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Show r f ! Red Cross To Report; On Home Drive Wrecks Towps of North Utah County blast BUSINESS BLOCK SUNDAY HERALD Sunday, March 19, 1950 I Varied Problems IN GEORGIA. f Treated By Plan ! Tri-Cit- Remember Your Friends With a Copy Of Herald Progress Edition To Be Published March 26 Centennial Event y AMERICAN FORK --A Centennial event is to be held sometime in July, commemorating the founding of the TESBORO, Ga, March 18 ULR) -- A furniture $tore worker inno- American Fork, Pleasant Grove and Lehl cities. Named to act . cently struck a match Saturday I as a central committee to formulate plans will be a member of the stake presidency from each of the Alpine, Timpanogos ' "; "It " ; 1 I ;;!'r and the resultfpg explosion and ; and Lehi L.D.S. each com-- 1 i'ii stakes, and two other members' from Reports on financial standings SPANISH FORK At the last fire all but leveled a business munity.of Provo's Red Cross residential school board meeting attended by block in this 5 Tentatively set for between July '4 and 24, the event will sleepy south Georgia be reminiscent drive will 'be. given' by Mrs. Clif- former Superintendent Owen-jL- . of the days wheji these three communities were 1 i tobacco town, I ' ;! tri-ci- ty '"M .The Daily Herald si'. Provo, Utah: Please mail a souvenir of thtf following. I am enclosing Name j:;;. I'J'-'- ! School Board i j I gift-wrapp- j ' ! - 5 j . i 1 a I ( ' " J !. . i Barnett, jhe offered, his thanks this week to the 'board fdr their cooperation during the time he had been superintendent, Ben Isaac, clerk,' read a letter from the Nebo Teachers association which has 'been mailed to all teachers, ; inviting them and the public to an entertaingeneral, ment honoring Supt. and Mrs. Barnett which is to be held at the high school on Friday, April 7. The board authorized payment of a check in the amount of $487 to Mrs. DeVar Sorenseri, PTA president of Goshen for band uni forms, i The amount represents d; of the total cost of They also authorized payment of $150 to tjie State Junior ' Livestock: show, j Bids for purchase of steel lock ers for Springville high school under the plans and specifications of Claude S. Ashworth, architect were considered. The bid of Rex O. Williams sfori $1,073 jwhich lockers as origspecified inally., specified was chosen In preference to the bid of Cobusco Steel Products of $1065. who wished to furnish wire baskets, Quotations of bids to furnish meat for school lunch programs for March, April, May were awarded to the . lowest bidder from each town With the excep tion of Salem whose bid was identical and bids were alternated between thei two companies, i . Mrs.. Mary. Frandsen was au thorized to substitute for Mrs. Hazel B. Bowen during her six- - Kenneth Womack, who struck the match to touch off accumu la ted gas fumes, was critically injured: Another man in the store, Emit Anderson, was less seriously hurt but rescuers toad to cut through girders, and .tim bers with acetylene to pull him 1 out. They were the only casualties. An unidentified Negro, first reported to have been killed, was blown completely out of the store. . Apparently unhurt, he fled - j I I in terror. si The blast spread its reverbera tions along a 350-foblock and fire quickly followed. Fire com I .' $1,-467.- 50. panies from Savannah, 50. miles to tne southeast, and five smaller towns came here to fight the blaze and within three hours had it under control MOUNTAIN GOES TO MOHAMET, BOSTON 1U.R) When Howland P. Hall of Brookline became ill, he promised; fellow members of a Columbia University choral group he'd soon be singing wifhj them again. Hall, It developed, had infantile paralysis. So the choral group traveled from New York to Hall's bedside, . where the patient joined them In a concert. t i . f r f FOUNTAIN PEI1 ' - . m rv m 0' f"l n m n 1 UWUUUVI) SAVINGS OF $5.0Q OR MORE BEFORE MARCH 31 1 r i ' z ( I ; THEATRE PROVO LIONS TO ALL WHO OPEN 10 r- week tour of Europe. She Is on leave of absence from the Rees school. Cecil. Robertson will replace Mrs. Dopna- - M. Hall of Brookside for the balance of the ' -- i year. UTAH'S MOST BEAUTIFUL ) j A-:- 1 cz: ' ! rTm j j - -- s at Damage was estimated The explosion around $250,000; demolished the Bowen furniture store, the blast jcenter; a barber and beauty shefp and a fabric shop. It damaged heavily a billiard parlor, a jewelry store and another furniture store. .j Police guarded silver, watches and diamond rings knocked out of the jewelry store window. It was one of a score of glass fronts 'I shattered by the; explosion. 1 r ; ot all-ste- el, in 4 . s one-thir- . EL MONDAY NIGHT ONLY 8:15 J MARCH 20 ; Get Your Tickets From MIA Officers Sponsored by Orein & Sharon Stakes f i IIEATIHG PHONE - 1237--W PROVO l'x - .y'.. -- ';!'.";...;. ; .;'!:h' '' !"'M ."' ' copy of the 1950 Central Utah Progress Editon to each $...,.. (Enclose 15c for each copy ' you want mailed): Address .'"'."! .11 ' Mill , t 4 ' j - " City Court Metes Out Fines, Collects Forfeiture's On Wide Variety of Cases Address Triat for Don. Mack Dalton, 50, was fined $7.50 on plea of Pleasant ' Grqve, who Saturday guilty to a charge of driving .V. , . I . . L . J . . .V.. . ;V; . J.J. . . . . , State Old Age Pension Groups Discuss Details Of Propoised Amendment to State Constitution witnout an operator s license. Others fined ,on the same charge were: uioria Asher, 23,. 757 E. 7th N., $15; George Martinez, Provo, $15; Elmo Dudley, Provo, $15; Dora May Fanelli, Orem, $7.50, and a second fine of $5 for driving without license plates. .No License Plates Fined for driving without license plates were: Donald J. Baldwin, 20, 385 N. 8th E., $5; Joel H. Erickson, 21, 543 E. 4th S., $7.50; George Earl Norton. 31, Provo, $5, suspended; Leslie A. Wheeler, Orem, $5; Carl Furr, Provo, $5, and an additional $15 on a guilty plea to charges of permitting a minor to drive his automobile without a license; Joseph Earl Haws, Springville, $5; Eugene B. Garrett, Provo, $5. Verl Owen Norton, 182 ,S. 9th W. forfeited $5 when he failed to appear to answer to charges of improper passing. Other forfeitures on miscellaneous traffic h, charges were: Timothy G. 24, 673 S. 3rd W., $15, stop sign violation; Al L Tucker, 44, 642 Milton, $15, semaphore violation; Charles Jr. Jones, 26, Salem, $15, stop sign violation.. Richard Rathjen, 44 E. 7th N., was fined 415 on a guilty plea to charges df failure to yield right- The charge arose out of a traffic accident Feb. 25 at Fifth West and Eighth North, when a car driven by the defendant collided with one driven by Earl Brim, Provo. JRobert L. Johnson, 26, 710 W. Center, pleaded guilty to a stop sign violation and was fined $15; a guilty plea was entered by J. Edward Strong, 33, 694 S. 4th Officers of Provo council 428, W $15, driving on the wrong United Commercial Travelers, side of the street. were chosen recently at an annual election of officers held in the Women's clubhouse. Election results were: Senior counselor, William Coh- nellj junior counselor, Lester E. McE wan ; past senior counselor, Sunday, March 19 Ernest C. Salerno; secretary-treasure- r, PHOTO tf. P. McGuire; conAcademy rEast Side, West Side , ductor, Donald L. (Wick) Swain; B. Stanwyck. N. Jensen; sentinel, Paramount Samson and Depage, Jack ' S. . Roland Strong; chaplain, lilah, H. Lamarr. Strand King of the Turf, A. Leslie Longman; executive committee, T. A. Thurman and Fred Menjou; Timber. Uinta Blossoms in the Dust, G. C. Strate; first delegate to grand William Connell; Garson; Red Desert. convention, ' second delegate, 'Leo P. - Hales; AMERICAN FORK first; alternate, Douglas T. Page, Cameo The Lady Takes Sailand second alternate, .Hewitt M. or, J. Wyman. !' ; Strong. "h" "V"'r J. W. Thornton, grand con- LEIfl D. Royal General, Inspector ductor, was in charge of the Kaye. The Great Lover, B; Utah ; . Details of a proposed amend ment to the state constitution granting increased benefits to old age clients are being worked out by the Provo Old Age Pension organization and similar groups throughout the state. The amendment is now in ten tative form, and likely will ci)me up for discussion and possible approval at a state-wimeeting early in April at Salt Lake City. to E. A. Mitchell, chairaccording man of the Provo group. The old age groups hope to get the - proposition on the ballot at next election through the initiative and referendum procedure. Approximately 21,500 signatures on the initiative petitions must be secured in Order to vget the amendment on the ballot, Mr. Mitchell said. These must come from at least nine counties. Four Sections The old .age groups would amend Article XIII of the constitution, by adding four new sections,; known as Sections 13, 14, 15, and 16. Section 13 would create a pub lic welfare fund to which all proceeds from sales and. use taxes. except gasoline taxes, would be allocated. Also going into the fund would be unexpended money in the emergency relief fund, as of the date the amendment becomes effective; all grants in aid from the federal government for public assistance And public "health pur- - , .' v : City I! pleaded innocent to a charge of speeding,, has been set for Mar. 31 in Provo city court. Al Adams, 928 E. 5th S., and Rawlin V. Jacobsen, .21, Fountain Green, each were fined $15 Saturday when they, pleaded guilty to charges of speeding. l.Trial for VerrV Adams, Santa-qui- n, was slated for April 19 in Provo city court when the de fendant pleaded innocent . to charges of battery on the person of Edna Clark, Mar. 16. He was released on his own recognizance. The court dismissed three charges faced by Albert J. Ami- cone, 60 E. 7th N. He was charged with battery on the .person of Claire Ferre; trespassing on properties rented by Wilma, Pat and Mary Ingram, and intoxication. Bail Forfeits Richard Ll Rathlen, 19, 44 E, 7th N., wan fined $20 when he pleaded guilty to a speeding charge. Others who forfeited bail on speeding counts were: Reed LeRoy Jones, 32, 236 S. 1st E., 25, $15; Franklin Frampton, Pleasant Grove, $20; Jerrold Jay Myrup, 18, 158 S. 2nd E., $15; Jack Poe, 19, 126 E. 5th S., $15; San- -; Ray LaVere Van Ausdal, 19.Soren-son taquin, $20; Kyle Ballard 27, 158 N. 7th E., $15; Lester Ah. Gee, ,21, 115 S. 3rd W., $15; Ddnald eweU,- - 28, 1474 N. 3rd .; V'.' Wn$15. George Earl Norton, 31, Provo, V Your Name de Dev-enis- ; -- . of-w- ay. poses; and such other money as may be allocated to the" fund by the state legislature. The article also would provide that "after the fund reaches the sum. of $20,000,000, the state tax commisison shall lower or remove the sales tax first from food, sec ond medicine, and third clothing. The full tax of two per cent shall be reinstated if and when the public welfare fund is I reduced to $10,000,000. Jn no event shall the sales and use tax exceed two per cent." . Use Limited The proposed Section 14 limits use of the public welfare fund "exclusively for . old age assist ance, aid to dependent children, aid to the needy, blind, general assistance, medical and surgical care, sight conservation work, foster care and service to children, as well as for administration and operation costs of the public welfare department, juvenile courts, Utah State hospital, Utah State Training school, Utah State Tuberculosis sanatarium. Utah State Industrial school, and Utah State Health department.? Section 15 provides, that every needy person over the age of 65 or who is blind shall receive from . 1 -- the fund each month an amount which, when added o his private' income, shall provide him with a "living compatible ' with decency and health." It also provides for assistance for 'children under 18 who are deprived of adequate parental support, and for other needy persons. i Section 16 of the proposed amendment provides for repeal of the lien law and states: "No per- son over the age of 65 and no blirtd person shall be denied: public assistance by reason of the fact that he owns furniture and household goods essential for a living compatible with decency and health, a residence in which he lives, with" an assessed value' for taxation 'purposes of not to exceed $3000, cash or bonds in the sum of $300, andor insurance policies with a cash value of not'' J to exceed $500. . l. t - ' . STARTS TODAY - Doors pen 1 :15 39c til 2 MEMORABLE SCREEN TRIUMPH M OPEN DAILY RETURNS! 1145 A. M. " It From Th reaturei: See If): . If tocsin, ii err t" HI ATT.USlJFSSTCnYl Beclnnlnf , rrr (tti mum m& . ' . - CHEllSTBJSEt) -- ' , V...a.i, ) amusements it zv. - .. the-combin- . New Officers P. M. ii - , U: C. T. Picks 1 U LAI j 0 jM ecclesiastically combined in one the old Alpine stake. ; Each of the three cities has outlined a pretentious- Cen- -, event is to be part of the tennial program and program. year's v Representatives of the three communities met at the invi-- I tation of C. A. Grant, American Fork Centennial committee j general chairman and the members of his committee. I ed ::'J-:'- ; I ton B.i Thatcher, residential di- recior, ai a meeting monuaj, . pjn in the Women's clubhouse for all volunteer workers. i'l During thei meeting refreshments will be served, according to F. Publicity!in!Director Mrs. forF. the appreciation! Forbes, work done; by the women in canvassing the town. Each worker should contact her captain before Monday, arid the captains1! in turn should contact the major. She will then! report directly to the Red Crossbeoffice used and the Icompilation will for the final report. v. h drive include Captains fof the Knnw nnrthpast Mn in .Miw.i .1. Williomii.T section; Mrs. Pierce T. Norton, southeast; Mrs. Robert J. Bullock, southwest and Mr- - Cleveland W. Brown, north of center street and west of fifth west. Among other on top officials are Mrs. Forbes J- Mrs. ahdi h. weiscn, publicity i radio chairman. Out-of-Tow- www mTdEDUsr . LET US PLAN ! FIGURE YOUR FURNACE INSTALLATION ...'' . ? !, GAS 0 LJCQAL 1 FURNACES All Nationally Advertised Names EVIDENCE Gas Stoves and Hot Water Heaters BE SURE AND CALL 1 273 V. First CAl'cHRISTENSEN Owner iff 0103 1 Hope. PAYSOM STAYS WARM HILLSBORO, Tex. (U.R) . Sheriff Charlie Garrison struck while the iron was hot in a theft case, f He arrested a man for stealing an iron from an ironing board in a home here, jailed the suspect and then recovered the iron in a pawn shop. Garrison returned the iron. to the owner and it was still warm, he said. Most winter damage to Ne braska plants is due to lack of moisture. Huish Motoher Didn't Tell Me, J. Havoc. , Star The Golden Stallion, R. Rogers; The Story of Molly X, J. Havoc. PLEASANT GROVE Grove The Heiress, M. Clilt. SANTAQUIN SUr Holiday Affair, R. Mutchum. ' SPANISH FORK of Pirates Capri, L. Angelu Hayward; State Dept. File 649. Arch Jolson Sings Again, L. Parks. SPRINGVILLE Park Bride for Sale, R. Young. Yes Sir, That's My RiToli Baby, D. O'Connor. :' the alluring Delilah! M--- wura rcc::a j n SEE Samson betrayed mm mmm GREER GARSCII witk by . . ft . COwFEATURE : .fl : s II' lMH If k1 ill SAYS ARE YOU BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL? 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