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Show Universal Microfilming Corp 227 Sixth Ave. P.0. Box U7 Salt Candidate for Office Seeks County RecorderPost Mrs. Ruth Olsen Hunsaker, Honeyville, tiled last Friday afternoon for the office of county recorder on the Democratic ticket. few.. 4 m - k The widow of the lateOrvil E. 1. & xi Hunsaker, she has maintained J. Grant Olsen Ruth 0. Hunsaker J. A. Meservy her home in where Korean war veteran, filed filed Friday as a candi- Honeyville, is a candidate she has raised Honeyville her four children, reFriday for the office of coun- date on the Republican ticket for the office of county Mrs, J. M. Stokes, Bothwell; ty clerk on the Democratic for the office of two year corder, filing on the Demo- - Glade Hunsaker, 1954 graduate ticket. of Box Elder High school where cratic ticket. county commissioner. he was president of the student body; and twin girls, Betty and Files for Office Files for Sheriff Seeks State Post Letty. Mrs. Hunsaker and her son operate a farm in Honeyville. The candidate is a graduate 'of Box Elder High and the Quish Beauty school in Salt Lake City. - She worked here as a beauty operator and later operated her own business for some 20 years. An active church worker, Mrs. Hunsaker i. president of the Honeyville Relief society and helps to teach the special interest class in Mutual. Norm Watkins Files Bid for Arthur Dean Capener . . . Garland fanner, filed Fri day for state representative from District 2 on the Demo- Claire Huggins Norman Yr. Watkins filed Friday for the office . . . filed on the Democratic cratic ticket. of county sheriff on the Re- ticket for representative 'from District 1. publican ticket. Claire Huggins Elective Offices in Box Elder Two Demorcatic, Three Republican Offices Are Being Contested Three Dates Are Open for Thirteen Democrats, and Republicans filed for county offices- before the 5:00 oclobk deadline "last Friday afternoon but contests appear only in Ihe two county commissioner posiThroe registration dates have tions and the office of county been set for the September pritreasurer, the rest being unop- mary election, it was announcposed on the party ballots. ed this week by County Clerk K B Olsen, the first to be TuesOnly two contested positions 3. will appear on the Democratic day, August A. for registering, beOther dates ballot, May Stanley primary and Perc Petersen both seeking fore the primaries, will be Authe four year term of county gust 17 and 24 in each ,of the commissioners, and Jay Swen- - county's 39 voting piecincts son and E. Emery Wight hav- where registration agents have been appointed by the county ing filed for county treasurer. commissioners. The Republicans on the other Anyone who has moved withhand, will have to eliminate one in the county from one precinct candidate for each of the com- to another must obtain a transmissioners jobs when they hold fer from the former residence to the party primary convention the new location Residents August 14. who have reached the age of 21 Filed for four year commis- since the last election or who sioner are Ruel M. Eskelsen, have recently obtained citizenClifford Hansen and Lewis S ship, also must register, Olsen Wight, incumbent. One will be said eliminated before the piimary Residents who did not vote ballot is prepared as will be the in either the 1952 general eleccase for two year commissioner tion or the city election in 1953 which finds Ross C. Bowen, J. A. must because their Meservy and Maurice L. Reeder names will be dropped from the offered as hopefuls. rolls, he said Voters outside George L. Johnson, county corporate town limits must retreasurer, will be opposed for register if they did not vote in t nomination by Robert C. 1952. as the third office on the Those who are physically disRepublican primary ballot which abled may apply and register by will be contested. mail under certain and Oisen said. Anyone regulations, Both the Republicans who will Democrats are offering a full be absent on all registration for election the general slate dates may perform the requirewith the exception of the office ment at the county clerks ofof county surveyor. W. H. Grif- fice during regular hours but fiths, Democrat is the only man at least 10 days prior to the elecfiled for the position. tion. 15 Registering . Sten-quis- Box Elder County Political Box Score Democrats Stanley A. May Perc Petersen ( Geprge II. Davis Warren W. Hyde Grant Olsen Republicans County Commissioner Ruel M. Eskelsen Clifford Hansen Commissioner County Ross C. Bowen J. A. Meservy Maurice L. Reeder County Sheriff Claire Huggins Countv Clerk K. B. Olsen Jay Swenson E. Emery Wight Ruth O. Hunsaker Fred L. Petersen Omer J. Call County Surveyor W.H. Griffiths State Representative, District 1 Norman V. Watkins Charles W. Claybaugh State Representative, District 2 Kleon Kerr Arthur D. Caiiener - Is Candidate For Sheriff Claire Huggins, 403 South First West, filed Friday afternoon as a candidate for the Republican nomination as sheriff of Box Elder county. Huggins, who has lived in Brigham City for the past three years, was born and raised at Bear River City and attended both Box Elder and Bear River He owned and High schools operated a farm at Bear River for some time and was a mem her of the town board for a two year term. For the past six years- he has been an automobile salesman, except for a one year period when he was employed on the Brigham City police department He is a past commander of the William Reese post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at Bear River, having served during World War II in the army infantry, taking part in the , Philippine campaign. While living at Bear River City, he was a counselor in the Sunday school superintendency, a position he now hold in the Brigham Fifth ward. He has also served as president of the Elder's quorum at Bear River - ' City. Huggins has been interested in Boy Scout work, having serv ed as co chairman last fall in the successful fund drive con ducted here. He is married and has seven children. Dean Capener Runs for Seat In i Peach Days Float Wins First at Pioneer Parade The Brigham City Peach Days .float, Satin Royalty" won first place rating in the Ogden Pioneer day parade, it was announced this week by the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce. ; The float, covered with dark is the creation of Bruce Thompson, who was commissioned by the chamber to build the prize 'Winning entry. pink and black satin, J. A. Meservy Seeks Post as Commissioner J. A. Meservy. who filed Friday for the office of two year county commissioner on the Republican ticket, brought the candidates for the offipe to a total of four on the party slate. .Meservy was born and raised on a farm at St. Anthony, Idaho and has lived in Utah for 23 years; 11 years in Logan and 12 in Brigham City. He is the former owner of the Brigham Laundry and Cleaners and is now Willard Man Is Injured In Collision George Facer, 61, of Willard was hospitalized for a short time in the Cooley Memorial hospital with leg and rib injuries following a two-ca- r collision yesterday on the highway about three miles north of Willard. He was released in a few hours and showed no broken bones, the hospital report shows. According to Trooper TeWayne Woodland whb investigated, the accident happened when Robert H. Richardson, 70, of Salmon, Idaho, driving north, attempted to make a left turn into a private driveway. Paul Childers, 30, of Pontiac, Mich., was attempting to pass the Richardson vehicle at the time. Trooper Woodland said Childers threw on his brakes and slid sideways into the Richardson car. . Neither driver was injured. Facer was a passenger in the car driven by Richardson, who was cited for making an improper left turn. Each vehicle was damaged to an estimated $250. Old Folks Set salesman for the Central Chevrolet in Brigham City. A member of the South Box Elder stake high council for Norman V. Watkins, Brigham nine years, he is now the Bishop City business man, filed Friday of the Second ward. .Meservy for the office of state represen- was bishop of the Logan Twelfth tative from District 1 on the ward prior to moving to Brigham City. Democratic ticket. When North and South Box Watkins was born and raised Meservy is a delegate to the Elder stake old folks arrive at on a farm at Bpaver Dam, a son state and county Republican the New Lagoon on Tuesday, of Joseph A. Watkins who is one party conventions. August 3 for their annual outof the oldest pioneers in the Meservy and his wife, the ing they will find a big welcounty. He lived in the county former Aletha Saunders of Ben- come banner flying, W. Vosco all of his life except for six son ward, Cache valley, live at CaH, for the joint announced years in Cache valley before the 144 South Main where they own committee this family moved to Brigham City a home and business property. week. ,H in 1917. All arrangements have been They have six children, includHe is a graduate of Box Elder ing a son now serving in the completed and everything is in readiness for a gala occasion, High school and Brigham Young army. the spokesman for the two college at Logan and taught school in this county for several stakes stated.These will include free adyears, serving as principal of the Portage and Corinne schools. mission' t(TTriFgmrnds,' big Before entering the real estate picnic lunch at noon and a probusiness, he was an automobile gram afterwards, plus free rides on the dealer here, and lately formed and the the Watkins Music company, lo Cold drinks and streamline. ice cream will be furnished by cated at 81 South Main street. A lover of music, Watkins orthe stake committee. The outing will be held in the ganized the Orpheus chorus 30 East Bowery which has been years ago and has been the ditrouto of a lot went, Burglars rector of the famous musical orreserved for the day. Approxble for nothing, late Sunday ganization ever since. He has imately seven hundred are exalso played with a number of night or early Monday morn- pected to attend the affair which dance bands and orchestras in ing, when they attempted, un- is open to all residents who are successfully, to crack the safe 70 years of age or over. Memthe community. A former member of the at Kens Market, 96 South Main bers who have badges are asked Peaches baseball team, Watkins street. to wear them. The break-iwas not discovserved for many years as team Each ward in the two stakes ered until Monday morning will handle the manager when the local club when the transportation store was opened for for their own members was a member of the Industrial and prebusiness. Entrance was made league. pare lunch. Departure time has in a hole the roof, been set for 9:30 a. m. He has served the Third ward by cutting as superintendent Mr. and Mrs. John Musulas of Sunday the burglars using a length of to slide down. will be in charge of serving cold school, president of the Mutual garden hose The dial on the safe was drinks and in the ward bishopric. He and ice cream and Mrs. knocked off in the attempt to Elia Reeder is in is now on the stake music com charge of the it but were the open burglars mittee. program. Watkins has been active in unsuccessful and nothing else Others assisting with arrangethe Democratic party for many in the store was missed al- ments are Mr. and Mrs. Cali, it is possible some mer- Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sheffield, years, serving as county and though chandise was taken, Ken Jen- Mr. and Mrs. John Adams, Mr. city chairman. He is a member store manager, reported. of the local Chamber of Com- sen,, and Mrs. Martin Reeder and Mr. Police Chief Harry Smith and and Mrs. Orson merce. Tingey, memHe lives with his wife, the Officer Scott Lee investigated bers of the old folks committee of the two stakes. former Nola Bowring at 36 West the burglary. First North They have four sons, Dr. Jack Watkins who is Burglars Damage Safe with the LDS hospital in Salt Lake City; Bill Watkins who is in charge of the Ogden office of the State Rehabilitation depart ment; Vern Watkins who is director of guidance and counsel ing in the Phoenix city schools, and Dick Watkins who is em ployed in Brigham City. Representative Outing Date Legislature Arthur Dean Capener, Gar land, has filed for state repre sentative from District 2 on the Democratic ticket, coming in under the wire last Friday af ternoon. Capener, a farmer, turkey and cattle rancher, was one of the first children born in the Gar land community and has lived there all his life with the ex ception of two and a half years he served in the Eastern States mission field. He has been a member of the farm bureau for 30 years, one of the oldest paid-umembers in the county, serving as presi dent of the JJorth Box Elder group for eight years. He has also sprved as director of the Farm Security administration for six years. Capener is married and has five children, the eldest, William N. Capener, will receive his doc tors degree in agriculture from the University of Illinois this summer. A daughter, Dorothy, has just returned from a mis sion to the Atlantic states, two other daughters are married and Uhe fourth is at home. Burglars Cut Hole in Roof 6 PAGES Highway Accident Injuries Fatal To Brigham City Father of Five On August 3 . . . File For Eleven Jan. BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY MORNING. JULY 28, 1954 Ruth Hunsaker t City, Utah Asks for Office VOLUME 57, NUMBER 30 Twenty-Eigh- Lake 11 David J. Whitaker Dies Drum and Bugle Corps Is Off To Convention Monday Morning After Saturday Night Crash David James Whitaker, 57, of South Fourth West died, Monday at 4 a. m. at the Valley hospital In Tremonton from injuries received when the car in which he was riding struck a guard rail and rolled over on U. S. 30, five miles west of Blue Creek, late Saturday. Whitaker wds a passenger in a car driven by 4 Gary Mathis, 25 4 also of Brigham 37 Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars drum and bugle corps and five adult chaperones will leave Brigham City today, Wednesday, for the national encampment of the organization in Philadelphia. Some of the group will pick up the chartered bus at Salt Lake City when it leaves at noon while others will board it at Ogden at 1:00 oclock. Clyde P. Larsen, manager of the tour, announced Tuesday. The 29 corps members and their sponsors will stop overnight at Omaha Thursday and will arrive in Philadelphia Sunday morning where they will arrange their schedule, draw places in the parade. Inspection of the drum and bugle corps will be held Monday and more than 30 are expected for the national convention. Tuesday will be parade day while the competition between corps will be held Wednesday. The Brigham City group will leave Thursday night for Washington, D. C, where they will be met by the Utah congressional delegation and will spend the day taking in the sights of the national capitol. They will leave Friday morning, stopping and overnight at Indianapolis Omaha before reaching here on Monday. As far as finances are concerned, the local VFW post will be about $300 plus other obligations short of the minimum requirement for the trip, Larsen said, having raised approximately $3,300. This will make it necessary to stage some fund raising projects upon their return. In the meantime, 'anym one who desires maymnlh-h- r contribution, addressed to Clyde P. Larsen, 23 West Sixth North. , tj 4 Whitaker was born March 8, at Promontory, a son of Thomas W. and Susan Stokes Whitaker. He was reared and educated in Box Elder county and operated a farm at Promon- tory for a number of years. -He was a veteran of World War II and since the war had worked at the Utah General Depot in Ogden. He was a member of the LDS church. He married Elsa Grundie In December of 1942 in Brigham City. They later separated. Surviving are four sons and daughters, Jean, Susan, Robert and Connie Whitaker, all of . ?rlg-haCity; the following brother and four sisters: . Charles Maude Whitaker and Mrs. Faulkner,- - - both of Richmond, Calit! Mrs. Sadie Harrison, Mrs. Louise Robinette and Mrs. Cloey Finn, all of Brigham City. Fyneral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 oclock in the Fifth ward chapel, Bishop Walter Jaggi officiating. Friends may call at the Harold B. Felt Funeral home Wednesday from 7 to 9 p. m. and Thursday prior to services. Burial will be made in the Brigham City cemetery. Park Valley School Will -- Grant Olsen Is Candidate for County Clerk J. Grant Olsen became a can didate Friday for the office of county clerk, filing on the Dem ocratic ticket. Olsen was horn in Brigham City and has lived here most of his life. He received his educa tion at Box Elder High school and attended Utah State Agri cultural college and Weber college. He served with the 204th field artillery battalion of the local National Guard during the Ko rean conflict and is now serv the ing as lieutenant with group. At present he is employed by the J. C. Penney' company. He is an active member of the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce and is serving as a director of that group. Olsen is married to the for mer Beverly Barker. They have two children. was 1897, merry-go-roun- At City Store City,, who Pinned under the car and hospitalized with a broken arm and leg, according to TeWayne Woodlai land, highway patrol trooper, Whitaker received a punctured lung and broken pelvis. Both men were taken to the hospital in a Tremonton ambulance. They were . going to Stone, Idaho, to pick up a brother of Mathis when the accident occurred. The car was demolished. Be Remodeled An lnvi&tion to bid was extended this week to contractors by the board of education of the disBox Elder County School trict for renovation and remodeling at the Park Valley school. According ; to the announcement, bids will be opened - at 4:00 oclock on August 9 on the plans and specifications prepared by Hodgson and Holbrook, school board architects. These plans call for the converting of one' class room into a recreation room and adding a kitchen for the preparation of hot school lunches. Toilets and rest rooms will be extended, the roof and the building generally rejuvenated, Her-viBunderson, acting superintendent, announced. n County Wheat Farmers Vote Car Stolen at Corinne Found After Wreck A 1952 model car, stolen from the Elmer Larsen home at Corinne early Tuesday ' morning, was wrecked and abandoned an hour and a half later near Ma-laIdaho, Warren W. Hyde, sheriff anBox Elder county nounced. The car was taken about 3:00 a. m. and the accident happened near the Hugh Clark home, south of Malad at 4:30. Clark talked with the driver before he left the scene of the accident, he reported to Sheriff Hyde early Tuesday morning and shortly after the theft had been discov- ered. After the driver had left, Clark discovered a bowling ball in the car with Larsens name on it and reported the Incident the to Sheriff Hyde. Because had crossed a state automobile voted County wheat farmers line, investigation and disposilast Friday at polling places tion became a federal responsiarea Box Elder the throughout and the FBI is in charge, on whether to fix ironclad quo- bility Hyde said. ta controls on their 1955 crop. The results, according to Don Homer, office manager of the Box Elder county Agricultural For Controls Stabilization and Conservation commission in Tremonton, were 162 in favor of the quota controls and 35 against Polling was conducted at Plymouth, Howell, Snowville, Tremonton. Collinston, Brigham City and East Garland. On the national scale, the vote was 73 and three tenths percent in favor of the quota controls, according to Homer. Wheat farmers hae voted for the controls without knowing exactly which program they will get in return. Programs which are presently being considered by legisla-- ! tors are the flexible system in .which the farmer is guaranteed a minimum of 75 ppreent and a maximum of 90 percent of parKen Jensen ity; and a program passed . by , . . of. Kens Market, is wondering how hell get the dial the House providing a flexible hack on his safe and unlock it after burglars damaged the system ranging from 82 to 90 vault late Sunday night. percent. Girl Injured When Thrown From Auto A girl was injured slightly, Tuesday morning at 9:25 near Rattlesnake pass on Highway 30S, when she was thrown from a car driven by her mother after it went out of conembanktrol and down an ment. Treated at the Valley Hospital in Tremonton for bruises and shock were Peggy Ramsdell, daughter of Mrs. Barbara Ramsdell, Portland, Ore., driver of the vehicle. She was released after it was determined the injuries were not serious. Damage to the car was confined to the undercarriage where it hit some rocks. Trooper Evan Green investigated the accident for the State Highway Patrol. . , |