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Show " V Micr '?-s- a r'm C SMILE! You're Reading The Leader VOLUME 49-NU- TREMONTON,' UTAH . 84337 8 MBER THURSDAY, NOVEMBER Ribbon Cutting Rites To Open New Highway Local and state representatives from both Utah and Idaho win be on hand Friday (tomorrow) at 3 pun. when Interstate 80 North is officially opened at the border, three miles northwest of Snowville. Arranging the ribbon cutting ceremony is the Bear River Valley Chamber! of Commerce and It executive secretory. Mel Foxtey. Miss Susan Mel-so- n, Miss Utah for 1969, is expected to be on hand to snip the ribbon. Govs. Rampton of Utah and Samuel- - I 1969 20, 0 m. a son of Idaho have been invited to the ceremony, as have state senators and representatives from both states. Expected to be on hand are members of the State Road Commission, Box Elder County commissioners Mayor Ray Ashcraft of Tremonton and Mayor Nepht Westergard of Garland and mayors and town board presidents of other Box Elder communities. Interstate 80 North is a direct route to Boise and to the Pacific Northwest. t , Is. 7 0 vV 1m vv y Leader Coming H i JUST LIKE RABBITS! Danny Austin holds his mama rabbit which recently gave birth to a litter of 20. Some of the mixture of white and black bunnies may be seen on the wheelbarrow. Community Calendar - Golden Spike Chapter of DUP will meet at the home of Afton Rhodes at 2 p.m. Nov. 20- Early Next Week Because of the Thanksgiving holiday jThe Leader will come out one day ..early next week. Deadlines for ALL advertising, news items and classifieds will be NOON , i MONDAY. "THE P' will be presented tonight, Friday and Saturday at the Bear River High auditorium in per The staff of The Leader very sincerely appreciates the wonderful observance s of early deadlines during the past year and thanks you in advance for the early one next Local Girl Scouts To See Ice Show Principal Kerr Midland Camp of DUP will meet of May Kent, Named To Group 7 p.m., Bazaar, supper se sale at 8. 21- - "Death of a Gunflgh-te- r" at the Main Theatre in Garland. Nov. 20, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" at the Nu Vu Theatre. Nov. 21-2- 9- Nov. 22- - Garland 2nd Ward Marrieds party, church house, p.m. (Turn To Page 2, Your Please) 7:30 , Jeanne Wins Second! Jeanne Jones, a columnist for The Leader,, has won second place in the Utah State Press hometown column contest for the month of September. Her "Jones' Bones" on Sept 18 delt on the Subject "There's nothing sweeter than..." The selection was mad)f students at Utah State University, who called it "A unique approach with personal thoughts or experiences'that produced toe type of column for Jeanne Jones that probably made several lady columnist think, "I that." wish Pd thought of Kleon Kerr, principal of the Bear River High School has been named to serve as chairman of a screening committee of "approved" annual reports from various secondary November 13 schools in the west. November 14 The Northwest Association For Accreditation of school will convene Dec- - , November 15 ember 6 in Portland. The local Board J November 16 November" 17 of Education has approved the partiNovember 18 cipation of Principal Kerr in this November 19 session. -L- Centennial Ball Saturday At Center Low 33 High 54 54 54 .. 48 40 35 36 Prec. 26 24 28 27 .04 14 14 Tr. the way is Debbie Welling, 4325; Ann Iverson, 1950; Karen Hirschl, 1500; Kathy Miller, 1025 and Maurine Bingham, 875. A complete Using, plus a run-doof the subscription contest is on page 5. wn Bigle r Home Had Leader's cameraman took some from the past last week and up with the historical Bigler on the Bear River as his contest entry. There wasn't much of a contest to it, however, as practically everyone who called knew the famous landmark. First to call, and there were close to 200, was Oleen Josephson of PlyA new mouth. subscription or renewal is the first prize as soon as the wishes of the winner are known. Second place winner this week is Grace Warnke. She wins two free tickets to the Nu Vu Theatre. Third to call was Jill Cannon at the high school. Better luck this week, Mrs. Cannon! Bazaar Friday The Belmont Ward Bazaar will be Friday, November 21 at the Ward Church Building. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. Bazaar Items will go on sale at 7:30. Everyone is welcome to attend. a.-- - fJ? 'izrL - vf t- Q Leader Photo I 1 frr"Y I i the part of Anna with Michelle Nelson; and Linda Sine, Tuptim and Jody Munns. the wife. h many of these are no longer in use. The present bridge over the Bear River, and now known as the 'Bigler Bridge' was dedicated on July 4, 1892. At this point, the Bear River is rather shallow and has a gravel bottom. Because of this it has been a natural site in the past for a ford or ferry, used both by Indians and early settlers. According to a history, written by a cousin of Odell Bigler, Benjamin Hampton and William S. Godbe saw the potential in this location and established a ferry in 1853. Toll charges were ten cents for a horse and cents for a wagon. The twenty-fiv- e terry operated until 1859 when the partners constructed the first bridge across the river. And there was ONE caller who did miss on the identification: Mrs. Dave Holmgren, a fairly new resident of Tremonton, said it looked like the home of Mae Dalton. The Odell Bigler home, which has caused the editor of The Leader to route on take the Garland-Fieldi- ng is one to times, Logan many trips of the better known landmarks in this end of Box Elder County. It is situated just to the right of the almost Fielding Collinston equally well-known bridge. Mr. Bigler, now 67, was born and reared in the home and the family background here dates back to 1863. He says that the home was originally built as a stagecoach hotel in 1866 by Hampton & Godbe. According to Mr. Bigler, there was a smaller place on about the same spot, an eating establishment, which had been a regu- Mf. Shumway leadership for over 50 years. Mr. Shumway, who is now nearlng 92 years of age still attends to his business at his Garland Real Estate office each day. His community service has included ( Turn To Page 2, Please) present stone house near the bridge. Built of limestone obtained from a quarry located a short distance east of Collinston, the walls are about feet thick. The hotel had two 18 rooms, including ten bedrooms on the second floor that were reached by a staircase from the entrance hall. On the first floor at the front (or north) end of the house, were two large rooms used as a sitting room and a parlor. A large fireplace provided both physical and friendly warmth. At the back, or south end of the ( Turn To Page 2, Please) CONTEST ENTRY NUMBER II l ' if r v r ft fI A Dale Anderson vrJi ir Wins Chicago Trip Dale Anderson, Tremonton, who is tills year's Utah state winner in the National H Swine Awards Program, will receive an paid trip to H Congress to be held in the Conrad-Hilt- on Hotel, Chicago, DL, starting Sunday, November 30 and ending Thursday evening, December 4. AH of the state winners will be competing for one of the $600 college scholarships to be awarded to the six national winners in the program. In 1866, according to family history, Hampton and Godbe constructed the "WHEREZIT" CONTEST The much larger place was built to accomodate greater traffic when the stagecoach line received a government contract to handle mail on the Salt Lake to Butte, Mont route. Before this time passengers, freight and occasional gold shipments were carried by the stagecoach firm. Mr. Bigler says the original building was in the shape of a big square A Marge and had a thatched rooL barn, also still standing, served as the livery stable for the hotel. Many of the furnishings in the home are original from the days of the old stagecoach lines. However, a good 4-- r A Big Story To Tel 1 lar stopping place .for the stage coach. K I "Tiff lt rft i itf .it; UllUlMlllUIlUHHUiiUU gvnnriT (JMIIIIIPPIMI) BP1 Reoder Photo j , You Ma Win A New Subscription Or FREE Show Tickersf nse 4-- A father, Lyn Nil-s- on and his son, Kenneth of Black-foo-t,. Idaho, escaped serious injury Saturday morning when the semi crash CRASH SCENE ed into a bridge abutment a mile and one half north of Mm crossroads. The father was treated for a fractured right ankle and cute and bruises at the . His Valley Hospital and released. son also suffered numerous cuts and bruises and was released from the hospital on Monday evening. . - Derby may be developing into a real 'horse The pages came home formances beginning at 8 p.m. nightly, the scene above are Rod MerrelL the King; Lani Poulsen, who shared John J.' Shumway, who was instrumental in the organization of the Lions Club in Garland in 1927 and who until recent months had maintained a 100 attendance record at Club meetings was guest of honor at a special Ladies Night luncheon of the organization this week. Lion president Douglas Coombs conducted the meeting. A special musical program was presented by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Glea-s- on and daughters Julie and Janette of Logan. V. W. Johns, Garland Postmaster and former editor of the Garland Times paid tribute to Mr. Shumway in an address which listed highlights of his life in Garland since he came to the valley in 1903 (from Clarkston) and cited the sterling qualities of character which had marked his community race' as our tote board shows several girls with good figures. Leading This year marks the Centennial of the Young Womens Mutual Improvement Association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. In honor of this occasion the Bear River and South Bear River Stake MIA Organizations are issuing a special Invitation to everyone from MIA Maid and Explorer age on up to attend a Cen tennial Ball, Saturday, November 29 at 8:30 p.m. at the South Bear River Stake Center. A special program and floorshow have been arranged which will feature the various types of dances done during the 100 year period of the YWMIA. Those in charge would like to encourage all to attend and join in celebrating this event. it vi TTi Leader Photo I , Honor Shumway EADER SUBSCRIPTION DERBY The Leader's 'Subscription 1 Garland Lions FIVE DAY FORECAST Utah, Eastern Nevada; Thursday through Monday temperatures warming to about 5 degrees above normal except continuing cool in some Utah valleys. Little or no rain or snow is expected. Normal highs, lows and 5 day precipitation: Salt Lake 44, 24 and .24; Elko 46, 17 and .15. TEMPERATURES Courtesy of Utah-Ida- ho Sugar Company Mr. Kerr 2 p.m. at the home 59 N. 1st W. Thatcher-Penro- &. )?mm report Local Girl Scouts will go to Salt Lake City to see the Ice Capades in the Salt Palace Arena Nov. 23. The Nov. 20, 2L 22j- - A Cappella Choli girls will be able to attend the Sunday 2 p.nu matinee at half price. One of Bear River High School will preadult with every six girls will also sent "The King and PV in the high be admitted at half price. school auditorium, 8 p.m. nightly. Cadettes, Juniors, and Brownies will ":. be given this opportunity through, Jhelr Catorar flalfcfcupperfcSO 'ttmtoe- - Girll Scout Council. Girls are asked to wear their unlformsr Each girl must have a permission slip signed Belmont Ward Bazaar, dinner at by her parents before she attends. 6 p.m., sale at 7:30. at KING ; v JJ 0HF" The first person to call and correctly give the location and of the contest entry will win a new subscription (or renewal) to "The Leader." 2. Second place winner will win two free ticketa to the Na Va Theatre. 3. The owner of the property pictured Is ab eligible to win and will be given the photograph. 4. Eauloyees of this newspaper and their immediate families are not eligible to win tit on Thursday. contest. 5. No phoM calls accepted before 8:30 a.m. - V! ; Bales: lor |