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Show i Un'.v" rr Lox 1 ? S'dt it I .''iTroftlnnp Lp.kc Jen City, Utrh . 53 This Is How It's Done 1 ic A landslide vote for Eisencounty's big blow eaiiy hower and the Republican party this spmig attracted nation-widand the great gale that caused attention Hund.eds of trees! well over $1 million damage were toppled by gusts that hit have been selected as the top oVi r the 100 mile per hour mark news events for Box Elder coun- Several giant steel electric line earners west of Willard were ty during 1952 Editors of the News and Jour- ba'ted down and m Brigham nal picked these two events, CP.' over .3u0 telephone line along with 12 more, as the big- Ibrciks were reKrted Miraculously not a single pergest news stories of the past son was year. mjuicd The campaign and election was .Some of the most tragic news the big news of the year in Box fot the year was the triple road Elder county, just as It was de.Uh of Eldon and Colleen Sor15 across the nation. Every GOP. er! rn Palmer and their candidate on the ticket, except months old child Their modern van one. was swept into office by car plowed into a moving 8,202 vxiters LeRoy D. White was at tremendous speed just south The entire the only Democrat to win. He of Bear River City was a candidate for the state fan ily was dead within a few hours legislature. With interest soaring to new Wi d rumois that many 'Box young people were using heights in local and national politics a new voting record was "dope was slabbed in one of set in the county when 84.38 per- the more interesting stories of cent of ail people over 21 in the the year which refuted police, county exercised their voting church and school olficials had no' obseived and could find rio priv i leges. -- El-d- Richard Sackett, Region One High Scorer drops one through for a pair of counters last Tuesda evening, when the lees dropped one to Welter high school. Sackett leads all region players with 52 points. . e to nubsiati'.ae s The rumors, piob.udy fiom nanon wide mb n v evidence on a k narcotics use m New City and other metropolitan center.-Ba- d weather, including a wet spring and dry summer amt fall, was top news because of the loss to sugai beet and wheat fanners A wet spimg de. laved planting of riops and the dry summer and fall lcduu-wheat yield The banking .business came in for its share of headlines when a group of men filed for creation of an independent bank. The Box Elder County Bank, were turned hv Bank Commissioner down Louis P. Leatham. and subsequently had the application apo-- dry-lan- proved by a board headeii by Governor - I of review J. Bracken news when the First Security Banking company Lee. Too, it was purchased the indeiiendont bank in Tremonton. News of improvement for the county was made when the , ' lii In I i a 1. 0 1. me 11 m nee ' ' tele su.ist.r t .1 less thin almost any ii'ip.i'.tble boaiding school. s cm vv .1 a Iea h D.i vs ol course, was ne f ad, I- ne ' s and Patricia Woods, the -. muwas a consistent front win Ill's Te ephn- a M.m l sv Co-- lls. ' ', .01 a .01 expoii'C Cl MC - sv s t m was pood rows .Mi'il s my was ' " and o adi d j staldi tut, her ot Bov E b" t uud Onlv polio cases. I.vo ins., V old u ted tie di sea i' 'U the year coni pa 1.! 10 uve: d.i Mow eve- In: Rial the pH unis y cat s polio eju del,, snoop was paid bos; i No vv i S 11 11 -- 111 111 v 11 s vv a.s iks'urs e'i bojt Si iilil pan! Ir.cn 'he !xai fund ami V'c ("it .t .mil was made up Fmindai 01 by the National Vn svver by Btigham ( ny civic leaders to a caa gi the Indian School was inn m a 'aisii and luxurious" manner as piopos t cions was headline news The charge was made ny Vva Simpson, chairman of fie 17 stale tunnel1 on Iml.an affaiis Box Eldei lento. s snowed rtta t lie Indian sihmil is tan at an news ie Tiie stor.. long wait for television the county in i.irne to an end rt'e nai.de of November when KSL and KD5 L ixth started from mountain peaks. IV set sales gave the county e xmomy a boost and hundreds of people started enjoying a new Some media of entertainment. ,i 111 tele-.as'in- g disappointment was registered when the KSL-Ttower was toppled about two weeks after beginning operation, and a temporary antenna, not nearly so mgh. was hurriedly installed. other newsy items was the adoption of a $2,454,231 budget for 1952-5school year toy the Box Elder school .board; nation-la- l honors won toy the DTum and Bugle corjis and the election of jlHurell Nielsen as a new mem ber of the school ifxiard. . . Oscar I Smelhers BEES DROPPED BY WEBER IN Dies In Provo O- - FIRST HOME GAME TUESDAY ai l.eun Snielhets, 75, (Mv I'oao Sackett High Scorer For Game; Bees Will Meet Ogden Tigers Friday At Ogden Bug-bur- Wednesday in a hospital aliei a long (tieil i. ni illness By David Holland The Box Elder Bees, playing against top flight Weber Smitheis was born April 23 ts7i a son ol Josiah and high fell defeated for thor third loss in Region One competi- VOLUME 4G, NUMBER 1 tion bv a score of 55 to .'!!) in their first home game of the Maiy Sinetlieis Idaho Man, Child season played at 1! E H.S gy m hist Tuesday evening. Me (amboie liom Nebraska The Rees, who were outclassed by a sharpshooting Weber as a 'M-dollei and made bis Injured When bonie ,e.e Me opeiated a small five, gained some superiority in the person of Richard Sackett Truck Overturns Cor who topped the games scorers by fruit faim in thir vicinity sinking 20 points. This seveial yeais. An Idaho man and his gave him the lead in Region One scoring with 52 points in grandson were hospitalized in He is survived by a niece, three games for an average of over 17 tallies per game. t'he Brigham City hospital on Eunice Scort, San Diego, Cal. The Bees who played even off considerably. As the when their truck gun Wednesday Funeral ervices are tentativelwith the Weber crew sounded the end of rhe half the was overturned three miles y ct f(ji 11 a. m. Saturday, fn-- t quarter ended the red hot Weberites were on the west of Brigham City on highJanu ny 3 a 'he Harold B. Felt in the period leading by a 11 to 13 long edge of a 30 to 23 score. way 30S fi'noa! home -In the st'eond period the WarInjured were George N. VicF'lends may call at the funer-a- ' core In the second period, the War-noi- rior five kept hitting with a tor. 55, Burley. Idaho and .tome Saturday morning ptior s'arted hitting from out- spnes of long shots as the BrigRonald Victor. 10. to 'uv n es side vvhiie ''.he Bees shooting fell ham crew fought The accident occurred when desperately to gam The Weber team howa sedan they were following, ever pulled steadily away from Ray Evans Arrives In driven by Richard K. Nimura. 41 the determined Bees, leading 'Brigham City, RFD 1, went out In Zone French Germany Mary B. T. to 29 at the third quarter and 55 of control and sweved into Pv. Ray Evans, husband of to 39 at the finish. the side of the truck in which Arvel'a Sackett Evans, has arthey were riding, causing the deBees For in the servin the rived scoring Germany and is to overturn. truck , in partment, Richard Sackett ,col-ing as a labraiory technician to - Highway According -ieeted seven HdiTgoals and six the medical corps. T. Wayne Woodland, Trooper Pvt Evans is stationed in a Mary Elizabeth Burns Troxel! foul shots for his 20 points. Gary officer, Mr. Nismall town near Zweibiucken in Godon 74 Salt Lake City, died Higiey was next with three investigation mura was issued a citation for foul two for ( and shots He of one the French Id p m Tuesdiy. December goals ci Germany failure to keep his vehicle armed there December 14 and 30 of a heart ailment, in Sail eight counters Dale Poulson under control. and Leon Vail each hit for a is to remain in Germany foi 11 Lake City months She was born in Martinsville, basket and a foul try for four Word Received Of Death r Mis Evan- - and 'heir year old Indiana April 2. 1873. a points. Baty Morrison, 'Bob and sophomore Bob Jen- Of Carl B. Petersen son, Kenny, p'an to make their 'ii of John and Elizabeth Baker a one son, each put through Otval Burns home with Mi and Mrs Word was received here by Air. Sa.kctl (luiirg Pvt. Evans over-epoint foul pitch for the losing and Mrs. Herman Kotter of the was and Mis Gordon icared cause. - duty sudden death of their In-- ( Evans on of Sheriff and Mrs. 'd'l.a'cd in Martinsville, husband Carl B. the nets consistently of Ruth Kotter Petersen, Hitting i.in.i a: d came to Utah years John A Evans of Malad. Idiho. Petersen. Has-has for were Warriors the tall i. She made her home in Salt ag and addiess is: Pvt Ray Evans They were residing at Mose6 with 17, Patterson with 15 residdW CS out ',205') ilh Medical Field Lake City where she Lake, Washington, 13. land Skeen e. tallying i Postma.slor sim The body will toe brought to Lab, Al'O ISO, In other games around the New York. N. Y. ser'Brigham City for funeral She married Fiank Thomas circuit, the first place Bear which announced be vices will in August. 1S41 in Car-,,,,Hears remained undefeated, the Harold B. Felt fulater Mr. Troxell died ilia Missouri Keith S. Boyers Leave dropping South Cache to the neral by home. in January 1919. 2 to 50. Logan outscored of tune For Oregon City, Ore. She later married Roy A. Gor North Cache 3G to 34. Sister of Box Elder Men n in Salt Lake City and toe 'Bear River remains in the leadied in 1933. gue lead with three wins and Dies At Calif. Home In second place is WeMrs. Austin Morse, Suivivoix include three sons no s. Agnes Mrs Olson ber with two wins and one de- about 70, former Salt Lake City and daughter-- ' Ferd feat. In a three way tie for third resident, died at her home in Ox'Geoigiai Ttoxell Korth; Cache and Lo- nard, Calif., Wednesday at 10:40 I). rrue!l, both of (Brigham ate Ogden.a North a loss each. a. m. win and with gan addiess Troxell. .i". and Frank At the bottom of the heap are Among the survivors are two on Delimiter 20. and plan.s to unknown. Also four grandchildren, seven South Cache with one win and people from Box Elder county: work lor Swift and Company in to iBox Elder yet E. N. (Ted) one two losses and and Austin, Brigham the plant food division at Wilbrother at Martinsville. Indiana. gain a victory with three defeats. City and Clarence Austin, Garlamette Valley. Funeral services will be held This Friday, Coach Ferguson, land, tooth brothers of Mrs. Captain 'Boyers previous tour of duty with the U. S. army was Friday at 2 p. m at the Harold still seeking a capable scoring Morse. s A daughter of George and Bishop combination, will send his for four years He was recalled' B Felt Funeral home. a for to skirmish Elizabeth MaCFarland Austin, will officiate. Ernest Hansen 1951 Ogden and March to active duty in Fnends may call at the fu- - with the Tigers at Ogden High. she moved to California about has been serving as batteiy com hame Friday morning prior Smith Cache will visit Logan 20 years ago. mandor and operations oflicer at in ral -- ervices. Funeral arrangements will be and Bear River will play host to ;to Hanfoid Washington. Camp Litet ment will he in ttie Brig- North Cache while Weber will announced by A. H. Wing MoMr. and Mrs Glenn Compton 'stand idle. rtuary of Lehi. have purchased the Boyer home bam City cemetery. Mr -- -- s -- Gordon Funeral Friday Hun-sake- a son-in-la- 5-- e-- ll - (I- - tooop-ster- - BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, ERIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2, l'J.I 6 PAGES 1953 Dimes March BOX ELDER HAD ONE OF BEST Opens In B.E. YEARS FOR EMPLOYMENT IN 52 Enters 1953 With Normal Unemployed Total, Of 250; Outlook Good For The New Year County Today The 1953 March of Dimes was launched in Box Elder county by a squad of volunteers tonay in a move to help wipe out the n-wide debt incurred by last year's record polio epidemic and to gird against t'he expected financial demands of the coming months. natio- Though Box Elder county had only two cases this year the nation as a wholei had more cases oiihtantiie paralysis than ever before, apd with the prospect of . staggering patient care bill, the 3,100 county chapters of the Perc Petersen March of Dimes organization . . County Chairman . . were preparing today to match Hie record polio onslaught with a record 1953 March of Dimes. more in contributions than ever In 1952, Perc Petersen, county nefore in March of Dimes . a his-lory- campaign director, said todav. ;he National Foundation had: 1. Supplied more iron lunge and other lifesaving equipment than three years previous combined. 2. Met the costs of transportation, salaries and maintenance for hundreds of recriAted polio They are hoping this year to average 50 cents collection per person in the county, compared to last year's 33 cents. Total eollecton was $0,400 in 1952. In announcing the campaign, nurses. which will continue through 3. Spent $28,000 000 for patient January 31. Petersen listed the care, a figure over $5,000,000 chairmen of county communimore than was ever expended ties. for this purpose in any one year. Each community will conduct 4 Allocated vast sums to sciena special drive. tific research. In Brigham City, with the 200 5. Awarded more than of the Junior Chamber backing in scholarships and fellowships of Commerce, several entertainits professional education proing aetivitii's have been plangram. donaned so that in making In the county in 1952, the local tions. the doners will also get bills for over $3,000 chapter paid their money's worth in enterand 4he National Foundation tainment. paid another $10,000 for treatCommunity ehaiimen are: ment of polio patients still under treatment for polio Willard, Roy Lemon; Perry, in 1951 and to pay polio Darrel Nelson, Brigham City. bills incurred toy the county's Wade Ebeling; Cortnno, Lloyd Hubbard; Bear River City, Parepidemic in 1951. Petersen said this means that ley Holmgien; Honey ville, Mrs. the Box Elder county March of Alton Dewey ville, Hunsaker; Tremonton-GarlanHaycock; Dimes, like the drive in every Watren area. Howard Barlow; other county, must enlist more campaign workers to collect Snow ville, P.ulon Ward. Box Elder county enters the new year with only 250 people unemployed, a normal be tween-job- s ratio, county officials of the Utah Employment Security estimated today. This represents about four percent of the countys total abor force of approximately 6,000. "in employment we have had- one of the best yeats in 1952 of unemployment. Total unemsince 1945, the year after World ployment insurance paid was War II." Douglas Miller, head about $83,850 at an average of of the Brigham City office said. about $25 per claim. For the 187 initial claims were Employment has been high and county, filed and 2,481 continued claims steady the whole year. For. 1953 the situation should filed, all against Utah. TheUo-ca- l employment office also hanbe about the same. Miller guess38 initial and 122 continued dled if ed. the government installations in Ogden do not cut their claims filed for other states. labor force drastically. In all, 7,989 people visited the 1,065 to file Indicating how dependent the employment office, for work of which county is on the army and navy applications 192 renewed their applications operations. Miller said approxi- after a month; 253 received emmately 1.000 people from the 1,203 were Brigham City area are employed ployment counciling; n to directed 'them. This represents apby work and 1,577 to agricultural proximately 16.5 percent of t'he work. total labor force. Unemployment is considered critical when 11 to 12 percent of the labor force are not working, which indicates the problem the county would have if the government installations were to he closed, a highly im- Club probable possibility. During the year the labor Walter G. Mann conducted a force fluctuated from 5500 to quiz on the constitution and by7100. The jump occurs when 500 laws of the Rotary club of Brigto 1000 housewives enter the ham City at the noon luncheon labor maiket dining the canning meeting Tuesday at the Idle season and when workers are Isle. imported from other areas. President David O. Anderson 'Because of the seasonal type was in charge of the meeting. of work here. Miller expects unGuests attending were jack employment to be greatest in Reed. Ramona, Calif., Grover 1953 during the next three Harper and Ken Weight, Jr. months, drop as agricultural work gets underway, partially NOTICE disappears during the harvest Anyone having bought or sold and then rise again next win- property during the past year or ter. This is the usual employ- with any changes to be made in ment pattern for the county. their 1953 water schedules please Offering a variety of services, make it known at 605 south the Bngham City employment Third east, or phone 232 before office did a large volume of Feb. 1. BOX ELDER CREEK business m 1952 One of their biggist jobs was WATER USERS ASSN. paying off claims for 3. C1 weeks Jan. Rotarians Study Constitution 2-- Community Chairmen Who Open 1953 March of Dimes In Box Elder County Today . . . Wade Eliding Brigham City Warren Haycock Eioyd Hubbard . . . . Corinne . . . . . , Deweyviile . I . . Parley Holmgren Bear River City . . . , Rulon Ward Snowville . . . . . . Howard Harlow . . Tremonton . . . Mrs. Alton Hunsaker . . . Honey ville . . . Darrell Nelson . . . Perry . . . wp |