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Show AMERICAN FORKJ UTAH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1949 NUMBER 44 est IF io3 I in J v 3erk 4 ecticaf New Administration to Run City Government After Jan. 3 Inauguration On January 3, 1950, a mine operator, a garage owner, pro prietor of a men's furnishings store, a farmer, a blacksmith and a car salesman -will take over the reins of the city government The mayor-elect and three council-men council-men are novices In city government, govern-ment, while the other two coun-cilmen coun-cilmen have seats in the present administration. . ..Ii In remark W returning iu" J -Now put on Jjwe-Hgotobed." 13,1 expect to ycaittforala In the '.lemons. Only itoibcvel. to know the long-proton long-proton Drug to e consult a certain .Uer who knows CuT fifteen minute -'49- , is starting the W it's probably the fii i tee jiaw -- Wnerson I know? f fish for Christmai.1 I had wmien a letter i . . u in.. Esne wouiu .c g machine for i see, she has to nonniM that are ft nartine meters u it. well, Santa Clausl Taking over the pilot's helm as r letter to Mayor ; mayor will be Republican Willard tat a taxpayer was'R. Clejhorn who succeeds David his shoulder wniie Mng the letter so cold finish to that last week from the Instructors to be on ski tow in American a - M a, was tne name oi aul Skiing in these rat Dick, is just not praj.iftheflrst-noU sow-too-much win- jjcatagettothe-tow, bora' hickory artist hand with the other ' " , i w The mayor-elect said this week that the standing committee appointments ap-pointments would be announced as soon as the new officials took the oath of office. It is expected, however, that the four major committee chairmanship assignments assign-ments will be divided on a 3-1 party basis with Mr. Laursen keeping his present committee assignments on elections, Judiciary, Judic-iary, claims, and cemetery. Mr. Searle now has the important waterworks assignment and it Is T Tragedy Simons Two Lives Ai Blood Home Hem -1 , Power & Light Expands Building and Service At Accelerated Pace Here eople L. Greenwood, a Democrat. Holding Hold-ing down the four-year council-men council-men posts will be George E. Jones and Walter B. Devey, Republicans who will take over the positions 1 vacated by Jared D. Kellar and '- of a thrill to be distant part of the a customer In a , re lay, Td like a sack )ir, milled in American appened to me.. -'49- . inches of loose snow I ich to keep blades out on Saturday on the sti tow which was Jo open that day. After ft road for two days, cleared and the tow operation Monday for lime. -'49- from the Rotary Imagine, if you can, TOrid would be like If no faith in one an- Wof us would have to our incomes' -'49- Pthants reported one at years for Christmas operlenced. Only the 1 spurt saved them '-breaking inventories. meters have been itog factor in not-so-aa Pork? -'49 ' of 1950 resolutions 4 friends good only ploy them. '49 t aU ffie gotd Iri t is' out-ef the paapcaisd been -panned, and 1 Waned, it's about time 'obituary for the little I t&e megaphone whose e throughout the year "the gold in '49 Is on fet." Here Is where f smile, inquire, ex- go away with a good all-mankind. Yes, 14 hundred years ago, lot of gold on Main II this year it was not 01 gold that was col-1 col-1 little tobacco pouch Jj ftU and then Uken ?rS2 thls was a bas- 8htfuiness and serv-by serv-by your fellowmen 'Jl the merchant, the Pj officials, and the Each bore tld- r01 Will, eood vtshM 71 Jor a better tomor- ' -an mmiiiii irurr r A mux aawtan I ' Hans Laursen presumed by observers that he will keep this post because of his familiarity with the job and because be-cause of the expansion program carried out while he has been In charge of the department. It is the consensus of opinion that the recreation post will go t M Tnnoo vrVist corvoH nn tho iommltteeduringtJb,ejP!astyear and is vitaly Interested in . the recxeatlcn problems. . That leaves the Important police department George E. Jones Melvin Dunkley, both Democrats.; Hans Laursen, a Republican, suc ceeds himself for a two year hitch . and George Moss, another Republican, Re-publican, win serve a two-year term as councilman In the post V; iiiiiiiimiiihiit ' jX-SMWbil i ii - imwum , Walter B. Devey now held by E. Vern Hollndrake. Leslie Searle, lone Democrat In the group, is a hold-over councilman council-man and his term runs for two more years. ' -'49- . Feting I gear's day f withe days good cheer; health, N endf American Fork year make more mands for electric: lshed in this area b; it Light company, each id more de-power de-power f urn- Utah Power Within the U I 1 " " Leslie Searle and street department chairman ships to be given to Mr. Devey and Mr. Moss. City hall observers are Inclined to pick Mr. Moss for the street department, which by Drocess of elimination, gives Mr, Devey the all-important police department. There is consider able conjecture about how many of the present police force, will be retained if the council decides ttfTmke-wmechanges Earlier In the campaign", the GOP candi dates . were of . the. opinion that no changes should be made lh the police department, should the Republican ticket win, until '"a thorough study has been made. There is no comment from the incoming officials as to whether or not the study has been maae The winning Republican can didates in the November elections campaigned vigorously on a platform plat-form endorsing over-all plan of development for the community, operation of the city on a business-like basis with the possibility possibili-ty of hiring a manager for city affairs. They also advocated a sewer system, more playgrounds, a teen age program, removal oi the garbage jdump, adequate j-Uce j-Uce protection, improvements residential street lighting and a systematic program for inspec-tioa.oL.food, inspec-tioa.oL.food, handling establishments establish-ments and beer parlors. Only In a democracy can a miner, a farmer, a blacksmith, a mechanic, alhabcrdasher and a salesman sit down together and wnrir nut the Drbblems that'con- i rent-executives. WLadministrA-, tors in keeping the city oanaea city, 72 new customtrs were add ed to the company! list In 1949, to bring the total homes and bus inesses being served to 1724. In Pleasant Grove, 78 new customers cus-tomers wers added Jo the growing grow-ing list of customers to bring the total to 1231. In the district aJ total of 177 new customers were added to the list! iThe district comprises Alpine, Lehl, American Fork and Pleasant Grove. In the first 11 months this year the power company com pleted S98 Jobs in the American Fork district, which number has kept a sizeable crew busy this year. i One job completed by the em ployees of the power company that added considerable beauty to the city was the Installation of the new "white way." American Ameri-can Fork now has ohe of the best llehted Main streets of any city of its size in Utah, f This project cost nearly $13,000 'to complete. The new system has 35 of the 10,000 lumln lamps and 40 of the 4,000 lumln lamps. The system that was replaced had 16 of the 4,000 lumln lamps, 17 of the 6,000 and three of the 1,000 lumln lamps. ' Work has started on a new $150,000 service building at 50 North cn Second East street for the " power company: Theex- pandedbuUcUngpfbgrani. Is lnj keeping with the company's poli cy of keep apace with the needs of rapidly growing Utah county. Orson M. Slack, company divis ion manager, advises that the new building will contain approximately approx-imately 10,000 square feet of basement and ground floor space which will house line construction construc-tion and maintenance crews, trouble men, meter testing repair and Installation workmen; the engineering department with fa cilities for estimating, drafting, photostats, maps and records; employe assembly and wash rooms, lineman wash rooms, lockers and showers. In addition there will be over 3.000 square feet of storage space for line materials and equipment, a loading dock and platform, and a modern elevator. Some 40 employees now housed In-the company's office at No. 1 East Main street and in the sub station building at 250 East First North street, will have quarters In the. new structure. The new building" will -be -of reinforced concrete and red brick construction trimmed with terra cotta. Completion of the build t Orson M. Slack ing is planned for August.. An auditorium will, be provided by remodeling the present office building as soon as the service building is completed. Mr. Slack said that the Power company In recent years has completely rebuilt the American Fork distribution system; that It has moved primaries and street lights back at Orem to permit widening of Main street and has modernized distribution facilities. The area, is served by Lower American Fork, Alpine, Battle Creek and Olmstead hydro elec tric stations and -the- Orem steam-electric station which Is being greatly enlarged. Capacity of the substation at Lower American Amer-ican Fork has been doubled and 2,000 kwa added to the 44,000 volt system. Construction will start at once on a new 44,000 volt 2,000 kwa substation at Lindon. " A. F. Cavemen Defeat Bingham 33-23 , In a game below par on both sides American Fork Cavemen Friday defeated the Bingham Miners 33-23 on the Bingham floor. No one made any spectac ular moves and the local boys were about even as far as playing was concerned, . Coach Overly reported. Earlier in the season American Fork defeated Bingham 35-27. Tonight the Cavemen meet Provo high and tomorrow night will go to Fillmore to play West Millard. Expansion Program on Water Citv Guarantees Future Security New water connMtioM ' meanTTEfie fSvb Able' fete 'lall weathert that new homes and new bus! ness houses or utilities have come into being in American Fork. In the year drawing to a close, 45 new connections were made to the culinary water system by the city ,water department. In the booming year of 1948, 42 connec tions were made by tne department. depart-ment. The largest single request for service was from the now-under-construction American Fork hospital. hos-pital. The fee for this connection connec-tion was $404. The Forbes school building was the next largest single unit and the fee here amounted to $122. - In the Skyline subdivision, applications ap-plications were granted for ten new homes on " Clifton avenue, which represents the largest residential res-idential section to ask for city water service during the year. "" The vear 1949 got off to a slow fstaTttecause-of-the extremely lMleffleweather .experienced durine January and February. Observers are of-the--opinlon-that. Mrs. Frank Blood, 40, mother of two small children who witnessed wit-nessed the tragedy, was shot and killed early Friday morning by Raymond Blood, 45, a brother-in- law, who seconds later turned the gun on himself Inflicting a fatal wound between the eyes Mrs. Blood died from 22 calibre rifle wounds in the head, neck and shoulders. The shooting oc curred about 8:45 a. m. as she stepped from the bathroom to the kitchen. The children, Patsy, 6, and Frank, 3, terrified by the shots, ran from the house but returned and locked the door after their uncle left. Police Chief J. J. Mercer reported after the investigation. . Shoots Self Leaving the house Raymond Blood walked toward a chicken coop where his brother, Frank Blood, 47, was working. Before he reached the coop he stopped and shot himself, falling about 15 feet from the coop; The elder brother said he heard muffled shots but thought his brother was shooting at birds. When he emerged from the coop about 15 minutes later and saw his wound ed brother he ran to the, nearby home of his cousin, Boyd Blood, for help. On their return they found Raymond dead. Mrs. Boyd Blood went Into the home and found the body of the dead mother. No inquest was held. Raymond Blood, who . had a record of mental illness,- lived alone In a house next to that of his brother and raised rabbits and mink. He was recently ar rested for shooting at night and his euns were confiscated, no charges were pressed and the weapons were later returned to him. Chief Mercer jeportea. Native of Salt Lake -Mrs.- Irma Blood - was born In Salt.Lake City-Aug. 2 1909. a daughter of Charles and May Bethltsman Baxter. She was married to Frank Blood tax; Salt Lake City in December 1140. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Surviving besides her husband and children are her father, American Fork, three brothers, LaFair and Boyd, American Fork, and David, Pleasant Grove; three sisters, Mrs. Arnold (Edva) Frle- burg, Mrs. Kenneth (Eva) Jones, the son of Frank and Amelia Jen sen Blood. He had lived here all his life. Surviving are his broth er, Frank Blood, American Fork; three sisters, Mrs. Jack (Elva) Newman, Mrs. Delbert (Margie) Ellis, Pleasant Grove, and Mrs. Frank (Laura) Harris, American Fork. FUNERAL SERVICES Funeral services for Mr. Blood were conducted In the Anderson and Sons Mortuary Tuesday at 2 p. m. with Bishop David E. Wag-staff Wag-staff of the Third ward In charge. Warren F. Anderson told of his acquaintance with the family and said that "We cannot be the Judges of men's actions, thai must be left to a higher power,"' and Bishop Wagstaff spoke of the uncertainty of life, the purpose of life of the Savior and quoted . from the scriptures passages of consolation. Louis Garrett, accompanied by Mrs. Kenneth McDonald, played two violin solos, "Ava Maria and "Sometime Well Understand," and Mrs. McDonald and Mrs. Loyal Runolf son sang The Lord's Prayer" (Forsythe). Miss Alice Parker played the prelude and postlude. The invocation was offered by Walter B. Devey, President Edward Ed-ward W. Burgess pronounced the benediction and the grave was dedicated by Thomas Sunderland, Lehl. Pallbearers were Richard Blood, Junior and Marriner Mitchell, Sherman and Daniel Jones and Jack Newman. SERVICES FOR MRS. BLOOD George F. Shelley spoke of his acquaintance with the family and of the Latter-day Saint concept !of life hereafter. Henry E. Mc-, Neill offered words of consolation and comfort to the family, and spoke of the Influence one life has on another. Mrs. Kenneth McDonald. and Mrs. Loyal Runolfson, accompan- led by Miss Alice Parker, sang two duets "In the Garden" and "Beyond "Be-yond the Sunset"; Miss Parker played an organ solo and the prelude and postlude, and F. Rulon Nicholes accompanied by Mrs. Owen G. Humphries sang "Absent." -The invocation was offered by F. C. Pectol, JohnT. Evans pronounced pro-nounced the benediction and the grave was dedicated by Thomas Sunderland, Lent Pallbearers were Richard Blood, Sherman and Daniel Jones, Earl Walker, City. and Miss Delcla Baxter, Salt Lake! Jack and Dale Newman. , . Manners oi me imra iu Relief Society cared for the V 1 T1 J W1W l 1 KsmlltM d P"Pared lunch for American Fork, In November 1804J frtiwin th wrvicM. - I MtV MM4J w MJ vv - Building Program Passes Million Dollar Mark In '49 In American Fork did not compensate for the set back the building Industry suf fered In the first two months of the year, In an effort to keep stride with the growing demands on the city water supply, the city council conducted a revenue bond elec tion In October to finance improvements im-provements in the amount of $120,000. The citizens favored the bend issuance and as a result, re-sult, a new million gallon storage tank is nearly completed and before be-fore summer comes again,, new feeder iines-wlll have been laid to increase the water supply In down-town American Fork and residential areas where the water pressure has been low. Councilman1 Leslie Searle, who has charge of the waterworks department, 6tates the new tank and feeder 4ines.sxiouiaxaKe care oiJhenQmaljexpansign town for the next ten years as aiequaieiire proiec Over a million dollars was alloted for. building In American Fork In 1949 If gauged by valuation valua-tion of the permits Issued during the year by Building Inspector Glen Wright. Mr. Wright's report re-port shows that to date permits were issued for 36 new dwelling unite JaluedriOlTJ r1 non-residehtlal building -was-val-ued at $905,400, alterations and repairs' at $26,350 for a grand to-, tal of $1,108,850. Permits tQ;,.vbuild the Forbes j Elementary school, the community communi-ty hospital and the Utah Power j St light building accounted for much of the huge non-resldentr lal building program. An unusually severe winter Is credited with slowing the building build-ing Industry In January and Feb- Vuary of this year. No permits were taken out to ouua new homes in those months and the total of permits dropped to $1,300 In February, z ; - 4 More home builders were at work In May and June than at anv other time during the year. Seven permits for dwelling units were Issued in each of the months. April had the largest total for all types of building with, permits .valued at $449,700, of which the new School building accounted for $427,700. The building Industry suffered a decided slump during October but showed signs of recovery in K6vemWrwhen'-lBuTes reached -$2 r,0o which was- sllght- ly. higher than those that warned of the slump in September When compared to the 1948 figures; the past year shows a three-fold increase, for the valuation valu-ation of permits in 1948 totaled $347,055. However, without scor. Ing the hospital, school and Utah Power & Light building in this year's figures,-the total-would navebea--0 -The total numbe of hew dwell-" Ing permits was set at 61 for the year as compared to 3ft this year, . . .. but the per unit valuation una yearwas' $4900 whiles theaver.,. age valuation lor tne preceding 12 months was $4,ioo. Comparative table:. 1948 1949 Dwelling Units 61 36 Valuation, . Dwellings $260,900 im.iuu Coml. Building.. 33,830 905,400 Remodeling 50,326 26,350 Totals, all Bldg. $347,055 $1,108,850 Kitchen Banr The housewife, looking at tha gleaming exterior finish of ; ber kitchen range, seldom realises the extent of the protection given to it concealed parU. Back assemblies, service drawers, brackets, lus, and braces constitute about 80 per cent of the range fabrication. These are usually given a baked enamel eoaiini whlch acts - as r sealer- BBainstwater-and -other eonden- - 46-4tu.rerwiflS aa A, xuatv Wt- ventive.. - ' s ..s . L " - -? togetner in wor.is 'George Moss J - |
