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Show An Independent Newspaper Devoted To The Interests Ot The People Ot Rich County and Lower Bear River Valley Volume 11 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Laketown News May 2nd, 19 Sealed bids will be receiyed by the State Road Commission of Utah, State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah, at 2 oclock p. m. Friday, May 20th, 1938 and at that time publicly opened for construction of a m xed oil surfaced road in Rieh County, the same being Federal Aid Project No. 85-(2) between Woodruff and Randolph. The length of road to be constructed or improved is. 10.211 miles, and the principal items of work are approximately as follow!: 6030 Bbls. oil. The attention of bidders is directed to the Special Provisions covering subletting or assigning the contract. The minimum wage paid to all skilled labor employed on this contract shall be 80 cents per hour. The minimum wage paid to all intermediate labor employed on this contract shall be 60 cents per hour. ' The minimum wage paid to all unskilled labor employed on this contract shall be 60 cents per hour. Plans and specifications are on file in the office of the State Road Commission, Salt Lake City, and at District Engineers office at Ogden, Utah, where they may be reviewed by prospective bidders. Specifications, pro. posals, bidding blanks and plans will be furnished at Salt Lake City, on depositing $2.00, which will be returned, providing contractor submits an acceptable bid and returns the plans with in seven days after bids are received. Any additional information may be secured at the office of the State Road Commission. Each bidder must submit a letter from an approved surety company guaranteeing to furnish said bidder with required bond. The right to reject any or all bids is reserved. Cash, certified check, or cashiers checK for five per cent of total amount of bid made payable to the State Road Commission must accompany each bid as evidence of good faith and a guarantee that if awarded the contract, the bidder will execute the contract and give bond as required. STATE ROAD COMMISSION D. HAMMOND, Chairman, W. By EZRA C. KNOwLiON, Chief Engineer d A miscellaneous shower was held in the ward hall Thursday evening May 5 In. honor of Mr. and Mrs. Rotherr Kearl, recent newlyweds. The bride is the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morton Kearl. They received . a number of beautiful and useful articles, A number out of town attended among them being Mr. and Mrs, J. It. Dunn and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hunter of Benuigton. Idaho: brother-in-laand sisters of the groom ; John Rex of Randolph, and others. w The High School Seniors attended ti e High School Day at the U. S. A. C. at Logan ' Friday, returning Sunday morning. Clarence E. Cheney and son Harmon and Mr: . Vara Cheney, motored to Salt Lake City Sunday afternoon, returning Monday. Russell A1 ley came with them. . He and Harmon returned Tuesday to resume their studies at the II. A. O. at Logan. Geo. Earley, Herman Wood, Roy Moffat and Glenn Price have returned from shearing sheep In Wyoming. i The sick list for the week included Geo. EJarley, his daughter, Jenny Lee, Mrs. Stanley Wahlstrom and J. War- ren Taylor. Warren was taken to Salt Lake City Tuesday by Bishop L B. Johnson of Randolph, for medical advice.. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Nebeker, jr., of Ogden, Utah, are visiting at' the Falula Farm. Word came to Sheriff Westons home in the wee email hours of Monday morning that a fine daughter had been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kay Sims of Salt doing well Telford made a splendid record meet in Logan, last He and Vernon Taylor, of week. Laketown will represent Rich County in the State mm at Salt Lake City this Saturday. iLeo at the track The exhibit and tea given by ' the economics girls was well attended. A large number of well made articles were dlspayed. home Mr. Peterson was called home Monday because of the critical illness of Mrs. Thelma McKinnon bis sister. taught for him during his absence. C The North Rich High School presented their operetta Pioneer Papoose Wednesday night to a large and appreciative audience. They presenr-eit at Garden City Thursday night. Lake City; mother and babe South Rich News State of Utah, Office of State Road Commission, Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Houston, executive of the State Board of health presented motion picture slides and gave lectures throughout the county last week, under the sponsorship of Miss Julia Wahlstrom. the county nurse. The slides depicted the cpread of silvatic plague by rodents and the lecture was concerning Mr. the promotion of public health. Houston is a versatile speaker, presenting his message to groups of rapt listeners the school children in the morning and the parents at the Ward Chapel in the evening. A special program In honor of our mothers was carried out in Sunday School as follows: Reading, Build ing a Temple, Noriene Wahlstrom ; vocal duet, My Mothers Love, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnson : exercise, My Mother, Kindergarten Class; exercise, Mothers Day, Primary Dept ; song, Home at Four. Margery Rob-inson, Afton Passey, Connie Cheney, Lorene Eller; exercise, The Secret, Church History Dept.; talk, Origin of Mothers Day, G. N. Weston ; reading, Be the Fellow Your Mother Thinks You Are, Gordon Kearl ; song, "Oh Beautiful for Mother Love," Boys Chorus; reading, Beautiful Hands, Theil Spears; reading, A Mother's Task, Mary Kearl; vocal Solo, O My Father, H. C. Robinson; mixed Eva quartet, Rock Me to Sleep,Earley, Lucy Thomas, Sid Irwin, and Ben E. Weston ; Flowering shrubs were presented to the mothers. Special music during the presentation of shrubs was rendered by Wanda Weston and Mrs. Wendell Johnson. , - - 1 EARLY BIRDS HONOR THE .WRIGHT BROTHERS A club of pioneer aviators has just helped dedicate the old bieye.e shop of Wilbur and Orville Wright. They bjilt the hist airplane in the town of Dayton, Ohio. Both the home and the shop have been moved to Detroit by M- Henry Ford. Some of the tools that the Wright Brothers used to build the first airplane are thire. Wilbur Wright was born on April 16. 1867. The home and bicycle shop were, dedicated on the l( th of last month. Famous aviators from all over the United States come to the celelrati' n. Mahy birds now are too old to pilot planes. Orville Wright is 67 years old. By PHYLLIS NORRIS, Fourth Grade. 1 MAY MEAN A LOT A litle boosting now and then Is relished by the most of men! No matter what your job may be Iff cutting hay or serving tea, From drafting laws to making shot Mrs. Ellsworth Johnson returned last week from a two weeks visit to A litlte boost may mean a lot. Ogden, bringing with her her mother, A cheery word, a kindly smile Mrs. Hannah Farner, who has been A friendly nod once in a while ill, but is now somewhat. better. Mot- May b the sanding off the track hers Day guests' at the home of Mrs. For some poor chap whos slipping back It Isn't blarney bunk nor show Johnson included Mr. and Mrs. Leo To give a guy a glad Hello Mr. Mrs. Eden Erickson, and Johnson, And let him know you mean it too Mr. and Mrs. John C. Farner and famFor somehow it comes back to you ilies of Garden City; Mrs. May Austed And makes for you a brighter day. of Ogden arrived on Wednesday mornThe moral is again I say ing for a visit with Mrs. Johnson. Its relished by the most of men and then. Mrs. Stephen Gheen and Mrs. Jesse A little boosting now J .Bateman. are -relatives and Earley visiting : friends in Fish Haven this week. Watch for Opportunity T He is indeed the wisest and the POPULAR COUPLE WED S happiest man. Who by constant atJames Jackson and Miss Jean-- ' Neb- tention of thought, discovers the eker were married last Friday, May greatest opportunity of doing good, and breaks through every opposi6, at Ogden, Utah. Mr. Jackson is the youngest son of tion that he may improve these opMr. and Mrs. Richard Jackson. portunities. ' - , Mrs. Jackson $1.50 Per Year In Advance Randolph, Utah. Friday May 13, 1938 Number 17 is the accomplished The Junior High students went on their May Walk Monday afternoon. A few sun tanned faces were noted on the following day. Mr. Muir supervised the entertainment. theme' of the Ford Motor exhibit building at the New York Worlds Fair In 1939 will be prophetic of the advances America may expect in transportation in coming decades, according to an announcement, by Edsel Ford, president of the company. Based upon an exposition ot the institutional character of the Ford company and the fundamental policies which have directed its growth during the past '35 years, the fair exhibit will reach its climax In The Road ot Tomorrow, ah elevated highway more than half a mile long, rising upon a series ot spiral ramps, traversing the borders ot a patio and finally circling the main building on a deep setback at the top of the walls. The exhibit, in four rather distinct parts, will include an entrance rotunda facing the main west gate, a spacious Manufacturing Hall, a patio, with pools, playing fountains and large rest areas, and the elevated road. From the west side THE . . of the patio,' steps win rise 'to broad mezzanine. There Ford V3 cars will load and Lincoln-Zephy-r passengers for' the ride over The Road ofTomorrOw. From .the loading platform the cars' will pass to the south; enter the spiral ramps, climbing to the upper level and following the elevated highway as it passes over the west along the south wall of Manufacturing Hall, through a tunnel lined with photomurals; thence circling the top of the building, through a glass tunnel high in the Rotunda; down the ramp to the second level, around the patio and back to the starting point. At night flood lighting will fall upon the care as they circle the highway high on the walls of Manufacturing Hall, playing moving shadows on the building walls, in full sight of the whole fair grounds. The building will occupy the highest location on the grounds. It will be decorated in white, red and blue and will be floodlighted at night NOTICE TO WATER USERS The State of Utah Office of State Engineer Salt Lake City Notice is hereby given that the of Pickleville, Garden City, has made application, in accordance with the laws off Utah, to appropriate 0.1 sec. ft. of water from Payne spring in Rich county, Utah. Said water will be diverted from January 1 to December 31, inclusive, of each year at the point off issuance off said spring which bears N. 23 deg. 38 min. E. 1520 ft. from the S Oor. Sec. 31, T. 14 N., R. 5 B., SLB&M., conveyed through 7610 ft. off 2 inch pipe' to an equalizing reservoir, from which it will be distributed to inhabitants of the Town off Pickleville, by whom it will be used for domestic and municipal purposes. This Application is designated in the office off the State Engineer as No. 12580. All protests resisting the granting of said Application, with reasons therefor, made in affidavit form, must be filed with T. H.. Humpherys, State Engineer, 403 State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah, with one extra copy and $1.00 filing fee on or before June 26, Town I tah, 1038. T. H. HUMPHERYS. State Engineer. Date of first publication April 20, p d - ly. Twenty one years ago Captain Fran cis T. Evans circled his seaplane above Pensacola until he had climbed to an altitude of 4,000 feet. Then he shot the plane forward with great speed to perform the first loop in hisTo tory with this type of aircraft. prove the first loop was not accidental, he repeated the stunt. Upon landing he was warned not to take such risks again. But Evans had proven his point and one off the greatest fear demons connected with naval aviation was de stroyed. As a result many lives as well as planes were saved. Nearly twenty years lateT the marine flyer was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by President Roose velt for what was once considered a foolhardy stunt, but is now an accepted principle of naval aviation. Have you seen the Year Book? We feel the labors of Mr. Christiansen and the girls are worthy of compliment for completing such a fine piece of work. $ . On Tuesday - of next week the Senior Banquet will' he held in the High School building. It seems as though all students are extremely busy of late, catching up or making amends for loafing earlier in the season. The graduation exercises will be held in the chapel Friday evening, May 20. A dance will follow. Music by the Melody Players, from Montpelier. Reported by EMMA LO" McKINNON KLEA JOHNSON. 1 DAY FOR HEALT- H- Festivals are held in. all parts of the world on the first of May, because it is Health Day of our people. It is not only for children but for grownups There will be health plays the first week of May in hospitals, churches, and also in schools in this country. In many school rooms the teachers are having the boys and girls make posters for their walls. They are keeping rec ords for each child in each room. The teacher and county nurses help th children do that work. They inspect their teeth and test their eyes to see if any of them have to have glasses. They weigh them every month to see If they lose or gain. All the children should know how important health K Eve.yone iries to help everyone about him to have good health, because they know sickness brings sorrow. A record shows that about four million people a day are not able to work be cause of sickness. The hospital bills are about ten billion dollars each year At the Fair in Chicago they did not know whether to keep the health exhibit open in the evenings. They thot none cared to go and see health exhibits, but they found people were very much interested in health. By BEAULAH JACKSON. 1 A GIANT STATUE OF FRANKLIN On May 12, a statue of Benjamin Franklin, weighing 120,000 pounds was unveiled in Philadelphia. The giant Date of last publication May 27, statue is carved from white marble 1038. and is one of the largest in our country. It is so big that it had to be Roiling Rattlesnake carved In sections and put together A rolling rattlesnake, known aa a later. The statue is at the Franklin not wriggles sidewinder, rolls Institute in Philadelphia. That insti-tueast when facing north, south when was founded in 1824, in honor of Benjamin Franklin. It is a historical facihg east, and so on, according to museum. Both President Roosevelt a museum curator of reptiles Hoover planned to be and in Philadelphia the time the Franklin statue was dedicated. They spoke t about Benjamin Franklin, who did so much for early Americans. Oath Taken by Justices By BLAINE HOFFMAN, The oath taken by a justice of the Fourth Grade. United States Supreme court is as 1 follows: I do solemnly swear that RICH COUNTY GIRLS GRADUATE I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right Two Rich County girls, Miss to the poor and to the rich; and that Norris and Miss Ella Wilson were I will faithfully discharge all the among the graduates off the Thomas duties incumbent on me as judge, Dee hospital school of nursing. according to the best of my abilities The exercises for 22 seniors were and understanding, agreeably to the held Thursday at 8 p. m. in the Ogden Constitution and laws of the United L. D. S. Tabernacle. The date off the commencement was States. ' selected because It is the birthday of t Florence Nightingale, and Is observed Oldest Defense Work a9 National Hospital Day. A reception and dance for the gradu Fort Marion, established in 1672 to protect the port of St. ' Augus- ates held in the Welber College ballexercises. tine, is the oldest defenseive work room followed the Rich County is proud of the fine in the United States. Built of coa mixture of seashells cement- showing of her high school students. 1038. 1- . e : Dor-een- e - 1772-185- 2, . Stunt flying has become a feature air show. Daring aviators perform aerial gymnastics which leave the beholder spellbound as they loop, in a bewildering ar whirl or side-sliray of maneuvers. Where are the pioneer airmen who first risked their lives and planes to test unproved or hazardous theories-Behinthose dizzily spinning planes end their eccentric movements are the shadowy figures of airmen who, for The the most part, are forgotten. names of only a few remain in the public mind. Some sacrificed their lives for the advancement of aviation. At first it was believed that no sea plane could be successfully looped. Spins and loops were accepted for land planes with their light landing gear, but for seaplanes with their heavy pontoon floats, the maneuver was beA young lieved to- be impossible. Marine Corps flyer thought differentof every Invented Stop Wnteh daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Neb eker. The young couple are very : The first stop watch was invented popular among the younger people about 1800, but this early watch was not entirely practical. Edward Masthroughout the county. The Reaper extends congratulations sey of London, was one of SUMMIT MONUMENTAL WORKS may their married life be a happy the principal makers. These watches HOYTS VILLE UTAH (Coalville) one. . . . were also made in Switzerland durWrite Ue ing this periodi BOB McQUEEN, Give us jour Order for Printing . STUNT FLYING FOR SCIENCE Mr, Kay and Mr. Lee of the Fish and Game Department of Utah, showed pictures of Utahs fish and grouse to the high school Wednesday morning. A keen interest prevailed. . : Vice-Pie- s. quina, ed together by natural processes, the fort has withstood for generations the effects of the elements and remains almost perfectly preserved. Proclaimed a national monument in 1924, the ancient stronghold is administered. by the National Park service. U. SL Civil Service Commission The United States civil service commission is an independent commission administered by three commissioners appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the senate. |