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Show 8 BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah Thursday, Junto 18, 1970 These youngsters are among those taking lessons in BrigLEARN TO SWIM ham Citys free swim program this summer. This photo was taken in the Box Elder Junior High pool where sessions are conducted daily. These youngsters like their fun on AHOY, THERE the water at Rees Pioneer park where boating is offered BC daily slate. as recreation part of Brigham Citys summer activity can be seen in the background. Lana-base- d Collision Causes $1,045 Loss A two-ca- r crash at the intersection of Fourth West and Second North caused a total of $1,045 in damage Monday afternoon. According to Patrolman Jay Dean, a sedan driven by Douglas Orchard, 62, 274 d North First East, was on Second North and a east-boun- station wagon driven by Danielson V. Bankhead, 55 Wellsville, was northbound on Fourth West when the crash happened. Patrolman Dean cited Bankhead for going 47 mph in a 25 mph zone and failure to yield the right-of-waThe Wellsville drivers car damage was $625 and $420 to the Orchard vehicle. The accident happened at 2:11 p.m. PLAYGROUND FUN Typical of the playground fun included in Brigham Citys summer recreation program is this activity at East Forest playground. Very Neet" Museum-Galler- y: Visitors Like It "This is very neet. So commented an eight-year-ol- boy as his impression of Brigham d Citys new museum-galler"In less than a month, well over 1,500 persons have seen the -gallery, representing 27 states and two foreign countries, explained Curator Phyllis Owen. Remarks in the visitors register indicated a liking for what theyve museum- TENNIS ENTHUSIASTS Participants in Brigham Citys summer tennis program for youth stand in line for instructions from Reid Goldsberry. Final registration in this and other activities is expected to be up this year. seen. "I really enjoyed the art gallery of Brigham, wrote a man from Gallup, N.M. A grandmother from Salt Lake City: "This is an interesting and Assault Try at S. Willard very good civic venture. "Utah is a unique state with beautiful free exhibits, including Brigham Citys commented a couple from California. Two students from Boston apparently were impressed: "An asset to your city as is your wonderful bird refuge. And a nurse from New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada added, "Excellent, credit to the city. "I want to come back and see again the excellent display of historical artifacts, wrote another. Mrs. Owen said, "Their descriptions of - 'fabulous, exciting, love the panorma map, great improvement over the other museum, groovie idea, love it, terrific, glad to see these items preserved, marvelous, a great tribute to the past and present - should be very gratifying to the city fathers as well as to all residents of Brigham City. She issued a reminder that the daily hours are 11a.m. to 7 p.m. The is closed Sunday. museum-gallerThe curator also noted this week a need for old radio or television set cabinets to display artifacts and wc would certainly appreciate having some donated. These can be left at the museum-galler- y during regular daily hours, Mrs. Owen explained. firings Sheriffs Warning In the wake of an attempted assault on a girl Tuesday afternoon in South Willard, Box Elder county Sheriff Warren Hyde cautioned parents to tell their children not to trust strangers or let them in the yard or house. The girl's parents were not home at the time of the incident. The warning came this week, after a man described as being white and posed as an insurance that she salesman and told the and her parents won a free trip to Disneyland. In order for the family to win the trip, he and the girl would have to go in the house and complete a questionnaire, he said. The girl was fixing a fence in the front yard when the man drove up in a late model white over dark blue car. Sheriff deputies said when they went into the house the man asked if the girl had had the measles or any other diseases and then said he would have to y examine her. The telephone rang then and the man left, deputies reported. Further indentification by the girl described the man as wearing a dark suit, white shirt, dark tie, dark glasses and black shoes. She said he had a black business hat and deep voice. He had a heavy build and grayish black hair. June weather really went out of character Saturday when thunder, lightning and raging winds brought a summer storm with almost an inch Man Gets Sentence For Drug Violation Brigham City man was sentenced to days in jail Monday in Brigham City court when he pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of marijuana before Judge Curator Phyllis Owen: llery very gratifying. 'Museum-ga- A 30 Robert Daines. Lee Vallette, 18, 467 Holiday Dr was arrested Saturday in a supermarket parking lot by Brigham City police. He is serving his sentence in the Brigham City jail. Smoky Transformer Brigham City volunteer firemen were called to a fire at the Youth Opportunity center, 24 West Fifth South, at 10:48 a.m. Thursday, which turned out to be a smoky transformer. Minor damage wps reported. State Invites Bridge Bids The Utah Road commission is calling bids on the first phase of a two-pabridge project west of Honeyville. Bids will be opened Tuesday, July 7, in the road commission office, Salt Lake City. The project is to be completed within 60 working days. rt The initial work calls for fill on approach roadways. Specified for use are 25,900 tons of granular borrow, 6,310 yards of loose riprap and 19,000 cubic yards of roadway excavation. It was decided to let the project in two phases after bids received in went well over the engineers estimate of mid-Ma- y $289,297. Doing the roadway approaches first permit time for settlement before moving on to the actual bridge construction, it was pointed out. The new bridge will replace one which is considered Inadequate to accommodate todays traffic. will |