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Show TJniveesal Microfilming Corp. 141 Peirpont Ave. Salt Lake City. Utah Jan, 57 State Road Commission Access Proposal to Widen Main Street VOLUME 50, NUMBER BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1937 4 City Council Proposes Creation Of Street Improvement District 10 PACK." Local Coffee Bars . Give Monday Proceeds To March of Dimes The lunch counters at Food King Market and Matties Cafe have pledged all proceeds from the sale of coffee on Monday, Jan. 28, to the March of Dimes fund, It was announced this week. Local citizens are invited to drop in at either of these or places for their morning afternoon cup of coffee and support the project. Donations have been exceedingly slow, Nick Tofeik, chairman, stated Thursday, and all citizens are urged. to give, and give generously to finish the fight of this dreaded disease. fund-raisin- Area Included Would Extend From Second South to First North, Includes Three Blocks A new, modern Main street was assured Brigham City, Wednesday, when a group of thirty city officials and business men presented the matter before the State Road Commission and that body voted unanimously for the improvement program sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Following the presentation, Commissioner Lorenzo J. Bott made the motion that the engineers of the State Road Commission meet with the Brigham City mayor, council and city engineer to work out definite plans for the reconstruction .of three blocks of Brigham City's Main street, between Second South and First North and submit this information to the State Road Commissioners at the earliest possible date for their approval." The motion was seconded by County Approves Change of Curb, Gutter in Front of Court House Commissions Discuss Variety of Road ' Improvements and Drainage Requests The Box Elder County Commissioners in tlfeir regular meeting Monday agreed to approve the payment of the countys share of the expense involved in changing the curb and gutter in front of the court house when the proixised project of widening Main Street takes place. - Commissioner Lewis Wight re- ported that members of the city council had discussed the proposed project and requested a letter be serc to the State Road Commission from the county, stating whether or not they were (Continued on Page Four) Mrs. Ross Burke Jenson proudly MAN OF THE YEAR adjusts distinguished service award key on hei husbands lapel after it is presented by Mayor C. LeGrande Horsley. Jenson was the unanimous choice of the judges for young man of the year award for his activities with the Name Telephone Company Manager As Outstanding Young Man of 1956 ' Ross Burke Jenson Cited for Distinguished Service Honors by Brigham City Jaycees. Jloss Burke Jenson, Brigham City manager of the Mt. States Telephone company and an active worker in the Junior Chamber of Commerce and other civic organizations, was named Wednesday night as winner of the coveted distinguished service award at the annual membership meeting of the organization. The presentation was made by Mayor C. LeGrande Horsley after a committee of five judges selected Jenson for the honor. He was the unanimous choice of the special committee who considered his nomination entries as well as those of seven other deserving young men of the community. The Wednesday gathering night was for Jaycee members and their partners and .was attended by 120. Special guests included past Jaycee presidents and DSA winners and the judges who served on the committee. President Wade Ebeling presided at the meeting and Bill Davis, 1955 DSA winner was in charge of the program which included two musical numbers and a talk by Judge Lewis Jones. Judges for the selection were Harold B. Felt, Charles W. Morris Boyd Sheffield, Nuttall and John Larsen. Jenson was selected on the basis of three different nominations which pointed out his various activities in the Junior Chamber organization which he serves as vice president, his service last year as chairman of the merchants committee of the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce and his election to the board of directors of that organization. A tireless worker in community and charitable fund drives, Jenson has been active in many organizations during the past year, it was pointed out. Jenson has been Brigham City manager of the Mt. States Telesince being phone company transferred here from Kaysville on Dec. 5, 1954. He and Mrs. Jenson have three children, Lynn, Bruce and Janet Bush-nelThey make their home at apartments. , . Clay-baug- L Fluffy Snowfall Covers Local Area A fluffy snowfall covered the vicinity of Brigham City JVed-nesda- y Purse. Snatching n PTA Meets Monday The Corinne school PTA meeting will be held Monday! evening, Jan. 28, at 8 p. m. at the school house. Guest speaker will be Mrs. Alf Freeman, who will relate her exchange experiences as an teacher in England last year. Musical numbers will be presen-ted- . A good attendance is desired. With Announcement of Various Heads ROUTE TWO CARRIER Wallace Christensen will begin his duties as rural mail carrier on Route Two beginning Saturday; after serving as a city mail earner for the past 11 years. Day in Brigham Saturday will be Blue Crutch Day in Brigham City when members of the Jaycette club will appear on Main street and throughout the business district to make an appeal for added funds to the Folio campaign. Jayeeettes wil begin at 1 p. m. to exchange a miniature blue plastic crutch, which can be worn on any coat lapel, for any donation to the polio fund. Mrs. James T. Simper is chairman of the project and is being assisted by Mrs. Verl Petersen, president of the Jayceette club. Jayeeettes who volunteered their services for the afternoon included Virginia Breitenbeker, Ruth Marie Christoffersen, Carol Victor, Pat Larsen, Connie Simcox, Diane Drewes, Shirley n Richardson, Roxie Giesler, Ebeling, Irene Jensen, Mer-ly- n Larsen and Mrs. Simper and EXECUTIVE Ross C. Bowen, local legislator and sec- retary - manager of the Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday was elected president of the Utah Chamber of Commerce Executives., Brigham Man Named Head of . Utah Chamber. Ross C. Bowen, prominent Brigham City resident, was elected president of the Utah, Chamber of Commerce Executives on Tuesday at the groups annual meeting held at the University club in Salt Lake City. At the present time, Bowen Is serving in the Utah State Legislature as representative from disctrict one of Box Elder couni ty. ' He Is executive secretary; of the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce and has been a resident of Brigham City for 25 years. Other officers elected to servo y with him Include Col. C. B. of Ogden as vice president; Dean Smith of Logan, secretary-treasureSven Andersen ! of South Salt Lake, and H. Wright Volker of Salt Lake City as j ' ' Mo-Gar- r; Saturday Will Be Blue Crutch k Post Office Appoints Rural Route Carrier Wallace P. (Wally) Christensen, Brigham Citys smiling par-cpost delivery man, will assume duties as mail carrier on Rural Route 2 beginning Saturday, Jan. 26, according to an announcement made this week by Postmaster C. Henry Nielsen. Christensen will replace Isaac Young of Perry, who retired from the position in November of last year. Mrs. Petersen. Christensen began his career is The general public urged at the local post office on July to be generous with their dona- 31, 1945, when he started as a tions to this worthy cause and substitute carrier. On March 1, will receive the crutch emblem 1948, he was appointed as a regto show they have contributed. ular employee and has served as a city mail carrier and has delivered parcel post packages. will His new appointment cover areas along the southwest borders of town, South Brigham, all of Perry, North Willard and South Willard as far as the junction of the roads near Hot Springs, and the Mantua area, which will require driving 40 miles each day, Nielsen said. Christensen and his wife, the former Fae Robbins, are the parents of four children, and reside at 436 South Second West. Active in LDS church work, he serves as a counselor in the Fifth LDS ward bishopric. Postmaster Nielsen stated that recommendations have been forwarded to the District Postmaster for the appointment of Arthur Bott as a regular mail carrier and for Earl Glenn as a sub- The 1957 Heart Fund organization In Brigham City and surrounding area began to take shape today with, the naming of vice chairmen and county committee chairmen as well as those in charge of the hearts to be distributed in local business establishments, Mrs. D. Glen Smith and Mrs. George Woodward will be vice chairmen of the drive, which opens here and throughout the nation on Feb. 1, Mrs. R. M. Kaiser, Heart Fund director for Box Elder county Heart Association, announced. The drive will continue through Feb. 28, reaching e high point with collection Heart Sunday, Feb. 24. Committee chairmen for outMrs. include: lying districts Kenneth Spackman, Honeyville; Mrs. Frank Taylor, Corinne; Mrs. Lynn Hailing, Mantua; Mrs. Jay Stokes, Willard and house-to-hous- ' Mrs. Leland Thorne, Perry. In charge of the red plastic hearts tQ be. distributed in lo cal business establishments are: Mrs. J.art'U Y Balia and Mrs, Clyde P. Larsen, who will han- dle the North Main street district, and Mrs. D. D. Billings and Mrs. Ephraim Crossley, who will be in charge of the South Main street distiict. The ladies active in the campaign aifmned tiie statement recently made by Mrs. Kaiser. I am proud to have been selected lo assist in the Heart Fund drive because I think the heart disease problem is the leading threat to the nations health, and most deserves the support of the people of our community and our nation," Mrs. Kaiser said. But equally important, she added, it Is the health field that the people In this community and in communities throughout the country, must know more about. Legislator to PTA Meeting State Senator Kleon Kerr ! of Tremonton will be the principal speaker at the Bear River City elementary school PTA) meeting on Monday evening, Jan. 28. His topic will be Important School Legislation. Second and third , grade students will furnish special enterI ' tainment. The patrons of the school are urged to attend the meeting, which begins at 7:30 p. m., it was announced. -- - , De-An- stitute carrier. ' SEWER DEADLINE EXTENSION The city council has decided that it is to the best interest of the citizens of Brigham City that the time for having everyone connected to . the public sewer system be extended to April 20, 6 anti-freez- 1957. It is believed that this extension of time will be. an advantage to property owners, weath Fifth Ward Sets Gold and Green four inches and leaving .20 of an inch Gold and Green A semi-formof moisture. read- Ball will be held at the Fifth High and low mercury are ward hall, Tuesday evening, ings for the past two days Jan. 29. follows: as Low Dancing will begin at 8 45 p. High 14 m. with a special floor show 31 Jan. 23 18 ... 34 planned for the evening. Jan. 24 night measuring Parley noltngren, prominent livestock man and rancher of Bear River City, recently donated a live steer to the March of Dimes committee for the purpose of raising funds for the current polio drive. The steer was taken to the Ogden Livestock Yards on Monday of this week where it was auctioned off, netting a total sum of $550, which has been added to the local polio fund, according to Nick Topik, local chairman. Burglaries Keep Corinne School Police Occupied Two burglaries and a purse snatching incident were listed on the Brigham City crime report for Wednesday night by the police department, Chief Dell Fife announced this week. Victim of the purse snatching attack was Miss Norma Jensen who was returning to her car in the parking lot behind the buildings at Main and First South. Crouched in the shadows and jumping out at her was a man dressed in a short dark jacket, light trousers and an overseas He snatched the purse cap. jumped over the hedge at the west of the parking lot and disappeared, according to Assistant Chief H. C. Hampton who investigated. Meanwhile, the Chase Texaco entered Service Station was when a burglar knocked out the glass in one of the overhead doors. The coin box on the soda water dispenser was pried open with a tire tool and between $8 and $10 in cash taken. While the service station office was thoroughly ransacked, nothing else was missed. occurred about The break-i10 p. m., the police chief said. Probably an hour later, after the snow had started falling, the Moffett Utoco Service Station was entered. This time the burglar broke out a north window to gain entrance. He pried a hasp off a padlocked cabinet where cigarettes were stored but the contents appeared to be intire was tact although a 600-1missing, along with three or four The burglar cans of found no money in the station, Chief Fife said. Heart Fund Organization Takes Shape Junior Chamber of Commerce, Box Elder Chamber of Commerce, Rotary club, for helping on a number of fund drives and civic enterprises. He is Brigham City manager of the Mt. States Telephone company, being transfer-- , red here from Kaysville in Dec. 5, 1954. Holmgren Steer Nets $550 for Locol Polio Fund Commissioner Layton Maxfield. Commission Chairman C. Taylor Burton, presiding at the meeting, announced the decision as unanimous. City Approves Project Presenting the argument for the improvement was a large group of property owners, business men and city officials, Judge Lewis Jones acted as chairman for the delegation and introduced Mayor C. LeGrande Horsley who spoke briefly and Councilman Leon introduced Packer who made the official presentation on behalf of the city governing body. According to Packer, the council favored creation of a special improvement district for the three blocks for the purpose of widening the street by six feet, more or less, transferring title to this property to the state to permit them to remove the present curb and gutter, and cutting the sidewalks back to the newly determined line. To Split Costs He proposed that the slate and property owners Install new curb and gutter, sharing equally in the cost. This was estimated at $5 00 a front foot for curb and gutter and $10 a foot where driveway is necessary. According to the proposal, property owners would pay $2.50 and $5 00 (Continued on Page Two) BLUE CRUTCH DAY . Planning arrangements for the Blue Crutch Day on Saturday are Mrs. James T. Simper, chairman, and Mrs. Verl Petersen, Jayceette president. Jayeeettes will exchange a miniature blue crutch for each donation made Saturday afternoon when they will appear throughout Brigham City.s business district in an attempt to swell the funds of the campaign. It is important that the work be completed on or before the above date, before the irrigation water is in the ditches and to comply with the sewer ordinance. BRIGHAM CITY CORPORATION . Mrs. R. M. Kaiser, center, shows HEART FUND DRIVE UNDERWAY Mrs. D. Glenn Smith, left, and Mrs. George Woodward, right, one of the posters that will be displayed during the month of February, National Heart Month. Heart Sunday is set' for Feb. 24, throughout the nation. Mrs. Kaiser is a state director for campaign. vice-chairme- n, |