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Show GIRL, NOT THE CLOTHES,! Farewell Sunday !CH QUEEN COMMITTEE SAYS For Odin Allen Peaches mated, Twice Jovely rfany Sponsors ill be the girl, not her that will be judged in contest, Jay iCh Queen chairman of the Junior sponsoring ir committee explained yester-levtold each sponsor, would like to tell each inviio has accepted an for Peach to compete as well as all who will ted later to represent a that the Junior Cham-ithe- r expects nor wants go to any expense for 'for the judging and onation ball." sure complete impartial-fai- r and honest judging, e t,nt, highly-qualifie- will judge the girls e different costumes ress or suit, bathing suit ses-il- l rmal. All judging be private, except that of contestants ?ome to attend t, only will any judg-sion- . the judges will be clear-ructeto judge the girls their personal qualifi-no- t on their costumes," i declared. He further ex-th- the girls will be cd to the judges only by As far as the judges ncerned, the contestants ive no names until they sented in the coronation ny. was list of contestants steadily, with 14 of Box loveliest peaches the list of nominees, tany more sponsors have d their eagerness to be nted in the contest which car is the opening event highlight of Peach Days, yet have not made their itions. g al-o- n sponsors anywherd Elder county have until to ay night at 6 oclock p for a part in the Peach In contest, Wight said. m City, a phone call to Darrell Gardner, Reed icn or Bill Long will bring csentative of the Junior er to take nominations, try fee of $12.50, paid by msors, takes care of pub- shotos; a large 8 by 10 of- - the queen candidate, will be displayed before uring Peach Days in a iwn show window, and ard will be presented to ndidate; a corsage for the ate for the Coronation nd in addition a favor as renir of the Peach Queen These favors are the sponsors expres-- f thanks to his candidate aresenting him, and no courtesy is expected. Peach Queen will receive in-a- s (I ( County OolToBe d Saturday Box Elder County base-:hoo- l will be held in Wil-;hi- s Saturday afternoon at 2 oclock. This locals chosen by the team lers of the County league and will be the third in a cash award of $50 from the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and each of her two attendants will receive $25. The royal party will be presented and will reign over all events of Peach Days, and the traditional gold and silver crown will be retained by the Peach Queen until she confers it on the new Peach Queen a year from this Peach Days. The Peach Queens name will be engraved on the crown, along with the names of Peach Queens of years past. All girls w'ho have been nominated for Peach Queen are asked to call a local photographic studio whichever they choose and make an appointment for a portrait sitting at the earliest convenient date. There is no charge to the candidate for the sitting. The Peach Queen Coronation ball will be held in the Box Elder high school gymnasium Thursday evening, September 9. Beautiful decorations and a large, orchestra outstanding wiH be features of the dance, along with the pageantry and of the coronation ceresplendor mony. The Peach Queen candidates will, of course, be presented to the crowd during the coronation pageant. Admittance to the dance will be 50 cents per person, plus taxes, either for dancers or spectators. Peach Queen candidates nominated so far are: Simonsens Jewelry, represent ed by Clarice Jeppson; Smith Studio, represented by Yvonne Anderson; Kaiser company, represented by Betty Jo Hunsaker; Richards Lockers, represented by Doris Olsen; Reminder Office supply, represented by Cozetta Petereit; Comptons studio, represented by Margaret Forsgren; Seashore and Son, represented by Colleen Peters; Brigham Truck and Implement, repre sented by Mary Hirschi; Brig ham Floral, represented by Bev erly Barker; Peters Jewelry, rep resented by Norine Rasmussen H. B. Felt Funeral home, rep resented by Dian Dalton; 0. C. Tanner jewelry, represented by Dorene Young; Drewer Floral, represented by Alvarene Anderson, and Peach City Ice Cream, represented by Donnell Jorgen- - sen. 'Other sponsors who have-n- ot as yet announneed their candidates are B. and B. Billiards, Van Engelens, Blocks, Central Chevrolet, Dons Service, Wasatch Sales and Sercomvice, Tremonton, Mountain Tremonton, pany, States Electric, Turley Sporting Goods, Don J. Baird Appliance, U. S. postal employees at Brigham City, Superior Dairy, Brig- ham Tire shop, Packer Motor company and Beehive Red Rock Bottling company. News-Journa- -- l, r will be eight instrue-- r the school including Al Industrial league head Al will give instructs umpiring. Box Elder County league that were scheduled lor aturdays play, have been ned in order that the rs might attend this e. the conclusion of this there will be one more the Box Elder County will be chosen. The win be divided into and South and a team to cnt each section will be These two squads afternoon of Sep-;- r 11 as a Jiart of the Days celebration. all-ca- 1 n- - j f Rites For Drage Thur. Junior Peaches To Meet Logan were held in the Team Monday The Junior Peaches of Brigham City will tangle with a tough team from Logan, made in up of U. S. A. C. athletes, eveRees Pioneer park Monday m. ning starling at 8:15 p. have such The Logan Aggie greats as Marv Abrams, Norm Jay VanNoy, Nog Hansen, ready Bert Whaley and Jones for duty. Also members of the team are Don Machin and Bob Adams, former Logan high school stars. have an The Logan since exceptionally good recordsummer this early organizing and the stars will probably send Marv Abrams to the wound team against the Brigham City the doing Hamsen with Nog catching. The Junior Peaches will have or BaJay Yates, Chuck Nelson pitchtheir sil Williams doing RGibbs being duties w'th J. hind the plate. There will be a small admission charge made for the game In order to pay expenses. 'Brig-Cit- y Eighth ward chapel .ay afternoon. Bishop Ern-- I Hansen presided, with J. Kotter conducting f-p's. The family prayer was Id by Vernal Willie. rue and postlude were P' by Beth Tingey. Rowland gave the invocation, takers were Lovell John P. Lilly-anWilliam J. Kotter. b Owen sang a solo, Goin Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. sa.nR a duet, The Lords A vocal trio, Just A y d a Called To Mission s BOX ELDER VOLUME 53, NUMBER 69 Superintendent Aug. 30 In 1922 IN Says Central Ready Next Year service eligibles News-Journa- Committee Member e will More floats! ! . from Eighth ward . . . Thats the big need of the Peach Days parades, which will cer, Box Elder county draft board clerk announced this week. Mrs. Spencer explained that the presidential proclamation of July 20, 1948, sets forth the fol lowing schedule of registration within the continental United States, the territories of Alaska and Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, during the period August 30 to September 18, 1948. The schedule: August 30 Men born in 1922, after August 30. August 31 and September 1 Men born in 1923. September 2 and 3 Men born appear as the major attraction Friday and Saturday mornings of Peach Days. More floats. Particularly Main street, Brigham City, who is leaving soon to fill a mission for the L. D. S. church among the Indians in the Navajo-Zun- i mission field in Arizona, New Mexico and southern Utah, will be the honored guest. He will in 1924. enter the mission home in Salt Lake City September 13, and will depart September 23 for Albuquerque, N. M., mission headquarters. Elder Allen has served about two years in the army, and since his return home has been a deputy fire warden in Box Elder county. He is a graduate of Box Elder high school, and attended Utah State Agricultural college at Logan. His many friends throughout the county, and especially the' members of the Eighth ward, are cordially invited to be present at the missionary farewell Sunday evenfng, Bishop Ernest E Hansen announced. Give Parades Aerial Cover Impressive air cover for the Peach Days parade will be provided by the Ogden Air Material area, Hill Field, according to word received yesterday by J. D. Gunderson, president of the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce, E. B. Owen, Chamber secretary, said he was writing General Morgan asking that the air-mad- a be scheduled over the business section of Brigham City at about 11:15 oclock the mornings of September 10 and 11, to coordinate with the Peach in in September 4 and 7 Men born 8 and 1925. September 1926. 9 Men born September 10 and 11 Men born in 1927. September 13 and 14 Men bom in 1928. September 15 and 16 Men born in 1929. September 17 and 18 Men born in 1930 before September 19. After this, Mrs. Spencer said, there will be continued registration of men as they become 18 years of age. Each must register within five days after his 18th birthday anniversary. A man separated from active duty in the armed forces shall register within a perid of 30 days following the date of sep aration, she further explained Persons absent from the United States on The day fixed for registration shall register within a period of five days following the date on which they return to the United States. Wayne Woodland of Willard has been added to the list of se-e c t i v e service registrants, throughout Box Elder county, with whom eligibles may register during the period of selective service registration, and following. Dr. W. R. Merrell of Brigham City has been appointed medical advisor for local board No. 2. - 1 Dies At Age 71 Harper Richardson Billings, Willard, died Wednesday evening at 8:15 oclock at an Ogden hospital of a heart ailment. Mr. Billings was born Sept. 26, 1876 in Redford, Nottingham, England, a son of Henry and Anna Harper Billings. He married Lois Lacey May 14. 1898, in Nottingham. They came .to the United States in 1911 and resided in Star Valley until 1920 when they moved to Willard. He was a fruit grower at Willard. Mr. Billings was a member of the L. D. S. church and a high priest in the Willard ward. He was also a teacher, chair member and temple worker. 71, of ity. The business seetiofi of the parade is open to business ev- - At a Willard cemetery com- mming held Wednesday in t,lie clt hall, bids expn, W(,rp opem,d for tho Unless something unforseen tion of a 60,000 gallon reservoir develops, the new Central school to be built. building will be ready for use The following bids were re- when school opens next fall, ceived: The Builder's lnc "con- K. E. Weight, superintendent of Wheel- the Box Elder school crete poured, $1,200; district, con- said wright Construction Co., yesterday. crete poured $3,967.25. WaterHe said the board of educafall Construction also bid for tion and he had approved plans the gunntte, $3,196.50. The by Karl Krusmark, architect for committee accepted the bids of the school board, that Krusmark the Waterfall Construction Co. was proceeding as fast as possiAs soon as the contract is ble with detailed plans and signed, the reservoir will be specifications, and that the arcompleted in 30 day's. Some of chitect had assured- the board mittee cue. the pipo and sprinkling appli that, barring unforseen delays, ances will be received next the building would be ready inmonth, time for classes next year. Four Cases Of Chicken Pox Reported In County tion, in the county outside Brigham City there was one case of measles. One case of whooping rough was the only communicable disease reported in Brigham City lor the week. Renee Ferguson Wins M. Play Binney Here Jeppson Family Reunion Sun. Afternoon The Jeppa Jeppson family reunion will be held Sunday in Rees Pioneer park. All descend-entof Jeppa Jeppson are asked to meet in Rees Pioneer park at noon, bringing their own picnic lunches. A program wiil be presented following lunch, it was announced. s Legion Team Tonight Starting At 8:15 O'clock Del Nichols was the pick Of the Peaches last Wednesday night as he drilled a triple into left center field to score Occie Evans from first base with the winning run. The American Fork team had tied up the game in the top half of the ninth, 8 to 8, with a three run outburst. I Nichols pile driving three-baggwas his second of the game. Also, among his collection for the evening, was a double and a single all of which drove four runs across the plate. er Phoenix 10 To 3 j The candidates Republican seeking election this fall will be in Brigham City Monday to attend an entertainment being given in their honor by the Brigham City Womens Republican club that evening. The enwill begin at 8 tertainment p. m., in the Commercial and is open to the pubs Among those to be present will be candidates for governor, ; J. Bracken Lee and Rendeil for secretary of state, Mark Anderson and William L. Warner; for state auditor, Sherman J. Preece and E. R. Tuttle; for state treasurer, Archie R. Clayton and William T. Reid; for of Public Insuperintendent struction, Mark C. Lloyd and E. E. Greenwood; for congress man, David J. Wilson and Mitchell Melich; for justice of the supreme court. Elias Hansen and Otto A. Wiesley; for attorney-gH. A S.mith and eneral, A. Pratt Kesler: for district judge, Charles W. Dunn and Jesse P. Rich; for district attorney, B. S. Call and W. Lee Skancky; for state senator, J. Chester Knudson; for four-yea- r commissionenr, Lewis S. Wight; commissioners. for Horace Hunsaker and A. P. Dalton; for representative of the first district, Lucinda Jensen and F. Leland Seely. Officers of the local club are working diligently on plans to make this an outstanding affair. They are Mrs. Elmer Klit-- , Mrs. Boyd gaard. president; Sheffield, vice president; Gwen Limb, secretary; and Mrs. Effie Mrs. Mack Adams, treasurer; Fishburn, Mrs. Walter G. Mann and Mrs. Melissa Peterson, advisory board members; Mrs. O. Dee Lund, Merle Cheat and Mrs. Lottie Simonsen, membership committee; Mrs. J. D. GunderMa-bey- two-yea- r Degree s hos-Phon- e Of Medicine Degree Widdows In Navy For Three Years E. Gerald E. Widdows, enlisted in the U. S. navy through the Logan navy recruiting station, on August 16, for three years. Before enlisting, Gerald was living with his mother, Mrs. Lillian J. Widdows, at 39 south Second east, Brigham City. He completed two years of school at Box Elder junior high school. s Gerald was guaranteed school before enlisting. At present he is stationed at the U. S. naval training center, San Diego, Calif., where he will complete 12 weeks of recruit training. Upon completion of his recruit training he will come home on 12 days leave, and will return to San Diego, to start school at the naval hospital there. hospi-talman- (ommittee; Mrs. F. Leland Seely and Mrs. Lewis S. Wight, hospitality committee; and Mrs. Willis Hansen, Mrs. Morris Glo-eand Mrs. Howard Call, refreshment committee. A good representation of citizens from Brigham City and Box Elder county is expected to and Mrs be present and meet the diddles. The public is invited. Call, - A. Gerald D. Saturday evening in Kingsbury hall, Renee Ferguson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ferguson, will be granted a doctors de gree in medicine. She is one of four women to receive this de gree if a class of 30. Renee, will be remembered as an honor roll graduate of Box Elder high school in the class of 1912. While in high school she was active in school and com munity music circles, and won the Hansen award for the outUpon standing music student. graduation she received a music scholarship to the University of Utah. In September. 1942, Renee entered the University of Utah premedical school, and received her bachelor of arts degree in March, 1946. During this time she became a member of the university orchestra and the Utah Symphony orchestra, and played in the violin section in all their concerts for three years. Renee Following entered the U. of U. medical school, and has had experience in supervised cases in several Salt Lake City hospitals. During her senior year special permission was given for her to do observation work in psychiatry. This probably will be her major field after interning. On Monday Renee will leave by plane for Chicago, where she has accepted a rotating intern-- I ship at Swedish Covenant pitai. Yates was coasting along in and was about to The Brigham City American chalk shapehis first Industrial up team ran baseball Legion junior League win until he ran into into a case of jitters plus a trouble in the ninth. He was tough Phoenix team and were eliminated from the Western division tournament held in Salt Lake City early this week. In the final game, Redford, Wight and Whitaker all served on the mound in order to stem the Arizona tide, but the southerners werent to be denied and they won the game by a 10 to your news to No. 7. 3 score. Sgt. Harvey Wardrop, manGraduates With Doctor ager of the team, expressed his for fine the supappreciation port given the team by the local fans who made the journey to Salt Lake City to see the games. good Be Here Mon. Miss Renee Ferguson . . . daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ferguson of Brigham City, will be graduated from the University of Utah medical school with a doctor's degree in medicine, in graduation ceremonies Saturday evening. Miss Ferguson was active in music both in Box Elder high school and at the univer- sity. -- one-stor- build- and kindergarten other small offices and rooms planned for the east half of the north wing of the building may be deferred until later if the board cannot finance the extra costruotion at . this time. At the west end of the auditorium, about the middle of the block and facing north, is the main entrance and foyer. West , of this is the cafeteria, kitchen, food storage and library. Opposite these and across the, central hall, which runs the full length of both wings of the building, are a public Office, general office, principals office, health office and the boys and , - : girjg ItfXfrtfytes.- Except for the library, jvhich la on the northeast corner of the west wing of the building, the entire wing is occupied by 14 classrooms. Each class room Is feet with two additionrooms in each, al one of which is a wardrobe and the other, equipped with wash basin, a project or work room. A hallway, opening into all class rooms and with outside entrances at the north and south ctids, runs the legth of the wing. Each classroom has a door opening into the hall and a door opening outdoors. Along both frontages of the class room wing will be a concrete walk, with open canopy screen overhead. Board members have estimated the building will cost the school district about $400,000. Inside the L of the building, virtually all of the remainder of the block will be available in one unobstructed unit of space as a play area. The design of the building will effect a much larger available and usable playground than with the former school building. Meanwhile, as plans go forward for the new building, Weight Bald, his office is doing everything to make the best of the temporary school housing situation this year, with all of the elementary school children of the Lincoln and Central districts attending In classrooms at Lincoln school, and the high school. The temporary classrooms to be built into Lincoln will be at the north ends of the main hallways, and not in front of the fire escapes which are at the south ends of the halls. Weight said. There will be no classroom use made of the large landing between floors. The ventilating system of the building will be renovated, he said, and we are going to correct the fire escapes W meet standard regulations.' These things, he said, would have been done regardless of whether Central pupils were to attend Lincoln school or ijot The board had given its approval to work put a good transhe added. portation system, Also, Ihe board has recognized for some time the lighting problem in? man f of the elementary schools of' the district, and where there is need the lighting will he improved In all district spools just as soon as we ca" he said. - ON DEL NICHOLS TRIPLE 9 TO 8 iippa The complete ing, as shown in the approved floor plan, will extend along virtually the entire Second south Four cases of chicken pox were street and First west street fronreported in Box Elder county for tages of the Central school the week ending August 20, ac- block, across Main street west cording to the weekly summary from the stake tabernacle. Howauditoriissued yesterday by the state ever, the department of health. In addi- um, two storage rooms, the FORKERS REACHES DEFEAT Candidates To lic. Harper Billings erywhere but Brigham Uy business firms are particularly invited and urged to prepare and enter floats. Heres a good opportunity to let the Peach Days crowd know you're in business, and what business you're in, Collins told local business men. Cash prizes in each of the five sections of the parade this year will be $20 for first place, $10 for second place and $5 for third place. The five sections are industrial, business, schools, civic clubs and churches. Collins asked that any business firms or industry planning in to build and enter a float either of these two sections of the parade get in touch with him as soon as possible. There is no entry fee for entering floats In the parade, but entries should be made well in advance of Peach Days, Collins said. r A commercial from Salt Lake City will come to Brigham City, if requested, and build floats for those washing to sponsor floats in the parade but who do not have time to build their own floats, Les Dredge, chairman of the parade committee, said this week. All materials will be furnished, and floats can be built for about $50 each. Anyone wishing to sponsor a float and have it built may get in touch with Dredge, and arrangements will be made. The sponsor must furnish the vehicle on which the float is built. float-builde- d Loses To club-room- Days parades. in the business and industrial section, more entries are needed if the Peach Days parade is to maintain the high standard of excellence' set through the years, according to Les Collins. Collins is member of the Peach Days parade committee in charge of those two sections. - Cash prizes i n important amounts will go to the winning floats Jn the Industrial section, making it worthwhile for any to industry or manufacturer put forth some effort to produce an attractive or interestFloats that tell a ing float. story possibly even an advertising message are a field that has not been overworked in past Peach Days parades, and would add interest to the parade this A year, Collins pointed out. float representing each manufactured product made in Brigham City would make up an interesting and attractive presentation of the towns frequently-unrecogni.eactivindustrial Republican Smjiving are his widow, of Willard, two sons and a daughError In Publication ter. Mrs. Lois B. Westergaard of diPublication of filing of vs. Ogden; Harper H. Billings of Cutler vorce action, Nancy J. Perry; and Victor G. Billings of DeLone Cutler, in Wednesday San Francisco; also 15 grandl issue of the children. l in error, and the Services will be conducted on apologizes. Saturday at 2 o'clock at the mortuary. 836 36th street, Ogwas sun den, by Bishop Delbert Cook. InWeary in For You. Alice terment will be in the Aultorest by Ilene Killpack, benand Ruth Valentine. The Da- Memorial park. ediction was pronounced by vid J. Olsen. Jr. ' Do you have n news item of son- Mrswere Concluding services W.tldormar LH.MC .1? l'ltnn.1 U U. No 7. the Manti cemetery. News-Journa- in Dam Bids Are Let BUSINESS, INDUSTRY SECTION $35 In Prizes For Each Section, Says be required to register next Monday morning, Mrs. Marilla Spen- . PAGES COSiMTIEE ASKS MORE FLOATS Willard Cemetery Men born atfer August 30 the top group of the . 8 Men Born After 1922 Orlin Allen ews-tfour- na BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 37, 1918 Register Monday s - (,ral services for Clara l'k Drage, who died Au-r?- . Vh?pel be held missinary social in connection with the regular sacrament service. Orlin Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac S. Allen of 640 North Hi William M. Morgan, brigadier general, U. S. air force, commanding Hill field wrote GunDr. Ross To Conduct as part of their derson that we can arrange routine Services training Presbyterian for the air reserve detachment Dr. William Crosby Ross of ( here to fly overhead at parade Salt Lake City will conduct the' time. services at the Presbyterian We will try, he added, to church Sunday morning at 11 furnish sufficient airplanes to to invited oclock. Everyone is demona fair least make at ' come. stration. ries. re Sunday evening at 7:30 oclock Brigharn City Eighth uVa'u Visit Son On Mr. and Mrs. Mission William Kun-z- l et and sons, Glenn, Russell and Ernest, left by auto Thursday, August 26 for a visit with their son, Floyd, who Is labor- ing as art L. D. S. missionary in California. They expect to be gone a week. To |