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Show JJWOIUII VOOKO DOT. Z rp Offl .W HI.- No- 17 PAYSON, - (ij, UTAH COUNTY, IhUPOKlicIltB UTAH, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1931 $2.00 PER YEAR A Large Crowd of Students Heremma oesser Gardner Blanche Mrs. Emma Moesser Gardner, one Payson s best loved Pioneer residents died Monday afternoon at the home of her son, John Gardner, from infirmities incident to old age. Mrs. Gardner was the last Payson Pioneer who came to Utah in 1847 and one of a very few remaining in Utah. She was born on March 31, 1841 at Nauvoo, Illinois. Her parents, John Henry Moesser and Magdalena Zund-ell- i Moesser were both of German descent. The family left Nauvoo in 1846 and remained at Winter Quarters until 7 when they started for Salt Lake alley in Daniel Spencers company of one hundred. They were in Captain Perrigreene Sessions company of fifty and arrived in Salt Lake in September 1847. They suffered the hardships of the most trying years of the pioneers in Utah. When eighteen years of age she came to Payson to visit her aunt Christine Zundell and met Ilenery E. Gardner whom she married on May 26, 1860. To them were born ten children, six of whom survive as follows-Lorenz- o Gardner of Hayden; Elias Gardner of Soldier Snmimt ;George Gardner of Valejo Califorina Jhon II. Gadner of Payson isalia Burdick of Montrose Calif. Cordelia McCollum of Reno Nevada. There are 36 grandchildren, 67 greatgrandchildren and 1 great-gregrand child. While ther children were young Mr. and Mrs. Gardner moved to thier ranch at Clinton where they lived for a number of years .They also lived previously for a brief period at West Jordon. The husband died a number of years ago and she has since lived in a part of her sons home. In spite of her advanced age, being 90 years at her death, she has enjoyed good health and a keen intellect. She has been an ardent Latter Day Saint and worked as a Relief Society teacher and on the serving committee. Funeral services were held on Thursday in the Fourth Ward Chapel with Bishop Otto B. Eriandson in charge. Interment was in Payson City Cam-eter- ol For Nebo Day Last Friday Spanish Fork High School Wins Track Meet Nosing Out Payson. Larue Crowd in Attendance Lor Contests In Payson Marine Has ' Tabernacle. Assignment Senior and Junior High from Nebo School i t.s Hawthorne, Nev. April 21, While ihoo. 'j.iit m i e ,n Iay.son Friday to par-- j the U. S. Marines are usually found ! r" afixities of the ann- aboard battleships and cruisers, Ray. mond B. Carter, of Payson, Utah, ..I Nino in held has one of the most unusual assigwas hiii ning piogiam nees Blaine N. ever given to a soldier of the with e Taliernacle ,1. JuniHe is with the small group of sea. the of Payson VtmU'H. Pi ineipal who are guarding the Naval in marines hold Approxi11 charge. or gh Si took Ammunition students hindied Depot here, more than f.'.e mate! 250 miles from the Pacific. : on the contest program. j,.., In the midst of sand dunes stretchIaM,r. Junior High School chorus, for miles in every direction, the ing won first Nelson diieited by (ail 0. Marines occupy a modern barracks. Chorus A. composed pla.v m Chi" The only nearby body of water is a directo;ces. Mt Springvdle of To to St o well won second lake where the men enjoy swimming ed by and boating. The nearest big town place and Spanish Fork directed by is Yerington, sixty miles away. ion A. Pay, won third place. They Despite their temporary isolation, little Bluebird of My ang "Oh a radio gives then contact with the SunIlian; and "Waiting for the outside world. They have movies rise.' Huu'.'i-- e f j 18-5- , Xl-- i lilje hi'-B. chorus of 30 to 40 , oui-Santaquin Junior High, directa Gardner won first place; ed b diiected by Eileen Friel won tecomi and Salem, directed by Louise Foster won third. M Margret Bird of Springville High School won the dramatic readBroad-ber- t, ing contest, with Miss Naomi dn u tor. Miss Helen Betts re-resented Payson with Nita Wakefield as dncctor and Miss Lois Tippetts of Fork high was directed by Spani-d- i Ada Anderson. One of the most interesting and close contest of the day was by the three high school bands of the district, each appearing in attractive and colorful uniforms. The contest selection was Determination and each pieiedcd this with a march of their own selection. SpringviRe, with a more balanced instrumentation, recoiled the decision for first place. They weie directed by Alfred Swenson. Spanish Fork, directed by F. J. Faux, won second place, and Payson, directed by I.awrence Clayson, third. In the Girls Posture Parade, Spring ville won first place in the senior high division and Spanish Fork in the Junior high. Mrs. Moiling of the B. Y. U., judged the posture parade, Ed. M. Rowe the diamaties and Prof. Robert Sauer and Le Roy Robertson the music. Spanish Fork Junior high defeated Goshen in the girls indoor and boys outdoor baseball games. Lloyd Wignall and Bill Mendenhall of Payson won the singles honors in the tennis meet, while La Mar Weight and Roylanee of Springville won the In the I '! Go'-hen- . doubles. Spanish Forkfs state champion trackmen captured the district high school meet with 65 points. Payson wa- - second with 59 and Springville thud with 19. I a on won the Nebo junior high rnict with 372 points, Spiringvitye "as pciv ml with 31 and Spanish Fork wa- n with 9. "Lowing are high school events: JO yard hurdles Warner, Span-'- n lock fii't; Spencer Spanish Fork seiotd; Alexander, Fork, Spanish Cmd. time: .17. 100 yard -- 1 dash-Jen-M- Pay-o- n, first; Finch, n, Spanish Spanish Fork, nearly every night, and the occasional dances at the post are attended by guests from points as far distant as Reno, 156 miles to the northwest. The Nevadans extend every hospitality to the men at this desert outpost. Hawthorne was established as a naval station about six months ago. Carter is 21 years olc'y was born in Payson, and made his home with his father, William P. Carter, 473 East First, South, Payson, before he joined the Marines in 1927. For a while he was stationed in Nicaragua. Later he was selected as one of the first marines to guard this naval base, .far from the sea. at American Legion Auxiliary Holds Meeting y. DEATH DRIVER FACING MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE The American Legion Auxiliary met Monday night at the home of the president, Mrs. Genevieve Ellsworth with Mrs. Mary Jeppson, Mrs. Alice Peery and Mrs. Mina Simons a: assisting hostesses. Mrs. Edna Snow Mrs. Gathryn Betts and Mrs. Della Huish were added to the membership A short business meeting was held and plans for Poppy Day were disMrs. Hazel Eriandson read cussed. a paper on Child Welfare. A number of selections cf string music were given by Eugene Braithwaite and Roy Taylor and the Utah Agricultural College quartette rendered vocal numb- Floyd Cloward, alleged driver of the car which caused the death of Clifford A. Bennett early Sunday morning, was charged with involuntary manslaughter in a complaint filed in the city court Monday afternoon. He was arraigned before Judge Maurice Harding Monday afternoon, and asked for preliminary hearing, the date of which was set for April 30. He was released under $1000 bond. o- - Daughters of Pioneers Meet ers. second ; Hill, thud, time: 10.3. run -- Snyder, Payson, first; Pidul!. Spr.ngville, second; Richard-t,,n- ; Spanish Fork, third. Time: 5:00. o Ptoo Soph relay Spanish Fork, : Payson, second, Springville, U. A. C- - Professor Talks At tti ni Time: 2:36. Junior and Senior High "yard run Dudley, Spanish 7,rsU Strom, Payson, second; Dr. William L. Wanless. Dean of the f. 1,rt,t"n, Springville, third. Time: Dean of the School of Commerce and Business Administration at the Utah jj" -- yaul low hurdles Dudley Agricultural Qollcge at Logan deS' f b Fork, first; Williams, Span- livered and address to the students 's, second; M. Warren, Spanish at the Junior High School Tuesday on k. :hiid. Time: 27.3. the subject Value of higher educarun Snyder, yard With him were a number of Payson, tion. PuHnier, Spanish Fork, second; students including, John Anderson. K. n. Spanish Fork, third. Time: Hawke, D. W. Sutton and H. K Thatcher. They gave a debghtful '.v-i- l dah Jensen, Payson. program of ouartettes and solo numh.r.th, Spanish Fork, second; bers. Later Dr. Wanles addressed Continued on Page 8) the Senior students at the high school Clifford Bennett Killed Outright in Accident Early Sunday Morning, U.S. Metallic Magnesium Company Start To Build New Plant At Harold Shift Made to Harold because of Lack of Water at Spring Lake Materials have arrived and the U. S. Metallic Magnesium Company will start operations at once toward building a plant at Harold, eleven miles south of Payson. Officials of the company decided upon this site for the following reasons: 1. Because of the immense quantity of high grade dolomite from which metallic magnesium is made. 2. The abundance of water. 3 The nearness to the railroad, and 4. The nearness mediately following the Civil War to power lines. period. These advantages insure a low cost She is survived by her husband construction, production, and transsix children, Max, Ralph A, William portation. Helen and Jane R. Blanche Anne, Work started at the property yesPorter all of Payson; her mouther, terday (Thursday), and equipment fo,r Mrs. John Gebhart of Ogden; one the has been ordered, the first plant brother, Arthur F. Gebhart of Salt shipment due today (Friday.) Lake; two sisters, Mrs. J. R. Ward Company officials stated that the of Salt Lake and Mrs. E. E. Smith of reason for the shift from Spring Lake Gooding, Idaho. to Harold, was made because the Funeral services will be held Fri water supply was limited to insure day (today) at 2 oclock, in the Fourth operations contemplated by the comWard meeting house. pany in the future. SALEM WOMAN PASSES AWAY THE m A three car crash claimed the life of Clifford Bennett, age 20, of Alpine, and injured four others, early last Sunday morning between Spring Lake A car driven by and Santaquin. Floyd Cloward of Santaquin, coming toward Payson, sideswiped a car driv. en by William J. Russell of Eureka, and swerved into the car driven by Clifford Bennett. Rollo Horton, 18 of Santaquin. riding on the left running board of the Russell car, was very seriously injured, suffering a sever leaceration of the back and a broken leg. He was taken to the Payson Hospital along with the .rest of the injured where they were attended by Dr. A. L. Cur- Board of Education Rejects Ily-ru- Four Boys from Genola and Santaquin Injured. tis. The other members of the Bennett car were Ethan Johnson, age 20, of Santaquin, Melvin Nelson, age 19, of Genola and Dallas Draper, age 20, of Genola.. They miraculously escaped with cuts and bruises. The accident was investigated by CounDeputy Shcrriff Joe Gurley and anty Attorney I. E. Brockbank, who be would nounced that an inquest held into Bennetts death. In the Eureka car were, Mr. Russell, Max Bower and two young ladies. They were returning from the dance at Arrowhead. None of the occupants of this car were hurt, but about a half o mile from the scene of the accident, Mr. Russell had given Rollo Horton and Sam Holladay of Santaquin a ride. They were both riding on the Bond running boards of the Russell car, Ilorton being on the left side that hit by the Cloward car. was The Board of Education at their from the local hospital late Reports meeting Wednesday evening, April 15 were that young decided that in their judgment based yesterday afternoon, was improving as well as could on a thorough investigation of the Ilorton be expected, considering the seriousdesires of the people the election of his injuries. ness should not be called at this time. The body of Gifford Bennett was The proposition was presented to the to American Fork, where his taken Board by a group of interested citiHe was also suris living. zens who felt that there were condi- mother a sister living in Salt Lke tions facing this district that should vived by Mr. Bennett had been employbe considered thoroughly and in face City. ed for some time past, as a farm hand of the many needs in repair, replaceat Genola. ment and some new construction Nebo for Cecil Nelson, o Distrcit should bond and carry out the entire building program at this Valedictorians Of Payson Laura Johnson of Salem died at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Mary Stone on FYiday April 17 after an She came to illness of one week. Utah in 1870 from Norway and has lived in Salem for the past 46 years. Miss Johnson was bom on January 20, 1867 the daughter of Ollie and She is surNellie Larsen Johnson. five and brothers, sisters two vived by Dunnick of Stone Mary Salem, Mary of Blackfoote, Idaho; Olie and Johnson of Paul, Idaho; Peter and James Johnson of Nampa, Idaho; John Johnson of Provo. She has been an active church work-e- r as Primary and Relief Society teaa cher, Sunday School librarain and commitburial time. Salem the of member The Board have a desire to serve tee. Funeral services were held Tuesday the people and in face of this request, carried on as thorough a preliminary in the Salem Ward Chapel. o survey as possible without a vote of PAYSON the citizens. They found the people NOTED EDITOR VISITS generally ready to support the schools - in any necessary building distinguishvisited was program by Payson Capand ready to protect the interests of ed editor, last Saturday i ' ra r of Whiz the district even at any personal sactain Billy Fawsette, pa Fa wsettes rifice. But in face of this very fine Mecban.r Modern Bang, Battle Stories, True Confessions, and educational spirit they found a desire numerous other magazmes. stopped on the part of the people to avoid any off for a few minutes at Dunns Con- financial obligation in the future until the ouloook seems brighter. fectionery. his wife were With Mr. Fawsette and daughter. They were enroute CLEAN-UDAY HELD P to Salt Lake City. Issue Scores of progressive residents in Payson, devoted Monday to a general Clean-uthat day having been designated by Mayor L. D. Stewart fo that purpose. All schools in the city were closed and every business house closed at noon, permitting all to participate in the work of beautifying and cleaning the city. As a part of the campaign the grade school children devoted last Friday to cleaning the school grounds. Each child took an implement of some sort to school in the afternoon and several hours of work by the small army of 1 High School Chosen Principal Jffmes Clove hasj announced the students who will have the honor of being the valedictorians at the Payson high school gradiuation exercises to be held at the close of school in May. Dean Simmons, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Simmons will represent the boys, and Ada Eriandson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eriandson, will represent the girls. This honor came to these students because of their attaining the highest average in scholarship during their three years of senior high school work. Large Crowd Attends Opening Dance At Arrowhead p, a better and more and have we are reliable paper, adding new features. Read them. The Following Appear in This Issue Yappings From the Kennel, by Wayne Kerr General Pershings story of the War ... . The Sealed Trunk (continued story). . . . Santaquin News, by Ina Tietjen 2 3 Page Page Page 7 Page 6 . ... Page G Utah Industrial News Will Rogers Pages 8 Mrs. Butler Hortense Page 4 Spring Lake News, by Gcnoia News by Lorena Smith .. Page 4 .. Roberts Mrs. Goshen News by Page 5 Henry .vson locals, by Airs. A. R Wilson Pages Page 7 Boy Scout Section . 5-- -- -- j And Injures Four Others ge The Chronicle j Three Car Collision Fatal To One Mrs. Blanche Anne Gebhart Porter, wife of City Attorney R. A. Porter died at the family home on First West Street on Tuesday shortly after noon after an illness of only six days. News of her passing cast a spirit of gloom over her la-circle of friends. Mis. Porter was one of the first high school teachers in Payson and has always taken an active part in civic affairs, particularly along the lines of education and improvement. She was a charter member of the Cultus Club and served for a number of years on the library board. In the activities of the Community Church she was always a leader. Mrs. Porter was a graduate of Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kansas, and later did graduate work for one year at the University of Berlin, in Berlin, She held life certificates Germany. to teach in the public schools of Kansas and Utah. In the passing of Mrs. Porter, the young people of Payson, in particular, lost a real friend as she was always ready and willing to help them in any way she could. Mrs. Porter was born on December 20, 1879 at Phillipsburg, Kansas. Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. John G Gebhart, who settled in Kansas im- Payson Camp No. One, Diytighters of Utah Pioneers held an interesting meeting last Thursday at the home of Mrs. Henry Drissell, Mrs Mary The commercial department of the Jeppson gave the lesson on the OrePayson High School has just received gon Trail and a reading was given by an attractive award pin for Evelyn Mrs. Mary Curtis. Three most exKerr who won first place in the re- cellent original poems were read by cent shorthand contest. Mrs. Lula Eriandson. A short talk This was held at the Brigham was given by Mrs. Julia Hancock, Young University in Provo on March officer of Utah County Camp and Mrs 27. Maude Searle gave a -- eport of the Evelyn won first place over contest- County election. ants from all parts of the State, tak-ni- g dictation at the rate of sixty words a minute. ARE YOU READING Students entering the state contest from Payson were: Ada Eriandson. FEATURES IN Delsa Greenhalgh, Jeanette Hansen, Faye Openshaw, and Evelyn Kerr. The school feels very proud of Mr. Powell and his department in making In our effort to give our readers such a creditable record. Evelyn Kerr Wins Contest Held At B. Y. U. Anne Porter j J . -- the largest dancing crowds at a dance hall in assemble ever to in attendance at the were section this of the Arn opening grand rowhead Mission resort located three miles north of Payson last Saturday evening. The management of the resort handled the huge crowd in a very satisOne of factory manner, everyone there joining in expressing comments on the good time they were having. industrious the The resort was newly painted and youngsters put decorated for the occasion, and with grounds in fine shape for spring. o Ralph Migliaccio and his orchestra Mr. and Mrs. C. R. McBride of Too- furnishing the music, the crowd were ele have been visiting here this week treated to some of the most enticing at the home of their daughter, Mrs. open air dance hall music ever playGeorge Chase. ed in this locality. o Another big dance has been arrangMrs. Emma Wignall returned home ed for this Saturday, (tomorrow night) Sunday from St. George where she with the same good music and an visited for several days with her mothtime assured by the manage-me- n of the resort. er, Mrs. Sproul. even-bett- er |