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Show r "l K" 'n' p Wednesday, May 9, Cemetery sexton retires after 32 years with city After 32 years at the Price City Cemetery, sexton Thomas Morris ironically retired from his cemetery work to a pastime of digging up Indian artifacts. Morris his held, until retirement last week, Price citys highest seniority. During those years in which he helped commit more than 4,000 to the. cemetery grounds. Morris said tremendous changes occurred in the burial trade. It used to takefceight hours to dig a grave by shovel, you would have to use dynamite to blast the shale out. Now a backhoe can dig it in one hour, he said. More powerful mowers have also speeded up grass cutting on the cemeterys 21 V2 acres of lawn, he said. Besides mechanization, Morris has also seen the public becoming more practical in dealing with death. When I started relatives usually bought the gravesite after the death. Now we have more than 50Q persons signed up for services are gravesites. becoming popular. In 1940s the grayesites were purchased in large family plots. Now, since families are smaller and more transient, family plots are smaller, he said. Also fewer people take death as traumaticallv as they did in the past. Pre-nee- d pre-nee- d man, I remember, sat daily at someone's grave for about .five months. For such people you tell them, Hey, this . One the county with different religious beliefs and a changing of local beliefs, there has been an increase in the number of urns being stored at the cemetery. years ago we didnt get any ashes; now we get some five urns of ashes a year, Morris said. At the same time burial of older persons has declined due to the upsurge in coal development, Morris said. Prior to the county economy jumping up we had a large population of retirees who found it he economical to live here, said. Many of. the burials today are from younger persons dying in auto accidents, Morris added. Throughout the years Morris has become conscious of the need of a dry cemetery. isnt doing you any good, try and get away. Death is handled better when the survivors have some religious belief, he said. I know we would all like to handle death like the Mormons. A few Break up of m , stop-ove- 0 Price in Monday, May 14 9 a.m. to 12 noon Margorie Breinholt Hearing Aid Specialist CLEANING ANDCHECK-U- P OF ANY HEARING AID city - ELECTRONIC . J ' 4 t'r STILL FITS Factory Fresh Batteries If you can't come in, we'll come to you. Just call us at the motel. r r fJ HEARING TESTTOSEE IF YOUR AID fleSon? Bel,one J HEARING WHEN A,o wiu MEip ! M y ! Aid Hearin9 center 234 W. Center in ProvchrPhone Retired sexton Thomas Morris weekend, according to Art Police Chief Poloni. theft was The reported by Paula Volpin who said the 375-414- 6 mixer had 55 East Main in Price been at the company locked to a fence I I rental I located west of Price, Poloni said. The Stone I mixer, M with hitch and wheels, had apbeen taken I parently the use of a I through bolt Poloni i added.cutter, Price Store Only! We are overstocked our Suit Dept. 0011 East Main, Price name brand polyester & polyblend suits. We must reduce our stock. This is not a gimmick or trick sales promotion. We MAY SALE Just in time for Mothers Day 8h Fashion Jeans Lingerie and Entire stock of Juniors and Dresses Young Men's are overstocked We Ladies Shoes Entire Stock of Men's, Ladies' and Kids' SAVE Keds From our regular stock of name brands UJG AEG SGQJLDCJ BGlUsO C9D GQO'ff have old stock to get rid of. This is all current stock. We do not ave 50 on every dress suit in stock. Hundreds to choose from. (Small charge for alterations at this price) Please, no layaways, exchanges or returns on these items 200 Entire Stock of Boy's Fabrics Dress Pants & Plaid Shirts in our mist sell 1 25 Slits i t 'i f i 637-297- Greenwell Motel I Blouses, Purses, E., Price 6 cement A $650 mixer was stolen from Price Rental last I Ladies N. stolen I 55 55 Mixer j Before it breaks you! GENERAL SURGERY At Rre-histor- ic deterioration, Morris said. Dry soil restricts the breakdown of the bodies, whereas wet soil speeds decomposition, he said. The Price Cemetery is good for preservation because of the ex- - ip and another space, cemetery will be needed , he said. During his retirement, Morris plans to get a permit from the federal government to enable him to hunt for Indian artifacts. I have donated numerous pieces to the CEU Museum and would like, to do more of the work. My Price home will only be a r point during my trips to the desert and to my Scofield Lake trailer, Morris said. Survivors most times feel better about death when they know that their dead relative is from being protected I i Opening of his practice in burial ground, Morris said. Here we are even careful about faucets which are left on," he added. Most patrons arent concerned with the water issue, but are more concerned with the appearance and gravesite cost of the cemetery, Morris said. Thanks to the mayor and city councils support, Morris believes the local cemetery is the best in the state. We get a surprising number of people from both the east and west coasts who want to be buried here, Morris said. During the next 30 years Morris believes the cemetery will run out With more persons coming into xcnaJt " wishes to announce the Some sextons let the sprinklers run all night which saturates the The Greeks and Mormons used to have their own burial sections, but they have now opened them up to anyone, he said, except for the Japanese, and the Masonic order, Morris said, we just try to fit them in wherever we can. 'Paul "Di. said. the others do when death strikes, Morris said. Religions and races also are not as clannish as they were in the past. 3 jk kTt cellent drainage due to the grounds shale and sandy soil, he They seem to believe that after death you are better off. They never seem to carry on like Price, Utah Sun Advocate, 1979 Dress Shirts on sale at Y o99e. are from our regular stock, priced at 18.00 to 18.50. These shirts All Boys Suits Sizes to 4 20 |