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Show universal YOU, TOO, CAN BE llMr,olnt'A,l5,t!,S AN HONORARY CHRISTMAS MAYOR -- is.. Mty, Crp- - Ul3h ooj: Ctetei That old man, Santa Claus, was scheduled to usher in the Christmas season Friday morning with his first visit of the season in Brigham City. Santas visit, lighting of down, town yule decorations and the launching of an "Honorary Christmas Mayor" promotion by local merchants promise to get the holiday season off to an exciting start. Santa was scheduled to arrive here at 10 a.m., drawn not by eight reindeer but a quartet of Shetland ponies (no snow you know). His plans were to ride up and down Main street, throwing out candy kisses to the kiddles and then to meet with local young, sters at the courthouse at 11 School Board Ponders New Teacher Pact Talk of a new contract arrangement with teachers In Box Elder School district occupied a generous portion of last weeks regular school board pi Hamilton Drug centers, Carrs Ltd., Burbank Service and Motel, Jessie B. Nelson, Brigham Furniture, Lichten-stei- n Finer Cleaners, Fors. gens, Zundels, Mickeys Music City, Reminder Office Supply, Helen Royers, Peters Jewelry company, Glens Rexall Drug, Drewes Floral and Gift. Jolly Mill Youth Shop, Box Elder News and Journal, Bestway Builders, Merrells, Inc., Shelton Clean, ers, Grand American market, Grand American Home center, Dover Heating and Air Beehive Appliance, Peach City Ice Cream, Seashores Modern Cleaners, Skaggs Drug, Safeway, Sham-roc- k Service station. g, meeting in Brigham City. Supt. J. C. Haws presented a suggested contract form plus a.m. a proposed revision of policy Hell be in town for most of which would require teachers the day. to serve a three-yea- r probatention period before gaining MAYOR WILLIS HANSEN has ure. the honor of turning on the down, At the present time, teachers town Christmas lights Friday technically are not bound by evening when most local stores a contract; they sign nothing will observe a later 8 p.m. but merely have an oral agree, closing hour. ment to teach. And they are Certainly one of the most ex. not required to serve any recciting feature of this holiday ognized probationary period. season is the Honorary Christmas Mayor idea, sponsored by LOCAL SCHOOL officials for the Box Elder Chamber of Com. several months have acknow-ledge- d merce. that a more binding Four persons will have the opshould be effected for the to serve as Honorary portunity benefit of all concerned. Christmas Mayor between now The problem now, as indlca-te- d and Christmas. The lucky by the school officials rewill have no burning marks Wednesday is to come issues to solve nor burdonsome up with a pact that is satis- responsibilities to shoulder. factory to both the teachers and But they will receive hand, district administration. some salaries ranging in Superintendent Haws said he from $200 to $500, paid has been meeting with Box El- in "Christmas bucks. association Education der spokesmen and will continue to EVERYONE CAN BECOME do so in an effort to iron some- a candidate for the post byslm thing out. ply filling out an application THE TYPE OF CONTRACT blank, provided free at every proposed Wednesday would be participating store. No pur signed only once by the teacher chase is necessary to obtain an and would then remain in force application blank. on a continuing basis until it The first Honorary Christmas was terminated according to will be selected at 4 Mayor the terms. Dec. 5 at the intersec. on Board member Jay Dee Har-rl- s p.m. tlon of Main and Forest street. told Haws, "Ibelieve youre The first lucky candidate will on the right track but we have receive a salary of $200 for a a selling job to do." k term. Board President Harold B. Successors to the post will . Felt said he felt any new be named on Dec. 12, 19 and should not be 24 with the salary each week that it should protect the school by $100 in Christ, increasing istrlct as well as the employe, mas bucks. The "inauguration" e said there should be a penof each new Honorary Chris appearing in . the tmas Mayor, will take place at alty for not t classroom-withouproper-noticethe same time (4 p.m.) and the same place (Main and Forest.) He suggested a forfeiture of $100 when the employe falls to A CHAMBER OF commerc give at least 30 days notice be. spokesman that explained fore quitting. bucks will be paid Christmas Superintendent Haws said he in denominations of $20 and may felt 30 days was not unreason, be spent for any purpose at all able but added he never has stores prior to had experience with a teacher participating 1. Jan. who didnt give advance noThere is no limit on the numtice. ber of application blanks one Volume 57, Number 48 ?ir Muni can-dldat- Nursing Home Bus Rides? at Box Elder Pioneer Memorial Nursing home would like to catch a bus. The question is whose bus will it be? This question arose at Mondays meeting of the Box Elder commission. Duane County Walker, director of the nursing home, said they would like to have activities for the residents that would take them outside of the home for a few hours. How. ever, the lack of transportation posed an obstacle. Walker suggested the Box Elder Board of Education be contacted and asked If the home could occasionally use a school bus. Residents ct one-side- Open Gravel, Packer Bids Brigham City council Thursday opened bids on a stockpile of gravel and gar bage truck packer unit. Council members accepted the low gravel bid but referred the pack er proposal to the city vehicle study .committee. Fife Rock Products of Brig, ham City submitted the low gravel bid, 94 cents per cubic yard for 21,276 cubic yards which will be used in city road maintenance. Public Works O. Nell Smith said it would be enough to carry the city through about five years. The TWO OTHER FIRMS EN tered bids. Waterfall Construe tlon of Ogden offered 15,000 cub lc yards at $1.33 and Parson Red-E- . Mix and Paving sub mltted a price of $1.36 for 14, 706 cubic yards. Three Salt Lake City com panles entered the garbage packer bidding. They included Tesco Truck Equipment, $4,755; Atlas Equip ment company, $5,163 (F.O.B. Brigham City), and Garwood, $5,495. The city plans to pen bids later for a truck for which the packer will be mounted. in the promotion will be identified by stars on their doors. Most merchants are taking part in the Honorary Christmas Ma yor project. lo-c- al ANDERSENS . FORDannoun. ced this week that as an added bonus, they would provide each Christmas Mayor Honorary with a new 1965 Ford for two days. A chamber spokesman said "any other gestures or gifts from merchants are cer. tainly welcome." Arrangements can be made by contacting Wade M. Ebellng, Christmas promotion chair man. Ebellng said also that mer. chants who have not been con. tacted in connection with the promotion should contact the chamber of commerce office, t READY FOR YULE OPENING Ross C. Bowen, secretary.manager of the Box Elder Chamber of Commerce, and secretary Shirley Midget display some of the thousands of "Honorary Christmas Mayor" application blanks which will be available at local stores beginning Friday. Deadline Nears gen-eral- ly Summonses Issued In Local Tax Suit For Paying Property Taxes This may seem like a kind of reminder considering the season but the deadline for paying 1964 property Box Elder School district has the largest share at stake In the suit recently filed by Thlo-ko- l Chemical corporation and the federal government to recover privilege tax monies paid for 1960 In Box Elder county. 2 The district received of the total $72,330.03 paid by the company. scrooge-lik- e taxes In Box Elder ty Is next Monday, at Coun- Nov. noon. Any taxes coming in after that time will be considered delinquent and the payer subject to penalty. The county treasurers office this year expects to process some 20,000 tax notices. Hours at the treasurers office are 8:30 a. m. to 3 p. m. 30, 12 contract with Utah Power and Light company. The action, taken in a 7 a.m. special session, unexpected. City, and power company and Bureau lamation officials have been negotiating closely for several weeks. Formal signing of the acts is tentatively set Tuesday and Wednesday, said Mayor Willis Hansen. Brigham City expects to real-lz- e about $40,000 savings under the new set-uwhich had city officials smiling this week. Public Works Director O. Nell Smith said the estimate of savings was based on actual figures produced since to fed. the citys changed-ove- r eral power this past June. Mayor Hansen said the ad. comes aprevenue ditlonal propriately at a time when heavy payments are coming due on the citys $2.5 million water and power bonds. federal contract The calls for Brigham City to a specific allocation of power through the year 1967. During this period, the city will AT THE COMMISSIONERS have the ppportunity to estimate request, Morgan Hawkes, di- its power needs every six rector of special services for months within the allocation. Box Elder School district, came into the meeting. He said that SMITH SAID THE CITY will to use a school bus, the nursas closely as possible project ing homes residents would have its power requirements each to be properly insured. A lack six.month period Utah Power of insurance has caused the and Light will come into the school board to turn down other picture by supplying the city request for school bus use in the with pow needed in excess of past. its requested federal bloc. Hawkes suggested the board In addition, the city will conmight be asked to give the nurs. tinue to operate its own pow ing home one of its old buses er plants to the most economic when a new unit is purchased. advantage, the public works Coming on the tall of this director said. discussion the commissioners agreed to write the board a A perference customer, Brig letter, asking if the school dis- ham City will be permitted to bus it trict has a renegotiate its total allocation would give the county or if the In 1967 for the remaining term board would furnish transporta, of the contract. tlon for the nursing home. was not of Rec. the past for next , $34,-442.4- used by a private company for a profit. THE FEDERAL government recently lost In its battle to recover taxes paid under protest to Box Elder county In 1961. That action was brought in First District court and the decision was appealed to Utahs Supreme court. Two suits filed in First Dis-trlcourt for 1962 and 1963 were ordered dismissed by the federal government after the courts ruling upholding the privilege tax law. ct p 20-ye- st THE CONTRACT WITH UTAH Power and Light company cov ers a three.year span and both sides have agreed to a cancellation clause. Before changing over to fed BIKE STOLEN There are four cases scheduled for trial In First District court, Brigham City during the coming month of December. The first of tflese casej Is set for Dec. 8 and Is a criminal matter Involving Mathew Don Honeycutt, 32, Pocatello Creek, Pocatello, Idaho. ' ' Honeycutt Is charged with second degree burglary. He Is alleged to have entered a ware-hous- e of L. Bloom and Son, 23 West Forest, on July 20. The trial is set for 12 noon. Other cases scheduled Dec. 10 Estella L. Wade vs. Roger Emil Jeppsen, seeking $20,354.40 for medical expenses and general damages allegedly resulting from a traffic accident on U.S. 30s near Brigham City on Dec. 25, 1963; trial set for 10 a.m. B. Bown, Dec. 11 Jay Bruce V. Bown and Preston Bown vs. Jim C. Petersen, B.H. Harris, LeGrand Johnson, Har. old Sandall, Ralnbow-Natura- l Stone Distributors, Inc., seeking $36,000 for alleged vlola--tlo-n of mining claim and value of building stone taken from claim, io a.m. Dec. 23 State of Utah vs. Leta Wadman, appeal of Brig-haCity court convictions of drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident, Jury trial 10 a.m. Summonses were Issued last Mrs. Reid Tingey, 423 South week to each of the taxing un. Second East, reported to Brig, its both In the county and at ham City police the theft of a eral service this the state level which shared in past summer, bicycle Wednesday. the 1960 tax take. (Continued on Page Two) These units and the amounts LUND SAID THERE Is yet no they received Include: Indication when this latest suit will be set for trial In the fed. STATE UNIFORM minimum eral court. local levy (school), $17,587.62; The Box Elder County comBox Elder county, $9,306.77; Participating businesses in board of education mission, state schools, $8,647.25; Box elude the following; and Brigham City spokesmen Elder Mosquito Abatement dts council have J.C. Penney company, Briet. I discussed the pracBC Phar enbeker Electric, Macks trlct, $1,465.64; Tremonton, ticability of joining forces with $504.83; Brigham City, $375, other taxing units in the suit. Sprouse . Reitz, Brad macy, A warm rain storm moved 50. shaws, Blocks, Thompson Into this area One of the legal questions to Tuesday night County Attorney O. Dee Lund be answered is the definition Hardware, Bill Merrill Barber moderated the tempera-turesaid the taxing units have 2C ot Utahs statute of limitations shop, Palmers Jewelry, Van and bringing Wednesday days In which to file an ans concerning the filing deadline to Engelens, OP Skaggs market mornings high reading to 51 wer. Shoe Center. recover taxes paid under proThe suit was filed In U.S. test. Also Hodges Barbershop, degrees. This came alter below freezing temperatures District Mode O Day, George's cafe court earlier this 4, f month. It is claimed that Utahs Ken Jensen market, Penrods, during the past week. Inc High and low mercury readM.H. King, Andersens-Forprivilege tax statute is and moisture count lor ings Conoco ser because of its disAls Mendenhalls, : . the past two days crimination against the federal vice, Brigham Floral and Gift, High Low iMosst. government. The taxing law Smiths Food King markets, 22 34 authorizes county assessors to ' Moyes and Son No. 2, Victor Nov. 24 51 35 Nov. 25 Vi .42 tax federal property which Is Motors, Party Shop.11 The Brigham City firemen on p have answered calls Tuesday i and Wednesday of this week. a.m. at 10:19 they Tuesday -were summoned to Mantua u where two wooden sheds had caught fire on the Ellis Nelson There was farm location property. After the and of which has property in the area. checking Portage Snowvllle, north of each tract proposed for sale, An application for a beer equipment in the sheds and total on north Promontory. the county board said it had license, signed by Bell Shelby loss was estimated at $1,500 "THE TRACTS ARE scatter- no objections. Jensens letter for the Midway Inn was approv to sheds and $2,200 loss on the contents. Cause of the fire was ed and isolated and It is our had asked that any opposition ed. The fire department unknown. to 30 the be voiced sale within opinion that the full resources DISCUSSING RECENT WIND remained at the scene of the and potential of these lands can days. until be managed and developed with damage at the county fair fire more than a hour IN OTHER BUSINESS AT A grounds with Insurance agent was completely extinguished. prlv-at- e under efficiency greater Wednesday mornings sum ownership than under pres- regular commission meeting, a J. Arnold Hall, the commission was an early one, at 6:45 mons In Andersens-Ford Brig-haers said they believed that in ent public administration," Jen. bid of addition to the destruction of a.m. when the department was sen stated in his letter to the City was accepted to provide the county weed department two livestock sheds, cracks called to the Albert Thorson commissioners. The district manager said with a new pickup truck. It was were caused In several other residence at 575 South Third East. According to reports, with the current demand for land the only bid received. buildings by the wind. Thorson had turned on the wrong The commissioners agreed to he was confident that all of the were slated to meet with burner on an electric stove, acreage would be sold. The au- replace a culvert which had an They Two sheds containing farm equipment were destroyed SHEDIS BURN AT MANTUE insurance Askbroken down BLM at Colllnston. adjuster later in and the cooker pot became over, ction will be staged In the by fire Tuesday morning on the Ellis Nelson property at IMIantua. Total loss was estiland office in Salt Lake City on ing for the replacement was the the day at the fair grounds. heated and started smoking. mated at $3,700. Local liremen worked for an hour to extinguish the blaze. There was no loss. (Continued on Page Two) Mineral Fertilizer company a date yet to be set. 30-da- y Storm Moderates Temperatures V Vj s, uncon-stltutlon- Mantua Fire Loss 11,311 The Bureau of Land Manage-men- t announced this week it to sell 11,311 acres of grazing land In Box Elder county probably sometime during the month of December. According to Dewane E, Jeh-sein district manager this represents Brigham City, the largest land sale ever conducted In the county. Jensen revealed the BLM Box plans In a letter to the Mon-daElder County commission He specified 12 different tracts of land which add up to the total acreage. The tracts were described as being scattered but located In the area south of A 20.year electrical power purchasing contract with the federal government Wednesday morning gained approval of the Brigham City council which also gave its okay to a duel countys one-wee- person may enter. Stores participating 16 PAGES Brigham City, Utah, 84302, Thursday Morning, November 26, 1964 con-tra- con-tra- 0 El Acres $3,700 .. y fsfr Q,, r. ?! J' Mr i |