The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah • 17

(ran oy Allows Longer IB OGDEN UTAH WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST 14 1968 Section Dump Area se Twisteir Wrecks ministrator to write the Weber Countv Commission and inform nlO Dili it that use of the garbage dis 6 sl Extension for an indefinite 'period or Weber County use of Roy City's dry fill garbage disposal area has been approved by the Roy City Council The Council a month ago had asked Wayne Kimber city ad- posal area would be terminated on or about Aug 15 Councilmen said at that time the garbage facility was filling up so rapidly under the inflow of waste materials from all over the south end of the county that Amiother Roof Lift From sik sM Wr' 1 i 1 the remaining area should be saved for Roy City MORE SPACE? Children Unhurt as Funnel Sweeps Across West Weber WEST WEBER One house was demolished and the roof of another torn off by a tornado which touched down at 10:45 am today Other damage was reported to a camper pickup barns hay sheds and stacks Councilmen said the county has cleaned up stumps and other materials and that it appears there is considerably more space for garbage disposal than they had realized Councilman Clark Puffer said he believed the county had been working hard to get another tract and that Roy should help until one can be obtained He said he had heard expressions of appreciation from We '4 Preliminary reports indicated no one was seriously injured through the air It was a mess The Lyle Harper house at 552 1 "Someone said the Harper 4700 was torn apart by kids were inside the house but the funnel cloud Four children didn't get hurt That was sure in the house said they saw the (lucky" Mr Profrazier said approaching funnel and ran out The tornado first- touched into the back yard in time to down at the rear of the Dee Mc- ber County communities now using the Roy garbage dump OTHER ACTION In other actions the council: a report from Councilman Puffer that the city recreation orogram has had an excellent turnout during the summer and that teams have done well in inter-city competitions He said a record number of Farland home 1300 5200 and started its zigzag course 4lNf5'(j JAMES COW RTH A I Funeral Scheduled THOMAS A HARRIS Accident Victim Crash Kills Man on Eve across the West Weber area It first hit a barn between there and the Blanch farm al though the damage caused was see the roof fly over their heads One of the girls suffered a bruised foot Two of the children were identified as members of the Harper family The other two were playmates from a neighbor family nearby 100-FOOT SWATH The tornado cut a swath approximately 100 feet wide along a two-mile area Witnesses said not immediately known boys have turned out for Little League football and because of limits to the supply of uniforms not all may be able to play to check required legal procedures leading to the condemnation of the old can-nerv at about 5600 South and Of Final Rites For Truck v'1im Set Birthday Pieces of the corrugated tin roof from the Blanch hay shed and a large quantity of hay were sent skyward when the twister hit A large piece of tin could be seen hanging from a telephone pole south of the Harper resi PART OF THE ROOF of the Lyle Harper residence in West Weber lies almost directly behind where the garage was to the right of the standing structure The large beam lying on the rcof once ran across the top of the garage door 2500 West it touched down on the Leonard Blanch farm at 4730 CITIZENS COMPLAIN West on 600 South where a hay- Councilman Richard Tubbs shed was demolished dence and another from the lines in front of the demolished residence MOVES EASTERLY said he had received numerous At the Harper house the tor nado lifted a camper off a pick complaints from residents in the area that the building is a hazard for children who play in and around it and that it is also a up men spun tne picsup After hitting the Harper residence the twister appears to around semng it down Desiae a car where the garage had been fire danger Roy Council To Study Water Need From the Harper home tne have moved easterly before hit ting Mr Gibson's haystack Burrows Smith ROY An Ogden man who was to celebrate his 79th birthday today was fatally injured in a two-car collision Tuesday night at the intersection of 4400 South and Utah Highway 84 Thomas Andrew Harris of 3232 Lincoln died in the emergency room at St Benedict Hospital a short time after the accident Mr Harris was a passenger in a car driven by his wife Robena Harris 77 when it collided with a vehicle driven by Denton Rees 17 of 4900 2645 in Roy Mrs Harris was listed in "satisfactory" condition today at St Benedict Hospital Mr wind-filled cloud traveled northeast and hit a haystack on the and Co" of Salt Lake City to pro Funeral services for James "Jimmy" Cameron Cowperth-waite 11 son of Mr and Mrs James Cowperthwaite of 2472 Custer who died Tuesday of injuries received in a truck-pedestrian accident will be con-ucted Friday at 11 am in the Chapel of Flowers Mortuary KILLED INSTANTLY He was killed instantly when Mr Hancock who watched the twister from start to finish ceed with preparation of $38000 Heber Gibson property at 4bi3 600 said the hay stack probably saved his house and outbuild- bonds to finance improve ment district work this year Boyd Hancock of 4608 600 said he was repairing a roof ings "It was headed right for my 'EMPTY' GUN DISCHARGES BUT MOSTLY INTO FLOOR! John Brinkerhoff 52 of 1438 3300 is a lucky man He shot himself in the foot He is not lucky that he shot himself in the foot but is fortunate that the full blast of the 12-gauge shotgun hit the floor and only a few pellets struck his foot According to Weber County Sheriff's officers Mr Brinkerhoff was going to clean the shotgun in the kitchen of his house When he picked up the which unknown to him was loaded the weapon discharged tearing a hole in the floor The main part of the blast went through the floor with the rest striking the inside of his right foot He was treated for flesh wounds at St Benedict's Hospital and released on a shed when he glanced up Total cost of the district will be $72000 'vith $19500 to be paid by th" city $38000 in bonds and the remainder by citizen ROY Consideration of the and saw the twister heading his house" he said but turned west when it hit the stack way But the funnel cloud struck he darted from behind a parked It then nipped off the east need to purchase perhaps 1000 acre feet more of Weber Basin Conservancy District water should begin at once the Roy prepayments on work done PLENTY MONEY a big haystacK nrst ana men seemingly diverted itself west portion of Mr Gibson's roof Rpes was treated for his in juries at Dee Hospital and re when it struck the Gibson house car into the side of a dump truck in the 2600 block af Harrison Driver of the truck owned by the Utah Department of Highways was Charles A Jor- Councilmen said the city has enough money to buy its own damaged several or ms outDuiia-ings and broke up several trees in his yard From there accounts vary Joe Profrazier owner of the Depot Grocery in West Weber leased PASSENGERS RELEASED Two passengers in the Rees vehicle Garv Laird of 2410 slightly as to where the twister was about a mile soutn or me spot where the twister set down about 10:45 this morning 4975 and Stan Flinders of went une report saia miea after hitting the hay stack and another reported it traveled an 5194 2000 also were "I didn't believe it when one of my customers told me there 1 1 treated at Dee and released Officer Al Turnbow of the bonds a report that a meeting will be held Aug 22 at 8 pm in the Roy city building at which the Weber County master plan as it affects Roy particularly will be discussed a report from Councilman Puffer that progress is being made in talks with county and Weber County School District representatives concerning some sort of cooperative library City Council nas aeciaea Councilmen agreed with Joseph Dawson council member in charge of the Roy water department that studies should be made after he reported the city had used 1550 acre feet of its Weber Basin water by Aug 1 By Aug 1 of 1967 only 1072 acre feet had been used MAXIMUM AMOUNT Roy this year will receive for the first time its maximum of 3 200 acre feet presently contracted for with the conservancy district Ballot Printing Work Roy Police said the Harris car was a iunnei ciuuu uvei he said "I wasn't scared: I just wish was traveling east on 9uu and the Rees car north on ed I'd had a camera so I could U-84 He said the collision was other mile before it uttea By far the most serious damage was dene to the Harper residence where the entire roof was lifted off and the wall collapsed in several places Most of the brick walls remained standing which may have been a factor in the children not being hurt SCARY EXPERIENCE have photographed the cloud Okayed on $1276 Bid near the middle of the inter section gensen ot iza tzw jl in Huntsville Bishop James Hamilton of the Mount Ogden LDS Ward will officiate Friends may call at the chapel Thursday from 7 to 9 pm and Friday until services Burial will be in the Aultorest Memorial Park The boy was born June 8 1957 in Ogden a son of James and Mary Prunty Cowperthwaite He was a sixth grade student at the Polk Elementary School WAS CUB SCOUT He was a Cub Scout in Den 56 and had been active in Primary and Sunday School in the Mount Ogden LDS Ward He the Democratic party has con- setup in Roy possibly using facilities at Roy High The bid to print 103670 pri- 1 1 1 A MM Investigation in continuing Mr Harris was born Aug 14 1889 in Ogden a son of Joseph and Emma Shupe Harris MARRIED IN OGDEN TOUCHED DOWN "Just after I looked out the door of my store I saw the cloud touch down and then boards and debris starting flying through the air "It was peculiar "It wasn't blowing at my place Mr Dawson said ne expecu the full allotment to be used by the end of warm weather this year To keep up with the growth rota whirh hp admitted was mary election oauois awarded Tuesday by the Weber County Commission to Dee Litho-Printing Co of 346 30th for $127620 ThP amount was the lowest Crossing Guard Job Available It was undoubtedly scary One man driving through the a 11 a A tests for the House absent voters ballots for legislative district 6 where the Democratic party has contests for the House absent voters' ballots rpa said ne saw tne twister On Dec 26 1910 he was mar headed directly towards him I and there wasn't rain or hail like SOUTH South Og- somewhat difficult to forecast put it in reverse and backea up thought there would be with den Police Chief James Wold is he said the city must "look for with no legislative cauiuiuoica faster than was going ior of two bids opened by William McCrea county purchasing agent The other bid was for $205131 a twister ward" he related another source of supply or Duy was a catcner ana captain or "It was quite an experience more Weber Basin water Mr Hancock said it was thethe etfs Little League base The though ried to Robena Moyes in Ogden The marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on Nov 20 1952 He had lived in the Ogden area all his life and was a warehouseman for McKesson Robbins Wholesale Drug Co prior to retiring He was a Seventy in the 1st TDS Ward In 1906 he received ball team first one he had ever seen Dower was terrific he noted looking for a retired man with time on his hands who would like to spend a few hours a day serving as a crossing guard Chief Wold said the crossing guard will be assigned to the 40th Street crossing near the Park View School LIKE A QUAKE? "I felt vibrations like there Surviving are his parents two brothers and two sisters Robbie CowDerthwaite Mark and it "sounded like a huge vacuum cleaner moving across REGULAR BALLOTS regular primary ballots for districts where there are no legislative contests In his instructions to the printer County Clerk Hansen asked sample and absentee ballots be delivered as soon as possible since many will be mailed over- tWp clerk has asked that all might be an earthquake The city might have run short of culinary water this year if the spring had not been cool and moist he said Mayor Charles Hull agreed that the city administration shouldn't wait until a crisis situation arrives before its acts "I hurried to tne scene tne Wendell Hansen county clerk made up the printing order to include: 1200 BALLOTS 1200 yellow sample ballots for legislative district 2 pink sample ballots for legislative district 6 ereen sample ballots houses it struck were a mess L1 CoU Cowperthwaite Linda Cowper-The Weather Bureau in SaUj and Mrs Ander- Lake City said the air is suffi- all of 0gden his grand "The roof and siding were off Anyone interested should Mr Wold at the city ciently unstable to proauce w- te Joseph Edward Cow the Harper house "It was a total wrecK oerthwaite Saint Petersburg nadoes and it is not unlikely funnel clouds will appear later "There was a pick up and ballots be delivered to his of and that serious consideration should be given at once to increasing water supplies for all districts except numbers Fla and Mrs Marguerite Hewes Ogden camper that had been tossed today fice hv Aus 29 9 unH i The primary eiecuon is oepi 700 absent voters Ballots for legislative district 2 where 110 the Carnegie Hero Award for risking his life to save a woman from drowning SURVIVOR LIST Surviving are his widow two sons and one daughter Thomas Harris and Lloyd Harris all of Ogden Mrs Elwood (Norma) Wilson Roy eight grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren Funeral services will be announced by Lindquist and Sons Mortuary Equipment Damaged Glines of Egan Farm Service 745 Wall reported over $100 damage done to three pieces of equipment by youths driving a tractor around the lot after closing hours Police located the parents who said they would make restitution Councilmen said tnat aemana for more water is constantly being boosted by two factors One is the population growth in Roy and the second is the steady rise in water consumption by each household for a Mayors Asked to Pick Incinerator Committee 3 variety of reasons Mayors of communities in to municipal departments with the county paying for services and equipment to service fires Weber County have been invited to send names of persons who beyond the city or town boun dary Such a system Mr Bott said would eliminate "double taxa would serve on a committee to manage and operate the county incinerator Chairman Albert Bott extended the invitation at the Weber Area Council of Governments meeting and also specu tion" of citizens in cities and towns who now are taxed for local fire department mainten--nno and mav be faced with Daving increased costs if the lated on organization of fire districts county department as now operated is upgraded in equip ment and service He said he wanted to name a committee to administer the incinerator's operations Such a move would take the facility out of politics" the chairman ANTELOPE ROAD added COUNTY FACILITY The incinerator which burns CLOSED UNTIL SPAN FINISHED The road to Antelotje Island has been garbage and solid wastes is used by persons and firms in cities as well as tne couniy Th Commission now oversees its operations Grant Ander son county sanitation airecun manages the facility Chairman uott aiso inaicaieu his interest in naming a citi zens' committee to explore ways to promote fire protection closed to the public because of construction activities and erosion caused by heavy summer storms on the lake Traffic will be permitted over the road again in late September when the bridge over a 60-foot gap in the road is completed said project engineer William Marsden Mr Marsden also said some 5000 tons of riprap will be placed along the roadway to repair the storm damage districts in tne couniy The county fire department is located at 286 12th a location deemed unsuitable for answering alarms countvwide Mr Bott contends a fire dis DEATH SCENE Traffic Officer Harold Powell stoops to mark the point of impact area Tuesday morning after 11-year-old Jimmy Cowperthwaite Sf Cowperthwaite of 2472 Custer was killed when he ran into the side of the dump truck in background From left are officers Ben Neff and Sgt David Reed and truck driver Charles A Jorgensen still in a slight state of shock trict plan would result in up-araAma fire Drotection in un- i immur 1 I Unnnrnnratpd areas The dis IWHt-lir 'i ii I HIH i IMrtn 1 ii 1 ci a cxivt 4V0 imnapt with another vehicle in Rov Tuesday night this car was trict organization would be tied iJ-iiv ujr cuv' iiiiiv occupied by Thomas A Harris 78 of 3232 Lincoln who was fatally injured.