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Show 0 irir : IT -v v:''t.-' VOL. LIII Subscription $2.50 Year. Single Copy 10c THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, August 9, 1956 NUMBER 24 Water Pageant, Carnival To Be Presented ' Wednesday V v f Swimmers and divers who will appear here in the water pageant scheduled for Wednesday evening at the Amrican Fork swimming swim-ming pool are: front row, Karma Clark, Carolyn House, K. England and Doris Adams. Back row, Mary Lou Whitehouse, Mary Scott, Joan James and Janice Paulich. . Water pageant and carnival will be held in the American Fork swimming pool Wednesday evening, August 15 at 7:30 p. m. An entertaining ; evening will be presented by ; the Tooele swimming team featuring synchronized syn-chronized "swimming, fancy diving, div-ing, clown diving. ; The display will present something some-thing new in skill and beauty to the city: It will also demonstrate what can be accomplished with perserverance and proper training. train-ing. Those who will appear in the carnival are prominent and experienced ex-perienced swimmers who bav woiUonal --Molalnii They have taken ribbons and medals through participation , in ' Utah High Priests To Hold Summer Social Summer social and dinner for all Alpine Stake High Priests, their wives and wives of former High Priests will be held Friday, August 17 at 7 p. m., In Robinson Park. Dinner will be served followed by a program. Everyone Is asked to bring their own eating utensils. uten-sils. In charge of the affair Is the presidency of the Stake High Priest Quorum and their wives, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Chipman, Mr. and Mrs. Prank O. Shelley, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Grant and Mr? and Mrs. A. B. Allen. cnuKcn notice ; Sixth Ward Relief Society win hold its summer social Tuesday afternon, August 14, at 1:30 p. m., on the lawns at the home of Mrs. Francis Abel. All women of the ward are cordially invited to attend, t Events Scheduled for the Annual Alpine Homecoming Day-Aug 18 Annual . Alpine Homecoming Day celebration win r be- new Saturday, August 18. Over 500 invitations have gone out to former residents of Alpine to come and Join in the day's events. i , Schedule of the day's events will be as follows:. Sunrise, Band Serenade, 10:00 am. Miniature Parade 11:30 am Dinner - " 2:00 pjou Races :00 pan. Parade (repeated) 8:00 p.m. Evening Program The bazaars will open Immediately Immed-iately foUowlng the morning parade pa-rade and run all day, as well as the concessions and eating rtands. The booths will be county-style with a variety of articles and goodies on display. a a medal treat for the chil dren there will be a miniature train and airplane operating all day. The evening showLwUi be. free -nrf win feature local and guest talent. - It will be held outside, t.hir nermlttlns. ,v WAvnltw nf the day " will"-, be Douglas Beck, Primary king; Wllma Hlgley, Primary queen, ' ' and on the coast. There will also be a short de monstration of water safety with boats and some races. A beauty contest will be held that night to determine "Miss Swim and Dtve of '56." Any sin gle girls between the ages of 18 and 20 who would be interested In' entering the contest should contact Merrill Hardy at the pool. The entire program will be free to the public. The pool , management would also like, to remind the people of this area that Friday night is family night at. the pool and thatlhe famUy specials . offered at the snack bar Is always in force. -- Class of 1949 To Hold Reunion American Fork High School graduating class of, 1949 will hold 'its reunion Saturday, August Aug-ust 18 at Mutual Dell, commencing commen-cing at 5 p. m. Supper and a program will furnish the evenings even-ings entertainment, Everyone Is asked to bring their own supper sup-per arid drinks and watermelon will be furnished by the committee. commit-tee. - Committee in charge Includes James Hlndley, chairman; Jo-Ann Jo-Ann Brown, Dean Adams, Cle-one Cle-one Turner and June Phillips. Co. Republicans Plan Convention : Senator Wallace . F. Bennett will be the keynote speaker at the Republican County Convention Con-vention set for Saturday, August u. "..:,;.' wv-.j . The convention will take place at 1:30 p m., In the auditorium of the Provo High School. and Joyce Darling, Miss Alpine: Other children participating will Include Brenda Bennett, Miss Utah; Bryan Clark, Prince of Peace; Yvonne Carlton, Princess oT Peace; Michael Marcon, Mr. Primary; Diane Shepherd, Miss Primary; Lee Drew, uncle Sam; Vickie street, Miss Liberty; Michael Whitby,' honorary may or; Ray Shepherd, Marshal of the Day; Paul Healey and Mar dee Austin, color guard; LeRoy Llewelyn. Utah flag bearer; Kent Shepherd, American flag bearer; Lynn Darling and Johnny Strong color guard; Donna Austin, Primary Pri-mary flag bearer; Tyra Ashby and Ruth Bateman. homecoming signs; Faye Anderson and Raola Smith, Primary flag streamers.. Alpine Ward Bishopric, , Reid Burgess, Thanye Bateman and Dewey Bennett, are, in charge of the day's events. Those assisting" as-sisting" them, include Evelyn I. Strong, invitations; Lorna Devey, publicity; Ross Burgess, races; Thayne Bateman, June Beck and Dale Burgess, evening program; MIA and Qeneblogy, stands and concessions, with Keith and Max Beck in charge; Sunday School, dlnnerjUPrlmary, parade. Pet, Hobby Show Set For Aug. 16 The Pet and Hobby show sponsored- annually by the City Recreation Department and Alpine Al-pine take Primaries will be held Thursday, August 18, 6:00 p.m. at the ball park. There will be prizes and a treat for all children who participate, par-ticipate, arid as a special attrac tion this year free, rides will be given to all children participating participat-ing on the little train, The Star-lite Star-lite Flyer, by courtesy of Leon Cartwrlght. Mrs. Delbert Chipman and Duane Durrant are acting as co chairmen of the event. A com mittee will be selected to assist them in putting over the show. The divisions for entries are as follows: horses; donkeys and mules, cows, calves, sheep and swine, dogs, cats and rabbits; chickens, guinea hens, geese, turkeys and miscellaneous. Hobby entries will be airplanes, dolls, doll buggies, boats, scoot-ers, scoot-ers, tricycles, bicycles, wagons and miscellaneous; floats rhythm bands; costumes, commercial, western, old fashioned, .nationalities .nation-alities and miscellaneous; play ground hobbies arid miscellaneous. Associated Artists Ready Annual Steel Day ExHibit ' Associated Artists of American Fork are busy preparing for another an-other year's activity and the annual an-nual Steel Day Art Exhibit. Steel Day .ait committees have been selected and plans are flourishing for a successful exhibit ex-hibit this year; Committee chairmen are: 3 Mrs Andrew. Bkk, hanging ; Mrs W.Tt Hall-. liy, publicity; Mrs. Oral skel-son, skel-son, decorations and ' Mrs... Leo Meredith; hostess, with Mrs. Peter Pet-er Welgel as general chairman. Visitors come each year from many other communities In Ut ah to view the art show which has brought favorable comment in art circles over the state. Many outside Invitations have been made to prominent artists to exhibit with the local artists again this year. A larger display of local talent is anticipated this year. Indications are that the public Am. Fork Fourth In Tourney Consolation Game Monday evening in the an nual District Six M Men Softball Tournament, American Fork Fourth and Provo First took another an-other step toward the onsolatlon title. American Fork won by forfeit for-feit over Pleasant View, but Provo had to beat a stubborn Alpine Ward team for their second sec-ond win. ' , :" ' Alpine lost to Provo First Ward, 7-4, in a consolation round, leaving the Provo team in the tournament running. Von Johnson shut out the Alpine nine until the final inning when a . double and.two . walks and Creed Strong's home, run, made off Johnson's successor, Earl Wilde, brought in all four runs. Provo scored twice in the first Inning, duplicated the feat in the second, then wound up their scoring with a three run splurge In the fifth. Neither American Fork or Alpine Al-pine teams, were-scheduled to play Tuesday night. , pleasant Grove Fourth Ward convincingly triumphed over Alpine Al-pine Ward by a 12-3 score Friday night. Monson and Robinson collected home runs and Saddler hit 2 for 3 to lead the Pleasant Orove team to victory. The evening's finale found the Orem Fourth Ward out in front as Floyd Farley beat Harvey Hansen, 8-5. Hansen, a 47-year old chucker from American Fork, pitched a creditable game, but the Orem lads bunched their hits in the third inning to win the contest. Plenty and Indigence depend upon the opinion, every one has of them: and riches, like glory ' or health,, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor is pleased to lend them. - Michel E. de Montaigne Am. Fork's New Deep We xceeds All Exp.ectaf During the new city well test the throttle of the pump was thrown open. reultln in a full ten inch pipe of water bursting several feet out from the giant well. : . Over four- second feet of water Is coursing down the water course to run Into an . irrigation ditch "Some Well" Is the general exclamation as citizens viewed this , marvel outpouring of life giving water. , , will ' enjoy an Interesting and lovely art show again this Steel Day. wt " , The. 'show will beheld in the tabernacle and will be open to view from 9 a. m. unfcl 8:30 p. m. Steel Day; The committee plans to be there all day Saturday in order l that ; plcturei v tnay be 'brought in:;.' AO entrants are urged to have their name, address, screw eyes, and hanging wire on each pic ture. Entrants should call for their pictures Tuesday, September Septem-ber 4, the day following Steel Day." ' -u, ' ':" -All those interested-in entering enter-ing the exhibit this year should be getting their pictures ready for the display. Horseshoe Pitching Contest . Utah County Horseshoe Pitching Pitch-ing Contest will be held at 1:30 p. m4 in Robinson Park on Steel Day. This contest will decide the championship for Utah County. Anyone who Is interested in horseshoe pitching may enter. You need not be a member of the Utah County Horseshoe Pit chlng Association . Qualifying rounds will be held immediately following the parade at the park, , . Baseball Game A baseball game Is scheduled for 2 p. m at the ball park between be-tween the American Fork Steel-ersNuid Steel-ersNuid the Spanish Fork Dons. Following the game a greased pig will be given away, and also there will be a greased pole to climb. .; , - v r Queen Contest Queen contestants were taken to Hotel Utah, Salt Lake City, Mondav to attend a luncheon and fashion show. The girls also received their first charm lesson at the Ruth Tolman Charm School. " ; Steel Day Committee urges the townspeople , to . ..support these girls In their ticket sales. The girls each must sell 100 tickets before the evening of the queen contestrXugust 22, and the one selling the most tickets will re- ceive a $50 cash prize." Friday evening, queen contest committee, Mrs. Olen Gordon, Mrs. Howard Oordon and Mrs. Dee Hunter, met with the girls ana tneir parents at the home of Mrs. Howard Oordon. They : discussed the-contest rules smd actlvltles planned for the girls. flower Show . Flower show committees, un der the able leadership of Mrs. D. W. Jones, is now moving in full swing., Ten, certified Judges, have been obtained to judge the entrants. There will be three more Judges this year than previous pre-vious years.': ?' " The show win be held in the tabernacle basement and will be open to the public immediately following the . parade. Entrants will be accepted from a. -mJ umu v a. m, oiiij morning ana..juaBuij wui.,jjcj;in . aiw;ju a m. - ' The show Is scheduled to close that evening at 8 p. m and en - trants may pick up their exhibit any time after. then. ' ' " , ' t.' M. '.-. ,'. '. ' ' ". ' , '3 - , Above are, starting right, Councllmen Fred Fish, Eddie Smith and Olen Anderson and driller Eldon Comer and George R. Roberts, admiring the unusual flow of pure deep underground water being pumped from the new American Fort City well to the northeast of town. This was during the pump testing of the new well flow. -t t,t Volunteer Firemen, Ladies Attend State Convention ; American Fork Volunteer Firemen and their wives returned return-ed home Saturday from the Utah Ut-ah State Firemen's Convention held Thursday, Friday and. Sat Registration Days Listed Below Voters are reminded there are only two more registration dates August 21 and 28, preceding the primary -election-of September. 11. ' ' Reeistratlon days before the November election are vcwoer 9. 18, 30 and 31. Persons who voted in the last election, ana wno nave nu but- d from their districts, snouia pe properly regisverea. . xuuso wu-cerned wu-cerned should be citizens turned 21 for the first time prior to an election. : and - newcomers wno need to register properly in their districts. The four districts, of American Ameri-can Fork have been divided into elKht districts. If anyone has any questions as to what district they belong, they should contact their registration agent. i" Registration stations have been set ud as follows: District 1, Margaret Bromley; District 2, Lucy Bush; District 3, Rlntha chrlstensen: District 4, Vivian vi-hniM- njntrtet s. Emilv Hack Jord; District 8, Fern Walker; District 7, Katherlne Clements; ( District 8, May Laursen. Economy is' half of the battle of life; It is not so hard to' earn money as to spend it wiseiy .. Charles Spurgeon w : """"H i urday, August 2,t 3, and 4, In Price. LeRoy ' Griffin, as convention chairman, was In charge of the affair. At the election meeting Mrs. LeRoy Griffin was elected second vice . president of the state auxiliary. From this office she will automatically become first vice president next year and president the year following. Mrs. Olen Chadwlck was a mem ber of the nominating committee. commit-tee. ' -' " rV " -V American Fork Auxiliary won the first place trophy in the pa rade Thursday", evenlng.-The wo men wore white dresses and gloves with red accessories.. This is the "fourth, " tune In the past six years they have received first place. The other two years they were awarded the second place trophy. ' r " " Thursday morning members of the local fire department pre sented a skit titled "Frolics in Fashion" with all the men parti cipatlng. The skit was written by Mrs. Clyde Blrk. - ' Special guests. Mayor and Mrs. George C. Scott, attended the convention meetings Thursday. Members of 'the local depart' ment and their wives attending from American Fork included Mr. and Mrs. LaDrue Varney, Mr. and Mrs. Warren T. Ander son, Mr. and Mrs.) Olen Chad wick, Mr. : and Mrs. Leonard Kelly, Mr., and Mrs. Alex Karren, Mr; and Mrs. ciyae Birr, Mr and Mrs. LeRoy' Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd I Tregaskls, ; Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bate, Mr. and Mrs Neldon.Varney. Mr. Z and - Mrs. Francis Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. John Varney. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Chadwlck, Mr, and Mrs. Leo Varney and Mr. and Mrs. Mcl- vln Anderson. V DOBUS American Fork City's' sixteen Inch drilled well tested out with flying colors last Saturday when Engineer A. Z. Richards gave lithe li-the final official check and okey. 1 . " ' ' The well is located west of the . Utah State Training School on the north city limit line. It is a 18-lnch steel casing and was drilled down to a depth of 413 feet. Six different stratum Of water were encountered and some 1230 perforations were made in the pipe to permit these flnura nf wahrr tsi ntir t.hw well. The water rises to within 103 feet of the surface of the ground ' and flows a tremendous amount of water. On pumping test the water level only lowered 18 feet. Engineer Richards .declared the well to be the best north of Provo Pro-vo River and stated it delivers cold, pure water of a high quality. qual-ity. Drilling of the well was com menced June 15th this year by Eldon Comer, Lehi, with George R. Roberts running the drill rig. Their bid was $15.50 per foot for the total depth or 88,40150 for the total Job. ' . ... This company furnished the pipe, drilled the well, "pumped It out", and ran the test pumping pump-ing for the engineer. -Well drilling drill-ing was concluded August 2 making ma-king about forty-five days for bringing In the welL . , , Only one 'problem developed. At about one hundred feet the drill . hit a round boulder and started drifting off on an angle. The ; drillers : pulled the pipe. drilled "a perfectly, straight hole ' for the lull 413 feet . "After making the official tests with . Mayor Scott, Councllmen Fieh-fuid Shumway and numerous numer-ous citizens present. Engineer A. Z. Richards gave the well the numerous " tests -"Trtiiclf . It'cict' with flying colors. It was pumped pump-ed for hours throwing more than lour second, feet of water, very little mud or sand was carried in .the water and nothing but praise for the quality," quantity' and cleanness was heard. - well flow as shown would supply water for 12,000 people and, at the rate the Deer Creek project sells water, . would deliver $400 of precious water each 24 hours if pumped at capacity. The perfections were made . at six- depths. 160 feet down. 194 , 230 ft., 305 ft 259 ft, and 305 ft. These six with the bot tom of the wen, makes seven levels at which water flows into the great 18-lnch pipe. The perforation per-foration slits cut into the pipe, after it 1 is sunken are 3 sixteenths six-teenths of an Inch wide and 3 Inches long.. An automatic - tool Is lowered Into the well to the desired depth and then pulled upwards about one foot The tool expands under this operation and cuts a clean hole up and down the lde of the welL Some eight holes are cut around the pipe by this instrument, one at a time. The well is to be pumped for a short period to remove all In flowing dirt and sands and then will be capped until next year when a pump is expected to be Installed and the water fed Into the main line Of the city water : system which passes within feet, of the well. ' ' Phillip Cave To Command Ledon Post 49 American Legion Post 49 'and Auxiliary held a Joint canyon party and election meeting last week at the Alpine Power Plank Leglonalre and Mrs. Clark Tol- ton were hosts to the gathering, and Commander Kaye Morton was in charge of the program. ' Phillip Cave was elected com mander of the Post for the com lng year with Zenith Chamber lain as first vice commander. vice commander. Present service officer and chaplain, Henry Mc- Nlell, was retained as service officer of-ficer and chaplain, and the present pre-sent sargeant-at-anns. Etry Chipman waj retalnc J In tat office. ' Program numbers cor. ' . .1 of two ckirlnet numbers ty Ly:;,!a AUdrcd. Dorothy Ikv:-y tnd Donna Burgess, and t're numbers on . the , accor'.a:i ty Mary Gray. |