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Show WANT! MISS Volume 92 Number 22 8ft MANTI, UTAH, 84642, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1977 15c a copy Traditional Annual Rendition of Handel's "The Messiah" Scheduled for this Sunday 16 Committees Appointed Now Cvtatfi The 44th consecutive annual performance of George FrecL eric Handel's The Messiah" will be presented in the Manti Now Hlaglni Ward chapel Sunafternoon at 3:00. Admisday sion is free. Involved this year's in presentation are the Sanpete Choral the Snow Society, College Oratorio Choir, the Snow College-SanpetCounty and Community Symphony several of the areas outstandCenter-Nort- h e Technical and Vocational Morlin Cox, chairman; Earl Wheeler, Gaylen Christiansen, Ron Everett, Derrell 0- Johnson, Scott Williams, Raymond Jensen, Alan Braithwaite. Mathematics John Ockey, chairman; Leslie Good, Bob Bessey, Wilbur Braithwaite, T.J. Rees, Ted Olsen, Cindy - Nielson. Vocational Agriculture Earl Wheeler, chairman; Leslie Good, Vaun Mickelson, Merrill Don Cox, Olsen, Richard Nielsen. Physical Education and Ath- letics Wilbur Braithwaite, chairman; Glen Goodwin, Kent Van Tassell, Robert Andersen, Peggy Tucker, Merilyn Jorgen- sen, Ron Abegglen, Glen Allred, Richard Olsen, Bob Jensen. Counselling and Administration Rodney Cox, chairman; LaRue Johnson. Jim Petersen, Ron Everett, Helene Larsen, J. Marvin Higbee, Arlene Smith, Terry Frost. Science Manti High School building, constructed about 1924, will be replaced with new, modern structure. A new Manti High School first in a series of new school buildings to be constructed in a e building program approved by South Sanpete District voters in a special is now in election on Oct. 11 the planning stage. Sixteen committees consisting of school personnel and citizens have had their first meetings preliminary to making recommendations to the district concerning phases of the new long-rang- school. These committees will visit other new schools throughout the state and will take into account the programs Manti High School will offer and the services it will provide the area in arriving at their recommendations. Those recommendations and suggestions will be forwarded to Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot, the Salt Lake architectural firm appointed by the board to develop plans for the school. some ways this is a cumbersome procedure in planIn Supt. Ron but we feel that ning a new school, Everett said, local teachers, people administrators and patrons should also be involved in the planning process. We believe that some good ideas will come from these committees that will help the architects develop a better facility for our purposes. Superintendent Everett said the district hopes to have the recommendations committee ready by February, 1978, and that Montmorency, Hayes and Talbot will have plans prepared for district approval by mid- - summer. We want to have the new building ready for occupancy by the fall of 1980, Super- intendent Everett said. Negotiations for the 30 acres of land on which the new high school will be built are now in progress. The site will probably front on Fifth North in Manti. The school, planned for 420 students in grades 9 through 12, will include a gym, lunch room and kitchen, shops, labs, classrooms, offices, a library, an auditorium and outdoor physical education and athletic facilities. The estimated overall cost is $3,000,000.00. Here are the committee which are now engaged in helping plan the new Manti Manti High FFA Judging Team Wins Laurels in Contest The Snow College Agriculture Department recently sponsored their annual FFA judging contest. Twenty schools and 400 students participated in the contests, which included range judging, agricultural mechanics, livestock judging, dairy judging, crops judging and land judging. Manti High School teams won 1st and 2nd places in range judging. Individually, Milton Olsen of MHS won 1st, Larry Mickelson of MHS was 3rd, Mike Johnson, MHS, was 4th and David Squire, MHS, was 5th. In livestock judging Dan Keller of Manti won 5th place. crops judging the Manti High team won 3rd place. In individual scoring Joni Boyack of Manti won 1st. In land judging the MHS team won 2nd with Brett Sorenson of Manti w inning 4th In place. High School: Business Shirley Florence, chairperson; Bob Bessey, Glen Goodwin, Lee. Media Peacock, Lorna Nell, Glen W. Center chairperson; Mary Clair Erickson, Dixie Bond, Rodney Anderson, Ruth Scow, Max Aycock, Bruce Jennings. Barbara Special Education Eliason, chairperson; Rodney Anderson, Rodney Cox, Jim Peterson, Betty Carver, Ruth Anderson, Pat Haslam, Leona Wintch. Leslie Good, Bessey, Earl chairman; Bob Wheeler, Wilbur Braithwaite, John Ockey. Lee Anderson, LaMar Jorgensen. Service and Activity Center Vaun Mickelson, chairman; G. Stanley Black, Carol K. Lowry, John Ludvigson, Kent Van Tassell, Marilyn Pickett, Greg Maylett, Lucien Braithwaite, Therald Wernz, Dr. Niel Larson, Albert Antrei, Ross Findlay. MariSpeech and Drama lyn Pickett, chairperson; Lynn Brown, Morlin Cox, Derrell Johnson, Lyle Loosle, Richard Haslam, Douglas Barton, Joe Crane, Albert Antrei, Sherril Hill. Snow College Dates Annual Open House The annual Snow College Christmas Open House, hosted by President and Mrs. Marvin Higbee, will be held in the Snow College library on Thursday, December 8 from 6:30-1p.m. The Open House will feature by the Snow musical groups, a College and capella, LD Singers, Singers of Note. Other musical selections will also be heard during the evening. Beautiful Christmas decora- 0 mini-concer- LD Singers Plan Christmas Concert The LD Singers will present a Christmas concert Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m. in the Ephraim LDS Institute of Religion auditorium. The program will include both popular and sacred Christmas numbers such as Ring those Christmas Bells, Give a Little Love at Christmas, "Gentle Silent Mary", Night, and many others, according to Mrs. Ardith Peterson, director of the LD Singers. A $1.00 donation is suggested and will be used for the purchase of music and meeting other expenses. tions and delicious food will help to highlight the evening which is open to the public. We want everyone to come and bring their friends, noted President Higbee. Mrs. Lynn Higbee added, This is perhaps our most special event of the year, and we hope everyone will stop by to join in the festive spirit of the occasion. The Christmas Open House was instituted by President and Mrs. Higbee upon their arrival in Ephraim. This is the fourth time the annual event has been held at Snow. "We want this to become a traditional affair, said Mrs. Higbee. We hope everyone will attend. FHA Club Christmas will be even merrier at the American Fork ing vocalists. McLoyd Ericksen is conducting the performance. Richard Nibley and Harry Dean are the assistant conductors. The Messiah has set the tone for Christmas in Sanpete County every year since 1934. In that year Harry A. Dean, Adult Religion now professor emeritus of music at Snow College, but then new to the faculty, assembled a number of good singers and combined them vocally gifted college students for the first per formance. Mr. Dean and his wife Gladys have been actively involved in continuing the traditional performance every year to the present. He still plays in the orchestra on the viola and directs the "Hallelujah Chorus. Mrs. Dean continues to be a member of the choir and perform as a soloist. The Messiah" is by far Handels most popular com with Traction Aids Required on Highway Class Offered The LDS Church Education System is offering an adult religion class on Sections of the Doctrine and Covenants to begin Jan. 11 at the Ephraim LDS Institute. Garth P. Monson of the Institute faculty, who is a member of the Manti Utah Stake presidency, will be the instructor. The class will meet weekly on Wednesdays from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. through March 11. The purpose of the class is to provide an study of Sections Mr. Monson 43-8- 8 43-8- said. The Church Educational System Continuing Education programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, sex, color and ethnic or national origin, but those who register for its classes must meet and maintain the ideals and standards of the church, according to Glen Goodwin, in charge of for the class. The registration fee is $7.50 a person, Mr. Goodwin said. Ephraim North Has New Correspondent Residents of the Ephraim North Ward area are asked to submit their news items to a new correspondent beginning this week. Mrs. Eleanor Madsen, who was a former correspondent and who has just returned from serving a mission for the LDS Church in California with her husband, will again serve in this position. During the absence of Mrs. Madsen, Mrs. Caroline Paulsen has been a conscientious, faithful correspondent for the Ephraim North news area. The manEnterprise Ephraim agement express sincere appreciation to Mrs. Paulsen for her willingness to serve and the fine manner in which she gathered the news during this time. The telephone number to call to reach Mrs. Madsen is 283-444- Beginning Thursday, Dec. 1, through March 31, travelers on between Fairview and Huntington will be required to have mounted snowtires on their vehicles or to have chains or other approved traction aids available in their cars. Four-whedrive vehicles are included and also must have at least two mounted snowdires or tires chains. Radial carry without snowtread do not meet requirements of this regulation. Vehicles using them must also carry chains. The road will be restricted to vehicles with these traction aids from two miles east of Fairview of to 18 miles northeast Huntington. UDOT imposed the restriction because extreme weather conditions over Manti Mountain make travel unsafe for improperly equipped cars. 1 835-470- 1 Motorists are warned that be forced to may close the road temporarily during heavy storms while plows and sanders attempt to combat unusually heavy accumulations of snow. This weeks storms have already forced a temporary closure since Monday. Closure notices are broadcast through UDOTs road information report, Salt Lake City, Motorists can also call UDOTs district offices at Price UDOT 532-600- 637-110- Richfield (These are not or 896-824- toll-fre- e num- bers.) was in the past closed entirely during the winter season. However, the Utah Commission, Transportation responding to requests from area residents, has directed UDOT to keep the road open this winter on a trial basis. 1 General Authority Will Address Forum Snow Days activities at the LDS Institute of Religion will have Robert Dean Hales, a member of the First dent of Hughes Broadcasting, president of Papermate Co. and an official of Gillette Safety Razor Division. Quorum of Seventy, as guest speaker Friday at noon in the Institute auditorium. Prior to his present assignment, Mr. Hales had served as a regional representative of the Twelve and as an assistant to the Council of the Twelve. He had also been a branch president, bishop, high councilman and stake president. A native of New York City, Mr. Hales graduated from the University of Utah in 1954 and received a master of business administration degree from Harvard University in 1960. At the time of his call to be a General Authority of the LDS Church, Mr. Hales was group vice president of Chesebrough Ponds' Inc. He had previously been vice president of International Max Factor Co., presi Robert D. Hales forum speaker Ephraim Sponsors Christmas Project Training School because of a undertaken by the project Future Homemakers of Amer- ica Club at Manti High School. for Mayfield Manor FFA Range Judging winners shown are members of Manti High School's team: Jo Ann Wheeler, Manti; Mike Johnson, Manti; Milton Olsen, Manti; Larry Mickelson, Manti; Valerie Steck, Ephraim. U-3- LDS Aquarium Sought The residents of Mayfield Manor say they would enjoy an aquarium. Do you have an aquarium that is usable, but not in use, that you would be willing to contribute? If so, call Bruce VISTA volunteer, Jennings, and he will do the rest. It achieved position. great acceptance during his lifetime and was performed mainly in the British Isles under his baton. A complete rendition of The Messiah would take almost three hours, but Sundays presentation will be a shortened version of about one hour and forty minutes. Soloists this year will be Boyd Norman Goble, Gunnison; Brunger, Mt. Pleasant; Lily Jane Miller, Manti; Melba Armstrong, Montel Green, Kay Dean, Willardson, Gladys Bertha Anderson, Leslie Hill and Pauline Blad, all of Ephraim. FHA Club members inspect toys and clothing items prior to sending them to American Fork Training School. Shown are: Deanne Larsen, chairman; Carol Nicholls, Shelley Poulsen, Leslie Graham and Andria Peterson, FHA officers. Members of the club have completed a drive for clothing and toys. They dressed the dolls, repaired, cleaned and pressed clothing and repaired toys. The renovated articles were delivered to the Training School last week. Citizens were very helpful in responding to our campaign. Some very fine donations were received, Shelley Poulsen, FHA president said. We and the American Fork Training School staff are very grateful for the spirit of cooperation. Assisting Miss Poulsen in conducting the drive were the other FHA officers, Deanne Larsen and Carol Nicholls, vice Leslie presidents; Graham, state officer; Andria Peterson, treasurer; Marla Edwards, public relations; Eileen Nielson, publicity, and Robin Jorgensen, regional representative. Mrs. Erma Young is the clubs faculty advisor. |