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Show So the People A auMwiMMM lAmtMIIWlflnn ...Vfoti fn live, fflearlv. that - im"" ' ' '-'"i.iuaw ICOpuIlSlDlU- ty of every civic administration and civic group concerned con-cerned with the future growth and prosperity of their community. The American way of Jife and liberty has been pre- servea at vS5w"s ow, in the- reconversion T,ornlv foCUSlId OH 4,DUrSUit aim in the interests of national and community strength, welfare and progress. A recent survey disclosed that one of the strong factors influencing the selection of new industrial sites was the desire of employers and employees to locate where adequate community facilities were available for more enjoyable living. This fundamental human influence, plus the complications com-plications and expenses of transportation, housing, social and recreational conditions in many larger cities, and the disturbing element of the atomic bomb menace to both population and industrial concentrations, are further fur-ther directing the trend of public favor to the smaller communities. Now, the towns and cities of 2500 to 100,000 popu- lawuu - - k iwiuvio ill tivii; affairs iriust realize that the pursuit of happiness is just as definitely and urgently an American job as was the war effort. They will either plan to enlarge the op-" op-" portunities for the pursuit of happiness and make their communities more attractive to their present and desirable de-sirable new citizens, or slump into inertia and fall to the - Providing adequate, attraction areas utilizes one of the most powerful, popular and beneficial building forces that can be employed for community advancement. advance-ment. Recreation's value as a vital force in community development has been widely proved. It is a leading business busi-ness in many communities and they have profited substantially sub-stantially from fhe vast amounts spent annually in the ' pursuit of happiness. No alertly governed American town or city should ' delay action in bringing its recreation attractions up to the new requirements of postwar living. It was for these reasons that Orem City Council de-tided de-tided to erect a lighted Soft Ball field, also as fast as "possible to erect tennis courts, volley-ball, hand-ball, foot ball, horseshoes, boxing, and wrestling. Also to provide places for arts and crafts, drama-. drama-. ticst music, dancing, nature study and outings, social . flfltilTif inn nun -MWAi-fol ufAiwom wnere ftoaeos may. pe nem. - OremjCity js very, fortunate jn having .3acrf HElder Jmtalr;f ground in the very heart Of tne city Xaat caiwoe ceveiop-. ceveiop-. ed into as fine a playground as can be had. We are asking ask-ing for the support of all citizens in this undertaking, let's provide the proper recreation and keep our boys and girls out of corrective institutions. - The following organizations are sponsoring the recreation recre-ation for Orem-Sharon district: Orem City. Alpine School District. Scera. Sharon Stake. Mr. Victor Anderson will manage the Summer Activities and the Scera will do the bookkeeping. Orem City is not taking from the Recreation but adding to it. Let's be boosters for our community, the Orem-Sharon District E. E. TWITCHELL, Orem City Councilman in Charge Of Parks and Recreation. Orem City to Dedicate New Softball Field Next Monday; IlJlJj m t s Wis. lurnea un at iAiy ram With Orom ;! hghts showing aU over ; r vauey, the first game of ' season was played Tuesday evening with Windsor edging JUl Vineyard M-Mon n.o n fusing game. lighted park, just east of Ivfli 7 wm dedicated i, u an impressive program of !-l 5ames, band pnnnort an1 a address 7ur caiman. VflL 1 !e scheduled J softball game be-n be-n ,rieasai View and Shar- uai, ... m nuvucoa ns.y 'and "-J'. M a V coln hieh snhnM JZ& ,,..Z. fC fuTemruntttdusk. hlr program directed b be Lllghtin8 . committee, light,-. -n6 the ceremony ato ssftM-Men's Pann. a11 game between rjttlan Windsor. 11 m i?pPy Same of softbalL -t n we cool of the teve- , ins .rLFchthe alives nfritVitea repre "d, and all ps the copununity May Know mm - X. .. wvvi U l'a An immiui;l. luuaii ic iiirliiH npTTav in m dioou, lanor and money. periqdV strong emphasis is nf onfitrifioa A Ida on oiono i rvj n I to meet with them to discuss plans regarding the feasibility of securing a ligrited softball field. The group decided it was a fine thing and work proceeded to that end. Mayor Gillman appointed a committee headed by E. E. Twitchell, representing the city council, Leonard Madsen, Julian Hansen, Clark Collings and Bishop LeGrand Jarman as a committee to work out plans and build the softball field. Chairman Twitchell reports that numerous telephone calif were made to Denver and Salt Lake City, and trips to Salt Lake City before the material was finally assembled. All new poles and new floodlights have been used, making a very fine job and under existing conditions, condi-tions, a real accomplishment. The committee wishes to thank all citaens who assisted in this project, especially James Blair, Fred, Cliff. Kent and Fay Fielding, Ed Hall. Henry Falk-ner Falk-ner and Utah Power & Light Company: Sharp Gillespie and Malone Electric company of Pro ve- The city officials invite every-1 one to make use of the fine city park, but request that cars must , he kent off the lawn. A fine. parking lot is just one block cant and one block north- and coal ouu vjh: w1"1-" - . . . . i I. ...ill -iirn ' uus Z?:'a SJSTKdSSi OREM - Volume 14 Number 17 Testimonial For Lake View MissionarvSun. J. 5. jg&im&tl1;:. j if' Vernon M. Nultall, Jr. Vernon M- Nuttall, Jr. entered enter-ed the army air force in September, Sep-tember, 1942, and returned January Jan-uary 18, 1946, and has accepted a call to fill a mission in the Northwestern States. He leaves for the mission home in Salt Iake City Monday, June 10. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon M. Nuttall of Lake View and is a graduate of Lincoln high school and Sharon stake seminary and attended BYU one year before entering service. A testimonial will be given honoring the young man in the Lake View ward chapel Sunday evening at 7:30 p. m- On Tuesday evening the missionary mis-sionary committee of the ward sponsored a dancing party in the ward amusement hall,, honoring GRAND VIEW GIRLS DO WELFARE SEWING On Tuesday afternoon the girls of the ward from 15 to 17 years of age met at the home of Mrs. Mary Camenish, where LDS church welfare sewing was done under the direction of Mrs. Martha Kelsey, Relief society so-ciety president and Mrs- Ruby Martin and Mrs. Elsie Taylor, class advisors for the LDS girls. After the sewing was completed the girls played softball. On Monday afternoon the girls from 12 to 14 years met at the home of their advisor, Mrs. Nina Carter. These girls have also organized a softball team. TROPHIES OFFERED UTAH COMMUNITIES IN CLEANUP DRIVE In cooperation with the Beau-tification Beau-tification Division of the Utah centennial, the National Cleanup Clean-up and Paintup Bureau will present pre-sent some Utah community with a handsome trophy in recognition recogni-tion of exceptional effort, Hprace J. Gunn, beautification manager announced this week. The offer of the award was received from Shipley D. Burton, Bur-ton, former Utahn, who is director di-rector of the National Bureau. Every city and town in the state is eligible. Small communities will have the same opportunity as larger towns. The contest will not be judged on the amount of work done, but upon the quality qual-ity and thoroughness. To participate in the contest, committee should keep a scrap-book scrap-book of activities demonstrating the work accomplished through newspaper clippings, announcements announce-ments and "before and after" rho!ographs. They must be submitted to the National Cleanup Clean-up and Paintup campaign bureau. bu-reau. 1500 Rhode Island Avenue, N. W. Washington, D- C. by September 1. Details of the contest may be secured by writing to the Beautification Beau-tification division. Centennial commission. Box 329, Salt Lake Citv 8. Utah. Mr. and Mrs- August J. Johnson John-son and daughter, Alene, have n.J-'l IPft for rl id. Oregon to vuit their daughter and sister Mrs. Nelson Snow and family. THE STEEL CENTER OPTHE ."WEST New Men's Softball Schedule With the addition of a new team in the recreational league (Orem Jaycees) It was necessary to draw up new- schedule to accomodate the eleven teams now entered. 4 Also to facilitate matters it has been decided to change the time of play to 7:45 p.m. The program of events of the lighted softball field will be as follows: At 8:30 the senior boys will play their regular scheduled games on this new field. I ' The Men's teams are expected to arrive at 7:30 and do their warming up, thereby being ready to start at the appointed time, 7:45 p.m. Any Men's team not ready to start by 8:00 p.m. will forfeit the game. The new Men's schedule Is as follows and reDlaces last week's printed M-Men's schedule. All 9, 1 mm m ' oiner scneauies wm De as an nounced. WHERE TO PLAY: ,J V!-f: Each evening the senior boys MM.t. . ...:n -1 i . bi.u men icaiu wu vuxy u mc citv hall as exnlained above. while the junior and senior girls H will play in the football field at Lincoln high school. The Junior boys will play on the lawn Just east of the swimming pool at Scera. Any team wishing to practice may do so any night any time. However, if the diamonds are being used it will be necessary neces-sary to practice in front of the Spencer school. . 1 NEWLY ARRANGED MEN'S : SOFTBALL SCHEDULE June 10-14 Timp vs Windsor Geneva vs Sharon Grand View vs Vineyard B EdgemontTvs Vineyard A J. C vs Vermont Pleasant View Bye June 17-21 Pleasant View vs Vermont Timp vs Geneva Grand View vs Windsor Edgemont vs Sharon T. C. vs Vineyard B Vineyard A Bye June 24-28 V Vinevard A vsVermonl-.- ftlttWtfrimf1lw" Edgemont vs" Geneva J. C. vs Windsor Pleasant View vs Vineyard B Sharon Bye July 8-12 Timp vs Edgemont Sharon vs Vermont J. C. vs Grand View Pleasant View vs Windsor Vineyard A vs Vineyard B Geneva Bye Orem Merchants To Have Half Day Closing Each Week During Summer All merchants and groceries liSEL t JtTt-y hW Aaronlc priesthood-afternoons priesthood-afternoons at 1 o'clock begin- j u j ning June 5 and up until Labor day. All merchants are cooperating in this move, and owing to the shortage in various items such as breads, meats, etc., feel that it will be a goOd policy. If a holiday occurs during the week on any day except Wednesday, Wed-nesday, the stores will remain open all day on that week; such as the week of July 4th the stores will be open all day or Wednesday. P. K. Nielsen's Observes 35th Wedding Anniversary Honoring their 35th wedding anniversary, members of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Paul K Nielsen and a group of close friends will attend the evening session at the Salt Lake temple Friday, June 7. On Saturday evening the same group have received invitations to a supper at the Nielsen home in Pleasant View, honoring the event. , The couple were married June 7, 1911 in the Salt Lake temple They are parents of seven living children and twenty-five grand children. EDGEMONT GIRLS FORM CHORUS The young ladies of the ward met last Tuesday and organized a chorus with Mrs. Tana Richards, Rich-ards, director and Mrs. Helen Gordon, accompanist. Miss Jean Conder was named president presi-dent of the group, with Misr Rhea Sundquist, secretary and treasurer. 21 girls were present at the initial meet. They extend ex-tend an invitation to every girl in the ward from 12 to 21 years to be present each Tuesday eve ning at 8 o'clock at the church '5.' . . it. :..'--.,4, J T. '. ' - - j. w wAwm 0 UXs. Sf l K&LiA hi Vv." . 1 July 15-19 impvsJ. C eneva vs Vermont Pleasant View v Grand View Vineyard A vs Windsor Vineyard B vs Sharon Edgemont Bye i July 22-28 v gdgemont vs Vermont Pleasant View vs J. C Vineyard B vs Geneva Sharon vs Windsor Timp Bye I July 29 Aug. 2 Timp vs Pleasant View ."Vineyard A vs Pleasant View Vineyard B vs Edgemont bharon vs Grand View Windsor vs Geneva Vermont Bye i August 59 Timp vs Vermont Vinevard A vs Pleasant View 'Sharon vs J. C. Windsor vs Edgemont Geneva vs Grand View yinevard B Bve Uvmeyara ye August 12-17 Sharon vs Pleasant View Vineyard B vs Vermont 'Timp vs Vineyard A Geneva vs J. C. Grand View vs Edgemont Windsor Bye August 19-23 Windsor vs Vermont Timp vs Vineyard B Sharon vs Vineyard A Qeneva vs Pleasant View Edgemont vs J. C, Grand View Bye August 28-30 a Round Robin tournament of top four teams to determine winner Remember all games start at 6:30 (except men's 7:45) RESULTS OF PLAY THUS FAR: Men: Timp- over Sharon 10-6. Windsor over Vineyard B' for- feit. (forfeit by not appear Mng v at . scheduled time( the practice game between these s teams however went nine in-ninTwilh in-ninTwilh Windsor being'the 'Winner 11-8. Senior Scouts: PI, View over Timp (default) Windsor over Sharon "(default) Scouts: Timp over Pi. View 22-11. Sharon over Windsor 19-11. Senior Girls: Timp over Vineyard 26-17 (Windsor and Edgemont .girls postponed till Thursday, June 8) Special Notice Sharon Ward Members It is urged by the bishoprir that all members of the ward attend sacrament meeting. ThI? ",u"!V"'l, J""".1?. .v"! deacons, teachers and priests should be there as they each have a specific calling and should be there to discharge their duties. Also all those who hold the Melchizedek priesthood-It priesthood-It is important. Please come out and bring your families, the children as well. The Lord has set aside this day to worship him and if we will do this, we will be blessed bless-ed in many ways. We urge you as parents to bring your families and to set an example for them. Some very Interesting programs have beer planned and we are sure that your time will be well spent. (Signed) Stanley J. Finch. Bishop. BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM GOING FORWARD People are responding admirably admir-ably to the call for beautifying their premises. At the regular committee meeting, Tuesday evening, the members of the general committee commit-tee who have Subcommittees In he various wards, reported very good progress. A lot of planting plant-ing has been done. Tons of Junk have been hauled away- Some fences have been straightened up and painted. Nearly everybody every-body is interested and doing the best they can. There are at least fifty places in the community com-munity which are really out standing, many more are coming fine. Tuesday evening, June 18,-the general committee and all the ward .committees will meet at he Seminary building, where Tony Rohbock. landscape specialist, speci-alist, will show a lot of p'ctures in colors of. different premises, also give the assembly gootf hints and? ideas. THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1946 TESTIMONIAL TO . HONOR MISSIONARIES Miss Florence Muhlestein and Miss Wanda Gurr will be honored hon-ored Sunday evening in Pleasant Pleas-ant View ward chapel at 7:30 p.m., under the direction of the ward missionary committee. Miss Florence Muhlottein The young ladies will leave for the mission home in Salt Lake City Monday, June 10th. Miss Muhlestein will serve in the Canadian mission. She is the daughter of the late John and Josephine L. Muhlestein and is a graduate of Lincoln high school, Sharon Stake Seminary Sem-inary and Brlgham Young University. Uni-versity. She has been teaching in the Heber City schools for the past three years and Was recreational director of Sharon Stake last summer. Miss Gurr is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Gurr and will labor in the Central States mission. .She is " a. graduate of Lincoln high school and Sharon Stake Seminary. Miss Wanda Gurr RELATIVES HONOR YOUNG MISSIONARY Members of the Gurr family met enmass Thursday evening at Pleasant View ward recreation hall, honoring Miss Wanda Gurr who is leaving for a mission to the Central States. Bishop PhilO T. Edwards was master of ceremonies and among the fine program rendered were talks by Miss Wanda, her parents, par-ents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Gurr, and her brother Eugene Gurr. Mrs. Alta Rowley sang two solos and refreshments were served. Leland Black New Grand View Ward Clerk With all members of Snaron stake presidency and stake clerk present. Leland Black was sus tained as ward clerk of Grand view ward, bunday. He replaces re-places James Morris Bird, who is moving from the ward. The Black family came to Grand View from Salt Lake City last December, and had been members of Provo 8th ward be fore moving to the capitol city. Mr. Black served as president of the Elder's quorum and a? secretary to the ward building committee of the 8th ward. His wif is the former Eris Madsen rf Elsinore and they have one ch'H. 1 ' . - , , . - f t if v -v l - OS-jll t ... ..' ( ) 1 i Vermont Ward Reunion June 17 j - . The .mebbership of Vermont ward are anxiously looking for June 17th to roll around, as the committee in charge are preparing prepar-ing a fun-fest at a ward reunion to be held at that time at Canyon Can-yon Glen in Provo Canyon. There will be games for ail-both ail-both old and young and a very good time assured all who come. It starts at 4 BRIGGS SIGNS AS OREM COACH Melvln (Red) Briggs. guard on Utah State Agricultural Col- lege basketball teams , in a 941 and 1942, has been appointed head basketball coach at Lincoln Lin-coln high school, according to Dr- Joseph A. Geddes, head of the sociology department. Mr. Briggs will also teach ' social sciences'. " ' . Besides his varsity uuop ex ploits, Briggs has been active i in intrumural sports. He is a sociology major, now doing grad uate work at USAC. He expects to receive his master's degree at the end of the summer quar ter, i He is married, his wife being the former Jean Rowe of Eureka. His home town is Ogden. Both were graduated In 1942, GRAND VIEW 1 YOUTH PILOT OF GLOBE . CIRCLING PLANE Mrs. LaPreal Harward, wife of Lt. Gam H. Harward and members of the O, Harvey liar ward family met their son and brother at Hill Field in Ogden. a short t vie ago, when Lt. Har ward and the crp w of the "Magic Carpet" stopped there for In spection, and were shown thru the huge plane. , ' Lt. Garn H. Harward Lt. Harward was one of the three pilots of the famous C-54 "Magic Carpet" which recently made a sweeping 23,000 mile around-the-world trio in 123 hours and 45 minutes flying time. Brig. Gen. Bob E. Now land, commanding general of the Pacific divisions of the air trans port command, headed the crew, which started and finished the flight from Hickham Field, Hawaii. The crew visited num erous ATC bases and stations on the trip. Garn has been in the army air corps for the past three years. He is a graduate of Provo high school and was attending BYU when he joined the army air corps. Recently be re-enlisted in the air corps and has been stationed at Hickam Field, for the past year. His wife, the former LaPreal Ludlow of Spanish Span-ish Fork, and their son, Don L. are leaving shortly for Hawaii, to join Lt. Harward. On Monday, Lt. Harwara i.'ew over the family home, circling it three times, after calling his wife, Sunday from San Diego, California- He was enroute U Washington, D. C In speaking of his son. Mr. Harward said, "We are grateful for Gam's accomplishment and protection during the last three years." Report of Globe Circling Tour In Honolulu Paper Asked his opinion of the term inals in other parts of the world. Gen. Nowland expressed the belief be-lief that airfields and facilities at Paris and Rome compared favorably with modem Hickam Field. At Rome, the Americans are utilizing Mussolini's prize airdrome. Heavily damaged by our bombers during hostilities, but now being repaired, the Rome field previously had "extra added attractions'' such as swimming pools and a zoo. The old elaborate setup, he said is a complete ruin. Gen. Nowland acknowledged j the "highly qualified" kiU -of his crew and pointed to the ex cellent time of 42 hours from Cairo to Guam, 36 of which were spent In the air. The "Magic Carpet" experienced experi-enced fine wheather throughout the entire 29.000 mile trip and encoumerea minor difficulties Lon only two occasions. Both times the aerial engineer made necessary repairs at Hamilton Field and again at Manila, ignt 4a 4 a, " - t ' uon failures were noted at early -those living a long distance from stages and repairs completed in'he school." call Mrs. George near record time. . - - " - - Boyce, PTA president. PLEASANT GROVE OBSERVES 25TH . STRAWBERRY DAY With perfect weather condi tions, thousands of residents of Utah attended the 25th annual Strawberry day celebration in Pleasant Grove, Wednesday. Two fine miniature parades featured the day's festivities with MissLinda Boren as Miss Pleasant Grove on her dainty float receiving high praise, as . did the many other entries by the five wards, the clubs of the city and the business houses. The centennial theme was presented pre-sented in a number of the lovely floats. . Lincoln high school band was among the five bands featured" during the eventful day. Ball games, the carnival midway and activities of all sorts added to the gaiety of the affair. - More than $600 in prizes was awarded throughout the day and at the Strawberry Day dance at the high school gym Wednesday evening. The thousands of cases of luscious strawberries were of even better quality than usual and brought much praise from the out of state visitors. LOCAL MAN DIES IN CHICAGO HOTEL FIRE 1 Brice McBride, 51, government govern-ment engineer and Orem fruit Rrowcr, met death Tuesday in the worst hotel fire ever to hit Chicago, according to reports received by his family. . He had checked into the La-Salle La-Salle Hotel Tuesday, after spending spend-ing the past ten days in the cast on bu:!r.?sr. He was senior hydraulic engineer for fish and game for the U. S. Government, His death was due to suffoca tion, and funeral services will be announced pending arrival of the body, which is under the direction of Berg Mortuary. iirlce McBride was born in Salt Lake City, Oct. 7, 1894, a son of Mrs. Augusta McBride, of 900 r North? University Avenue and the late D. D. McBride. He attended West high school and graduated; from the, USAC at Logan, He served in World War 1. in active service in France and Germany for 22 months. He was with the 23rd army engineers. engi-neers. He was water engineer on the Sevier river for 14 years. He married Marion Collins in November, 1921, in Salt Lake City .and they have one son and one ! daughter, Brice McBride, Jr. .at present flying for the naval nav-al reserve, with headquarters at San Francisco, Calif., he served during the war as a lieutenant (J.g.); and Jane McBride, who is attending school at Loretta Heights college, Denver. Colo. Besides his aged mother, he also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Knight of Provo, , Mrs. Don C. (Isabelle) Clayton of Orem and Mrs. H. T. (Laura) Jones of Mid- vale. "ROSE EVENING", FOR JUNIOR GIRLS Mrs. Bernice Stubbs of Edge-' mont entertained' the Junior girls and their mothers at her . home Tuesday evening," Each girl presented her mother with roses of various- colors, "stating why she chose that - particular rose as her symbol. Mrs- Ber. nice Faulkner spoke to the girls. The Rose ceremony was conducted con-ducted by candle light by -Mrs. Stubbs, and she presented each girl with her achievement award folder for the season's work. Refreshments were served" to Jackie Faulkner, Mrs. Bernice Faulkner,, Helen MeldrumMrs. Susanna Meldrum; Alice ' Ann Hawkins, Mrs. Montex Hawkins; Zella Sundquist, Mrs. Emma Sundquist; Merleen Smith, Mrs. Sylvia Smith; Beth Jones and her sister, Mrs. Olive Gillespie. "Fireside Chat" At Booth Home Booth Maycock was host to 23 young folks of Geneva-ward Sunday evening at a -fireside chat at the family home. Community Com-munity singing was enjoyed; also al-so talks were given by the returned re-turned servicemen present and Max Pyne showed pictures taken by him in the Aluetian Island. A barbecue supper was enjoyed. Page Kindergarten Begins Monday -t All children , of Page schooi district who will be six years old before November 1, 1946 will attend a kindergarten class beginning Monday, June 10, at 9 ' o'clock---- Mrs. Myrtle Cock-ran Cock-ran will be the teacher. For de tails :asrtO" transportation for |