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Show PAGE TWO THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN , Published Etery Thursday at American Fork, Utah, by the ALPINE PUBLISHING " CO. Entered as Second Class Matter, at the Postoff ice at American Fork, Utah, under the act of March 3. 1879 True" will bring back the atmoa- pnere oi tne melodrama of the 18008. - NMWfrAFIB A IlVlllTI lit a. oJ HQ flBVICt, IWC Subscription Rate $2.50 Per Year EDITORIAL Home Dramas Were Big News In keeping with the suggestion made last week of making American Fork a super shopping center by eliminating the parking meters and providing supplementary parking lots, "comes the suggestion that it should be emphasized that it is EASY to shopin our city. The one complaint that you hear when milady returns from Big Town after a shopping spree is that she is "dog tired." On this, local business can captialize. "Cooperate with your competitors to bring more business for yourselves and to build a better community" was not said here but it fits the shoe perfectly. By planning and coopera tion, local merchants can increase their inventories, lower their prices, and thus make it more profitable and inviting to shop at home. Advertise and glamourize the town as a shopping center. Above all, make it EASY to shop in American Ameri-can Fork. The city council has taken the first step by severing the meter contract, now let the businessmen in particular, and the citizens in general,blue print a plan that will allow American Fork to grow by making it EASY to shop here. This type of planning should not be left to the city council, their mnction is to police and administer the challenge is tO'Ernest Paxman, Sam McNeill and tne citizen-Dusinessman. The time is now. ! c,mui inQiey- ' . Miss Wootton says the last op era was "All Aboard the Barn Home dramatics In American Fork reached a high point during dur-ing the 1890's when several plays were produced each season. Among the players of this period were many of the earlier thes- plans. thejrgrew up Nell Mercer, daughter of Martha Ellen Chip-man, Chip-man, pioneer lead; Fred Jackson, Liza Chlpman, Frank and Bertha Turner, Hugh Wright, Jesse Mls-ner, Mls-ner, Joseph E. Ingersoll, Charles Miller, Ted Lee, and others were added to the ever growing list of popular players. Maud and Alice 'Driggs came from Pleasant Grove to teach school and Joined the home town group, and Clara Wootton, who was Interviewed last week, was an ever popular character actress. ac-tress. One of the last plays produced before the Opera House burned, according to Mi3s Wootton's memory, was "Comrades" in which she appeared with Larena Grant, Florence Dunkley, Virgil Groo, Mr. Mlsner, James Grant and Wayne Booth. After music as a subject was Introduced into the school in 1900-1901, Mark Robinson put on operettas which developed into rather pretentious affairs as time passed. When Miss Charlotte Owens took the place of Mr. Rob inson, she too, took pride in the musicals staged in the old hall. Nell Forbes was a favorite lead in musical affairs, and among those who played with her were Bert Eastmond, Alma Paxman, Provo; acle" directed by a Mr. Jones (who remembers his given name?). Elva Chlpman (Mrs. A. Ray Olpin) and Thomas L. Martin Mar-tin had the leading roles. Supporting Sup-porting cast included Miss Woot ton, Marlon Nicholes, Thomas S. Prlday and C. A. Grant. First attempt at anything in a musical line wasln the summer of 1901, at the close of Mr. Rob lnson's first year. The operetta was "Gyp Junior" and adult players were Mr. Robinson and Miss Liza Chipman. Ernest Pax man, Edith Hindley and Blanche Crandall were youthful leads. The Opera House was truly a community center. After the division di-vision of Utah stake In 1901 and before the Alpine stake taber nacle was completed, all Alpine stake conferences were held there. The oratory of William H. King, Congressman Suther land, as well as county and local politicians was heard within its walls. And after the building of the Apollo Hall with Its famous spring floor, a roller rink was a winter pastime in the old hall. A fire, credited to defective wiring, on Sept. 13, 1915, left nothing but the adobe walls. The next Issue of the Citizen said "While its destruction will be a less to the owners, the greatest loss will be to the community, who has often had Its free use, but will now be without an adequate ade-quate place to hold theatricals and similar amusements. When the high school on the hill put in a stage, home dramatics dra-matics were continued there and each ward has prcducedplays according ac-cording to its facilities. The play next week "Tried, Trusted and THURSDAY, MARCH 2, Newspaper History Gives Trials Of Early Citizen 4 ". 'rssn in i ' . t I f XU I ;.!: . " . X k,:TtN" 5TT j' ' ' i. . ( ! I 7 fc 1 - Telephone 613 iLJ 1 1 1 I II I A&iiJLTi . aJv-a n - Buried In the annals of de ceased businesses are six pre-cedessors pre-cedessors of the American Fork Citizen. These attest the difficulty diffi-culty of establishing a newspaper In the early-day community. In fact, the comment In other newspapers news-papers concerning the situation In American Fork was one of disgust dis-gust and ridicule. "Journalism unappreciated" said one; "the bummlest place" said another; a third suggested they take a bucket of black paint and blot out the name of American Fork from the map of Utah. Back in 1868 the American Fork Weekly Gazette, a pen-and-ink manuscript form, was published pub-lished and edited by R. G. Eccles. A Salt Lake paper of that day commenting on it said: "It is published in neat manuscript. Its pages are filled with instructive instruc-tive and interesting matter, comprehending com-prehending the scientific, useful, and amusing such as: "An Essay On Astronomy; Original Poetry by J. Crystal; Local Items; Wit and Humor; and Various Selected Matters." No one seems to have written an obituary for the Week ly Gazette and Mr. Eccles, for the next paper of record is the American Fork Independent. The Independent The Independent started March 21, 1890; when the population Of American Fork had reached 1,942. Dr. Ed. Isaacson was the editor and J. F. Bledsoe and James Mc-Coard Mc-Coard the publishers. The paper was four pages, six columns wide and was all home print reported to have been printed on an army press. By July of that year we find this record; "Mr. Heskel of Grand Junction has purchased the Independent. He will take charge July 15." The four men mentioned above do not appear elsewhere in Utah journalism or newspaper records. Pribyl Gives Up By 1891 John F. Pribyl was the publisher of the paper and in 1892 he moved the paper to Co-rinne. Co-rinne. The Heber . Herald of March 14, 1892, makes the last mention of the paper: "The American Fork Independent has discontinued another case of journalism unappreciated." The Utah Republican was a weekly four-page, four column paper with Newman H. Mix as editor, that was being published ii American Fork in 1892. It was last mentioned on Sept. 24 of that year with this note: "The American Fork Republican sits down on the Lehi Banner, and styles it a Patent Medicine." The Gay Nineties Era By September of the following year, the American Fork Item was being published and in 1896 it became the American Fork World. M. S. Scott was listed as the first publisher of the Item and at the time it was sold prior to becoming the World, Joseph L. Dunkley and Scott were the publishers. pub-lishers. The Advance was first Issued on April 25, 1901, by John R. Wallis. After a few months Wallis gave up the paper and it was . at this time that editors suggested the town be blacked off the map. The Trl-City Times was launch- HIOMAS ALVA EDISON, born on February 11, 1847, is considered by many to have made the greatest contributions of all time, to the science of -harnessing power. We can install and equip your Home and Commercjal Plant with the latest in Wiring and Electrical Equipment to bring you the benefits of his startling inventions. FREE ESTIMATES UPRIGHT ELECTRIC CO. American Fork' k M' r mi Mews Columns TEN YEARS AGO Ernest Relmschlissel is one of five BYU students who have landscape architecture exhibits in the Provo public library art exhibit rooms. . Ernest has an exhibit of a school ground and buildings for a small community. Lehl practically cinched the runner-up spot in Region Three basketball league Friday by turning turn-ing back American Fork Cavemen Cave-men 42-24. Players were Holm-stead, Holm-stead, Robinson, Durrant, Mc Tague, Ingersoll, Strasburg, Hansen, Han-sen, Edwards, Beck, Christensen, and Welch. about April 15, 1903, with James T. Jakeman as editor and Gray and Jakeman, the publishers. It was the immediate predessor of the Citizen, which by May 27, 1903 had obtained a second class mailing priviledge. William D. Loveless of Payson was the first editor. Members of the Oaisford family purchased an Interest in the paper In 1915 and A. F. Gals-ford, Gals-ford, present Editor, purchased an interest in the paper in November, No-vember, 1923. TWENTY YEARS AGO Notice calling a snM., election for $160,000 with our prosperous growing V?8 bring water from Amerffifr canyon to completely teCn f present system Is publlsMe pace seven of thf -Tr"- bond Issue will be met Wit-raise Wit-raise of taxes. L The Provo BulldnM real opposition when thev w wu Aionaay night final score,, 27 to 24 in tavo wc vemen, snows the Uv ness or tne combat. Mary Wrielev Pnnn rrtV pioneer of 1852, died at her hi Feb. 27. She was the mothe n cnuaren. Wins Loyalty Medcl Mary Woolston, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Harold Woolsi won the Loyalty medal given I tne Pleasant Grove Ameril Legion Auxiliary for the best say written on "Americanism"! the junior high school studel of the Pleasant Grove schj Papers were submitted early the month and the award made Monday night. It costs less to pump Electrically Electric pumping saves you money, time and trouble. An electric motor starts easily with the flick of a switch, rain or shine, and keeps running without attention until you stop it yourself. It gives you long years of dependable trouble-free pumping service at the lowest cost. That is why its popularity increases day by day throughout the terri tory we serve. UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. Horn Ownership - A TAX PAYING COMPANY - Local Contr A - UTAH'S TOP FLOUR Over the many years Star Flour has grown to be one of the West's Tori Home and Bakery Flours. 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