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Show V . Salary Scale Approved For Substitute Teachers A substitute teachers salary schedule which provides veteran teachers with up to $20.50 per day, a departure from the $12 flat sum previously paid, was unanimously adopted by the Box Elder Board of Education last week. The new schedule, offering a graduated scale dependent on education and experience, was recommended by Supt. Walter D. Talbot. It was made eftective immediately. in Pay lor temporary service from the classroom now ranges $12 a day for teachers with high n school to two years college and one years experience to $20.5(1 for fully certified teachers with ten, years experience County Okays Brigham City, Utah, Thursday Morning, March 22, 1962 edu-eaiiu- Govemsuesif Togs $181,330 For BE School District Use Division of In addition, Vote District of both Demodistrict officers in Garland Monday caussed the Box Elder county commission to approve creation of two voting districts in the community. It was pointed out that during recent mass meetings, both parties went on record favoring a division of the Garland district. The new boudaries will coincide LDS Garland with those of the first and Second wards. In other business Monday, the commissioners reiterted an ear-lit- r estimate that recent flood damgo to county roads and bridges will cost $85,000. However, the exact extent of damage is still not known. A joint request cratic and Republican who fill of teaching. Adoption of a new pay policy was prompted this year by an abnormally high rate of regular teacher absence due to illness, ft was noted that teacher have been out longer, and consequently, substitute personnel have hud to serve more days. LETTER from the weather bureau asked for a detailed report of damage not only to roads but also to property and crops in the county. Attorney Walter G. Mann presented Ihe commission with $2,000 from Thiokol Chemical corporation. The money is full payment to put in cement headwalls on two culverts where Thiokol changed the west end of the Faust valley road. The company was thus relieved of any further responsibility on the culverts. said they The commissioners look would take a first-hanat the location east of Bear River High school where a new channel is proposed for the Malad river. A d was RECOMMENDATION A beard at the previous meeting to relocate a bridge in the area wsahd out last month by high water. In rebuilding the bridge on drier ground to the east, it would be necessary to alter the rivers course. Local engineer Neil Smith who with Garland Mayor Ralph Bishop made the recommendation, Monday, said if the county will designate the exact bridge location, Garland would have an easement drawn up with the property owner, allowing a channel to the ntw bridge. The commissioners' approved employment of Mrs. Theo Richards a secretary to Mrs. Inez Deem, county health nurse. She succeeds Marian A. Fryer. Her starting salary is $145 a month. to The commissioners agreed take off penalties and interest on delinquent taxes on a piece of properly owned by the mother of DeLone Arbon, Snowville. Settlement was made for $218.78. Local Classes For College Credit Begin The History of Utah, a class to be taught by Dr. George Ellsworth, professor of history at Utah State University will hold its first class Monday evening, March 26, at 7 p.m, at the Junior High school in room 205. Those desiring to take this class may do so on an audit basis or for university credit. The class will continue for a period of twelve weeks, and gives five quarter hours credit. Education 102, Teaching the Language Arts, will hold its first class on Tuesday evening of next week at 7 p.m. in Building 2 at Intermountain school. This class will be taught by Miss Norma Jensen and carries three quarter hours credit. Other educational courses being are offered for the spring term Principles of Biology; Educational Measures; Mental Hygiene; and Safety Education. Additional information about any of these classes may be secured from Mrs. Louise Bonnell of Intermountain school, or Vernal Willie nf the Box Elder school district. Sfake Explorer Event Planned Explorers of Box Elder stake will conduct a personal standards conference Tuesday evening, Mar. 27, at 7:30 p. m. in the Brigham City First LDS ward chapel. Curst speaker will be Dr. O. Whitney Young of Welter college at Ogden. All boys of Explorer age nnd their fathers of Box Elder stake are urged to be in attendance, according to Eldon F. Watts, stake Explorer leader. substitutes teacher continuously for weeks or longer are entitled eight to a 25 percent per day increase in salary, retroactive to the first day in for one UP&L Requests Rate Hike; BC IN OTHER business, Talbot was asked to work out a time schedule whereby custodians in district secondary schools will act as night watchmen, a move to prevent theft and vandalism. The board turned to this as an alternative course after deciding that the cost of engaging a detective service would be excessive. In a response to a request from Carpenters Union Local No. 1886, Talbot told the board it would be illegal to require that all carpenters employed tor building construction in the district be supplied through the union office. Talbot said the local had asked that contractors bidding for school construction be required to employ carpenters from the local or at least a percentage from it. BOARD President Day Garfield named Vice President Archie Rose and members Warren Hansen and Norman Jeppsen as a committee to work with Talbot in setting up and proposed salary schedules budget appropriations for 1962-6The board directed that a handicapped students class be established at Box Elder High school, if advisable. should However, this move be found impractical, the board ruled that students in the present Box Elder Junior High class be graduated at age 16. The board took this action after Talbot reported that two students in the class are 18 years and will be graduated this year. He added that some problems arise in maintaining the junior high class with students beyond 16 years old. THE LADIES Community club of Brigham City was granted permission to use the new Box Elder High gym without charge to conduct a fashion show. In bowing to the request, board members acknowledged that the local club has contributed in many ways to the districts educational program. Bus service, set up three months ago to transport handicapped children to the special class at Bear River City school, may be disconloomed tinued. This possibility after Talbot reported that not all parents of the youngsters are paying for Ihe service as originally agreed. THE PARENTS, upon their own suggestion, were to pay 75 cents a day from Tremonton and Brigham City and half that amount from Honeyville and Corinne areas, Talbot noted. Board members agreed that unless back payments are made up, the bus service will be discontinued Pay for custodian service at Perry school was set at $325a month from September through May and $100 for June, July and August. Principal Kleon Kerr said he wanted to study further a proposal to establish a horsemanship Club at Bear River High school. THE BOARD authorized payment of $100 to Marcus Lee for having assisted football coaching at Bear River Junior High school. A previous decision was reaffirmed to purchase fire insurance for the district from Trunk Insurance exchange. , -- Effect Seen Utah Power & Light company Tuesday applied to the Utah Public Service commission (or permission lo raise iis Utah electric service rates by approximately 10 percent. The increase would apply lo all classes of customers ini hiding which Brigham Cily corporation 85 about perannually purchases cent of the electric power used locally from the power company. Thus il appears, if the increase is approved, higher rates will be passed on to local consumers even though power here is provided through Brigham City corporation, SPORT Dan Chase, councilman in charge of city parks and recreation, buys the first box of in the Brigham City WBBA drive to raise funds. The super salesmen here are Steven Yates, candy son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Yates, and Dennis Ray Moody, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Moody. A GOOD Score A Hit; Buy Candy for Boys1 Baseball Young boys who normally like to eat candy will be out selling sweet treats Saturday, March 24, for the Western to raise funds Boys Baseball program in Brigham City this summer. The youthful players, about 300 of them, will, be out en masse to sell boxes of assorted jellies for $1 Profits will he used for such acceptable purposes as purchase of bats and baseballs. The candy boxes will bear the WBBA dec.il with an endorsement of the Brigham City leagues. a Any local resident can take hand in promoting boys' baseball by buying a box or more when Ihe youngsters come around Sat-u- i day, And its good. too. . Stores Change Opening Hours Three Brigham City supermarFood Town and kets, Safeway, Food King, have announced a change in opening hours. The new hours will see each store open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays. The new hours will take effect Sunday, March 25. 30-D- ay Sentence Wooster, Ohio man, William Crill, 23, was sentenced to 30 days in jail this week when, he appeared in city court on a fugitive complaint. Judge VeNoy Christoffersen set bail at $1,000 cash or $2,000 Training at Sportswear Plant Keeps Students in Stitches stuTifteen home economics dents from Intermountain school for have been kept in stitches the past two weeks. This condition stemmed not from rollicking comedy but rather from Could This Be Spring? Spring arrived officially a! and p. m. Tuesday evening no more than here, when a pres.xxure area moved in 7:30 was low from the wesl and brought rain and snow . . . both on the first night of spring. Tlie storm dumped .45 of an a inch of moisture on the terra and then moved on its way, but left overcast skies and cooler promising temperatures, as if more storm within the next day or so, according to Charles Clifford, local weather observeh. The snow measured about one inch but was heavy with moisture and melted away before noon on Wednesday. More blustery wealh-e- r is forcast for the area, Clifford said. High and low mercury readings as recorded by Clifford for the pas two days are as follows: High Low 30 53 March 20 .... fir-m- March 21 .... 45 31 A D. FORFEITS BAIL John O. Marble, 20, Collin, ston, forfeited $30 bail in city court this week when he failed to appear on a citation for speeding 85 mph in a zone. an introduction CONTACTED Wednesday, Councilman, f)lnf Zundel, who heads the cily electrical department, said he was informed of the power company's move Tuesday in a meeting with Orson Slack, UP&L representative from Ogden, The city currently is considering revamping its commercial and residential rate system and also is contemplating a change in the method of billing. However, nothing is definite including how the changes would tie in with Ihe proposed rale in- crease. the industrial IN ASKING for a rate increase, And the sewing machine. girls E. M. Naughton, UP&L president, agree they have the fundamntals said this is the companys first pretty well sewed up." request for an increase in ten Its all part of a cooperative years. training program sponsored for He explained that the proposed the first time by the school, Amer- increase would amount to but 2'2 ican Sportswear company and the cents a day to the average doBrigham City Employment Secur- mestic customer. ity office. The companys application al The Navajo girls, senior, junior leges that present rates do not showand students, now and will nol in Ihe future ed up at Ihe sportswear plant each yeild a rair arid reasonable rale morning for an of return upon its property devoturn at the machines. ted to public service. It alleges OsAnd accoiding to Manager that a fail and reasonable rate car Grunig, some of them are of return would he not less than bright prospects. 6.5 percent. THE TRAINING program acTHE UTILITY set forlh that it tually is much larger than just has exanded its facilities i elates to the Intermountain since 1945 at anelectric unprecedented school. With a $50,000 expansion rate to keep pace with the depi eject ready to go, Sportswear is mand for electricity and sees an imping to tram about 75 persons to even greater expansion for the bolsier ils work force. future. A group of local women ended The application requests that the two of orientation last weeks effective rate increase become and another Thursday evening with billings on and after May 2. group started Monday. Grunig said the first new employees wil be hired about May 1 with the factory slated to be in full production by August. So the program has value for employer i and employee alike. GRUNIG was so enthusiastic about the training session last week that he discussed with Oleta Merry, home economics depart, ment head, the possibility of conducting it on. an annual basis. It was agreed that the experience is valuable not only for girls who go to work in the local plant Vi, but also to those who are placed in other sections of the country, Miss Merry was on hand Friday to give each of the gills a certificate of completion. i It meant that they had done , more than Beard Eyes Additional Funds, Sets Bid Dates for 2 Schools Box Elder School district Wednesday was given tentative entitlement to $181,330 under Public Law 874 which directs government aid into areas of federal impaction. a check for immeAccording to Rep. M. Blaine Peterson diate payment of $125,117 should reach Supt, Walter D. Talbot "next week or so, The federal allocation represents about a $34,000 increase from last year, due primarily lo a greater number of students whose parents are federally connected at Thiokol Chemical corporalion's Wasatch division. under Public Funds received Law 874 are used for operation and maintenance. Petersons announcement follows on the heels of a report last week in which Talbot said that prospects are favorable for securing federal aid for school construc- Groundbreaking Set Saturday For Stake Center tion. two-war- 4.5-ac- iu -- Demo Delegates Await Convention Saturday Some 205 delegates are expected to gather in the Box Elder Junior High school auditorium Saturday when the Box Elder Democratic party stages its county organization convention. The meeting place was changed this week from the War Memorial home to handle what officials expect to be a record turnout. Approximately 200 delegates are expected to gather at Brigham Citys War Memorial Home, 126 East Forest, Saturday when the Box Elder Democratic party stages its county organization conven- King, both Democrats from Uath. Registration is scheduled at 1:30 p. m., according to Mrs. Grunt Allred, county vice chairman. HEADING THE agenda will be the election of new county party otficers and the naming of delegates to Ihe state organization convention in bile April. Present party officers, in addition to Mrs. Allred, include J. Harold Reese, chairman; LaGrande Peterson, secretary, and Ford Jeppson, treasurer. Peler.son and King are slated to offer brief reinaiks during the tion. session. The proceedings will be spiced The public is invited lo abend by the appearance of two na- Ihe convention hill only cerlllied M. delegates will he eligible to vote, tional figures, Congressmen S. Reese said. Blaine Peterson and David FOLLOWING are delegates list-- 1 Brigham No. 5 Carol Holland, ed for each district in the county: Ronald G. Rav, Vernon Kalvos-tranRichard Davis, Oir.er Call, Marvin H. PeBrigham No. ters, Patricia P. Christoffersen, David Holland. M. Grant Piishrey, Fred L. Peter-- ! Brigham No. 6 Mary H. Hyer, sen, Warren Hyde, Wayne John- Norwixid J. Hyer, Claire H. Bail Burdeen S. son. ey, Victor Escobar, Elizabeth Chri.stofferson, Brigham No. 2 White Durold Bailey, Simmons, Jane Linfoid, Marjorie James L. Caddy, I eona Caddy, D. Anderson, Tliurza Kingston, Hope Smith. John Larsen, Brigham No. 7 Audrey J. Bott, Dejmont Jones, Grace Davis. Mary B. Burt, Robert W. Smith Brigham No. 3 Gordon Reeves, M J. Anderson, Charles W. Burt, Alice Nielsen, Winifred Nelson, Autiry L. Moody, Grace E. Ander Norman Watkins, Emil Vodonirk, son, Dean Complnn. Thurman R. Hillings, Darlene Billings. Nancy Forester, Kay Shuman. Bughnni No. 8 Lawrence C. Brigham No 4 J.dwoid D Ward, T ayloi , David H Call, J. W. Mis. Bertha Harris, llrrvin Mis Lola Nielsen, S While, Mamm Jeppsen, Helen Marina Rasmussen, Venial J, Harrison, Dian Pavne. q Annual Ball The Box Elder and North Box Elwill singe their annual Gold and Green ball Saturday, March 24, in Ihe spaeeous Box Elder High school gymnasium. The event will start at 8.30 and continue until 11.30 p.m. There will be no udtnission charge and the public is invited. Hie tradition, il dance will take place in the always colorful and elaborate setting provided for the Box Elder Junior Prom, Music will lie furnished by Shorty Rosss Men of Melody from Ogden. A flomsliow is scheduled der stakes for the project. Architect Paul Evans advised the board that plans for a new elementary school in northeast Brigham City were developed to a point that bids could be called. Board members immediately set April 18 as the dale for the openstrucing of bids on the ture. Suggested names for the northeast and southwest schools in Brigham Cily and one at Tremonton are being requested from par-- ( associations. Requests by contraclor Wayne A. Jensen for extension of construction time on the Fielding school addition and Box Elder High school shop building were at 10 p m. tabled pending completion of the Officials directing the event re- two projects. of dress quest that LDS standards Jensen is beyond the allotted be observed by those who plan to time for both jobs. He was to abend. have completed the shop within 200 days, starting May 25, and the addition within 150 days, starting r.r June vlo V-- U Willard School Sets Carnival IN I 12. The board voted lo delete the blarktopping portion of the Fielding school contract. A 21 day extension was granted for the addition and remodeling project at Perry school. A change order reporting this action and listing reasons was referred to the federal government which is providing some funds for the project. A l f A'.-'- 1 (Continued on Page Three) re- A schematic sketch of the proposed addition to Willard school was approved and architect Kenneth W. Jones was instructed to prepare plans and specifications i PETERSON, KING TO ATTEND being The board of education, In a approved the meeting, addition plot plan, of a four-rooto Corinne school and set April II as the date for opening bids. Stakes Slate If t. is regular . sew-sew- This money quested under Public Law 815 which also concerns federal impaction. Talbot told the board of education that his optimism was borne out of a meeting March 13 with Ralph Rose, regional office of the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Also in on the talk was C. Morgan Ilawkes, district director of student personnel. The superintendent said that construction of a new junior high school would appear to have priority for any new funds. HERE ARE other new develop ments in the district building program: Ruin or shine, LDS officials groundsay the breaking fur a new North Box Filler slake center will proceed as scheduled Saturday, March 21, starting at 1 p.m. Elder Willium J. Crltchlow, Jr., assistant to the Quorum of the Twelve, is slated to offer the site dedication prayer. The ceremony will be staged on the south end of the site which is located between Sixth and Seventh North and Third and Fourth East streets. Stake President Malcolm Young will conduct services and other members of the presidency and ward bishoprics are expected to abend. An invitation is extended lo all chinch members in North Box Elder slake. to r IM i The annual school carnival for of the Willard elementary school will be held Friday, March 23, with all of the students participating. The parents of the students are invited to attend. A musical program, Strengthen America, will be presented by the students in the Willard LDS ward recreation hall, beginning at 7:30 p. m. Students in the first, second and third grades will sing a group of patriotic songs, followed by the fourth and fifth graders presenting musical numbers. The sixth grade will dance two American square dances and as a closing feature, the fifth and sixth graders will perform as the students To-net- le orchestra. Following the program, the students will go to the school building where the traditional carnival games will be ready for their en- 7 Lillian Coleman, Inlernumulain STITCH IN TIME student, opeiutes one of Ihe industrial sewing nui'hines American Spot (swear company plant in Brigham Cily. A school at the joyment. Special prizes of the evening wil) include a silk quilt, a basketball, and a Barbi doll and |