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Show llniveesal Microfilming Corp 141 Peirpont Ave. 1 r .ftff.j t 'J-afo- A i 1 Mathew Compton Convention Chairman Russell W. Fishburn Grand Chef de Gar du Utah George Hodges Convention Chairman , i Lloyd Robinette Legion Post 10 Commander 1 Mable Forsgren Aux. Convention Chairman A. Lewis Legion Peterson M. , Memorial Veara Fife Service Chairmaft , for the arrival of approximately 500 delegates to the Utah State American Legion and Auxiliary convention being held in Brigham City on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, according to convention chairmen, Mathew Compton and George Hodges of the local Post and Mabel Forsgren of the Auxiliary Convention registration will open today, Wednesday, at 10 a.m, at the convention headquarters at the War Memo rial Home. ' All is in readiness VMNf v ' 0 Herb Adamson Housing Chairman . Citizens Asked to Brigham BPW Show Flags During Ladies Return Legion Convention Heads of the American Legion convention are issuing .a request that merchants and citizens of Brigham City join festivities in the convention by displaying the American evflag during the three-daent. Local people are invited to take this means of showing their respect and gratitude to the men who risked their lives to pay the price of peace for our country, as they gather here for their annual state convention. The convention opens in Brigham City Thursday morning and will continue until Saturday night. y Highway Patrol Has Openings For Ten Men As a result of findings of the San Francisco Safety conference held recently, the Utah Highway Patrol has received money for 10 additional openings for patrolmen. Officers will be chosen in Two men in Salt Lake county, and one in each of Box Elder, Davis, Iron, the following counties: Juab, Sevier, Summit, Wayne, and Weber counties. Applications can be obtained at the office of the Executive Officer, 174 Social Hall avenue, Salt Lake City 11, Utah, and must be returned before the closing date, June 29. The examination, which will be written multiple choice of 100 items, will test ability to fol low written procedures and in clerical perform structions, individuals and the tasks, knowledge of: Busines English, arithmetic, spelling, business punctuation, alphabetical filing, and word definitions." It will be conducted through out the state soon after the closing date. Requirements are that the applicant must be at least 23 years of age but younger than 41; that he must be a citizen of the United States and a resident of Utah at the time of application; he must have a good background and is able to pass regid physi cal requirements. Entrance salary is $300 per month and an additional $20 a month for uniform allowance. With Top Honors Home from Utah Federation Business and Professional Womens Clubs convention with two top honors and a - newly elected state officer are Brigham Branch BPW members. The local ladies received a plaque and certificate for the best news service in a weekly newspaper for the past year. They also received recognition for the best planned programs in the state The officers and safety outlined a health program with all projects directwith the two. ly connected Along with various other activities the Brigham City ladies sponsored the Red Cross Blood Bank and all joined the Ground Observers' corps. Miss Anna E. Erickson was for named recording secretary the state organization for a two year period. Special thanks went to the Box Elder News and Journal staff members from C. Jean Shonka, publicity chairman for the club. Miss Shonka expressed her gratitude for the cooperation given by the local paper in making it possible for the group to come home with the state award. Mrs. Carl Hansen, immediate past president, . accepted the programing citation and Miss Shonka received the plaque and certificate in behalf of Brigham City members. Those attending the convention session held in Logan were: Mrs. Helen Lee, Mrs. Sid Hess, Mrs. Carl Hansen, Mrs. Elnora Bowcutt, Mrs. Emma , Stevens, Mrs. Miss Elizabeth Preston, Mabel Nielsen, Misses Anna E. Erickson and C. Jean Shonka. of . 1 June Jubilee Set By County DUP . The annual June Jubilee for Box Elder county Daughters of Utah Pioneers will be held Tuesday, June 26, at Rees Pioneer park. According to Mrs. C. R. Jones, the 16 camp county president, captains and county officers have arranged the program for the afternoon. Ladies from the camps have been asked to take charge of their own meal to be served promptly at 2 p. m. Following the dinner a nice program has been aranged. Activities will begin this evening for the Forty et Eight organization and their auxiliary, who have memorial services, banquets, and special entertainments outlined under the direction of Dr. and Mrs. Russell W. Fishburn. Dr. Fishburn is currently serving as Grand Chef de Gar of the organization for the state of Utah. vSee Program on Page Six) ' Registration will continue at Memorial Home on Thursday with the first general session called for 10 a. m. at the Roxy theatre for the Legion and Auxiliary. Governor J. Bracken Lee will be the principal speaker at this session following the introduction of distinguished guests. During the afternoon, educational programs will be held for post officers at the Central school. At 12 noon, the Auxiliary Past the War -- Past Department Presidents luncheon will be, held at Mad- dox Ranch House. Thursday evening at 6 p. m., the American Legion and Auxiliary parade will form at the Central school and move north on Main street This parade promises to be one of the outstanding highlights of the entire convention, according to Lloyd Robinette, parade chairman, who reported Tuesday afternoon that the parade will be one of the biggest nad best in the history of the Legion con.. , ventions. , The traditional memorial ' service will be held Thursday eve ning at the Box Elder stake tabernacle at 8 p. m., when an im' Freedom pressive pageant', Through the Years, will be pre sented. Mrs. R. N. Price will be narrator, with J. . Earl Johnston as vocal soloist and Mrs. Margaret T. Johnsen as accompanist. The general public is invited to attend the services. National Commander to Arrive On Friday, the business , session for the Legion will open at 9 a. m. at the Roxy theatre during which committee and commission reports will be heard. This will be continued during the afternoon. - The afternoon meeting will be highlighted by an address by J. 'Addington Wagner, national commander, who will be a special guest at the convention. Auxiliary members will meet at the Fourth ward chapel Friday morning at 9 a. m. for their general session, which will ' reconvene at 1:30 p. m. following ' a nood recess. Gold Star Tea Planned One of the outstanding social events of the convention will take place Friday afternoon at (Continued on Pago Three) Auxiliary President nt 8 PAGES Police Officer School Board Considers Budget Makes Five Revisions A record number ot drunk period driving cases for a two-dawere handled by the Brigham City court Monday and Tuesday and in one case five complaints were filed, a record for a local police officer. Five complaints were made by officer Byron May against Norman W. Anderson, formerly of Bear River City, Tuesday, June to Judge B. C. 19, according Call. . Anderson was fined $125 and 60 days in jail for drunk driving, $10 and five days for no drivers license, $10 and five days for no state inspection, $10 and five days for no registration, and $10 and five days for no brakes.. All but 10 days of the jail sentences were to be suspended if the fine was paid immediately Legionnaires and Wives Arrive Convention Today for Three-Da- y Convention Headquarters at War Memorial Home Open at 10 a.m. for Registration Past-Preside- BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1956 Count Arrest Bessie Eskelson Memorial Service Chairman er Aux. Banquet Chairman Joyce Loveland Auxiliary u VOLUME 59, NUMBER 25 riO . Esther Ilodges Verabel Knudson GOVERNOR SPEAKS Officials planning to attend the Utah State American Legion convention to be held' in Brigham City this week have scheduled Governor J. Bracken Lee as the principal speaker at the joint meeting of the Legionnaires and AuxiliarjrThuVsday, June 21, at 10 a.m. at June 12 Meeting Board Approves Request for Increased j Appropriation to Amend 1955-5- 6 Budget Budget problems for the current and coming school years headed the list of business at the recent meeting Dis-of the Board of Education of the Box Elder County School trict. Hearings will be held on June 26 at 2 p.m. in the Board of Education office on the 1955-5- 6 amended budget and the 1956-5- 7 proposed budget. . Nielsen Presides Vice president W. Durrell Nielsen presided and conducted the meeting in the absence of President Loran Hunsaker,. who was excused from the meeting. Others present included Board Members, D. G. Nelson, Jr., Warren E. Hansen, Lamoin E. Cowley, Supt. Kenneth E. Weight, Supv. Hervin Bunderson and Clerk Eberhart Zundel. Additional appropriations were requested to balance the 1955-5budget in seven . divisions, due to emergencies which would involve great loss of property if ythe additional expenditures had . Monday, June 18, the court had not been met. three drunk driving cases, said The board- voted unanimously Judge Call. The three men in- to approve the request and set volved were fined $125 and given the hearing date. 60 days jail sentences, 50 susSupt. Weight presented a tentative budget covering anticipapended if fines were paid. The three are James S. Klarr ted revenues and essential exBrigham City, Thomas Suke and penditures for the school year 1956-5which was approved by Elmo Guzman. the board along with a proposal to set a total mill levy, includminimum Local ing state supported program levy, of 29,209 mills for the purpose of providing funds from the local taxes. To Borrow on Tax A resolution was made for the Vera kawkes Keller, 63. wife of J. E. Keller of Preston, Idaho, school district to borrow $600,-00- 0 on Tax Anticipation Blonds died early Tuesday morning at the family residence after a long for the maintenance of the schools within Box Elder Counillness. She was the mother of J. Char- ty School District during the until the taxles Keller, local manager of school year 1956-5es for that current year are colBlocks store. The district will issue She is survived by her hus- lected. band, eight sons and daughters, 12 negotiable bonds at $50,000 26 grandchildren, and her fath each with interest rate set at er, Fred C. Hawkes of Preston. 2.2 percent per annum. The rethe Funer&l services will be held solution also authorized at the Franklin stake tabernacle president and the clerk of the in Preston on Friday, June 22, board to issue the bonds to Edward L. Burton and company at 1 p. m. Friends may call at the Webb and the First security Bank of Mortuary Thursday evening and Utah, National Association, who Friday prior to time of services have offered to purchase to the Burial will be in the Preston bonds at par. The motion on Page Seven City cemetery. 6 - Sixteen Lambs Legion Auxiliary Shot Over Six Urged to Register All members of the Brigham City unit of the American Leto gion Auxiliary are urged According to Box Elder Coun- register at the War Memorial ty Sheriff Warren Hyde, two Home for the state department lambs belonging to Delores Jen- convention to be held this week sen, were shot Sunday, June 16, on June 21, 22, and 23. The registration fee covers about four miles west of Brigvarious activities to be presenham City. Sheriff Hyde said this brings ted during the convention in the total number of lambs shot addition to a completely outin that area to 16. The sheriffs lined program booklet. office is continuing an extenRegistration hours will begin sive investigation to find the Wednesday, June 20, from 1 p guilty party. Sheriff Hyde said m. to 8 p. m. and will continue throughout the week from 8 a. also. Other lambs belonged to Er- m. to 6 p. m., according to auxvin Jensen and Ray Jensen. iliary officers. Week Period Shanna Summers Named Dairy Princess t In First Box Elder County Contest A first for Box Elder county cheese, ice cream, and evaporShanna ated milk, are the building was bestowed upon Summers, daughter of Mr. and blocks of health and good looks. Mrs. Merlin Summers, Both-welas she was selected as Dairy Princess of 1956 for , Box Elder county by dairy producers in the county. The judges chose as her attendants, Dixie Larsen, daughter of Mrs. Tessie Larsen and the late Maurice Larsen, and Kayla Tingey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lorrin Tingey, Brigham City. The lovely auburn haired Miss is . now automatically qualified as a finalist in the Utah State Fair queen contest to decide the Utah Dairy Princess and Fair Queen for Miss Summers will reign over June Dairy month festivities already underway and at other dairy industry functions in the year. Gordell Brown, assistant counthat the ty agent, explained princess was selected for her and dairy beauty, personality experience. It was also on the requirement list that she be between the ages of 17 and 25, a high school graduate, and single. The Dairy Princess contests June Dairy have highlighted Month in most of the counties of the state. Naturally, shes a lover of dary foods, said Brown, who planned the county queen contest. Miss Summers clearly understands, she said, that dairy foods, including Grade A milk, Is In Sight ' Weather should be good for the Legion convention this week. According to local weather recorder Charles Clifford there Is no moisture in sight since the rain storm of Friday and Satur- i day. Friday the area had .27 of an inch moisture recorded and Saturday there was ' ,29 of an inch. The temperatures for the five day period were: Mother of Businessman Dies 7 Co-rinn- e, 1957. Good Weather 7 l, ' i Recorder Says r V Miss Shanna Summers of Bothwell, center, DAIRY PRINCESS AND ATTENDANTS was selected Dairy Princess of 1956 for Box Elder county by dairy producers in the county. Chosen as her attendants were Miss Dixie Larsen of Corinne, left, and Miss Kayla Tingey of Brigham City, right. Their Highnesses are shown above as they prepare to drink a glass of Grade A milk, which is produced in such abundance throughout Box Elder county. County Praised For Excellent . Lunch Program Box Elder .County School Dis- trict has received a special letter of congratulations for the fine work being done in , the school lunch program, under the direction of Mrs. Ruby Hansen. The letter of congratulations comes from Rodney A. Ashby, state director of the school lunch program. Accompanying the letter was a summary of the nutritional survey of the program conducted by the Box Elder . County District A spot check was made during the month of February and it was found that all schools in the county met or exceeded all minimum Type A meal requirements, the letter to Supt. Kenneth E. Weight said today. Special thanks have been issued to Mrs. Hansen and the managers of the various schools for the great deal of planning it takes to achieve this excellent record. Box Elder County Fair Expected to Be Tops ThisYear This years county fair will be better than ever, according to Thomas Summers, president of the Box Elder County Fair Board, due to the fact that displays and facilities are much improved over previous years. Livestock exhibitors are preparing their show stock, and crops are coming well for display. Dates for this years fair have been listed as Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 23, 24 and 25, it was announced by Fair Manager Howard Glenn. The Golden Spike Rodeo will be featured nightly, sponsored by the Box Elder County Sheriffs fosse, |