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Show University of Utah Library Salt Lako City 12, Utah wwggMr The h3ei Serving the Southeast Salt Late Communities of Holladay, Cottonwood, East Mill Creek Wednesday, January 2, Volume 8 1963 Number I Rigby Wins Jaycees1 Yuletide Lighting Contest tree made of ice; an extravagant display of colored lights; singing angelic j figures and Christmas greetings won for llie Asliael U. R,g-b- y family lop place in thc Christmas lighting contest sponsored by the East Millercck Jayeccs. Ashacl and his wife LaPriel A Christmas j Tbe Asahcl O. Rigby home at 3010 Connor St. won first prize in tbe East Mill Creek Jay-ce- lighting contest which ended Just before The Rigby home is a glorious display of lights and the ingenuity of the Rigby family. Christmas. Death Taken Off Highway Official Toll New High Schools Play Old Schools on Friday On Jan. 4 Olympus High and Ilapen Skyline High meet for the first Hilton time on the basketball court. At Totals t SOUTH the same time Jordan ami llill-crcs- meet for the first time in basketball. In action last Friday night Olympus opened the season by being dropped by a strong East team, 63 to 42. Skyline was defeated by South in their league opener. Tin score was 56 to 48. Jordan and Hillcrcst both won their league openers, Jordan dropping Tooele, 61 to 40, and Hillcrcst defeating Cyprus, 43 to Fite Aste Cold G (dirge Hall "Herring Nubrulsky Totals Score by quarters 15 South 12 Skyline Neighbor Adds Additional Staff Member The death of Mrs Mary Hill, Holladay, was taken off the official state highway death toll 0 0 0 0 this week. Mrs Hill was struck by a train 0 0 0 0 19 13 10 48 at 500 West and 200 South in (1 T F P Provo. Provo police determined I 2 8 Uiat the car was 51 feet off thc 3 anweek this The Ncighlior 7 15 road 4 when struck, therefore nounced the addition of Don 5 11 making the accident an 2 14 A. Turner to thc staff as an fatality. 0 0 advertising representative. 0 0 Mr Turner has completed a 2 8 mission for the Church of Jesus 19 21 18 56 27 26 46, Granite Schools Commended for 37 40 Sanitary Record (Continued on Page 4) 30. South 56, Skyline 48 E. Orval Provost, fc county Employe Receives SKYMNK (i T F 1 sanitarian, reports that school 6 1 1 J3 Blonquisl Award for Invention 5 3 2 12 buildings in thc Jordan district Canning 4 0 0 8 The installation of a simple arc improved from what they Butkus 0 Schank switch has meant an extra $144 were last year. 2 5 4 8 Efnor for a Holladay electrican emlie just completed an annual ployed at Kennecutls Utah Cop- inspection tour of 25 schools in Jordan district. Included in the per Division refinery. He is C. K. llohison, 7095 So. j inspection were buildings, 29:10 East, winner of one of the By Jay grounds, water supply, drinkhundreds of awards the com- ing fountains, sewage disposal, makes each year to cm- Ovrrhcard in Holladay: pany disposal, plumbing, I whose ideas garbage ployrs Middle age. is when you can arp adop!,.rJ. Surli i(lt.as nct thc storage, swimming pools, floors, do everything you used to, but of thc an- walls and ceilings, toilets, rest employes not until tomorrow. nual savings. rooms, dressing rooms, shower rooms and others. One of Hie better Christmas Thc greatest stride made in stories to conic our way this thc Jordan schools was thc elimyear concerns a G1 and his atination of bubbler fountains; rotempts to get home fur Christdent control, and installation of mas. adequate ventilation systems, lie had his Christmas leave Provost said. Mr from Ft. Ord, his airline tieket Jordan district removed its from San Francisco to Sail Lake, last bubbler fountain, a drinkand everything was rosy until he found thc Frisco airport ing fountain where water is persocked in by fog, and the planes A public hearing on Jan. 7 at mitted to flow back into tpe were not flying. 2 p.m. in the state highway spout, last week at Bingham He had lost a whole day of department auditorium will he High School. his precious leave before he ov- held to discuss According to the sanitarian's changing thc deserheard two men at the airport ignation or mute 40. report, a health problem is bediscussing thc urgency of resellPresently U. S. 40 is 21sl ing created by students who ing Salt Lake, and how they Smith to State Street and then have often I icon buying a candy would rent a car and drive if north to 9th South. bar, a drink, and roll, etc., and they could find two more men to Thc Slate Highway depart- rating the goodies in the restshare expenses. ment would ask that U. S. 40 rooms. The GI introduced himself, Among the major sanitary said he had a friend who would be redesignated to go along Blvd. to still present arc lack 4th South Foothill then problems go in on tlic deal, and they would like to get started for west to 2nd West, then North to of screens on windows, poor Salt Lake before their leave was North Temple and then to Lake ventilation, particularly in thc restrooms of some of the older Point. was all gone. U. S. 40 alternate would be schools, and students eating in Thc bargain was quickly scalthe restrooms. ed, the car rented, and the Gl's 21st South to Lake Point. anxious family, knowing of the San Francisco fog but not his whereabouts, was relieved to get a call from Reno. They would spend the night there and be home next day. Arriving at Salt Lake, the men checked in at thc rental agency, and thc business men would not take a dime from cither of thc Gl's. They put thc whole bill, even to incals nd motel at Reno, on their companys expense account, and wished the soldiers a Merry Christmas! And therein lies a belter story on Christinas spirit than lias turned up in many a moon. El-de- Roy Peaslee Retires from Post Office 111 This estimate that they have strung approximately 1250 lights in the decoration of their house and grounds. Mr Rigby had an iron skeleton of a tree constructed and, with the aid of a sprinkler at its peak, dripped water down gently so that it froze into the shape of an ice tree. LighU outline thc house and grounds. There is a scene of children caroling Christmas songs; with a music box provides thc music. So that Neighbor newspaper readers may view the winning entry in thc lighting contest. Mr Rigby has agreed to postpone dismanteling until Jan. 4. Other winners in thc contest were: Mr ft Mrs Jack Cottrell, 1949 Lincoln Ln., second place; Mr k Mrs J. T. Huffman, 1850 East 5600 South, third place. Honorable mention went to Mr k Mrs Thomas Breach, 1932 East 5600 South; Mr & Mrs n Linscholcn, 1515 East 3930 South; Mr & Mrs David Engle, 3956 South 2041 East and Mr & Mrs Lewis Skanchy, 3688 Yose-mit- e Drive. N That Roy E. Peaslee, 5085 South East, lias thc distinction of being thc first letter carrier to 900 j The East Mill Creek Fifth, Eighth, and Tenth Wards Chapel was dedicated last Sunday at 4 p.m. by Ilcnry D. Moyle, first couuslror in die First Presidency, of the Church of Jesus Saints. The church is Christ of Latter-dalocated at 3550 South 3610 East. y County Levy Up 1 Mill; Opposition Expressed i The Salt Lake County budget for 1963 will be $955,034 less than last year but an increased mill levy will probably be necessary. Thc reason for tlic difference is that there is about $1.7 million less being asked for capital improvement and $751,541 more being asked in departmental operating expense. Capital improvements Mast year were covered by a bond issue. Last . years budget request thc 1963 was for $15,082,249, budget request is for $14,127,215. Among the largest expenditures in thc budget were $941,-77- 5 for thc sheriffs department and $458,645 for thc fire department. Other large expenditures i cost-savin- g one-fourt- h State Plans U. S. 40 Change - ' Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Great Lakes mission field, lie is a 1959 graduate of Morgan high school. Mr Turner lias worked for the Morgan County News for five years. J. Parr Godfrey, publisher of the Neighbor, said, "The addition of Don Turner to thc Neighbor sUff will enable thc newspaper to better serve the advertising needs of the merchants of this area. "La Boheme" to Be Presented at Granite The fourth presentation in thc Granite Arts Concert series will be thc opera La Boheme to be presented at Granite High school, Jan. 10 commencing at 8 p.m. The opera is a production of thc Pacific West Coast Opera company composed of members who arc also members of cither llic Los Angeles Grand Opera company or tlic San Francisco Opera Association. Thc actors portraying tlic young roles in Puccini's masterpiece arc gifted young artists who are serin theater iously interested craft and bring to it high standards oi singing, repertoire and stagecraft. Army As long as thc Minuteinan and Polaris missiles arc standard weapons of thc nation's defense, the Hercules company at Bacchus will lie a prime asset to this area and to all of Utah. Hercules reports that its cm-- 1 ployment figure is expected to slay at about 6.000 persons one of the larger businesses in thc stale. Payroll is expected to ho about $40 million well over $3 million a month. Thc company expects to do alxml $15 million worth of business with other Utah firms, several hundred of them. Dynamite, which was made at Bacchus ever since the plant opened in 19M. is no longer Missile motor manufactured. manufacturing is now thc sulc activity. Hercules makes third-stagmotors for thr Minuteinan. which is now operational, and the sec end stage motors for the Navy's Polaris missile. These solid fuel roekels have become the standards on land and sea that form the nation's first line of defense ami its weapons of retaliation if they arc ever needed. Don A. Turner Sgt-Retires- ? 22 Yrs-- ' Service I ' e Waller A. Shaw, Insulation Commander, FI. Douglas, right, compliments Sgt. Herbert Booth King on his 22 years of army service. Sgt. King rrtirrd from thc IT. S. Army Dec. 21, in services held in (he commanders office. Cut. Skyline Library Will Open After Holidays Roy E. Peaslee be retired out of Holladay Post Office. Mr Peaslee was retired last week after 33 years and 10 months federal service. He has worked out of Holladay ever since thc post office five approximately opened years ago. He previously delivarea ered thc llolladay-Murra- y out of the Murray post office, and has helped establish Sugar-housMurray and Holladay post offices as each opened. Ive been delivering this area about ten years altogether, he says. In thc beginning there were ten routes (hat covered all of Holladay and Murray with approximately 450 stops per route. Now, in Holladay area alone, there are 30 routes with an average of 400 stops each. Mr Peaslee and his wife. Stella plan to devote most of their time to genealogical research now that he is retired. e, for the Salt I.akc General Hospital, with $15,000 additional for charity cases; $1,657,945 for roads and bridges; $365,000 for building thc new juvenile detention home; $376,-34- 0 for thc assessor's office budget; $25,000 for a county-wid- e bond election Tor a civic auditorium and sports arena; for flood control and $324,424 purchase of right of way for straightening thc Jordan river; $200,000 for contract payments on purchase of park and playground sites now under negotiation; and $500,000 for payment on thc principal of the $5V4 million Hall of Justice bond issue plus $140,000 for interest on thc same bond issue. Contributions included in thc budget were: $67,500 to the Sugar House Park Authority; $25,0(8) to South High for a swimming pool; $30,000 to the Salt Lake County Fair Board; $10,0(8) to thc Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce activity fund. Dr. M. Hyrum Harris, executive secretary of the Utah Taxpayers Assn., asked (lie commission nut to increase the taxes by one mill and urged consolidation of Salt Lake City and. county scrvircs and then asked for refusal of services to areas of large population that are not incorporated. Also speaking against the increase in mill levy was B. A. $3,280.(88) executive Weight, of the Salt take Real Es- tate Board. , , - BlindWoman Receives Record Gift tr International, devoted to helping the blind, had reason to be proud of the Union Lions this week wiien they presented the Book reof Mormon on cords to Mrs Marjorie Hyde. Mrs Hyde and tier husband, Donald, live in a trailer house at 7107 South 13th East, Union. She expects to get a great deal of enjoyment out of listening to the recorded version of the basic book of her religion. d The set includes 18 records which play at the extra slow 1623 speed, requiring approximately an hour for each side. Thc Christmas gift included thc record player, which can be used at cither the 16 23 or 33 13 speed, with the dial easy to use hy thc blind person because of a code of raised dots at each setting. The records themselves are identified by braille characters in the center, so that the blind need no help in selecting records or operating the machine. Lions ly long-playin- g two-side- Wasatch Junior Names Type Contest Winners In a ceremony on Dec. 31, in the ofiicc of Col. Walter A. Wasatch Junior high recently Shaw, commanding officer for named the winners of its ChristFt. Douglas, Sgt. First Class mas typewriting contest. The Herbert Booth King was retired contest was sponsored by typefrom thc U. S. Army. writing instructors. Miss Margo officer The commanding Fnulgrr and Mrs Elizabeth B. awarded Sgt. King the army Gillard. Approximately 350 ninth commendation medal for mer- grade students participated. itorious service during Ihe perThc Tour top place winners 1959 through were Carol iod September, Hyatt, daughter of December, 1962. Mr A Mrs Edmond P. Hyatt. Sgt. King enlisted in the reg- 3735 South 300 East: Nancy roll, ular army in September 1910. daughter of Harry N. roll. 3635 During his 22 years of active Millereek ltd.: Shonnic Stillfederal service tic served over- man. daughter of Mr & Mrs seas as supply and administra- Tilden Stillman. 3720 So. Wastive NCO in both Europe and atch Blvd. and David Paulsen, the Middle East, and in similar son of Mr ft Mrs Norman G. raulsrn. 3521 Westwood Dr. posts while in the I'. S. An accuracy award went to Since soon after his arrival in llUh, Sgt. King has resided with Barbara Hunter, daughter of Mr his family at 2860 East 3220 ft Mrs Ross Hunter. 2735 Dr. South, lie plans to settle per- for submitting the highest errormanently in Utah. Mrs Jensen, head of the library department at Skyline high school, stated that the school library is scheduled to open as soon after school is resumed as is possible. Plans had been made to open on Dec. 10 but due to difficulties there was a postponement. Skyline, being a new school with a limited budget, has had to draw on the county libraries for a supply of books. There wilt be a limit of two books per student allowed to be checked out at one time and (he student must present a county library card. follow: less score. Members of Union l.ions Club galhrr round to wish Mrs Donald R. (Marjorie) Ityde a Merry Christmas after presenting her with a special record playrr and records of Ihe complete Book of Mormon. Left to right are A. Fred Fleming, rlnb president, W. E. Denney, secretary, and Mr ft Mrs Ilyde. lack- ing on in background are Joseph O. Johnson, Dellis R. Forbush, and Glen C. Bigler. . |