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Show Hi. irrpolnt Spike Ceremony Observed By Corn;. City to Expand Goiif Open, Gives Fund Requests Okay 3000 Spectators By John Carroll Promontory has "no connection with the proposed development of the Great Salt Lake area," but that it would be a separate undertaking. It was revealed that plans would Include the building of wayside exhibits and tourist facilities "to call attention to the spot which marks the link, ing of a strong nation." The message came over the telegraph wire, the spike was driven amidst cheers, and the railroad linking the West and the East was completed. The scene first set in 1869 was re.enacted Monday at Promontory summit amid pre. dictions that a national monu. ment would be established there SENATE by 1969. Ave. Salt Lik City, Utah HEARINGS on the monument bill are expected to HIGHLIGHTING THE annual open May 18, according to Sen. Golden Spike ceremonies was ator Frank E. Moss. an address by Frank Oberhan. Enacting the traditional Golden Spike pageant were Brigham of Zion Na. sley, superintendent tlonal park representing the City residents Glen Nelson as General Dodge; C, R. Barker U. S. National Park service. Oberhansley told the 3,000 as Mr. Tuttle; Marvin Olsen gathered at the summit that as Reverend Todd; Jesse L, "as soon as we can acquire Roberts as Governor Sanford; enough land, we will develop L, D, Wilde as Dr. Durant; this area into what it should be." George Johnson as Dr. Hark, ness; and Sam Gordon as Gov. SPEAKING FOR THE federal ernor Stafford. Depicting the role of tele, government, Oberhansley ex plained that the development of grapher was Frank Davis, Tre. monton, son of the telegrapher at the 1869 ceremony. Preceedlng Oberhansleys address, Dr. Everett B. Cooley, director of the Utah State His. torlcal society, delivered a proclamation from Gov. Calvin L. Rampton who is in Washing, ton, D. C and could not attend. In the proclamation the chief executive set aside May 10 as Golden Spike day and praised our forefathers "who labored to connect the east and the west City officials stretched the spectrum of their thinking from golfing and tourism to Chris tmas Thursday as they approved and expanded Brigham City open golf tournament and okayed funds for a tourist booth and Yule village displays. The action came during a regular weekly city council meet-inin the city hall. Perhaps the most significant step of the evening was a unanimous vote to expand the Brigr ham City open from one to two days this year and offer $3,200 it has a potentially great draw-in- g card, one which will bring many visitors into the city for two days. "If we find it doesnt work out, we can always drop back to a one. day affair," he said. AS g in prize THIS WILL MAKE THE local tourney Utahs second largest professional-amateu- r golfing e. vent. The dates will be June 26-2- for a study Councilman Robert Keating said it may cost the city up to $1,580 to stage the links affair. But he pictured Speaking com-mitte- SAID IT WILL BE just like any conven-tloby the Box Elder Cham-be- r of Commerce which can pro. vide orientation kits and make 12 hours a day during the tourist season. The Box Elder Coun. ty commission earlier in the week said it would also pay half the cost. n other appropriate arrange, ments to host visitors. The bulk of the burden for tournament staging the two-dawill fall on the shoulders of Sun Meadow pro John Lundahl who came in for generous praise from the council for his efforts and achievements at the city course. PROPOSED THE tourn-amewould be open to 96 golf, ers with about money. HE HOWEVER y pros from throughout Utah and surround, ing states expected to partlci-pate- . Entry fees would amount to $1,752. Councilman Keating suggest-e- d that a local club he sug. gested the Brigham City Golf and Country Club might hold a barbecue or other type of social the first evening to encourage participants to stay in the city overnight. He pictured the open as some-thin- g big at the beginning of the summer to compliment Peach Days which comes in Sept. this year. 30 RE-que- n THE COUNCIL APPROVED funding of $585 to help oper. ate the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce tourist booth at Sec-onSouth and Main street this d into Brigham summer. Asking for the assls. tance were Robert Favero chamber president, and Veran Boothe, secretary. manager. The money represents half of the amount said necessary to operate the Information center 10-1- 1 SECOND A for for this $1,000 year's Peach Days celebra-tlowas tabled for study by a committee to ascertain its need." Named to talk further with chamber officials on the fund request were Councllmen Bill Davis and Rudolph Kaiser. Also while at the meeting, Boothe and Favero said the chamber was conducting a study to determine cost and best lo. cation for a sign to direct are traveling 0 City who (the north, route). They asked the council to keep this project in mind and sug. gested the sign might be erected at either Oasis, Nev., or at WARD SECRET, represent, ing the Brigham City Jaycees, produced a drawing of the coun. ty courthouse grounds and in. dlcated plans to Increase Christmas season displays this year. f. Both the city and county con. trlbuted $1,000 to starts Chris, tmas village project on the lourthouse grounds last year. Secrlst said they were asking the same level of assistance for the coming Yule season. THE JAYCEES constructed display structures, arranged for purchases, arranged the dls. plays and placed them in storage after Christmas. Councilman William Packer said "I feel weve got a good thing going, especially when we have people willing to donate their time and efforts like the Jaycees." Packers motion to make the available gained unanl mous council approval. money Only One laker' On House Brigham City stirred little interest when it offered aframe house for sale on south Main street. The city council Thursday re. celved and opened only one bid tor the dwelling which is located on the south Main park property. The bid, submitted by Le. Grande Tea and Walter Jaggl of Brigham City was for $101. It was tabled for further con. slderatlon. Bid specifications called for the home to be moved within coasts." Volume 68, Number 19 Brigham City, Utah, i I ; ( ; 5 Unseasonable frost harvested most of Box Elder county's fruit crop last weekend, did extensive damage to sugar beets, alfalfa and vegetable crops, a county survey revealed this week. According to a survey conducted by the Utah Employment Security office in Brigham City at the request of Governor Calvin L. Rampton, some of the losses can be minimized by replanting. IN OTHER BUSINESS, the council heard a request from Thunderblrd Flying service to have use of the waiting room building at the air port. Representative Joseph S. By. num said the flying service was starting regularly scheduled flights listing Brigham- - City as a flag stop. He asked' that the building be available to waiting passengers. Bynum said it wasnt neces-sar- y to have a written agree, ment, just verbal assurance from the council. The twice, dally flights will exist between Logan and Salt Lake City. ular airline. He advised against entering Into any contract that would threaten regular airline ser. vice in the future. Councilman Packer voiced his appreciation to Weir who has furnished radio service at the airport tor many years. TABLED WERE THREE bids on a voltage regulator for the Mishap Rate result of the state.wlde survey, Governor Rampton ask. ad the president to declare the As a ' agricultural counties affected by the killing frost as a dlsas. ter area and provide federal assistance. Box Elder county was one of those so indicated. ACCORDING TO THE AIRPORT MANAGER JOHN Weir said he could see no rea. son to stop the scheduled flight service but pointed out to the council that Thunderblrd was a charter service and not a reg. TEARS OUT ORCHARD George A. Nielson, Jr., set to work Friday tearing out peach orchard after frost wiped out the crop. Nielson said the trees were old and would have been taken out anyway but he had hoped to harvest a final peach crop from them this year. re to the governor, 90 percent of the peach and apricot crop has been destroyed, between 50 to 70 percent of the sweet cherries and from 50 to 60 percent of the sour cherries. The apple crop loses in the county will run up to 75 percent, the revealed. , While the heaviest frost ap. peared to be through the cen. ter of the valley, the loses were not as severe. Early assess, ment of damages set the beet crop loss as about 20 percent but where considerable acre, ages were affected, they will be replanted. Probably the yield will not be as high as normal but at least crop Income will not be entirely lost. ' County People Named On Spike Commission A former Box Elder county employment of J. Lanell Foote as a radio dispatcher with the police department. Chief Dell Fife said he would replace El. 11s Andersen who recently re. signed from the department. Approval was given to con. solldate telephones into one sev. en.llne unit in the police sta. Box Elder county reported tlon Chief Fife said the ser. vice would cost $13 a month. 66 diseases and Brigham City reported 30 infectious diseases KEN STOLL, CITY fire chief for the week ending Apr, 30. Invited the council, Mayor Wll. The county tally Included 21 seven of 11s Hansen and City Recorder cases of measles, Tolman Burke to attend the de. ringworm of the scalp. Brig, partments annual "Old.Tlm. hams tally included five cases ars party." The event is sched. of chicken pox, 13 German uled Wednesday starting at 7 measles, one mumps, five strep Infections and six influenza. p.m. County, City Note Diseases resident was designated man of the commission. George A, Christensen, ance man now of Salt OTHER MEMBERS chair, He is lnsur. Lake. OF the committee are Wendell L. Han. sen, Weber county clerk; Joseph A. Sears Sr., Riverdale, state legislative chairman of the Brotherhood of Railroad Eng. lneers; and Harold C. George, legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Murray Moler, Ogden, chair, man of Utah Tourist and Pub. liclty council, was named an member. The members will prepare plans for the observance of the 100th anniversary of the Pro. montory summits famed "wed. ding of the rails." They will quarterback the proposal by Utahs Congressional delegation to have the Summit upgraded to the status of a national monument. The first task in this will be to plan the necessary exhibits for it. Chamber Hosts City Visitors From Alabama The Box Elder Chamber of Commerce Is hosting ten persons employed by the Air Force base from Mobile, Ala., In Brigham City today. Veran Booth, chamber secretary, said the visit Is for the purpose of seeing what our town has to offer In respects to personnel possibly being transferred to Hill Air Force base. The tour will begin at 3 p.m. During the day the men will be taken on a tour of Brigham City and then out to dinner. They will be shown a representative and a home for rent, and a representative home for sale. Jobless Role Cut Sharply One of the sharpest drops in continuing unemployment this season took place during the week ending May 1, It was re. AN ORGANIZATION meeting ported by the Brigham City Emof the group was conducted yes. ployment Security office. Seventh Six persons left un. terday in the Thlokol Chemical Co., conference room after the employment roles, leaving the annual Golden Spike reenact, total remaining at 419, compar. ment ceremony to start prepar. ed with 328 for the same week a year ago. Ing the exhibits. Non.agrlcultural Job openings The hearing In congress for the proposals made by Reps. totaled 18 for the week, coming David King and Laurence J. from all segments of Industry, Burton, will be In early June. it was noted. WHEAT BARLEY AND ( -Old Dies After grains Home Mishap By Warren Rldderhoff . old son of Mr. Mrs. Clinton Burt, East Bear River City was accident, ally killed when run over by a feed truck in East Bear River City Sunday afternoon. A Still Lags Dehind 64 5-Year- report re-po- rt city electrical department. Graybar Electric and Mine and Smelter company, Salt Lake City, both bid the unit for $2,. 129 while General Electrics price was $2,129.40, Also shelved for further study by Public Works Director O. Nell Smith were two requests to cut down shade trees. They came from L.F. Christensen, - By Pat Billings 336 South Third West, and Mrs. John Forrest, 649 South Fifth West, to remove trees from in Three residents of Box Elder front of their homes. county Thursday were named members of the 1969 Utah Gold, DAVID H. CALL, chairman en Spike Centennial commls. of the city shade tree com. slon. mission, said the tree group Those selected by Gov. Calrecommended that both re. vin were Frank; He be Rampton indicated quests granted. that in each case, the property Stevens, Tremonton, educator; owners wanted the trees cut off Mrs. Delone B, Glover, Goldat the root line and then treat, en S$lke association secretary; ed with something that would and Bruce Keyes, managing editor of News.Journal. kill the roots. It was decided to call for Gov. Rampton also requested bids on a gas furnance and that Mrs. Bernice Gibbs Anderplumbing fixtures that were of from a clty.owned home son of Corlnne, president the be Golden Spike assolcatlon, near Brigham Young park that chairmade lifetime honorary recently was torn down. man of the commission, APPROVED 8 PAGES I f 30 days. THE COUNCIL 84302, Tuesday Morning, May 11, 1965 five-year- and JAMES CHAD BURT WAS riding on his bicycle to the rear of the home when a flat bed truck driven by his older brother Jack Burt, 16, passed over his body, according to information received from the Box Elder County Sheriffs of. flee. The driver was not able to see the child as he was riding his bike on the blind, right side of the truck. The truck was being backed up to feed the cattle. The child was prcnounced dead on arrival at Cooley Memorial hospital. were hurt but will produce a crop although it was pointed out that it would be lighter than normal. fields which With alfalfa, were extensively damaged will be mowed and recovered to be used for silage, permitting a second growth. JAMES CHAD BURT was born Only a few tomatoes had been 26, 1960 in Brigham City, April even though protectplanted but W. and Vita ed by caps they were frozen a son of Clinton of Bear River and will have to be replanted. Rasmussen Burt City. His parents and family are ALTHOUGH PLANTED pole of the Church of Jesus beans were not up and suffered members Latter-daof Saints. Christ 335 of Of acres no damages. peas, only 25 acres were com. SURVIVING ARE HIS pletely lost in the Corlnne area, four brothers and one parents sister, acres 310 the remaining appar. Jack Kelly Burt, Chris, ently surviving the killing frost. tine Burt, Michael Burt and Burt, According to Jess Day, field all of Bear Rlv. Douglas representative for the U & I er City; Burt, Mr. his grandparents, Sugar company, highest beet and Mrs. Burt, Brig, Reginald the in was Elwood, damage ham City. Bear River, and Corlnne areas Funeral services will be con. where approximately 25 percent ducted Wednesday at 1 p.m. in of the acreage was lost. FarBear River LDS ward chap, mers Immediately set in to the el with Bishop Roger Hendrick, was hit the were frost replant son officiating. Friends may total and to spot plant in other call at the Harold B. Felt Fun. fields. eral Home Tuesday evening 7 to 9 p.m. andWednes. AREAS WEST AND NORTH of from mar day nlng prior to service. Tremonton, in Honeyville and Interment will be in the Bear area to the east of Bear River River City Cemetery. appeared to be relatively free of damage. The sugar company is stand, EXCHANGE ANTENNAS ing the loss of seeds up to three pounds per acre where re. Ed Ward told City Police planting is needed and the free use of company beet drills is that three fellows in white coveralls had gone to a vacant provided, Day said. Junior Nielsen, who has ex. home he owns at 87 North Four, tensive orchards south of Brig, th East and had taken down the ham City, reported that he re. TV antenna. They then replaced corded a low of 21 degrees on it with an old antenna and took Wednesday night and Thursday the good one with them. The incident took place about two (Continued on Page Five) weeks ago, he said. y Brigham Citys 1965 traffic accident rate continued to lag behind last years pace with police officers invest-lgatln- g 13 reportable mishaps during the month of April. According to a police depart, ment summary, the total num ber of reportable accidents (damage exceeding $50) stood at VICTIM . Five old 61 through April. This compar. year James Chad Burt was the vie ed with 94 for the same period tlm of an accident Sunday at a year ago, including 19 mis. his home In Bear River City. haps in April. The estimated property dam. age has dropped corresponding.' ly with $19,296 listed for the period this year, $36,539 last year. near-recor- Weather Warms After Freezing By Brent Ghecketts After temperatures, the weather gradually came back to norrpal over the weekend, according to temperature readings reported by Brigham City Weatherman, Charles Clifford. g four-mont- h . REPORTABLE (those with less than $50 damage) also are down substan. NON ts tially. Officers this year have investigated 67 such accidents compared with 101 a year ago. Total property loss from the less serious mishaps was given as $3,753.50 as opposed to $3,. 569.50 last year. The number of personal in. juries also is down. There were 10 persons hurt during April, bringing to 26 the figure. A year ago, 40 persons (Continued on Page Five) four-mont- h BE School District to Get Former Post Office The Box Elder County School District of ices received word Friday that the former Brigham City post office building is being made available to the school district for use as an administrative facility. The word came from the office of Senator Wallace F. Bennett school officials said. The Federal General Services Administration Friday announced the transfer of the old post office to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The HEW will in turn transfer the building to the Box Elded School District to be used as the head office. Officials in the school district office said Monday afternoon that no official information had been received from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare at that time. However, the local district had submitted an application to the HEW about a month ago. |