Morgan County News from Morgan, Utah • 1

ORGAN OUN yv WS VOLUME MORGAN BIO nGAN MORGANCOUNTY UTAH FRIDAY JULY 6 1948 NUMER 29 FOREST FIRE prevention CAMPAIGN STARTS the opening of the fourthannual wartime forest and range fire prevention campaign in this area in conjunction with the nationwidedrivewhich annually seeks to allay thetremend- ous lossesof our forested resources caused by humancarelessness was announced june 30 by wasatch forest supervisor koziol what the individual citizens can do to prevent destructive forestand range fires will keynote the campaign in this area andbillboard posters of the four bears spon sponsored sered by civic conservation andbusiness organizations will appear during the campaign each of thefourbears shows one of thefour ways most fires are started an analysis of wasatch forestand range tirefirerecordsfor 1944 showed that 9 out of 10 can be prevented out of 24 tiresfires reported by theforests 21 were man caused 10 by smokers 6 by camp campfires fires 3 by railroadtrains and 2 by debrisandrubbishburners three were lightning fires the was- atchfirecontrol organization held the totalnationalforest area burned to 33 acres on the wasatch front however due to the explosive quality of cheat grass and brush ladry weather a much larger acreage was burned out of 13 tires fires 6 were caused by smokers driving or riding through the highly inflammable country 3 were railroad fires 2 were debris or rubbish burning 1 was a campfire camp tire and 1 started by lightning touring smokers or motorists were responsible for burning ofthe acres burned on the wasatch front watershed this included the acre washington park fire where a valuable plantation plan tationof young trees was wa killed the four bears on the posters make these motorists the particular object of their attention three of thebears caution against the thoughtless discarding of matches buttsand pipe ashes with the fourthbear asking campers to put out theirfires conducted this yearby request ol 01 the nations armed services state forestry and conservation agencies and theamerican red crossare coordinating with the forest service to makethiseffort to save our natural resources from fire more effective than ever in thenational picture our own fire losses are tremendously magnified yearly fires kill enough timber to build two hundred and fifteen thousand five room houses viewing our tremendous wartime needs for timber forage and water every man woman and child in the intermountain area is asked to take the success of this wartime forestand range fire prevention campaign asa personal responsibility tonot only use gr croiter ter care with firebut to cautionothers ofthe extreme necessity to kill every last spark PRESIDENT CABINET now that the senate in almost nothing flat confirmed the nomination of james byrnes of south ca- rolina to be secretary of state president truman Tr Is cabinet consists ofthe following james byrnes of south carolina secretary of state henry jr of new york secretary of the treasurer henry stimson of new york secretary of war tom clark of texas attorney general robert hannegan of missouri postmaster general james forrestal of new york secretary of we the navy harold ickes of illinois secretary oftheinterior clinton anderson of new mex- ico secretary of agriculture henry A wallace of iowa secretary of commerce lewis Sch of wash- ington secretary oflabor well that Is the way the cabinet stacks uptoday but who will say it will look like that a month from now how about ickes and how about fearof wronggave birth to right find it if you but search the records of mankind horace morgan electric appliance and radio repair coming soon nownew appliances will soon bobe on the market repair parts for mot most electric appliances are now available the war news doret dont be without it now be available BRINGYOURRADIO IN i I 1 WILL WILA REPAIR IT Geary Prop MORGAN UTAH news from I 1 those in the service set luckey victim of malaria mrs elsie bell received a telegram fromthe war department say ing that her son mgt ronald luckey died of malaria july 22 1912 on the he philippine islands ho he was a graduate of morgan high school and enlisted in the air corps on december 22 1939 and trained at channave Chan nate field cantone Ran tone until sept 1940 when he was transferred to hamilton field calif from there on nov 1 1940 he was sentto the philippine islands and was stationed at clark field on luzon when the japs attacked that field after the fall of bataan he was reported missing in actionand that was the last word untilthe telegram saying he had died mgt luckey Is survived by his mother elsie bell stepfather step father ivan belland two sisters mrs virginia randall of tooelethoele andmrs marjorie of porterville benjiman durrant reives receives honorable discharge 4 benjiman durrant son of mr and mrs benjiman durrant and hus- bandof mrs bessie durrant ofthis community has received his discharge from the army underthe adjusted service rating plan at the ft doug- las as utah personnel center he served 32 months in africa and austria with the armoured Ar division and wears battle stars forthe africa italy rome french german and austria campaigns 4 durrant is authorized to wear the good conduct medal croix de guerre european theatre and pre pearl harbor ribbons lt brooks whittier arrived home saturday on a seven day leave after which he will report at the douglas i arizonaair base I 1 lt dean nelson left forhis base in texas saturday after spending ten days with his parents set albert wright in france word hasbeen received by mrs george wright that her son mgt all- bert al- bert wright is now stationed in france after being in germany bel- gium andholland ilehe states that he liked thehollanders much better than hedoes the frenchhe has sent home a number of souvenirs fromthe various places in which he hasbeen stationed ilehe had his last furlough home a year ago he hasbeen in europe seven months with a tank destroyer unit in his letter he mentioned particularly the regular visits of the oldhorne home paper and how he appreciated it his brother mgt leland wright has now beenstationed in china with an air corp detachmentfor the past 18 monthsboth boys are well andboth hope that before long they will be home again jay durrant who is serving in the navy is spending a months leavewith his parents mr and mrs lee dur- rant his basehasbeen at norfolk va richard randall arrived herethis week from a years service in ger- many and france serving in the infantry he has received an honorable releasefromthe service he isa is a son of mrs randall thehusbandof mrs betty lou terry randall and has a small son maxwell jones of the army air force returnedhomethis week after being given an honorable release fromthe service and mrs russell chadwick havearrived here to spend a few weekswithwit his parents mr and mrs williamchadwick WAR 2 YANKS OUTDO OUTDO DAD the army turned up the information monday that thesoldier of world war 2 is tallerslimmerandhas bigger I 1 feetand larger headthan his dad in uniform in 1917 18 the calculation was based on average clothing sizes for the soldiers of the two wars even though bested inill other ways dadhad a bigger chest and a larger neck USEDCARCEILINGS ROLLEDBACK FOUR foun PERCENT JULY I 1 in accordance with therollback provisions of the used car price reg- ulationula tion ceiling prices for used passenger cars were reduced four per cent on july 1 the reduction applies to avate used cars sold by eitherdealers or private owners charges allowed for extra equipment on used cars such as heatershealersradiosandother inbuilt items for which additions to base ceilings have been permitted will also be cut four per cent july 1 the regulation provides fornormal depreciation CIVILIANS AT WAR the government needs and asks its women citizens in the week of the war against japan to 1 keep your family well fed by using the many alternates tor for scarce foods careful planning will help you to serve healthy and attractive meals despite shortages 2 budget your wartime spending saving now helps hold prices down spending later will stimulate prosperity when war production ceases 3 back up the men whowill bring victory over japan try by becoming a WAVE twenty thousandare needed tor or hospital andother assignments write WAVES washington 25 DC for information the guy never take a chance usually wears thinseated pants swiped crill THE ME GLORIOUS ath by colica xea RS AGO I 1 4 I 1 WY ral fit I 1 4 4 1 I 1 1115 IDS 0 MORGAN 1 if mrs harry Mar marioneauxloneaux anaf daughter joan of oakland calif are visiting at the home of mr and mrs francis mr and mrs wesley crouchand daughters carolandcharlene of og- den visited in morgan and croydon on uhe the fourth mrs ralph sandfordand daughters claire andhelenof ogden were visitors last friday at thehome of mr and mrs pratt wright wednesday mrs daisy crouchand HB crouch werecenterville Cent ervillevisitors last friday visiting there with mrs betty smith and family mrs jack hopkin entertainedthe members of her bridge club friday night mr and mrs arnold and mr and mrs harrison of ogden were morgan visitors last sunday the fourth of Julyprogram at the high school was spon sponsored sered by the american legion col arnoldrich was the guest speaker mrs ralph sanfordof ogden was the soloist accompanied by her daughter claire and mrs carmacanna newbolds New boldt gave a musical reading accompanied by miss ada waldron the band surpassed itself in the numbersrenderedmuch credit is duetheleader terry last week mrs wright mother of pratt wright hadthemisfortune oi 01 falling and breaking her leg the agea lady is now at the dee hospital where she will remainfor some time and mrs russell chadwick are at present visiting in morgan and cody wyo chadwick has a thirty thirty dayfurlough before being sent to the pacific area mrs CE and family of og- den are visiting at thehome of mr and mrs george robison mr and mrs harold guild of springvilleSpring ville are visiting at the homeof mrs francis wilcox and daughter los angeles calif are visiting mr and mrs george A taggart mr and mrs latham and children boiseida are visiting with mrs ladhams La thams mother mrs geo and mr and mrs shirl loosliand mr and mrs everett little mrs roy crosbieand sons boband paul of san franciscocalifand mr and mrs harry butters and son sherman of sacramento calif ar are guests this week at the home of mrs lenniebutters mr and mrs wesley left thursday Thu thursdayjune 28 for seattle wash to visitwith mrs mother mrs henrietta gait calt walburg widow of henrywalburg 74 who passed awayrecently at thehomeof his daughter mrs freda le may in that city the funeral was held in ogden july 3rd ard bp lesliestoker of roy officiating mr and mrs walburg rived in roy for 17 years previous to his death mrs twila carter and daughter sharon have returned to their home in albuquerque new mexico after a three weeksvisitwith mr and mrs harding hazel harding recently returned from layton where she was the house guest of the misses joyce andconnie allenalien the two miss aliens are now the guests of hazel at her home here thomas harding hasbeen vacationing in layton mrs mayme woolsey mrsmartha Jk mills lills and mrs george pace were dinner guests at the dewilt harding home thursday mr and mrs charles jorgensen and daughter june marlemarie of salt lake city visited saturday and sun- day at the home of mrs george wright mr and mrs ben creager had as their guests at dinner sunday mr and mrs charles jorgensen and daughter june marlemarie of salt lake city mrs george wright and marlene hardy mr and mrs bert warren of cen ter berville terville vIlle their two daughters and two grand children were visitors sunday evening at the A 13 carrigan home levi edgar young of saltlake city was the speaker at the stake tabernacle of morgan stake sunday afternoon mr and mrs george carrigan visited with mr and mrs ernest little andother relatives last sunday emma dean harding visited several days recently at hoytsville mrs lulu copeland has resumed her college studies at logan as her sister mrs perry Is muchbet- ter following a three weeks illness mr and mrs george carrigan of salt lake city irvin carrigan agnes carrigan attended a surprise birthday party honoring james carrigan sunday july 1 A deliciouschicken dinner with allthe trimmings was served his wife rachel and son david beingresponsible for a most pleasant afternoon 1 porterville too aate for last week miss barbara dixon of layton spent the last week at the homeof her grandparents mr and mrs bicksel Mic ksel her grandmother hasbeen quite ill I 1 mr and mrs ross carter mr and mrs porter carter and richard carter spent tuesday evening in salt lake where they went toat attend the wedding reception of their sisterthe former miss jean carter mr and mrs walter bear and children of peoria III are spending the summer here miss charlene musgrave Mus grane andher brother tommy of plain city are visiting here with theirbrother in law andsister mr and mrs ellis lewis miss doris carter of ogden spent tte weekwith heruncleand aunt mr and mrs porter carter mr and mrs peter sorensen of salt lake spent sundayevening at the home oftheirsister mrs jack kip- pen A party was given at the home of frank porter mondayevening in honor of keith andbob porter who leave in july fortiiethe service about thirty were present games were played andluncheon was served pat dale driggs who is stationed at camp robertscalif Is on a 10 day furlough he spent sunday and mon- day visiting with friends in porter- ville ray ross rae crandelland oberg of ogden were week end visitors at the homeof mr and mrs 0 kilburn A surprise party was given to miss pauline carter it being her birthday about ten were present games were played andluncheon was served mrs elizabethderden of idaho falls who hasbeen visiting with helhei daughter mrs eve has been quite ill but Is improving at present writing her daughter dee of border wyo spent the week endhere with her I 1 pat lloyd bennett who is stationed attexas came home saturday on a ten day furlo lugh he and mrs ben- nett spent tuesday at west point to visit his grandmother mrs george bennett mrs lenordflorence returned home last week she was visiting her parents mr and mrs 0 hendricks of fielding the fourchildren of mr and mrs kershaw of vallejo calif art arc spending the summer with their grandparents mr and mrs fredflo- rence miss lolsloiskilburn and barbara bow- en left sunday for salt lake to attend the wedding ofcousin mrs shaw spent the week end here with her family andreturned to logan quotes from A guy those who know the least are I often those who have the mostto say suppose youve noticed many times that theother fellows job requires neitherbrains brawn nor time its taken me allof 24 years to fully realize how woefully ignorant I 1 really am washington I 1 NEWS LETTER iby by congressman GRANGER educatorsdiscuss radio possibilities A group of educators representing schools throughout the country recently met in washington where they planned to utilize all surplus radio and electronic equipment in fostering and expanding educational programs during this session it was revealed that 11 states already have state wide educational programs the future seems to hold great expansive possie alies with theseleaders attempting to justify their demands that all surplus radio equipment be made available to the schools in order that they might expand this thie radio educational movement army oil consumption A recent releaseoftotal figures on gasoline used in europe indicates why rationing hasbeen necessary between the invasion of europe and thedefeat of germany the army transportation corps delivered gallons of gasoline oil and lubricants to forces on the european continent more than 80 per cent of this was 80 octane gasoline of the type commonly used by motorists 15 per cent was aviation gasoline and 5 per cent was lubricants and oils the army ihas has saidthat enough gasoline was involved to drive every motorized vehicle in the world as of 1941 from new york to chicago mail to navy men with the ever increasing numberof navy men in the pacific comes the ever increasing loadofmallmail it has as been found necessary to prohibit the mailing of newspapers and magazines to navy men overseas unless specifically requested by the men themselves it Is estimated that thisrestriction will releaseabout 1500 men to handle mail pieces of mailhandled by the san francisco fleet post office has more than doubledsince may 1944 ship stores from now on will bestock- ed with magazines forthe boys farm machinery for veterans the war food administration re- centlygave veterans a special preference priority in the purchase ot of farm machinery and equipment except repair parts applications for machinery are to bemade to the county agricultural agriculture committee MILITARY MEMBERS IBERS GOBACKTO JOBS more thanhalfthe approximately utahnareturned to civilian life after militaryduty in the current war have obtained jobs maj CD allard utah selective service representative said 1373 returned to their old jobs and 2367 found new ones in addition veterans entered school and reenter re enter ed some branch of thearmed forces LIQUOR RATIONRULES RELAXED MONDAY utah liquor rationingregulations were relaxed somewhat monday coincident with the use of new 1945 46 individual purchase permits the state liquor control commission announced saturday that all gins and thesoutherncomfort will go off therationlistfistand may be purchased in reasonable quantities quani ties besidesthe gin andthe rum brandy fruit flavored bra brandyady vodka tequila schnapps cordials cordiali cor dials nectarstars table wines imported wines cham aagnes and sparkling wines are not rationed As otheritems become more plentiful they too will be removed from rationing commissionchairman just- in hurst said the commission announced also that a consumer may purchase two pints of whiskey per month whereas in past months if a fifth was not available thenthe customer was limited to a single pint ofbourbon or blend customersmust now have new permits to make purchases MORE RUBBER IN NEXT YEAR this country is planning to produce tons of synthetic rubber in 1946 more thanthe amount of natural rubber consumed by theentire world in any one year beforethe war the rubber reserve company has announced noun ced the goal forthis year I 1 is about tons some tons more than the united states produced in 1944 when the output was greater than the largest amount of natural rubber used in this country in any peacetime year the agency said four club boy and girls are urged to go the limit in checking ac- cidenthazards on formsthis year authorities emphasize that due to labor shortage farm families must work longer hoursandthe resulting fatigue makesthem less alert also farmers must employ as helpers young people with no previousexperience in farm work who may fail to res cognize hazards preventable accidents on farms result in thedeathofmembers of farm households andthe injury im ury of annually this toll seriously affects production of farm food I 1 in time lost due to form ac- cidentslast year seven bushelsof wheat could have been produced for each of the persons in the united states it Is estimated that fully ahalthalf million farm bivs and girls will take part in the 1945 national 4 11 farm safetyactivity As incentives to achieve outstanding 4 safety records general motors offers merit awards they include silver medals to five winners in each county and 25 war bonds to the ten top rank inv dinv champions in each state in addition the county in each state reporting the most outstanding 4 safety program will receive a special plaque designating thehonor INCREASENOTED IN SCHOOLLUNCH activities average number of pupils served by the utah school lunch program increased 40 per cent during the 1944 45 school year as compared with the preceding year the report was given by merlin clark school lunch representative of the war food administration who said students were served this year compared with in the preceding term the school lunch program was in- troducedtrod into many additional schools and participation increased in schools already having the program he explained pla ined during the year meals were served for which expended the bhe state of utah and individual students NEW RATIONKATIONSTAI TP GOOD five new redandblueration stamps good for 10 points each are now valid red stamps al through el will be good through october 31 blue stamps jl JI through NI will be good through october 31 sugar stamp 36 continues good for five pounds of sugar through august 31 stamps invalidated july 1 includered stamps ea through ja and blue stamps na through sa SUN ECLIPSE DUE MONDAY Early birds monday who are up at al sunriseafterthe proverbial worm will need a flashlight the sun will rise 30 90 per cent eclipsed at a TO and remain partially blacked out until a the phenomenon as every school child and most adults now know is caused when the maon moon passes between theearth eaith and the sun and it is expected no cabalisticcaba listisrites will be held by the people in the eclipses path which will be scarcely visible at san francisco become complete over ida- ho and montana andcontinuenorth- eastto greenland A peterson assistantmeteorol- ogist 0 salt lake weather bureau advised the use of smoked glasses tor for resi residents depts who wish to study the course of the eclipse JOB WELL IVELL DONE the railroads are as much a part of the war effort as the army and navy themselves they are performing a war duty unequaled unequal cd in magalmagni- tude with insufficient equipment and personnel and they have by the sheerbrillianceof their performance prevented an acute transportation crisis from becoming a national disaster Walt Says truth is burdensome few have inclination cli to carry it 1 I the talmud the glory of god Is intelligence inscription on new plaque summit stake house truer words have neer been spoken yet we dwellers of theearth can little comprehend the intelligence that is his it isold as the ages and asaa new as the day it is allaround us and we area part of it we see it in the star that studsthedark dome of night we see it in the moon glow softand wan we see is in the sun bright and hardand bold we see it in themountain crags sheerand cold and in the shimmering distances of our far flung western plains we hearit in the murmur of flowing waters and in the song of birds it touches close our heart strings in the cooing of a babe we hear itin it in the laughter ofchildren at their play and in the voices of loved ones as we go through our day it is a componentpart of sympathy Forn compassionpassion tolerance of understanding too its thehand resting on our shoulder in a friendly sort 0 way and its the voice that guides our conscience all along lifes rocky way we note it in the laboratory where sc scientists hold forthand in that vaster laboratory we men call mother earth we note it in the planets as they swing aroundthe sun and we note it in the bursting of a tiny little bud or if we did but know it in the blooming of a rose the glory of god Is intelligence itsmanifestations are all around us we see andhear and note it yet too often see hearand note it not in the dining room over at the carter hotel a picture hangs one id like to own it is done in oil and the scene is one I 1 knew ofold pla cid waters across which soft pint pine scented breezes waft an invitation to explore theland beyond A mystery land of mountains crowned by a majestic peak bold sheer and stark the me painter john carter most of you know him well has caught with his brushand placed on a bit of canvas the magic and the majesty of one of the bests most famous peaks to me the painting is amas- terpiece ter piece I 1 altho not acritic and know nothing of know his work is good for I 1 know well both themountain and the iare too I 1 know likehis portrait of a littleindian girl it has something I 1 cant describe for beyond the usual why write more nevertheless I 1 must add this one can always find much that is good god if one but looks in his own home town these days are lovely and cool the nights but the gardens are black with frost there Is always something wrong but too there Is always much that Is right if youre an optimist see the right if a pessimist the frost summit county bee.