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Show Utahns Pay $543 Million in Brigham Han rv y y ' v THE BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City; Utah Thursday, January .4, 1962. Federal, State, Local Taxes Dies Tuesday Utahns paid a total of $543 mil- th few slates to employ all of the in Federal, state, and local major kinds of taxes in its tax taxes in 1961, according to a year-en- system. review of government activiThe Utah Foundation report ties piepared by Utah Founda- summarizes the important devetion, the private tax research lopments in the major state and local government activities of . , ucation, highways, and welfare1 The 1961 out !lUail!durinS 1961. The slightly more than $600 per per- that Utah makes astudy pointseffort greater son or $2,525 for an average fam- to support public schools (in terms These tax ot ily of four persons. income devoted to personal load computations include all taxschool taxes) than does any other es both direct and hidden. state in the nation. Utah also has APPROXIMATELY 32 percent consistently provided public wel-of all personal income received fare grants that are above the by individuals in Utah is now go- national average for most cate- ing for taxes, according to the reof public assistance. Tms percentage compares gories port. War-timpeixient in 1930. highs were reached during the World War II year of 1944 when taxes took 30 percent of Utahs personal income, and during the Korean War year of 1952 when the relative tax burden was 32 percent. lion After Stroke d Lorenzo Harris Norr, age 74, died Tuesday night following a stroke at his residence, 246 North First West, Mr. Norr was born Jan. 21, 1887, at Snowville, Box Elder county, a son of Olaf James and Mary Jane Harris Norr. He married Verna Rees on Feb. 24, 1915, in the Salt Lake LDS temple. He had worked as a mechanic and had owned and operated a farm. Mr. Norr was a high priest in LDS the Brigham City Fifteenth ward at the time of his death. He had served as secretary of the high priest quorum and was a ward teacher. He and his wife had served a short term mission for the LDS church in northern California. SURVIVORS include his widow, three daughters Brigham City; and two sons, Mrs. June N. HolmMrs. Adele N. gren, Tremonton; Mrs. Moreno, Ontario, Calif.; Dora Mae N. Michael, Sioux City, Iowa; Lorenzo Rees Norr, Ogden; James Rees Norr, Brigham City; 19 grandchildren and one greatgrandchild; the following brothers and sisters, Alvin Norr, Dewey-vilie- ; Vernon Norr, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Hazel Jorgensen and Mrs. Irma Baxter, both of Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Luelia Adams of Logan. v I, Huih r Members of the Elks Lodge 2208 are shown above as they prepared to deliver HELPING NEEDY Christmas baskets to needy families in Box Elder county. They are, left to right, T. J. Buckhart, Darwin Young, H. E. Collmar, Lee Hansen and Ralph Olsen. The baskets were delivered in time to provide Christmas goodies for families In need. The man of the house' has to go to work, the lady has to go shopping and the kids have to go to school. We have to be out in all kinds of weather everyday. If there is radioactive fallout in the air, well get some of it, and there is nothing we can do about it. ter. Medics Say Dont Worry Dios After Over Fallout Brief Illness Lets h Brigham Lady Dies Sunday Hospital ciation recently conducted a survey of seven of th. top experts in the nation. All seven agreed that fallout was not a health hazard. Since that time, more bombs have been exploded, but the principle remains the same. The best opinion of a majority of the experts is that we can absorb all of the fall- IN SPITE of all of the bombs in the last few months, the chances are that there still isn't enough radioactive fallout in the United to constitute a States This no one health problem. knows for sure, but a majority of the men who know most about the problem have said many times that they dont think we need to start worrying yet. Whether you are in favor of fallout shelters or not, we cant Meanwhile we should not get panicky over something we cannot control, says Dr. Jorgenson, And since the best tonic for good health is to be happy, lets be Christmas season. happy this Thats an order from your family doctor. ab-so- rt set off just retreat to a shelter this win- - now around floating without damage. Radiation in all its forms will role in the play an increasing lives of all of us as uses of nuclear fission continue to expand. There are still many unknowns, but research is going rapidly ahead. Foundation observe analysts that while government takes the largest slice of Utahs personal income, it is also the largest single contributor to the States economy. In 1960, 24 percent of total personal income to individuals in Utah was derived directly from with 30 percent in 1955, 26 percent part of Utahs private spending is geared to government policy in 1950, 20 percent in 1940, and 12 and actions. The missile sources. In addition to these direct government payments, a significant try, which employs more than of the manufacturing labor force in Utah, for example, is largely dependent upon government orders end contracts. h THE FOUNDATION study shows that nearly one out of every four (23.3 percent) employees in Utah works for some unit of government. Government employment in Utah during June, 1961, totaled 64,911, of which 28,976 were federal employees, 12,760 were state employees, and 23,175 were local (including city, county and school) government employees. As of Oct. 1, 1960, Utah had a larger number of government employees in relation to population than any other state in continental United States. I; V: Army Program 9" Vern Wheeler of Heyburn, Idaho, has arrived SEEKS HOUSING in Brigham City to arrange rooming accommodations for Jehovah x Witnesses who plan to attend three-da- y convention in Brigham City He shows early requests for accommodations. Jan. 26-2- Church Seeks 1953. Mrs. Williams had been active in the LDS church. Surviving are her daughter, seven grandchildren and 11 greatone sister, Miss grandchildren; Zell Kirkwood, Salt Lake City. Funeral services will be held Friday, at 2 p. m. in the Berg where the Mortuary in Provo, body was taken by the Harold B. Felt Funeral Home. Friends may this call at the Berg Mortuary famous InNewspaper Rock, evening and Friday prior to ser- dian pictograph 18 miles northwest vices. of Montircllo, San Juan county, Interment will be in the Provo has been transferred to the State-Parand Recreation Commission. City cemetery. DONT BUY ANYWHERE Utah Historic FABULOUS BUYS! Spot Will Housing for Conventioners n After illness Mrs. Verv R. White, age 28, of 406 East Sixth North, died Sunday in St. Benedicts hospital in Ogillness. den after a Mrs. White was born Aug. 22, 1933, in Paris, Ark., a daughter of Robert C. and Jon Hull Rowe. She was reared in Syracuse, N.Y. She was married to Robert W. While on Nov. 1, 1958, in Freeport, Maine. They came to Brig-huCity in February, 1961. She was a member of the Presbyterian church. Surviving are her husband, two sons, Robert Allen White and Bryan James White, all of Brigham City; her parents of New York. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 p. m. in the Community Presbyterian church with Rev. Earl S. Fox officiating. Interment was in the Brigham City ccmetrry under the direction of the Harold B. Felt Funeral Home. two-wee- COMPARE WITH SO-CALL- . t DIS- ED CITY FRESH GOOD ALL BEEF (5r 3 lbs. GROUND BEEF q) MILDLY SEASONED 5 lbs. Country SAUSAGE NEWSPAPER ROCK is Inca- led on Indian Creek 12 miles off Utah Highway 160. More than 2b feet wide and 25 feet high, the historic site is remarkable for its excellent preservation of ancient Indian writings (patroglyphs). Planned development by the Park Commission will include protection of the ancient writings, parking, picnicking facilities, and limited camping facilities. Located in heavy overhanging sandstone cliffs, Newspaper from a distance takes on Rock the appearance of a newspaper because of many writings on it. Development of tlie area will begin in the spring of 1962, said Aldin Hayward, Director of the Park Commission. a "AA MARKET DAY SEEDLESS Cartoned raisins TISSUE EGGS 2lb.phg.37c 4 rolls 33c 2 doz. 95c LUMBER JACK Pancake Mix 4 ih 43c Syrup, 22 oz GET FANCY -- 35c REFUND SYRUP ON DETAILS 3!k STORE AT SOLID LETTUCE AV LARGE CALIF. D, for AVOCADOS No. 1 FRESH CARROTS, Uk. bags FREE DELIVERY ANYWHERE ae g -. n- NO DOWN PAYMENT TAKE friends." and family. ... ; 3 YEARS TO PAY - IrJf k ft ' tit n 10 fc-- tffitfo Wt 3 for ' 'zRD rp A'W STORES FOOD ,.' STORE HOURS 8:M to 7:M l:H to 1:11 Week Dav FREE Saturdays jy T"" umtwtato i GRADE LARGE TOILET PILLSBURY PART OF the development will be with a contribution from Sunset magazine, Hayward said. The transfer marks the second piece of land given by the Bureau of Land Management to the Park Commission, the other being 5 66 acres at Bear Lake where a major boat marina and harbor development is planned. Transfer was made through the office of Robeil1 D. Nielson, BLM Direclor for Utah, Mini e ELSE BEFORE YOU SEE THESE The transfer was from the Bureau of Land Management and included 10 acres. The land was transferred under the roadside site provision of the rest, Recreation and Public Purposes Act. Sam Murakami - PRICES! CARD OF THANKS of CARD OF THANKS To those who by their acts kindness expressed their sympaWe wish to take this means of thy and friendship at the time of the death of our beloved mother, thanking all those who extended Minnie K. Baty, we wish to ex- assistance, comfort and sympathy We wish at the time of the illness and press heartfelt thanks. bish- death of our beloved wife ward and the to thank especially In lifes society, our mother, Yae Murakami. opric, the Relief friends, and all others who as- daikest hour, one comes to realize Hie tiue meaning of the word sisted in any way. Mrs. Ray Grant, Mrs. lee R Andersen, D.iii Baty. n y k Dies Sunday for the purpose of obtamiii,; rooms. When the conventioners write to the convention city for rooming," said Mr Tarver, they speedy whether they prefer hotels, motels, or private homes. It is the of the host congrtia-tioto see that the requests unmet. Our most difficult tax'' r. filling the many requests horooms at pnvate homes. We do this by a canvass, and in this way we are able to make rooming accommodation' available at all price ranges so that no one in the circuit re ed because it miss the convention costs too much to attend. All of southern Idaho and Nm them Utah as far south as will he represented at the convenCircuit supervisor is C. V, tion is The convention Kneweyur. sponsored hv the Watchtower of New and Society Yoik and the sessions will be hold at tin- Box Elder Junior iiigli school. n COUNT, WHOLESALE, COUNTRY STORE OR BIG Be Developed Young Mother in charge of the rooming arrangements, arrived in Brigham ( I'y to olficially open the campaign and to demonstrate various nie'f-od- s of appioaching househoh'eis Young men who huve not reached their 22nd birthday are now being accepted by local Army Reserve units under the U.S. Army Reserve active duty program. Maj. Gen. F. R. Zierath, commanding general of X U.S. Army corps, said this week at Fort Lawton. A three-weeSince Sept. 1, enlistments in the campaign to obArmy reserve have been restricted tain rooming accommodations for conto men between the ages of 17 and an estimated 400 20. ventioners was olficially started Under this piogrum, which was this week by the Brigham City initiated in 1955 under the Reserve congregation of Jehov alls WiForces act, a young man must tnesses. Over 750 delegates are serve only six months of active expected to attend the three-daduty for training. The remained convention at Brigham City from er of his military obligation nor- Jan. 26 to 28, and the remainder mally is met in or near his home are expected to commute from by service in the reserves. their homes to the assembly city. The ready reserve obligation is Denzel Tarver, presiding minisone usually performed by joining ter of the Brigham City congregaof the 250 troop program units in that Vern Wheeler the X corps area of Idaho, Mon- tion, reported of Heyburn, Idaho, and Richard tana, Oregon, Utah and WashingAmen of Rupert, Idaho, who are ton for weekly drills plus two weeks of summer field training allow graduation from high school. each year. Actual training of volunteers for General Zierath pointed out that the six month period, suspended since 1955 more than 226,000 young since Sept. 1 because of the Ber- men have enlisted in the Army active duty lin crisis, will be resumed in Janu- Reserves ary. This active training duty for training program rather than may be delayed up to one year to waiting to be drafted. UTAH RANKS eleventh among the 50 states in the percentage of its personal income going for state Arkansas communities have and local taxes. The report obthese Biblical names Palestine, serves, however, that the broad Jerusalem, Damascus, Jericho, base of the States tax structure Olive and tends to moderate the impact of Mount Gethsemane, Utah is one the tax burden. Antioch. r cemetery. - K. i (La-Rit- Call, 380 North Second East, for the past eight years. She was married to Gad H. Williams on Oct. 12, 1919. He died in THE AMERICAN Medical asso- quit worrying about radioactive fallout from the 1961 bomb tests as a health hazard for awhile and concentrate on having a hapThis is welcome py Christmas. advice from Dr. Ralph E. Jorgenson, President of the Utah State Medical Association. He reports there are two things to think about in this business of fallout and its effect on humans The scientists are by no means in agreement as to how much radioactivity we can without bothering us. There isnt very much that us average folks can do about it anyway. out it- e Men Under 22 Eligible for y In 1 1 Funeral services will be conEdward Jenkins Cole, 69, of ducted Saturday at 1 p. m. in the South Willard, died Wednesday LDS Brigham City ward chapel with Bishop Morgan morning at the Dee hospital in Ogillness. den, following a one-daHawkes officiating. He was born Dec. 15, 1892 at Friends may call at the Blaine Willard, a son of Thomas Richard eveOlsen Mortuary on Friday and Emma Elizabeth Lowe Cole. ning from 7 to 9 p. m., and Sat- He was educated in Box Eider urday from 11 a. m. to 12:30 p.m. county schools. He was a member of the LDS Interment will be in the Brig- church. ham City cemetery. He married Hilda Mae Knudsen on May 6, 1940, in Brigham City. Surviving are his widow and the following sons and daughters, Edward Dennis Cole, Rae Elizabeth Cole, Rea Mae Cole, Delond Cole, all of Willard; Verl Joseph Cole, serving in the U. S. Navy at San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. Mona Palitz, Pasadena, Calif.; four grandchiland sisters, dren; four brothers William T. Cole, Burley, Idaho; Mrs. Blanche Hendricks, Brigham Mrs. Emma Blanche Kirkwood City; Mrs. Eva Young, Salt Lake Williams, age 84, formerly of City; Mrs. Aleda Horsley, Daley in City, Calif. Provo, died Tuesday morning Funeral services will be conthe Cooley hospital alter an exducted Saturday at I p. m. in the tended illness. Willard LDS chapel with Bishop Mrs. Williams was born Sept. 9, L. Orvin Lemon officiating. 1877, in Provo, a daughter of RobFriends may call at the Harold B. C. ert and Mary Mathews Kirk- Felt Funeral Home Friday evewood. She was reared and edufrom 7 to 9 p. m., and at ning cated in Provo. Willard ward Relief society room She had resided in Brigham City Saturday prior to services. with a daughter, Mrs. David Interment will be in the Willard Third-Fifteent- 0 iTji I rttufrw FREE PARKING |