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Show Unlv.rs-i-i- l alt City Amends a Slcro.'ililnj Cor;. fierto.it Ave. Loke City, Utah 635-1-- 62 Section of Traffic Code One section of Brigham Citys traffic code, a recently adopted section criticized by the Junior Chamber of Commerce, has been mended by the city council and nother provision adopted to control the distance apart of vehicles traffic. The section drawing amendment, No. 64, was severely soon after passage for laying too much power in, the hands of the chief of police. It gave the . . make regchief authority to ulations necessary to make effective the provisions of the traffic ordinance . . . and to make and enforce temporary or experimental regulations to cover the emergency or special conditions. for the described the section as A Volume 54, Number 33 Brigham City, Utah, Thursday Morning, August 17, 1961 7t mfz? Nursing Home, Operating Costs Bring 1.9 Mill County Tax Hike The Box Elder County commission has set the liitermounfain Jaycees spokesman unconsti- tutional. The city officials last week voted to insert the phrase, by and with consent of the city council. The amendment met with approval of the same Jaycee representative who expressed appreciation on behalf of the club for the councils action. ANN HECK Box Elder County Bank HOWEVER, six other sections of the code, listed as unsatisfactory, will remain intact. This includes the restriction against narking a commercial licensed vehicle with a load capacity greater than 9,000 pounds on any street for a period of time longer than one hour between the hours of 2 a. m. and 6 a. m. of any day. Local bus drivers, employed by an Ogden transportation firm, had saying objected to this section, that it has been their practice to Dark the large vehicles at their homes. The sections meeting opposition were studied by the ordinance committee composed of Council-meJohn Larsen, Verl Petersen and Don Chase. It was their recommendation to alter only Section Students To Take Jobs Intermountain senool students, arriving this week from their homes on the reservation or their summer jobs, will be ready to start part-timjobs here Sature day, Aug. 26. The first few days of school will be busy in orientation, physical examinations and getting settled in the classroom and dormitory routines. Girls are trained to do all types of home service work, child care, waitress work, etc. Boys are available to do all types of farm, garden, and yard work, janitorial service, service station work, and many are trained in such skills The new provision, designated stipulates that a Driver shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reaas Ordinance and prudent, having due regard for the speed of such vehicle and the traffic upon and the condition of the road. It also requires that vehicles shall travel an adequate distance apart to permit room for a passing vehicle to pull in. List Grows m j i if SHARON SPENDLOVE Food King This is the main gymnasium at the new Box Elder High school. Those are NOT YET COMPLETE not basketball players on the floor but materials for bleachers. Workmen are laboring long and hard to get the gym as well as other parts of the school ready for the 1961-6- 2 school year. 266, sonable For Contest The entry list of the 1961 Peach Queen contestants neared the halfway mark this week as girls numtheir ber, 13, 14 and 15 added names. The names of the new girls are: Ann Heck, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Heck, 558 Highland Drive, sponsored by Box Elder County bank. Sharon Spendlove, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Spendlove, 328 West Forest, sponsored by Food King. Janet Owens, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Owens, 81 South First East, sponsored by American Service. The Peach Queen contest is just one of the many activities featured Other in the 1961 Peach Days. events will be a parade both days, the Monte Young carnival on Forest street, the production of Prom ised Valley, a football game at the football Box Elder High school field and many others. Area Mail Service To Be Increased Star route mail service from Beaver to Wheelon and Dam in Box Elder county will be increased from three to six times a week. Rep. M. Blaine Peterson said he was advised by the post office department Plan on Opening Aug. 28 The Box Elder Board of Edu- 1961-6- Harold F'elt said Wednesday. However, he added, in event that the building is not sufficiently completed, the board is considering either a postponement or holding double sessions in the old high school building. i The board probably will make a decision at its meeting next Wednesday. At this point, we can only base our judgement on what the contractor tells us, Felt said. two-wee- layer. Brigham City has plenty of water to sell but the city council isnt sure it wants to sell to purchasers outside of the community. This was the gist of a discussion last week centered on application by propernorth-of-the-ci- ty owners to secure culinary water. The request was made by four persons who offered to buy water at the city limits and lay their own pipe. However, Mayor Ruel M. Eskel-seadvised the council to consider future implications of such an n agreement. Would state health laws permit you to stop this water even if at some future date it was needed to meet city needs? he pondered. This prompted a council decision to table the matter until it could be thoroughly studied. I took another look down the ? with hall, stacked hear-higale, littered with scrap materials and drawing attention to the bare ceiling beams. Right then I was from Missouri. But like I said, construction was never my line. h 2 ceil-in;- Short Rain Brings Temporary Relief Dont let that .14 inches of rain had Tuesday night fool you. Fire danger is as high as ever in the Box Elder county area. Alcooled though the light showers the air somewhat, the area is in critically dry condition. There is a possibility of a few more light showers towards the end of the week, according to Charles Clifford, local weather The few brief storms observer. in the area greatly increases the we ... at We sure hope it will least most of it, he grinned. City Ponders Sale of Water Not willing to settle for one mans opinion, I asked a painter. I think so. A lot of the painting and the tile work is done upstairs, he replied confidently. Then in my wanderings, I spotted Dave Shaw, head man on the project for M. Morrin & Son Construction company. I asked the of lightning caused possibility question. fires. Were trying, he said. Weve Low High been working ten hours a day, six 57 95 Aug. 15 for a the week several days past 16 58 83 Aug. weeks. Shaw went on to explain that workmen were concentrating on the classrooms with such as the cafeteria, gymnasiums, library and kitchen in secondary positions of endeavor. Its still possible we could finish everything but the auditorium Adults who plan to complete if things go right, he said. and their high school education receive their diplomas may register for adult high school courses the evenings of Monday and Tuesday, Sept. Edward D. Ward, director of the adult high school program, announced that a recent meeting of at the A Brigham City man was bound the advisory committee ove r'o First District court for trial board of education offices, plans 1961-6program were disTuesday afte ra preliminary hear- for the cussed. on in lara court grand city ing ceny charge. Evening adult high school courJoseph K. Stump, Jr., 27, of 464 ses wiil be offered at Box Elder North Fouith East is alleged to High in Brigham City and Bear have been responsible for the dis- Rier High at Tremonton-Garland- . appearance of $839.50 from Mor- Adults who are interested may rell's Inc. where he was employed register at the school of their as a bookkeeper and office mana- choice. ger. He is currently free on Ward suggested that all appliproperty bond. cants collect their previous school The hearing, interupted last transcripts of credit and present Thursday after two hours, took up them to the counselors of the high another two hours Tuesday before Judge VeNov Christofferson ordered the defendant bound over. The state produced a total of five witnesses. A complaint naming Stump was filed last month and he was arraigned in city court on July 31. The Perry Town board unanimously agreed that the 1961 tax levy would remain as past years Man Injured at a meeting recently. The tax is 14.73. Frank Watkins. 42, of Salt Lake levy The board consists of Mayor City suffered a broken leg Aug. 15 June Gene Perry, when a piece of steel he was helpWayne Nelson, David Alien and the on unload fell his at leg ing Rulon Hirschi. The acciBrigham City Depot. dent occurred around 8:30 a.m. 24 student should bring $7 to cover fees and The fee includes it be a check. locker rental, studentbody activity, and swim suit rental and laundrying for the year. One dollar of the amount is taken as a deposit and will be returned at the end of the year. y stuFOR jobs, dents should receive a minimum wage asked. Students are available from 4:15 school days, to 9 p. m. during Monday through Friday, and on Saturday boys can work 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. and girls 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. Persons who wish to hire a student this year should call the student placement office, PA during week days, 8 a. m. to 5 p. m., or Saturday, 8 to 11 a. m. Employers who wish to hire a student on a certain day should call the placement office prior to 11:30 a. m. on the day they wish the student, so the student can be notified during the lunch hour and be ready to work immediately at 4:15 p. m. at ... Brigham Man 25-2- ToStandTrial $10,-00- 1961 county tax levy 8.25 mills, an inciease of 1.9 mills over last years levy. One mill of the tax hike was for the proposed county nursing home and had been anticipated in planning for the home. The additional .9 mill jump was described as necessary to meet increased operating costs. Action setting the tax rate came during a special meeting of the commission Aug. 9. County Clerk K. B. Olsen noted Nows Th Time Ready Produce For County Fair To Got some cucumbers or tomatoes youd like to enter in the Bex Elder county fair? Well, now's the time to make produce ready in the agronomic and horticultural crops, according to Lewis Wight, director of agriculture exhibits. Persons who have exhibits may have them picked up by contacting Wight, County Agent A. Fullmer Allred or the vocational agriculture department at Box Elder High school. Produce should be ready to place on exhibit on Aug. 23. Allred noted that 1961 fair books are now out listing categories, classes and prizes. The books are available at Allreds office in the county courthouse. even with the increase, Box Elders mill levy is still among the lowest in the state. In business at a regular meeting Monday, the commissioners directed Clerk K. B. Olsen to call for bids on painting the outside of the county courthouse. Olsen reported that O. Dee Lund, Brigham City attorney, had accepted a post on the county merit system committee. And he notified the commissioners that Wesley C. Gephart, Garland, had declined to serve on the committee because he lacked the time, having recently been amed to the Garland City commission. Leo Oyler, Tremonton, was named in place of Gephart, subject to Oylers acceptance. Alternate proposals for county property insurance, submitted by The Insurance Company of North America. The commissioners discussed savings indicated in the plans but tabled action until next weeks meeting. Jaycees Slate Carp Scramble The commissioners indicated that their next regular meeting would be held on Tuesday, Aug. er than Monday, Aug. 21, 22, as rathpre- viously scheduled. Necessary improvements including floor work and installation of a window, were approved for the The Brigham City Jaycees an- county building in Tremonton. Assessor Fred L. Petersen pronual Carp Scramble for youngsters of this area will be held on posed a meeting between himself, Satuiday, Aug. 26, according to a representative W.of the state tax commission and K. Peterson to Chairman Ray Dixon. About 250 carp and a number of determine the valuation on propertrout will be loosed in the gutter ty owned by Peterson. Peterson said he felt the present along First East behind the LDS tabernacle. Jaycees will be busy assessed valuation of the land was earlier in the morning, darning up too high in comparison with other the gutter at each end so the small property in the vicinity. IT IS BEST for employers want- fry will have plenty of room in ing to hire a student on Saturday which to splash around. Loads of prizes await youngsters to call the placement office Thursday or Friday so the students can catching tagged fish and a special be properly notified and be ready award will be given for the bigto go Saturday at the appointed gest carp. The event is scheduled to start time. The placement office will issue at 10 a. m. and the age limit is sack lunches to boys going on the 12 years old, Dixon said. Proper jobs being away from the campus dress will include swim suits and rubber-solshoes, he added. during meal time, while the girls A contingent of Jaycees is slatin to meals their receive expect The much discussed and belaborthe home or business of their em- ed to seine the carp from waters ed quest for a Miss Box Elder of the Bird Bear River refuge ployers. County to compete in the Miss The work experience the stu- Sunday morning. Director of the project is Reese Utah State Fair" contest was apdents receive is a vital part of parently ended this week but only Beeton. and educational their program after tossing out plans to conduct school personnel wish to express a hurriedly-callecounty contest. their appreciation to the many Members of the county commissurin and people Brigham City sion Monday decided that Brigham rounding areas who support the Peach Queen should repreCitys school by offering employment sent Box Elder in the state fair opportunities to the students, a competition. school spokesman said. But this settlement came only The board of U.S. Civil Service after County Agents A. Fullmer examiners for the post office de- Allred and Ray Finch, Bill Walpartment has announced an open dron, chairman of the county fair competitive examination for fill- board; F. Leland Seely, president of the Box Elder Chamber of Coming the position of substitute in the Brigham City post merce, and Mrs. Inez Deem, Garoffice. land Wheat and Beet Days repreThe position pays a starting wage sentative, had thoroughly hashed over the situation. school on the nights of registrat- of $2.16 an hour. Full and application Mrs. Deem said the Garland ion. State and district required forms information may be obtained from the celebration queen is always enterbasic courses for graduation will civil service secretary, Brigham ed in the Miss Utah competition be offered, including English, City post office. and so wasnt interested in the state and social others math, studies, fair contest. Waldron said the fair based upon requested needs for rodeo queen wouldnt do because NOTICE graduation. shes chosen by a different methCost per unit of credit has been Aug. 14, 1961. od of scoring. Notice is hereby given that the set at $25. Hence, almost by a process of Classes will probably start the Board of County Commissioners elimination, the honor was bestowfirst week of October, according of Box Elder county will meet ed upon the girl who will reign to Ward. Principals and counse- Tuesday, August 22. 1961 instead as the 1961 Peach Queen. lors at the two high schools may of Monday, August 21. 1961. One Suggestion was that next K. B. OLSEN, answer any questions which will year, a Miss Box Elder County be Box Elder County Clerk. chosen as part of the fair activities. arise as to the applicants eligiHowever, the proposal was tabled. bility, he concluded. Peach Queen Chosen for County Title e d Post Office Notes Position Opening Registration Slated (or Adult High School Education Program 2 half-hou- r. JANET OWENS American Service By Bruce Keyes High School Construction Editor There are just eight working days remaining before the school year opens in Box Elder district. And the big question in the Brigham City locale is whether or not the new Box Elder High school will be ready. I walked through the cluttered of rooms hallways and network this week. It seemed out of the question that this building would be ready for the student onslaught come Aug. 28. However, construction was never my line. So I asked a floor cation is still assuming that the new Box Elder High school will be ready for the Aug, 28 opening of school, Board President All students registered at Box Elder Junior High school are requested to pick up their schedules on Aug. 24, according to Principal Wayne Call. Ninth graders are being asked to come from 8 to 10 a.m. Students with last names beginning with A to G, are scheduled from 8 to 8:30 a.m.; students from H to M, from 8:30 to 9 a.m.; students from N to S, from 9 to 9:30 a.m., and S to Z, from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Call said eighth graders are scheduled from 10 12 noon and seventh graders from 1 to 3 p.m. to a.m. with the same alphabetical breakdown on the 'Jack Taylors BEHS BEHS To Pick Up Schedules Aug. Each Builder ' Trying To Meet School Date School Officials Box Elder Jr. High Students its recommended that as mechanical, painting, and fender work, machinist, cabinet and mill, welding, etc. auto-bod- n 64. 16 PAGES clerk-carri- GENERAL PUBLIC INVITED 0 Perry Town Board Keeps Same Levy Thiokol Road Dedication Set Monday Ribbon cutting and ceremony will be the ribbon cut- will mark the ofticial the official completion of the new $1.8 million next Monday opening Thiokol highway 20 to the Thiokol plant, morning, according to Clyde B. highway Stratford, chairman of the road miles to the west. committee of the Box Elder Invited to attend and take part Chamber of Commerce. in the ceremonies are the four The ceremony will start at 10 members of the Utah CongresWala. m. at the Corinne junction of sional delegation, Senators State High 83, with F. Leland See- lace F. Bennett, and Frank E. and Representatives M. ly. president of the chamber, pre- Moss, siding. County Commissioner Rob- Blaine Peterson and David S. ert J. Potter wiil offer the dedica- King. Included on the guest list tory prayer after which Governor are members of the State HighAir Force and George D. Clyde and others will way commission, speak briefly. The climax of the Thiokol personnel, mayors, cham brief dedication ceremonies rites will mark ting which of the new ber officials and civic leaders of Northern Utah as well as representatives of the press, radio and television. The general public is cordially invited to attend the brief ceremonies to be held near the junction of Utah 83 and U. S. highway Stratford said in making the announcement. This is a very important and vital highway link and the Chamber of Commerce road committee is proud to have taken part in getting approval of this now construction, Stratford concluded. 30-- |