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Show Ik SERVING VOL. 31. BEAR THE Published Weekly at Tremonton. Honor Courts - V tc Sunday for Local Scouts nVN N O- s - s v VALLEY RIVER ss - 1 - I Nx I - . f t Boy Scout activities for 1954 were kicked-of- f in the Lake Bonneville Council Sunday afternoon at a Recognition Rally in Ogden, with more than 1500 leaders, parents of scouts and friends of scouting, present. Council president Rulon P. Peterson said that the rally will set the stage for events in the districts and units during Boy Scout Week, February 7 th thru :,' , f - are plan- VX K? ,t f v Polio Drive Hits Third of Goal; Dance Set rancher in uWh-aopportunity to become a ihember of Farm V n Bureau. .Douglas Laws, parts manager for Fronk Chevrolet Co. for the past six years, was transferred this week to the auto sales department, announced Parker Fronk, sales manager. Mr. Laws is well known in Tremonton, where he is active in civic and religious groups. . Wayne Fronk will assume managership of the company's parts department. r- -j 111 netted more than $500, with all funds not yet reported. The 'Test Tube" polio posters were to be collected Thursday from business have houses in Tremonton Garland. and BiltwIwwwiWHjip,,, Vrf - One third of a $1500 goal In 'the local March of Dimes drive has been reached, Bob Winzeler, chairman, said Thursday. A polio benefit ball has been scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 13, at McKinley School gym, beginning at 9 p.m. Proceeds from the Mother's March and civic groups Fronk Parts Man Wins Sales Post II .a Distinguished Service Award is membership." During the meeting, plans memwere laid for an "all-out- " which will drive begin bership early in February, The Objective is to give every farmer, and ., ) : as president of the Tremonton Jaycees, was unable to attend the award banquet, however, because of a throat infection. Speakers for the award banquet were Wendell Maxfield, Kaysville, state Jaycee president; and Sen. Clifton G. M. Kerr. The award citation was read by Glenn Allea, Jaycee director and chairman of the contest. Honorable Mention Honorable mentions went to Leon Halgren and Howard Bar' low. '" The award winner was born in Malad, where he attended Malad high school. He moved to Tremonton 10 years ago. Mr. Laws , has operated the independent John Laws Service west of Tremonton for the past four years. A year ago he pur chased a farm at Both-wel- l. . 40-ac- re His wife is the former Colleen Udy of Fielding. They are the parents of two daughters, Pauline Faye, 9, and Beverly, 2. He has been active in polio, heart and cancer drives, and has worked on the Jaycee street sign and house number programs. Queen Chairman Also he served as chairman of the rodeo queen contest, and is a member of the Box Elder County Fair Board. Active in youth programs, John is known for his work as a rodeo clown, a Santa's helper, and on Easter Egg, Junior Citizens, Boy Scouts, Boys State and Get out the Vote programs. Under his direction, the Jay cees are efficiently organized, with each member assigned to a responsibility, Lists Goal "My goal is to help young people to live and appreciate the American Way of Life, Mr. Laws said. . T ..... w 1, ua wb nas served as a teacher, atheletic coach, and speech director in the Church of Jesus Christ of Tj)HDr.i9 saints. v. v ' T The annual tour of the Box f TSi.."ii.Ii. Elder County Holsteln Breeders Association will be held next PILOT BACK Del Fuhri-man- , Friday, Feb. 12, announced Ed noted Tremonton air vice Homer of Tremonton, ' man, returned home WedThe major holsteiu herds of nesday after his second rec the county will be visited, be- ord flight attempt was foiled. ginning at the Clifford, Hansen farm in Mantua at 10 a m. and then to Tingey Brothers farm : t. .... New License for 4Lady, -- Ice Robs Flyer of City. Non-Sto- p western field representative will be the speaker at an evening meeting at 8 p.m. in the County Court House, Brigham Valley Pioneer Marks 78th Year Tremonton's famed flying farmer returned home Wednesday after a thrilLng record flight attempt fell a mere 170 miles short of his goal because Robert Allen, a pioutcr of of freak weather conditions. earlv Bear River Valley was D. A. (Del) Fuhriman was honored Sunday by his family on his 78th birthday, The surprise open hous.e was attended by 58 of his 69 living descendants during the aftet-P'.o- ii City Marshal J. Burke Jones lends a hand to Ricky White, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gail White, as they put a new 1954 license tag on "Lady," who endures the whole thing patiently. Deadline for purchase of licenses is Monday, February l. After then all unlicensed dogs will be picked up and eliminated. Leader Photo Record " forced to land at Cross City, Fla. Saturday, just short of his Miami destination which would have given him a new unofficial flight record for light planes. Dodging bad weather over non-sto- p n. If Present were his three sons and two daughters and r wives and husbands. Mr. Allen has 22 rand rhiid- ren and 22 great grand children. He was born in Calls Fort in 1876, and has resided in the Bear River Valley nil his life. Guests included Elmer and Robert Winzler and families, the Clifford, Lowell and Lamont Vance families, the Roland, Quentin, and Ferris Allen families, and families of Ray Merle Anderson, Jay Bourne, Lois Hunsaker, and Roy Oyler. Sor-ense- Monday, . rrhree Lived Through This , Three occupants of this smashed auto escaped with minor injuries after the car struck a telephone pole and ovexturnediin East CJariar.d, after a wild chase, with Deputy Sheriff. Paul Johnson, Saturday night. The driver, Myrl Couch, was cited for negligent driving. Other accupants were Vaughn Riser, Garland, owner of the car and Roy Call, Garland. The three were treated Leader Photo at the Valley Hospital and released. where his windshield iced over, and the pilot was forced to drop altitude to "burn it off." From there his course went over Montana, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Tennessee, Alabama and Georg- County Commissioners Voice Favor For Watkin's Indian Land Bill Box Elder County Commis. sioners this week voted support of a bill by Senator Arthur V Watkins to return Indian reservation property to the Indians, instead of government ad ministration. The commissioners met Mon Weather Hovers Near Freezing BIRJDS Mr. and Mrs. Honofre Rodre-que- s of Brigham City a girl The fog which has plagued Salt Lake City this week caused little trouble locally, but slowed traffic Tuesday night, and left a dusty layer on cars Wednesday and Thursday. hovered Temperatures near freezing during the week, with the lowest reading of 13 degrees recorded Feb. 1. temperatures Daytime varied from freezing to a ' high of 43 degrees last Friday. ia. A completely unpredicted weather front here caused icing conditions, Sandal Motors vice-presiden- t. and Del he says "felt the record slipping away then," as he tried to move day with the area director and around, over, or through the ?'m his assistant of the Department storm. of Interior, Bureau of Indian Flight Ends Affairs, who will report at Finally, his fuel nearly exhausted, he landed at Cross hearings in Washington. Approximately 800 acres of City. Ironically, two days later, on the Washakie Reservation in northern Box Elder County his return trip weather conditiwould be effected by the bill. ons were as favorable as they Citizens from Howell and had been bad during the record . Park Valley asked consideration try. was "It on for improvements roads. perfect weather' Del moans, "Cloudless, A request for oiling roads and a rood with clear, not be south of Howell could included in the program for the f strong wind. I could have next three years.the commiss- ' made it to Havana, Cuba, that day easier than I did ioners said. A request for to Cross City on Saturday." on and work other gravelling Del reports that he didn't side roads in Park Valley will suffer from hunger, thirst or receive further study. on Page 4) (Continued The county may participate with the state in erection of lighting at the new junction near hot springs south of Will-arRoad officials report that ' d. several accidents have been caused by motorists "getting lost" on the junction. Engineers were asked to submit an estimate of cost of lighting the intersection before any further action by the county. At Dates for the County Board of Equalization were set for the Wayne Sandall Motor Co. "The fresh styling conception June 1, 2, 8, and 9, according and completely revised chassis to K. B. Olsen, county clerk. Low bids for sale of two new engineering of the 1954 Cadillac make it an important for- trucks for the county road de ward step in this Division's pur- partment were let this week to suance of its continuing objec- Case Motor Co., Brigham City. tives, " declared Don E. Ahrens, General Motors This strikingly new automo- RELIEF SOCIETY bile evolves from the blending PLANS PAINTING of a multitude of totally new features with traditional CadilThe Tremonton First Ward lac features and with the Cadil- Relief Society will hold their lac high compression V-- 8 power regular work meeting Tuesday plant. Standing as a landmork beginning at 10 a.m. in Cadillac development, it sets Instruction on ball point a revised standard for the fine will be given. Members painting car field. are urged to bring their materA cordial invitation is extendials, or materials will be avail ed the general public to call at able at the meeting. Luncheon the Sandall Motor company will be served at noon, and showrooms to view the new everyone who Is interested is 1954 Cadillac. invited to attend. Cadillac On Display A demonstration of teaching methods used at the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind will be presented at a meeting of the Bear River high school PTA on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 8 pjn. in the school'a auditorium.. David M. Welling, principal of the Ogden institution, will bring students of the school for the demonstration, accord ing to Mrs. David R. Waldron. flight. (Del had picked winter for the flight because of stronger tailwinds, and because work on his State Line Ranch was at low ebb.) Cessna 170, His four-plac- e named the "Utah Seagull," and loaded with 170 gallons of gas, an automatic pilot, and oxygen equipment, took off from Seattle about noon Friday. First Setback The first setback came over n, meeting. Terming its new styling and engineering major advances in go-ahe- i All beet growers of the Garland Beet Association are urged to be present at a meeting Monday evening at 8 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. E. As-J. Holmgren, president of the sociation announces that acre allotments will be given the farmers on beet history. Mr. Holmgren stated that the government will allow the farmers to produce 1,800,000 tons of of sugar in the domestic areas the United States. The Utah-Idah- o Sugar Company is permitted to produce 1,974,000 bags of this amount, and it will be allocated evenly between the six factories of the company. This will allow a very small percentage of gain in acreage over last year's planting. Explanations of the program and planting allotments will be given at the meeting. Two new directors will also be named at the Monday night of Bothwell a boy Feb. v. . After waiting two week-end- s Seattle, Del finally got the signal from Air Force, airline and private meteorologists, who were studying for the Ideal weather conditions for the VxiffJ Niut Jan. 27. Lorin and Bertha Joyce Lamb John of Portage a girl Jan. 30. Max and Vera Kupfer Rucker of Tremonton a girl Jan. 31. Leyan and Fern Payne Nelson Coer d' Alene, Ida., and Georgia had cost him the precious fuel which he needed to maks Miami. Failure of radio navigation equipment and more bad weather forced him to abandon an earlier record attempt in December at Oklahoha City, Okla. The first course was from Oakland, Calif., to New York City. For the second try, Fuhrif man picked a criss cross course from Seattle to Miami. Waits Two Weeks in 11 Beet Men Meet Tremonton Elders modern fine automobile design, the Cadillac Motor Car Division announced the new Cadillac for Speak At 1954, which goes on display at Virginia College Art of Teaching 'TH following article is re printed from the school public- Deaf, Blind, ation of Ferrum Colleee. VaJ Elders Fred W, Rucker and Set for PTA Meet Lund Taylor, Tremonton, Utah, were guest speakers at the Wed-nesrlay morning assembly. Elder Rucker spoke briefly on the history and teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ter-da- y Sa'nts, more frequently referred to as the Mormon Church. Colored elides were shown on the "Historic Highlight of The two routes of Fuhri-man'- s record flight attempts are shown here. The first in December, started from Oakland, but was turnetry, d- back by radio failure and weather. The second route shows location of weather troubles over Idaho, Alabama and Georgia. Total route was 2430 miles, just 170 miles short of the 2600 mile goal at Miama. TWO FLIGHT ROUTES After lunch, the tour will move north to the Jack Hardy place in Bear River City for a judging contest and awarding of prizes. George Blosser, of Boise, Ida., th-ii- Membership 11IIIIIIIIIW.II IN? John Laws Named Winner of John G. Laws, 28 year-ol- d service station operator and Wednesday was named More than 175 volunteer farmer, winner of the coveted "DistingBureau membership uished Service Award," Farm by the workers attended a rtate "capt- Tremonton Junior of Chamber ains" meeting in Salt Lake City Commerce. Utah last week, and heard Mr. Laws, currently serving Farm Bureau President John H. Schenk says, "Our constant challenge in Farm Bureau work TTI JV a :-- JOHN G. LAWS Farm Bureau Maps Drive for pMT Tour of Hoktein Herds Set By Comity Breeder in Brigham. ning Courts of Honor during Church services Sunday night to celebrate the week. Other activities during the week are being planned for the Scouts and Scouters. At Sunday's rally, Elder Richard L. Evans of the LDS Council of the Twelve, guest speaker, paid special tribute to the 284 adult leaders of the Lake Bonneville Council's Cub Packs, Scout Troops and Explorer Posts. Receiving the Council's highest award for outstanding service to boyhood were Chester J. Olsen, Morrill Lofgreen, David F. Sawyer, of Oglden and L. D. Wilde, Brigham City. HQ 19 pre-siden- the 13th. Most local troops Number Utah. Thursday. February 4. 1954 A & 1 County,,Weber Plan Joint Lincoln Dinner Box Elder and Weber Counties are planning to hold a Joint observance of the Lincoln Day dinner. Tickets for the event may be had from William Sandall, Kleon Kerr or Charles J. Wood. The dinner will be held at the Ben Lomond Hotel In Ogden, and the Thursday, Feb. Honorable Dr. Arthur L. Miller, from Nebraska, congressman Jl, Chairman of the Department of the Interior will be the speaker. 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