centennial committee

Members of the Centennial Committee

Jerry Buchanan, Chairman-Tremonton
Barbara Buchanan-Tremonton
LuAnn Adams-Brigham City
Lillie Thomas-Tremonton
Susan Hess-Tremonton
Beth Gurrister-Brigham City
Nancy Bott-Brigham City
Les Dunn-Brigham City
Marian Dunn-Brigham City
Darwin Woodbury-Tremonton
Greg Madsen-The Leader-Tremonton
Sarah Yates-Brigham City
Bruce Christensen-Brigham City
Suzanne Rees-Brigham City
Delone Glover-Brigham City
Scott Nelson-Perry
Shirley Scoffield-Tremonton
Steve Johnson-Honeyville
Darrell Bott-Tremonton Lions Club-Tremonton
Jim Call-Lions Club-Brigham City
Keith Page-Lions Club-Deweyville
Bruce Powell-Golden Spike Historic Site-Brigham City
Valene Nielsen-Civic Improvement Club-Brigham City
Carol M. Gailey-Ladies Community Club-Brigham City
Shelly Walker-Main Street Program-Brigham City
Ken Kennedy-Rotary Club, Brigham City
Barbara Newman-Women's Civic League-Bothwell
Lynn Purcell-Kiwanis Club-Tremonton
Spring Youngblood-Brigham City Chamber of Commerce
Kay Arbon-Snowville
Keith Johnson-Bear River City
Leonard Hawkes-Beaver Dam
Eleda Vee Stokes-Bothwell
Del Ray Bjorkman-Garland
Margaret Udy-Plymouth
Susan Chadaz-Tremonton
Lynn Palmer-Park Valley
DeVerle Wells-Corinne City Council-Corinne
Sam Gordon-American Assoc. of Retired People-Brigham City
Ben Boyce-Brigham City
Jan Douglas-Howell
Nancy Hunsaker-Tremonton
Lynette MacFarlane-Riverside
Mike Spencer-Yost
Susan Thackeray-Brigham City
Doug Tanner-GrouseCreek
Rosemary Abbott-Garland/Plymouth Civic Club-Garland
Jack Pounder-Brigham City
Margaret Stocks-Brigham City
Winnie Richmond-Corinne/Promontory
J.W. Larkin-Snowville
Sally Larkin-Snowville
Joetta Hirschi-Willard
Sharon Prescott-Willard
Darald Fuller-Tremonton

Boyd Munns-Garland

   The Box Elder County Centennial Committee enthusiastically planned activities and projects to commemorate Utah's Statehood Centennial.

   The Utah Centennial Celebration was a celebration of the people. Many volunteers were busy preparing for the "Celebration of the Century". Some of the events planned were a Centennial Wagon Train, Railroad excursion, Centennial Ball, Parade of the Rails, Cowboy Poetry and individual community fourth-of-July celebrations throughout the county. A pageant following the theme of Trail, Rails, and Rockets with all the schools in the county participating in the works. Other plays and celebrations in the schools were planned. There were jacks, marbles, and baseball competitions as well as Mumblety-Peg and jump rope exhibitions. The committee also helped sponsor a production entitled "Pistols & Petticoats".

   The committee was committed to helping with community projects. The Historic Railroad Depot in Brigham City was designated the County's "Legacy" project. They helped with a monument near the historic trail of the Salt Lake Cutoff that would mark the place where 25,000 people took a shortcut to California. Historical pictures were matted and framed to display in the County Courthouse, and 500 Christmas tree ornaments were designed and assembled to be used on the 1996 White House Christmas Tree in Washington D.C.. Also, a way to honor Utah's 100-year family farms and ranches was created. Those Box Elder County residents that were 100 years old or older were honored.

   These centennial events and projects took a lot of volunteers and a lot of money. The Centennial Committee did all they could to support each community. In order to offset some of the costs, the Committee created a beautiful Sepia toned 1996 Calendar with 130 historic photographs and other historic information, as well as T-shirts, tote bags, aprons, hats and pins bearing the Box Elder County logo as well as state-designated items for sale to the public.

   The county also participated in the selling of Centennial license plates. Money from these sales came back into Box Elder County which helped to finance events and projects. Prizes were given on a monthly drawing for those who purchased plates during the month.

   Committee members showed 50-100 presentations to church, civic groups, and boy scouts. They donated bunting to communities as well as centennial items for 4th of July events. Memorabilia, photographs, and newspaper articles of the Centennial events were collected by Nancy Bott and a scrapbook was created by Marla Young. Many of the supplies were donated by a local scrapbook store, Down Memory Lane. A beautiful tooled leather binder was created by Don Hansen of Tremonton, and Gale Welling of Fielding            built a beautiful pedestal stand for the scrapbook to sit on. It was placed on the main level of the courthouse for public display.

   The Utah Statehood Centennial was certainly a grand celebration. Cities and counties all over the State of Utah planned and participated in many events.   The itinerary for State Celebrations was also very well planned and promoted.