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Show TllH News Golden Spike Pictorial COX NEWS. B.iyflam Gty, UluTi Tuesday, May 15, 1962 around OUR READERS WRITE and asked, New Reservoir at Mantua If you want to see what stubborn nan and steel and conciete can do against the rampaging force of 'ure, iust drive up to Mantua, turn south half a mile or so on a new than Francis Todd TODDS GUFSS was 64 second feet The majors 50 They laugh-I said ed and the You take your estimate. Francis should know and do know, bettei than I. do" Then the said, 'Don t , Francis, that headgate should be raised a couple oi thieo The water is splashing against it Todd turned the wheel 11 Res-inch- e 0 First Stop -- BLOCKS Next Stop ... - half-fille- d of Utah history professor, and Dr participants. Readies Blithe Spirit For Public Thursday, 8 p.m. BEHS Local Driver, 5 Others Hurt in Crash A Brigham City youth was re- ported in fair condition Monday after suffering head and chest inr collision at Perjuries in a ry early Saturday morning Five other persons involved in the accident sustained minor injuries Most seriously hurt and driver of one of the cars was Richard R Erb, 18, of 413 South First East. two-ca- He was listed in critical condition when taker to Cooley Memorial hospital after the accident Men Will Hear Migrant Plans The Box Elder High school will present its annual school play, Blithe Spirit, for the public Thursday evening at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Written by Noel Coward, the play deals with occult, where the first wife was conjured up and comes to live with the husband and his second wife and causes havoc throughout the play. It is said to be Noel Cowards most successful play. Members of the cast are selected from the play production class at Box Elder and Clayton Cheney is director. Suzanne Reeder plays the leading role while other members of the cast include Noncy Burtch-eLinda Barker, Marilyn Cheney, Rondo Nelson, Weldon Larsen and Dave Shelton. are under the direcCostuming and make-ution of Judy Myler. Janice Goodell is r, p student-directo- r. OTHERS injured: 525 of East 17, Mike Cook, Fourth North, Kent Nelson, 17, The Senior Class is sponsoring the play. Tickets Fifth 20 North East, Thomas sold by senior class members and will also are being Horn, 18, 152 South Second Fast be available at the door. Cost of the tickets will be and Dame! Yost, 18, 605 North Second West, all passengers in the 75 cents per person. Erb car, and Linda Aiken, 22, 654 A matinee performance is scheduled for WedocEast Fourth North, Logan,, an afternoon for the BEHS student body. vehicle. other of the nesday cupant Yost and Nelson who suflered bruises and back injuries, and the The Frb car, southbound, crasha m. mishap occurred at Miss Aiken who had neck injuries of Perry ed the center in into the rear of the parked were kept overnight at the hospA car dnven by Osral Allred, 25, auto, knocking it 99 feet Naylor ital. The other victims were heatProvo had pulled off U. S. 91 89 described both vehicles as total ed and released on the west side so the dnver lasses from the Citations are pending further to Trooper Rich- could get something ACCORDING investigation, the trooper said. ard Naylor, Utah Highway patrol, back seat. tf , She didnt give a hoot aUut the golden spike ptogiam. r Graduation Its far more than a question of natural shoulders! ciety I will be up here oad by the side of d cement lined ditch half full of fast moving, mud-'y- . dv water on its way to filling the Reservoir " Todd Eskelsen more No element of nature is useful and beautiful, under proper control or more ugly and devastating dashing down the lines of eist tesislance, than water And no names need to be sung in Bug urn City and Box Elder county -ioie than do the names of May-- i Fskelsen and Engineer Todd LAST SUNDAY, after Sunday1 hool, our near neighbors, Todd nd wite, said to us, Wouldn't you Ke to ride up to Mantua and see chat has been done and is being We 'one with water up there ,uie would, and at 2 oclock they came for us One of the most delightful afternoons we ever spent. Most all my 80 years have been spent dealing with water and dreaming of the possibilities or irrigation. A beautiful sight is to ride along the tuckly stream in Box Elder Pictured here are the Brigham City boys who were TAKE POSTS canyon that normally is a raging torrent rolling rocks, trees, tin named to state posts at the 31st annual Utah State DeMolay conclave cans, etc down to the fields, mea- at Provo. Left to right, Charles Robinson, state senior counselor; Tom dows and farm lands below town; Cross, state chaplain, and Jay Smith, state second perceptor. Gary o see a sparkling lake in. the midSommerville, state seventh perceptor, is not pictured. dle of Mantua, of more than 500 acres White motor boats on their hind legs racing over its waves. When we turn south along that cut in the mountain, big 'ook down on the muddy stream sliding along the white ditch like Such a sight for it was greased sore eyes after so many dry years of hauling tanks of water to cows and peach and apple trees. Now we come in sight of the raging, muddy mountain torrent from Devils Gate as it comes up against the solid concrete walls and steel headgates ot Todd and Eskelsens diversion dam. FOR THE first time in centuries 'he Devil at Devils Gate realizes y he is licked Todd and Eskelsen have conquered him. No longer will be be able to send down floods before they are needed to vreck and ruin things, but he will forever know that just below Docks Flat is a diversion dam that will stand forever the Devil himself cannot budge It And over in Mantua is a dam to stand forever, and night and day a stream will slide along that greasy ditch. Todd stopped his car just before plunging into the headgate and we sit wonderstruck, looking at the high flood waters dashing straight toward us. In front of us it looked like a river swirling and foaming, behind us a small ditch taking it away fast. Hard to believe our eyes. WE GOT OUT and, as we stood in wonder and ecstasy at the another strange metamorphosis, car drove up and the Eskelsen, got out and joined us. Said he came up every day to see that everything was OK. Wonderful, how real men can become so anxiously engaged in a good cause and so kind and devoted to their working companions. Not one particle oi complaint or criticism or Adfinding fault with anyone. dressed each other by first names always . . . Francis, how much water do you guess is coming today They were so proud of each other and what they had done and well they might be. Nothing equals the joy and pride of accomplishment. Mr Todd stepped over in the headgate to get a better view and wrote down his guess. I said, The reason for "Mayor, youve had a wonderful the big acceptance partner in this work of our Ill say I have, he answered, MADISONAIRE em don't make they any better by Varsity- - Town, is the great attention paid to all the features which help achieve its air of quiet good taste Men of the have community and authenticity. been extended an invitation to at- Comes in blue, tend a dinner and panel discussion on the work of the Migrant Worgreen, brown ker Council on Tuesday, May 22, and char. bv the Community Presbyterian church Mens Fellowship. The dinner will be served at 6 30 p m in the church Fellowship hall, with the program to be held beginning at 7 30 p m. Reservations for the dinner are set at $1 50 and may be made by calling Ray McQuain at PA prior to Surday evening, May 20. APPEARING on the panel will be Mrs William Yates, chairman of the Box Elder Migrant Worker Council; Mrs. J. E. Clark, interpreter and personal contact worker for the council; and a local person representing the farmers views on the subject. The meeting and dinner are open to all men of the community Persons unable to attend the dinner are cordially invtted to come at Perfect fit guaranteed for the meeting and panel discussion Following the by our expert tailor. Lon1 of the panel, questions and answers will conclude the evening Ted Touw, president ot the Mens Fellowship urges all members ol the groii' to atend as well us inviting men in the community, reto gardless ol church affiliation, take part in the program. man-mad- David Miller, University ... Dr.director, were that ... think, Francis. again in the morning and every day as long as the high water lasts. How is that for ar to be on the job? TODD took us everywhere and explained everything, especially that he had never worked with any one be bged better than Ruel Es- kelsen We are telling each other, What a wondei ful project it is. And the two great men who engineered and supervised its construction are just as great and wonderful. And that it should forever be known as Mantuas Todd Eskelsen ervon or some such, RANSOM BEECHER. 1 Spirit of Progress Noted DIAR EDITOR How is Rue! About right, In 5 ELDER |