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Show ( Universal Microfilming Corp. 141 Pierpont Ave. Salt Lake City Utah - t Waterfowl Season Will Open Saturday An estimated 30,000 Utah nimrods are poised for the annual fall waterfowl hunt which gets underway Saturday morning at 5.56 a.m. The outlook over the state is for good shioting, about on a par with that of last year. Locally, hundreds of scattergunners will be moving out to favorite blinds and boxes for the opening barrage. The Bear River bird refuge is again expected to draw the largest hunter contingent in this area. Refuge Manager Vanez T. Wilson Thursday estimated the initial turnout would be near the 1,000 mark. Conditions Are Good He said that water and feed conditions were good with a peak number of ducks resting on the refuge waterways. He good shooting but predicted noted that expected blue skies would probably keep the birds down alter the first hour or so. census The last refuge taken Sept. 29 counted 752,000 ducks with pintails and wid geons being the most prevalent. Also present in great numbers were greenwing teal and shovel ers. Wilson said flights of to were beginning make their usual late arrival. The count showed 3,600 Canada geese on the scene with a few coming in from the north. Employes noticed the first snow geese, a flight of several hundred, early Thursday morning. Look for Good Hunt Near-b- y clubs were anticipating the customary hunter turnout with conditions good and plenty of ducks in the area. The usual rush is looked for on the south refuge dike which serves as access to Willard bay. Air boats will carry many hunters out to the more remote spots while a good number more will slip into blinds and sink boxes bordering the dike. Conditions are tops there also with water spilling through from the refuge for the past month. There has .been no late report on the public shooting grounds west of Corinne, however, a lack of water may hamper efforts there. It too will host a large Volume 51, Number 40 Brigham City, Utah, Friday Morning, October 3, 1958 Morrison-Knudse- n Rotary Official Slates Visit ' Losing As Dike Settles Two-year-o- Jaycees Anticipate Large Turnout For Annual Duck Carnival Tonight Hundreds of Dollars in Prizes Offered Event in Armory At Traditional Pre-Hu- nt The biggest attendance ever is anticipated by the Junior Chamber of Commerce at its annual Duck Carnival tonight, Friday, in the National Guard armory. Doors will open for the traditional event at 8 p m., according to Chairman Wallace La Framboise. It was pointed out that this years carnival will feature more Farm prizes intended to please the top sportsman including the prize of the evening, a e Winchester automatic shotgun. La Framboise explained that there will also be additional games and merchandise for the children. Shotgun shells, hunting coats, decoys and other equipment will be given away as door prizes with an estimated $500 in other merchandise tagged to be carried home by lucky carnival goers. Will Serve Refreshments Fish pond, nail drive, duck pond, and bingo game will be set up to test the luck and Jcill Refreshof local sportsmen. ments, including hot and cold drinks and barbecue sandwiches, will be sold by the Jayceettes. La Framboise said the shotgun would be given away at about 10:30 p m. The Jaycees expect a good turnout at the annual carnival which in past years has conflicted with Box Elder football games. The Bees played North Cache on Wednesday 6f this week because of the Utah Education association convention in Salt Lake City Thursday and Friday. Director Dee Christofferson turnbe said efforts will ed to creating the type of festive atmosphere which has typified the Duck Carnival in previous years. Tickets may be purchased from any Jaycee or at the door. Hunters Warned of Forest Fire Danger Box Elder nimrods who plan to do their big game hunting in Sawtooth national forest were cautioned this week that there still exists a great fire danger there. J. L. Sevy, forest supervisor, advised hunters to build camp fires only in safe places. He suggested that fire sites be cleared at least five feet in diameter of all flammable material. And be sure the fire Is out on leaving camp, he added. Smokers should be careful. Be sure that matches and cigarettes are dead out when throwing them way. Break the match, grind the cigarette or pipe heel into mineral earth, Sevy said. Bureau Honors Candidates The South Box Elder Farm Bureau is making plans for a dinner meeting to honor all county candidates participating in the November election, according to Ralph W. Tolman, president. The event is scheduled for Wednesday evening, Oct. 8, at 7.30 p.m. at the Tropical Restaurant. Purpose of the meeting is to give Farm Bureau members an opportunity to become acquainted with the candidates, who , will be introduced at the Tolman said. dinner-meeting- ld For Subdivision Wade Brothers Construction company this week added approximately 35 acres to Sunset Heights subdivision in northeast Brigham City. The additional"'' property, mostly orchard land, is adjacent to the housing development on the east and was purchased from local fruit grower Steve Anderson. It reportedly will provide 89 building lots. A company spokesman said the transaction was prompted by the rapid building now going on at Sunset Heights. He explained that 62 homes have been sold. This week, 25 houses were under construction and only four lots on the original plat had not been committed. The spokesman estimated that building is about one year ahead of what the company had expected. Famed Passion Play Presented in Ogden The original American version of the Oberammergau Passion Play will be presented at the Ogden high school auditorium, Oct. 7, 8, 9, and 10, sponsored by the Ogden Junior Chamber of Commerce. H. A. Dixon urges all Rep. There will be both matinee young men in the First Congres- and evening performances on all sional district interested in ap- four Times are 130 and to 8:15 days. plying foi an appointment p.m. one of the U. S. military acadeThe production will star Val mies to contact his office at 507 s Christus Hotel Ben Lomond, Ogden, be- Balfour, portrayer, and is the same as fore Oct. 15. at Oberammergau, There are appointments avail- performed able for all of the academies, the Bavaria for 324 years. Matinee prices are 50 cents Military Academy, West Point, N. Y.; the Naval Academy, An- for students and $1 50 for adults. napolis Md.; the Air Force Ac- Reserve seats for the evening ademy , Colorado Springs, Colo ; performances are $1.50, $2.50, and the Merchant Marine Acad- and $3. The ticket office is located on the corner of Twenty-Fourt- h emy, Kings Point, N. Y. Those who apply will be given street and Washington a Civil Service test in various Blvd. Utah cities on Monday, Nov. 17. A preliminary physical examination is also required. Dixon uses Congressman these examinations as a means of choosing candidates best qualified to attend the academies. After a young man is nominated, he must then pass Convention for North and the additional entrance tests The Civil Service examination South Box Elder Stake Primarconsists of aptitude tests and a ies will be held Saturday, Oct. 4, subject-matte- r test, with particu- in tne Second LDS ward chapel. South Box Elder stake will be lar emphasis on mathematics hostess stake for the 1958 conand English. To be eligible for appointment vention. Both stakes with the priestcandidates must be citizens, single and not less than 17 years of hood representatives will meet age nor more than 22 by July 1, with the two visiting General 1959. Primary Board members at 9 a. Residents of the First Con- m. Saturday. Here from Salt Lake City to gressional district, presently residing outside of the state.may present special instructions from make arrangements to take the the board will be Mrs. Ada B. Civil Service test where they Maxfield of the Homebuilding are living by contacting the department and Mrs. Clara W. McMaster, formerly of Brigham Military Academy Openings Told world-famou- To Local Club The Rotary club of Brigham City will be host Monday and Tuesday to A. Wal- ter Stevenson, of governor district 542 of Rotary International, who is making his annual official visit to each of the 45 Rotary clubs in Utah, Idaho and western Wyoming. He will address the local club and confer with President Alf. L. Freeman, Secretary Ezra B. Owen and committee chairmen Stevenson is senior partner in Steves Office Supply in Ogden, and is a member and past president of the Rotary club of Ogden. He is a former member of the General Superintendency of the Young Mens Mutual Improvement association of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was elected as district governor of Rotary International for the 1958-5fiscal year at Rotarys 49th annual convention in Dallas, Texas, last June. He is one of the 258 district governors the activities of supervising more than 9,900 Rotary clubs which have a membership of 464,500 business and professional executives in 110 countries and geographical regions around the world. Each year this world wide service organization to continues grow in numbers and strength, Freeman said. During the past fiscal year, 350 new Rotary clubs were organized in 51 countries and geographical regions, bringing the total number of Rotary clubs to an high of nearly 10,000 and eight countries were added to Rotarys roster British Eri t r e a , Honduras, French Guiana, Laos, Martininumber of opening-dagunners. que, Papua, Virgin Islands and (Continued on Page Two) the West Indies federation. $2,500,000 Bonds to Chicago Firm ; "East" Meets "West" at Wednesday Board Meeting Concerning New High School Site The Board of Education of the Box Elder County School district unanimously authorized the sale of $2,500,. 000 general obligation school building bonds to the Northern Trust Co. of Chicago, 111., at their regular meeting Wednesday evening. The school board had previously odvertised for bids in the in New Daily Bond Buyer York City, as well as sending Permits Show 9 $269,800 for Building Here Former Resident To Manage Local Fram Warehouse all-tim- e well-know- re-op- Three Registration Dates Remain Before General Election Nov. 4 has-serve- roll-awa- y Laying of Tracks Signal Start Corinne Historic Railroad Center old-tim- ... Co-rinn- Conventoni at 2nd Ward Oct. A contractors on the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. fill being made across Great Salt Lake, were literally last Friday losing ground when nearly 1,000 feet of the near the eastern end of the from five to dike slipped The grade was eight feet. still approximately three feet above the lake level, however. Cause of the slip was due to or the clay compression, weight of the new fill material squeezing out the water from the clajbed underneath, permitting the fill to settle more rapidly than normal. Railroad officials said trucks would soon haul enough material to rebuild the sunken portion of the fill and would not delay completion of the long fill across the lake. School Board Authorizes Sale of out 425 invitations to firms throughout the nation to bid on the sale of these bonds. Deadline for receiving bids was set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, at which time the board opened the bids leceived. Four firms were represented among the 55 associates who submitted bids. The bidders and their average interest costs were as follows: 2.8554 Northern Trust Co. percent. Harris Trust Co. - 2 927 percent Stern Brothers 2 938 percent Halsey, Stuart Inc. - 2.9485 percent. Northern Trust Co. was declared the high bidder, having Morris the lowest average interest rate, NEW MANAGER (Bud) Powers . has been and was declared the purchaser the full amount of $2,500,000 named manager of the lo.Residential home building in of bonds. cal Fram warehouse. in The bonds will be daBrigham City is continuing at a ted Nov. J isbe shall and 1, 1958, as indicated the by rapid pace in sued denominations of $1,000 isnumber of building permits sued from the city offices dur- each. Oppose School Site ing the month of September. A delegation of citizens repreA total of 30 building permits were issued with total cost of senting the east side of Brigham building reaching $269,800 for City met with the board and pre the month. Included were per- sented a petition for reconsidermits for 23 new residences, four ation of the site for the proposed to new high school in Brigham additions and alterations homes, one garage, and two gar- City. Also present was a delen Morris (Bud) Powers, age and storage units. gation from the west side, upformer resident of BrigIt was noted that of this holding the chosen site. After amount, $103,000 was included in hearing the reasons favoring the ham City, has been named manaten permits taken out by Wade site and those opposing the site, ger of Fram corporations warenew the board voted not to Brothers for additional house here. He fills the vacanhome construction in their Sun- the case. cy created by the death of Rich set Heights subdivision in the The resignation of Purdett Poulsen, former manager. ; Farmer as secretary at Box Elnortheast section of town. Powers has been employed by Following is a summary for der Junior High school was ac Fram for the past six years and the month: , cepted by the board and Denise as their district sales John S. Christensen, 104 West Baddley was appointed to fill the manager for the past two and a Fourth South, residence, $9,500. vacancy half years,- - working out of Salt Wade Brothers, 627 Sunset The resignation of Devere Lake City.' The ..new appointStokes as custodian at the Pro- ment became effective Monday Drive,. residence, $9,000. Newcomers Urged to Register; All Voters Wade Brothers, 655 North Sixth montory school was accepted of this week. and Mrs. Devere Stokes was ap East, residence $9,000. He is a graduate of Box Elder Should Make Sure of Proper Registration 584 Cherry pointed in his place. ,Wade Brothers, school with the class of 43 Due to the need of more class High . Tuesday, Oct. 7, is one of the three remaining registra- Drive, residence, $11,000. and from Utah State University tion dates prior to the General Election on Nov. 4, and all Wade Brothers, 608 Cherry room space at Box Elder High in 1942. He started with the school, authorization was grant- Fram corporation at that time. persons of voting age who have not yet registered in Box Drive, residence, $11,000. Elder county are urged to do so, according to County Clerk Wade Brothers, 643 North ed for the installation of a move-abl-li- e The new manager wHl head a partition in the BEHS K. B. Olsen. Other registration dates are scheduled for staff of 12 employees at the lo(Continued on Page Six) brary. Oct. 14 and 28. cal plant, which handles the board The approved purchase Voters throughout the county of the distribution for majority 20 of for tables folding should check their eligibility to Fram west of Denver, corp. school at the lunch program Will vote and correct whatever probColo. Fiam manufactures oil Central school. lem may exist, regarding transThe Lincoln school PTA pre filters for Internal combustion fers etc., Olsen said. sented $50 toward the purchase engines in automobiles and has Of several manufacturing plants a of typewriter with large kin Eligibility Is Important of throughout the United States, as The dergarten type. purchase Sorensen suggested plans to the machine was well as Laying of 608 feet of track will In order to be eligible to vote distribution cenapproved by ters suchmany as the one located in November, a person must be begin within the next few weeks bring in a water tower and con- the board. e blacksmith struct an . . here. a citizen of the United States as the first phase of improveand be 21 years of age or over. ment on property leased from shop. He noted that the historic Powers is the son of Mr. and A person must have been a the Union Pacific railroad com- exhibit would draw thousands of Mrs James M. Powers, 86 North Senate Hopeful resident of the State of Utah for pany for a museum and pioneer tourists annually, and emphasizSecond East, and is married to J. Bracken Lee at least one year, of Box Elder village at Corinne. ed that every effort should be the former Joyce Gunnell of LoAnnouncement of the project exerted to collect all types of county .for at least four months, gan. They had resided in BrigSlates Local Rally and of the precinct in which he came last week through the railroad relics. ham City with their two sons unJ. Brack- til earlier Utahs lives for at least 60 days prior Sons of Utah Pioneers. this summer, when Special guests representing to election day. Horace A. Sorensen, executive Union Pacific railroad company en Lee will be in Brigham they sold their home and moved exto Oct. 7, Voters who move from one director of SUP pioneer village were Rhees Fife, general freight City Tuesday, to Salt Lake City. They plan to precinct to another within the and railroad village projects, and passenger agent; Robert F. plain his platform as an inde- make Brigham City their home county must obtain a transfer related details of the railroad Pettigrew, traffic manager; Joel pendent candidate for the again as soon as housing is United States Senate. from the registrar in the pre- memorial at a available , banquet in Brig- Priest, Jr., public relations diThe campaign rally is schedcinct where he formerly lived ham City and Leonard rector, Ericksen, night. Thursday uled for the War Memorial and present it to his new regisTom Hewit, pubHe told Box Elder chapter freight agent. Home starting at 8 p.m. Sever- Measles Reported tration agent. SUP members that Union Paci- lic relations director from SouthThe voting precincts, registra- fic al members of the Utah comOne case of measles was recompany, has a steam loco- ern Pacific railroad tion agent and addresses mittee supporting Lee also will ported from Box Elder county of motive, presentedcar also was present. and chair baggage those in Brigham City, are listed be present. for the week ending Sept 26, A tribute was paid Mrs. Andercar for use at the Corinne site. below: County spokesmen for the and no diseases from Brigham son for her It has in efforts since been revealed that untiring Box Elder No. 1, Mrs. Robert controversial politician have City, according to the State and promoting hiscom- preserving Reese, 227 East First South, in Southern Pacific railroad urged all voters in the local Health departments statistical torical events and places in Box area to attend Brigham City; Box Elder No. 2, pany also will provide a locomo- Elder bulletin. county. Noble Fishburn, 2 West Fourth tive. South, Brigham City; Box Elder Will House Museum No. 3, Mrs. Dan F. Olsen, 81 The baggage car probably will North Fourth West, Brigham house a railroad museum while City ;Box Elder No. 4, Mrs. Elsie the second car will be converted 153 Christensen, North First to a theater, and lecture room, East, Brigham City; Box Elder Sorensen said. No. 5, Mrs. Earl Josephson, 403 The property is located beSouth Second West Brigham tween 30s railand the Highway City; Box Elder No. 6, Mrs. Louise Whitworth, 342 South road tracks running east for Second East, Brigham City; Box 1,008 feet from the main road running south to Corinnes main (Continued on Page Two) street. Bertlice Gibbs Anderson, president of the National Golden Spike association, predicted this week that the locomotives and cars would arrive within two months. 4 Was Logical Site Sorensen told the gathering City, of the Music department. At 9:30 a.m. the ward officers that Corinne had been selected teachers and priesthood repre- as the most logical site after sentatives will join the stake and conferring for two weeks with general board members for gen- the Utah congressional delegation and the National Parks sereral session. At 11 a.m. departments will be vice in Washington, D. C. The held with a special department communitys proximity to Promfor priesthood representatives. ontory summit and its early hisThe ward officers will be ex- tory made it a natural selection, he said. cused at 12.20 p.m. e Two General board visitors, stake replicas of the board members from both stakes Jupiter and the No. 119, the two and their priesthood represen- engines which met at PromonRAILROAD MUSEUM SITE tatives will be served lunch be- tory to link the first transconThis is the property at Corinne which has been leased tween 12:20 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. tinental railroad, will be shipped from the Union Pacific railroad company for the Golden Spike museum and village. They will then continue with to the site from Pioneer village The site is 1,008 feet long and lays between the highway and railroad tracks. Workin Salt Lake City. department in the afternoon. men will lay tracks on which will rest two steam locomotives and two oldtime cars. Two Stakes Convene for Primary Z4 Construc- Morrison-Knudse- tion Co., can-vasbac- With the duck season opening Saturday, nimrods across LETS GO HUNTING, DAD the state ai e oiling their guns, checking decoys and other equipment. Scott Keyes figures hes ready to join the ranks of the scattergunners. An estimated 30,000 hunters will initiate this falls opener at 5 :56 a.m. Construction Firm Buys More Land Ground ' 12 Pages full-scal- |