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Show wm Brigham City, Utah 84302, Thursday Morning, Volume 68, Number 30 July 24, 1975 For building down payment 'OCcsoOf 22 PAGES Citizens oppose closure gi?E)p Dwywiillll seeks feiios 0 1170 moy (ajeueOSom Howd you like to buy a section of the California coast? Or a colorful mountain retreat? An art auction at Heritage Theatre July provide something akin to this opportunity. That section of the coast, the mountain scenery will be seen in paintings done by Box Elder county artists and donated for the auction,' scheduled at 7 p.m. Purpose of the event is to raise funds for a down payment on the theatre (old Perry church house). Encore, Inc., organized to acquire the historic structure for the Brigham City Community Theatre and other groups, must raise $7,050 by Aug. 19 as the down payment. g efforts thus far have been disappointing. One bright development came this past weekend when an additional $600 in con- 28 will Fund-raisin- post tributions was reported. This means the theatre group now has $1,600 toward the down payment. Its far short of the goal and hopefully Mondays auction will give the campaign a giant boost, according to Mrs. Drauca Holmes, Encore, Inc., president. Some 26 artists have donated works for the event, most of them in frames. They include seascapes, landscapes, still life, abstract and portraits. They are done in oils and water color with one piece of pottery also included. Were really tickled with the support of the artists, Mrs. Holmes said. Wasatch Art guild has been especially helpful, although others as well have generously given paintings for the auction, Mrs. Holmes explained. Persons interested in bidding are invited to inspect the pictures on Monday, July 28. beginning at 1 p.m. Location will be the Heritage theatre (on U.S. 91 in The U.S. Postal service is still considering what it will do with the Deweyville post office now that Postmaster Mrs. Jess Earl has retired. e in the Ogden Acting post office, Lorenzo Palagi, said Wednesday he is still receiving questionnaires and letters from the town residents and will make a recommendation to Western Regional officials in San Francisco next Officer-in-Charg- week. Palagi said he believes he will recommend a contract station, one in which there is no postmaster, as a matter of economics. But townspeople dont want to lose their station and have appealed to U.S. Senators Frank E. Moss and E. J. (Jake) Garn full-tim- e mid-Perry- ). Board wants bids to clear property They will be on display until 7 p.m. when the auction is scheduled to begin. The Box Elder Board of Education this week is calling for bids to clean up owns in northeast property which -i- Brigham City. Involved is demolition of a barn and sheds and general cleanup on the property which is located on Seventh North between Fourth and Fifth East. Bids will be opened in the school district office Aug. 4 at 2 p.m. Artists Named Those artists who have donated paintings include the following: Emma Jensen, Clyde Dover, Rulon .Garner, Desta Young, lone Duncan, Arvilla Powers., Freda Barker, Jode Sutton, Rene Duerden, Elizabeth Madsen, Lecritia Cook, Nancy McLaughlin, Mary Steed, Lanell Foote, Sylvia Thatcher. Also, Kay McIntosh, Colleen Bradford, Beverly Child, Gary Case, Mabel Balls, George Uibel, Lynn Hone, Ruth Eskelsen, Kenneth Witt, Leah Kimber, Ken Rosvall. 108 of 115 ANTICIPATING THE ART AUCTION at Heritage Theatre Monday are Lanell Foot, left, one of the contributing artists, and Bill Hall, a member of the Encore, Inc., board which is sponsoring the sale. School began in Brigham dedicate chapel at Mantua Sunday To begin at 2 p.m., the meeting will be the regular Sunday sacrament service which normally is held at 7 p.m. Ward members have been meeting in Closed for holiday The Box Elder News and Journal have joined state and local government offices in closing today (Thursday) in observance of the July 24 Pioneer Day holiday. According to Mrs. Todd Whiteford, who is heading the local campaign to keep the office open, 108 of the 115 families in town have signed a petition asking the office be kept opern She said only two families would like to see the office closed. Town Board President Horace Gardner was to present the petitions to Postal Service officials and representatives of the two senators this week. Mrs. Whiteford said she believed the economic reasoning for closure is faulty in A long look back on Pioneer Day Elder Packer will Apostle Boyd Packer is scheduled to dedicate the new Mantua LDS chapel in services Sunday, July 27, according to Bishop Hal Rasmussen. 1 structure for a year. Containing a chapel, cultureal hall, kitchen, junior Sunday school room, library, Relief Society room and 12 classrooms (21 teaching stations), it was constructed at a cost of $435,000. The attractive, modern brick structure is located at the south end of town and is fully air conditioned. Church members previously met in a frame building which had served them since the turn of the century. Bishop Rasmussen said a sprinkling system will be installed and the grounds landscaped when the limited water situation in Mantua has been eased. Also scheduled to speak Sunday is Stake President Kenneth Godfrey. soon after settlers came the new The following is the first of a two-palook at the history of early local schools, with the second to deal with consolidation of the school district and development of the high school. Gratitude is extended to and many educators and especially to Hervin Bunderson, Ora Anderson, Veara Fife, J. D. Gunderson, and Chloe Petersen. This is particularly timely today, observed as Pioneer Day in rt s, Utah. Education of the young was one of the of the early settlers of Brigham City. Hardly had the Box Elder Fort been settled in 1851 when Henry Evans began going from house to house first considerations teaching the children to read, write and figure. In 1854 a sawed log schoolhouse was erected just outside the old fort in a location which would be in the center of Second West between Second and Third North if it were still standing. George Bramwell taught for several years in this school, using a wide assortment of materials since few actual school books were available. Children brought books from home, including Bibles, as their textbooks. Johathan Wright followed as Brigham Citys third public teacher. From 1851 until 1856 anyone who wished to teach school could do so, and there were several persons in the community who taught schools in their homes and public buildings. court in 1870. In 1871, one of Brigham Citys most highly educated teachers arrived in the person of Professor Louis Frederick Moench. He introduced many new concepts of education into the local schools. a Records for this period are sketchy, but Deseret News report in August, 1874, (Continued on Page Three) that other fourth class offices have remained open despite having fewer families than Deweyville. No Attempt spoke with the retired postmaster at Cache Junction where they have a post office. A few years ago when their postmaster retired, they made no attempt to phase it out. I think they had 26 families then and have about 20 now. Howell has about 50 families and a post office. I dont believe economics are a real factor, she added. Mrs. Whiteford said the Postal Service probably has not taken into consideration the new and proposed growth in the community. Weve had 10 new homes built and six more under construction in the past two years, she said. Palagi said the fourth class post office wasnt paying its way, since the postmaster received about $10,000 a year plus benefits and office receipts were far below that figure. I k .... t Service As He said a rural route, part of the community, good or better service Good which now serves would give "as as residents now receive. Palagi said he must make a recommendation to Western Regional officials in San Francisco who make the ultimate decision. He said he felt the contract office, where individuals may bid on providing service, would be his recommendation. He said he will continue to receive input from residents and others until the middle of next week when he will begin deliberations. The Deweyville post office, meanwhile, continues to operate and will do so until a decision is reach in San Francisco. Mrs. Anne Earl, who has been leave replacement at the office for 14 years, is operating the post office until the matter is resolved. Palagi said other fourth class offices in the county are similarily "not making their own way, such as in Howell, Yost, Snowville, Park Valley, Riverside, Plymouth and Fielding. Brought Response He said questionnaires sent out by the Postal Service to residents served has brought response from only 22 residents, five of which were negative to keeping the office open. He said that postal officials are continuing to keep an open mind to all input from concerned parties. First Woman Teacher was South worth Byington Brigham Citys first woman teacher, conducting a private school beginning in Mary 1856. Other women who taught private schools included Anna Lenora Morley, Rosetta Snow Loveland, Margaret Hunsaker and Sarah Ralphs. was Olivia Box, The most who was known as Auntie Box by a decade of children she taught in a little log room near her home at First South and well-know- n First West. Although there was a set rate of one dollar per term for beginning students and three dollars per term for fifth readers, the teachers were usually paid in food, clothinjf, firewood and other goods since cash Was in low supply. A Tax Levied On March 10. 1856, the people elected school trustees Lorenzo Snow, Samuel Smith and Joseph Grover to oversee the collection of funds and hiring of teachers. The people voted a tax of one percent to support the schools, which included Mantua LDS ward s new church dedicated be will Sunday, July 27, at 2 which building THIS IS THE CHAPEL of p.m. Apostle Boyd Packer will preside at the service. The structure was constructed at a cost of $435,000 Brigham City, Willow Creek (Willard) and Three Mile Creek (Perry). Brigham Citys fourth teacher, William L. Watkins, was called in 1861 by Lorenzo Snow. He conducted school in the downstairs east room of the courthouse, with his daughters Susan and Maria assisting with the younger pupils. Lorenzo Snow was appointed as superintendent of public instruction by the Ora Andersen locates the room where she attended seventh and eighth grade at Whittier School with A.M. Hansen and Mr. Labram as teachers. She attended all six of the city's earliest schools, recalling the names of teachers as follows: Emerson school, first and second grade Miss Bannan and Phoebe Madsen; Central, third grade, Hat'ie Nicholas; Columbia, fourth grade, Phoebe Harding: Webster, part of fifth grade. John Liliywhite; Lincoln, fifth and sixth, J. Wilton Ward and Vance WITH FOND MEMORIES, Tingey. |