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Show Universal Microfilm Corn 11 fierpont Ave. H) IT 33 IE VOLUME 33 TREMONTON. UTAH. THURSDAY. MARCH Member Utah State Press Association Division 15 Junior Champions Chamber of Commerce Committees To Study Construction Problems . At the request of the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce a special meeting withthe Bear River Valley Chamber of Commerce was held Thursday eve- ning to discuss joint interests relative to the Southern Pacific Lucin Cutoff Fill Project. The members from the two chambers discussed various methods of road finance. Oiled highways lead from Tremonton and Garland to the junction with the road which goes south to East Promontory. Likewise an oiled road goes to Corinne and Brigham City to the southeast. From this improved road which is now completely oil surfaced from Tremonton to East Promontory junction there is a distance of 32 miles of gravel unimproved roads leading to Promontory point. This section of highway was under consideration by the Box Elder County Commission, representatives of the Morrison-KnudseConstruction Company, The Box Elder Chamber of Commerce and the Bear River Valley Chamber of Commerce. After due consideration and study it appeared that the construction work could be done by the Mor-th- e county would assume maintenance. n Company and n . rison-Knudse- Board Approves Seven Period Day for Jr. High Approve Orchestra Tour the combin- Public Address System To Be Improved Approval was given by the Board for a revision of the Public Address System at Bear River high school, the details of which will have to be worked-- , out. Approval was also given on the purchase of a film strip for the Grouse Creek School. Principals Named "Victor J. Bott, who has served as principal of the Lincoln School in Brigham City for several years was appointed principal of the new East side elementary school in Brigham. Ross Coombs, the present principal at Honeyville will take over the principal's job at Lincoln. will classes Kindergarten districts in held be the again this summer, beginning Junel and ending July 13 with July 4th as a holiday. Corinne School To Get Improvements The delegation from the Corinne school which met with them Tuesday was assured that their program of improvement has high priority and planning will start immediately with construction to begin as soon as finances are available. Listed in the improvements are a multiple purpose room, cafeteria, extra classrooms, and improvements in lavatories at the Corinne school. - Gordon Nessen Buys Allen's Furniture Store Gordon Nessen has purchased the fixtures and stock of Allen Furniture Company and has opened the store for business this week. The new store will be known at Nessen's Furni- ture Co. Assistants on the floor will be W. A. Allen and LaVori Garfield. Mr. Nessen is the owner of the building: which he will occupy. J LUCY ETTE BOSWELL LAMB Prominent Plymouth . Woman Buried Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Ette Boswell Lamb, 92, early resident of Plymouth, were conducted;, ' in tie Plymouth Ward: ' Chapel, Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Lamb died Wednesday after an illness of two weeks. Newel Nish of the ward bishopric conducted the service. The prelude was played by Sandra Starr, and the choir sang, "Resting Now from Care and Sorrow" as the first song. George C. Rudd offered the invocation. Speakers were Orvil J. Nish, Bishop Oleen S. Josephson, Eberhard Zundell Jr., and Newel Nish. Irene and Phoebe Archibald sang, "That Wonderful Mother Continued on page five , McKinley PTA Meets Tonight . Kleon Kerr will act as moderator for the panel discussion "Needs of the School" by members of the seventh grade tonight at the P.T.A. meeting at McKinley School. , Announce 1956 n. Sugar Beet Contest All boys and girls in Box Elder County from the ages of 10 to 21 who wish to enter In the sugar beet contest for the coming year, should obtain application . blanks from the county agricultural agent's office in Brigham' City. These should be obtained as soon as possible sd that the contracts and agreements can be drawn up before spring planting,' according to Gordell.Browtt,- as-' ' sistant county agent. 4-- H - ; Schools who will play in Region One athletic events next winter will be Bear River, Box ' Elder, Logan, North Cache and Two South Cache. Region i schools will be Weber, Ogden, Ben Lomond, Davis and Bountiful according to announcement from the office of the Board of Education, Wednesday. The change was made at a March 10 meeting of the Legislative Council of the High School Athletic Association of the State. Mwwjn'j iiimim mini iTf Representatives of the two Karl Stenquist; Dennis of Bear River South Members the Barfus, Porritt, regions met Monday and approv Standing, Darwin John, Vnanager, John Champions, and winners of the Division ed a schedule of games, which 15 Tournament held in Brigham City Christensen, Earland Smith, Roger will include seven league games Ward Third Junior week are the Funk, last Gary Stenquist, Joe Christensen, and two practice games per year Allen. Willis Christensen coach. Darwin Kenneth team. Eric Seated, Stenquist, in football within the region. Bear River and Box Elder will play four games and each of the other three schools in Region One. They will also play three games with schools in Region Two, and practice games with other schools outside the region. In Basketball, they will play Through the courtesy of the In their first game Saturday, Utah at home and home game? with The Tremonton Third Ward Power and Company, the other teams in Region One, Junior basketball team won the March 3, Tremonton Third met the students andLight music lovers and two games with Region Division 15 championship in a Lake View Ward and won by a of this area again had the opd score of held at Brigham City Two, one to be played at home play-of- f to hear a concert portunity and the other away from home. last week by defeating Ogden In Monday night's game Third given by the Utah State Sym 4 27th, 49 to 43. Ward won over Ogden 1st, phony Orchestra. in an over time game that was .The hour of well chosen num- ELWOOD PTA a thriller. Starting the overtime bers held the-- attention of the Oldest Resident Dies MEETS MONDAY play, Ogden 1st made 4 points, young people for the entire per:. after which the Third Warders iod. the of Elwood Officers came back with 6 points in the Association announce Officers of the school j and last minute of play, : ; . that their next meeting will be adults of the community Join held Monday evening at 8:00 In their last semi-fingame, in expressing appreciation to the inSnow-villan at with the school, met , p.m. the Third Ward crew sponsors for bringing the conBear River Stake champ- cert to this valley and to the teresting program for the meetchurch authorities for making ing A good attendance will be ions, and defeated them appreciated. tournament the tabernacle available for the In the being held in the field house at program. Logan, the local team downed Following his death in 1945, BEAVER WARD 5 Neola Ward, of Duschene she married Hyrum L. Johnson, to were and slated Mesa, SETS REUNION play a widower of Brigham City in at Arizona, Wednesday night 1947. She has been Announcement is made by the 9:45. to his five children. Beaver Ward that their annual Thirty-tw- o teams are entered will be held Wednesreunion in the Junior championship March 28, with the childgames currently underway at day, ren's party at 4:30. Logan, A dinner,- program and dance for the have been arranged adults beginning at 7:00 p.m. P Fl n. . I, Mrs. Charlotte Udy Johnson, Brigham City, Utah, has been selected as District Mother to represent the Northern District Federated 'Women's Clubs as their candidate for Utah State Mother, according to Miss Bessie Brown, President of Northern Women's District Federated Clubs. Mrs. Johnson was sponsored by the Civic Improvement Clubs of and Kindergarten Brigham City. She will now compete with mothers from the entire state in a public function slated to be held during April in Salt Lake City. The State Mother will travel to the nation's capitol to vie for national honors in May. Mrs. Johnson was born 71 years ago in Farmington, Davis County. She is currently a member of the LDS Relief Society; Box Elder County company of Daughters of Utah Pioneers; Oak Camp DUP: Box Elder Tabernacle mission and still serves as pianist and organist in several organizations. She became the bride of Henry Secrist in Farmington in 1904 and they became the par ents of 12 children. . : . For Future Athletic Events Mother of Year period day wasj adopted and approved by the Board of Education for the new Bear River Junor high school at their meeting Tuesday afternoon. At the invitation of Superintendent K.; E. Weight, Leon Christiahsen, Frank Stevens and Kleon Kerr met with the Board and gave a progress report on the organization and educational ' proceedure" up to the present to the present procedure up ed Bear River and Box Elder orchestras was approved at the meeting. The two groups will play at various communities between here and Idaho Falls, Ida., on the tour which was planned for about April 3 and 4. School buses will be used to transport the players on the tour. Region Changed Brigham Woman Named District A seven A concert tour for The original proposal to bond the county to provide funds for the improvement of the 32 mile east Promontory highway did not seem necessary. Settlement of the problem occured in a meeting at the Court House Thursday morning. In the joint session engineers represented Morrison and Knud-seThe County Commisioners, R. J. Potter, Lewis Wight and George Davis led the discussion. From the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce in attendance were Harold Felt, John Hadfield, Perce Knudson, and Ross Bow-eRepresenting the Bear River Continued on back page Tremonton 3rd in Junior Tourney . ( ne Symphony Gives Concert - Parent-Teache- -- .: 46-4- . rs - ' al e, 42-2- 3. all-chur- 48-1- step-moth- er JANET ALICE HADFIELD STEED The Commissioners have been advised by letter from the county attorney that the only legal way the county could raise money to participate in the Burton funds for the construction of an Home would be Old Folks through bond issue. Unless the committee can raise the necessary amount in some other way, it, appears impossible to secure the funds this year. . After a discussion regarding payment to Hannah Hillam; deputy recorder, for her duties in platting for the county, the commissioners agreed to pay' her $400 a year in addition to her present salary for this work. County Commissioners Hear Road Requests Several groups of citizens met with the county commissioners in their last meeting to inquire about the possibility of getting road work done. From Plymouth, Jesse Lamb, Clyde Steed and Austin Nish inquired about the possibility of having the of a mile cemetery road of oiled. They were told that the road would be graveled, but no promise was made on the oiling, until the present program has been completed. Leland Capener, John H. Ward, R. E. Hales and J. U. of Riverside requested that t mile of road from the All Capener corner east to Ceomha Utah State 56-2- 9. lop-side- Bond Issue Only Way to Raise Funds For County Home VaUey's Oldest Resident Dies Mac-Farla- NUMBER 23 Member National Editorial Association 15. 1956 be oiled. They asked for consideration on graveling if the oil was not possible. They also reported that several streets in the town were in bad condition, and they asked that they be oiled. They requested graveling on the road west of the first one mentioned, and a half mile of oil to the canal, and gravel on the Leland Capener road from the highway west to 'the canal.' They were assured that their requests would be taken up with the road supervisor to see what could be done. Lester Jensen , asked about consideration on graveling the road from Eli Perry corner to Checketts, The same answer was given him in considering the road work. William Potter was assured that a new culvert would be placed on the road to the cement plant, the old one having been f washed, out. Name Director of Drainage District Owen Rasmussen ' and Amos Hansen requested that D. P. as Mortensen be Director of the Elwood Drain age District. Th commissioners agreed and he was appointed for a three year term. The treasurer was authorized to $100,000.00, when a treasury bill of $50,000.00 becomes due on March, 22. . , re-inv- At Plymouth Mrs. Janet Alice Hadfield Steed, 98, thought to be one of Bear River Valley's oldest citizens, died Thursday at the fam ily home after an illness of five " . months. She was born Arpil 5, 1858 in Farmington, a daughter of Joseph and Jane Walker Redfern Hadfield.: She was reared in Farmington, and married James Henry Steed in 1876 in Farmington. The; marriage was later solemnized in the Logan Temple. They made their home in south eastern Idaho, where six children were born to them. As a child Mrs. Steed worked hard to care for, the silk worms which her father raised, and while still a girl,, she was sent to Sugar House Ward, in company with" Nancy Clark to raise silk 'worms. After learning to weave, she spun and wove enough cloth to make herself a dress when she was eight years old. She also corded wool to make batts for quilts. At an early age, she wove carpets to sell. After the death of her husband, she moved with her parents to 'Plymouth, where they settled on 360 acres of sagebrush, land, which they had to . Continued on page five - Choir Concert Date Set Rhodes Honored The A Cappella Choir of Bear River high school will present their annual concert Wednesday, March 28, with the Rigoletto quartet from the Opera Workshop of Brigham Young University as guest artists. The quartet will sing the famous quartet from Rigoletto and John Milo, the baritone soloist will be featured. Mr. Milo recently won third place in the Metropolitan auditions at Denver. Tickets to the concert will be sold by the members of the dhoir. Oh Golden Jaycees to Give Travel Wedding Date ' The home of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Marble, Deweyville, was the scene Sunday for the reception honoring Mr. and Mrs. Alva Rhodes, Carey, Ida., en their Golden Wedding anniversary. About 300 friends and former neighbors of the Rhodes called during the afternoon. The Rhod e es were residents ox Garland. A beautifully decorated cake, made by Mrs. Ann Gardner, and done in gold, pink and white, was the center of attraction. It was displayed on a table covered with an ecru, hand made cloth and flanked by white and gold candelabra. A smaller table featured a miniature bride and groom under an alter of gold, pink and white floral decorations. Mrs. Rhodes wore a gown of powder blue and rose with an orchid corsage of white and gold ribbon. Mr. Rhodes wore a white carnation with white ribbon in his lapel. Wlx. and Mrs. Marble, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Potter, Garland, and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Barnard, Brigham City, were the hosts for the occasion. They were assisted in serving the guests who called by their children. Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes wish to thank their, many, friends who called and made the day one tq remember for them. long-tim- - Trophy Party Over three hundred Jaycees and their wives are expected to attend the Tremonton Travel Trophy Party Saturday, March 17, at the Garland Armory, according to Oleen Watt and Bob Bennett, chairmen in charge of the event. The Tremonton club earned the privilege of hosting the Utah Jaycees at this special event, by accumulating the, most of any club in the state last month, when they attended the Spanish Fork party. The program for the evening will include a banquet, special entertainment, political cam paigning for the coming Utah Jaycee convention, and dance, man-mil- es |