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Show I Single Copy 10c $3.00 a Year Utah Foundation Says Utahns Subsidize Out-O- f WILL BE AT THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19 12:30 P.M. -- Project State Students Of Beaver I have been receiving letters from you and have been making notes of what you want in my book. I have so many letters at this time of year and I am so busy that I won't have time to ansker them. I am happy to hear that you are all being good boys and girls and I'll see you Saturday when I come to town. Santa Claus PRESS TIME By George It seems that every year at this time we hear the same remarks which can generally be placed under the heading of, "Aint it a shame what they have did to Christmas." The other night we took the family out for a ride and drove around town and looked at the houses that have been decorated and the lights on Main Street and then over to Milford and saw the work they have done to decorate their town and also the folks in Minersville and I really can't say that I can see anything about it that anyone should be ashamed of. ' We all know that Christmas is the time when we celebrate the birth of the Savior and it has become traditional to do it by exchanging gifts with one another. I can't find anything too wrong, with that practice,, in fact, in the New Testiment if I remember correctly there is the statement attributed to the Savior that "In that ye have done it unto the least of these, My children, ye have done it unto me." Through the years it has become that much of the sale of toys and clothing is based on this Christmas buying. The merchants of the country cannot be blamed entirerly for that trend but rather, because of that trend they have tried to increase their stocks in order to give greater variety during that time. I can't see anything shameful about that. Really, I feel that what has happened to Christmas is pretty wonderful. There is a little girl about two years old at home who is looking forward to the things that Santa Claus will bring and I can hardly wait to see the look in her eyes on Christmas morning. Later on in the day it may be that we will read a little of the New Testament story of Christmas to her and her brothers and sisters and by and by she will understand that we are celebrating the birth of our Lord. If, in the meantime, before she is old enough to understand, she looks forward to Christmas for what she will receive I don't think it will really hurt her or anyone else. for blaming the 'merchants the country for what is happening to Christmas, I'd rather thank them for trying to be accomodating and if I fail to remember what the day is about I believe that is my fault. Walking down the street and looking into the store windows As of where the different people have tried to make their stores attractive doesn't make me angry, rather I think they ore beautiful and I'd like to offer my thanks evcryonj who has put forth effort to make this time of year a little bit nicer and prettier. If someone wants to put up a record player play Christmas songs and carols, that's OK by me also. As for me, I like Christmas! I like to s?e the wtores full of beautiful things and I like tin way thc clerks try to be extra nice and accomodating. I only wish it could last longer so that I would have more chance to show that little girl and some other little boys and girls how much I appreciate them for just being what they are. Also, I think Merry Christmas and Happy New Year is a much nicer greeting than 'Oh go to grass." greeting than "Oh, go to grass!" tj enroll- Out-of-sta- te of te students to Utah colleges has occured at both the public and private institutions. to Utah's The net institutions was sixth highest in the nation. state-support- 1960 and 1964 nonenrollment rose 52 Between increase with a 43 in resident enrollment at Utah's state supported institutions of higher education. The enrollment bulge that has plagued the elementary and secondary schools since the early 1950's is now reaching the college campuses in record numbers. Enrollment increases reported are far greater than for 1964-6was anticipated less than six months ago. Increases next year (1965-66- ) are expected to be even greater. compared 5 Daytime enrollment at Utah colleges and universities totaled 43,605 in the Fall term. This compares with 22,164 in 1955 and 20,263 in 1960. In view of these facts and the other financial problems facing the State, the Foundation suggests that the 1965 Utah Legislature must consider some basic policy decisions pertaining to enrollment of nonresident students if the quality of higher education in Utah is to be maintained. The report observes that nonresident fees at Utah institutions are particularly low in comparison with those charged by public institutions In other states. The nonresident fee of $195 a year at the University of Utah, for example, is fourth lowest in the nation for major state universities. This compares with a national average of $382, a Mountain States average of $409, and a Western States average for major state universities. Nonresident fees charged at major state universities are $600 in Arizona, Nevada, and California, $640 in Colorado, and range all the way up to $1,000 in Vermont. In addition to hiking nonresident fees, the Foundation report observes that many of the other states are seeking to lim- it the number of nonresident students by raising the academic qualifications required of such students or otherwise restricting the number of such nonresidents through the use of quotas or other limiting de- vices. (Ed. note: The only part of the picture that isn't reported in this report is the economic impact on the communities in which these colleges are located caused by the dollars that are spent by those nonresident students. Didn't we just pass a law called the Freeport Amendment to encourage location of industry in Utah? And isn't the largest industry in Prov0 the Brig-haYoung University?) m Party ! Although 28,666 Utah residents were enrolled in Colleges throughout the nation last year, there were 40,700 students attending Utah colleges of whom rollments. trouble is, 'their service is generally so dependable that when they louse up it leaves a fellarj, Final Plans Made For all upset). According to Mr. Fred K. Birkhead, project supervisor, the ' Lions Christmas work at the Second Ward is ' Entertainment Comm i 1 1 e e about 70 complete and a date Chairman, Dan Martin reports will soon be set for the dedica-tiothat all is in readiness for the Last Monday, Dec. 7th, a work ' annual Christmas party of the day was held for both men and Beaver Lions Club. The music, by Jake's Orcheswomen with 68 people on tho . 18 will start at 9:30 for an evewho in tra, from age ranged job to about 68 years. Said Mr. Birkning of fun and entertainment. Admission is set at $1 per perhead, "That was one the finest experiences of my life. The fine son or $2 per couple. A buffet feeling of cooperation and good dinner of baked ham and turkey will be ready with members fellowship persent at that time reminded to bring their own is something I shall always redishes. member." This was not a case where the men worked while the women served refreshments, but rather, Telephone Hour To work was set up for the women as well as the men, the women Present 24th Annual nailed down much of the floor and really accomplished a lot , Christmas Program of work. Refreshments were . served, however. Mr. Birkhead expressed his sincere appreciation for all the people who have come out and donated their time and efforts in this project. He mentioned especially that many people wh0 are not church members have helped. He also remarked on the number of men who have come from Greenville, Milford and Minersville to help on this work. He said that he is sure that if this spirit of cooperation will continue, he is sure that an early date may be set for the completion and dedication of the building. A working Christmas party i3 being planned for next Monday, December 21, starting in the evening with an invitation to everyone to come and enjoy jn evening of work and fellowship Maureen O'Hara, hostess of Christmas music will be played the Bell Telephone Christmas and refreshments will be serHour on December 22, over NBC ved. TV, will sing traditional ChristMr. Birkhead asked that a mas songs and narra'te the Naspecial word of appreciation be tivity, against a background of said to Bishop Paul Nielson for music and live tableau. his cooperation in the work. He' also wanted to express his apThe 24th annual Christmas preciation for the work of the program of the Bell Telephone regular men who come day after Hour, a tradition in fine Yule-tid- e entertainment, will be preday for as much as six hours or more to work on the job. sented Tuesday, December 22, at 8 p.m. over NBC-TMaureen O'Hara will perform and serve as hostess to a glitterComplete Christmas Howard Keel, Maring cast tha Wright, Phyllis Curtin, balMailing Urges let dancers Violette Verdy and Edmond Novak and the ColumBeaver Postmaster bus Boychoir. Donald Voorhees ''It's too late to mail early, will conduct the Bell Telephone Orchestra. s0 please mail now," Postmaster Farrer said today. "The biggest mail explosion Game Set in history is upon us and we All-Stneed the cooperation of everyone to make sure that the holiFor Monday Dec. 28 day mail is all delivered before The B and M Athletic Club Christmas," The Beaver Postis sponsoring the Harlem Stars master said. basketball Mr. Farrer suggested the use and Beaver game at Beaver High School of air mail and special delivery on Monday, December 28, 1964. deto guarantee Proceeds will go to the club for livery, especially for sponsoring worthwhile athtown mail. In all instances, the use of letic and school projects. This years game will be ZIP Codes will be helpfuL The by Brent Smith and Coach codes generally mean that mail Marshall, both so blind that the moves in a more direct route and is handled fewer times. game ought to produce a million Parcels with ZIPPED addresses laughs for those in attendance. team will have The All-Sta- r may be delivered 24 hours or more before others going to the two of last years performers in Roger Cox and Hal Murdock. same destination which do not Include the five digit code. They will be joined by other Postmaster Farrer thanked all greats of past years such as Dick Swindlehurst, Gordon Bathe citizens of Beaver who cooperated in the "Shop and Mail ker, Ted and Bill Garrett, Hay-war- d Marshall, Noel Robinson, Early" campaign. It now appears that we will pass the peak for Wayne Gillins and Kenneth Yardley. outgoing mail on December 21. Mark the date on your calenHowever, there still will be a dar as we are positive you won't mountain of holiday mail which want to miss this full night of must be delivered, he said. entertainment. The Beaver Post Office will Admission is $1 for adults; be open all day Saturday, December 19 and from 12 noon to 75c for students and 50c for children under 12 years. You 2 p.m. on Sunday, December 20. for picking up packages and may purchase tickets from members of the basketball team or buying stamps. any B & M Club member. Buy them now and give them to the children for Christmas. Recreation League : ment fees charged at Utah institutions are lower than in any other Western State and are among the lowest in the entire nation. only 26,348 were Utah residents. Only 8 of the Utah residents who attend college leave the state for their college education. enrollments at Utah's public and private colleges, on the other hand, were equal to more than 35 of total en- Christmas program. A committee of judges will tour the town between Dec. 21 and Dec. 31. All decorations must be up and lighted during that time to be eligible. Awards will be announced in the Press after the New Year. n. lowing: resident A home lighting and decor- i ' &tz4 jk. jot ar All-Sta- rs ref-ere- The schedule for the Jr. High Recreational Basketball games this Saturday is: 8:30 Cougars vs Hawks 9:00 Thunderblrds vs Falcons 9:30 Lobos vs Black Hawks 10:00 10:30 Panthers vs Skunks Gladiators vs Bombers and Mrs. Clinton Ray Boy-te- r of Winston, Oregon are over the arrival of a fine 7 V4 pound baby boy. He will be named Michael Ray. Clinton and Donna Murdock Boyter are the proud grandparents. Congratulations. Mr. 17, 1964 Volume Progress Report On Modernization Of ating contest will be held this year in connection with the blast that old reliable post office outfit Somewhere in this wide wonder ful world there is a picture of the missionaries working on Vhis I hope it doesn't end project up in Timbuckthree with the rest of the Christmas mail. The These facts were revealed in a study of college enrollments recently prepared and released by Utah Foundation, the nonprofit governmental research organization. The Foundation report notes that this subsidy includes the operating costs only and does not reflect added sums for buildings and other facilities needed for each student Among some of the other start ling items brough out in the Foundation study were the fol- The large Per Cent (Ed note: Ding te nonresident Home Lighting And Decorating Contest Complete Utahns contribute nearly $3.3 million a year, or $6.5 million a biennium, to subsidize students attending Utah's colleges and universities. The subsidy for Idaho students alone at Utah's public colleges amounts to $730,00 a year or $1,460,000 a biennium. Special 70 BEAVER, UTAH, THURSDAY, DEC. $4.0 Second Ward Building state-support- Dear Boys and Girls Other in Beaver County Corp. universal Microfilm Ave" HI Pierpont 59 No. 51 New Car Licenses On Sale Monday City Power System 1965 Car License Plates will go on sale December 21, 1964 Beaver City Power System has been undergoing considerable the past 3 months, as reported by Mayor Paice and the Council, in preparation for the continuing increase in load. The Sub Station has been reconstructed by the addition of three additional voltage regulators with switches for the west commercial feeder line. Three additional three-phas- e oil switches with switches have been installed. The High School, Church and other sections in the south part of the system have been chang0 ed from the volt line to the 7200 volt lines to relieve 0 the overload on the Volt sub station transformer bank which has been overloaded the past year. A very much needed improvement has been completed thru the high tension lines over and across the Belknap School grounds. A metal building has been, added at the Sub Station to facilitate the control and switch ing and to be used as the Power Department Yard Office. Two additional 7200 volt feed er lines have been added for the East half of the City load, making a total of six feeders out of the Sub Station for use in switching and service con- at the Assessor's Office in the Court House and will be on sale until March 1, 1965. They Commercial and residential sections can now be switched independently. The constant changes of customer house-line- s from two to three wire services, the addition by customers of additional appliances has required additional transformers in many sections of the city to maintain proper service. A new and larger 7200 volt, three phase line has been constructed from the Sub Station to the Lower Power plant to replace the old line. This line has been in service for forty-fiv- e years and was under-siz- e to carry the power generated by the city's hydro plants. (640 K.W.) The new line is so designed to be later cut over to a volt line which will again reduce the line loss on the entire system. The old Hydro line has been converted into a feeder for the east section of the city. Needed improvements are under planning for repairs at the upper power plant dam. All the power system improve ments have been made by the city employees under the direct supervision of L. E. Wiscomb, City Engineer. 'The load on the Beaver City Power System is constantly increasing. In 1930, the demand on the system was 100 K.W., by 1940 that had increased to 300 KW. By 1950 the load was 800 which grew to 1100 KW by 1960. The load for 1965 is 1400 KW with the pridiction for 1970 at 1750 KW. The capacity of the 6th North (44.000 volt) Sub Station is 1400 KW. With ice troubles at the two hydro plants this means that all present Sub Station equipment is now overloaded. With the above conditions existing, it is obvious that long range planning must be under- - Keeps $56,491.11 by-pa- ss by-pa- ss 2400-416- 2400-416- trol. 7200-12,5- will be on sale in Milford on Wednesdays during January & February 4th and 18th. This year the plates are blue and white. The AA prefix is the same as last year and the numbers start at 7000, the same as yast year. Beaver County received 1200 passenger plates and 700 truck plates. The cost is $5.00 for plates and $1 for the driver education fee. The 1965 property tax must be paid or charged to real estate before plates can be issued. How ever, the property tax is due whether the vehicle is registered or not. Utah State law says that all tangible property must bear its proportion of the tax; burden. Vehicles are to be taxed in the Town and County where the owner resides on January 1st. The person who owns the vehicle on January 1st is responsible for the tax whether he sells later on not. The plates are going on sale two weeks early this year for the convenience of those who are going away for the Holidays for extended visits. County Collects $475,920.11 In Taxes Each year at tax collection time the question of what becomes of the money arises. This year, Beaver County made collections totaling $475,920.11 by the November 30 deadline. Her is where the money goes Beaver County General Fund, with a 9.36 mill levy, retained $56,491.11. This compares with a 1963 levy of 9 mills which brought $47,604.46. Beaver County Schools, with a levy of 45.9 mills received $277,023.75 compared to last year with a levy of 44.6 mills which brought $265,395.28. County Library, with a levy of 1.1 mills received $6,638.92. Last year that department re- ceived $5,950.55 from a 1 mill levy. Beaver City gained $18,113.12 from an 18 mill levy compared with $17,701.28 for last year with a levy of 20 mills. Minersville Town with a 17 mill levy for both years received $3,053.72 in 1964 compared with $3,318.72 for 1963. Milford City had 23.5 mills as its levy for both years and received $25,794.58 in 1964 com- pared with $25,471.25 in 1963. The State Uniform School Fund received $58,543.13 from Beaver County in 1964 compared to $44,519.74 in 1963. The levys were 9.7 mills in 1964 and 7.6 mills in 1963 for that fund. For Livestock Inspection (Sheep only) a .5 mill levy resulted in $54.76 in 1964 compared to 53.52 In 1963. Preditory Animal Control with a 2 mill levy on Cattle and a 5 mill levy on Sheep gained $978.25 in 1964 compared to $903.77 in 1963. Continued on back page taken if the city is to stay of the requirements of its power system. HOLIDAY CALENDAR Dec. 17 Thursday Night Bridge Club Party Dec. 19 Santa Claus Parade Dec. 19 Dec. 20 Dec. 20 Decc. 21 Dec. 22 Dec. 22 Dec. 28 Dec. 31 Dec. 31 (National Guard Armory) Lions Club Christmas Party Beaver Second Ward Contata Christmas Musical By Beaver THird Ward Choir 7:30 p m Beaver Study Club Party (Pondcrosa Cafe) Second Ward MIA Christmas Program Second Ward Relief Society Party Sewing Club Christmas Party Legion New Years Eve Dance (National Guard Armory) B and M Study Club Christmas Party Phone the dates for your parties or activities to us at 2891 and we will add them to this list. |