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Show Sal Ui'ctVf UiiK LIHAIDIEIffS sus hulas? id- ra Tremonton, Utah 84337 Yefcse 55 tessier 44 In Jrfy 24, 1975 Deveyville OTkdf When Mrs. Verna Earl de- -. cided to step down recently as postmistress ofDewey-ville- 's post office, postal officials in Ogden decided it would be a good time to start i rural route service out of Brigham City. But the people of Deweyville apparently feel otherwise. Local POST OFFICE Deweyville residents are determined to keep the post office operating in their community. A post office of some sorts has been operating in the community for about 102 years. The Postal Service had to start a rural route when postmistress Verna Earl (center) and her husband Jess (right) retired. Mrs. LaMar Earl has been appointed as acting postmistress until a decision can be made, photo by Feller's Foto hoped Field Day Planned At Blue Creek Farm plant science research field day is slated for July 29 at 10 a.m. at the Utah State University Blue Creek experiment farm in Pocatel-l- o Valley in Box Elder CounLouis A. Jensen, exty. tension agronomist, USU is A serving as chairman. in New developments control of a dwarf smut disease that takes a heavy toll in wheat damage will be presented. James A. Hoffman, plant scientist at USU, with the Agricultural Research Service U.S. Department of will discuss Agriculture, latest findings in use of chemcials as an additional tool to smut resistant varieties to help control the disease. Rulon S. Albrechtsen and residents recently received a letter from the Postal Service informing them that the local office would be eliminated when Mrs. Earl retired July 18. The letter informed residents that rural type mail boxes were to be purchased by everyone. Mail would be delivered RFD from Brig-ham. Glade G. Dewey, researchers with the Department of Plant Science USU, will present the current picture in winter and spring, wheat and barley varities and diseas- es. The cut and dried decision was when Flora Whiteford and Betty Fran-cor- n ed approached Mayor Hor- ace Gardner who had not been informed of the move. Gardner immediately got in touch with the Postal Service and arranged a meeting with the city council. Mary, quite conhow does your gard- "Mary, ay, Tremonton 24th Activities Ready trary, en grow?" Elder county deputies weren't exactly humming the words to that familiar old nurse ry rhyme recentlybutthey were checking out how a few gardens in north Box Elder County were growing. Two Box sheriffs on And they did have "mary" their mind since its a slang term for marijuana. Deputies Ken Adams and York came up with Les about 145 marijuana plants from six small patches no bigger than a yard square recently. "A confidential informant gave us a call," Adams said. Sheriffs deputies kept a Larry Allen of Portage recently reported the theft of a CB radio from his truck while it was parked in front of his home, The sheriffs deputies are investigating the theft. 10 11 a.m. a.m. noon 1:30 p.m. 12 8p.m. 9 p.m. 10 p.m. Aug. 25. "We are not closing our minds to this at all," he said in light of the objections of Deweyville residents. The postal service move was designed to save ''400 people a lotofmoney." The retiring post master had used her home as a post "Now that she has office. retired, she doesn't want to use it," he noted. Porte said the rural route out of Brigham would be the cheapest route to travel. He also said the final decision could affect Collinston too. "If we're going to go with with a rural route ion drive. Out of the 113 patrons 108 were in favor of keeping the post office in town. Three weren't at home and only two were against a local post office. "We have had a post office for over a hundred years," Mrs. Whiteford said. He prefer a Deweyville mailing address to say the least." The public support was so overwhelming that Senator Jake Garn's personal aid showed up Tue sday to inve the situation for him. The town council explained the situation to Kimball L. Young, state assistant. Mayor Gardner said three options areopentothe Postal Service: Either a rural delivery service from Brigham, a fourth class post office, or a contract post office in the town hall or private st-ig- ate residence. Young pledged he would send his report to Senator cont. on page two ed to suffer from drought The deputies dug up the plants which had grown about a foot high. The growers would have eventually harvested their crop, dried it then ground it up for smok- Justices of the Peace in Box Elder county and elsewhere in Utah have been stripped of their power to hand down jail sentences unless defendants waive their rights because the local judges are not members of the Utah State Bar. The situation came about because of a Utah Supreme Court ruling and was extended throughout the state by a law passed in the first special legislative session this year. As a result of that law. some JP"s feel they will be saddled with even more paper work. Basically what the law does is require JPs to inform defendants that they have the right to demand a trial before a judge who is a member of the bar. In Box County that would be the Brigham City court or the district court. If the defendant demands that right the JP must then fill out an "order of trans-ferrIf the defendant deciois to waive his right he grants the JP permission to handout a jail sentence if judged guilty. But the IP must also fill out another form known as a "waiver of defendant." JP M.P. Christensen of Tremonton said the new requirement would add a paperwork burden to his job. Christensen said he heard the cases of 52 persons last Monday night for instance. Most of course, plead quil-i- ty to minor offenses. Justices of the Peace from Elder al. throughout the county along with law enforcement officers met Tuesday at the county sheriffs office to go over the law. County at- torney O.D. Lund and prosecutor John Bunderson were on hand to discuss the law. Bunderson said the current course of action will apparently be to "wait and see how many ases we have." If too many people refuse to let JPs hear their cases where jail sentences are a possibility, the Brigham City court of Judge Robert Daines could reach a point where he couldn't handle them. Another tough problem is the fact that JPs bring revenue into city and county treasurers. At Garland Mfbraf, Flag raising Pioneer Breakfast Parade Booths and concession stands open Games and races Little League and Powder Puff team championships Patriotic program Fireworks Western dance with Warner Stod dard and the Rainbow Wranglers lee? D$f Me Activities Ktepped Out The annual Wheat and Beet Days celebration scheduled for July 31 and August will consist of three ed 1- -2 fun-fill- days. On Tap Tonight See related story on Strength of the Hills," a tribute to the pioneer settlers who founded Bothwell will be presented at 8:30 p.m. this evening (Thursday) culminating the July 24th celebration "The page three. . pageant is under the overall direction of Mabel Anderson who also wrote the pageant which is presented in Ave scenes and a finale. The pageant sports a cast of 85 people and is presented at the Bothwell church park. Bothwell will kick off its July 24th celebration early with a flag ceremony and breakfast at the ward park at 7:30 a.m. Games, a parade, and other amusements will follow with food available throughout the day from concessions. The actlvites are under the direction of Blair Summers, Elder'i Quorum president. of cultivation never return- Most of the plants will be destroyed but a few will be maintained for class purposes, Adams said. Bothwell Pageant activities. eye on the small garden patches which were hidden in the weeds high on the banks overlooking the Bear River due east of the high school. The word apparently got out that the small gardens had attracted the interest of the Sheriffs office, Adams said. The green thumbs who had been practicing the art ing. Tremonton is just one community throughout Utah host-i- n July 24th activities today. Many activities are planned to take place from morning until night. Following is a schedule of the yearly activities to take place today: 7:30 a.m. 7:30 a.m. after Mrs. Whiteford ran into near total support from the community during her petit- Mew ed and the plants had start- Theft Reported a-- w, we'd go with Deweyville, Collinston too," The postmaster there recently asked to "break" his contract with the postal service so that it would have to be re bid. He then submitted a bid at a higher rate than the old contract The post office is known as a contract station. Mrs. White-fo- rd Meanwhile, and Mrs. Francom started a drive to keep the post office in town. Mrs. White-fo- rd concentratedherefforts on petition signing while Mrs. Francom made the addresses of State Senators and Congressmen available to the local residents. "A lot of the old people in town depend upon the convenience of a local post office especially during the winter when packages and bulk mail have to be dealt with," Mrs. Francom said. "The Postal Service wants to pay a man from 10:30 a.m. -- 11:00 a.m. to deliver the mail and take care of all the business in town." lw CwMk JP Milk ftr Sheriff's Deputies Set for Structures Foil Green Thumbs Groundbreaking Representatives of the North Box Elder Hospital Association and the county commission will be on hand Tue July 29, to ceremoniously turn over a couple of spades of earth at the site where a new hospital and nursing home will eventually stand. The groundbreaking is set for 11 a.m. The joint ground breaking will mark the begining of construction of the two facilities. The same contractor, Wadman Construction Company of Ogden, will build both. Work on the nursing home is already underway.. And work on the hospital should begin in the near future. Final arrangements are being made on the contract. The county nursing home is being built at a cost of $1,105,005. The hospital bid was $1,137,636. The result of the meeting was a delay in the original The Postal Serdecision. vice appointed Mrs. Earl's Mrs. I daughter-in-laEarl, as acting postmaster until the situation can be settled. Monday Tom Porte, director of customer service at the Postal Service's section office in Ogden, said a decision won't be made until The - Ml -- Sheriff s deputies Ken Adams (left) and up Marijuana plants from a plot located above the Rear River just east of the high school. MARIJUANA iork gather Is The agenda of events will begin with the Miss America preliminary beauty pageant Thursday night at 8 p.m. The new queen will be crowned by Miss Caml Coombs, last years queen, at the contest slated to take place in the high school auditorium. Friday's activities will begin at 3 p.m. A pet show for kids ages to 14 years will be held at the City Park. No large animals will be allowed in the competition. A kids parade will journey through the streets between the tabernacle and the City Park at 5:30 p.m. From p.m. a horse shoe pitching tournament will be held. The entry fee is $1 and all interested competitors should register with Duane Archibald by July 30. Family fun has been arranged for Friday night also. As part of the fun, there will be a grease pole, grease pig, egg throwing, boxing, sack race, and three legged race at 6:30 p.m. The Pony league will play their games at 8:30 and 9:30 p.m. at the City Park. The Westernairs will be the featured group atadancc that night at the Garland church. Admission will be $1 per person or $1.50 per couple. Saturday will see the final W heat and Beet Day celebration. Horse lovers will begin the day at dawn, 5 a.m.. with a cross country horse race. The race starts and ends at the City Parks and will take place out through the west hills. Riders should complete the race at about 9 a.m. Interested participants should contact James G. Able. The breakfast will take place during the race. It will be served from 6- -9 a. m. at the church. A small fee will be charged for the eats. The Golden Spike Horse Show is planned for 9 a.m. at the City Park. It is an all breeds horse show with an all post entry. Admission will be $1 for adults for those and Children under 6 will be admitted free. The water fight will be at 4 p.m. and the parade will start moving two hours later, at 6 p.m. The parade route will be from the high school to the City Park. The royalty will be presented at 7 p.m. The horse show tournament will be continued at the City Park at 7:30 p.m. Ball games will also be played at this time. Two games will be played and the admission will be $1 for adults and for ages and under 6 will be admitted free. 50-ce- nts 6-- 50-ce- 6-- 11 |