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Show w 1 EDITORIALLY SPEAKING i - Trees Are Asset Brigham City has many assets of which it can be justly proud, some that we believe help to set it apart from the average community in this wide land of ours. Foremost among these in terms of distinctness are the sycamore trees that border Mam street In every comer of the country, tourists return home with a vivid picture of Brigham City in their minds because "its the town with all the trees." We know because we've heard from and talked to many of them THATS WHY we were taken back last week when the city council received a protest to the planting of more trees on south Main; between Seventh and Twelfth South to be more specific. Some 14 property owners, businessmen, signed their names to the document, project? Why, we wondered, would they choose to block this PRIME Volume 59, Number 15 Brigham City, Utah, yWm THEIR list of reasons was the hinder-anc- e to business. Trees are physical barriers which block the view of signs and commerc al establishments. Arguments also touched on the threat of traffic safety caused by shadows and students darong out into the street, unseen because of the sycamores THE DISTRICT impression was given that 'Brigham Citys famed trees are more of a Lability than anything else, from one end of Main street to the other With all due respect to the signers of the protest, and we are acquainted with most of t.iem personally, may we declare that they are too close to the trees to see the dividends! Take away our sycamores and to many of the the visitors, Brigham City would become . Podunk Average Town, U.S A . County Give s Consent ON To Elder county officials Indicated they are willcompromise in efforts to obtain Interest on money refunded by the federal govern, ment in the Box Thlokol-prlvlleg- tax tangle. amount maybe acquired in the deal This was the picture painted by County Attorney O. Dee Lund who explained that the federal government cant be sued with, out Its consent unless otherwise provided by law. tree-line- CONVENTION Discussing plans for the upcoming state school board nomination convention in Brigham City are, from left, Mrs. Godfrey Pommier and Mrs. Charles Olah, South Box Elder PTA council; Mrs. Byron Huntsman League of Women Voters, and City Judge VeNoy Christoffersen, temporary convention chairman. DISCUSS OUT MONDAY CITIZENS URGED TO TURN Give Extra Time State School Board To Mail Returns d FURTHERMORE, DOWNTOWN planning with its physical rejuvenation, so much a dynam.c movement on the American scene today, has the planting of shrubs and trees as a major featuie With it also, merchants aie encouraged to make their signs consistarK, conservative and uniform. Not to plant trees on south Main street would see our progressive direction community moving irt the opposite THE surety factor, in all of our years in checking accident reports, we've yet to read one which implicates the Main street trees as a contributing facTO tor. Discounting their asset to our business ommunity, as a resident we're glad to have the trees because they help to make this town a special place in which to live WE THRILL to see them leaf out in the spring, provide a cool lespite from driving on a hot summer's day and to turn a golden color in the autumn We're certain that a lot of other Brigham City folks feel the same way. your club or neighbois do. let '.he city council know They're icsponsive to the w shes of the people but right now they've heard only one side plead its case If you do, if BC Concert Friday Night What promises to be one of the Box Elder choir, said each the season's most entertaining school will be given 30 minutes musical offerings will be stag, in which to present Its portion ed at Box Elder High school of the program The choirs are Friday evening, April 15, start-ln- expected to perform for about 20 minutes with the remaining at 7:30 p m. Featured will be a cappella time devoted to specialty num choirs and ensembles from bers. Utah high three northern APPEARING FOR BOX Elder schools Box Elder, Clearfield will be the Madrigal Singers and Weber. who are locally for rem type This marks their second ap. their swinging pearance together on the local dltlons of popular numbers. The range of the choral of stage, their first concert a year ago meeting with warm recep- ferings will vary from a cap tion. pella octavo to jazz numbers Johnston issued a special In vitatlon to local residents to AGAIN THIS YEAR THE attend the concert which he said will be free to the will offer something Just a lit g well-know- pub-11- J. Earl Johnston, director of tie different this year. such Four nominating conventions for seats on the Utah State Board of Education are sched-uleIn various parts pf Utah next Monday, April 18. One of them for District One (Box Elder, Cache and Rich counties) will be staged In Brigham City. It will get underway at 7:30 p.m. In the auditorium at Box Elder High school. Here this week, the South Box Elder PTA council and Brigham City League of Voters joined efforts to promote Interest In and atten. dance at the confab. to JUDGE said CHRISTOFFERSEN that nominations will be accepted from the floor with no restriction on the number of nominees. He mentioned also that he to preside only long e. nough for the convention to name a permanent chairman and Wo-me- n GOAL OF THE LOCAL gath. erlng will be to nominate per. sons for the state board post now held by Mrs. Edna H. Baker of Logan. The Incumbent Mrs, Baker has announced that she will seek another four. year term on the board which Is one of the most Important arms of state oper. atlon. The boards major respon. slbllitles include the appointment of a superintendent of pub. He Instruction and supervision Utahs public school system. ALSO IT HAS AUTHORITY over the state schools for the deaf and blind, vocational education, Dixie Junior college, school libraries and teacher certification. The League of Women Voters has taken an especially ac. tlve role in publicizing this year's convention call along with the PTA because of a rec. ommendatlon of the Little Ho. over commission that the state school board be appointed by the governor, rather than e. lected ARGU- OPPOSING THE ment, voiced by these organlza. tlons and the Utah School Boards association, Is that such a step would be another stride In tak. lng the schools away from the public. Brigham City Judge VeNoy act as will Christoffersen Chairman pro tem of the conven. tlon here. The Utah statutes are relatlv. ely loose on the conducting of hundred volunteer workers who are dedicated to bringing beau, tiful music of all kinds to this area, said Madsen as he discussed prospects for the upcom-lng campaign. After holding a membership drive each year, the assocla. tlon accepts no further member, ships and during the season, no tickets are avllable to single concerts. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW, lng the campaign, the assocla. tion closes its books and selects concerts within the limits of the funds raised. (Continued on Page Two) drop boxes letter else- where in the city just the inside drop slot," he warned MONEY $125,801 privilege taxes represented paid by Thlokol Chemical cor. puration in 1961 on federal prop, erty used In Its operation. First, the local district court ordered the county to refund the money with Interest More than a year later, the higher court ordered the fed. eral government to make a re. fund of the refund but there was no provision for Interest. County officials believed this to be one.sidely unfair and in. structed the county attorney to take steps to collect But as Lund noted, varied problems such a task. In Interest. there are attempting IN OTHER BUSINESS Mon. day, the commission discussed with Tremonton city officials a possible land exchange In the Insto-Lo- y Opens Morgan Plant A production facility for Brig, ham City's Insta.Lay Process-es- , Incorporated, has been at Morgan where some 18 people will be employed, It was announced last week by Har. old B. Felt, president. Research, development, sal. es and administration sections I Sale Lions Annual Broom Means Work for the Blind The brooms which the Brigham City Lions hope to sell next Wednesday, April 20, will mean four days employment for eight persons at the Utah Cen. ter for the Blind In Salt Lake City. This fact was dis closed Tues. day as members of the local service club prepared to canvass Must Apply For Jobs in Persons who in ployment City's summer program this invited to make application at the local employ-men- t security office, 144 South Main street. Recreation Directoi Les Dunn said this year's summer program will get underway on June 13 with registration for ail activities slated June Dunn asked tha' anyone who believes he has the qualifications to direct the procitys playgrounds gram contact him right of the officials Leading of Church Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints will attend the Brigham City stake quarterly conference Saturday and Sun. day, April 16 and 17 They are Elder Alvin R. Dyer, an assistant to the Council of Elder Wll Twelve Apostles; 11am T. Lawrence of the wel. fare general board; and Elder Kenneth H. Sheffield and Lorraine Bowman, representing the Mutual Improvement assocla. tlons for young men and women. They will SDeak at conference sessions and confer with local leaders GENERAL SESSIONS will be held Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 pm. In the Brigham City Stake President tabernacle. Elder Alvin R. Lawrence Charles Taylor, 1024 GUEST Dyer, assistant to the Council Beecher avenue, will conduct of Twelve Apostles, will speak the sessions. at Brigham City stake quarterElder Dyer directed the work Saturday and of 10 missions of the church ly conference, Sunday. In the Scandinavian and Germa. nlc countries from 1960 to 1962. He also served In the superin. Youth Hurt youth tendency of the woild-wldprogram of the church. He is a former engineer and distrie butor In Mishap of In Utah. equip-men- t ELDER LAWRENCE oper. ates a milling business which manufactures flour, cerlal and A Brigham City youth Is feeds. He has been an active from a broken leg and member of the National Assosevere cuts and bruises this ciation of Operative Millers week after being pinned beneath for the 38 years. past a tractor at Grouse Creek last Elder Sheffield Is the coordl. Saturday. nator of LDS seminaries for the Injured was Charles (Chucky) church. He has also held many of Mr. and Mrs. Klmber, Important civic positions. Charles J. Kimber, 733 South Miss Bowman is currently Third West. on the music commit, serving The youth was Injured at about tee of the board. She has her lpm as he was driving a trac. B. A. from Brigham Young uni. tor to the ranch of an uncle In verslty, ts a director of vocal Grouse Creek. music at a Salt Lake City high and Is a member of school, HE APPARENTLY blacked the tabernacle choir. out and the tractor went off the Special meetings for MIA and road, tipping over and pinning welfare leaders will be held the boy underneath It. A Grouse Creek resident, Saturday 14-so- n Migrant Council Slates Meeting Box Elder Migrant Worker Council, Inc. will hold a meeting on Tuesday, April 19, at 8 p m tn the Migrant office up. stairs in First Security Bank. The public Is Invited to attend these monthly meetings, Wal. according to G. Jaggl and Rev. John Embery. ter the town In their annual sale. Lions will be knocking on ev. ery door withbrooms of various sizes for household and office use, starting at 5 p m, PROFITS WILL BE funneled Into the Lions' community pro. jects fund to finance such work as city park boweries. Brooms used In the sale are made at the blind center and thus the project will also give support to a continuing Lions program of helping the blind Located at First South and Third East In Salt Lake City, the center not only provides work for the visually handicap, ped but also serves as a social center want emBrigham recreation week were Quarterly Conference Tremonton area. Representing the city were Mayor Ray Ashcraft and Max Heppler, Paul W. Corney and Harry Drew. They said there Is a need for additional space and asked to acquire the old county road shed property The county officials said they werent Interested In selling In will remain Brigham City the land but would exchange It Merlin Tanner, saw the over, at the firm's new location, 750 for other ground In the area turned tractor as he was drlv. South Main suitable to county use. lng by and minutes later, the A custom fabrication facility father and an uncle, Ar. will be maintained at the Brig, youths IT WAS NOTED ALSO THAT land DuVall of Roy, arrived. ham City plant while the Morgan storage of materials on the plant will produce irrigation site have developed as an eye. THEY MAN. TOGETHER ditch lining, pipe and other sore and Commission Chair, the tractor up, to lift aged products. man William D. Burton said he the victim who was then would work to have It cleaned freeing given first aid and driven the up 185 miles to Cooley Memolral County Agent A. Fullmer Al. in Brigham City. He hospital to attend was authorized lred was then transferred to Dee a convention In Overton, Nev., In Ogden where he un. at a cost of $5 a day, and Home hospital derwent surgery Tuesday. a to attend Agent Jessie Eller He suffered a fractured left thigh. (Continued on Page Two) Expands, Recreation Concert Group Seeks Members Officers and board members workers will be staged Mon. s week are laying the ground, day night at Artistic Manor. rk for the Box Elder Com. SEASON TICKETS ARE $7 inlty Concert associations nual membership campaign for adults and $3. 50 for students with at least three concerts as1966.67. According to President Earl sured for the coming season, tdsen, the drive to renew Madsen explained. In addition, as a special bon. Isttng memberships and en. t new ones will get under, us, new membership holders y on Monday, April 18, and will be entitled to attend the fin. ntinue through Friday, April al concert of the current season, the Tucson Arizona Boys chorus leadquarters will be set up next Wednesday, April 20, at Breltenbeker Electric com. Box Elder High school. THREE SUCCESSFUL years ty, 69 South Main, and oper. dally during the week from of community concerts In Box Elder county can be attributed a.m. to 5 p.m. I kickoff dinner for campaign to the hard work of several. a convention, leaving it up district to estab. many of Its own ground each lish rules. d of High School Choirs Await Waiting until the very last minute to mail your income tax returns? That hour has been advanced until 8 p.m. on April 13, according to C. Henry Nielsen, local postmaster. AH mail deposited in the , drop letter slot inside the post otfice prior to that will be postmarked as of that dale, the postmaster said. This doesn't apply to Nominations in BC Interest THE COMPROMISE FIGURE mentioned at Mondays weekly was commission meeting $6,000. Lund said he had talked with the federal attorney Involved In the case who said he would work toward an settle, ment. And he thought perhaps he could talk the Attorney General Into It Involved Is the Interest on a tax refund made to Box Elder county In 1904 after the Utah court upheld the Supreme state's privilege law as constitutional THE Brigham Stake Dates e are that perhaps Prospects half the . THE QUESTION at issue then is can we better entice them wKh commercial plants, clearly seen jvith their metulic markers and blinking neons, or with a Main street bordered on each side by trees wh.ci admittedly make the business houses less visible In out opinion, the latter choice wins hands down Businesses, easily viewed but with no obvious claim to distinction, say. "Here's another "town like the one down the load and the one up the road, a little bigger than one and smaller than the other. The avenue says: 'Here, is a community with pride in us appearance, with a percuiar charm thats no: like any othei city along the route Interest Compromise Monday ing to WOULD THIS bring more business 'through our merchants doors We doubt it Would it hurt business We think so. When west of Brigham City and the connecting Fourteenth South access road are completed, much of the traffic which now travels through 'the city will find it convenient to go around But we want them to stop here and shop here. AS 16 PAGES 84302, Thursday Morning, April 14, 1966 for them AT THE CENTER proud of the brooms they make," said a local Lions THOSE are very spokesman, Other products fabricated there Include rag rugs and rub. ber door mats. The Brigham City sale and similar projects by other Lions clubs In Utah provide a big measure of support for the cen. ter, It was pointed out Chairman of - Wll. year-roun- d President ert J. Brown. of the club Is Rob. ' , 11am O, Knudson, Only recently, the Lions help, in the work to enclose the Rees park bowery for use all. , f,1 i vf ,.r .Ui 4 Jl ri:i;nI this years broom sale here Is Dr. v& - J i a.vi HOPE FOR CLEAN SWEEP These Brigham City Lions and others like them will be manning many brooms April 20 when they stage their annual broom snle. Warming up here are, from left, L. Kaye West, W. H. Griffith, Boyd Jeppesen and Dr. William O. Knudson. 1 , |