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Show i 4 . uni,.,i 11 K" 1 t Sait a,rc,m,inj AV3. Lj JUy, Utah ittf wf' ' ?' .r ' -t- , ' , v '4 - - " WV i. ; n ?j4rv vTuiy OirfMOfeaMi vCi.;. Pageant, Speakers, Feature Set for Spike Even? A of the origin, al driving of the golden spike and an Indian stake race by Appaloosa horses will add color and authenticity to the May 10 Golden ceremonies at Spike Promontory summit, west of Brigham City. Marking the 19th anniversary of the famous historical event that linked the nation by rail, this year's ceremonies will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Monday. Three men have been chosen to deliver brief speeches at the annual celebration. Dr. Everett Cooley, Director of Utah State Historical society will read the Governors proc. lamatlon designating Golden Spike day and present a brief review of the original driving of the spike. Murray Moler, associate editor of the Ogden iS-T'T- r vLr ftmaTgUM LOOK AT HOME This was the scene Saturday morning as two bus loads of visitors from Middletown, Pa. stopped In Brigham City to go through one of the numerous homes for sale here. The group was a task force representing themselves and other civilian employes at Olmsted AFB which may soon come to Utah to work. Csrp. ji'j J Standard Examiner, and super, WAR dances lntendent Frank Oberhansley, of and songs will be presented by Zion National park, will speak the Intermountain Indian club. on the progress being made to. Souvenir programs, golden ward a Golden Spike National spikes and miniature railroad monument. ties, In addition to refreshments will be sold at Promontory sum. DR. COOLEY A NATIVE Utah mlt. There will be a display of received his M.A. degree at the Chinese artifacts from the University of Utah and his Ph. building of the railroad, colD at University of California. lected by the USU Anthropology He has served as state arch, department and a display of lvlst, is a former history pro. plans for the Golden Spike Na. fessor at Utah State university tlon monument, prepared by the and Is now commissioner of USU Landscape architecture Utah State Park and Recreation and Environmental Planning dedepartment. He co.edited the partment. book, "History of a Valley, Cache Valley, Utah. Idaho". A "VETERAN" CAST OF Moler is chairman of the State actors will once again portray Tourist and Publicity council, the actual driving of the spike, and Oberhansley will be rep. led by George Johnson tor the resenting the National Park ser. 14th consecutive year. Six other vice. men, all from Brigham City, INTER-TREBA- will also don black coat tails and stovepipe hats to re.enace the drama. JOHNSON PORTRAYS DR. Harkness, representing the state of California. Others are L.D. Wilde as Dr. Durrantfrom the Union Pacific: Glen Nelson as General Dodge, the contrac. tor; Claude R, Barker as Dr. Trlttle from Nevada; Marvin Olsen as Reverend Todd; Jessie L. Roberts as Governor Staf. ford from Arizona; and Sam Gordon as Dr. Stanford presl. dent of the Central Pacific, The actors are accompanied by their wives, who also are costumed for the occasion and stand in the background. SPEAKER Dr. Everett Cooley will deliver brief speech at Golden Spike ceremony. scene THE (Continued on Page Two) Olmsted Task Force Looks at Brigham A task force of prospective The group numbered 55 and home buyers and advance scouts represented employes at Olmfor other potential new resl-dent- s sted Air Force base located at took a brief but lmpres. Middletown, Pa. sive look at Brigham City From 500 to 600 civilian em. morning. ployes at the base are expected And based on a sampling of to transfer to Hill Air Force randoms comments, they liked base near Ogden this summer as what they saw. Olmsted Is phased out In the Sat-urda- y governments economy County Dairy Princess Deadline Set Volume 68, Number consoll-datlo- a special talent. The Dairy Princess will a scholarship to Utah State university. She also will receive an stay In Salt Lake City for two days to attend a charm school and compete In the televised state Dairy Prlnc-es- s contest. Three scholarships will be awarded In the state re-cel- BE THE CONTINGENT WHICH gave Brigham City the once, over Saturday arrived in north, ern Utah earlier In the week, their mission to Inspect the base and surrounding living condl. tlons and report back to their fellow employes. The local visit began with 357 SIMILAR GROUPS are slated to visit the HAFB area later this month and will OTHER be from military Installations In San Bernardino, Calif., and Mo. bile, Ala. Mayor Willis Hansen and chamber president and secre. tary manager, Robert Favero and Veran N. Boothe who were elated over the apparent sue. cess of Saturday's reception, said the same "red carpet" treatment would be accorded the other visiting groups. Students A report aired before the slightly higher to that which we Box Elder Board of Education have had In the past and that last week confirmed what was for which we have built our facalready known that Box Elder ilities," Hawkes stated. School district has lost a sub. However, this Is based on a stantlal number of students this constant student population with none moving away except who year. Indicated they plan to C. Morgan Hawkes, director have of pupil personnel and special leave. A change in the countys services, reported that as of picture could again April 14, Box Elder districts enrollment had dropped by 357 upset projected enrollment figbud-gpupils since the school year ures and knock the school out of kilter as It has been opened. There were 8,485 students en. this year. rolled at the beginning of school SUPT. J.C. HAWS WHO and 8.128 when the fifth term the district staff by 12 ended. the current year, In THIS WAS THE SHARPEST told the board he had cut out drop shown on a summary sub. another five positions for 1965-6mltted by Hawkes which coverSeven additional teacher va. ed the school years from I960. 61. It will mean a revenue loss cancles will not be filled pend-lnresults of the August census. for the district this year but This could mean that school just how much will not be def. lnitely determined until school will open next fall with 24 few. er teachers In Box Elder dls. is out. Projected enrollment figures trlct than were employed two indicate that 8,118 will register years ago In the regular school g for the regular school program next fall. However, Introduction of the districts first full.term kindergarten will swell total student ranks to 8,890 the report Indicated. "WITH KINDERGARTEN pu. plls, we will be able to main, tain an enrollment equal or TOP DRIVER - Lee Packer of Brigham City won the Utah Jaycees Road-E-- Saturday. 0 Local Youth Top Driver A y Brigham City youth maneuvered his way to the outstanding teenage driver title In the Utah Jaycees an. nual state Road-E-competition at Kaysvllle. Lee Packer, freshman at Weber State scored highest in the driving competition and now Is to compete In the national contest. Packer, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Packer, 85 South First East, won the Brigham on the City Jaycees Road-E-previous Saturday. Sat-urda- 0 col-leg- e, New Roles Wait You, 0 IN THE STATE CONTEST, IS Graduates Hear he matched his driving skills with 47 other local winners from throughout the state. He space." This was the horizon as received a trophy and plaque for 187 graduates of for being the state winner and Intermountain school Thursday "outstanding boy" entrant. Runnerup and winner of the evening by Dr. Philllo Nash, "outstanding girl" award was U.S. Commissioner of Indian afJane Montgomery, 18, Heber fairs. Dr. Nash was the principal City. Joe Kirby, Layton, state con. speaker at commencement ex. test chairman, said Packer will erclses In the school auditorium "Think about your future represent Utah In national trials In Washington, D, C., In July. from the perspective of the THE NATIONAL WINNER new age already upon us," he will receive a $1,500 scholar, admonished the graduates. ship and a new automobile. In driving to victory, Packer CITING THE RECENT prog-res- s scored 495 out of a possible made In educating the In. 550 points dlan people, the U.S. official Contestants were required to declared: drive with the right wheel be. "You young people have tween rows of tennis balls with grown up In a period of many clearance, to maneuver transitions the transition of backward and forward through the Navajo from Isolation to an obstacle course and to par. modernity; the transition of allel park. yourselves from a secluded life slx-lnc- Plans to remodel the existing science building and demolish a shop structure at Box Elder Junior High school gained approval last week and the board of education set May 24 for opening bids. The work represents the second phase of overall plans to a new education construct complex at the Brigham City school, A classroom building and me. chanlcal unit (phase one) al ready under construction and reported well ahead of schedule. Architect John Piers told the board he was standing by his estimate of $185,000 for the science building project. IN AN UNPRECEDENTED move locally, the board approv-e- d the offering of a $100 lncen. tlve for each day the critical portion of the contract is com- 6 "Ahead of you are opportun. itles for a lifetime of creative work of a new a limitless that derive from mankinds emergence Into the age of science and conquest of h 10 PAGES Junior High Mding Plans Gain OK, Did Opsning Set pleted early. Conversly the contractor will be assessed $100 per day for time spent In construction be. yond the deadline. The critical portion deadline was set as Aug. 30 which would make the facilities ready for when the 1965-6school year opens. ell-glb- to one of many choices, and the PIERS SAID THE CONTRAC-to- r of our national transition could continue on other work a Into fuller society partlci. In the project after school opens patlon In the world society. but should be expected to e this part of Oct. 30. "FOR THE FIRST TIME IN Board member Douglas J. human history, we are finding Fife suggested the Incentive as that sometimes we have nopre. a means of encouraging the to guide us. We cedents to have facilities ready have beyond the when school gone opens. It will apply where history mer. only on the Aug, 30 deadline. point and now. Itself ely repeats Piers plans showed home llv. and sewing rooms, counsel, lng "Yet there Is danger here lng and sick rooms and admin- we went all that discard lest before, and the Indian people of this country can remind us of some aclent values that must com-plet- con-tract- istratlon space as principal fac. of the science building will be llltles on the ground floor. torn down In this contract at Piers suggestion. ALSO AT THIS LEVEL on the The architect said the front buildings east side will be con. of the science building as It now exists will not be changed. structed the schools main and a connecting cor. This would mean an added redor. Planned for the second floor Is classroom space for special education, drivers training, typing, student council and crafts. Science classrooms and study space was shown for the third floor. and really Isnt necessary because the structure Is in good shape, he explained. WHEN THE NEW SCHOOL complex Is completed, what Is now the front will become the ' rear. Piers noted that all brick used in the project Is being matched with the science build, which he describes as a standing Immediately east lng color." good Board President Jay Dee Har-rl- s said he wanted all preliminary arrangements made so the board can award a bid on the day they are opened. A WOOD. BRICK SHOP build-ln- g Red Cross Dloodmobile Is IN OTHER BUSINESS AT A the board re. regular meeting, Due Today i The Red Cress Blood-mobiwill be In Brigham City today, Tuesday, from I to 8 p.m. at the Central school auditorium. All residents of Brigham City area are urged to visit the Bloodmoblle and donate blood. Box Elder county residents have been using more blood than has been donated here In recent blood drawings and It Is hoped by Red Cross officials that this drawing (wlll give county residents an opportunity to make up for the blood used here. le viewed a preliminary plan tor the proposed new auditorium at Bear River High school and gave architect Paul Evans the green light to prepare final drawings. DARING THEFT Mrs. Frank Wlxon, 536 West Third South, told Brigham City police Monday that someone had taken gasoline from a ve. hide at her residence In broad daylight Sunday. VEHICLE VANISHES Mrs. Robert Valentine, 585 East Seventh North, reported the theft of a bicycle to Brig, ham City police Monday. not be lost." Dr. Nash said he was highly Impressed with the quality of classroom work at the Brig, ham City boarding school. HE REFERRED ALSO TO the ability of Indian students to compete successfully In such technical fields as mathematics and physlcis with youths who have had many more (Continued on Page 10) n BC COUPLE FIRST TO BENEFIT Federal Program Gets Moving The first Box Elder county family has benefited by a new federal program geared to help meet moving expenses for per. sons cut from the Thlokol Chem-lea- l corporation work force. A Brigham City couple, par. ents of four children, Thursday received final confirmation and a check paving the financial way to a new job In another city. They could possibly be the first persons to benefit from the new program. pilot program being conducted In eight areas across the nation. Charles R, Olsen, 467 North MATS MISSING Sixth West, received a check t Mrs. Nell Alton, 223 East at the employment security of. Seventh South, told Brigham flee Thursday and was ached, City police Friday that some uled to be on a new job In Idaho one had stolen the mats from Falls, Ida., on Monday of this week. her car. teachers Brigham City, Utah, 84302, Tuesday Morning, May 4, 1965 Golden Spike legislation will be the first target in June of the National Parks subcommittee of the House, Congressman David S. King said Thursday. After going personally to both Interior Committee Chairman Wayne N. Aspinall, and Parks Subcommittee Chairman Ralph J. Rivers to urge hearon the Golden ings Spike bills, Congressman King reports: Both have agreed to reserve the first hearing date in June in the subcommittee for this important Utah development. They recognize the urgency of settling on a course of action, since Utah will be celebrating the Golden Spike centennial in 196?." "We are anxious to have the site fully developed either as a national monument or as an historical site with in the federal parks system well in adcance of the actual centennial festivities." res-taura- School District Loses 8 June Hearing Dated On Spike Proposals breakfast at the Tropical hosted by Box Elder Chamber of Commerce and The Is midnight hour ap. Brigham City officials. proachlng for glrlj who plan to enter the Box Elder county THEY THEN BOARDED AF Dairy Princess contest, spon-sor- s buses for a tour of the town with reminded Monday. the local hosts acting as guides. Deadline for entering the They drove past local schools, Is competition Friday, May 7, churches, parks the city and with entry forms now available grounds, municipal golf at the county agents offices and county course and through residential from the county nurse. areas. even stopped In the contest the They again Directing section to go through northeast Is the City this year Brigham Rotary club and 'the American a home for sale. The task force spent nearly Dairy association of Utah. Judging will take place on May 13. two hours in Brigham City and then departed, heading south to ALL GIRLS WHO ARE high visit other communities be. school graduates between the tween here and Salt Lake City, ages of 17 and 25 are Invited THE OLMSTED EMPLOYES to enter the competition. The judges will make their are scheduled to arrive In north, selections for Dairy Princess ern Utah during theperlodfrom and two attendants based priJuly through September. Repon appearance and resented In the local tour were marily Inventory management people personality. Candidates are to have a reasonable for photo equipment and airknowledge of dairying and of craft repair personnel for the course, like to eat dairy foods. RF 101. THEY WILL NOT BE asked to appear In bathing suits, only street wear, and need not have 1 former Thlokol employes and their families who are still In the area. team employ, A three-persoed by the Utah Employment Se. curlty department has been In. workers tervlewlng since mld.Aprll and by the end of last week, had talked to about 155 persons. A member of the team, Rich, ard Grow, Ogden, said he ex. pects to wind up the Interviews this week. Efforts then will be directed at finding job place, fitlng person with the balance meats for the locally unem. considered a loan to be repaid ployed. within three years. GROW SAID THAT like Olsen, SOME $62,805 has been al. several others already have located to the Box Elder pro- confirmed Jobs waiting for them (Continued on Page Two) ject which Is geared to help OLSEN, AN INDUSTRIAL was laid off at Thlo. kol on Sept. 11 last year. He was unsuccessful In landing a Job In his chosen field until Westlnghouse corporation made an opening available in the Idaho City. Labled the Labor Mobility Demonstration project, the fed. eral plan was put Into effect this past month. Up to 60 percent of moving, storage and Initial living ex. penses is available to the bene, move up to 60 n FIRST TO GO Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Olsen receive check to meet moving expenses from Richard Grow, Utah Employment service, while Dale Madsen, Brigham City Employment Security office manager observes. I 1 |