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Show ELDER BOX Brigham City, Utah. NEWS, Repertory company opens for summer Living cost increase added to g getting Social Security The Old Lyric Repertory company, Cache valleys summer theatre, opens its 10th anniversary season the week of June 21, at the historic Lyric theatre in downtown Logan. The Lyric, built in 1913, is one of only two theatres in Utah to be listed on the Utah State Register of Historical sites. In celebration of its 10th consecutive year of summer entertainment, the Old Lyric Repertory company has scheduled four productions sutiable to the theatre and discriminating summer theatregoers. Opening June 24, a family comedy, Life With Father, set in the days when father was indeed head of the house! The second production opens July 1. It is a musical adapta a month. Average Social Security disability payments to disabled workers will go from $228 to $242 a month. Average Social Security survivors payments to widowed mothers or fathers with two children in their care will go from $479 to $510 a month. increase in monthly Social Security benefits will be included in checks delivered in July, according to Grant S. Williams, Manager of Social Security for Northern Utah, The increase will amount to 6.4 percent for most people A checks SS pay- ' million Social Security pays monthly benefits to over 32 million people. The payments are fund- -' ed by Social Security contributions from employes, employpeople. ers, and ments. The provision was added to the Social Security law in 1972. People getting Social Security checks dont have to do anything to get the higher payWilliams said. The ments, increase will be added automatically. g 32 Employes and employers contribute 5.85 percent each of the first $15,300 of yearly earnings from jobs covered by Social Security. people contribute 7.9 percent. Those figures remain unchanged," Williams said. The Social Security Administration is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Price increase The increase is based on the in consumer prices from the first three months of 1975 to the first three months of 1976. ing With the crease, average Social Security retirement payments to retired workers will go from $210 to $224 rise cost-of-livin- ',? ' V, v host of activities have been announced June 25-2- event is open to all young 18 to 26 years old. who are "This includes willing to observe standards of the church, a spokesman said. On tap are a dance and movie Friday evet.ing in the Willard whrd building. The feature is Viva Max with Jonathon Winters and Zero Mostel. It will beginat 6:30 p.m. Then at 8:30 p.m. a nostaligia dance, sponsored by KCPX, will begin. A full slate of attractions are set for Saturday at the Intermountain School chapel, 319 East Seventh South in Brigham - full-leng- LILA WENDEL, t, Dave Burch. City. These will begin with a service project at 8 a.m. Lunch will be served at 12 noon with sports activities slated from 1 to 3 p.m. Games and watermelon are on the agenda from 3 to 5:30 p.m. and an Italian banquet is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. cites secretary Lila Wendel of Inter- Special Achievement award in recognition of services performed In a manner exceeding the requirferiients 6f 'fief" Job from the schools Superintendent, David Burch. The award represents accommodation from the De partment of Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Ms. Wendel is the secretary at the National Indian Training V center and has worked in the-1- , Washingtoft Offlce and served as a secretary in various positions at the school. Ms. Wendel is a native of Utah and presently resides in Brigham City. ll ll directory assistance state. The first is in the for local for num- numbers and in other areas of the state, except for Scofield and Miners- - bers . Retirement Board President Matt A. Galt at the Board of Capitol on June 3. of the of Gem State Mutual Insurance co. of Utah and former deputy director of the Utah State Retirement office, will succeed Leonard W. Hunsaker, Group manager Insurance dept, McDonald, executive director for the past 24 years, who is retiring. cannot Unanimous choice McDonald lauded the boards selection of Hunsaker, and stated that he felt that Hunsaker is qualified for the position he will assume. Hunsa-ker- s selection was unanimous by the board, who stated that they were pleased with his acceptance of the position. I deem it a privilege and an honor to be back with the read or use the directory may be exempted from the charges by obtaining a signature from a physician or official of certain social agencies and presenting it to the telephone company. The forms for exemption may be obtained from Mountain Bell business offices, and agencies such as the Salt Lake Center for the Blind. They are also available in Box Elder county from Dallas Stiver, county coordinator for the aged. Court orders . ; with the organizations, grams, legislators, etc. u Bert Hunsaker State Retirement director pro- Responsibility He had the overall responsibility for the program for several years, and during his last three years with the office, he largely carried the burden of legislative contacts during the various sessions, and his work with the membership brought him in contact with all of the school, employer sections public, police, and firemen and judges. Hunsaker is a native of Brigham City. He is a graduate of Weber State College and Utah State University, and has graduate work in business accounting at the University of Utah. He was elected president of the Utah Public i She was also a member of the U.S.U. Chapter of Mortar Board (the national senior womens honor society). Other organizations in which she was active, both as a member and an officer, were the U.S.U. Spurs, sophomore womens service organization'; Orchesis, U.S.U.s modern dance group; and the Sigma Nu fraternity Court of Knights. scouts stand before the tree they school grounds. The scouts plan on the Honeyville planted many activities for the summer. Cubs plan activities Indian graves at the cottonwoods, and of a large earth slide that occurred many years ago, and pointed out many other interesting things on their hike. , The next week they planted a tree joiSj the' Honeyville- school ' grounds. More trees could be used. The Honeyville cubs are challenging the cub scouts of Harper and Deweyville, who also attend Honeyville school, to each plant a tree there. Miss Michaels will be spending the remainder of the summer on Long Island, in Southhampton, New York. She will be employed by, tbe.,Robert. Lehmans, asa companion for their two young children. (Lehman, a noted movie producer, received an Academy Award for the best documentary film of 1976). Following her stay in the east, Melinda plans to continue with graduate studies in the fall. honor nominee the position. Hunsaker held administrative positions in the Retirement office for the 11 years since his original appointment March 1, 1964. During that time, he had heavy exposure to every facet of the office operation and is thus qualified to step into this administrative position without the liability of having to learn the job, become acquainted A 1973 graduate of Box Elder High school, she completed the requirments for bachelor of science degree in education in three years, graduating magna cum laude. THESE HONEYVILLE Cub Brigham woman office at the meeting, and I will do my best to meet the responsibilities of Xj .. Retirement director Retirement board and again, Hunsaker stated grad fraternity). City native appointed Examiners meeting at the State numbers. Coin phones, hotels, motels and hospitals which are from charges may have different numbers for DA. Check the instructions on pay phones and consult motel-hote- l attendants for the numbers to call, Hill advised. Visually and physically hanwho cum laude As an honor student, with a double major in early childhood and elementary education, Melinda was elected to Phi Kappa Phi (the national scholastic Many activities are being planned for the summer by the Honeyville Cub scouts. One week they hiked up to the springs and reservoir where Honeyvilles water comes from the learned from Ralph, Hunsa-ker.how the springs'were capped and the reservoir was built. Ralph helped in these projects years ago and the cubs enjoyed hearing his tales of the experiences. He also told them of some old The appointment of Brigham City native Bert D. Hunsaker as executive director of the Utah State Retirement office effective July 1 was announced by ville, who will call the operator, Hill said. The allowance and charges will apply for calls to both dicapped people Local coed Melinda Michaels, daughter of Cmdr. and Mrs. Robert J. Michaels of Brigham City, was a recent June graduate of Utah State university. (r M J Phone assistance number to change beginning Thursday, July 1, according to Kenneth O. Hill, public relations manager for Mountain Bell. Beginning in July, the telephone company will charge 20 cents for each DA call beyond a allowance per line five, free-caeach month. To help avoid DA charges, Hill reminded people that small, personal telephone directories may be obtained from Mountain Bell business offices throughout the state. He said studies of Utah DA calling volumes show that only five percent of all customers will receive charges with the five-caallowance. There are two numbers our customers should remember for earns degree USU . The telephone number for Mountain Bells local directory assistance (DA) will change to . . . Vi . A semi-formconcert-danc- e featuring recording artist Brian Fetzer and B.J. & Co., will climax the days activities at 8 p.m. Sundays schedule includes priesthood and Relief society beginning at 9 a.m., Sunday school and workshops at 10:30 a.m. and a testimony meeting beginning at 12 noon, all at the Intermountain chapel. Bishop Vaughn Featherstone will be the guest speaker at a special Sunday evening devotional beginning at 9 p.m. in the Brigham City tabernacle. The conference is being held in the Brigham City area to be convenient for attendance from throughout the region. We want everyone to be able to participate and have fun, not just a few, the spokesman stated. And weve managed to keep the ticket price way down, he added. Tickets are priced at $5 for the entire conference. Or they are available at $2 for Friday and $3 for Saturday only. For more information and tickets,' contact your ward young adult representative," the spokesman concluded. The three-da- y people from Ms. .i Melinda Michaels Cfev- A mountain school received a c.. refinish wooden furniture and supply woodworking materials. for the young adults weekend conference scheduled in the LDS Brigham City region IMS r, WOODMAN, Loren Switzer, has Mayor Harold B. Felt sign in at the formal opening of his shop, The Woodman, 22 West Forest. Among other work, the shop will repair and Young adults conference activities are announced Intermountain school secretary, is presented with a special Achievement award by the schools tion of the first American comedy, The Contrast, written in 1787 by an American playwright for American audiences. These two productions play in rotation until July 21, when the melodrama "Under the Gaslight is added to the repertory. And last, opening on July 28, a mystery-thrille"Angel Street. All four plays continue through August 21. Reduced price coupon books for all four productions are available through June 30 at the University center ticket office on the Utah State university campus, or at the theatre in Logan. Individual tickets are also on sale and will continue to be available throughout the summer. THE M superin-tendan- theatre At Lyric Sunday, June 20, 1976 Mrs. Suzzane Lee Touchton, Brigham City, has been nominated for membership in the Utah State university chapter of Phi Kappa Phi Scholastic honorary society. Students nominated to the society have earned grade point averages in the top 10 percent of the School of Graduate studies, said Dr. Dallas Holmes, journal correspondent for the USU chapter. She is the wife of Henry Touchton, 695 South Fifth East. Where we service what we sell t " CB Stereo for Home Employees assn, in 1971 and is president of the Board of Directors of the Utah State Employees Credit union. Headquarter & Cor, Access jrfohs AUTOMOTIVE TUNE-U- P 'Guiltv' VJU,,,7 Oil OUnt SPECIALISTS AND com-plet- Utah writers slate contest The League of Utah Writers has announced the rules for its annual writing competition in the following categories Short story, articles, serious poetry, : and light verse. Speical categories are open to members only, but all Utah writers are invited to enter their work in the contest. First, second, and third prizes of $30, $20 and $10 will be awarded in each of the four categories, with a diamond quill award for published articles by members only. Closing date for the contest is midnight, June 30, 1976. Winners will be announced at the Forty-firs- t Writers Roundup of the League of Utah Writers, to be held in Prove, Sept. 10, 11 and 12 at the Holiday Inn. For complete contest informl, ation contact Rosamond contest chairman, general Soc-wel- 2737 North 650 East, North Ogden, Utah 84404. Or telephone be ready for the season evaluation A Logan man Friday was ordered to spend 90 days at the Utah State prison for an evalua- tion. He is Elvin Lee Beach, 24, who faces sentencing in First District court, Brigham, City, on a charge of aggravated robbery. Judge VeNoy Christoffersen will pronounce sentencing after receiving the evaluation report. Beach was charged in connection with a robbery March 22 in which about $50 was taken at knife-poifrom the operator of a snack truck parked at Brigham Apparel, 1080 North Main. line ... rod ... & SPORTS PROGRAM NEXT SESSION STARTS SOON 8 classes in a 2 week period. 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