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Show t I A U State Press Assn. Box 132? ,4 . ,? i .1 '.1 5 ,f ..V r.t'-j- , X& Volume 70, Number 36 LDS CHURCH PRESIDENT Spencer W. Kimball received a to attend Brigham City's 73rd annual Peach Days celebration, personal invitation k and some peaches The Brigham City Peach Days parade, a traditional highlight of Utahs oldest continuing harvest celebration, will procede down Main street Saturday morning beginning at 11 a.m. A spokesman for the Greater Brigham City Area Chamber of Commerce said Wednesday the parade will have about 115 units this year. Included in the lineup are eight bands, about 60 floats and seven girls drill team units, the latter participating in the Box Elder High Rockettes yearly competition. ' The procession will begin at Second South and go north to Fourth North. Parade commentators will be stationed in front of Box Elder County bank (Betty Allan) and in front of the county courthouse (Karl Josephson). The reviewing stand again will be located between the chamber of commerce office and city hall with special bleachers for senior citizens to be erected Making the presentation were 1976 Peach Queen Kristy Deakin, third from left, and attendants Denise Ashby, left, and Barbara Beecher. Sept. Annual pageant a jump on the adults when the Junior Peach Days parade sets sail down Main street Friday at 5:30 p.m. The Leland Stanford Chapter of 23 county girls The annual Peach Queen pageant a Peach Days celebration will get underway this evening (Thursday) in the Box Elder High school auditorium. Some 23 girls are vying for the crown of Peach Queen and the right to reign over this communitys 73rd annual harvest festivities. The talent and evening gown competition will begin at 8 p.m. with local music director Wes Boman serving as master-of-ceremonie- Judges will have an opportunity to see each of the contestants perform her talent. And to judge them in evening gowns. On Friday, evening, also beginning at 8 p.m., there will oe an evening gown promanade and announcement of the ten finalists. Salt Lake City radio personality Danny Kramer will serve as emcee as each of the finalists appear again in swim suits and evening gowns and perform their talent numbers. Tickets for each evening are priced at $2 and will be available at the door. There are no reserved seats. Actually, the judging is scheduled to across the street. As in past years, the Fraternal Order of Eagles has agreed to line up and direct the parade, a continuing service which brought an expression of thanks from the chamber spokesman. Judging of floats is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. where they will be located on south Main street. Judges will include Rick Huchel, director of the museum-gallerSandy Ferguson, executive director of Golden Spike Empire, Inc., and Verna Larsen, Ogden, whose husband is a float builder. Theyll select winners in four categories fraternal, civic, schools and religious with a sweepstakes trophy also to be presented. Richard MacFarlane, chamber executive vice president, said the parade will feature some truly outstanding floats. It was announced also that the Brigham City mayor and council will ride in cars TWENTY CENTS provided by the Golden Spike Vintage Car club. And there reportedly are more entries from Intermountain school than in many years which should add color to the festive procession. The weatherman has promised cooperation from the elements with the forecast calling for fair skies and warm temperatures. Brigham City banker Don A. Carlson will head this year's parade as grand marshal, riding his registered quarter-hors- e colt Grandy. Theme for the procession is All Things Bright and Beautiful which was suggested by Rita Northness, chamber of commerce secretary. This will mark the 73rd annual Peach Days celebration with activities slated to begin this evening with beginning of the Peach Queen pageant at Box Elder High school (see separate story). parade bods kid Brigham City youngsters will get traditional feature of Brigham Citys 24 Pages Brigham City, Utah, Thursday Morning, September 8, 1977 DeMolay again is overseeing the event. Registration will begin at 4:30 p.m. in front of the Box Elder tabernacle between Second and begin today at 12:30 p.m. when the swim suit competition will be conducted poolside at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Brisendine. The girls also will meet with the panel of five judges for their street wear interview this afternoon. This evening, in addition to talent and evening gown competition, the show will spotlight Junior Peach Queen contestant and royalty. Friday nights portion of the pageant will open with a production number featuring all of the contestants. Entitled All Things Bright and Beautiful, the number is being director by Maxine Taylor. Also as part of the nights entertainment will be a special tribute to the 1976 Peach Queen Kristy Deakin who is in Atlantic City this week competing as Miss Utah in the Miss America pageant. As another feature, Shirley Merrill will sing. The climax will come, of course, when the new queen and runners-up- s are announced in addition to Miss Congeniality and Miss Talent. This years pageant is under the direction of the Eagles auxiliary. out-of-to- Third South on Main street. The route will run along Main to First North. Prizes will be awarded in various categories.' Kits are urged to decorate bicy- cles, tricycles, dogs and ponies and enter. It was asked that no motors or ized vehicles such as be used. mini-bike- go-car- ts Truck driver is cited after Sunday fatality The driver of semi rig involved in a fatal accident near Snowville has been cited in connection with the mishap. And two Iowa resident injured in the Sunday morning traffic accident are proving. im- Killed Sunday was Pearl Schroder, 73, Council Bluffs, Iowa. Her husband Carl William, 73, had been hospitalized at Bear River Valley hospital in Tremonton and was released Wednesday. . An aunt, Grace M. Schroder, 72, of Crecent, Iowa, was in good condition at Logan LDS hospital Wednesday and was to be transfered to her home state today (Thursday), a hospital official reported. The Utah Highway Patrol said the driver other vehicle in the accident, Thomas William Ford of Omaha, Neb., was cited for improper overtaking. of the Investigating officer Spencer Redmond said both units were west bound on when the semi tractor and trailer overtook the Schroder vehicle, striking it from behind. Impact caused the car to leave the highway and roll over. The victim was dead at the scene, troopers reported. The Greater Brigham City Area Chamber of Commerce will give each participant a free ride ticket for the carnival. Brigham City police have asked residents to use alternate streets First East or First West during the hour or two the downtown area will be in use. Officers will be on hand to direct odaw traffic and cause as little inconvenience as possible, a department spokesman said. This is the first year in at least the past three that the parade has taken the downtown route. The past two years youngsters have traveled down Forest street to Rees Pioneer park. From rice to pizza for Indonesian girl When the new school year opened at Box Elder last a quiet week, coed with a ready smile, a full schedule and a particular fondness for rice was there. Shes Mutia Aham, a foreign exchange student from Indonesia living in Brigham City this school year under the American Field Services program. Mutias finding life somewhat different here than in her home city of Banjarmasin including that snap of autumn in the air. Growing up near the equator doesnt expose one to such a retreat from warmer High temperatures. But shes liking it. The visiting Indonesian student is living the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leland E. Davis, 528 Highland Blvd., and their four in children. All are finding it to be a learning experience. Not only is Mutia discovering more about American culture, but the Davis family is much more enlightened about Indonesia and its people than ever before. That includes the food. Her diet is rice, rice and more rice, declared Gary, 18, his comment prompting laughter all around. But shes learning to like American (Continued on page 8) Action follows public hearing City olkays zone chan two stores still r V 'i 5 P v Developers of two discount department stores said Tuesday they would continue to pursue their respective projects despite the general conclusion that Brigham City is not large enough to support both. This came after the city council, in a split vote, approved rezoning of property bordering Eleventh South to accomodate one of the developments. The latter is a shopping center complex Properties proposed by Parternship, Salt Lake City. Spokesman Kern C. Gardner produced a letter from Grant Central, Inc., stating that companys intent to begin construcstore tion this fall on a which would be open in late spring 1978. At the same time, Salt Lake City developer S.M. Horman presented the council with a letter from S.S. Kresge company for K mart corporation. "We have recently decided that we would like to include Brigham City in our program of stores opening in 1978. We recognize that this may not be achievable 2 Boyer-Gardn- a and face the possibility that we will not open in Brigham City until 1979, wrote Allen J. Potts, director of real estate, western region for K mart. Horman indicated he was ready to pursue construction of a store on commercial property located between Fishburn drive and 990 South on 40,000-square-fo- Main street. Both developers asked the planning commission Tuesday night to consider applications for conditional use permit. The commission accepted plot plans from each, approving both as to concept but declined to issue conditional use permits until certain questions are resolved. The developers seemed satisfied. Both indicated they would move ahead, working with city staff to resolve technical questions with the ultimate aim to obtain a building permit and begin construction. A public hearing on request to rezone its property from (agriculture) to CD (commercial) opened the evenings proceedings. Boyer-Gardne- 0 Sitting on the session were Mayor I I Harold B. Felt and the city council. The hearing continued from 7 to 8:15 p.m. with the city officials then hashing over the proposition. With Mayor Felt arguing vigorously in favor of rezoning, the council climaxed a discussion by voting 2 to approve it. :i X y 3-- Dissenting were Councilmen Peter Knudson and Wayne Jones with council members Doug Wight (who made the motion), Tolman Burke and Dale Baron prevailing. That wrapped up the special council session. The planning commission then y moved in to conduct a regular meeting in which merits of the two developments were further aired. A question left unanswered on the K mart project was the disposal of storm runoff water. The south area of Lindsay Park long has been troubled by flooding during strong (Continued on page 8) semi-monthl- Leland Davis family of Brigham City which is hosting exchange student Mutia Aham, third from right, while she attends Box Elder High school this year. In the THIS IS THE photo are, from left, Evan, Mrs. Davis, Dana, Mutia, Mr. Davis and Gray. |