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Show on Ne wget sie yl EPER OCG ———- ant ne tne s at soa ee bukit camreritt-an SHA apy( re Rs PS BIDE Fs ee id a ae | Pee ow % i ee — ys ed catia ‘VOLUME SIXTY-FOUR hoagie Of Women ‘| Improving District | Past Presidents of Bountiful Elementary Voters Hold Meet Committee Picked |Honored At Meeting Ye Editor, John Stahle And Clipper Celebrate 89th and 64th Birthdays Hear H. Peterson District Governor At Phillps Hall, WX The of the tured A meeting of the League of Women Provisional. Voters of Bountiful in regular luncheon meeting Bountiful Lions club feaan inspiring and _ stiring by District Governor hall, Woods Miss Marie Harold Peterson of Logan, Utah as he made his official visit to the club Monday evening Feb. 22 Though District Governor Peter- Hardin the South Davis club this was his official visit to the local group and those who heard his message went from the meeting with a greater vision of the possibilities of Lionism as an agent for Peace and Service and a personal deto do more some matters of the Lions bus- information progress» on the Continued 8 Davis Democratic Hold Mass Meeting Thursday March 1 Davis county Democratic mass meetings will be held in each precinct Thursday, ‘March 11 from 8 to 9 p.m. ; These meetings are held to elect a chairman, vice chairman secretary and treasurer and cen- February is a month known for its birthdays of ous men, the outstanding being, of course, Washington Lincoln. Here at the well famones and Clipper we also. ‘One Davis which year of county. of the anniversaries is the County Clipper itself, this month starts its 64th recording events in Davis The other birthday be- longs to the man who guided the course of the Clipper throughout its three sailing The score upon and the three years journalistic sea. present day outgrowth of ing brochure Clipper is an an 8x12 advertispublished by La- moni Call to advertise the wares of his general store. Our editor represent The Little Clipper. Publication was on a monthly basis, and the subscription price was 50 cents per year. This price was raised at the adult education class to be held Monday March 1, at 8 p.m. at the Bountiful Elementary a half-interest in what became] school. — The discussions will be, “How to $1.25 when the paper went to We on April Changed in Judging Childrens: Progress in School,” “Parent-Teachers Confer- and Have ence. . All parents was announced June 28, bought joined with Mr. Call in February, 1891, paying $465 cash for school Geo. ‘director ing it here will.add much to our jrid us of those plagues, that.are abilities to seek for and to profast multiplying upon us yearly. vide better methods of governA friend in the interest of the ment for Davis county and its incorporated cities. . ladies.” “I should like to take this opDissolution of the partnership portunity of wishing you ladies like to celebrate two other birthdays Mrs. Willard Rogers will represent the elementary school and Robert Keddington will the secondary PTA PTA Become Rotarians Thursday evening at the week ly meeting of the Bountiful Rotary club, Walker P. Mabey, cashier of the Bountiful State Bank and Robert D. Duffin, Bountiful’s new manager of the Pack and © planning ment wherever it has established itself in this vation. Your Start- He is now just one year short of dele- reaching nine decades, ‘a total of -tral committee members, gates to the county convention. 89 years. Bountiful: Elementary Slates Talk to PTA Two Prominent Bountiful Citizens of Bountiful. Mr. Duffin is the son of Horace and Zelma Wicker Duffin. Mrs. Walker Mabey was Norma. Todd of Denver; Mrs. Robert Duffin is the former commissioner, Gordon, a weekly Mr. Call the the printing. ed on the A lot and of Editor” on and with was southeast North issue “Ye newspaper continued job Third in 1894. out the purchas- corner Main of street Mabey, life-time residents organization a big success— : Following _ the introduction and initiation of the new members, the club was given an informative and very interesting Sessions, and_ several from Bishop David Stoker for however the group needs more other men of this and Salt Lake $100 and a new red bfick build- Bountiful women City, they formed one of the to become ing erected to house the paper. actively interested in their com- first successful oil producing A shotgun was payment for the brickwork on _ the building, which was done by the Hayes brothers. Carpentry work was done by brother, building when the the editor and_ Henry Stahle. was used present his This until 1906, building was finished and moved into. The old building, which was across from Union in Mortuary, was torn down 1952. munity—because public an informed is the backbone of a free Continued on page JAt Bountiful High— Would you like to learn the _ basic principles for landscaping your lot and see the actual plans a and drawings and the approximate cost for this service by experts for a club member’s home here in Bountiful? Would you like to have a lawn with the spongy feel of a thick carpet underfoot, with no crab grass, no weeds, and yet you could leave it unattended for a week while you went fishing and still find it green and beautiful when you returned? Would you like to learn how to compose your gar‘age without worry about tites, odors or dogs? All of these problems so vital to beautiful home grounds will be answered at the next meeting of the Bonne View Garden club, Thursday, March 4, at 8 p.m. at the Bountiful high ‘school And in addition there will be door prizes by the club and three > $2 certificates given by the in Greenhagen Nursery here Bountiful to apply on the pur|chase of any of its wonderful ; iris. And for this time, at least, visitors have the same chance state gave an interesting review of the accomplishments of the PTA through the years and paid tribute to its leaders and founders. She commended the two past presidents at Bountiful Elementary, Mrs. Ray Van Ezra Clark Leuvan and for Mrs. their splendid records. A gift was presented to the past presidents and a president pin was presented to Mrs. Ray Hanson. Principal Matt Galt, Mrs. Fred Alvin and Alice Hogan Sessions of Bountiful. President’ Clyde Hatch expressed the club’s appreciation for the new members and introduced them officially into the International Raiey or- Perry and now chairman and Mrs. Fern were elected to serve nominating committee. introduction to the new uranium mines of Utah through the showing of a colored sound motion picture. The scenes were made all possible success in your new by a young nephew of C. E. HavGordon MHavinor. E. C. venture, and to offer my services inor, to you, if at any time, I can as- Havinor is one of Utahs widely and oldest geologists. sist your group in any of their known projects.” It is support like this Mr. Hardner related that with Walker X. Pack, that should make this new serv- the hetp of ive president publicity Atkinson June Sessions, daughter of Col. ganization. Will Meet March 4 audience in the flag salute. Mrs. Ray Hanson welcomed the parents and teachers and then turned the meeting over to Mrs. Theo Green. Dr. Richard Parry presented a very enlighting skit about parents and teen agers having confidence and trust in each other. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Beecher thrilled the audience with their renditions of piano selections. Mrs. Ellis Shields, past county Members include Commissioner Golden W. Stewart, chairman Almorean Bagley, Bountiful county “It.is good to learn that the women of the Bountiful area are organizing themselves into a League of Women Voters. This splendid organization has contributed. much to good govern- sur- on page jeouniaed: leadership Davis County Planning commission, both heartily endorsing the Women’ s League. In his letter Mr. Stewart one vey of the possibility of the construction of a community barbecue and fireplace. This project is merely tentative as yet and definite decision on it will await further information as to details. Another matter of business was the passing of the “Freedom Edwin from Golden W. Stewart, Davis G. the street sign pro- made A five-man committee to inAn outstanding prosram was vis Improvement District was arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Theo named Tuesday by the Davis Green, Founders Day chairmen Elementary PTA County Commission. The com- for Bountiful Mrs. Lew James gave the PTA mittee will report back to the] prayer and Theo Green led the commissioners Monday. Telephone Company were initiated into the Rotary club and open to all interested’ women. presented the Rotary pin. WalkLetters have been received rer is the son of David and Nellie ject which has been delayed beeause of the shortage of a few of the signs that did not arrive when the others did last summer. Charles Trump reported the Mrs. p.m. Unit two, with Mrs. Lester Thomas as leader, will meet the first and third Thursdays of each month, from 8 to 9:30 p.m. Both groups will meet in the Bountiful city library. The subject for discussion for the first meeting has been announced by Mrs. Bertha Muir, national resources chairman. It is the Charter of the United Nations. These unit meetings are committee and a past vice president of the club, five new members were officially inducted into the club. They were Therus Harrison, Henry Lund, Turner Burningham, Irvin Miller, and John Rampton. These members were given committee assignments and assignments to assist in completing and of each month, from 1:30 to 3] iness were presented. Under the direction of Glen Minson, chairman Branch of Mrs. Ray Smith, will meet the second and fourth Thursdays fully of current Phillips Cross, February 15. Thompson, Mrs. C. Two units were Unit one, under the their duty to advance its cause. Before listening to Mr. Peterson held © vestigate the proposed South Da- Irwin, of the state board were present to assist Mrs. F. E. Neal- Mayor George K. Fadel, County on, unit organization chairman Engineer Harold J. Tippetts, and in setting up the framework for George G. Gordon, county planstudy units. . ner. gon had visited the club in joint capacity with the chartering of termination was Bonne View Club % Bountiful Lions — address NUMBER TWO BOUNTIFUL, DAVIS COUNTY, UTAH, February 26, 1954 8 to Nelson on Cub Scout Meeting To Be Held Monday By Stakee Primary of the invited tend. to at- after a new-used regular members. Walton Co. of Cen- — sults. LeRoy Hillam, | the man who answers all the garden problems Donia sete stake zhPrimary is sent to the Salt Lake Tribune, holding another cub-scout meet- will give the talk on lawns. We ing, “Monday, ‘March: :1, at. the know--you can. have. a beautifulc ~~ Second-Highth ward chapel, at lawn if you follow his instruc: tions.. It. will cut your SI aREE. bill, Hao Phe sy” All boys cub-scout age, 8, 9, 10 too. years of age and their parents Bert Southwick, one of our are specially requested _ be in board members, will tell ‘you how to build a box for compostattendance. Scout official Fred E. Curtis ing your garbage, and give you chairman of organization and its approximate cost to have it extension committee of the built if you are not handy with Great Salt Lake boy scout coun- a saw, hammer and paint brush. cil of America, will be in at- It is one of the cleverest plans tendance, also Orpha Boyden of we've ever seen. Anone interested is invited to the Primary general board who attend, and the Bonne View has cub scouting in charge. .We need your support in the Garden club hopes it will con-. organization of this new pro- vince you of the importance of belonging to an active camen gram. Bountiful Stake Deis Pres. club. nation. In rector, his letter the Mr. Gordon planning di- said that he was familiar with the wonder-|, ful work that the League of Women Voters were doing in all parts of the United States—that he had been acquainted with their efforts ‘before: coming to Utah. Word of the gasoline engine was heard in these parts soon after the Clipper had _ settled down on Third North. The editor consulted several learned men concerning the new development and was told it would not work with a six column page 29, 1892. The price re- at this high altitude. He wrote mained at that figure until Jan-} ‘Atty. Jo Rich in Paris, Idaho, uary 1, 1954—we just couldn't who had an engine at the time. hold it there any longer. +Mr. Rich did not believe in mulShortly as Porter terville and Salt Lake City will give the talk and demonstration on landscaping. These men know jour soil and climate problems and the right trees, shrubs and flowers to give us the best re- He added, “You will meet many things in government that} will require long hours of work to understand and to correct or assist. There will be times when in order to bring full information before your membership you may be accused of interfering. I hope that none of you will ever be discouraged by such Continued on page Eight tiplying words. His reply read: “Give gasoline engines a wide was obtained, and if it had no ‘berth. Only four issues of the possiYou Very unreliable. other value, it helped to develop don’t want one. Yours truly, Joe ble 3276 issues of the paper were strong arm muscles in the two Rich.” Finally he was told by a missed, and this failure occurred printers, for it had to be turned professor of physics at the USAC in 1904 because of small-pox— by hand. Steam soon replaced had them. During that he could see no reason why the editor the bulging biceps, however, in the engine should not run here. these years Ye Editor has seen the form of a handsome and about 4,000,000 papers go out of powerful two hp steam engine.. . He bought one. It was in fact the office. Not many perhaps The office of the paper was in the first gasoline engine to be when compared with large metthe basement of Mr. Call’s store. run in the State of Utah. It was ropolitan dailies, but it takes a FARMINGTON—Davis county This same building is now ownpicked from a catalogue and! heap of printing to do it on a will have four more voting dised by Bountiful Lumber and is came from Omaha, Neb. weekly. s. tricts in the 1954 election situated on the northern side of A brief history such as this The four new districts were the lumber yard.. The engine had no carburator. cannot begin to cover a field as the by Wednesday approved Instead it had a small hole in a broad as 63 years of publication counDavis county commission. Articles at first were of a gen- wheel that had to be. adjusted of a newspaper. The paper has ty now has a total of 37 voting eral nature, rather than strictly until the gasoline-air mixture surpassed the lives of many citidistricts. news. For example an article was just right. It would then run. zens of Davis county. In many The new districts are located in an early issue struck out On the downstroke of the piston, cases it has recorded complete in Val Verda, Centerville, Kays- against the “surplus of Bache- gasoline was pulled into the cylives from birth, growth, marville and Clearfield. They were lors’? in east Bountiful. It said in linder. There was a_ one-half riage and children to death. It formed by dividing existing dis- part: inch pipe inserted in the cylin- has witnessed the celebrations be tricts in which the voting regisder and it extended out three to E. Dale Peak, chapter fund “What a deplorable state of so- inches. One end was closed. On that accompanied the birth of tration has become too heavy in Utah as a state, weathered sevchairman. Mr. Peak says that ciety for a small town no larger one district. the closed end there was a blow- eral major depressions, noted plans are well under way for a The county also will have four than East Bountiful to be in, torch-like flame that kept it very the destruction of four major speedy campaign. Chairmen in judicial districts in 1954 and with a population of between 12 hot. When the piston went up on wars (if you count the Korean the three divisions have been apfour justices of the peace will and 13 hundred, and out of that ‘compression the heated flame “police action’), completion of pointed and most district and number 40: or more who have -be elected instead of three. The ignited the fuel mixture. the Salt Lake temple, the revomany local block workers are Dalet their names go on the bachSouth the are four districts making plans for early coverage This engine was later traded lutions caused by the automovis (Bountiful and south to the elor’s list, without daring to ask of residential districts. sex to travel for an engine that had a battery bile, airplane, radio and teleSalt Lake county line), South one of the fair Red Cross flags will be flying vision. and ignition system and finally Centhrough this wicked world with and gton (Farmin Central A “Piggy Bank Parade” sponMost of all it has attempted to and posters displayed to herald way to Randolph, terville), North Central (Kays- them ... It is hoped, this being found its the Bountiful Jeep of the Davis sored by North leap-year, that the girls will Utah. Following the classic ex- show the joys, sorrows, worries the “Kick Off’ ville ‘through . Layton), the > business American Red Cross Posse will cover have more courage than those ample of Grandfather’s clock, it. and problems of you—the people County Davis (north of heen to Weber areas, Saturday, Feb. 27, as a of Davis county. }1954 fund campaign, according who call themselves men, and never ran again. county line). are win U. S. Grant and Vernon Smith ‘the press Davis Approves Four New Voting Districts Red Cross ‘Kickoff’ Will Start Saturday With Piggy Parade. d tc _ 7 “kick off” to the 1954 campaign. Prior to Saturday envelopes were distributed to all business houses ‘in the towns of the entire county. Junior Red Cross members under the supervision of Mrs. James Smedley, Bountiful and Mrs. John Morgan, Layton, will ride on the jeeps and collect the envelopes from business houses and deposit, them in large red piggy banks made by art departments of the Junior high schools. — |