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Show IMi lesd- ,. - C0PP aKLake City, Utah 352 -63 Brigham City, Utah, Tuesday Morning, July 24, 1962 Volume 65, Number 30 1 Funds Pending Council Turns Down On Projects Annexation Bid In BE Towns in Split A sewer system and treatment plant at Connne and a water and sewer system at Tremonton may be eligible for federal grants under terms of the Public Works Acceleration act which has been approved by the House Public Works Senator Frank E committee Moss has announced n The Community Faclities has advanced planning When the funds for the projects application was filed, the Connne was estimated to cost system $114 000, and the Tremonton. system, $56 000 1 he Senator a member of the Senate Public Works committee, said the bill implements President Kennedy's lequest tor a speed-uof essential public works to alleviate unemployment Mrs. Mary House of Brigham City displays one RECALLS PAST the 900 doilies she has made during the past 29 years. Mrs. House who will be 94 years old in August recalls with clarity her childhold days at Calls Fort now Harper. Utahns Recall Pioneer Past; Brigham Lady, 93, Was There Throughout the state Utahns are taking time out fiom usual routine to obst rve a holiday that neighbois attoss the slate line may not even know exists Its July 24, sigiufu ant lit cause on this date mote than a hundred years ago, the Beehive state's first settlers entered Salt Lake valley These hearty folk and those who came soon after endured many hardships heaped on sacrifice to colonize an aiea no one else today ONE PFRSON who remembers d how it was m the early days is Mrs Mary House 156 North first-han- New Managers Assigned by Thiokol Head Philip R Dykstra, manager of the Mmuteman progiam for Thio-kol- s Wasatch division, was named Manager of the Divisions Research and Development plant according to an announcement by E F Nau-maDivision General Manager Dykstra will be responsible for the research, design, development, and improvement of all rocket propulsion systems assigned to the Wasatch division Fdward G Dorsey, manager of development piograms, will take over management of the Mmuteman program and will also continue to manage the development programs at the Wasatch division. Dykstra, with eleven yeais expet lence in missile work, has been with Thiokol for seven years Dorsey brings 12 years of missile and ordnance experience to his new post; he has been with Thiokol since 1958 p 10 QUALIFY, local projects be eligible for federal assisFirs East in Brigham City She must Schools was born in a dug-oat Calli tance under existing law Fort now Harpei and is looking aie not in this category Senator Moss said it is expectfoiwaid to her 94th buthday on ed that prefeience will be given Aug 21 to piojocts in depressed areas The alert almost vivacious Mrs those sub designated as having House recalls with clarity how it stantial or unempersistent was in the dugout, a literal hole in the Area Redevelopthe ground with a dirt floor and a ployment by ment administration Luxury and for warmth and cooking non essential fireplace projects do not She remembers when Brigham City folks dipped their drinking water out of irrigation ditches and AND HE said Under the comonly two houses were standing in munity facilities program, these Tremonton projects can, be built with federal must HER PARENTS, Mr. and Mrs. loans, but the communities William Knighton Flint, went to repav the entire amounts with inCalls Fort m the early 1860s along terest If they qualify under the act, with four other families, all immi- Public Works Acceleration grants from England They jour-- 1 however, the federal government the cost. nted lrjto Box Elder county on di- could bear up to rective of LDS church president He said the Senate has already Brigham Young passed its version of the bill. are some differences, howOne winter the snow got so deep There workat Calls Fort that her father invi- ever, which will have to be Senate-Housconferted another family which had been ed out by a ence committee after passage by living in a wagon box, to share their dugout home. This meant the House there were ten persons sharing the damp quarters which measured not larger than an average living room e Mrs House said they later moved into a cabin with a stove the lap of luxury for those times two-roo- WHEN BRIGHAM Young made his final appearance in Brigham City, young Mary eight or nine by then was on hand to watch him with wide-eye- d adoration was brought up from the depot (to Bugham Young park) in a buggy drawn by white horses and he had on a tall, stovepipe hat I can still see him He There was always plenty to do House work and baby hending kept her and a sister busy while father and two brothers farmed For amusement they could rig up a whirlygig We made our own fun cause we didnt have any Suspect Faces Hearing on Burglary Count A California man was awaiting preliminary hearing m Brigham City court Monday after being burcharged with second-degre- e glary Harold Albert Ebhng, Jr, 24, of El Sobrante, Calif , was charged with the burglary in connection Sunday night of a Snowville serHe was picked up vice station Monday morning by authorities at Burley, Idaho, and was returned to Brigham City after waiving ex- tradition Box Elder Sheriff Warren W. I never saw sugar until I was We raised cane Hyde said entrance to the Tommy eight years old for molasses, you know, she Robbins Conoco station at Snow-vill- e Workmen last week were up in the air over WAIL OF A JOB Main street. It Is one of two sliens installed last week to signal fire used for civil defense in Brigham City. A BC Department Nears Record Regretfully Scooterists Are Cautioned A THIOKOL EMPLOYEE Philip R, Dykstra, was recently named manager of the Thiokol Wasatch division's research and development plant, Lessons in the Brigham summer dancing recreation gram will not be taught Tuesday or Wednesday because of the July 24 holiday. Classes will resume Thursday, July 26 and students should report to classes as usual then, according to Margaret Johnson, dance program director. Students who have been unable to attend the classes before because ot kindergarten may now do do starting at 10 30 a. m Thursday at the War Memorial home. Test New Sirens City In Regular Weekly Drill To Brigham Citys new fire, ambuThe Brigham City fire depart- lance and civil defense siren will be tested for the first ment is nearing a new record for answering calls in the Brigham u,irrfe Wednesday, Aug 1, as part City area during the month of July of the regular fire department Calls to four more fires over the drill, it was announced on weekly 30 weekend brought the total to William so far this month, according to Don Thursday by Councilman L Packer. Baird, fire chief The test will follow by a week A previous record of 31 fire calls has been reached twice before in installation of two new sirens at the local departments history Fifth North and Fifth South near With the July 24 holiday careless- Main street. ness still threatening Chief Baird . The units times warns all residents of the area to more powerful than the single sirwhich en now used are mounted on watch their incinerators, have been the main cause of fires towers They were purchasso far this summer ed by the city recently at a total On Saturday the department an- cost of $1,229 45 swered a call to a burning truck by The Fifth North siren has been the Brigham City dump yards at of 4 30 p m The truck, owned by erected on the north boundary 0 K Rubber Welders, was com- Snow park while at Fifth South the tower is located on a 12x12 pletely destroyed The department was summed to toot site east of Main street. two grass fires Sunday night The CONTROL wires and control refirst at 10 p m was above the resto make all three sirens operlays of on foothills the east the ervoir are being inate simultaneously out and second broke the city just stalled States TeleMountain by secafter at the railroad tracks on phone company ond south Thad Carlson, local MST&T Another grass fire was brought under control by the department at manager who is familiar with Greenwood drive at 3 30 p m Mon- alarm systems in most northern Utah communities, this week de day afternoon was gained through a rear chuckled And she recalled that people window From $35 to $40 was rem the break-i- n were kind to one another If you ported missing killed a pig or a beef, everybody which occurred about 10 p m got some An hour earlier In Bear River - MRS. HOUSE was nearly 20 City, some one entered the Jim vears old where she was married to Smith Union 76 service station a rear window and took George N House They lived at through Promontory with her cooking for $5 from the register, Hyde said The Box Elder sheriff had Burup to 20 ranch hands for 19 years after Mrs House who now has impair- ley officers pick up Ebhng ed vision, lives with a son, Clay, giving them a description of the Shes bpen in Brigham City for 29 car which was given to him by the Snowville station manager. years Two other children are Mrs Parley (Gladys) Tingey of Connne, and Mrs William P Stander of Plain City Progeny includes 11 grandchilGAINS NEW POST Edwaid G. and Dorsey has been appointed mana- dren, 37 ger of the Minuteman and develop- 25 How would she live her life difment programs. Ive enferently? She wouldn't. Those persons who follow the joyed my life and Ive always been present turn to motor scooters honest and truthful for transportation around BrigAs far as the bespectacled Mrs ham City streets drew a word of House is concerned, the world is caution this week from Police getting ahfead of itself I Johnson And shes been watching the race Chief John are failing Many scooterists long enough to know. to heed certain rules of the road and lohnson said the city traffic code is just as applicable to scooters as to other motor vehicles This includes observance of stop signs and yield markers at local Dancers in City Given Vacation The Bnghum City council, in a 3 2 split vote, Thursday turned down petition foi the city to annex a parcel of commercial property located adjacent to the noith citv limit Councilmen Olof Zundel William Packer and John Hadfield lined up to defeat a motion introduced by Councilman Don Chase and seconded by Councilman Verl Petersen Howevtt there were indications that annexalion of a larger surconsiderarounding area under will pass tion smet last autumn when firullv hi ought to a vote And this would bring in the property turned down 1 hursduy Zundt said lit was voting no on the smullei pace hut would change his vole lo hive the whole ana come in Councilman Puktt said he had lot the pititioneis and sympathy would have voted the othet way if it was not a small paicel But he added that to bring in a small piece would stt an unfavorable pi t cedent li cated The piopcity is just north ot the tluokol materiel building on a site with a frontage and 376 feet deep Petitioning for annexation were William V Davis Ira J Jones and ACCEPTED this new siren at Fitth South and Lt. Jay Christensen of the Brigham City Police departand ambulance calls and to be Jack D Taylor ment has been accepted for enCOUNCILMAN Chase said he rollment in the FBI National the favored annexation because d several businesses there utility customers to the city and they cauld be brought in at virtually no expense to the city. The belief that the larger area eventually will be annexed anyway piompted Councilman Peter-sito vote yes" said he Councilman Hadfield . . as scribed the new setup as felt first priority should be given good a volunteer system as I know to the original large area of is The expanded siren system IN OTHER business, the counexpected to be heard much more cil reaffirmed its decision to- reA Brigham City police officer consistantty over a greater area zone from M 2 (manufacturing) to has been, accepted for enrollment of the city The single unit has near (residential) property in the Federal Bureau of Investias the Fram corporation plant But grown less and less effective National academy at Washthe city has grown up over the in response to questions of the gation D C., it was revealed last ington, past several years, Councilman plant manager, Bud Powers, coun- week m a letter from J. Edgar Packer explained cil members agreed to provide Hoover. The city official said that by him with a letter stating the citys The successful applicant is Lt. having larger sirens, the same ef- intent to again rezone the a member of the Jay can fect be obtained in a aiea if Fram should want to local Christensen, force for six years. He will time expand Us operations 12 weeks of intensified An informal request relayed by receive training at the academy which is turned was Hansen Willis Mayor fundamental to all FBI agents. down to allow city employees to The starting date is Aug 13. wink Satuiday instead of July 23 This would have given the emIN ORDER to qualify for enployees a four day weekend from trance, a law enforcement officer BE must have had at least five years July 21 to 24 Mayor Hansen was given au- experience and be under 50 years 1 1 thority to select a successor to old. Harry Smith on the city traffic Chief John I. Johnson said that Box Elder Countys 1962 traffic advisory council as far as he was aware, Christen11 toll death rose to Thursday with THE MAYOR reported that sen isa the onlyFBIofficer from the the death of a 73 year-ol- d Weston, district acceptnothing definite was decided at ed for this session. Generally no Ida woman who was injured July a of the with members meeting more than 70 men are accepted 12 in a collision in Per- Northern, Utah Livestock Protecy for each of the academy's tive association regarding livery sessions. Mrs John F, Reeder died at an stock trails through the city The training includes ten weeks However, one suggestion seemShe was a pasOgden hospital ed lo curry favor with the city of- of basic instruction in all fields of senger in a car driven by her hus- ficials, that being to provide a rest law enforcement and administraband, 79, on U S 89 91 She had area for stock east of the city tion and two weeks of specialized With this concentrated been listed in critical condition at The animals could be kept there study behind him, Christensen training and then herded the hospital since the accident overnight through will return to instruct other memThe driver of the northbound the city at an early hour It was agreed to ask the state bers of the Bngham City force. flatbed truck involved, Theodore This is the prime reason for sendLewis, 38, Roy, was uninjured (Continued on Pag Three) ing him to the academy, Johnson said lt2-fo- lf one-ha- Vote 3-- 2 a admm-lstiatio- of 0 Pages interactions Scooters can be dangerous inasmuch as the passengers have no protection in event of collision, the ch.ef explained He made these points which apply to any type of motorized scoot- er The vehicle must have a muffler, straight pipes wont do, the operator must possess a drivers license; the vehicle must be registered and properly licensed and if it is built to accommodate one person then only one person should ride it at a tune. Orion Eskelsen to Step Down After 40 Y ears City Service A man with possibly more years service than any other municipal employee in Utah will retire from the Brigham City electrical partment, effective July 31 He is Orion Eskelsen who has piled up more than 40 years with the city, most of them as superin tendent of the electrical depart ment Eskelsens first stint with the city came when the present power plant was being constructed That was in, 1920 and after helping to put the pieces in place, he went with the old UIC roalroad as a lineman and substation operator It was only a year-ana halt later when he sunk his roots per manently here, being hired as a meter reader and apprentice line man d repie-sente- Local Officer n FBI R-- 3 Death Increases Traffic Toll To For Year Utah-Nevad- car-truc- k twice-yearl- HE LISTED this work and the will BRIGHAM CITY officers continue to attend classes at Camp Williams in a state program intended to provide law enforcement personnel with basic and refresher instructraining tions These generally are m two vveik sessions, the chief explained Christensen is a native of Brigham City and the son of former city recorder, Fannie Christensen. He was promoted to the rank ol of this lieutenant in February substaton and connecting trunk line on Fifth West as biggest jobs completed while has been superintendent He has constantly striven to keep Brigham Citys jxiwer plant operating at top efficiency, an endeavor which has brought in additional power revenue to take the place of higher taxes An amazing fact is that in Eskelsens many years, never has he nor a member of his crew suffered a serious accident We tried to construct the lines so they wouldnt present a hazard and the men have always been he instructed to be careful year. Hot and Sultry Describes Local Weather Sultry is the word for describing Brigham City weather the past few days. A trace ot ram Sunday evening brought temporary relief from rising 90 degree temperatures The predicted holiday rain for the area still hasnt come and temperatures have begun to creep up into the 90s again. Temperatures for the hist five e days were as follows: 1 I Academy - new The demand for electrical service in Bngham City is now 14 times greater than it was when BY 1933 HE HAD gained enough Eskelsen first went on the muniexperience and confidence of the cipal payroll city administration to be appointFSKFLSEN, who Is married to a jxist he has ed superintendent, the former Jennie Petersen of held over since Brigham City, recalls that over A lot of power has gone over the years he has been the recithe wires since Eskelsen broke in pient of many telephone calls both to city service As a measure of night and day and sometimes he his service, it is estimated that 90 was discouraged percent of the electrical distribuBut I have no regrets Dont tion lines have been put up under think Id live my life any differHe has seived unhis direction ently, he said der 14 different mayors About the only committment The smiling native of Mantua skelsen is willing to make these says his biggest thrill was install- days is one that hell spend a lot And maybe hell ing the street lighting system on of time fishing Second South and on Main street do a little electrical contracting. from Seventh South to Seventh And if that sounds like a line, North, This was accomplished in well is isnt , , . except maybe for 1956. the fish. Accepted for PLANS RET1RTMENT Orion Eskelsen, an employe of Brigham of ihe electiical City for more than 40 years and superintendent department since 1933, will retire effective July 31. July July July July July 4 19 20 21 22 23 MWMUlMmnNNM |