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Show Universal 141 lcrcfilning Herpont, Salt lake City, Utah. THE SUMMIT COUNTY Thursday, Kay 23, NUMBER 1968 TWENTY-ON- VOLUME E Sgt Allen McNeil, Paratrooper, Dies of Wounds in Viet Nam Sgt. Allen W. McNeil Served a Pm trooper three brothers, ters, Earl W. Dairy Princess Contest June 7 It was stated last week, the Dairy Princess Contest would be held Thursday June 6 instead of the 7th. The evening will be packed with high class entertainment. Mr. Ned Winder, one of the best M.C.s in the state of Utah, will be on hand to charm you with his personality and wit. Two family singing groups from Ogden, will entertain you with their lovely voices, as well as fifteen lovely vivacious girls who will parade in formal gowns and a second look in street clothes. Girls who have not been contacted are invited to compete anyway, or contact Ed Urefora sponsor. COALVILLE COMMENTS Jeffrey Williams, son of Mr. Mrs. Robert A. Williams received a thrill when reading his name in the Salt Lake Tribune last week as a winner in his age group of drawing a birthday card for Shasta s Birthday party. He had to make a return trip to the Zoo to pick up his prize, a Pogo Stick. The second grade has had fun learning to "Pogo. and and three sis, Demont W., Jay W., Andrea, all Francis; Dixie McNeil, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Milton (Dorothy) Cox, Seaside, Calif. Also surviving are his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Heber M. McNeil, Francis, and Mrs. Florence Wilde, Oakley. South Seniors Feted by Bank Wednesday, May IS, the KamState Bank honored the Seniors of 1968 with a ham din- as ner. The dinner which was held in the Woodland Ward House was attended by the Senior Class of South Summit, bank personnel and other dlgnataries. President of the Class of 1968, Allen Covey presided over the meal. He introduced the speakers: Mr. Moses T aylor, Bank President; Mr. Keith Bailey, Superintendent of SS School; Mr. Elmo Hoyt, School Principal; Mr. Kenneth Woolstenhulme, President of the School Board. A musical number was presented by Milo Lefler. Milo sang the Senior Class Junior Prom theme, "The Impossible Dream. Frank Nielson played organ background music. The Seniors will long remember this night and the wonderful association there. Mark Matley Retires at North; Donald Thiriot p Study Tour of Europe Gains Degree Mr. Matley is retiring this May 31. Approximately 450 persons will receive bachelor of science or master of science degrees during the 10 a.m. ceremony in the universitys health and physical education center auditorium. Eugene McPhee, director of Wisconsin State Universities, will be the principal speaker. Stouts president, William J. Micheels, will confer the dedegrees. Diplomas will be presented by James Solberg, a member of the Board of Regents of State Universities. Thiriot was granted an assistants hip for year 1967-6- 8. He taught woodworking and patternmaking in the Wood Technique Department and industrial organization in Industrial Technology Department. He received Deans Scholarship Award and was elected reporter for the American Industrial Arts Association National Student Club Meno-mon- ie, 1966-6- 7. Mrs. Blonquist Elizabeth Slmister was elected first vice president. May bell Bullock as second vice president, Mildred Rees as Treasurer, Otis Bullock as historian, Marvella Geary as chaplain, Alice Stockman as Sergeant at Arms and Mabel Larsen as secretary. Bernett Smith, poppy gave the poppies to the members for the May 25 sales. Each one is urged to assist in this program. Unit members will meet at the city hall Tuesday, May 28 to make the wreaths that will be placed on the graves of veterans in the North Summit district. Unit President Betty Vernon and secretary Mabel R. Larsen attended the District Three meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary Monday, May 13 in Salt Lake City, Utah with Unit and Post No. 133 acting as host and hostess. A large group heard reports of the years work and this unit was presented with a check for $5 as it was the first in the district to meet its membership goal. A meeting will be held on June 13 to install the new officers and report the years activities. Mrs. sales chairman Salutatorian Loyal Pace, Randy Pace Lead North Seniors in Graduation Fifty-tw- o seniors will receive their diplomas Friday, May 24 at 8 p.m. in the North Summit Auditorium to the theme of "The Impossible Dream." ! Giving the valedictory add- ress will be Loyal Pace, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Pace and the salutatorian will be Randy Pace, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reed Pace. Honor students who will also speak will be Lorin Fawcett and Barbara Dearden. Other honor students taking part in the program will be Kenneth Crittenden and Colleen Rees, prayers; and Barbara Stevens, piano solo. The senior girls will sing Halls of Ivy and the entire graduating class will sing Graduation Day. Joe Frod- sham will sing the theme song, Impossible Dream. The class roll is: Ella Mae Adkins, Christine Blonquist, Margaret Helen Blonquist, Chris Allen Boyer, Zee anna S. Boyer, Elwyn Dee Burgess, Melvin D. Chappell, Kenneth W. Crittenden, Norman B.Crit- - tenden, Barbara Joy Dearden, Lorin Otto Fawcett, Joseph Mil ton Frodsham, Brent B. Geary, Also Jana Lee Geary, Sylvia Horton, Vicki Ray Jackson, Ralph Grant Jones, Ruth Jones, Thomas William Judd, Pearl Dalene Kiddy, Connie Jean Maxwell, Arvin Victor Moore, Thomas William Moore, Loyal J. Pace, Randy R. Pace, Mary Beth Putnam, Colleen Louise Rees, Kenneth R. Rees Jr., Kerry Ann Rees, Janet Richins, Michael M. Richins, Steven Bingham Richins, Scott Jack Russell, Dwayne W. Sargent, Layne O. Sargent, Gary Lloyd Slddoway, Jeannine Spriggs, Terry Sue Staley, Barbara Stevens, Ffeyd Calvin Stevens, Edward James Tree, Jolene Trujillo, Louis Craig Vernon, Boyd L. Warner, David Elliot Wilde, Gordon Wilde, John 0. Wilde, Robyn D. Wilde, David Bruce Williams, Vern C. Williams, Joe William Willoughby, Nedra Winters. Following graduation exercises will be the Commencement Ball. Oakley To Have Bigger Arena for 4th Rodeo Oakley townsmen are working diligently rejuvenating the Rodeo grounds or should I say moving livestock and barrels. These ,lads are building new chutes, arena and seating. Plans are for more parking space. Better all around facilities for the 'Biggest Little Rodeo in the county coming July 4. More later. 37 years in North Summit as Vocational Ag. Instructor, and teacher of biology, physiology, science and botany. He graduated from Utah State University in 1927 and taught three years in New Mexico. He was honored as the Vocational Agriculture Teacher of the Year in 1962 by the state organization of which he has served as president. He has trained many outstanding Judging teams which took both state and national honors during his years of teaching. He and Mrs. Matley, who retired last year, are the parents of two children: Fred who is in business in Salt Lake and Mrs. Rulon (Joyce) Wood presently He was presented a passport folder by the North Summit Education Association In a cent .retirement dinner. year after MEN OMON IE Donald G. Thiriot of Coalville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Thiriot, 1544 Hubbard Ave., Salt Lake City, is scheduled to receive the master of science degree in industrial education during commencement exercises at Stout State university here Friday, 16. RANDY PACE MW Voters of North Summit School District turned out en masse Tuesday to defeat a proposed sale of School Bonds by a vote of 357 to 235. The Board of Education proposed to sell bonds totaling $1,050,000 for construction of a new complex just across tho street from .the present high school building. It would contain gymnasium, auditorium, cafeteria, shop and music room. Wednesday morning tho Board had no comment upon the possibility of other alternate improvements to be Afton Blonquist was elected president of the American Legion Auxiliary in their regular session Thursday evening, May NS COALVILLE, UTAH SCHOOL BOND THREE TO TWO Auxiliary Head LOYAL PACE NS Valedictorian XXXV NORTH VOTERS TURN DOWN FRANCIS Sgt. Allen W. McNeil, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren H. McNeil, Francis, died May 12 of injuries suffered in a land mine explosion in Vietnam, the Defense Department has announced. Sgt. McNeil was aparatroop-e-r in the 101st Airborne Division. He attended elementary and secondary schools in Kamas and was a graduate of South Summit High School. A member of the Francis Ward of the LDS Church, Sgt. McNeil attended South Summit Seminary. He was born Jan. 6, 1947, in Francis, a son of Warren H. and Fae Wilde McNeil. Surviving are his parents; BE MARK MATLEY Mark A. Matley, Vocational Agriculture teacher of North Summit High School and his wife, Kathryn, of Coalville, Utah will participate in a nationally, sponsored Study Tour of Europe in June. The tour group will study agricultural conditions and farming methods in England, Holland, Denmark, and East and West Germany. Mr. Matley will participate in Young Farmer Club meetings in each of the countries and observe the problems in International Rural Youth Work. Following a briefing conducted at the National FF A Center, the Study Tour departs from Dulles International Airport, Washington, D. C., on June 8 and returns June 29. Major cities to be visitedLondon, Amsterdam, The Hague, Copenhagen, Bonn, and Berlin. The three-we- ek Rudy Tour is being sponsored by the national organization of Future Farmers of America and the International Agriculture Exchange Association. Future Farmers of America is the national organization of students of vocational agriculture with a membership of 450,000. The International Agricultural Exchange Association is an association comprised of rural youth organizations in seven European countries and the FFA in North America. Students under Mr. Matleys direction have racked up an amazing number of successes in the Judging field. He has had five crops teams, six dairy teams, five meats teams, 1 poultry team and two livestock teams take state honors. From these, three dairy teams, five meats teams and one poultry team have earned the opportunity to participate in the national contests. The 1962 crop Judging team also attended the national convention although there was no Judging competition in their area. He had three boys represent North Summit in the National FFA chorus and band. Roger Ball and Dean Pace in the chorus and Dean Pace and Glen Judd in the band. Twenty five boys under his direction were chosen as State Farmers. This is an tumor that goes to a small 2 of the boys in the state enrolled in the FFA program. He has also had 25 Union Pacific Scholarship winners and three alternates from his classes. This scholarship is given, one to a county where the UPRR serves. He has also been chosen as president of the North Summit Teachers Association twice in his years of service. , 4M KIT Vt Mrs. Helen Hall, she remarked. Since that time she has traveled 16,000 miles and has large collection here Friday collected hundreds of badges, morning when Sheriff Ron 24 keys to cities and has four Robinson presented her with a full of clippings. Summit County Deputy badge scrapbooks and a shoulder patch from the Through the mountainous country she is escorted by the Summit County Jeep Posse. Sheriff departments, but she has Mrs. Hall started her protest march three years ago by walked through 31 states and 'walking from her small home in plans to do all 50 before shes done. She is still trylngto figure Pennsylvania to Washington, how she is going to walk to D.C., to talk to the President about the small amount welfare Hawaii, but said I'll walk back and forth on a ship if I have recipients are allowed to live to. on. 1 didnt get past the front Queen of the Road, added another patch and badge to her South Seniors Take Rubber Raft Down Green River At 4:30 a.m., time to rise and shine, sang out the shrill ringing of the alarm clock. The the rafts pulled ashore and had an hour rest and lunch. A fire was built and an attempt to dry off was made, but how can you dry off after you have been dunked in the river several sleeping Senior reached out a wandering limb and slapped the clock into stillness. He turned times. over and prepared for an extra toThrough beautiful mountain not but few minutes slumber; cliffs the river rats ran, going must and he get get up day, through rapids and still water. ready for the Senior trip down the Green River, the bus would leave in one hour. Four thirty a.m. was indeed the time fbr all Seniors of South Summit to get up and get ready for their Senior Sluff Day, which was held on Friday, May 10. The ride, (on the bus), from Kamas to Vernal was a real The last regular meeting of experience as the sleepy Senthe Henefer Camp Dup before iors watched the towns along recessing for the summer the way begin to stir and awaken. months was held May 18 at the As they traveled up Daniels cabin at 7:30 p.m. with Captain Canyon, they watched the early Irene Rowser conducting. gray light of morning turn into Highlight of the meeting was a a radiant sunrise, promising election of officers for the combeautiful day. On through the country they ing year. Mrs. Rowser was electal to serve another two reached until they traveled, year term along with the preVernal at 8:15 a.m. for a brief sent 1st Vice Captain, Susie a breakfast second rest, (and Church, and the 2nd Vice Capfor most of the boys). tain, Reta Ovard. Elected to After Vernal things began to serve as secretary was Mrs. go astray as the Seniors bus Veda Brooks who replaces Mrs. on wandered up the mountain the Mrs. Marjorie Inez Eakins. a the wrong road, giving girls Bond replaces Mrs. Irma Richreal thrill as the bus tipped ins as Relic Custodian. and swayed towards the outer Other officers who were reedge of the road where they elected to serve another term could look down hundreds of feet were Maxine Wright, Historian; to the canyon floor. Finally, Susannah Fowler, Chaplain; after turning around the bus got Wanda Matue, Parlimentarian, on the right road or should it be Selma Taylor, Registrar, Melva called a trail. Richins, Lesson leader, DarAs the front end of the bus lene Richins, Organist and went to climb out of a dip the Eillene Richins, Chorister. with a come would down end rear Captain Rowser told the and wouldnt resounding thump, that on June 20, fifty members you know it, when only a mile CampCrafter girls from Califrom the landing the bus got fornia will arrive in Henefer stuck. The muscles of the Senior and spend the night and the next to as strained tried they boys day will start a trek by foot, push the bus out of the dip, but handcarts over the piopulling the bus wouldnt budge. The to Salt Lake. They trail neer to to hike the down decided girls river instead of waiting for the will present a talent program in the Cultural Hall that evening bus, so away they went. to which everyone will be inDown at the river the Croft vited. brothers were blowing up the Also expected at the cabin giant rafts in preparation for June 6, will be seven bus loads After down the the trip river. of women from DUP camps in the rafts were blown up Mr. Murray who will be traveling Croft sent the truck down to help the pioneer trail. (They over Amid bus the free. hoops pull will do it the easy way though, and hollers the bus entered by bus.) the clearing, turned around and The lesson presented by Reta headed out to meet the rafts at Ovard was Almon W.Rabbitt-Pione- er. the end of the trip at Dinosaur National Mt. Hostesses who served reAt 12:30, the Seniors boarded freshments to the twenty women the rafts, after having received present were Inez Eakins, Irene Instructions on the use of their Rowser, Reta Ovard and Susie life preservers. The first raft Church. two pushed off and the other This will be the last meetsoon followed. ing until September. The river guides had been Mrs. Irene Rowser, Mrs. and for the river years running Marjorie Bond, Mrs. Susie they expertly guided the rafts Church, Mrs. Violet Ovard, into the first set of rapids. Mrs. Darlene Jaques and Mrs. As the rafts drifted down the Paskett attended the of Marguerite would tell river the guides convention of the different happenings and how the at held DUP the Mt. Spaa in canyons and rocks received its Midway Saturday, May 18. They name. received much valuable inFor those Seniors who thought formation from the National not wet first would this get they officers of the organization, set of rapids soon showed how including Louise D. Pierce, Joy wrong they were for everyone C. Fowler, Ethel H. Elkins soon became drenching wet and and Pearl Wonnacott. The meetremained so throughout the entire trip until they reached ing began at 10 a.m. and the ladles enjoyed a lovely lunchhome and changed their clothes. eon before returning home. After about an hour and a half, Irene Rowser Again Heads Henefer DUP Tri-Coun- ty They saw nests of cliff shallows and other cliff animal life. Farther down the river they saw a cabin where an old hermit lived. The most thrill of the whole trip was the rapids. Better than Lagoon," "Nothing like it, were a few of the comments made as the rafts hit rapids after rapids each time soaking the occupants, but thrilling them with a memory they will not soon forget. Arriving at Dinosaur National Monument the rafts were pulled ashore and a dripping but happy Senior Class of 1968 boarded the bus for the Dinosaur quarry and dinner in Vernal. After dinner the bus headed home but darn if Just out side of Duchesne the bus air brakes gave way and the bus driver plus advisors proceeded to fix the break in the air hose. After the slight delay of an hour the bus was again on its way. As the bus traveled down Daniels Canyon some of the Seniors at the back of the bus said they could smell something like rubber burning. The bus was stopped and examined but nothing could be found wrong. Finally reaching Heber the bus stopped at a garage and found that two, out of the four belts on the bus had broken. The bus driver fussed around and soon used the remaining two belts to hobble into Kamas. Just as they reached the High School it stopped and wouldnt go any farther. The Seniors begged rides home from some of the Senior boys who had left their cars at School, and soon were home. At 11:45 p.m. and into bed, having been awake for more than 19 hours, but anyone of the Seniors would have gone out the very next day and rode the Green River again for they all enjoyed the trip and have something to remember from their High School activities. And if the bus hadn't broken down only a portion of the picture would have remained a memory. Dessert Costs Are Discussed KAMA- Sreal timely demonstration on low cost desserts was presented at the High School last Wednesday by the 6th period Home Economics class, under the direction of Miss Jensen and Mrs. Bacon of the Utah ExtenA sion Service. The beat of the surf was truly in the Tropic Macaroons with the clouds raining chocolate drops in the chocolate chip cookies. Tasty sherbet added to the zest of the banana bread and the quick coffee cake. The apple twist danced to the tune of your taste buds and bowing in gracefully came the Chinese noodle cookies. Fruit pies flew in unlimited on the wings of the happy ice cream pie. All the girls took part in the demonstration. |