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Show BOX ELDER JOURNAL, Brigham City, 2 Utah Thursday, December 12, 1974 School Talk Athletics plays valuable role From The Files Of The Box Elder News-Journ- al Years Ago Top military and government will focus on Box Elder county and 10 Dec. 10, program for boys and girls. We also have departments by Principal Carroll Nichols Box Elder High School Students today are seeking relevance in their schools. Much of their frustration results from the gap between their classroom learning and the needs of the society they desire to serve. exIn many cases this perience is where the student develops as an individual by competing and sharing team experiences with his peers. It is during these hours that a student shapes his personal values and develops the confidence to compete in society. TO ENABLE students to have these desirable experiences, we, at Box Elder High offer a variety of programs. In our activity program we have about 30 clubs, an ROTC unit, a music department, a drama program, and a full athletic that give educational experiences outside the classroom in agriculture, homemaking, drama, music, etc. We provide educational experiences at Utah State, the aide programs in various schools and work experience. I WOULD like to discuss athletics, in since we have about 500 students involved in one or more sports. I particular, feel athletics are important for the following reasons: (1) First, and foremost, is the athletes relationship to his coach. He can bridge the gap through the generations by providing the experience to deaj with the other teams skills and strengths, and serve as a model of strength. ( 2 ) Athletics provides a student with an h Letters to the Editor,,. Ripped off again Well, folks, weve been ripped off again, The city dads have fled, Their vacationing in sunny climes, Though they claim were in the red. THEREFORE, THE coach, in planning his program, must provide opportunities to demonstrate to the participant that it is important for him to be prompt, that there is benefit from keeping regular hours, eating proper foods, having good habits, range. He still had a little capital left and took the pigs off my hands for 50 cents a head. He lost money on the deal. My feelings are that farmers who kill their calves as a publicity stunt do not fit into a decent Christian society. The farmer argument that you ...gotta have us to produce food to feed the people doesnt jell. There are millions of unemployed today that would welcome the security of a farm. I take this opportunity to advise Mr. Henrie that I will take every recourse available to block or stop any such abuse of human decency. In my opinion any such act before television cameras or newspaper photographers constitutes it a publicity stunt and invites interference by the Humane society. Warrants of arrest on charge of cruelty to animals, and a court injunction, will be resorted to if necessary. And as a last resort I will attempt to organize a vigilance committee. Anyone for travelogue? a long and weary tale. off to vacationland, The whole darn lively crew, They couldnt think of financial plight, And just send one or two. Respectfully submitted, Lowell G. Koch, Ogden, Utah Oh no, they might get homesick, With their wives twill be real nice, P.S. If there is enough interest shown, a repeat will be given of the Puerto Rico travelogue presented last year. Besides those suckers back at home, Will gladly pay the price. Thanks for paper Were to darn civilized, But honest upright government, Should still be highly prized. We wish to thank you for sending the Box Elder News and Journal to us while we are here in the Nauvoo mission. We enjoy the news from our home town and news of our friends. We also wish to thank you for the paper being sent to our son, Elder David Hardy, who is serving a mission in the Montana-Wyomin- g mission. its time to vote again, Lets use our ballots wise, And get those people out of there, And put in some other guys. Thanking you Brother and sister John M. Hardy, Nauvoo, Illinois of truth, That honest they will be, And consider top and formost, Brigham City, You, and Me. Fern Jensen 345 South First West Editor: Editor: am disappointed and disgusted with the news report that trenches will be dug west of Bear River City for the burial of unmarketable calves. Such incidents broadcast world wide on TV recently was the most sickening thing I have ever seen. To see one brutish, farmer with the tail of a calf in one hand while he held the calfs head up with the other, so another brutish, d farmer stuck a knife in its throat. To see the calf fall on its side, feet up in the air, quivering as they slowly settled down as life ebbed away, it made me crying, fighting, killing mad. And dont say I dont know the farmers problem. I lost a farm in Missouri during the depression of the good thirties. I sold cream (butter fat) for six cents a pound, eggs a nickle a dozen. I sold top hogs, 220 to 230 pounds at five and a half months of age crossed between the small black poland and duroc jersy, the best marketable meat hog ever produced for I cold-blood- cold-bloode- 200-ac- re $2.35. They didnt pay the feed bill. I sold good fawn jersy milch cows for 17 and 18 dollars a head. I hauled vealers to the stockyards, 220 to 240 pounds, 8 to 10 weeks old, the commission dealer said: ...son, I would rather give you a dollar a head to take those calves back home with you, than to give you a dollar and keep them. I took 80 head of good feed-lpigs to the Springfield market 70 to 90 pounds. There was no market. Another farmer from a few miles down the river from my farm was there with three truck loads of pigs in the same feed-lot ot Mayor Harold B. Felt Editors note: The letter to which Mayor Felt refers was handed to the editor by a member of the Brigham City Merchants Committee board. We assumed that it stated the views of that board and considered the signature to be sufficient. We Thanks for good job Dear Mrs. Munson, Suresh and I want to thank you for such a delightful article you wrote for us. It was interesting and informative and we enjoyed it so much that were sending copies with our Christmas cards. I think you do a very good job with your column. Hopefully people will try our recipes because of you. Violated own rules Editor: I am sure you can understand that the mayor is concerned regarding letters which have appeared in your column concerning attendance of our councilmen to the Houston convention. I am anticipating calling a public meeting and requesting the councilmen to make a report of their trip, and give an account of the information which they received which will be beneficial in the future conduct of Brigham City business. The thing that disturbs me most is the News Journals violations of their own rules and regulations concerning Board authorized letter Editor: In reference to the letter to the editor in Sundays paper, I was a witness to a motion made and passed by the Brigham City Merchants Committee board, without a dissenting vote, to write a letter to the editor voicing our opinions on expenditures of the city council and funding cutbacks from our and other programs within the city. This letter was not from an individual as rumored, but a committee effort. The approved minutes of each committee meeting are a matter of public record! After being written this letter was further approved by two board members. May I suggest that the mayor, a member of the city council or a representative duly appointed with authority to speak, meet with the merchants committee at 11:30 a.m. on the first Thursday of each month, with the exception of January when our meeting will be held on the second Wednesday, Jan. 8. What we want for Brigham City is a city that will work together, that will give to our citizens a better place to live and a place to shop. What we want is only the best! Ted Barnes Blessing in disguise? Brigham City, Utah Disappointed, disgusted writing of letters to the editor. I have before me a copy of the minutes of the merchants committee meeting of Dec. 5, 1974, in which there was no authorization made to anyone to write a letter and publish it in the Box Elder News and Journal over the anonymous and fictitious signature of the merchants committee. I have been informed that an employee of the Box Elder News and Journal wrote said letter, published it over the name of the merchants committee, where there apparently is no authorization to do so, and furthermore the name of the author was eliminated, which has been a requirement of the policy of your paper. We, the mayor, and city council, are putting forth every effort within our capabilities and knowledge to do a good job in the management of Brigham City. We need cooperation from all segments of our community, and especially the cooperation of our local newspaper. I sincerely appreciate past favors, and trust further discrepancies of this nature will not occur. did not, in our opinion, violate any rules and, in fact, withheld one letter of an uncomplimentary nature to the city officials because the signature could not be verified. Editor: do that in this fair age, Lets have them sign a pledge n, Sincerely, Mrs. Diane Kulkarni Back in pioneer days of yore, The tar bucket folks would get, And theyd receive a welcome home, They wouldnt soon forget. So when -l Adolph Kaltwasser, Brigham City It is that time of the year again! All Brigham City taxpayers are invited to attend a travelogue on Mexico at city members of the Brigham hall. Your hosts and hostesses No admission and their wives. council charge. Just show City your latest garbage tax receipt. Following the above presentation there will be a brief report on places to dine and dance in Houston. The city dads, wives and all, Have lots of gold to burn. cant Thiokol Chemical corporations plant facilities Saturday where Thiokol will static test fire the worlds largest known solid fueled rocket engine. The Brigham City Third Ward Dec. 10, 1964 was reorganized with Glen Church LDS of the Leo Jensen, first counselor, Fife named bishop, Dean (Jdy, second counselor; clerk, Ronald Ballingham ; and assistant clerks Bert Vincent, Harold Jensen and Don C. Call. Dec. 10, 1964 Reception of five new families into membership of the Holy Cross Lutheran Church were held at services Sunday. They were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gullickson, Mr. and Mrs. Duane Walker, Mrs. Dale Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Uhrig, Mrs. Bob Petty. Dec. 15, 1964 Applications for the position of r of the Box Elder Chamber of secretary-manageCommerce are being received to fill the vacancy left with the resignation of Ross C. Bowan who held the post for the past 12 years. high sugar diet, for sugar does reduce vitamin B(thiamine) in the body, it makes you fat and ugly (and DDT residues just love to settle down in the fatty tissues), it plays havoc with calcium in tooth enamel, and it unbalances the delicate calcium-phosphorratio in the body. So, if we can cut down sugar consumption by at least 50 percent or more in the U.S.A., we can become independent of If we manipulated world sugar prices and dont cut down, we must pay the much higher prices on sugar imports, which will most certainly throw another monkey wrench into our already unfavorable trade balance-situatioon top of the impact of the recent writeups in oil import prices. U.S. sugarcane acreage cannot be increased by much, if at all; however, beet sugar acreage can be increased and should be increased. In fine, if the angry housewives in this country decide to boycott sugar by buying less sugar and candy and soft drinks, etc. for now on, this ridiculous rise in sugar prices may yet prove a blessing in disguise, healthwise. When Queen Marie Antoinette of France told the hungry Parisian housewives clamoring for bread to eat cake, she sealed her fate under the blade of Dr. Guillotins decapitating machine for this crass lack of understanding of basic economics. Editor: But now the tale must go on, And it takes a different turn, We attention and that abstinence from undesirable substances contributes to his efficiency. The athlete must recognize the value that the control of his temper contributes to cooperation and clear thinking. Programs with the correct emphasis and objectives will enable the participant to realize that discipline contributes to efficiency and that without a leader directing you cannot be efficient. The individual thus learns that he must work for the welfare of the group, that it is necessary to accept misfortune peacefully and that it is possible to think and act quickly and decisively. Opportunities to learn these lessons are given, even though the team may lose. We, at Box Elder, feel fortunate in having coaches who understand the strength of athletics, and are aware of the lasting values of a good program. Sincerely yours, They've raised the water, and the lights, Theyve raised the garbage, too, Theyve stuck us with a shiv so deep, And we just bleed and do. Theyve tripped competitiveness, effort, sacrifice and sportsmanship. Devers C. Owens Brigham City Too poor to put up Christmas things, Too poor to build our jail, Too poor to let the kids ride cheap, Its important relationship with his contemporaries. It alleviates a source of frustration for the student who might otherwise spend most of his time in criticizing and analyzing the established institutions, instead of positively doing and accomplishing tasks. ( 3 ) Third is the important education that comes from the training, sharing and competition of a sport. It is here that a student learns that hard work brings results. He learns the classic lessons of 1964 Many people are bewildered by and angry over the unbelievable rise in the price of sugar and wonder to what extent world sugar prices are being manipulated by speculators. Can it be that the cold war after the nuclear statemate has now entered the arena of economics? Perhaps a few facts, figures, and comments may be welcomed by some of your readers. Sugarcane (wild) originated on New Guinea in prehistoric times and has since spread all over the globe. In the Hindu language of Sanskrit the word for sugar is: sarkara and for candy: khanda. World production of refined white sugar may be put at about 70 million short tons annually. World consumption per capita shows a great disparity from country to country. Thus, the U.S.A. figure is 100 pounds per capita per year, compared to just 3 pounds for the 800 million Chinese. In other words, 215 million Americans use 11 million tons of sugar a year, while 800 million Chinese use just 1,200,000 tons. If the Chinese were to use 100 pounds per capita, that would require another 40 million tons of sugar, and there just is no way that much additional sugar could be grown in the world. Before the Age of Discovery of the Americas, sugar was classed as a luxury article and dispensed by apothecaries, and with sugar rocketing up to a dollar or two dollars a pound soon, sugar may again become a luxury food item for many people. As the price for sugar soars higher and higher, so go prices for all the many items in which sugar is an ingredient, such as soft drinks and floor wax, alcoholic beverages and toothpaste, baked goodies and toys, candies and explosives, ice cream and plastics (all of these contain sugar as an ingredient). Angry shoppers watching sugar prices soar have it in their power either to buy the sweet stuff at prohibitive prices, or else to cut down on the uses of sugar in every possible way. I do hope that they will decide to cut down on uses of sugar, for I see here a fine opportunity to get this country off the An Educolumn What happened to integrity? by Ray M. Hall Northern Utah UniServ The old gentleman with white hair listened. A long-tim- e educator and public servant, he nodded sagely while I poured out my frustrations. What has happened to the old idea of honor and integrity in public officials? How can the public be so apathetic? Have we reached the point where its acceptable to lie a little and cheat a little? Must we just accept such things as the way things are? Heaven forbid that we should ever accept them without a fight, he said; And remember that sometimes we win a little even when we seem to have lost. He began reminiscing. I REMEMBER, one occasion he said, when I was in the classroom. I had become concerned about cheating, so I carefully prepared two versions of the same test and stacked them alternately. In class I passed them out as usual. After about ten minutes a boy called out, Hey, these tests are different. I know it; how did you find out? It was after this, however, that the keen disap pointment hit me. Not one, but many of the other students began erasing their papers. I felt a little sick inside to realize how many of my students had been cheating. I experienced that same sick feeling a few years later. I was the new principal-inexperieand idealistic. I surveyed my school with high hopes and a great deal of satisfaction. nced TEN DAYS AFTER school started, however, my secretary mentioned that the type teacher must have forgotten to return the electric typewriter she had taken home for the summer. I was shocked, and I spoke to the absentminded lady in no uncertain terms, even suggesting that it was unlawful to take school equipment for personal convenience. The typewriter was returned the following day. Again my disappointment was compounded. Within the next few days the word must have gotten around. An adding machine, a record player, two tape recorders, and another typewriter appeared as if by magic. Even a welding outfit which the present ag teacher did not know existed was returned to the rear door of the shop by night. My friend chuckled a little. All those out again, he said. erasers coming THE LAST time I had that he feeling, continued, was when I was elected to the county commission. Many more experienced politicians were eager to show me the ropes, and the same theme was repeated: You must understand that so and so and whats his name are real powers in this county. We do accord them certain favors, you know. I was heartsick and indignant. Long-rang- e I didnt succeed in changing things very much; but I did make enough noise to stop the county men and equipment from doing too much private construction while I was in office. YOU KNOW, he said, I guess I never once really won a battle all the way; but I never completely failed, either. Always someone was jarred a little a few people took note. Here and there a conscience was stirred. I felt that I had done all I could, and I could look myself in the eye. Thats worth a lot. It is indeed. Would there were more men of his ilk in this old world of ours. |