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Show r jtah State Press Assn, PO Box Salt 1327 Lake City, Utah 84110 J - Brigham City, Utah 84302, Thursday Morning, July 8, 1976 Volume 69, Number 28 t 24 PAGES - " City issuos 42 pdrmits Ira luildiirag Jym bits tetrid psic Construction activity in Brigham City took off like wildfire in Brigham City during June with the city inspection department issuing 42 building permits, according to a monthly summary. The price tag affixed to June projects was $403,830, pushing the total Jo $1,642,843 for the first half of this year. Included were permits for 11 new homes. Construction of a meeting house and auditorium for the Assembly of God for $35,000 was the largest project listed. Following is information on the June building permits: Bill Romer, 156 South Main, remodel, $1,000. Onesco-Knudse- n, 105 Skyline drive, remodel dentist office restrooms, $3,500. Gerald J. Hilton, 431 South Ffith West, single family dwelling, $18,000. T. Brent Price, 948 Fishburn drive, garage, $1,200. Ralph Hechtle, 161 East Second North, addition to home, $5,050. K. R. Dickamore, 481 Parkinson drive, single family dwelling, $33,000. K. R. Dickamore, 274 North First East, carport, $800. Thayne Sargent, 235 East Ffith South, redwood fence, $200. Ellis Crowther, 425 South First East, single family dwelling, $18,000. Young Sign company, 408 North Main, sign, $500. 820 North Main, K. V'. Hansen, 816 addition to building (storage), $5,000. Bill Romer, 324 North First West, single family dwelling, $28,000. David A. Bott, 310 Highland Blvd., single family dwelling, $20,000. Young Electric Sign company, 23 West Seventh South, sign, $1,6000. Joseph E. Leach, 504 South Second West, storage building, $500. Westenskow and Larsen, 23 North Seventh East, close in carport, $1,000. Aluminum Builders, 312 North Second East, siding on home, $3,200. K. R. Dickamore, 35 West Seventh South, garage, $10,000. Wayne Gingerich, 78 South Sixth East, metal storage shed, $150. Ray L. Conger, 430 South Ffith West , addition and close in carport, $2,000. Harold W. Knox, 435 East Seventh South, remodel Protestant center, $9,000. Alvin F. Nay, 49 South Sixth East, add garage, $3,000. National Advertising company, LDS tabernacle, two signs, $500. i K. R. Dickamore, 467 North Third East, single family dwelling, $25,000. Young Electric Sign company, 443 North Main, sign (Starllte motel), $450. Assembly of God, 600 East Seventh South, meeting house and auditorium, $35,000, Patrick W. McCune, 130 North Sixth East, carport, $1,200. Jay Frodsham, 1140 Michelle drive, (Continued on Page Three) Town plans colobratron Senator to speak at dedication of Deweyville park Utah Senator Frank E. Moss will be featured speaker at Deweyville Towns park dedication and Bicentennial celebration Saturday. The senator called town officials last week and confirmed the invitation. Ross Elliott, director of the Utah Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, has also been invited to dedication of the $75,000 park and recreation complex. Town President Horace Gardner has extended an invitation to everyone to attend the days activities that will include plenty of food, games' a horseshoe pitching tournament, shuffleboard, softball games and visiting with old friends and neighbors. The ceremony starts at 11 a.m. A Special Project special Bicentennial project was dedicated July 4 in services the old school bell from the rock school building which replaced in 1922. Rupert Blackham gave the dedicatory prayer as over 100 persons gathered at'the monument located at the park. The Friendly Circle club spearheaded that project which was performed with a $600 grant from the Utah Bicentennial committee. The park project was begun some seven years ago with hundreds of hours of donated labor, participation from the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation and infusion of town funds combined to bring the project about. The park is the most complete and up to date of any softball complex and boasts of horseshoe pits, shuffleboard court, concession stand and plenty of grassy areas for picnicing and relaxation. Food Available During Saturdays dedication, which begins at 11 a.m. with the actual mony, therell be hamburgers and drinks for sale and other food as well. pie eating contest will be held at 1:30 p.m. and between 2 and 4 p.m. there will be races for all ages. Between 2 and 5 there will be shuffleboard and horseshoe competition with trophies awarded winners in these events. Bingo and music will be on the menu at the bowery during the afternoon where friends may gather to socialize. A Utah state horseshoe pitching tournament will begin at 6 p.m. A i The mothers and daughters of the town will play a softball game, also at 6 p.m., then at 7:30 , Deweyville and Bothwell wards mens softball teams will play an exhibition game. Officials Invited President Gardner said several local school and county officials have been invited to the dedication and are expected to be on hand for the ceremony. He urged all who want to spend a day relaxing in an old fashioned way to come out and join the town in the activity. Commissioners ponder day off for employes Should Box Elder County Road department workers receive Friday, July 23, off because Utahs Pioneer Day holiday falls on Saturday, July 24 when they normally dont work? That question was left unanswered after being put to members of the county commission Tuesday, County Clerk K. B. Olsen said taking a Friday off when the holiday falls on Saturday isnt provided for in state statute. It does stipulate that Monday is observed when the holiday comes on a Sunday. Commission Chairman Don Chase said if road workers were given Friday off, then other county employes should receive the same consideration. After a lengthy discussion, it was decided to find out what other counties and cities are doing. A check Wednesday indicated that Brigham City employes will work Friday, July 23, as usual. In other action during a regular weekly session, the commission accepted a $29,638 bid from Jones Equipment, Tremonton, to furnish the road department with a back loader. hoe and front-en- d Second-lowas Buttars Tractor and Implement, Logan, with a figure of $30,290. Three bids were received. Its intended to pay for the unit from federal revenue sharing funds. w residents marked centennial God hand The hand of God in guiding the destiny of America and preserving its freedom for 200 keyed a religious program at John Adams park Sunday evening. Several hundred persons, some seated in chairs and others on blankets on the lawn,, the community attended Bicentennial service. Mayor Harold B. Felt, expressing delight at the turnout, pointed out that it marked the first time all of the churches in Brigham City had participated . in such a service. The Box Elder Symphonic choir, directed by J. Earl Johnston, provided La"8ny,T p was memorable for Crouse Creek folks If in US years program marking the nation's Bicentennial. The event featured song and the spoken word as representatives of various churches took part. Sunday avaning as hundreds of Brigham City gathered at John Adams park for an interfaith religious history new scoreboards for each of the two diamonds. Also included in the complex are a bowery, restrooms, THIS WAS THE SCENE music. Representatives from various churches offered readings and prayers and local actor Marvin Moon recited Lincoln's Gettysburg address. (See editorial comment on Page 2.) It was Olof E. Zundel, former mayor and now a member of the t t by Bruce Keyes Box Elder Journal Editor Grouse Creek is kind of an e town, isn't it? my daughter remarked as we motored from the western ' Box Elder county community Saturday evening. We had spent the day there. And why not? The folks who make up that remote settlement, their neighbors and former residents, had engaged in a rousing celebration. In fact, it was still going on as we said our goodbyes. They had been kind enough to let us city dudes share in the festivities marking not only Independence day but Grouse Creeks centepnial. They held a thumping good program in the LDS ward chapel, engaged in socializing, old-tim- kids races, calf roping and barrel racing, horse races and capped the day with a dance. It was like many small town observances as the nation marked it Bicentennial. Except that Grouse Creek has a special character. Its a slice of the old west, a reminder of the last frontier, a remnant of yesteryear. system only since Christmas eve 1951. Telephone service to the outside world came only a few years ago. Their small school house, constructed with sandstone quarried a short distance away, accomodates students from kin- dergarten through the tenth grade. The enrollment this year: No Supermarkets There are no supermarkets. No motels. A few outdoor privies still exist there And so does good, old country hospitality. Grouse Creek is 160 miles from Brigham City via and State Route 30. It's nestled in a long, green valley, a hop, skip and a jump from Nevada on the west and a bit father to Idaho on the north. Residents have enjoyed the luxury of an electric power 18. Young people must live away to complete the final two years of high school. How did Grouse come to be? Thats the question we asked early in the day. Verna Kimber Richardson' who now calls Bountiful home, gave us the answer. In 4875 four men Alma Tanner, Valison Tanner, John Ferguson and Oliver Kilgore established claim on the land. They reported it to be a good place for grass and crops. A few stayed the first winter and in 1876 Charles Kimber made adobe bricks to build the first permanent homes. By 1880 the population had grown to 239 hearty souls. And it was written that Grouse Creek was a good place to go but only for those who liked hard work. It was no place for a lazy man. Community Persevered Despite drought and other adversities, the community persevered. Those people had something we sometimes lack today the courage to go on when times are tough, Mrs. Richardson observed. Grouse Creek goes on. Cattle and hay are two prime products. And a kind of gritty (Continued on Page 9) Utah Public Service commission, who offered the principal address. He said the Bicentennial celebration was concerned mostly with the period July 4, 1776 to July 4, 1976. But there were earlier developments with on significant bearing (Continued on Page Three) Sidewalk sale set July 7 16-1- Brigham City merchants are making preparations for their annual sidewalk sale which this year will be staged Friday and Saturday, July Announcement of the upcoming value event was made by Bill Hall, president of the Brigham City Retail Merchants association. 16-1- 7. The sale will find local businesses placing their merchandise out on the sidewalk for shoppers to see. We hope the people will get Into the spirit of the sidewalk sale as they have In past years, HaU stated. THE PICTURESQUE Grouse Creek church house was the the nation's Bicen scene of Saturday's program marking tennial and the community's centennial. And after the program, there was dinner on the lawn. |