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Show Jer7 Just About s Bear River City Youngster O By Is Nearly Back To Normal Bob Crompton In the I5th round of the toughest fight of his five years, little Jerry Munns can be deWith a heart as full of clared the winner. as Jack Dempseys, he has led in prac- -, fight round. tically every fouling opponent since Jerrys August 1951 has been polio and when it walloped him it almost laid him out for the count. Jerry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Reed Munns of Bear River City. Both he and his sister, Carolyn, contracted infantile paralysis during Box Elder countys epidemic year, 1951, only five days apart. Jerry had only the spinal polio while Carolyn had spinal and bulbar both. Both youngsters lay in the shadow of death for Every time a vote was cast in the primary or general election last year it cost Box Elder county about 85 cents. If a person voted in both elections they ran up a bill of about $1.70 paid out of county funds, according to information from K. B. Olsen, county clerk. Total election costs for Box Elder county was a $10,750. These figures are Interesting because of they give an idea of the size of the job in Utahs largest election an conducting county, an area a third as large as Denmark. In the general election 8,835 voted and in the primary 3,866 people voted a total of well-spe- low-blo- nt 12,701. To handle , t this huge ballot casting and counting, 168 judges and 13 constables had to be hired in the general election and 120 judges in the primary. Each of the election officials received $8 for their days work. Holding a job as an election official isnt one of the best paid types of work. They were on duty for 13 hours during the day when votes were being cast and then the work began. For many more hours they had the tedious task of counting hundreds of votes. During the entire time they were under the suspicious scrutiny of representatives of both parties. In each of the countys 43 precincts (perhaps missing a few counties) each party had an old guardsman on duty to see that the same person didnt vote more than once; that the voter didnt drop more than one ballot in the box and that the judges followed the election laws (there's a whole book of them) to the comma. Its not that people dont trust their voting neighbors, they just dont want temptations thrust in their hands. With some large precincts and others mightily on the diminutive side, election work wasnt spread smooth as cream cheese. For instance, the set of three judges in Lucin had a total of seven (7) votes to take and count in the primary. With each of the three judges receiving the regulation $8 for their days work, it cost the county about $3.42 td have each of those votes cast (not counting the cost of paper, keeping records, ballot box and more). On the other extreme the Brigham City Sixth wayd swamped by voters of the Indian school, had 690 votes to handle. With a double set of judges the officiating cost the county $48 for the precinct, or about seven cents a vote. But whether it costs the county seven cents or $3.42 cents a vote, it is worth every penny of it. It could be no other way. Inter-mounta- weeks. Last year at this time Jerry was already the road to complete recovery, but he was still in a rigid straight jacket of plaster of paris. It started at his waist and continued up to his neck and partly around his head, allowing only a few inches of movement above his legs. Then he could only get out of bed for a few minutes each day playing was out but now the cast is gone and, though he must continue to take it easy, keep warm and relax, he is again the smiling, active and interested boy. Now Jerry must be taken to Ogden every month for the exercises and treatment that strengthens his spine and back and neck muscles. Carolyn, his sister, is still wearing leg braces and must take the exercise more often Jerry is in the last round of his fight. He has almost won. It has taken a fighting heart, patience and months of treatment. He was one of 35 in Box Elder county to contract the disease in 1951 aad one of thousands of other youngsters across the nation every year. It took guts to win, but it also took the contributions of his friends and neighbors to the March of Dimes, for if it were not for the National Infantile paralysis foundation, the treatment for the disease would not have been developed ; the well equipped polio wards would not be available in Utah hospitals or any hospitals. Everyobody who contributed to the March of Dimes last year or who will do so this year may take a pat on the back they have helped Jerry Munns recover. on -, , iit YOUNGSTER WITH A FIGHTING HEART . . . Jerry Munns, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reed Munns, Bear River City, pictured a year ago eaVly in his campaign against the childs disease, polio. At this writing we are not quite sure where the Box Elder News is going to be printed this week. We had an accident with the press. Action Contemplated On Lennie Redelings, consultant specialist on Problem the press, and Winston Nelson, the press Community Sanitation atom power, TV as not as apparent Though godfather, arent happy unless they have an unsolveabie mechanical problem to solve. and transportation development, progress in as well community sanitation techniques This week theyve been happy. as personal and family cleanliness has contributed just as greatly to the improvement The pair installed a new electrical control of our standard of living. box 6n the inky monster, flipped the switch It has not been many scores of years back on it worked and the engaging belt slip- that a bath on Saturday was considered a ped from neutral onto the engaging wheel grand sufficiency and when an open sewwhich started the press rolling in reverse. age system was not unusual. Those days About a half dozen ink rollers were loosely are gone, almost. hanging on the press were ground up. With a new concept of sanitation people Boy what a noise! What, weeping and are aware of the danger in antiquated ccptic wailing. That was Saturday and Sunday tanks, questionable chemie'ally treated sewand they havent got the outfit ready for age that is dumped in & convenient lake or operation yet. They will though, sooner or river. They are fighting the health threat later. They love those unbeatable prob- with developments as new in sanitation as lems. jet engines in aviation. Brigham City, along with practically all Lee Boothe, former Box Elder high school cities ringing the Great Salt Lake, has a basketball gieat, and currently a sophomore sanitation problem. The City Council has alon the Utah State Agricultural colleges ready acted to clean it up. Much is still to be powerful basketball squad, saw action last done. Plans and specifications for a $210,000 game at Logan. Saturday in the Though he didnt have enough time to sewage disposal unit has been approved by break any records he looked smooth and ef- the state health department for Brigham ficient in the contest and there is little City. Engineering and planning has been guessing in predicting he will be an Aggie under wray the past year and is now comstalwart his junior and senior years. plete. The new unit would completely process , , The game Saturday was great. Both sewage. After the treatment the water is teams are strong, and both will have a great virtually pure and may be used for irrigaof the operation is ferseason. But with all of the moral support tion. A w6 offered, the Aggies just couldnt score as tilizer. Presently Brigham City has two large many points as the Brigham Young outfit. treated Some years you cant root for a winning ceptic tanks in which sewage is team. chemically before being sent on. The tanks are not adequate and the sewage is not destroyed, merely treated. 2 ; Box Elder NEWS The new unit would be adequate for a city 1953 7. Brigham City. Utah Wednesday. January of 15,000 to 25,000, allowing for more than A weekly newspaper, established in 1896. pub. ished every Wednesday and entered as Second normal growth for Brigham City for at least Class Matter at the post office in Brigham City, the next generation. Utah, under the act of March 8 1879 No doubt everybody is in favor of the saniCharles W. Claybaugh, Publisher tary improvement. It means added health Robert P. Crompton, Managing Editor protection and satisfying confidence in our Gladys Johnson, Advertising Manager sewage system. The snag, of course, is the $240,000, which Subscription rate in Box Elder County: $2.25 per year payable in advance; in combination with can vary up a little. the Box Elder Journal (published Fridays) $4.00 Before the city can order the unit conper year; $2.00 for 6 months; single copy 5 cents. Outside Box Elder County, $3.00 per year, com- structed, they must hold a city bond election so that the citizens may have the last word bination rate $5.00. directly on the expenditure of this large sum. If the bond election is for $250,000, it would Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. Utah State mean an expenditure of approximately $35 Press Association. National Editorial Associaper person. It would be paid off in addition and United Press. Advertising .Representative: Utah State Press Association, Salt Lake City. tional taxes during the decade or so after. -- f A. t&z A $r 5 . I i v.- -. - j. , Ik K f . . . Jerry now almost completely recovered after treatment dev ised through March of Dime Funds. He must still take regular exercises. SAME BIG SMILE J. L. Les Andersen Retires After Delivering Mail 42 Years In Buggies Motorcycles Autos BOX ELDER NEWS Editorial and Feature Page Travels Around 4 Three-Fourt- h and it was just as his time delivering maty the dependable as a horse, Les re- past 42 years. He and his wife, ports who was Olivia Foregren of Both-fce- ll before they were married, While travelling something hike of a million have raised a family of four miles m delivering mail on Rte boys and three girls, all but one 2 and hauling many millions of of whom has completed college letters and thousands of tons of at Utah State Agricultural colpackages, Anderson served under seven different postmasters. lege, Logan. Starting with fhe present , and Its hard for old postmen to worktng back they include C. "just fade away, Les found last Henry Nielsen, Ernest Freeman, week. He spent the first day of Nells Chnstofferson, Lee Holst, retrement, last Friday, back in Roland Madsen, E. M. Tyson and the harness delivering mail on Lorenzo Andersen. his old route as a substitute. But Les hasnt spent all of The new man was ill. provement three-quarter- Million Miles If there is a Ibump in the road, a stick or stone along the highway between (Brigham City and Deweyville that Joseph L. (Les) Andersen doesnt know about it wasnt there la6t week. After carrying mail on that route for 41 years, nine months he knows them all. But now he can lean back and forget them; he entered retirement Dec. 31, s 1952. BYU-USA- C FINDS IT II RD TO FADE AWAY . . . Joseph L. (Les) Andersen, prepares mail for Route L Brigham City, for the last time after 42 years. He had to work Jast Friday, his first day' of retirement, because the new man waa ilL Postmaster C. Henry Nielsen congratulates him. Route 1, a 48 mile journey that includes northeast Brigham City, out the north string tp Deweyville, south to Elwood and back, with several brandhes-of- f along the way, has been Les personal responsibility for the entire time. When he first signed on with the postal department in 1911, Les was equipped with a pair of mules and buggy. He whipped the team over country lanes that "couldnt be called roads now. "It was a long trip, Les recalls, and Id leave about 8 oclock in the morning and be back by four or fiVe in the afternoon if the weather was good. When it was bad we were back when we pulled in. The mules and buggy fell to the progress of the combustion engine in 1915 when Les bought the second motorcycle ever to dust off roads in (Bngham City. Pete Arnsback bought a motorcycle before I did, Les remembers, "and after I wore mine out I bought his from him." In the four years the postman delivered mail toy motorcycle toe wore out three outfits. When he took the mail out his last day, it was in a large modern car which would weigh In as a heavyweight, compared to the brand-neModel T Ford he purchased in 1917, discarding his last motorcycle, The (Model T was a big - im- -- jf I MERRY MODEL ... T in the background on the day Andersen traded his third motorcycle for it. Before he had delivered mail in a buggy equipped with the latest type mules. |