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Show Mayor Brandishes New Broom, alt Ukd Wants Old Business Cleaned Up Mayor Olof Zundel haa his broom out again at city hall. The chief executive Thurs. day night, presiding over the first city council meeting of the new year, listed 44 Items of unfinished business which he wants cleared up as soon as possible. property to serve as a future city hall site. - Further development of the south pond at Rees Pioneer park to serve as a picnic and recreation area. - Investigation Into water line repairs. (Mayor Zundel report, ed that a new metering device indicates that about 1,000,000 gallons of culinary water is being lost dally through leaks in the distribution system.) - Improved lighting for the Junction of U.S. 89 and First South in east Brigham City. . Proposed closure of two alleyways In northeast Brigham City with abutting property own. ers to assume ownership of the property. A request for a television cable franchise. Zundel then assigned himself and members of the flrve.man council each to a share of the metters still hanging fire. Prominent amoung them was to project open up Sixth East between Forest and First North streets. No roadway exists there now with efforts to build a new street long snagged on property questions. Mayor Zundel said he would take this assignment. a C ment. Licenses were authorized for Ken Jensen market, Valbergs market, Safeway store, B and B Billiards, Mayfair market, City Billiards, Taho Lounge, Berts and Cafe Motel, Food King markets No. 1 ani 8, Club Bll- (Continued on Page Two) Volume 70, Number 2 Brigham City, Utah, IN OTHER BUSINESS, THE council approved beer licenses ters listed Included: for 12 businesses in the city. A proposal to plant tree in Floyd Andersen, Inspection the downtown business district. head, said each of the - The creation of a Brigham applications had been approved City centennial commission. by himself, Chief of Police Dell Negotiation for additional Fife and the city health depart- - For BE County Employes d g 8 0 this represents the first pay INDIVIDUAL RAISES went to Mrs. Inez Deem, public health nurse, $13 more a month to Fluoridation the $384; Vote Effort n This Is the interpretation of a memorandum decision released by First District Court Judge Lewis Jones this past week. The decision was made in response to a petition that sought to have the fluoridation question placed on the Nov. 8, 1966 general ballot. ...it now appears that the matter contained in the petithe tions has become moot, court wrote. Tre-monto- COURT Program Scores CAUTIONED that if a similar petition is prepared for 1967, that ...such an application must be early enough ... to do all things by law in matters of this kind. Petitioners asked the court for a writ of mandamus, an order to show cause, after the Brigham City council rejected the grounds that the Nov. 8 balloting was not a municipal electl in, Fluoridation was approved in the 1! 65 city election and lronl-cal'was initiated on election y day 1966. Office Closes The Drivers License ofin the Box Elder Court House will County alcustodians didnt ers and be closed Thursday and ways want to supervise, students were hesitant to tag themselves Friday, Jan. 13-1label and with the poverty Examiners from some students who participated .; throughout the state will made bad impressions. attend their annual meetTHIS YEAR, however, the on those days in Salt ing graph curve of success has Lake City. turned sharply upward. The The office will be open momentum has gained program again on Monday, Jan. and from virtually all corners, 16, according to George reports are glowing. Price tag on the 1966-6- 7 proPage, examiner. ject is $36,143 with most of that money feeding into student pockets at the rate of $1.25 per hour. Participants, students whose family Income is low or beset by circumstances that drain it SAM GORDON, school district to a point of need, are supposed coordinator for NYC, has nursed to work at least eight hours a the program through rigors of week but not more than 15 hours. infantcy at the local level. Hes amassed the details for applicaHOWEVER, IN THE past, the fulcrum of concern has not been tion, cajoled, urged and requested cooperation of a supervisory so much how many hours a The Brigham City Jaycees nature to keep NYC workers student could work but the prohave scheduled the distinguish-ebusy at worthwhile tasks. ductivity derived therefrom. service award banquet for Contacted this past week, Hes been the one to coat Wednesday, Jan. 25, at which the pill, to make the sales principals of Brigham City man schools commonly used time the outstanding young pitch. And a year ago, he found their of the Brigham City area will the going snagged on several one word to describe different shortcomings: teach association with NYC helpers be named. The banquet will begin at this year, excellent. 7:30 p.m. at the Tropical ResIts an excellent program. taurant, according to Dale Han We have a student working now director member in sen, Jaycee with our librarian, doing typing, charge. and of this things cataloging nature. ENTRY BLANKS HAVE been of all WEVE ALSO HAD a couple mailed to the presidents in the of boys help with custodial duties service organizations and our custodian says he would Brigham City area, however, persons may nomirather have them than men. nate a man between the young had never a student Weve 21 and 35 for his serv of ages who cut corners. They come, Ice to the community, his put their time in and are an or for any outstanding church, with aide in helping teachers extraneous work, is the way accomplishments. one principal described the NYC Entries may be mailed to Rod at work In his school. Kamlnska, general chairman, It takes a load off the princi- at 641 Medoland Drive, or to pal and teachers. We have one Dale Hansen at 620 Cherry student but we could use two or Drive, Brigham City. Entry another blanks are available from eithexplained three, er of these men. principal, fice -- Man Faces Carnal Charge Garland man has been in Brigham City court on a charge of carnal knowledge and a preliminary hearing scheduled for Jan. 12 at 2 p.m. Coun-t- y Being held in Box Elder Jail pending the hearing is Grover Cleaveland Rollins, 75, who appeared in city court last A Banquet Set Jan. 25 sorting. Wednesday. Judge VeNoy Chrlstoffersen set bond at $2,000. Rollins is accused of carnal with a girl. Eastern Star Corlnne Chapter No. 11, Order of Eastern Star, will hold its regular meeting on Wednes day Jan. 11, at 8 p.m. in the Corlnne Masonic temple. DSA Award WEVE GOT TWO good boys GUEST SPEAKER AT THE They do everything Just like banquet will be Dewey Flllls, you ask them to, said the custoSalt Lake City chief of police dian at still another school. Another interesting feature of the will be the awarding An NYC enrollee may be of evening the trophy to the sweep-stak- e called on to perform a potpourri winner of the Jaycees of tasks such as running off Christmas lighting contest. dittos, assisting a teacher in record keeping, and setting up class exercises and laboratory work, typing, book repair and NOTICE BE knowledge Drivers License Gains in BE Schools courthouse custodian. Part-timoffice employees now will receive $1.50 an hour which represents a War on Poverty The boost. Is scoring impressive victories Action authorising the higher on at least one front in Box pay came after commission Elder county. members conferred with the in- . The battle sector is known as coming treasurer and assessor the Neighborhood Youth corps to tap their reaction. Funds In which 50 high school were Included In the 1967 budhave been given jobs this school year at mainly federget for the purpose. al expense. IN OTHER BUSINESS, THE There have been several NYC to projects approved locally with commissioners agreed maintain their past schedule of varying degrees of success In meeting each Monday, sitting In the past couple of years. session from 9 a.m. to 12 noon The newest one Is meeting and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on the with praise from the people school first and third Mondays and dur who use the product lng the morning hours only on principals, teachers and custoother Mondays. dians. one modification However, was approved, this to reserve an hour - from 1:30 to 2:30 HOWEVER, IF plaintiffs de. p.m. . on the first and third sire to prepare new peltions, meetings to consult with the or amend the old ones in the county road supervisor. proper legal manner, there At all other times, commls should be no legal reason why slon sessions will be open to the fluoridation issue cannot be the public. n again presented to the voters Dr. George C. Ficklln of at the 1967 municipal elecwas appointed once again tion, ruled Judge Jones. to serve as county physician in Because the matter was re(Continued on Page Six) ferred to the district court at such a late date (Oct. 4), ... The matter could not be in time to present....to the voters at the 1966 general election. year A number of boys are engaged AFTER SCHOOL JOB in custodial work in the NYC program, working at various local schools. In addition to their assignThe purchase of dog licenses ments in schools, the youthalso In Brigham City for 1967 Is the in school out district help due January through Feb. 28. central office under Gordons All dog owners must show watchful eye. lvldence, signed by a veterlnar. lan, that their animal has reASKED FOR HIS candid a rabies vaccination ceived of this years program, which Is still in effect. Gordon replied; Tags will be sold at the city I havent had any complaints hall business office from 8 a.m. except for a few who were not to 5 p.m. dally except Saturpunctual In appearing for their day and Sunday. The fees are Job. $3 for males and spayedfemales Certainly this Is nothing to (for which proof from a of compare with the experience must be shown) and one principal last year when $10 for females. students four NYC passed Brigham City Board of Health through his office, leaving only Jan. Feb. (Continued on Page Three) i Time is running out for Brigham City property owners who may want to be included in a special improvement district for street paving and curb and gutter installation next sum mer. 1970. MOST SIGNIFICANT government stu-den- pre-sen- THE NYC d effort to have the fluorl-datloissue placed on the ballot once again In Brigham City has t. failed - at least for the An a roller-coaste- r effect In trades and manufacturing while the numberof government Jobs has Increased steadily. The countys total employment of 6,897 this past year Is predicted will swell to 7, 603 Jobs by the growth K. e Has Setback NYC IN ACTION These enrollees in Box Elder School districts Neighborhood Youth corps program sort materials for adult education in the district central office. From left, are Kathy Baugh, Marsha Gilbert and Kathy Norman. district santlarlan, Hill, a $10 hike to $500 monthly, and a Increase to $1.40 for the Willard To Ask Improvements brief, the period has seen decline in agricultural jobs, In a out that $410-$46- Time Is Running Out years. maximum of $360. increase for county employees in more than six years. Also aprroved was a higher pay scale for deputies of the. sheriffs department who now start at $420 and work up to a maximum of $470 monthly. The old schedule was d In addition to giving a detailed look Into the number and types of jobs held by Box Elder residents, the survey also reveals a graphic Illustration of labors trend here over the past 16 both ends, increasing from a monthly to range of $290-$33$302-$35In six steps. Chief deputies In the various county offices now receive a IT WAS POINTED 8 PAGES Box Elder county can expect a 10 percent increase in employthe year 1970 with government-connectejobs projected to lead the way. These conclusions are contained in an occupational survey just completed by the Box Elder County Industrial commission in cooperation with the Utah Department of Employment Security. The survey covers the period from 1950 to 1966 and also contains projected figures for the balance of the present decade. "The study is an attempt to provide a factual and comprehensive picture of of occupational skills available to employers in Box Elder county, a preliminary remark states. ment by Commission Boosts Pay newly-electe- 84302, Sunday Morning, January 8, 1967 Survey Points Jo Increase by 1970 SOME OF THE OTHER mat- Salary Increases generally amounting to 3.5 percent have been approved for Box Elder county employees. Action boosting the pay came during last weeks weekly session of the county commission with Commission, er Charles C. Wood sitting In his first meeting. All county employees, except-lnelected department heads and commissioners, benefited from the raises. The countys general pay scale was boosted one step at City, Utah Indus-tr- This word was sounded Thursday by City officials who said that petitions must be received not later than March 1 . This past fall, the city council approved more liberal cost participation by the city as an inducement for residents to seek improvement districts. "Any citizens interested in being included in a special improvement district can be assured that well be happy to accept a petition or to go into any neighborhood and discuss the new policy," Mayor Olof Zundel said at the time. Officials reiterated this position Thursday. y wlU likely be In where about 300 new jobs are expected. This growth will be, to a large extent, In educational services," the survey Indicates. The Impact of Thiokol Chemion the countys labor picture Is obvious. job development has shown a persistent growth from a low of 2, 764 reported In 1950 to a high of 10,766 In 1962 when company emplo. ment was at its peak. The rate of unemployment was a companion on this down pathway, dipping to a low figure of 1.8 percent In 1962 to a top figure of 8.3 percent in 1966. cal corporation up-an- 1950 THE number of agricultural Jobs has shown a steady decline, from a high of 1965 figure of 1,340. 2,547 to Jobs in agriculture represented 40.9 percent of the total labor picture in 1950 but had shrunk to only 13.7 percent 15 years later. Jobs In govern, Meanwhile, ment, Including school teaching and administration, rose from 993 to 1,601 and are expected to reach 1,992 within the next four years. SINCE EMPLOYMENT IN services, with exception of a slight de. cllne over the past couple of years, has continued a steady rise from 217 jobs In 1950 to 546 this past year and will climb to 626 .within four years. Included In this category are such jobs as waitress, cooks, meat cutters, barbers, police work and dry cleaning. THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF Thiokol have not been In Jobs alone but also to the quality of manpower employed In the county. For Instance, In occupation, al groups providing 50 or more jobs, there were 308 reported in (Continued on Page Five) WAITS ACTION Traffic Safety at Schools Nets BC Council Suggestions for traffic safety Improvements at six Brigham City schools have been referred to the public works director for study and recommendations. The action was taken at Thurs-day- s city council meeting after officials read the results of a safety survey taken by George Richards, chairman of the citys traffic advisory committee, and Edward Ward, school district safety coordinator. Their findings included suggestions for such steps as more adequate snow removal, erection of speed and no parking signs, painting of traffic lines, creation of bus zones, no park-ln- g zones and replacement of signs. Attention and Earl Mlckelsen, engineer, have requested a meeting with local officials on Tuesday, Jan. 10. sloner, dls-trl- QUESTIONS RELATED to and the Eleventh South access road in Brigham City, will come In for discussion. The mayor said he planned to meet with the road officials at 6 p.m. and invited members of the council to Join them. They will meet also with the Brigham City Chamber of Com merce board of directors at 8 p.m., -- he noted. THE COUNCIL ALSO: of Approved Investment $30,000 from the special SCHOOLS AT WHICH the need fund In time certlfl-cate- s for Improvements were cited of deposit. were Box Elder Junior High, - Voted to take an advertise, Lake View, Lincoln, Foothill, ment costing $206 In the Empire and Central elementary schools, edition of Newspaper Agency and Box Elder High school. corporation In Salt Lake City. In other business, Mayor Olof Received and approved the Zundel reported that Ernest H. names of new officers In the Balch, state road commls. city volunteer fire department. ON FUND REQUEST Spihe Panel Plans Centennial exposition and various activities at the local, state and regional levels will breathe life Into Utahs centen. nlal observance of the driving of the golden spike in 1969. Announcement of the plans, for. mulated by the states centen. nlal commission, was made this week as the panel awaits legls. latlve action on Its fund re. quest. Recognition of the spike drlv-lnwhich linked Americas first railroad at transcontinental Promontory summit on May 10, 1869, will stretch from coast to coast, as did those first rails. An other g THE COMMISSIONS FINAL plans will envolve from Its ap. proprlatlon from the 1967 legls. lature which convenes this month. Some $565,960 Is being requested to Implement centen. nlal plans. The Utah Travel council will work cooperatively with the commission to provide publicity and advertlslnjg on a national scale. observations. According to Pulsipher, the Golden Spike centennial will historical exhibits and a collection of centruy.old rail, HIGHLIGHT OF THE cele. road equipment, commemorat-ln- g bratlon will be a 100 years of progress In 100 years later of the ceretransportation. mony which took place at 12:47 PROMONTORY AND THE site p.m., May 10, 1869, when the first blows In the driving of of the completion of the historithe final spike were telegraph, cal railroad was declared a na. ed from remote Promontory to tlonal historical site In 1965 by President Johnson, and as such, the waiting world. Other activities suggestedfor has found Itself a permanent the centennial observation In- place on the tourist map, as clude the staging of parades, well as In the history books. The National Park Service, rodeos, queen contests, national winter sports and other athletic which administrates federal hiscontests, special rail excur- torical monuments and sites, vial-tor- s sions, national and International Is expected to provide a center at Promontory, conventions, art exhibitions and railroad tracks and replicas of other cultural events. the Central Pacific Jupiter and GERRELD L. PULSIPHER, U.P. 119, the steam engines acting director of the commls. which participated In the his. slon until a permanent director torlc meeting. The original tracks were re. Is selected next spring, said most northern Utah communl moved In 1942 to provide scrap ties will share In the centennial Iron for the war effort. Elder countv will become the tourist attraction capital of Utah. In 1969 Box |