| Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March 23 1986- -5 Dancing wasn't the only entertainment in town — but it may have been the best By Barbara Stinson Lee correspondent “AJ Peterson CA Nielsen and AJ Christiansen sold stock to 35 men and the Elite was begun They finished it in 1917” Stauffer worked as floor manager at the Elite from 1965 through 1966 while his wife Alice was employed as a k girl Even before he worked there he and Alice spent many evenings there dancing with old friends and to know new ones on the Elite’s 70 by 122 foot dance Cache Valley has had its own social scene since the first Pioneers made their way into the area The need to get together just for the fun of it or to blow off steam after a hard day of work was responsible for the institution of one of the alley s favorite night spots in 1916 one which still stands and functions today -- Hyrum 's Elite Ballroom grafting to HC "Ree" Stauffer Hyrum the Elite with its distinctive spring-base- d dance floor was “the place to be every Saturday night” Stauffer has watched the Elite both as a customer and a manager over the years Retired now he doesn’t dance much but marvels at people like his brother who still coat-chec- Cog “One New Years’ Eve they sold 700 tickets” he said “It was amasing how many people you could get into the Elite You get a large group dancing and the floor moves up and down on those springs and it’s exciting” Dance wasn't the only social event at the Elite According to Stauffer the huge dance floor made a good basketball court At one time It even served as a roller afcaHng rink Drinking was never allowed inside the building but it wasn’t always easy to keep people out who had been drinking before they arrived When the going got rough at the Elite Stauffer remembers was built by a group of Hyrum boosters called the Hyrum Amusement Company they called in a police officer Elmer Lauritsen known as “Old One Gun” whose job it was to keep the peace Aside from the Elite people danced at the Dansante Ballroom which is the old Mode 0 Day building now and almost every Ward house had a small dance hall For those interested in sports in the 1950s Stauffer said there were great gatherings at baseball diamonds all over the valley almost every night and later roller skating became popular Stauffer said there were movie theaters in the valley when he and his wife moved here in 1947 “The movie shows drew a lot of the young people” he said “You could buy tickets for 10 or 15 cents There was a man named Mr Barker who traveled around with his projector He’d rent the movies for a week and show them in all the different movie houses in the valley The 'Wild West Show' movies were quite the entertainment” Looking back 30 years Stauffer doesn't think people's taste in entertainment has changed very much “We have always loved to get together for almost any reason" he said “And sometimes for no reason at all” i i Cahyon Continued from page 4 authorized the Forest Service to charge that are user-fee- s sup- posed to be roughly equil vilen t to fees charged at a similar facility in the private sector LaBarsaid Although many recreational areas on the Logan district are still provided at no cost to the user many others that once were free now require1- a “nominal fee” the ranger said “To be able to charge we (Forest Service) have to provide safe drinking water and toilet facilities and to be able to charge fair market value we have to provide tables fire grills and the site has to be visited regurlarly by a recreation guard of forest officer” LaBar said “Since 1965 when we began charging in some areas fees began at 62 and have gone up a dollar or two every four or five years” Tony Grove and Sunrise campgrounds are now the highest at 66 peisite Other campground fees vary from per-nig- 63-6-5 In ht LaBar said over 633000 in user-fewere paid for camping picnicking and group reservations on the Logan district - LaBar said “While that sounds like a lot of you have to ' compare it money with other costs” He said the district spent about 665000 last year on upgrading and improving the culinary water system at Tony Grove Lake LaBar said most people accept the user-fe- e concept 1984 Herald Journal Home a ad Garden Skow 3rd Annual es in the Friday and Saturday April 18th & 19th At The Logan Recreation Center Sponsored By The Herald Journal ’50S July 2L 1957 J Donald Wadsworth Extension safety specialist and executive secretary of the Utah Farm and Home Safety Committee has outlined a program for Utahns to help them eliminate some of the hazards in their homes and on their farms He suggests using the following check list each day of the week starting Sunday the first day of Farm Safety Week Sunday: Have Reverence for Life Take time to care Banish fatigue and tension of routine living Realize that haste makes waste Plan to avoid Wednesday: Fall Building Specialists Outdoor Recreation Furniture Displays Appliances Interior Design an overcrowded schedule Monday: Home Safety Keep your farm in order Have a place for everything and keep everything in its place Eliminate hazards as you find them Always be agood housekeeper in your home and on your farm Tuesday: Livestock Be open minded to safety suggestions A wise farmer listens to safety lessons his children bring home from school or farm group meetings Keep small children away from animals and check and repair livestock equipment regularly It's All Here! Garden Ideas 9 Energy Use & Conservation And Much Much More! Plan ahead Good planning reduces the temptation to hurry means better production and fewer accidents Repair or discard broken unsafe ladders Place guards at hazardous places Thursday: Highway traffic Be courteous on the highway A courteous driver believes in living and letting live Know and obey all traffic laws follow safe driving practices Remove trees and shrubs near farm driveway entrance Friday: Machinery Don’t depend on luck Make sure your equipment is in safe operations condition Make sure all guards and safety devices are in place Stop machines before unclogging oiling or adjusting them Saturday: Review day Take safety seriously Check up on any farm and farm home hazards that might have been overlooked find and eliminate at least two additional unsafe conditions around your farm 5 I SIGH UP TODAY! 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