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Show page C4 Tuesday. December 3 7 Editor's Note: The following stories were printed in the Davis Countx Clipper 1892-1966- . Dec. 21, 1956 New Engine Installed At Btfl. Power Plant Another engine and generator have been added to the Bountiful power plant. The engine which is exactly the same as the one installed a year ago, arrived last week., It was moved into the building Monday. Dec. , 7 Davis County Clipper 99G 6 VAll Come In, Says Bountiful The Bountiful city council Wednesday night gave the green light to proceed on legal plans to annex a large area south of the city. Final action on the ordinance will probably come next week during a special session of the council Wednesday evening. Council chambers were crowded as 64 persons came to indicate their desire. The group was about evenly divided for and against. Leslie Foy, chairman of the committee for annexation pre sented a petition which he said contained over 54 h of property owners in the area. He outlined the proposed area as running south on 500 West from present limits to 3050 South, then running north along the west side of Orchard Drive to present boundaries (about 2300 South.) Those opposing the annexation said they feel the move is premature. There are lots of questions we want answered first, said Ned Jensen. Most of us moved to the county because we wanted to live there. We have everything now. The Members of the power commission feel the engine can be paid for by savings it will make Mid-Decad- Saturday, Dec. 22, 1956 will be the official opening of the International Red Cross Hungarian Relief Fund in the Bountiful, Centerville area. The money collected during this drive will go to buy food, clothing, and medical supplies for the Hungarian people. It will run a 24 hour service camp, Camp Kilmer in New Jersey. This camp is where the refugees are clothed and fed until they go to their new home in another Permits Beer Salt To Drink At Lanes North Salt Lake city council-me- n voted Monday to revise the existing ordinances to allow latitude in consumption of beer at Orchard Bowl. Owners of the lounge petitioned for the revision on the basis that present law states beer ordered in the lounge cannot be brought into the lanes, part of America. 1 Sending Christmas Cards A minister stirred a controversy recently (involving those who sell Christmas cards among others,) when he said the Christmas season was too precious to spend so much time mailing out Christmas cards. He announced he was giving up the custom. Cithers have been critical of a custom that has reached backbreaking proportions for many American families. They point to the Christmas cars as something n which should be sent only to friends one doesnt see often during the year. It is a reminder, a greeting which cannot he made in person. Yet as the system has developed in the United States in recent decades many feel obligated to mail out hundreds of cards to local friends each year The politicians send out thousands, Congressmen uticard-sendin- lizing their g government-pai- d TWO ARCHITECTURAL TYPES: The Kaysville tabernacle is an interesting mixture of architectural styles, combining "modern" and "Greek." It it one of the examples still standing of the building skills of William Allen, a artisan. self-taug- LDS tabernacles were practical, simple Doneta Gatherum Contributing Writer During the tabernacle building period of LDS church history from 1847 until 1956. about 60 tabernacles were constructed. Only 21 are still in existence today. In Davis County, there are two tabernacles still standing. Both have been remodeled several times, renovated and restored. The Bountiful Tabernacle is the oldest chapel in the state which has been in continuous use since its erection. The building site was dedicated by Apostle Lorenzo Snow on Feb. 11, 1857. Work on the building was interrupted for one year by the Utah War. The tabernacle, measuring 86 feet by 44 feet, was dedicated on March 14 and 15, 1863. The Kaysville tabernacle, a newer building, was proposed in 1911 and dedicated on May 24, 1914. William Allen was commissioned to design this building that combines modem and Greek revival styles. Tabernacles are distinctive in church architecture, wrote Paul L. Anderson, manager of the LDS Church's Historic Buildings and Sites Section of the Historical department. As the centerpieces of the City of Zion' concept, they are built on the city green, surrounded by lawns and trees. The main building of the community, they reflect the coherent, orderly nature of a Mormon town. They are also symbolic centers of the staffs to do the W'ork. Less fortunate housewifes, trying to buy presents, prepare house and food, arrange parties, etc., find the task of addressing and stamping and signing cards an ordeal. The process has reached such an extreme many today are mailing cards to neighbors, they see every day! Time To Think Ahead The year 1966 is moving towards its conclusion. So far all of the misfortunes that were predicted by pessimists have not developed. There has been no collapse of public morals and the younger generation, despite the 1 saints share of the $60,000 needed to build a modem tabernacle to replace the rock and adobe meeting house built in 1855, John R. Barnes deposited $6,000 in the bank to be turned over to the bishop only after the rest of the money had been raised. In exchange for this large donation, Barnes requested that two large cement spheres be cast to decorate news items which naturally plan up the unusual without A 1 construction. plaints of its elders, seems to be developing normally. These facts should not be overlooked in connection with 4 Church in the lives of the members. The first LDS tabernacle was built in Pottawattomie County, Iowa north of Millers Hollow in Kanesville (Council Bluffs). It was 40 feet by 60 feet and had a seating capacity of ,000 people. On Dec. 27, 1 847, the LDS Church First Presidency was reorganized in this tabernacle with Brigham Young as President and Heber C. Kimball and Willard Richards as counselors. When the Mormons moved to the Salt Lake Valley, they built a tabernacle on the temple block near where the Assembly Hall stands today. Made of adobe with a sloping roof covered with wooden shingles, this tabernacle measured 126 feet by 64 feet. It had a seating capacity of 2,500. This tabernacle was tom down in 877. John L. Hart in a 1981 newspaper article divides tabernacle building into four periods (1) pioneer, (2) later quarter of the 19th Century, (3) turn of the century to World War, (4) modem period from the 1920s until about 1956 when the Ogden Tabernacle was built. Although the LDS Church never established a set pattern for building a tabernacle, there are some similarities in all tabernacles. First, the building is rectangular with a main floor and a balcony at the rear. All seats face a pulpit. Second, the tabernacle is the center of the major settlement in a valley or area. It is located on a large, open lot that in the early days served as a town square. Third, the basements are unimpressive and usually unfinished. Finally, the tabernacles were designed to divest Utah of its desert image. Most tabernacles were built in the style of the builders places of origin. They were a mix of American meeting houses and Gothic revival architectural styles. The best building materials available were used. Designs were kept practical and not ornate or excessive. The Bountiful Tabernacle was designed by Augustus Farnham, a church convert from Massachusetts and a carpenter by trade. Farnham traveled as a missionary to Australia where he saw Greek Revival architecture. This served as a model style for the Bountiful Tabernacle. This is the only known building design by Farnham. Thomas Fisher, who had done carpentry for Queen Victoria, did much of the carpentry work on the tabernacle. George W. Lincoln built a circular stairway that led to the tabernacle gallery. While the Bountiful Tabernacle represents the pioneer period of construction, the Kaysville tabernacle was built during a lime when the church members were more affluent It is an example of When it was announced in 1911 that $30,000 would be the Kaysville com- expressly recognizing the great number who play the game of life according to sound and fair rules. Ye are not yet ready to welcome the advent of 1967, or suggest that those who wish to plan their lives should get down to the business of making resolutions. However, individuals can greatly improve themselves by giving serious consideration to a program to be followed in an effort to attain desired goals. e, regional basis. Studies show that local residents moved from a net income in 1960 of $1644 per capita, after taxes, to a net of $1852 by the beginning of this year. It represented an increase of 12.7 per cent in the five years. Hungarian Relief Drive Opens Boxes 6 How Much Progress In Davis Economy Now that the midpoint of the decade has been passed, the question arises; How much progress did residents of Davis County make, economically and otherwise, in the first half of the 60s? What has the local growth rate been, compared to that in other communities? is sugThe inventory-takinrecent a Department by gested of Commerce report entitled: Americans at which takes stock of such changes on a national and over the price now being paid Utah Power and Light Co. Also more natural gas is being obtained on a lease basis. It will be leased for four years, at which time the city an option to buy, and it will exercise the option. the Hungarian Relief Fund more taxes, he said. g 17. The money also will aid Aerogram. Aerogram is a means of communication between people outside Hungary and relatives inside Hungary. There are 8 stores in Bountiful. Centerville, are which have only thing the city can offer is the steps. The land, valued at $1,000 was donated by John W. Burton. John Flint gave $3,000 toward the project. Brick for the building came from the Kaysville Brick Company that was located at 320 N. Main. Bennett Paint and Glass Company of Salt Lake made the stained glass windows that are of a Roman style. The building sits on a concrete block foundation on a split-levplan. Other features are the Doric columns beneath a triangular pediment on the exterior and a star of David window motif. The interior decorative plaster work was done by James A. Cottrell. The chapel has beautiful wood beams in a vaulted ceiling, carved wood balustrade enclosing the window and door casings and a hand-turnel THE BEAUTY OF STAINED GLASS: The elaborate stained glass window in the Kaysville tabernacle show the building was built during a time when people were prosperous and interested to create an impressive house of worship. in spending money ed two-lev- el rostrum. They argued that since consumption of liquor is already going on due to people bringing their own, it was a hardship law,. commisGarrett Leigh, sioner of public safety stated that he had investigated what other cities are doing and has learned that the carrying of beer to the lanes from a lounges is permitted. He said it would not change the existing supervision which is already required to prohibit minors from having access to the beer, The question of morals was brought up. The fact that a beer license already existed was con- sidered and also the fat that liquor could be bought outside and brought in,. Dale Erickson said he didnt believe a city council had the right to legislate morals. When the final vote was taken, it was voted to revise the ordinance to permit carrying beer from the lounge into the lanes for consumption within the Orchard Bowl. Bountiful Police Grow With The City Bountiful has come a long way from the days when the city marshal was summoned by a flashing red light on top of the city hall building. In the old days, the city mar- shal walked his beat alone through the night and went home to bed with the newsboys started their rounds and the townsfolk began stirring. Turner Burningham, who remembers those days well, from having walked the beat as city marshal, says We had very little crime then, when the population was only around 5000-600- being night watchman. He worked without uniform, but carried a gun, black-jacand handcuffs. In those days, the city marshal knew everyone, where each one lived and how many children were in the family. Bountifuls police department history began in 1892 when a public safety department was established with one man hired to enforce city ordinances, collect license fees, k maintain peace and order, maintain the jail and see that all pool halls and saloons were run in a respectable manner. Salary then was based upon a percentage of the license fee collected. Bountiful now has 11 full time law officers, including Chief Dean Anderson; four dispatchers and one relief operator; one police dog and a fleet of five vehicles. For the past 2 12 years, it has been the only city in the south end of Davis County to have an established dispatch system. 24-ho- i 0. Most of my work was like |