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Show Souili CeitkaS. Utah Supplement To: Gunnison Valley News The Salina Sun Garfield County News - The Richfield Reaper VOLUME 2 NUMBER 26 THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1981 Blazer Scouts, Leaders Hail "Skill-O-Ree- By John Speer Associate Editor The annual Blazer Day Camp featured fun activities, tree planting, skills seminars and contests for nearly old Boy Scouts and a hundred their leaders from Wayne County, Monroe, Richfield, and Salina. ar Just think, said Richfield scouting leader Don Overson, They did all that and still got home by six oclock. Each Blazer patrol performed for part of the program. e Leaders of the said the a great was they thought camp event in the lives of our 11 year-ol- d boys." Skill-O-Re- To me, one of the greatest thrills is to walk into a beautiful, quiet, peaceful grove of trees and then suddenly see it come alive with scouts and leaders in uniform, campsites and campfires, said Mrs. Marva Cowley of the Richfield Stake. was held June 13 The at Burnt Flat Reservoir, just above Box Creek on Monroe Mountain. Natalie N. Mitchel, a new Blazer The day began at 8 a.m. with prein Glenwood, said she was glad a leader registration. The activity exists where the boys can program of twine string. was making ropes out participate and learn the scouting Each boy made one to take home. program. She said the Blazer day The boys were called together with helped her understand the program silent signals and performed a flag better. ceremony. My two Blazers enjoyed learning Next, uniforms were inspected. If a boy had five out of six parts of his how to make ropes, she continued. uniform, he received a bead to be worn ; - '4 on his neckerchief slide. The parts of Skill-O-R- f: pre-openi- N ' $ Blazer Day scouts planted 2,000 spruce seedlings for the forest service on Monroe Mountain. The seedlings and planting auger were donated to the nearly leaders by the Beaver Ranger District. 100 scouts and Lightning From Out of the Blue' Killed One, Injured Many in 1905 The ward lightning connotates trouble to most people, especially if they have ever been in a lightning storm. Lightning spells trouble for power companies, and fire departments get closer to the ready because of the dangers of property being struck and set afire. instant But perhaps nothing in the southern Utah region had the lasting impresison of lightning as did the crowd attending horse races at the old Sevier County Fairgrounds near Richfield back in 1905. During the afternoon, over one person was killed, over 20 more injured and some 200 also affected by a bolt of lightning which came out of the sky on that Tuesday afternoon. According to a newspaper article which was submitted to Spotlight by Guy Baker, retired Richfield City Manager, the bolt came out of a clear sky, and without warning. Some 2,500 persons were assembled at the track, and were all crowded close to the rail of the new racetrack . . when the bolt struck. The following story, which appeared in a Salt Lake City newspaper carried the headline: Bolt From Sky Smites stated, Throng. Two Two Hundred People Struck by Lightning, One Being Killed and a Sc we Injured, and Crowd Was Assembled at Race Track in Utah Town, Watching a Race, When the Bolt Came Without a Moments Notice. es Hoe is the tragedy was further described in the newspaper, dated how September 4, 1905: badly. the uniform include shirt, pants, neckerchief, hat, belt and, interestingly, the Boy Scout handbook. The boys then divided into three groups to learn about compasses, fire building and first aid. the lightning. a madly, some dragging carriages and others loose. Women and children shrieked with terror. running Lightning from a Richfield, Utah 200 The area over which the shock was hurled persons to the clear sky ground, killing one, Tuesday afternoon. felt extended about 100 yards each way. A number of wagons and carriages in Another will probably die. Twenty-si- x more are injured, several of them this area were broken by the force of It was an enjoyable time for the instructors as well as the boys, said Tony Carroll, Blazer leader from Sigurd. I enjoyed the whole thing and would love to take a group of boys again. Lorna Stapley, LDS primary in Koosharem said at least one leader mother was convinced her son had a good time : She told me she could tell her son enjoyed the day because when he got home he talked continually about what they had done. It was a beautiful day, recalled Oma Santos, Monroe Stake Blazer t, Scout director. It was lots of fun and ended with the lighter side of scouting campfire skits and songs. well-spen- 2 t;4: At noon the boys cooked their own Mrs. A. D. Rasmussen was in a surrey dinner in dutch ovens or wrapped in with her family of children when the aluminum foil over open campfires. bolt fell. The horse ran away and the Mrs. overturned. was vehicle At one p.m. the boys and leaders Rasmussen was badly injured, as was a divided into two groups and learned little girl. The mothers nose was cut about model campsites and planted off. H S. Ivie, horseman, who had just Engleman Spruce Trees for the forest lined up his sulky for the start, had a , service. Mike Stubbs of the forest strange experience. His animal was service supervised the tree planting. dazed for several seconds, as was the Val Norman obtained 2,000 seedlings driver. Both came to about the same from the Beaver Ranger District and time, and the horse bolted at once. Still brought a planting auger with which to r half dazed, the driver held grimly to the dig the holes for the trees. reins and guided the horse around the A fireside actually held around a The bolt came from a board strip of track. By the time his wits fully came to ended the days activties. control. under campfire the had him brute he clear sky between two approaching cloud masses. Its explosion when it Hie new fair grounds, the scene of the struck on a wagon was the first warning of its presnce. The ground had been wet accident, are about three miles from town. by light showers and the electricity scattered over the grass in blue flames After the first shock sustained by the that knocked down, stunned and burned assistance was given to the throng, victims on all sides. It ripped wagon It was found that Altus Bean, injured. wheels and seats and shattered the of Richfield, 19 years of age, was dead. track fence. Among the most seriously injured are: Dwight Bean, Richfield; will new the die; clothes all torn off. at probably had The crowd gathered fair grounds. They had come from Mrs. A. B. Williams, badly shocked many surrounding points in honor of and burned about head and back. Utah Commercial Travelers day. The Mrs. Harry E. Mills, Richfield, badly races were the main thing of interest and they had crowded close to the shocked and burned about left side. track, all along whose circuit they were Mrs. A. O. Rasmussen, Richfield, strung. nose cut off. dynamite had exploded. Others thought it was a fire cracker. A rush toward the (dace followed, as soon as people recovered their senses. Horses were They thought it was fun going on the compass course and finding the different signs leaders put out. - The bolt fell in the midst of 2,500 people, all crowded close to the rail of the new race track. They were watching the beginning of the days third trotting race. It came without warning. A terrific report startled the thousands, Half dazed by its intensity those who had escaped the shock caught their scattered senses to see maddened horses dashing in all directions through the crowd, while 200 men and women lay prostrate. When the bolt struck some thought Day " n JO - .ff !SMV T'- I''' ' iHfcwlSW-- " Blazer leader demonstrates techniques to scouts during the recent day-lon- g camp. Said one A district first-ai- d f ' - Si Swftihsfc camp leader: These Blazers found out the pleasure of service to others. Inez Clark, Richfield, shocked, burned over head. Child of Mrs. Rasmussen, internally hurt. W. E. Ashmus, Richfield, hair burned off, badly shocked. Archie Anderson, Glenwood, hair burned from head, badly shocked. All the above are still confined to their beds. There were about a score less seriously injured. of others Astronomy Group Readies 'Star Show' At Capitol Reef During Dark Nights REEF NATIONAL PARK amateur astronomy group with some of the largest portable telescopes in the world will give demonstrations and talks at Capitol Reef National park. CAPITOL A touring According to Supt. Derek Hambly, San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers want die public to come to Panorama Point after dark on the evenings of July 15 and 16 to look at deep space objects. the Prior to the evening star gazing sessions, the astronomers will present a slide program in die park amphitheater near the campground. Viewing at Panorama Point should begin about 10:00 p.m. each evening. The San Francisco group is a non- profit foundation dedicated to the education of the general public in astronomy and astrophysics. Interest in the solar system and deep space has mushroomed since die inception of the nations space program. Although two of the nations best telescopes are located here in the west the 200 inch Hale reflector and the these in120 inch Lick reflector for the devices struments are research use of scientists only. The portable scopes of the San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers are designed for die use of competent amateur astronomers and the general public. Among the telescopes to be available at Capitol Reef will be Little One, a reliable 18 inch reflector built several years ago by the Sidewalk Astronomers founder, John L. Dobson. Dobson has ground by hand numerous high quality large convex mirrors, the heart of the reflecting telescope, and is proud of the fact that much of the mechanical paraphenalia in his devices was recued from the junkyard. Persons who have never beheld the galaxies, stars and planets as other than pinpoints of light in the canopy of night should consider a drive to the park on the evenings of July 15 or 16, according to Hambly. . Telescope This 18 inch reflecting telescope will be at Capitol Reef National Park for public use during the dark nights of ) July 16 and 17. Named Little One, the scope will be available to view the stars and other heavenly bodies. |