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Show iiiiimmii jfK V Volume Number Seventy Five Tooele, Utah, Friday, December 26, 1969 Number Thirty Net Worth Per Family $18,000 Locally Are Tooele County residents richer than they think? WHAT IS the net worth of the average local family, taking into account its cash savings, the equity in its home, its car, investments, insurance, pension reserves, clothing and the like? A family balance sheet, in which the assets are listed in one column and the liabilities in another, may prove to be an as most people have never figured out how much they have accumulated over the years. They know, in a general way, that they are better off than they once were, in most cases, but they have never worked it out in dollars and cents. r, SOME HELP in this direction is now available through national studies made by the Federal Reserve Board, the Institute of Life Insurance and others. They find that the earning capacity of a family and its net worth are directly related. Those in the higher brackets have assets equal to several times their annual incomes while those with modest incomes have accumulated proportionately less. Related to Tooele County and to the current earning levels in the area, the national figures inFor a growing number of mar- from the Labor Department and dicate an average net worth of ried women in Tooele County, others. $18, 0(X) per family locally. THE AMOUNT applies to They show that no less than running a home and raising a 15.8 million wives in the 43.3 the average family. family are only part of their acmillion husband- - wife families It lumps together all age groups tivities. the older ones, who have been With each passing year, more in the United States were in adding to their assets over the and more of them are finding that paid jobs in the past year. THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS to years, as well as the younger they can take care of their household responsibilities and the family exchequer have made it ones, who are on the way up. still have enough spare time to easier to cope with the family eduto save for permit them to take outside jobs. budget, and to live juniors on a better cation AS A RESULT, locally and scale generally. the proportion of elsewhere, The increase in the number wives at work in offices, stores, of working wives reflects only factories and in professional oc- part of the changing pattern of is at an womens attitude toward econo-- . cupations 8h- mic self-- sufficiency. The pro.. In Tooele County," an esti- portion of single women 'in jobs by Andy Roberts Basketball fans will have a mated 36.6 per cent of the has also been going up. Between 1950 and 1968, it choice holiday menu this Satmarried women are now employis shown, the number of working urday night when the Buffs ened, according to the latest staaltertain the Bees from Box Elder. tistics. This compares with 27.8 women rose 60 per cent, Still smarting from what they though the number of men emper cent in 1960. ployed went up only 16 percent. consider a homer at the hands On the average, throughout ' IN TOOELE County, similar- of Spanish Fork, Tooele will be the United States, in more than ly, there have been marked out to improve their 3 mark 1 out of every 3 husband-wif- e changes. The proportion of workagainst Box Elder, before they families, the wife is employed.' ing women has been edging up open league play against Bingeither part-tim- e or ham January 2. steadily. In 1960, when the last cenCOACH Gary Gardner, who IT REPRESENTS a considerable change over earlier years. sus was taken, there were 1,6,18 was still burning Wednesday In 1952, for example, only 1 local women in the labor force, morning after losing to the Dons out of 5 wives was in the labor or about 30.1 percent 'of the on a last second basket, said that female population over 14. There he was pleased with the way his force. are now approximately 35.2 per team had played. That is the The figures are based upon cent. best they have looked all year, The ratio, high as it is, is Gardner said, but when those sampling surveys of the nations labor force, conducted by the below the national figure of 40.7 fouls started piling up, and Census Bureau, and upon reports percent. the combination had to be bro More Working Wives In Tooele County 'sense of wonder is created anew each year by the many decorations and generous gifts of the Christmas season bringing a wealth of youthful memories to us all, parents, grandparents, students and youngsters writing letters to Santa Claus. It is a time to remember the Child of Bethelehem to consider our purpose in life. . . to remember those less fortunate than we. And it is a time of family fun, gifts and bells and mistletoe and good things to eat. It is a childs breathless anticipation. It is a moment of peace. Like many others, the family of Jim and Marie Holley, First West First South, will listen again to the story of the birth of Christ. (L to R) Barton, Sammy, Carson Curley, Mr. Holley, Mrs. Holley with the baby, Melanie and Leona. (Front row) Larry, Brandon, Jama, Jeffery and Delbert Bitsue. A ... 4-- Families Invited To Special Worship Services The opportunity for Christmas shopping is now over and for most people the parties and dances have ended.. Christmas now becomes a family and religious occasion. The packages have been wrapped, the trees trimmed and the weatherman is doing his best to cooperate. It looks like Tooele may enjoy a White Christmas this year after all. the church will be the special feature of worship for the First Evangelical Lutheran Church. In word and song the truth that Light of Je$us Christ is the the World will be given in this impressive service. A festive Christmas worship will be held at 10:00 a.m. Christmas Day to commemorate the birth of the Savior of the World. The hymns will be some of the familiar hymns of Christmas Many family groups will spend and the serman will be on the Christmas Eve together, others topic The Son of God. will attend one of the special Rev. John- M, Kempff, Pastor Church services planned for has issued an invitation to all Christmas Eve and Christmas to attend either or both of these the Day. Listed here are some of services commemorating these worship exercises: birth of Jesus. May you be granted a blessed and happy ChristSt. Barnabas mas and New Year, he said. a.m., 10:30 a.m., Early Deadlines 12:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Confession periods have been for Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 scheduled p.m. Both priests expressed the prayer that the grace of Christmas with its joys might be the gift of all their parishioners. Deadlines for news and advertising copy for both the Bulletin and Transcript to be published next week, have been changed. The Bulletin will be pub- lished Monday, December 29. News, photographs and ads for this issue will be accepted up til noon Saturday, December 27. The Transcript will be published on Wednesday evening) December 31. The deadline for this paper is 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 30. Driver Training Class Scheduled Mother Dies class in driver education especially designed for adults has been announced by the Pupil Personnel Office at thet Tooele High School. The evening class, which will continue for six weeks, is scheduled to begin Monday, January 19. Students will be given six hours of actual driving practice in addition to classwork. Darrell Westbrook has been assigned as class instructor. Registration is now open with a fee of 54 dollars. Interested persons should apply at the Pupil Personnel Office, 50 South 3 Second West or call for additional information. Registration will continue through Word was received here Wednesday morning of the death of Mrs. Inger Morck Olsen, of Granada Hills, Calif. She is the mother of Lionel W. Olsen, Salt Lake City and grandmother of Wayne Olsen, Tooele. Mrs. Olsen died in a Los Angeles Hospital of natural - Episcopal Church St. Barnabas Episcopal Church United Methodist Church will celebrate Christmas beginOn December 24 at 11:00 ning at 8:00 p.m. Christmas Eve p.m. there will be a Candlelight with Father Charles Preble conService at the Methodist Church ducting a choral eucharist. under the leadership of Mr. Mr. Frank Bowman, lay Frank Bowman. leader of the church will begin This service is open to everythe Liturgy with a responsive one, regardless of religious bereading ofthe Liturgy. Serving liefs or affiliations. Each year as acolytes will be Michael Kohincreasingly large numbers of ler and Stephen Davis. Olga people have availed themselves Braden will accompany the Eucha- of the opportunity to listen to a rist on the organ. very inspiring program, a spokesMrs. Braden will also play man for the congregation noted. festive carols celebrating the joyous season. A coffee hour will St. Marguerites follow the service of worship. Church Catholic will of all and good People faiths are invited to join the Father Freegard and Father congregation in Christmas cele- Sullivan have announced that a bration. special Midnight Mass will be held at St. Marguerites Church on First Evangelical Christmas Eve. The service will Lutheran Church begin at 12:00 p.m. A candlelighting service at In addition to the Midnight 7:00 p.m. Christmas Eve conService, masses will be held on ducted by the youth group of Christmas Day at 7:30 a.m., 9:00 , A causes. She was 85 years old. Funeral arrangements are pending but will be held in California with burial in Forest Lawn at Glendale. Members of the Olsen family will leave Christmas Day for the coast. 882-434- January 19. , i Under Rotation Plan Change Foe Holiday Garbage Pickup Tooele City will not collect garbage on Christinas Day nor New Years Day. Pickup regularly picked up on Thursday will be collected on Friday and Fridays pickup will be made on Saturday for both holiday weeks. the Drug Store Hoods Drug Will . be open 10 til Christmas Day 2 Bevan Drug Will be Open Sunday For typical families in some specific brackets, the estimates are as follows; those with aftertax incomes of $5,000 to $7,000, a net worth ranging from 410,-50- 0 to $15,500, those with $7,000 to $9,000, net worth of $15,500 to $21,000, and those in the $12,000 to $15,000 bracket, assets of $38, .500 to $63,000. For the population of Tooele County as a whole, the total net worth comes to an estimated $112,000,000. INCLUDED IS the value of all housing, automobiles, household equipment, life insurance, wearing apparel, bank accounts, business interests and stock holdings. On the other side of the ledger are installment debt, mortgages, medical bills, payments due on the car and all other obligations. THS Buffs To Host Box Elder Saturday all-ti- It's Time Again For the Story of the Babe of Bethlehem , full-tim- e. ken up, we didnt have a chance." Of course this is a great bunch of competitors, and they quickly forget wins or losses as they get ready for the next game. That is what they have done with the SF game put it all behind them as they look forward to playing Box Elder. The team has begun to jell, as the individual players mesh their talents into the cage machine that will be the Tooele Buffs. Alan Smart has been sensational his last two outings. Scott McBeth, is scoring as a great pace, and along with Smart is capable of hitting close to 30 points per contest. Continued on Page Five Swim Team Gains Their Ninth Victory by Andy Roberts Tooeles swimming team won its ninth victory Tuesday when they defeated a strong Granite team 5 in the Granite pool. 2 after seven TRAILING events the Buffs notched a ' 2 finish in both the backstroke d and freestyle events, plus a first in the breaststroke to knock over the Farmers. The Granite ace Boyle won both the butterfly and the 100 free to put the Farmers out in front, but then Paul Berryhill and Kevin. Johnson finished first and second in the backstroke to regain the lead for Tooele 37-3This great pair has been doing this consistently all year, and their win gave the Buffs the momentum they needed to turn back Granite. The best race of the day was the 400 free, with Craig Pitt and Sam Sandersbn again waging one of their personal duels. This time they matched stroke for stroke for the first 250 yards as they built a three body lead over the Granite swimmers. Then and he Pitt missed a turn missed it good but instead of slowing him down, or knocking him out of the race, it only seemed to make him mad. HE WENT back, made the touch and then lit out for Sanderson. It was a tough chase, 50-4- 29-3- 400-yar- 3. Three reasons for success of Tooeles swimming team: Kevin Johnson, Paul Berryhill and Cary Rounds, Buff backstrokers. Their next meet will be Jan. 19 at Kearns. but Pitt finally caught Sam and just barely touched him out, with Sanderson finishing second and the Granite swimmer a distant third. In the final individual event Dennis Rockwell won the d breaststroke in the blazing the fastest, by time of 1:08.3 nearly three seconds that he has swum this event and Tooele was safely out in front 50-3100-yar- Granite won the 400 free relay to gain seven points, but they lost the meet The Buffs got off to a good start when Paul Berryhill, DenRen Imai and nis Rockwell, Andy Halcomb won the medley relay. Sanderson won the 200 free in good time of 2:01.2, and Dennis Rockwell won the 200 IM, with brother Larry finishing third. Andy Halcomb sur 50-4- prised everyone when he won the 60 free, defeating Granites ' best. AT THIS point the Buffs were out in front but Granite ripped off a 2 in the diving, and 'Boyle came through with two firsts to give Granite the lead, before the Buffs staged their late surge. The win gives Tooele a 9--1 mark, as they take a long break. Saturday, December 27 National Guard Armory Music by Silver Lights - featuring Johnny Ryder 75 person - 2 p.m. 9-1- 24-1- KCRX |