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Show BOX ELDER NEWS, Brigham Sunday, April 7, 1968 City, Utah According to figures releas. ed by the Utah Taxpayers tax association, a watchdog organization, Utah Taxpayers association, Utah had 41,370 persons on the welfare rolls as of December 1967, or 3.98 percent of the states population of 1,037, 000. This Is an Increase of 11,084 or 37 percent above the Dec. ember 1960 load of 30,286. Total welfare spending In Utah in fiscal 1960 was $18 mil. population of 26,100 has 484 persons on welfare for 1.85 percent to rank among the states lowest. UTA said that many slgnL ficant shifts have taken place since 1961 In the percentage rankings. For instance, Daggett now ranks 12..1n 1961 they were on the bottom. Duchesne now ranks third high welfare loads. For ex. -- in 1961 they were In tenth 30.1 per ample, San Juan had Uintah Is now second cent of its population receiving place. highest where seven years welfare aid as of December, ago they were in 22nd position. Unitah had 7.36 percent, Du ch. esne, 6.46 percent, and Gar. field 5.54 percent. The State Welfare commis. slon says that Indians account largely for the heavy loads in San Juan, Uintah, and Duch. y esne counties. Some of the other high percentage counties are difficult to explain. lion. Last year It was $32.2 million. This amounts to a 79 percent Increase In a short span of seven years. Box Elder county contln. ues to rank near the bottom In percentage of its population on welfare. THE REPORT ALSO shows that some counties have very AT THE LOWER end of the scale are Morgan and Rich counties tied for last place with but 1.26 percent of their population on welfare. Cache has 1.52 percent, Wayne 1.56 percent and Davis only 1.84 percent. Box Elder county with a BOX ELDER RANKS NEAR BOTTOM Welfare Spending Increases in Utah Native of Brigham Succumbs non-prof- Fred Oscar Kotter, 88, ot 227 Wentworth in Thursday pital. Ave., died a Salt Lake hos. Born Jan. 16, 1880 at Brig, ham City, he was a son of Henry Ludvig and Petrlna Boserup Kotter. He was married to Bertha Eliza Midgley on Nov. 18, In the Salt Lake LDS 1914 Temple. She died Feb. 15, 1938. He was married to Edith M. Furner on Sept. 7, 1946. An active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints, he served a mission in Germany from 1901-0- SURVIVING ARE his widow, Salt Lake City; a son and two daughters, F. Ralph Kot. ter, Silver Springs, Md.; Mrs. Julian C. (Nola) Lowe, Me. Lean, Va.; Mrs. C.R. (Vlr. glnla) MacKay, Northridge, Calif.; 17 grandchildren; nine and half-brothe- B. Sign-U- p SHIRT LAUNDRY fwtfUDeB. Ip SPAM taMSS ABE kwpcd iNcxift. ftxicy with ONE DAY SERVICE The only Shirt Laundry in Brigham City TAILORING, ALTERATIONS AND REPAIR half-sister- Kotter, Mrs. Hen. rietta McCrary, Mrs. Ernest (Ruby) Freeman, Wendell Kot. ter, all of Brigham City; Horn-e- r Kotter, Howell; Mrs. John R. (Gertrude) Morris, Basalt, Idaho; Victor Kotter, Shelley, Idaho; Elmer Kotter, Ogden; Mrs. Ben (Norma) Hodson, Plain City. Funeral services were con. Herman Pat and Pam Dee johnsor An Ensign Explorer fathers and sons group from the LDS Brigham City Sixth ward are pictured here in an adult evening class CLASS BOW-MAKIN- ducted Saturday at 1 p.m. In the Haven LDS ward cha. pel In Salt Lake City. Burial was In the Wasatch Lawn Me. morial Park. being conducted at box Elder Junior High school in bow making. The participants are making bows that would cost them much more to purchase on the retail market. CLEANERS AND SHIRT LAUNDRY 36 North Main Sanitone 723-377- ' 6 (--P) AGENCY PH9NI HI ISSt cm mm ME Time Running Out For Boy Scout Swim School Time is running out in which Boy Scouts of Birdhaven dls. trlct can sign up for the annual district swimming school In Brigham City. There are two sessions of the school planned for April and April 22.26 and El. vin Mitchell, director, said registration must be made no later than April 10. The fee is 75 cents per session with classes set at the Box Elder Junior High school pool. Mitchell urged that Interested scouts give their reglstra. tlon fee to their respective 16-1- 9 It badge. Mitchell said there Is a limit of 30 to a class. Boys who are strong swimmers on the merit badge can swimming sign up for the life saving session the second week but again, this must be done be. fore the April 10 deadline. PTA Meeting To Feature Vietnam Talk scoutmasters so that they can forward it and registration information to him before the deadline, Dr. T.L. Hannum will be Mitchell can be contacted guest speaker at the PTA at 723.3993. scheduled Thursday meeting The school Is the same for evening, April 11, atBunderson each week and will follow school. The meeting will be. this schedule: e gin at 7:30 p.m. in the p.m. . Beginners only. room. p.m. . First class In. Dr. Hannum will show color, struction (can swim a little.) ed slides and lecture on his p.m. . Swimming merit recent experiences In Viet-nabadge. 8.9 p.m. . Life saving mer. HIS LECTURE WILL be on the peaceful aspects of Viet, GAS-TOO- NS nam, reflecting the country, side, the people, and the way of life that he experienced in by Art Redding a small coastal fishing vil. lage which was the province capital of one of the 44 Vlt. namese provinces, Phan Rang. Also of Interest will be series of pictures representing the great extent of U.S. pac. multi-purpos- 6-- 7 7-- 8 If cation efforts, USAID (U.S. Aid for International Develop, ment). This is a self-hel- p HE LIKES ART'S SERVIC1 SO WELL HE COMES IN EVERY MORNING. Theres no limit to out effort to give you the erriee you expect! HERTZ ARTS 101 BLUE SEAL He SERVICE N. Main SEE Rent-A-C- program with American tech, nlcal assistance and done by the Vietnamese people themselves. 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