Show District Ranger Will Retire The he retirement of or v Wells Well e s Thursby district forest ranger Inc in c charge arge of the Mt Pleasant district district dis dis- is- is of the LaSal Manti-LaSal Nation Nation- National al Forest has been announced Forest Supervisor Burnett who made t the e announcement to toddy toddy toddy to- to gave Ranger Thursby high praise praise for long productive care career career car car- e eer r in public service During the he past 37 years this veteran forester has been District Rang Ranger Ranger Ran Ran- g ger r first of the Ephraim district and arid later of the Mt Pleasant district of or the LaSal Manti-LaSal National National Na- Na ional Forest He has managed these hese wild lands in such a way that hat they contributed materially to tb o the economy of or Sanpete County County Coun- Coun ty y and the surrounding areas He has taken pride in serving his lis neighbors and others who used National Forest land Mr Burnett commented Ranger Thursby was born at t Ephraim Utah and graduated d from Snow College During his teens cens he worked with his father and brothers in cattle and sheep He also did some timber work on private land lie He spent a year on the Mexican border with the he Utah National Guard and andon andon andon on July 29 1918 enlisted in the Engineers His lis unit did a alot alot lot ot of moving around but did not go overseas s. s After his Army discharge Ranger Thursby t took ok th the government government government govern govern- ment examination for Forest Rang Ranger r and was appointed Ranger Ranger Ranger Ran Ran- ger at Ephraim under Supervisor sor J J. J W. W Humphrey He has spent his entire career on the Manti ManU division of the Manti- Manti LaSal National Forest except for details to special jobs Every summer summer for about ten years he call d to large fires in Idaho Idaho Idaho Ida Ida- ho and Wyoming ng He worked on the Kaib Kaibab b National Forest during during during dur dur- ing the time deer were being killed to reduce an e extremely large population of or them He spent a period in Kansas Kansas' with AAA during the dust bowl period Ranger Thursby recalls recall the snow surveys made during the thirties as one of or th the hardest hardest hardest hard hard- tasks and est walking up down the mountains in the deep snow show carrying provisions and equipment with which to work That same job is done today With the aid of or snowmobiles and I trucks Mr Burnett said that Martel Applegate has been promoted to succeed Ranger Thursby Mr l Applegate has been Assistant AssIstant Assistant Assis AssIs- tant Ranger at Monticello forthe for forthe forthe the last six months He was reared in Circleville Utah and andis andi i is a graduate of Utah State Un Un- Un n- n He has worked with the Bureau of Land Manage Manage- ment and ment-and and on the Dixie National Forest as s well as serving several several several sev sev- eral years in the Navy Mr Applegate will move with his wife and three children to Mt l Pleasant some time in January |