OCR Text |
Show -- a TTf TT' Jnlvjrs',l Microfilming 141 Pidroont v3. Salt City, Utrh Truck , Trailer , Topples on Overpass m rj h,- ;v Lay New Water Mains Three Injured 4 old Elwood boy was fatally Injured, his mother and two brothers were burned in an explosion Saturday afternoon which ended a family outing tragedy. Victim of the blast was Randall Floyd Stokes, son of Howard and Joyce Hansen Stokes, who died early Sunday morning In a Tremonton hospital from burns suffered 10 hours earlier. (Mrs. Stokes and sons, Tommy, 3, and Rioss, 6, also were burned when lighting fluid used to start a charcoal burner exploded. Mrs. Stokes and Ross were released from the hospital after receiving treatment but Tommy, who. suffered second and third degree burns was held.- His condition Tuesday was described as fair. ,, RandaU Floyd Stokes was born September 21, 1950, in Tremonton. Survivors Include his parents; three brothers, Steven JL, Ross D and Tommy J. Stokes, all of Elwood; two grandparents, Joseph Hansen, address unknown; Mrs. Daisy Hansen, Tremonton; and a great grandfather, William Cuorrell, Logan. 'Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 2 p. m. in the Elwood ward chapel by Ar thur- Erickson, bishop. Burial was made In .the Riverview cem etery in Tremonton. A 4 ! ? 4 r yt - rf v Several Thousand Dollars Damage Resulted . i . Saturday afternoon "when this big truck and trailer failed to negotiate the curving approach to the Hot Springs overpass, was saved from going over the embankment by a sturdy guard rail. , Trio Injured In North Main Semi-Trail- er .Other Cars Crash as Driver Stops to View Scene of Accident Twin Crashes , Burning rubber into the highway for 470 feet, a huge truck and trailer toppled over on the Holt Springs overpass curve last Saturday afternoon, skidded on its- side for 50 yards 'before coming to rest within inches of the overpass abutmerft. . Credited with keeping the heavy unit from rolling over the embankment was the sturdy guard rail on the approach which was crumpled at the impact. .The accident was, responsible for another crash as a driver diverted his attention from the road. Driver of the big semi-trucwas Keith H. Archibald, 41, and relief driver was. Herbert - EdSalt Lake win Ingman, both-o- f -City.' No owe was hurt. ' Fuel from the .trucks tanks spilled on the highway and the Fire Brigham City Volunteer., department made- - a run to the accident scene, stood by with equipment for several hours until a special wrecker, fcould be brought from Salt Lake City1 to handle the moving job. Trafone-lanfic through the bottle-neck- , passage was slowed for morq than three hours. ; Damage to the semi-trucand .the load of school writing paper-i- t parried would amount thousand dollars, to. several Trooper TeWayne Woodland estimated. , The mishap was blamed for a crash Ibelow the overpass when Marie Harris, Ogden, parked her car while her husband, Ralph, left it to climb the embankment. Axel Olsen, Brig-liaCity, slammed into the as he was looking at the reeked truck. Trooper William C. Sackett estimated damage to the Olsen car at $300 and to the Harris car at $250. Mrs. Harris was cited for improper .parking, Ol sen for driving too fast for existing conditions. - Damage Four Cars in City - k Two separate but almost identical accidents happened on Saturday and Monday evenings at the same hour, 5:30 p. m, and at the same place, the corner of Main and Second South. ' The Saturday crash involved eye. According to a witness, , the D. Billings, 758 North Main, another who stopped at the corner for Jeep was following a red traffic light. He was hit northbound car which turned The youthful Vin- on Third North. e k Wheat Farmers OK Marketing Quotas for 56 wheat for and Box Elder county mers voted 243 far41 against last Saturday when they went to the polls In the special referendum to decide on .mart keting quotas for 1956. Thus the pattern in Box Elder county, leading Wheat producer in the state, was In sharp con trast with other areas. Percen tage- favoring continuation of the marketing program here was over 85 percent. The state a? a whole voted 59.6 percent in favor, far Short of the neces s sary majority re quired. According to the State Agricultural Stabilization and Con servation office, the Utah vote wa3 listed unofficially at 695 for the acreage controls and 571 against, for a total vote of 1,266, of the 3,349 far about one-thirmers eligible. "The referendum held in 36 major producing states over the nation gave 254,197 votes for and 73,852 against, a safe 77.5 percent margin. The vote in Box Elder county was officially eonvased Mon day evening by the county ASC committee composed of Earl Bu chairman Elwood, dhanan, Horace Barnard, Deweyvllle and Mirl Mason, Howell. Assist ' Ing were Don Homer, Tremon ton office manager and Full rner Allred, county agent two-third- d A juvenile, operating a Jeep without a drivers license, was cited for failure to use due care in an accident at Third North and Main at 3:10 p. m. Tuesday which sent a Snowville woman and her two children to a doctors office for medical attention.' Injured were Mrs. Thomas F. Larkin who received a laceration on the scalp and an ankle Ruth her daughter, injury;Ann, 7, bruised hip and leg; son Donald, 8 months, Injured right D". from the rear by Joseph. cent Gellegos, 27 North Third West who was cited by Police Officer P. R. Parker for failure to keep htis car under control. Damage ito the Gellegas car was set at $100,' and $25 to the , Billings ear. A repeat performance Monday had a new cast of characters with Raymond L. Anderson, Ma-laIda., halted for the traffic light and was hit by Donna Faye Gromau, Ogden. Police Officer R. K. Pearse gave the Ogden woman a .ticket for failure to use due care. The Gromau car damage amounted to $250 with $100 loss to the Anderson vehicle. - - Jeep driver braked his vehicle and it came to a stop straddling the east curb. In backing off he flammed Into the northbound car driven by Thomas F. Lar' kin. Police Officer Del Fife, who investigated the accident, turned the youth over , to ' juvenile authorities? Heetimated damage to the Larkin car at $600, and $40 to the Jeep. Car Leaves Road, Is Total Wreck Donald . L, Fuller, 21, Olalla, Wash., narrowly escaped serious injury in an accident at 12:20 a. m. Tuesday morning when his northbound car went out of miles north of control, two Willard, he crossed to the 'West side of the road, clipped off a mail .box and went over - the embankment, hit the fence and rolled Jtihe vehicle over. According ito Trooper Wm. C. Sacket, the oar came to rest 300 feet from where It left the highway. The old model sedan was a total wreck. Fuller admitted his steering controls were bad, was cited for operating faulty equipment Two Cars and . Tractor Crash Saturday Eve : A honeymoon couple ran Into trouble at Willard last Saturday at 10:30 a. m. iwhen their car hit a tractor and a passing vehicle almost simultaneously. Driver of the car Was David L. Hogan who had left West Jordan on the. first day of his He overtook a honeymoon. tractor on the highway, driven by . Gleb Woodyatt, Willard, swerved in an attempt to miss it but clipped it on the rear and slammed Into a passing car In the other traffic lane, driven by Clem Rasmussen, Grace, Idaho. According to Trooper Wm. C. Sackett who investigated, dam age to Hogans oar was estimated at $450, to Rasmussens Car at $250 and to Woodyatts tractor, $100. Hogan and Rasmussen were both cited for driving jtoo fast for existing conditions. Dr. Janies T. Simper Arrives to Serve Local Veterinary Needs New Veterinarian's Office Is Located New Veterinarian At 608 North Main iDr. James T. Simper, - veterinarian, arrived In Brigham City recently and plans to serve the veterinary needs In this area. Or. Simper graduated ;from Kansas State college with, a doctor. of veterinary degree in June. Prior to receiving his degree there he received his early education in Pleasant Grove, graduated from the USAC in Logan; completed post graduate work in dairy husbandry at the USAC and served In the U. S. Navy for two years. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Simper, Pleasant Grove. His wife is the former Shirley Heslop, Plain City. They were married August '27, 1947 in the Salt Lake LDS temple and have four' children, Craig 6, Shirlene 5, Bruce 3 and Steve 19 months. The family is getting settled at 178 North First East. , Dr. Simpers office is located at 608 North Main, first door north of the North Main Motors building. This building includ- - Rees Park Fourth of July Festival Baby Contest, Parade And Relays Plus Food - . j - Brigham Youth Recovers From ; Foot Fall 75 Dan 01ney, Jr., 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Olney of school 4s recovering nicely from Injuries received, in a fall on the beach at Nah Bay, Wash., on , Sunday, June 19, ft was learned this week. Young Olney was at the beach with two 'cousins when he slipped and fell from a towering cliff. . A Marine rescue squad was called and it took them four hours to rescue him, rushing him to the Forks Clinic at Fortes, Wash., where he was on the critical list until last When he regained Saturday complete consciousness. In addition Ito brain concussion, Olney received three broof the ken ribs, lacerations face and bruises. A steel helmet he was wearing at the time of the fall probably saved his life. Mr. and Mrs. Olney rushed to Nah Bay .to ibe wiith their son Who was released from the hospital Monday. They expect to return to Brigham City this .Inter-mountai- n 75-fo- . week-end- . . , T "H A"- '- Mission Field Clifton G. M. Kerr, president of South Bear River stake, has been, appointed to serve as president of )he British mission for - i Working Right Behind the Ditch Digger , . . workmen lay new four inch water mains on West street, replacing 45 year old smaller lines. First Kerr, who is state senator from Box Elder county, will as- Many prizes will Ibe awarded during the contest with top winners to Ibe named Miss Liberty and Uncle Sam. The royal couple will lead the parade that 'begins at 10:30 a. m. Legion Juniors Travel to Layton, Win 17-- 4 Game The American Legion junior baseball team completely routed a Layton junior team, Tuesday evening at Layton, winning an easy 17 to 4 victory. The triumph made the Brigham City team's record read four wins to one loss for the season. ' Richard hurled the Wight game for the local team. Catcher Ross Poulsen, who has been in a hitting slump, found his mark and rapped out two circuit blows. Wheat Farmers Plan Tour of . Dry Land Farm At least two or throe car loads of 'wheat farmers will leave from the county court house early Friday morning to attend the Nephl-Levaridge dry land experiment farm tour, it was announced this week by County Agent Fullmer Allred. The tour will start from Rays cafe, south of Nephi at 9 a. m. Observed on the experiment farm will Ibe spotted stands due to permeability and unlevel nature of the land, tests with nitrogen fertilizer applies this spring, plantungs on old grass and alfalfa forage plots, Hymar wheat planted for hay or silthe age, new grass seedings, wheat breeding nursery and other tests. i Replace Old First West Water Mains The job of replacing wafer mains on First West street is progressing this week and soon will be completed, it was announced by Tracy Larsen, pervise of the city water tem. ' Included is the line susys- from Fourth to Seventh South, a new four Inch main being installed in place of the line laid about 45 years ago. It was a combination of tiwo, two and a half ' and three inch malm When completed, the new line should .give, more water , , pressure to the growing southwest section of the city, Larsen said. Second Shot at Gas Test Plugs Hole With Sand " long dikes. Separate judges will be in charge of the ibalby contest and the parade. Those in the parade are asked to register and get their numbers 'before parade time. Children are invited to decorate floats, bring their pets, trim bicycles or tricycles, ibring their pony carts or don costumes to join the colorful parade. Parade prizes will include first, second, and third in each section. Float section prizes will 'be $3, $2 and $1. All other sections will award $1, 75 cents and 50 cents as prizes. It is planned to present six prizes for costumed children, Mrs., Davis explained today. All children participating in the parade will receive a and a Ibottle of Soda wa. ter. ,f Immediately after the parade, relay races will 'be conducted for children tip to and including 12 year olds. Boats and pony cart rides will be offered during the celebration. Food will be sold and families are invited to attend and enjoy their lunches. pop-sicl- es a waiting room, examination and surgery room with kennels for small animals in the back. He is qualified to practice all phases at veterinary medicine and surgery. sume his new duties in London early in October (and to organize the British mission for the erection of the new temple .to be built there. 'He will be accompanied on his new assignment by his wife, Irene,- - and ihis two younger sons, John and Nolan. Rolfs, another son, will profbaibly join them later. Their son, Duane, now In the Canadian mission field, is expected home about October 1. e Bill , Johnston Wins Brigham, Logan Matches Provo golf pro Billy Johnston won two golf tournaments Sunday wihen his 70 score carried away top honors in the Cache at Logan and also won the playoff with Dick Kramer, Salt Lake City for the Brigham City open of the' week Valley Dairy open 'before.. ; - . The playoff between Johnston and Kramer was necessitated when darkness postponed the match for the professional prize here on June 19, for which the two tied. ' Dean Candiandr ' local pro, tied for third in the professional flight of the Cache Valley . ' meet. Brent Orchard placed i third in the tournaments second flight , . Testing on the natural gas exploratory hole west of Brigham City - was continuing Tuesday night after the second perforation shots at the 832 foot level caused the casing to1 fill with water and sand. - - Water was hit when the first shots were blasted Monday at 852 feet The second shot Tuesday plugged the hole with sand for about 400 feet and bailing operations were resumed to prepare for another blast during the night area below the dikes can be flooded and dried out, thus leadhing the alkali out of the soil and preparing the area for plant growth, J. Pierry Egan, director of the Utah Fish and Game department announced Parade, Fireworks, Ball Games Two Fires Monday Do Little Damage Two fire calls Monday resulted in a lot of activity for the Brigham City Fire department but very little damage. The first call at 11:40 a. m. was froifi the home of Maude Anderson, 319 West Third South, caused by an overheated washing machine motor. It was extinguished before the department arrived. The second was a grass fire at. 151 South Fourth West at 4:20 In the afternoon. Boys, playing with matches, was given as the cause of the blaze which did some damage to trees in the vacant lot. Main Street Feed Lot Concessions, Games? And Races Complete j July 4th Program The Willard community Will celebrate the Fourth of July event Monday with a day-lonto Include a parade, three ball races and childrens games, games and a big fireworks dis. play in fhe evening. Sponsors of the community program is the Lions club with Ira Archibald, president, serving as group chairman, assisted by Roy Lemon, secretary. Service club members will operate a wide variety of concessions which will open at noon and will Include bingo games, penny pitch, dart games, food, drinks and . confection stands. The official program for the day will start with a childrens parade at ll a. m. offering a host of prizes and awards to those taking part This will be followed at 11:30 with games and novelty races for children and adults, while the concessions will open at 12 noon and continue operation throughout f the day1 and evening. Willard junior team will open the baseball schedule for the day when they meet the Garland juniors at 1 p. m. This will be followed by a 3 p. m. game between the Willard town team and a Japanese team from Ogden. Nightcap event will be a girls softball , game between Willard and Honeyville. j A spectacular climax for tha days celebration wiill be a fireworks display at 9 p. in. ' g , Tennis Players Will Sign Up -For Tournament n ' Dr. James T. Simper . . . makes home here. of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints. a. m. range 'improvement program at These projects are primarily the public Shooting grounds, 10 for irrigation, it was pointed out miles west of Corinne, will start by Milligan. First, a dike is soon, to 'continue the program built to impound water for a opened last summer, it was an- resting spot for waterfowl. The nounced Ihis week by Don S. culverts are put in so that the Milligan, chief of the engineering division of the State Fish and Game department. The first phase of this project wais completed last fall at a total Cost of $26,820.42. It included rebuilding the dike and placing a new outlet structure on Crocker lake and constructav new road from State ing Highway 83 to Crocker lake. On ithe south side of the highway, a pew dike was Ibuilt along the inflow canal. Included is a flood control Structure, a sheet piling water control structure and six culverts. This dike will back up water between the canal and the old Southern Pacific grade with the culverts so placed along the dike that .they can be used for irrigating the land south of the dike. The entire main road on the south side of the highway was graveled and rebuilt to road. make a good The second phase of (this proj ect will be started about July 1 and will be completed in albout three months. Gregerson and Jensen, Gunnison, was low bidder on Ithe project and was awarded the contract on a bid of $274266.35. - It 'includes, primarily, the re construction of the dikes on Widgeon and Pintail lakes and the placing of a concrete structure on Hull lake. There will be a sheet piling flood control structure built on each dike and 13 culverts placed along the Complete Program full day of fun for youngsters on tihe Fourth of July is planned by members of the Jayceettes of Brigham City. Mrs. Jean Davis, chairman for the local service club, announces the following agenda for the local celebration to be held at Rees Pioneer park. A baby contest for all youngsters up to and including will ibe conducted at 9:30 a. m. at the park. Sunsuits and sundresses will be the mode of dress for the contest and all mothers are asked to register their little children prior to 9:30 V Utah Fish and Game Improve Public Shooting Grounds The second phase of a Clifton Kerr A - Street Crash ' r'Vri EIGHT PAGES Full Day of Fun for Youngsters at ' Z Dies of Burns, I! WL Overturns Truck, On Hot Springs Overpass Saturday 56 BRIGIIAM CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 29, 1955 Elwood Child - , Jn. liIIWl - VOLUME 58, NUMBER 26 ' Corn, t and girls, 16 years of age and over, interested in a city tennis tournament are Invited to be at the courts on Boys They Were Putting Up Hay at the busy corner of Main and Forest, Monday morning, when a towering load bales all over the street. The load of hay belonged crumpled as it turned west, spewed . to Rulon- Hatch, Corinne. ... - ---- : Thursday evening at 8:30 mu Harold Anderson, recrea- tion director announced this, week. Sign up for the city tournament will be conducted at the Thursday meeting, Anderson said. - |