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Show Set bid date, awards pact BOX ELDER NEWS, Brigham City, Utah 3 Sunday, November 20, 1977 Council okays new garbage rate chart Brigham City officials Thursday stamped approval on a new schedule of charges for commercial garbage pickup, set a bid date for construction of a 5,000,000-galloreservoir and awarded a $182,062 contract for installation of an electrical line. The action came during a weekly city council meeting. City Engineer Keith Hansen said specifications were essentially done for the citys proposed new culinary water resern . . . voir east of Pat Moore new juvenile officer Officer (Continued from Page One) to," she said. She said she will enforce the law but also be a counselor and helper. The deputy said she plans to set up a program in the schools where she will meet with principals, teachers and students and outline their responsibilities as they pertain to the law. The students will receive particular emphasis on smoking, drinking and drugs, she said. The deputy said she will also give special emphasis on child abuse and child neglect cases. Miss Moore, who is single and resides in Harper, is the first deputy hired by the Box Elder Sheriffs office. In other county business this past week, Yost officials turned over that towns Class C road fund for two years to the county. In return the county will perform the communitys road work. A check for $7,119 was handed over to the county commission by Mayor elect Stan Spencer who was accompanied by Town Councilman Kenneth Richans and Cleo Teeter, a county road employe in the area. The arrangement for the road work is the same as exists between the county and other smaller communities. town. December 15 was set for opening bids on the project which also includes pipe to connect the reservoir to the city water system. Hansen said he wanted to solicit bids for repair of lines in the city system after its determined how much the reservoir will cost. Then it will be known how much can be spent. Local voters in September approved a $650,000 bond issue which, combined with a $374,400 grant, will finance the reservoir and repair job. The new garbage schedule is one which Councilman Dale Baron said will solve a lot of problems. It provides a more complete breakdown for service to local places of business. The range is $1.50 per month for one can pickup a week to $63.50 monthly for 24 cans (four cubic yards) five times a week. Ray Wixom, city street department superintendent, said he thought the new schedule would increase revenue to the city. In companion action, the council set Dec. 8 for receiving proposals from anyone interested in supplying large bin containers for commercial garbage pickup here. Burglars strike -- Athletic equipment, a radio and soda pop were taken at a break-i- n at Intermountain school recently. School officials reported to Brigham City police that a .32 caliber starter pistol and a box of blanks were also stolen, police reported. Officials have indicated they would like a supplier to rent containers to the various places of business and also be responsible for maintenance of the units. The council said okay to a committee recommendation that Interstate Electric, Salt Lake City, be awarded a contract to construct an electrical main line. It will extend from the new east substation east and north around the city and then west to Main street. The contract figure, lowest of three submitted, was $182,062. The line is a major element of the citys $1. electrical system improvement program. In company with this action, the council authorized transfer of $20,387 interest earned on the project bond funds for use in construction. In other business, an agreement was approved with the Utah Department of Transportation for rail crossing street work on lower Sixth North. The cost will be $2,000 with the DOT footing 90 percent of the bill. The council authorized payment of expenses for Mrs. Beth Gurrister, to attend the annual National League of Cities convention early next month in San Francisco. Only she and Councilman Peter Knud-sowill attend representing Brigham City. council-woman-ele- n Councilman Wayne Jones and councilmaThomas Purdue said they would be unable to go. Councilman Tolman Burke said when he ran for office, he conpledged not to attend ventions. Mayor Harold B. Felt and Councilmen Doug Wight and Dale Baron are leaving office at the end of this year and so declined to make the trip. Councilman Wight abstained in the voting on Mrs. Gurrister. Dr. Knudson said he wanted it understood that the city would pay expenses only for the officials attending, not their spouses. A pay step increase was approved for Rodney Merritt in the park department, from $4.86 to $4.91 per hour. n-elect South. Ps.The services will be spon- sored by the Brigham City Ministerial alliance, with the Rev. Ron Kowalski of Aldersgate United Methodist church delivering the message for the and Holy Cross Lutheran church. An offering will be taken during the services for the work of CROP, Christian Rural Overseas Program, an agricultural branch of Church World Ser- acn aor.r, .vipe.', evening. Music will be provided by the Baptist church choir under the direction of Donna Davis, with Susan McDonald as organist and Ed Munson as trumpeter. Participants in the services will be laypersons from Aldersgate United Methodist church, Christian Reformed church, Presbyterian Community church, First Baptist church, Faith oaHno f, ; 1975. If the name Louisa May Alcott conjured images in your mind, they will likely include the four tender young heroines of her classic novel Little Women. Miss Alcott, the author, must surely have been a school marm or lonely old spinster with an inclination to create the loving family for her readers and, perhaps, vicariously for herself. A. M. Barnard, on the other hand, the creator of numerous thrillers written several years before Little Women would be an author of a very different character. Wouldnt he?? As you may have guessed from the title of this new collection of short stories, Mr. Barnard and Miss Alcott were recently revealed to be one in the same. As Miss Alcott explains: I think my natural ambition is for the lurid style. I indulge In gorgeous fancies and wish that I dared inscribe them upon my pages and set them before the public . . .How should I dare to interfere with the proper grayness of old Concord? The dear old town has never known a startling hue since the redcoats were there. Far be it from me to inject an inharmonious color into the neutral tint . . .To have had Mr. Emerson for an intellectual god all ones life is to be invetsed with a chain armor of propriety . . .and what would both Wednesday and Thursday as a result of the schedule change. 7 iS ' Behind a Mask: the unknown thrillers of Louisa May Alcott, with an introduction by Madeleine Stern. William Morrow, 'The Boi Elder 'News and Journal office will be closed Rev. Ed Boer, president of the Ministerial alliance, is in charge of planning for the Community church, The Nov. 24 Thanksgiving holiday means that next Issue of the Box Elder Journal will be printed and distributed one day earlier than usual. And this means that advertising and editorial copy and photos must be in ahead of the normal deadlines. Ads will be accepted until 5 p.m. Monday and editorial mat- ter until 10 a.m. Tuesday.' 15 tdetMtgetgm urn and lay on a cot in makeshift hospital. Although they've kept in touch by letter, Eskelsen of Brigham City and Scheel, who hails from Aurora, III. only got together recently at Eskelsen s home. Library News Journal will sec print one day early Service of thanks by churches Families throughout the community are invited to attend an interfaith service of thanksgiving on Wednesday, Nov. 23, beginning at 7 p.m. in the First Baptist church, 617 West Fifth RUEL ESKELSEN, right, reminisces with Ed Scheel about their days together in World War II. Eskelsen was Scheel's commanding officer in the Phillipines. They last saw each over 30 years ago when Scheel was wounded message of thanks, the Baptist choir under direction of Donna Davis, with welcome extended by Rev. Ed Boer of the Christan Reformed church, who is currently serving as president of the ministerial group. THANKSGIVING SERVICE planned for local families of all faiths by local Ministerial Alliance on Wednesday evening at the First Baptist church will feature Rev. Ron Kowalski of Aldersgate Methodist church bringing the ' W collection were published in various weeklies over a century ago under the pseudonym A.M. Barnard and now appear in book form for the first time. The title story, Behind a mask, is a dark but revealing portrait of a woman, thwarted by love, whose main motivation becomes her desire to ruin an entire family. Paulines Passion and Pung story ishment, a when it was first issued, again features a woman who is scorned by her lover and left with her fury and her desire for revenge. With The Mysterious Key, we are introduced to a male hero, pretended sleeping-walkina touch of bigamy. Mysterious pasts, jealousies conflict for some surprising effects on the holiday mood in The Abbots Ghost. But, of all the characters, one was brought most completely to life, one who was obviously as intriguing to the other Louisa May Alcott as will be to readers: the passionate, richly sexual fern-f- e fatale. The introduction by the editor, Madeleine Stern, is a story in itself describing the incidents and influences in the life of Louisa May Alcott which help explain the motivations of the author of these intriguing, psychological thrillers. ' ' ic. f r V si - - I C ..A . tj prize-winnin- g, v ' A- my own good father think of me if I set folks to doing the things that I have a longing to see my people do? No, my dear, I shall always be a wretched victim to the respectable tradition of Concord. The thrillers contained in this 5 For the woman who wants a fashionable timepiece and the accuracy of Omega, here are the three most important shapes for today. At center, die oval in yellow top, stainless steel back case. The round and the square in your choice of yellow or white top, with stainless steel back cases. All are from Omegas Golden Heritage Collection, which features the latest in fashion at prices which are always in style. 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