN SPITE of a continued increase in library use, staff has not seen any increase, declining slightly, Library Director Jeanne Layton told the board. conservative fiUsing gures, the collection was valued at $1.7 million at $10 a volume, although, Ms. Layton d said the average book now costs $25 while buildings, equipment and land were placed at $2 6 million. CIRCULATION of materials rose eight percent system-wid- e during 1981 while the main librarys grew 16 percent and 28 percent in the last two years. hard-boun- Set Bid Opening For Paramedics A bid opening for the purchFARMINGTON ase of a new paramedic vehicle for the sherifF s department will be held May 6 at 10 a.m. in the Davis County Commission chambers, Farmington. BIDDERS ARE urged to submit cost estimates offiprior to the deadline date. Sheriff s department cials estimate the cost of the vehicle at $13,000 or more. The sheriffs department oversees all paramedic operations and replaces vehicles on a basis due to wear. year-to-ye- ar (JAW Holds Utah Association of Women, Chapter 2, met May 6 at the home of Mrs. Francis Umpleby for their monthly meeting Mrs. Evelyn Austin, president, took charge. Guest Meet speaker was Lyle Larkins, Kaysville police chief He spoke on safety in the home and information the citizens should know about police work np PAGEANT What better way to be reminded of the upcoming Clearfield Little Miss and Mr. contest and Miss Clearfield competition looking at the current winners Theyre Ashley Adams, left, Carrie Htx and Joshua Adams. CLEARFIELD Application for Miss Clearfield Scholarship Pageant contest are now being accepted from candidates of Clearfield and areas served by Clearfield High School. This also includes those that are employed in the described area Contestants must be years of age and be a high school graduate by date of Utah Miss America contest June 20, 1983 3 CONTESTANTS will try for several scholarships Along with awards of $300 for the winner, $1 50 for first attendant and $100 for second attendant, there will be awards given for best talent and congeniality Little Mister and Mistress contest will also be conducted for boys and girls of the listed geographic area of ages years They cannot enter if the seventh birthday falls before 6 June 3, 1982 Entrance fee for children is $5 LAST YEARS winners of Miss Clearfield was Carrie Hi who will be in attendance and will perform Application forms may be picked up at Block s Clothing Store, 391 S State, and Shupe Press, 43 South State, both in Clearfield Eligibility rules will also be available Deadline for submitting applications is May 20 at 10 p m |