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Show 1 BC, County Agree imV To Crush Problem The move to crush one of Brigham Citys most common eyesore problems gained new impetus and expanded beyond the city limits this week. Box Elder county officials agreed to pay for construe, tion of a concrete slap on which old car bodies can be mashed at the sanitary land, fill. At the same time, they were assured that abandoned cars which litter roads In un. Incorporated areas will be dis. posed of If hauled to the landfill site. Meeting with the county commissioners on the subject were Mayor Olof Zundel, Councilman Wayne Jensen and Public Works Director O. Nell Smith. from city streets, suggesting also that neighboring commun. ities can bring In their old cars but will have to pay the tow charges. Smith was asked to designate the best place for the concrete base and make a to the commls. s loners. IN BUSINESS, the OTHER commissioner gave their ap. proval to an agreement under which the county will provide $5,000 for help in purchasing a new ambulance by the city. The commissioners reserv. ed action on a Utah Division of Fish and Game request to voice an opinion on the pro. posed purchase by the state of a fish hatchery at Mantua. Involved would be acquisition of about 15 acres a and two dwellings. DISCLOSED that been found who will take the smashed bodied for THEY dealer has salvage purposes. The city will receive for them about what It costs to haul them to the dealer, the city spokes, men said. They Indicated that Brigham City is getting ready to haul away abandoned car bodies THE COUNTY Volume 61, Number 12 Brigham City, Utah, 84302, Thursday Morning, March 21, 1968 20 PAGES Brigham Court Hand! Juvenile Cases? officials de. dared their displeasure that more and more property is being taken off the tax rolls through government purchase. They were informed that the division of fish and game pays money in lieu of taxes on only land. County Hears Views TIGHTEST AT BE HIGH SCHOOL Question Now Pending Before Supreme Court Seams Measured SBE Stake Conference Should Brigham City continue to hear juvenile traffic cases? In Local Schools Box Elder School district officials got a clearer picture of what to expect in handling student enrollments last week s when building utilization were computed for the districts secondary schools. Based on present census the tightest situafigures, tion will develop at Box Elder High school where capacity was reported at 2,000 with 85 percent utilization of facil-ities- . fig-ure- school was 1,372 which was somewhat surprising. The s chool had been thought to have a capacity of 1,200 and this year has 1,036 students, dents. With 85 percent utilization Bear River Junior High school could handle 824 students with 625 pupils now enrolled. High OTHER BUSINESS at a board of education meeting last week, with board back-ing- , based Supt. J.C. Haws said he Projected figures strictly on students now living would encourage all teachers in the attendance area show to obtain and renew the first IN that next years enrollment aid certificate. He noted that three years will be 1,828. It will exceed of the when ago, about the capacity by 1970-7student numbers will total districts teachers acquired the certificate and it was in. 2,068. tended that all teachers would THE 85 PERCENT untiliza. complete the requirements. weve become lax But tion figure was described as realistic since it would be since then, the superintend, virtually Impossible to util- ent said. The need for first aid trainize 100 percent of the schools space and facilities every per- ing, of course, is to meet iod of the day. emergencies that might arise On this basis, the capacity during the school day. at Bear River High school A LETTER FROM district was placed at 1,173 with slightly under 600 students elementary principals lndicat-e- d now enrolled. they wanted to withdraw The 85 percent utilization from the Box Elder Education figure at Box Elder Junior association as far as salary negotiations are concerned. The board tabled the mat-ter- , indicating they felt the principals should establish one-thir- d 1 Two Students this Admitted to through Two Brigham City students, Bryce Herman Jeppsen and Marilyn Felter Smith, are among 49 Utah State univer. slty students who have been given membership in Phi Kappa Phi national scholastic s honorary society. These have achieved in the top five percent of the senior stu-dent- class. Phi Kappa Phi is an honor, ary society for those in the upper ten percent of graduating classes throughout the na. tion. The remaining five per. cent of the Utah State quota will be chosen at the end of spring quarter. the appears to Phi Kappa Phi This question was brought up again Monday in a meeting of the Box Elder County commission in which First Juvenile Court Judge Fred Ziegler also was present. The judge said that at present, Brigham City is the only city court in Utah hearing juvenile cases, doing so because of a Third District court ruling that juveniles charged with traffic violations may appear in either city or juvenile couit. BEEA since it be organization business. The school officials said they would take under study a request from parents living west of Snowville for bus transportation for their child, ren next school year. They indicated that up to 20 youths will live in the area next year. Presently, the parents are receiving payment in lieu of transportation to take their own youngsters to school. AFTER A LENGTHY dis. cussion, the board decided to pay for supplies for elemen. tary and junior high students from Yost who attend school at Malta, Idaho. These sup. plies are furnished without charge for students attending (Continued on Page Two) This finding has been ap. pealed to the State Supreme court and pending action by the high court, other city courts have stopped hearing Chairman Eula Thompson rests momentarily DOLLAR DAYS ARE COMING from her efforts to promote Brigham Citys annual Dollar Da esent, Frida) and Saturday. Every store will have special bargains for the two-dapromotion. y Traditional Dollar Days Set on Friday, Saturday What's the most traditional of all Brigham City bargains events? That's easy . . it's Dollar Days! And when are Dollars Days scheduled this year? This coming Friday and Saturday, March . 22-2- 3! This is the event when local merchants the ax to prices on quality line items rangput ing from refrigerators to garden hoes, from nylons to jelly beans. The sales event again is being handled by the Brigham City Merchants' committee with Mrs. Eula Thompson as chairman. An idea of the low prices being offered can be had by scanning the pages of today's Box Elder Journal. These values and many more await thrifty shoppers in Brigham City on Friday and Saturday - Dollar Days. PEOPLE TAKING DRIVING TEST. THATS WHO Juvenile cases . except Brig-haCity, he explained. Judge Ziegler predicted that it would be at least six months before the decision is announc. ed. Commenting on the situation Wednesday, City Judge VeNoy Chrlstoffersen said: School Fete Is Tonight IS THE law until changed. I refuse to go against what a court superior to mine has said is the law. Im not saying that juvenile cases have to be tried here but will accept them as long as the district court decision stands. Judge Chrlstoffersen noted that If the supreme court rules otherwise then 1 will comply with what they say and trans. fer any cases filed here. The juvenile court clerk earlier informed the county that it was losing fine money with cases being heard in city court. Judge Ziegler suggested that if the county prefers not to have Juveniles appear in city court, it could have some one file a writ of prohibition through the county attorney. THIS Chamber of Brigham Commerce members and their wives will take a look at eduCity cation this evening (Thursday) at the second annual education, business day locally. The event is scheduled at Box Elder High school with Box Elder school district act-inas host. g Dinner will be served at 6:45 p.m. in the school cafeteria. At 7 p.m. a program will be presented in the school auditorium. It will consist of numbers in instrumental and vocal music and in dance of elementary school students from throughout the high school attendance area (south Box Elder county.) Purpose of the youngsters performance will be to show what they have learned In music this year. its HE WENT ON TO point out of taking a driving test that they cant muster tire muscle to push in the clutch? Its happened. Others have been so upset, theyve been unable to maneuver from their parking place. Mack W. Brown, examiner in state drivers license office In Brlghtm City, explains that its not uncommon for persons to be nervous when operating under the scrutinizing eye of an examiner. They would do much better to relax and drive in a normal manner, he explained. But easier said than done. I Lowe. The occurred mishap shortly before 5:30 p.m. while the victim was shooting birds in an orchard near his home. As he was about to fire tha 20 gauge shotgun, he stepped back and tripped on a limb covered by snow. The blast struck the big toe on his right foot, causing injury so extensive that surgeons removed the toe during two hours in surgery Sunday night. He was taken to Dee Mem. orlal hospital after the mis. hap in a Brigham City ambul-ance- . The victims mother said this week that he likely will be released from the hospital during the coming weekend. Coincidentally, the victim observed his 20th birthday Sunday. All residents of the town are urged to clean up, fix up, paint up their individual yards, reserving Apr. 20, for the town projects to be under, taken. At the end of clean-u- month, recognition will b given to those residents who do most within their own yards to help with clean up drive. Suggestions are to trim shrubbery, especially those that make for the numerous blind corn, ers; repairing and painting of fences, homes, and out build, ings; removing of old build, ings and fences that are no longer useful, GERALD LARSEN, a mem. ber at the Town Board, has been named as chairman of the Landscaping and Beau, tlficatlon committee for this year. Chosen to help on the committee are Ralph Tolman and David Tolman to arrange for heavy equipment needed; Frank KobayasklandDeeHor. tin are to arrange for the interested groups to help wtth the clean up; Ruth O. and Kathleen Wlntle, publicity. The first meeting of this group was held on Friday even, ing, Mar, 15, at 7 p.m. at Hun-sak- Mrs. Savage poses for photo which SMILE, PLEASI will be affixed to her driver's license. A LEADERSHIP meeting is scheduled Saturday evening at 7 p.m. Expected to attend will be the stake presidency and all stake council, high auxiliary boards and and presldenc. ies; ward bishoprics, ward council members and ward auxiliary counselors. s A GENERAL SESSION of the conference will be held Sun. day at 10 a.m. and the entire membership of the stake Is Invited to be in attendance. In keeping with the new pro. gram of tlie LDS church, Sunday evening sacrament meet-ing- s be held in the will in- dividual wards of the stake, President Tea stated. DISEASES REPORTED Brigham City reported a total of 18 infectious diseases for the week ending Mar. 15, cases of three including mumps, 12 strep infections and three cases of Influenza; Box Elder county reported three cases of German measles and two strep lnfec. tlons the same week. Honeyville Plans com-plete- d ALL OF WHICH helps to make the drivers license Job Examiner George A. Page explains how road test is given to drivers license applicant Rclla W. Savage. Driving errors cost points in examiners evaluation. 20.year.old Willard man a toe on his right foot Sunday after suffering an gun shot wound while shooting birds. Injured was Joseph Lowe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn A lost ct Brown. ROAD TEST Willard Man p EXAMINERS have to be careful about directing the person behind the wheel. For Instance, they might ask the driver to make a right turn... at the next corner. Some are so quick to res. pond, however, that before at the next corner can be said, the driver has turned and Jumped the curb in the middle of a block. Having bottles of milk or eggs go crashing to the floor at a quick stop is really not a new experience, either, says interesting. and Brown Examiners George A. Page are in their courthouse basement office in Brigham City each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and go to Tremonton on Thursday and Friday. The first Friday in each month Is spent in Rich county. of where But regardless they are, persons seeking a driver's license are the same. Whats different, at least in recent months, are laws for renewing drivers licenses and Gun Wounds Clean-U- p THE The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints South Box Elder stake quarterly confer, ence will be held Saturday and Sunday, Mar. 23.24, to an announcement made this week by Stake Pres, ldent LeGrandeTea. All meetings will be held in the taber. nacle. y these disadvantages of having Juveniles appear In city court: The court can try the cases without first notifying the parents as the Juvenile court must do. The Juvenile court does not have a record of previous violations on which a youth may have appeared in city getting new ones. court. If a Juvenile is picked NOW THE COST Is $5 and up in another county and an when renewing a license, the adult court can hear the case, April has been designated month for Hon. applicant must take a written the youth will appear in that as clean-uexam as well as an eye test. county; however, if Juvenile eyvllle with emphasis on Apr. town clean. up pro-Je20, as First. time applicants must (Continued on Page Two) project to be day. Tha be (Continued on Page Two) undertaken will named when clarification has been and special assign ments will be given to Inter, ested groups. Puff . . . Puff. . . Who's Nervous? Would you believe that some people get so nervous and emo. tionally taut at the prospects Mar. 23-2- 4 er Campaign the home of Gerald Larsen, The clean-ucampaign was discussed and assignments were made. p ALONG WITH the clean-u- projects will be an antl.lltter There are to be campaign. four litter containers placed In town. One In the town park by the Post office; two at the ball park west of town where the picnic tables are located; and one at the cemetery. Dee Hortln will arrange for the containers. The junkyard east of town is being made ready for the clson.up campaign materials by having the accumulation of winter garbage pushed up into neat piles and the road clear, ed of the refuse that has ac. cumulated. Places will be pro. vlrted for the dumping of the clean. up materials. Eagles to Host Young People The local Fraternal Order of Eagles will host a young peoples dance Saturday night, Mar. 23, at the lodge hall. Special Invited guests will be sons and daughters of Eag. le members, age eight to 18, who will be invited to bring guests, committee members said. Music for the evening will be furnished by The Other Guys, and refreshments will be served. |