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Show 4b 7 Vol.78 No. Thursday, September 12 Fifteen Cents 6, 1979 I. A. Young & Sons Low Bidder On Salina To Axtell Resurfacing A portion of U.S. Highway 89, from Salina to Axtell, will receive a new surfacing. The Utah Department of Transportation opened bids last week to award the contract on the seven-mil- e project. L.A. Young Sons Construction Co. of Richfield was the apparent low bidder at $921,997. The Departments official engineers estimate was $1,030,252.five-inch The roadway will receive a h cushion course, lift. A comprised of finer bituminous aggregate and oil, will be applied before the final three-inc- h layer. The new surface will have dual twelve-foo- t driving lanes and eight-foshoulders. The segment to be repaved extends almost entirely through the town of Axtell. e Since U.S. 89 is only a highway, one lane must remain closed while the crews are at work. Traffic will be alternated through the area using the baton flagging method Cars traveling one way are stopped two-lan- while the opposing traffic passes through the construction zone. A baton is placed on the last car going through the project which signals the flagperson at the other end to let his end proceed. This project is to be finished in 60 working days. Iff two-inc- L f' tl t MAIN 7 & STREET , " L. iff . TRAFFIC-Settle- and Indians seemed to ot Salinas Main Street, shows numerous trees which now have on rs co-exi- st disappeared, along with the horses, buggies and Indians. Utah State peacefully in Salina around the turn of the century. This photograph, taken Historical Society interns are inventorying older buildings in Sevier County. Womens Meeting Slated Sept. 15 Salina Main Street History Review by Loren R. Webb Utah State Historical Society Here today and gone tomorrow. Such is the case in the downtown business district of Salina where buildings are occupied and vacated as regular as clockwork. Take, for example, Papa Rays Bar. Who would have thought this building would be used by the First State Bank of Salina?' J.B. Crandall first organized the bank here. Ray D. Andreason, long-tim- e resident of Salina, pointing to Andersons Food Center, remarked that John Ewell used to run a butcher shop here in the 1920s. Then there is Sorensens Electric Company, which used to house Max Cohens Clothing Store and later Merrill Nielsens Clothing Store. Joseph Colby opened the towns first drug store (now Heaths Typewriter Shop) while the U.S. Forest Service used an office upstairs. It later became Art Lewis drug store, then Kennedy Drug, then Salina Drug. The owners finally decided business would be a little better by moving to State Street. The Racket of 1891. a hardware store operated by Louey Jacobs, was messy, says Andreason, but Jacobs always had what a person needed. -- 5 A post office and barber shop operated by H.T. Wright, later Felt and Ridd, then S&M Furniture Co., and Western Stores. Next to it was the old Western run by Ken Baxter. When the store closed down, and remained vacant, some of the townspeople decided to liven things up by enlisting art students to paint a mural showing a scene of what Salina looked like when the pioneers first arrived here. The mural was then placed over the store window. Then who would have thought that Stubbs Hardware Store was once Dixons Meat Locker Plant? Dixons sold out to Pacific Trails Plant (now in Richfield) who in turn sold to Grant Stubbs, the present owner. Sweet-tastin- g things used to come out of Robin Mickelsons Insurance Agency, when Burt Kiper ran his bakery there in the 1920s and 30s, as did the Blue Goose Cafe, now a vacant lot between Bradshaw Auto Parts Store and Hatchs Barber Shop. The cafe, operated by Geneva Nielsen, was torn down in 1968-6The forlorn tin shop on the north side of the street was built by Eldon Petty. In better days, it was used as a garage and service station, but has now been relegated to being used for storage. Harry Steeles Barber Shop k where a sign says shop is car-truc- also vacant. The clicking of cameras used to echo forth from the walls of an old rock building as Ruth Elben poised her subjects in her picture studio. But in 1970, the building disappeared and Bobs carwash wiped out any trace that a previous building had once stood there. Nordfelts Studio, housed across the street, took over the job of putting memories into frames. But long before it entered the picture, August Gus Erickson started his Fair Mercantile and ran it from about 1915-7before selling out to Ellis Hatch Clothing. A carpet shop business operated by Reed Shaw also made a showing here. In Salinas early days, alcohol flowed a lot more freely than it does now, as numerous saloons beckoned to thirsty travelers. The saloons gradually gave way to the more conservative pool hall. Such was the case with Salina 5 & 10 operated by Lee Jensen. It was James Sorensons Department Store, later becoming a pool hall, ice cream shop (operated by Joe Fife), and then a five and dime store (operated by Frank Selack). The pool, beer building, once owned by the Thorsen family, was 2, Continued on page 8 The First Presidency has announced that the second of what will become annual meetings for the women of the Church will be held Saturday, Sept. 15, at 7 p.m. in the Tabernacle on Salt Lake Citys Temple Square. All women of the Church age 12 and older are invited to either attend or listen to the proceedings of the meeting, which will be broadcast via closed-circuaudio to some 1,500 locations in the English-speakin- g areas of the world. it president Spencer W. Kimball, world leader of the Church, will ad- dress the women, as will Barbara B. Smith, general president of the Relief Society womens organization, and Elaine A. Cannon, general president of the Young Women of the Church. Music for the special gathering will be provided by a special chorus of women selected from LDS stakes in the Salt Lake Valley. Women of the Church who reside in areas of the world and English-speakin- g areas where direct line broadcasts are not d available will be provided translations of the addresses at a later date, the First Presidency said. The conference will be aired at the Salina Stake Center. tape-recorde- Booster Banquet North Sevier Boosters Clubs annual membership banquet will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at DeKator Manor. Reservations for the banquet, at which memberships may be renewed and new members accepted, should be made by Sept. 13 with Gwen Noyes, Bud Camp, or Jack Learning. Dues are $15 per couple or $7.50 per individual, per year. Cost of the banquet is $3.75 per plate. New will be up for consideration by the membership and the financial statement read. New officers will be elected. Outgoing officers are Jack Learning, president; Bud Camp, vice president, and Gwen Noyes, secretary. We need your support to make this club work, Learning emphasized. Please come with questions or suggestions for the coming year. r I . r: by-la- ., SHOW SHEEP-Prize-winn- ing market lambs were exhibited Aug. 23 - 24 at the Utah State Suffolk Sheep Show held in Nephi by children of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Johnson, Aurora. Gov. Scott Matheson congratulates, from left, Katie, fourth place; Correction!! man, Brian L. Byrd, 25, of Craig, Colo., was omitted from the list of five persons arrested last Friday, Aug. 24, by Salina Police who raided their rooms at the Best Western Motel and found various controlled substances and paraphernalia. A sixth ( a coal drilling been the had and occupying operation two rooms for about two months. They were charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, a felony. Bail was set at $10,000 each. All were employed Dy and comGETTING READY-Ad- ult munity education classes will begin soon at North Sevier High School. Getting ready for registration, scheduled at 7 p.m. tonight, are Sue Dailey, who will teach a sewing class; Roger B. Brown, director of adult education; and Shirley Mickelsen, who will teach a yoga class. Other classes planned include jewelry, science, consumer education, ceramics, speed reading, English, math, and history. Adult Education Classes Begin At North Sevier High Registration will be held tonight (Thursday, Sept. 6) for adult and community education classes at North Sevier High School. Some of the classes being offered are English, math, history, jewelry, science, consumer education, sewing, ceramics, speed reading, and yoga. Registration will begin at 7 p.m. in Room 4 of the high school. Other classes will be offered in the future. Roger Brown, director of adult education, said the district will offer classes in any area, if sufficient interest is shown. From 5 to 10 participants are needed to justify holding a class, he said. The program is open entry - open exit, and anyone may register, whether they are seeking a high school diploma or not. There is no charge for persons taking a class for high school credit. A $10 fee is charged for other students for the course of instruction. Classes scheduled this year at Richfield High School also include parent training, energy conservation, aikido, body conditioning, cake decorating, estate planning, art, Spamsh, rifle and shotgun reloading, disco dancing and literature-creativ- e writing. All class schedules, dates, times and room numbers will be given when registration is complete and final arrangements have been made. College classes also will be available. Registration for Snow College classes will be Sept. 27 at Sevier Valley Tech. Southern Utah State College is offering a B.S. degree program in business, a masters degree program in education, and a B.S. degree in elementary education. Class schedules also are available for Brigham Young Universitys masters program in education administration. Registration will be today (Sept. 6) at the North Sevier Seminary Building. Further information about any of these classes or programs is available by calling the Sevier School District Office, 896-440- 6. Georgia Lynn, reserve champion; Leslie Ann, grand champion; Rebecca, fifth place, and Jared, sixth place. Legion Meeting Salina American Legion Auxiliary will meet at 7:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday, Sept. 6) at the Legion Hall. Local representatives who attended Girls State will report on their experiences. Dues will be collected by Ardys Crane. t'SJ&i i& - WHODUNIT? A reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for vandalizing two gravesites at the Salina Eastside one Cemeterv. Two headstones - large one for Mr. and Mrs. Burton Crane, and one small one for an infant were knocked off their bases sometime over the past weekend by a vehicle which left tire tracks in the - grass. Cemetery hours have been curtailed by city officials, who ordered the gates locked at 5 p.m. daily, and a $299 fine levied on anyone who makes unauthorized entry into the cemetery. |