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Show 4 full of lawn is our yard full of garden. 535. 5 I j Lfoj Schools Rate Tops Nationally But We Have A Growing Population Of School-Ag- e Youngsters Lincoln school, too, will be crowded, and m spite of the fact that the Box Elder district now has about $1,000,000 set aside for school construction and improvement, there will be a school room shortage in Brigham City unless further construction is carried out. children in If the increase in school-ag- e Brigham City is consistent with the state f average in the next few years, the shortage . In the United States, Utah is 26th in avof facilities here will continue to grow. And erage per capita income (average income in the education of our children will supper. Utah is $1208 while national average is $1318), but have a six percent higher ratio of public school children in average daily at- " What's Going On" tendance to the total population. A feature of the News and Journal we .Hence, with a low average income we are have been attempting to develop during the faced with the problem of educating more past weeks is the Whats Going On column. than the average number of children. For the convenience of the readers, we Though Utahs income per child is well have attempted to put, in very condensed below average, our expenditure is about the style, a list of the important meetings, their national average at $180 per student each time and place, in the column. Besides this there are also bus schedules, year, . It is clear that Utahns have desired good the weather report for Box Elder county for schools enough to spend up to the national the previous four or five days, the health average out of lower than average income. report for the county, for the previous week, With' the average teacher income in the which is issued by the state health departstate at $2840.80, Utah ranks fifth in the ment, and many other important items such percentage having college degrees, 13th in as where and when the veterans representathe average annual salaries, an indication tive may be contacted, and where the unemthat their interest in professional prepara- ployment office is located. We are satisfied the column, which will tion outweighs the salaries paid them. . The national result of having more de- appear in every issue of the paper, is well worth the time and effort it takes to pregreed teachers is better instruction. Utahs very pare, and invite everyone who has a regular , All the foregoing points to enviable-positioin .public education, but meeting or a special meeting to announce, to perhaps the most pressing important prob- submit it to us to be placed in the column. lem in Utahs educational history is now Announcement of meetings in the Whats Going On column does not take the place of facing us. , These are not normal times. In 1941 a news story about events but is a supplethere were 13,538 births in ' Utah. In the ment to them. Also, any suggestions for improvement of previous 11 years the number of births per year had increased by . only 592. But in the column are welcome. 1942 the increase in one year was 2284. This added to the migration of new families Boys And Girls Week to work in war plants created the crowd of City boys and girls are this week children who entered the first grades f in theBrigham toast of the town, as civic clubs, 1948 and 1949. schools, churches and the city government To provide adequately for just the 1948 administrators focus their attention on them. increase would require 76 extra teachers. The annual Boys and Girls week is a naThats the equivalent of 4.5 new , buildings tional affair sponsored by Rotary Internawith 16 teachers each. tional throughout the United States by the The increase has continued through 1949. local chapters of the organization. Now Utah births are running at the rate of A four point program, it is designed to 21,000 a year. In the schools (1) focus public attention upon boys and will start feeling the impact of the birth girls, their potentialities, and their problems, rate increase. And it is still impossible to to the end that increasing numbers of adults knoiy when the birthrate will drop off. Per- may be awakened to the joys and opportunihaps never. ties of service to youth and inspired to partAccording to the state board of education, icipate. Utah will have to construct 1855 classrooms d (2) To give impetus to proin the next three years. grams of character building activities for the In Brigham City we will soon have the general welfare of boys and girls: and to acCentral school .with a capacity for 500 chil- quaint the public with the agencies which dren. But the number of children who will are serving this purpose, register there next fall will be approximately (3) To emphasize the' importance of a But digging in the dirt can be pleasant if you do it the right way. The right way ts to be looking for angle worms. :n i i 4 ;! t j 4 i! y ) M U 'i j i t f ! - . - 1952-53-54- j I ' year-roun- if, v ,r FkmieyB is in full swing. good for the worms to be dug out, now and then, and then turned loose again. For Theres only one pleasant way to dig in the one thing, it acquaints them with the occudirt. For us, anyway. pational hazards of being a worm. It teachWe arent to be numbered among those es them to get down a little deeper, where a with good earth enthusiasts who love to get robin will be less likely to catch up down on the knees on the damp ground in them. the spring and get gravel under the fingerIn every neighborhood, there are bound to nails. . be a few people who think its just funny as hen A flower blooming in a neighbors yard a crutch to see a man gardening. doesnt give us exactly the same pleasure as a such a one goes by, while youre digging in flower blooming in our own yard. It gives the dirt, you can make a point of picking up us more. a few worms and dropping them in the tin can. We have a sentimental attachment for tin cans. Out of loyalty to the steel industry Gardening? they inquire, with a smirk. and the American way of life we prefer that Oh, no, you reply, with scorn in your all vegetables come into our house by way voice.- - "Just digging fish worms. of tin cans. If they insist on being fresh, at least they can come in a brown paper bag If you arent in shape for hard digging mole here from the grocers. We have a sentimental and who is besides a attachment for brown paper bags, too. and there? the angle worm angle can save your life. You wouldnt think of working The only thing we like less than our yard slowly, just because you arent in shape for digging. Your pride just wont stand it. sound body, a trained mind, and spiritual And if you work fast, youll be in bed all day So growth in the complete development of the tomorrow with a lame back. So what? a bit when tired, spend little you to you get boy and girl ; and emphasize the important functions of the home, the church, and more time shaking apart the dirt you dig the school in such government. up, looking for worms. You can grab a halfTo in minute, or even a minute, of rest after each of need the emphasize (4) instilling boys and girls the love of country .and re- spadeful. spect for its laws and established institutions and of bringing to each the realization of his But the big point is psychological. Its duties and responsibilities as a citizen. just naturally a lot more pleasant to let To put over the Boys and Girls Week, a yourself half-wa- y think that youre getting varied program has been arranged by local ready to go fishing, than it is to be just civic organizations. digging in the dirt. Its Elder stake All South boys and Aaronic priesthood South Box all and their leaders e girls and Elder stake teen-agTheir leaders, will be honored at at the taber-nacl- e a special prograrp at 8 Sunday evening oclock. k the proA special feature of illustrated talk gram will be an on 'ancient slides colored with ruins of South and Central Amer. of Loica by Dewey Farnsworth an extenmade has who gan, sive study of them. David O. Anderson, . executive chairman of thi Priesthood and stake Aileen Kilpack, Teen-agInvitatleader, extend a cordial ion for these boys and girls to attend. e Phone your news to 1000 . , hard-muscl- ed . their selection of Salt Lake valhome. ley as their permanent These paintings will become a collection for the permanent In building and will hang in the In S. L. theater room for the enjoyment of the general public, Mrs. A pictorial picture of the$is being asShe stated. Thorne of room chairman the theater hardshlps endured by the Mor-sisted in the project by Mrs. Bee mon pioneers will he depicted in h?lbLf being donated by B. Gowans of Tooele and Mrs. les, Annie Lee Coleman of Heber art at the theater room on the several of Utahs noted artists, City. second floor of the new daugh- will tell a picture story of the ters .of Utah Pioneers Memorial persecutions endured in the east Already contributed have been building in Salt Lake City, ac by the pioneers; of their several lovely paintings by the to Mrs. Oneta J. Thorne, ships in crossing the plains and following artists Lynn Fawcett Hardships Of Pioneers Will Be Told In Art DUP Memorial Building 1 Jh ELDER 9ham City Wednesday, Box V 1 I -- 1 I ..ready for you with a WIDE BEST FABRICS.. .NEWEST STYLES... at i t :1,1pm RrWPrGrIG8T - Card May y 1 Be . Mr. Charles ty social security' fuL live, will be in Thursday, May 4 the Employment 17 West Forest - - - 1 stgJ to 4 p. m. ."When a worker losL'J security 2,1 ply for a duplicateS lay. advises Feldha workers who have l laid their social try to give their memory. When the given incorrectly thej the worker fails tow? for the wages earnjj cial security. .S Salt Lake City has given a Registered Bull Bo? painting of the winter quarters. 4 - Salt of Mrs. Leah E. Johnson By Coriiine Farmer Lake City has painted a lovely Lake City A., W. Be vet, Coriiuit picture of the Salt Redd of ly acquired a register" temple and Miss Lura a bull troml Brigham City has contributed of the crossing of the of Lincoln Jensen, Morgai Change of ownership 1 plains. of animal, Burke Homer Professor LeConte Stuart the University of Utah depicts has been officially record the entering of the valley in his the Holstein-Friesiapainting and Mrs. Esther Eriks tion of America. shows the Paulson of Logan crude methods of the first plow- Local Girl Takes ing and- planting done in the valley. Cornelius Salsberrie of Lead In Weber Floy Salt, Lake tells of the first place of Miss Renee Glover, da of worship and the interior the first pioneer home was of Mr. and Mrs. Glover painted by Mrs. Irene Fletcher the lead part of 'Mary T, of Logan. The baptismal scene in the Weber College work has been painted by a former play, which is being taBrighamite, Howell Rosenbaum in the Cellar theater May of Ogden and Henri Moser of 6, inclusive. The play, Kind Lady" Ogden will present the theater room with a huge painting of a mystery melodrama in pioneer scene as his master- acts and Is under the din piece. Mrs. Rachael Grant Tay- of John Kelly. Miss Glover is' a freshir, lor of Salt Lake City will give her picture of an outside setting Weber and is active in t tics and speech.' - - : of the early pioneer home. ' ' ' Two business houses in Salt Lake City are considering donaGarfield Nov ting a piano and drapes to add Larry to the beauty of the room, Mrs. San Antonio Air Bos; Thorne stated. Professor Collette of Weber . Larry Garfield, son ot M. college has also made known Mrs. Henry Garfield of Br, his intentions to paint a scene City, recently joined the r entitled. The Hole In The Rock. air force for a e , Howell Rosenbaum will have ment. his painting reproduced in a According', to a letter Salt Lake City paper as a re- Larry recently hisadds ward for being the first painter F. : 191060, Flight to present his picture to Mrs. Lackland Air Base, Thorne. Antonio, Texas! stein-Friesia- .J- - . three-yea- . , CHOICE of summers PRICES! - 9:30 A. M. - - ! ; i I1 ,f-- f ! a I'S i ij? 'll rM LOOK WHAT YOU GET for ONLY ' took ' Yes . . . ... look at just a few of hundreds of reasons why we say Smart . . . Buy Two! Washable blended acetate rayon and nylon crepes . . . embossed cottons ... cottons and rayons 111 casual or dress-uversions. 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