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Show Universal vicrofllr Corp. 287- - 6th Ave. Salt T.RVft SERVING Cltv , Utan 11 r .n r? RIVER BEAR THE VALLEY Published Weekly at Tremonton. Utah. Thursday. December Volume 32 . , or"' Youn g People Stage Dance j r All JSPATROL R S bJ New Years Eve Plans for processing runs on .both peas and tomatoes at the Tremonton Hunt Foods plant were announced this week. New Year's Eve dance for young folks of the Bear River and South Bear River stakes will be held Friday night at Memorial Gymnasium, under direction of the stake MIA organizations. All and Gleaners and and Junior GleanJunior ers are especially Invited to at- tend. A popular 12 piece Salt. Lake City orchestra will furnish the music for the dance. Refreshments will be available, and other special entertainment is being planned. s and hats will be in evidence as the dancers greet the new year. Dancing will begin at 10 p.m., officers announced. Wednesday that full production runs are planned this year for both crops. The tomato processing run was eliminated at the local plant last year because of a market condition brought on by surplusses for processed tomatoes. Acreage of tomatoes for the coming year's run will be about the same as in 1953, Mr. Isom said. r 5- - ml shi .. m m:m The pea crop acreage should be increased this year, he said. The local plant will aim for a larger production run under present plans and conditions. The company is expected to open negotiations with the growers through their organizations to decide on terms for next year's crop. Unsettled conditions in some packing companies have caused concern among growers. But Hunt Foods plan a full run on both crops this year, officials say. - 1 - I- I V , I ifw M-M- M-Me- J WW V n streets councilman Ed Quinney, and Mayor Jesse M. Day. Unit was overhaulbefore presentation. City ed, was seeking surplus machine for This road patrol machine was presented as a gift to Tremonton City just before Christmas day by Jay Dee Harris. Looking over equipment are Gordon Ncssen, and Mel Kobbins, city employes, and re-paint- Noise-maker- Cutting some fancy ice capers at Tremonton's North Park are these boys while other youngsters thaw out at fireplace. Increase Peas .. 1 13 reas. lomatoes D. J. Ifom, of Salt Lake City, general manager of Hunt Foods Inc. of Utah, told The LEADER "V ... NUMBER 30. 1954 Hunt Foods Inc. Plans to Run Christmas Gift for City Ice Skating Pond Year-ol- d Hansen 1 A Logan boy, Lawrence Kim Hansen, died in a Tremonton hospjtal Tuesday of pneumonia. He was a son of Lawrence P. and Bonnie Shcp-parHansen, of Logan. Survivors include the boy's parents, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sheppard, Logan; and Mr. arid Mrs. P J. Hansen, Howell. pond. Funeral services were held The ice was in top shapeWed-nesdaThursday at 1 p.m. in the Logan with cold weather keep- Second Ward chapel. Burial was ing the surface smooth, but in the Hyrum Cemetery .under Thursday's snow may require direction of Roger$ lortuary. another coating. When youngsters become too cold on the open ice, they build a fire in the nearby community fireplace to thaw out. Mrs. Jessie Mae 'Ault Carter, 73, died Wednesday at noon at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Harvey Ault in Tremonton, after an illness of four years. DeVERL PAYNE She was born Sept. 8, 1881 in Owatonna, Minn., a daughter of Jesse C. and Mary Dorn Ault. She came to Utah in 1900 and settled in Elwood. She was married to Thomas Carter on Dec. Mr. and Mrs. DeVerl Payne 9, 1903. They made their home in Garland, where he was engag- left Tremonton Tuesday for Los ed in farming. Angeles where they will spend Mr. Carter died Dec. 31, 1941. a week's vacation awarded to Surviving are her daughter, Mr. Payne in a sales contest. Mr. Payne, an employe of Mrs. Ault; a grandson, and TreRuss E. brothers: P. four Ault, Electric, was one of the few W. in J. Utah to win the trip for monton; Ault, Logan; sales of General Electric dish R. Thomas Ault, Deweyville, N. Walla washers and disposals. and Guy Walla, Ault, In California, they will stay Wash. Funeral services will be con- at the Statler Hotel, and will ducted Friday at 1 p.m.- in attend the Tournament of Roses ' Community Methodist Church. Parade and the Rose Bowl Game Friends may call at Rogers in Pasadena on New Years Day. Their youngsters are staying Mortuary from 10 a.m. until with relatives in East Garland time for the service. Burial will be in.Riverview and Ogden until they return Cemetery by Rogers Mortuary. home next week. DeVerl Payne Wins New Year Trip - - Hears Trip Davis Season Openers Logan, So. Cache By DAVID CAI.DERWOOD Bear River ended play here with an impressive win over the Davis Darts last. Thursday. Davis is the best team the Rivcrmen have met this year. They sport a strong five-madefense that held beautifully until the third quarter, when the Bears broke it wide ooen. Coach Hughes's quintet held a weak 10-- 9 lead in the first quarter, but slowly increased it to at the half. Wide Span As the game ended the Bears held a wide scoring span. Big factors in the Bear River win were rebounding and sharp passing. No one could be singled out as a star. When players weren't making baskets themselves,' they were making it possible for the others to get the points. Scoring ace Sid Cutler and Daryl Gam paced the locals in scoring with 17 and 16 points respectively. With preseason experience under their belts, Region One teams settle down for the rugged fight to the top which Bear River's gallant team walked off with last year. The Bears, who are still champs until beaten were scheduled to defend their crown against the Logan Grizzlies Thursday night in Memorial Gymnasium. In one preseason prediction Bear River and Logan were rated as fourth and eighth respectively on the league ladder. Earl Holmstead, boasting a five of Tueller, Meyrick, Ewing, Kepner and Smith will greatly miss the help of 6' 3" Howard Linford, who moved with his dad to Jordan. Next Friday Next Friday night Bear River travels to Hyrum to meet the South Cache Spartans. Coach John Broberg's team is expected to be a darkhorse as they lack both experience and height, but show plenty of team spirit. Having seen all the teams of Region One, Coach Hughes states that he has never seen them so evenly matched since he has been at Bear River and with a little luck and a few breaks any team can walk off with first place. Region One is now divided into two divisions North and South. Bear River, Logan, North Cache and South Cache constitute the North. Ogden, Ben Lomond, Box Elder and Weber make up the South. Teams in each division play each other twice, but play teams in the other division only once. In Practice Tilt pre-seas- d 56-4- 2 n NORMAN ROSE y, Jessie Mae Carter Dies at 73 Following Illness Norman II. Rose Called to 25-1- 9 New Bishopric Canadian Mission A farewell testimonial Named For ing Norman H. Rose will be held honor- Lewis Lillywhite Dies in Brigham Beaver Ward Thursday Morning Lewis Lillywhite, 84, Brig-haCity, former resident of Garland, died in a Brigham City hosp'tal Thursday morning after an illness of seven weeks. Funeral services will be held in the Brigham City Sixth Ward on Monday, January 2. Friends may call at the Felt Funeral Home in Brigham City Sunday, He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Matilda Orwin Lillywhite, and the following sons and daughters: LeRoy, Chino, Calif.; Mrs. Pearl Peck, Seattle; Jess and Floyd, Los Angeles; Mrs. Erma Gaddie, Idaho Falls, and Mrs. Alta Hodges, Ogden, and by 13 grandchildren and 17 greatm grandchildren. Thomas Y. Simmons was sustained as the bishop of Beaver Ward, Bear River Stake, during sacrament services held Sunday in the Ward Chapel in Beaver Dam. succeeds Bishop Simmons Clark Bowen, who has served as bishop for the past eight years. Counselors to Bishop Simmons are Mark P. Jensen, who was also a counselor to Bishop Bow-eand Alphalas A. Johnson, succeeding Myron Hansen. The new ward clerk is Thomas W. Potter, filling the position formerly held by B. F, Johnson. Glen B. Busenbark continues as assistant ward clerk. Installation of the new bishopric was directed by Robert J. Potter, stake president, and Charles J. Wood, counselor. n, Tilts n Face Rivals in Region Play NtM one-year-o- ld Youngsters and older folks from all parts of Bear River Valley are invited to use the new ice skating pond at Tremonton's North Park. Tremonton under Jaycees, direction of Blaine Madsen and Dennis Miller, have worked during recent weeks to provide .banks and flood the Pre-Seaso- With Lone Defeat; Infant Succumbs Completed By Jaycees J? Bears End in Tremonton Third Ward Sunday at 7:30 p.m. Elder Rose, a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Smith Rose, has accepted a call to serve in the Canadian Miss'on of the Church, with headquarters in Toronto. The missionary will enter the mission home in Salt Lake City on Jan. 5, and will leave a week later for Canada. He is a graduate of Bear River high school and has served as president of the sopho- Post-Seaso- n more class and Future Farmers chapter, and played on the fqot-bateam. A dance, celebrat-- ! He recently was released as end the the of annual pro ing representative for South cessing run at Utah-IdahSugar Bear River Stake. He has stud- Co.'s Garland will be plant, ied at U.S.A.C. staged Saturday on Jan. 8. The dance will be a benefit will Leslie Wight of Thatcher for Jess Archibald Sr., according be the speaker on Mrs. Axel to th sponsors, the U-- I Sugar Frederickson's W.C.T.U. broad- Club, employees organization. cast Sunday at 1 p.m. over statClub president Dan Nelson Is ion KBUH, Brigham City. in charge of arrangements. ll Public Invited to Dance At Garland Armory post-seaso- n M-M- o Noted Economist Forecasts Trends During First Half of 1955 By ROGER W. BABSON GENERAL BUSINESS. Despite wails from some quarters, 1954 saw a drop in the average Physical Volume of Business from the record of only 5 1955 could see a rise J953. year of about the some amount. Certainly, the direction of business 5 will be upward. until WILL 2. BUSINESSMEN WAKE UP. During 1954 many the businessmen rediscovered of word the "competimeaning tion." Sales will continue to be made only with real effort in most lines. ! OUT3. CONSUMPTION LOOK. Consumption in a number of lines has been proceeding at a more rapid rate than has 1. mid-195- production. I forecast a better tecord in early 1955 for both fteel and automobiles. 4. TEXTILE INDUSTRY. Textile industry operated at extremely low levels throughout i 1 most of 1954. Coal and railroad equipment also exerted a strong downpull. I forecast that t he textile and coal industries will in a recovery phase after be their long stay in the doldrums. 5. PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION. I forecast that home building and general construction will be somewhat lower in 1955 than in 1954, butlthis important industry should still operate at high levels next year. 6. PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION. I forecast that public construction will increase during 1955. This should mean a rise in the output of cement. 7. AGRICULTURAL This industry has been suffering from a decline in demand, but should now imGovernment-sponsore- d prove. and crop curtailment planting loans have reduced free supplies, and may make for higher agricultural prices later in 1955. ARMAMENT INDUSTRY. The armament industry will still be one of the main floors beneath the economy. The electrical and chemical Industries will move at a rate close to that of 1954. 9. OTHER INDUSTRIES. I am somewhat optimistic on clothing, aircraft manufacturing, transportation, office equi-meelectricity output, petroleum production, natural .gas, and shoes. I am also fairly bullish on rubber, paper, electrical certain equipment, nonfer-rous of and types building, metals. 10. WEATHER CONDITIONS. It is foolish for me to attempt to forecast rains, droughts, frost, etc., for any special section. However, taking the nation as a whole, I look for better weather in 1955. 11. RETAIL SALES. I fore. cast that the outlook lor retail 8. air-lin- e nt, sales is encouraging, at least through the first half of 1955. 12. PROFITS. Stiffening competition is chipping away at profit margin. Return on invested capital is in a long-terdowntrend. The first few years after World War II were the golden years for the novice in business and for the inefficient. Those days are gone for awhile. 13. SELECTIVITY. Higher labor and other costs, plus intensified competition, will continue during 1955, I forecast a h'gh degree of selectivity in the effort of this trend on individual activities and companies. Victory will be for the nimble and for the strong! 14. DIVIDENDS. Recent high expenditures for new plant and machinery has left some concerns with very high depreciation charges. As new capital commitments are cut and depreciation remains high, cash Inflow could expand. Such com m panies should be able to pay out in dividends a higher percentage of earnings in 1955 than in recent years, notwithstanding a moderate profit shrinkage. 15. INVENTORIES. Inventories have been, permitted to run down during 1954. As total business expands, there will be a tendency to replace reduced stocks, especially during the first half of 1955. Total manufacturers' Inventories, however, may build up more rapidly than I total business inventories. forecast that total wholesale and total retail inventories will show little change from 1954 levels. 16. PRICES OF MANUFACTURED GOODS. Even with the expected pickup in demand, I see no sharp markup in industrial prices next year. Overall supplies are generally ample. Hence, 1 forecast that Industrial prices In 1955 will show little change from recent levels. 17. FOOD PRICES. Food prices may firm later in 1955. The strong move in Government crop loans this year has made free supplies of most agricultural items less burden&ome. I forecast that new advertising programs by canners and other great food distributors will help farmers, stock raisers, and fruit growers. CONSUMER INCOME. Consumer income will hold at patisfactory levels. Most goods should move readily in to consuming channels. 19. LIVING COSTS. I forecast that during 1955 living costs will show little over-a- ll change from present levels. There may be some firming during the first half, but the late months may again witm js a minor softening. 20. RENTS, ETC. I forecast rental expenses may edge somewhat higher; clothing costs should be steady to moderately higher. There is small chance that food expenses- can be great 18. - ly reduced. 21. MONEY SUPPLIES. I forecast that money supplies will be ample for all legitimate business during 1955. With little likelihood of business getting out of hand on the upside, credit easing is more likely than credit curtailment in 1955. 22. INFLATION. Fears, or perhaps hopes, of an inflationary boom should be buried. Barring outbreak of war, our productive capacity is sufficiently large to meet all demands for goods. I forecast that no runaway inflation is probable, even if the money managers increase the supply of money or ease credit 23. INTEREST RATES. Until the Treasury finds a way to balance the budget, hold buslnecj at high levels and unemployment at a minimum, I forecast UUIl likelihood of, higher Interest rates. 24. BOND PRXCZ3. (Contiaaed ca Lxxx Ttzt) |