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Show Volume 68, Number 40 Brigham City, Utah 84302, Thursday Morning, October 2, 1975 Co firm 26 PAGES As contract facility Sven Dowoyvill bowery funding Corinne wil! have a lasting monument to the nations 200th birthday, with Mayor Don C. Miller accepting a $4,000 check from the Utah Bicentennial commission towards the erection of a picnic bowery in the citys Heritage park. Presentation of the check took place on Monday, Sept. 29 at the Corinne City hall. Sue Ferry, chairman of the Box Elder County Bicentennial commission, represented the state committee in presenting the check. Corinne applied for the funds last year, roofed presenting plans for a bowery with a concrete floor. In accordance with rules for the special bicentennial projects, the city has matching funds and donated labor and materials to cover over half of the project cost. Mayor Miller noted that use of the Corinne city park has doubled and tripled in recent years, both by local residents and by groups who want to hold their celebrations in the historic little city. The park is officially named Heritage Park to commemorate the history of the railroad boom town that is now a pleasant farming community. At the west end of the park near the city hall Is a mounted bell donated to the city by the Presbyterian church in commemoration of. the building of Utahs first Presbyterian church in 1869, with the bell having hung in the belfry of the old church. The bowery project will begin at once under the guidance of Fred Baltazar, city councilman in charge of the park. Several civic organizations and many individuals have pledged their assistance, and the mayor hoped that the floor and supports could be placed before the winter weather begins so that the roof will be in place for the celebrations of next summer. anSenator Frank E. Moss nounced Wednesday that the Deweyville post office will be retained but will be converted to a community post office. Service hours will be from 8 a.m. until 12 noon and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, according to Robert S. Greenburg, district post office manager. I am pleased at this retention of the Deweyville post office and expect the conversion to a community post office to take place in the very near future, Senator Moss stated. Future of the Deweyville facility has been in question since the retirement of Mrs. Jess Earl July 18. Townspeople mounted a campaign and in late July reportedly secured signatures representing 108 of 115 Deweyville families to keep the post office open. At the time, a citizen spokesman said the economic reasoning for closure was faulty because other fourth class post offices remined open despite serving fewer families w Lorenzo Palagi, officer in charge at the Ogden post office, said Wednesday that as a community or contract post office. services will remain the same. He disclosed that a contract has been negotiated with Veda G. Petersen to provide facilities and to manage the operation. Most residents at Deweyville receive their mail by rural carrier with a few having boxes at the post office. This will remain unchanged, Palagi said. He predicted that the change will come within the next 10 to 15 days, as quickly as Mrs. Petersen is able to make provision at her home as the new post office location. Palagi said normally the cost to operate a contract or community post office is less than operating with a postmaster. He said major reason for the change is economic. Services normally provided by a post office will be available under the new arrangement, including postage, money orders, parcel post, and registered and certified mail. In the meantime, Jess Earl is serving as t the temporary officer in charge at the Deweyville post office, a job which the retired town official said Wednesday hell be happy to give up. Crash kills BE mother, hurts others in family crash Tuesday night killed a Collinston grinding two-ca- r mother and left three other family members hospitalized, one in critical condition. Mrs. Bonnie Parkinson, 41, was fatally injured in the two-ca- r collision which occured in southwest Salt Lake City. She died in surgery at St. Marks hospital after the mishap. Reported in critical condition Wednesday evening was Seth Parkinson who, a hospital attendant said, remained in intensive care. James S. Parkinson, 44, husband of the fatal victim, and a daughter, Marcie, 18 months, were each reported to be in fair A County seeking new roads chief Elder county is seeking a new superintendent for its road department. It was announced Tuesday that Dick Rock, a veteran of 38 years with the county department, plans to retire in the near future, leaving the top post open. No date was set for receiving appli- four-year-o- Box cations. Rock said he would continue working until a successor is found. the kind of scene that greats travelers during this autumn season. A photographer made the trip earlier this ON THE ROAD to Willard basin this is news-Journ- BLM Industrial panel changes talk contract for police service City, IS Intermountain school is considering the negotiation of a contract with Brigham City to furnish it with police service. Police Chief Steve Studdert told city councilmen Thursday the school is talking about this as one alternative in meeting a security need on the sprawling campus. The chief said it would mean having personnel routinely at the school 24 hours a day with manpower demands being higher on special occasions. He said six patrolmen, one sergeant and a clerk could handle the load. The contract would obligate the school to foot the bill not only for personnel but all necessary equipment, including uniforms and cars. With this information, the council authorized Chief Studder, with the city attorney, to prepare a contract for its consideration. Other Business In other business at a regular weekly session, the council endorsed a slightly amended makeup for the city industrial commission. Its proposed to call the panel the industrial and community development week. To share some of the sights which he enjoyed, turn to Page 6. changes Grouse Creek meeting date The Bureau of Land Management this week noted that an error had been made in announcing a public hearing at Grouse Creek. The previous news release gave the date for the meeting as Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m. The new date given is for Oct. 9 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the school. condition. The accident reportedly occurred at 8:20 p.m. when the South Parkinson car attempted a lefthand turn from Thirty-Thir- d onto Ninth West. It was struck broadside by a westbound auto operated by Kip Young Welch, 21, Grantsville. Welch and a passenger in his car, Jeffrey E. Mower, Salt Lake City, were treated and released. Trench side falls, hurts city worker commission with three members recommended by the chamber of commerce (for council approval) and three others to be selected by the council. The former would include the chamber president, first vice president and industrial committee chairman. The other three would include one member each from the city council and planning commission and an employment security office representative. At Mayor Harold B. Felts suggestion, the council asked that the proposal be reduced to written form before consideration for final adoption. Bids from four firms were received to supply the city with an oil circuit breaker for the planned 138 KVA tap station east of town. A Brigham City electrical worker suffered a broken right leg Tuesday afternoon at about 2:20 p.m. when the side of a trench in which he was working gave away. Reported in satisfactory condition at LDS hospital in Logan Wednesday afternoon was Clair Jensen, 25, of 603 South Eighth West. Jensen, reportedly employed by the city for less than a month, was transferred to Logan after being taken first to Cooley Memorial hospital in Brigham City. According to a police report, Jensen was trench at the working in a intersection of Eighth West and Fifth South. He was connecting conduit for an underground line. Three other men were working with hi' Leon Greer, Alan Wright and Danr but none was looking whe Hauenstine the north side of the trench came down. The impact fractured Jensens leg between the knee and the ankle. Initial first aid in the trench was administered by Lee Packer, t member of the volunteer fire departmer y and Jeff Stiver, an police office It was the second time within a mon that Packer has been early on the scene aid an injured electrical worker. On Sept. 5, linemen Keith Winn severly burned when he came into conta with a high voltage line in Lindsay Pan three-foot-wi- Low Bidder Riter Engineering, Salt Lake City, was low with a figure of $40,498. The bids were referred to Councilman Byron Armstrong, electrical superintendent and consulting engineer for study and recommendation. The council okayed other equipment (Continued on Page Three) ld apparently off-dut- INJURED CITY ch workman Clair Jensen is lifted from tren- where he suffered a broken right leg Tuesday afternoon when trench side caved in. Location was at Eighth West and Fifth South where underground conduit was being laid. |