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Show Universal Microfilming Corp 227 Sixth Ave. P.0. Box 147 Salt Lake City, Utah Service Club Furnishes Wheel Chair Teacher Staff Jan. 55 For District Is Completed Teacher assignments for the Elder School district will be completed by the end of the week, and will be ready for approval by the board of educa- VOLUME 47, NUMBER S2 tion at their Monday meeting. director of Leon Christiansen, curriculum and instruction for the board of education, announced this week Only 24 teachers had to be replaced this year, Christiansen announced and a few additional instructors were required to balance the student-teacheYields Run From Five ratio. This compares with 38 To 25 Bushel to Acre replaced last year. "Some very capable teachers In Box Elder Areas have been added to our staff this year, and we expect to have With spotted yields reported signed contracts on hand from from five to 25 bushels to the all of them by this week end," acre, Box Elder county wheat he said. farmers are cutting and marketing a two and a half million dollar crop this season from the 106,149 acres planted. This is a decrease by nearly of the wheat acreage last year, Paul R. Daniels, assistant county agent reported. of the 44,000 A large portion acres cut from the wheat program have been sown to barley An alert Brigham City mer- which is yielding good and chant was responsible for the bringing a good price, Daniels airest Tuesday evening of a tran- said. sient charged with attempting to Harvest started in the counpass a fraudulent check, but an around July 24 in early patchafter ty eluded accomplice police is now in full abandoning his car which was es. generally swing. According to reports, impounded. Bound over to district court frost damage in the Howell and areas has cut after a preliminary hearing Pocatello valley while in Hansel Wednesday before Judge B. C. yields sharply 17 Call was George T. O'Shields, 42, valley and around Fielding to 20 bushel wheat has been rearS. was C., who Spartansburg, on fields rested by city police Tuesday ported. particularly furrow drills were where night after they were alerted by used fordeep planting, Daniels said. Lynn Richman of Lynns of the Big "J" Jensen Reese Market who furnished a descripElevator company and Milling tion of the pair and the car they reported that the firm has rewere driving. ceived 80,000 bushels of wheat His suspicion was aroused and 60.000 bushels of barley up when the stranger attempted to to evening. He estimacash a $30 check at Lynns store ted Thursday that total production in the on South Main. Earlier an atshould run around one county tempt was made, without suc- and a quarter million bushels cess, to pass a check at Lloyds for the season. Chevron Service. Some of the wheat and barley According to police, OShields received is being stored in the has served a year in the South new bins constructed this year, Carolina penitentiary for house and just placed in operation, breaking, a year in the Utah Jensen said. penitentiary for burglary and a Quite a bit of the wheat is two year stretch in Utah for pa- being sold with the cash price loan role violation. He was released topping the government last September after serving out this year. Cash wheat in Brigham City was given at $1.97 on his time. Sheriff Warren W. Hyde is Thursday while the loan rate continuing the investigatoln of was $1.90. On the farm storage the accomplice who apparently loan rate was listed at $2 00. Cash barley was bringing fled on foot or hitchhiked. hundred while the It is possible, Sheriff Hyde dis- $1.90 per closed, that there may be some elevator loan price was quotedconnection between him and the at $1.92 and on the farm stor12. attempted stickup of a truck age at $2 driver near Jessie's cafe at Perry and the theft of a pickup truck near there, it all happening Tuesday night. The missing man is known to local officers who have put out pickup orders on him. Box Farmers Rush to Harvest Two and Launch Drive Half Million Dollar Wheat Crop For Emergency Police Catch Man Wanted on one-thir- Check Charge harles Walthers. Willard . . . muscular dystrophy victim, smiles his thanks to the Brigham City Rotary club which presented him with a new wheel chair, Tuesday afternoon. Also smiling their thanks and appreciation are Mrs. Thomas Walthers, grandmother, and Mrs. Melba Coombs, public health nurse. C c- Service Club Truck Drivers Run Loans Wheel From Holdup Man Chair to Boy The Brigham City Rotary club Willard boy made a very happy this week when it presented him with a new wheel chair. A victom of muscular dystrophy, Charles Walthers has been confined to a wheel chair for three years. Recently he quit model using the junior size when it tipped over with him and it became apparent that he had outgrown it. Since then his grandmother, Mrs. Thomas Walthers, has had to carry him around while she1 cares for him during the day, and while his father. Charles Walthers. Sr., is employed at Second street. Charles is an ardent television fan. walching the programs all day long Now with a wheel chair he can have more freedom. move around the house and yard under his own power J. E. Ryan made the presenloan basis" to tation on a young Walthers, Tuesday after-noThe ease was hrought to the attention of the service club by Mrs. Melba Coombs, public health nurse, and the chair was purchased at cost from Mack's Pharmacy. Board Spends $36,000 on New City Projects Wayne A Jensen was low bidder on remodeling work at Box Elder High school, submitting a bid of $21,400 for construction of new passage ways from Ihe main building to the science of and remodeling building dressing rooms at the gymnathis sium. it was announced week by the board of education. Only three bids were received on the project. Jensen was also awarded the contract for construction of curb and gutters at the high school grounds on the basis of unit costs. Other contracts awarded recently was one to Larson Brothers for installation of a lawn sprinkling system on the campus grounds at the high school Their hid of $1 237(11 was the lowest of three submitted. Meanwhile, a change order was issued to V. J Wadman. to contractor for the addition Lincoln school, to include some remodeling work on the old portion of the building Included will be a new roof and ihe installation of new. modern windows. the work to cost an additional $13,330 over the original contract. Coming up next Monday at the regular board of education meeting will be the opening of bids on remodeling work at the Park Valley school and reseeding of lawn at l'.o Khlci He'll si liool attempted hold up was frustrated late Tuesday night when the two intended victims ducked behind a truck after being commanded to "stick 'em up" by a man hidden in a nearby bush. The incident happened in front of Jessies Fine Foods cafe at Perry, where the tw'o truck drivers had stopped to eat. After leaving they were standing outside visiting when accosted. They ran to the cafe and called The the sheriff's department holdup man fled before officers arrived The truck drivers were James Kennington of Star Valley and Mr Shaw of Liberty. Prospectors Give Recorder Polio Budget An organization meeting for the Emergency March of Dimes campaign to raise 20 million dollars was held at the Inter- mountain school little theatre, Wednesday night, at which Mr. and Sirs. Fred L. Petersen were for introduced as George A Nielson of 155 Ninth the Box Elder county campaign, Fourth East was elected chairConducting the meeting was man of the Utah Peach Board of Ross C. Bowen, county chairControl, a division of the Federal a man of the National Foundation at Marketing agreement, of the board at the for Infantile Paralysis. It was meeting 40 State Capitol building Wednes- attended of by about civicrepresenclubs tatives various afternoon. day and organizations in the counAlso atending the meeting ty who have been asked to sist in the drive. was Leo Hansen, a Box Funds for the national founcounty representative of Utah Man Head of Peach Board peach growers The board voted to again have regulations on the peaches that are sent out of the state, according to Nielson. Some of the requirements are that the peaches . all-ou- Services for Wife of Police Cite Driver Car Collision Ortis Pettingill Wiemers Service A Busy Month Carnival Benefit Held Thursday Planned for Friday had another busy month in Box Elder county during July when 17 mineral notiep were filed, of location claims Mrs Margaret R Evans, county recorder, announced this week Very few of the location notices specify "uranium" hut contained the standuid "gold, silver. copper lead and other val liable minerals" clause. Potash has been inserted in a few of the claims fever" Evidence of "uranium in the is not entirely absent county however Mrs Evans reports Many of the prospectors ask questions concerning uranium filings and it is possible that many of the claims filed have been for this purpose June was the hig month for filing claims at the local recorders office when 101 were regis-tMost of these were rare red Several oil and earth claims gas filings have been made, Mrs Evans announced s Carnival fun will be offered tonight. Friday, at the old Sixth ward amusement hall when the Westminster Fellowship group of the Community Presbyterian church stage its fund raising benefit. and Shows entertainment, along withMhe serving of food, will start at 6:00 p. m. and continue throughout the evening. Funds raised through the benefit will be used by the young people's group to refinish Sunday school rooms in the church property. tern-tery- Wiemers was born Dea 11, 1914. in Willard, daughter of Elihu and Wanda Ward Pettingill. She was a graduate of Box Elder high school and Weber college and also graduated from Dee hospital as Attend SUP Meet a trained nurse. She was a past president of Mr and Mrs. A. M. Reeder and Mr. and Mrs. Claude R. Barker the Utah County Medical Auxattended the Sons of Utah Pio- iliary and a member of Beta neers encampment at the Brigh- Sorosis club. On February 5. 1938. she was ton ski lodge last Friday, Satto Dr Wiemers in Og married and Sunday. urday den They moved to Provo several years ago. Surviving are her husband and four children: Rae, Ann. 'John Frederick and Eugene L. Wiemers II, Provo; her parents, Provo; three brothers: Floyd Pettingill. Clearfield; Rex Pettingill. Kaysville, and Gay W. Pettingill, Willard. r All Is In Elect Local dation have been depleted because of the heavy costs of the polio vaccine study and the gamma continuing globulin program, along with the care of some 67.000 patients stricken 'with the dread disease. Although the March of Dimes last January was the most successful in polio history, it fell far short of the tightly budgeted needs for 1954, Chairman Bowen said in explaining why an emert gency, appeal must be made at this time. Following the business meeting. a film was shown to illustrate the vast expanses of the polio program and the present According to Nielson, the pur- nppd fnr funds. to is pose of the agreement Dates for the emergency cammarket better class poaches and have been established for paign national eljminate from the 16 to 31. August market any small or poor grade fruit from Utah. Reports from all counties indicate that a large peach crop Hold is available to markets this year with the total to be shipped out of Utah estimated at 230 Local Man thousand bushels, according to Nielson. The state of Colorado has an exceptionally large crop Betty Loraine Starling Johnson, and has voted the same regula- age 43, Boise, Idaho, died Tuestions., stated Nielson. day morning at 10:45 oclock at Deming, N. M., following a short ' illness. She was born in Jacksonville, Texas and was a graduate of the Jacksonville Teachers college. She taught school at Hachita, N. M and Douglas, Ariz. In 2 She married Reynold F. Johnson, formerly of Brigham City, A two-cacollision at 8:30 p.m. at Silver City. N. M. on October Wednesday night at 340 West 31. 1936. She was later baptized a member of the LDS church and Forest Street caused $30 in damthey later received their endowages to each auto. Drivers of the cars involved ments at the LDS temple in were Ronald W. Peterson, 30, of Mesa, Ariz. She is survived by her hus40 South Third West and Virgil LeeRoy Jeppesen. 44, of 701 West band and a son Kent of Boise; Funeral services were conduct- Forest Street. According to the one brother and one sister. Funeral services will be held ed for Mrs. Ortis Pettingill Wie- police report. Peterson going east mers. 39. wife of Dr Eugene. L. on Forest turned into the other Monday at 2 p. m. in the Eighth WtPmers. assistant superinten- lane of traffic and hit Jeppesen, LDS ward chapel. Bishop Ernest E Hansen officiating. Friends dent of Utah State hospital, in who was driving west. at the Bonneville-FifteentProvo, Jeppesen was given a citation may call at the Harold B Felt LDS ward, Thursday, for driving on the wrong side of Funeral Home Monday prior to the road by the investigating of- - services. Interment will be made August 5. in the Brigham City cemetery. Mrs Wiemprs died of a brain ftcer. Richard K. Pearse. tumor Monday at the family home in Provo Pioneer Story Contest Winner . Burial was in the Willard A-- An BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY MORNING, Mrs. cember - . equipment including trunks county tax levy of 7.20 mills by the county commissioners at the regular Monday meeting (this week, the principal items being 3.14 mills for general county purposes, 2.00 mills for county roads and 1.00 mills for mosquito abatement. Other items In the levy were .40 for the poor and indigent fund, .20 for exhibits, .16 for agricultural aid and .30 for the ' ' noxious weed fund. The commissioners also authorized County Clerk K. B. Olsen to arrange for and conduct a special school for all election judges before the general elecDave Hellberg tion in November, authorizing the payment of mileage to those . . . passed away Wednesday , at his home here following a attending. This was considered necessary short illness. because of the complexity of the job this fall. In addition to the regular general election ballot will be a constitutional amendment on reapportionment and two referendums on junior colleges. Also Included will be a Will judicial ballot, one to elect a state school board member and in some voting precincts, a ballot to elect a county school board member. Carl David Emanuel HellThe commissioners turned berg. 67, 'of 443 South Second down a request for oiling of a his mile and a half of road north West, died Wednesday at home after an illness of six from the county fair grounds, as well as a request from the weeks. He was born September 4, school district to assist with a blacktopping of streets around 1886, in Eskilstona, Sweden, son of Karl Hendrik and Anna schools' and leveling the school K. Blomkvist Hellberg. He came yard at Mantua. to the United States 40 years They authorized the building ago and resided in Logan, later of additional shelving In the to moving Brigham City. pioneer relic room at the courtMr. Hellberg was employed house and the laying of new by the Mountain States Tele- floor covering, at the request of phone and Telegraph company officers of the Daughters of as wire chief. For many years Utah Pioneers. he was a member of the B. T. Authority was given for the Glee club. He was an active member of publication of a sample ballot the LDS church and worked in in the Brigham City, Garlartd the Brigham City First ward as and Tremonton newspapers but the commissioners held up a depresident of the choir, as a ward cision on the purchase of a new teacher, on the genealogical committee and was an officer in machine system for handling the Elders quorum and as scout county assessment rolls. Still being pondered was a master. He was a High Priest group leader in the Fifth ward. decision on disposition of a road On June 6. 1947, he married north from Plymouth and the road at the Hot Uarda Ipsen Jones in the LDS abandoned Salt Lake temple. Springs junction. The matter Surviving are his widow, and was again referred to County the following sons and daugh- Attorney O. Dee Lund for clariters: Robert E. Hellberg, San fication. A request from A. D. Allen for Bernardino, Calif.; D. Richard Hellberg, Los Angeles; Mrs. some road graveling in the HanSharone II. Smith, Provo, Ray sel valley area was put off unW. Hellberg, Clairmont, Calif.; til next year. the following stepsons and stepDr. Max D. Davis, Tremonton, Mrs. Janice Jones was daughters: designated as the official Cottam, Ogden, and Drex Jones, examiner to determine whether Brigham City; six grandchildren, a person is mentally ill, and two sis- Ihe one commissioners appointed ters and one brother: Mrs. Anna Theo. Richards as justice of the Swenson. Sweden; peace at Fielding, in compliance Margaret Mrs. Aina Hellberg Ridlon, Con- with requests from Sheriff Warcord. Calif.; Karl Gideon Hell- ren W. Hyde and the State Highberg, Hollywood, Calif. way patrol. Funeral services will be held Welfare matters and routine m in the Monday at 1:00 p business occupied the commisFifth ward chapel. Bishop Wal- sioner's time for the balance of ter Jaggi officiating Friends the all day meeting. may call at the family home Sunday evening and Monday prior to services. Interment will tie in the Brigham City cemetery under direcl tions of the Harold B. Felt A was established Dave Hellberg Services Be Held Monday Perry This Week A 1953 quarter ton Chevrolet pickup belonging to Lyman White, was stolen at Perry, sometime during the night of August 3, Sheriff Warren W. Hyde reported this week. The truck was parked beside the Perry store and was not missed until seven oclock WedTiwhi Taniguchi, 17. 324 South nesday morning. Main was cited for driving too fast for existing conditions and the car lie was driving suffered $800 damages in a Box Elder canyon accident. late Tuesday eight Investigating the mishap and issuing the citation was Trooper TeWavne Woodland of the State Highway Patrol He said TaniFire of unknown origin comguchi was headed down the canyon when he lost control and pletely destroyed a 1953 Buick near Blue plowed into the canyon wall. sedan on US 30-The impact spun his car around Creek, around 4:00 a. m Monand slammed it against the day morning, Sheriff Warren W. Hyde reported this week. slope a second time. A second The car was registered In the car. driven by Dennis Johnson, who was going to name of Tray L. Miller, Boise, a Idaho. It was pulled Into Trelits canyon home, received smashed windshield when a monton by the sheriffs departrock was flipped into if as he ment who are continuing an Inwas passing the accident scene. vestigation Into the case. Near Blue Creek as-g- s Explain 1954 Voting Fire Destroys Car Seining for the annual Jay eee Carp Scramble is scheduled Lola Gabel of the Ladies Auxil-Dea- to take place this Sunday, aciary, and all other auxiliary cording to Bob Jensen, chairmembers will be in charge of man of the event are to All Javeee members the children under 12. Arrange-parmeet at the Alex Cafe at 10:00 ments have been made to m sist the children in playing a Sunday morning and games and in enjoying pony should he well armed with All types of games and enter-Thisuntan oil. linament and old tainment will be going on dur-th- shoes. Date for the annual event for ing the day. Many prizes to be awarded to winners in the youngsters from three to 11 is grown up and children's events. as vet not set. Authorize School for Election Judges to After Tuesday Canyon Crash For Carp Sunday . Resident Dies Driver Cited Jaycees To Seine Utah Eagles and their familhe guests of the local aerie and auxiliary on Sunday. August 8 at Box Elder county park Semng as general chairmen of the affair are Rnv Olsen and Christensen Local Eagles and auxiliary members arc asked to he at the Sunday at 10 a m to bethe outing Dinner will be sered at noon with a program, under the direction of Nick pie. to be presented at 1 p. m. is an annual affair for Eagles of the state, but the f rst event ,,f its kind to be held in Brigham fit), Ceoige Hodges, Commissioners Set Tax Levy For Box Elder County at 720 Mills home. Utah Eagles Picnic Here Sunday ies will EIGHT PAGES Pickup Stolen at Readiness for Annual Eagles and Families Of the State to be ' Guests of Aerie 2919 AUGUST 6, 1951 A. M. Reeder won state honors recently in two pioneer story contests. The loving cup he holds is a first place award from the Salt Lake Luncheon club. The medal pinned on his shirt is a second place award from the Sons of Utah Fioneers. . . . |