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Show irr t ? f r? r y t" ' : t ; j i i r ; i? ur TT V-S- 'H Will Represent Utah State In This Lovely Dress VOLUME 45, NUMBER 1 BRIGHAM CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1952 Tremonton Wards " Happy New Year Folks 8 PAGES POLIO MARCH OF DIMES DRIVE Enjoy Big New :i SET IN B.E. JAN. 14 TO 31 Committees Named For Drive To Raise Funds After One Of Worst Polio Years In Area Tremonton 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th ward Mutuals joined together to make last New Year's Eve dance at the Second Ward one of the most successful socials of 1951 in the Tremonton area. Program during intermission Included a reading by DeVere Adams, and a musical- - impersonation by Malinda Marble, both of Tremonton. Dancing music for the affair was furnished by a Salt Lake City orchestra. Horns, bats, confetti and other noise makers were given away. Dancing continued until 1 a,, m. Plan First Of 11 Farm Meetings The first or a series of farm meetings being conducted by the Box Eldei county extension service will 'be held next Monday evening at jthe Box Elder high school at 8 o'clock. These meetings will be held each Monday evening for the next 12 weeks. All farmers and their wives are Invited to attend. The schedule of meetings is ''as follows: Jan. 7 The Agricultural Outlook for 19512 (Professor , Leon Miehaelson. Jan. 14 Care and Repair of Farm Machinery and Tractor Maintenance." Professors J. (Donald , Wadsworth and Spencer Jan. ' Miss Marilyn (Bunny X Reese, Brigham Citys Miss Utah will . . . wear this beautiful gown in Miss America" competition next summer at Cit- y- Xt isonade of She wore It for the first time at'a recent gathering of the Utah Manufacturers Assn. 0 The dress is a gift to her from the Brigham City club, who sponsored her in the Miss Box Elder county contest in Brigham City last July 4. . . 20-3- Rebecca B. Hughes Buried Thursday Plan Rabbit Drive At Holmgren Ranch Next Sunday A. M. special rabbit drive will be held at the Delbert Holmgren ranch at Salt Wells, Box Elder county, Sunday morning at 10 a. m., it was learned today. A i Mrs. Rebecca Bassett (Hughes, who has lived the past 10 years with her daughter, .(Mrs. Claude , Jensen in Brigham City and originally of Mendon, Cache county, died last Sunday of causes Incident- - to age at the home1 of a daughter and Mr. and Mrs. iFrank Harris, Logan. and Daughter of Thomas Margaret Bassett, She was born March 9, 1857, In Cardiff, Wales. In 1875 she came to Mendon and on July 12 of that year was married to Henry Hughes in the old Salt (Lake . 'Endowment ment house of the L.DS. church. 94, son-in-la- Rapidly becoming a popular way of exterminating thousg ands of pests, several "drives in western Box Elder county have proved successful in the past few weeks. , range-destroyin- Lunch will be served at the of shotgun Jamboree free charge, though hunters will have to bring their own shells. The one thing there will be It is replenty of is rabbits. ported that thousands of the animals have centralised near the proposed hunting area. To get there travel over rattlesnake pass into Hansel Valley on the highway. The road is clear and it will he good driving from therd to the ranch. 'Mrs. Hughes served in many (positions in the church auxiliaries. i Five sons and daughters survive: George IB. Hughes, Gar-lanMrs. Frank (Rose) Harris, (Logan; Mrs. E. R. (Sarah) Paul, Mrs. Claude Hollywood, Calif.; 'Jensen, Brigham, (Margaret) and William R. Hughes, Men-don- . Thursday at 1 p. m. in the MenAlso surviving are 18 don ward chapel with Bishop Reeves. Bird conducting. grandchldren, 18 Burial was In the Mendon and two cemetery under the direction of 1 (Funeral services were held on the Hall mortuary of Logan. ; THE PRESSURES OFF Brigham City Postal Employes Handle Mountains Of Mail During Holidays The holidays are over including the shouting and the staff of the Brigham City post office have breathed a sigh of relief! In one of the busiest Xmas seasons on record at the post office, the 30 person' crew workand ed from daylight to dark then some to pass out greetings and packages to (Box Elder county people from 'their loved ones all over the world. Reaching a 20, peak Dec. 17, 18, 19 and diswhen 30,000 letters were patched and as marry received and distributed, the post office t and ,60,000 sold 138,000 three-cen- t stamps during rtwo-cen- Dec.-embe- Opening at 8 a. m. each day, the weary postman didn't quit the job until all mall received 'was distributed and the floors were cleared for action the fol lowing day. During the entire season we didnt have a, backlog of mail held over, commented the postmaster. The E2 regular employes and eight Christmas helpers, shouldered about 24,000 packages and carried them to the Brigham City, rural and star , routes and some of them came 'as large as a size 12 hat box. For the year 1951, as a whole, business at the post office wai up about 20 percent, (Nielsen re ports, due largely to increased activity by local manufacturers and the larger staff at Inter' mountain Indian school. Postmaster INielsen was liber al with his compliments for his staff, telling they worked many long and bard hours and did a superb job. , March of Dimes drive, to be held here January 14 through . 31, according to Robert Crompton, county chairman. Iron lung collection boxes, posters, donation cards were being distributed to city chairmen through the county in preking paration for the campaign, which will only be two-weehere instead of one month. Instead of spreading the drive over the lengthy period, a Find Each Cousins brisk, fast moving campaign will be held during the two Other In Battle weeks," the county chairman Fields Of Korea . said. Christmas eve bought two With 32 reported cases of poBrigham City cousins together lio during 1931, one of which even though they were stawas a death, Box Elder county tioned 128 miles apart some- - had to fall back on the national where in Korea. foundation for about 24,000 , to Cpl. LeRoy P. Kelly was supply full treatment : for all ' Mrs. Leonard Ralph Dickie And New Daughter leave and the victims. More money was granted a two-da. . born January 1st, greets the new year from Cooley the use of a Jeep to travel over borrowed from the national Memorial hospital. The little miss is the fifth child for Korean roads all day. By Xmas foundation than the county coleve he was sitting beside his lected in the drive last year. Mr. and Mrs. Dickie, who are from Honeyville. cousin, Pfc. Ernest K. Korth Last year we averaged a colin his dugout. lection of a little over 17.5 cents Christmas Season You're Right, It toSpend They spent the evening per person. We would like to gether writing letters to thelT more than double that average In Bedford, Wyoming Was Mighty Cold folks back home. this year," Crompton added, In making the visit ' they Wed. And Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Duane L. Wells assuring us that we ate doing of a prefulfilled the pledge our share to offset the epidemic You're right if you thought and three children of Promonboth vious Christmas when in Utah that is the worst in the were home on a short leave. United it was cold Wednesday and tory and Vleria Stokes of Brig-ha. States." ; motored to Bedford, Then they promised to spend City Thursday. One of the hardest (hit comIf ChristChristmas and the possible. together - to spent Charles Clif- Wyoming munities in the county last year Accordingboth shipmas holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Shortly after was Bear River City where seven ford, U. S. weather observer, C. W. Stokes and Mr. and Mrs. ped to Korea. they were stricken with for this area, the mercury Chaster Stokes. - - They are the sons of Mr. and youngsters For the dropped to one below at his all reported a very mer- Mrs. F.'G. Kelly and Mr. and the dreaded disease. They Station south of Brigham City population it was probably hit Mrs. Ernest W Korth. ry Christmas. as hard as any community in Wednesday. But this was Utah. warm compared to Mantua's LANDED A BIG ONE Prestone-freezin- g 18 below. To make sure that every perMaximum temperatures Wedson in the county is contacted and offered the opportunity to nesday were 20 above in the Lion, Bag do their part in the battle valley and only 4 above in Mantua. against the child crippling disease, city chairmen have been Box Thursday it was the same In Three-Da- y M4 story only more so. In appointed throughout the county. , -- mercury the, them--Hmouo Game t Uiah. Fish and sr Thar's lion m deptlmeqf ' They dlopped to 4 below' and -- 21 in turn wm call on the tains in Box Elder county. leading the way. below in Mantua. of help people In their communThat point was proved conIt was all hunting through ities. clusively last week, when after a Thursday and Friday. But two City chairmen appointed were Attend Insurance Meet three-datracking safari, a party of tracking paid off Friday listed as follows: of hunters In Northwestern Utah days corIn Salt Lake Dec. 28 WillaTd, TeWayne Woodland; came home with a huge moun- evening when the cat Was 'Perry, DeRoss Young; Brigham some and shot. rocks in nered a Salt Lake City tain lion and Its two cubs. Attending convention of New York Life InIt was necessary to kill the big Where tracks disappeared two City. Perc Petersen; Corinne, surance company of the Inter- cat but they did Just as good as dogs' took over with sensitive Marbra Forsgren and Joyce Bear River Wells, noses. mountain branch on December Frank Buck with the cubs City, Roy Braegger; Honeyville, 27,' Was Mr. and Mrs. Evans bringing them home alive. the group morning Sautrday The hunt started Thursday went after the two cubs and Mrs. Valoy Booth; Deweyville, Woodbury. and Mr. Woodbury is a represents morning, December 28 with Ver- found them near the spot where iHoraoe A. Lish; Collinston ' Erlcksen ; tive of the company In the nal Mangomery, predatory ani- their mother had been killed. Beaver Dam, Bryce Ftihriman; Garmal control specialist for the After a tussle they were captured. Tremonton, Earl Brigham City area. land, Nephl West erg aard; Fielding, Ralph Baird. Will Make Nice Home Grown Rug Chairman in some of larger communities will also handle the drive in smaller communities nearby. ks rt Hunters Mountain Two Cubs 'r of 21''Feeding Livestock for Profit agement,- At-lant- ic After one of the worst years for polio in the history of Elder county, the March of Dimes committees for (Box Elder were making final preparations this week for the Box y Next Monday Eve Daines. and Cattle ManR. Professor George lManaeng the try Flock for Profit Ip 1952," Professor Woodrow R. Jenkina Feb. 4 How to Secure and PasManage Improved Farm Professor George Q. tures, 20-3- 0 Bateman and Glen Baird. Feb. 11 Improving Fertility of Box Elder County Soils, Dr. D. Wynn Thome. Feb. 18- -' How to Secure Better Dairy Cattle and 'Feeding for ProHigher Milk Production, fessor Lyman H. Rich. Feb. Kd1 Improved Methods club in Dale Baron, new Sugar Beet Production, Bion president, conducted regular Tolman. meeting Wednesday evening March B '"Orchard Manageat the Howard cafe. ment for Production of Top At the meeting, 'installation Grade Fruit, Professor Gene night Was set for January 12 Oberly. March 10 Prevention of Diat the Indian school cafeteria. At that time new officers will sease and Keeping Livestock take over. Verl Petersen re- Healthy. Dr. H. Verne Wiser. March 17 Securing ported the scrap hook was up to Top Yields From Utah Soils, Dr. date. Thomas L. Martin. President Baron committees for 'the months as follows; Attendance: Bob Brown; projDuWain Jacobsen, direcects, tor member; Ben Andersen, ch.; Bob Beard, Leon Goodliffe and Nick Topic. Sports: Dr. Reed Merrill, 'direcTREMONTON Under the ditor member and TeWayne Wood- rection of Charles Last, Bear land, ch.; clublhistory and scrap River shop instructor, valley book, Kent Woodland, director adults will have the opportunmember and D. iA. Olsen, ch.; to learn the operation of education and fellowship: Russ ity wood and plastic working chairman. Fishburn, and to carry out a equipment, Bob Dee Finance: Glen personal project during the Call, Smith and Dale Baron; expan- course. sion: Bill Packer, director memClasses will begin Wednesday, ber; Rex iBaron, ch.; Dee Glen Jan. 9, at 7:00 p. m., in the shop Smith and Cliff Mehler. , building at Bear River, and the Housing committee: Leon Car- course will last four hours each classificaand ver; membership Wednesday night for a period of tion: Bob Crompton, director six weeks. member and Dr. J. Gordon Felt, Mr. Last reports that the last Gordon course, completed Just before chairman; program: Larsen, director member and Christmas, had a regular attenchairman. dance of 30 people, and that Publicity and club bulletin: there was much enthusiasm and Bob Crompton, director member Interest. Many toys of wood and and Verl Petersen, chairman; plastics were constructed the Miss Box Elder contest. Dee adult students to serve bytheir Glen Smith, director . member; Christmas needs. Perc Petersen and Bob Winzeler, ' Club Lists Committees For 20-3- 0 20-3- 0 Elder County Hunt i Annual Sn:v Carnival Class Slated Lavish plans are underway for the 14th annual now Carnival to be held Saturday, February 2, at Box Elder high school gymnasium. The following committee members were announced today by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Reeder, general chairman of the affair. is Arrangements committee headed by Laverd John and De laun Sackett; publicity - chairmen, Mr. and Mrs. (Winston P. Nelson; queens committee, Mrs. Lee Andersen and Mrs. Spencer tickets, Boyd Reeder; Packer; food, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley May and Mr. and (Mrs, D. D. Billings. This spectacular dance and carnival is held each year and climaxed by the crowning of a Snow Queen. The queen is presented a beautiful woolen blanket following crowning ceremonies. A unique method of selecting the queen will be announced by Mrs. Andersen In the near future. The queen will not be selected by votes sold on admission tekets and food sales. Mr. and Mrs. Reeder urge that you circle February 2 on your calendars and leave (that night open for an evening of dancing and fun at fhe annual Snow Carnival. Art Exhibit Will t, chairman; patriotic committee: Dale Baron, director member and (Delbert Hadfield; music: Dean Candland, chair man. The art at Ferral Collett wilj New secretary, replacing D. A. remain on exhibition in the Olsen will be Bdb Call. Brigham City public library for the remainder of January, ac Tingey Brothers Taken cording . to Mrs. Henry Thome, Stay Through Jan. sponsor. In connection with the In Milk Cow Association exhibit Tingey Brothers, Brigham City, there will toe a few paintings by have been accepted as members George Dunphy and one by El of t'he Holstein-iFrlesiaberta Jacdbsen. of America by action of Beginning February 1, the art the hoard of directors at their of one man, Paul Parsons, Utah artist from Springville, will be recent meeting in Chicago, on display at the library. n -- assb-ciatio- n fa Nmyllndenvay , Cole-mar- ' y Wood, Plastic Birthdays: Dale iBaron, director member and Vernon , t George Chournous Stands Besides Lions . . . (the big ones dead and the others alife) that he and a party of hunters bagged in northwest Box Elder county. It took the hunters, with two dogs, three days to wind up a successful Hon hunt. - y - NOTICE Any person having changes to be made in their . 19Q2 water schedule please notify me be-- , fere Feb. 1. W L. Barker, Secretary Box Elder Creek Water (Users Assn. , , ' , Vf, |