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Show DISTRICT AIDE REPORTS Microfilming Corp. 1 i Pupils Above National Average Are kids in Box Elder county smarter than their counterparts throughout the country as a whole? A report made to the board of education Wednesday night indicated they are. Richard Kimber, director of pupil personnel, in report-in- g the school districts test-lnprogram, noted that the average IQ among Box Elder students is 104 which is at the 60 percentile level nationally This means, in other words, that the local average is well above the 50 percentile nation, al norm. Ave. Salt :4Uj Uity, Utah Cosp. q5 OJ .s ini board policy has authorized assistance of $100 when faculty members participate in activities to increase their professional efficiency. Volume 71, Number 41 Brigham City, Utah, 84302, Sunday Morning, October 13, 1968 10 PAGES g TESTING LAST year show-e- d the fifth grades achievement composite to be at the 74 percentile rank while the seventh grade was at 61 Commission Doesnt Like eleventh The ninth and grades scored at the 59 level. While the fifth graders were above the national norm in all areas of study, the seventh grade dipped below the middle line in social studies and gramatical usage. per-centi- There Funds Distribution Method The proposed THE LATTER, termed also of expression, proved to be the weakest area as correctness Are for gasoline Utah does not have the approval of Box commissioners. The county aides expressed their opposition to the increase this past week after studying proposed legislation that would use resulting funds to finance construction and maintenance of a collector road system in the This years roster of cand. state. idates for the Box Elder Board of Education may be a record. In effect, the commis-sioner- s In fact, there are so many reaffirmed a position that in reporting the total list they had taken in April of this past week, the Box Elder this year. Jounral counted 15 when in reThey were asked recently ality, there are 16 persons to consider their position once seeking the two board seats. Assocla-tion Utah the again by Also, in the stoiy carried of Counties which is Thursday, two names were its members to deter-min- e and two others scrambled what stand the organl-zatlowere left out. Here then is a should take. second effort to list the varThe Utah Municipal league ious candidates: recently passed a resolution a favoring the legislation, proPreREPRESENTATIVE e duct of the UTES Action Delvin B. cinct No. 5 study. 125 East Fifth North; In event the tax boost is W. Carver, 170 North Leon E. CANDIDATE Wayne enacted, the commissioners L. have said they prefer to have Loveland is a candidate for Sixth East; Mrs. Kathlyn 669 South Fourth Coffman, the funds distributed through the Box Elder Board of West; Marvin R. Cope, 121 class B and C funds. Education. Tom West Second South; Cracas, 437 North Second WE BELIEVE any monies East, Myron L. Dickey, 994 collected through an additionGrandview; Dr. Arnold B. Gilal gas tax should be allocatbert, 525 South Eighth West; to and the cities ed directly John L. Hotchkiss, 644 East counties without any federal or Second North, and W.J. state laws and regulations 1038 East Third North. a in stated they attached, letter to E. Paul Gilgen, Pre-cinREPRESENTATIVE A candidate for the Box El. for the committee. Charles H. No. 4 The proposed bill would der Board of Education from V. Thomas place authority for adminis- Preclnt No. 4 is E. Wayne Clifford, Perry; E. Wayne Dinsdale, Perry; of Road Loveland with Utah the funds City. Brigham tering 568 South First Loveland, I feel that Box Elder t commission and also invest in is one of the best in East; Thomas M. Mower, the state agency controls over and in coming years, South Willard; Newell B. Perstate the and specifidesign planning, ry, 586 South Second East; we need to correlate the cations. Robert B. Shelton, 513 Dr. of would The county officials teachers, pupils South Third East, and J. Rich-arand taxpayers to get the most rather have more local Wilson, Willard. in the program which for our dollar that we can proposes to establish a sys- receive. In my travels during the tem of collector roads in the states cities and counties. past several years throughout (.he state, Ive gained a lot of IN OTHER BUSINESS, the experience that would help me commissioners asked County (fulfill these goals. I entered this race at the Attorney O. Dee Lund to press the state attorney generals jrging of my friends who An amblyopia Clinic for pre. for my candidacy. If office for a reply on Box s and pupils of proposed council of gov- elected, I promise to use the school children the Corinne schoolwlllbe ernments agreement. experience that I have in the educational pro-graFriday, Oct. 18. Lloyd Gunther, manager of of dis. Elder School Box Bear River Bird refuge, children will be the commissioners trict, he stated. 9:30 to 11 a.m. Loveland has done much examined from with a check for $926.56, the while regular pupils will be in in the state countys share of receipts traveling tested from 9 a.m. from the refuge for the past years as governor of Lions Inter, District 28-fiscal year. Sponsoring Corinne PTA The commissioners said national, and also as council has sent letters to parents with children (Continued on Page Three) (Continued on Page Two) them of the lazy eye clinic. one-ce- 16! for all classes and has been in previous years, Kimber pointed out. was What generally the Mathe-maticstrongest subject? The district aide indicated that test results are used to help students in certain areas of study and to serve as a guide in improving the educational system. pol-lin- g the board gave its approval to a vocational training program involving 25 Box Elder county FIRE DESTROYS HOME youths. Beginning Monday, the teer fireman shields his face enrollees will receive vocational training and basic education at the Thiokol-operat-eJob Corps center in Clear, field. Clerk White of Perry will serve as bus driver for the group and as the relations agent, acting for the students during their time at the center each day. Superintendent J.C. Haws said the district will receive state support for bus and the group will count in computing state from the uniform s chool fund. He said the program, on a one. year trail should be virtually self, basis, Susan sustaining. CONTESTANT BYU in represented Young BOARD MEMBERS tenta-tivel- y "Miss Football WAC conset Nov. 13 as the date test. for a tour of district schools. Board members, elect will be an Invitation to go issued along. The board voted to return bids unopened on the former Elwood school grounds. It had been intended to sell the parcel because of its apparent value, being located near the junction of Interstate 80 and IN OTHER BUSINESS, n City volunagainst the heat from a fire n BE COUNCIL APPROVES Ambulance Service Bums: Rates Are Raised $4,000 Loss It will cost more in the future for Brigham City am. bulance service. A higher rate schedule, the emphasis on service, gain city coun-cadoption Thursday night. Proposed by Councilman Blaine Olsen, the new rates include a $6 charge for runs and $10 plus 35 cents a mile (both ways) for calls. The old charges were $5 for in. city calls and $5 plus 50 cents per mile (one way) runs. for put-tin- g n il Beauty n n Contest CITY OFFICIALS are strlv-into more nearly make the service pay for itself and in adopting the higher schedule, g U5. A Box Elder county However, there is a ques. girl tion about access to the high- represented Brigham Young bid way and this caused the university in the Miss Foot-baWAC postponement. contest conducted on the Provo campus Friday FROM RELEASES high and Saturday. school attendance were apShe is Susan Young, 20. proved for four students, two year-oldaughter of Stake girls who had gotten married, President and Mrs. Malcolm and two 17. year-olboys who Young, Harper Ward. are employed. Miss Young, a 1966 graduate The board declined to act of Box Elder High school, is on a request from Clyde Mor-rla junior student at BYU. Site and representatives of English teacher at Bear River Hlghh school, for seven other schools in the assistance in Western Athletic conference were were judged Friday night at and March, said to be necessary in the a banquet in the Wilkinson completion of a National De- center. fense Education act program. The matter was left in the THE WINNER was to be an. hands of Superintendent Haws nounced at the to handle according to policy. football game Saturday afterMorris asked for $200 and noon. ll d d they also directed that special accounting be made of all ambulance expenses for the next year. Mayor Olof Zundel, by way of background, pointed out that through the first nine months of this year, the ambulance had made 128 runs within the city and 163 income has total $2,717.80 during the period. That in. come would liave amounted to $3,795 for the period and an estimated $4,695 for the year under the new schedule, lie explained. IN OTHER west of town. The dragline has been tried on a trial ba. sis while the roller was being rented. The council made its purchase of the roller conditional call, estimated the loss at upon rental payments being to the purchase price. $4,000. It was not readily determin-ewhat caused the blaze. The house was not occupied at the time, having been used recently as quarters for workers. Break-I- n OWNER MRS. Marjorie S. Larson who lives about Brigham City police were of a mile away, said at Cen-trnotified of a break-ipower had been turned off to Elementary school Thurs. the dwelling which ruled out day. faulty wiring as a cause. The culprit entered the She was first notified of the rest-roobuilding by breaking a blaze by a neighbor. window and then forced The alarm was sounded at s open a door into the 9:23 p.m. and firemen were office. at the scene for three hours. Investigating officers said Mrs. Larson said the frame it could not be readily deter, was not insured. building mined if anything was taken The home which contained since school personnel were in Salt Lake City attending the beds and a refrigerator, was Utah Education association located about midway between Corinne and Bear River City. convention. one-stor- y d d Police Probe one-quart- n prin-cipal- ONLY ACCESS TO SHOP Belated Approval for Tree n he would work with Public Works Director O. NellSmith in preparing a report form. THE COUNCIL decided to hold up for a week before acting on a $2,030 bid from Associated Brig, e IN OTHER BUSINESS, the ham Contractors to lay a floor at the public works council adopted an ordinance providing for charges when yard. electrical line service is ex. Councilman Wayne Jensen tended within the city bey. ond the existing system. reported that Knowlton Brown Also approved was a new had been awarded the contract to Install a sprinkling sys. policy requiring a written when city vehicles are tem at the new Jolin Adams Involved in accidents which park and had started work. Browns bid of $12,939.77 was THE TREE WAS taken out cause damage requiring paintlowest of three on the to make way for a driveway ing or repair. Into a machine shop. Councilman Armstrong said con-cret- re-po- rt Skid-mor- sec-retar- y dis-tric- auto-nom- d y Corinne Sets Clinic Oct. 18 d pre-sente- d Pre-scho- re-ce- pre-scho- ol Local Area Prospects Point to Good Crop The sugar beet harvest is undeiway in Box Elder county. And the start hasnt been a slow one. The first trucks rolled into Sugar dumps of companys North Utah district early Thursday morning and quickly set a fast pace. The Corinne station received 145 truck loads on the first day as railroad cars were filled and the familiar stockpile began to take sliape at the grounds east end. The station is accepting beets from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Ford T. Scalley, district indicated manager for previously that the harvest locally should be a good one. Growing conditions, including unusually heavy and prolonged rains in August, have favored the farmers. Now, however, farmers have their fingers crossed that the weather stays dry, at least until after the liar, vest is completed. Acreage in the district is up from a year ago and to. tals 10,500 acres, an increase of 1,500 acres, Scalley reported. Again this year, beet grow, ers will be paid on the basis of sugar contained in the beets they produce Individually. d fur-theri- Farmers Launch Beet Harvest n st Armstrong said this repre-sent- s the only access for the shop owner. In the past, he had used a neighbors adjoin-in- g drive but new concrete lias prohibited him from doing tills any more, mi-gra- School g removal of a sliade tree on north Main street, done recently without city council knowledge or approval, Thursday received a belated okay from the city officials. Councilman Byron Armstrong said the entire council met prior to its regular weekly session to examine the tree site. He said it was agreed that had the city body considered the matter before the tree was pulled, it would have given approval. fire which was reported Wednesday night shortly after 9 p.m. destroyed a farm home between Corinne and Bear River City. City volunteer Brigham firemen who responded to the A Aspirant Airs Views BUSINESS, the council accepted bids to purchase a used roller (compac-tioequipment) fiom Atlas equipment, Salt Lake City, 6,440, and a crawler, diag. Winner of the regional con-te- line costing $6,000 from Rus. will compete in the mussen Equipment company, EYE CLINIC SET competition tn which Salt Lake City. An emblyopla clinic will be a Miss Football USA crown They were the only bids received. held at the Perry school mil. awaits the winner. Both units are currently in room next Thurs-day- , Sponsored by the Chevrolet use at the sanitary landfill Oct. 17. (Continued on Page Three) The v fs. Ay-ott- Farm Home rr BYU Entry In ' com-mitte- CITY d trans-portatio- which destroyed a frame home between Corinnc and Bear River City Wednesday night. A Brigham AMBLYOPIA CLINIC The PTA officers of Bear River elementary school lias announced plans for an amblyopia clinic to be held Monday Oct. 7, in the room at the school. milti-purpos- e Utah-Idah- . - a' ' ' &$ - 7: U-- I, The annual sugar beet harvest HARVEST IS ON Elder Box is underway in county as indicated in this photo which was taken in look is for a good crop. a Corinne field Friday. 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