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Show v k v Univercil Microfilming Corp. 1U. Pierpont Ave. Salt Lake City, Utah Jan 61 gW ft Volume 53, Number 36 Brigham City, Utah, Thursday Morning, September 1, 1960 Intermountain Brigham City Schools The Intermountain school librarians are sponsoring a book fair, Sept. 1 through 10, during which Books on Exhibit" will be display- Truck-C- ar A Willard man became Box Elder countys ninth traffic victim for 1960 when he received in an died of injuries crash Tuesday afterauto-truc- jr TRAFFIC VICTIM Leslie Becker, 56, Willard, was killed in autotruck crash Tuesday afternon. Warm Rain Covers Area warm rain fell at intervals throughout the night Tuesday, but failed to cool the atmosphere below the 62 degree mark. There was not sufficient rainfall in the South Brigham area to make it measurable, according to Charles Clifford, local weather observer, however it appeared that more had fallen in parts of Brigham City, he said. The weather picture is for fair and warmer, Clifford said. High and low mercury readings for the past two days are listed A Swim Program Proposed Here During Winter Members of the Brigham City swimming team this week were whether or asked to indicate not they would like to continue a swim program during the winter months. The swim sessions would be conducted at the Box Elder High school pool. Meets can be arranged in event the program Is continued, according to Ann Westenskow, instructor. k noon. THE VICTIM was Leslie Beckcollided with a er, whose car truck which had jackknifed across U. S. 91. The mishap occurred a short distance south of Willard. Mr. was pronounced Becker dead on arrival at Cooley hospital where he was brought by the Brigham City ambulance. He was traveling alone at the time of the accident. This week brought a change into the lives of 3,787 boys and girls, six to 18 years of age, in this community. That is the total number of students who enrolled Monday morning at Box Elder High, Junior High, and the four elementary schools in Brigham City. Last years total enrollment numbered 3,155. This shows a marked increase of 632 students enrolled this year over last year. Each of the schools saw more students Monday than a year ago, with the exception of one, Lincoln school, which benefitted from a change of boundaries to relieve the overcrowded situation there. Box Elder High school reports an enrollment of more than 800 With new students regstudents. istering each day this week, a total enrollment report will be made Friday, according to Mrs. Janice Olsen, office secretary. Last years enrollment totaled 740. Included in the registration to this point are 52 new students w'ho not previously attended have schools in Box Elder district. Principal E. W. Payne heads a two faculty of 33 teachers and An counselors. average of 25 classes are being taught during each of the seven class periods at the high school. ed for school people and the general public. Six hundred new books provided by the countrys leading publishers as a cooperative promotional enterprise, as well as new books recently purchased for the Intermountain school library, will be displayed. The primary purpose of the book fair is to create a fresh interest in reading by providing school personnel, teachers, librarians, students and parents with an opportunity to examine some of the best in recent library publications. THE exhibit includes both fiction in reading range and from kindergarten through grade twelve. The collection is divided into 31 different subject areas deand step- signed to inform and stimulate the following step-son- s daughters: Mrs. John (Beatrice) mind, the curiosity, and the imagJen- ination. Burden, Mrs. Ervin (Zula) sen, both of Willard; Mrs. Leon the complete collection is (Jennie) Jensen, Brigham City; a Listing annotated catalogue graded, Floris Perry, American Fork; and will be distributed free to Mrs. Gerald (Juanita) Fuller, of which professional visitors and parents Tremonton; 28 and desire to his father, Willard; two brothers, who find it useful Alfred Becker, Illinois; Ed Beck- have one. No books are sold, and no orders er, California. will be taken. Books on Exhibit FUNERAL services will be con- and the books owned by the Interducted Saturday at 1 p. m. in the mountain school library are diswith played only as o promotional eduWillard LDS ward chapel Bishop Don Barker officiating. cational activity for enjoyment. All Friends may call at the Harold interested persons are invited to see B. Felt Funeral Home Friday eve- this exhibit on school days on the ning from 7 to 9 p. m. and Satur- above mentioned dates between the hours of day prior to time of service. a.m., noon and Interment will be in the Willard p.m., in Building 22, upstairs in the Crash Tuesday TOM C. Wilkinson, 52, of 829 Elm street, Salt Lake City, a passenger in the truck, suffered mi- cemetery. nor cuts and bruises of the head and a fractured rib. He was for brought to Cooley hospital emergency treatment and released by his attending physician to return to his home in Salt Lake n KAY RASMUSSEN Watkins Realty . Entry List Nearly Complete In 1960 Peach Queen Quest Library. City Drains West Forest Pond; City. Fish The list of contestants is nearly complete in Brigham Citys 1960 Peach Queen competition, according to Chairman Val Ferrin. The names of three girls werb added this week, bringing to 24 the number of candidates for the coveted crown. They were; Kay Rasmussen, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Rasmussen, 305 East Forest street, sponsored by .Watkins Realty. Jill Anderson, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Anderson, by Bywater Perry, sponsored Floor Covering. Pat Kendrick, 18. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LaVon Kendrick, 225 North Third East, sponsored by Safeway of Brigham City. Ferrin this week listed t he schedule for girls entered in the traditional queen quest. Populous Left High n Dry Driver of the truck, James Lawrence Fowles, 44, of 90 W. Malvern A mass eviction took place on ducted under the watchful eye ot avenue. Salt Lake City, escaped Brigham Citys west Forest street Mrs. Anita Burt, assistant health without injury. Fowles told Utah Highway Patrol officers he was southbound and had to apply his brakes to avoid two vehicles that slowed suddenly while the leading vehicle made a left turn. into the The truck jackknifed northbound lane when the brakes with the were applied, colliding Becker auto. last week when the south pond thousands was emptied, leaving of fish high and dry. The city health department had the pond drained after fish began floating to the surface, victims of inadequate oxygen in the water. Their fate posed a health hazard to residents in the area and so the pond was emptied by pumping. Carp and suckers, lower class born was LESLIE BECKER of the acquatic World, ciiizens 111., 9. at 1904, McLeansboro, Aug. hauled were away and disposed a son of Henry and Rebecca Rose A surprisBecker. He moved to Rupert, Ida- of by the truck load. ing large number of trout were ho in 1920. officer for Brigham City. But what to do with the empty pond? This is a question now facing the city council. has If the health department its way, the pond bottom, now a mass of thick mud, will be allowed to dry up and then be dug out to a gravel base. to Councilman ACCORDING Verl Petersen, department head, to the pond could then be serve as a recreation facility. It also may figure in plans for future expansion of Rees park, he said. salvaged and transferred across Another part of the recommenthe street to the Rees Pioneer dation is to clean out the culvert pond. park which passes beneath Forest street MORE THAN 20 loads of trash and connects the north and south were gleaned from the pond bot- ponds. tom. This included treasures acTHIS CULVERT has been plugUtah. cumulated over many years such it some time. Cleaning Survivors include his widow, of as worn out tires, cans, bottles ged for would enhance the value of the Willar; a son, Eugene Becker, Mt. and appliance parts. The entire operation was con ponds for water storage. the Vernon, 111., two grandsons; Petersen said he will present the departments wishes when the council meets tonight, Thursday. There has been talk of filling in the pond with dirt. Whatever course the council will chart remains to be seen married Clara Barker Perry on Sept. 15, 1948, at Rupert. They have made their home in Willard since that time. Mr. Becker was employed at Utah General Depot to and Hill Field since coming He 6, 1960. K. B. OLSEN, Box Elder County PAT KENDRICK Clerk. Safeway of Brigham City area. Cache county of Thiokol Chemical corporation have indicated they would like to see a road constructed from Tremonton to the corporations new Wasatch plant site. Edward F. Nauman, general manager of the new plant, and John Higginson, general manager of Utah division, expressed this desire in a meeting with the Box Elder county commissioners Monday. They went into a huddle at Thio kols administration building after Nauman and the commissioners had taken a tour over the proposed route. The Thiokol brass pointed up these chief values of such a road: Officials 1 min-ow- s the Malad, traffic. THEY ARE all being asked to be at the Box Elder High school Wednesday, Sept. 7, gymnasium at 7 p. m. for a position rehearsal. The session also will serve as a brief charm school with assistance former from Eula Thompson, health salon manager in Ogden and now with KBUH radio. The judging will be conducted starting at 1 p. m. Thursday afternoon in the gymnasium with each girl scheduled to appear in street wear, formals and bathing suits. Members of the Jayceettes will help the girls with their changes and parents are requested not to attend, Ferrin explained. The girls will parade again in formals and bathing suits during the Coronation Ball that night. Highlight of the ball, slated to An youth from Arstart at 8 p. m., will be the namgentina was learning his three attenand of her the ing queen R's. United States style. Wednesdants. day, at Box Elder High schools THE NEW monarch will be first foreign exchange sU'dent. He is Amertco Juan Castilla, a clowned by last years queen, Annette Knudsen. youngster who Buenos Aires his home town. Americo arrived in Utah early Tuesday morning and was picked dark-haire- AS SURVEYED, the would extend straight over the Tremonton, range and through Faust valley. It would join the Lampo-Howe- ll road, now under construction, at the north gate of the Wasatch division. Distance of the route, described as an road, is 16 miles. Some 8.5 miles would be new road construction and at first have only a gravel base. Neither the commissioners nor the broached company officials of However, financing. subject the commissioners were asked to act soon on acquisition of a And too, a road to serve the Tremonton, Cache county and Ma- lad workers would ease up the work-hou- r or traffic load on l the highway. These workers currently travel COMMISSIONER J. Erie Compor the Corinne-Thioko- l highThese woikers way. currently ton said Wednesday that a decifrom its junction with sion probably will be forthcoming travel the Thatcher-Penros- e road which at a regular meeting next goes into Tremonton. 3 Corinne-Thioko- School Board 3 i l'up at the Salt Lake foster parents for a airport by his year, Dr. and Mrs J. Howard Rasmussen, ,811 North. East His f.rst day here was not wast-th- e led. newly adop- ted student was escorted to school bv one uf the Rasmussen children. His purpose was to register. But no sooner had he stepped inside the hallowed halls and given his name than a special assembly was called. THE FEATURED guest: Amer-Juan Castilla. It was an eventful first day which, incidentally, finally Includico ed registration. Came right-of-wa- 3 20 These youngsters were doing some netting of carp YOUNG ENOUGH TO CUT THE MUD, SIR of the south The city heulth department is asking to have taken was pond. this when picture after draining it last week. pond dug out and refilled and Idaho Thev estimated that there are now 950 employees who would use the road every day with this number destined to grow as the new plant is developed It would serve as a back door" or second main artery from the In divisions. Utah and Wasatch event one road became impassa-- ' ble, the other would be open for d IT WOULD cut approximately miles off the rounndtrip to the future Wasatch division and 26 miles to existing plant facilities for workers from the Tremonton For Seat on Everett N. Goodell of Willard, Tuesday filed as a candidate for the Box Eldrr Board of Education from Precinct Four. Goodell thus became the first hopeful to announce his candidacy for the post now held by Delbert Cook, also of Willard. The deadline for filing in the school board race is 30 days prior to the Nov... ELEMENTARY school manage- 8 election. All terms on the board are now of facilities ment and provision are becoming big business in Brig- for four years. Goodell in seekham City with a total of 1,947 stu- ing election would represent Wildents enrolled in the four grade lard, Mantua, Perry, Harper, schools here. with Honeyville and Deweyville which Compared last years total enrollment of make up Precinct Four. One other seat on the board, 1,565, there is an increase of 382 students attending elementary that now occupied by Harold B. in schools in Brigham City at this Felt, Brigham City, is open Felt repre- time, with more anticipated during this years election. the year, according to the princi - sents District Five which is Brig- ham City. pals at the schools. In announcing his candidacy. BUNDERSON school is boastGoodell said he , . . sees a great a new addition ing need for improvement in our this year, making a total of 17 schools and in the quality of teachclassrooms to handle the 543 stuing." dents enrolled there. The newly announced hopeful reA. Elwvn Seely Principal has been a resident of Willard ports that the new classrooms are finished with the exception of a since 1942 and is employed at the few minor details which will k'Utah General Depot in Ogden as assistant fire chief and training (Continued on Page Three! officer. Thiokol Officials Seek New Road first-han- Goodell Files Foreign Exchange Student NOTICE Notice is hereby given that due to Monday, September 5th,- - 1960 being a legal holiday, Labor Day, the Box Elder County Commissioners will meet Tuesday, Sep- tember and seventh policy of having eighth grade students from the Willard school and seventh grade students from Honeyville school attend the junior high school. These grades have previously been in conducted the elementary school in each community. Principal Call heads a faculty of 37 teachers plus two counselors and a librarian. He noted that there are several high school teachers who teach one hour in the junior high each day. There is an average of 34 classes being conducted each period at the junior high school. There are seven class periods in each day at the junior high also. Box Elder High Welcomes tonight. probably BOX ELDER Junior High school has a total enrollment of 1,040 students, including 80 who have come from other school districts this year, Principal according to Wayne E Call. This is compared FILES Goode!) Everett 850 with students registered at Willard has filed for election to the the school at this time last year. Box Elder Board of Education. The junior high schools expanded enrollment this year is due in part to the change in school board 5 2 1 Grows to 3,787 in Set Book Fair Willard Resident Dies in I Student Enrollment Librarians FATALITY VEHICLE A Willard resident, Lloyd Becker, 56, met death in the vehicle shown above when it collided with a truck which had jacknifed across Highway 91 south of Willard Tuesday afternoon. This was Box Elder countys ninth fatal traffic accident during the current year. 14 PAGES Americo Juan CastilSTUDENT la is the first foreign exchange student to attend Box Eider high. Wednesday morning, Americo was attending class as a Box Elder High senior. It was just five days after he had left his Latin American home. The new student is here through of the the exchange program American Field Service and with the financial cooperation of "the Boys and Girls leagues and the Brigham City Rotary club. While here, he will live in the Rasmussen home, "not as a guest, but as one of the family, is the wav Dr. Rasmussen put it. The question now is Who will learn more from whom?" After the first day, it would seem Americo has a head start. |
