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Show New Central School The Here's How The New Central School Building Would 1 Bids, Its Estimated Cost, Other Schools Costs And Box Elder Districts Ability To Pay For It - s , ? v V. Grandchildren of some of its oiliest students vvere to enter cias.ses in Brigham ('itv big. three-.to- rv $ Ibrick Central school, m about a month, when a slow- moving but deadly fire struck the building Sat miuaiua.c.h00 burned the board of edu. .'mod. August 9. 191L--cation had undertaken an exfl Cause of the fire was undetermined. The lest miess tensive reorganisation of the Huas that the building had been struck by lightning, which school districts administration. followed down electric wiring and ignited coal in the The reorganization t. first was was observed Smoke coming irom the building from made public by the dismissal on, that August day. A painting contractor w ent to the of Mont Harmon, assistant about 2:30 oclock in the afternoon. He saw that Soon afterward Her in Bunderson, !noonbasement was full of smoke, but he had heard the superintendent, was made assistant superto be fumigated and assumed that was what was at intendent in charge of build- He didnt enter the building. ThC At 4 o clock ill the afternoon, a filling station opeiator board secured08''1'011 of suw ihcit the building wits on tire Hud the heads jicro&s the stieet of the education deAll alarm. in the available g turned equipment partments of the of Central school, built in 1901, Utah, Utah State University battled the blaze until dark. Agricultural home to some 500 students each year for 46 years, college and Brigham Young school v- was gone: university to make a survey of . school and schools in the district, new the district and assist them in tyhde patrons felt most grateful that lighting for the two Brigham their reorganization, including fire had occurred while the Cily elementary .schools, addi- the appointment of a new suwas empty, that no tions and remodeling of other perintendent. ie It was a matter of minute at lives were endanger- sehool buildings. The largest ed in the fire, they also noted single item on the proposed the time that the study by the F. kith relief that the buildings piogram was a gymnasium for three professors, Rould Insurance recently had been Bear P.iver high school. It was Campbell, A. C. Lambert and E. Tensed upward, .fhat it was estimated that this project A. Jacobsen, was to be publishTo to 90 percent of its full would take about S210.000 of ed and widely circulated. date there have been only a few aiue. They felt lucky that the the S60O.CW0 bond issue. of Not typewritten copies of their respraw ling buildings port. But the funds weie not ushnell General hospital stood The Professors Said . . . in any wav. mpt, only a few Slocks away, All of this, admittedly, is a use There had been some talk of callable for' "emergency long way around getting to a school but is the company buildings. A few of them, even the few handling the bond issue recom- fact that everyone in Box Elder kho ever bother to keep inform-- mended firmly against commit- county knows and admits, but saw it as ting any of the money for spe- prefers not to discuss publicly. of such things In the professors survey rethat cific projects. We dont want fortunate circumstance (ox Elder district probably to be invoked in your local port. they say: "The evidence indicates the quarrels, a representative told ne of the two districts in that at times the Box Elder tate best able to afford school the board. to When Central sehool burned, board members have been niilding construction, able vvith-u- t tlie $000,000 still was intact in templed to support measures reet such a misfortune A undue financial hardship. little for lheir part of the county government bonds without due regard to needs in money had been expended in other parts of the county. toney In The Bank a and and remodeling repairs, Even more serious than this In June of 1946 the voters of little interest money had been temptation is the disposition lox Elder school district had collected, but the actual $600,-00of some citizens in the county pproved a $600,000 bond issue had not been touched. sr building, The school boaid retained an to insist that narrow localism repairs and remod-Imof the physical property architect, Karl L. Krusmark, a be the mark of a good board member. Board members and the distract, spread from ManBrigham City resident nationcitizens alike Should strive to to Park ia Valley. ally famous for his outstanding see that the public schools are In advertising the bond elec-omodern functional school buildfor Brigham City and the 'Valthe superintendent and ing designs, to perform as arfor church members and oard had pointed out that chitect for the $600,000 repair ley," members, lor the bile materials needed for and remodeling program, feelwere not available at ing that such an expensive and devout and the for the Republicans and the te timp, money could be horcostly program catled for the Democrats, for rich and poor, ded at the lowest .rate of best professional advice. (h lor acquaintances and stranHere again, it appeared, the in, historyr that, in fact, gers. Against none should le money could Central be borrowed, misfortune of the old be discrimination." there ten invested In government building burning was alleviaThe three professors earned onds and would show an inted by the fact that the school their fee if In no other way fest profit until such time as board already had in its emby pronouncing that thunderwas needed and used. ploy an architect fully capable indictment. There are few ing The remodeling, best the of and possible people in Box Elder county who executing repair old wilding program, as proposec) plans for rebuilding the honestly can plead not guilty nor to the bond Central school or some other to issue, was that charge; the nearest most to include repainting existing building, or building a citizens, possibly even board d minor repairs of most new one. members, can come Is: We try to be not guilty. Didn't Seem So Bad, At The Time The Pressure Is On The professors said it, but everyone knew It was true, had known it for years and years. Consequently, it was to be expected that some people in the two ends of the county and district would see the need of a new elementary school building and $600,000 of building funds on hand as the bones for another dogfight The board automatically was subjected to terrific pressures. Anything they did was sure to be wTong in the opinion of a large sector of the voting public. It was strictly a "hell if sityou do, hell if you dont uation. Several buildings of the Bush-nel- l hospital establishment were and Central for, negotiated school opened on schedule, although a good deal of "make it do improvisation was necessary. And the sehool board moved cautiously, with pressure from all directions. Plenty of Advice One thing they did not lack was advice. Everyone had ideas about the new Central building, and volunteered them freely. There was advice that a new location for the school be found. This was explored thoroughly by the board. There was advice that the old building should be rebuilt. There was advice that be could Bushnell buildings d secured a huge, f? playground, swimming pool and gymnasium facilities made this idea particularly attractive and remodeled for a school. The board went into this thoroughly. Ht all took time, but finally it boiled down to a decision that the best, most logical thing to Central School Burned, August 9, 1947 do was to build a new school of Box Elder county felt fortunate that building on the old site, a full but small block that had in session, that no childrens lives were lost, of eyen endangered, that the building was insured to its been deeded to the board Fxinium value. It was bad, but it could have been worse . education by the city on a "reut now anti capture basis. If the board Brigham City schools have been disrupted, failed to use the block for a two year for ffirated in make-shi- ft or crowded buildings, it would revert to the school, Jf. Prospects for starting construction on a city. d not week the s One Year Cone appear to be immediate. This fard reopened the question of rebuilding, and adding , Nearly a year had pissed, by fe old building. The big problem is the difference beis this time, and the board into get structed its architect $350,000, what the school board has dieated it filing to go for a new building, an the $4bo,934 the new (Continued oa Following Page) otr.il school building actually would cost. Look When Completed ' Here Are A Few Qf The Facts And Figures Regarding I Possibly Even "Will" V- preparing base-fmen- ! fire-fightin- 3" Architects Drawing By Karl L. Krusmark Of The lroposed New Central School Building In Brigham City was first shown to the public just before Christmas last year. The the architect and school officials have estimated the cost could be reduced plan was accepted, step by step and item by item, by the school board as it to This figure is well below the average cost of all $165,934. d was drawn. When bids were opened, however, it was found that the school in United the on a basis. t buildings square-fooStates, had priced the building at $537,538. By substituting' "good for the best materials in a number of instances, and eliminating a number The school board had in mind a figure of $350,000, or possibly $400,000, of nice but not necessary items in the building, without reducing space for the new building. . . . recently-contracte- s m d d d i s BRIGHAM'S 0 g 1 -n non-churc- CLOCKS WILL HAVE BARGAINS t, YOUU TAIK ABOUT FOR YEARS in-?r- partly-equippe- if J vy 1 ALE WOOL SLACKS Values to $14.50 ALL WOOL SWEATERS SWEATERS SJ.00 $ $13.50 values WOOL SOX 2 for PANTS Dress or Play 1.00 lLj MEN'S JACKETS Men & Boys n $1.00 T-SHI- T-SHI- 1 51 WERE NOT CRAZY - WE JUST ACT THAT WAY All Specials Cash $100 Boys Pants Khaki $H00 COATS Were up to $10 51,0(0) Box Elder High Belts $3.50 Values Catalina and Manhattan No Returns No Alterations ylhen f f 'The Friendly Store For Men No Exchanges $100 |