Show r u&v Mam him get for next year must be approved this bond issue would probably behandled in such a way that propby the City Council before Jan 1 taxes for bond services ierty If this is not done the city must boosted continue to operate on tne same ii-- j The city began 1961 with a total nancial basis as in 1961 general obligation bonded indebtedIn only a few years has the coun- ness of only $396600 The bonds are cil failed to meet the deadline scheduled to be paid off entirely by The 1961 budget called for an out- 1963 The city's tax levy is 2642 mills lay of $3763818 in the general funds which derives its revenue from this year or $2642 for every $1000 taxes Income is estimated at of assessed valuation $3849448 exclusive of the proceeds This levy is the lowest since 1956 from the new sales tax The sales In 1957 and 1958 it was 27 mills In tax went into effect at mid-yea- r 1959 to 1960 it was 2742 mills hence revenue from that source Under the Ogden City charter it was not included in the budget is illegal for the city to operate Revenue estimates for 1961 in- "in the red" cluded $350000 from the sale of Ogden City department heads aire sharpening their pencils and eyeing money needs for the calendar year 1962 but they still have several weeks before recommendations are ' due Financial estimates for the new year must be filed soon after Oct 1 the city finance director said Satwill urday City Council members budnew with the wrestling begin a get— pruning it down to essentials—-that short time after Chances are that Ogden City's 1962 expenditures will be much the same as this year although income likely will be up substantially as a cent result of the new one-hasales tax which should give Ogden from $350000 to $380000 in additional revenue next year If the sales tax is continued-cou- nty commissioners must give their approval when the new calendar year begins— the proceeds will with go to capital improvements two new firehouses high on the pri- s a- f 7 t - t' is XV" ? ' ority f list-Unde- i i -- 4 MONTHLY improve Mount Ogden Park a project not yet launched One cut in the 1961 budget was $13000 for a special election on a general obligation bond issue It may be included in the 1962 budget to cover the cost of a special election to issue about $lVz million in bonds for a new storm sewer system in the north part of the city Ogden City's credit is good and bonds r the city charter the bud to RECORDS And monthly reports to the City Council from ' Larry Hunter city finance director show what every department has spent as of that time The last report given the council covered expenses of all departments to July 31 seven months of the fiscal and calendar year Seven months is 59 per cent of U U 11 V the year and theoretically every streets 57 engineering 45 airport city department could hav spent 42 sanitary disposal 53 polic that part of its annual budget by department 51 fire department 1 lf ' to A iffieiitton li July 55 31 Many departments of Ogden City are well below that figure Mr Hunter said The City Council department for instance had spent only 36 per cent of its 1961 allotment by July 31 Other department expenses in the seven months are as follows: —City courts 53 per cent city recorder 58 planning commission 30 55 civil service municipal building 40 health center 46 Municipal Park 84 It should be noted here that the budget for Municipal Park included sprinkling systems for both the east and west park projects that- - have been completed t DEPARTMENT FIGURES Other department expense per- centages up to July 31: p —Library 52 city manager's fice 56 finance department 57 ' purchasing 53 dog pound 52 law 54 personnel department 57 of-u- J sanitation 56 Health department 51 parks 17 per cent In This item needs explanation the 1961 budget $350000 was allocated to improve Mount Ogden park by a revenue bond issue that was later blocked by petitions calling for a special election New the City Council has sp proved on first reading and set Sept 7 for a public hearing on an ordinance that calls for a special election on the Mount Ogden revenue bonds Nov 7 Some more figures on departmental expense percentages in the first seven months of the year: Recreation 69 (the summer program is ove when the bulk of th expenses occlurj cemetery 51 At the end1 of July the city's general fund of $3763818 had been de- pieted only 44 per cent well within the theoretical 59 per cent of the amount that could have been used in seven months 1 s V & V 2 H V J - - x in AW GEE - 46 V 5 iiii"ii ALREADY! youngsters s t ' ! beginning ' pre-scho- ' ' r - J V- - ' livered to them" "It is expected that a new and iifvquestionably sufficient petition wiil be filed in due course as we believe the people of Ogden now nealize they cannot afford to allow their chrldren to do without the benefits of fluoridation indefinite- - - LIBRARY BOARD ELECTS WOMAN Mrs Paul Seeger is the new president of the Ogden Carnegie Free Library board of directors succeeding Mrs Gerard Klomp Klomp Other officers all holdovers include secretary Mrs Howard Anderson and treasurer Mrs ' s Garth Peck Building committee chairman is William A Larsen with Dr Dello Dayton heading the book committee and W C Hansen in charge of the personnel committee - Police are seeking two youths who stole a tray of watches worth $150 from the Green Spot Drug 200 Washington Store employes said one of the youths hung around the store for a time and said he was waiting for Lt Donald It Carson Medical a bus The other stood in front of the building Corps USN has reported for duty When clerks were busy elsewhere at the Naval Construction Battalion the youth inside the store picked up Center Port Hueneme Calif A graduate of the University of the tray of watches and ran out Utah on he is a son of Mr and Mrs both Police said disappeared R Carson 3389 Jackson John Washington Ogden Lieutenant Reports for Duty $184-50- x- Completed to date are: A mile and a half of surfacing in Hooper two miles along the Pioneer Road between lower Sla terville and Warren another mile northward to the Warren LDS chapel and still another mile in Kanesville A mile of the Old Post Road a mile mile in Eden and one-haeach in North Ogden and Hunts- ville and a mile in Riverdale Construction work on a mile in Roy is near the completion stage Work has been started Commissioner Carver said on rebuilding lf t 1 Kaysvillc Cyclist Falls Hurts Head i- - 4 Railway Company Receives Awards Treasury Department awards have been presented to the Ogden Union Railway and Depot Co officials R O Bills superintendent and L J Carney the company's payroll savings campaign chairman said The awards are in appreciation of patriotic service to the nation through the United States Savings Bond Program Similar awards are given to organizations having 50 per cent or more of their employes participating in the payroll savings bond program - "Tr lk"" rSx Avi:v!:wmv-:- r 1 ''-- J s " ) vl !' 1 1 1 i DEMO ' RALLY — Beth Brown and Nathanial Clark check supply of tickets for Democrats' FDR Day rajly at Lagoon next Saturday Weber Democrats Plan Part in Big FDR Day County WINTER INTERRUPTION Although plans called for its completion within 120 days of start Commissioner Carver said he didn't believe it would be finished this year Cold weather will likely in terrupt the work he said This job will cost the state about $200000 the county paying about as its share Work in widely scattered areas g of some involving the 15 miles of existing county roads is also being wrapped up To handle the summer program to complete plans for its participation in the FDR Day rally at Lagoon next Saturday The meeting will begin at 7:30 Lomond ballpm in the Hotel Ben business sesroom Following the sion county chairman David Welling will show films he took on a recent trip to Central America Egypt the Holy Land and Europe Billed as the biggest Democratic party event in the history of Utah night seal-coatin- it has taken 13 trucks three patro motor graders a bulldozer a com pressor a power shovel two drag lines a loader and an oil dis tributor and oil tanker The county road crew of 24 full time employes has been fully occu pied with the job the commissioner said four V - snowplows mountains we throw the bag info the refrigerator again and it gets rock hard and frozen in an hour or so Don't ask me how the thing works Remember me? I'm the guv who's frightened at a pair o pliers and to this day I've never figured out how a teiepnone works As for radio and television to me they're - more mysterious 1 t it than what s on me oiner siae o: the moon But that little bag of gelatin or whatsit has been most handy on our mountain sorties 1 " said Nathanial and children" Clark' Weber County chairman of the event "President John F Kennedy has expressed a desire to attend If the international situation prevents his attendance there will be other high ranking administra- tion officials BUFFET LUNCHEON "We have acquired the entire Lagoon resort for the event" "Mr Clark said "Tickets entitle the adults and children to swimming and all the rides from 12 noon to 8 pm A buffet luncheon will be served from 2 to 7 pm Three automobiles will be given away as door Robert Merle Peterson 49 no address was arrested by the FBI prizes A special attraction will be a at 253 25th at week's end for al- trapeze show by David Nelson of at 2 4 and legedly sending two- - threatening the "Flying Viennas" 7 pm letters to Ogden Postmaster Ed Tickets may be purchased from Vendell the county chairman or the legislaLeonard Blaylock special agent tive district chairmen' in charge of the FBI Salt Lake Oity office reported the arrest Saturday Postmaster Vendell said this morning he'd received the letters twice once last week and again CLEARFIELD NAVAL SUPPLY on Tuesday Both had threats to kill him but expressed no reason DEPOT — Three area employes Defor the desire Mr Vendell said of the Clearfield Naval Supply recogbeen special have given and ill pot he thought the sender was did not take the letters very ser- nition for their performance records iously Gloria Mc- An Oaden "woman Peterson was born at Youngstown Ohio and told arresting agents Auliffe 1144 25th was awarded that he roamed about the country an outstanding performance certificate and given $150 for her working at odd jobs A complaint was filed before ratings and US Commissioner E M Garnett Superior performance to Lois awarded were checks will $100 Peterson in Salt Lake City be arraigned before the commis- C Hodges 889 27th and Law Wr sioner prior to a hearing in Federal rence Byington 1323 N 350 Sunset Court there " eisht blades for - snow remova trucks and two sanding machines have been made ready for winter tasks a Nabs Man For Threats FBI women "We expect 10000 men Naval Base Gives Trio Cash Awards ( By Ren Wormald UPLIFTED eyebrow department: "Boston Broad Jumps 27 Feet for 2nd Time5' (Minneapolis Sunday Tribune) AT HAND is a nice letter from a person who wants to remain anonymous and who signs the let tcr only "JSli He or she is a kindred spirit In a comment on a recent article ne The reason: Education costs are continuing their upward trend Thus while Ogden's City Council has reduced its levy by one mill (from 2742 in 1960 to 2642 in 1961) city tax- payers will actually shell out more than a year ago The tntol Wv inflndincr cfhnnl will hp 102 1 un 1 ft mills from 1960 reports County Auditor Dee Wilcox The same for Roy where the coun- cil recently reduced the levy by one mill but where the tax notices will reflect an increase of 125 mills This is true in most all communities of the county where city governing bodies have called for reductions only to have this offset by increases elsewhere Auditor Wilcox said the higher assessments are going to be in effect to meet mounting education the Ogden costs For example City School Board raised the levy from 43097 mills in 1960 to 4535 mills this year— an increase of two and a quarter mills The County School Board similar- iv approved an increase of 138 mills hiking the levy from 43347 to 4465 mills State school levies also show decided gains Mr Wil cox said TAXES DUE NOV 30 Levies submitted from this area have already been approved by the Utah State Tax Commission and tax notices will begin going m the mails in early October he said Taxes fall due Nov 30 Increases in the levy range from 80 in South Ogden to 275 mills in North Ogden Riverdale Washington Terrace Huntsville Plain City Pleasant View Uintah and unmcor-porte- d areas of Weber County Highest assessment will fall on residents of the Bona Vista District with a total of 11310 mills Ogden City residents as noted pay 1031 mills Some other increases: North Ogden residents paid 9523 last year will be assessed 9798 this Riverdale residents paid 8523 will pay 8798 Roy goes up from 8918 to 9043 r South Ogden from 9528 to 9608 Washington Terrace from 9023 to 9298 Huntsville is up from 7673 to 7948 Plain City from 7873 to 8148 Pleasant (View from 7323 to 8098 Uintah from 7523 to 7798 Weber County unincorporated areas from 6473 to 6743 All 'areas are assessed 75 mills for state school funds 75 of a mill for mosquito abatement 1353 for the Weber County levy and 1 mill for the Weber Basin Water Con- The breakdown for Ogden City i as follows: City schools and uniform local levy 4535 Weber Basin special district 3 city levy of 2642 county levy of 1358 Bona Vista Water district 8 Ben Lomond Cemetery Maintenance District 2 and Central Weber Sewer System 55 for a total ' of 1031 mills Other cities have somewhat comparable breakdowns North Ogden has a two mill levy for cemetery maintenance and a 55 levy for the Central Weber Sewer System bringing the assessment to a total of 9798 North Ogden residents in the Bona Vista Water District will have an added eight mills above the 9798 listed above for a total of 10593 mills Riverdale in addition to the other levies pays a four- - mill Weber Basin special district assessment and 11 mills for the city's own tax making a total levy of 8798 mills The 1675 assessment by Roy City added to 245 for Weber Basin special districts levy and 375 for the North Davis Sewer District to a total of 9043 over-a- ll brings-i- t South Ogden levies 20 mills for the city with an added' 310 mills for Weber Basin to total the 9608 levy Washington Terrace's city taxes are also 20 mills with no special taxation other than those itemized earlier for the total 3298 assess- ment Iluntsville's city levy is 12 mills Plain City's four Uintah 105 and Pleasant View 6 Flying Object Brings Query From Dentist How many people saw the glown object traveling at ing in a northwesterly dihigh speed servancy District rection over the valley Thursday at County residents will pay the about 745 pm? 4465 Weber County school levy and Dr Leslie Foutz Ogden dentist 43097 apthe will residents pay city watched the unidentified object for Board School the City by proved about three or four seconds as it sped over North Ogden andHeapparwa ently towards Tremonton in Hooper when he sighted it He said h wants to talk to anyone else who was lucky enough to glimpse the phenomenon and asks that they call him at EX blue-gree- Drama Coming FIREMEN READY TO CHECK To Stake Hall HOMES FOR FIRE HAZARDS "Promised Valley" will be presented Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30 pm in the North Weber Stake Center 2224 EAve Romantic leads will be played by Kent Lundquist Venita Green and Deanna Atkinson Supporting roles will be played by Kenneth Carl Neilsen Deane Youngbcrg Hes-lo- p and Verl Barrow Roger Pont the writer said: "The rising sun at dawn is so quiet until the sun Mrs Donna Mae Evans is prosuddenly bursts into view then the hirds si art to twitter and the ' duction manager and director Ruth of beasts of the field arise from the and Lester Fowers arc in charge Kunz is and the dancing Marilyn night's rrst in the pasture" Thanks to "JSR" tor a nice accompanist Admission will be $1 per family letter and a friendly pat on the The public is invited back The annual home inspection by Ogden City firemen will begin Monday morning and is expected to last from five to six weeks before all homes in the city have been contacted Fire Chief Clyde Peterson said Saturday this is an entirely voluntary program and firemen will not come into a home except by invitation Firemen will check wiring appliances base ments garages and adjacent lots and will give homeowners a check list of suggestions to remove any fire hazards found The annual program has resulted in cleaning up many dangerous fire hazards the chief sam "We hope to check every home in Ogden Chief Peterson said ' JJW r s and caving seven and one-hamiles of road between Harrisville and Plain City This has been un dertaken on' a contract between the The Weber County Democratic the FDR Day rally is sponsored by State Road Commission and Weber Central Committee meets Monday the state Democratic committee Meantime faxes' nigner hroughotn County f 0 Work will continue in some areas Commissioner Carver said until cold weather calls the program to $90000 n d hold-the-li- loto graphs Anyone? (haps this mention of your letter SHERIFF LeEoy Hartley gave me will bring an answer an interesting letter the other day WE'VE got ourselves a handy It was from Mrs J G Teague gadget And it still amazes me of 775 W 4th San Pedro Calif' It's a sack of some kind of some asked for and Mrs Teague plastic gelatin which is kept in the ' information of the re"I am very much interested in freezing compartment until we want to use it genealogy and am anxious to learn frigerator We put it in our picnic cooler if there is any literature or pictures of early Ogden there at the and the doggoned thing keeps butcourthouse or could there be any ler and bacon and eggs frosty hours at a time cold for-2data in your library? W'hen we get back from the "1 was born in a little "dobe" house that stood on the northwest corner of 28th and Washington on By Bob Age I -Wv Costs Send If you live in Weber County chances are your property tax bill will be bigger this year than last — despite a attitude in most communities A WRITER ASKS: Od -- 1 lf ol The sponsors were Mrs S Blair Hutchinson Mrs Drew Petersen Dr LeMoyne Petersen Thatcher and Dr John A DixonThe proposal to fluoridate city drinking water— advocated by both the American Dental Association and the American Medical Association as a method of reducing tooth Sept 7 1886 decay—was placed on the city bal"There was & big open canal or lot in the November 1958 election ditch that ran from the mountains btit went down to a narrow defeat west to the Weber River until sewers were put in and it went underground "When I was a small child the Crosleys owned a little grocery store on the northeast corner I would love to learn if there is in son existence a picture of that little Jeffrey L Nelson of Sir aiKi Mrs Roger Nelson of adobe house in the early settlement iaysville received head injuries of Ogden WTould you please make late this week when he fell off his inquiry for me and see what you Vein iccuu bicycle Well now Mrs league there The was brought to St Benedict's Hospital for treatment His con- are a lot of readers of this column dition was reported to fee "fairly who are just as interested as I am in the early history of Ogden Per- Seed" tmk-- Paul PAUL SEEGER New President 13 m : Increased Assessments Coming Despite Attempt to Hold Line a halt MRS Store Looted Of Watches sults SEE NEW MOVE "Accordingly the sponsors hereby withdraw the petition and request tJiat all sections thereof be rede- Sept ? 11 V f :' Fluoridation school students VK County road have been improved as a part of the summer work program County Commissiorer Elmer Carver said Saturday The outlay to date is about This is an increase of 30 teachers ary schools will put aside sumand return to the and about 600 pupils in the 23 serious business of getting an edu- - county schools and a record enroil-catio- n ment officials said Students of the this week ana Five hundred and sixteen Weber two county high schools Weoer County school teachers aided by Ogden city school registration is teaching machines and television also up with final figures expected into to instill will attempt knowledge to set a record enrollment ol more than 18600 pupils Fifteen new teachers bring the total in the city schools to 675 The 27 city schools open three days later than the county Thursday The annual teachers' institute for Weber schools was Thursday and inFriday and the city scheduled is teachers for stitute for Monday Tuesday and Wednes-- i riflv nreDatorv to the influx of 4 students Thursday Weber College students will have nearly a month longer vacation! Proponents of fluoridation in Og than students of local elementary den said Saturday they had with and hinh schools Matriculating col-- i drawn petitions calling for a vote lege students will register on Sept this fall but promised a new cam- 21 day school sophomores and paign to get the question on the transfers Sept 20 and evening ballot A spokesman for the group said it had been learned that apparently not all signatures on petitions calling for a referendum had been properly notarized lie said that a letter had been sent to the city recorder withdrawing the petitions The letter said: "We have been informed that the sufficiency of the initiative petitions for an Ogden City fluoridation ordinance has been questioned "Upon investigation we find that because " of a misunderstanding a question does indeed exist as to the technical sufficiency of the petitions filed "While the question may be one of form only and might be disregarded we believe that the expense of an initiative election should not be imposed on the city and its taxpayers if there is any technical or question whatever otherwise which might even possibly invalidate the election re- iilim- Some 33 miles of Weber 31000 ENROLLED Petitions Withdrawn Improved In Wide Area - Will Be Continued r More than 31000 students o city some 13000 and county elementary and second- Monday rv— Cost $184500 at the thought Randy Martin r12 wears his best ball glove and his saddest expression of giving up summers leisure for a pencil a book and teacher's sharp eye As for learning and the brother Chad 8 he seems torn between youth's natural bent-fo1504 Lake Martin Mrs of George baseball diamond's powerful call Both are sons Summer Vacations Ending This Week ScllOoS Weber Roads Construction Work - NOT 13 SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 27 1961 W'-- 5 V R i 11 II X Fi OGDEN UTAH B — Section r P 0 jgh Dr Foutz said the object was shaped like a tear drop with the 'large end in front It appeared about half the dimension of the r moon he said NO VAPOR TRAIL not leave any vapor trail did It that he could see and he could detect no sound He said the flying object had a decided bright glow and seemed to be about 30 degrees above the horizon It disappeared in a bank of clouds near Ben Lomond Peak and failed to reappear He estimated it was traveling much faster than a salcliit |