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Show OMNIWEST, CORP. 3322 SO. 3RD. EAST SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Students Tour Historic Sites in Ephraim, Manti MESS! MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, 84115 NOVEMBER 27, 1975 Corrective Measures for Slide Underway Although the destructive and potentially dangerous movement of earth in Manti Canyon is continuing, so are measures designed to cope with the situation. The new culinary water line which b passes the slide area has now been tested and water wili be turned into it on a permanent basis Friday, according to Donald Olsen, city councilman assigned to the Wateiworks Dept. However, this water will not reach the culinary system in the city until after an additioanl section of new line, extending from the upper power plant to the new storage tank in the mouth of the canyon, has been completed. This construction will be completed in about three weeks if weather conditions continue favorable, Mr. Olsen said. He explained that the additional section, not scheduled in the original project, is being financed by a Housing and Urban Development $150,000 grant. The Tempest Co., the original contractor, is also installing this section. The section now being replaced from the upper plant to the storage tank was old, in View of the Manti Slide from the Big Hill. Earth, rocks and trees continue to tumble into Manti Creek. Many Upcoming Events Will Center Around Bicentennial Theme July 4, 1776, is the date to remember. Mantis Bicentennial Committee believes that 1976 will also bring dates to remember. One of those dates will be Feb. 19. On that evening the Manti Ladies Literary Club will sponsor a program that will commemorate in mnsic and words-t- he nations beginnings. Another memorable date will be June 12. On this day, at the site of the pageant on Temple Hill, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Utah Symphony, will join in the presentation of a concert. The concert will occur as dusk is settling on the historic scene. The concert will be one of three that the two organizations will present on a tour that will take them to central and southern Utah. The first concert will be presented in Provo, the second in Zions Park and the third, of course, in Manti. July 4 is always a memorable day in Manti. The committee thinks this years Fourth will especially so because the days events will have a Bicentennial theme. Already plans are going forward to give this year's celebration a special tone. Another date on this years calendar will be July 24. This years 24th will be a observance under the sponsorship of the DUP. One of the days features will be the day-lon- g Local Growers to Attend Youth Turkey Show A number of Sanpete County young turkey growers will participate in the annual Utah Youth Turkey Show on Dec. 6 at the Tri-ar- c TraveLodge in Salt Lake Ciiy, according to Jack Herring, Sanpete County extension agent. Lynn Adair of KSL will be the featured speaker at the youth educational program at the lodge at 10 a.m. The awards banquet will be held at 12 noon, followed by the auction at 1:30 p.m. The Utah Youth Turkey Show is the only one of its kind in the United States, Mr. Herring said. He added that Utah also has more turkey projects than any other state. and FFA turkey prothe foundation and are jects 4-- 4-- training ground for the turkey industry in Utah, he said. The judging of this years birds will be conducted at the Moroni Processing Plant on Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. John Lloyd Jones of Ladysmith, Wise., will be the judge. Mr. Herring pointed out that champion birds at last years auction averaged $395 each; reserve champions averaged $350; first place winners averaged $267. The highest price paid for a winner last year was $550. These figures provide good evidence that turkeys not only and FFA make interesting club projects, but are financially very remunerative to the young growers, Mr. Herring said. 4-- dedication of the Patten place, now being converted into a DUP museum and meeting place. Other events of the day, according to Mrs. Lavilla Mickelson, DUP captain, will be a pioneer program and a parade. In addition to the special days, other events are planned for the Bicentennial year. Those events will involve various organizations. The schools are preparing their activities. Manti High School will have a Bicentennial Week, not yet scheduled, during which a number of activities will occur. Manti Elementary School will center its annual Spring Festival in May around a Bicentennial theme, according to Principal Kenneth Graham. He said the celebration of the nations birthday will also provide motivation for classroom work in art, music, literature and other subjects. Manti LDS w'ards, either jointly or in a community service, plan a special program commemorating national ideals on Sunday evening, July 3. Billy Duncan has agreed to organize a Bicentennial Band, composed of local musicians. The band will participate in programs, parades and other events during the year. The Sanpete County Fair, scheduled for late August, will also give recognition to the Bicentennial theme in several ways. One way will be via the fairbook, which this year will have a Bicentennial appearance, according to Mrs. Carole Mellor, the editor. The Manti Public Library will also be involved w'ith displays and book lists of reading material touching upon the nations beginning and history. We dont want to overemphasize the Bicentennial year to the point of triteness the Bicentenand boredom, nial Committee said, but this seems to be an appropriate time to remind ourselves of the proud days of our past, the values which our society represents and the future which the nation can have if we will, in Lincolns word, ourselves to the ideals which have been our strength and our glory. The Bicentennial Committee encourages all organizations to participate in the observance with their own activities. Anyone who has suggestions or comments is invited to communicate them to Bruce Jennings, chairman, Mrs. Lois Brown, secretary, or other committee members. Korinne Kjar functioning. Follow ing meetings last vv eek in Senator Frank E. Moss Provo office, Mayor Frank Wanlass said that prospects now seem very likely for the inclusion in the supplemental appropriations bill of funds to be used by the Forest Service and the Army Corps of Engineers in developing a permanent solution to the problems caused by the slide. Senator Moss planned to inspect the slide area, in the company of representatives of the involved local and federal agencies, sometime this week. He said that the expected strategy for dealing with the slide is to bypass the present creek channel in the slide area. This would prevent the silt, now being dumped into the creek, from getting into the irrigation streams and thus damaging thousands of acres of cultivated land. Will Serve on Health Mission Miss Korinne Kjar, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LIov d Kjar, will enter the Mission Home Nov. 29 preparatory to her departure for Mexico City, where she will serve as a health missionary. Miss Kjar recently graduated from Weber State College with a bacheolors degree in nursing and is a registered nurse. The farewell testimonial for Miss Kjar was held Sunday evening in the Manti South Ward. s' Miss Korinne Kjar Gunnison Homes Collision Damages Tanker-Truc- k A collison between a Continental Oil Co. tanker loaded with gasoline and a Sanpete County truck carrying sand and gravel from the debris basin in Manti Canyon at the intersection of 4th West and 2nd North in Manti on Nov. 18 resulted in major damage to both vehicles. Neither Leland Baxter, Ephraim, driver of the county truck, nor Gordon Milton Stringham, Bountiful, driver of the tanker, was injured in the accident. Following the collision the tanker overturned. The Manti Fire Dept, responded immediately to a call because of the danger of fire. The county truck smashed through a fence at the Manti Telephone Co. property on 5th West before it could be brought under control. e Tires, frame and of the county truck were damaged. The truck was removed to the county yards for repair. The accident was investigated by the Utah Highway Patrol and Manti Police Dept. under-carriag- This tanker truck was turned over and damaged extensively in a collision with a county truck on Nov. 18 at a Manti intersection. poor condition and causing frequent problems, Mr. Olsen said. The additional $150,000 award came at a very fortunate time; it is enabling us to further upgrade the system. The upper plant should soon be back in operation, according to Mr. Olsen. The lower plant, shut down temporarily, is now Will Be Displayed At Home Show The Mormon Christmas Home Miracle Show is becoming as traditional as holly wreaths and mistletoe--aevent that is anticipated Historic 1862 Sparks home. Isaac Behunin, his wife and nine children lived in a dugout east of this home in 1852. They were Ephraims first settlers. Baptismal fount (sic) in creek foreground. The Black Hawk Peace Treaty was signed in 1865 near this home. An on the site history lesson was presented to 85 Ephraim Junior High School students of Utah history during a bus tour of historic sites in Ephraim and Manti on Nov. 19. Daughter of the Utah Pioneer members and Utah Historical Society representatives presented short programs and information at the various stopping points on the tour, which was in charge of faculty members Albert Antrei and Mrs. Elaine Reid. The November date was chosen to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first pioneers at Temple Hill in Manti, which likewise occurred on a bleak and snowy November day. At the tours first stop, Mrs. Vera Erickson and Mrs. Dora Olsen related the history of Pres. Canute Peterson and his wife, Sarah Ann, who carried slips of w'illow trees with her as she crossed the plains. These slips later grew into the trees which now line the highway along the north entrance to Ephraim. It was also Sarah Ann who supplied the bounteous meals which accompanied the negotiations with the Indians. The school busses stopped at the Richard Nibley home where President Peterson lived and where the decision concerning the founding of Sanpete Stake Academy was made. The former baptismal location in the creek, located north of the hostoric 1862 home of Mrs. Gladys Sparks, was shown by Edna M. Nielsen. A small building, she told the students, was erected on the north bank of the creek for the necessary changing of clothing. It was not unusual to break the ice covering the water before the rite could be performed. Mrs. Nielsen also showed the students the ancient evergreen north and east of the Spark home where a peace treaty was signed by President Peterson and Chief Blackhawk in 1865. many of the people in Sanpete County, according to Mrs. Carol Braithwaite, president of the Ladies Guild which sponsors the show as a means of raising funds for the Mormon Miracle Pageant each year. This year's show promises to be as exciting as ever with six delightful homes in Gunnison to be visited. The Gunnison ladies are planning to sell hot turkey dinners and fancy baked goods and lovely sewed articles, sa s Mrs. Braithwaite. Ladies in the various communities through the county are being asked to furnish baked goods and articles of sewing to be sold. The Guild asks everyone to keep Saturday, December 13 in mind and plan to attend the Home Show. the Ephraim Pioneer Fort monument. Mrs. Neldra Sorenson displayed a map of the big and little forts with their enclosed buildings and told of their place in Ephraim's early history. Mrs. Macel Anderson spoke of the Peter Madsen home, which was one of the first ones built outside the fort. It was constructed in 1860. The lintel bearing his name is prominently displayed on the marker honoring these early settlers which has been erected on the north side of the Snow College campus. The final stop in Ephraim was in the Pioneer Cemetery where Mrs. Virginia K. Nielson told of the Kuhre Indian (Continued on Page 3) Programs Appeal for Participation Sub-for-San- ta Associated Women Manti unit of the Utah National Guard and from the Division of The Associated Women Students of Snow College will be visiting each residents home in the area between the hours of 2 and 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4. The students, under the direction of Ruth Nielson, are Family Services. Manti-Ephrai- sponsoring a program in the area and are in goods, clothing The articles Sanpete County need of canned and toys. collected from the drive will be taken to the National Guard who will repair any damaged items. The Guard in turn will give the materials to the Division of Family Services for distribution in Sanpete County. Under Mrs. Nielsons guidance, the articles will then be distributed to needy families in this area. We feel that the program is great, stated Bonnie Pearce, Associated Women Students president. It gives so many families a Christmas who wouldnt have ordinarily gotten one. National Guard Santa needs help! This is the message from the "Visit your attic or your garage and see what toys, games and clothes havent been used lately-so- me needy family or children who otherwise might be shortchanged at Christmas will be grateful for them, the Guard and Family Services ask. Items can be left at the Manti Armory or at the Division of Family Services offices in Manti daily between the hours 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Items too large to be delivered will be picked up if Sgt. in Kenneth Howell, Manti, or Capt. Ralph Brench-ley- , in Ephraim, is called. 835-524- 1 283-451- 7 Snow College students will also assist Santa by collecting goods. Arrangements can be made by phoning Dean A1 Green at Persons knowring of a family that needs help for Christmas or who would be willing to sponsor a family are asked to call Don Larsen at the Division of Family Services, or the University of Utah Social Work Training Program, 283-461- 835-216- 835-603- School District Board Meets n by Isaac Behunin, his wife and nine children, Ephraims first settlers, made their home in this same area in 1852. The next stop was the site of A recommendation that the South Sanpete School District allow the Gunnison Valley and Manti High Schools $2500 each and the Ephraim Junior High School $1000 for their activity budgets in lieu of student body activity fees not collected this vear was made to the board of education by Supt. R. E. Everett at its regular meeting on Nov. 18. The board also heard reports and attended to other district business during the meeting. Stephen Garrett from the Utah State Board of Education was present and discussed the WATS telephone line, state required paper work, teacher certification, and support of local boards by the state board members. Stanley Black reported on the districts transportation pro- gram. Possible purchase of new buses and long range transportation planning were also discussed. The comprehensive testing program in the district was discussed by Rodney Anderson, curriculum director. He also explained how the testing is being used to make changes in the educational programs of the district. The board read Section A of the policy manual and after discussion accepted it with the changes agreed upon by the board. A suggested policy on the care and use of live animals in the schools was discussed and several changes were made. The policy, with the recom mended changes, was adopted for the South Sanpete School District. The superintendent discussed a policy workshop to be held in January by the National School Boards Association. The board approved the superintendents attendance at Ibis workshop. The recent organization in the district of a group called Parents of Academically Limited Students (PALS) was discussed. Mrs. Leona Wintch was appointed as the school board representative to that committee. Supt. Everett reported to the board that the new string program is underway in the district and that the initial response has been excellent. , |