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Show o IA IMfillf Story and Pictures by Madoline Dixon 1. Payson is governed by a mayor and five city councilmen, who posed for the picture shown on the front page : Mayor Howard Riley, center front; Douglass Holt, councilman, at left and Roy Rodgers, councilman, at right front. Other councilmen standing at rear are from left, Phillip Lundell, Bryce Jones and Philip E, Jones. 2. Payson Hospital is owned and operated under direction of Payson City officials. The hospital was improved and enlarged to a 93 bed facility, dedicated February 9, 1969. Construction costs ran to more than $1,000,000 with an added $250,000 paid for equipment. The hospital serves south Utah County and adjacent J rn Shr Jps .?. 1 4frk0,f i -- v A& 'As (MOCSQ-- E Orchard Hills of Utah V' r$ ?.. '. x, i&f - territory. 3. mTv , , ,f , .' .. - xfcrt J f v jt V . r sem)pt' w v4 y f 'Z x ? m?x ? ' V &W&a4 4-' Payson Fire Department is operated on a volunteer plan, with some 30 members supporting the unit. Dean McCoy is current Fire Chief. The modern building is located at the Corner of First East and First South Streets, facing south. The Payson Police Department is headed by Jim Box as captain of a staff of four men. Dale Black is captain of the Auxiliary police, membered by 12 men. 4. Payson Post Office is located in a new building that faces we.it across the street east of the Fire Department building. It was built in 1967 and is the first building constructed in Payson for the exclusive use of the government facility. Francis HaskeU is postmaster. in 1966, 5. Nebo Stake serves the nine LDS Warden the Payson area. Quarterly conferences are held here as well as activities of various auxiliary organizations. Reed J. Money is president of Nebo Stake and presides at many stake &$" ? Payson Hospital is cradit to community with its fine fatilitits. Center-Complet- ;: Payson City Hro Department Station United Status Post Offka, Payson, Utah 84651 v &$i i ,$ ed events. 6. A landmark in Payson since its construction in 1906, theTabernaclewhich for many years was center of Nebo Stake activities, is now used as a Senior Citizens Center. The fine old building is well adapted to the varied program directed by Stanley Wilson, retired educator. 7. An unusual shot of Peteetneet School where children have attended classes since 1901. Shrubs on south side of playground are shown in bottom of picture, taken from the Marion Black residence on First South Street. The school and playgrounds are beloved by all who have sped down the hill on a sled or played games in shade of the trees. The grounds were improved a few years ago when the late Ralph Davis was principal. The graveled playground was planted with lawn, new trees replaced some of the old ones and shrubs were planted where feasable. The new addition or the north was constructed about 1950. John W. PoweU is principal at the present time. 8. The new Payson High School was completed and dedicated Oct. 10, 1963. It replaces the old Payson High School built in 1913 which has been converted to Payson Junior High School. The old Junior High School is now the Middle School, housing Sixth and Seventh grades. The new school boasts carpeted classrooms, an open patio, beautiful auditorium, modern science equipment, gymnasium. Students attend from Payson South and West toSpring Lake, Santaquin, Goshen and Genola. George Puckett is principal. 9. New bleachers constructed at the . west of the footbaU field, Payson High School, were built through efforts of a citizens committee headed by JackEther-ingto- n. Half of the funds for the $25,000 project were furnished by Nebo School District. Other money is being raised by public conscription. Persons donating a minimum of $50 will have name inscribed on seat of choice. The plea continues for funds in any amount, large or small, to help pay for the seats which were constructed mainly by lettermen of Payson High School and adult public-mind- ed No garbage pickup NOTICE: There will be no garbage pick-u- p in Payson City on Monday, September 7. Pick-up- s will be made on Tuesday, September 8, for that week. Main Strsat (looking north) in all her galla trim, mada raady of calabration. tv ir Irrigation water that flows down west side on Main Street as it passes under small bridges built in front of Wilson's Style Shoppe. The bridges will be com plete with wrought iron rails to match the trim on the building when finished Irrigation ditdies by Madoline C. Dixon Payson, perhaps the only community in the United States that has water flowing free down both sides of Main Street, was settled about 120 years ago by Mormon Pioneers. The site was chosen because of the location of Peteetneet Creek, known by the Indians as Little Waters. The city was incorporated in 1853 and laid out into blocks and streets. Main Street was at first located one block east of its present location, but was moved because of reasons not know in certainty. However, indications are that it was moved so that the water from the canyons could be evenly divided by the slight ridge in the center of town. Water on the east side of Main Street runs naturally to the east side of town; water on the west side runs to the west, and is used in watering gardens, lawns and fields in the north half of Payson. Today the water is one of the facets that makes Payson different than any other small community in the nation. Cities outside of this western area do not use the irrigation system to water gardens, lawns or field. Neither do they have springs in the mountains to feed this oncje irrigation system. And it would be difficult indeed to find another town in Utah or any other place that is so situated that water will flow freely down both sides of Main Street. Travelers long remember Payson for this single factor. Where does the water come from? they ask. From springs in the mountains, we tell them. Where does it go? How can you afford to waste it? they ask. It is not wasted, we say. It is the very life of some of our lawns and gardens and fields, we explain. And everyone knows that a good soaking with irrigation water once a week keeps a lawn greener than any amount of sprinkling with culinary water. Presently the ditches that carry the water pose a problem, since they appear to become deeper with each coating of tar and gravel on the roadway. Small bridges have been built by one of the business houses to allow easy crossing to the sidewalk and this plan is expected to be followed by others. When adapted in style to the new Turn of the Century theme for renovation of the downtown area they will be a real asset in promoting the oldtime atmosphere desired. Tha old Nabo Stales Tabarnada built in 1906 is now tha homa for Sanior Citizans j |