| Show Commissioners Approve Aid to Search Parties The county commissioners approved an allowance to partially partially partially par par- defray expenses of or the two jeep posses in Davis County County County Coun Coun- ty who will willbe be participating in an out all-out search for Melvin Melvin Mel- Mel vin Grant Morrill Mr Morrill Morrill Morrill Mor- Mor rill was a Farmington man who with a companion disappeared disappeared disappeared on Jan 10 while on a Civil Air Patrol search in southeastern Utah DURING TilE THE state Conven Convention convention convention conven- conven tion of oC the jeep posses in Utah held at Cedar City last week weekend weekend eek end it was decided that the posses would cond u c ct t a aground aground aground ground search l for r Mr 1 Merrill Morrill and his companion T This h his i s search is Jo to be held over the Labor Day we week k end in the Moab region Because both the Bountiful Jeep Posse and the Davis County C Sheriffs Sheriff's Jeep Posse desire to participate in the search it was the recommendation recommendation recommendation dation of Sheriff LeRoi Day that they receive some compensation compensation compensation com com- to defray a little of or orthe the expense involved in the trip Each posse will be allowed allowed allowed al al- al- al lowed 50 for lor this purpose 1 MR MORRILL was the Cather father fa- fa ther of seven children and normally although he has been missing these many months would not legally be declared dead for seven years Recently though officials o othe of the Civil Air Patrol and government government government gov gov- officials from Hill air force base where the missing man was employed have brought the case to Second Secom District Court It was hoped that his estate could be settled settled set set- tied so that his family could be provided for in the manner he had planned for them THIS TIllS WEEK the case was climaxed when Judge Thornley Thornley Thornley Thorn Thorn- ley K Swan after alter hearing evidence evidence evi- evi dence of pilots who have participated participated par par- in repeated CAP searches for the missing men and plane declared Mr Mor Morrill Mor Mor- rill presumably dead In his declaration Judge Judg Swan stated it appears t to this Ulis court that by reason o of oC weather conditions terrain and nature of or the mission flown an inference of oC the im im immediate immediate immediate mediate death of Melvin Grant Gran Morrill may justly be drawn THE TilE MISSION flown referred referred re re- re- re to by the judge was wa taken by Mr Morrill and a companion pilot Terry Court Court- Courtwright Courtwright wright Centerville They were searching for a missing plane plan from California The California ia hi plane was found this summer sum sum- mer mec in Colorado Judge Swan ruled that th the Farmington man must have hav died at the time of his He lIe then appointed the missing mans man's wife Mrs Martha Martha Martha-M. M. M Morrill as administratrix administratrix admin admin- of her husbands husband's estate es es- tate b bf |
