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Show CURTAIN OPENS TONIGHT Commissioners handle variety of business - Curtain time is 8:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) at Box Elder High school for Brigham City Community Theatre's production of Hello, Dolly!" Tickets are available free at several local businesses. Here is a picture of the whole chorus singing during one scene in the musical. More details are available on Page Three of today's newspaper. Box Elder county commissioners were confronted Tuesday during a regular meeting with a variety of subjects including fire control, fire insurance, bridge request, better dumping control, furniture bids, and night hunting. Lloyd Robinette, new district fire warden, addressed the lawmakers with several questions concerning fire control in the county. His major question was on wages for firefighters. Minimum Rate Robinette said the Bureau of Land Management pays $2.61 minimum and suggested the county pay this amount to eliminate friction among firefighters." Sometimes one man making $2.61 an hour and another making $2.15 on the same fire causes friction, said Robinette. Commissioner Macolm Young said its a good point to pay good wages but he was afraid of the budget. Volume 66, Number 28 Mill CaoCs Brigham City, Utah 84302, Thursday Morning, Construction in Brigham City continued at a brisk pace during June and saw new building valuation here jump to $1,371,716 for the first half of this year. The June figure was $195,400 and included building permits issued for seven houses as home construction followed a steady if not spectacular pace. Bill Romer, city inspection department head, said some 25 permits were written during the month, including one that was for demolition of an existing residence. , Through the first six months of 1973 the city had issued 101 permits for various projects. From Report Following is information contained in the departments monthly report: Leland Tingey, 139 South Third West, patio cover, $1,000. K.R. Dickamore, 102 West 990 South, garage, $1,500. Preston Keller, 510 South Eighth West, Lightning causes fires in county 2, 1 973 24 PAGES make plans for sidewalk sales' OuQdDDoG3 one family dwelling, $25,000. K. Wayne Claybaugh, 340 North open carport, $400. C.R. Bratten, 528 South Seventh West, storage shed, $350. James L. Bertelson, 464 North Fourth East, carport, $900. Glen M. Bennion, 329 East First South, aluminum carport, $1,200. Howard Jorgensen, 40 South Eighth West, storage garage, $1,500. A.B.C. Contractors, 32 West Forest street (fire station), reinforce floor, $18,000. 611 South $1,100. Keller Brothers Construction, Rew E. Wiley, 499 South Second West, carport, $1,300. Rex Barker, 20 South Fourth East, carport, $1,500. Victor J. Romer, 239 North Second East, addition to home, $3,000. Clarence Jorgensen, 167 North Fifth West, garage, (, , According to Tom Shaw, chairman of the event, merchants will display their goods on the street with great bargains. The annual event is a favorite among local shoppers. There will be no gimmicks in the promotions, just bargains prices for shoppers, Shaw said. All of the young people involved in the For more information, contact the park leaders at any of the various parks were recreation programs are going on. It should be a fun time for everyone so plan on attending. Gas pump missing $1,800. Verl J. Iverson, 528 South Sixth West, single family dwelling, $16,000. Freeman Byington, 240 South Fourth East, single family dwelling, $20,000. SCAN JOURNAL Mr. and Mrs. Rulon B. Garner scan copy of the Box Elder Journal. The local couple spotted an article from the Journal while touring Europe. recreation program at the Brigham City parks will be leaving this morning at 10:30 for a hike and picnic at Docs Flat. Any parents who would be interested in coming along to help supervise and give rides is welcome to do so. Inc., Employes at Andersen-Ford- , complained to police Saturday that someone stole a gas pump off one of the cars on the lot. N-- J article travels far county commissioners Couple spots story on Europe vacation Seems like some days you just cant get away from local news. This is what Rulon and Lureen Garner, 225 East Second South, Brigham City, found out on their European vacation recently. Reading the paper, he and Mrs. Garner saw a United Press International story about Aaron Lasley, datelined Thatcher, Box Elder county, June 17. The story read: Aaron Lasley decided to take the girl next door for a spin in his fathers car. He turned on the ignition, dropped the car into gear and crashed into the garage, causing $450 damage. Aaron and the girl next door, both four, were not hurt. Mr. and Mrs. Garner said they were very surprised to pick up an international newspaper and read about something back home. . Journal Story The short story appeared in the May 10 edition of the Box Elder Journal and was written by N-- J correspondent Karen Stokes. Frequently UPI scans local newspapers in the state and picks up interesting stories. also subscribes to a The News-JournUPI filler service. Oh yes, Mr. and Mrs. Garner also reported they had a wonderful trip. Garner is retired from Thiokol Chemical corporation where he was chief internal auditor. Park Service plans to move Spike offices to Promontory . . . eys seem to be on this temperature gauge on the First Security Bank building these days as the temperature stays at or near 100 degrees daily. Hot weather continued in the Brigham City area this week All it's hot!' without relief in sight. As one local resident put it, "Dont complain about the heat . . just think what the temperature will be about six months from now." . that county buildings were 5 percent under insured for fire. This was caused by inflation, he told the commissioners. Hall studied the matter with a local real (Continued on Page Three) 15-2- The Garners toured about a dozen countries and midway through their vacation had a funny experience in Copenhagen, Denmark. Garner decided to get newspaper and picked up a copy of the International Herald Tribune, Monday, June 18. Whew Furniture Bids bids for the county clertt's office were opened Tuesday and will bo studied by the county clerk. The bids were on seven new desks. Weber Office Supply turned in a figure of $2,955.66 compared with Reminder Office Supplys $2,936.25 a difference of a little more than $19. The commissioners told the county clerk to study the bids and make a recommendation at a later meeting. County Clerk, K.B. Olsen said the old furniture will be sold at an antique auction to be announced later. In other action the commissioners banned night hunting in the county. Full details of this can be found on the sports page of todays newspaper. Arnold Hall, an insurance agent, told the " Furniture The promotion will not be limited to Main street businesses and most other stores will be included. "Shoppers are urged to check from one end of town to the other for fantastic sales, he said. Parks plan hike Approved Standby Robinette also suggested that Wayne Aoki, 22, of Honeyville, be his standby and the commissioners approved him. However Robinette said Aoki can't issue fire permits and persons wanting permits will have to call him. Robinette can be reached through the Brigham City or Tremonton police departments. According to law the county is responsible to pay expenses for the standby man. The pay alloted for him during the season is $640. Robinette also asked the commissioners if his firefighters are covered by insurance and they said yes. The fire warden said he will be traveling around the county this week inspecting equipment and report to Commissioner Young its condition. Keith Coombs, Dean Lamb and Doug Roche approached the commissioners about a flooding culvert crossing the Malad River west of Plymouth. The residents said they cross the river on the way to their fields and always have to drive their vehicles through deep water. They said it is a dangerous situation and want the commissioners to build a bridge across the Malad. The commissioners said they would look into it. Dumping Problem Roche also told the commissioners about a dump in the area which is spilling over on his ground and covering a hay field. The commissioners are currently negotiating for land across the street for a dumping site and asked Roche to give them a little more time to solve, the problem. The county commissioners also learned in a letter that their proposal for the Corinne interchange had been turned state the engineer. dpwn by The commissioners agreed the area is confusing and has been the site of several fatalities and numerous accidents. The Brigham City Merchants committee is again sponsoring one of the most popular promotions of the year, Sidewalk Bazaar, Friday and Saturday. Fourth East, one family dwelling, $25,000. Lewis Jones, Jr. 143 South Sixth East, one family dwelling, $25,000. Richard Jensen, Jr., 473 South Fourth West, one family dwelling, $29,000. Alvin D. Stokes, 375 South Third West, ' open carport, $600. , , v, Kool Breeze, 135 North Main, patio cover, $1,200. Keller Brothers Construction, 136 North Second West, new siding, $1,250. Wayne Jones, 51 South Fourth West, garage, $3,000. Second LDS ward, 156 South Second West, demolish residence. Troy Miller, 145 North Fifth West, single family dwelling, $20,000. Edward Voege, 45 South Second West, First West, aluminum siding, Lightning caused three fires in the county over the weekend, according to District Fire Warden Lloyd Robinette. Fires broke out on a mountain top near Thatcher, on Forest Service land east of Deweyville and in Promontory. The Promontory fire was the worst and about 1,350 acres burned, the fire warden said. No damages estimates were available yet, he explained. 1 Local merchants Dag SO July Commissioner John Holmgren said the budget wouldnt matter when fire hits. Commissioner Don Chase suggested that Robinette and Commissioner Young go over figures and come up with a base pay rate. The National Park Service plans to move the administrative offices of Golden Spike National Historic site in Brigham City to the Visitor center at Promontory Summit. Increased operations of the last two years have brought about the need for the change. The move will bring about better management and an improved use of manpower, both of which will bring better service to the visitor, according to William Krueger, superintendent. The historic site has 10 permanent employees and 29 temporary employees, cast of 14 including the members which conduct the daily historic ceremony of the driving of the Golden V Fishing trip on f.lac3son tahos litr.olljt Its that time of the year again for the traditional fishing trip and members of the J are anxiously awaiting the outing on a famous trout stream. This year the J crew will be heading for the Madison river In hopes of filling their creels. We've even got an Inside tip that the salmon fly hatch will be on at that tlme...ya cant beat that, said News-Journ- al N-- N-- one employe. Deadline tor both news and advertising will be I p.m. Thursday for Sundays Box Elder News. Brigham City's Spike. During 1972 the total visitation reached 115,000. To June 30, 1973 there have been 44,471 visitors. Visitation during the month of June was 10,164. To be Completed The move will be accomplished during July and August with completion expected about the first week of September. No residences are planned for construction at the park with exception of one house trailer now occupied by law enforcement personnel. Employees will maintain residences in the nearby communities and cities. Friday and Saturday |