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Show ft' I-IOMK OF GENEVA S'I'EKL THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1948 VOLUME 16, NUMBER 30 PRICE FIVE CENTS Klines M 111 . V k A I AuklCULTuDt INDUSTRY - J ,20th Norih to 20th South By O. G. SEMIT Especially welcome to Orem farmers this week was the unexpected un-expected snow-fall which blank-tied blank-tied this area and the surrounding surround-ing mountains. The weather bureau bur-eau reports that this has been the driest winter in Utah since i 1931 and larmers nere uuiieve I it It'has-n't been too many years I a-n that a dry winter would have spelt ruin for fruit and vegetable veg-etable growers, but now, thanks to'the deer creek reservoir, such a situation need not exist again. . FERSONAL TRIBUTE this week goes to Mrs. Luzon Crosby, Cros-by, Orem garden-lover and flower-fancier extraordinary. A charter char-ter member of the Orem Garden Club, Mrs. Crosby also belongs to several other local and state garden clubs. Her intimates say Mrs. Crosby Cros-by has a sympathy with flowers. She has a devotion for growing things which almost amounts to a . reverence. Her tenderness . in handling flowers suggests the attitude at-titude of a mother toward a help less baby. Mrs. Crosby's outstanding accomplishment ac-complishment to date, and perhaps per-haps the most beautiful is her iris garden the largest garden of its kind in the state. In this garden she has-iris from all over the world, and more unbelievable, unbeliev-able, she knows the names (usually (us-ually the scientific, names) of every iris in her- garden. From early April, when her first iris from Asia Minor blooms, until late fall, Mrs. Crosby's garden ' is a sight to behold. The State Iris Society makes an annual pilgrimage to see it, and other flower enthusiasts flock from all over the state throughout the summer to see it. Mrs. Crosby has the latest patents pat-ents in her garden and she devel opes many new strains herself. y As systematically as a scientist she cross-pollinates selected iris , a most delicate and tedious work. Fortunately, her husband, Samuel Crosby, shares Mrs. Crosby's love of flowers. He does much of the cultivating and other hard work involved in flower culture. Flowers are not the sole pursuit pur-suit of this unusual woman. She has been an outstanding Bee Keeper in the Geneva ward MIA for three years, and the girls a-dore a-dore her. She is a talent ea artist ar-tist in both water colors and oils, but she doesn't get as much time to develope this talent as she would like. To those who have never seen Mrs. Crosby's iris garden around Memorial Day, don't miss it this year. You'll see a flame of color that you will never forget. Yes, Mrs. Luzon Crosby is a wonderful woman, and she compliments com-pliments Orem by living here and helping to make it a beautiful beauti-ful place. AROUND AND ABOUT Those who missed hearing Judge Reva Beck Bosone and her 'Alcoholics Anonymous' on Tuesday night really missed an outstanding evening. The attendance attend-ance was disappointing but this can probably be attributed to the blizzard that was raging. Too bad some of the people who need help were not in attendance. attend-ance. Speaking of the crowded school conditions in Orem and the need for more schools, Judge Bosone touched a salient point when she stated that more money mon-ey was spent for liquor by Orem . residents last year than was spent for education. We see that' Joe Elder is setting set-ting up a real estate office in Orem. Also that Tom Kitchen is Planning to build a clothing store in front of his house, next to the B and H Pharmacy No. 3. Lchnd Black Named Bishop's Counselor Leiand Black was sustained as second counselor to Bishop A. Dean Buckner of Grand View ward at Sacrament meeting on j-unday evening. He replaces Lewis DeHart who was released from the bishopric. Mr. Black has lived in Grand View for several years. He served serv-ed as ward clerk for the past two years. His position as wrd clerk will be filled by Clyde Asay. Henry D. Taylor, William C. Faulkner, and Philo T. Edwards the stake presidency and E. Asay, C. Rodney Kimball, Ray E- Hanks and Clyde M. Lunce-tord Lunce-tord of the High Council were Present at the meeting. Forum Meeting on Curb and Gutter Brings Controversy; Petition Committee Named Mayor J. W. Gillman and the Orem Cily council on Wednesday Wednes-day had named five members of a "petition committee" which will determine which sections cf Orem will qualify for paved road from curb to curb. The group named includes Wesley K. Todd. Dean Park. J. George Straiton, Sam Cordner and M. E. Karichner. The group will meet with the council Monday for instructions and a briefing on 'the terms of the paving and curb and gutter project proposed for U. S. 91. Dire predictions of a looming disastrous depression and extravagant ex-travagant claims for increasing prosperity and boom times spiced Monday's meeting of prop erty owners on highway 91 in Orem. Nearly 200 persons attended at-tended the meeting which was called by the city council to discuss dis-cuss the construction of curb and gutter along the highway in connection with the state's construction program here this summer. Mayor Gillman explained to the group that the state was willing to lay an extra width of 12 feet on each side of the proposed prop-osed four lanes wherever curb and gutter now existed or w her ever property owners would pay for its installation. He pointed out that if enough property owners desired to install in-stall the curb and gutter, an improvement im-provement district could be established es-tablished which would give the owners 10 years to pay. For over an hour the discussion discus-sion waxed from the extreme "obstructionist" view to the ex Utah Death Rate Lowest in U. S. The nation's death rate per 1000 population dropped from 10.6 in 1945, to an even 10 in 1946, the office of vital statistics reported today. All but six states shared in the general decline. These were Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Dakota and the District of Columbia. Utah had the lowest 1946 death rate with 7.5. Montana New Hampshire and Vermont were highest with 11.7. t New England and the middle Atlantic states were highest among geographical . sections, with 10.9. Statisticians attributed attribut-ed the figure to the relatively older age of the population in those, areas. Mr. and Mrs, Frank B. Woffinden Woffin-den and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Poulson spent Saturday afternoon after-noon "and evening in Salt Lake City. Thev visited with their bro-her, bro-her, Maurice Woffinden, who has recently returned from the Mayo Clinic, and with . their nephew, Lowell Woffinden, and familv. They attended a party it the home of Mr.- and Mrs. T. C. Chidester, honoring a relative, rela-tive, Blanche White, who will be married in the near future. 5m..' f Nearly. 100 tenth grade students at Lincoln an automobile as a result of a program set up recently. A dual control car loaned by ihe Provo and two full-time men have been employed by Arnold Burningham, driving instructor, is and members of the Lincoln faculty posing in are the following: Lelilh Hanks, Irene Hicks, ham. Parlell Peterson, Mrs. Nina Booth, Principal intendent of the Alpine School District and or- treme "progressive" view, with Ray Partridge, Sam Coruner, George Lowe, Bill Kofford and John Johnson expressing themselves them-selves as in no hurry to get the job done. Judge A. II. Christen-son, Christen-son, Clair York, Tommy Kitchen, Kitch-en, J. George Stratton, Bill Baker, Bak-er, Dean and Richard Park, Victor Vic-tor Anderson, among others, declared de-clared that pronrty owners should make every effort to take advantage of the state's offer to1 pave from curb to curb, at least in areas which would definitely be built up as business districts? Those who championed the conservative view declared that their "peaches or pears would grow no better with curb and gutter," and that inasmuch as the state owned the highway, the state should make any improvements im-provements that are necessary. Some felt that the city should share in the cost of installing the curb and gutter. Mr. Cordner Cord-ner said that a fair way was for the state, the city and the property prop-erty owner to pay one-third each. Those who wished the curb I and gutter project pushed point ed out that it was a now or never" nev-er" proposition. They pointed out that $17,000,000 was to be spent on the Geneva Steel plant ; this year, with additional mil lions committed for the future. It was said that Orem has been named by some eastern busin-essexperts busin-essexperts as one of the three "hottest" areas in the entire United States. Present at the meeting was Paul Innes, district engineer for Provo Chamber Committee Asks Lake Survey Provocity commissioners today to-day were studying a request-made request-made by the Provo chamber of commerce health committee that a survey be made by engineers to discover a solution of the sewage sew-age problem of Provo and the pollution of Utah lake. The health committee met with the city commission to discuss the matter Thursday afternoon. Dr. Dean Anderson of the health heal-th committee told the group that Utah lake acts as a reservoir for such" a great amount of sewage that the lake at the present time is a health menace to the people of the area. Pointing out to the city commission com-mission that a survey, as proposed propos-ed by the chamber group, would cost $3700, Dr. Eldon Beck, chairman of the committee, said that a meeting had been arranged arrang-ed with the county commissioners commission-ers to discuss the same problem and get their reaction to a survey sur-vey of the county. CAMP OREM DUP TO MEET MARCH 11 The members of the Camp Orem DUP will meet Thursday, March 11, at the home of Ella Newell. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. and a good attendance is requested by the camp officers. Mr. and Mrs. Rawl Bradshaw are the parents of a baby girl born February 27 at the Utah Valley hospital. ....... , . - -rE - : i i the Utali State Road Commission, Commiss-ion, who explained at intervals the plans of the state and some of the engineering aspects of the problem. L. V. Beckman, city engineer, said that the curb would need t J be 24 inches wide and six inches higli and could be installed for approximately 3.25 per liiitol foot. With sidewalk the cost would be $4.65 per lineal foot. Following the free discussion and an informal voting by districts dis-tricts Mayor Gillman declared that the improving would be initiated in-itiated by petition. He said that it could not be done piecemeal and that property owners in areas ar-eas which wanted the improvement improve-ment could petition the council to initiate the improvement. Mr. Cordner then moved that the council appoint a committee of five to carry a petition to property pro-perty owners along the highway and have them signify their approval app-roval or disapproval to the project. pro-ject. In the voting by districts results re-sults were as follows: North of Canyon road 18 for and 18 against. Between Canyon road and Orem motor 13 for and 2 against. Between Lincoln high school and Orem motor 40 for and five against. Between 8th South and 12th South 12 for and three against. again-st. Between 12th South and 17th South 11 for and three a-gainst. Irrigation School Set for March 13 In Provo A school for Water Masters and Irrigation Company officials will be held in Provo, Saturday, March 13, according to word received re-ceived today by S; R. Boswell, Utah County Agent, from James R. 'Barker Extension Irrigation Specialist, Logan. This school is the result of a request filed by the Utah County Water User's Committee, o f which L. P. Thomas, Spanish Fork, is president, and Lee R. Taylor of Springville is secretary. secre-tary. ' It is planned to repeat as much as possible of the state-wide school which was held in Logan the early part of February. It is expected that William Peterson, director -emeritus of Utah Extension Service and Utah's best authority on irrigation, irriga-tion, and James R. Barker,. Irrigation Irri-gation Specialist, as well as a representative of the State Engineer's En-gineer's office, will be in attendance, attend-ance, Personal invitations will.be issued is-sued to Irrigation Companies officials, Water Masters, River Commissioners, sugar factory field men, Smith Hughes teachers, teach-ers, G. I. Instructors and Soil Conservation District Supervisors. Super-visors. Farmers and others who are interested are invited to be in attendance. at-tendance. The details of the program pro-gram will be announced later, Mr. Boswell said. v . i -J t . it: - r j, T r- s . i,, 4 ' 1l high school are being given instruction in driving for this purpose in the Alpine School District Elks club has been made available to the district the district to give the training. , shown with a group of students taking the course front of the training car. Pictured (left to right) Ruth Ballanlyne, Jolene Clegg, Arnold Burning-A. Burning-A. P. Warnick and Leo Hansen, assistant super-ganizer super-ganizer of the student driving course. $1,450,000.00 TdTAL BOND ISSUE $1,123,750.00 GENEVA STEEL, UTILITIES. OTHER CORPORATIONS 100 Differ FARMS AND GRAZING $116,000.00 Church Officials To Keynote Leadership Week George Albert Smith, president presi-dent of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will be the principal speaker for the Sunday assembly of Leadership Week being held at BYU, Dr. Harold Glen Clark has announced. announ-ced. The main speaker for the Friday Fri-day opening assembly will to President J. Reuben Clark, Jr.. first counselor in the first presidency presi-dency of the L.D.S. Church. Pres. Clark will base his talk on Ihe general Leadership theme "Pioneering the Second Cen tury." Music for both the open ing session and the closing as sembly on Sunday will be furnished fur-nished by the BYU combined chorus under the direction of Dr Franklin Madsen and Dr. Flor ence Jepperson Madsen. Aspects of the Leadershtp theme will be considered in the addres to be delivered Sunday at p.m. by President Smith. During the same meeting a suui-mary suui-mary of the activities which will take place during Leadership will be presented, by President McDonald. General headquarters for Leadership Week will be center ed in the Joseph Smith building and all information concerning classes, programs, entertainments entertain-ments and housing will be available avail-able there. The Lost and Found office will also be found in :he Smith foyer. Ushering during Leadership Week will be handl ed by the BYU Service organi zations and students will be stationed sta-tioned in strategic positions 1b direct guests to the classes and exhibits. More than 3,000 persons at tended Leadership Week when it was last held at BYU in 19-46, and plans for an even larger crowd are being made this year. Invitations have been extended not only to special delegates of church and community, but to th general public to attend the activities. TIMPANOGOS - GENEVA OLD FOLKS HONORED The older folks of Timpano-gos Timpano-gos and Geneva wards were entertained en-tertained on Saturday in the Timpanogos ward hall. They attended at-tended the picture show in the morning, then enjoyed a hot dinner, din-ner, a program and dancing. The program included comical skits presented by members of the Timpanogos -ward: accordian numbers by Mrs. Arnold Skinner; Skin-ner; several numbers by a boys quartet from the Lincoln hir;h school, piano solos by Ruth Moss and violin music by Lcander Shurtz. Mr. Shirtz and Mrs. Hazel Ha-zel Liston furnished music for dancing. Several potted p'anls that decorated the banquet hall were given to the old folks. DAIRY DISEASES TO BE DISCUSSED AT MEETING Dr. Max Nicols will 'be the speaker at a meeting on Wednesday, Wed-nesday, March 10, at 7:30 in the Ag room of the Lincoln high school, He will discuss the cure and prevention of common diseases dis-eases of dairy cattle and all who are interested are invited to attend. at-tend. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E. Olpin of Pleasant Grove recently returned re-turned from a trip east. They brought back a new Packard hearse to be used at the Olpin mortuary in Orem, which is operated op-erated by Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Sundberg. Bonding is the only effective method by which Qeneva Steel, Utilities and Corporations can help build school buildings. A "Yes" vote by you, the people with children, homes and farms, and paying a small percentage if the cost, will insure the success rf the school program. . . '.'Issue Paid ..by ' ml Properties CITY tOTS ' MACHINERY, AND MOTOR IMPROVEMENTS VEHICLES $101,500X0 . 8, 000.00 ..-,, 7 I I t I ttl.750.0O 1 Cl.5ZJ New Appointments Give Orem Three Police Officers Orem City this week had three police officers, the most protection protec-tion the city has ever boasted, a;? tl'.e city council announced appointments ft r city jobs. Sterling Hording was named as chief of police. He has served on the force since February of J 946. Police officers named were Ralph H. Peters and Kenneth Wilkinson. Peters formerly on- crated Ralph's Grocery in Orem and has had police experience in California. Mr. Wilkinson received re-ceived police experience during his time in the army. Both are expected to meet the new requirements re-quirements established for slate police. Re-employed to comprise the city's road crew were Leo Broadhead. and Martell Keetch Howard Jacobson was also employed em-ployed to work on city roads. Wilford Pierce was reappointed reappoint-ed to be superintendent of the water works and sewer. Frank Ferguson w.is named to be his assistant. Harold Thompson is also employed to work in the water department and to read meters. The appointments were made by the council after applicants appeared before the council and were interviewed. A petition bearing the names of CO persons in the Timpanogos ward area was received by the council asking for a fire hydrant in their vicinity. They agreed to purchase the hydrant if the city would install it. The council agreed to the proposition ana declared de-clared that a similar procedure would be followed in other localities local-ities where water lines are large enough for fire hydrant use." The council agreed that another an-other police car was needed by the Orem force and plans are underway to obtain the additional addition-al vehicle. Mount A Lake Annual Meeting Set for Thursday Plans were completed this week for the annual meeting of the Mount A Lake association which will be held next Thursday Thurs-day at the Timn;innpn ui3r,l chapel at 7;30 p.m. Five new members of the board of directors will be elected elect-ed during the meeting, a report on 1947 business will be given .-.ad the 1943 program of the co-op will be discussed. An entertainment en-tertainment program will also be given. About 300 mrmliwt of the asi-oci.ition from all parts ri in- co;.nly are expected to be pre-' nt. according to Tom Weav er, President. Vir.dsor Ward to prevent Play 'the three-act comedy, "Ma-ifa's "Ma-ifa's r..,by Boy" will be'pt'esent-c be'pt'esent-c i in ii,e Windsor ward chapel rn- V.Y'!no:.day.- ?.Tareh. 17. The ! is being d'rtc'ed by Zola J'.-iinson. The cast and the characters v. ;:i portray are Ora Kirk. Mrs Shepherd McLean; Don Walker, Shepherd McLean: Carl Louder, Luther Long; Vera Marrot'., Juliet Long; Emma Nichols, Mrs! Matilda Blackburn; Boyd Miner, Wilbur Warren; Marilyn Crawford, Craw-ford, Sylvia Kline; Bernice Wilkinson, Wil-kinson, Mrs. Carlotta Anglin; Leora Whiteley, Cynthia Anglin; Earl Johnson, Max Moore; and Valine Cook as Minnie. Success of School Bond Election May Hinge on Orem Vote . Alpine district school officials this week predicted thai; unless Orem nrul south-district voters pahert a hujre li.uioniy in the bond election slated for Monday, the $1,450,000 building- program proposal would meet defeat. The officers pointed to quiet but determined resistance to the bond issue in some sections of the district where school housing is not so critical and where no immediate building plans are intended.- Orem, where the first school building must certainly go, must vote heavily in favor of the bond if the required majority is achieved. Daytona Racers To Bid for Prizes Saturday Hey Fellers! There's still lime to get in on the Daytona Racer races which are set for the Saf-urday Saf-urday matinee at Scera. It's your chance to win some handsome hand-some prizes and get in on some fine fun. Get your Daytona Racer free by selling just one new subscrip tion to the Orem-Gcneva Times (see the coupon elsewhere in this paper) and bring it Jo the Saturday matinee at Scera. There'll be races for all and some dandy prizes for the winners. scrintion turn it in to either ol!hcu7 Sch! PP,i,,alion is ,ren: the B and H Pharmacy stores in Orem or to the Orem-Geneva Times printing shop at 57 North 1st West in Provo and pick up your racer. Funeral Services for Lillic W. Petersen Conducted Today Funeral services were conducted conduc-ted today, Thursday,' for Mrs. Lillio Minerva Wentz Petersen, 63, who died Sunday afternoon i ditional 20 to 30 thousand dol-at dol-at her home in Orem after a Jaw P'C year from state funds week's illness. I to help provide for kindcrgar- Alvin Higbee of the bishopric tens if we had space to put them conducted the services in the in ur buildings, he pointed ut. Timpanogos ward chapel. The He declared that elementary obituary was read by a niece, schools are overcrowded at the Myrl Wentz, and the speakers present time and that enroll-were enroll-were Roy Gappmaycr and Alvin ts ore increasing here at a Higbee. Music was furnished by tremendous rate because of the former students of Mrs. Petersen, increasing birthrate and because Melda Hacking, Anna Harris, of the influx of people to this Moroni Jensen, James Jensen industrial area. Corporate prop-and prop-and Arthur Shepherd. The grave 'rty. principally the Geneva in the Provo city cemetery was 5101,1 company, will pay 77.5 per- dedicated by Maston Wentz. Mrs. Petersen was born in Provo on March 12, 1884, the daughter of Peter M. and Minerva Min-erva Boren Wentz. The familv moved to Orem and she attended school there. She graduated from the Brigham Young academy in Provo. Mrs. Petersen taught school for one year in Heber and at the Spencer school in Orem for 20 years. Her work with the young people of the community was not restricted to the school room. She served as the assistant su perintendent of the Timpanogos - ward Sunday School for a number num-ber of years. She was a Relief Society teacher for many years and was active in temple work. She was married to Soren W. Petersen in the Manti LDS Temple on January 24, 1930 She leaves' one sister and two brothers, Mrs. Maud W. Part ridge, Ray V. Wentz and T Frank Wentz, all of Orem. SUNDAY MEETING AT SCERA SCHEDULED Hugh B. Brown will be thejPr year with from 6 to 22 in a sneaker at the meetinc on Sun-;l'ttei. day evening at 7:30 in the Scera auditorium. This is one of a series of meetings of special interest in-terest to the young people of the community being sponsored jointly by Orem and Sharon stakes. Mr. Brown is a former president presi-dent of the British mission and is a member of the BYU faculty. LINCOLN FFA PLANNING BANQUET The Lincoln chapter of the FFA will hold their annual Father and Sons banquet Saturday Satur-day night at 7:30 in the Lincoln hot lunch room. A steak dinner will be served and an interesting program is being planned. Several Sev-eral awards will be presented to the boys who have done outstanding out-standing work. Eugene Stubbs is general chairman of the banquet. Chairman Chair-man in charge of the various committees are Dean Larsen, La-Mar La-Mar Kallas, Morris Ercanbrack, Roger Hansen. Von CWf. David Strausburg, James Penrod and Sherwood Johnson. Supt. D. R. Mitchell of the school board, who has been covering cov-ering the district during the past three weeks explaining the issues is-sues of the bond election to PTA groups and others, declared Wednesday Wed-nesday that although there is enthusiasm for the-bond election in Orem and our section, elsewhere else-where in the district there is apathy and some antagonism'. He said th.it a heavy favorable vote will probably be required here to insure passage of t lie measure. The proposal stipulates that sihool houses built under the program will be situated "where most needed," and on the basis of need it is accepted that Orem will get the first building constructed. con-structed. Site for the Orem structure struc-ture has not been determined, but it is acknowledged that the tered around the Sharon school and it is likely that a new school will be situated somewhere near the center of the city to relieve the present critical situation. I Supt. Mitchell said Wednesday that all the schools in the south end of the district are overcrowded. over-crowded. They all lack extra rooms needed in a modern elementary ele-mentary school building, such as art, music, recreation, health and auditoriums. There is no space for kindergartens. Alpine, school district would get an ad' ' cent of the total cost of the pro-'gram, pro-'gram, he declared. Polling places for Orem are the City Hall, the home of Net tie Dalley in Vineyard and the Page School in Pleasant View. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. 1 to 8 P-- T be eligible a person must be a registered voter re siding in the school precinct in which he offers to vote and must have paid a property tax in the school district during the past year. Free Rat Poison Available Wednesday Free poison for the extermin ation of rats in the county wide rat program will be available at the Orem City hall next Wednesday Wed-nesday between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. and at Bullock's store at Lindon at the same hour. In publicizing the program , the committee pointed out this I week the need for a continued j campaign against rats. I Bats never take vacations. iney may raise b or more litters Rat control must be a continuous contin-uous job. "Rat-Control weeks" are entirely ineffective against the continuous activities of rats, unless they are followed by a year-round program of killing rats. Once rat numbers are reduced re-duced in a community they can be kept down at little cost by "maintenance control". If regular regul-ar control is neglected during the year, rats will rapidly increase, in-crease, until they require another anoth-er intensive and expensive rat-control rat-control week. Costs are decreased and losses of grain are minimized wJien each farmer, miller, and householder house-holder makes rat control a part of his regular chores. The rat population can be quickly reduced by using improved, im-proved, modern control methods. meth-ods. Now is the time to put these control methods into effect. Rat control is a four-fold job. 1. Do not shelter rats. 2. Do not feed rats. 3. Do kill rats regularly. 4. Do follow a year-round program. |