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Show 1 I l Av3. L2 3U J y, w t Zz-'- , j, m ) J 1- - w i Interest Seems at Volume 56, Number 44 DC School Brigham City, Utah, Thursday Morning, October 31, 1963 barometer of interest in a political Gauging the campaign is difficult at best, simply because there is no single measuring device. By putting the various factors together this week indicates that Brigham City voters are focused in on the city races for three councilmen seats with interest seemingly running at high tide. Likewise, campaigning by the six candidates involved is reaching peak as they look to election day, next Tuesday, Nov. 5. Indications are this could be one of the most hotly contested elections in local history with prospects for a record turnout at the polls for a municipal vote. Gains Kesslers Okay An opinion of the state attor. STATE POLICY IS that sec. ney general has held that bus ondary school students shall transportation of high school receive school bus transpor-tatiostudents In Brigham City Is If living two miles away being handled in compliance and elementary pupils If they with official state policy. live at least n This fact was revealed last In a regular meeting of the Box Elder Board of Education. Attorney General A. Pratt Kessler stated In a letter the school boards method of measuring distance from Box Elder High school to homes across town has been done properly. One yardstick And on Tuesday of this week, the final registration day, local agents reported a sharp up. turn In activity. In fact, four districts were figuratively swamped. The high was reported In District 10 where 88 persons turned out to sign their names to the voting rolls. Other top figures were re. ported In District 7 where 64 persons registered; District 14 with 54 and District 8 where new registrations were 53 recorded. The 11 agents contacted by the Box Elder Journal also reported substantial numbers of transfers. OTHER business, Supt. J.C. Haws said he had received assurance from each of Utahs IN - BOARD MEMBERS Local Banker Merits Honor ) Frank Wight, vice presl. dent of First Security Bank of Brigham City, has been appoint-eKey Banker In Box Elder county by the Utah Bankers as. soclation. Helping In the selec-tlowas the agriculture and livestock committee of the association. As the County Key Banker, Wight Is a representative of the Utah Bankers association, to the farm Interests in this county. His duty will be to pro. mote a better farmer-banke- r relationship. He will also work with the county agent In pro. club pro. motlng successful and other such programs, grams as he deems advisable. Wight Joined the Brigham City bank last October and has been TIRE. WHEEL STOLEN with the First Security corpora, tlon for 14 years. June L. Nelson, 151 North He resides at 1180 Kentwood Second West, Monday reported Drive, Brigham City, with his to Brigham City police that a wife and four children, Tim spare tire and wheel were takand Tom, twins age 15; Frank en from the trunk of his car. Jr., 13; and Debbie, age nine. He said the vehicle was parked in the driveway at the time. He placed the loss at $50. BIKE THEFT REPORTED D. d n 4-- ALL SMILES FOR HALLOWEEN Punkins and little girls sport broad smiles at Halloween time and as you may be aware, this evening, Thursday, is the time for spooks and goblins to be about. Ready for the occasion Board Lets Bids for News & Journal Will Host Party School Coal Election Night directed that those school buildings closed due to consolidation and not presently In use for other purposes, be boarded up. In. eluded are former school build, ings at Plymouth, Portage, El wood and Junction. The board Is wondering how it can dispose of the structures. Authorization was given for Norwood J. Hyer, vocational agriculture teacher at Box Elder High school, to attend the American Vocational assoc, latlon convention in Atlantic Expenses will City, Dec. be paid by the state. A letter signed by Don M. Simmons, president of the South Sanpete Board of Education, and Maurice C. Barnett, superintendent, asked support from Box Elder to elect Ellis E. Johnson as third vice president in the Utah School Boards association. Eugene Price, 228 South Third East, reported the theft BIKE STOLEN of a boys' bicycle to Brigham Mrs. Joe Martinez, 436 South City police Tuesday. He said First East, reported to Brig the bike was taken from Cen- ham City police Tuesday the tral school grounds. theft of a girls bicycle. h School officials have accepted the bids of a Tremonton dealer to provide coal for in eight elementary schools Box Elder School district during 1963-6The action came at last board meeting and saw Albert Bessinger, Jr., as the successful bidder. He will supply coal to Bear River Bothwell, City, Fielding, Thatcher, Howell, Snowville, Park Valley and Grouse Creek schools. Prices range from $12.25 to on $18.25 per ton, depending the schools location. Norman L. Jensen, Garland, was the other bidder. IN OTHER business, Supt. weeks school J. C. Haws said Box Elder district had been asked to donate 25 cents per student to help meet programming costs of educational television Channel 7. He said this request was being made of every district covered by the TV station. Reason for the funds request was that the state legislature did not appropriate enough new money to accomodate Board memprogramming. bers tabled the request for further consideration. Mrs. Leone B. Christensen, librarian at Foothill Elemen. tary school, was granted a leave of absened of three weeks with, out pay. BEWARE BRER RINGNECK Pheasant Hunt Opens Saturday Brer Rlngneck takes the spot, light Saturday though not by choice as Utahs 1963 pheas. hunt ant gets underway. Estimates say there will be about 90,000 hunters In the field. Shooting officially starts at 8 a.m. on the opening day and a 7 a.m. each morning of the hunt thereafter. Box Elder county gunners will season this year have a five-dahunts in other counties with ranging from three to nine days. AND FOR THE first time, of hens will be the taking y A Brigham City election and the Box Elder News traditional Journals election party. Invited. Everybodys There will be coffee and doughnuts from Robbins Coffee shop and soda pop bearing the Beehive Bot& tling brand. Oh, yes, and voting re- sults from the 14 districts in Brigham The City. tabulations will be posted on the N-- J board as soon as they come in and thats expected shortly after 8:30 p.m. Those who arent able to attend are invited to call the N-- J office for latest returns. The number is PA Ex-Resid- ent Arraigned A former Brigham City man, charged with issuing a fraudulent check, Tuesday waived preliminary hearing in city court and was ordered bound over to face trial in First District court. Arraigned was L. F, Carpenter, Jr., 39, of West Point, Miss. He was a former Brigham City resident. Judge VeNoy Christoffersen set bail at $1,500 cash or $3,000 property bond. Sheriff Warren Hyde said Carpenter turned himself in to the local sheriffs office on Monday and is currently being held in the county jail. Enrollment in BE Schools Short of Projected Figure Elder dls. ville trict schools this year has not Lake Enrollment In Box reached anticipated figures, missing the mark by about 130 It was reported to students, board members last school week dir-ect- by Morgan Hawkes, of special services. The report was based on figures received In the annual enrollment from each school. School officials had projected an enrollment of 8,738 students but schools registered only 8,608, Hawkes Indicated. I ' THE PLUS DIFFERENCE other developments may mean that Box Elder district will have about four distribution units fewer than anticipated. A distribution unit Is considered as 27 students In average dally attendance and Its based on D.U.s that state aid Is received. Box Elder School district already is operating with a very tight purse this year. Thus the lower student figure Is not to school news cheerful officials. HERE IS A LIST of schools with anticipated enrollment given first and actual enroll, In second ment listed parenthesis: Bear River junior High Bear River High (614. 589); Box Elder Junior High Box Elder High (1,512.1,484); Bear River City (663-654- Bothwell (142-151- Bunderson (446-432- ); (446-454- ii if AGAIN -SRlngneck as the an . . NOT nual hunt nears. McKinley Mountain View (392-371- (31-3- Lincoln (472-450- ); (332-318- (372-363- ); ). North Park Park Valley Perry Promontory (1814); Snowville Wll-lar- d Thatcher (330-305- (38-38- ); (48-41- (139-141- ); THE ENTHUSIASM shown by the council hopefuls had pro. bably helped to boost Interest Campaigning has been Intense with pone of the passive evident In some city election drives. (64-68- ); (275.296). Advice Given In Balloting The enthusiasm has been mustered without benefit of wide splits on controversial issues. Both the Democratic and Re. publican parties have conducted Informal parties and receptions for their candidates In all areas of town. The hopefuls also have appeared at club meetings and of Women the Jaycee-LeaguVoters Meet your Candidates e It was pointed out in several quarters this week that arrangement of the ballot in next Tuesdays city eletcion may tend to confuse voters. Actually, the task of casting a ballot this time is relatively simple. Its a matter of voting for any three men for city council, regardless of their position on the ballot. The fact that one candidate may be across the ballot from another of the opposite party doesn't matter. They are not running directly against each other and you may vote for both if you so choose. Of course, a straight party vote can be accomplished by by marking the appropriate circle above the candidates of your choice. session. JUST PLAIN The only Corlnne negative factor seems to be the low number of requests for absentee ballots City Recorder Tolman Burke said there has been virtually no activity there. Of course the real and final test of Interest will be the election Itself next Tuesday Polls will open at 7 a.m. and remain open until 8 p.m. voting districts In City Is printed In todays Journal along with a list of polling places. A map of Brigham Central (240-237- ) Fielding (247.246); Foothill Garland (267.276); Grouse Creek Honey. (400-403- Family Attendance Urged (25-21- For Brigham-Loga- Confab n The emphasis is on family attendance at the upcoming family life conference, schedat Logan and uled Nov. in Brigham City. Nov. Mrs. Wayne Holmes, Brigof the ham City, Northern Utah Family Life committee, said this week that a $1 registration fee will allow a family to attend all public sessions of the conference. the educational Actually, event is planned primarily for parents, teenagers and adult It leaders of young people. will feature some outstanding K. speakers including Boyd Packer, assistant to the LDS Council of the Twelve, and Dr. Lowell Bennion, assistant dean of students at the University of Utah. attend are asked to make reservations there are a limited number with Mrs. Holmes. 9 6 QUAIL V. LOADS UP FOR BIRDS Wayne Jones of Brigham City will be one of many, many Utah nimrods going in quest of pheasants beginning Saturday morning. Prospects locally appear bright with a good population of birds reported. BE Students Top Norm, Tests Show Students attending schools in Box Elder district during generally scored above to average in tests given measure scholastic achievement and educational ability. This was pointed out in a report to the Box Elder Board of Education last week by Morgan Hawkes, director of special services. Using a series of graphs, Hawkes showed that in almost local tested, every area students were above the national norm. We can conclude that the district is doing a good job in teaching youngsters, he said. But there are some areas which we feel must be improved;; one would be math computation, he explained. Areas in which Box Elder students showed up best were natural science background and interpretation of natural science; also, language arts and work study skills. The tests given indicated several other favorable aspects, Hawkes said. One being that in mental ability, Box Elder youngsters score well above the national average. Also, it was apparent that teachers are doing a good job of elevating and keeping on a higher plain the more gifted This despite the students. fact that Box Elder district does not group its gifted children. Hawkes credited this development to an emphasis on having adequate reference materials on hand which go beyond that contained in text books. In addition, teachers have been alert to the needs of these youngsters and given them the challenge of additional work, he said. 1962-6- 3 TALK on the be another street appears to sign of interest. (72-72- ); ); ports u A:, View (949-945- For additional Information on other counties, nimrods are advised to check the fish and game departments upland game, bird proclamation. However, locally most re. have Indicated a bountiful number of birds In the field. With from the cooperation weather should It be dry and (.Continued On Page Eight) Howell (204-213- So it appears there Is still time for the candidates to woo votes from the local citizenry. sum-marl- s In Box Elder on a limited basis. That Is, on the final three days of the hunt, hunters can take one hen to make up the daily three.blrd bag limit. The possession limit on or after Nov. 5 may Include two hens. For the first two days, how. ever, the daily bag limit is three rooster pheasants and a possession limit of six birds. eight birds and a possession limit of 16 birds. Prospects for this years hunt vary from area to area. The fish and game department Is re. ported as saying the pheasant population over the state will be down a little. s ays Brer 1963 Nov. 5, in the fig-ure- MAY HURT FINANCIALLY SEASON also opens Saturday In Box Elder county and will run until Nov. 24 with a dally bag limit of J OH, NO . Next Tuesday, will bring voting to take the ATTEMPTING public pulse by another route, the Journal conducted a Main street poll, asking the ques. Do you plan to vote? tlons and Have you decided for whom you will vote? With a few exceptions, most of those commenting said with no hesitation they Intended to vote next Tuesday. The replies Included Yes sir. ..absolutely ...you bet.. .certainly. d Several were unsure but they should. And only two persons gave a flat no, they didnt Intend to vote. As to the second question, about half said they deflntely had made up their minds. are these youngsters of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Young, 637 North Fifth East. Left to right, Susan, age 5; Linda, 19 months, and Nancy, 7. Most schools are conducting parties. allowed THE used to mea. sure Interest was registration miles distant. By this policy, a number of students In east Brigham City have been declared eligible for bus transportation while others have not because they live less than two miles away. The two. mile line In many Instances has cut between neigh, bors, resulting In numerous protests being lodged with school officials. congressional delegation that they would push for extension of the Impacted area measures. Included are Public Laws 815 and 874 which provide federal aid to schools In areas of heavy federal employment. Box Elder district has received funds under both laws. In fact classrooms in the pro posed new Bear River junior High school will be financed with funds earmarked under P.L. 815. And during the board meeting It was disclosed that a 60.day extension had been granted In which to call bids and get construction underway, D. Frank KEY BANKER The deadline now Is Jan. 2, Wight has been named Key in 1964. School officials expect Box Elder county. to call for bids In December. Tide For Local Election Tuesday 26 PAGES Bus Policy week ErSigli The family life conference a combined undertaking from with representatives Rich, Cache and Box Elder counties. is SPONSORING organizations include the Utah State University College of Family Life, PTA councils, Mental Health association, Governors Committee on Children and Youth, Protestant, LDS, and Catholic churches, health departments, extension services, school districts and secondary schools and their facultie. Cases Listed In November There are four cases listed on the calendar for hearing in First District court, Brigham City, during the month of November. They are: Nov. 5 Willard Petersen vs. W. S. Sheets and Jane Doe, et al, seeking to establish property rights, 10 a.m. Nov. 5 Mary Beth Baird vs. Warren Varr Baird, divorce action, 2 p.m. Nov. 19 J. B. Law vs. Dorothy Hill Thompson, seeking $589.18 for loss of car In traffic accident; also, Lyman T. Thompson vs. J. B. Law and Craig Law, seeking $1,150 for loss of car in traffic accident, 10 a.m. Nov. 20 Fred Weiser vs. George Crozier, also known as Tony Crozier, action seeking $1,606 allegedly due as past rent on farm property and $1,512 damages, 10 a.m. Republicans Set Final Receptions Two more informal recep. tlons In which local voters are to Invited meet your candidates are planned this evening, Thursday, and Frl. day by the Brigham City MEMBERS OF THE NorthRepublican party. ern Utah Family Life commitThe gatherings will be the inTHE SESSIONS will be held tee from Box Eider county final in a series of receptions at Logan and Box Elder High clude President Malcolm C. meant to acquaint voters with school. Mrs. Holmes said the Young, North Box Elder stake; GOP candidates for city council This evenings reception Is speakers and subjects for each David Hillier, Brigham City; will be different and interesRev. Cornelius Kuipers, Chris- scheduled at 7:30 p.m. In the ted persons can profitably at- tian Reformer church, Brig- home of Mrs. Doris Mahoney, tend the conference both in ham City; Father Joseph M. 939 Wildwood drive (Lindsay Clark, St. Henrys church, Park.) Logan and Brigham City. The final session is slated Luncheons also are being prigham City; Leon P. Johnplanned for the two Saturday son, Mantua; Mrs. LaRene Friday at 7:30 p.m. In the home of F. Roland Saely, 826 sessions at a cost of $1.25 per Napoli, Tremonton; and East First North. City. Persons who Brigham Collmar, to wish plate. Hu-ba- rt |