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Show Universal "icrofilaln-l-ilrierpoi- nt Ave. - r Salt Lake City, Utah SiilO Co3p. Brigham City, Utah, 84302, Thursday Morning, Box Elder HISTORIC BUILDING The Box Elder Stake tabernacle has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. The value of new building projects in Brigham City during May totaled $79,110, according to a report issued by the city inspection department. The figure is well under the $193,685 recorded in the previous months. However, even though the value was less, the city issued 26 building permits four more than the month before, indicating that a number of minor projects, a majority of them home improvements, were undertaken. The start of construction on two new houses were included in the May activity. Floyd Andersen, department head, said Tuesday he is not sure what to expect in the weeks ahead. The only major project presently in prospect is a new restaurant on property of the Bay-Viemotel, 1167 South Main Following is information from permits, issued in May: Peralume, Inc , 700 West Third North, cover with aluminum siding, $2,200. North American Builders, 328 South Second East, cover with steel siding, $2,000. Glayde D. Hone, 259 North Second West, build detached garage, $1,000. The Corinne Methodist - Epispcopal church is now National Register of Historic Places. RECOGNIZED on the Two Historic Buildings Added to Natl Register Two Box Elder county religious buildings, the Box Elder Stake tabernacle in Brigham City and the Corinne Methodist-Episcopa- l church are among 10 Utah sites recently added to the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Park service. "This is a distinctive honor given to the state of Utah and the people of Box Elder county," said Melvin T. Smith, Utah preservation officer, Utah Division of State History. Both had previously been named to the state register of historic sites. The tabernacle was begun in 1865. The orginal building, while partially completed by 1876, took final shape in 1890 with four spires and no tower. well-know- n But They Be Fire destroyed all but the walls in February 1896. It was restored, refinished and dedicated in 1897. The building, photographed by hundreds of tourists annually, is well known for its pinnacled buttresses. The tabernacle opened for the tourist season Tuesday, receiving visitors frpm Pennsylvania, Washington and Arkansas. It will continue open daily throughout the summer from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. with local church members serving as volunteer guides. The historic building last year attracted e 3,330 visitors and that was after a late start. Normally the number exceeds (Continued on Page Three) mid-Jun- Arno A. Metting, 668 West Fifth North, erect single - family dwelling, $16,000. K. R. Dickamore, Inc., 14 North First East, addition to office building, $12,000. Joseph E. Leach, 504 South Second West, erect attached carport, $800. Gordon and Norman John, 147 North Third East, erect attached carport, $900. Dewey Cottle, Fifth South and Second West, erect storage shed, $1,500. Darel O. Johnson, 256 North Second West, erect detached garage, $1,500. Kool Breeze of Ogden, 582 South First West, aluminum carport, $780. Young Electric Sign, 102 North First East, small electric sign, $400. Kool Breeze 'of Ogden, 51 North First West, aluminum siding, $2,250. Young Electric Sign, 34 South Main, small electric sign, $200. Kool Breeze of Ogden, 105 North Second West, aluminum siding, $3,500, North American Builders, 343 North Sixth East, steel siding, $1,980. Kool Breeze of Ogden, 23 South Second West, aluminum siding, $2,000. W.R. Rucker, 117 South First West, fiberglass patio, $500. Gordon and Norman John, 224 East First North, open patio, $500. Gordon and Norman John, 626 Sunset drive, addition to dwelling, $3,500. Stuart Tingey, 566 North First East, patio top, $300. Leslie Laird, 515 West Seventh South, erect attached garage, $1,000. A.J. Hall, 22 East Sixth North, carport and patio, $1,500. Clarence Jorgenson, 346 North Fourth East, patio cover, $300. A. E. Warren, 568 South Eighth West, erect horse barn and storage shed, $1,500. Doyle Packer, 85 South First East, outside chimney and remodel basement, $1,000. I it. As an area of high joblessness, BC Elks Box 22 PAGES Elder rates a priority in application for assistance from various federal agencies. The spokesman said the EDA can provide direct grants of up to 50 percent of the cost of needed public works projects, such as sewage dispsal systems. Other agencies can increase this participation up to a maximum of 80 percent through assistance of their own. This means a community, if it needs public works, can come up with 20 percent and get a project paid for, said the spokesman. The purpose is to alleviate in the area. In other developments Tuesday, the county board was notified that the Utah unem-nlnvme- Schedule of Family Services plans to assume responsibility for handling food stamp sales locally. The county has done this for several years but because of the work load involved, informed the state recently that it could no longer do the job. Division The county officials said they would refer to County Attorney O. Dee Lund a question as to the legality of exempting Valley hospital at Tremonton from taxation as a institution. Requesting the status was Dr. Edgar White, the founder, who said the hospital has functioned as a corporation (Continued on Page Two) non-prof- non-prof- Driver Serves Time for False Report Flag Day Ceremony Brigham City Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, supported by Boy Scouts of America, will honor the American flag at a special Flag Day Ceremony to be held at Rees Pioneer park Monday, A truck driver for Ogden Beauty Supply June 14 at7:30 p.m., it was announced Tuesday. company, who said he was robbed of more The ceremony will trace the history and the development of the than $120 Saturday afternoon in Box Elder cnyon, was sentenced to six months in the American flag from the Flag of England and the Star Spangled Banner county jail. to the flag of today, said B.W. Williams, chairman. Richard A Crawford, 27, 753 Healy, The ceremony is not long but will be well worth attending, he said. Ogden, was sentenced by Brigham City The public is invited. In the event of inclement weather the cemvony . Judge Robert Daines after the truck driver plead guilty In an arraignment Wednesday will be held at the Elks lodge. The morning. BC Plans Summer Slate, Kids Swimming June 7 Another broad summer recreation program is scheduled in Brigham City again this year with most activities getting underway on June 14, it was announced this past week by Director Les Dunn. Synchronized swimming, playgrounds activities at nine city parks, childrens and teenage dance lessons, tennis for youth and adult, minor league baseball, dramatics, weight training, and baton twirling are among programs offered by the city without charge. Most of them will start June 14. Specific times and locations will be announced next week. At least two activities will get an early start, it was noted. A free swim campaign for third to eighth-gradboys and girls in the greater Brigham City area is scheduled to start this coming week. Registration is scheduled Monday, June 7, at two locations. Those students living e east of Main street including Mantua, ana north of Brigham City should sign up in the Box Elder Junior High school gym at 9 a.m. Those who live west of Main and west and south of Brigham City are invited to register at the Box Elder High school footb U1 field at 9 a.m. on the same day. Dunn said the swim lessons will continue for two weeks with certified Red Cross instructors as teachers. Director Harold Anderson said the city's slugger or minor league baseball program for eight to will begin with registration Monday, June 7, at Rees Pioneer park. Interested youngsters should plan to be at the ball diamond at 8:30 a.m. Every boy who turns out will be placed on a team and have an opportunity to play league games The city council plans to hire summer recreation employes at its meeting this evening. He was charged with giving a false report of a crime in a complaint signed by Box Elder County Sheriffs Deputy Bob Limb. Crawford told deputies Saturday that he spotted a woman looking at the engine of a car parked along the highway in the canyon at about 3:30 p.m. He said he stopped and the woman told him she might be out of gas. He told law officers that he went around to the drivers side of the auto and saw a man lying on the back seat pointing a long barreled revolver at him. Deputies said Crawford told them he was ordered to surrender the contents of his wallet, about $21, and then forced to open the delivery van. The robber then took $110 in currency from a company money bag, he said. Tells Highway Patrol Crawford reported the crime to the Utah Highway Patrol Hot Springs Checking station and Deputy Limb was notified. Deputy Limb said the suspect was interviewed earlier in the week after certain things about the crime didnt check out. The money was not recovered. Sheriff Warren W. Hyde said he received many calls this week of area residents who were afraid to go on picnics up the canyon after hearing about the incident. He assured them that there Is no highway robbery operation going on up the canyon. Robert D Olson, 360 North Third East, erect single family dwelling, $20,000. Trees Get Blight! Okay " The rainy spring weather may be a boost to some crops in the local area but it has been a fungus in the leaves to Brigham City sycamore . H.4 - countys designation as a area stemming from its relatively high level of unemployment, could pave the way for county or community public works projects with substantial federal assistance. This was explained Wednesday by a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Commerce, economic development administration. The county commission was officially notified of the Title I designation Tuesday and is seeking a meeting with a federal representative within the week to determine how the county can best benefit from Title June 3, 1971 GOT THE BLIGHT Howard Kelly, city parks leaves with sycamore blight. superintendent, examines trees. That was the report this week of Howard Kelly, city parks superintendent, and Harold Lindsay, Utah State university extension agent. Sycamores, including those magestic ones which line Main street, are suffering a leaf blight. The foliage is dying. And this has brought numerous calls to Kelly and Lindsay. They explained the blight is a fungus fostered by the damp season. With the coming of drier, warm weather, it will be eliminated and the trees are expected to regain their foliage. The problem was diagnosed earlier this week by Dr. Orson Cannon, USU, who checked the Main street trees and found them Infested with the flight. This Is not the first time, either. Kelly said the same thing happened 10 years ago. Although there will be partial defoliation, no permanent damage results to the trees and theyll return to normal condition as the summer progresses (provided the area doesn't continue to get above-averag- e amounts of rain.) , L CENTER PREVIEW - Ernie Helmedach, operations supervisor, points out features of American Telephone and Telegraph's new underground communications center north of Brigham City to special guests and other company officials. Local area government officials and civic leaders took part in a special inspection of the facility Friday afternoon. Western Electric will begin installation of equipment this month and the center is expected to begin service May 5, 1972. It will be a station on AT&T's transcontinental cable system stretching from Boston to Oakland. There will be four employes at the center when it begins operation. L-- 4 |