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Show Am. Legion ami Service Star To Work For $ar Memorial Mrs. Ann L. Chipmau, J. J. Mercer and Mrs. J. J. Mercer wore present at the special session of the city council held December 4, in the interests in-terests of the Service Star and American Amer-ican Legicms. Mrs. Chipman stated that American Fork was one of the cities in the United States where no recognition of the services of the World War Veterans had been made. Sl,e further stated that through the efforts of the Service Star Legion tor the last ten years about $300.00 I heen saved and they were now desirous of help from the city in the building o some suitable monument in commemoration of the services of Uie world war veterans. J. J. Mercer Merc-er as Commander of Post No. 49, stated that their organization had decided de-cided as their 1930 work, they would help the Service Star Legion put over their project and therefore asked the council to make an allowance in the 1930 budget for the same. Mayor Greenwood and members of the coun-;, coun-;, tressed themselves as being m tavor of any project the Legions might care to take up and therefore raised the City Beautification allowance allow-ance to ?S00 with the understanding that part of this was for aid in this project. The purpose of the special meeting vas for the consideration of the 1930 budget appropriations, which budget in last week's edition. Was yiiiiii Other business at this session consisted con-sisted of the following reports: Councilman Miller reported tha. toe Fire Department was in need of fire hose. After some discussion, toe matter of purchasing an additional addition-al 150 feet of fire hose was referred to the Fire committee and purchasing purchas-ing agent with power to act. 1 A communication was received ! from Governor George H. Dern m- closing a copy of a telegram received Hnm TTerbert Hoover in which m- I 1 formation was desired relative to tie I economic conditions of our city and asking that tie city speed up what- ever construction that was in sight for the coming yea and adjust the same in suci a fashion as to further employment. Information as to the. amount and type of construction in Bight for the next twelve months and f the amount of unemployment in our I city as compared with a year ago I ere also asked for. The mayor and recorder were asked to answer tie J same. ev. |