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Show "liu vr-- r -- , t Universal SlcroHlxln 141 Pierpont Ays. Salt Lake City, t 1 T ", T.-- '. . TT'tT',' Corp. Utah 323? B 1-- 64 ) i t Volume 57, Number 8 Give Thought Early Bird Time Flown To Joint Jail, For Getting 64 Plates County Ashed suggestion that Brigham A slon. Clyde B. Stratford, chairman of the Brigham City Planning commission, said he was speak, lng strictly as a private citizen two dressing This is one of , urging the county officials f consider such a move. He explained the city now has a master plan and based on this, Is thinking about a number of downtown Improvements. Under consideration Is a civic center with other dow j town Improvements. ' In to' EDITORIALLY SPEAKING Wanted: One' New Auditorium You may have known some persons who become broken up over growing old. Well, theres an auditorium at Bear River High school thats breaking up more every day and its age is cercainly a contributing factor. seats was The hall with its constructed in about 1925 which is not especially old for people. It is old for a school auditorium. School patrons out Bear River way feel theyre entitled to a newer and more spacious facility for staging plays, variety shows, concerts and the like. Principal Kleon Kerr brimmed over with reasons why this week. BUT THE BEST ARGUMENT is a visit jo the auditorium itself. The seats look hard and they are. But thats not basis enough to build a new auditorium. Ah, but listen. The seats squeak when you move and the floor underneath creaks and groans. And as you walk toward the stage. Principal Kerr can explain with clarity why that hunk of ceiling is hanging loose. Thats before he points out where theyve covered up the crack in the wall, indication the stage is settling away from the rest of the auditorium. BACKSTAGE PROVIDES AN ideal play and for a small, antiquated setting gloomy backstage. Its perfect for the part. There are two dressing rooms which, from a laymans summary judgment, are enough to accomodate a pair of thespians. But they would have to be small, thin and not too active in their preparations. An exageration? You take a look. And while youre there. Feel around ; the rear door casings where the wind blows free and the snow filters in on stormy days. Note too how the walls are cracking and pulling away from the floor. The place is literally coming apart at the seams. THE STAGE IS TOO SMALL for an ambitious production such as Box Elder High school presented this year. And if it were large enough, Kerr says the acoustics are so bad that you wouldnt get more than 50 people to come out. Consequently, for the past two years the school has presented its annual variety show at the Nu View theatre in downtown Theyve filled he place for three evening performances, the principal declar-ed- . Tre-mono- i COMTEMPLATED facilities Include a city hall and Jail t building. Since the county also needs new jail facilities, Stratford suggested the commissioners think about county-cit- y coopera, tion to get them. Pioneer n BEAR RIVER JUNIOR High school continues to use the old auditorium but the high school sets up folding chairs in its girls gymnasium for assemblies. i There are no definitely approved plans where a rtew auditorium is concerned. Talk has centered on a facility with 800 seats and costing about $300,000. But nothing is settled for sure on this point. ONE THING ELDER Board of Education members do know is that citizens must approve a $3.5 million bond issue to the project. Thats an act all Box Elder taxpayers can get into on March 17. They wont need a new stage, just a ballot, a voting booth and a sincere desire to play the part according to their convictions. Next: Bear River City school nails in a desk. BOX (Continued on. Page Two) 011 Company Quits Well PTA Slates U.S. Report Gives Figures Scholarship Fund Drive On Public Aid in BE County The government has Just released, In the first report of the kind it has ever Issued, data on the amount of money being spent In Box Elder county for public aid. m proportion to population, there are fewer residents of e Box Elder county receiving old-ag- assistance, which Is a major type of aid, than In many sections of the country. of people number The receiving such assistance, as well as the amount they get each month, are detailed for the local area and for every other part of the country. THE REPORT, ENTITLED "Public Assistance In the CouIs nties of the United State, Buddhists Plan Benefit Supper Tne Coimne Buddhist cnuicn will sponsor a benefit dinner Saturday, Feb. 22, from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Buddhist church In Corlnne, and the general public Is Invited. A delicious supper will feature a menu of chicken chow mein, spare ribs, shrimps, drinks and rice and will be served for a contribution of $2 per person. Parent-Teach- from the Department of Health, association locals throughout the South Box Elder council next week will launch a concentrated drive to raise scholarship funds, it was announced Wednesday by Mrs. Dale Madsen, Education and Welfare, It shows, for the country as a whole, that the declining rural areas are the ones with the greatest proportion of people president. All local PTA presidents will requiring assistance. However, the average payments are low-es- t have envelopes to distribute to In those very areas, It finds. the various schools and with each a letter asking for conRECIPIENTS OF such relief, tributions. which goes to needy persons Its really not a large over age 65, number 221 In amount were asking from Box Elder county. It is at the each parent, just 10 cents, rate of 137 per 1,000 men and Mrs. Madsen said. come women In that age group. This When the envelopes compares with the United States hame, parents are asked to enclose their donations and make rate of 148 per 1,000. sure their youngsters get them The average amount they per month Is $72 locally. back to school the following Assistance Is also provided to day. "All the money collected In needy families with dependent children under the age of 18. this area will stay in this area Of the 11,338 children under the president explained. 18 In Box Elder county, aid Scholarships of $200 are giv Is required for 136 of them. en to students who indicate An average of $39 a month their desire to teach school in Is provided for each dependent. Utah after graduation from college. The scholarships can THE REMAINING category be renewed each year until covered In the report relates graduation if academic to permanently and totally dls. are met. abled people In the 18 to 65 A scholarship last year was group. given to Dawn Hall of BrigOf the 12,113 people locally ham City who presently Is atIn that age span, only 29 are tending Brigham Young receiving aid, the average payment being $79 per month. The grand total being paid LOST CREDIT to local beneficiaries each Patricia Lee, mtermountaln month, under these programs, Is estimated at $23,500, school, Wednesday told Brig, The government points out ham City police that $100 had In the report that there Is a been charged against her credit wide range, as between one card which had been lost for a area and another, In the amount month. She said she notified the of aid granted through these company after receiving a re-cel- Tickets must be obtained In advance, according to Much Sato and Jack Nlsogl, ticket chairmen. The tickets may be pur. chased from any member of the church or at the Golden Spike Cafe and Murphs Inn at Corlnne. federally. assisted programs. TA , 7 te Box Elder High school will retain its day in while other secondary schools in Box Elder district will continue on a seven-perioday basis. This arrangement gained board of education approval at the boards most recent meeting. One major change was 'directed at Box Elder High where boys participating in athletics will begin daily practice during the sixth period. This year, practice is not started until after school hours. Also during the meeting, it was indicated that next school reduction in the districts year may bring a 10 to teacher staff. d d The action setting number of periods for next year was based In BE All Box Elder district elementary schools, for the first time ever, will be Issuing report cards when time rolls around In March. This was the decision of the school board last week, prompted by an opinion poll of South rBox Elder PTA council. In that survey, PTA mem-ber- s Indicated they wanted "more tangible something when they huddled with teachers to discuss their childrens progress In school. The school officials suggested that over the next several years, district personnel shoud complete a first aid course. Superintendent Haws said two courses are now being offered, one for college credit In which a fee Is carged and the other free of charge without credit. Both are handled through the adult education program. About 100 employes are now registered In the courses with materials furnished by the civil Haws defense organization. said. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OTHER MATTERS: . It was reported that board SO County A Gulf. Oil company spokesman Wednesday said the company has ceased all drilling activity in the Rozell Point area of Box Elder county. The most recent drilling attempt was made on former lake bottom land and had been underway since Jan. 10. Loren Anderson, Gulf land-masaid the well went to a depth of 3,505 feet "with no encouraging signs whatever." He said there presently Is no indication as to whether the comany will try again In that area. It was the third well drilled in Box Elder county In little more than a year and the sec- Anderson said any further Meets er As, Bs and the rest will be given out on the grade school level. Supt. J. C. Haws said this week that suggested criteria and report forms had been given to the various schools. each school will be free to select the kind of "pupil progress report It wants, he added. In the past, some but not all schools have used a kind of report card. Now the district Is moving toward a uniform policy. e How-eve- r, BUSINESS, the board discussed the possibility that some students In high F school are being given grades without sufficient information In advance to parents. IN OTHER District policy requires that parents be notified In advance If a student Is In danger of pro-pose- COMPETATIVE PLACING athletics back In the sixth period at Box Elder high prompted by APPOINTED Arch Sims has the late arrival home of beys been director appointed acting this year. Practice startini of curriculum. elementary after school hours has kept them later In the afternoon and caused bus scheduling pro blems. Board members asked that a Study be made next year to see If a joint program of six and seven periods couldnt be conducted In the same school. . Final payment of $20,000 was approved for the contractor on the Willard school addition and remodeling. Takes Over District Role 1, J 1 A veteran school admlnistra tor has been named acting dl. rector of elementary curriculum for Box Elder County School district. He Is Arch Sims, principal at Mountain View Elementary school In Brigham City for the past five years. He temporarily will take the post held by Norma Jensen who has been confined by an extended Illness. district x Stevens, supervisor Of adult education will assume responsibilities as of secondary curriculum which has been dont return are expected to handled by Miss Jensen. reduce the staff sufficiently, the SIMS APPOINTMENT was superintendent said. confirmed by the board of ed. The cut will result in c rea. ucatlon acting on a recommen. tlon of additional mixed classes datlon of Supt. J.C. Haws last (those with students from two week. He will remain In the different grades) "about one to until JUne 30. An alternative to post a school. The director will con. this, however, would be to tinue acting as principal at the alter school boundery lines, he Brigham City grade school with said. teachers Glen Smith and Rich, teacher. that area, sold. on recommndations of administrative staffs from Box Elder and Bear River High schools and Box Elder and Bear River Junior High schools. Thus continued In practice locally a difference of opinion on which program Is the more advantageous for students. Seven-perlo- d proponents say the extra class offers students a wider variety of choices and enables them to take more enrichment type courses. The main argument for six periods is the avallabllty Tof greater study time IrAchosen courses. Also, the Jesser num-be- r of classes are all that sorre students can handle. SUPT. J. C. Haws Indicated In a report that Box Eldei met with had representatives Is actually overs taffec more than 4,500 persons In district this year. This with teachers d 40 meetings to explain the development resulted when actIssue. bond million $3.5 ual enrollment failed to meet . It was reported that exten-slon- s the number of students of Public Laws 815 and anticipated. con874 have been passed by The superintendent suggested gress and await the Presidents that to more closely meet the signature. districts desired ratio, the Five or six Items still need teacher staff may be reduced federal approval In plans for the 10 to 15 persons next year by proposed new Bear River Junior According to policy, the deHigh school. Federal aid will sired ratio In elementazy In the used be project. schools Is 30 students to coe For secondary John Olsen, Jr., supervisor of buildings and grounds, gave schools, the ratio Is 25 tol . a report on the comparative TEACHERS WHO retire and costs of heating elementary those who by their own choice schools. - The board ordered a review falling and thus losing credit. of the districts present transIn this matter, the board explorations will depend on asked that representatives from portation policy and asked evaluation of information gath- Box Elder Haws to High school meet with Superintendent ered in the two latest wells. them at the next regular he deems changes He said it may be a month or advisable. two before a decision is made. The latest well was drilled only after an extensive plank foundation was laid on the soft BUT OPEN TO NEGOTIATIONS mud flats. The spokesman said the planks, hauled In from Uintah county, probably will be torn up and ond one In IPeridl s 1964-6- 5 Johnny to Receive Grades district-wid- n, LESS FOR OLDER FOLKS ting those 1964 Utah license plates is past and motor vehicle owners in Box Elder county can look ahead to the usual long lines.' That's the word Wednesday from the office of County Assessor Fred L. Petersen who said from 30 to 40 percent of Box Elders cars and trucks have yet to be licensed. With only seven days left before the Feb. 28 deadline, the assessor said this year's pace was slightly slower than normal. And office workers were bracing themselves for in the final few days. the certain jam-u- p The assessors office will be open each weekday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. It will not remain open late this Friday as has been the case in the past two weeks, Petersen said. Perhaps the most favorable time to pay auto property taxes and pick up plates is in early morning and early afternoon. The 1964 tags are being sold in Tremon-to- n today, Thursday, for the final time this year. For Parent-Teach- PAGES Cosaftcra T IN OTHER BUSINESS, Duane Walker, director of the countys Memorial Nursing home, suggested that bne of the homes unoccopled rooms be used as a sort of "beauty He said It would be a shop. place where the male residents could be shaved and the ladles have their hair fixed. Walker said it would require purchase of a large mirror and built-ij vanity. The commissioners gave i their approval. - Local engineer Keith Hansen offered his services In handling engineering work on a proposed hew bridge across Bear river. 20 tei Ufa Sdissls The time for being an early bird in get- last-minu- City and Box Elder county might consider construction of Joint jail facilities was voiced Mon. day during a regular weekly meeting of the county comm Is. IMPROVEMENT NEEDED Principal Kleon Kerr points to one of rooms' located backstage in the Bear River High school auditorium. many reasons why a new 'auditorium is needed. Brigham City, Utah, Thursday, February 20, 1 964 Frink director ard Dunn helping to handle administrative duties. He will divide his time according to need. Sims has spent some 40 years as a principal in Box Elder School district, serving at Wll. lard school for six years, Cor. lnne for 13 years, Honeyvllle, "THIS PROJECT WILL go two years, Mantua, 12 years nowhere unless there Is coop, and Union for one year. eratlon between the two states, he declared. HE RECEIVED ft bachelors He deslcrlbed the situation as degree from Utah State one In which both sides must and a masters degree While at USU he was named give and take, "Yes, but we dont want to to Phi Delta Kappa scholastic give It all, countered Com- society and this year Is listed missioner Harper, In "Whos Whos In American The bureau representative Education and "Whos Who to said he felt the number of oppo the West. nenets In Idaho has dwindled He was born at Garden City and he Is awaiting further talks and has lived in Mantua for the with them on the modified pro- past 32 years. ject version. County Firm in River Dispute Location of the well is about miles southwest of PromonBox Elder County com. would not receive Its fair share tory monument. Gulf has about 200,000 acres mlssloners Tuesday said they of water. However Commissioner Grofavored reasonable negotiation under lease in the area. ver Harper noted Tuesday that to settle the Bear River pro-jee dispute. But they are not Honeyvllle dam alone will to million $36 Elder Box pay to help shrink willing water allocations at the plea-sur- e off the project cost through the sale of water for municipal, of Idaho Interests. and recreational The county officials made this Industrial position clear In a meeting with uses. This plus other Utah revenues Bureau of Reclamation repre. of the sentatlves In Brigham City. On will pay about hand were E. K Thomas, Salt $S8 million project cost. Idaho Lake City, assistant regional will pay the remaining Brigham City police Wed- project director engineer, and nesday reported that a man Dean Blschoff, Logan, area ennow serving a "AT THIS STAGE OF the year sen- gineer for the bureau. tence in Utah state prison for we dont want to find to the game, Particularly vexing burglary in Logan admitted to commissioners was a recently fault and pick the project being involved In the Dec. 13 suggested modification of the apart but If were not going safe theft at the Rocket Bowl original project plan which to get as much as we put in, in Brigham City. we just as well stay out of It, would cut Box Elders water Frank Commissioner Larry Nelson, 226, Logan allocation from 106,000 acre was Interrogated at the prison feet to 56,000 acre feet, This Reeder. Under the modified plan, Utah Wednesday by Patrolman Don would eliminate 13,000 acres n Carroll, city police. He repor- originally Intended for (Cache and Box Elder counties) will receive 108,900 acre feet In Bear River valley. tedly confessed to opening the of water and Idaho counties bowling alley safe and taking out about $1,000 in cash. Involved are allocated 86,400 The safe along with checks THE MODIFIED PLAN was acre feet. Thomas said some opponents it had contained was found in Intended to satisfy project the Logan river several weeks critics in Idaho who contend that In Idaho feel they should have after the burglary. under the first plan, that state a 50.50 split of the water. 12 pro-vid- Inmate Linked With Burglary Here Dec. 13 two-thir- one-thir- said lrrl-gatlo- -- Prvr uni-versl- IN A MOVE TOWARD between the two Dont Tax Dogs ty states, the commissioners plan to meet Friday with the Utah Water and Power board. B Is To their stated Intention to ask that body to represent Utah In Brigham City dog licenses discussions with the Gem state. are not being sold at the city Also attending the meeting police station as In past years Tuesday were Gale Welling, but at the city hall annex, 13 Fielding, a member of the pro. West Forest street. This Information Is Intended Ject central coordinating com. mlttee; Harry Drew Tremonton, to save local citizens from a member of the Utah Water walking to the wrong place first and Power board, and County and thus taxing their dogs In order to pay their dog tax. Clerk K.B. Olsen. Pay Dog Tax . 0 I ) |