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Show i Change of Procedure Set Sail :0r- - . nve. ::V, Utah UOTl". For Peach Queen Contest Some Innovation In the Peach Queen contest were announced this week as two more girls seen In street wear, perform In the talent catagory and have a personal Interview with the judges. That evening In the audl. torlum, each will appear In bathing suits and formats and the audience will see and hear the five top talent numbers. Climaxing the evening will be the naming of a queen and two attendants. lng. The changes are meant to have the local contest conduct, ed much the same as the Miss America pageant with which this year's judging Is affiliated. ON FRIDAY EVENING, Sept. 9, a dance honoring the queen officially entered the running for the coveted crown. Chairman Clifford Graham said this years pageant will be conducted In the auditorium at Box Elder High school rath, er than the gymnasium as In past years. And the queen's ball will be held the following night rather than the same even, Volume 59, Number 31 will be staged in the gymnas. lum after the Box Elder.Bonne. vllle football game. The latest to enter the title running are Martha Huggins, Brigham City, Utah, 84302, Thursday Morning, August 4, 1966 Coordinating Panel Posed CONTESTANTS WILL appear 19 and Judy Skeen. 17, both of before the judges on the after, Brigham City. Miss Huggins, a student at noon of Sept. 8. They will be Weber State college, lsadaugh. ter 12 PAGES of Mary Dawn Huggins and Claire Huggins and resides at 403 South First West. She is be. lng sponsored by Lloyd Roblnet. tes Husky service, and will present a humorous reading In the talent contest. Miss Skeen, a senior this year at Box Elder High school, Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Char, les L. Skeen, 417 North Sixth West. Her sponsor Is Seaboard Finance and she plans to sing in the talent competition. Graham said there will be 35 girls In this years pag. eant with the queen and her attendants to receive scholar, ship awards. In Box Elder County For U.S. Aid Programs A coordinating committee for ed that Box Elder and Weber federal assistance programs In and possibly Cache and Morgan Box Elder county with a full, counties cooperate on the time executive were proposed before the county commission LOWER SAID BECAUSE of Monday by a contingent of fed. eral representatives. increasing Industrial activity Purpose of the panel, rep. In the area, he believed such resenting a wide scope of In. a facility will be necessary terests In the county, would be before too many years. to pin down precisely the prop, The commissioners said they er agency and aid program for would have to study the pro. posal for some time before vole, projects at the local level. Darrell L. French, assistant lng an opinion. state planning coordinator from Proposing a property ex. the governors office, said such change with the county were a committee Is being set up at Mayor Ray Ashcraft, City Coun. the state level. cllmen Harry Drew and Max Heppler and Public Works Dl. COMMISSION COUNTY rector Paul W. Crony of Tre. Chairman William D. Burton monton. who rapped the overlapping, The city representatives said studies and Indistinct they were Interested In acqulr. purpose of many agencies, said lng the old road sheds property when the state forms Its comwest of Tremonton and propos-emittee then Box Elder county an exchange for a two-anwill be in a position to con. .acre parcel north of the slder a committee patterned af. county fair grounds. pro-Jec- d There Is an approximately 80 percent crop of peaches In Box Elder county this year despite late spring frost which cutheav lly Into other fruit, reported County Agent A. Fullmer Allred this week. He said the early varieties are now coming on and can be purchased at road.slde stands In the south county area. THE COUNTY AGENT SAID one problem this year Is dispelling the notion In surround, lng areas that Box Elder lost Its prized peach crop. Although the frost wiped out apricots and sweet cherries locally and Judy Skeen Seaboard Finance extensively damaged peaches In other counties, some Box Elder growers have virtually a full havest at hand. In fact It was necessary In some orchards to thin the crop more heavily tfian usual, Allred said. THE MARKET SHOULD BE good with Colorado losing about 70 percent of Its large peach crop and Idaho also hit hard. One grower reported Wed. nesday that prices during the season likely will range between $3.50 and $4. 50 per bushel which is about the same as a year ago. The price for varieties now on the market is generally $4 a bushel. Peaches will continue coming on through early September when Brigham City conducts its annual Peach Days cele. bratlon. Ninety Streak Broken After Forty-Fo- Days ur According to Charles Clifford, local weather recorder August 3 broke a 44 day consecutive streak of over 90 degree femperaitures when the mercury reached 85 for the first 80 degree reading since June Martha Huggins Lloyd's Husky Service 19. July July July July 28 29 Aug. 3 30 31 Aug. 1 Aug. 2 Building Ebbs Wrf f iin activity ham City ebbed to its lowest point in more than seven years during July with the valuation of new projects totaling onfly $3,000, according to a summary of the city Inspection department. The months activity Included issuance of just throe building permits. Brig- Department head iFJoyd Andersen blamed the current tight money situation lor putting the brakes on buliding, not only here but throughout the state. "I can't attribute It to 11963. New construction here during this year iwas $48,630 with eight permits being issued, including one for a $30,000 dental clinic .The total valuation of ali new building through July stands at $891,143 with 56 if M Pi', f Merchant's Outing Fun, food and fine entertain, ment Is In store for Brigham and their em. bosses City ployees who attend the annual Merchants Outing at Box Elder County park this evening (Thursday). The event Is scheduled at 6:30 p.m, with the serving of food set for 7 p.m. The fare will be traditional pit barbecued beef, corn on the cob, salad, rolls and other delicacies plus lots of cold drinks. Dean Richards of Brig, ham City will prepare the beef this year. Ken Jensens market Is cater, lng the affair. Red Cross Sets Swim Classes; Sign Up Today CHRIS HIRNING IS chairman of the outing this year. Those who attend might taking a blanket or chairs on which to sit. There are picnic tables in the area but they fill up fast. Also, It would be wise to remember a jacket for the even-lng- s are often cool in the park. con-sld- er HUBCAPS STOLEN Wilbur Curley, Building 9, Intermountain school, report-e- d the theft of hubcaps from his sons car to Brigham City police Saturday. A new series of Red Cross swimming classes will start next week with registration scheduled today (Thursday) at the city pool. Numbers will be issued starting at 12:30 p.m. today on the east side of the pool and registration is scheduled at 1 p.m. Classes will range from polliwog to lifesaving with an aide class to be conducted If the demand war- rants. Classes will begin next Monday. TICKETS SELLING AT $1.75 have been available during the past week and may still be purchased today at the Brigham City Chamber of Commerce of. flee or the Box Elder News and Journal. TREMONTON REJECTS ORDINANCE Burned Up It will be necessary for those attending the outing to wear Where there was smoke at one of the bright yellow tags to his or her clothing. Tremonton this past week there apparently was no fire as the THIS YEARS PROGRAM has city council In that northern been arranged by Per c Petersen Box Elder community Monday who will serve as master of night snuffed out talk of a no smoking ordinance. ceremonies. The city had taken Utahs The Merchants Outing Is a traditional event in which loc. news spotlight when an oral treat their dinance was proposed to make It employers workers. It started way back Illegal for a smoker to exhale when and has been carried on In the presence of a er within the city limits. through the years. City Attorney Mervln Holt, acting as private citizen, draft, ed the proposed ordinance for an anonymous local group. -- permits having ben Issued. In other activity during July, the department conducted 71 building, electrical, plumbing, gas heating, sewer and street inspections, and Issued two business licenses. Here is building permit Information for the month: J. W. Owen, 122 North Second West, erect attached garage, $1,200. James L, Bywater, 1019 Oak drive, enclose existing carport, $1,600. Ronald IB. Garrett, 543 North Third West, erect open carport and patio, $300. HOLT WAS NOT PRESENT at Mondays meeting nor did anyone else step forward as a of mamber the sponsoring group, City officials, the state. During the discussion, Burton said the county has a sewage THE COMMISSIONERS RE piled that the parcel offered was too far away from the fair grounds to provide parking. The ctfy officials then sug. gested that a portion of the city airport property could be fenced off for parking use during the county fair. They were asked to check for clearance with the Federal Aviation agency on the latter proposal before discus, sing the matter further. disposal problem In East Tre. monton and was receiving pressure from the state board of health to have It remedied. He asked If any of the agen-cle- s could assist In the problem. GEORGE T. FROST, FIELD coordinator for the Economic Development administration, Department of Commerce, that assistance was avail, able but without proper re. AN APPARENT AGREE, search, he didnt know through ment for road work In the which program. This Is the type cemetery was city of situation In which a county (Continued on Page Five) coordinating committee would serve, he pointed out. C.W. Townsend, Soil Conser. vatlon service, Salt Lake City, said he believed the county com. mlttee should have representa-tlo- n from labor, agriculture, tourism, transportation, re. llglon, civic groups and others. Also attending the meeting were Douglas T. Simpson, Two Brigham City men were director of FHA; D.S. Winn, afternoon In SCS in Logan, and David R. Injured Wednesday a grinding two car crash at 990 Waldron, Tremonton, state sen. South Main street In Brigham ator from Box Elder county. City. Lorenzo Harris, 29, of IN OTHER the 678Jerry BUSINESS, South Seventh West, sufcommissioners heard a profered a severe laceration of the posal to locate an airport ade. lower lip. quate to handle large Jet air. A In the compact craft south of Willard reservoir car passenger driven by Harris, Jerry In We. and Box Elder partially Pett, 21, of 224 West Seventh ber counties. was treated at Cooley South, Suggesting the plan was Bart Memorial hospital for a cut Lower of Ogden who said prop, above his eye and released. erty was available. He suggest. The attending physician laid Harris would be confined at the hospital. The mishap occurred at 3:38 p.m. as the car In which the two men were riding traveled south on Main street. It rammed broadside Into a station wagon driven by Donna Jensen, 301 Englewood drive, Brigham City, which turned left In front of the Harris car. Mrs Jensen was not Injured. AUTO PARTS STOLEN Lieutenant Jay Christensen Darrell Besslger, 521 South who Investigated, estimated Fifth East, reported the theft damages at $800 to the compact car and $500 to the station wagon of parts from his car to Brig, He said citations were pend ham City police Monday. lng further Investigation. d Tre-mont- On Tap This Evening Low Point anything else," he said in his evaluation. The t July figure is the lowest recorded since the inspection department was organized in its present lorm in 1959, past records Indicate. The nearest too It was a $3,300 figure in October ter FOR MERCHANTS OUTING Chris Himing, left, chairman of the 1968 Merchants Outing, does a little cutting up under the expert eye of Howard Simcox of Ken Jensens market. Pit barbecued beef will be featured at the annual exent this evening. non-smo- to ) litf Valuation Totals $3,000 in July IBullldlng ' Irked at the Two Injured In Collision Over Smoke Issue The writer Indicated he had heard about the ordinance and was afraid It would be passed before he arrived In the city. Since he was a smoker, the man said he didnt want to get stuck In a place where It was a. gainst the law to smoke. 'Its Drought Wake Box Elder county and five other Utah counties will benefit from emergency drought regulations announced in Washington Wednesday by Sen. Frank E. Moss Thp Department of Ag.) riculture has approved a request that haying and grazing privileges may be granted to livestock producers on land formerly taken out of crop production. This action will permit grazing and hay harvesting on diverted land and will prevent liquidation of foundation herds by many Utah livestock men, Senator Moss Numbers Bid For Talent Show Aug. 12 The third annual Brigham City talent show will be staged Friday, Aug. 12 at Box Elder High school and the welcome mat was still out this week for show numbers. The event Is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. In the auditorium. Whoever wins this years top place will qualify for a spot on Eugene Jelesnlks Talent Showcase television program. An entry blank can be found todays Box Elder Journal and may be turned In to Mickeys Music City, 26 South Main Is The deadline street. next Wednesday, Aug, 10. In THE TALENT SHOW IS being planned under auspices of the city recreation department as part of the summer program. Recreation director Les Dunn said there will be two divisions in the show, Including vocal and Instrumental solos, duets and ensembles and a miscellaneous division to Include such talent as baton twirling, dancing and comedy routines. The director said it was being requested that numbers last not more than five minutes. TROPHIES WILL BE awarded to the winners in the two dlvis. Ions In four age groups, nine and under, 10 to 12 years old, 13 to 15 and 16 to 21. The program will be free to the public. m f city, chamber of commerce or civic club was behind the ordl. ridiculous. It hurt ev. eryone here. I did not believe it at first," the councilman declared The attitude of citizens at. tending the meeting rangedfrom anger to amusement and during the 45.mlnute session, the city officials declared the Issue "dead. U.S. Help in T;- COUNCILMAN DON GIBSON no assured the gathering that nance. County Gains t, ' "J K - s1 . f adverse publicity received, de. the Issue to be closed then asked for Holts dared and Firemen Called resignation. To Two Blazes In tha proctss they made It to about 50 citizens and Brigham City volunteer fire, newspaper reporters, that the ordinance was drawn up without men were summoned to a couple the knowledge, consent or ap. of blazes Monday afternoon. The first was a graaa fire proval of the council. at 684 North Fifth Wait at 3:18 MAYOR RAY ASHCRAFT p.m. that caused no damage. The aecond blaze occurred at read a prepared atatement apel. ling out the official position. 6 p.m. when a dishwasher ahort. One motel owner, disturbed ed out at the home of Elaina by the situation, declared that Nelson, 534 East Second South. It had cost him business. Ht There was undetermined smoke produced a letter, one of sev. damage, according to lira de. eral, from a man who had can. partment spokesman Cordon Rasvea. celled his reservations. dear The driver and a passenger In this TWO INJURED the vehicle slammed Into the side of a station wagon car were Injured Wednesday after at 990 South Main stmt. -- |