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Show 9 if r UU tHM TMr Jf 4 vx 'V - Universal Microfilming Corp. Pierport 141 salt Jke VOLUME 51, NUMBER 2 H Ave. City i Utah BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1958 Slight Decrease Noted in Sale of Collinston Man Marriage Licenses Named Utahs decrease was noted in the number of marriage licenses issued during the past year at the Box Elder County Clerks office. According to K. B. Olsen, county clerk, there were 157 marriage licenses issued from his office during 1957, as compared with 163 during the Brigham City Merchant Will Head Chamber of Commerce During 1958 A slight , " 4 &s ?. ' ' ' a JAfc.a&-- v Aaf J ski program got off to a successful The SNOW, SKIS, AND FUN start Saturday at the Mantua tow in Sardine Canyon as young and old slatsters turned out to fenjoy the sunny weather and excellent skiing conditions. The weekend sessions will continue as long as there is a sufficient amount of snow. city-sponsor- ed City Ski Program Commissioners Approve Current Budget for Forest, Fire Control Set to Continue Saturday Morn Advised That Change May Be Necessary in Membership of County Planning Commission . At the regular meeting of the Box Elder County Commissioners held Monday, Jan. 6, approval was given on a cooperative budget estimate for 1958 which was presented by the State Board of Forestry and Fire Control. William J. Hart, deputy state forester, "representing the State Board of Forestry and Fire Control, explained the budget estimate, showing what portion is to be paid by the State and what portion1 the county will be re; . quired to pay. The proposed budget, received unanimous approval of the commissioners. County Clerk K. B. Olsen presented a copy of the Fire Wardens annual report for 1956-57- , Miss Shirley Duncan, an atan inspection report made by tractive and courageous young the deputy forester, a supression Uninspection report and an in- lady from the land "Down spection, report which had been der, who braved the dangers of and alone submitted by Hart for the com- traveling overland missioners approval. The re- from Paris to remote Katmandu, ports were ordered filed in the of Nepal, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of office of the county clerk. the Knife and Fork club, the Commission Planning of January 22, at the evening In reply to a previous request, it was ana legal opinion from County At- Tropical Restaurant, nounced this week' by Ross C. torney O. Dee Lund was read, Bowen, secretary of the club. advising the commissioners that Previous to this long and dana change might be necessary in the membership of the Box El- gerous trek during which she der County Planning Commis- encountered dozens of new experiences, Miss Dunsion which was recently, organized, since state laws provide can had traversed her own conthat four members of a county tinent of Australia a few years and in complanning commission must not before via bicycle hold any other public office. It pany with a girl friend and their was noted that some of the mem- dog Peter for a companion. bers of the new. commission are On her more recent - journey holding other public offices, to Katmandu, which she took a alone, she was forced to hitchwhich might necessitate change. The county commis- hike through the Russian Zone sioners said they disliked very to Vienna; camp in a field when much the thought of having to her "train broke down in the make any change in the plan- middle of Jugoslavia; was arning commission, as they felt it rested in Greece as a suspected would be very difficult to try spy, lived on a houseboat in and decide which member to beautiful Kasmir and traveled change as they are completely by road through bandit infested satisfied with every member of Malaya. the commission as now organizOnly a few years out of her ed. teens, Miss Duncan is also an Requests were received from author, her book about her adPresbyterian church of the U. S. ventures is now in process of and publication. A. Interboard Commission from the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salt Lake City, that certain pieces of property Which each of the churches now own, The combe made missioners approved both requests, however stating that any taxes due and owing prior to The News and Journal went this action must be paid. its curious nose around County Agent A. Fullmef All-re- poking Brigham City this week to derat the annual that reported termine what citizens are exin Box will be staged campaign new city adminof the pecting 10 to 24. Elder county from Jan. No action was taken on bids istration. An enthusiastic majority of received for a 1958 International pickup truck to replace the pick- those questioner backed up solup presently being used by the idly behind the need for incounty road supervisor, due to creased facilities for the youngCommissioner er people. the fact that The first to declare her feelLewis S. Wight had to leave the meeting early and the other ings in this direction was a housewife, Mrs. two commissioners preferred to James Brown, wait until all three were pres21 North Second ent to reach a decision. Bids had East, who said: been submitted by Coppin Motor Co. of Brigham City, and Jay I just wish it Dee Harris of Tremonton. (the city adminBill Renew Treasury would istration) County Treasurer George L. get a place for Johnson was authorized to reour teenagers new a $75,000 Treasury Bill in to meet. We the amount of $100,000. need that more new county agent Ray Finch, than anything. Mrs. Brown working in the northern part of the county, was authorized to Speaking out for efficiency in hire his wife as a stenographer, since the budget allows him to handling the public monies, was have a stenographer only part another , house- . wife, Mrs. Ray time. Approval was granted for a Grant, 46 North beer license to be issued to Far- Second East. rell McCrary of Portage, after Her brief reit had received previous appro- mark was: val by the county sheriff. I just hope The bond of Garland Puzey, they spend our Tremonat of the justice peace , ton, was presented and approv- money wisely. ed. Mrs. Grant Approval was granted for the 106 North Mrs. Gordon Reeves, renewal of one fire insurance Fourth from her West, paused on which policy county property chores behind the counter of came due Jan. 1. Minutes of a special meeting a local drug store to add a comment con of the Box Elder County Comcerning a pro-th-e missioners, County Planning gram for Commission, and representakids. tives from Elwood and Honey-ville- , I would like held Dec. 16, were approvto see a super-vise- d ed and ordered recorded. hair-raisin- g Brigham Citys ski program which opened last week end, will be on again Saturday at the Mantua tow in Sardine canyon, beginning at 10 a.m., Coun oilman Don Chase has said. Approximately 40 local skiers turned out to share in the free instructions and use of the rope tow Saturday morning. Conditions were excellent with just a little powder covering the hill. Three instructors were on hand to advise the learners, Which included youngsters big and small. Chase issued a reminder that persons wishing to take advantage of the weekend ski sessions should obtain a blank form at the city hall, fill in the necessary information and return it. A pass willthen be given allow ing free use of the rope tow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The tow is located about one mile past Mantua going toward Sardine summit. There will probably be four instructors present this week, Chase said. Lack of facilities makes it impossible for the city to provide transportation to the canyon site. Though an absence of storms has kept the hill free from new snow, skiing will be good. This was the word from Robert Tin gey, Jr.- - who operates the tow together with Herman' Kotter. d Wildlife Federation Meeting Set Tonight Members-o- f the Box Elder Wildlife Federation are remind ed of the annual membership and elections meeting to take place tonight, Friday, at 8 p. m. in the Eagles hall. Following election of officers and a special program, a free lunch will be served. Membership cards for 1958 will be on sale for two dollars each. Wynn S. Hansen of Collinston received further recognition of . J t ' f play- CORINNE CITY NOTICE Dog licenses are due and payable to City Treasurer. If not paid by Jan. 20, a penalty will be Imposed. By Order of Corinne Mayor and City CounciL ground for the younger c h 1 with han-- ' classes dicraft like Brighamto City used Mrs. Reeves have. C. V. Forsgren, 319 East Forest, owner and operator of a lar dies shop, explained he was concerned about the location of the planned municipal swimming pool. ready-to-wea- I hope that they find a suitable place for the municipal swimming pool, a central loca- tion where it can serve as the neculeus for a Mr. Forsgren future cotnmun-- i t y recreation center. John Leggett, 404 West Sixth North, who farms for a living, e x p r e ssed a more complac- ent attitude. After mulling over the question, he had this to say: I feel that if - Ideal Weather Prevails Here Ideal weather conditions have prevailed in Brigham City and vicinity for the past ten days with clear, sunny skies to bring temperatures above the freezing mark in the daytime. has Although no moisture been registered during the ten-daperiod, and freezing temperatures have prevailed each night, there has been no damage to the fruit, according to Charles Clifford, local weather observer. High and low readings for the past two days are as fallows: Low High Named to the board of direc- tors of the organization were Freeman J. Byington, manager of the Box Elder County Bank; Omer J. Call, local attorney; Jay Hansen .manager of Peters Jewelry; and Thomas Tomma- of InterHONORED Wynne S. Han- ney, superintendent sen of Collinston was named mountain school. These new directors will reUtahs 1958 Outstanding place Vice President Wayne JenSheepman of the Year. Jaycees Sponsor Safety Program For Youngsters A Traffic Safety Dolls project was initiated in the first and second grades of Brigham schools this City elementary week by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, according to H. E. Collmar, chairman. The project is aimed at impressing the youngsters of the danger of playing in the streets while going to school and after school hours. Each student in the first two grades at Lincoln, Bunderson, 12 37 Jan. 8 and Central schools was given a 37 15. Jan. 9 four-pagset of drawings illustrating observance of traffic safety rules. The children will color the drawings, cut them 1957 out, and arrange them in group settings, Collmar said. Nearly 500 sets were distributed. Principals and teachers at the schools have expressed themBrigham City police records I offenses, two; disorderly conduct; selves as being highly in favor for 1957 show that more persons carrying or possessing weapons; of the program since it is an were - arrested for drunkeness manslaughter by negligence, all illustrative way of teaching the than any other offense. one; and all others, except traf- students safety habits, he ex A total of 81 men and three fic, nine. plained. women were taken into custody Further checks showed that The program is a national Jay-cethe constituted during the year for being tipsy. project and is being coLarceny ranked second high greatest number of arrests with sponsored by the Liberty Mu in number of arrests with a total the age group second and tual Insurance company. of 34 men and two women being the 3539 and 50 and over age Serving with Collmar in prolisted. groups third. moting the program has been The third highest number of Lowest number of arrests were Bill Davis, director member. arrests was for drunken driving. among the men and one woTwenty-eigh- t The number of actual offenses, Box Elder Road to man were .brought in for this not including traffic, amounted to 216 with 33 of these cleared offense. Be Among First Others were: suspicion, 31; bur- by arrests. A breakdown of actual offenProjects in 1958 glary, 11; auto theft, five; sex ses follows: One of the first Utah highmanMurder and way projects to be advertised 0; 0; 0; robbery, rape, slaughter. for bids in 1958 will be the 0; burglary, aggravated assault, stretch of U. S. 30-38; larceny, 162; auto theft, 15. in Box Elder county, the State Adults found guilty of viola Highway commission announction of road and driving laws ed this week. of the teenage numbered 250 with 42 persons A The stretch, from Blue canteen, M. A. Burtcher, 231 found guilty of parking violaCreek Summit northwestward South Fourth East, who owns tions and 50 convicted for viola toward Snowville, may be broand operates a bottling works, tion of other traffic and motor ken into two or more sections Chamvehicle laws. and is a director of the for bidding, the announceA survey of all offenses, exber of Commerce, unhesitantly ment said. cast his feelings in favor of cluding juveniles, revealed that Estimated cost has been set more adequate facilities for the 482 persons were charged and at about three million dollars. 1 teenagers, of this number, 471 were found The section is part of the inMore ought guilty as charged. j terstate system. to be done y - Study of Breakdown of Crimes in Brigham City the teen-I- f dge canteen, local service or-a n i z a t i ons, wards, and other groups would cooperate in the cost and a block building could be built Mr. Burtcher where the kids could skate, play ping pong, dance, gnd have other activities. The building should be constructed next to the municipal swimming pool where it would serve as a recreation center. Principal speaker for the nual meeting was William an- D. Kelley, head of quality control at the Thiokol Chemical corporation. At the last minute, Kelley substituted for John Higgin-son- , Utah division manager, who called to unexpectedly was Washington, D. C. Hill Air Base To Host Utah News Editors Approximately 25 editors of Utahs weekly newspapers in the Logan to Provo area have received invitations to be special guests at Hill Air Force Base on Monday, Jan. 20. NEW PREXY C. J -- Beasley, manager of the J. C. Penney store in Brigham City, was named Thursday night as the new president of the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce. Stock Increased . In Thiokol Vote - An increase of common stock from one million to two million shares for Thiokol Chemical company was approved Wednesday by stockholders at a special meeting in Trenton, N, J. The decision paves the way for the corporation to split its outstanding stock, two for one, effective Jan. 22. This will apply to stock of record Jan. 8. A total of 1,031,000 shares will be outstanding after the split It was revealed in a proxy statement at the meeting that discussions have been conducted by the firms management as a preliminary step to possible acquisition of ownership and control of one or more companies in related fields. The firms were not identified, but it was pointed out that in one instance where plan called for a substantial issuance of stock if negotiations are successful, stockholder approval would be sought Purpose of the visit, according to Major P. H. Robey, is to acquaint the newspaper men with mission and operations of the Ogden Air Material Area and its headquarters at Hill AFB. The program will start at 11:30 a. m. with a luncheon at the base officers club. At 1 p. m., the dignitaries will be briefed by high ranking officers on impact of Hill AFB on the economy of Utah, plus functions of OOAMA. At 2 p. m., the guests will tour the giant facilities of the Ogden base, where they will see century-series aircraft under repair and will view the mechanized supply production lines and electronic data computors. Concluding the program at 4 p. m., will be a short movie on the Air Material Command titled The Eagles Strength. Joining the editors of the weekly newspapers in their visit will be approximately 26 radio, TV and daily newspaper execuA change In membership of tives from Ogden and Salt Lake the Brigham City First LDS City. ward bishopric was made Sunday evening, according to an announcement made this week by Eagles Program to Bishop J. Charles Keller. Feature Middle East Carlyle Jensen was sustained LeRoy Bunnell will be the as second counselor to Bishop guest speaker at the regular Keller, replacing Dale Rasmusprogram night at the Eagles sen, who recently moved to Lolodge, Monday evening, Jan 13, gan where he has accepted a beginning at 8 p. m. teaching position at USU. Bunnell, who recently returnEugene Price was sustained as ed from Iran, will show colored financial clerk to fill the vacanslides taken while traveling in cy created when Jensen was rethe Middle East. leased to fill the counselor posiA good attendance of Eagles tion. The changes were effected Names of the first three con- makes it possible for the atten tenders for the coveted Snow der to either dance or attend is desired, according to Nick To-pi- by South Box Elder Stake Queen crown are announced by as a spectator. program chairman. President, Glen M. Bennion. Mr. and Mrs. J. Dell Sackett, queens committee chairmen. Sharon Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Johnson, Corinne, finds her name at the top of the list with Barbara Bingham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bingham, Honey-villsecond in line, and Kay Molgard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Molgard, Willard, completing the trio of would-b- e queens. The names of the girls w'ere received by the Sacketts to begin the list of queen candidates for the annual Snow Queen Carnival and Dance to be held at Box Elder High school, Saturday evening, Jan. 25. Some lucky Miss, 17 years of age or older, and unmarried, will be declared queen as she holds the lucky number. Anyone wishing to nominate a lovely young lady may fill in a Snow Queen nomination blank or call the Sacketts at 824-J- . Special decorations are being arranged for the dance and carnival, and delicious home-mad- e VIE FOR QUEEN First in the list of nominees for Snow Queen of 1958 are, left to, foods will be served during the of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Molgard, Willard ; Barbara Bing- Kay Molgard, daughter right, evening Mr. and Mrs. H. Dee Johnson ham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bingham, Honeyville and Sharon Johnson, daugh-- . are in charge of ticket sales and ter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Johnson, Corinne. Contestants names are received by mail or salesmen are now offering tictelephone by Mr. and Mrs. J. Dell Sackett, queens committee chairman. The lucky Miss kets at 50 cents per person. This will reign at the annual Snow Carnival Saturday evening, Jan. 25, at BEHS gymnasium. 40-4- past-direct- sen, Orion Eskelsen, Reed and Leo Jensen, whose two-yeterms have expired. Hold-ove- r members of the board, with another year to serve, include Ross Burke Jenson, D. D. Billings, M. A, Burtcher and Richard Parsons. Ross C. Bowen is secretary-manage- r of the chamber. e Police Records Reveals Don Olsen, 420 South Third West, a florist, voiced his desire to see a change made in the city's zoning ordinance. I would like to see the zonLeggett ing ordinance changed for the southwest part of Brigham City A mail carrier, .Cliff Hobson, to protect the home owners. 545 North Second West, was quick to jump on the youngRushing home from work at a sters bandwagon. His reaction local drug store, Mrs. Margaret centered around the citys sum- Anderson, 403 North First West, mer baseball program. stopped long enough to describe I would like what she feels is a primary need. to see the MiWe ought to get more recreanor league con- tional facilities for the younger tinued and ex- people. It would help a lot of panded. Id like young kids from getting into to see the city mischief. follow It would seem that even if through on construction the younger citizens are not of a diamond on warried about themselves, the the park plan-ne- d older ones are. for the And from this should come cor- some ideas for the new adminissouthwest ner of the cem- tration at the beginning of the etery. I feel this new year. A fresh start on would do more for the young- some problems from which the sters than anything." newness has been worn. the city continues doing the job it has in the past, I'll be satisfied. C. J. Beasley, manager of the J. C. Penney store in Brigham City, was named president of the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting of the organization, Thursday night. Beasley will succeed Charles W, Claybaugh, News and Journal publisher, who has served in that capacity the past year. his profession Wednesday when he was named Utahs 1958 Sheepman of the Year. The award came during sessions of the 51st annual convention of the Utah Wool Growers Assn, meeting at Salt Lake City. A special leadership plaque was presented to Hansen by officers of the Bear River Chapter of the Utah Association Future Farmers of America. A citation accompanying the plaque lauded the Collinston sheepman for his "world-wid- e reputation as a sheep breeder. Sheepmen from 30 states and from 10 foreign lands have pur chased sheep from Hansen to improve their flocks. Hansen was an exhibitor at the Utah State Fair and Ogden Livestock Show for many years. In 1939, he exhibited the grand at champion Rambouillet ram the San Francisco Worlds Fair. He also won acclaim as a sheep judge at the Chicago International Livestock Exposition in 1937 and 1946. He has been a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank at Logan, Ogden Livestock Show, Utah State Fair and Bear River Mutual Insurance Co. Hansen is a past president of the American Rambouillet Sheep Breeders Assn. He is presently a member of the Utah State AdvisUniversity Agricultural ory committee. He also served for many years on the advisory committee of the Bear River chapter of FFA. " Citizens Cite Meeds of Youth d C. J. Beasley Is President; Name Byington, Call, Hansen and Tommaney to Board Posts 1958 Sheepman .T previous year. decrease A more marked was noted in the number - of divorces granted during the same two years, with 24 being granted during 1957, one of which has been set aside until Feb. 18, and 35 being grant-- ' ed during 1956, two of which were set aside. All marriage licenses issued during 57 were used, Olsen pointed out. Pages ten-mil- e First Three Snow Queen Nominees Told by Carnival and Dance Chairmen e, Recent Change Made in First Ward Bishopric |