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Show I f 4 Salt Laii city B4U0 orp. Utah Cop. i Brigham City, Utah, 84302, Thursday Morning, January 15, 1970 Volume 63, Number 2 Give Answer in 1 8 PAGES issue Righ-of-W- ay County Bares Plans For Spike Activities Box Elder county will sponsor the annual May 10 ceremony at Golden Spike National Historic site and plans to have a daily reenactment there during the summer. This was disclosed Monday by the county commission in response to an inquiry by Brigham City Mayor Olof Box Elder ACCEPTS CLEANUP CHALLENGE second leaders school student Anderson, High Peggy vice president; Pam Sederholm, secretary, and Brad Jensen, president, seated from left, accept the challenge Zundel. The county officials also disclosed plans to have some type of activity at the county fair grounds on May 10 but said it may not be a rodeo. They noted that Frank Stevens, Tre. monton, is still chairman of the countys Golden Spike committee. Also while at the meeting, Mayor Zundel asked the county board to consider lighting U. S. 30s to the Brigham inter, City limit from the Interstate-1- 5 change. He explained that the city plans to for community litter control from Dr. Arvil Stark, state chairman; Dr. Robert Poulson, county chairman, and Mrs. Anita Burt, Brigham City chairman. Beautification Meeting launches Cobsafv Effort this year in is in Beautification Box Elder county. This was amply demonstrated Mom day afternoon In a Brigham City meet.' ing where school and community repre. sentatives from the south county area pledged their efforts in 1970. It was also an opportunity for Dr. Robert L. Poulson, Tremonton, newly appointed county beautification chair, man, to Introduce himself to local clean, up leaders. You, as leaders in your communi-ties- , are responsible for setting the he admonished his proper example, audience. The session also gave Dr. Arvil Stark, Utah State university horticultural auth. orlty and chairman of the governors crash beautification program, and op portunity to headquarters s. To representatives from Box Elder High and Box Elder Junior High school, he declared; This is a challenge, kids, and were dumping in your laps. Can you handle It? We think so. Youre full of ideas and enthusiasm. You can get the Job ' done. It means more than Just cleaning your school grounds; anybody can do that. The big thing is to educate the adults, beginning at home with your parents. Up-Fi- x com-mende- com-petitio- 25,-00- - beautifl. (1) Communlty-wldcation, (2) Property improvements, (3) Youth activities, (4) Voluntary particl-patlon- , e and (5) Miscellaneous right-of-wa- were slum people. Its Just nicer to live a clean sur. roundings. He charged the high school student leaders with providing direction for the Junior high and elementary schools. Pam Sederholm, studentbody sec. retary at Box Elder, replied that her school fully intends to be outstanding again this year in beautification after winning a state. wide contest among high schools last year. We take a lot of pride in our trophy and we want to do it again, she stated. Miss Sederholm described efforts already planned this year, including fur. (Continued on Page Three) activl-tie- s. place In late on Page Three) right-of-wa- y y It was indicated the matter will be reviewed when the state provides information on the former railway pro-pert- The same answer was given to Keith Hansen, local engineering firm head, under the direction of Steve Johnson, general chairman, and will include a seminar, banquet, luncheon, pared dance, and meetings. THE CONFERENCE will begin Sat. urday morning, Jan. 17, at the BEHS Seninary building where a seminar will be conducted from 10 a.m, until noon. Lunch will be served and the semi-na- r will resume from 1 to 3 p.m. At the seminar, classes will be in art, interior decorating, auto mechanics, makeup and hairstyling, dat-ln- dance, ball. stage makeup and basket- Guest speaker at the banquet will be Vernon Law, noted pitcher for the Pitts, burgh Pirates, who was presented the this and several other issues with the commission. Hansen said the county should retain the right-of-wa- y Hansen accepted an offer to go over roads done by the county this past season, an offer made by the com-missi- to justify its statement of costs. Hansen also said the county should t sales tax adopt the optional as proposed recently by Mayor Zundel. Hansen also disputed the countys The commissioners said they would claim that it can construct roads for $20,000 a mile while the same work consider it if the tax could be return, done by a contractor would cost $50,-00- 0 ed on a percapita basis, rather than on a point basis as contained a mile. in the law. The commissioners said on the latThe county officials said they plan ter figure, they were quoting a state to invite representatives in from the highway department spokesman who es- countys two chambers of commerce, timated the higher figure to surface taxpayers association, Farm Bureau, the road which runs west from Strevell, Farmers Union and mayors of towns Idaho. and cities to discuss the sales tax. it would cost a because tune in the future to acquire the for- pro-pert- half-cen- Commission Told Motels Oppose Tax Local area motel owners reportedly are opposed to imposition of Utahs optional 1.5 percent transient room tax. This was rel to the Box Elder id County commission Monday by motel association spokesman Lafe Jensen and Pebe Hemmert, Brigham City motel, operators. The two said they had contacted most of their associations members and found unanimous opposition. Box Elder county, as a member of Golden Spike Empire, Inc., which pro-posthe room tax as a revenue source for tourist promotion, is getting pres, sure to adopt the tax. Jensen who suggested that much of the money likely will go to pay the salary of an executive director and secretary, noted that travelers stop In Brigham City to save money. Local operators believe the tax would hurt more than help them, he explain-ed- . Honesty Best Policy? The commissioners explained that Box Elder stands to benefit more by going with Weber and other counties in tour. 1st. promotion than it could afford on its own. In other business at Monday's commission meeting, the county officials said they had been advised by the insurance company that Box Elder county Is not liable in a suit brought against the Blue Creek Irrigation com-panre-gul- y. This was In response to a request from Ray Sorenson and Earl Wood for financial assistance In settling the suit out of court. They suggested the county pay half the settlement. The commissioners said they could not pay out money to settle a claim the county has Insurance for such matters. They suggested that Sorenson and (Continued on Page Two) PUBLIC NOTICE Brigham, City licenses are now due and may at the city hall during regular business hours. Licenses must be purchased before March 1st or they become delinquent and a charge of$2.00 will te added to the license fee, Appll. cations for license shall be accompan. led by a certificate of vaccination which shall be effective for the entire license period. License fees are as follows: Male dogs and spayed females dogs $3.00; unspayed female dogs $6,00. Tolman Burke, city recorder. Dog be purchased Me and Bad Thinh So What do you suppose the average person would do if he looked into the coin return slot in a pay telephone and found $2.40? Thats what happened Monday to 13. Mike Westley, son of Mr. and year-olMrs. Clarence Westley, 40 South Third d youth conference Is being planned this weekend by the Box Elder and South Box Elder LDS stakes for all young people 14 years of age and older in the Two stakes. A schedule of events has been preA Cy Young Award for outstanding pitch, er in the National Baseball League. A banquet will be held in the Box Elder High school cafeteria at 6:30 p.m. A dance In the big gym of the high, school will begin at 8 p.m. Refresh, ments will be served. THE SUNDAY MEETINGS will begin at 9 a.m. with a priesthood meet, ing for the boys In the Central school and a meeting for the girls in the Talemacle. At 10 a.m. a Joint meeting for boys and girls will be held In the tabernacle. Tickets are available at a cost as follows: seminar and box lunch, $1; banquet, $2; dance, 50 cents, or a total of $3.50 for the entire conference pro-graAll young people are encouraged to in the conference and if they cannot attend all of the functions, they participate are invited to attend the portion their was equally pleased. It's very refreshing to encounter honesty from our young people when you hear of much that Is derogatory said about them. Im proud to have people like LeRoy Westley in our community, he stated. J.15.18 West. The youngster, a seventh grade stu. dent at Box Elder Junior High school, flipped open the coin return of a pub. lie phone at school. And there were eight quarters and four dimes. Mikes first thought: How lucky can I get! And then he began to reconsider his I thought it seeming good fortune; would be stealing because somebody had to earn that money. I showed a few friends and then I went home to see what mom and dad thought. Dad didnt equivocate. They hopped in the family car and drove to the local office of Mountain States Telephone where they encountered Vern Poulter, service foreman, and gave him the shiny coins. Id like to say how much I respect Poulter res. Mike for his honesty. ponded, Boyd Newman, MST office manager time will allow, Johnson said. City Panel Selects Planner, Agrees on Terms for Service A Utah native now employed in Helena, Mont., has agreed to serve Brigham City as a planning consultant. was made by The announcement Edward Heesacker, chairman of the city which received planning commission several applications for the Job. James Warren Reynolds, 32, who has been senior planner and landscape architect in the planning department at Helena, said In coming to Utah he plans also to fill a position with clty-count- y Judging will take thinks obli-gatio- Set This Weekend of the 19G9 Na- p ci-ti- areas Were decent, respectable people but the tourist doesnt find this out by driving through our state if he sees litter. He Youth Conference contest has announced the arrival of the entry from Brig-haCity. Sponsored1 annually by the National Clean Up bureau, the contest is the oldest national clean-u- p and largest competition of its kind In the United States. Since 1929 it has been honoring and giving national recog. nitlon to the voluntary civic improve, ment and beautification efforts of and towns across the country. Bureau Director R.H, Hacken-dah- l The outstanding achieve-ment- s said, of Brigham City and its civic minded people are to be heartily Their work toward community betterment is dramatic proof of their dedicated service and acceptance of the civic improvement challenge. Brigham City has been one of 10 national trophy winners in itspopulation class In three of the past four years. The contest entry is in scrapbook form to show graphically each aspect of the cleanup activities undertaken n during 1969. It will be placed in with entries of other cities and towns of the same size based on the following categories representing the total number of people covered by the 0 program: Under 25,000; between and 250,000; and over 250,000. Brigham Citys 1909 program was so extensive that it became necessary for the first time to submit the lo-ccontest entry In two scrapbooks, A panel of seven Judges will rate each scraptook entry individually on the degree of achievement the com. munlty attained in relation to five major Up-Pal- of And in doing so, he emphasized that students across the state are taking on the chore of litter control, not only at their schools but throughout their Cleanup Contest Clean-U- fire enthusiasm. Received in The kindle the right-of-wa- law to Speak Brigham Entry tional further extend lighting to the city limit under a cooperative agreement with the Utah Highway department. This is for the local authority to handle installa-tion- , monthly costs and maintenance with the state to provide materials. The county officials said they would study the matter and probably consider the interchange near Tremonton also. While at the meeting, Mayor Zundel and the county board discussed the old UIC y and its preservation as a possible future collector road. Commission Chairman Frank O. '. eeder said the county turned down an opportunity to acquire the former rail route because there are certain that accompany the which the county feels it cannot meet. These obligations, he said Include fencing and keeping the strip free of weeds. The chairman said further he has an attorneys opinion that Inasmuch as the state has not lived up to these they could not give a good title to the where the abutting property owners have been using it for a period of time. who discussed the Weber County Plannng commission. He Indicated this would not infringe upon his agreement with Brigham City. Reynolds told the Brigham City commission in a letter he would find no conflict of interest in providing part-timconsulting services to your community as I have done under similar circumstances in the past. Brigham City has been without the services of a planner since R. Clay Allred resigned several months ago due e to the press of business. The city council had urged quick ap. pointment of a successor so that work could continue in several areas of local concern, including further development at John Adams park. Reynolds Is a native of Richfield and a 1955 graduate of Piute High school In Clrclevllle. He attended College of Southern Utah and received a B. A. degree In land. (Continued on Page Three) EARNED IT . . . Mike Westley and Vern Poulter, service foreman for Mountain States Telephone, exchange smiles over $2,40 which Mike returned after finding it in coin return of pay telephone. SOMEBODY |