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Show Universal Microfilming Corp. 141 Like City, Salt Pierport U BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, VOLUME 60, NUMBER 26 4' Ave. Utah TV T7 an JUNE 19, 1957 m 8 Pages School Board Asks $700,000 Tax Anticipation Bonds for Weight Reappointed for As Superintendent of Schools K. E. 1957-5- 8 Two-Ye- ar Term in Box Elder Members of the Box Elder County Board of Education Wednesday passed a resolution to borrow $700,000 on tax anticipation bonds for the purpose of financing the needs of the Box Elder County School District until current taxes for 1957 can be collected. Station Wagon, . Funeral Coach . i Five Brigham City girls returned from a week in Logan attending Girls State activities with a number of awards for their fine participation. Shown here as they return are, left to right, Therra Farnsworth, Judy Larsen, Ruth Walker, Marilyn Mann and Linda Palmer. (BRIGHAM CITY MISSES MAKE GOOD Verl R. O'Brien Accepts Position ; Leaves N-- J Staff Local Girls Return From Active Week At Girls State Staged at USU Campus Five Brigham City girls chosen as delegates to Girls State, which was conducted last week at Utah State University campus, returned to their homes on Sunday afternoon, thrilled with the worthwhile experiences they had enjoyed during their stay. The annual event Is sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary on a state basis. Delegates are chosen and sponsored by local service organizations. Miss Linda Palmer sponsored by the Civic Improvement club, was elected mayor of Lincoln City, by secret ballot, Monday, State June 3, while at Girls last week. She was also chosen one of 20 girls to be interviewed for Girls Nation which is held in Washington, . D. C. in July. Miss Marilyn Mann also sponsored by the Civic club, became a House Representative of the city of Washington on Monday, June 3. Miss Judy Larsen, sponsored by the American Legion, and from Wells City, became Freedom county assessor on Thursday, June 6. Miss Larsen was awarded a scholarship to Utah State Unischool versity for the 1958-5year, with registration fees and tuition paid for a full year. She was one of 24 Girls Staters to receive USU scholarships. Miss Therra Farnsworth sponsored by the Eagles club, and became from Truman City, Freedom county vice president by standing votes Of the citizens. Miss Ruth Walker, sponsored by the Business and Professional Women, and of Lee City was - 9 chosen district secretary of her city. A organization set, up and during the week two-part- y of- ficers were elected from the cities, counties, and the state to govern Girls State for the week. Demonstrations and symposiums of city, county, and state were put on for the citizens. Many fine lectures were also heard. A devotional was held every morning at the USU institute where all religions were represented b y outstanding speakers during the entire week. This mythical 49th state taught the girls a better understanding of their government and the importance of good leadership in government. And thus it gave them a richer appreciation of the American flag. Friday, June 7, was Alumnae Day and girls from Brigham City who attended were Pat Bott, Dixie Gunderson, and Marilyn Mason. On Friday evening was the Inaugural Reception. Parents of the girls who attended were Mr. and Mrs. Sid Farnsworth. Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Mann, Mr. and Mrs. J. Oleen Palmer, and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Walker. Miss Beth Bunnell, last years delegate, also attended the reception. Also attending Friday were: Mrs. Hazel Kaiser, Mrs. Jennie Jones, Mrs. Grace Price, and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Bunnell. In the closing devotional meeting Sunday morning, the citizens and received their certificates their beautiful white Girls State pins which can now be seen proudly worn by all five local delegates. ! Final Aerial Photo Contest Scheduled This Week; List Last Weeks Winners This week will see the aerial photo contest sponsored by local merchants come to a close. Photos appear this week at Breiten-beke- r Electric, Reminder Office Supply and Zundels. The contest will close at 6 p. m. Saturday evening. Winners of last weeks $5 merchandise prizes were Delone B. Anderson and Kenneth J. Hailing of Brigham City, and Jean Nelson of Perry. ' Mrs. Anderson was awarded O. P. Skaggs prize, Mrs. Nelson won the Palmer Jewelry prize, and Hailing was the recipient of the Coppin Motor prize. Roxy theatre tickets were won by Betty Richards and Lee R. Anderson of Brigham City; 'Dee Neson of Perry; Dyan Welch of Corinne and Winnie Cark of Honeyville. Capitol theatre tickets went to Earl Glenn, Anna Richards of Brigham City; Don B. Nelson 1 i and Terry Welch of Corinne, and Kay Molgard of Willard. Other winners included Robert Richards, Glen Richards Karlene Richards of Brigham City; LaVern Nelson and George Welch of Corinne; Nellie Molgard of Willard and Willie Hun saker of Honeyville. Capitol theatre tickets must be used before June 22 unless otherwise marked, according to the management. . The picture feathred at Cop pin Motor was of the William Wagstaff place at Perry; Palmer Jewelry feathred the Raymond Nelson place at East Bear River, and O. P. Skaggs showed a photo of the George Wheatley place at Honeyville. Participants in the current weeks contest must correctly identify pictures at all three sponsors places of business in order to be eligible for the $5 merchandise prizes. J Collide Tuesday A 1955 model station wagon from California and a 1949 mod-- , el funeral coach from Idaho were involved in an accident on afternoon at 3 20 p. m. on U. S. Highway 91 in front of the checking station near Hot Springs, according to Sgt. Ed officer. Pitcher, investigating Sgt. Pitcher reported that the station wagon, driven by Miss Nona Jordan, 57, of Los Angeles, was traveling north, when it stopped in the traffic lane In front of the station. , The funeral coach, driven by Theodore S. Allen, 37, of Soda Springs,' Idaho was following the station wagon and crashed .into the rear of the California vehicle, causing approximately $100 damage to each of the vehicles Involved. Miss Jordan was cited for obstructing traffic and Allen was cited for following too close. Both were taken before Justice of the Peace Aaron Snow at Perry, where each was fined $25, Sgt. Pitcher stated. written notice, The board members voted y unanimously to reappoint neth E. Weight as superinten-dent of schools in Box Elder county school district for a term of two years. His present term of office will expire June 30, five days ' ( 1957. Set Budget Allowances Board members adopted a schedule for per capita allowances for the Box Elder High school and junior division and for Bear River school and junior high. The schedule provided an allowance of $8 per student for 10th, 11th, and 12th graders at Box Elder and Bear River High schools; $6 per student for ninth grade students at both schools; and $2.75 per student for seventh and eighth grades in the BEHS junior division and at Bear River Junior High. The allowances per student will be based on the previous years enrollment, Weight presented a plan in connection with the of authorized teachers as set out in a ruling of the State Board of Education on April 6, 1956. recommended that Weight steps be taken to provide additional books to build , up the Bear River Junior High school library. The board asked Weight to make a survey to determine whether or not there might be City Recreation Program Is Offered to library books which had been for seventh and purchased Boys 12 and Over, Includes Many Activities eighth grade students in the A brand new city recreation program will open on Thurs school prior to these students the junior high school, day morning of thia week at 10 a. m., designed to include entering a and teen-ag- e, boys, under the direction of Coach They also asked that study be (Continued on Page Six) Grant Moser who has accepted a position with the city recVerl R. OBrien, Box Elder News and Journal advertising manager, has accepted a position jn the advertising department of the Standard-Examiner- , Ogden. OBrien, his wife, the former Karen Hansen, and year-ol- d daughter, Keli, left Brigham City Saturday to make their home in Ogden Canyon. OBrien came to the News-Journas d University of Utah journalism graduate following an LDS mission , in South Africa. They have resided in Brigham City for the past two r years. Inaugurate Summer Gym Program At Organization Meeting Thursday reation department. Genn S. Nelson Is New State Clerks President A local man, Glenn S. Nelson of Brigham City post office, was elected new president of the Utah State Federation of Post Office Clerks in the concluding meeting- - of a twq day convention held in Ogden last week. He succeeds Dean C. Bullock, Provo. Chosen as vice president waB Alfred M. Larsen, 1638 Capitol street, in Ogden, with another Brigham City man,' Delbert Lee, named as secretary-treasureThe auxiliary, named Mrs. Ruth Kendell, North Ogden, as its president to succeed Mrs. Francis Whicken, Delta. j Mrs. Dauna McEntire, Ogden, was elected secretary treasurer of the auxiliary. New vice president is Mrs. Goldie Miller, Delta. Two officials of the National Federation of the Post Office Clerks, Emmet C. Andrews, San Francisco, and John F. Bowen, Washington, D. C., were keynote speakers. They discussed pay increases for post office clerks and how to get them. Mr. Brown said congressional subcommittees have recommended $500 yearly increases for the clerks to attract and keep top men in the postal service. r. g THIOKOL BEGINS OPERATION Artists rendering of Thiokols static test facili- ties now in operation at the companys new division located 15 miles west of Brigham City, is shown above. The huge concrete test bunker is capable of testing solid propel- lant rocket engines up to 12 feet in diameter and withstanding two million pounds thrust. M. F. S. Awards Contractfor Rocket Test Facilities Now in ' Local Facility Declared Possibly Largest' . Propellant Test Stand In Country Weber Gas Line Solid Static testing facilities capable of handling solid propeW rocket engines up to 12 feet in diameter are now in lant Line Engineers Limited Pipe company has been awarded a operation at Thiokols new plant located 15 miles .west of contract to construct a Brigham City, according to an announcement made by H. pipeline for Mountain Fuel Sup- R. Ferguson, vice president in charge of the companys from the mouth of e ply company Emigration canyon to Roy, Weber county, it was announced Friday by J. D. Roberts, vice president of the gas utility. welded The pipeline, a h steel, will connect with the Weber county distribution system at Roy and supplement the gas supply in that area, Roberts said. rocket engine divisions. In making the announcement, Ferguson said that the new horizontal test stand was designed to resist a two million pound lbad and is possibly the largest solid propellant test stand in the country. The huge concrete bunker built into the rocky terrain is larger than any other test facilities of Thiokals divisions at InTotal cost of the project, Elkton, Redstone or Longhorn. ,' cluding . engineering, The mammoth scale of the new pipe and construction, will testing facilities was made necesbe in excess of $2 million, Rob- sary by the continually Increaserts said. The construction com- ing demand for larger and largpany expects to complete the er solid propellant engines, Ferproject within 90 , days after guson said. work gets underway. In fact, this demand is the reason Thiokol initiated the 11, e Utah Division. Although our facilities at Elkton and Redstone have been expanding, we still needed considerable more area and facilities to meet our requirements. The Utah Dioperavision, a company-ownetion, will fill not only our 'reUniforms, Equipment Received This Week search and development needs, Construct Playing Field on North Main but also considerably add to our production capacities, . Uniforms and equipment for the four Little League engine Ferguson staled. teams were received and Issued this week and a schedule The testing section is the first of play drawn up with opening games 6n Thursday and Fri- major portion of the sprawling day of this week, it was announced this week by President Utah facility to be ready for operation, . while manufacturing Oluf Zundel. and Friday afternoon 0f rocket engines under existing Thursday Meanwhile, the city park on at 5:30 p. m. These are all six contracts is expected to get unNorth Main, just east of the Sev- inning games. Schedule for der way this fall. enth ward chapel, was picked as the season will be released FriThe local division was recentthe Litte League ball park and day, Zundel said. ly awarded its first production it is being readied for the seaManaging Macks Pharmacy contract by the Air Force. The sons openers. team will be Perc Petersen and contract of $790,758 is for rocket Playing Thursday evening at Reeve Brown, while Howard booster engines for the Martin 5.30 p. m., will be Macks Pharwill TM 61B Matador guided misKelly and Ted Valentine macy and the Brigham City New be in charge of the auto dealers sile, engines which Thiokol is Car Dealers who have the honor team. currently producing elsewhere. of opening play for the season. Ferguson stated that it is ThioPetersen and Pat Bid-lac-k Howard Friday evening at 5:30 p. m., of kols hope to make this new Chamber will the direct Fife Rock Products and the team, while Lloyd Utah plant a center of technical Chamber of Commerce teams Commerce and Robinette Tony Gallegos are development which will benefit Leawill play their first Little mentors for Fife Rock Products. the industry as a whole, as well gue game. as provide facilities for producThe four team league will play Official scorers and umpires tion of the most advanced rocket hanto week an 18 game split season. First will be picked this engines. and second half winners may dle the games. Other league ofvice Include Dee ficials Smith, NOTICE play off a championship series, president; Mrs. Inez Petersen, if they so desire. Brigham City residents are reand Cliff Hobson, quested to clean up and haul Regular league games must secretary; away any trash, litter, or tree be played by Aug. 10 at which players agent. time an all-stThe North Main street dia- limbs left on city streets, which team is picked this detract from the beauty of the to represent Brigham City in the mond will be prepared serstate . championship series. week, complete with backstop, city. City garbage pick-u- p For the remainder of the sea- fence and bleachers and will be vice does not handle litter of son, games will be played at the ready for the opennig game on this type. Brigham City Street Dept., Little League park on North Thursday evening, it was anBy Dallas Jeppson, Supt. Main every Monday, Tuesday, nounced. right-of-way- 000-acr- As tentatively scheduled, the program will include training in tumbling, basketball, volley tennis, hand ball, - ping-ponball and possibly other activities, it was announced this, week by Don Chase, councilman in charge of the summer recreation program. There is a possibility of getting a trampolene a little later for advanced training, Chase and Moser pointed out. Included in the program are the age groups who are largely excluded in other summer recthose reation programs, and over, it was explained. Moser asked that all youths interested meet him at the high school gymnasium, which has been obtained for summer use through cooperation of the board of education, at 10 a. m., Thursday morning. At that time an attempt will be made to determine the special interests of the boys and outline the summer program. The possibilities of organizing city tennis, basketball and volley ball leagues are being considered in planning the program, Moser said, and if the demand is great enough, a night schedule may be included once a week, providing the gymnasium can be made available. t According to Chase, the summer gym program will run for the balance of the season on a five days a week schedule. : Operation at Thiokol Site Here Little League Opens First Season With Games Thursday, Friday Eve d Commissioners Grant Franchise To Gas Company Mountain Fuel Supply Com pany was granted a franchise Friday to construct and oper ate a gas distribution system in Box Elder county, Box Elder county commit- sioners voted unanimously in passing an ordinance granting the franchise, The gas company paid the sum of $100 foe the franchise , , rights. HS Band i Wayne Johnson, director o t the Box Elder High school band, announced Tuesday morning that a change has been made in the time of summer band ye -- hearsay , . ' Johnson stated that It bad previously been scheduled for evenings, however, Thursday due to so many conflicting activities being held on Thursday evening, the band will meet on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p. m. at the band room, beginning this evening, June 19, and for the remainder of the summer. Temperature Drop Over Wet Weekend in this area Temperatures dropped to a cool 43 degrees last weekend when frequent showers visited this locality, according to Charles Clifford. The mercury reached a warm 80 degrees by Tuesday, however, and summer weather seemed to have returned. High Low Mots. June 14 June ,15 June 16 June 17 June 18 70 69 60 73 80 45 46 43 45 49 .04 ,08 on ers of Precision Built Homes went all out to close a Com plete house in one day. session of the record breaking s., n 5 building spree. By 5:30 p. m., a crowd had been attracted and when the last piece of sheeting was In place covering the roof, the clock ticked away at 5:47 p. m. This week the project is still going great and another house, the one to feature both wood siding and brick, well on its way and the other foundations also progressing nicely. The first of the five houses now has an asphalt shingle roof, 2 by 4s marking off the room arange-ment- s and the electricians are busy stringing wire. N SECTIONS ARRIVE Early Wednesday morning a truck subwith loaded trailer drew up with the division and workmen began to systematically unload the precision built sections. Foundation and floors were complete and a work day began. Wade-Lark- in WALLS IN PLACE Noon Wednesday found the workmen leaving to eat lunches and the walla and window frames in place. Already the first of five model Precision Built Homes constructed by Wade Bros, of Ogden and Jerry Larkin of Willard was beginning to look like home. , Date of Rehearsal Somewhat of a record was achieved in Brigham City last Wednesday, June 12, as a team of carpenters and work The homes are being built by Ogderi, and Jerry Larkin, Willard, with all precision carpentry completed at the mill in Ogden before bringing the materials to the Brigham site. City a. m. saw a 8 at Wednesday truck drive into the building area complete with precision walls, roof trusses and gable ends, loaded on the trailer. Wednesday at 12 noon showed the walls in place and the workers busy eating their lunch before starting on an afternoon , Changes Builders Construct Shell of House in Sunrise To Sunset Building Spree on New Wade-Bro- . 50-ye- Record Achieved in Brigham City as Precision Builders Set Up House Sub-Divisi- ( ROOF ON They did it; the lens saw it; and recorded it a house set up in a day. Quitting time found the conas well as tractors of Brigham Citys first all the workmen putting in a full day and well on their way to completing the project in the anticipated sub-divisi- on 60-d- ay |