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Show Universal icrofllmin; ('Orp 141 Pierriont Ave. Salt Lake City, Utah 1-- Volume 52, Number 30 - " Youth Urged To Brigham City, Utah, Thursday Morning, July 23, 1959 -- m 60 14 Pages Combines Swing Info Grain Harvest Season Organize IP'iujii .influx' ymqypJWWI1 ?w"ni rr y reel-firs- Youngtown All boys and girls, 12 Jo 20 years of age, living in Brigham City and e rifle range north of Mantua is part of equipment Tractor on the PUSHIN AND SHOVIN used by Naval Reserve Unit from Ogden who donated a second weekend to level the ground. Plans now are in the making to use the range for the first time in September. half-don- NAVY WORKS SECOND WEEKEND Merchants Rifle Range to Be Ready For September Shooting Within six weeks the crack of rifles may be heard on the partially completed shooting range at the north end of Mantua valley, announced George Richards, president of the Wildlife federation. Dozers, a grader and a carryall initial construction stage durmem- the operated by Naval Reserve the third week of June, the ' ing Battalion bers of Construction unit prepared the site for an Navy Unit 1212 of Ogden scraped away building 65 feet wide at th four and a half acre site over all concrete and 150 feet long which is designed With the present the weekend. to house a four place bow 'and piogiess in construction continuing range and 25 shooting points it is believed the lange can be for small bore rifles and pistols. used near the fust week in SepWhen completed late in 1960, this tember. building will be the largest of its Site Navy Prepares kind in the state and will even ar-io- ground broken Leveling during BEHS Band to March in Ogden Parade boast a qmall kitchen. The $6,000 range is being financed mostly by donations, and .all labor has been done at no charge. Part of the fund came from a Jim Bond show at Box Elder High and a school during the winter, donkey baseball game is in the making sometime in August to raise more money. Pits, Traps pits on the 200 yard The Box Elder High school band has been invited to participate in range are being dug 18 feet wide the Ogden Pioneer Days Parade and seven feet deep to accommoi r targets and on July 24, by Ray Minter, parade date large chairman. The parade, starting operatois for large bore rifle at 10 a. m., goes from 30th street shooting. Two trap rangesare bereadied for shotgun practice. along Washington' Blvd. to 21st ing Donations from groups and indistreet. re welcome as funds are viduals The band will meet tonight, needed to completely pay for the Thursday at 7:30 p. m. for a re- range, announced Richards. hearsal in preparation for the evj ent. Members will load buses Friday morning at 8:30 a. m. for the trip to Ogden, according to J. Wayne Johnson, director. Each member will be given money to buy lunch and a ticket to the final performance of the rodeo, Friday evening. Buses will return students to Brigham City after the parade and after the rodeo. Concrete flip-ove- Driver Rides Plunging Car Into Canyon An 'feuto accident of spectacular nature occurred Wednesday night east of Brigham City. Weather to Stay Warm Gosh, what boring weather, said an attractive Thiokol stenographer as she walked onto Main street during her coffee break. And boring it was, with a steady and heat downpour of sunlight causing crops to grow madly, cooler sales to double and housewives. to declare they didnt care if it did rain on their washday clothesline just so the atmosphere would change. Except for a chance of a small thundershower, the weather is expected to be constant over the weekend. The following temperatures were taken by weatherman Charlos Clif- ford: July July Coming down the canyon about Shukri Eastassi, 28, 2013 South Second East, Salt Lake City, hit the brakes on his 1957 Ford convertible to avoid hitting a car which had turned onto , the highway from the lower Mantua entrance road. According to investigating Highway Patrolman TeWayne Woodland, the convertible skidded right with the bank of the curve, hooked the guard rail, broke through it, then plunged a total of 125 feet into the 75 foot canyon, rolling over at least once. Eastassi escaped serious injury by holding tightly to the wheel, revealed Woodland, even though the cars top was down. Its a miracle he stayed in the car, exclaimed the officer, after his investigation. The driver received only a small head laceration and bruises. The car was declared a total loss. 11:20 p. m., High Low 21 98 64 22 99 66 Outing Date Set Aug. 6 will Brigham City merchants again be hosts to their employees and partners at the annual Merchants Outing to be held Thursday, Aug. 6, at Box Elder County .park. Plans for this years outing announced this week by Knudsen, chairman of the chants committee of the Box were Glen mer- Elder Chamber of Commerce. Stores will close at the regular hour rather than closing early as in past years, which the committee felt was an inconvenience to customers, Knudsen explained. Activities will get under way at the County park at p. m. with the traditional barbecued beef dinner being served at 7 p. m. with Emery Wight as chef. Plans have been worked out to speed up the serving this year and it will not be necesary to stand in long lines before being Knudsen served, promised. A delightful program is being lined up for the occasion and will begin at 8 p. m. Prizes will be awarded following the program as a climax to the evenings enter- tainment. Working with "Knudsen in completing arrangements for the event are Max Hamilton, Art Fischler and Bill Jacobson in charge of the program, and Emory Kassel in charge of prizes. Smiths Food Giant will be in charge of the food. Tickets will be sold by the entire merchants committee at a cost of $1.25 per person. This time its on the boss and local merchants will purchase tickets for their employees to attend the popular event. Knudsen noted that in case of rain, the outing will be postponed a week. Look Out for- - Bad Checks, Warns Sheriff Residents of Box Elder county should be on the lookout when acchecks, warns County cepting Sheriff Warren Hyde. The sheriffs office is receiving two or three hundred dollars worth of bad checks each day, he disclosed. With the influx of itinerant workers and tourists, the sheriff noted that bad checks had increased within the county greatly. Hyde emphasized that one of the surest way to avoid being given worthless bank notes is to know the person signing the check. If there is reasonable doubt as to the validity of the check, the person should be asked to write his auto license number upon it. surrounding communities are invited to of citizens become a youth organizaYoungtown, tion being initiated here under the sponsorship of the Brigham City Recreation Department. A special meeting will, be held to complete the organization, on Thursday evening, July 30, at 8.30 p. m. at the baseball grandstand at Rees Pioneer Park. Youngtown" is Brigham Citys proposed, youth center, and arrangements have been made to establish it at the National Guard Armory on East Forest street as soon as the organization is perfected, according to Don Chase, in city councilman charge of recreation. Chase stated this week that it is proposed thht political parties be created among the young people to nominate candidates to fill Youngtown elective offices and a town election will be held at an early date. The government will be patterned after a municipality, with a mayor, five councilmen and a judge to be elected. Other Youngtown officials will be appointed by the mayor and Eighteen-year-ol- d Nedra Nichols, West Brigham, demonstrates height of this 12 BEAUTY OF WHEAT council, to include a treasurer, a acre field of ripe spring planted Lemhi wheat on the Maurice Reeder farm. Harvest of wheat and recorder, chief of police and other other grains is expected to slip into high gear within the next two weeks. officials deemed necessary. The city recreation department plans for the youth center to be PROTESTS BURNING TONS OF HAY a popular spot for youth recreation, promoting such activities as. dances, parties and other indoor recreation including various crafts, ping pong, pool, etc. This is the second attempt being made to organize a youth center in Brigham City. A meeting called early last month failed to bring out enough youth to begin the orA Willard farmer asked assistance from the Box Elder County Comganization, Chase said. He urges missioners regarding "unfaif action of Bureau of Reclamation, regard, Larry Hummker of Brigham City, all interested teenagers to plan ing land taken from him by the Bureau for the Weber Basin Project. well known Northern Utah radio to attend the July 30 meeting and Wiljiam Braegger met with the personality, has accepted a posiparticipate in the organization of commissioners at their regular tion at radio station KALL in Salt a recreation center. LOCAL STORES TO meeting Monday. He told the comLake City. mission that he has not received In his new position, Lorry is OBSERVE JULY 24 any money in payment on the known as Larry Hunter and achas land which the Government cording to the latest survey taken HOLIDAY FRIDAY taken from him for the Willard by Pulse and Hooper, he now has reservoir now under construction, audience in In Brigham City the largest night-timMost stores and further stated that smce the will join with public offices and Salt Lake City. The Larry Hunter decision handed down in the Fedshow is heard nightly on KALL in remaining closed on Frieral Court has been appealed by banksto allow to from 9.30 p. m. till 1 a. m., Montheir employees day he the Bureau of Reclamation, observe the July 24th holiday. days through Saturdays. On Sundoes not know when he will reholiWill mean a three-dadays it is heard from 3 p. m. till This a Loss in county tax revenue be- ceive payment. for many people in this area, 10 a. m. day Burns Hay cause of a decrease in assessed since most public offices and Goes Network valuation of utilities in Box Elder Braegger further reported that banks do not open for business on 1 notice he had recently received Plans are county will amount to only underway for his prodeciSaturdays and others have instead of $670,115 as was re- from the Sheriffs department to ded to take of the long gram to be heard nightly from advantage 9:30 to 11 p. m. on the Intermoun-tai- n Fred move his cattle off the land, which weekend. ported last weex, Assessor L. Petersen announced this week. he did. However, the Bureau of Network which includes all However most retail stores will Alarmed at the large loss of tax Reclamation went in and burned be open for business as usual on IMN stations in Utah, Idaho and revenue, the accounts were re- 60 to 70 tons of hay stored on the Saturday morning. surrounding states. KALL is the viewed following the original an- land, which had been raised bekey station of the Intermountain He pointed out nouncement and the error in ex- fore this year. Network, American Broadcasting tensions was discovered, to the that with the scarcity of hay at this company, and Mutual networks time, he felt this action was not throughout the western states, acgreat relief of county officials. Ten-Year-Olds As reported by the State Tax justified an asked help of the councording to Phil Nolan, program director for KALL and IMN. Commission, the valuation of utili- ty attorney in requesting the Burties in this county for 1959 was eau for reimbursement for the Larry has been affiliated in radio work since his graduation from lowered by some $1,557,875 to a hay. Box Elder High school in total of $16,711,102. 1956, County Attorney Omer J. Call having worked at five radio stasaid ha was agreeable to write a tions, each time holding top audletter to the Bureau, however, he iences. did not want the Bureau of RecHas Fan Club lamation to think he was trying to While employed at KLGN at Loproject himself into the case, and A pair of recommended that Braegger have Brigham gan, his popularity was recognized his attorney who is handling the City girls decided to sleep out when a fan club was organized case to make the request for re- Tuesday night . . . without their which is still inexistence. Other If further support parents' consent and caused an stations where he has worked inimbursement. of the county is needed regarding anxious night of worry and search- clude KBUH, Brigham City, KSTP, Atthe fairness of the situation, ing for their families. Preston, Ida., KKOG, Ogden, and Cynthia Bywater, granddaughter now at KALL, Salt Lake City. torney Call said, the county would of Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Hunt, 116 holds active membership give whatever help they could. East . Second North, . and Linda n Larry Brigham Citys newest building the Brigham City Junior ChamHear Road Request Of Mrs and Mr. currently under construction at ber of Commerce and at the preIn reply to a request from Buist, daughter Lars C. Buist, 140 North Main, set time is an elder in the Church Main and Fifth North has a host George E. Summers and Leyan the night sleeping under the f Jesus of impressive facts: the Town of spent Christ of Latter-daNelson stars on a soft blanket of grass at Saints. Built to the tune of $160,000, the Bothwell,representing t h e commissioners school Box Elder High campus, brick, cinder block and wood agreed to have the county road the He is now residing in Salt Lake with only a light blanket they had structure throws 18 bowling lanes supervisor consider taken from home for their cover, and thousands of feet of office a road and also repairing another according to Mrs. Hunt. space ail into one unit. section of road at Bothwell. Lindas older sister, who was left Within a few weeks, a dentist, on Page Two) in charge at the Buist home that (Continued certified public accountants, a evening, believed Linda had gone to beauty salon, a dance studio, a sleep with a friend . . . which she music store, an insurance comdid. certainly a and anticiis barber pany, shop The girts left the Hunt residence to start moving into the pated at approximately 8 pm. after Cynbuilding, and office space is still thias grandparents refused to give for rent. her permission to sleep out. They Enterprise Building missing shortly The Brigham City Municipal pool were discovered Name of the new curved roof will open at 11 a. m., Friday and after. edifice will be the Enterprise buildThe Hunts spent an anxious night Saturday, July 24 and 25, according ing, according to building contracof for the whereabouts to pool officials. searching tor, Perc Petersen company. their granddaughter and her friend, hour un earlier than at Opening On the decorative angle, the more swimming but failed to go to the campus. structure is fronted with usual will allow local residents during When the girls became hungry for red flagstone and some of the of- time the next day, they came out of their weekend. the holiday fices will be paneled with mahogand returned secluded hideaway any. home shortly after noon. NOTICE TO NEWCOMERS Installation of the latest autoIn the meantime, their families People who have moved into had notified the local radio station matic bowling machinery starts Brigham City since May 25, 1959, and an alarm was broadcast, and Friday, stated the contractor. 14 to 20 Offices having children of elementary also the Police Department, who isThe completely air conditioned school age (grades 1 to 6) please sued a police radio bulletin in an of the Board building features 2,800 square feet register at the Office attempt to locate them, according MAKES GOOD Larry (Hunsaker) Hunter, Brigham City's own disc of office space upstairs and 7,800 of Education, County Court House, to Chief John I. Johnson. holds top rating at souare feet on the ground floor. July 29, 1959, from 9 a. m. to 5 00 Both broadcasts were cancelled jockey, no at approximately 1 pm. Wednes- radio station KALL in Sait Lake It is estimated that 14 to 20 offices p. m. will occupy the building. BOARD OF EDUCATION. day when the girls returned home.' City. Disc Jockey Willard Farmer Pleads Land . Makes Place Case Before Commissioners With Radio - County Notes Correction in e Revenue Loss y $62,-74- Sleep Out... Worry Parents New Edifice Almost Done Says Builder y A g Swimming Pool To low-bui- lt This new structure at Fifth North and Main is scheduled to be completed about August reveals the constractor. Housed inside the building will be stores, an 18 lane bowling alley and 14 MULTI-US- IS, E to 20 offices. Harvesters, most of them self rolled t into propelled, ripe grain acreage throughout the county the last few days in the start of another season. Though some fields were being cut earlier in the month, most of the countys 85,000 acres of wheat, barley and oats were ready for the machines this week. Condition Varies Crop condition this year has ranged through the county from very poor to very good," accord ing to County Agent A. Fullmer Allred. The general area of Promontory Point was considered poor while grains in Pocatello Val-le- y are above average. Peak harvest is expected to hit the county within two weeks and grain elevator employees are busy preparing to handle the rush season. Crop Good Generally I would say the grain comcrop is surprisingly good, mented the extension agent , after pointing out the dry conditions of fall and spring planting during the past months. There is a chance that this years yield average may be near normal," he predicted. Normal grain yield for the county is approximately 14 bushels per acre. Open Early Postal Clerks Elect Officers . At Convention Members of the Utah Federation Clerks and auxiliary elected a new series of officers Saturday and Sunday at their 13th annual convention in Brigham City. , President of thp organization la new Bybee Salsbury, Logan; vice presdent is R. C. Wicker, Delta, and Loyal Anderson, Logan was elected secretary. Exec Board Jack Seaman, Ogden; Alvin Pulsipher, Ogden; Don Miller, Farmi- of Post Office , ngton; Kent Jensen, Brigham City; Troy Mott, Provo and Glen Young, Ogden, were chosen to serve on the Federation's Executive board. Delbert Lee and Glenn former secretary and Nelson, president, will be members of tha board for one year. Womens auxiliary of the Federation elected Von Rasmussen of PulsiLogan, president; Lindia pher, Ogden, vice president and Pat Salisbury, Logan, secretary. Visiting Officer Visiting national federation officer, Emmett Andrews of San Francisco explained the new hospital plan for post office employees and urged members to write their congressmen to ask for aid in correcting the situation existing in the nations postal system, according to Glenn Nelson, Coming Case, Guilt, Fine On Court Book Two district court cases, ona just concluded, the other impendconsiderable ing, have attracted interest in Brigham City. Glen M. Tout, 134 North First West, Smithfield, was found guilty Wednesday afternoon by an all male jury of a charge of driving while intoxicated and was fined $250 by District Judge Lewis Jones. Requests Jury Charged by police officer John H. Bryan, Dec. 17, 1958, of driving under the influence of alcohol. Tout requested a federal jury trial on Dec. 29. On Feb. 14, 1959, four jurors in city court found the defendant guilty of the charge. Tout appealed to district court in February and was found guilty with a recommendation of leniency. The second case to attract interest is a condemnation suit filed with the district court by Brigham City Corporation under their stated rights of eminent domain against Merrell H. Glenn and wife, Gladys Glenn of Fienchglen, Ore. Mantua Acres In the suit, Brigham City is attempting to condemn 2.6 acres of land owned by the Glenns in Mantua for use in the power and water development now under construction, according to court records. Trial on this case has been set in district court Tuesday by Judge Lewis Jones. |