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Show SAYS UTAH PROMOTION CHIff Utah Is Overlooked As Industrial State Utah Is little considered In other parts of the nation as a location for Industry. This point was made Tuesday morning by Milton L. Wellen. mann, director of the Utah In. Mental Health dustrial Promotion commission, as he spoke In Brigham City Addressing a Booster Break, fast group of the chamber of commerce, Wellenmann quoted figures from a study which that many Industrialists look past the Beehive state when contemplating new locations This is not because our labor force is not good or we are unfavorably located, but because we havent told our story, caused others to look at Utah for industrial expansion, he declared. WHEN Focus Volume 59, Number 12 Brigham City, Utah, 84302, Thursday Morning, March 24, 1966 Insurance to Bridge Project, County Takes Varied Action SHOPPING AROUND for a new site Industrial lead-er- s consider community accept-- . ance as one of the most Import, ant reasons In making their choice. New business wants to large go to a town that wants It and persons attended the mental wants to become Involved with health seminar Monday night. It by the Box ElThis has been part of our der Board of Education and the Box Elder Association for Men-ta- l problem Across the country, looked on as a state Health, the program was Utah is that doesnt want Industry, the termed a success. Dr. Robert C. Mohr, with director stated Utah Is recognized as the assistance of Dr. Thomas a mining and agricult, A. Halversen, Dr. Heber C. with Its land area state ural G. and Walter Jagglfrom Sharp desert. generally Health Mental Utah the Northern WE HAVENT TALKED In clinic, spoke first to the and school personnel at terms of water resources, our 4:30 p.m. And again to the gen- cities and the land that Is suitable for Industrial developeral public at 7 p m. The panel of experts stress, ment, he exclaimed. Wellenmann then challenged ed that psychiatry is now takthe local community leaders to ing an approach similar to the treatment of organic diseases forgfet about the artificial bounderles of county and city that of prevention. lines when seeking to lure inAT THIS POINT, prevention dustry into the area. You ought to be thinking of Is early detection. The school teacher plays a vital roll In working not Just for Brigham the mental health struggle. In City but for Box Elder county their intimate contact with the and all of northern Utah. When teachers can spot we can do this, our progress children, If treated ear. will be so much greater. which, problems If the counties refuse to ly may prevent greater prob. lems at a later date, they point-e- work together, then well have no economic development in our out an There Is still unnecessary state. stigma attached to mental IlTHE DIRECTOR SAID THAT lness. Mental patients used to be Utah is belngpromoted in terms still are Imprisoned; today they Isolated from society. This old of six regions that represent economic units, each offering concept Is contrary to the more In human and material far of thinking today. y resources than a single or county by Itself. The current philosophy Is to He cited potential developspot problems early, treat the ment on Great Salt lake as an patient at home and If Is necessary, every example, saying that everyone effort should be made to treat should be Interested In what the the patient In the local commun. lake means to all of northern Utah lty. Before a patient can be treat-efl- , LITHIUM CORPORATION of organic disorders must first be ruled out. If no organic dls. America and Dow Chemical cororder Is present it is Import- poration are presently contem-platinant to begin immediate treatat $65 million plant ment for functional disorders. Investment on the lake for min. erals extraction and proces-sing- , THE SCHOOL teacher maybe Wellenmann noted. Utah now Is spending some the only healthy adult Image some children come In contact $100,000 annually for Industrial with. The fact that the child promotion and the states prlv. can come to school every day ate sector Is contributing anand taste reality Is vitally im- other $200,000 the speaker dls. crowd of Interested A UP IN A TREE - This is a sight not uncommon for the month of March. Its a boy, David Alan Bruderer by name, who is vainly trying to retrieve a kite. David lives at 39 South Second East. com-munlt- closed Once the child Is In school, full-tim- Thieves Take $65 From Service Station Thiokol Nets Contract Up Campaign For Job Corps Center The Willard community clean up campaign will open Saturday morning at 8 p. m. when Jay cees, club Lions members, Boy Scouts and other volunteers will start removing delapidated buildings and unsightly struc-ture- civic and rellg. lous leader Wednesday night be. came the first woman ever to receive the Brigham City Jay. cees Public Service award. Honored was Mrs. Dan (Mj. Doomed to be razed In a long abondoned brick building and an old stone barn which has partially tumbled down. Rest-dent- s the community have been offered the rock and brick free, and the balance will be discarded. s other are asked to start cleanup work around their homes, vacant lots, barnyards and where ever attention Is needed. Box Elder county will furnish a bulldozer to assist with the demolition program Satur-day- . MEANWHILE, rest-dent- Meanwhile other plans on the cleanup program community will be developed when the city beautification class meets Mon-daMarch 28, at 7:30 p.m. The kickoff campaign was the subject of discussion at the class meeting on March 21 along with ways to Improve the home surroundings by planting flow-ers- , shrubs and trees. field. Reportedly, the center will open on April under a contract with Thiokol to be signed within the next several days. A staff of 450 persons is anticipated to provide training and housekeeping for 1,200 enrollees between the ages of 16 and 21. The center will be housed in facilities leased by Thiokol at the Freeport center, for1 merly the Naval Supply depot, at Clearfield. The full staff is expected to be on the job in September with the first enrollees sch- eduled to arrive in ll e d pres-lden- sloners agreed to cooperate In rebuilding a bridge on the Mad. sen Lane road. Commission chairman William D. Burton was authorized to work out de. tails of an agreement with the community leaders. Arnold Hall of Brigham City, was asked to serve as the countys agent of record to handle Insurance details under Utahs new tort liability law which goes into effect July 1 This measure takes away from governmental units sovereign Immunity from damage suits. Bedause the county road de. had "always done partment more work than It billed for, It was decided not to give Both-wel- l consideration on the bill It owes the county for road work, It was Bothwell residents who this past fall voted to dislncor porate. However, the town must first clear up the bills which It owes. In other business, Dr, Jack vlsory committee. Quarterly Conference Will Be March 26-2- 7 A LETTER FROM BLAINE J. Kay, engineer with the Utah Police Intensify Efforts To End Exposure Incidents and then stepped outside where she was grabbed by a man. The youngster managed to escape his grasp and ran Inside, locking the door behind her. A seven. year-olstudent at Foothill Elementary school was approached Monday by a man but he did nt attempt to grab her, according to a report given police. hi the latter Instance, the par. ents waited for two days before making a report because they didnt want their names In the HE HAS APPROACHED WO. paper. men and older girls on the street CHIEF FIFE DEPLOREDthls exposed himself and then fled. None of those seeing him have attitude, explaining that It only been able to supply police with makes efforts to catch the man a detailed description of the doubly difficult. He urged anyone with infor. mans car or a license nummat Ion about similar Incident! ber. The two most recent reports to contact his office. And he advised anyone ap. of exposure have Involved girls five and six years old. Because proached by an exhibitionist to thel were younger than other try to remember the mans face victims, Chief Fife said the and to get a car license number same man may not have been If possible. responsible. REPORTS THEFT ONE OF THE GIRLS A five, CecVI was getting ready for 410 North year-olRoberts, bed Saturday evening about 8 Mam, reported to 'Brigham p.m. when she heard a knock C.ty police Saturday the theft at the back door. Thinking It a of a t re, lug wrench and jack neighbor, she went to the door Iron from his car Brigham City police this week were reported Increasing pa. trollng activities In an effort to catch up with a man believed responsible for at least six lncldentsof Indecent expolsure here during the past six weeks. Police Chief Dell Fife said Tuesday a police dog may be brought Into use In an effort to catch the person responsible. Those reporting exposure Incidents have described the man as about six feet tall and wear, lng a light coat but nothing else. has been president of the Box Elder county DUP and served as parllmentarlan for the Na. tlonal society of DUP. She also is a charger member and was captain of the Sego Lily camp. THE AWARD RECIPIENT is an active member of the LDS church and currently serves as a block teacher with the Relief Society, Other positions held In the past Include that of Primary president for six years; Mutual Improvement as. soclatlon president for four years and Relief society coun. selor for six years In the old Second ward In receiving the award, she Joins a select group of past recipients who Include in order H. William of selection, Hervln J.E, Ryan, Griffiths, Bunderson, John Howard (de. ceased) Ross C, Bowen, Eber. hart Zundel, Lorenzo J. Bott, Ruel M. Eskelsen, and R.W, (Bill) Forrest. In charge of this years PSA affair were Merill Mclntlre as banquet chairman, and Ralph Gardner, director. C. Laird Snelgrove, a member of the Priesthood Home Teach, lng committee, and Elder Her- ald Carlston L. the Sunday board. 1 representing General School General sessions of the con. ference will be held Sunday. Stake President LeGrand Tea, 532 South Fourth West, will conduct. Visitors are Invited I j , A 'v ! P n i - t P Elder Snelgrove Is a former president of the Argentine mis. slon, He is an Ice cream man. ufacturer and Salt Lake City businessman. Elder Carlston Is a member of the churchs Deseret Sun. day School General board. He Is director of the University of Utah Placement bureau. d d t 26-2- Mrs. Petersen was nomin. ated by the Brigham City Jay. assistance on diverse conserva. tlon and recreation development locally. the county support Asking were Shelly Wynn, Earl Young and Harry Canfield, represent, lng the soil districts. Stoddard Johnson of Tremon. ton, Indicated by letter that he accepted a post on the North, ern District mental health ad. October. The South Box Elder stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints will hold Its HUBCAPS STOLEN quarterly conference Saturday Two and Sunday, March Mrs Robert McQueen, 129 visiting LDS church officials North Second East, told Brig- will speak at conference ham Cuty police Sunday that sessions and confer with local the hubcaps had been stolen leaders. from 'the family car. officials are Elder The THIS YEARS AWARD RFCI. plent boasts a record of civic ceettes. and religious activities stretch, Judges this year were hon. lng back over many years. In 1920 she was elected t orary Jaycee members Reid of the Brigham City Civ. Thompson, Lawrence Gelsler lc Improvement club and since llssa) Merrell Petersen, 356 and Max Morgan. South First West, long a prom, has served in various capaclt. lnent figure on the local scene. les with the organization, Today she Is the oldest living memThe 82.year.olld,, award re. ber of the club which was orlg. clplent was announced as this lnally founded as an auxiliary of years winner at the annual PSA banquet in the Tropical the chamber of commerce. She was recently nominated restaurant. The event featured Salt Lake for Jewel of the Year In the Northern district, General Fed. City newspaper columnist Dan Valentine as guest speaker. eratlon of Womens clubs, an organization which she former, PRESENTATION OF THE Pu. ly headed as president. bile Service award is made MRS. PETERSEN ALSO IS a each year to recognize a senior citizen who has performed out. past president of the ladles stand service in the community auxiliary of the UtahState Fire, thus making it a better place mens association. She was among a group of in which to live. Others nominated for this citizens who visited the Navajo 10th annual award Included Wil. reservation to interest govern, 11am Thomas Davis, Elnar J. ment officials in locating Inter, mountain school at Brigham Larsen, Charles Nephl Shef. City about 20 years ago, field, SteVen Bunnell, Mrs, Win. Active as a member of the nlfred J. Ryan, J.D. Gunderson Mrs. Dan (Melissa) Petersen and Ransom Beecher. Daughters of Utah Pioneers, she e d two-mil- AT THE REQUEST OF the commls. town, Thiokol Chemical corporation Wednesday gained a federal1 rfcd to proceed with a $12 million urban job corps center at Clear' First Woman Honored With Service Award long-tim- La-ne- e Willard Clean of THE COUNTY AND REGION-a- l the school becomes a vital units require the services of theraputlc tool. Teachers can e a industrial director (Continued on Page Five) to do the job. And there is a growing need to establish industrial parks where utilities, roads and other necesseitles are already avail, able. Salt Lake, Utah and Davis counties are working in this direction with some state andprl-vat- e funds but you have nothing like It here Wellenmann said. He cited the value of Utahs Burglars took a reported $65 freeport and export exemption Monday night after breaking into law as an advantage over Cal. the office of a service station lfornla and said It has been efat Elwood. fective in drawing new business The theft occurred at the to the state. Beeline station in Elwood and When was discovered by the oper-atoconsidering new we should think not only Glen Selman, when he went to open up Tuesday morning. of big business but also of the The thieves gained entry by smaller firms that employ from breaking a window with a rock 20 to 30 persons and which will and then reaching In to un. grow with the community. In a question and answer per. lock the door from the Inside. They took the money from a iod, discussion was given to the cash box but disturbed nothing availability or lack of It of else, ac ording to the Box El- cheap electrical power demand, der Sheriffs department which ed for larger industrial expanis investigating. sion in Utah. Utah-Idah- long-conte- d portant. d EARL FUHRIMAN AND Law. rence Whitney asked for Improvement work on the road which runs along the border in the Foratello valley. The commissioners saldthey with the county road supervisor, would make a fli study of the road In question. APPROVAL WAS GIVEN TO advance radio dispatcher J. A request for gravel on the Foote to the next salary road In Whites valley was en. step which pays $402 a month. tered by Bill Goring and Stan The advancement was recom. Jensen. mended by Sheriff Warren Hyde They asked that gravel be stretch and Brigham City Police Chief placed on a Dell Fife. built up by the county last year Since funds have been budget-eThe commissioners said It was In other areas for exhibits planned to do this work last and advertising, the commls. year but just didnt get done. plated Bear River project. The R.C. and D program Is sloners declined to take an ad They said It would be done being sought by the three soil In the scenic edition of the this year. conservation districts In Box Salt Lake Tribune. the ad was Stan Elder county. Seeking Goring said If there was any Farnsworth who said the cost road material on his property, AN APPLICATION IS NOW would be $467.50 for a half, he would contribute It to the project being readied by the districts. page. If accepted as one of 10 projects authorized by the recently federal government, It would clear the way for government edu-cato- g Highway department, said some difficulty with legal descrip, tlons had held up transfer of the old U I.C. railroad right to the county However, the matter Is to be resolved and the transfer made within 30 days. Box Elder count) officials Monda) gave their approval to a proposed resources conservation and development stud), agreed to cooperate In the con. structlon of a canal bridge at Honeyville, appointed an lnsur. ance agent of record and refused to give Bothwell town a mark-dowon Its road bill The action came during a reg. ular weekly meeting of the county commission. The commissioners said they would approve a proposed reand sources conservation development project study If given assurance it would not Interfere with the prl-maril- y A 26 PAGES l r i t A yV A to attend, Special meetings for home teaching and Sunday school lead, ers will be held Saturday starting at 2 p.m leadership priesthood meeting Is scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday under direction of the state president. To be present for this con. ference session are priesthood home teaching representatives, Sunday school general board the stake representatives, high presidency and clerks, Melchlzedek priest, council, hood quorum presidencies as well as unit and group leaders, bishoprics, branch preslden. cles and clerks, ward Aaronlc priesthood secretaries, stake Sunday school super Intendency and board and ward Sunday school superintendencies. General conference sessions Sunday will start at 10 a.m. and A TAKE ROLES IN PLAY Grace Jensen as Mary and Steve Hansen as Luke have roles In Box Elder High schools upcoming production of Dear and Glorious Physician. It will be presented April 7. |