Show Reading Down the Side mrn the editor Last week this paper In an editorial called attention to the traf-rlhazards of careless and show off driving and suggested that citizen committees might well be to observe and issue appointed complaints in instances of flagrant violations of safe driving regulations This week a trio of citizens verbal following complaints of several others who also witnessed a conspicuous intersection violation joined In signing a complaint which brought the offender to account within a few hours Their assumption of this civic rebe the very sponsibility may thing that will save the life or keep from bodily harm the very one arrested Sometimes such a reminder is all that Is needed to call attention to an unsafe driving habit We can use more of this kind what with the cooperation rate in the climbing accident slate this monthAll the accidents do not necessarily have to happen to the other fellow of Sabbath School Workers Await Annual Meeting e A convention for Sunday School workers will be held at the First Ward-chain Tremonton this Sunday afternoon Ward officers and teachers have been advised of the meeting hour and a special request has gone out from the stake superintendency for all to be present Stake board members and ward and stake advisers to the Sunday School will meet organization with the general board members attending at the Seminary building in the morning Scouts Reminded Of Review Meet Harmonettes Please With Spring Concert Another excellent musical treat was offered the local public Tuesday evening when the Harmon-ette- s their annual presented spring concert at the tabernacle with Otto Nye as trombone soloist Mrs Howard Maughn reader and a vocal trio Mrs Robert Mrs Leonard Marble Campbell and Miss Mary Jane Davis givnumbers on the proing special gram gave their usual fine rendition of selected numbers a surencss of displaying harmony and artistic tone shading under the direction of their conductor Fred L Nye The offerings of the guest artists met with enthusiastic approval of the audience made up of listeners from Garland and nearby communities The chorus In spite of the fact that the Hoard of Education of Box Elder County School District issued a public invitation to all citizens of the county to attend a meeting at which the financial problems of the district would be discussed only 14 people showed up At least five of these were teachers The invitation had been in all the papers of published the county so there was nb possibility of it not having been well known The Garland First and Second Those who were at tlie meeting Ward Relief Society officers anwere given an exact picture of nounce that next Tuesday May the district finances as it is es- 25 the two wards will have a timated they will stand at the work meeting commencing at 10 end of the fiscal year June am funds will be short due to At 1 pm a luncheon will be the new laws passed by the last served and at 2 pm the followlegislature necessitating a few ing program will be presented: fund transfers but the extra Preston by Marian Readings money provided by the same trombone 'solos Leltoy W Manlegislature takes care of most of ning violin solos by LaDean the costs the new laws called for Zundel violin solos by Mrs Burand allows for some extension of ton Iluish and a book review by the educational program Earbara Buchanan But on the whole the district All members from both wards was shown to be in excellent are cordially invited to come and condition Its bonds are being stay all or any part of the day paid off promptly its building Is day as they choose There will being done on a be a variety of sewing and things basis without interest expense to do There will also be a nureach budget department operates sery so that a within its allotment slight surplus is left each year board disclosed at the The meeting that It will be possible to raise teacher pay again next year Now- - the minimum- - base pav is $2880 with a maximum of $4080 after 20 years service Next year the pay scale will start John A Bourne of Fielding at $3000 and go to a possible Teachers with dependents is reported to have been recom$4200 will get more Teachers present mended by the Red Cross for his able efforts which probably saved appeared pleased with the prosthe life of Louis Nick Christenpect As in the past some disan auto acci-de- n tricts will be paying more and sen of Tremonton victim near Brigham City a good many will be paying less last Friday night Donald C The board called the meeting Garland a passenger in to explain to the public that their Harper the car also was hospitalized program next year will be possBourne who recently completschool without ibleraising ed a Red Cross first aid course levies any above last year unwas first to arrive at the acciless it should be that the state dent scene He applied his trainfinds it necessary to levy a propto the profuse bleeding ing erty tax to provide canalization of the stop in a manner that victim If other fund sources would money have been impossible withsuch as liquor tax tobacco tax out it it was stated and others fall to provide Scott Lee Box Elder first aid enough money then a property chairman cited the incident as an tax of one to three or more mills example of the need for all to may be levied by the state and have similar training this would be in addition to the money the county will need & Mr Mrs Arlo Nielsen were All present felt the board was fob 7 in Salt Lake City during the doing a good businesslike and the editor of the Box Elder weekend News and Journal commended (he board for its efforts to pre- but were somewhat surprised j sent the facts concerning district that no more people were interested enough to attend when so problems to the public We found the meet interesting many feel free to criticise Relief Societies Plan For Joint Closing Social Bourne Receives Commendation For Safety Aid i A Board of Review for Scouts and Scouters of the Bear River and South Bear River stakes will hr: at 3 pm held this Sunday ir Tremonton Second Ward All Scouts and Scouters planning advancement should appear before the board L I) Wilde Chaiiman District Advancement will be in charge Special Assembly Recognizes Year’s Top Students Awards for participation in the curricular and extra curricular were distributed to activities their winners at special award assemblies at the high school during the past week Among those who were honored for their activities were the following: Junior Citizenship Outstanding Eliason Karl Jensen Rob-bein Certificates Zollinger wore also this accomplishment Anderson presented to DcVctre Nadine Hall Homer Capcncr and Bob Woodhead Girls’ State Representatives— Moana Korth Glonna Richardson Carol Ann Cochran Ashcraft Watch Award-B- ob Wood Janice Supan Bunderson Award for Outstanding Commercial Students— stucommercial Outstanding dent Marilyn Barnard Janiel Outstanding girl typist Ewer American Legion Award for the Best Students in High School for the four years— Sonia Peterson and Karl Jensen Scholarship Pins— Kenneth Able DeVere Anderson Marie Grover Carol Jane Homer Karl Jensen Paul King e Rayda Kirby Ray Knudsen Miller Sonia Peterson nted Palmer Jewelry Watch to GaeLene Harris Miller for excelling in scholastic activities in all four years rating the most high Scholarships to Colelges— Excelcis Beauty School Juanita Nelson Darrell and Joe’s Beauty School - Sherrie Christensen Ilenegar Business School Able Practical Nursing (Tremonton Civic League) Laltae Whitaker AC Scholarship in Agriculture Lynn Kerr AC College in Electronics— Reed Peterson University of Utah— Jensen Karl Bob Woodhead DeVere Anderson Raymond JIall Brigham Young University— Nadine' Hall Charlene Bronson Sonia Petersen Ray Knudsen Paul King Weber College — Rayda Kirby Byron Anderson Roxey Davis Utah State Agricultural ColDeLon lege — Carol Jane Homer Nadine Leon Hansen Gardner Hall Scholarship to any CoEliason llege— Patricia and KLO Ogden Stardard to Award Watch Outstanding i Continued rn pajre 3 No Tax Increase Likely For County Schools Teachers Promised Pay Raise the state proides the needy districts with the money needed to maintain a legal minimum program The hoard presented a chart valuations showing that county this year are clown slightly from 1952 their highest level in seven jears The chart also showed a present mill levy in the county of 2679 for education which included the state levy of 890 mills Altho the state will require the local district to assess a 12 mill levy next year the board’ has proa sufficient posed reduction in local needs to keep the total levy slightly under last year’s figure 26 6 State tax officials will not et make a guess whether they will need to add a mill or more for the state fund rince that will depend on receipts the rest of the year from many special taxes which go into school funds In 1953 however there was a state levy on this category of 3 6 mills There wore 26 counties with higher levies for schools than Box Elder last year and 13 lower Contributions to the memorial At the Monday meeting the fund for Captain Jack Gleason hoard announced an official pubKorean Garland war casualty lic hearing on the proposed budnow stand at $8650 thanks to get for June 7 at 4 pm and a four new donors as follows: final revision of the 1954 budget J II Fronk $500 also Wilford Rogers $500 Estimates on remodeling costs Ladles Self Culture Club $1000 at Park Valley school were set at Mr and Mrs Eamel Nielson $19000 by the architects Hodg$200 son and Holbrook Final plans Previously acknowledged $64-5were ordered prepared Total to date $8650 Karl Krusmarck architect was Next issue we will make a fi- instructed to prepare plans for nal report on the project orig- the Bear River High School addiMrs Blanche by tion suggested inally on the basis of approved Manning Smith of Seattle Wash sketches Mrs Smith suggested the plaInstallation of floureseent lightcing of a bench memorial to ing fixtures was authorized at in the Garland City ceme- Bear River and Box Elder high tery The granite stone was sel- schools week-en- d ected-last and - the will be bench to cost $12500 placed about July 1 by John II Bott St Son s Company of Brigham City who have made special concessions because of the nature of the project 'iie Bear iuver LJJS Seminary grauuatea 13 siuucnts at hem at Me taueruacie Former Garland Resident fcAuenes r Banana inonuay evening at winui Dies in California uuous naon ur of tne UazC denver-cpresident Funeral services were held at me address to tne graduating Long Beach California Tuesday Class for Clarence W Parke 72 form spite of the fact that the mer Garland resident Mr Parke program was conducted on a died Friday in Long Beach of a wee uay evening tms year for heart ailment me lirst time tne taoernacie was Mr Parke was bom April 9 again mi6u almost to its capacity 1882 at Malta Idaho a son of lzr LdAon was introcucea oy William II and Mary Capcncr Vaiuo Cr book ol tne Seminary Parke He married Cristie Hatch lotUity student tabes were givof Woods Cross June 23 1904 en oy Karoiyn Ward of Snowvine They made their home in Ri- and Kennetn Waid of Riverside verside and in Garland and moved Reginald iiunsaser of tne south to Los Angeles in 1926 Rear River staxe presidency Survivors include his widow presented the certificates to tne three sons and one daughter graduates Keith Eumuaic was provided by the high Mrs Rhea Nordgrcn all of Los school a cappeiia choir and oy gene and Reuben an instrumental trio composed of Angeles Margaret Tnompson Coiiuen and Virginia Waiker with Here For Wedding Diane Rose as accompanist Mr and Mrs Carl Ccoke of Los Angeles are visiting at the D Mr & Mrs Glenn Taj lor atHenry Manning home They are tended the reception honoring here for the wedding of Mrs Cooke’s sister which Alf Freeman at Brigham City Carilyn Sunday aiternoon takes place next week The employment of live needed to relieve teachers additional ciowded conditions and overloadin teachers the district contined uation of the go building program of the district and increa-a moderate of pay for the teachers of the district will all be possible in Box Elder any County next year without increase in taxes for the schools it was revealed at a meeting of the Board of Education Monday The public had been invited to attend the session to receive a full report of the loard on the financial standing of the dislrict howOne possibility remains ever that there could he an increase in the property tax above the present levy That hinges on the chance that the state may rood to turn to the property tax to provide needed funds for the program by which equalization Memorial Fund Now at $8650': Seminary Holds Graduate Rites il |