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Show Commission Takes "nv'r1 i!l cro filling l'llrierpoint Sait Deputy Pay issue Ave. Corp. Lake City, Utah Cosp. Under Advisement ' The question of adjusting sal. In the Box Elder Sheriffs department apparently will go unanswered until the first of next week I doubt that we will get to It until next Monday, said Box Elder Commission County arles Chairman Frank 0, Reeder ter Sheriff Warren Motor vehicle license plates sales are lagging in Box Elder county ana Ray Boothe, branch manager of the local tax commission office, reminded car owners to hurry or be caught up in e the rush. The deadline for purchasing the 1967 auto tags is Feb. 28. After that date, motorists not displaying them will be subject to citation. Vehicle owners were reminded they must first pay property tax at the assessors office before going to the tax office to secure their new last-minut- with the W. Hyde af- met commissioners Mon. day. Last week, sheriffs deputies Jointly said they expected either higher pay or fewer hours on the job or they would seek other employment. fit Commission Opposes THE MONDAY MEETING n Sheriff Hyde and the was harmonious and reflected no bitterness over the n Optional Tax Increase ultimatum. Sheriff Hyde requested salary Increases of $65 monthly for d each of his deputies and the additional cost could be absorbed In his 1967 bud. get with luck. The sheriff noted that he had turned back $3,700 this past year and with no unusual expenses, could expect another surplus this year. lndl-cate- Says Wouldnt Permit Cut In Level of Elder county officials Monday voiced their opposition to a proposal that would increase Utah's optional sales tax from to a full cent on the dollar. Information that such a measure is now pending was included in a letter from the Utah State Association of Giunties and Utah Municipal league. Box TO GRANT THE REQUEST-e- d pay hike would cost $3,900 more annually. Sheriff Hyde also requested consideration for employment of an additional deputy when next years budget Is made up. As for shorter hours for his Utahns the sheriff said It would be necessary to hire three more men to cut them to an eight-hou- r day. They are pre. sently on call at virtually all hours of day and night Sheriff Hyde, In commenting s on his meeting with the said he believed loners, they would give his request due consideration. A bill Introduced by Sen. Miles Contrary to one report, the 'Cap Ferry (R Corlnne) to sheriff said he had asked for exempt Utah from daylight sav- Increased pay for his deputies ings time was tabled In the state In the current budget. That was In hts written request. senate Tuesday. The action meant vlrtural death for the bill and Senator HOWEVER, HE SAID he was Ferry In a comment Wednes. never called In to confer with commissioners when the day said It appears that Utah the will go on daylight savings time county budget was being formcome the final Sunday In April. ulated. The desire of city residents Apparently there was a mis. to go on daylight savings plus understanding and some $2,000 the negative position of the bill was cut from his requests for in attempting to exempt Utah salaries appropriation. Neither the sheriff or from the national act apparent, hinted that their re. ly were prime reasons for the bills defeat, the Box Elder latlonshlp was anything but amiable and gave Indication they solon said. believed the pay Issue could be AGAINST ex. resolved. ARGUMENTS emptlon also Included wanting to keep uniformity among the As it was explained, purpose of the increase would the present tax burden on property owners, distributing it to the more equitable sales tax which ev- er)one pays. The letter suggested that property taxes could be lowered if the sales tax hike were approved deputies, To be to ease Save Daylight states. com-mis- FILLS ROLE AT CORINNE SCHOOL and Salt Slates Confab The South Box Elder Farm bureau will hold Its annual con. ventlon on Thursday, Feb. 2, with sessions scheduled In both Brigham City and Corinne. Morning and afternoon meet lngs are scheduled at the Tropi- cal restaurant. General sessions will start at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. with a noon luncheon also on tap. The federations annual ban. quet Is set for 7 p.m. In the Corinne ward cultural hall. her Elementary school this year Is exercising one of the new lnovatlons that ranks as the next best thing . the teachers aide. Principal Jay Hawkes Is sold on the new approach and so are Mrs. Reva Nelson and Mrs. Cheryl Troseth, first and se. cond grade teachers who share the services of an aide, Mrs. Corinne Suzanne protest and challenge of Inaccurate cost estimates vgere highlights as hearings con. tlnued this past week before the Utah Public Service commission over electric power extension rights In Box Elder county. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 57, Friday entered a pro. test against the application of Raft River Rural Electric co. operative. Robert M. Yates, counsel for the IBEW local, charged that expansion of Raft River would have a detrimental effect where the union was concerned. EXPERIENCE HAS proved pro-pert- y CLERK K. B. Olsen was ask- ed to contact officials of the munclpal and counties organ, lzatlons and express the opposition. other business at Its reg. ular weekly meeting, the In Kills BC Woman AIDE AT WORK Mrs. Ferry gives a hand to student during lesson in numbers. The teacher is Mrs. Reva MATHESON the from was graduated Utah and of University of Mlchl. the University gan. He is a Salt Lake City businessman, He served a mission for the Church in Britain and the Eastern States. Mrs. Ashton has been very What the public may expect active In the MIA for several years, and Is a member of the from the 90th Congress In re. Tabernacle Choir. She presently gards to agriculture, taxes, bud. In the elementary get, war on poverty and the teaches Viet Nam crisis will be dis. s chools In Salt Lake. All members of the stake are cussed by Representative Invited and urged to be In at. Laurence J. Burton tendance at the general ses- at a joint luncheon of Klwanls sions, President Taylor said. Lions, and Rotary clubs in BrlgT taken at the previous meeting to oppose inclusion of Bear River refuge acreage In the na. cation, the teachers aide Is a tlons wilderness preservation combination office girl, system. Instructor, handlmanand academic assistant. THE CLERK WAS asked It Isnt necessary that she be to consult with refuge manager, a certified teacher because her Lloyd Gunther, In drawing up role Isnt to teach but to rein, a resolution to this effect. force teaching and to give the A resignation was received regular faculty member a hand from David R. Waldron, presl. wherever Its needed. dent of the Box Elder County Fair board, who said he wished A ROUTINE DAY for Mrs. to be 'relieved of the post. He Ferry Includes duplicating work has served for six years. papers, helping small groups slow of THE COMMISSIONERS lndl. readers, checking arithmetic papers, supervising cated they would consider a students In physical education replacement for Waldron. and assisting In team teaching. Reappointed to new terms on Her role has two effects: the county welfare board were Lessening the class loads of the (Continued on Page Seven) regular teachers and permitting and time more teaching Individual attention for each student. FOR EXAMPLE, while Mrs. Nelson conducts a regular read, lng session, the teachers aide takes a group of seven or eight slow readers Into another room Burton to Discuss Issues In Brigham Talk Jan. 30 COUNSEL FOR RAFT River countered Monday by declaring that Utah Power and Light company which also seeks to expand had loaded cost service, estimates for Raft River to ex. tend Its service. Under cross examination, Radford, UPftLs chief said the Utah utility had raised Raft Rivers cost estimate because It was considered too low. Ralph A. electrical engineer, Where cooperatives have been Another UPAL aide, A. R. Involved, It has generally meant a deterioration of collective bar. Dunn, chief of the companys gaining with resulting wage and rate department, admitted, how. working conditions for employes ever, that UPALs exhibit pro. far below the average, said the Jectlng Raft Rivers operating IBEW attorney. (Continued on Page Seven) 20.year.old Brigham City became Box Elder countys first fatal traffic vie. tim of 1967 Wednesday morning when she died of Injuries suf. fered In a grinding collision In Willard. Dead as a result of the accl. dent was Terrllyn Mae Irvin, 509 North Sixth East. She sue. cumbed from severe head Injur, les only minutes after arriving at Cooley Memorial hospital. The victim was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard T. Irvin, same address In Brigham City. TROOPER REESE Black, Utah Highway patrol, said the mishap occurred at 7:45 a.m. as Miss Irvin was drlv. In south through Willard. The 1966 model compact car apparently skidded out of con. high-watrol on the crossed the center line and collided virtually headon with a northbound pickup truck. two-yea- g e snow-packe- d DRIVER OF THE truck, Hy. man Edison Harrelson, 28, Og. den, was not Injured, according to the Investigating officer. Both drivers were traveling alone. Miss Irvin reportedly was thrown from her vehicle at the moment of Impact. She was taken to the local hospital by city ambulance. Trooper Blackhurst said the mishap occurred about one. half mile from the center of Wll. on U.S. 89 91 It was snow, lng heavily at the time. The victims auto was demo-llsheand the Investigating of. that $300 estimated fleer damage was done to the truck. lard d TERRILYN MAE IRVIN was born Aug. 7, 1946 In Seattle, Wash., a daughter of Howard P. and Iva Nordstrom Irvin. She was a graduate of Box Elder High school with the Class of 1964. She was attending Utah State university at Logan, where she was an officer In the Womens Intramural Activities. At the time of her death she was enroute to Weber High school where she was a student teacher. A member of the Brigham City Holy Cross Lutheran church, she was active In the Lutheran League and was serving as a substitute Sunday school teach- er. She had been an offlclator In the YWMLA basketball games of the LDS Girls Sports program In Brigham City SURVIVING ARE her parents, two sisters and a brother, Michelle Irvin, Noel Irvin and Howard Irvin, all of Brigham a grandmother, Mrs. City, Mable Seattle Nordstrom, Wash. Funeral services will be con. ducted Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Holy Cross Lutheran church Everett Nielsen with Rev. Friends may call officiating. at the Blaine Olsen Funeral Chapel Friday evening from 7 to Brigham Plumber 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family donations be sent to the Box Elder County Assocla-tlo- n requests for Retarded Children. Named DSA Winner for more personal Instruction In fundamentals already covered In class, She also supervises portions The Brigham City Jaycees ham City on Jan. 30, at noon, of the two classes In physical Wednesday night named a plumb, In the education The event will be held periods while other er contractor as winner of the Tropical restaurant with all In. students remain for academic Distinguished Service Award as terested citizens Invited to at. work. the outstanding young man of tend. In this way, the regular the year. The winner Is Reese M. Beet-on- , teacher has the opportunity to REPRESENTATIVE BURTON 266 North Fifth West. work with fewer students while r has Just begun his third Besides the responsibilities being relieved ofthelesstechnl. term In office and has proved cal Job of directing play acti- of owning and operating his own to be one of Utahs most pop. vities business, Beeton has devoted ular men on Capitol Hill endless hours to civic, com. on two Is He THE TWO GRADES also prac. munlty and church activities. serving committees which are described tlce a modest team teaching as vital to Utahs Interests, program In which they come to. HE IS A MEMBER of the those of agriculture and Interior gether for lessons in science, South Box Elder PTA Council and Insular affairs In charge of safety and the Junior music and story-tellinHe currently Is servOne teacher, aided by Mrs. patrol. IN ADDITION to these two Ferry handles the group, freeing ing as president of the Northern major committees, he Is one the other teacher for checking Utah District of Jaycees. Re. on the and of six congressmen cently elected to the board of program planning. Review Law Land Public directors of the Box Elder Wild, Principal Hawkes said be. life Federation, he has been a commission which Is making an extensive study of the leglsla. cause of the teachers aide, Mrs. survival Instructor for the has a llghter-than- . tlon and practices so necessary Nelson Weber Wildlife Federation. to states such as Utah which normal class load for 4Vt hours A member of the church of This despite the Jesus Include vast areas of federal each day of Later. day Christ fact tliat 38 students are en. lands. he Is a member of the Saints, class. Burton also holds member, rolled In her first-gradof the Brigham The figures are about the superintendencyLDS In. ship on six ward Sunday Fifteenth City same for Mrs Troseth. eluding mines, mining, reclama. school and has been young mar. tlon and national forests. rleds coordinator, along with his THE PHYSICAL layout at Cor. His talk In Brigham City since 1964. He hadserved wife, Is one of several that he will Inne lends to the new program. as Scout leader in the Brigham be making In the state this com. Kindergarten and the first two City Fifth LDS ward for four (Continued on Page Eight) lng week years and as Explorer leader 1 A woman relteratedaposltlon hurst, play-groun- d Lake City that REA financed electric systems have a negative attitude toward unions, Yates stated. He testified that of the ap. proxlmately 2,800 REA cooperatives and municipal electric systems In the nation, only 20 per. cent of private power companies have employees working under labor agreements with Inter, national unions. Ferry. be possible to reduce the tax levy by three or four mills, the county officials In. dlcated. A NEWLY EMERGENT crea. tlon of modern trends In edu. Union Protest in Power Hearing A union n Garland. Could a teacher do a better That portion returned to the job In the classroom If she county would be so little as to were two persons? Undoubtedly a decrease In county so and likely many times a prohibit taxes. property teacher has wished Just that If the law were changed, how. to be two persons to accomplish ever, to channel the additional to with like ahe would all that tax money to the county, it would students. businessman. ELDER Ter-rily- Grinding Collision THEY EXPLAINED also that s the present optional tax law that revenue be returned on a polnt-o- f origin basis. Thus most of the money would go to Brigham City, Tremonton and Teacher's Aide Proves Worth y facturer ACCIDENT VICTIM Mae Irvin died Wednesday of injuries received crash in W illard in a two-ca- r pro-vide- Scheduled Farm Bureau However, members of the Box Elder County commission, who have declined In the past to adopt the optional sales tax measure, said they were satisfied with the present tax structure. ITS SONG TIME The first and second grades at Corinne assemble together for a singing session. Directing them is teacher Cheryl Troseth while Reva Nelson, a teacher, plays the piano. Helping out is Mrs. Suzanne Ferry, a teachers aide. Conference In other business on Captlol Hill this week, consideration Is being given to a first step In reorganization of state agencies under a new administrative system. Being proposed, as an alter, native to a cabinet setup, Is a Quarterly conference of the seven.member council which City stake. Church of Brigham would be appointed by the gov. of Latter-daChrist Jesus ernor to head a Department of will be held Saturday Saints, Development Services. 29, In and Sunday. Jan. 28 City. Brigham THE COUNCIL would have au. General sessions will be held thorlty to appoint an executive Sunday at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. director. In the Brigham City Tabernacle. A number of existing state ag. Stake President Lawrence C. be would encles grouped Taylor will conduct. Visitors together In six boards to make are welcome. Special sessions up the Department of Develop, ment Services. Included would are scheduled Saturday evening. be boards of Industrial promoC. LAIRD SNELGROVE of the tion, aeronautics, trade develop, Home Teaching committee, John state history B. Matheson, ment, expositions, Jr., and Mrs. and fine arts. Patricia S. Ashton of the Mutual associations will MAIN PURPOSE OF the new Improvement church official be representa. approach Is to get away from tlves. on (Continued Page Seven) Elder Snelgrove Is a former president of the Argentine Mission. He Is an ice cream manu- Property Tax In the Brigham City First LDS ward for one year. He Is a mem ber of the Boy Scout Council and has served as a ward and home teacher, He was a member of the U.S. (Continued on Page Seven) NOTICE The purchase of dog licenses Brigham City for 1967 Is due Janury through Feb. 28. All dog owners must show lvldence, signed by a veterlnar. In lan, that their animal has re. celved a rabies vaccination which Is still In effect. Tags will be sold at the city hall business office from 8 a.m. to 5 pm. dally except Satuy. day and Sunday. The fees are $3 for males and spayed females (for which proof from a must be shown) and for females. Brigham City Board of Health Feb. 26.29. Jan. $10 FHA Approves BE Sewer Aid The Farmers Home admlnla. tratlon Tuesday approved a loan and a grant of of $26,000 $23,000 to construct a new sewer to serve about 26 system families In Last Tremonton. DSA WINNER Reese M. Announcement of the federal Beeton is Jaycee DSA win- action was made by Sen. Frank ner for 1966. E. Moss (D.Utah) |