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Show The Word From Boulder UV NKTHKI.LA GRIFFIN Fortunate circumstances coupled with prompt and efficient aitlon saved the Boulder school house from being destroyed by flro last Thursday evening. Clyde and Irene King happened o be approaching the school Iiouko from the north when Irene noticed smoke pouring from the roof of the building. The iulckly sounded the alarm, first ut the Orniond ttore, then l telephone at the Lel'alr Hall home. Cecil Alvey and Dale Lyman happened to be near by Securing the flie-extlngulshcr always kept at the school house, they Improvised a means ol climbing to the roor. there ! lug no ladders nt hand. Others wjoii arrived at the wene Including Conrad Perry' of le Bureau of Jand Management who had unother fire extinguisher in lit car. Heber Poulsen, I.eland Haws, and Kay Coombs also got there In time to help. They man- 1 age to get water onto the blaze, hut th rather feeble 2 force of the school water sys j tern would hare been Insufficient lK o quench the lire without the work of the chemicals. Superintendent Floyd S. Holm and 1). H. Cowles, member of the Hoard of Kducatlon, came on Friday to Inspect the damage. They commended tho volunteer fire-fighters, whose effective work prevented serious loss. Other than a sizable hole in the roof, there Is little damage. As there was no evidence of a defective flue, the general opinion Is that the fire started Irom a spark, probably of burning soot. V were pleased to hear today of a rich uranium strike made by Wayne County men on the eastern side of the Circle Cliffs area on th Burr Flats near Muley TwUt, not far from the Kalii) Day mine. The men say they have uncovered u II I oo i vein of rich ore. On a trip to F.scalante yesterday we were glad to note the progiess being made on the water pipe line to the new flying field east of town, and to see that the pipe would also reach the cemetery For as lone as I can remember Kfccalante folk have keen talking of piping w. ter to the cemetery. Now at last the dream will be realized. This t-ort of gives tne hope that maybe Bomeday we'll get that road around the Boulder mouutaln. Mrs. Dorothy Lyman took her children to Salt Lake on Friday to visit her parents and to get komn medical service. Michael LeFevre is home Irom a few weeks visit In California. While there he made kide trips to Mexico, Catalina It-land, and other interesting places. He was the guest of Dr. Perry Davis and other friends of (he LeFevrew, Mrs. Dean Shurtz of Salt Lakrf und small son Clary Dean are v Wiling with her parents, Mr and Mrs. Clyde King. Mr. and Clyde King returned Thursday from a trip that Included tbe livestock show at Ogden. The Boulder Ladles Club met on Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Clea .Baker. The activity for tho evening was painting on textiles and figurines. Mrs. Renon Peterson and Mrs, Klora Biker and their children spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives In EcaUnte, Mr. and Mrs. Ocll Alyey and children Waited with Mrs. AJ-vey's mother, Mrs. Thomas Al- vey, at the Pangultch Hospital on Sunday. Primary teachers and officers attended the Union meeting at Ktcalante on Sunday afternoon, Speakers at Sunday Services were Randall Lyman and Clyde Spencer of F.scalante, Heavy cloudiness that this morning gave a half promise of iitorm has now all been dispelled As one man put It, they were probably just empty clouds on their way back to the coast after having dropped their moisture elsewhere. I once knew a small boy, a native cf Utah then living In California, who could entertain his playmate of the sunny state for hours, simply by describing the snow that he had seen. They hung on every word that told of snowballs, sledding, or trail-making, in about the same wide-eyed manner, we of eastern Garfield county now listen to accounts of travelers to the northern parts of the state who tell of Its raining not in quiet sprink-l hut In heavy downpours. It has been so long since we aaw a really heavy rain or snow, storm that we can hardly be-llevethey still happen anywhere. |