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Show litah State Pieji Auoc. VOLUME 56 MJMCa SI TCCJTC:!, (governor Will iu r I Mi y Education ' Banker Will Retire business: "I started here 40 1936," Mr. Burns said. owned the store "and I started working for him before I was married." "Then I had to marry his daughter to keep the job," he joked.lt wasn't a bad bargain, he admitted. Mr. Burns said he doesn't have any definite plans, -- "we'll just do some- thing." "I sat down Saturday and watched the baseball game right through," he added. Quite an accomplishment for a man used to working six days a week tI ' , ""'iff if ' 1 f 09', for the past forty years. For the new owner, buying the community market is like a homecomi ing, f'l worked here for WalU Hes said, , "It was the first job I ever hadr Hess, a native of Garland and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hess, worked at the store after school while attending Bear River High. The grocery business apparently got into his blood. He worked for Safeway in Arizona for one year and for Food King in Ogden for six years. He later worked as a parts salesman at Quinney's, Inc. m Tremonton before purchasing his own market. "That's my thing," he admitted. Luckily, he won't have to learn it from the ground up. "I'd hate to have to do that," his wife Dixie added.She is a local product too; the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Newman of Tremonton. Both will spend a lot of hours in the store. "Bob's here real early in the , j If Jack Shumway ...will retire fJ7 y Vv Presidential candidate will visit in Box Elder County Oct.7 with a speaking engagement planned in Tremonton. Tom Anderson, American Party presidential candidate, will be guest speaker at a banquet planned for Thursday, Oct. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bear River Junior High gymnasium. Anderson will arrive in Brigham City around 5 p.m. where he is scheduled to make time for radio and newspaper interviews. A native of Tennessee and a Naval veteran of WW II, Anderson purchased a farm magazine and eventually built it into a publishing empire of fourteen magazines. He was the 1972 candidate of the American Party and "Drama has been down for a while fast!' That's according to Principal Dar- win Woodbury. And perhaps one good indication of the upward trend is the fact that Bear River High School will be the scene of the Utah State High School Thespian's convention Friday and Saturday. is its National chairman. His vice presidential running mate is Rufus Shackelford of Florida. Anderson espouses the strict constitutionalism views of his party's platform which, among other things, call for opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment, favors restoration of the death penalty, calls for a return of farming to the free enterprise system by a phased withdrawal of government intervention and calls for the abolition of unnecessary regulatory agencies and bureaus which harass legitimate business operations. Although not considered a major threat, nationally, yet, except as a spoiler, the American Party locally in Box Elder County, has fielded a full slate of county and state candidates. Principal Woodbury said, "so you can imagine how many we'll have if they're coming from that far away" The local Actor's Guild has signed up 150 students this year and that is "more than we've ever had by probably 140," the principal added. Friday's schedule includes a presentation by the Utah State University Mime Troupe in the little theatre from pm. improvisation competition is scheduled from pm. with final competition scheduled from pm. in the gymnasium. Winners will receive a trophy. A dance is scheduled from 9:30 to 6-- 7 . Wilton dams.-particula- EI .new manager I i Ml .SHELLY STOKES and Teri Holdaway (I tor), members of the Bear River High Actor's Guild, look over some costumes in the costume room that they might use when Bear River hosts the state Thespian Convention Friday and Saturday. . High School To Host Thespians at Bear River, but we're headed up School. He is a veteran of four years with the JU. S. Air Force He is active In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y . In return, the county paid-ou- t $10,939 which was divided between the justices, based on their case load. Commissioners took no action because commission chairman Don Chase was out of town and they did not want to act without his knowledge. But both commissioners, Ted Burt and Reed Nielsen expressed their willingness to go along with the increase. "We thought it was justified," Burt said. In other action, Commissioner Burt, a member of the Great Salt Lake Commission, said construction of uprly in Box stream Elder County mean an annual yield of $2 million in tax revenue to the county. Burt said a dam could store up to 500,000 acre feet of water, enough to put 100,000 acres under irrigation. The resulting increase in the county's' assessed valuation from irrigation .Cont. on page 3 . Presidential Candidate A U. S. - J)h J. Ellis is the new vice president and manager who, effective Saints Ellis is married to the former La Rue Randall County Justices of the Peace asked for and will apparently get a raise. County JP's M. P. Christensen of the north precinct, Norm Hunsaker of the east precinct and Loren Facer of the south precinct made the request Tuesday before two county commissioners. The justices receive $3.50 per case at the present time, but asked for the fee to be increased to $4.50 per case plus 50 cents a case for telephone and office expenses. The state pays $7.50 per case, they pointed out. The justices pointed out the increasing amount of paper work involved in their jobs, and resulting longer hours. Christensen said the county fee has been the same for about 17 years. He also acts as Tremonton City judge where his fee was recently increased morning and he doesn't leave until to $5 per case. late," his wife said. His main challenge at the outset, he County Clerk records show that the basis four county JP's sent the county said, is getting on a first-nam- e with his customers.That's "The main $53,619.64 in revenues from fines and .. thing" in running a community groc- . forfeitures last year. ery store. The new owners have four children: Greg, 12; Jennifer, 8; Mitchell, 5 and Emily, 1. "People still expect you to know their name," Burns agreed. But, he admitted that the town is changing too fast for him to keep up with all the new names. "The younger ones are coming up and you forget them," he said. "You get to meet all kinds and we have all kinds of people," he added. Burns is a native of East Garland and has lived in the valley all his life. He's glad he went into business for himself. "You have your own responsibilities and plenty of them, but it's been a good life and we're not sorry now!' o SpecBti Here Det. 7 - I ' - . Wilson Shumway was cashier and a director of the old Bear River State Bank and one of its organizers in 1935. When the bank was purchased by First Security in 1952, he was named vice president and manager. Shumway has always combined service to the community with his work as a banker; he has been county chairman for the March of Dimes; president of the Chamber of Commerce; president, Tremonton Kiwanis; chief of tlit: Volunteer fire department. Me also has served the Church of Jesus Christ '.l latter-daSaints in various capacities. He is an active golfer and is a member of the Tremonton, Logan and Belmont Golf Clubs. He is married to the former Mildred Lund of Brigham City .They have five children. Ellis Joined First Security in 1961 from the Salt Lake City branch of the Federal Reserve Bank where he had been employed since his graduation from the University of Utah. He is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking years ago, in father-in-la- w division. year. to .' Garland's newest grocery store owner has returned to the scene where it all started. Bob Hess and his wife, Dixie, of Tremonton recently, purchased Burns. . Markef in Garland from Mr. and Mi. WjJJ; Buiajsof Garland. ' The Burnses, who have been a fixture on Garland's Main Street for 40 years plan to retire from the grocery Jack Shumway, vice president and manager of the Tremonton office of First Security Bank of Utah, NA, has announced he will retire at the end of the year, according to Robert T. Heiner, senior vice president and supervisor of the bank's northern Oct.l, will succeed Shumway, although the latter will continue to be at the bank daily for the remainder of the ml New Store Owner Returns To First Job His First Security 4 , . .WALT BURNS, at left, has elected to put himself on the other side of the checkout counter for a change; Burns, who owned and operated Burns Market in Garland for 40 years with his wife, recently sold the business to Mr. and Mrs. Bob i Hess of Tremonton. Prtosthood Proceedings of the special Priest-,- , hood session of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints general conference will be broadcast via closed circuit to both the Garland and Tremonton Stake tabernacles. The proceedings begin at 7 p.m. on " Saturday, Oct. 2. $f$ Mi, km, and Welfare Session Sot It i. Governor Calvin L.Rampton will be among a group of dignitaries who will speak at dedication and opening ceremonies for the new Bear River Valley Hospital, 440 West 6th North, Tremon- -' ton on Oct. 16. The ceremony will get underway at 10 am. The public is invited. The Governor will be joined by Dr. Rulon Garfield, regional director of 33, 1976 $5 Por Caso --2m iedicaiton (HEW) ; and Scott SParker, president of Intermountain Health Care, Inc, the organization which has contracted with the North Box Elder Community Hospital Association to operate the facility. Also scheduled to take part in the ceremony is the Bear River High School A Cappella Choir under the direction of Carl Ashby. Tours of the facility for the public will be conducted following the dedication until 6 pm. Tours will also be conducted on Sunday, Oct. 17, from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. SEFTEMCCt 84337 I A? C3ocpivGl Health, UTAH Betty Bone, Bear River High Actor's Guild advisor and drama instructor, said an estimated 300 high school students should arrive Friday evening to attend the convention. "Blanding Is bringing 20 kids," An 7-- 9 10:30 pm. Visiting students will then be picked up by volunteer parents in the valley to be housed in their homes over night. Any one interested in providing overnight housing for a. student should contact the school. Saturday's schedule begins with election of officers at 8 am. A series of workshops will be conducted from 8: 40 am.to 12 : 15 pm. on various aspects of drama. Special guests include Dr. H. E. K. Bedford, University of Utah, who will discuss film acting. Miss Julie of KSL Television will discuss TV production. Dr. Vera Adix will discuss scenery and puppetry; Dr. Ron Ross of Utah State University will discuss Ballet and Mime; Dr. and Mrs .Bob Antrim will deal with improvisations and Dr. Bill Barber will discuss special stage effects. Following lunch, Corey Tuckness, Box Elder High School drama instructor, will discuss "How to Start a Community Theatre with Drama Students" More improvisation work will also take place. plays of From pm. three one-abe will each presented. 30 minutes The convention will conclude with a banquet from 5:15-- 6 pm. 3-- 5 ct |