Todays Thought On Being One Poor Today
A brief fragment reflects on hardship and perspective with a lone line about poverty and life. The text hints at daily struggle and personal insight within a truncated thought.
23 May 1974
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Newspaper
Payson Roundup
Location
Payson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1974
Page
1
A brief fragment reflects on hardship and perspective with a lone line about poverty and life. The text hints at daily struggle and personal insight within a truncated thought.
The Arizona Tonto National Forest imposes broad closures over Memorial Day weekend due to extreme dryness and winds. Most backcountry and off road travel are restricted while some access remains permitted. Open burning on private land remains prohibited without a permit.
Roger Harrison and Ike Polk were named the most valuable members of Payson High School baseball and track teams at a Longhorn Booster Club banquet at the Moose Lodge. Harrison earned best hitter honors and set a school batting average record while Polk set high jump records and led in season points.
Entries go out for the Payson Country Music Festival to be held June 29 and 30 at the Rodeo Arena. Amateurs and professionals may enter bands combos and soloists on fiddle banjo mandolin. Prizes include 175 150 125 for bands and combos and 75 50 25 for soloists with entry fees 10 for groups and 5 for solo entries.
Four candidates vie for two council seats in Payson first general election since incorporation. Polls run 7 am to 7 pm at the county building. Candidates are Lou M Landers, Richard R Robertson, William Bill Thomas, and Dave Young. A franchise question for United Utilities also appears on the ballot along with a staggered terms proposal.
The final week of Payson High School 1974 activities begins with a baccalaureate service at 8 p.m. Sunday at the stadium with Rev. Robert Donovan delivering the sermon. The honors assembly is at 9 a.m. Thursday, May 30, followed by commencement ceremonies at 8 p.m. the same day in the stadium.
The Old Payson Merchants organization backs the opposition while petitions circulate. Town plans a 1 percent tax on tangible sales and a quarterly business license from 5 to 30 dollars, excluding services, wholesale, and manufacturing. The council meeting Wednesday was expected to draw a large crowd.
The Payson Roundup invites student entries for a descriptive writing contest. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday May 31. Prize is 5 dollars for a piece up to 500 words. Eligible students attend Payson Pine or Tonto Basin schools.
Neil O. Monaco of Phoenix is named administrator of Payson Hospital. The appointment was approved by the hospital board Tuesday night and takes effect today.
Voters decide May 28 whether Payson town councilmen will serve four year terms instead of two. The ballot proposes class breaks by lot for the first council, with three members to a two year term and four to a four year term, to create staggered elections starting 1976.
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