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Show lain Brichnn City Cambio Library City Grounds Fob 50 John ONLY 16 Shopping Days Until Christmas CITES TEACHER SpECEMBER11949J BENEFIT Jpo PAY, WEIGHTS TRAVEL AS REASON Board Meets In Adjourned Session Monday To Accept Resignation Of LDE1MEW VOLUME 31, NUMBER 86 Brigham Member BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. 7, 1949 Don't Fall Clem! resignation of John W. from the Box Elder disti ict board of education was Phillips accepted by the remainder of a in session Monday afternoon. di 1 hilhps letter of resignation, dated November 28, was read at the regular meeting of the board that evening. The meeting, uncompleted, was adjourned to Monday afternoon, December 5, when the three lioard members present voted to 10 PAGES Giving Old St. Nick A Hand 111 Xmas Lights Go unanimously accept the resignation following an extended executive session from which representatives of the press, Superintendent Kenneth E. Weight and Assistant lights go on in Brig- Superintendent Ilervin Bunderson were excluded. Present at Mondaj afternoon's' December ham Cit, Saturday, board members to pay teachers at the rate of when Mayor Lorenzo Bott meeting were pu'lfe the switch at about 2:30 Leonard Bishop, Wayne San- $150 for his wile and $25.00 per Saturday On Chro-tma- s 10 child, per year, up to six chilIn the afternoon in front dall and Lorin Hunsaket. Philw hy stop at six? A teacher the county court house dur-ji,- t lips and Lawrence Carter were dren, who is unlucky enough to have1 a program sponsored by the absent. In his letter read to the board seven children needs tiie extra committee of BrigChristmas as much. The, to Douglas November 28 Phillips cited his $25.00 fully ham City, according to the teacher "social thought that that little seventh! of the committee. head opposition jailer, one will be food o'clock of On the program for the benefit aftern- school payments and what he Elder high considered the excessive exgirl's glee club and the pense account of Superintendent oon will be the Box They will K. E. Weight as his reasons for numbers. being unable to continue servThe mayor will give a shoit ing as a member of the board. the Phillips' Letter Ujk officially proclaiming Christmas season open in BrigThe letter was taken by Bishham City. op. president of the school board, and was not incorporated in the minutes of the November 28 In another letter to large Doll meeting. the board. lead by the clerk, Ebeihart Zundel, at Monday's meeting, Phillips asked that it By and the November 28 letter be in the minutes. the includedi Mrs. Harriet Owens was November 28 letter Phillips holder of the ticket which won of resignation is as follows: doll for her a beautiful baby and wardrobe at the. drawing Brigham City, Utah . held Saturday afternoon by the November 28, Beta Sigma Phi sorority at their Board of Education, annual bazaar and food sale. Box Elder County School District Second prize, a large bassinett Brigham City, Utah with quilt, blanket, mattress and Gentlemen: Both your board and the pubpillow was won by Sherra Lee lic are entitled to know my Jeppsen of Corinne and a wardrobe to fit a smaller doll was for from the resigning won by Mrs. Abbie 'JR. Madsen Board of Education. as third prize. In the first place let me state 100 percent of the money derthat it was not on account of tickets any personal feelings I hold toived from the sale of for the prizes are used in the ward any member of the board, dental fund sponsored by the 'all of whom I regard very kind-sorority for care of emergency ly. During the nearly two years dental work for needy children. I have been a member of the Board of Education I have not observed a single instance where Bishop Unopposed For any member has shown any Reelection To Board partiality to one section of. the district to 4 he detriment of any Leonard Bishop, president of ' other locality. me Box Elder board of educatireasons for resigning are My on, is unopposed for reelection economic entirely. to the board in voting today in All my life I have been trainDistrict 2. Bishop has completed ed to limit spending to my r one term on the board income and my lived well have of education, and Was elected within thus I feel strongpolicy. his president of the board by the same rule should be ap-- , fellow board members two years ly to any public body. plied 3gO. It appears now that with a Other members of the board of of payment are Loiin Hunsaker of Honey-ville- , good average the revethis taxes year early Wayne Sandall of Tremon-to- nue of the school district will be Carter of between $15,000 and $50,000 less and Lawrence Park Valley. The position of than it received last ear from board member from the Brigham the same source. At the rate is vacant, followi- we City district are going now vve are headed of the ng resignation Monday for bankruptcy. John W. Phillips. Last year our payroll for SepBalloting is taking place to- tember and October, including East Garland, the welfare paid papa teachers, day in Garland, Yielding, Riverside, Plymouth, was $148,815.25. This year for Portage, Collinston and Beaver September and October, not inDam precincts. All properly cluding the welfare payment, registered voters in those precwas $150,531.10. The increase beincts may cast ballots. ing due to a general raise given teachers this year over last year for teaching service. Laura At your last meeting, I understand, the board voted immediate payment of the welfare to $15,650, this amounting Display In amount includes the amount to to the G. I. instructor. Oil paintings and water col- be paid this Isnt quite a high price to ors recently exhibited in Logan the for potential pupils our pay Mis.--, oy Laura Redd are now teachers will offspring-bearin31 the Box Elder high school lithe school sjstem? I canbrary, it was announced today. give the persistency The art work will remain on not understand in continuing to board of the display lor about two weeks. the lace in this allow payment The W paintings include landstwo adverse opinions it has cape.- still lifes and portraits. of from the former and They cover work done by Miss received the present state Attorney-GeneralPedd since she started teaching In my opinion this prac31 the high school. in policy, and from is wrong tice Many of the pictures have all the legal advice I have rebeen painted of scenes in and ceived. both from said opinions 3ound Brigham City, while and local lawyers, is wrong les ythers were painted from an Besides it creates in California, gally. Canada, our between feeling Southern Utah and Salt Lake antagonistic teachers who receive and the City. ers who do not. The do-nones Anyone interested is welcome for be should paid a teacher feel 'o view the paintings during the teaching service and not day when the building is open. marital status and the resulting therefrom. When I took unto myself a Santa In wife and begat children I felt the whole responsibility of car- I and ing for them was mine, man Brigham think any in good health feels the same The idea that the state or The most popular man in way. branch thereof should assist nghdin City last Saturday. De- any a mans family cember 3, ,was fut. jolly Santa in maintaining socialism. of Claus himself, who strongly smacks spent the I could bo not, entire from Maybo afternoon and wrong. ilre to store in thegoing city, taking ioned ciders fmrn children and If this welfare payment pracquietnot be consiss' taking notes on their behavi- tice is right whyit to include all or. tent and extend disWherever he went he w'as be-- employees of the school of me I canlife the For trict? tagged by a flock of young-S'to sire teachall trying to get a word not see why give it ers and not to janitors and bus "edgewise. the lives of i will be in Brigham City drivers. We entrust to the children 60 as jJSain next Saturday to accept as many a single driver and pay J14 Christmas duties of listening skill of sum of $5.50 per day. the hope sand requests of the him the ROln!i rnildron of R( Kiiitlietmuie, if yo(l arP Rider county j!gh school both band. offer several Won Harriet Owen rea-Ison- s . -- five-yea- Redds Art City sub-tech- Appears Saturday old-fas- g e 1,1 Su-P- and deprived of raiment is just too sad for me to think about. For your information I am inclosing a list of the takers and the amount of their take. For a number of years ouri district has experimented with the home and family living feature. The only one in the state, I am told. Your board is' paying Mr. C. E. Smith, one of our outstanding teachers in the district. $1,000 a year to try to make this thing go, and he is having a hell of a time doing it.1 One evening about two weeks ago he arranged a meeting in the B. E. H. S. for the public. He had an outstanding speaker and three musicians from the A. C. IP ' put on the program, and an excellent program it was. Hanging Christmas Decorations folks were interested . . - in preparation for the opening of Christmas season enough to turn out? 20 including the speaker and musicians. Saturday, December 10, when Mayor Lorenzo Bott flips For scholastic attainment, atthe switch from in front of the court house at about 2:30 titude and ability to teach, Mr. oclock in the afternoon. Smith is the peer of any teacher in the county, yet you have him stuck away in a back office instead of doing a useful job teaching students. (Another place 1 feel a saving could be had is in the travel expense of your administrative Last year this exdepartment. pense amounted to $2,676.80, as follows: Mr. Weight, $1,422.10. Mr, Bunderson, $453,011. Mh Christiansen, $399.75. Miss Jensen, $401.86. Korporal Kris Kringles ... in the persons of (from left to right) Cherril Leavitt, Doyle Packer and Carl Jensen, who are busy painting and repairing toys so that approximately 200 needy children in Box Elder county will have a joyful Christmas. The Brigham City Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary are sponsoring the program. Toys may be left at the Packer Motor Company. VX Picking How-man- A Winner Bombastic Bunch Of Jackson Hole People Visit Here .1 at I JOHN W. PHILLIPS. Phillips second letter, read at the Monday, December 5 adjourned meeting, was similar in content to the earlier letter, and emphasized that he would be willing to continue serving on the board if the other board members agreed to discontinue the "social benefit payments to teachers next school year (1950-51- ) and to restrict superintendent Weights expense account. Each of the three members present at Mondays meeting in turn expressed himself as deeply regretting Phillips resignation, and wishing that he could see fit to continue serving on the board of education. However, each of the three members said he did not feel that he could commit himself now to a position on the teacher social benefit question with which he might disagree at a later date that he could not promise either to support or oppose it next fall. Sandall made the motion and Hunsaker seconded that "we accept resignation." member Phillips and Bishop put the question, then joined Sandall and Hunsaker in voting Aye. In his second letter to his felread at low board members, who is taking one of the cards from the hat box that won one of the three prizes of the Beta Sigma Phi raffle. Mrs. Harold B. Felt is holding the box. The raffle was . . . Busy Santa Claus . . . who went to many Brigham City stores last If the board will agree to dis- the Teachers Welfare after the current school year, which, upon a recheck, I find amounts to $15,-85for this year, and limit the acexpense superintendents count to $75.00 per month, I shall be pleased to remain on the board. Last year Mr. Weights exto amounted pense account broken $1,422.10, which, when down, looks about like this: At six cents per mile it amounts to 23 700 miles traveled, and for 172 school days amounts to 132 nules per day, which Ls a lot of miles and takes a lot of time of this on the road. Outside item I am not critical of Mr. Weight. I realize he came here at a trying time and he has had a tough job. I have never seen him lose his patience. He has a remarkable disposition. He is always on the job and has given it his best efforts and undivided attention. Yours respectfully, John W. Phillips. P. S. For the sake of the recMondays adjourned meeting, ord will you please have this suggested Phillips specifically and the one of the 2sth that Superintendent Weights letter ult. entered upon the minutes. to limited be account expense J. W. P. $75 per month. He praised the remarkhis for superintendent Board To Name Successor able disposition and for always According to provisions o! folbeing on the job. The letter law, a successor to Phillips as lows. a member of the board of education, to fill his unexptred Brigham City, Utah term, is to be appointed by the December 5, 1919. members of the remaining Board of Education of board, from the representative Box Elder School District district which Phillips has repCity for resented. Tentative plans Gentlemen: school River new relucBear the high considerable with is It tance that I leave the board of gymnasium, discussion of which education. I have enjoyed the was on the agenda for Mondays association and fellowship of the meeting, was postponed by the other board members. Under fa- three members of the board in vorable conditions this could be order that the new member, toa be appointed might have a very pleasant public service. continue Program' voice in the consideration, they agreed. Phillips was elected to the board of education two years ago, taking office at the first meeting in January, 1918. He r was elected to a term, and his appointed successor will be named to fill the unexpired three years of Phillips term of olfice. Weight Would Do It Again Kenneth E. Weight, superintendent of Box Elder district, said he had no apologies to make for his travel expenses, to which Phillips objected. This is a big district, geographically, and I didnt feel and still dont feel that I could or should administer it sitting here in the office, Weight declared. "It has taken a lot of trips to the north and west parts of the county, a lot of trips to Salt Lake City on school affairs, and trips all over the five-yea- i state running teachers for turned in my down the system. Ive expense claims every month, and so far a .4 1 know they never have been questioned, up to now. Starting in as superintendent of a big district like this, I felt that ail of this travel was necessary, and Id do it again. SUP, DUP Slate Meet To Consider Centennial Sons and daughters of pioneers of Box Elder county central committees will hold a public meeting, December 8, Thursday, at 8 oclock in the evening at the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce rooms. Purpose of the meeting is to consider the program for the 1951 centennial Box Elder ol county. All persons and organ izations interested are inv ited to attend amidst - the Don Chase . After leaving Brigham City the group left for Ogden where they were to lunek and later continue on to Sait Lake City. After touring the three states and publicizing the annual migration of the worlds largest elk herd from Us high mountain summer ranges to the winter valley feedjtig grounds near Jackson Hole, the group will return to Jackson Hole and start Saturday, He youngsters. was followed by crowds of kids all over town. He will make his second visit of the Christmas season to Brigham City next Saturday, arriving at 1 oclock in the afternoon. oclock 10:30 - win--- 1 4nruaU'elkmlgrtion-and ter festival. Upon arriving in Brigham City led by a state patrol car, the from entire group dismounted their autos at the corner of Forest and (Main streets, set up a loud speaker, and went into a series of square dances." Mayor Lorenzo J. Bott was on hand to welcome the group to Brigham City along with members of the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce public relations committee consisting . of Earl Madsen, (Dehnis Johnson and sponsored to raise money for the dental fund of the taking Christmas requests from happy 20-ca- scream of a siren and the noisy honking of horns. Th? group are on a tour of Idaho, Utah and (Wyoming to spread the good I word about the resort centers $2,676.80 believe this could be cut materially without impairing the service. And why allow two high school principals any travel expense at all? If they are entitled to it why arent all the elementary principals, also? Understand me, I am not attempting to say you are wrong and I am right. The count is tour to one against me, but I cannot go with your fiscal policy: new deal, fair deal, school teachers deal or whatever deal it is, and for this reason I ask that vou act on my resignation at your early convenience. Yours respectfully, r caravan with' 75 A Jackson Hole boosters arrived in Brigham City Tuesday morning NORTH B.E. STAKE TO HOLD CONFERENCE DECEMBER 10-1- New Stake Presidency To Be Sustained At A General Session 1 will be furnished by the Box Elder high school chorus, 100 of approximately members, under the direction of J. Earl Johnston. The North Box Elder stake Visitors representing the genquarterly conference will be eral authorities of the church held Saturday and Sunday, Deand be Albert E. Bowen will tabat the stake cember D. Moyle, Jr., members Henry ernacle, President John P. Lilly-whit- of the quorum of twelve Apossaid today. tles of the Church of Jesus On Saturday a meeting for Christ of Latter-daSaints. all of the officers of the priestA meeting will be held at 7 hoods and all others interested will be held at 6:30 oclock in oclock in the evening under the the evening. Liilywhite empha- direction of the Young Men and sized that it is important that the Young Ladies Mutual Imof the the presidency and secretaries provement associations of each of the Melchizedek stake. An excellent program has been priesthod quorums be in attendance at this meeting 100 per- - arranged for this meeting, Lilly cent. Important matters will be whife saidj with the high school taken up at that time pertain- - boys chorus furnishing the mu-into stake organization. i a,io for the session and Marba C. At 8 oclock Saturday evening Joscphson of Salt Lake City, asthe welfare meeting will be held sistant editor of the Improveat which all stake and ward ment Era being the guest speakare re- er. welfare "committees quested to be present, Liilywhite Everyone is cordially invited continued. A cordial invitation to attend. is extended to all the members of the stake to be in attendance at this meeting. Moving pic- Two B. E. Girls Are tures will be shown that demonstrate welfare work in action. Honored At U.S.A.C. The general sessions of the Two Box Elder county girls conference will convene Sunday at 10 oclock in the morning and were among 29 coeds initiated at 2 oclock in the afternoon. into the Womens Athletic assoThe entire stake membership is ciation of Utah State Agriculin ceremonies this requested to be in attendance. tural college A new stake presidency will week. be sustained at one of these They are (Delores Holst of sessions to succeed President Brigham City and Dorothy Cap-ene- r of Garland. John P. Liilywhite, who has 'Governed by the national secbeen called to preside over the tion on womens athletics, the Netherlands mission field. Music for the morning session purpose of the association is to will be furnished by the North acquaint members with the Elder stake choir under the jectives of intramural for women direction of John Owens, and and to provide a special outlet music for the atternoon session for intramural for women. an eight-wee- k winter festival. g 10-1- e y g ob-Bo- x Willard Ward Will Hold Turkey Banquet' Tonite iWith the mayors of Ogden, Logan, Brigham City and Willard as the guests of honor, the Willard ward Turkey Banquet will get underway Thursday evening at 7 oclock, it was announced today. Following the banquet, which is being held to raise funds for building activities, a program and dance will he held. t The Elders and their wives of the ward will prepare and serve the meal. Confession Clears Station Robbery Four young men arrested in Portland, Oregon this week conseries fessed a of armed robberies and cleared up the recent robbery of Rays Conoco service, 301 south Main street. Chief of Police Harry Smith and Sheriff Warren Hyde announced this week. Edward Dale Thostenson, 22, William Stanley Berich, 28, Vincent George McCormick, 18, and William John Wangler, 22. were apprehended in the act of burglary in Portland, confessed to in burglaries and robberies Wichita, Kans.. Denver, Colo., Springville, Salt Lake City and Erigha.n City, Utah and four robberies in Portland. The robberies were committed while the quartet was enroute to the coast from Chicago. trans-continent- |