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Show Universal Microfilming Corp. 227 Sixth Ave. P.0. Box 147 Salt Lake City, Utah Peach Day Float Takes First Prize Award VOLUME 47, NUMBER 31 1954 Sets New High Mark at Park Joan Forsgren, Corinne, 195.5 Peach Queen . . . Sharia Jensen, Bear River City and Karen Craghead, Brigham City, adorned the beautiful Satin Royalty float entered in the Pioneer Day parade at Ogden last Saturday. The deep pink and black satin covered float was awarded first prize in the conietition. It was built for the Chamber of Commerce by Bruce Thompson. (Photo courtesy Ogden Standard-Examine- r. PINT SIZE ROYALTY Junior King, Queen Will Be Chosen at Yost Homecoming Celebration, Aug. 13 of the features of the-Yost homecoming and rodeo celebration to be held in the Western Box Elder community on Friday, August 13. will be a baby contest for all toddlers including three years of age, it was announced this week by Mrs. LaRue Yates and Mrs. R. (1. of Barnes, ent. the ev- Selected as winners will be a king and queen to rule over the days festivities while a big list of prizes will be awarded to other entries. Included will be awards to the youngest, the baby with the reddest hair, most fieekles, fattest, the most and least hair, best sun tan, curliest hair, the baby who is most unusually dressed and the one nearest the age of three. The baby show will be held immediately after the morning program which starts at 10:30 to celebration. open the day-lonMrs. Twilla Fehlman, Mrs. Rita Holtman and Mrs. Rhea Oman are in charge of this affair Novelty races will conclude the morning activitits. At 1:00 oclock, an amateur rodeo with calf roping, wild cow milking contest, bronc riding, cow riding and other events will be held During the affair, a greased pig race will be offered, the pig going as a prize to Offer Thanks for Support of 'Keep Utah Green Goal Thanks and commendations were olfered this week to residents of Box Elder county for going through the second holiday week end of the month without a brush or grass fire being reported. The statement was issued by John Hadfield, county fire warden and J. D. Gunderson, district warden, who commended local residents for their "extreme interest in protecting their lands and watersheds over 4he July 24 holiday." "This year being extremely dry, the fire hazards in the months ahead are getting greater," Hadfield announced. "We appreciate the fine attitude and support the people are giving the 'Keep Utah Green program locally." to this, the May C. Welch, Corinne, Dies A.M. Fashion Show, Luncheon To Be Presented 4-- Gulf To Test Desert Range Area for Oil all-star- s all-sta- Ground Breaking Young People To Be Held Sat. Plan Benefit Fun Carnival A fun carnival sponsored by the young people of the Westminster Fellowship group of the Community Presbyterian church Auwill be held next Friday, gust 6 at the old Six ward recreation hall on First East and Third South. Funds raised at the benefit will be used for renovating the Sunday school rooms in the church property, purchased by the Presbyterian group. Included on the carnival program which will open at 6:00 o'clock will be a zoo, side show, fish )ond and othei attractions to provide fun fm the whole family. Food, including Westminster pups, will be served during the evening, gilt Items will be sold at the handicraft booth. Albert Krause Rites To Be Held Friday Albert Krause, 69, former Perry and Ogden grocer, died Tuesday in a Santa Cruz hospital. He operated a grocery store in until 1944. Ogderi from 1923 Krause purchased a grocery business in Perry which he operated until 1947 when he retired due to ill health. He had since lived in Island Park, Idaho, and Santa Cruz. He was a member of the LDS church. He was born Feb. 16, 1885 in Cempelburg, Germany, a son of Karl and Henrietta' Rheinhard Krause. In 1921 he married Verna llamson in Spokane, Wash. Surviving are his widow, Santa Cruz, one son and one daughter: Alfred Krause, San Mateo, Calif., and Mrs. Bert (Emma) View, Calif.; Rogers, Mountain two step sons, Jay Hanson. Perry, and George Hamson, Darien, Conn ; nine grandchildren, and a sister and brother in Germany. Funeral services will be held Friday, July 30. at 2:00 p. m. at .the Aultorest Mortuary in Og den, with Bishop Rulon Hirschi of the Perry LDS ward officia ting Friends may call Friday until time of services. Interment will be in the Aultorest mausoleum. State Farm Agent r V , W. Boyd Jeppesen will be the new representative for Box Elder county of . W. B. Insurance Group ing 2342. In Charge of Luncheon Fashion to another ance Merchants Will Fete Employes Jeppesen Officers report that all abandoned boxes found were wired anW. Boyd Jeppesen has up and that a number of old auto trunks on cars at local nounced recently that he will be junk yards were wired, as well, the representative for Box Elder as a further precaution. county of the State Farm Insur- Play dresses or play suits, rather than fancy clothes, will be the proper costume for the judging event, Mrs. Ashcraft announces. Favors will be given with special prizes for the winner and her attendants. This trio will ride on a special float in the Box Ehler County Fair parade and in the Peach Days parade. Mrs Ashcraft can be contacted at her Tremonton home. 538 North Second East or by phon- has within the county must obtain a transfer to present to the registration agent in the new precinct, Olsen said. Other remaining registration dates will be August 17 and 24. Farm Insurance To Represent at 4:00 p. m. Planned for the two day harvest festival will be a Peach Queen coronation ball on Thursday night, sponsored and directed by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, assisted by P. C. Knudsen as director member from the senior group. Festivities on Friday and Saturday morning will open with the Peach Days parade. Box Elder Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles has taken over mang agement and placed Wade in charge of a special committee. Harold B. Felt will represent the chamber on the planning group. Intermountain school has taken over the responsibility of building the fruit display on the courthouse grounds under the supervision of Earl Seegmiller, director member. This group will also take care of the distribution of free peaches each day. Signed up for the two day festival is the Sehrand Shows and Combined Circus from Phoenix, Ariz., largest carnival in the west. In order to provide enough room for the three ring circus and gigantic carnival which boasts three ferris wheels and many other rides, the show will be grouped at Rees Pioneer park on the grounds formerly occupied by the CCC camp, west of the ball park. Entertainment Friday afternoon and night will be in Intermountain Horse show at Rees park in front of the grandstand when the wests finest horses will be shown in the 22 classes Included on the program. Norman Lichtenstein Is chairman of a special committee handling the show, assisted by Dr. Roy Barnard who will be In charge of ticket sales. The Saturday night show in front of the grand stand will be a musical comedy in three acts featuring professional entertainers. Relief society committees from the North and South Box Elder stakes will be in charge of the flower show, assisted by J. Y. Ferry as the director member from the chamber board. The Business and Professional Women will again handle the placing of exhibits In the display windows In the business district which will feature hobbies, collections, antiques, handicraft work and the like. Cam Harmon has been named director member for this interesting phase of the celebration. New this year is an entertainment committee, headed by directors Reese Baty and Douglas Fife who will provide free street activity in the down town area. Included will be band concerts, marching demonstrations, professional and amateur acts. Fife also will handle advertising for event. the two-daPresident Ruel Eskelsen will head the sponsoring organization group on invitations and receptions during the Peach who . . State Wednesday, August 4 is the deadline for entries in the little princess contest, staged annually at Tremonton in connection with the Box Elder county fair, Mrs. Ray Ashcraft, chairman, announced this week. All little girls from four to six years of age are eligible to enter 'the contest which will be held at McKinley school in Tremonton on Saturday, August 7, moved Anyone the In response to the proclamation by Mayor C. LeGrande Companies. of Horsley naming the week July 26 as Abandoned Refrigerator Week, members of the Brigham City Police department have made a thorough check of the area in search for the death traps, according to Police Chief Harry Smith. Will Be Named With Peach Days just six weeks off, plans for the two day celebration on September 10 and 11 are beginning to erystalize, Ross C. Bowen, general chairman announces. from one precinct Police on Fair Princess Tuesday is the first of three days on which voters may register before the September primary elections, K. B. Olsen, county clerk, announced this week. Check Made By Little County Parades, Horse Show, Carnival and Circus On Festival Program Tuesday, Aug. 3 ty old folks. Citizens are reminded that the search for abandoned refrigerators and other menaces to children should not be discontinued at the end of the week. The Utah Municipal league is in charge of the state-widdrive to focus attention on these death traps and to eliminate them. Churches, civic organizations, other groups Boy Scouts and have been asked to aid in the current drive. Chamber Sets Peach Days Program For Celebration September 1 Open Drive for Registration on Plans call for a 9:30 departure hour so that the 700 expected on the outing will arrive at the New Lagoon before the noon picnic is served. The group will meet in the East Bowery which has been reserved for the Box Elder coun- Old Ice Boxes EIGHT PAGES 10-1- Final reminder on the old folks outing planned for next Tuesday, was issued this week by the Joint committee from North and South Box Elder stakes. Dew-eyvill- the party making the catch. Wallace Spencer, Joseph Taylor, Orland Thompson and Karl The first oil exploration test Oman will make up the rodeo drilling to start in Box Elder committee. county since the Utah Southern test capped the Promontory of Utah composed anwas two ago, years nearly ball players from Yost, Park Gulf the week this nounced by Valley and Grouse Creek, will Oil corporation. meet an Idaho team from the Alma, Elba and MalLocation for the No. 1 Williata communities at 3:30 in the ms-Federal test has been es, afternoon. James Davenport is tablished in the NW, MV, 11 head of the baseball commitdesert range area, approxitee. of mately 12 miles southeast A motion picture film, Stars I.ucin. The announcement carand Stripes Forever will be ried the information that the presented at 8:00 oclock in the drillers now are building a road evening, followed by a com- to the site. munity dance at 9:00 with Ernie The only other deep test drillJensens orchestra furnishing ed in the county has been the the music. was well which A food and refreshment stand Promontory will be operated all day and abandoned below 7,600 feet afevening for the convenience of ter having passed through sevthe crowds attending the Yost eral showings. The well was community homecoming cele- closed down in the early fall of 1952. bration. Plans are complete for the ground breaking ceremony at the Third ward chapel schedulo'clock ed for 7:00 Saturday evening. The ground breaking event will mark the beginning of construction of the new recreation hall, and it will be a gala afand fair with ward members others being present to celebrate. The Seventies and Elders quorums of the Third ward will of refreshment be in charge concessions and will start selling at 6 p. m. The Primary organization will the furnish the shovel for ground breaking, and immediately afterwards the shovel will be auctioned pff. direcA program under the tion of Norm Watkins and Clayton Cheney will be presented, and games and square dancing will conclude the evening's 40.500. In addition traffic at the recreational and picnic center was exceptionally high this year because of the warm weather, but no count was taken. Roland Gourley is in charge of the picnic area and reports W. that 1,215 cars visited the park over the Fourth of July holidays with a total of 5,467. This average of four and one half passengers per car was established by an actual count taken on July 11 when 851 cars visited the recreational area William Charles Welch, 65, containing 3,829 people. On July Corinne, died Thursday morning 24 the count was 1,63(8 people. To date, license plates from at 5:20 a. m. at the Cooley Memorial hospital after a short ill- - nearly every state in the union have been checked in Box Elder county Ranger Markham lle was born September 6, 1888 stated patk. The area is used for at Morgan, the son of James picnics only and does not proNash and Sarah Coulam Miner vide overnight camping faciliWelch. He was reared in Mor- ties, he pointed out. gan. the family moving to Big Horn county, Wyoming, in 1905. He returned to Tremonton in 1926 where he engaged in the farming business. He married Verda Fames, May 1, 1929, in the Logan LDS temple and they made their home in Tremonton, moving to Corinne in 1934 where he owned and operated a farm. He has been active in The Silhouettes for Fall, a work and had served as a scout fashion luncheon showing the master for the Corinne troop, latest apparel for fall and winrecently serving as scout com- ter, will be presented by the missioner for the Lake BonneCivic Welfare club Honeyville ville council. on Thursday, August 19. He was active in the LDS Brigham City clothing stores church, serving as a president will present the latest fashions ol the YMMIA and in the Cowhich will be modeled at the rinne bishopric. More recently luncheon to be presented in the in the he has been working Lodge at stake Aaronic priesthood and Crystal Springs Featured will be fashwas a High Priest in the Corinne ions for the family, including w'ard at the time of his death. some worn by women a few Survivors include his widow back. Luncheon will be and four sons, George F. Welch, years served at 1:00 p m. and the now enroute home from Korea fashion show will begin at 2:15 where he has been serving with oclock. Door prizes will be givthe army; Keith W. Welch, Cy- en to the lucky ticket holders. ril D Welch, and Terry Welch, Tickets for the fashion lunchall of Corinne; three brothers eon from any may be J. and three sisters, John Welch, club member bought or by calling Mrs. Lovell, Wyo ; Samuel Welch, Leon Mrs. Lewis Gardner, Brigham City; Nash Welch and Boothe, or Mrs. Alton Hunsaker. Mrs. Murk D Della) Mathews, The tickets are priced at $1.25. both of Cowley, Wyo.; Mrs. LawProceeds from this show will rence (Adelgunda) Holyoak, be used to erect a flag pole at Morgan; Mrs. T. J. (Chloe) the Honeyville cemetery, along Fork. Monk, Spanish W'ith a bronze naming all Funeral services are pending former men whoplate have died servarrival of the son from Korea their country in any war. who is expected to arrive this ingIn of the luncheon week-end- , and will be announc- fashioncharge show are: Mrs. Mary B. ed by the Harold Felt Funer- Gardner, and compresident; al Home. mittee members Mrs. Phyllis Hunsaker, past fashions, Mrs. Hazel Keller, new fashions; Mrs. Ree Hunsaker. publicity; Mrs. Neoma Hunsaker, past fashions; Mrs. Bernice Burrows, Mrs. Lois Hunsaker, publicity; new fashions. Thursday One annual The 1954 season will break all previous records fot use of Box Elder county park, it w'ax announced this week by Murle J. Markham, district torest ranger The previous high mark of 54,000 was established during the 1953 season, Matkham announced while the total this year for June and through the July 21 holiday has reached 55 BRIGIIAM CITY. UTAH, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1954 Old Folks Will Picnic at Lagoon Tuesday , Aug, 3 Season Ja ru Companies, Automobile, Life and Fire, and will operate the agency at 162 South Fifth West. Jeppesen was born and raised in Brigham City ami is a giad-uatof Box Elder high school and attended Utah State Agricultural college and the University of Utah for two and a half years. He served as a pilot in the U. S. Air Force for five years. Recently, Jeppesen worked for five years in the real estate and insurance division of the Bettil-yoHomp Builders company in Salt Lake City, serving as farm and ranch sales manager of the firm for three years. For the past two years he has been operating a 250 acre farm in Mantua. He has served as onp of the directors of the Brig ham City Junior Chamber of Commerce for two years. Jeppesen, who is now taking over as full time insurance man ager and agent of the State Farm arid Insurance Companies for the county, is the son of Mr, and Mrs. W. Wallace Jeppesen to of Mantua. He is married the former Grace Belliston of Murray. They have four children. Thursday Eve. Fire Causes No Damage grass fire in back of the Gus Burbank service station at Main street and Second South was put out by members of the local volunteer fire department 6:45 at Thursday evening A Next Thursday Business will come to a halt Thursday and afternoon when business professional men will lock their doors and with their employees, head for Box Elder park for the annual merchants outing. Glenn Andersen of Andersens-Ford- , Inc., is in charge of the 1954 annual picnic which starts shortly after the three o'clock and continues hour closing through the afternoon and eveat 3:00 o'clock next ning. and Volley ball, horse shoe softball games along with other contests will be the diversion during the afternoon to whet appetites for the delicious barbecue beef supper prepared by Emery Wight, Box Elder county's barbecue king. Serving will start at 5:30 under the direction of D. Glen Smith, chairman; John Musulas, vice chairman; H. L. Richards and Harold Sycamore, together with their assistants. The program following the picnic supper is being arranged of by Ross C. Bowen, secretary the Chamber of Commerce, and of the Gene Price, chairman merchants committee, sponsors the outing. Members of the merchants committee will contact business and the houses this week-enfirst of next week offering outing tickets for sale. Those who may be missed can obtain tickets from the chamber office or at the gate on the afternoon of the outing. ol Eighth Ward Plans Smorgasbord Feast A supper is smorgasbord scheduled to be held in the Apparently starting from an Eighth ward chapel on the evea ning of August 7 at 6:30 oclock, incinerator, the fire covered small area and caused no dam- according to Dean Freeman, in charge of the evening. age. Price of the supper which will raise money for the Eighth Show ward building fund, is $5.00 for adults and $2.00 for children through 14. The public is invi- o'clock. ted to attend. Eb-lin- y Box Elder County Political Box Score Democrats Stanley A. May Fere Petersen George II. Davis Republicans County Commissioner Ruel M. Eskelsen Clifford Hansen Lewis S. Wight County Commissioner Ross C. Bowen J. A. Meservy Maurice L. Reeder County Warren W. Hyde Grant Olsen Sheriff Claire Huggins County Clerk K. B. Olsen Countv Treasurer Jay Swenson E. Emery Wight Ruth O. Hunsaker Fred L. Petersen Omer Silhouettes for Fall To Be Given . . . on August 19 by members of the Honeyville Civic Club, at the Crystal Springs lodge, will feature fashions of today and fashions of the past. In charge of the show are; front left, Mrs. Phyllis Hunsaker, Mrs. Hazel Keller, Mrs. Mary Gardner, president; and Mrs.' Ree Hunsaker. Back row, left, Mrs. Neoma Hunsaker, Mrs. Bernice Burrows and Mrs. Lois Hunsaker. J. Call County Recorder County Assessor George L, Johnson Robert C. Stenquist Margaret R. Evans Tolman Burke County Attorney O. Dee Lund County Surveyor W. II. Griffiths State Representative, District 1 Norman V. Watkins Charles W. Claybaugh State Representative, District 2 Kleon Kerr Arthur D. Capener |