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Show f t 1 SUN CHRONICLE, Nov. 26, 1 976, Page 9 .3 By Glen Perrins and Charles Lockwood, the and had good hotel quarters. Old-Tim- WAITER TAKES ON Kennedys Coffee House in FIGHTS AFTER LOSING Ogden on 25th EARLY ONES Street just below Washington The waiter was a good Avenue, wasn't a classy eating place, but it served fighter, and he knew it, he good food and a celebrity also knew why he had lost the once labored there. two earlier bouts, he had no It was in the early days of place to train and besides he 1914 that Kennedys was a had been on the road and gathering place for most of was completely out of shape. the gambling and sporting But now that he was working element of 25th Street. and eating regularly and Just about this time the getting good rest he was in better shape. Eagles Lodge, located between 24th and 25th streets on Each day in Ogden found Grant Avenue, had altered him, in his leisure hours. their ballroom and changed it into an auditorium for the purpose of presenting fight old-tim- WASH. TERRACE - The City Council plans on having (V rf a meeting with county commissioners soon after the first of the year to discuss problems with two county roads. The council decided to ask for the meeting because of problems being faced with 300 W. and also with 500 E. near the new St. Benedicts Hospital. Council members decided on the late date for the meeting because they will then be able to meet after the new commissioners have taken office. Mr. Darrell Rector, of 4597 S. 250 W. in Washington Terrace asked the council to look into the problems along 300 W. He asked the council to annex the road, since the city currently takes care of snow removal, or to put pressure on the county to maintain it. Mayor Stephens suggested that 500 E. be brought before the commissioners also. He said that although there had not been much need in the t past to keep the road well maintained, it would be critical to keep the snow off the road for St. Benedicts Hospital. Mr. Rector said he had discussed the snow removal matter with a member of the County Commission, but had received no satisfactory , response. ' s -- UDOT MAINTENANCE workers install equalizer frame to convert (ruck for snowplow use. The conversion enables the trucks to be used year round. 1 programs. mow Winter begins in August for finuKsk: trucks. The frames utilize a cantelever principle to more evenly distribute the weight of a heavy steel snow plow so that it isn't all on the front axle. The snow plow blade and the sander are not attached until the first snow storm, because they bolt on quickly and easily and the trucks are needed to haul the Utah Department of Transportation at least the preparation for winter does. While late summer temperatures are still in the 90s, the department is purchasing and stockpiling the sand and salt which will be used on the states highways during the upcoming winter. Long before the snow begins to fly, workers in each litter, gravel and other materials. With the snowplow conversion, the UDOT is able to get full use out of its truck fleet throughout the year and is able to keep its seasonal equipment to a minimum. the Departments maintenance stations are busy of equipping their vehicles with snow tires and antifreeze and attaching equalizer frames to The UDOT does not utilize seasonal stoes ioitie ST. GEORGE January Students - Winter is currrently underway at Dixie to College, according Registrar Vern Thomas, and will continue through quarter financial 7, 1977. A printed schedule listing course offerings for winter quarter will be available after November 17 at the Registrars office in the north wing of the Administration Building. Students can also obtain a registration packet at that time. Mr. Thomas indicates that the Registrar's office will be open during the Christmas to vacation facilitate registration. nnBHHZJE; K qualifying for aids or loans are requested to contact Clark of McMullin, Director Financial Aids, prior to registration specialized operations. Every maintenance worker in the - ' ' or workers in its snow removal registration. Fall quarter classes end December 12, 1976 and Winter quarter classes will begin on January 3, 1977. Anyone i interested in attending Dixie College Day School can contact the department does many types of jobs. The snowplow driver that motorists see in the winter is the same person litter. painting lanes, straightening guardrail and seal coating highways the rest of the year. Snow removal in Utah is a large and costly operation which does nothing to upgrade the states highways but is undertaken strictly for the safety and convenience of the motorist. The UDOT has the responsibility of clearing the snow from about 5500 miles of highway. To accomplish this Herculean task, struction and Maintenance Fund. The number of snowplows and the number of main- tenance the workers department has are about equal, because every worker at a maintenance station is out plowing snow during a storm. These workers are on call a day, even if that day happens to be Thanksgiving, Christmas or one of their childrens bir- thdays. Each snowplow driver loads his own truck with sand, because there is no one to spare for this intermittent task. an Utah experiences 22 of about average major snow storms during a winter. Each storm costs the department from $180,000 to for solely from state highway user revenue. No federal funds are provided for high- $200,000, which is paid They also created a gymnasium where the fighters tould work out and train. The first game was very popular in Ogden at the time, and there were many first class fighters around. These would include A1 Young, a great battler and one-tim- e contender for the lightweight crown. Jimmie Johns also was in the picture, he originally was from Brigham City and was considered about second in the welterweight class in the country. But there was one fighter who probably rode the rods into Ogden and who got a Chspfer hosting meeting training at the Eagles Gym. After he had taken toll of some of the heavyweights sparring partners at thegym, the fight promoter started taking notice of him, and a little later the promoter signed him for a fight. This fight didn't go like the other two earlier bouts did, this time it just took him one minute and twenty seconds to knock out his opponent. Nothing much was heard of this young fighter in Ogden after that, for he had saved his money and together with the money he mde from the fights and he went East. But on July 4, 1918, his name was to be blazoned on the front page of practically every newspaper in the country. On that day, in Toledo, Ohio, he knocked out Jess Willard for the heavy weight championship of the world. His name was Jack Dempsey! But even in all his glory, Jack never forgot Kennedys Coffee House, and he always held a warm spot in his heart for the place. Although Kennedys had changed its name to Ross and Jacks, Dempsey never failed to visit there when he came to Ogden. Many of the waiters in Ross and Jacks also had in worked Kennedys previously, and Jack knew most of them, so it was a like something for Dempsey. homecoming This is the story of the celebrity who worked in Kennedy s Coffee House. He was, so the fight promoter thought, only a second-rat- e fighter, but Dempsey fooled him he went on to become the heaveyweight champion of the world. -- Alpha Tau, a chapter of Epilson Sigma Alpha International, of the Area, are to host ld the November State Council Meeting. It is to be held on Saturday November 20 at two fights there and lost than Sullivans Bar-Be-Pit in both. He didnt impress Roy. anyone with his ability, but Presiding over the meeting there was a reason for this, he will be Mrs. Elinore Drexel of probably hadnt had a square Salt Lake City, she is the meal for days. He also hadnt State President of the Utah trained and most likely state council of ESA. Also in hadnt had a proper place to attendance will be Mrs. Elise Shiramizu of Roy, she is First sleep. Vice to were for President of the Things change this young man, however. International Council of ESA. He searched around for a A workshop will be conducted job, and got one waiting on by Mrs. Patti Peterson on table (only there were no The Six Structure of Sorority. At this meeting a big tables in those day, just a Kenin decision will be made as to counter) straight nedys Coffee House. He whether or not Utah will host worked there for about two the 1979Tnternational Council Convention. "and at the Eagles auditorium. In fact, he had fight nA Oo oil VLCwitH TVi'iS ( & 'ate-Teguh- frly the Department has 450 maintenance workers, 438 Registrar at Students interested in the pieces of snow removal Continuing Education and equipment and a budget of Extended Day Programs some four million dollars which can be used for snow removal only. Anything left over in the budget goes back into the Highway Con- - JUUdZLT'S I NEWEST DEALER w wmsHUM NOW SELLS AT A NEW LOCATION 5200 SO. 1900 W., ROY and KEOGH are retirement plans that save you taxes now and leave you with a hefty retirement fund later. And they can earn OFFs highest rate while they're waiting. (New regulations prohibit your opening a Keogh on the last day of the year, so come into one of our offices before December 20.) IRA ! a 95 Th LEXINGTON NOW WATCH FOR OUR GRAND OPENING 0ty ft is THWS1W "'"' SHOW ROOM HOURS filO t 00 R.M. tiOO P.M. DAILY FRI. TILL a 8 X and service l lOQ w. RiviRDAit 5200 RO. T.V. AUTO A C.R. SO. 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