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Show Universal yiorofilr- Corp. 6 287- - th Ave. Salt y SERVING VOL. City, Utah Lake RIVER BEAR THE Published Weekly at Tremonion. Utah. Thursday. April 31 VALLEY 29. 1954 Kids Invited To Bicycle Races Satnrdav A 4,x yyl iu l Pi&X M r x bicycle race, sponsored the Tremonton Junior Chamber of Commerce, will be staged at McKlnley School Saturday at 1 p.m. according to City Marshall Ralph Linville. by tyx X a Mr. Linville will conduct the events, which are to be divided into various classes according to age groups It needed, a separate class fo motor-bike- s will be run. Prizes for winners of the races will be sponsored by Tremontou business houses sponsors of the event arr- -ir BEAUTIFY WEST MAIN Jaycee president John Leon and Bob Bennett Laws, Halgren plant the first of 47 spruce trees along West Main Street. Project beau-- , tifies town entrance. Jaycees Plant Trees To Beautify Town Tourists entering Tremonton from the west in of stately spruce trees, thanks to a service project of the Tremonton Jaycees, completed this week. The blue and green spruces, now standing only three feet high, were planted early this week, under direct-- , ion of Sylven . Haltiner, chairman of the project. A The trees, 47 of them, were purchased with proceeds from a recent Jaycee , Travel Trophy party and wrest , A A ling card. Cooperation of many persons made the project possible, Mr. Haltiner said. A count yroad grader driven by Dick Bock prepared the ground and formed a (watering ditch for the trees. Mel Robbins and Tremonton city's water wagon assisted in the planting. Reuben Baer. furnished soil for the planting, and many others assisted in the program. Spaced 50 feet apart, the trees already lend a decided improvement, but the full realization of this project will be enjoyed many years from now. fu- " ture years will see a tall row . . School Board Revises Hoop '55 Schedule The Box Elder County School Board Monday concurred with a new league schedule for basketball, purchased an 8 acre tract of land in Brigham City for $15,000, voted to start summer kindergarten on June in 7, and considered changes the proposed new junior high school building at Bear River high school. The basketball schedule, as adopted by the Region One Board of Managers, divides the Region into two divisions. Bear River, Logan, South Cache would compose one division, and Box Elder, Ogden, Weber and Ben Lomond the 10-ga- I ,v'' non-leagu- per-mite- - e, '' LAC U Set May 10 The annual Golden Spike the Ceremony commemorating 85th anniversary of the uniting of the rails of the first trans- continental railroad at Promontory Station on May 10, 1869. will be held on Monday May 10, at 12.00 p.m. at Promontory, according to the chairmen, Ber-nic- e G. Anderson. The ceremony is sponsored by the Box Elder Chamber uf. Commerce each year. The sponsoring organization have made an application to the Department of the Interior for national monument status for ihis historic area in order to preserve the spot where the 85 Golden Spike was driven . Recommendations ago years are now pending by the officials of the department. Arrangements are being made this year to present a piece o the original rail laid on the to President old in Wash D. Eisenhower Dwight ington D. C. by Senator Arthur V. Watkins at the same moment the driving of the Golden Spike is at Promontory Station by a cast in costume on May 10th. The senator has ar ranged an appointment at 2:45 Eastern Standard Time with the President, who has also promis ed to send a message here to be read on the program. Included on the program will be presentation of our national colors by Veterans organizations and Boy Scouts of the Golden Spike District, band music by the Bear River High School B?nd, a drill and presentation of colors by the Box Elder Sheriff's Posse on horseback, speech of welcome by Ruel Eskelsen, president of the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce, presentations of dignitaries and old residents of the area, competent speaker and other attractions. Master of Ceremonies will be Judge Lewis Jones of Brigham City. right-of-wa- Communities Bear River Stake Back County Sets Quarterly Health Plan LDS Conference Mark. E. I Nine communities have voiced support for organization of a new Health District, according to reports made recently during a meeting of the Box Elder County Mosquito Abatement committee. The meeting was a joint session of the Board of Trustees and Executive Board. Fielding, Garland, Tremonton, Bear RiveT City, Elwood, Deweyville, Corinne, Terry and Portage have sent in resolutions favoring the health unit. Other cities and towns In the county have not acted as yet, supervisors reported. Executive Board An executive board war ap- oointed. consisting of Harry Drew. Tremonton; Horace Barnard, Deweyville; Fred Bradford, Corinne: Roland Madsen. Bri- fcham City, and Commissioner R. J. Potter. H. Ross Coombs was appointed secretary. --Leslie Kidman was elected president of the Board of Trustees with Golden Andreasen as the Twelve and T. C. of the General Welfare Staynor committee will represent the general authorities at the Bear River Stake conference this weekend . A stake welfare meeting is scheduled for 6:30 Saturday night, and a Priesthood leadership meeting at 8 p m. Junior Sunday School will be held in the ward chapel for children of kindergarten and primary age during the morning meeting. The Harmoncttes will furnish the music for the Sunday morning session and the Bear River stake singing mothers will sing at the afternoon session. A song festival has been arranged by the M.I.A. for the Sunday evening session of the conference. The Bear River A Cappella Choir, a male chorus, mixed chorus and vocal solos and duets will be featured in the one hour program secretary. cil J Petersen of the Coun- of Tcsls 'or Polio Unde r Way Vaccination more of i than 1,000 Box Elder County youngsters with a new polio serum began this week as part of a nation-wid- e test of a new solution hoped to be a remedy for crippling Infantile Paralysis, gymnasMcKinlcy School's ium was turned into a polio clinic Thursday as first, second and third grade pupils from all part? of Northern Box Elder received their first County shots. xx St. xwN n, lx - MX I- x x v 'x5--r- j v Two later shots will complete the vatnnation tests. o A carload of five youngsters from Grouse Creek School, ac- BIN WALL TOPPLES Eaten away by fire companied by their teacher, heavy planked walls of Garland Mill's made a IfiO mile trip to Tremon- grain storage bins collapses afte r fire comton to lake part in the tests. pletely destroyed the old mill Tuesday Most of the children passed through the lines looking apprehensively at the hypodermic needles, but found that the didn't hurt as much as they had expected. The community'? physicians volunteered to give the shots. Waiting with gifts for the at the end of the yount'sters line were the Bear River Valley I'iwanis Club and Tremontoi Lions Cub. Refreshments were served to c'inical workers by the Tremonton r.Vi men's Civic Leag'ie. The vaccinations were scheduled for completion Friday st the Garland School, accomodating the icmaining students wm took part in the field test with their parents' permission. - night. The spectacular blaze leveled the building, destroyed milling machinery stored there. No cause of fire has been found. Firemen battled blaze for hours. Raging Fire Destroys Old Gar land MM; Firemen Save Home A spectacular fire which The mill, a landmark of earrouted Garland residents from ly Garland, had not been optheir sleep and drew onlookers erated since 1942, and was alfrom miles away completely most burned to the ground destroyed the old Garland Mill within an hour. No cuse for the fire has been determined. Tuesday night. Firemen from the Garland and Tremonton departments poured water on a residence at the south and a grain storage building on the north and kept the flames from spreading from the mill. Weather Helps The weather, too played role in keeping the blaze from spreading. Rain had fallen during the evening, leaving surrounding property wet after a long dry spell,, and strong gusty winds which had been blowing earlier Tuesday had subsided when the fire broke out. The mill was owned by George W. Mason, Brigham City attorney. Stored inside was milling machinery valued at y Mark E. Peterson other. Each team will play other teams in their divisions twice, once at home, once away.Each team will also play every team in the other division once each year, alternating the location each year. Exception Made An exception was made so that Bear River and Box Elder high schools would play two games, one league and one d with a third game in case of a tie to determine a Box Elder , County ChampionshipThe league schedule begins Dec. 30, 1954. A limit of eight practice games are to be held. Purchase of $15,000 worth of land in the northwest section of Brigham City was authorized for future school development. Summer kindergarten classes will be held in the district from June 7 to July 16, the board ruled. New Drawings Changes in the plan of a new building at B.R.H.S. requested by principal Frank Stevens and other faculty members have been forwarded to the architect. ' Golden Spike Driving Fete s erum tir TS ..',v ,w:,--- Ji A4 $7000, owned by Ray Gibson. Complete Loss JT' The building and equipment was a complete loss, but both were at least partially covered Pauline Davis Carole Ann Glbbi Mary Castleton V 'i'' 7 , 'Jl '-- " ' ' M' " it'' i'i ' , A s, 77" "A ,S young t X Hoxie Davis Gaye Archibald Portraits by C. Harrison's Studio, Tremonton tee, Bob Bennett; Entries committee, Dennis Miller with Ora Ellen Redfield and Aldeen ladies have qualified as entrants in the pageant to be presented May 8 at Bear River High School aud itorium. Pictures of six of the "Miss Bear River Valley" entrants are printed above. The remaining six will be printed next week. The enthusiastic entrants are busy preparing themselves for appearances before the public and judges. "This is not a bathing beauty contest, nor a contest to select the girl with the most talent," says pageant chairman Leon Halgren. "It is a pageant to select a girl who shows the most po- tential talent and to give her the opportunity to develop that talent through scholarships offered to the winners. . y V Twelve Entered in Valley Queen Fete Twelve lovely -- f II Ann Lish A ( k' """at'' te (7 Charm, graciousness, congeni- ality and intelligence as well as beauty and talent will be taken into consideration by the judges when choosing the winner. Wardrobe Gift Businessmen of Tremonton have responded to support the pageant by donating a wardrobe for the winner- They will also pay her expenses at Salt Lake City the following week when she competes at the University of Utah May 15 . in the State finals. The Jaycee Janes are assisting with the work- - of the pageant. Mrs. Dennis Miller is actwith Mr. ing as Halgren. Committees have been formed as follows: Site committee, Sylvan Haltiner; Ticket commit - by insurance. Gibson's home and the Farmer's Grain Growers Cooperative were saved by firemen as flames from the center of the mill roared 15 feet high. Garland firemen answered' the alarm turned in by Mrs. Harold Hall about midnight, and remained on the scene until 5 a.m. Wednesday. Tremonton firemen fought the blaze for nearly three hours. Sees Red Glow Tremonton City Marshall Lee Foxley, making his patrol saw a red glow in the sky about 11:50 p.m. He traced it to Garland, waited until the alarm was sounded there, then turned in the alarm at Tremonton. When local firemen arrived, Mr. Foxley had the fire truck running and the station doors open. Mrs. Harold Hall had stayed up to watch telecasts of the hearings and noticed the walls of her room flickering with red light. Completely Aflame The mill was completely when Garland firemen, directed by Assistant Fire Chief Dave Thomas, arrived. A few minutes later, the roof fell in. The grain storage bins, constructed of heavy wood planks, burned until 1:40 a.m. until' they finally callapsed inward. No injuries were caused during the long blaze. Several hundred persons gathered to Army-McCart- hy Gibson as committee members. More Committees Awards committee, Glenn Allen; Publicity and advertising, Max Adams; Staging committee, Mary Adams, and Budget and finance, John Laws. Each of the entrants will be chaperoned by one of the Jay- watch the fire. cee Janes at the pageant and the winner will be accompanied by her mother to the contest in Salt Lake City. All entrants will receive an 8 x 10 tinted portrait of themselves. Week-En- d The winner's wardrobe, valued at $150.00 or more, will be selected by herself to be worn Quarterly conference in South to the "Miss Utah" pageant in Bear River Stake will be held Salt Lake City on the 15th of Saturday and Sunday, May 8 and 9, according to announceMay. ment by Stake clerk Dr State Winner The winner in Salt Lake City Stenquist. John Longdon, assistant to will receive more than $1,000 worth of clothing and constant Council of the Twelve has tzz training to prepare her for the assigned as visitor to the conMiss America Pageant to be ference. He will be accompanied held in Atlantic City, New by a member of the gsnerxl welfare committee. South Bear River Sets Conference Next 'i tl; |