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Show fVr ' . - 4 'i TTTTwT7Tr - r v CntvornaJ Microfilming Corp. 227 Salt Decked Out For Central School Dance Festival Roxalene Ridd ready for the annual Dance Festival for Central school students are: (left to right, back row) Shirley Diane Gabel, Nancy Jeppsen and Kent Beecher with (front row) La Nae Shields and Ann Earl. J. D. Gunderson smiles his approval. Festival will begin at 8 p. m. at the Box Elder high school gym. . . . 'Patterns from Bering To Cape Horn' Begins At 8 P .M. at Gym Annual Dance Festival for Central school children, "Tapestry of American Dances" with patterns from Bering to Cape Horn will be presented by 631 students on Friday, April 23. beginning at 8:00 oclock at Box Elder High school gymnasium. All school children of school age and adults of the community are invited to attend. Central school students are seeing tickets A charge of twenty-fivcents per person will be made with all money collected to be used to enlarge the supply of books at the school lischool brary and for other equipment. Chairman of the committee in charge is Mrs. Nellie Wight. Some of the classes have organized their own- - dances and some are on the creative lines. First Graders First graders, under the direction of Mrs Vera Mills, Mrs Nell Barlow, Mrs. Jane Linford, Mrs. Marilyn Miller afld Mrs Faye Moody, will present: Polka Dot Tots"; Round the Viland lage Scene; and Old Brass Pantaloons, Wagon Wheels. Second Graders Second graders, under the di5 rection of Mrs. Rosetta Gould-ing- , Miss Venna Sparks and Mrs. Dixie Crowell, will present: A Bit of Color Steps from Old Glory; Weaving Stripes of Red Embossed and White; i and Symbols of American Freedom. Third Graders Third graders, under the di rection of Mrs. Ora Hamblin and Mrs. Mary P. Owen, will present: Cotton Pickers Prints; PoOld Coon Hop; Hokey key"; Little Ol Sugar Blues; and Southern Belles." Fourth Graders Fourth graders, under the di rection of Mrs, Merle Grover, Mrs Kay Petersen and Miss Iris Schow, will present Little Men and Women from An American Sampler; Little Women Cross Over; The Warp and Woof and The Grand Chain Stitch. Fifth Graders Fifth graders, under the direction ot Mrs Blythe Tingcy and Mrs. Nellie Wight, will present: South of the Border Senors, Senoritas Swatches; and Sparkling Tambourines Spanish Whirlie Twirlie"; Bue nos Noches, Amigos, Suenos No e ches. Sixth Graders Sixth graders, under the di rection of Clair Hailing, David Q. Ward and Rowland L. Rigby, will present: "Southern Neigh bors on Dress Parade; Serape the and Reboza Mingle with and "Brazilian Waltz Somba, Principal J. D. Gunderson re ports that all dancers will be in costume and make this annual festival a most colorful affair WATER NOTICE The 1954 water tickets are how ready and may be obtained at my home, 605 South Third East, any time or at the city hall Saturday, April 24, from 1 to 5 p. m. W. L. BARKER, Secretary, , , Box Elder Creek Water Users Association. A21-23-c- h REWARD Reward will be 'paid for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of the party putting poison out for dogs. Police Department. $175 00 A21ch Rites Will Be Held Thursday George Louis Wheeler, 62 of 512 West Fourth South, died r Monday at Provo after a illness He was born April 3, 1892, in North Ogden, the son of Calvin and Margaret Barker Wheeler. He was reared in Fielding and lived in Stone, Idaho, for 33 years. He moved to Brigham City in 1945. He had been a farmer all of his life. He was an elder in the Brigham City Second ward. Survivors include four brothers and one sister: Henry Wheeler, Buhl, Idaho; Nathan, Emery and Fredrick Wheeler, all of Brigham City; and Mrs. Julia Cardon of Burley, Idaho. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p. m. in the Brigham City Second ward. Bishop J. A Meservy will officiate. Friends may call at the Harold B. Felt Funeral home Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 p. m., and Thursday prior to services. Burial will be in the Fielding cemetery one-yea- Navajo School California The community was saddened this week with news of the death of Major Jay Arthur Stokes, 31, who died Sunday at the El Toro Marine Air station near Santa Anna, Calif Stokes, decorated numerous times for action in World War II and the Korean war, was a resident of Willard. He is survived by his wife, Nelda Facer Stokes and two children, Lynn Marie and J. Preston; his mother, Veda Sorensen Burt and stepfather, Fon Burt of South Brigham; two Marilyn and Linda Kay Stokes, North Lake City, 111 ; and three aunts, Mrs Cleo Stokes Knowles, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Fern Brown and Mrs Leona Pruitt Wright of Brigham City. , The body is being returned to the family home in Willard and services will be held later this week In ' the- - Willard-war- d, the date to be determined after arrival of the family. Burial will probably be made In the Brigham 'City cemetery. Major Stokes returned from Korea in December after serving five months as a Marine jet pilot, because of the illness of his wife, and had ben stationed in California since that time. during World War II he served 18 months in Okinawa and had been decorated several times. half-sister- Scott Grover Is Selected Outstanding i Young Citizen in Local Competition Scott Grover, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Grover, was named or she Is a member. 4. Awareness of community as Brigham Citys outstanding junior citizen this week by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the program. at Box Grover, a freshman Elder High school, was sponsored by his home room class under direction of Mable Christensen. Runner up in the contest was Portia Reeves, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Reeves. Portia was sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary unit. Third place winner in the contest was Josette Peters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Peters and sponsored by the First ward Sunday school The three will be presented with trophies in recognition of their accomplishment and Grovers sponsoring group will be the first to hold the traveling trophy offered by the Jaycees and the Petersen Equipment of the company, project. Vernon Drewes acted as chairman of the junior citizenship program. All 19 of the entries in - the contest will be feted at a spe cial recognition banquet to be held by the Junior Chamber of Commerce on May 20, at which time the trophies will be pre sented to the winners and cer tificates of merit to the other contestants. Judges for the event were Ross C. Bowen, LaPreal Wight and Bessie Hansen, who based their decision on the following ' eight points: 1 Initiative and diligence in school (scholastic and otherwise). 2. Ability to inspire and lead others. 3 Services rendered to groups and organizations of which he Essay Contest New Prexy or civic responsibilities. 5. High sportsmanship quail ties. 6. Faithfulness and service to church. 7. Acceptance of family 8. Special proficiency in per sonal achievements; for exam pie, sports, music, contests en tered, speaking, literary or artistic endeavors. Jay Swenson . was named president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce at annual inaugural ball last Saturday. Jay Swenson Is New Head Of Jaycees of Jay Swenson, sales manager the Petersen Equipment com pany, was named president of the Brigham City Junior Cham ber of Commerce at the inaugural banquet of the group at the War Memorial home last Saturday evening. Also elected were Dick Larsen, Grant Olsen, Reese Davis and Vernon Drewes for two year terms on the board of directors, and Troy Miller to fill, a one year unexpired term on the board. Holdover directors of the or ganization, with another year to serve, are Bob Pella, Grant Allred and Boyd Jeppsen. The entire board will meet in the near future to elect and ap point other officers. Swenson was introduced by President Armour Jensen, and responded briefly. Guest speaker at the dinner meeting was Boyd Bunnell, pity judge of Price, and Jaycee national director from Utah. He spoke on Jayceeism and Ameri camsm Following the program, mem bers and their partners who were guests at dinner, enjoyed dancing afterwards. Heads Club Fashion Show Scheduled at Major Jay A. Stokes Dies In Geo. Wheeler City, Utah BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 21, Wins First in Winners In the annual essay contest sponsored by the Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars were announced this week by Mrs. Zina W. Thompson, chairman. First place winner was Roxalene Ridd and runnerup was Julia Rosenbaum. Third place honors went to Karlene Olsen. Cash prizes of $6 00, $4 00 and $300 will be presented the trio at a high school assembly program. Miss Ridds prize winning essay has been entered in state competition. Theme of the 1954 contest was Build Through Cit izenship. Attired In Costumes Theme of Central Festival Laka JarX"Vj VOLUME 57, NUMBER 16 Tapestry of American Dancers Sixth Ava. P.0. Box U7 The annual Steve Reed Home After Wintering Car Accidents Police officers investigated three separate accidents in Brig which ham City last week-end- , did considerable damage to six vehicles involved but resulted Irino injuries. VIost serious was an , accident at 10:00 oclock Saturday morn Ip ; when a car driven by George A Walters, Boulder, Colo, ram med an automobile driven' by Mrs. Ralph Bingham,' Smithfield, which had stopped at a red light at Third South and Main. Both cars were headed south. Damage to the Walters car was estimated at $300 by Officey By' ron May who investigated the accident, while damage to Mrs, car amounted to Binghams $450. Walters was cited for fol lowing too close. A freak accident occured in front of Andersens-Forat 1:50 p. m. Saturday afternoon when a parked car belonging to Mel rolled unat Hall, Wellsville, tended out of the driveway and struck the rear end of a north bound car driven by Marvin J. Vail, 540 East First South. Reese Bradshaw had been driving the Hall car, Officer R. K. Pearse reported. No citations were is d sued. Orchestra. . i Each year the Navajo girls at Intermountain school make Damage High In Series of . Steve Read is back home at 136 South First East after spending the winter with his daughter, Mrs. Ila Agee at Sun Valley, Calif. Steve has a new artificial limb and is able to get around fairly well for short periods. He is anxious to see his old friends and visitors are most welcome, he announces. school fashion show, to which the public Is invited, Is to be held on April 26 at 7:30 p. m. The place is the school auditorium. First Annual Clyde B. Stratford . will serve the Knife and Fork club as president for the Delivery of a the first published next year. ? e at school, was last week by the and Journal. C.B. Stratford Knife & Fork Clyde B. Stratford will be the new president of the Box Elder Knife and Fork club for the coming year, it was announced Monday evening at the dinner meeting of the club. Elected with him to serve the club as vice presidents were Jack and Wesley Gephart Shumway. Newly elected direc tors were Oleen Gam and D. G. Nelson, Jr. Ross C. Bowen is the club secretary. Holdover directors of the or ganization are Delbert Holm-greJ. Leo Nelson, Douglas Fife, Orson Christensen, L. A. Bundy, Wynn Hansen and By . ron Stalltngs. Retiring from office will be Alf Freeman," president; David Ward and Robert Potter, vice presidents; and Lorenzo J. Bott and-- , Harold Reese, directors. Vice President Potter presided at the meeting In the absence pf President 'Freeman, ' Speaker for the occasion was Dr. James F. Bender who spoke on the subject, The Psychology of Human Relations." . . annual, Inter-mountai- n delivered Box Elder News and arranged first graduating class Is President i, Concert; Wed.; y J i? f ; . 4 The annual spring concert of the Box Elder High school band and orchestra, under the direction of Wayne Johnson, will be presented at the ' tonight, Wednesday, at 8:00 oclock. (Admission is free and the public is Invited to the . . concert t m school-auditoriu- The program will be divided into two parts, the first being presented by the high school orchestra, composed of 40 members and selected soloist the second half by the concert band. by the of the institution, the book gives a brief history of the school, presents individual pictures of the 21 Written Band to Offer . Published at Intermountain ' .8 PAGE3 . In California Intermountain thousands of varied garments as a part of their home economics instruction so that they can outfit themselves on an economy budget This year, girls are to model various articles of clothing at the fashion show, made at each level of the five year program. Each year at Intermountain school the girls work on more difficult clothing articles. First year girls produce laundry bags, apronB, simple blouses, nightgowns and housecoats. During their second year, the girls pro duce housecoats and pajamas which they will model at the show along with dresses, skirts and blouses. Third year girls will show more advanced cotton articles, wool skirts and packets, made-ove- r clothing and childrens clothes. Students in their last two years are to model work uniforms, along with clothing suitable for social occasions. 1954 senior students and the staff. A considerable number of pages and pictures are devoted to the vocation training students receive and the activities they take part In. Group pictures present the juniors at the r , school. Original art work on the tur quoise and silver cover was done by Allan Houser. Miss Myrtle Arrowsmlth was the staff advisor. T Tax Reduction Brings Lower Show. Prices Brigham City show goers are to benefit financially from1 the federal governments recent re ductlon in excise taxes, It was announced this week ln'sepa rate statements from Mark Niel sen of the Roxy theatre find Vos co Call of the Capitol theatre. Nielsen Stated that "regular f admissions would be lowered to 20 and 50 cents for all matinee and , evening pictures except when advanced prices are charged for three dimensional roadshow attractions. , Call announced a new schedule of prices for Cinemascope pictures, with evening admissions being reduced to 20 tents for children, 50 cents for students and 80 cents for adults, Matinee prices will be 20 and 50 cents for Saturdays, Sundays and holidays and .between and 7 o'clock weekday eve Roland B. Smith, 53, president nings. , All other film attractions will of Box Elder Packing corporation and Smith Sales company, be 20 and 50 cents. Call an Ogden, was killed instantly on nounced. Monday afternoon, along with his wife and two .others when Showers Furnish the small plane they were flyrest crashed a in Denver Moisture; Balmy . ing dential area shortly after take Weather Follows The program will open . with Rosemunde OverSchubert's ture, to.be followed by MontTA "C Sardas, a well known, solo arranged for orchestra, J. Earl Johnston .will ' Join the orchestra to sing the popular Rogers and Hammerstein number from the , Broadway entitled "If I Carusel show, Loved You. . 4' A string ensemble composed of Marilyn Steffen, Joan Sato, JoAnn Long. Gary Jgppesen, Ada Lynn Nelson and Judy Orme, will present "The Last - Spring by Grieg. A gypsy overture, "Hungarian Comedy by - Keler Bela complete the first half performance. Taking ove the concert' the high school band will play Come Sweet Death" by Bach; The a Sousa Thunderer," march; and Deep River' Suite by Erickson, which is an arrangement of three Negro spirituals, "Swing Low Sweet chariot," Deep River and JoshuA Fit de Battle ob Jericho. "Blossom Time by Romberg will be a selection of melodies from the opera based on Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony and will be followed by Funl cull Funlcula by Denza, a spirited band arrangement t)f one of the most popular Italian street . concert march, more. - on 'the a j be number program His Ho nor, , will . by- - Fill- w i Lions to Yote Head of Box ;? Tonight for New Officers Eider Pack Is Plane Victim i songs.' - 4 ( I Members bf the Brigham City Lions club wilt elect - officers tonight, Wednesday, to serve the organization for .the- -J coming ' year, the slate for presiDan Olsen and with Johji Jtfusu-la- s and Jay Oldroyd named as candidates for first vice president Wayne A. Jensen and Glen Knudsen will be the choice off. t for second vice president and The group, which included A new high mark for the Dale Madsen and Harold Glorp William E. Robins, sales mana year was reached las) $qtur are candidates lor third vice ger for Smith Sales company day when temperatures soared president , f and his wife, were enroute to a to 77 degrees, Charles Clifford, Choice for secretary and treassales meeting in Wichita, Kans., official weather observer, oh urer of the club will be Marvin at the time of the accident. served this week. Lewis and Dale Rasmussen. DiSmith had been vice president The high Easter Sunday rectors nominated, with two to and general manager of Box Elwas 70 degrees while the tem- be elected, are Richard Parsons, der Packing corporation and peratures dropped to 68 MonDr. J. L. Huchel, Wayne LoveSmith Frozen Foods since 1946 day and 65 on Tuesday. land and Myrland Balls. and only last December was Showers last Wednesday Three choices are offered for The third accident happened Thursday afternoon when Mrs. Olive Fillmore, Corinne, emerg ed from an alley and struck an east bound car between First West and Main on Forest, driven 628 Christensen, by Wilford South Eighth West. Mrs. Fillmore told Officer R, K Pearse a truck parked at the curb plus the blinding sun had cut off her vision and that she never saw the Christensen car. named president of Neither driver was cited. Pack. , Box Elder supplied .32 of an, Jnph of moisture, Cliflord reported. Junior Chamber Names Outstanding Junior Citizens Heading dent will be Searl Beecher tail twister, W.'-- H. Griffiths, A. Elwyn Seely and Douglas Gunderson. Splzzerlnkter will be either J. Oleen Palmer or Wayne Johnson while Claude R. Barker and Dale Nelson are the club candidates for lion tamer, ' , Feature of the campaigning will be brief talks in which each candidate named will be given an opportunity to talk. in .favor of his opponent. The meeting will be held at the War Memorial home at 6:15 .pre-electio- n p. m. ; Illegal Fishing Results in Arrest C. A. Halls Mountain View trout farm was once again visited by fishermen with A taste for expensive fish. According to city police officers H. C. Hampton and L. J. Foote, the arresting officers, three people were arrested Sunday night at 11:30 for illegal fishing at the Hall trout farm, t Those arrested were Joseph Reed Jensen, Mrs. Bonnie Cor bett and Mrs. Yvonne Kiser. Jensen was fined $35.00 or 25 days In jail. Mrs. Corbett, and Mr Kiser were both fined $25 or 25 days. The total cost for the 14 fish caught was $60.00 or over $3.00 per fish. , -- Portia Reeves Runnerup Josette Peters In Third Place Scott Grover Award Winner s I I i j, : ( i |