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Show versal ficrr'C j Iminr HI Plerijont Ave. He Salt Mothers March Tonight For Drive Contributions The annual Mothers March to .seeking contributions but will pre-- ! collect funds for the March ot sent each household with a copy Dimes drive in Brigham City will "Door Count, a concise, fact-- ! start at 6 p. m., tonight, Thurs- jof folder in which a family finding Robert day, according to Mrs. may indicate it any of its mem-- I Call, chairman. Some 240 local mothers under bers have a birth defect, arthri-- I direction of four area chairmen tis or polio. They also will inquire and 12 ward captains will canvass as to how many have had three the city for contributions. Their or more Salk vaccine shots. Each efforts will combine with those of two million mothers across the na- family record will be kept Mrs. Call said. tion marching on behalf of the nual fund campaign. She explained that this informa- Mrs. Call said the Mothers tion is needed to help the National March will last from 6 to 8 p. m. Foundation in its expanded fight The volunteers will not only be birth defects, arthritis and X City, Corn Utah Jan 1-- 60 j against polio. Focus Attention March "We hope the Mothers door count will focus family and community attention on the majority of those still without Salk shot protection against polio. We have found that neighbor calling on neighbor is one of the best ways to remind the unvaccinated to start their Salk shots," Mrs. Call explained. The poll is in no way planned as a valid statistical survey but the sum of information taken will help to provide a working estimate in our county of the number of persons suffering Irom the three crippling diseases. 16 PAGES Brigham City, Utah, Thursday Morning, January 28, 1960 Volume 53, Number 4 Board of Education A.F. Speaker Treats Topics Awards Bid on Bunderson Addition Of Space Age An illustrated description of this countrys defensive air power and the great advances of Russia since World War II were highlights of an Air Force presentation Tuesday night at Centra! school. M&jor Louis A. Bechtold, representative of the Air Force Chief of Stafl, appraised these and other facets of the space age before an estimated 80 Brigham City residents. He did not offer a comparison of between the defensive power the United Slates and Russia but is in constant said this country preparedness for attack. He said "There are presently few loc.H the Strategic Air Command is on statistics available on the inci- - 15 minute alert around the clock. dence of birth defects and arthi Targets have been asigned, crews know where to go, even in tis, Mrs Call said " Jenson said the office will he phc New March of Dimes is the dark open for business in its new quar- - combating birth defects and arthPlayed Up Mlnuteman ters on Monday, Feb. 1. He played up the importance of ritis with the same effective weaICBM which is Chief feature of the new build- pons used to conquer paralytic the Minuteman ing is the availability of more polio: medical scientific research making big news in Brigham City missile l space, the local manager said to find causes, cures, preventives; and Utah. The This includes additional parking patient aid for medical caie; and is designed for launching from unspace and larger office facilities training for medical workers need- derground silos and railroad cars. to better serve the public ed to treat the sick and disabled, Plans are to place the Minuteman There is also a night depository she explained. in quantity in specially constructed "For the country as a wnole, we box cars. Upon alert, the tops and where payments can be made afknow that each year about 250,000 sides of the car would fall away ter hours, he added babies are born with one or more and the missile made ready for accomA change in hours will significant birth defects. We know firing within a matter of minutes. Monmove. the Beginning pany conthat more than 11,000,000 Ameriday the office will open at 8 a. m. cans suffer from arthritis and the The launch cars will be kept imand close at 5 p. m. stantly on the move, making it rheumatic diseases. possible for a potential enemy to At its present location, 142 South know where each one is, the Air Main street, the Brigham City ofForce speaker said. from hours fice has maintained Manned aircraft such as nuclear 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p m. The bombers were described carrying coordito is better meant change valuable as a part of our defense. firms with other activities nate of manned airThe advantages in town, Jenson explained. craft over missiles are that they mana office boasts local The can be called back from a mission agement and staff of five perand are able to cope with "novel sons. he explained. situations, A special district weed and seed on the Russian Commenting school will feature morning and afthreat, Major Bechtold said that ternoon sessions Friday, Jan. 29, one billion free men had been in the county courthouse, according under the communist rule to County Agent A. Fullmer Allred. swept 1945. since The initial session is scheduled to "Communism today is a scientistart at 10 a.m. with district weed fic and sophisticated group skilled weed committees, in the ways of deception,, he supervisors, spray operators and farmers from added. Box Elder, Cache and Weber counThe Russian Air Force contains ties invited. 20.000 aircraft and no part of the The Utah Crop Improvement as- - y s. is farther from Russia than The annual lag is on agam at the sociation wil hold its annual, meet- - 4 500 miles, he stated, emphasizing county assessors office. ing and election of officers in con- the constant threat which that It s not the office personnel who: junct;0n with the afternoon session, country poses. raring Allred said dragging their feet. They-Will Reach Light Speed to go. Its the owners of about The special school program is cenSpeaking of the future in space 5,000 motor vehicles in the county tered around use of good seed and exploration, he said it was his bewho are holding things up. all aspects of weed control. Special- lief that one day man would travA spokesman reported that 1960 ists from Utah State Department of el in vehicles at the speed if light. license plates have been issued for and Utah State univer- He referred to progress over the Agriculture only about 2,200 of the countys es- sity will be in attendance. 52 years to support this stateThey timated 7,200 motor vehicles. This will present the latest information past ment. is said to be about average which is on methods and means of controllThe major gave three reasons still not good. ing weeds of ail kinds, Allred ex- for this country wanting to reach Owners may go to the county plained the moon: 1. Americans have alcourthouse on any weekday now ways struck out and found things: with the exception of Tuesday and 2. The earth is becoming crowded; NOTICE receive quick service without waitahead 3. Anyone who gets there ing. However, as that March meet- of us will be in pretty good posiThe annual stockholders of deadline comes nearer, the line ing of the Box Elder Creek Water tion. plate seekers will grow longer . . Users Association will be held Major Bechtold was introduced it happens that way every year. Feb. 2. I960, at p. m. at the meeting by Col. Richard J. Tuesday, The hours are 9 am. to 5 p.m. in the Air Force officer in Iverson, City Hall. Tuesdays are reserved for changcorat Thiokol Chemical By W. L. BARKER. charge ing titles and registraUtah division. Secretary. porations tion The Box Elder Board of Education Wednesday awarded a contract addition at Bunderson school to a Bountiful firm. an eight-rooRobinson Construction company won the contract with its low bid of $120,960 and building time of 195 calendar days. Second low in the bidding was Wayne A. Jensen Construction company of Brigham City with a bid of $127,980 and 160 days. was The architects estimate to build Agriculture house-to-hous- e $113,256. Car to Stop "TtrijTT Here Monday Dairymen, School Set License Plate Lag Now on At Courthouse e 1 . 1 This barn owned by Loren Tingey of Brigham City was engulfed in flames by the time BARN BURNS firemen arrived Tuesday. Hay and other materials in the structure were still smouldering Wednesday afternoon. Two teen-ag- e youths were picked up Wednesday and reportedly confessed to setting the fire. Sheriff's Report Shows Decline in Crime Rate The total value of property inin crimes was volved $54,495 46. county during 1959 generally took The value of cases cleared was it a dip from the preceding year, set at $40,230.14. was disclosed this week in an anthe number of arrests and innual report by Sheriff Warren carcerations in the county jail was in 4245. This compares with 266 Hyde. Summaries for the year showed 1958. Meals served at the jail totalthat only the incidence of burglarof 712 per ies increased. The report marked ed $8,548 for an average month. a contrast to other activities in the Seven deaths were investigated; county, generally expanded by a three were credited to heart atgrowth. rapid population tack and one each to suicide, acThe sheriffs department inves- cidental gun shot, drowning, and tigated a total of 273 cases, a re- accidental death on construction. duction from the 304 reported durThere were 13 cases of missing ing 1958. These included acts of persons reported. Twelve of these petty and grand larceny, stolen persons were located and investigaand cars bicycles, stolen, missing, tion is continuing into the whereshot or poisoned livestock, vandalabouts of the thirteenth. ism, and burglaries. Summarize Report The number of these cases listed Summarizing his report, Hyde as cleared and inactive was 98 explained that "The juvenile probwith 34 being unsolved. lem in Box Elder county is much a had busy particularly Burglars below normal on a per capita bacom132 cases with reported year of He cited the cooperation sis. pared with 70 for the preceding parents as the chief factor in year. However, Hyde pointed out minimizing juvenile delinquency. that apprehension of two juveniles He pointed to three major cases cleared up 22 burglaries. as still unsolved. These included the $4,000 burglaries of the Little Valley post office and a food market at Tremonton on July 24, and the $500 armed robbery of a Perry service station in October. He said the latter crime probably was committced by a pair of transients. the Hyde also complimented operators of taverns and other where beer is dispensed in Thirteen students from the Box places the county. However, he did say Elder county area were on the that bf prohibited punchboards, honor roll at Utah State University state law, are showing up and for fall quarter. creating a minor problem The 249 students who were listed on the honor roll represent the top five percent of each academic colTo qualify lege of the university. for the honor roll, a student must be enrolled for a normal scholastic load, which is 14 quarter hours or more, said J. Elliot Cameron, dean of students. On the honor roll from Brigham This year's school play at Box City were James F. Christensen, Elder H. High "Life With Father, Sharon Collings, Lynn Fay . will be ptesented Feb 4 in the Loveland and Richard Yates school auditorium, it was announced this week on the list were Kenneth Also Ted Jeppeson, Corinne; Renelle Starting time is 7 30 p m and admission wil! be 50 cents per perr Skidmore, Snowville: Leona and Nrvil Glade Hunsaker son. Tickets will be on sale at the door. Honeyville. Members of the cast From Tremonton were Jerrv Ronald D. Firth. Dean Canfield. Todd, Susan Allen. Steven Judith Green. James H. Waldron, Pimper, Judy Valentine Jill Anand Vearl C. Walker. derson, Michael Oman. Jay Sleigh. Leland Cheney. Gilbert Day Bryce Jcppsen, Gerald Dobbs. Dorothy DISEASES REPORTED Oyler, Joy Steed. Judy Hansen, There were seven cases of com- and Mary Eleanor Johnson. diseases municable reported in Brigham City during the week endNOTICE ing Jan. 22, according to figures of the Utah State Department of meetThe annual stockholders Health. ing of the Brigham City North Included were two cases of mea- Field Water Co., will be held Satsles, three of strep infections and urday, Jan. 30, 1960, at 2:00 p. m. two of influenza. in the City Hall. Box Elder county reported one JOHN F. LEGGETT, Pres. case of mumps during the week. The crime rate in Box Elder Students Make Honor Roll Box Elder Sets Feb. 4 as Date For School Play Mer-rell- Hun-sake- are-Nea- Motor vehicle owners in Box Elder county appear in no rush to pick up their HERE license plates. This picture actually illustrates one of the busier moments. Plates are being issued from the Daughters of Utah Pioneers museum due to remodeling work on the main floor which has moved personnel out of several offices. NO WAITING 1960 This is the theme of the l'J60 Union Pacific agi icultuie car which will be in Brigham City on Mon30 p.m. accordday, Feb 1, at ing to A Fullmer Allred, county agent The car will be at the Union Pacific depot on west Forest street as tour. part of a state-widIt is intended to infoi m present and futuie dairymen of the potential profits available to them in the dairy business by making more efficient use of their labor, improving their milking practices, sizing good roughage feeding and improving other management practices. Will Present Information John J Barnard. Utah State university extension dairyman, and W. D. Soulier, U P. agriculture agent, will piesent this vital on the latest in dairying to those visiting the agricultuial car. The honz.ons for improvement and increased efficiency are almost limitless. However, the big immediate problem in the state is to bring the other 82 percent of the cows not on DHIA test up to the 400 production pounds of butterfat mark now common for tne tested herds. The average production per cow in Utah is only about 260, annually, pounds of butterfat Barnard explained "On the horizon we see such en-- , ticing and not impossible goals as the recent world production record of 1,866 pounds of butterfat produc-- j ed in 365 days by a Holstein in Ohio," he points out. e At University 'A Hori- 1 : solid-fue- Weed, Seed Look to New zons! 4 l Fire Destroys Dairy Barn -' Tuesday P.M. spectacular fire completely destroyed a dairy barn and milk shed plus 25 tons of hay and 25 bales of straw late Tuesday afterThe electric noon and evening. milking equipment also received to extensive damage, according Fire Chief Doyle Packer. The dairy setup is the property of Lorin Tingey and is located at f 307 East Seventh North, block north of the Orson Tingey residence. Estimated damage was $3,000, the owner said. He was successA one-hal- milk fire reached the area where they were herd of ful in driving his before the cow's to safety kept. The fire started about 5 p. m. and burned until 11:45 p. m The local fire department was sumwho moned by nearby neighbors noticed the flames. The firemen the burning worked a moving bales of hay out and away from the destroyed barn into the nearby fields until just before midnight, when it was completely doused. Was Difficult Fire Chief Packer reports that the fire was one of the most difficult to control that the local firemen have several fought in months, however several nearby buildings were sawed from the blaze. The arrest of two juveniles Wednesday afternoon, ages 15 and 16. led to the solution of the origin of the fire, according to Sheriff Warren W. Hyde, who was called Tuesday night when livestock beand longing to Clarence Astle. horses belonging to Glen Anderin sen had been molested the North Brigham area. Tracks led from the location of these animals to a little shed where a fire had been set and then partially put out. The tracks continued on south to where the barn stood. The two youths picked up by the sheriffs department confessed to setting the fire. The sheritfs department solved the case in cooperation with the Brigham City Police department. Public Is The high bid which was $145,489 and 200 days was submitted by David L. Phillips of Smithfield. There were 12 bidders contesting for the contract. A bid by Reid Oyler of Tremonton was not accepted when it was submitted several minutes after the closing time of 4 p m. Construction on the addition is expected to start right away. It if will be completed by the contractor stay within the time which he designated for building. Plans for the addition were rushed into preparation after an unexpectedly heavy turnout of students at the beginning of the school year. A space shortage resulted in three classes of youngsters being transported to Central school each day. The additional eight rooms will accomodate 240 students figuring an average of 30 youngsters for each room. A study revealed that the school's present heating system is adequate to service the extra rooms. The addition will be constructed parallel to the front wing and will appeargive the school a ance. 1 inior-matio- n Dial Wrong Digit? Voire Tells You So The familiar voice of the operawill tor asking "number please be heard no more in Brigham City when local telephone service is converted to the dial system on Feb, 6. However, the voice of one local operator will continue 'to be heard by all customers when they dial a wrong number. The voice has been recorded and is that of Mrs. JoAnn Tanaka. A wrong number dialed in Brigham City will bring this automatic response"This is a recording. The number you have reached is not in service at this time. If you need assistance please hang up and Ruin and snow storms Tuesday dial information 113 and give her and Wednesday have furnished .54 the number you are trying to of an inch of added moisture for reach. Manager Ross B. Jenson sugthis area, according to Charles refer to Cliffoid local weather observer. gests that subscribers The moisture picture is consider-- their new directory to avoid dial-nCopies of wrong numbers. ably brighter this month than it new directory will be mailed was last month at this time he to local users next week. points out. will be Since the dial system low and for the readings High will there automatic, completely past two days arebe no operators needed to handle High Low local calls in Brigham City. Long 28 40 Jan. 26 distance and information will be 27 33 40 Jan. handled by operators at Ogden. More Moisture g 1 - IX Invited to Carnegie Meeting A free demonstration meeting of the Dale Carnegie leadership course will be conducted Monday, Feb. 1, in the Box Elder high school auditorium. The meeting is scheduled to start at 7.26 p m. and is being sponsored by he Brigham City Junior Chamber of Commerce. The public is invited to attend. The program will include demonstrations of what the course has to offer in developing effective speaking ability, poise and confidence and the ability to overcome fear. The meeting is being presented by the Utah Leadership Training Mrs. JoAnn Tanaka, local telephone operaRECORDS MESSAGE tor, is shown recording a message which will automatically answer persons who dial a wrong number. Local conversion to the dial system is set for midnight Feb. 6. |