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Show J ,onp. sCteh State Press jllfUfcity, Volume 70, Number 20 Utah 8to0 24 Pages Brigham City, Utah, Thursday Morning, May 19, 1977 TWENTY CENTS Passenger shelter installed Amtrak will show off new train here June 6 It wont be long now. Passenger train service through Brigham City is scheduled to resume June 7 on the Amtrak system and a special inaugural ceremony is scheduled here the day before. Other evidence of the coming rail service came Tuesday in the form of a steel and glass passenger waiting shelter. The structure was placed on a concrete pad by Signs, Inc., Boise, Idaho. It is located across Forest street north from the historic Union Pacific depot. The public on June 6 will have an opportunity to inspect the new Pioneer passenger train which will run daily between Salt Lake City and Seattle. The train open house is scheduled after a brief ceremony slated to begin at 4:45 p.m. at trackside. The program calls for remarks by Mayor Harold B. Felt and a repre . the new passenger shelter installed Tuesday near trackside on lowerForest street in Brigham City. It is intended to accommodate persons catching Am- AT LEFT IS traks new Pioneer, passenger train which in the background. Thanks to ANI man-wee- Bell. He said the conversion is being done for three reasons: Customers service and convenience. To eliminate human error. One such mistake is finding calls on bills where they depot is City given 6 acres Number please'? Not after June 4 And that means when you make a long distance call by direct dialing, it wont be necessary to tell an operator the number from which youre calling. That will be done automatically, thanks to new equipment now being installed at the Brigham City office. Installation will take an estimated 24 to complete, according to Boyd Newman, local manager for Mountain scheduled 1 -- Customers of Mountain Bells Brigham City exchange can look for something new on June 4. Thats the date when an automatic number identification (ANI) system goes into effect locally. is to begin June 7. Brigham City's familiar train of surplus property dont belong, often the result of transposed numbers by customers and operators. Curtailment of fraud in which some persons give someone elses number to which a call is charged. As might be expected, the changeover has been tedious. It requires 24,000 individualy handwired and soldered wires to serve the exchanges 6,000 subscribers. Newman said with this conversion, Utah almost totally will be ANI. He said it was made possible in Brigham City by smaller and less expensive equipment produced by International Telephone and Telegraph. Had these smaller units not been available, it would have been necessary to construct a new addition to the local office. Installation is being handled by personnel of Western Electric and will be maintained by Mountain Bell. Brigham City officially owns another 16 acres of land today. The General Services administration and Bureau of Outdoor Recreation today jointly announced the official transfer of title of 16 acres of property on the south boundary of Intermountain school to Brigham City. The present tourist information booth sits on a portion of the property near 1100 South Main. The GSA and BOR estimated market value of the property at $55,200. The two agencies said plans call for developing the land for recreation use, including picnic units, landscaping, sprinkler system, tourist information and rest area. Brigham City made application for the property earlier when it learned it was being declared surplus by the GSA. The transfer of title comes under the Legacy of Parks program initiated in 1971 where some 85,903 acres of surplus federal land have been transfered to local governments throughout the United States. sentative from the National Railroad Passenger corporation. The train then will be opened for public inspection. It is scheduled to be stopped here until 5:25 p.m. Similar ceremonies will be held at most stops along the route with the inaugural run to begin June 4 in Seattle. When the Pioneer begins its regular schedule on June 7 it will mark the first passenger train service locally in more than six years. equipment, the Featuring west-boun- d No. 25 is scheduled thrdugh here daily at 11:50 p.m.and eastbound No. 26 at 6:25 a.m. The prefabricated shelter install- ed Tuesday has a dozen seats. A time clock system is designed to activate heat and lights and unlock the door an hour before train time. Overhead heaters are intended only to keep the inside temperature from going lower than 55 degrees all-ne- w during colder weather. The shelter was the first of nine which Signs, Inc., has contracted with Amtrak to install. A company spokesman said others will be put in place this week at Shoshone, Mountain Home and Nampa, Idaho. When Pioneer service begins persons catching the train in Brigham City will buy tickets on the train or in advance at a depot having ticket sales. How much will it cost? y coach fares Here are from Brigham City to the various stops along the way: To Seattle, $62; Portland, $52; Hood River, $48.50; The Dalles, $74; Hinkle, $45.50; Pendleton, $39.50; La Grande, $35; Baker, $32; Ontario, $27; Nampa, $25; Boise, $24; Mountain Home, $21.50; Shoshone, $16.50; Pocatello, $9.75; Ogden, $4.25, and Salt Lake City, $6. one-wa- Elder will gradueitfe 410 in May rifes IBox m MB Box Elder High school will present diplomas to 418 at annual commencement on Thursday, May 26, beginning at 8 p.m. in the school gymnasium. W. Cleon Skousen, nationally known author and lecturer, will present the traditional commencement address to 360 graduating seniors plus 58 others who have qualified for diplomas. The graduating class includes 192 boys and 168 girls. J. Scott Miller will deliver the valedictory address and also is composer of the prom theme, Threshholds, which will be performed as part of the graduation event. Gary Davis, senior class president, also is scheduled to speak with music to be furnished by the concert choir and instrumental music department. r V V - President L. Burke Larsen, Vice President Winston L. Benson and Wallace P. Christensen, Box Elder Board of Education, will confer the diplomas. Attendance will be by ticket only, a school spokesman explained. Following are names of the 1977 gradu- ates: t Girls Janae Adamson, Karen Allen, Judy L. Ammons, Robbin Ammons, JoAnne Anderson, Cynthia Lee Andrew, Barbara Rose Andrews, Connie Asay, Christine Ash, Lisa Baddley, Debra Baird, Karen Baird, Tammy Barker, Barbara Moana Beecher. Ronda Lettie Bickmore. Carolyn Blake, Ellen Christine Bolieau, (Continued on Page 3) The whole school came Dr. Haws won't soon forget this birthday The presenting of gifts and cake is traditional with birthday parties. But a party featuring this practice had a different twist in Brigham City on Monday. The entire studentbody and faculty of Howell Elementary school made sure it was a birthday that Supt. J.C. Haws would never forget. The group, traveling in from the farm community which is about 30 miles away, brought with them a quilt, a large birthday cake (with punch) and a birthday card. It made quite a sight as the group filed into the board office on Seccmd South and proceded to hold an birthday party. The 28 youngsters, ranging from kindergarten to sixth grade, gave Dr. Haws their cards and gift and then sat about on the floor, enjoying cake and punch. The two-tie- r cake was made by a parent, Mrs. Winnie Richman of Promontory. The superintendent admitted it was the first time such a party had been brought to his office. And he was delighted. Principal Kate Dennis explained, Hes just done so much for us and been so good' to us. A little school really needs a friend honest-to-goodne- new ANI system at Brigham City telephone office is Alan installer for Western Electric. New system is scheduled to become fective June 4. INSTALLING Mon-tiert- ef- and he certainly has been a friend." Howell is not just another small school tucked away in the boondocks. Under Mrs. Denniss leadership and supported by teacher Lila Pardon and aide Helen Brown, it has become a shining example of what can be accomplished and about two years ago became the first small school in Utah to be accredited. Possibly the first in the nation. It was not surprising that Howell school would give Dr. Haws such a memorable birthday. The quilt they brought in featured blocks done by the children, each relating to some aspect of school life. Parents quilted it with Blodwin Sorensen Grandma credited with much of the work. In the center was written the Howell school preamble. And as the children began filing out, returning to the bus that would take them back to Howell, Mrs. Brown told Dr. Haws of the quilt: Its from the kids with love because they thought of you all the time they were doing it. And that has to be a birthday to remember. the recipient of smiles from Howell school students who honored schools superintendent on his birthday Monday. They also brought him a cake, birthday cards and a quilt. DR. J. C. HAWS is |