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Show Universal Microfilming Corp. 141 Ave. Lake City, Utah Salt Pierpont Jan6l State, 14 PAGES Brigham City, Utah, Thursday Morning, July 28, 1960 Volume 53, Number 31 Local Officials Discuss Road Matters Chamber of Commerce officials, county commissioners and representatives of the Brigham City council met Tuesday noon with commissioners and officials of the Utah Highway Commission and Governor George D. Clyde at a special luncheon at the Thiokol Chemical corporation plant. Hosting the affair was Ed Nauman, general manager of the new Wasatch production division with Glenn Andersen, president of the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce presiding. introduced Clyde B. Stratford Governor Clyde who spoke briefly on the growing industrial importance of the Northern Utah area. Mayor Ruel M. Eskelsen told of the growth of the Brigham City community and the traffic handling problem, pointing out the need for an access road immediately to the west of the city, to serve local as well as Thiokol transportation needs on the new freeway. Party leaders and state delefor Thiokol was Richgates of the Democratic party of Speaking the this ard Brown who pointed out Box Elder counay are busy County Demos FIRST-PLAC- E neer Days WINNER parades n This entry of the Box Elder' Chamber of Commerce placed first in the division. Its title: Living Beauty from Brigham City. Pio- Prepare for State Confab week with meetings and preparations to attend the State Democratic nominating convention scheduled Saturday, July 30, in Salt Lake City. The Terrace ballroom will be the cenvention site. to J. Harold Reese, According county chairman, a platform committee met Tuesday night with the 21 state delegates to outline platfom objectives. Orson A. Christensen is chaiman of the platform committee. for A MEETING is scheduled for all this evening, Thursday, state delegates. They include J. Bear River City; Harold Reese, Mrs. Alma Allred, Marvin H. Peters, M. Grant Prisbrey, Verdun John H. Larsen, Fonnesbeck, Omer J. Call, Norman V. Wat kins, M. J. Anderson, all of Brig ham City. William A. Wood, Corinne; Petersen, Bear River City; David R. (Bill) Waldron and Ford Jeppson, Tremonton; C. M. Cornwall, Elwood; Edward A. O. A. Nielsen, Deweyville; Whitney, R. Evan Gee, and Mrs. WenMargaret Owens, Garland; William D. dell Hall, Portage; Burton, Thatcher and Paul Fonnesbeck, Howell. f- - d Hf This is the float entered by Thiokol Chemical corporation SCORES PARADE HONOR For Peace and Progress, placed first in the Industrial division. in the growth of the company and the current expansion program which will include some $44 million in construction, $14 million additional at the present plant and some $30 million at the production plant. 11E also pointed out, that the work force could reach 4,000 by the end of this year, possibly reach 5,000 by the following year. In his remarks, he pointed out the the extreme hazard of hauling heavy equipment over thfe present roads and down Brigham Citys Main street and brought up the question of making sharp turns against trafic for the new freeway interchange proposed for the U.S. 30 highway junction. C. Taylor Burton, director of highways for the Utah commission, commission promised that the would give every consideration to the local problems and would try to work out a suitable program to handle the changing conditions. Regarding the proposed new highway from Corinne to the Lampo junction, Burton pointed out that the design plans were ready to be submitted for bid, pending final authorization by the Defense de- RIVER CLAIMS COMBINE Ogden MST&T two-yea- n Offers New Service To Give Callers Correct Time The Brigham City office of Mountain States Telephone and Telewho win nominations Saturday graph compay this week placed in will be in attendance at the Aug. service a recording system which 5 convention here and will be inthe correct time of day or troduced along with all county gives night to any caller. candidates at that time. The service is meant as an added convenience to local customers who in past months have had to call an Ogden operator for the correct time. This information is now readily given by phoning PA Reese reported that it is anticipated that all state candidates Bank Burglary Attempt Fails An attempted burglary failed for an unidentified person or persons who entered the First Security Bank over the holiday weekend, according to J. Leo Nelson, The Interniountain School Employees association TREASURE OF THE RAINBOW division for this colorful float. honors in the WILL APPEAR ON PEACH received bank manager. The burglars gained entrance by forcing a basement door and then removed another door and window to enter the bank building. They then tried to enter the night depository vault by knockdial, ing off the combination third-plac- e DAYS which did not aid them in gaining entrance to the vault. Nelson said the bank obtained the services of a lock expert who opened the safe and found all defrom Franklin, Idaho. posits in perfect order, as they Treasure of the had been left by the night deposit- It was titled Rainbow and showed a Navaj ors. The night depository was in girl student with an arching rain use the entire time, Nelson conbow overhead. cluded. Both the Thiokol and Intermoun-taiSpecial Agent Leonard Blaylock, floats along with dozens of in charge of the Salt Lake office other colorful entries are scheduled of the Federal Bureau of Investito appear in the Peach Days gation, is assisting local officers in the investigation. Local Floats Place in Ogden Parade rioats from Box Elder county swept away with a good share of the honors in Ogdens Pioneer Days e parade Monday including awards to the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce and Thiokol Chemical corporation. An estimated 38,000 persons watched the colorful procession which streamed down Washington boulevard for two hours. The Chamber's winning entry, accorded first place in the division, featured the 1959 Peach Days royalty headed by Queen Annette Knudsen with attendants, Sherry Davis and Karen Seely first-plac- colorful THE float titled Living Beauty from Brigham City, will be seen in the coming Peach Days parades, Sept It will carry this year's royal trio who will be chosen at the traditional coronation ball on the night of Sept 8 Thiokol's entry was judged best Titled in the Industrial division. satin-bedeck- the For Peace and Progress, float depicted a Minutcman missile blasting off and satellites circling the world. THE other entry to place from this area was sponsored by the Intermountain School Employes association. It placed thirl in the division behind a float n Dog Darts . . . Scooter Skids . . . Driver Dumped Dog darts out of dark . . batks mobile for a motor scooter. He decided to take a spin up to Brigham at approaching motor scooter . driver dodges . . scooter skids City Tuesday evening to see how the motor scooter would take to the driver dumped. This was the report of a local highways. As he approached the Smith and highway patrolman. Trooper Leonard Jeppsen. who investigated the Edwards Salvage yards, just this mishap Tuesday evening at 8 4o S1(j( 0f tp,e Weber county line, a p m. near Hot Springs. big black dog darted out onto the It all started when Aithur hignwav alter him Morgan attempage 39, of Michigan, enroute ted to dodge the dog and lost confront California, stopped in Salt trol of the scooter, winch skidded Lake City and traded otf his auto and threw him to the ground. . . . . . . Moi-ga- . Morgan suffered a laceration of his left arm and bruises ot the left leg. He was picked up by a passing motorist and brought to the Cooley Hospital for treatment, after which he was released. After the investigation, Jeppsen reports that Morgan said he would City spend the night in Brigham and go back to Salt Lake City Wednesday morning and try to undo his trade, since he decided he was more apt at driving automobiles than motor scooters, Combine Dives State Levies Restrictions To Combat Fire Danger The extreme fire danger now has hanging over most ot Utah of travel and caused a clamp-dowfire use along the Wasatch front, ranging from Wellsville to Nephi. partment. The restrictive measures became THE BOX ELDER county nomFollowing the luncheon meeting, effective Wednesday and were orinating convention will be held on the visitors were taken on a tour of dered by J. Whitney Floyd, chief Friday evening, Aug. 5, at 7:30 the Thiokol installation. forester, Utah Department of For- p. m. in the War Memorial Home, Brigham City. Top on the agenda of business will be to eliminate one of the three candidates in the r commissioner race. The names of the two successful candidates will appear on- the Democratic ballot in the Sept. 13 parade. The entry, combine resulted when the The driver, though shaken up, The unorthodox position of this 9, machine went out of control and plunged into the Malad river Tuesday. was not seriously injured. THE recorded operators voice is of repeating the tune once every 15 seconds The number to call may be found either in the front of the directory or under MST&T in the alphabetical section. This service is available for residents of Corinne and Bear River City simply by dialing the PArkway capable number. Into River; Driver Unhurt Brigham City farmer narrowserious Injury Tuesday escaped Many roads along the mountain morning when the combine he was closed to are public driving plunged off a bridge one being range traffic. Effective throughout the de- mile west of Bear River City and scribed area is a requirement to landed upside down in the Malad A estry and Fire control. confine all fires areas. to ly designated river. Operator of the machine was IN addition, it is resognized as Hyrum E. Christensen, 71, of 18 unlawful to smoke outside of the West Sixth North. He suffered tossed .into when designated fire areas. Persons who only scratches violate these orders will be guilty the river ahead of the diving combine. The mishap occured at about The U. S. Forest Service has announced similar restrictions for na- 7:45 a. m. as he drove east on a tional forest lands on the Wasatch county road to cut some grain for a friend. front. Christensen said the machine D. district J. Gunderson, northern up speed and went out of picked fire warden, explained Wednesday inthat the only designated place for control as he drove down an It fires in the local area is Box Elder clined approach to the bridge. south the struck railing, bridge cited county park near Mantua. He around and nosedived - into the Willard basin area as one being spun the river. closed to any type of fire or smokTHE LOCAL man was catipult- ing. ed into the water just inches away GUNDERSON already has closed comfom the plunging 17 roads in the western part of the bine. six county and intends to close He waded out to the bank, walkmore this week. ed about a half mile to where his However, he pointed out that Box truck was and drove to his Elder has been relatively free from home in parked City. Brigham extensive fire damage this sumChristensen who operates a dry of the farm in the mer. The public rates much area, valued the macredit since only four of the nine chine at between $4,000 and $5,000 range fires repotted to flate have However, he figured it would be been good only for junk now. It was The most recent blazes to strike partially insured. Box Elders unincorporated areas The shaken farmer was not sure include a fire west of Por- how to retrieve the machine . . . tage, Julv 23, and a second blaze. or if he would try to recover it July 24, in Portage canyon which at all. He was still pondering this burned live acres 'question Wednesday. of a misdemeanor. 9,000-poun- d Jenson pointed nut that the recording system is never affected by a local power failure inasmuch as it operates on a standby power ROSS B. Jenson, local manager, unit. said that since dial telephone was installed in Brigham City in February, an average of 900 calls for the correct time have flooded Ogden operators each day The new system will eliminate the need for these calls and help to relieve line congestion during peak hours, he explained. He said local persons who continue to call Ogden will be referred It is hot. . . and what more can to the new service. one say these days0 In fact it has To make sure the time given been going on for many days and customers is really correct, the the conversation still remains the Brigham City office checks once same. . . . it IS hot. each week with Chicago. Even the Wednesday's temperature of 102 slightest variation is corrected. degrees was the eleventh day in the past two weeks that mercury has zoomed above the 100 degree In 1925, they moved to the presmark in Brigham City. There are doubtless many who A new record was set in Salt remember the days when Brig- ent building, 119 South Main, a Lake City on Tuesday when the ham Citys Main street was dirt familiar face among local busimercury climbed to 107 at the air- and the street car rocked its way nesses since that time. port. of many automobiles from Seventh South to the train Many Charles Clifford, local weather makes have passed through the depot. observer, reports that the maxidoors of Brgiham Auto They are the same who will mum reading for Monday carried A reported drowning at Rees those early days. Tiller, since car a when call Auto, Brigham in Tuesdays Box Elder News was with eyes cast up in reflection, Pioneer park Tuesday afternoon actually five degrees less than repair business, was purchased by named a few, unfamiliar names to WhitCharles proved to be a false alarm but what the maximum reading ac- two young men, the modern ear Sun, Moon, Star. Tiller and enforceGeorge of law a the after host The was. only thing is, tually 95joith 1916. Jordan, Chandler, Chalmers, Maxment officers, two city ambulan- degree reading was taken shortly well Mormon, and, oh yes, the 44 ce crews and scores of onlookers They began a succession of after 2 p. m. and by 4 p. m., the Steamer. of the Main Stanley had visited the scene. mercury had climbed to 100 de- years as He mentioned others as his mind Next street Monday, operation The search for a body t was grees. searched the past when cars were Showers have been promised for Aug 1. will officially close that launched after an unidentified a novelty and a holiday might find woman said she saw a small boy this area, Clifford said, but just chapter in Brigham Citys history many as 25 vehicles chugging ias men two when the on retire looked young when in the North pond. She told park things promising around town. with them. Auto and skies the Brigham Wednesday morning, personnel the swimmer dove beneath the water and failed to cleared and the sunbeat down on They'll be closing the doors onj COMPETITION also was a this vicinity in a fashion it has streets oldest business un- - elty during those times. Tiller and come up. to during re- der the same management. of Whitworth had the distinction The city police were notified at become accustomed cent weeks. the on,y an(i Bara8e own'n8 2:03 p.m. TILLFR AND WHITWORTH in Bri8ham Clt- High and low temperature readScott vice station the company Grappling operations were conings for the past two days are as bought was the It losingle place where was it At two hours using follows: that time, ducted for about Jensen. was motorists could get gasoline, and 69 South Main and at cated Low equipment of the Box Elder counHigh then from a pump which produced 70 formerly known us a blacksmith! 102 ty sheriffs department. 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