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Show AiQSl Firk Citkei AMERICAN FORK, Utah, FRIDAY, AVCJUST 16, 1940 NUMBER 23 1 I iional Work Have Place In :hool Program UP,! Khcx work Is defi-nf defi-nf the flucatlonal pro- r. a. Alnlne school district, UfcntD. R. Mitchell, de-. -rr Wednesday. C out the demand for more I 1 I II.. J nmrlraH Undrnt Mitchell siaiea: becomes we reinuMwmvjr pqfrilg gchools 10 aajusi or ggtr program to more ade-m( ade-m( the needs of our young .i trita them in the skilled aHkffled occupations as well afrtng for college entrance." mperintendents complete cot foDows: it feel that there should be t Increasing emphasis upon oil training of our youth: M of the Immaturity of our tben they graduate from chool, and because of the de- of society on these youth In 5 i living, our secondary i should concern themselves ibout terminal and vocational i Jor those who are not going if professional jobs. Accord-i Accord-i estimates from surveys, the ed white-collar or profession-s profession-s absorb only a small percent high school graduates, while ton half of our students must o the skilled and semi-skilled itions. ur society grows more and complex the unskilled occupa-are occupa-are becoming fewer and the and semi-skilled occupations icrtasing in number and in "4 requirements. Thus, it be-the be-the responslbillay of our pub-100I1 pub-100I1 to adjust or realign their m to more adequately meet teds of our young people and them In the skilled and semi- occupations as well as the ft for college entrance. To these changing conditions ve la) coordinators have been em- to study our needs, to advise ihe principals and superinten- 1 ma make recommendations pecetsaiy changes, and to or- wcatlonal classes as fast as patent with our needs and to finance the same, following are specific reasons w of the secondary schools f give training in vocational Because young people should early in life to work and earn. Because the majority of stu- termlnate their school work they leave high school, and prepared to do the world's Vocational training is at once ket tO the trnlnoo th mnlnvar ft community. pe average length of unem-MBt unem-MBt between the time when aw high school and when M employment is nearly two During this neriod nf imm. Mnt there la a tjnrVnr- nn th. the youth to acquire many attitudes and habits. If C VeK flvpn anrt nmnav at- r wward Industry and em-pt em-pt were developed, they would w ao more efficient Host COmmUnttlp ). P WOOl farilitlM (K.t f kc1 Places to begin train- Most 1 "anaelves in college. I colleges are organized for ""P Of tralnlno f- n ni are not primarily or-J"or or-J"or the training of people In " emi-skilled occupations. 2JJjt is very important for CZ?..0' soclety to develop rwve uie resources of Moth-Q- K the very heart of our Cf 10(1 Industrial lite la de-gL de-gL "Wn the development of k ., , the necessary know- District's Bonded Debt To Be Retired By 1951, Auditor's Report Shows Jaycees Award Cash Prizes In Paint-Up Contest Republicans To Hold Outing At Provo, August 24 rational. school work is def- hfflu0f the Questional B. A1Plne- school dis-l?- Johnson, the county (tadeTSnefUnctl0nlnB0,thta m th. .V" l a9 mtrw- ocatw , nct- Necessarily 1'" work mustbecar- chools Pt'raUon lth 106 Kf ,trst(,(1 n vocational JoC contact Mr. Jolley ? Mitchell. 8uPerlnU.ndent of Schools. All Republicans are Invited t at iena ine uian county annual outing to be held at Sowiette park In Prove Pro-ve on August 24. A cash prize will be given to the town outside of Provo Pro-vo having the largest delegation present. A fine program of swimming, baseball games, volley ball, tennis, horse shoe pitching, etc.. has been arranged. At 3 p. m. the Lehl girls soft-ball soft-ball team representing the ' north end of the county will play a team from the saouth end of the county. The winning team will play the candidates and the Young Republican Repub-lican team will play the .senior organization or-ganization team. From 6 to 7 p m. there will be a basket lunch. At this time a band concert will be presented. Mrs. Alfred Johnson, president of the Provo womens Republican club! is general chairman. Mrs. T. L Holman, national committee woman, and a prominent man from Salt Lake City will be guest speakers. Mrs. Alfred Johnson, president r the Provo Womens Republicans club is general chairman. Mrs. Mabel Jense is in charge of the games and sports. Mrs. Sherman Chrilstensen of Provo is program chairman. All candidates in the state and county will be present People are Invited to bring their picnic and families and spend the entire afternoon and evening. o Harvest Days Celebration Is Slated Wednesday Plans for one of the most colorful color-ful of community events the annual an-nual Primary Harvest f)ay Cele-bratln Cele-bratln are being completed this week by the Alpine stake Primary association. The celebration will be held Wednesday afternoon, August 21. The day's events will offer entertainment enter-tainment and participation for both young and old. Opening the Primary celebration will be a parade, at 2:30 o'clock. Scores of children with their horses, pets, and decorated bikes, buggies, wagons and tricycles, or "dressed up" In story book or carnival costumes, cos-tumes, win be featured. The children chil-dren will parade from the city park to the hotel, and back. All children chil-dren of the stake are being asked by the Primary association to take part. Immediately after the parade there will be a program and games for the children, at the city park. The children will bring their own lunches, and the picnic will be held at 4:30. There will be a refreshment refresh-ment booth at the park. Of special Interest to the public will be an exhibit of handicraft articles made by the children during dur-ing the summer, in the classes spon sored by the Primary association In. connection with the community Recreation-Department. The articles arti-cles will be on display at -the bandstand band-stand in the park, and all are Invited In-vited to visit the exhibit and see the work which has been -completed by the children. -. Stake Prunary officers in charge of the event include Mrs. Leah Green, president; Mrs. Louise Storrs. parade chairman: Mrs. Ida Wag- staff. .games chairman; andMjr O. L. Wootton. handicraft exhibit chairman; and Mrs. Leona Grant, Miss Helen Devey, Mrs. Dorothy Wright, Mrs. Doris Robinson, " Mrs Lucy Bush, Mrs. Eleanor Grant, Mrs. Carrie Beck, Mrs. Erma Adams. Ad-ams. Miss Amy Wagstaff, Mrs. Roxle Richards and Mrs. Sarah Monson, assisting. The evening program which was to have been sponsored by the M. I. A., Wednesday, August 21, will be eliminated because of conflicts with other public activities on the Giving a complete picture of the .financial setup and .a retailed. analysis ana-lysis of the operations of the Alpine school district, the school audit was presented to the board of education by Leo O. Meredith, Monday night. The audit was approved by the board. The school records are in proper order, and the district office is operated op-erated efficiently, Mr. Meredith pointed out in the audit report. "After careful analysis, it appears that all payments have been in order, ord-er, having been prepared on the claim blanks furnished by the district, dis-trict, and in all cases appearing in the minutes with the proper authorization auth-orization from the board in their regular sessions, for the clerk to make payment of all accounts paid during the course of this audit," the report stated. "As stated in the last audit, the same thing can be stated again, the records and accounts of the district have been handled in a most careful manner; all Information needed and called for was at hand and filed neat and available. The books of account were neat and complete in every respect. The minutes of all the meetings of the board were up to date and In' every detail complete. The contacts made during the course of this audit indicated competent com-petent and efficient handling of the monies and affairs of this district. Efficiency is very evident throughout through-out the office." A number of statements with their supporting schedules reveal, in summary sum-mary form, the financial side of running the school district. Information Infor-mation on virtually any nhase of the district finances may be found readily, and in a clearly-presented form, in these statements and schedule. f A salient part of the audit is the report on the bonded indebtedness of the district. A schedule of the outstanding bonds shows that the district has a bonded indebtedness of $259,000, which will be retired by the year 1951 according to the following fol-lowing schedule: 1941 133,000 1942 $37,000 1943 $37,000 1944 $30,000 1945 $16,000 1946 . $17,000 1947 $13,000 1948 $15,000 1949 $15,000 1950 $16,000 1951 $30,000 Citizenry Meets Candidates At Big Rally Here Mr. and Mrs. David Davis took the first place and th( cu;h prize of $10, in the Paint-Up Contest sponsored spon-sored by the American. Fork Junior Chamber of Commerce, Chairman D. L. Greenwood announced this week after the contest committee Inspected all the contest entries and made their decision. ' Mr. -and Mrs. Erastus Green took second place and the cash prize of $5. Honorable mention was given to Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Chipman, Mr. ahd Mrs. P. T. Shepherd. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Ualday, Mr. and Mrs. Vern Humphries and Mr. and Mrs. George Scott, the other entrants, en-trants, for the outstanding improvements improve-ments made by painting their places. After inspecting the places entered enter-ed in the contest, the committee decided de-cided that the Davis and Green places had been given the most complete com-plete paint jobs, and that the most improvement had been made in them. However, all entrants made very creditable. Improvements by painting, and the committee had a difficult time making the decision. Mr. Greenwood, chairman of the Paint-Up committee, stated that the committee and the club wish to express ex-press their appreciation for the public pub-lic cooperation in the Paint-Up campaign. It is felt that the contest con-test stimulated interest in home improvement, im-provement, and that some very worthy results were accomplished in the painting and flxlng-up of so many homes. It is hoped that this year s campaign will be a "starter" for an even more successful one next year, he said. With a dozen candidates for state and county offices as the speakers, the Democratic rally Friday night at the city , pftik was declared a big success by the large crowd attending. at-tending. Candidates introduced at the rally Included rFor governor, Ira A. Hug-gins, Hug-gins, Herbert B. Maw, Oscar Mc-Conkie, Mc-Conkie, Henry D. Moyle and Mr. Baum; for attorney-general. Grover Giles and Grant MacFarlane; for senator, Delbert Draper, and Gordon Gor-don Weggeland in behalf of Abe Murdock; for secretary of state. E. E. Monson; and for county commissioner, com-missioner, Thomas E. Reece and William J. Johnson. Asphalt Surfacing Project To Be Started Next Week; Graveling Nears Completion G. 0. P. Workers Attend Regional Meet At Payson Total Bonds Outstanding $259,000 The auditor's report states that: "During the course of this audit the bond payments have been that anticipated and In accordance with the due dates set up, amounting to $64,000. This figure Is comparable with maturity amounts of any future fu-ture payment, and highest of any two year period being $70,000. which occurs during 1941 and 1942, and $67,000, scheduled for 1943 and 1944. After these payments all maturity payments are considerably less than called for during the past two years." A statement showing the record of assessed valuations over a period of 19 years, with accompanying information infor-mation as to the instruction de mands upon the district, reveals that while the district tax valuation has steadily decreased, the actual enrollment in the schools has increased. in-creased. In 1922-23, the total valuation was $16,578,248 and the tax levy was 12.03 mills, while the actual enrollment enroll-ment was 4560. In 1939-40, the total to-tal valuation was $13,109315 with a levy of. 13.85 mills, and the enrollment enroll-ment was 5014. While the' valuation valua-tion has decreased more than $3,-000,000, $3,-000,000, the enrollment has Increased Increas-ed 519 during the period. More teachers also are employed there were 130 in 1921-22, compared to 153 In 1039-40. :.wva:... - The -, average per capita cost of mstrtictiOh' in' the 'district 'is $di:80, the audit, shows. Borrowed First Price Bill Ray Harrison, 11-year-old farm boy, walked six miles to an amateur theater contest In Tulare. Calil, borrowed a guitar from the assistant manager of the theater and won first prize playing and singing "The Old Apple Tree in the Orchard." Or-chard." o Buddha's Eyeglass According to Collier's, Buddha, the founder of the world's great religions, re-ligions, is the most sacred person-age person-age ever depicted in a statue wear-ma wear-ma eyeglasses. Plans for the registration days preceding the elections this fall, and for the political primaries were outlined out-lined by Republican workers of the various districts, at a meeting Friday Fri-day night in the city hall. Ed R. Tuttle, Republican precinct chairman, chair-man, presided. Tuesday evening, a group of Re publican workers from American Fork participated in the regional conference of Republicans at Pay-son. Pay-son. David J. Wilson, state Republican Re-publican chairman, presided over the conference, which was attended by more than 400 party workers. Addresses Ad-dresses were given by three candidates candi-dates for the Republican nomination for g6vernor, Reed Stephens, Don B. Colton and Will Lowe. Following the meeting, the Young Republicans staged a watermelon "bust", with all the melons the crowd could "tuck away". Those from American Fork attending were Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Chipman, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Shumway, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy R. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Chip-man, Chip-man, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. R. Tuttle, O. DeVere Wootton, Lewis Steggell and Mrs. Lucy Bush. City Retains Levy Of 17 Mills; Tax Valuation Lower The American Fork tax levy was set at 17 mills, the same as last year, by the city council at a special meeting Wednesday night of last week. While the levy was retained at the same figure, allocations were changed to conform more closely with budgeting requirements. The levy was divided as follows: Library 1.0 mills Contingent Fund 5.0 mills Waterworks 1.0 mills Sidewalk apd Streets 2.0 mills Parks 1.0 mills Electric Lights 3.0 mills Public Safety 3.0 mills Town Hall and Memorials 1.0 mills Three Couples Announce Dates of Coming Marriages DEVEY-DEVITT Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Devey of American Fork announce the engagement en-gagement and approaching marriage marri-age of their daughter, Helen, to Mr. Russell Devitt of Salt Lake City. The marriage will be soiemnlzed Wednesday, Wed-nesday, August 21. Miss Devey was graduated with a normal diploma from Brigham Young university, where she was affiliated af-filiated with the Nautilus social unit. She was also active In music circles as an accompanist In the physical education department and the training train-ing school. She has taught school for the past two years, In the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove Central school. ' Miss Devey has taken an active YOUNG-HARRIS President and Mrs. Clifford E. Young announce the betrothal of their daughter, Miss Edith Young, to Chauncy Dennison Harris, son of Dr. and Mrs. Franklin Stewart Harris Har-ris of Provo.. The couple have chosen September Septem-ber 5 as the date of their marriage. It will take place in the Salt Lake L. D. S. temple and Heber J. Grant, president of the L. D. S. church and grandfather of the bride will officiate. offi-ciate. After September 15 the young couple will be at home In Bloom-lngton, Bloom-lngton, Indiana, where Mr. Harris is on the faculty of Indiana university. Dr. and Mrs. Harris, who have Caase or 'Pins aad Needles' The curious sensation known as "pttf and needles' usually aappena after we have been using a position such as sitting with legs crossed which, slows down the circulation of the blood. Then; when we straight en ourselves out and the blood can flow freely again, comes the prlckb tenation. same evening, A Sunset Service Is being planned to be given-at the Utah State Training School amphitheatre amphi-theatre in the near future, to take the place of this program. The date will be announced next week. of the L. D. S. church. In her ward and in the stake. She Is at present the stake Primary organist and accompanist ac-companist for the Sunday School and M. LA. Mr. Devitt is a graduate of American Amer-ican Fork high school, where he was active In athletics, being a member of the football and track teams. He has attended Brigham Young university uni-versity and the Utah State Agricultural Agricul-tural college. i MrxDevitt- ia employed, by . .the Bingham-Garfield Railroad company. com-pany. W addition to a wedding recep- part In the auxiliary organizations ' been in Iran (Persia) for a year on leave of absence irom ungnam Young university, of which Dr. Harris Har-ris is president, expect to return in time for the wedding. The charming young bride-to-be and her fiance are both graduates of Brigham Young university. Miss Young was a member of Nautilus social unit. Theta Alpha Phi, national nation-al dramatic fraternity, and White Key, honorary service organization. She has been in New York City for the jmaMwp years, N and . returned home recently. At B; Y. U Mr. "Harris was a member mem-ber of Brie ker social unit. Blue Key, Hon to be held on the eve of the i iau K-appa Aipna. ana oigma ai. marriage, a number of parties have '. He was a Rhodes scholar to Oxford - . ' I II- 1 11. T C.V,1 university umu uie uunuun omuui of Economics. .He received his. doc-, tor- af philosophy Jrom ,.fhi ,UpvexT sity of Chicago. PARKER-SCOTT Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Parker announce., an-nounce., .the engagement and approaching ap-proaching marriage of their daughter, daugh-ter, Jean, to Leon L. Scott, son of Mrs. Violet Scott of Salt Lake City. Joseph H. Claysc-n. who returned Th marriage will take place Sep-recently Sep-recently from the Eastern States tember 23, in the Salt Lake L. D. S. and British missions, will be the temple. speaker at the Sunday evening serv- : Miss Parfcer. a graduate of the ices in the Second ward, it was an- American Fork high school, attend-nonncfd attend-nonncfd this week The Misslonnry ed the L. D. S Business college. She committee is in charge of the pro- has been employed in the office of gram the Beneficial Life Insurance com- Speclal musical numbers will be pnny at Salt Lake City for the past furnished by Miss Mildred Anderson two years. Mr. Scott is also em-and em-and Miss Maxine Taylor. ployed by the Insurance company. Total 17.0 mills The change in allocation brings the contingent fund to 5 mills, by taking .5 mill from the electric light and 1.0 mill from the waterworks water-works funds. Last year 23 mills were alloted to the contingent fund. Total tax valuation of the city is $1,352,257 as compared to $13644113 last year, a decrease of $12,556. One hundred per cent collection on this year's valuation would yield $22,888.-1 west from Main to First 37. At a meeting of the Metropolitan Water Board, Saturday, It was decided de-cided that a tax levy would not be necessary this year. Lot Robinson, chairman of the board, and Thomas A. Barratt attended the meeting. The Alpine school district levy has been set at 14.75 mills, an Increase of 0 mill over last year's levy. The school district valuation is $12,474,- 220. which is $613,217 less than last year. Utah county's 1040 tax levy was set at 8.21 mills, or 26 mills higher than the 1039 levy of 7.95 mills, at a special meeting of the Utah county commission Friday. The raise was necessary to offset the loss In revenue through a decreased de-creased county valuation and the fact that a huge surplus secured through tax sale redemptions and used to keep the county operating without borrowing money is now nearly gone. Sylvan W. Clark of Lehl, chairman of the county com mission, said. With the county valuation dropping drop-ping from $43,560,257 in 1939 to $42,217,406 in 1940. the Increased levy, based on a 90 per cent col lection, will bring $311,937.01, com pared with $311,673 for 1939, an increase in-crease of but $264.02 in actual rev- enue, Mr. Clark pointed out. The decrease In the assessed val uation of the county was princl pally due to the personal property exemption law which went Into effect ef-fect this year, the commissioners said. The highway department levy was raised from 1.3 mills to 2 mills and the bond sinking fund levy was In creased from .35 mills in 1939 to .45 mill In 1940. The Infirmary fund levy was cut from .78 mill last year to .41 mill and the Memorial fund from .30 mill to .12 mill. o Picnickers See Mountain Lion Near Silver Lake been planned to be given by friends and relatives. ' - The yungorpc -will reside in Salt Lake City, after their return from a short honeymoon. t o Returned Elder To Speak Sunday A large mountain lion was en countered near Silver lake flat In the north fork ..of , American ..Fork canyon Jast v,eek; hya STOux, of American Fork people who went to the site for an outing and picnic The lion was seen by Mr. and Mrs Clifford E. Young, Mr. and Mrs. W R. Halltday. and Miss Edith Young. as theV were leavrng ' their camp- spot. The women, who had gone on ahead while the men were loading and starting the car, saw the animal first. Seeing it slinking through the trees and bushes ahead of them, they called to the men, but the Hon was out of sight by the time they arrived. Again the women sighted the Hon. When the men came with the car, they started out together. As the car rounded a curve, the entire group caught sight of the lion, Just disappearing into the trees. American Fork's streets improvement improve-ment program is in full swing this week, with the graveling of several miles of streets nearing -completion and the asphalt surfacing of better than a mile more scheduled to start next week. Graveling and grading of street! will be completed this week, as, the city's allotment for the work is used up. The city ia spending $2400 for this work, which Is being done under a W P A project With the Improvement district properly set up, arrangements were being completed this week for the asphalt surfacing of the streets embraced em-braced In the district. Preparatory to the construction on these streets, they were graveled and graded along with the graveling project. The city council Monday night approved placing an order for 750 tons of rock asphalt, to be used In the construction. The asphalt win be applied by Tom Lamph, Provo contractor. Streets to be surfaced with this material are First South, the entire length from Second East to Third West; Main street, from Second East to Fourth East; and Second West, from Main to Second South. Streets which have been graveled under the-W P A project Include Third North from Second East to Sixth East; Third North from Center Cen-ter to First East: First West from Third North to Sixth North; Third South; from the 8tar Flour MiH to the Al pine road; Storrs street, from See ond South to the William 8. Storrs residence. aneLJiflfnTt rant to Win ijaxe road; and second East from the BUte road to Second South: and the streets listed above which are to be-sttrfaced with asphalt The Utah county rock crusher, eight teams, six trucks, the city grader, and other equipment has been used In the graveling work. A large crew of men has been employed, em-ployed, in three periods of eight days each. William Brooks is the foreman. The curb and gutter work on the east side of Second West is completed, com-pleted, except for a small section. o Saturday Is Last Registration Day Before Primary The last registration day before the September 3 primary will be tomorrow (Saturday, August 17). This win be the last opportunity for voters to make sure of their voting status before the primary. Citizens who should register or check their status as voters include: 1. Voters who have failed to baUot in either of the past two general elections. Under the law, names of citizens who fall to exercise their franchise in two successive elections are stricken from the lists, and they must then re-register to qualify for voting. 2. Citizens who reach voting age for this year's election. Anyone whose twenty-first birthday is before be-fore or on September 3 may register regis-ter and qualify to vote in the primary, pri-mary, and run-off and the general election, If they reach 21 between September 3 and October 1 they are entitled to vote in the run-off and the general election. If they reach 21 between- October; r and November 3 they may. register and vote in the final election only. These new voters, however; should register on the registration day nearest to their twenty-first birthday. 3. Citizens who have not here- tofm'voted''or-'reefdv'ln,- this state of since v movinrf ' ffomr one'5 county or precinct to another. The residence requirements are one year , in the state, four months in the county and 60 days in the precinct ... .Registration agents, .for ,,Amerr. lean Fork are Mrs. T. A. Greenwood, Green-wood, First District; Mrs. Marlon Christcnscn, Second District: Mrs. Randall Shipley, Third .District: and Mrs. John R. Watkins, Fourth District. Latin America Purchases Latin America increased its purchases pur-chases of United States medlclnala 30 per cent In the last year and accounted ac-counted for 20 per cent of the total shipped from this country. IS |