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Show Universal Microfilming Corp 227 Sixth A vs P0. Box 147 Salt Lake City, Utah Junior Division Names Student Body Officers JTan. 55 Kliwi EIGHT PAGES BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 29, 1954 VOLUME 57, NUMBER 39 Motorists Face Citations For Ignoring Signs Motorists violating the Instructions of street closed signs in Brigham City will be faced with police citations in the future. Police Chief Harry Smith said today careless drivers are consistently ignoring the signs, skirting the street barriers and endangering the lives of school children. The only two streets closed are adjacent to schools, on First West, between Second and Third south at Central school, and on First West from Second to Third north at Lincoln. Chief Smith said the streets have been closed under directive from the Brigham City A. Elwyn Seely, Division Head confers with the newly elected junior division student body officers at Box Elder High school. They are, left to right, Charles Claybaugh, president; Betty Huggins, secretary-treasureDarrell Johnson, first vice president; and Ralph Jensen, second . . . Fire Hazards, Traffic Congestion Seen Student Wins Essay Honors Mary Alice Johnson, Box Elder High school senior, was a winner today grand double and $125 richer in U. S. Savings r; Missionary Rites Commissioners Reconsider Junior High Vote on New Tax Forms Vote Moral Support To Alleyway In Brigham City Box Elder county commission- ers reversed an earlier decision to accept a new type of form for county assessment rolls at a special meeting Thursday and ordered the state tax commission to hold up on printing them. The new tax forms, on which r records for each parcel of county land could be kept, had been been recommended by the state tax commission. After discussing the forms with Fred L. Petersen and George L. Johnson, county assessor and treasurer, respectivedecided ly, the commissioners further study was needed. ' To Study Machines The assessor, treasurer and Clerk K. B. Olsen were asked to study Weber countys machine system and make recommendations. In another action the commissioners voted their "moral support to a group of Brigham City men preparing to petition the city council for an alleyway north and south between a Brigham City business block. In order to have a more equitable distribution of fire insurance purchased by the county from the various agents, the amount purchased from W. La mont Glover was to be reduced down to that carried by the next highest agent. That insurance was to be distributed to Nick Topic, agent for Hartford Insurance Company, and other fullt time agents. five-yea- TV Program Navajo Tribe Student Body Jaycees Set October 8 For Duck Carnival Names Officers Charles Claybaugh, son of Mr. Mrs. C. W. Claybaugh, 117 West Fifth South, was named president of the Box Elder High school junior division student body in election finals conducted Tuesday. Chosen to serve with him as first vice president was Darrell Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Johnson, Don 616 South Eighth West; second vice presi dent, Ralph Jensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Jensen, 221 North Sixth West; and as secretary-treasurer, Betty Huggins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Huggins, 741 South Third West. Opposing them In the final election was Jay Eastley for president, Kathleen Hansen for first vice president, Kay Rasmussen for second vice president and Madge Sato for secretary-t- and October 8 is the date selected by the Junior Chamber oi Commerce for its annual Duck Carnival. according to Chairman Grant Allred. Allred said first prize this year will be a 30.06 rifle while a 12 gauge Winchester will go to the runner-up- . The Jaycettes will furnish food. On Allred's committee are D. L. Holland, Wade Ebeling and Boyd Jeppsen. Stolen Car Is Recovered, Two Youths Taken Two Ogden juveniles, both 14, were picked up here Monday afternoon at 1:30 oclock for in vestigation of car theft, Chief Harry Smith revealed. The boys were taken into custody by Chief Smith on the east side of the Brigham City ceme 1942 tery, after an abandoned Chevrolet sedan had been found at the old Johnson farm, east of Intermountain school. The car, it was learned, was stolen Sunday night from a parking lot on Kiesel avenue in Ogden and belonged to J W. Hutchinson, 2147 Robbins avenue of that city. and the The two juveniles car were turned over to the Ogden police. and FHA Planned Sunday 4-- H Kids A farewell next testimonial Sunday, Oct. 3, will honor a new missionary from the Honey ville LDS ward. Elder James Rex Gardner is the missionary called to serve in the Northwestern States mis sion. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Gardner. The farewell services will begin at 7:30 p. m. in the ward chapel. Mrs. Norwood Hyer Is Contest Winner Bonds. Making a clean sweep, she took first place honors in both the Box Elder News and Journal and Utah State Press associations essay contest on "What My Newspaper Means To Me. Mary Alice collected a $25 bond from the News and Journal for Box Elder High school first place and will be presented a $100 savings bond while a guest at a special Newspaper Week luncheon Thursday in Salt Lake City. Winning honorable mention from Box Elder High school were Bruce Crompton, Phillip Horsley and Joan Sato. A member of Dale Nelsons journalism class at BEHS,' Miss Johnson is also a march leader in the BEttes and was one of the girls selected to attend girls state last time. Writing is apparently one of her special talents for she was last years winner in the News and Journal Christmas story contest. Cooperating In the contest was the Utah Headliners chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, national pro e Telechron clock and combination radio was the prize won by Mrs. NorMy wood Hyer, 511 South First East after showing the Folgers quizFollowing is the essay by master that she used his product and answering the question Mary Alice Johnson which won firsts in both the Box Eldasked correctly. The red plastic combination er News and Journal and Utah is now proudly displayed in the state press association essay Hyer home since answering the contests. prize winning question on Monreasurer. By Mary Alice Johnson day at 5 p. m. American choare were contest These eight finalists newspapers The doorbell ringing sen from a' field of 46 students is being sponsored by the Fol-ge- r many things. They are an integral part of the free enterprise nominated last week by the 10 people in this area. merchandising system. They are advisory classes in the seventh a medium of information on inand eighth grades. Each canditernational, national and local date was presented at an asB.E. Men politics, disasters, medical desembly program where the 400 an had division velopments, achievements and students junior defeats. They are also an instruopportunity to meet them. ment for entertainment. The field was narrowed down When all of these services are to two candidates for each ofThree servicemen from Box tallied, to me it is apparent tofice in the primary election on Monday with the final balloting Elder county have recently re' days newspaper is a symbol of and powerful adjunct to democonducted Tuesday in the home ceived new assignments. room classes. According to army news re cratic government. The free press developed with Others nominated for presi- leases, Corporal Raymond E. dent were Cathie Chase, Rich- Birch, son of Mrs. Vercie Birch, democracy and democracy deard Felt, Betty Huggins, Bruce 477 North Sixth East, Brigham veloped with the free press. The Hyde, Edward Jensen, Bruce City, was recently transferred two are brothers, members of Joan from the Third division to the the same family. It is inconKeller, Dwight Kelly, Reeve and Duane Sheridan; for 25th Infantry division, which is ceivable one could exist withfirst vice president, Marcia Ball, now leaving Korea for Schofield out the others. The conception of a free press Shannan Christiansen, Lynn Barracks, Hawaii. Cpl. Birch entered the army in March 1953 developed gradually over sevCollins, Gary Hammerland, Harris, Linda Jensen, Sha- and has been overseas since eral centuries. Its progress Jias evbeen marked by important ron Jepperson, Lola Jean Mills, last October. First Lt. William G. Boyland, ents: jury acquittal of John PeSue Rasmussen, Sydney Reeder, Dwight Reeves, Stanley Wil- Jr., whose wife, Nancy, lives at ter Zenger for printing informaliams and Harriet Westenskow; 404 West Third North, Brigham tion about corrupt British offifor second vice president, who City, was also recently assigned, cials in New York in 1784; inclumust be a seventh grader, San- to the 25th Infantry division. sion of the principle dra Beecher, David Cottle, Dick Lt. Boyland entered the army in in the Bill of Rights; repeal of in 1855 and the the stamp-dutDonna Kay Jensen, August, 1952. Jensen, Pfc. Bryce K. Tracy, son of paper duty in 1861, and many Bruce Jepperson, Linda Fae Petersen, Chad Sheffield and Ju- Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Tracy of more. Yost, is now serving in Korea Newspapers were the condea Yates; for secretary-treasurer- ; James with the Third division. Pfc. science of raw frontier towns of Joan Anderson, Bradbury, Lynn Brailsford, Ver-ab- Tracy, a surveyor with the 58th the early west, and the good Call, Martha Claire Hors- Field Artillery Battalions Bat- people of the communities used ley, Carol Hunsaker, Frances tery A, entered the army in May them to battle lawlessness. If a publisher was killed there 1953. Hyer and Gordon Stokes. was always another to step into A What Damage Estimate $115 Crash In Fender-Bender An estimated $115 damage was listed as the result of a fender-bende- r two-ca- r accident, Monday at 1 p. m., on Third South and Fifth East. According to a report by Investigating Officer Satt N. Lee, a car driven by Delbert R. Hansen, 547 North Third East, and another driven by Lawrence D. Wilde, 147 South Fourth East, Brigham City, Vie for Awards Box Elder county and Future Farmers of America organizations will compete for 4-- new achievement awards announced Saturday by First Foundation. The foundation, established by the First Security system of banks, is contributing a total of and FFA awards in $800 in Utah. More individual than 80 awards will be given in Box counties. Elder and six other They will be $10 and $5 savings accounts to boys and girls, George S. Eccles, president of the foundation, said that both Box Elder and Bear River FHA members will for compete awards ranging from $100 for first to $25 for fourth. 4-- -- Take New Posts n 4-- y Mr. and Mrs. George Hodges Back from LA. Mr. and Mrs. George Hodges arrived home Sunday evening from two weeks stay in Los Angeles, While there Mr. Hodges studied new trends in ladies haircutting under Paul of Hollywood. They also visited with Dr. and 'Mrs. George Hodges and son, George, while there. Council Studies Plans For Sidewalk, Gutter City council studied the possi bility at the last meeting of laying sidewalk, curb and gutter on Seventh east between Second and Third north. According to minutes of the meeting, only action taken was giving instructions to W. H. Griffith, city engineer to prepare a map of Plat G., area in which the work should be done. Tot Is Accidentally Shot While Playing With Brothers In Field 3-Year- -Old boy was cut down by a 22 caliber bullet Monday afternoon in a field west of Corinne in what Sheriff an Warren W. Hyde termed accidental gun accident. One of two small brothers was apparently responsible. Guadalupe Garcia, son of Fernando Garcia, 29, was reported in fair condition late Tuesday, a day following the accident. A three-year-ol- d Hyde said the elder Garcia had left his three sons, ages three, four and five, in his auto while he worked in the Corinne field. Shoved beneath the seat was the small caliber rifle which Fernando Garcia thought was empty. were The three youngsters playing near the car alone when the rifle discharged sending the slug into the tots stomach. r He was rushed to Memorial hospital the Cooley in Brigham City and subsequently taken to St. Benedicts hospital in Ogden. It was the third gun accident in Box Elder county this summer, one of which resulted in a fatality. Hyde said the Monday accident was reported to him the following day by the boy's father. s In line with a resolution passed by the Utah Municipal league calling for alleys in all business blocks in Utah towns and cities, the alley was proposed and voted for to eliminate fire hazards, relieve main traffic street allowing by freight unloading at the rear of business buildings and improve sanitary conditions. The petition contended that a great fire hazard exists behind the buildings the ' alley will serve because they are not easily accessible by fire department equipment. It is impossible to lay more than one line to the rear of most buildings, maneuvering fire fighting equipment behind the buildings is difficult and the closest fire hydrants are approximately, one block from the center of the ' buildings. The petitioners also reported observing "that fully of the freight and merchandise delivered to and from said business buildings - is - necessarily handled through the Main street entrances of.. said buildings." The petitioners felt this caused a serious traffic and sanitary hazard and also made - the points that removing congestion on Main street might defer any plans of the state to bypass Brigham City with a new highway and that police are unable to adequately patrol behind the buildings. D. H. Whlttenburg, chairman of the state road commission, also went on record favoring the alley in a letter to the commission. After Councilman Morris Glover moved and Glen Burt seconded the motion to take the necessary steps to create the alley, it passed unanimously and the council then Instructed City Attorney Walter Mann to draw up a resolution on proof alleys viding for opening through all business blocks. Signing the petition were J. W. Howard, R. L. Thompson, W. Vosco Call, Leon C Packer, y Olsen, Rulon Baron, Alf L. Freeman, Douglas Fife, Frank Earl, Fred L. Petersen, George L. Johnson, Norman R. Nelson, Morris A. Nuttall, . Ernest E. Hansen, C. W. , Claybaugh, Carl Harry Smith and Jack Taylor. i " , Mary Alice Johnson wins double honors . fesslonal journalism fraternity. Mary Alices winning essay is included in todays issue of the Box Elder News. Miss Johnson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Johnson of Brigham City. two-third- s , Newspaper Means To Me free-pres- television program of particular interest to students and at Intermountain employees school as well as the general public can be seen Sunday, October 3, from 12:30 to 1:30 p. m. over KSL-TV- . The program was filmed by AdvenCBS for the networks ture series on the Navajo reservation in northern Arizona and Southern Utah and presents examples of Navajo tra-- . dition and how it is influenced by the white mans culture. The adventure program also points out the problems of the sixteen and a half million square mile Navajo nation in the southwest and how the Indian service is seeking a solution to these problems. Robert Tall Salt, Brigham City, acted as interpreter for the television film. Mr. Tall Salt is a member of the Navajo tribal council and is down at the reservation at present. Mrs. Tall Salt is an instructional aid at Intermountain school. A Brigham Citys main business block east of Main stfeet north-sout- h alley from the court house "" to First South street. In response to a petition by 20 leading citizens, the city council acted to extend the alley behind the Howard Hotel, Palmer Jewelry, Thompson Hardware and the D & D building south through the rest of the block. Simultaneously the council passed a resolution providing for similar alleys in all other Brigham City business blocks. will soon be split by a West-inghous- Three Mer-Lyn- Essay Winner Improved Through City Council Action with present-darealities, with my neighbors' happiness and and sadness, accomplishments setbacks. And it includes humor and laughter. Modern business depends on newspapers more than on any other advertising medium to disseminate their sales messages to the people. Without newspapers, American business would slow to a snails pace. The newspaper has proved that a free press is not limited by frontiers and oceans, and that a publication which presents the truth will be sought, regardless of difficulties, by readers who seek the truth. It has made a genuine contribution to International understanding through the presentation of many viewpoints on topics of universal interest. Nelson A. Rockefeller writes, Mans greatest hope for peace lies in better understanding between people." The goal of international understanding cannot be achiev ed by t action alone. There must also be a expression of their work and hopes, writes Paul Hoffman. Some citizens are content to council meeting. let themselves and their world rest on past advances. I, with the aid of my newspaper, want to use each new gain as a springboard toward the next y , Le-Ro- government-to-govern-men- people-to-peopl- e ! Civil Defense Women Leaders of one. When I Great Britain to Speak in Utah lay my newspaper am more confident about the ability of every day Box Elder County people like me to make the world a better place to live in. Civil Defense and If the men and- - women it ,re Club Leaders Invited ports about can accomplish so much against staggering odds, his shoes. The Women of Utah Civil Dethen I can move forward with Those early day newspaper satisfaction. fense and womens organizaheroes must have indeed been tions of the state, who are lendinspired for they seemed to see ing the support and strength of in the future the great part Unauthorized Use their organizations to the critinewspapers would play in unithe cal movement will be afforded world. Fire Of fying Hydrants I feel newspapers will conthe rare opportunity of meeting Forbidden by City tinue to help build and unify s and hearing two of Great the United States and the If in fire civil use women a hyyou city world. I am willing to do my part by sacrificing whenever I drant youd better have a defense, Mrs. Elmer Klitgaard, can to help further the growth blazing fire in the attic or regional director for Weber and Box Elder county civil defense, and maintain the principle of a city permission. said today. free press. The city council adopted an I want to use my newspapers A two hour conference will be ordinance at its last meeting to become a better citizen. Eduheld in the Governors board cators agree that students need against any unauthorized use room at the state capitol on Octo master the art of reading of fire hydrants. tober 4 at 10 a. m. The women's newspapers if they are to obtain In other miscellaneous acorganization and civil defense a truly liberal education. They the council members leaders in Box Elder county are tions agree that newspaper reading voted to purrequested to be present. leaves room for growth. They unanimously The distinguished guests are: should meet students where chase the C C Watkins propwith water rights, adMrs. Charles Clode, N.B.E. and they are, but never leave them erty, Rees Pioneer park on Miss Rita Lewis of the Womens there. They should not only joining Voluntary Services of the Britmeet their changing needs and the north. Unanimously passed was a ish Empire. They will be acinterests, but should be ahead resolution to determine and companied by Miss Margarite of them. . woTo me, newspaper reading is secure property rights to a Hammond, an American a pleasure as well as a chalstrip of land from Fourth man, who has been working From my community North and Second East to First with Lady Reading in England. lenge. for public purposes, a I The guests will be introduced become paper acquainted with East to the women of Utah by Miss the people and- activities closest street to me. It develops my interest There is one home on the Dorothy Pearl, director of womens activities, Federal Civil in political, social and economic land, occupied by Marie Defense Administration. of deals It my society. problems down I Bri-tain- top-lev- Oil Test Hole Is j Down 2, Oil Feet i Drilling was resumed last week on No. 1 Williams-Federa- l test for the Gulf Oil corporation, in the desert area, 12 miles southeast of Lucin after the well had been shut down to set 13 inch casing at 1,959 feet. Eighteen hundred sacks of cement were used in this operation. , Following, circulation was restored and drilling resumed. By the week-end- , the bottom hole was established at 2,011 feet. Corinne Permit j Drawing Oct. 9 j District Corinne Pheasant closed the drawing box for further hunting applications Saturday and is now preparing for a hunting carnival and drawing for permits, Saturday, October 9. The carnival will begin at 7:30 p. m. in the Corinne VFW hall and the drawing is slated for 9:30 p. m. Permits will be good for the regular hunting season in the 12,813 acre posted area. |