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Show VOLUME Sear Mi xix L1L TREMOXTON CITY, UTAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1944 Young People Take Honors At Annual Stock Exhibit 'Club Members Place and High In Showmanship and Cash Prizes F.F.A. SUMMER MUSIC CLASS SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED 4-- H Returning from what was termed the biggest Junior the U. S., instructors and members of the Fat Stock Show in F. F. A. and organizations feel that gear Tdver Valley home bacon" m prize money and the they really "brought awards given at the annual Utah show. FOITR-- CLUB H AWARDS Box Elder County Club members and their lead- Thirty-seve- n 4-- H ers attended the eighth annual Junior Livestock Show at Salt Lake City, Monday and Tuesday, June 5 Lh and 6th. These boys and girls exhibited 183 head of high quality livestock at the show. There were 35 head of fat beef, 101 head of fat lambs, and 48 head of fat hogs exhibited by the $300,000.00 club boys and girls. Members of eight clubs participated in this affair. Prize money won, and the total "Every poultryman who shipped amount received by the boys and eggs to the Utah Poultry Pro- girls will be announced later. ducers Some of the outstanding results Association during the months of February, of the boys and girls are as jviarcn, April ana May, 1143. is follows: now sharing an approximate $300, Howard Barlow, of the Salt 000.00 $1.40 per case final settle Cieek Livestock club, was elected ment payment. The $1.40 per case as Mayor of Show Town. embraces a cash payment of 77 The best individual exhibit of cents per case now, while 63 cents the show was by Jerry Buchanan, per case is held in reserve for the of the Salt Creek Livestock club. producer, to be distributed later He personally exhibited 13 of the by action of the board of direc" 26 Prime fat lambs of the fat tors," announces Clyde C. Ed- lamb division of the show. Jerry monds, secretary and general man- also had three fat beef that went Choice or Tops. ager. "This sizable additional payment Ned Palmer, of the South Treto an estimated 4,500 poultrymen monton Livestock club had the served by the Association's 25 second place Prime hog. The Box Elder Girls club placed branches," continues Mr. Edmonds, "would not have been realized had second for having the most practhese poultrymen not marketed tical and attractive uniforms of their eggs through their own coclubs. operative. Our members realize Floyd Eggli placed first for the more and more that these final and showmanship contest. fitting settlement checks that periodically come their way are brought about Lind House, also of the Salt Creek Livestock club, placed sec entirely through their own cooperative efforts, both in the marketing ond in this event. of their poultry products and in The boys and girls had 16 fat the purchasing of their feeds and lambs place Prime, 26 Choice and farm supplies." 32 Good. In the beef class there Mr. Edmonds commented fur- were 5 Choice, 17 Good and 9 ther: "Our policy is to mail final Commercial fat beef. settlement checks to our wareMuch credit for the fine way houses for distribution. We want our members to be on the alert in which the boys and girls placed for these checks and to inquire in Uiis show is due Leo Miller, about them at their respeptive of South Tremonton, president of Club the Box Elder County warehouses. Thomas Leaders and organization, this particular "Incidentally, Salt payment comes at an opportune A. Summers,Boxleader of the LiveElder Girls time to assist our members in buy- Creek and stock clubs, Assistant Agent Emer ing additional war bonds on the E. Broadbent explained. of the War Loan 5th opening day Drive June 12." The Salt Creek boys who entered animals were Ernest Eggli, Calderwood, Thayne Calder-wooof the convention and speakers Bert Peterson, Fielding Barwere Wayne C. Williams, OPA House, Billie Sessions, low, Lynn Regional Attorney of Denver; H. Grant Ivins, Utah District OPA Howard Getz and Teddy Allen. 10 Director; Russell L. Humphreys, Their stock2 consisted of 6 beef, were choice, good OPA Price Specialist. Stanley of which and 2 Commercial. 101 lambs with Stringham and J. Edwin Baird. 26 primes, 32 choice and 53 good; 43 hogs, all of them being choice. The South Tremonton club mem bers showed steers and hogs, most of them taking good or commercial placings. The boys who entered them are Elburn Miller, Steral Miller, Ronald Iverson, Reed Miller, Jimmie Palmer and Darwin Hansen. 4-- H ' Bunn- estimated by LeRoy that the F. F. A. Bear River high about ten per jcbool, garnered nt of the show awards and sold worth of approximately $13,000.00 it is ell, instructor, nter of the livestock, Won prizes the prizes and awards Among were the following: on F. F. 515.OO for first prize $15.00 contest; uniform best ji. for most money on beef (on Lit basis) within a 150 mile dius of Salt Lake City; $15.00 for first on hogs, and $15.00 for first on lambs; $25.00 for greatest (within the 150 total of points mile radius). The chapter exhibited 65 steers, Planing 12 choice, 25 good, and 20 commercials; fifty head of hogs, winning one prime, 25 choice, and eeived remainder of the ho; overweight, with judging in this division being very strict Fifty head of lambs were entered by the chapter, placing 2 prime, 10 choice, and 27 good. Members of the F.F.A. chapter who participated in the show were : Dee Adams, Vera Adams, Adams. Richard Allen. Donald Anderson, Douglas Anderson, Edon Anderson, Gerald Anderson, Tillard Anderson, Marvin AndersVerNon on, Robert Brough, Coombs, George Crozier, Glenn Crozier, Lytle Diderickson, Sherman Earl, Richard Eldredge, Norwood Fridal, Merrill Hall, Dale Hansen, Hido Hashimoto, Gordon Holmgren, John House. Kan Hariji, Bernie Hurd, Lee Iverson, Verl Iverson, Don Miller, Ralph Miller, Boyd Munns, (Rohl Munns, Ralph Nishiguchi, Jess Suowell, Odeil Summers, Ben Frank Taylor, Edward good, the were rated T De-Ve- ATTEND ' re Ta-nak- a, Tol-ma- n. O.P.A. MEETING CITY BRIGHAM attended a meeting Elder County Cost-of-Livi- erence Rytting of the Box Conf- at Brigham City Tuesday evening. John P. Poultrymen Share Final Settlement Payment 4-- H 4-- H 4-- H 4-- H Lillywhite was chairman State "Ag" Instructors To Make Inspection Tour tour of important F. F. A. agricultural projects In the Bear River Valley will be conductA ed Monday, dxwl and I when all the high junior college vocational agricultural instructors who are meeting in Logan, will spend the afternoon in the valley. Accompanvine the A? teachers be Mark Nichols, state director of agricultural education; L. Humpherys, state teacher trainer at the U. S. A. C.; Elmer Jo-- I of Washington, D. C, reg- Erector of vocational agri- culture for eleven western states. Bunnell, H. M. Skinner, nLRy Charles H. Last, teachers at the rn. ! wal high school, with together ... iwi vmciais, are in cnarge lUTilllcram&ntn 14. VI Other or-- Vivr,i & Dr. Woodhead Enters Naval Reserve Dr. Roy G. Woodhead left Tues- day morning for Salt Lake where he will enter the U. S. Naval Reserve as a Lieutenant Commander. He will be stationed at San Diego for the present. The Woodheads have lived in Tremonton for the past four years and have made many friends in this valley, who wish him well. Mrs. Woodhead and children expect to remain in Tremonton. Firemen Schedule Annual Ball A Wton Marble, a The seventh annual ball of the Carl Welling, Jensen and J. II .Sorensen Tremonton Firemen has been set I0"n the for Saturday, June 10th, and will advisory committee. The tour will start at the Joseph be held in the McKinley school "Tier farm In East Garland, when gym. caravan ia scheduled to arrive This is the opportunity .people 3:45 p. m. other places to be of the community have, of showing Jtod will be the Warren Hansen their support and appreciation ror the Volunteer Firemen and their Jjn. East Garland; Ralph Ornald Larson, work. Good music has been ar' offfl Garland; p the Potato ranged for and a good crowd is BrnV Garland; the O. L. anticipated. JJSh, George Abbott and K. H. fa in East Tremonton. Dr, D. B. Green is attending the 77luncheon will be served in the 54th Annual Dental convention becafeteria in the evening for ing held Thursday, Friday and Satpsitors, and the tour will con- - urday of this week, in Salt Lake W ab0Ut O'clock. City, where he will meet Mrs. he teachers will return to Green and family who have been visiting relatives in Spanish Fork Pecial Interest Is and Salt Lake. shown being the 0 eSuipment constructed under Mrs. W. H, Foxley and Dianne ProieA. Y,.A- Pro&rani, the seed . few days and th onrf (rHMiihii Foxley are spending a with Lake Salt in week this Apartments at Boar the RiveP Top honors went to Miss Dothe Lone Summers when she got Hartford Fire Insurance Company trophy for the best Hampshire lamb of the show. Miss Summers exhibited 13 head of lambs, winning 2 prime, 8 choice, 3 good and five steers, 1 choice and 4 good. Maralyn and Colleen Miller won 1 choice and 1 good on their steers. Nola Summers had 5 choice hogs; Betty Lou Porritt won 1 choice on hogs and 1 choice and 1 good on lambs. These five girl exhibitors showed 15 lambs, 7 steers, and 8 hogs. Lions Raise Convention Funds Eph-rair- Rich-Riversid- Co-o- T jwe - The Board of Education is sponsoring as a free service to school students, Instrumental Music classes. The classes will be tauerht bv C. Wj Hansen and J. R. Beckstead. Students are urged to participate. The schedule is as follows: Monday morning and afternoon: Garland grade school and Tremonton grade school. Monday evening at the high school: Combined bands. Tuesday morning and afternoon: Tremonton grade school, strings; Elwood school, Riverside and Fielding. Wednesday morning and afternoon; Garland, Howell and Snow-vill- e; The highlight of the Tremontm Club meeting Wednesday evening was the raising of funds to pay registration fees of delegates who will attend the Lions convention In Salt Lake the latter part of the month. dollar war bond A twenty-fiv- e was purchased and President-elec- t Frank Stevens was the lucky Lion. He in turn placed the bond up for auction and it was sold again. A book of war stamps was also auctioned off twice, and a campaign plate was passed around to those who felt the bidding was a little too stiff competition. The program was under the direction of Guy Johnson, and consisted of musical numbers by the Bear Rhythms, with Judge Harris of Logan, as guest speaker. Mr. relaHarris spoke on inter-clu- b r post-waand tions planning. Lions e. Wednesday evening at the high Combined bands. Thursday moming and afternoon: Plymouth and Portage. Friday morning and afternoon: Bothwell, Thatcher, Penrose, Dew- eyville, Collinston, Beaver Dam Friday evening at the high school: Orchestra. school: Duain Madsen Recov- ering From Injuries After spending a few days in the Valley Hospital last weekend, Duain Madsen was able to return to his home on Sunday. Duain was riding his motorbyke along the highway west of Tremonton last Thursy afternoon about 6:00 o'clock, when he was struck by a car driven by Oscar Christensen of Bothwell and thrown some dis tance. The accident happened not Car from the Madsen home, but Jess Clark, who happened to be driving west saw the accident and reached him before anyone else. The ambulance was called and Mr. Madsen and other members of the family then went to the scene of the accident. Examination and at the hospital revealed a slight brain concussion and leg ard body bruises, but if6 broken X-ra- bones. Bear River City Man Darrell Dustman Killed In England Missing In Action and Mrs. J. Harold Reese The sad news of the death of Bear River City, have received SSgt Darrell Dustman, reached official notification that their son. relatives in Deweyville Monday First Lt. W. M. C. Reese has been this week. SSgt. Dustman is a Mr. of missing in action over Germany since May 21st. Lt. Reese was a Mustang fighter pilot on a attached to the 8th Air Force in England and was a flight leader. He has a number of enemy planes to his credit and has been awarded three Oak Leaf Clusters for meritorious service in action. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps December 9, 1941, served as a bombardier on a for a short time before being transferred to pilot training. He trained at Santa Ana, California and received his wings as a fighter pilot April 12, 1943 at Luke Field, Arizona, and was sent overseas December 1, 1943, and since that time has been on numerous missions over the continent. He was a graduate of Box Elder high school and had worked at the Wasatch Service. B-1- More Than 1 7 Inches of Rain Fall In Week 2 Accordinng to the records of the Sugar Company office at Garland, there has been only one day, Tuesday, when there has recorded been no precipitation since the first of June. A total of 2.11 inches of rainfall during the past week has aided all crops, On June 1, we received .37, on the 2nd, .58; the 3rd, .55; 4th, .10; 5th, .08; 7th, .42 and 8th up to 8 a. m., .01. According to Orson Christensen of the Sugar Company, there has been no damage to sugar beets, although the delay in labor has allowed the beets to get larger than usual before thinning. The Dixie thinners are now busy in fields where planting was done for this purpose, and prospects are good for the crop this season. Utah-Idah- o n, son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Dustman and was first engineer in the Air Corps. He was born August 23, 1922. He was a graduate of the Bear River high school, and while home on a furlough last fall, married Marjorie Hunsaker of Honeyville. A letter received Wednesday by his parents gave the additional information that he was buried in England. Besides his wife and parents, he is survived by one sister, Reta Fae- - Sgt Richard R. Roberts Loses Life In South Pacific The Secretary of War sent his regrets in a telegram to Mr. and Charles Roberts informing them that their son, Sgt Richard R. Roberts had been killed in action on May 27th on Biak Island in the South Pacific. Sgt. Roberts was 22 years old. He enlisted October 8, 1942 and was trained at Curtis Wright Institute in California, at Allison Motor School at Indianapolis and later at a gunnery school in Texas. His flight training was completed at Murek, California. He was a gunner in a 13th AAF bomber. Mr. Roberts went to California in April to see his son and though he followed to various places in the state he missed seeing Richard by two days. He was shipped out April 8th. He was mechanically inclined and took that work at Bear River high school. Besides his parents, he is sur vived by three sisters, Mae Roberts, Mrs. Francis Ellis and Jean Roberts, also two half brothers, W, Jay and Clarence. A news item was sent by the in the 13th AAF headquarters South Pacific to the Leader office on his arrival at that theatrand of his assignment to the gunnery position. This news reached us just before the final news came of his death. Mrs. The R. Z. Hepplers are enjoying a family reunion this week, with all four of the older members of the family being home. Mrs. Earl Stohl and three children of Mr. nd Mrs. Clyde Morris were Idaho, Miss Annivor Heppler of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Rhea Ogden visitors on Thursday. Wheatley of Tremonton all being present while their sister, Nola, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Calderwood who is an Aviation Machinist 3rd spent a day last week in Salt Lake class in the Navy is home on leave. with relatives and friends. Rex-bur- Funeral services for Leslie J. Anderson were held Tuesday at 2 p. m. in the Thatcher Ward chapel, under the direction of Bishop Douglas Quayle, of the Perry Ward. The musical numbers were as follows: Vocal solo, Moroni Ward, "T'will Not Be Long," accompanied by Birdie Peteson; a duet by Marine and Donna Hirshi, of Perry, "Whispering Hope," accompanied by Vera Jean Larson also of Perry; vocal solo, Maurine Wight, "One Fleeting Hour," with Birdie Peterson accompanist; and a duet by Eugene and Wilford Miller of Penrose, "Rock of Ages," accompanied by Mrs. Irene Shuman. The speakers were Bishop Jos. J. Nelson, Don Stanger of Ogden, Stake President C. E. Smith, and Bishop Quayle. Benjamin Tolman offered the invocation and Melvin O. Christensen the benediction. The grave in the River View cemetery was dedicated by James Wight. The flowers were in charge of Zola Davis of the Perry R.elief Society, Mr. Anderson died Thursday at the Brigham City hospital after a tonsilectomy. He was born April 9. 1905, at Brigham City, a son of Leslie W, Anderson and Andeline Diderick-seresidents of Thatcher. He was reared in Brigham and Thatcher and received his education at Bear River high school, where he was a star athlete on the basketball team. He married Lola King May 28, 1928, in Brigham City. They lived at Thatcher until about two years ago, when they moved to Perry. He was an employee of the army service force depot at Ogden. Surviving are his wife and the following children, all of Perry: Valoy, Ralph, Geraldeen, Janet, Maxtne and Deloise; also his parents and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Jennie McNeely, Mrs. Afton Slate of Thatcher; Mrs. Ruth Wright of Ogden, Bert Anderson, with the army medical corps in England. T. Two Killed In European Theatre, One In Pacific; All Were In The Air Corps City Marshal Henry Morrison, when notified went to the hospital and after hearing the extent of the injuries, with Leo Cottom, in vestigated the accident and took Mr. Christensen in custody. He was booked on a hit and run charge and released on bail, according to IIEITLEKS ENJOY Mr. Morrison. REUNION Services Held For L. J. Anderson THIRTY-EIGH- Three Volley Soldiers Listed As Casualties P-5- De-Ye- re Frank Stevens, Fred Gephart, L. J. Cummings and A. N. NUMBER g, Blue Star Mothers Will Conduct War Bond Drive asWith the greatest sault in history successfully underlay, Fifth War Loan kickoff meetings this week took on added sig nificance as Box Elder County ef joined in a united home-frofort to put Utah over its $46,- 000,000 quota first in the nation. The fifth drive, this time for funds to finance the costliest war maneuver of all times, starts Mon day, just one week after "D" Day. It will continue through July 8. "Our share in backing this great push is $776,000.00, and I freely predict that the patriotic citizens of Box Elder County will lend this sum to Uncle Sam before the drive is half over," said Leo Nelson, county war bond chairman. A special appeal went forth from executive Clarence Bamberger, vice chairman of the Utah War Fi nance Committee: "This is it," he said, "and the surest way to let our boys from Utah know we are at their side is to make our own in the mark In history. Let's be first over the top in the Invasion fund drive." An army of 10000 volunteer workers is poised for the house- canvass to be launched Monday In most counties with the words of State Chairman Charles L Smith, as their battle-cr- y 'We're not asking you to give. We're only asking you to invest." Their slogan is "Back the in vasion! Buy more than Before! That Utah boys shall not have died in vain." land-nav- al nt ur se According to Alma Theurer and Carl Shriber, chairmen of the bond sales in Tremonton and Garland the Blue Star Mothers organization will assume the responsibility of handling the drive in the northern end of the county, or in all sections north of Honeyville. Mrs. George Bradshaw, president of the Blue Star Mothers, and will be glad to her have the full support of the people in putting this drive over. Power Interrupted By High Wind Thursday afternoon during a high wind, the power on the local Utah Power & Light service was interrupted for nearly an hour, when a tree fell on the lines near the O. L, Brough farm in East Tremonton. Between Tremonton and Garland the highway was reported as "simply covered" with large and small branches that had blown down. According to Guy Johnson, local manager of the power comsecpany, the Tremonton-Garlan- d tion, Collinston and East Tremonton areas seemed to be hit the hardest by the wind. Peggy Jeanne Johnson is in Salt Lake this week, a guest of Irene and Edith Stoddard. Pauline Davis, of Riverside, was a weekend guest of Linda Marble, |