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Show '7H The new figure given for the State of Utah is 82,096 square miles of land, as against the Is your backyard getting larger? flow large a land area does Elder County cover, according to the latest official figures and how much has it changed, if any, in recent Box , The subject f years? because of the RECL9NIT'?N Supervisor Norman Child presents ,cas" incentive award for superior performance on the job to Mrs. Verna Mdnvaille. worker cited for performance IS Mrs. Verna Me Invaille dealing with students, fellow staff members and the public. Her citation read in part, "You exhibited initiative and desire to improve office procedures and reports. You were able to organize your work to meet important deadlines and maintain a smooth flow of high quality work. Mrs. Me Invaille served as recently received a 8200 cash incentive award for superior performance on the job at Intermountain school. She was cited by her supervisor for her efficient and secretary in the vocational department for four years. She has since transferee! to the ESEA project at Intermountain school. She lives at 1004 Englewood drive in Brigham City with her husband, Alfred. pleasant manner in accomplishing her work and has arisen latest government findings, which show that many of the previously recorded figures no longer apply. Some counties across the country are now listed with more land area than in 1960 and some with less. For the rest of them there has been no change. As for the nation as a whole, the figures show a decrease of Federal revenue sharing checks totaling $9,210,786 have been mailed to local units of government in Utah for the third quarter of the current fiscal year, Sen. Wallace F. Bennett said last week. The final payment for fiscal 1974 will be made sometime in July, Senator Bennett said. The latest revenue sharing payments bring Utahs total to over $27 million for the fiscal year which began July 1. The total coming to all ,) revenue in Box sharing payments distributed last week. Salt Lake county government will get the second largest check, tor $1,773, 019. Salt Lake Citys share of the state total is $1,041,695. The following amounts are being distributed to other is home on furlough Rick Davis and three children by Flo Munson Mr. and Mrs. Oleen Josephson were delighted to have their son SP-- 5 David Josephson arrive home on furlough Sunday after spending the past year in Korea. He was accompanied by his wife who has been making her home in Ogden, while her husband was serving in the U.S. Army. They will both spend a few days at the Oleen Josephson home. Both couples were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Garth Josepjjjjjra.and family, in Plymouth for Easter along with Mr. and Mrs. Don Markgraf and two daughters of Springville. Later they were joined by Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Josephson and family of Garland,. Oleen Josephson has just returned after receiving medical care in the LDS hospital in Logan. Saturday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rudd were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harris and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Harris and two small children of Ogden. Spending Easter with Mr. and Mrs. Orvil Nish were Mr. and Mrs. Brent Macfarlane and daughters, Soofieh and Josie of Logan, and Mrs. Bryce Udy and of Stephanie daughter, Tremonton. The children enjoyed an Easter egg hunt during the afternoon. Weekend guests of Lawrence Archibald were Mr. and Mrs. reported previously. What is the explanation for the changes? To some degree they are the result of land erosion caused by inland waters encroaching on their banks. In other cases, they are due to inaccuracies found in the maps used in the computing of areas. Sometimes, streams that exaggerated in width, throwing off the calculations. Occasionally, the part that is under water has been counted in with the land mass. To a greater degree, however, the changes are attributed to a correction of errors discovered in the former calculating method and to new equipment, now in use, capable of making computations electronically down to a fraction of a square Thursday, April 18, 1974 inch. With the adjustments in population and in area since 1960, there have been revisions in the density figures. The density in Box Elder County is now given as 5 persons per square mile. IMceV . stock . uijnenca. Getting ready for spring? Come to Penneys big sales, go home with big savings. counties, cities and towns within the state: (totals include all local government units in each county) Beaver county $18,836; Cache county $190,575; Carbon county $83,925; Daggett county $4,931 Davis county Duchesne county $344,621 $68,536. Emery county $50,899; Garfield county $21,413; Grand county $37,492; Iron county $100,873; Juab county $33,326; Kane county $17,880; Millard county $50,938; Morgan county $19,396; Piute county $7,087 (all governmental ; Rich $8,221; Salt Lake county county units) Juan county $83,331; Sanpete county $54,592; Sevier county $53,901; Summit county $48,978; Tooele county $74,486; Uintah county $67,192; $3,068,049; San Utah county (total $789,002 includes Provo $241,573 and Orem $113,706); Wasatch county $42,313; Washington county $86,175; Wayne county $11,125; Weber county $616,094 (total includes Ogden $296,261). Girl wins of Pocatello, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Cash and family of Boise. Other Easter dinner guests were Mr. and Mrs. Mark Nielsen and two daughters of Ogden, Jim Alene of Missoula, Mont; Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Gray of Burley, Mr. and Mrs. John Danks of Syracuse and Mr. and Mrs. Max Stringer of West Jordon. Attending funeral services for Ella Pierson Steed held in the Rose Park Second ward in Salt Lake City Thursday were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pierson, Mr. and Mrs. Newel Nish, Mr. and Mrs. Austin Nish, Mr. and Mrs. Rulon Rudd. Also attending Lenora Yazzie were Mr. and Mrs. Orvin . . Pierson of Fielding. Mrs. Steed gets BYU award was a sister of Earl Pierson and a former resident of Plymouth. Burial took place in the Plymouth was postponed until Monday at the school grounds. Plymouth cemetery. Following The hunt was sponsored by the the burial, Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Steed and family of Salt Lake Birthday club. City, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Steed Russell Pierson underwent and family of Brigham City, on his nose in the Logan surgery Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Taylor and LDS morning. family of Yost along with other His hospitalMr.Friday and Mrs. Earl parents close relatives and friends, met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pierson along with Mr. and Earl Pierson for light refresh- Mrs. Orvin Pierson of Fielding have spent sometime with him. ments. Mr. and Mrs. DeVere Hess He is reported to be getting spent Thursday in Ogden. They along nicely. also visited Mr. and Mrs. Steven Rose and Mrs. Adelia Hadley in Friday Mrs. Arnold Lamb and family visited her brother Brigham City. Mr. and Mrs. and sister-in-laBart Williams and family in Bad Weather Salt Lake City. Saturday the On account of stormy weather Williams family visited at the annual Easter the egg Arnold Lamb home. Saturday of hunt for the children award at BYU An Indian student, formerly of Brigham City, won the Freshman Outstanding Lamanite Student award last week at Brigham Young university. Lenora Yazzie, a Navajo from Navajo ity, N.M., gained the honor awards an during banquet last Thursday evening. Miss Yazzie is a 1973 graduate of Box Elder High school and seminary. She lived eight years in Brigham City, three of them with Mr. and Mrs. Garth Braithwaite, 518 South Seventh West. Big savings on all our decorator muslin sheets. SALE PRICES EFFECTIVE THRU SAT. APRIL 27 Sale 237 7 Reg. 2.99 to 9.99. Striped and solid sheets in twin, full, queen and king sizes Floral prints, too. Plenty of bright colors. All of our sheets are machine washable, for easy care. If you need sheets, Penneys is the place to come And the place to save. Start with 20 savings on popular fabrics. SALE PRICES EFFECTIVE THRU SATURDAY Sale 95 yd. Polyestercotton gingham checks. Reg. 1.19 yd. In popular colors. 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While on his mission he served in the cities of Herne, Munster, Aachen, Bielefeld, and Mirrden, where he was district leader. Bishop Robert B. Day of the Sixth ward invites all friends, relatives and neighbors to attend the homecoming. Elder Larsen will attend Brigham Young university in the fall. Sixth-Eleven- BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, Utah out revenue money Eider county for the quarter is $106,433. the senators report indicated. Senator Bennett said Utah state government will receive over $3 million of the total Local square miles of land. The latest total, reported by the Census Bureau, is 3,436,855 square miles. This compares with 3,548,974 in 1960. To a large extent, what the country lost in land area it gained in water area, which increased by 12,030 square miles. Overall, the United States seems to have suffered a net loss of 89 square miles. Box Elder County is currently listed by the Census Bureau as having a land area of 5,603 square miles, which is somewhat more than its 1960 total of 5,594. 12,119 Uncle Sam sends governmental units Plymouth Ponderings 82,339 border counties have been 207 47 Reg. 2.59 to 5.95 Lots of tops and shorts for girls at big savings. Styles include crew, scoop TEN PUSH BUTTONS. Push them alone or in combination for a vast selection of decorative and functional stitches. Including five different stretch stitches for all of today's modern fabrics. th Push-Butto- and n 4-- ' JCPenney We know what youre looking for. BEllSHflKl SEttlNG CENTER 22 South Main 4. ' PRICES TOO LOW TO QUOTE! 1 tops. polyesters and blends. Colors galore and many prints. All in sizes and Sewing... Only from Pfaff. in Plain and western looks in shorts. Choose from many fabrics like cotton, 723-619- 1 CHARGE IT! DRIGIIAM CITY STORE HOURS: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Open Friday nights till 8 p.i |