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Show Pr .,s s gg Sen- - alroLw Cl tv uth 04110 If SMITHFIELD, UTAH, VOL. 1 3, NO. 35, THURSDAY, AUG. 25, 1 977 Grade schools get new principals Elementary schools begin Monday, August 29 at 8:30 a.m. Significant changes have been taking place in preparation for the new year with new principals for the North Park, Summit and Lewiston Schools, and nine new teachers added to each of their staffs. MURRAY RIGBY has served as principal of Summit School for seven years. His new assignment will be at the North Park School as Principal replacing Ned Bodily. Mr. Rigby was born and raised in Newton and attend- ON HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN Bill Connary watches for bean on the top of Haystack Mountain. He says that it was dangerous spot in those days. ed Newton Elementary, Smithfield Jr. High and is a graduate of North Cache High. After two years of service in the Navy, he attended USU where he received a BS (1951) in Secondary Education. His first teaching position A TRENTON MAN There's been a lotfa livin' that year. B (T.KOXK AI.LSOP A lot his 79 of liv'in he's seen in years. William V. Connary has lead an interr esting life. He has been involved in half a dozen occupations trapping, gunman. mining to rodeoing all of which could he termed risky. Reginning at the age of eleven, he began trapping muskrats on natural Beaver dams in .the south end of our. valley at Avon and Paradise. For fourteen years Bill Connary trapped for the U.S. Government. The majority of his trapping has been big mountain cats, cougars, linns as well as coyote and boar. Working in the Chcsi-fiel- d and Bancroft. Idaho area he worked as a predatory animal control agent for U.S. Government the riding trap lines on horseback. For about a period he had the assignment of making rounds by airplane to some 47 different bait stations to drop poisonous bait for coyote. The coyote were a threat to sheep herds. After each snow storm Cnnnary and a partner would fly nut to the stations usually located between mountain passes. The poisonous bait they carried consisted of 4 sugar. lard five-ye- plus the poison which was a government secret. Flying over the area the team woud spot a carcas of a cow or other animal, circle the Piper plane, dive for the carcas then as the pilot rolled the wing of the plane the other team member would drop about 50 poisonous pills the size of walnuts on the carcass. Iater they would then ski or snuwshne in to see how many coyote they had got. Cnnnary has seen as many as six coyote at one station. The year that Rill retired as a government trapper in 1949 he had, killed 1973 coyote. lion 17 Ixilx-ats- and 3 hears Bill Connary has also seen the artion of World War I. Serving as a sniper on the front lines he says he could dig a hole faster than a badger." He was in the combat zone for 5 months straight. He says that he spent his 21st birthday pulling the trigger of a machine gun Nov. 8. 1918. By the 11th of November the war was over. Only 2f men from his. entire battalion returned to their home. Some-28.00ft-me- were Inst in his division as many as 3tK) were killed in a four day period. Yet Connary says he "has no prejudice- against any nationality in- eluding Negro." In his thick photo album Rill has a picture of a man one year younger than he from Munich. Germany whom he cap-lured as a prisoner of war.v The man. who's name is also Bill, was shipped to Shit take City where he. spent two years in the prison camp. The two Bills still GARBAGE RATES RAISED Threecouncilmen to be elected CORNISH The Retire ment of Wendell. Godfrey, Joseph Creech and Larry Pitcher from the Cornish Town Council will leave three vacancies to be filled by an election in November. Five town Councilmen serve a term of four years, with a regular election held every two years. News of the openings on the Town Council was announced at the annual Town Party held Saturday, Aug. 20 at the Cornish Park by Councilman Byron Hanson, who also revealed a hike in the town's garbage collection rates from $2.00 per month to $2.50 per 60 gallons per month, with each additional 20 gal- lons costing residents 50 cents extra. Prior collection rates have been inclusive regardless of the amount of trash and garbage collected. The new rates go into effect October 1. The City Ordinances have recently been revised, according to Mr. Hanson, and anyone who wishes to read a complete listing of the new ordinances may obtain copies of these from Mayor Godfrey or Mr. Hanson. Councilman Hanson also paid tribute to town resident Deconn Pitcher, who is custodian of the park and the Cornish Cemetery, for the valuable service he renders to the town in these capacities. Following Mr. Hansons remarks. Mayor Wendell Godfrey made a special appeal to the town residents asking them to join in an effort to curb vandalism of the lighting equipment in the park. He noted that several light globes had been broken or stolen prior to the town outing, and asked the town youths to be especially aware of any vandalism incidents they observed and enlisted their special aid in stopping such acts. The park is used by many groups and people outside of Cornish. al four children. They are Richard (living in Billings, Montana), and his two children, Jeanine (living in Salinas, California), and her 2 children, Mark (Newton), and Randy (Newton) with his child. There are a total of 5 grandchildren. Murray has been active in the community as well as the LDS church having served eight years as Mayor and five years as Bishop, both in Newton. He is currently on the USU Stake High Council. NED BODILY has been principal of North Park Elementary School for ten he years. In a will be replacing Murray Rigby at Summit School. Born in Fairview, Id., Mr. Bodily went through Idaho schools and attended Preston High. He spent two and one half years in the Navy and upon the end of this he finished high school by correspondence. Ned fulfilled a mission to the Western States for the IDS church. The beginning of his eduturn-about- correspond to one another, During his trapping years and off and on later. Connary Wnuld follow the Rodeos acting as a clown at the Bancroft. Grace and Preston rodeos. He says he has felt the breath of many a bull. He would usually dress as a woman sometimes was in the Box Elder District for four years teaching six, seven and eight grades. His next assignment was in the Cache County School District as Principal of Trenton for four years, a Teaching-Principposition at Newton for fve years, and principal at Lewiston for six years. Mr. Rigby has always resided in Newton with his wife Arlene (Traveler), and a black country in the National Guard for eight years. Chad's teaching experience began with his first year at Wellsville in the 4th grade, and then followed by teaching at Providence for eight years in the sixth and one year as a at River Mr. Downs is currently Bishop of Smithfield Second Ward. He served as Elders Quorum President for five years. Heights. The Downs live in Smith-fielThe family consists of In the community he was Justice of the Peace for two years in Smithfield. MURRAY RIGBY NED BODILY full-tim- s. quieter life the Connarys began raising rabbits. With 27 buck and 300 doe rabbits Bill was able to take a load of fryers to Ogden every Monday morning. He was good at this occupation too because in his living room are 17 trophies and 100 ribbons on display from his rabbit raising years. 1110 father of four children he was first married to Clara Marie Johnson who passed away in 1959 of cancer. Their four children are Myrtle also deceased: Elaine of Salmon, Idaho: Norma of Benton. Arkansas: and William D. of Trenton. His second wife, Florence Miles passed away in June of 1976. Now married to the former Sharol Petersen of Lewiston the Connarys keep busy in their yard and garden. Bill doesn't sit idle even after the necessary is done. He has created a hobby that is hecoming a business. With his artistic ability he paints colorful scenery pictures on milk cans as well as canvas. He also makes d. Holly 8 months. Teaching-Princip- al 10 position years. One Screening process Cache County School Dis- program dealing with kin- trict is leading out in the new year was spent teaching dergarten students. Nebraska English at the The need for a screening Curriculum Development process for kindergarten Center at the University of Nebraska, and then went on to North Park School as Principal. Ned married the former Irene Barrett from Mendon and they have five children: Jimmy, who lives in Mos- cow, Idaho, finishing school. He and Connie have 1 child, Janice (5 months). Larry and Lee both attend USU, Jolene, a senior at Sky View, and LaNae, at South Cache Jr. High. Mr. Bodily is currently the Teacher Trainer in the Mendon Ward and has served as President of the Elders Quorum and in the Stake Sunday School Superintendency. He is presently City Recorder of Mendon, a position he has held for two years, and has been on the City Council for two terms. CHAD DOWNS FOR KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS parade-dresse- at Mendon for Teacher-Administrat- mother Cheryl (Hampton), and their 5 children, Heather 8, Grayson 7, Matthew 5, Christine 3 and ", woman. he still has the cational endeavors took knack as he was seen in the place at USU where he received a BS and Masters d Trenton's 24th of July in English gnd,. as a woman,.. ' ijegree ' His first assignmerature. Cnrinary's mining days were spent in Washington ment was at Bountiful High for two years teaching EngCounty. Utah at St. George, Then he was in a lish. and Cedar areas. He made a living then by taking abandoned mines apart for a company that went bankrupt. Disassembling mines rail by rail and pipe by pipe is a bit risky too considering the great chance of cave-inIn 1958 he left the Dixie area and came to Cache Valley. He found a house in Trenton to store his furniture while he finished wrecking mines then later moved here with his family and has been here every since. Settling djvn to a wife and been born and raised in Smithfield. Prior to his formal education. Chad served on a e mission for the LDS church in Scotland. A BS and Master's degrees were received fr6m USU in Elementary Education and he has also achieved graduate work at the University of Utah. He left the ranks as a Staff Sergeant while serving his children to feel good about themselves and to have good successes at the beginning of school is the purpose behind applying for state money and to seek for a program which would institute those ideals. A two-da- y screening work- shop fra kindergarten teachers, special service teachers, listeners, and aides within the Cache County school district met under the direction of Stephen Thurston, Cache County School Guidance Counselor. Guest Director, Lucille Werner, from Illinois, who authored the program "Prevention of Early School Failure presented valuable information through slide presentations and lectures in training the specialists who will be screening the children, Thurston said. The strength of skills such as motor, THE NEW principal for language, vision, and speech Lewiston Elementary School will be determined how the is Chad Downs. student is learning by Mr. Downs attended Sumvision or by auditory. mit Elementary School, After the screening proSmithfield Junior High and cess, helps will be suggested North Cache High having for the parent to aid the ic student at home. The overall purpose is to identify the learning style of the child and then to help strengthen it. The screening will be held prior to the beginning of school and during the first two weeks of school. Individual letters will be sent to the students as to time and day of screening. Six Sky View students honored Six Cache County high school juniors from Sky View High School participated in special breakfast conferences at the University of Utah this month to recognize their academic achievements. More than 300 Utah students and their parents attended either of two sessions of the seventh annual ACT Scholars Breakfast, held August 10 and 17 in the Union Ballroom. University administrators discussed admissions, scholarships and academic advising procedures while U students described campus life. But the main objective was to honor students who have scored well on the ACT test, says Elaine Nielsen, assistant director of High School Services and organiz of the event. The ACT (American College Testing program) measures a high school student's ability and is a main standard by which students are admitted to the er U. All the students invited received a composite score of 27 or higher on the test, she says. The average ACT composite score for entering freshmen at the U is 21. Participating students de- scribed the event as extremely helpful in gaining an understanding of scholarship opportunities, admission information and an awareness of student organizations. Those who attended were: Sven Berg, Margaret Hughey, Chris Jorgensen, Paul Nash, James Shupe, and Douglas Thomas. beautifully finished and stained table tops which he attaches to milk cans. Another hobby is his unique decorative wall hangings. Using deer horns and a horse collar and inset with mirrors he can create beautiful works of art. Another clever item in demand are his lamps the base of which is made from a cowboy boot. Some swag lamps arc made IIOBBIKS AND Sl'Cll Rill Connary displays some of the work he has done as part of his Citizen Photo many hobbles, showing the versatility of the man. from buggy and wagon hubs. You think his hobbies are unusual, you should see his pets. Besides the usual dogs and cats. Bill Connary has caged in his back yard two cub fox. beautiful animals, but snappy: The fox were round in a drain pipe in Trenton this spring, and Bill took them in. He's seen a lot of liv'in. but a man like Bill Connary probably has a bit more to do. .'.W : SCREENING WORKSHOP Mrs. tactile Werner, guest director from Illinois, leads a training session on "Prevention of Early School Failure" with a slide presentation. The Citizen Photo |