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Show BOX Parents, Take Heed Sunday, April Drug Users Need Help, week. The committee chief declared that parents often dont really communicate with their children. "I cant talk to my folks. They dont he quoted as a common understand, complain among youth. Well, its high time we starte listening to our kids, he charged hi ' listeners. derstanding. They need to know that right or wrong that we are with them ; that we are not going to turn our backs on them. Young people have a better knowledge of drugs than the average adult. Most people I talk to dont know anything about drugs. said Dr. Shelton. He suggested that adults should become better educated about drugs and the abuse problem and then attempt to influence their children by using facts and not scare tactics. Youre not going to scare kids out of experimenting with or using drugs. The speaker cited also the bad examples set by adults, such as the youth who had expected his mother to pick him up from a meeting. After calling home, he hung up with the terse comment: Shes probably more stoned than I am. We take for granted the alcoholism problem and then come all unglued because some one uses drugs, he stated. He urged support of the Kiwanis club and other organizations who can be a big help in this. The speaker also offered the service of the city and county committees, declaring Feel free to call on us 24 hours a day. Kiwanis President Jim Munro disclosed that the service club has a program Operation Drug Alert which it proposes to make a force in the local campaign. Finalists in the Sterling Scholar competition from Box Elder High FINALISTS school are, from left, Larry McGee, Tony Teceny, Randy Keller, Nancy Cragin, Lester Prall and Steve Warren. Six senior students at Box Elder High school have qualified as finalists in the Staring Scholar awards. They are listed as follows: Randy Keller, son of Pres-to- n Keller and Mrs. George James, foreign language; Tony Teceny, son of Mrs. Elenor Catherman, art; Ste. ven Warren, son of Dr. and Mrs. A. Edward Warren, gen-erscholarship. Lester Prall, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Prall, industrial arts; Larry McGee, son of Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd McGee, mathematics; Nancy Cragin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lockhart Cragin, science. THESE STUDENTS Board Gtes Dropout Data, Box Elder Under Utah Norm Reveals Plans for Cool Gift In other business at a regular meeting, the board selected LaVar Douglas, acting principal at Snowville school, and Hal Rasmussen, social studies teacher at Box Elder High, to receive sabbatical leave next year. The board considered six applications. According to terms of the master agreement with the Box Elder Education association, however, only two are accepted each year. It was announced that during May, school lunch will be offered in district schboto'onha basis. Students who tickets for two weeks will receive an additional two weeks free. Two buses will be used in transporting special education students to the Ogden-Webe- r center next year. The board plans to have one bus leave Bothwell and make stops in Tremonton, Bear River City and Corinne. two-for-o- buy-lunc- The dropout rate in Utah high schools ranged from 16.5 to 17.4 in the period from 1963 to 1969, according to a report on dropout statistics released today by the State Board of Education. Under definitions of the study, the term dropout, is used to designate any student who discontinues school for any reason other than graduation, transfer, death, or release for early admission to college or university work. In general, it refers to any student who drops out of school before graduation from high school. The high school dropout rate is based on the number of students who drop out between the time they enroll in the 9th grade and the time they would have graduated from high school. smaller unit will travel from Fielding through Deweyville and A Honeyville, rendezvousing with the other bus in Brigham City and from here, a single bus will take the youngsters to Ogden. proposed master agreement between the board and classified personnel in the district (bus drivers, custodians, cooks, secretaries) was referred to the salary negotiations committee. Members of the committee include Board Clerk David Morrell, Morgan Hawkes, administrator of curriculum, and Richard Kimber, director of pupil personnel. The board directed that attorney Walter Mann ask the attorney generals office for an opinion on the recent bidding controversy on the Lincoln school adA rates referred to above by calculating the differ-enc- e between cumulative holding power, (The percentage of 9th grade who stay in school to gradt. uate) and total enrollment of 100 The dropout are obtained dition. Specifically, the board wants to know if it has reason to force contractor Harold Knox to forfeit bid bond. Knox refused to accept a contract after discovering a $13,000 mistake in his bid. Board members agreed to cooperate in plans for a new sewage disposal system at Bear River City. Principal Ronald Leonard, Bunderson school, complained to the board that school motorbike riders are using-thfor operating their vehicles. It has proved noisy and damaging to the grounds. The principal was asked to police the problem himself and to work with parents and youngsters to resolve it. per-cen- Thus the cumulative holding power to of all Utah schools from 1963-61966-6was 82.6 percent. For the period to 1967-6it was 83.5 from 1964-64 7 5 800 North street, 750 North street, Second West from Seventh North to Ninth North, and 250 West from 750 North to Ninth North. Capping Sixth East from First North to Seventh North; Seventh East from Forest street to First North; Beecher avenue from Sixth East to Eighth East; Sixth North from Fourth East to Sixth East; Fifth East from Sixth North to Seventh North; Fifth East from Second South to Third South and First West from Third South to Fourth South. Pave Sixth North from Main to Third East; Sixth East from Forest to First North, and Sixth East from Fifth South to 550 South. New Art Class class in art instruction for adults will begin Wednesday evening, April 15, at 7 p.m. Instructor for the course will be Jode Sutton. The class will meet in Room 166 at Box Elder High school. A new percent, and for the period from 1965. It was 82.6 percent again. 66 to 1968-6- 9 The power for the three periods rang-e-s from a low of 44.5 in Daggett district for the 1966-6- 9 period to 100 per-cefor Morgan, Tintic and South Sum-mdistricts In selected years. The holding power in Box Elder district was 78.9 percent from 1964-681.1 percent in 1965-6and 78.3 percent in 1966-6The study also notes that: Students who drop out tend to have poor or failing grades. Only eight tenths of one percent are A students while more than half (52.4 percent) have failing grades. Nearly 65 percent of the dropout! were absent 51 days or more. That nearly 80 percent of the dropouts were enrolled in general education programs. The most often listed reasons for dropping out were dislike of school, 27.5 percent; marriage, 24.4 percent; behviorial difficulty, 11.8 peracademic difficulty, 9.9 cent, and percent. Employment was listed by 4.3 per. cent, and pregnancy by 3 percent. 8 Top Scholars from Page One) Mrs. Jack Kilgore; Eldon Larsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Larsen; Rodney Lemon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lemon; Mindy Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Gibbs ; Janice Muir, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Muir; David Nagata, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Nagata; Jim Northness, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Northness; Deanna Peterson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Peterson; Mary Rasmussen daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James Rasmussen. Laura Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Robinson; Meredith Seelos, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Jones; Robert Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. (Continued i Burnett J. Smith; Sandra Thorpe, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Calvin Thorpe; Nancy Wayman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wayman; Wendy Williams, daughter of Mrs. Eleida Bingham, and Marykay Zundel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olof Zundel. News Places Third In Page Competition The front page of the Box Elder News, March 22, has been chosen as third place winner in the Front Page of the Month" competition for March. The monthly judging is conducted by faculty members of the communications at Brigham Young department university. More than 50 weekly newspapers in Utah are analyzed each month. The judging is based on effective use of headlines 36 North Main .... ' MARY DID Sanitone typography, A lawn mower was reported stolen from J. Otto Jensen, 59 North Third West Monday, according to police re. ports. compet-e- i Airman ASSIGNED Robert S. Simcox has been assigned to Lowry AFB, Colo. Local Airman Gets Assigned d with 14 schools in the northern part of Utah. They will now compete against the other 13 finalists from the central region (Salt Lake City) and the southern region (Provo). The award presentation will be held April 14 at Kearns d High school and will be over KSL, channel five, between 8 and 9p.m. This will be the first year the program will be televised in color, it was noted. Airman Robert S. Simcox, jon of Mr. and Mrs. Howard G. Simcox of 164 South Third East Brigham City, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned to AFB, Colo., for training in the munitions and weapons maintenance field. Lowry Airman Simcox is a 1969 of Box Elder High graduate School. ment and the armed forces. The fair, first to be held in this area, is designed to orient people, particularly students, who are choosing a career or seeking employment, with entry job levels, hiring requirements, jobs available, career ladders, wages and fringe benefits. Gordon said students are scheduled to arrive at the fair throughout the day, beginning with those from Box Elder Junior High school at 8:30 a.m. Bear River Junior High school and Bear River High school students will begin arriving by bus at 10 a.m, and will continue until 1 p.m. Students of two elementary schools, Central and Lincoln, will view the exhibits beginning at 12:30 until 1:30 p.m. Six buses of students from Box Elder High school will begin visiting the displays at 1:30 p.m., and groups from that' school will continue to arrive until 3:30 p.m. .... nme vtm'i Shower shampoo NEW YORK (UPI)-BeaexpertR suggest shampooing the hair at least once a week. The technique is a favorite way, since its easy, quick, and provides an ideal Work up means of rinsing. two rich lathers, rinsing between and massage the scalp vigorously with fingertips or knuckles. uty under-the-show- d Brigham girl was injured Wednesday afternoon when a car she was playing in, rolled down a driveway and over her leg. Shell! Lund, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' Richard Lund, 538 Holiday Dr., was treated and from released Cooley Memorial hospital Wednesday Inight. I According to Officer Tom ISneddon, Mrs. Helen Lund iwas visiting someone at 450 with the gear shift. The child pulled the lever out of park gear and the car began rolling, he said. As the car hit the street the door :ame open and the girl fell , ut. The cars left front wheel rolled over the young girls A three-year-ol- City leg. at The accident occurred 4:10 p.m. Crash Causes $900 Loss In Damages A two-ca- r collission near Fifth North and Main streetf Tuesday night, caused an estimated $900 damage, according to police reports. The accident occurred when a southbound vehicle driven by Ernest Ray Sakeva, Box 302, Brigham City, swerved to the right and struck a parked car, owned by H.K. Jeppsen, 520 North Main, according to Chat-terto- Pharmacy FACTS by Ray Malm rose You may be lnterested to has been received from the Na. tional Vitamin Foundation stating that many Amer-leanfrom all levels of hear that a report our society, are nutritionally below average. including This survey, many adult income groups, teenagers, hospital patpregnant women, ients, etc., investigated eating habits, measured chemical reactions and evaluated the blood levels of up to 12 surprisingly low levels of vitamin consumption all the United States. The report also states that easily more than 40 percent of the adult population of this country is not even aware of this dangerous condition or the educational attempts being made concerning it. The s newest biochemical show that vitamin stu-die- are causingphy. steal damage for long periods of time before trac-ceabl- Exhibitors are showing keen Brigham City Community and a member of the fair interest in the forthcoming center. committee, said displays are Box Elder County Job Fair to Sam Gordon, vocational being set up at the fair site by be held Tuesday, April 14, education director of Box over 50 major employers from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Elder County School district representing business, industry, education, govern- 6 Rolling Car Injures Girl Patrolman Richard Job Fair Displays Readied LAUNDRY 723-377- text Mower Missing ONE DAY SERVICE The only Shirt Laundry in Brigham City TAILORING, ALTERATIONS AND REPAIR SHIRT and placement and handling of stories and illustrations, and reproductions. SHIRT LAUNDRY MODERN 3 t t) it ' ' Council Okays Maintenance Streets The Brigham City council has approved a street maintenance program for this summer which will be financed, if accepted at the state level, by Class C road funds totaling $32,557.30. Council action came Thursday upon the recommendation of Public Works Director 0. Neil Smith. Proposed work includes seal coating, capping and paving on existing surfaced streets. Following are the streets tagged for maintenance: Seal coat Highland Blvd. from Sunset drive to Third North; Holiday drive from Highland Blvd. to Third North; Shamrock drive; Medoland drive, Cherry drive, Seventh North from F ourth East to Holiday drive; Fourth East from Sixth North to Seventh North; Eliason avenue, Ninth East from First North to Eliason drive. Also, Fifth East from First North to Second South; Sixth South from Main to Sixth East; 900 North street, 875 North street, 850 North street, 825 North street, . f- - tele-vise- Beckstead, class father. s Announced Boxllder High Senior Class This years senior class at Box Elder High school wants to leave behind a cold drink of water. And theyre willing to pay for it to the tune of $1,110. Thats the amount which the class will six refrigerated spend to purchase drinking fountains to be located throughout the school. The Box Elder Board of Education happily approved the gift this past week. Meeting with the board on the proposal were Kim Knudsen, class president; Kym Anderson, vice president, and Carl 121970 Sterling Finalists Panel Chief Tells Club "Most of the kids in this community who are on drugs are saying one thing to you and I help!" Thus spoke Dr. Robert Shelton, chairman of the Box Elder County Drug Abuse committee and a member of the Brigham City drug panel, in a talk to the Brigham City Kiwanis club this past NEWS, Brigham City, Utah ELDER Patrolman Chatterton said the accident occurred at 8:51 p.m. about 172 feet north of Fifth North on Main Street. Damage to the Jeppsen vehicle was $400 and $500 to the Sakeva car. The impact sent the Jeppsen car over a curb and into a tree. The police officer cited Sakeva for drunk driving. e symptoms develop1 which show need for treat-menSo? Why not check with your doctor concern. Ing your own nutritional condition? t. MALMROSE PHARMACY PRESCRIPTIONS 102 E. Forest 723-855- 5 SPECIAL SALE TOP QUILT EVERTONS comfort, new spring-fille- d MATTRESSES 0 a mattress. . Scheduled at Start your savings account today with YOUR HOME OWNED BANK BRIGHAM CITY genuine DISCO precision made p.m. are lk atudents from Intermountain poCture i chool. NEW OFFICERS Officers installed at the Lakeview PTA spring meeting held April 9 include (seated) Mrs. Terry Thomas, first vice president; Mrs. Ralph president; (standing) Mrs. Bill Vasilias, treasurer; Principal Jay Hawkes, second vice president; ana Mrs. David Smith, secretary. The officers were installed at the regular meeting with Dr. Robert Shelton, South Box Elder PTA Council president officiating at the installation. Rud-del- l, 154 SOUTH MAIN 3 foam rubber. PS Cushioned with 1 Adults of the area, college students and other interested persons, are encouraged to visit the exhibits after 3:30 until 7 p.m, Gordon said. Sponsors of the project are the Box Elder Board of Education, employment City Brigham Chamber of Commerce and ... city officials. service, "r , .ri t Li jlni, i i CUSTOM BUILT . FOR YOU EVERTOiJ A MATTRESS 10 t COMPANY. iii 24 East 1st South y- - mn) Phone PA J 'ti 1J tt 31 t |
