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Show box elder u VOLUME 54, NUMBER uewd-sfoun- ta 6 PAGES BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2, 1949 9 Income Tax Man PONY EXPRESS MARCH OF DIMES CAMPAIGN Spring has arrived! Of believe me course nobody'll even lho I saw a robin Of course he might have left when he found out what the weather was like I Calamity Jane. Here Next Week EXTENDED EO FEBRUARY 14 to-da- deputy collector internal revenue, will be in Brigham City next week, MonA. D. Allen, of day through Friday, to help taxpayers with their income tax problems. . . all except where to find the money to pay it. Individual income tax returns must be filed not later than March 15, and as usual the treasury department urges that the matter be taken care of as1 soon as possible, and not left until the last minute. Even salaried employees or taxpayers who have already paid their taxes by payroll withholding or direct payments to the collector must file returns before the March 15 deadline. Everyone whose total Income for 1948 was $600 or more must file a Plans Mission Popular Comedy Will Be Presented Two Evenings At Box Elder, Free Of The curtain will go up on Box Elder high schools annual play, Life With Father," this (Wed-nesday- ) n Jrtert Recruiting Office cast as Father Murphy, a senior student who has been prominent in school dramatics throughout his high school career. in the role of Vinnie is Renee Glover, also a senior. The four Day boys are played Roland by Bruce Thompson, Barker, Allan Hanline and Leon Jorgensen. Other members of the cast are Jeannine Anderson, Dol !y Durrand, Jay Taylor, Ricks Eloise Knudson, Donald Dunn, Melba Johnson, Leah Palmer, Hall and Richardson, Carolyn Heading the Day is Max d 3 Wayne Bosworth will serve church nostalgia-inducing' they assert. Pat Reed. The play is directed by Miss Evelyn Morgan, a new member of the high school faculty this year. Her student assistant is Francis Nicholas. Business manager for the production is Dee Andersen. Kathryn King, N'orman and Janet Gourley are managers. The stage crew includes Don Secrist, Leon Dean Jorgensen, Max Murphy, Bergreen and Kelly Farmer. Costumes are by Barbara Larsen and Drlpha Anderson. Admittance will be free of charge both evenings, and there will be no reserved seats. The pubic is urged to come early in order to secure better seats. High school students will see the play at a special preview performance this afternoon ' at 1:30 oclock, and the twb evefor ning performances are Olsen property Is One-Ma- n Again The Brigham City army and air force recruiting office has once more been reduced to one man station. According to an announcement made today by Master Sergeant Harvey Ward-rop- , the reduction is part of a general retrenchment program reby the army and aig force cruiting service. This retrenchby ment was made necessary the presidents decision to stop the expansion of the army and air force at its present level which is several hundred thousand short of the total authorized by congress last summer. Wardrop stated that he has to changed his office hours back the original schedule of 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. each Monday and Saturday. He will be in his office at other times other than those hours but that those hours are he ones he will observe and he will be in his office during those hours, if at all possible. He will continue to make his weekly trip to Tremonton where hell operate out of the Utah Power and Light company buildm. to ing with office 'hours 9 a. 5 p. m. each Wednesday. According to Sgt. Wardrop, he will remain on duty 'here in Brigham City while his helper of the last six weeks, Sgt. Sidney Cates, will be transferred back to Ogden. Wayne Bosworths Farewell Sunday be A farewell program will given Sunday evening in the Brigham City Fifth ward chapel, beginning at 7 oclock, honoring Wayne Bosworth, who has answered a call to serve in the mission of Spanish-Americathe L. D. S. church. Bosworth will leave for the mission home in Salt Lake City Monday, February 14. The prelude Sunday evening will be played by the missionary's sister, Ruth Bosworth, and the congregational opening song will be followed by prayer by Francis Christensen. The elders quartet will sing a number, and talks will be given by Phares Abel S. Rich, George Green, Buckway and the bishop, J. Oleen Palmer, with response by the missionary. Ruth Bosworth will play a piano solo, and Delpha Anderson will play a violin solo. The closing song will be by the congregation, and R. N. Price will offer the closing prayer. n Camera Club Will Meet This Evening A meeting of the Brigham Camera club will be held this at 8 evening (Wednesday) oclock at the Photo Art studio above Robbins bakery. A showing of photographic adults. of all subject classificaprints, will afternoon Friday the play be tions, is scheduled for the meetpresented before the Bear River high school student body ing. Members and the public at Garland. Sam Houstons birthday also are urged to attend and bring falls on Mardh 2, Texas Inde- prints of favorite pictures they have taken. pendence Day. VFW.Aux. Meet Thurs. Evening The I regular meetings of Franklin Riter Will Address Veterans At Next Legion Meeting Veterans of Foreign Wars the Auxiliary will be Thursday evening at 8 oclock at the War Memorial home, it Was announced today by Doyle Packer, commander of the post and Josephine Buchanan, presi- Juggler and unicycle expert, a professional vaudeville performer, will be only one of the headline attractions at the annual Box Elder Boys and Girls league circus, February 9 and 10. Two evenings of fun, entertainment and good food is offered the public by the student service clubs. . Burbank Civic Improvement Ball February 19 The annual ball of the Civic Improvement club will be held in the Commercial clubrooms Saturday evening, February 19, beginning at 9:30 oclock. Good music will be provided for dancing, and all club members are urged to attend, and invited to bring guests, according to the committee In charge of arrangements. Admission will be $1 per couple. Members of the committee in charge of arrangements, under Dew-eyviU- Charles Clifford, local weath- er observer, doesnt care if he never again records a months weather like January, 1949. The mercury got above 32 degrees only three times during the month on January 1, January 13 and January 14. There was one-hal- f inch over four feet of new snow, and very little opportunity for any of it to melt. Only eight days were clear, three were partly cloudy and 20 were cloudy. And 14 nights during the month the temperature got below zero. The coldest night was Satur High winds blew January 2, and 28. The ninth and fifteenth, In the middle of three-dablows, reached blizzard proportions, according to the weather man. Clifford reported that heavy damage to cherry and peach crops is expected, due to continued sub-zerbut weather, other fruit growers who have tested the situation by bringing twigs indoors and placing them In water for a few days, reported that on cutting the buds open they found very little damage. The official record of January day night, January 29, when the temperature got down to 16 de- weather here, at the observation station at Perry, is as follows: grees below zero. Shoji Tatsugawa, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Minoru Tatsugawa, Ogden, formerly of Perry, was inducted in the army and left January 30 for Fort Ord, California, as a member of the Fourth infantry division. Tasugawa filled Box Elder countys January selective service quota of one man, Mrs. Marilla Spencer, clerk of the local draft board reported. Mrs. Spencer said she had received notification that Box Elder county had no February quota. Man Dies Day. L. in meeting. He has spoken Brigham City before and appeared as recently as last year when he delivered an inspiring address before the Box Elder Chamber of Comerce. Commander Riter is constantly speaking various organizations, before civic clubs, etc., and the Brigham Post is happy to be inSeacluded on his schedule, shore said. Because of the department commanders visit an invitation is extended to all veterans to attend whether they are mem bers of the Legion or not be cause no man is more concern ed about the veterans welfare than Mr. Riter. chairMrs. Reynolds Reeder,, man, are Mrs. J. Delos Thompson, director member, Mrs. John and Rossi, Mrs. John Larsen Mrs. Paul Anderson. Times In The Cold, Cold Month Of Jan. Jan. Draft Quota In S. was a member of the Co rinne L. D. S. ward bishopric and was also active In civic work here. Surviving are his widow; a son, Lloyd C. Hubbard, now serving in the L.D.S. daughter, Carol Jean Hubbard, Corinne; two brothers, Ernest Hubbard, and Wellsville, Cache county; William Curtin Hubbard, Wil lard; three sistejs: Milie Hubbard, Brigham City; Mrs. John M. White, Idaho Falls, Ida., and Mrs. Merritt Wood, Rigby, Ida. Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 1 oclock In the Corinne L.D.S. ward chapel by Julius Campbell, bishop. Friends may call at the Harold B. Felt Funeral home, Brigham City, this (Wednesday) evening from 7 to 9 oclock and at the family home Thursday morning from 10 o'clock to time of services. Burial will be in Willard cemetery. iHe Mercury Got Above Freezing Only Three One Inducted As Porta Lake City. They first made their home in Willard, later moving to Corinne in 1919 and had lived there since that time. FOUR FEET OF SNOW ganizations. 27, The emergency resulted from 27,600 cases of Infantile paralysis during 1948. This cost more than $17,000,000 and exhausted Mrs. Effie Adams plans G.O.P. Dinner Saints. . top-calib- re killed in action Nov. 22, 1944, in Peleliu Island in the South Pacific, will be conducted this (Wednesday) afternoon at 1 oclock in the Deweyville L.D.S. ward chapel, by Clarenc-- j Perry, bishop. He was born June 11, 1921, in Deweyville, Box Elder county, a son of Victor and Nellie Cook Burbank. Reared and educated in Deweyville he was graduated from Bear River high school. He had been active in the Deweyville L.D.S. ward before entering the service in 1942. While ..In the . service he had, been awarded the purple heart. Surviving are his parents, and two grandparents, Mrs. Ellen Cook, Ogden, and Mrs. B. S. Burbank, Brigham City; a brother, Parley Burbank, and two sisters, Mrs. A. Glen Evans, Ogden, and Mrs. Doris Moritz, San Francisco, Calif. e Friends may call at the ward chapel for a half hour before time of services. Burial will be in the Deweyville cemetery with military honors by Brigham City veterans or- January ter off kids all over the United States will be. He married Lois Lloyd of Salt 1 Hospital 2 3 William Benjamin Merrell, 59, 4 Portage, Box Elder county, died 5 in a Sait Lake City hospital Sat6 urday night at 9il5 oclock of 7 carcinoma. He was born Sept. 25, 1889, in 8 Portage, a son of Orson and 9 Alice Pratt Merrell, and had 10 lived in Portage all his life. 11 He married Klea Keddington 12 April 22, 1925, in the Salt Lake 13 temple, Church of Jesus Christ 14 of Latter-daSaints. 15 Active in work of the L.D.S. 16 church, he has served a mission in the northern states from 1921 17 to 1922 and at the time of his 18 death was in the superldency of 19 the Portage ward Sunday school. 20 He had also been active in tem- 21 ple work and was a high priest 22 in the Portage L.D.S. ward. 23 Surviving are his widow, a 24 son Shirley Gail Merrell,, Por25 tage; a daughter, Darlene Joy 26 Mer-relOrson Merrell, Clearfield; Pocatello, Ida., and LeRoy 27 28 Merrell, Idaho Falls. 29 As in many another American 30 city, the first water system in 31 Chicago used pipes made of Totals hollow logs. y Franklin Riter, Utah department commander of the American Legion, and nationally acclaimed public speaker, will be the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the local Legion dent of the Feb. 10, Eric auxiliary. post Thursday, The meeting had originally Seashore, said commander, been postponed because of the appearance of Mr. Joseph WesRiAccompanying Commander ton, however, due to illness, will be the Mr. Weston will not be able to ter to Brigham City E. make his appearance in Brig- department adjutant, George Utah former a Is who ham City until February 17, so Larsen, commander and has the regular will there- department meeting in veterans work for active fore! be hela Thursday evening, been they stated. New members will the past 25 years. he initiated Local post officers are parinto the auxiliary elated that Commanat this meeting and a good at- ticularly invtendance is desired, stated Mrs. der Riter could accept the Buchanan. itation to address the next past yes-terda- 4 Latter-da- y LuFuneral services for ther V. Burbank, 23, who was semi-forma- 2-- 3 Charles Wesley Hubbard, 55, prominent Corinne farmer and stockman, died In an Ogden hospital Monday morning at 5 ills oclock after a ness. He was born Feb. 5, 1893, in Willard, son of Charles and Mary Hubbard. He was a veteran of World War I and had served a mission to the central states In 1916 for the Church of Jesus Christ of Allen will be in Tremonton, For L Eighth Ward Green And In Drive All Over to raise funds for to fight infantile paralysis has been extended to February 14 in order to reach the goal of more than last ytur's quota. This is an emergency! The quicker everyone in Box Elder county realizes this fact the bet- Passes Away Mon. Services Today evening and Thursday Gold Saturday Evening evening at 8:15 oclock, and the entire production has a BroadThe Eighth ward M. I. A. will Green and way air" about It, according to hold their annual student actors and crew and fa- Gold ball evening, Saturday with February 5 at 8:30 oclock at culty members concerned he production. the ward amusement hall. This is the first year the senThe queen, chosen by popusationally successful play based lar vote prior to the dance, will has on the story by Clarence Day be crowned and a floor show been released for amateur produring intermission. duction. Filmed as a movie and presented 'be will affair The seen on the stage produced by and decorations The lovely road companies, the Chicago and diNew York companies and abroad refreshments are under the of the and rection supervision the play long by millions, with since has taken its place as one Gleaner girls and Had-fieljf the most popular of all times. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond teachers of the classes, in Life With charge. Everything about Father, human The general public is injted 'reflection and high to attend, the announcement but the stated. comedy, is sure fire, Box Elder staff and cast have labored diligently to give it a smoothly-finisheproduction, Collections Lagging The United States Chas. W. Hubbard return. Y. 4 March of Dimes at the Utah Power and Light building the following week, February 14 to 17, inclusive. Charge Heads Committee l, 3, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16 y o Republicans Plan all Of the funds of the National Foundation. Now, just what does 17 million dollars mean? That is more than a dime .for n .the United every person States by 40 million or a total of 170,000,000 ten cent coins. For this reason the March of Dime slogan should be changed to . the March of Dollars. It was a good thing that the National Foundation had as much money on hand as It did. Your dimes and dollars given, to , Lincoln Day Feast Lincoln day dinner will be held by Box Elder county Republicans at the high school cafeteria Saturday evening, Feb ruary 12, at 7:30 oclock. Mrs. Effie Adams is chairman of the committee composed of Charles J. Wood, Garland; Kleon Kerr, Tremonton; C. A. Hall and Howard Call. Tickets can be secured from precinct committeemen all over the county for the Box Elder county dinner. Speakers and the program will be announced later. A u previous March of Dimes; took care of all these cases,..' But all of that is past history. Now your contributions are needed more than ever before, and to what degree you accept this responsibility will depend on how the drive in Brigham City and the Box Elder county succeeds. You have been asked to give. You will be asked to give again, but you are the only one that ca ncomplete the action by giving. How you do give will govern the amount of care that can be given during the epidemics that are to come. How much longer you will be eajjed jijjoji .JtLfiiy will depend upon when a cute or preventative is found. . Some ; of your A money will go for research, purposes, some will go for equipment and some will be used to r five-yeaJohnny Turner, the care for the afflicted children. old son of Master Sergeant and Do to help your part now, Mrs. John Turner, 15 south First some stricken childtoday, look forward east street, Brigham City, was to a happy, healthy hildhood. struck by a car at Mantua Fri day afternoon at about 4:30 oclock. He suffered head in juries and a broken leg. The accident occurred as the child darted onto the road from between the snow banks on the path in front of the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Try to get your license plates Aaron Jensen of Mantua. The this week, Ernest Hansen, car was driven by a Mr. Trussel county assessor, warned people of Logan, who stopped to assist. of the Brigham City area yesterThe boy was taken to the Dee day. Hansen said the plate sale was hospital in an ambulance, where it was found that both the head going slowly. We realize that people are injury and broken bone in the upper left leg were serious. snowed in, but if they can manHe has regained consciousness, age to do so they will save time however, and 'is responding to later and bother by getting their care, it was reported. plates right away, he pointed out. The assessor will be at TreIs monton selling plates two days, about the middle of February, and plates will not be on sale in Brigham City on those days. All that is required to secure new plates for a car that preGeneral J. Wallace West, ad- viously has been licensed in jutant general of the Utah na- Utah is to present the registrational guard and state selec- tion certificate from last year. tive service director, was the Other forms are available in the . principal speaker at last Fri- clerks office. , days meeting of the Brigham The club. meeting City Rotary was held in the banquet room H. of the Howard hotel at noon. Guests were Dean Freeman and Ernest Freeman. Ed Ryan, vice president, presided in the absence of the president, Will Merrell. Bob Reese, a guest, Joseph H. Weston, noted ausang two solos, Hills of Home thor of These Amazing and Molly Malone, accompanhas cancelled his apied by Mrs. Margaret Johnsen. pearance in Brigham City ThursW. Vosco Call was chairman of day evening. Mr. Weston was the program. called to California because of It was announced that the unexpected illness in his famnew Bountiful Rotary clubs ily and will be unable to apcharter night will be held in pear in Brigham City until Febthe Lafayette ballroom, Hotel ruary 17. : The Veterans of Foreign Wars Utah, Thursday night. will sponsor him at a speaking Child Struck By Car At Mantua Get Plates This Week, Public Urged General West Rotary Speaker Joseph Weston Lecture Postponed M6r-mon- Oil Tanker Overturns North Of Brigham An oil tank truck got into a snow hank at the side of the road in Harper ward Monday and overturned, but the driver escaped injury. The accident occurred on the highway just opposite the new Harper ward church. The driver reportedly pulled over to the side of the road to give clearance to cars of workmen, parked at the opposite side of the road. He pulled over too far and the tanker got into the snow bank, causing it to overturn. Although the oil spilled, it did not catch fire. s, engagement at the L.D.S. tabernacle on that date, according to Doyle Packer, Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Annual Sixth Ward Dinner-Danc- e Sat. The annual Sixth ward dinner and dance will be held Saturday evening, February ,. 5 at 6:30 oclock in the Box Elder high school cafeteria and Sixth ward amusement hall. An entertaining program has been arranged to be presented during dinner, under the direction of the M.I.A. and dancing will follow dinner at the Sixth ward amusement hall with good music engaged. : - |