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Show tyfttfnmiTMi'i v n MmfMii MMMtIMI M!U v M TT TTTTm T M jj V' M J rvr Universal 3icrofHing Cerp. 141 Pisrpnag Avo, Salt tak City, Brigham City, Utah, Tuesday Morning, January 30, 1 962 8 To Fill County Post : The Box Elder county commission Monday named Thatcher farmer, William D. Burton, to fill a vacancy on the county board. Burtons appointment was announced during a regular weekly commission meeting m Brigham City. He will officially take the g ceremonies on post at Thursday at 12 noon in First District courtroom. The new commissioner, long an active worker in the county Democratic party organization, was one of six candidates endorsed for the job. He will fill the unexpir-e- d term of the late J. Erie Compton which still has three years to run. Envelops Local Area The Brigham City area was enveloped in a dense fog this past weekend and visability at times was completely nil, particularly at night. Local residents awoke Saturday morning to find that they could barely see across the street at times, then as the fog rolled on to another area, visibility was again possible. But this was only momentarily and within a few minutes, more fog had rolled into the area. By afternoon and evening, there was just no relief from the heavy atmosphere and traffic be- came hazardous. oath-takin- WHEN INFORMED that he had been selected. Burton said he was and added that he surprised would "do the job as best I know WUIiam D. Bur. APPOINTED how. was apton, Monday Thatcher, With the exception of one year, to the county commission. pointed Burton has lived in Box Elder READY MOTHERS MARCH KITS Mrs. John Roberson, Mrs. J. L. Powers, Mrs. Richard in Mrs. Malcolm McDonald aid Mrs. Warren schednled for tonight, Tuesday, are shown above as county and more specifically the Bear River valley area since Rush, district leaders in the Mothers March, they prepared kits for the 220 volunteer workers 1932. He came here from Cleveto use. Local residents are asked to leave their porch lights burning for the Marching Mothers and land, Idaho, where he was born are urged to be prepared to make a generous contribution. and raised. Together with a son, he now THE FOG continued through Sunday morning, but by afternoon it had lifted and the sun broke through for a few hours. It settled again about midnight Sunday and was reported light on the east side of town Monday but was on the dense side again west of Main street, until it lifted before noon and the sun shone once again. Each time the fog lifted, local I I . I Girls Add Names to, Queen List; Mrs. Jack Hadfield. John Burnett will act as master; of ceremonies. Here are names of the latest Plant Workers Donate 303 Pints Blood I Blood-mobil- pints of blood during the two-dadrawing. Volunteer donors oij the first day numbered 158 persons, with 152 pints being drawn. The second day the volunteers numbered 163 persons, with 151 pints being drawn, according to Mrs. J. Gordon Felt, chairman of the Red Cross blood program in Box Elder county. y HEARD Street Still Officially Open, Cuts Across SPECIAL recognition was given to Henry O. Lundberg, who has donated three gallons of blood during recent years. Other donors recognized for having donated one gallon included Donald G. shade tree committee was that Harry Nighswonger, permission be granted to pull only Fisher, Winston P. Nelson and John Higginson.' two trees. Brigham City ladies who volunfor over The matter was turned teered their services at the study to Dallas Jeppsen and Orion include Mrs. Felt, Mrs. Eskelsen, water and electrical de- Robert Taylor, Mrs. Russell Fish-burpartment superintendents. They Mrs. Mrs. Reed Merrill, will work with the shade tree John Reese, Mrs. Roy Barnard, committee. Mrs. Otto Smith, Mrs. John HigCOUNCILMAN William L. Pac- ginson, Mrs. J. E. Ryan, Mrs. ker said a 'final report on the cur- Rulon Garner, Mrs. Dean Bunder-SoMrs. Robert Markeson and rent police department investigation will be given this week. A Mrs. A1 Warren. Ladies from Tremontop who asfor list of recommendations sisted during the drawing Included accomto expected Mrs. Jerry Fruin, Mrs. Harry pany the report. Drew, Mrs. Glade Timothy, Mrs. A final analysis of the study in- Dona Bowcutt, Mrs. William Neil-erto the merits of employing a fullMrs. Charles Taylor, Mrs. time city engineer was said to be Pete Mayo, Mrs. Bill Waldron, not quite complete. Mrs. Vincent Chido, Mrs. Gifford Mrs. Peg Johnsen, Mrs. Alton Wade, representing Wade Watland, Arlene Ficklin and Mrs. Harvey Bros. Construction Co., pointed Deem. out several changes he felt should be made in a tentative agreement with the city to install a sewer line. BE High The new Box Elder High school is just a wide step away from overlapping on a city street that has not yet been officially closed. This fact was brought to light during Thursdays regular city council meeting. The Box Elder Board of Education some time ago asked Brigham City to close Third South between Sixth and Eighth West. But if was never done. The street technically still exists and cuts right through the middle of the campus. Needless to say, the city officials directed that steps be taken to correct the situation. Some obstinate pipes had people figuritively smoking in Brigham City last week. The pipes water not tobacco variety succumbed to the recent cold snap and froze solid. The result: Over a four-da- y period from Wednesday to Friday, 31 local home owners were temporarily without water. The freeze-up- s put city workers on a busy schedule as they motored from one home to another. They used an arc welding machine to put the pipes in running order by sending currents of electricity , through them. Friday was the biggest day with 14 distress calls coming into the Campus Blood-mobi- le n, n, IN OTHER business at a relatively short and placid session, councilmen put off a request for removal of four trees and relocation of a light pole and a fire hydrant at Fourth North and Main street. The request was made by Standard Oil company to accommodate construction of a new service station on the northeast corTHE BUILDING firm Is develop-ner. ing a housing tract In northeast! A recommendation from the city to Brigham City and according city policy is being required to pay for sewer line extension to NOTICE the property. The city will then have reimburse Wade when a specified Corinne city dog owners until Feb. 15 to get their 1962 dog number of homes are finished. Cost of the line was estimated licenses. Licenses may be obtained from the Corine City Treas- at $11,000 or $12,000. , i Councilmen John Hadfield, Don urer. Chase and Packer were named By order of Mayor end . to meet with Wade and the city City Council. (Continued on Page Three) Boy Scouts Hold 1 First-Aid-O-R- ee The Bird Haven District Boy Scouts conducted a Friday night at the boys gymnasium on Intermountain school campus. Boy Scouts from 20 patrols in 13 troops participated in the event, The travel trophy was awarded to Troop 114 for the second consecutive year, and honorable mention went to Troop 321 for having the most parents in attendance. Tonight, Tuesday, will be Dads night in the kitchens of 220 homes in the1 Brigham City area while households mothers from these oln in the Mothers March to raise funds for the National Foundation's March of Dimes. THE DRIVE will begin at 6 p.m. local, volunteers will ring the doorbells of every home in Brigham City as they march around the blocks, house to house, soliciting funds to further research and treatment of arthritis, birth defects and polio. Mrs. Vincent Bramlet is heading up the Mothers March program in Brigham City and has been assisted by a group of 14 district leaders who in turn have recruited the help of friends and neighbors to cover the entire Brigham City aria during the , eariy evening drive. and RESULTS OF the drive will be announced Wednesday morning, Mrs. Bramlet said, and a report will be made in the Thursday issue of the Box Elder Journal. Mrs. Roy Barnard, chairman of the Box Elder County Chapter of the National Foundation, and Nick Topic, city chairman of the March of Dimes drive, have been busy during the month of January in g proorganizing other jects. ASSISTING Mrs. Bramlet and Mrs. Barnard in receiving and totaling the contributions this eveLola ning will be Grace Kling, Fuentes and Norma Ericksen, employes of the Box Elder County Bank, who are donating their time to the drive. Mrs. Warren Rush will canvas the professional district in Brig ham City today for contributions to the drive. to Local residents are urged leave their porch lights burning to Mothers welcome the Marching and be ready to make a contribuStarting Tuesday afternoon, Feb tion when the ladies call at their 6, at 4 p. m. at the Lincoln school, homes this evening, Mrs. Bramlet a new class, Education 324, Arts said. and Crafts for Elementary TeachA LIST of the Machlng Mothers ers will begin. and the districts they will cover The Instructor for this class will are as follows: be Professor June Carlisle, Mrs. J Area No. 1 Leader, member of the faculty of the BrigGordon Felt; Marchers: Mesdames ham Young University at Provo, Lee McDonald, Two semester hours of credit D. L. Holland, Johnson, Doyle Packer, Wayne will be given for this course Y which is equivalent to three quar- Cam Harmon, Eliott Ward, J. Ferry, VeNoy Christofferson, Marter hours of credit. , This course is designed to help vin Peters, Rex Baron, Olof Norman Grover, Verle Peterwith the elementary teachers ideas, techniques, and materials son, Darrell Card, DeWayne J. C. Keller, Rex Earl for teaching art to children. If is Area No. 2 Leader, Mrs. Richbeing organized as part of the afternoon and evening education ard Huffsmith. Marchers: Mes program of the Box Elder county dames Albert Hansen, Gus Kenneth Dean Candland, school district. the recent cold spell? Jeppson said it was because warmer temperatures drove frost deeper into the ground. Traffic does the same to pipes located under streets Jeppson Said he was advising everyone to keep one tap running in the home at about pencil size flow or just beyond a drip. It would be wise to take this precaution, he said, until warmer weather takes some of the frost A successful blood drawing was out of the ground. conducted last week at Thiokol Jeppson said last weeks siege Chemical Corporations Wasatch of frozen pipes totaled more than any time in the past six years. division, with the Red Cross collecting a total of 303 entrants. Here are names of the latest encoveted crown. Selection of the trants: new monarch will take place at Alice Cosgrove, daughter of Mrs. the annual Snow Carnival on Sat- Alice Loree Bott, Cosgrave; urday, Feb. 3, in the Box Elder of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin daughter Junior High school gymnasium. Bott; Elaine Packer, daughter of Mayor Willis L. Hansen is slat- Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Packer; 1962 ed to place the tiara on the Lynn Barry, daughter of Mr. and queen. Last years Snow Queen, Mrs. James A. Barry; Pamela Marie Madsen, will present her Olsen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. successor with the traditional Adolf Olsen; Mary Kay Tincher, white blanket. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arlie The dance will start at 8:30 p.m. Tincher, ail of Brigham City, andj with the coronation and floor show Janet Evelyn Jensen, daughter of scheduled at 9:30 p. m., according Mr. and Mrs. Vay S. Jensen, Bear to chairmen, Mr. and Mrs. Glen River City. TREE REQUEST Pipes Freeze, Mothers, 220 Strong, to People Smoke March for FundsTonight Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Yates and Mr. and h, BC Body Gives ACCORDING to Charles Clifford, local weather observer, the fog was caused by the heavy cold air which had prevailed here the past week, being held under a mass of warm air, higher in the atmosphere., He said the fog for another 24 could continue hours or until breezes ' come to blow it out under the warm air, The barometer indicates fair weather, he noted, which we could Snow Carnival Slated Saturday Seven girls added their names to the list of Snow Queen contestants late last week as Saturday posed the deadline for receiving entries. The new candidates brought to 31 the number of girls seeking the Huff-smit- residents were treated to an art exhibit produced by Old Man Win ter and Mother Nature, who had frosted the trees and shrubberies in magnificent manner. Mantua residents reported that they were enjoying clear shies and sunshine Saturday and Sunday while the lower valleys were wrap- ped in the heavy fog. TAKES PRACTICE Mayor Willis Hansen practices the crowning procedure with Marie Madsen, 1961 Snow Queen. The mayor will be on hand Saturday to crown the new Snow Queen at the Box Elder Junior High school gym. A-i- -43 Thatcher Man Pages Dense Fog 0, 2432 Commission Names lixIUwi Volume 65, Number 5 Ota fund-raisin- Arts, Crafts Class Will Begin Feb. 6 Zun-del- Hau-enstei- n, Kopi-nitz- Bid Awarded for Construction Of New Post Office at Corinne A new post office building has been assured for Corinne, it was announced this week by M. Blaine t. Peterson, U. S. representative from Utah's First dis-tric- Success bidder for the new Corinne post office Wells of Corinne who will be given a five year lease with an annual rental of $1,308, Congressman Peterson announced. The building will be located on the west side of Sixth street, between Front street and U.S. Highway 30-he announced. In accepting a bid for the structure, the Post Office department revealed that it would have interior space of 1 ,064 square feet and a platform area of 80 feet. Paved area around the building would be ' 2,190 square feet. is Myrle Lysle S, operates a irrigated farm at Thatcher. He has been in since moving to Box Elder. Tentative OK FOR THE past seven years. Burton has also acted as coordinator of the school districts adult education program at Bear River High school. He has served as precinct vice chairman and chairman and in 1960 was a delegate to the state Democratic convention. d The official is active in LDS church affairs and for a total of seven years was bishop of the Thatcher and combined Thatcher-Penros- e wards. He is married to the former Leda Borgstrom of Thatcher. They are parents of three sons and one daughter. The appointment of Burton was made one day short of the allotted 30 days In which the commission had to name its choice. Otherwise, the responsibility for appointment would have gone to 'the governor. To Subdivision 120-ac- agri-tultu- Stoll, Bill Davis, Martell Hunsa- ker. Area No. 3 Leader, Mrs. George Mavriedes. Marchers: Mesdames Doris Simonsen, Alfred Frye, Bill Sellers, L. Jensen, Glen Fife, Wynn Fife, K. B. Olsen, Donald Anderson, Albert Earl, Ronald Balllngham, Mack Young, Bradley Garrison, Ellis Peterson, T. Sneddon, H. Stokes, Wayne Burt. Area No. 4 Leaders, Mrs. Robert Pett and Mrs. John Nauman Marchers: fesdatnes Kenley Palmer, Blaine Craven,, Glade Harrison, Blaine Olsen, Lewis Knudsen, Denzil Baird, Walter Everton, Donald Grover, Vernal Harris, Paul Rosenbaum, Herman Munson, Joseph Price, Lila Wendall, (Continued on Page Three) newly-appointe- Contract Talk Preludes Start On Cooley Hospital Addition Contract negotiations Saturday appeared to be the final step between planning and the start of actual construction on the proposed new addition to Cooley Memorial hospital. The successful bidder, r, Reid Tremohton contractor, met with the hospital building committee and architect L. Don Frand-se- n to discuss contract terms. The new wing and remodeling to existing facilities Is expected to cost about $100,000, depending on alternate? which are accepted. Construction on the addition will begin as soon as the weather permits. addition will extend The ten-be- d to the south of the present building. It will contain approximately 5,000 square feet of floor space with Oy-le- two-sto- the lower floor containing facilities for two physicians. ry A third level can be added should an additional increase be needed and the structure could be extended to the east with another wing to the north, Frandsen said. Planned remodeling Includes imof existing surgery, provement pharmacy, kitchen and dining areas plus installation of a dumb waiter and fire escape. As added insurance against fire, the hospital will have extensive wire glass installed. The new addition will have provisions for future refrigerated air conditioning along with an extended hot water system which is connected to the hospitals existing boiler. Frandsen said completion is slated for The Brigham City Planning and commission has given its tentative approval to a subdivision plat in the northeast section of in town, an area now occupied part by barns and other livestock buildings. Zoning The property is located between First and Third North and Fourth and Sixth East S. L. Jeppsen and Neil Smith, civil engineer, proposed the project last week. They said planning was just In the formative stage and further development hinged on the commission's reaction. , , , , THE PLAT showed 77 lots with 16 already occupied by homes. Streets are laid out in such a manner as to eliminate the need for two bridges, planned by the city to cross Box Elder creek, The commission gave its approval pending signature by property owners and presentation to the city engineer for inspection. Final approval must come front the city council. In other action, the commission approved a zoning request from Perc Petersen. The proposed change would rezone property at Seventh North and First East from R-(residential) to (commercial). The proposed change will go to the city council. A zoning request made by Boyd Jeppesen was denied. 2 Strep Infections Here Thirty cases of strep infection were reported from Brigham City to the State Department of Health for the week ending Jan. 19. Also reported were eight cases of chicken pox and six cases of influence. Box Elder county did not report any disease for the same period. office License Sales Drag, Rush Looms Larger Prospects are better than ever this week that the greatest human traffic jam of the year the rush for license plates will be the biggest ever next month. County Assessor Fred L. Petersen said motor vehicle owners are trickling in at a slower rate than usual. In fact by Monday, only e, an approximate 2,500 plate sets had been issued. The county officials ' estimates that 14,000 motor vehicles will be licensed in the county this year. And the way things look, tags for most of them will be issued during the final week. The deadline is midnight Feb. 28. At the present rate of business, it takes the average person five minutes or less to pay taxes and secure the 1962 plates. It will take considerably longer when crowds jam into the courthouse corridors in late February-Th- e procedure Is simple: Go to the assessors office to pay property taxes on the vehicle and then downstairs to where the, plates are being issued. Dont forget to take along the registration. Marv Peters, the man who's handing out 1962 license plate, is almost lost In these stacks of tags yet to be given out. Motor vehicle owners have been slower than usual in obtaining their new plates; A TALL ORDER |
