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Show vsa' "t Th The extended outlook for Friday through Saturday calls for snow and increasing colde r Friday. Clearing and cold Saturday and Sunday. Highs, 20-by Sunday. Friday and 25-Lows, 15-Friday and 0 30 35 10-2- 25 51, NUMBER s 'm C "Sty, ' tab ? TEMPERATURES Courtesy of Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. mm Sunday. VOLUME v'-- Micr 13 TREMONTON, UTAH 84337 " , 9 6 0 -- Free Prec. .02 3 -- 1 -- 2 4 23, 1971 L RODNEY HESS "freckle faced author" SUZANNE ABEL "and Dear Santa, Please. PAUL VALDEZ SHERRI BALIS BEN HATHAWAY "giving it a lot of thought" "visions of sugar plums" "wonder what he's asking for" A Christmas Edition Feature Whosinit (Not Necessarily News) CHARLIE TAYLOR around town carrying Christmas packages . . . FLOYD BURNETT at the Wood Oil Co., running out of gas . . . DR. AND MRS. REESE MASON at the Christfrom to Santa are found letters mas home show, along with children of the area. Some of the letters came RHONDA GEPHART and others through the post office, which . . . DENNIS OTLEY helping a lday get her car unstuck . . . by the way The Leader is sendRICK LITSON hurrying down .North to on the ing directly Main Street buried under a Pole in plenty of time for SanJAY NORR ta to read, and others are pile of rugs from grade school children offering a friendly loan t . . MARGE STAPLES helping a written in their classes. photographer out . . . VERLAND SMITH on his knees in Safeway All of the letters were care of a customer . . . childtaking the as copied just RANAE JOHNSON doing her last They ren wrote them. minute Christmas shopping . . . were not corrected by their MRS. LAVAR FRANCOM also teachers or at the newsher Christmas shopping doing office. paper Kids Write Letters To Santa "Dear Santa" are the words that began thousands of letters that were written these pastfew weeks by children throughout the country. "I love you San- ta" is perhaps the second most popular phrase found in the letters to the jolly old gentle- - IUND man. And the letters written by the children in this valley are no exception, In this issue of The Leader ... THE WORLD ANNETTE HULCE "strictly tongue in cheek" SDO(30DLa)8 life tyU L?L7sLnG Odd fffoiyr U f ml 17 Box Elder County treasurer Glen M. Bennion reported this week that approximately 97 12 per cent of the assessed perty taxes However, pro- have been paid. there are 850 de- linquents left on the books, the treasurer noted. Two companies paid their taxes under protest Thiokol Chemical Corporation again protested the payment of privilege taxes as they have done for a number of The amount Thiokol years. protesting was $9, 655.17. The great Salt Lake Mineral and Chemical corporation is protesting.., what, it claims , to be an excessive assessment ' on the dikes making up its ponding complex. They entered this protest last year also. They paid taxes under protest in Weber County also as the dike straddles the Box -Weber county line. The biggest single taxpayer this year was Southern Pacific Railroad company, ft paid was Many of the authors of these The third set of winners were named in the Leader Christmas The final coloring contest. picture to be colored is found in this issue of The Leader. The picture appears on the classified page. Winners for last week were Rosa Lee Palmer, first; Jim W. Finn, second, and Janice Rock, third. Mark Wheatley who has placed for the last two times, was an honorable mention this week, though he didn't win any money. Santa to remember others in One letter starts his visits. out "Pleas remember the pour Thank You for the things you brought me last year. Please remember my brother and sister, you must like all the children." The prizes are $3, $2 and Next week a grand prize $1. will be selected with the winners receiving $10, $7.50 and $4. All a child has to dp to enter is color the picture on the classified page of The Leader. Children may enter as many times as they wish. The winners are selected on originality, neatness and art value. over by the There are only shouting now. two days left until the old gentleman comes down the chimney, and most of the adults are still frustrated about whether or not they arranged for enough, or too much, or whetwas the right thing or the wrong thing or if Johnny has changed his mind, and "that costs too much money for a kid." -- O- in all the there Christmas of time, joys is the eternal question of how much should be spent and on who, whether or not the kids can report with pride on their gatherings from Santa Claus the next day to the friends, or if they quietly say they had a: nice Christmas. There was more than one ;time when I was a kid that UNFORTUNATELY is open to any child under the age of 12. Children entering during the coming week will qualify for the grand prize as well as all who have entered during the precious weeks. Entries must be brought to The Leader by 5 p.m. on TuesThe theme of the conday. test is "Christmas Around The World." Dike Breaks In Passing By WAYNE BELL Well, it is all The contest I just said "yen, we had a nice Christmas," as the kids in the neighborhood rattled off their possessions. But, I can't say that it affected me adverI knew that the folks sely. did what they could do, and the simple Christmases we had we enjoyed tremendously while we were having them. THERE IS ONE strange thing about Christmas and ThanksIt was a real treat giving. for the family to have a turkey - the traditional bird, but I didn't like turkey. This must have been frustrating to my parents. Who would think of having Thanksgiving andor Christmas without a turkey In our home today. -- 0- SPEAKING OF CHRISTMAS things, I just could hardly believe what I saw at the Bear River high school last week. I was out there to check on " Continued to page 6) at the U & I Sugar in Garland broke company plant A dike Saturday, but it ran only for about 10 minutes. According to Norman Carver, district manager, crews were working on the dike at the time it broke, so they were right there to block it. It raised the crest of the river about a foot, but the river was at a low level, so was no damage from there Can you imagine not knowing what to ask Santa for? Well -here's one - "It dose not matter what I get for Christmas, bring what you want" or "Dear Santsa. Bring. Me. anythig. you. want, to." One little girl writes "Dear Santa. I would like a doll and some candy for Christmas. If you can not get It, it will be I hope you will have a ok. good Christmas this year like I one pound box of Christmas candy will be offered for a one year new subscription only until Dec. 31. The offer is a Christmas bonus to those who wish to subscribe to the time paper for the first or send it as a gift to a friend or relative. tmas?" and one that promises "I won't be bad at this time of year." "Dear Santa," writes one little girl, "I hope you will have fun on Christmas. I have been missing you. l have been waiting for several years. Mrs. (Continued to page 6) A "A fififf fr i iMl ed out that the 14 utility companies pay a little over 50 per cent of the total property taxes and without their payments the private taxpayer would be paying much higher taxes. Nov. 30 was the deadline for paying the taxes. Those that are delinquent are put on the county tax sale record and from then on are charged interests and penalty costs until their taxes are paid. After the fifth year on the delinquent tax list the property is sold at public auction. However, until the five years are up the county takes out a lien ' ;X," on the property. Mr. Bennion .pointed out that most delinquent tax payers fulfill their tax obligation by JanThe next uary or February. sale of delinquent tax property will be about the third week in Maj. Dimes March Campaign Underway ; , "Birth defects are forever unless you help." That is the powerful message that Mrs. Richard Bardwell will bring home to North Box Elder in the weeks ahead as campaign dir- ve do I get something for Chris- AT ho X Some good--"P- Deadline Nears f will." Free Candy free flooding. l mas." are sure they have been been very, very real real good I want to be surprise Santa Claus," and there are those who wonder if they have been good or not "Have I ben a good girl? And M JU And the one that reads "pleas don't forget the pepul in the Hospitol. I still remember the berth of the Criste Child." Here's one that thinks of everyone in the family"I hope you will bring me a bee bee And a hair Dryer for gun. I hope I deserve my mom. a bicycle and I hope my Daddy gets new cowboy boots. And I hope we have a happy Christ- $596,624.36. Thiokol was the second highest paying $468,961.09 with Utah truncL mu agitate. wiiMiiuaiLy tun.. with total taxes of $255,299.42. The Union Pacific Railroad, fourth highest,' paid $95,002.80 and Utah-IdaSugar Company The sugar comwas fifth. pany paid property taxes totaling $62,646.98. , The county treasurer point- Elder- letters very unselfishly asked it DECEMBER Sugar Co. Low Low " J her U- -I High High 28 16 17 30 18 28 19 19 20 22 21 29 40 22 CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO THE VALLEY - Mel Foxley, representative of the North Box Elder County Community Hospital board, stands ready to receive the $165 check that Jeff Palmer is signing over from the Garland Junior High (ninth grade) seminary. Jeff is president of the seminary. Stan Packer, a teacher at the seminary looks on. Students contributed approximately $1 a piece to raise the amount, which they are giving to the hospital fund as a present to the people of the valley. The money will be deposited in trust until such time as a hospital is underThe Leader Photo way. rn LlJ HeyS Aondl GiiDy A A ector for the annual March of Dimes campaign. Her appointment was announced today by Mrs. Jay Holmgren, chapter chairman for the voluntary health organization. Arnold Palmer, outstanding golf figure, again serves as honorary national chairman of the January drive., "Birth defects are everyone's concern," says Mrs. Bardwell, "because they strike (Continued to page 6) ay MA kefa |