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Show Utah State Press Assoc, LEADER mm spaa Vobflis 56 Number 26 Tremonton, Ufoh 84337 This Saturday April I F Few people know it but' April 14 is Tremonton's birthday. It was 73 years ago on April 14, 1903 that Charles Caldwell Wilson picked out a spot on an otherwise barren sage flat and decided to build the Wilson Lumber Company. With someone brave enough to mark the spot the community of Tremont-lat-- er changed to Tremonton--eventuall- y grew up as other businessmen joined Wilson along mainstreet. Although farmers preceded Wilson, a group of Tre- monton residents have decided that April 14 is as good a date as any to designate as the community's birthday. A brief ceremony has been planned on Saturday, April 10, to recognize the occasion. "This is just a beginning," said Leon Holland, a member of the merchant's com- mittee and supporter of the project. "A couple of years on now the from community's 75th birthday we hope to organize a big celebration." The Box Elder Sheriff's Posse will help recognize the occasion with a pony express style race between two teams. One team will start at Bear River City and the second at the Malad river below Plymouth. Both will head for Tremonton at 2:30 p.m. They should arrive at the stop light on Tremont Street about 3 p.m. They will Second Showing Set For Comedy "See How They Run" had audiences splitting their sides in the aisles when it was presented this past weekend by the Thespian Club at Bear River high school. It was so good that the club will put on an additional performance Friday evening, April 9, at 7:30 p.m. The comical farce evolves around what may at times seem to be never ending circles of confusion among cast members. But,, fast moving story all takes place in a few hours in the living room of an English home. - iiJ- desig- as A short ceremony will follow at about 3:15 p.m. complete with a community bicentennial band to provide music. Dollie herson, local historian and long time Valley resident, will briefly describe the history of the community. Mrs. Phyllis Pope, one of resiTremonton's oldest ..The special trucks will be available Thursday, Friday Just haul those large items you and Saturday, April find in your clean up out to the spot where your weekly garbage pickup is made. The trucks and crews will travel the city all three days. Garbage and trash put out for pickup alter 10 a.m. on Saturday, though, may get missed since the trucks may not get back through your area. If you are missed give the city office a call. com- mittee will honor Mrs. May Taylor Kent, the oldest "retail" businesswoman in Tremonton. She recently sold her store and plans to retire. The ceremony will close with the placing of a plaque in the window of the Classic Shop marking the site of Wilson's Lumber Company--th- e first' Tremonton number of other activities are also planned. A A variety of old photographs of the town will be displayed in store windows. In addition, many clothing stores in town will feature live models in their display windows featuring the latest fashions for Spring. ,' ' . Sy ' t ', ' , :MA lit: ! 0. honored with roses. business. , To assist residents in their clean up efforts, the city will provide special trucks and crews to haul away items which the regular garbage runs won't handle. That means the trucks and the crews will be available to haul off tree cuttings, shrubs and large items which citizens might not have the ability to haul away. and dents surviving daughter of Wilson, will be the merchant's C I The Tremonton City Council has declared the month of April as "Bicentennial Clean Up Month." They, along with the Tremonton City Planning Board, are urging all Tremonton residents to make a special effort to clean up, fix up and paint up their homes and yards. Tremonton is a great place to live and a beautiful place. Let's take pride in it. v. .... i Month carry proclamations the day nating "Founder's Day." Also, Is Clean-u- p 0 ' April 8, 1976 ' The city has been divided up into precincts with a precinct captain appointed in each area to coordinate clean up activities. The precinct captains are: lArdes Adams, first precinct; Henry Van Sweden, fourth precinct; Dr. Darwin Woodbury, sixth precinct; Dale Collom, second precinct; Evan Green, fifth, .precinct; If you're a widow, elderly person or someone who needs special assistance on "3 Clean up problem get ahold !ytror iwectnct captain. Perhaps ne'll be able to arrange the special help or put you in touch with someone who can.S The Planning Board is also organizing a junk car clean up effort. At the present time they're interested in locating; such cars and owners who are willing to have them towed off. If you have such a car or truck you'd like hauled off call and give them your name and the city office address.' If enough old cars can be located a private firm can be persuaded to haul them off for free. Details will be announced at a later date. (257-332- f -- i1 . jjjy . BICENTENNIAL CLEAN UP- - Tremonton Mayor Max Mason (at left) and councilman Harry Gephart found themselves on the business end of shovels. But it was only a symbolic gesture kicking off Bicentennial Clean Up Month in Tremonton. Tremonton Businessman Dies Tremonton business man Herman Miller died Tues- day evening after a long illness. M.IIci a resident ol Malad operated M.IIimn Jewelry .n both Tremonton and Malad. Details ol Hie funeral arrangements were not available at press time. You Polygamy in Box Elder County? In 1976? Apparently so, according to the Box Elder County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Art Redding has revealed that his office has ongoing investigations into a number of alleged instances of polygamy in Box Elder County. Redding's investigations came to public light recently when County Attorney O.D, Lund wrote a letter to the State Attorney General's office regarding the problem. Lund's letter was prompted by a letter to him from Sheriff Redding requesting ' . him specific information regarding the to elements needed to successfully prosecute a polygamy case. Lund requested the assistance of the Attorney General's office. The sheriff has received no reply as of Monday. The sheriff's investigation is apparently no secret to those suspected of having more than one wife under their roof. "They know that we know," Redding said, "...if it is a charge we can prove we'll go after it." Redding said one possible case has been investigated in the Howell area and two or "possibly three" in the Yost Can't Please 'em area. "We were made aware of this by people in the county," Redding said. "There are very many in the county concerned about it within the involved communities," he added. "We're not trying to avoid it." But, prosecuting a polygamist is easier said than done. The only certain way to convict an alleged polygamist is to produce a marriage license or proof of marriage for two or more of the wives. That, according to Redding, is almost impossible unless one of the wives becomes disenchanted with the situation. A sheriff's deputy said his research into polygamy while investigating the alleged instances has produced only one example in the last fifty years in which a polygamist had been prosecuted in Utah. That case was five years ago in cont. on page two Sometimes you just can't please anybody. Tremonton's street crew recently decided to try and please local merchants who had complained about the dirt on main street. The crew rolled out the water wagon about 4 a.m. and gave the street a thorough washing. 6 Unfortunately, about a.m. a cold front moved in and Tremonton quickly had its own ice skating rink from one end of main to the other. The effect was a couple of rear end collisions, some repair bills which were forwarded to the city, and several excited motorists who found themselves sliding through the town's one and only stoplight. May Taylor Kent Sells Shop mm4 r C li m ..SHE'S HETIKING-M- ay Taylor Kent, oldest "retail" businesswoman or man for sold her dress shop and plans on just taking shown here with .Mrs. Frank Anderson of I'.lvood couple are (he new owners. Tremonton's that fact has it easy. She's Elwood. The Oldest Retailer Tremonton's oldest "retail" businesswoman plans to give herself a rest. Mrs. May Taylor Kent of Tremonton announced this week that she has sold her mainstreet business to Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Billie Anderson of Elwood. The new owners took over Monday. The businesswoman is 72, an age which gives her the record of oldest "retail" businesswoman. She throws the "retail" part in to distinguish her from a pair of Tremonton barbers, Andy Fredricksen and Dan Briggs, both of whom are older. "I've shed, tears several times," the businesswoman said as a result of her decision to leave her dress shop. "I've made so many friends and they depend on me. I'm going to miss the public. .but there comes a time in your life when you have to give up a few things." She said she is "just going to stay home and rest and do a lot of the needle work that I've wanted to do." But she plans to spend a couple of weeks in the store helping the new owners get started "cause I want her to make a go of it." "I'm not like some people who sell a business then drop it into their laps and run," she said. The fiercely independent businesswoman has worked with the public since age 16 when she was employed by Landvatters, a general store, "down across the tracks in 1918." She moved to Tremonton that same year where she has lived ever since, except for a five year marriage during which she lived in Malad. After Landvatters, she worked in Waldron's store and later worked as a telephone switchboard operator. Then she started out in the dress To Take A Rest business with a small shop in the front of her home on First West. "I built it up from nothing and had three kids depending on me," she said. "Now I think it's time for a rest." She is extremely proud of her unique business which caters to the larger woman. "1 know what to get for larger ladies because I'm one of them," she said. She boasts of clientele from all over northern Utah and southern Idaho. "There were so many of the women in the valley when I first started out who came to me and begged "why don't you get something in my size," she recalled. She did and "that's why it's made a go of it." She also feels there are a number of things she could provide in her store that you couldn't get in the big city. "It makes a difference when you know everybody who comes into your place," she boasts. "You can't get such things in the city as what we do here." She added: "1 don't mark up as high as they do in the city for the same merchandise." She carries "first class merchandise." Besides being independent she is also not one to beat around the bush. "I say exactly what I think," she said. "A person never needs to wonder what I mean... because they know it." In addition to good service and good merchandise her customers get the "truth", as well, she said. The crusty businesswoman has a soft spot which she hasn't revealed to many. For years she has been sending various items of clothing to the American Fork Training School as gifts to the students. cont. on page two |