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Show Univeesal Microfilming Corp Ave. 1fl Peirpont Lake Salt City. Utah Jan 5? Jury Lislcd u For August JL- -. Court Term t .fr" rjry V I r"' iTt, 'V X v. vwrV 4 ,4 ' J r '$?' WAS IN SUNDAY CRASH This late model car was one of three vehicles involved in head-o- n crash at North Willard last Sunday. The driver and passenger, both from Detroit, Mich., escaped with only minor injuries. s w rprjrT VOLUME 59, NUMBER 29 Jurors were selected on Thursday, July 12, in the office of Box Elder County Clerk, K. B. j ' File for Box Elder County ENTERS RACE Lawrence D. Wilde entered the political race Tuesday by filing for the office of State Representative from District One, on the Republican ticket. Are Cited in Brigham Man Two Accidents Joins Race for CANDIDATE Ross iBowen, er secretary-manag- U. SEEKS REELECTION Robert J. Potter, East Garland, will seek reelection as a county commissioner, run ning for the four year term on the Republican ticket. of the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce, filed Tuesday for state representative from District 1 on the Republican ticket. State Office A Brigham City resident and teacher at the Box Elder High other at 5:40 a.m. school for the past 30 years Involved in the first accident oined the political race In this was a parked truck belonging to county by announcing his canTomas Curiel, Brownsville, Tex- didacy for State Representative as. He had stopped near the of Legislative District No. One Crossroad Cafe, east of Tremon- on the Republican ticket. ton. L. D. Wilde, lifelong supportA second truck, driven by of the Republican party, filed Gordon Frederick who gave his er Tuesday morning at the counbacked as address Snowville, office. clerks ty away from the cafe and hit the about inflicting Wilde born in Morgan was vehicle, parked $35 damage. county. He received his educaFrederick left before Trooper tion at the Weber Academy and Sackett arrived, presumably to graduated from the University tow in another truck which had of Utah with a major in science. broken down. He returned to be He came to Brigham City at handed a citation for leaving the the beginning of the school year scene of an accident. in 1926, and has been a member a The second mishap involved of the Box Elder High school truck driven by Kenneth W faculty continuously since that Nebeker, Willard and owned by time, where he has taught California the Packing company American History and classes The driver dozed at the wheel in American governas he was rounding a corner, dealing ment. two miles west of Tremonton, clipped off ,a . guard 7 post and A member of the LDS church, went into a ditch, the truck he has rendered 35 years of service to the Sunday school orturning over on its side. Damage to the truck was lis- ganization, including 12 years ted at $300 by Trooper Sackett as stake superintendent. An acwho cited Nebeker for failure tive Scouter, he was awarded to keep the vehicle under con- the Silver Beaver Award, given ' trol. by the National Boy Scout Council to adults for service to youth in the Boy Scout pro- gram. Wilde states that this is his first official attempt at joining the political bandwagon, however he feels that he has always been an enthusiastic supporter July hot, dry weather condi- of good government and has tions continued this week with stressed in his classes the imstill no moisture being recorded portance of respect for the Conduring the month to date, ac- stitution of the United States. Clifford, cording to Charles local weather observes. Daytime temperatures climbed slowly the first part of the week but nights have, been comparatively cool, to afford good sleeping in the Brigham City area. , Temperature readings for the Tanker Sunday Causes $19,400 Loss crash between two cars Sunday afternoon at North Willard also Involved a tank truck and trailer, causing only minor injuries to two men but exceedingly high property damage to the vehicles, according to Trooper William C. Sackett of the, State Highway Patrol, who investigated the accident." The accident occurred at 4:30 car p, m. when a northbound driven by Les Hobson of San Mateo, Calif., crossed the center of the highway and met head-owith a car driven by Eva B. Maltas of Detroit, Mich., the investigating officer reported. ' The force of the impact caused the Maltas car to skid down the highway a distance of 148 feet where it .spun around, throwing a passenger, Jean Herbert, also of Detroit, out of" the vehicle, and returned to the point of impact. approximate Herbert sommersaulted several times on the highway before coming to a halt ' Reports stated that the Hob A head-o- n son car continued on across the highway, hitting a southbound roll over tanker, causing and skid a distance of 188 feet from the point of the second impact. Driver of the truck, Dean I Sarris of RFD 2, Lay ton, was pinned in the cab of the truck for a short time, until he could be released. Herbert was taken to the Cooley Memorial hospital by ambulance, where he was treated for gashes in his knees and elbow. Sarris was also treated at the Cooley Memorial hospital for a head cut. Both were re leased following treatment. Sackett estimated Trooper that the Hobson car was a total loss, amounting to approximate ly $1700, also $700 damage , to the Maltas car and $17,000 to the tanker, making total, damages approximately $19,400. An employee of Morrison-KnudsoConstruction Co., at Promontory Point, Hobson was cited for driving on the wrong . ', side of the highway. it-t- . Peach Days Committee Votes to Give Car Away at Celebration Temperatures Rise Slowly This Week r Civic Leader Is For State Job Profits Will Go to Create, New Swimming Pool Fund for City Peach Day plans were given arm Mona financial day when it was decided by a group of civic leaders to give away a new automobile as a grand prize during the annual celebration. shot-in-th- Ross C. Bowen, chamber of commerce executive and civic leader, filed Tuesday for state representative from Box Elder countys District 1 on the Republican ticket. e Brigham City Beauty Wins Exquisite state-wid- e y - entertainment harvest plans for festival are proceeding. It has been decided to. move the carnival back to. the old Forest street location instead of Rees Pioneer park whereat has been L ' Meanwhile, the two-da- y r secretary-manageBowen has been of the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce for the past five years, is also secretary of the Associated Civic Clubs of Northern Utah and secretary of High school this spring and will the Utah State Camber of Comattend Utah State Agricultural merce executives. on won. a college scholarship she Prior to filing the civic post, Miss Palmer is an accomplishBowen was manager of the local ed musician. J. C. Penney company store. He was with the company for 30 years.. A resident of Brigham City for the past 25 years, Bowen is county presently serving as chairman for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and as county chairman of the Selective Service. He is a member of the LDS church, Brigham City Rotary club, Eagles and Elks lodges. Title in Salt take Competition Form meetihg as called at the diand officers of the request Winning beauty contests is rectors of the Box Elder ChamMiss ber of Commerce and was at- getting to be a habit with been tended by approximately 40 rep- Cheryl Palmer who has Form resentatives of' civic clubs and named Miss Exquisite contest staged by business organizations who vot- in a ed unanimously in favor of the two Salt Lake City theatres.' I The . proposal. The sale of tickets will open 'in the near future and will continue until Saturday evening of Peach Days, September 8. Each tickets will be ."Od for. an admission at the night performance planned at Rees Pioneer Park, at which time the car will be given awgy. .. Start Swim Pool Fund Profit from the sale of tickets will go to create a fund to be used to construct a new municipal swimming pool, it was decided at the meeting. According to Ross C. Bowen, r secretary-manageof the chamber, an order has been placed for a new 1950 Pontiac four-doo- r sedan which will be on display soon. It will be, purchased through the Coppin Motor com pany. Move Carnival to Forest Candidate ' As a result, Miss Palmer, daughter of Mr.- and Mrs. J. Oleen Palmer, 458 South Main, has been entered in national competition which might result in a trip to New York City, if she is picked as a finalist. Fabulous prizes including a mink coat, trips to Europe, South America and Hawaii, a Nash Rambler, a Hollywood screen test and many others are offered. Winning the Utah title brought with it a check for $50, a portable radio, barbecue set, hosiery, perfumes and other prizes. The Miss Exquisite Form beauty contest is. being staged nationally in eonnection with release of the picture Trapeze. As part of the elimination, 18 regional winners will be chosen as finalists 'in to participate New York City. Only this spring, Miss Palmer represented the Utah National Guard at the cherry blossom festival in Washington, D. C and has been entered in the Miss Utah contest. She graduated from Box Elder A sharp increase in political activities was noted this week when six Republicans and a single Democrat filed for places on the primary ballot to fill five Box Elder county positions. Meanwhile the County Democratic Central committee set Aug. 15 as the date for holding their convention nominating which will set the deadline for filing on the Democratic ticket at 5 p. m. on Thursday, July 26. Republicans must file by 1 m. on Saturday, July 21, which is 20 days prior to their nominating convention on Saturday, Aug. 11. Filing declarations of candidacy this week were Leo Cottam, Brigham City, who is seekr ing the county commissioner post on the Democratic ticket. Cottom, former deputy sheriff, was the only Democrat to file for office. Robert J. Potter, East Garland, present incumbant, filed for reelection as four-yea- r com on the Republican missioner ticket. r commisFiilng for sioner on the Republican ticket was Ferris Allen,, Tremonton. Lawrence Whitney, Tremonton, became the first candidate to file for state representative from District 2. Whitney is a Republican. Two Republicans filed Tuesstate representative day for from District 1. They were Ross C. Bowen and L. D. Wilde, both of Brigham City. Charles W. Claybaugh filed Tuesday for state senator on the Republican ticket, opposing Kleon Kerr, Tremonton, w o filed on the same ticket last week. Also filing last week was F. Leland Seely who is seeking the two year county commission-pos- t on the Republican ticket. The present filings assures concommision-e- r tests in the two-yeatwo-yea- two-yea- , Crash Involving Two Cars, Posts Republicans Have Until Saturday at 1 p.m. To File, Democrats Until 5 p. m., July 26 Two early morning traffic kept mishaps at Tremonton Trooper Wm C. Sackett busy, Tuesday, when he was called to investigate one at 3 a.m. and an- Head-O- n 8 PAGES Six Republicans, One Democrat Truck Drivers N TT BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 18, 1956 - Olsen, for the August term of court for this year. Those selected include Willis II. Barnard, Wilma Wixoin, Paul R. Merrell, Toss S. Peck, Lloyd Reese, L. F. Christensen, Millie P. Crossmail, Dyantha Grant of Brigham City. S. Ray Ashcraft and Harold Sandall of Tremonton; Kenneth G. Austin and Leslie Wassom of Garland; Earl D. Young and Jamsey Nelson of Perry; George Franklin Wood, Theo H. Richards and John Owen of Fielding. L. F. Woodward and Raymond Moore of Bear River City; Ronof Mantua; ald O. Jeppsen Wayne L. Francom of Elwood; Lettie I. Davis of Willard; Alma Dan A. G. Jones of Corinne; Hickman of Snowville; and Norma Gilmore of Honeyville. The car pictured above crossed the cenHITS HEAD-Oter of the highway Sunday afternoon to cause a head-o- n collision with an approaching car and continued on across the highway to crash into a tank truck and trailer, causing nearly $20,000 damages to the three vehicles. T SEEKS STATE POST Chas. W. Claybaugh filed this week for state senator from Box Elder county. CANDIDATE Leo Cottam, retired law enforcement officer, announced his candidacy this week for the office of two-yecounty comar missioner on the Democratic ticket. Newsman Will Retired Deputy Try for State Sheriff Files Senate Post As Candidate Charles W. Claybaugh, Brig ham City newspaper publisher, announced his candidacy this week for state senator from Box Elder county on the Republican ticket. , Claybaugh served as state representative during the past legislative session from the first district of Box Elder county. In announcing for office, the newspaper publisher is opposing Kleon Kerr, Tremonton, present representative from Box Elders second district and principal of the Bear River Junior High school, who has previously filed for the state senate post. During the past legislative served on session, Claybaugh the business and commerce, education, industry, public health, welfare and institutions committees of the house of representatives. To the readers of his .news papers, his views are well known. He has gone on record in an effort to hold the line on tax increases, to provide the best possible education considering Utahs limited finances, to promote commerce and indus try as the best possible solution to the present economy and to reject further trends in personal liberties by opposing the national and state trends towards expanding bureaucracy. A journalism graduate of Kansas State college, Manhattan, Kans., Claybaugh served as lieutenant commander in the Navy during World War II, including sea duty in the South Pacific. , Leo Cottam, 316 South Second West, Brigham City,' filed application this week as candidate r for county commissioner on the Democratic ticket, two-yea- A resident and taxpayer of Box Elder county, Cottam was born and raised at Snowville. He married Ila Elia son in 1904 in the Logan LDS tertple. They are the proud parents of seven sons and daughters, all of whom are marlife-lon- g - ried. lie fulfilled a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Australia from 1908 to 1910. He spent his early life in western Box Elder county, where he was engaged in farming and cattle raising. He retired a year ago after having served as Chief Deputy to the Box Elder County Sheriff for more than 12 years, and had previously been assistant chief of police of Brigham City for four years. Cottam is well acquainted with every part of Box Elder county and feels that he understands the problems of the people throughout the county. Having retired from his law enforcement work, he will be able to devote full time to the work of the commission if elected, he stated. By becoming a candidate for office, Cottam is the first Democrat to file, although party members have until 5 p. m. on July 26 to complete their ticket. ! City officials this week expressed appreciation for the cooperation of people in Brigham City In conserving water as requested last week.- Thanks to the concentrated efforts of. citizens,- - Brigham Citys water supply levels at. Hailing Spring and at the two are wells, supplementary back to normal, Willis Hansen, city office manager, stat, : ed Monday. . .However, continued cooperation Is asked for the remainder of the summer in order to avert a culinary water, shortage during the balance of the hot weather, Hansen said, 5 . f Jay W. Oldroyd Sustained as j 6th Ward Bishop Jay W. Oldroyd, ' local Welfare Department director, assumed duties as bishop of the r Commissioner Files for , Vandals Damage Bath Houses at Stinking Spring Vandals have been causing a lot of trouble at the bath houses at Stinking Springs during the past week, it was reported by. Sheriff Warren Feet at Thiokol A fresh water flow was penetrated Tuesday afternoon at a depth of 152 feet at the well now drilling on the Thiokol Chemical company plant site, west of Brigham City. . The flaw was gauged at seven gallons a minute and further tests and exploration WINS TITLE Miss Chery Palmer added another crown were planned by the driller, to her collection this week it was announced late Tueswhen she was picked as day by Walter G. Mann, local for the chemical attorney Miss Exquisite Form in company. n state-wid- e beauty contest. Reported Normal Thanks to Citizens Brigham Sixth LDS ward, Sunday, July 8. Bishop Oldroyd accepted. fhe position after serving for the past year and one half as first counselor in the ward to Bishop J. Edwin Baird. Bishop Baird leaves to head the LDS College Institute 'of Religion at the University ,of Wyoming In Laramie, Wyoming. Bishop Oldroyd takes over duties with a wealth of religious ' background. , He, was born In,' Monroe, Utah and reared in Venice, Utah. He race, the state representative received his bachelor of science from District 1 and the state sen-ato- r, degree in secondary education at the Brigham Young " Univerall on the Republican ticket in Provo, with a minor in With four days left for Repub- sity and econohistory, licans to file and eight days for mics. Hechemistry also holds a toasters it Democrats, appears likely that degree in social work from the other contests will develope. As ; University of Utah. yet, no eliminations are needed He married the former Nor-en- e for the primary conventions. Rickenbach of Glenwood, Utah and they have an 11 year old son, Richard. He fulfilled an LDS mission in the Western States Mission; served as ward clerk in the Manti Center ward, has been a high councilman for South Box Elder stake and has also served on the South Box Elder stake Re-Electi- on Sunday school board prior to accepting the position as counselor to Bishop Baird. Nearing the completion of He recalls working in all orsix years as a Box Elder County even including BeCommisisoner, Robert J. Potter ganizations, lief society and Primary, - , filed Monday with the county Counselors Chosen clerk to seek as four-yea- r Serving with him as counsecommissioner county lors will be Floyd Jensen, who the Republican ticket. has also served as Sixth ward two-yePotter was elected as for nearly five years, and commissioner in 1950 and as bishop C. Henry Nielsen, who is befour-yea- r commissioner in 1952. his first service for the He resides at East Garland ginning LDS church in the capacity of where he owns and operates a member of the bishopric. farm. Ward clerks will include: MelHe is a member of the Board vin J. statistical clerk; of Trustees at the Utah State Robert Roberts, A. Tingey, financial Agricultural college at Logan. clerk and Harvey L. Erdman, He is currently serving Jr., ward teaching clerk. . president of the Bear River Outgoing .bishopric includes stake of the LDS church and Bishop Baird; Mr. Oldroyd as has been regional director first counselor and Marvin the LDS Church Welfare Wright as second counselor. ' gram. Mr. Roberts and Mr. Tingey reHe has been active in bring- main in their positions and C. new industries to Box Elder ing Henry Nielsen had been servcounty and in other county ing as ward teaching clerk. Bishop Oldroyd has announced that the ward will continue with the same officers including: Lloyd Eastley, Sunday school superintendent; Mrs. Ray Woodland, Primary president; Mrs. Fred Burt, Relief society Leo Fredrickson, president; MIA superintendent and Mrs. Elaine Wight, MIA president. President Glen Bennion 'of South Box Elder stake was ,in of charge of the. the bishopric. Water Well Hits Showing at 152 . Local Water Supply W. Hyde. -- , The radio active, mineral spring at the foot of Little Mountain is A popular bathing resort used for medicinal purposes by people from all over northern Utah and southern . SIXTH WARD BISHOPRIC Jay W. Oldroyd, seated center, was sustained as new bishop of the Sixth ward Sunday- evening, July 8. Named to serve with Bishop Oldroyd were: Floyd Jensen, first counselor, left seated; C. Henry Nielsen, second counselor,, right seated; Melvin J. Roberts, statistical clerk, left, standing; Robert A. Tingey, financial clerk, center, and Harvey L. Erdman Jr., ward teaching clerk, right. - Idaho. During the past week, partitions have been torn out, the roof knocked off and trash thrown Into the pool, while one of them was drained, the Sheriff reported. - - - - |