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Show OREM- GENEVA TIMES IN THE MAILBAG: 20th No. to 20th So. (Continued from page 1) I (Continued from page 1) our recreation program. , . . In order to enter the baseball column to exPress thelr league this summer, it would be P"udits, criticisms and ideas necessary to build a baseball on subjects of interest to Orem Fri. Sal.. April 9-10 field arid light it, build bleachers and enclose the field with a good fence. Conservatively this would cost $25,000. The Orem ;City Dads are taxed to the limit of their wits to know how to meet current expenses in building roads as well as making water falSIIglHH in J'. ARIENE DAHl AH0REA KING V ii M HUf.eFOSGE TOBIAS GEORGE 0BRIEM BEN BLUE L SARA AUG04O liSat. Matinee 1:30 - Apr. 10 H Kiddies I Kartoon Karnival 9 Cartoons in Color I! Including Mighty Mouse, Lilij llAbner, Fox and Crow, Bugs!! Bunny! and' II Three Stooge Comedy II Serial "VIGILANTE" ON THE STAGE The Jumping Kangaroos Mon., Tues. April 12-13 8 fifyt 1 " p 1 4 i it S , Yoir IfEW comedvjniyjtery with music Is your best yetl :t KEENAN WYNN iimuikiiiii-Milium IDIll (Mull- HtllCli Hum 1. i id fii fi. ll route kwtEMMDBUUar akMATPUtlllt PIANO LESSONS Mrs. Rosa Mae Gurr is giving Piano lessons to beginning students. Call 2710J or 0521J1 citizens. Some interesting oDser- vations are discussed in a letter received this week which read as follows: Dear Mr. Semit: From 20th North to 20th South in Orpm urnnlrt Ka a and sewer extensions that are lovely place to live on Highway imperative if people are to live 91. Last evening I was driving in our community. aione behind the Or ritv Last year Orem City's bud- earbaee tmrk hPn ntt kw get for recreation was $1,100. lareo nW nf Wrar,ir r,r- This, together with an equal then hundreds nf nipopa rt email amount from the Alpine School Board and Scera financed our to my windshield. Then off fell entire recreation program for the a pasteboard box full of car- ?e?,rJ.is glves 110 money tQT bage and cans. Then a mile building facilities. farther fell a r.hrMma r In spite of this we feel auite Well, th tmpir wt tho certain that many communities way. are jealous of the national pub licity given to Orem's summer 1 stopped and visited with recreation program. The Nation. sme friends and we discussed al Recreation Magazine sent a now tne garbage was broadcast special representative to Orem along the highway. She com- for a feature story. In the three Plained, saying her flowers and page article that appeared in lawn were always littered with the magazine, we quote briefly Paper that blew off the highway irom Dr. tsnniey, the author: ana "at sne maae a stick with "Although Orem City is only a nail on the end to pick the semi-urban and has less than dirty paper up with and that 8,000 people, it presents one of sne had this job to do every the finest recreation programs morning or have a paper-strewn of any city of similar size in the Place. TTnito1 Ctafoi T r. ii umkca. jjaav ear mere mi. 1 , ... , wirp fiR enfthall tvane . uc o careless wun SUCn ww-.-,- vvuihu vigauu,cu Illth? in iivc leagues wine a meant over v.. 1,000 young people participating healthful t " " not on th trranrtstanH. Kt nn neaimiUl tOWn, GUINEA PIGS FOR GREENER PASTURES not on the grandstands, but on project for some group; say, the Lions, or better still, a baseball association, to collect money and build a field and light and equip it. With good management this particular sport can be self-sup porting and eventually pay for the entire expense of building the ball field. It would be most important if project could be undertaken by a club or group of citizens to secure land for play areas. No doubt the School Board would cooperate in building a battery of tennis courts. Which club would like to take this as a project? Why shouldn't Orem have a golf association? It is one of the finest and cleanest sports in America Am-erica today. Our nearest golf links are in Provo and they are so busy most of the time it is impossible to get on the grounds. There will be thousands of boys and girls that will be sadly disappointed this summer when they can not enjoy the fun in the swimming pool. Further more, their health and lives will be jeapordized by swimming in the canals and Utah Lake. Isn't there some benevolent group that would like to take this as a project to raise $10,000 to remodel re-model the pool and bring it up to standards? This is listed as Scera's No. 1 project as soon as the bonded indebtedness is paid. Take your choice which pro ject you would like to help. They are all worthy and all important. Victor C. Anderson Recreation Chairman (signed) Mrs. D. W. T. .'1 3 Win 'riinirrrirrnyr'iirn"!' -umJB Plant scientists at Battelle Institute, In-stitute, Columbus, Ohio, are using cucumber sprouts as "guinea pigs" to standardize chemicals which will contribute to the improvement of home lawns, golf courses and pastures. In the picture a scientist is determining the effects of a synthetic syn-thetic plant regulator on the growth of newly germinated cucumber cu-cumber plants. The work is a part of an extensive program on lawn fertilization and weed control, which the research organization is conducting for O. M. Scott Seed Company of Palo Alto, Calif. Sounds like government in- efficiency-the minis continuing to make more nickels and dimes when what we need is more dol lars. SENATOR WATKINS REPORTS- I would like to discuss the Federal aid to education measure meas-ure which passed the Senate last week. This bill was highly controversial, but when the votes were counted it was found that 58 senators voted for it with only 22 against. I had been committed com-mitted to this legislation for more than a year. I voted for the bill because I am a firm believer be-liever in giving uniform opportunities oppor-tunities to all children in public pub-lic schools. Investigation revealed that there were many children throughout throu-ghout the U.S. who were not at school at all because of lack of schools and teachers. It seemed to me that it should be the concern con-cern of this country to see that every boy and girl has an equal opportunity. I am proud of the record Utah has made in its eduational sys tem. It is held in high repute everywhere, ev-erywhere, a fact that I am very happy to report. In the list of the reasons for pride is the fact that in proportion to its wealth and population Utah stands among the first in the amount of money it spends on its schools There are many states in the union wnere, Decause of econ omic conditions, school children are poorly housed and the teach ing staff is lacking in ability and in numbers. We spend billions of dollars of federal money to train men to fight It is my belief we should shou-ld be equally willing to spend a few hundred millions in train- A baby girl was born on April 5 to Reed and Letha Burgncr at the Maud Park home in Orem. THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1943 Lost time can sometimes be made up, but death is permanent. NEW SUBSCRIBERS ' F. L. Gray Ray Skinner George L. Wood Mrs. Ares Gammell' Standard Oil of California Rex Kofford Frank Coppin Marvin A. KKirk Weston Kofford RENEWALS X. 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That's why it pays to have your car checked regularly by Central Utah Motor . . . where modern facilities, precision equipment and genuine factory repair parts save you both time and money. OFFICIAL SAFETY INSPECTION STATION NO. 468 A funny story gets more applause ap-plause than sensible thought If their is anyone we can't stand it's the person who talks while we are interrupting. Faster... Qwerty J Home of Genuina STUDEBAKER REPAIR PARTS Phone PHOVO 1748 I 410, SO. UNIVERSITY AVENUE, PROVO, UTAH ing them to live. It will save us much money when it comes to training them to defend our country because they will be able, if they have a bettet ddu-cation, ddu-cation, to understand what is being taught. One strong objection to the bill was the fear that it would lend itself to federal control. Anyone who knows Sen. Taft, who sponsored the bill, will be reassured that this bill has in it all the safeguards to prevent federal control in any way of the schools of the country. Federal aid to schools is not new. In early days there were grants of large acreages of land in the public land states. The proceeds from the sale of these lands went to' sustain education, and yet I am sure that in not one instance can it be shown that because of this federal aid, there was any attempt to tell the people peo-ple of the country what kind of schools they should have. This principle of leaving strictly stri-ctly to the states the method of handling the schools and what should be taught was carried to the point where no amendments were adopted, however meritorious meri-torious on the grounds, which would in any way put a limitation limi-tation on the funds which would go to the states under this measure. I vote against a number of amendments because I felt that to adopt them would be to start a federal policy of dictating to the states how they should run their schools and who should participate in the benefits of school moneys. 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