Page Signal (Newspaper) - March 11, 1959, Page, Arizona Devoted To The Interests Of The Page Community And The Glen Canyon Area Of Arizona PAGE SIGNAL Phone To Ml 52606 Business Phone MI 52808 Or Write Box Flagstaff 1 15 Phones MI 52606 or PR 44545 ARIZONA Price 10 Cents March 1959 Page Youths Teen Canteen D building Rises AT WORK Larry hands Jerry Jumper a board while Wright wields a hefty hammer on Pages new Teen Can teen Local teenagers are doing most of the work on the by Mark Brown of Desert Sands Studio By JANET CUTLER Boys and their dAds are working like fury on the new Teen Canteen building in and hope to have it ready for use sometime in Teen Canteen president Jerry Jumper reported The 40 by 28 foot building at the end of Street in Page Trailer Court should be a teenagers dream come It will contain a snack a juke box and a coke Jumper said the Milk Company is bringing in an ice cream cabinet and milk dispensers and mixers so teenagers can make their own malts and Kids already have an order in Flagstaff for and other supplies which will be filled the minute the building is ready for such At boys are laying the tile for the putting up sheet walling and getting ready to install Jumper says Its been the way weve not lost a Weve had to have all this lumber and equipment sitting the and nobody has bothered a The Page PTA has been helping the teenagers get started on the and MCS has been helping them obtain equipment and The majority of the has been con by the boys and girls Jumper adds The PTA plans to help our fi by sponsoring another games night on March we would like to put on a something like Time Out for and earn funds for the building through the sale of Special Ceramics Class Slated Here Teacher Tells of Plans Local Jee Continued Slump In Sales Activity Through Next Summer Company Predicts TV Reception For Page Area Residents in May Seek Permit For Towers On Reservation Progress is being made towards the reception of TV in USER official announced this The TV Company of holder of permit for Page has its application in with the and has applied with the Navajo tribe for permis sion to establish towers on two high points on the The company also has been making a survey in Page prior to the installation on lines Ur ban anticipates recep tion of TV here as early as the first of providing they dont run into unforeseen Actual construction here will start im mediately following acceptance by Urban Plans continue as previously an that three Phoenix channels will be received Charges will be a fee for in and per month for Afternoon and evening ceramics classes will start in Page some time after the middle of this Dan local ceramics announced this Brown will give in free of charge and will sell necessary materials to the she We hope to get a group of women who are interested in learning ceramics and learn from the bottom she f do want to limit the classes to about 10 as I feel an instructor can give more personal attention to each student when the class is Brown has a kiln and is now in the process of unpacking cartons of and all of the supplies needed in the ceramics art which she has re cently brought to An instructor of considerable Brown taught four classes a week in Pleasant New but I dont want to have quite that many here in She formerly taught men as well as in many men from the Bell Telephone and Electric Company in She says that when one man comes to a class he tells his and soon there are many men After she Its just like their hobby shops in their gar Enthusiastic over the Brown Its such a pleas ure to make things with your own So And when a guest comments on a beautiful lamp or cigarette tray in your living you can say com I made that my LDS Church Rummage Sale Clicks Adrienne officer of the MIA group of the Latter Day announced this morn ing that the rummage sale held in Page Market 27 was a tre mendous Everyone was so she and we really appreciate their The group netted over Mrs Gifford all of which will go towards the building MIA Lou June Marvin Par Bob Moyle and Gifford enjoyed great assistance from the young people of They report that they sold about half of the items they had for The re mainder will be distributed through the Churchs welfare pro Each month one of the Churchs auxiliaries sponsors some sort of project to augment the building Gifford Start of Concrete to Spark Uptrend By JANET CUTLER Page is having a definite busi ness slump which will continue or some and possibly long a crosssection of local busi ness people interviewed on this subject reported Businessmen asked that their names not be They would rather not advertise that sales are at a low but it is the general consensus that local merchants are having a Some 500 workers for MCS have and many others who work ed for Page City Constructor have gone Other businessmen added And those who are have never recovered from the walkout which hit their pocketbooks They are still buying in limited amounts and leaving the luxuries on the One merchant put it this way I figure it takes ten days back When asked the cause of the the to make P for they invariably replied Fewer NEW OFFICERS Officers of Pages newly formed Olen Canyon Square and Compass Club Art shown listt Gun Club Set for Sundays First Shooting Match Here Members of the Page Gun Club are really busy preparing for Pages first outdoor big bore rifle to be held at the firing range on 15 starting at 11 says Ranger Persons wishing to enter the match may do so by contacting any member of the club or by registering at the Ranger Garrity Certain information must be on the target in order for the con testant to be eligible for the The target the dis and the position used must be written on each The sights and scope power must also be Garrity reminds rifle men to be certain their targets contain this information or their shooting will be NRA rifle match rules will ap ply at Sundays with tar gets located at and 300 Kiefs Learn Safety Aids Safety Patrol Training Set Stamp Club Has Meeting James president of the Page Stamp reports that the group met for another in evening on March Three new guests were Several games were with Fred Haynes and Steve Sewell winning first and second prizes in the animal drawing Next meeting will be March 17 at the Eidon Pollock Everyone ed in stamp collecting is invited j to Page School boys are starting their training in safety patrol Page Safety Committee members announced this morn The committee is a part of the Page Outfitted with Sam Browne belts and Patrol Boy youngsters are already guiding small fry across the road in front of the Elementary School at and according to Rob ert Patrol boys are still acting in a temporary fashion until they can be properly organized and Scudder Page Safety Committee mem bers painted a crosswalk in front of the Elementary School and have made a survey of locations for other Traffic con quite a problem as the main road circling the Navajo passes directly in front of all school buildings now in Ranger Chief help ing establish the Safety Commit says Rangers plan eventually to train the boys thoroughly for this Boys will not stop ve but will lead orderly groups of pedestrians across the streets during traffic School zone 15 miles per hour Marksmen will use sporting rifles with no more than a 6 pow er Two points handicap per target will be given to contestants using an open One rifle only may be used in all positions throughout the entire The choice of sights is The 100 course will be fired in four positions and with five shots to each position and minute limit per The two and three hundred yard courses will allow 5 shots each in a prone This makes a total of 30 shots for the entire There will be prizes for each po sition of the 100 course as well as prizes for the entire The exact prizes will be ed according to the number of people who sign up for the Garrity A committee of three ing judges will score the In case of a the shots nearest to the X will Entry fees are SI per target or for the entire Page Gun Club ladies will pro vide coffee and sandwiches at the and everyone is invited to come out and watch the There will exhibition matches and shot gun competition as well as the primary big bore The hopes to compete with other local clubs later this Engagements will be Garrity left to Dave trea and Fred Finch v Page Masons To Entertain Flagstaff Unit The Glen Canyon Square and Compass Club will entertain a Flagstaff Masonic delegation at a stag buffet supper in the High School on March treasurer Dave Evans announced this The newly formed Page has two immediate Evans The first is the continuation of plans now under way to build a Masonic lodge hall in Second a training program which will prepare the various members to put on Masonic work in the Officers of the in addition to are president Gene vice and Fred secre Fannin Due at PHS Graduation Paul Fannin has accepted an invitation to speak here May 27 on the occasion of the Page High Schools first formal com Between 25 and 35 Page young sters are expected to receive their high school diplomas at the cere according to Coconino County School Superintendent Bessie Kidd Page actually had two high school graduates last year Don Deacon and actually was given a reception complete with cap and Her came from Flagstaff High School and Barbaras was awarded by the Bagdad Commencement exercises for the high school will start at 8 May 27 with arrangements being made by Page School dent Ray Bradshaw and his day of work lost in a mans pock They were off 12 They will curtail buying for 121 Weve got three months of slow trade still to One company is transferring em ployees out of Page until business picks Another estimated its sales had decreased onethird of I what they were in Regarding new building in another businessman said I think construction on the wo big new motels will Sum mer tourists will but things wont get back to their January evel until But all had an optimistic out ook for the When they start pouring on the they our will project manager ot largest employer in said last week that his companys present employment is Ih the neighborhood of and would not hold steady throughout the sum mer until the major operation of pouring concrete on the dam be gins In the Bacon anticipated 1800 to 2000 for MCS next Page businessmen look forward to he fall when they expect their stores will be busier and their wares will be turning over with a heartening Youth for Christ Here Sets Programs By CHARLOTTE MANTOOTH Youth for Christ has been pro gressing In addition to the program here in Fred has plans for program presentations in Glen Can yon Saturday Youth For Christ will present a film The Great Dis covery starring Coleen Town It will be shown at in the High School auditori SAFETY FIRST Patrol Boy Jay leads crosswalk In front of Page Elementary Safety are now being trained In the schools by Mark Brown of Desert Sands Studio as well as stop when pedestrians are in crosswalks junior says his boys also are Work Started On Bowling Alley in Page A bowline alley has start ed construction in ofI Keith Pinkerton reported this Ted owner from i has started leveling operations on j Ihe site at 7th and Pinkerton The new alley will contain 101 lanes with automatic pin lunch and The I builder hopes to have it ready for New Series of Color Postcards Of Page Scenes to Be Put on Sale Mike head of Mike three or four Brothers berts Color Reproductions of and the complete set will be avail was here in Page j able within six One of the yesterday taking a new series of j new cards expected to be pictures for colored j larly in demand shows the Colo Earl friend of Roberts rado River at its present announced this and next to this photo is an ar Roberts previously took a series lists conception of the river and of postcards which were the completed dam in ingly popular and now pro The postcards will be available poses to print a set which shows in the supermarkets in at the new highway bridge and con struction work in the canyon at their current stages of develop Brothers says three shots of the finished bridge and several aerial pictures of Page were taken as well as many down in the canyon the service and in the Brothers High Sealers Have Rhythm By DOROTHY MELTON Members of the High Page ladies reducing are looking forward to lots of fun when we start to the of the new record we The club invites all overweight ladies of Page to join us each Monday evening at at the High Come and get into the swing of Our next meeting will be elec tion of so you will be having a new reporter for High Weve made a good start on our new weight losing It should be a close race for the prize this Six teen girls have already made good Three ladies lead ing the race are this weeks winners Mesdames Gerry Pol Norma and Duffy The group has received a let ter from a former Gin ney Morrison who writes how much she misses the club and all the she said she just didnt realize how much she liked Page until she had to leave Some of the postcards will be available for sale here within Page Recreation Association Planning Full Reorganization Last Wins the Rifle For Page Citizen I signs will be placed by the Already traffic has been limited to oneway where Birch circles by the elementary to make the arrival and departure of cars more safe for the Jerry principal of the outfitted with Sam Browng belts j business in about three Members of the Page Recrea tion Association met 24 to discuss a total tion of this active civic Under the present all business must be carried on from the wishes to and in order to do this must under a They talked me into Thais board of Members as what Dood winner of the signed Wes Comolli to a handsome rifle awarded at a nominating committee to suggest meeting of the Page Gun Club nominees for Ihe Thursday j committee includes The drawing was held in order j Jack Marge Ex to raise funds for the Two tickets only remained to be when members met Friends cajoled Langley and at last prevailed upon him to buy the merrygoround plus an Al Ernie Max and The committee will also revamp the articles and bylaws to make and and are looking forj Many residents of Page have ward to their safety training and been inquiring about the alley and active He hopes to rotate are now making plans for clubs I the remaining in spite of them acceptable for the boys so that many of them will j and The new facility j his many It was the final the list of nominees get this beneficial he i should be extremely popular in ticket which won the Langi will be submitted to the general this ley body at the March meeting and will be voted upon at the April Page Recreation Association meets on the fourth Tuesday of each All residents of Page are invited and encouraged to join and help promote wholesome re creational activities Prominent among this organisa tions contributions lo UV town have been the Regular movies arc shown in the warehouse four nights a The Association also built a play area with and a outdoor slab for summer and On the agenda for this says is support to the Manson Mesa Pool and further work on ball parks and additional play areas near tin wash
