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Show f Published in the Interest of Blanding VOLUME the Surrounding Oil and Mining Communities BUNDING , UTAH , FRIDAY,. JULY 15, 2 I960 ' 29 NO. 2 SoMassHttm Seats Sought by Hue CancMdates Nine Men had filed for commissioner county of Monday's the two Jobs ahead date dead- filing Last to file was democrat line Ray Nonticello who filed for year term and J W. a Republican who also Crowley, filed for the short term Others with them in the race Redd of the two for the two year term are Glen and Wm. Walton, Monti cello; both Republicans The five men seeking the four Palmer, seat are Democrats year a picture of Here is Horrocks, Thomas new game warden for Hor rocks came to this area Blanding June 6, from Heber City Utah on his first assignment by State Pish and the ment He where is Game Depart- a graduate of Utah State majored in Big Game he Management in the School of is He estry a For- Mormon and ser- as a LDS Missionary in from 1955 to Canada Western 1957. ved ' The man be new warden is a married but Mrs Horrocks will not moving Ifyrum Black, Blanding and L Bartell, and Republicans Montioello; Francis (Bud) Nielson, Blanding, Ash Harris, Blanding and E Sonderegger, Nonticello, THOMAS HORROCKS . Bluff; to Blanding until af- - City To Reorganize Planning Commission Monday Counoil night the Blanding City voted to reorganize its Councilman planning commission Curtis Jones will look after forming a citizens' committee that will study the advisibility enacting a zoning ordinance ter child the arrival of their expected September in first August or Local Men Study Jackson Reservoir Potentialities Bridges National Monhad 1,209 visitors during Natural ument June of this year The figure represents an 88$ gain over June , of last year Visitations at Arches National Monument near Moab were up 52$ were concerned Arohes over June of last year City officials that water was being lost be- drew 10,624 visitors during the tween Camp Jackson Reservoir and month to bring its total for the Johnson Creek first 6 months to 30,865 to This week a party oomposed of visitors made 63,949 DeVon Dave Park near Verde Mesa National Guymon, Mayor Hurst, and County Surveyor, Cortez during the first 6 months Hurst, Hub Newell made an inspection of this year The comparatively low visitato determine the advisibil. it trip . installing a pipeline tion figure for the. Bridges in between the Reservoir and Johngenerally attributed to the fact The group found that that Mesa Verde Fark and Ardhes son Creek are accessible over due to the rock bottom in Cooly Monument Gulch the amount of water being paved .roads, whereas a visit to ' of ity wasted sion was While by dltoh transmis- open practically nil at Reservoir the the the Bridges requires (50) miles of travel over dirt roads Hoextensive wever, improvements are group within the Bridges Jackson Reservoir oan be Increased 50 percent or more with very little expense, the men reported Adequacy of water ted to raise the visitation figure substantially in spite of the 50 mile dirt road access studied enlargement. poThe ssibilities capacity of scheduled Camp at one the site is spokesman "Mission 66" under which when completed are expec- no problem where stated that the sufficient for water supply a reservoir 5 times the size of the present faoility was ADVERTISE Monument - IT PAYS flHH&j Handing Celebration Budges Toward BeaKy idea of an annual celebration for Blanding moved oloser to reality Wednesday when the Chamber of Commerce assigned The Mrs and Smith, Sylvan Johnson Alexander to work, out Ray Don Le details .and eleot a permanent Celebration Committee Chamber of Commerce President, . Loren Hawkins, made it clear at the time of naming the organi1 the that would be celebration proposed entirely under the control of the Celebration Committee and in no manner involved with- the zation committee - of Commeroe The idea of an annual Blanding' Celebration is a brainchild of Mrs Smith She appeared at ai Chamber of Commerce meeting in April to advocate such a celebration whloh she suggested oould be held in commemoration, NELLENE PARRY of the founding of Blanding or' the last American possibly Miss Nellene Parry, Prom Cedar Indian She asserted Uprising City will teach home eoonomlos that her "strictly Blanding" at the San Juan Hifi for the oelebration would be of, great Miss Parry coming school year value, and oould be; a of the College of publicity is graduate ado into an event that" would Southern Utah and Utah State oause people to sit up and take She well Chamber MERLIN 0 MURIAL LEA H ANN EM AN HATCH Merlin 0 Hatch from Oxford, Idaho, will teach physios, and mathematics at the San Juan for the ooming Hli School Mr Hatoh is a school year graduate of Utah State University and taught chemistry, and mathematics at physios, Miss Mr School last North Cache year He spent time irv, the servioe and most of Europe and the child sion toured High is married and has one He has fulfilled a mis- for United States the LDS Church, Muriel Lea Hanheman from Madras, Oregon will teach art at the San Juan High school, Bland lng Elementary School, and the Park Terrace School for the Miss Harmeman is a ooming year graduate of Central Oregon Junior College and Brigham Young University with a major in Art and a minor in physical educaShe has been active or a tion member of the following! Nation- al Honor Society, Art (Xalld, Spanish Club, Art Club, Sehool Play, Sports and Sewing qualiis University notioe fied in her field and while at She proposed that the eelebra- -j school has earned the following tlon be held earlier in the; awards! honor roll, "A" award, season so that it would httfsj Vomanhood award, and Phi Upsilon the advantage of net haying ft; Omicron. compete with other surrounding-townthat hold oelebrationt. Trade With July 4th, July 24th aarf LikSN . s w Local Merchants .Day. |