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Show Universal Microfilm Corp. .6i n n y Merchants Issue Invitation Value Spree To Big Two-Da- y The flurry of election is past but in downtown Brigham City, merchants are offering a winning ticket ticket of values for their annual Harvest Days event, Friday and Saturday. And in past years, local shoppers have voted this the biggest and most bountiful harvest of bargains of the fall season. The two-da-y selling spree prom ises a giant dollars value for every dollar spent. This is no campaign promise, according to Glen Knudsen, chairman of the sponsoring Brigham City Merchants com- mittee. Stores are scheduled" to remain open until 9 p. m., Friday night, with doors closing at 6 p. m., Saturday to climax the festive sales promotion. Knudsen reports that all local merchants are cooperating with hundreds of specials lining their shelves. Whether youre in the market for a snow tire, a new suit or a turkey, the baris gains galore at every store right up your alley. Merchandise, especially reduced in price but not during quality, will be displayed the bargain jamboree. Various merchants are featuring bonuses with purchases. These and other shopping features can be found on the pages of todays Box Elder Journal. Customer convenience is heightened this year for Harvest Days by four downtown parking lots, located within a few steps of the main business district. In first announcing the event, Knudsen said he felt this will be the biggest Harvest Days since it was originated three years ago. Persons from all of Box Elder county are invited to join in and take advantage o fthis give-awa- y value-packe- d affair. Grouse Creek Vote Had em Guessing ...For A While ora the For a while Wednesday, political fate of two U. S. Congressional hopefuls from Utahs First district rested with the remote Grouse Creek voting district in western Box Elder county. Ears were tuned in from as far away as Washington for the tabulations in the race between A. Walter Stevenson and M. Blaine Peterson There were only about 68 votes separating the two in the unofficial ballot count with only the remote Box Elder district left to report. County Cuerk K. B. Olsen was blitzed with telephone calls. But no returns from Grouse Creek. The districtis tallies had probably been mailed as is customary thats what Olsen told the The count: Stevenson, 36; Capture Commission Posts Republican candidates swept to winning margins in all but two races in Box Elder county Tuesday with voters turning out in record numbers as they did throughout the state and nation. Unofficial tabulations Wednesday showed that Box Elder had passed mark for the first time in its history. With 41 of 44 disthe 10,000-vot- e tricts reporting, the unofficial tally was 10,551 votes as opposed to 8,394 ballots cast in the 956 general election. This traditionally Republican county went over to the GOP side with ... On B.E. Board of Education Pe- On the unofficial tabulation, Pe- terson had won the election. Harold B. Felt, Brigham City, and Norman N. Jeppsen, Mantua, were Victorious Tuesday in their bkla for seats on the Box Elder Board of Education from Precincts Five and Four. The two. Felt,' an incumbent board member, and Jeppsen, a recently retired school teacher, never were in trouble as early returns pushed them ahead to stay. Each polled more votes than two opponents combined. Felt scored 2,965 votes to 1,090 for J. Oleen Palmer and 740 for the youngest board aspirant, Ronald Ray. Felt now will return to r the board for a term as a representative of Precinct Five which is Brigham City. Jeppsen won handily in his race, receiving 694 votes to 316 for Everett M. Goodell, Willard, and. 276 for Elmer H. Ward, South Wi- was had Elder Richard L. Evans to Visit LDS Stake Conference and Sunday, Nov. Announcement of the conference plans was made by Stake President O. Dee Lund. Elder Evans will address all sessions of the conference. Bond Issue Felt, Jeppsen Capture Posts NORMAN N. JEPPSEN . . . Captures board post THE CONFERENCE will begin with a missionary meeting Saturday evening at 6:30 p. m. Expected to attend will be the stake presidency and high council, ward The sun appeared bright and and clerks, bishoprics quorum in clear skies Wednesday shiny presidencies, stake auxiliary executives and secretaries, and all morning after a cold storm of snow and rain Monday night and stake missionaries. The snow came down in A general priesthood meeting is Tuesday. scheduled for 8 p. m. for all mem- - abundance for a short time Tuesday night, forming a glaze on the streets and highways, but melted (Continued on Page Two) Sun Appears After Storm many ing. minutes Wednesday for morn- Charles Clifford, local weather observer, says the weather will gradually clear and temperatures will will drop. High cloudiness prevail Thursday, he said. llard. former The Box Dew-eyvil- Reported Here Strep Throats, 28Flu infec- Brigham City reported tious diseases for the week ending Nov. 4, according to the State Department of Public Health. Reported from here were 14 strep infections, 13 cases of influenza and one case of mumps. 12 Box Elder county reported cases of influenza and four cases High of mumps for the same period. four-yea- before the sun had been out teacher will represent the communities of Willard, Perry, Mantua, Harper, Honeyville and which comprise Precinct Four. Goodell made a race of it early with the help of a big block of ballots from Willard. However, he fell sharply behind as voting results from other districts favored Jeppsen. Elder Box Elder county voters Tuesday stamped their endorsement on a proposed $200,000 bond issue to help finance the building of a county nursing home in Brigham City. The unofficial count with districts reporting was votes in favor of the bond 44 41 of 5,369 issue and 3,041 opposed. The issue never seemed in doubt as the Brigham City districts voted overwhelmingly in the yes column. Other districts in Brigham City followed the pattern, boosting the margin with every report. generally Opposition emerged from the smaller, outlyBothwell, ing districts including Promontory, Fielding, Plymouth, Riverside, Collinston, Penrose, and Howell. In a departure in the trend among the more thickly populated communities. Bear River City taxpayers cast a negative majority. The most lopsided vote was recorded at Plymouth where the early-reportin- g voting (Continued on Page Two) Incomplete Unofficial Results of Box Elder County General Election C w K e 3 x t, o h z u cc UJ f. O J) c 5) 5 o 'C. o B w 4) b, O U X 3 z X D w D 2 C3 3 CO u fl 8 a (A 3Q 2 C3 A x Q r X It X aa C X S U ft. nJ U. . -- 1 3! 277 190 186 147 227 206 162 128 268 240 230 154 220 142 114 103 249 185 164 126 135 135 125 246 126 - 3 as Cfi E h3 c V X O u- - c O O u u. a e o . 5 H z w u u, t5 '5. 15 w m3 m3 X U TJ -- u j a. X Q O O u z U to cu O. u ax 75 four-yea- vote-gette- r, h 190 148 (Kerr 107 235 230 43 (Green 31 101 116 71 61 506 "i5 95 359 293 295 163 206 135 31 57 281 50 273 47 39 33 22 78 11 hO 46 50 64 34 35 21 13 19 32 61 114 97 90 51 135 100 19 12 62 3577 2824 two-ye- commission seat, forged ahead in the early returns and steadily widened his lead over E. N. Austin of Brigham City. With 41 districts reporting, it was Harper with 5,640 votes, and Austin, 4,416. Compton waged a hot battle with F. Leland Seely, Brigham City, r for the term. Seely, a former commissioner, took a brief lead but then fell behind as outlying districts reported. He trailed throughout the remainder of the evening but constantly threatened to catch his Democratic rival. The report showed Compton with 5,198 votes to 4,997 for Seely. PRESIDENTIAL candidate Richard M. Nixon drew the greatest number of votes in Box Elder, piling up an unofficial total of 6,532 to 3,795 for Sen. John F. Kennedy. Tabulations revealed that Nixon gained a considerable majority in most of the districts regardless of how other votes were split. Nixon conceded defeat to his Democrati copponent Wednesday after voters engaged in one of the closest elections in U. S. history. Governor George D. Clyde was th next-higpolling A. Barlockers 6,221 to William This heavy support had 3,963. been expected by GOP leaders and it helped to put Clyde back into the chief executives chair for another four year term. CLYDE TOOK an early lead with heavy support from the larger districts and the margin grew rapidly greater as returns poured in. The only other race that could be described as close was that between G. Melvin Foxley and William Loyal Glenn for state representative from District Two. Foxley did lead most of the way, receiving 2,031 votes to 1,716 for Glenn. Other GOP aspirants breezed to winning margins in the county although at least one of them met defeat in state-widballoting. ONE THAT was still undecided late Wednesday was the duel between A. Walter Stevand M Blaine enson for the conPeterson gressional seat from Utahs First district. Here in Box Elder county, however, Stevenson carried a comfor-- 1 table markin of 5,879 votes to 4.672 jfor Peterson. In other county races, Kleon e 153 193 w U- - 1o 3c 9C c M A NJ 172 t u w V. u. M A the Harper, seeking 1,000 KLEON KERR Is 32. And Grouse Creek, Utah, far better known than it ever been before. two exceptions. The victorious Democrats were Grover R. Harper, Corinne, and J. Erie Compton, incumbent county commissioner from Elwood. Voters Favor . Elder Richard L. Evans, a member of the Council of Twelve Apostles, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, will represent the General Authorities at the Box Elder stake quarterly conference to be held here Saturday evening Gtord Couaty Democrats Compton, Harper callers. But a Salt Lake paper, unwilling to wait, sent a Southern Pacific dispatcher into the area from Monteilo, Nev., via jeep. And late Wednesday afternoon, the Grouse Creek returns were telegraphed to the outside world. terson, 20 PAGES Brigham City, Utah, Thursday Morning, November 10, 1960 Volume 53, Number 46 10 41 36 2031 1716 for garnered 5,-- 1 Dr. D. B. and assured another term in the state votes to 4,649 (himself senate. Ross C. Bowen City) made good in his bid for a third term in the state house of representatives from District One by polling 3,577 votes to 2.824 for Marvin Peters City). SID LAMBOURNE, Republican candidate for state treasurer captured 5,736 Box Elder votes ta opponent Sharp M. Larsens 4,391. But in the total Utah balloting, Larsen won the post. Other GOP candidates, victors in the state, won locally in this manner: Secretary of state Lamont ToLaurel J. Brown, ronto, 5,839; 4,305. Attorney general Walter Budge, 5,794; William H. Henderson, State Preece, 4,193. auditor 5,905; 4,349. Sherman J. Louise E. Hollev, |