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Show T SOUTH SALT LAKE Serving The Center Of Industry Volume TV 'AM w t j &. v nr1i Li sj Lir - I 84U2 ' k 1 I f 1 1 vestsh am-- C'ia ; Number 29 South Salt Lake, Utah, Thursday, November 21. 1968 1 7 &S1TY So. Salt Lake Man, i pr . Mm t serials order 0fr Prospector Still At 97 I I Age hasnt stopped one of our residents of South Salt Lake who has made four prospecting trips to the Klondike in the Northwest territory. Vernal Jeffcott made his last trip at the age of 95. Mr. Jeffcott, who is now 97, resides at 3445 S. 2nd East. He tells of his adventures in a manuscript he wrote covering four trips to the Klondike. His first trip was in 1900 to Dawson. H traveled by dog team over the White Pass, then by railway to Lake Bennett. From there by horse sleighs over the river ice and down the river to Dawson (600 miles). A very dangerous trip because they went in late and the ice was meltingbadly. Purpose of the trip was mining in the Klondike gold fields. Stayed six years and had some close calls in nearlybeing killed. After these adventures he mined on Hunker Creek. Moved down to Bonanza Creek near the mouth of Lovett Gulch. Returned to Portland, Oregon in 1906 which was his hometown. Mr. Jeffcott s family joined him for his second trip in the spring of 1907. They sailed from Seattle to Skagway, Alaska, then went by railway to Whitehorse, from there by team to the lower end of Lake La Barge. Built scows and drifted down the river to Dawson. This was a prospecting trip Dr. Maurice Baker, public relations chairman of the Utah Academy of General Practice (left), and Dr. J. Robert Poulsen, UAGP chairman (right), look on as Governor Calvin L. Rampton signs declaration declaring the week of November 17-2Family Health Week". 3 Rampton Governor Calvin L. Rampton today declared the week of November 17-Family Health Week dura ing proclamation ceremony at the State Capitol. According to Dr. J. Robert Paulsen, Utah State Medical Associations chairman of the Utah Academy of General Practice, the Gov-emo- nrs declaration is being issued in conjunction with President Lyndon B. Johnsons National Family Health Week Proclamation 3875. The Presidential announce mentsta-- . tes: Americas Mr. Jeffcott went back in 1959 to the same place this time by Sets Health Week 23 I. also. unusual health- care system, in which private and public agencies and organizations work together in common cause, has been a principal factor in insuring and improving the Nations health. According to Dr. Paulsen, great strides have been made in the im- provement in family health in both Utah and the Nation. National figures indicate that death rates among babies during the first year of life reached a new low of 22 deaths for every 1,000 births last year. Boys and girls are now largefree from the threat of polio, measles, and other potentially crippling childhood diseases. One of every three cancer patients are saved today. Twenty million older Americans are protected by Med- 15th. Members participating met at 8:00 Post Office Notes Mailing Changes Postmaster D.R. Trevithick minded patrons today that two rere- cent postal changes will affect this years Christmas mailing. First, mailers can now send 30 pound parcels between firstclass post offices which are 150 miles or more apart. The previous weight was 25 pounds. The limit on size between first-claoffices is still 72 inches length and girth combined. Second, there is no longer any postage rate difference between first class and third class where the weight is one ounce or less. The penny difference has been eliminated. First class mail is 6C per ounce, while third class mail is 6? for the first two ounces. Since nearly all Christmas cards weigh under an ounce, they require 6$ postage each, whether you send them first class sealed or third class Postmaster Trevithick unsealed, said. By mailing the cards first class and including your return address on them, you will receive forwarding and return swrvlces without additional cost, he added. ss six years. Mr. Jeffcott s family was three daughters and one son. Two daughters living, one in Georgia and one in Kearns. He has ten grandchildren and one ly icare. The family physician is the hub around which good family health reHe Dr. Paulsen said. volves, bears a unique responsibility. He is the crucial link between the family and the highly specialized services of modern health science, he added. Firms Join Chamber in Drive The South Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce conducted their annual membership drive on Friday, Nov. highway over the Alcan Highway. Vernon Jeffcott has also spent eight months in Sonora, Old Mexico prospecting for gold. He was a mechanical engineer with the Portland City Water Works for. great-grandchi- ld. Vernon Jeffcott Last prospected in Dawson, Alaska at Age of 95 State Senate Friday, Nov. 15th, the state Senators In executive session organized the Senate for the 1969-7- 0 legislature. Haven J. Barlow was elected president for a second term by a unanimous vote. Warren E. Pugh by a narrow margin was elect Re-ele- He was 85 years old when he joined the LDS Church. Quite a prospector. Barlow cts ed majority leader and Dixie Leavitt, from Washington, Iron and Kane Counties, will be the whip for these sessions. This will be a fine team and we can look forward with confidence that this session will be profitable, and much good legislations will result from their leadership. The Seminar conducted by the Legislative Council prior to the election and on Saturday was a very valuable investment for members of the leg- islature. p.m. at the Holiday Inn for a Cattlemans Breakfast. Following the breakfast, teams of two were organized. These teams made calls on South Salt Lake business firms and signed up the following: Magazine Printing Co., 2255 So. West Temple, Joseph J. Lyon. Holiday Motel, 3035 So. State St. Mr. and Mrs. Kiyoshi Miyazaki. A ire -- Flo Heating & Electric, 2137 So. West Temple, Earl Ilemmert. La Voys, Inc. 211 So. West Temple, Ben Smith. American Western Life Insurance Co., 50 West Louise Ave., Carol A. Kennedy. Vermax Corporation 85 West Louise Ave., B. Tom Nixon. Mountain West Distributors, Inc. 2195 So. West Temple, Richard A. Brower. Stan Sanders Priced-Rit- e Trophy Co., 2585 So. State St., Harold S. Sanders. An equal number of firms indicated that they would affiliate with the Chamber by the first of the coming year. High membership team was Marlow Peacock and Keith Heddlesten, each winning a ham and the thanks of the Board of Directors. Prizes for the winners in the drive were provided by Reams Bargain Annex, Mrs. J. G. McDonald Chocolate Co., and Hy -- Grade Sausage Co. The Chamber now has a membership of 227 according to Dick Taggart, Executive NEW STATE SENATE LEADERS are Warren E. Pugh, majority leader, president and Dixie Leavitt, swiate whip. Haven J. Barlow, second term r I A 1 |