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Show BEN LOMOND BEACON, June 28, 1979, Page 3 "G" movies to be thing of past ByLynaArave Each state in America is ndividually unique and each me possesses things that wne of the other 49 states do. Utah has among other things: the Great Salt Lake, Bryce and Zions National Parks and Mormon Church Also, since Headquarters. about 69 per cent of the state are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Da-y Saints, this causes some other unique things one of which exists in the field of entertainment. Since such a large percentage of Utahns are LDS and also since an unusually high percentage of that figure are ' active LDS members, Utah has a unique entertainment industry. Utah has a very high per capita number of motion picture theatres around. Mr. Ron Page, manager of one of Ogdens biggest theatres, the Wilshire in South Ogden says this is THE NORTH STAR DRIVE IN is the only theatre located in the North Ogden area. are the most popular form of entertainment in Utah. The Ogden area has 5 drive in theatres and indoor ones. Movies because many Utahns do not go to bars to night clubs or 1 1 most other places Americans go for entertainment simply because they do not drink. Thus,, he believes that movies are by far Utahs biggest form of entertainment. To support this idea, the Ogden area from Layton to Pleasant View has colorful, vivid heritage Many years before white men came to the Ogden area, the Pleasant View area held an extreme importance to the Indians because of the Utah Hot Springs which the Stork News Indians thought to have great health benefits. Old Indians trails used to cross Pleasant View up North Ogden Valley and into the Huntsville area where Indians went for food, animal hides and where they North . - theatres, 16 all together capable of showing at one time. Each show is usually played twice daily at each theatre, while on weekends that figure may rise to five showings day. Eleven of 26 different movies held meetings. Denney D. Lynn and Dixie Dalby, 341 E. 1050 N., Simeon Cragun and his Harrisville, boy, June 16. were the first settlers Elmi Ali R. and Margie Jean Morris, 1041 N. 475 E., girl. family in Pleasant View in 1852. The June 16. name Pleasant View is Gardner Robert S. and Robin A. Whiting, 636 E. 1850 N., believed to have come from boy, June 19. Cragun, named after his Moss Dennis W. and Juleen Post, 1355 W. Harrisville hometown in original Road, girl, June 20. Indiana where he became a Powell Dale R. and Beverly Scothem, 861 E. 2850 N., Mormon and then moved to North Ogden, girl, June 20. Utah. However, because of Slatter Thomas W. and Barbara Higley, 1219 N. Virginia, so many immigrants settling Harrisville, boy, June 20. in this area from Europe and Thorstensen K. John and Kathleen Jones. 1115 E. 3250 N.f England, another possible girl, June 20. of the name may Johnson Dee L. and Ruth Karen Fawson, 1922 N. 550 E., explanation be in the simple Pleasant girl, June 21. View which settlers saw when they came here. In 1855, residents of Pleasant View were plagued by crickets ;and ail their crops were nearly destroyed. The following winter was also harsh and most of the livestock was destroyed. But the residents survived and thought it would be more By Carol Shaw Pleasant View was officially The North Ogden City equitable to charge the inCouncil approved the budget crease to everyone in the incorporated in 1945. Pleasant View covers 7.65 for the next fiscal year. The city, not just property owners. miles. In 1970 its inwas square budget proposal The property tax levy is troduced Cleo population was 2,020- and by by 16.12 mills. 1975 it had grown to a 3,350 the Christensen, City The budget proposes a new population. Today Pleasant Recorder and Budget View is near the 4,000 Officer, and presented in full Motor Pool Find. Thirty population mark. by Karl Storey, Auditor for vehicles will be included in the fund. The department the city. Mrs. Christensen called using the vehicles will lease to attention several them from the Motor Pool. will be significant features of the Depreciation costs conlease in included the budget: Hie budget is a balanced tract, thus creating cash budget. The beginning reserves for replacements. The budget also includes a balance plus estimated The first known white new Park Improvements revenue apsettler in what is now known equals exCapital Project Fund. This is for as North Ogden was Etienq propriations to be Provost. He farmed the penditures plus ending fund for park improvements funded by park fees collected balance. North Ogden Valley from The total budget for all from builders and a 2 mill 1821 until about 1844. Then in is $2 235.350. tax levy. (The tax levy is funds for 1979-8October of 1850, two memThe total amended budget part of the 16.12 mills.) bers of the Mormon BatMrs. Christensen stressed was S2.015.2I4. for 1978-7- 9 talion, Samuel and Jonathon The budget is structured to This is an increase of 10.9 Campbell settled in North percent. The increase came recognize the conservative Ogden. in the General fund, which mood in the tax limitation However, soon after, trouble with the Indians pose by 31.2 percent, from measures of the (state) to SI. 115,404. The legislature while continuing $850,242 increase was mostly caused the progress of a fast by 3 factory : ( a ) ma jor street growing community with the projects on Elberta Drive efficient, forward looking and Mountain Road, tbl services which the present demands. appropriations to purchase a and future Mary Carter questioned new fire truck and a building Senior citizens and single the need for a tax increase to house it, in cooperation adults will be going to the with Pleasant View, (c) a 10 when the city has a surplus Utah Pageant of the Arts of S6.000.00. It was explained percent to 15 percent inFriday evening. They will crease in thexrost of supplies that this money Is cameo board a bus at the North due to inflation and a 7 over from year to year and is Ogden city office building a necessary part of the percent cost of living inpuking lot at 6 p.m. From budget if the city does not crease in payrolls. there they will travel to Because the sales tax has receive any money from American Fork and return been frozen for 2 years in the sales taxes until January, it the same evening after the to agreement with other Weber needs some money pageant. on from July County cities. North Ogden operate Anyone interested in going has levied a franchise tax on through December. with the group may contact Mr. Storey explained that Lillian CUler at 7S24S. utilities. It will become efthe city invests the money fective August t. Residents Cost of the excursion will be of the city will have a 5 that it does not immediately $8, which includes the bus fare and admission price. percent city tax added to need and has earned In-a their bills for electricity, significant amount in The Pageant of the Arts is basic telephone service and terest instead of paying out a a new art form to Utah. In large amount in interest as natural gas. thepagr nt. live models will This tax has been included other cities without working paintings portra) in the anticipated revenue. capital funds are forced to and sculp ;es must borrow each This production will Mayor McColley explained do, as they that the only other alter- year until they receive their delight, inspire and entertain native would be to raise the sales tax allocations. you, promises Mrs. Cutler. Mrs. Cutler says that the mill levy. The council upcoming singles tour to filled, . NORTH OGDEN CITY to alter garbage collection JULY Canada is completely adults but up may stogie will 6th be Wed. July 4th, refuse regulary collected on for a trip to Jackson Hole the collected on Thur. with the regular Thur. collection. last week in February of nekl year, the group wO do some snowmobUing in West YeSowstoae. North Ogden city council Ogden contains different Ogdens Theatres are doors, while six inns. in- are drive 8LC In Salt Lake City, the are even more astounding. There are 53 figures different motion picture theatres in the Salt Lake County capable of showing around 70 different movies at one time. 47 of those theatres are indoor, while the remaining six are drive ins. Line ups to get in to see a movie are sometimes longer than anyone would care to arent in line in Salt opjweepd Lake to see a popular film; then forget it cause you wont get in. Ogden theatres, mostly the Wilshire and the Cinedome are the same way at times. Only the recent and noinfux of count. If you early drinking discotheques is altering the long line ups to theatres. also says that Utah is somewhat of a hotbed for G rated films. However, he says that in all of America and even in Utah, people control over what films he not on the movie. But, movie most? Age wise, recent ticket prices have risen only national surveys show that in (especially parents) cry loud gets. 0 for more G rated films to But despite movies being a per cent in the last five a one year period 88 per cent come out. Yet, the catch is big form of entertainment years and compared to the of all Americans aged 4 that no one will attend them. in Ogden, Mr. Pace says that annual inflation rate, thats had saw at least one movie. As a general rule, Mr. Pace the Ogden area is now about not too bad. The average for that age d U.S. movie theatres sold group was 13.3 pictures a out for a says G rated films lose 1.17 billion tickets last year, while, especially since the year. money. As the age goes up, the Star Wars was rated Mann Four Theatre opened. up ten per cent from 1977. Box office receipts in 1978 movie attendance goes down PG as was the Osmonds Motion pictures are also film Going Coconuts. Walt so expensive to rent now, soared to $2.7 billion dollars and those Americans over 65 had seen the least. Only 15 Disney Productions, once the that most theatres report in the U.S. to break all sole producer of G rated making most of their profit records. per cent of those over 65 saw Who goes to movies the a movie once a year. movies is also considering on the concessions they sell. not making them any more. Walt Disneys newest movie (to come out this Christmas) Black Hole will be rated PG. This will be a first for Disney and some predict this as their new trend. G movies may soon be as scarce as a gallon of gas ,;v: 4 under a dollar. " Of the 4,275 feature films 5 k P.? ", 1 produced in America betff;: 39 1968 and ween 1977, per cent of them were R 'N ' 7 , rated, 37 per cent were 18 G cent were per PG, and only six percent were rated X. Mr. Pace says right now a PG rating is the most sought after rating. Saturday Night Fever" was THE WILSHIRE THEATRE is S. Ogden's biggest. Movies are the most popular 'originally rated R", but form of entertainment in Utah. The Ogden metro area has 1 6 threatres. because of parental support, it was slightly censored and 15-2- 18-2- movie-theatre- wwiia recently as PG movie. In the Ogden area, traditionally, the Egyptian and Orpheum have been where the G rated films mostly end up, while the Country Club, Roy and other smaller theatres have been where many a PG movie end up. On June 18th, the Mann Four Theatres in the was first settled Plain Lehi, Utah to this place out Riverdale Plaza were all in the City 1856 by six in the plain as recomyear showing "PG movies, four families who moved up from mended by Ogdens Mayor of them. System No one can argue that the rating system has changed over the years too. An R" rated movie of eight years ago is probably nothing more than aPG movie today. Different countries also rate movies by different stanIn its June 9 executive dards. In Great Britain, the antelope hunt for those arin movies is session, the Board of Big chers who are successful in big no-n- o Game Control set big game violence and it is not undrawing a permit. The common for an American seasons and regular antelope season will hunting movie to be rated PG in regulations for 1979. In spite start later, September the U.S.A. but gain an of some worries about the The muzzleloader deer winters effect on Utahs season was moved back one equivalent 'R" or even X ...deer herds, antlerless week to November rating in Britain, How do theatres obtain the permits will be issued in' upon request to the Board so movies they show? The several parts of the state in that the season would not addition to the Wilshire Theatre belongs to regular conflict with the pheasant buck only October 20-3- 0 a chain of 1,000 theaters with season and would not be as season. close to the regular deer agents at the top scrambling Utahs archers, season. for what are considered to be in several the best films. The The Board eliminated Cinedome-7- 0 statewide Big Game Board has their own restrictions on the number of nonresident open bull permeeting, had their efforts independent agent But Mr. Pace says if the agents at the pay off when the Board mits for the October top get him a film that he awarded them the possibility open bull season. In addition, of two buck deer in 1979, one knows wont fit the Ogden more than 1,500 antlerless elk permits will be issued area; then he'll turn it down. on an archery tag, the Otherwise he has little other on the regular license statewide. tag. The deer archery season Bighorn sheep may be will be from August hunted by successful permit 3. applicants during the SepArchers will also receive 14 season, tember 150 hunters choice elk and 55 bull and 70 antlerless moose permits will be issued permits, 50 more than last year, and will have an during two moose season, 16 0 and August September Ogden came when the U.S. November Army sent General Albert Buffalo Johnston to take over the Successful buffalo apUtah territory. Until this will have the option plicants problem was solved. North of harvesting a bull or a cow Ogden residents followed 8 the November during Brigham Young's advice and buffalo season. went South to Spanish Fork. Applications for deer A few months later they control permits, restricted returned and the North elk hunts, moose, antelope, Ogden settlement was bighorn sheep and buffalo permanent will be accepted from July 1 Today North Ogden City Where are you? Ogden until 5 p.m. on July 31. incorporates about 4.28 City is located at 41 degrees Open bull permits may be square miles. The town was 13 minutes and 31 seconds at Division of purchased officially incorporated In north latitude and 111 Wildlife Resource offices 1934. In 1970 North Ogden 58 minutes and 21 only from August had a population of 5,257. By degrees seconds west longitude. 28. Plain City settled by six families Fall seasons set by board 6. 10-1- 8 well-organiz- ed 3-- North Ogdon history shows LDS influence 0 forced the two to move bade into Ogden City for In protection. More trouble Trip planned sn Classifieds bring fast result $2 a week $6 a month C251CC3 Other upcoming event planned by the LDS SI are a trip to the ' the to North to Arts pageant us 1852, disputes were settled and the Campbells led a small group of settlers and they incorporated what is now known as North Ogden in 1852. By 1853, a permanent LDS Church Ward was established there. 1. Where called: later one using modern measuring tools did not require that anything be changed. Plain City was also known in pioneer days as a good area to get salt. Some of the first attempts to harvest Great Salt Lake, Salt was done near Plain City and taking salt from a delta near Plain City was also popular. Plain City became an official city in 1944 and it covers an area of just about 2 square miles. It's elevation is 4,230 feet above sea level and it has a population of about 2,500. KSVISI Korns Discount you? 1975, The asparagus capitol of the world. One of Plain Citys first tasks was the building of an irrigation canal from the Weber River into the city. The first city plot was laid out by using the North Star and a measuring rope. A township of three blocks wide and six blocks long was laid out. So accurate was this city measurement, that a are You 2 moytava to 14 on homaownen imurancaXyour law than 7yaonold Call ma and ttnd oul horn I,' n,. That fcocMOwneis insurance the Stale Farm way BOB STANGLR 5275 S 1900 M (Mam Roy. Utah 84067 St) Fhone: OH. 8257 6 V peutemtmexCeNit f 1 i i the population had House to see grown to 6,500 and today the population is about 7,000 people. North Ogden is one of 21. cities. Yankee Doodle Dandy, on July 14, a canyon breakfast on July 19, and a camp out July SO and Lorin Farr as a good place for a new settlement. The very good farm ground of that area was a boom to farmers. Sometimes, the area was Utahs fastest growing OJiMJCuGSu' 0u0GQG3 CCZ5CX' I APPLIANCES KhiWIir 225X3 109.95 225X3 259.95 259.95 105.03 179.95 195X3 109.95 nJKhi Dryer jsDaataged Dishwasher D Dimpd Refrigerator HDmaaged Froextr Damaged Weshor U Electric Roago D Co A VO. 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