Page Signal (Newspaper) - May 13, 1959, Page, Arizona Help Build a Better Page Support Your Local Merchants AN EDITORIAL This is a memo a personal note to the citizens of Page A community can be no stronger than the sup port it receives from its citizens the support each woman and child gives to its its insti its its organizations and its busi may be a trite repeated through the years across the length and breadth of our But it For the com in final is but a reflection of the the vision and the of its This axiom applies with particular implication to for this is a community which has risen in the wilderness almost there has been none of the slow none of the close fam ily ties or evolution of traditions and local customs that lend strength and substance to a we have a community that has mushroomed into substantial proportions without the benefit of gradual and orderly growth a community populated by persons from all parts of the with varied interests and divergent In view of this the development of a community spirit in Page has progressed remarkably Page citizens have pitched in with commendable zeal to develop a community swimming a golf course and other civic They have taken important steps in the formation of a Chamber of and given of their strength and to building and supporting churches and organ izing community Such without are bright and promising harbingers of a strong and united com munity for the These are accomplishments of which the citizens of our community should be justly at the same all of us in Page should ask ourselves if we have been giving the same kind of wholehearted support to our business community as we have to other public g our golf course are it of the fact that the unity is equally vital isk for more modern our and our other we must no progress of our to all of As individ shopping for better and more ness community cannot provide the ages Common sense if we live in a community but our dollars there can be no development of local commercial out lets to keep pace with progress in other Thus as citizens of should face the fact squarely We will get exactly the type of busi ness community we are willing to for bigger and trowth of the busi unless as a that The SIGNAL to the best of its to fill the need for providing the citizens of Page with a purely local dedicated wholly to the interests and needs of the The SIG NAL is also a part of the business and as such recognizes the neede for local support of our stores and our service stations and other busi ness That is why the SIGNAL today asks all citizens of Page to patronize to the fullest possible extent our local Read the advertisements in the SIG NAL each check the bargains that are and shop at home The SIGNAL advertisers are the people who make it possible each week for us to bring you your local They are the people who are work ing and planning for a bigger and better Page busi ness As they deserve the full sup port of all of for their prosperity and progress means prosperity and progress for the entire com Devoted To The Interests C The Page Community And The Glen Canyon Area Of Arizona PAGE SIGNAL Phone News To MI 52606 Advertising Box Page Of Write Box Flagstaff 1 24 Phones MI 52606 or PR 44545 ARIZONA Price 10 Cents May 1959 PAGE HIGH LEADERS Elected to serve an Page High School student for nre these six from treasurer Beany social manager Patti Cruin from historian Petey presi dent Jerry vice president Kill Vicki by Jean Duffy Page Hospitals Open House Brings Big Turnout Page Hospital Administrator Nor man Brayshaw and his staff ob served National Hospital Week here Sunday with an Open House from 24 Visitors were shown through the facility and informed of the tremendous progress in the hospital through its short exist The Page facility admitted the first patient October and during the first six months of op admitted 427 de livered 44 performed 40 major and 90 minor surgery oper Several hundred outpatient and emergency cases have been treated during that The Page ambulance has been a mercy vehicle on several dozen and has extended its service for emergencies from downtown Page to the bridge at Marble Can Cedar and the The last few weeks have seen the addition of considerable new equipment at the includ ing a new resus Park Service Project Chief In Page to Begin Planning Laying out of plans for the development and operation of Park Service recreational areas at Glen Canyon Dam has started here with the arrival in Page of James project manager for the who will be in charge of the development announced this week that the building up of a Park Service staff in Page will begin in Meanwhile located in a temporary trailer office at Wall Eden has started work with other government agency officials on plans for the vast recreation area which will cover the lake that eventually will be formed behind the giant Colorado River picnic areas and boat facilities are in the Eden noting that a campground at Wall Weap will be the first Some preliminary plans are well hut a great deal remains to be done in detailed These are plans were working on plans for public recreation areas along the shoreline of Ihe lake for years to Eden added that the Park Service will create campgrounds and picnic areas as soon as We hope to have some facilities ready by the time public use ol tiie reservoir he Lasl Eden spent several days at Rainbow making studies aimed at protection of the natural He also has made several reconnaissance trips along the Two Park Service officials Tom chief of design and from and Robert chief landscape architect from San Diego spent last week with working on preliminary This is going to be a fabulous recreation area the vast potential is Eden Eden a veteran of 24 years in the Park Service came here from Organ Pipe Cactus Forest in Southern where he was park He and his are residing at Page at the Park Senice 136 Filth citator which is kept constantly in the hospital ambulance for com munity and project A second oxygen machine and tent have ar rived and are now in Additional equipment has been obtained so that several patients can be accommodated with oxy gen by the method of nasal can Also a new microtome is now in use which is by physicians and laboratory technicians in as certain tissue conditions while a patient is in Other new equipment includes a conveyor which carries trays of food direct from Ihe kit chen to the patients The stainless steel conveyor is electric ally heated and has also compart ments for cold Six new visitors chairs have been to allow great Continued on Page 2 Page Man Held On Drunk Rap In Auto Death Stan Arizona Highway Patrolman now stationed in reports County Attorney Laurance Wren has obtained a complaint against Herschel driver in I a fatal accident on the j Bitter Springs Highway West faces charges of man 1 slaughter and drunk and reckless with a possible maximum i sentence of five years in I ho State Prison and a fine of Victim in the crash was Oscar employee of Adams Con struction Company Arthur Balms a second pas senger in the and West are both recovering from serious in juries in the Page A test on West showed 1 a alcoholic Kimball is I Fear of Major Strike Adds Sobering Notes To Job Period at Page Project Pages Links Praised Famous Pro Sees Course 4s One of Best Johnny Internationally known is highly astic about the Page Golf course under construction and Is justly proud to be designing supervising construction for outstanding new facility for Johnny has been flying here every few days from his home to help with the ment of the Page ThW week he started seeding of the using a seed will a usable course in a record length of Also sprigs of a hybrid grass from Afri are now being developed in a local to be transplant ed on the course Fairway 2 will be the first one ready for and Bulla it will be in condition for driving practice by July Late in August the entire course should be he Of the time and knowhow Bulls is devoting to the Page he this is something I can contribute to and to think this course will be used much more widely than most peo ple Youll have a tremen dous tourist attraction with a set up like You building a course is Continued on Page 2 Local Reef Cross Sets Public Meet The public is invited to the Red Cross meeting to be held tomor row night at the Community 85 Third at lu cal chapter Bob Kol terman announced Among the items to be discuss ed from tho floor will be the pos of sending two Page girls to Red Cross aquatic school in so they may assist in the safety program at Manson Mesa Swimming The group will also discuss the forthcoming drive for Red Cross funds ii ENTHUSIASTIC PHO Famed professional Johnny Hill hi checks grass on the fast building Page Country Club which lie thinks will one day he one of the host in the has put his 25 years of tournament experience in the design and construc tion of the new hy Jean Duffy Community Pool Opens Saturday Contract Parleys At Stalemate By JANET CUTLER Page is a sleepy little town at a low point n employment on the construction of the mammoth Glen Canyon with the possibility of a major strike adding new sobering notes to the general David public relations officer of prime contractor on the structure and major employer in he says his company now ists their total payroll at 622 per several hundred below peak reached last when many phases of construction were humming between the can yon the start of concrete pouring this fall will ilg nal a general employment up it is forces total upward of 200 manager An derson This figure hag mained fairly while MCS PTA Carnival Set for Big Celebration The PTA Carnival is all se ite big night of fun and froli here starling at 6 this PTA secretary Laurel Mill announced this Many booths and activities are all ready to Latest addition to the carnival are the countless prizes now being donated by Page merchants for the adult Page Market and Babbitts are each donating Iwo fa of our bags of groceries worth each Firestone is donating a chaise lounge for out door living Richfield gives two wheel balancing jobs Gulf gives an oil change Kl Paso Oil ives a wash and polish job with grab bags of find oilier auto equipment Page Service give a lube and wash job Al Boss gives a sleeping on Page 4 Come on the waters will be the invitation to everyone in starting this The Manson Mesa Pool will open to the public for the first time at 9 A short dedication ceremony will be pre sented by USER con struction engineer at Glen and by MCS project manager and then the waters will Steve pool announces hours for the pool 912 and on noon till 9 on The pool will open at four every school weather Children over 12 years of age or children accompanied hy parents may swim at any Children under 12 and unaccompanied by parents will be asked to leave the pool at 7 OBrien reminds the that an excellent wading pool is available for Waders Continued on Page 21 figures have been Many vacant spaces are now obvious in Page trailer Some have been vacated of the lull necessary in this phase of the Excavation of the keyways and foundation for the dam is he major work going on lus construction of and aggregate But other trailer sites are va ant because of the if men faced with a possible trike on June Lew business agent Continued on Page 2 Phoenix Chambers Tour of Dam Grows Bud special services of ficer for the announced this morning that a large number of Phoenix Chamber of Com merce members will journey to Page and be guests of the local Chamber here some in ians planned lo make the but now the number has risen to 75 and is still Rusho The group will go on a lour in buses and will be wel comed by Page Chamber presi Jim Luncheon will be served in the Big Turkey Shoot Slated Sunday At Tuba City Residents of Tuba City an a big Turkey Shoot for May The public is The local Sportsmans Club will host the Matches start at 10 and officials say that all calibers of guns and types of sights may be used in competitions for and There will be all kinds of including and special competition for ladies and Mot and hot will be available to the KILLING attractive young from Page High School Pictured from left to arc Robin took time out this week to their Now theyre waiting Sandra Kilty Sue Alice for Saturday ami for the season of HID Mesa by Jean Dully The heartily the community slogan into
