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Show Board Approves Lighting Survey CM6' Ar HRISTmfIS With bells ringing and carolers singing, our greetings go out Here it is already again time for our ang nual thoughts m Missus Clauss spouse, Mythter Santa Claus. Frankly, were all for him, and hed probably tell you were 100 percent cooperative. ever-lovin- to you for the merriest Christmas in your book y ...... memories of MENDENHALL'S G ro? . " AS . f, J vf-- " 'h ' to I p a i The board of education, meeting Monday evening, approved a survey and cost estimate of proper lighting for all classrooms in Box Elder school district, K. E. Weight, superintendent, reported yesterday. The board also approved part-tim- e employment of a swimming instructor for Box Elder high school. The resignation of Mont Harmon, head of the Box Elder high There was the youngster on the lap of a school English department and former assistant superintendent local merchant, at one of the elaborately-arrange- d of schools, was accepted by the and Santa meetings between the kids board. Hannon has accepted Have you told Santa Claus what the Claus. superintendency of the Caryou want for Christmas." the child was bon school district, and will asked. enter on duty at Price the first Naw, he replied, I told the Ogden San- of the year. ta Claus. Other action approved by the board at the meeting Included: Determination of the cost of has it figured out that The remodeling the northwest room and in comes the Claus real the Santa night, at the Bothwell school for a regbrings presents. These guys who come ular class room. around everywhere before Christmas and Purchase of dark drapes for education at pass out sacks of candy are Santa Clauss the audio-visua- l school by the Willard helpers, dressed up like Santa Claus. May- Willard P. T. A. be thats the easy way out. Permission to the Brigham City Junior Chamber of Commerce to use the Box Elder high Its pretty difficult to find false whiskers school gym January 31 and In whiskers. false fact, look like don t that proFebruary 14 for boxing its pretty hard to find real whiskers that grams. whiskers. dont look like false The use of the Bear River high school gym by the Garland Lions club and Garland fireWhats the price of a shave now, boys? men on December 31. The Junior Chamber of Commerce was given permission to the on A kid will think nothing of a man use the Bear River high school street with white hair and black eyebrows, on a to be selected later Santa show by the date but just let one organizations. a wisp of black hair peeping out from under The submission of plans and Theres goes your his cap! specifications to electrical contractors for bid on a new switchboard panel for the auditorium stage at Box Elder high school. If Santas going to fly an Ercoupe, hed : A study of the electrical better start reducing or there wont be any equipment on the stage at Bear River high school. allowance left for pay load. Purchase of five and one-hal- f rods of ground adjoining the How about it, Johnny. Can you fly down Lincoln elementary school site on the south, from Glen Andera chimney? sen. Survey of swimming equipA Christmas tree in a window shines ment at Bear River high school but in a corner by representatives of the state out cheerily for passers-bhealth department and the Dentheres a lot less that needs trimming. ver Fire Clay company of Salt Lake City. Employment of Bert Rpeves We got a piny on pin Christmas tree up at the Little Shack the Longs Call home this as heating operator at Central school (Bushnell) elementary year. Hope Santa doesnt object to the on a full time basis. needles. If Santa, do, you prickly, sticky Board of education members you can just leave the presents stacked up expressed their appreciation for on the floor, there. We wont mind. the efficient service rendered by Rudger N. Price, retiring member, and his interest In the There were two good reasons for the pin-yo- n educational program of Box Elpine Christmas tree. One, we like the der county schools during his scent of pinyon pine. Two, the prickly need- ten years as a member of the board of education. Price has les, we figured, might help deter the missed but two regular board from tearing it apart. meetings during his time of service, Weight reported. ld n hristmas white-whisker- ed Old Fashioned Christmas Pudding our holding breath or ears ever since Andersen s new garage was completed, in fear that someone would drive into one of those huge plate glass windows that extend clear to the floor and right alongside the filling station surdriveway. It happened last week, and heard be couldnt crash the enough prisingly round the world. Believe it was Tuesday we noticed the glass with its big, ugly, gapwas ing wound, and Thursday the new plate back in place. We understand the insurance company took it philosophically. Weve practically been j Brgin bv taking lumps of charity DiVolved in affection pnd honesty. f Mix confidence together with esteem, And add kind reaceful thoughts free from blaspheme' f p L'' V Sift patience, tenderness and will to gie With gaiety and love in lifes great sieve ; Then season lightly with the finer arts, And steam with care in understanding hearts. t , ; For sauce, use Christmas bells and glistening Enric hed with childrens joy and mistletoe. Embellish pudding with benevolent seeds, And serve large portions sprinkled with good deeds. Dana S. Benson The high school band has its troubles, too. and (Who doesnt, if youve got a big tin ear want to listen to them all!) Seems they got about three days notice that theyd be wanted Sunday afternoon to help welcome Santa Claus. It takes time to work up a number, to reparticularly a seasonal one, and time to time get bo hearse a program, and even or 70 students together, in one place, at one time, by appointment. But the band was told Apollo, Alf Freeman reports, there. that next year he ought to just naturally count on being called on at the last minute, and have his arrangements ready and his concerts programmed, so that when someone asks for the band he can say Mow or an But seriously, when hour from now ? youre going to call on the high school band for a public function, you ought to give them at least a couple weeks notice. Apollo Hansen is a mighty obliging guy, eager to help in any way he can, and it makes him feel bad when the band is called for and cant appear. But hes no magician. He cant pull a band, complete with sousaphones and bass drums, out of his homberg. t A 'I 65-pie- ce Feeling a cold coming on, we inquired at ' the drug store as to what proprietary they had in stock locally advertised that woUid stop a cold before it could get a toe-hol- f ( As the Christmas season unfolds its splendor, to all our patrons and friends many good wishes that this Christmas be the we send d. They had several that undoubtedly would have been effective, but it was no go. All before of them had to be taken a half-hobreakfast. Why, thats right smack dab in the middle of cur nights sleep! merriest of all time! ur Ka-blooi- e! rcctinp m perfect harmony with tha Wt'rt spirit of the season, when we express our yuletide sentiments to everyone we know. May your Christmas be jolty and wreathed with holly! Were afraid its a sign of old age, but weve finally relinquished our hopes of ever being wealthy. With the present income (and other) tax structure theres no chance of earning a fortune and keeping it, and with the present high cost of living theres no chance of saving a fortune. But we have (and this, too, may be a sign of old age) philosophically taken the other approach and decided well whip the game according to its own rules. Well get by, by golly, and enjoy life besides. y, BRIGHAM 'v SHOP GLASS ,. MERRY CHRISTMAS took a flier at the tree. The The needles stuck her and she backed away. We turned around to pat ourselves on the back for brilliant strategy, and there was a sound of tinkling glass. We looked around was batting the again, and the glass balls otf the. tree with a tiloomer Girls, here comes your slugger. fly-swatt- Did you ever ask Santa for a calendar? a clock this year, and it. A month full got early. The L. W. needed an electric wall clock for the kitchen, and wed already decided or said that was what we wanted for Christmas before we realized how artfully wed been steered into the request. We asked him for FUNK SIGN NEON & SERVICE r I So tf We got the clock the next day, with best wishes for a Merry Christmas presumably before we could have a chance to change our mind. Then we got to instal a wall electrical outlet to hook, the clock to. Ifoucn'f My iee for 45,000 IP I COUIDNT GET Theres nothing to doing your own home wiring . . . said he, as the fire engine screeched by. ANOTHER V. ' v?u feel that way about the "Jeep farmers especially, and it the one machine they find MANY OWNERS how the Universal "Jeep works all year as a pick-up- , tow truck, light tractor and mobile power unit. UNIVERSAL ! Si IMMEDIATE DELIVERY WILLY'S INTERMOUNTAIN, DISTRIBUTORS 333 South 3rd East SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Inc. Dial j At M-4- 0 d irvum tui II somewhere around the office, or aroui home, but we cleaned up the office for t shop Christmas party Monday night ai still didnt find it, so it must be lost. ( yes, were talking about our fountain pt Yes, ours! It has the L. W.s name on because we gave it to her for ChrLtm three years ago. Just a few months aft Christmas we lost our own fountain pc and she confided she would rather hae h; a dress for Christmas. Pens were hard get in those days, so we traded her a dre for her pen. Weve offered a buck rewar but that does sound sort of doesnt it? Make it $2. Okay, $2 youve found the pen the name oifit rather indistinct and hard to read and r turn it, well gladly pay a reward of & ca' and $10.50 gratitude. The pen could be r Placed for $12.50, and its just as good new. Monday when his automobile and on the pavement skidded An way, the clock worked beautifully, provwas struck broadside by another how at are we electric ing good wiring. And car on the highway northwest of it wasnt until the next noon, a full rs Corinne. near the Corinne beet later, that we discovered wed wired the out- dump. let onto a line leading from the wall switch. Brough was riding alone in When the light was turned off, the clock his car. going toward Tremonton, following a truck. He pulled stopp'd. the out and started around truck when his car skidded and And in 24 hours, the clock had lost just went sideways on the highway. A car approaching from the 20 minutes! north, driven by a woman, struck Brough's car broadside. ' So you neednt worry', Santa. Therell be None of the occupants of the was car second Injured. a light burning for you at the Little Shack, was brought to Cooley Brough are. how A no matter late you light! Every Memorial hospital In Brigham light' in the house, probably. And with City, where it was reported last that home-mad- e wiring job, maybe the night he would be confined sev- from making how true. whole house! eral days longer. 21-hou- THE And how about vegetables, you ask? Well, in the spring w'hen were digging up the back yard looking for angle worms, well give the kids a sack of seed potatoes, and tell them to drop one in the ground everywhere we dig up a fishworm. Those mountain lion (panther, painter,) cubs Vernal Montgomery caught in wildcat) Gun Bushnell Box Elder county went as you might have guessed to Hogle Gardens zoo in Sait Lake The local battery of the naBut for once the capital city took City. tional guard has secured persomething away from Box Elder that we can mission from War Assets administration to use a building get along very nicely without, thank you. at Bushnell General hospital to store the batterys Lloyd Reese says Why dont you write 155 mm gun. Captain an editorial about dogs, and my heart sank, Glen Wyatt, commanding offi- Had my very good friends the clogs gone and cer, said this week. The gun down on them? I wondered. But got Lloyd was moved to the Bushnell wasn t that way. What Lloyd meant was it building Tuesday morning. The building loaded by 'War an editorial about people, people who couldnt Assets is large enough to put get along with dogs, people who throw rocks the big weapon entirely inside, at dogs and antagonize them and cuss them with room not only for the gun and yell at them and whom dogs, in turn, but for gun drill and instruction dislike, and chase and bark at. ond as I am as well, Wyatt said. That is of the human race, when differences occur the reason for moving the gun my usually are with the dogs. to make indoor gun drills dur- But sympathies we heard, somewhere, that a country ing the winter months possible shouldnt have more than two editor- -' paper for the local battery. ials a on the dog situation, and the best year It was necessary to widen the door of the Bushnell building time for them are in early spring and dur-- 1 to get the gun Inside. It will ing dog days, in late July and August and be kept there until provision early September. Thats when a dog needs for its storage indoors can be a friend! made at the local armory. three wires in the attic, and hooked the wall outlet onto a couple of them. We know all about electricity. You Owen L. Brough Hurt should see the electric bills we pay ! The In Highway Collision lights never go on again at the Little Shack. Owen L. Brough, Tremonton, They just stay on. It looks as if our chilBox Elder county treasformer will dren grow to maturity before they ever urer, suffered concussion and find out what an electric light switch is. severe bruises and lacerations We found more useful than any other. Come in and let us show you National Guards Heres how well do it. Itll take a couple of lockers (twenty bucks a year, which, we figure, still is within our earning capacity, if were lucky) and & lot of hunting and fishing. Then on Mondays well eat ducks, on Tuesdays Venision, on Wednesdays antelope, on Thursdays elk, on Fridays trout, on Saturdays pheasant and on Sundays goose. If we run out of pheasant or goose along toward spring, well break down and buy hamburger, maybe. Or perhaps the neighbors will bring in something. nitre-ani- FUR YOUR ENJOYMENT MAY WE PRESENT CHARLES LAUGHTON i MR. PICKWICK'S CHRISTMAS l Thursday, Christmas Day 8:30 to 6:55 Oer KIO 1 i 111 On FURNITURE a fool of himself V our Di STORE Norman E. Shaw. |