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Show -, I o. AMERICAN FOBK, UTAH, SATURDAY, FEBRUVRY 11, 1028 VOL. XVII L - Attorney EIsimg Talis : Attorney Ray T. Elsmore gave very interesting and instructive talk on aviation. He told the , club the ..,comTOmlty8houlJbaTe: a landing field since flying la becoming more popular every day and the demand for, flying fields are becoming great, er. Many cities are -Acquiring fields now, be stated. Mr. Elsmore also suggestel that Lion dub members and citizens would get a lot out of a community 'plane as weir as advertising for the city. His talk gave the members a much better Insight Into flying. . Lion " Joseph S. Storrs actel as president In the absence of President Wm., Chipman. Reports were given - and discussions had. The club voted to sponsor the annual an-nual Poultry Day to be held here this ' spring la connection with poultrymen and - poultry associations.. They felt ' the celebration should be made . a town affair. William Thornton, John H. Miller and. Martin ..Nielsen were named as a committee to handle the affair for the club. A report on the Boy Scout fund drive showed the Second ward over and the other wards nearing a completion com-pletion of the drive. ..L , W. S. Storrs, In behalf of the local . ... Farm Bureau asked for cooperation In securing a stortage plant for . onions. The club voted their support and appointed Walter Devey, Roy Steele and Thomas Coddington as a committee to visit a limular plant at Farmington and help determine what Is needed here. Earl Holmstead, J. M. Walker and K. J. Bird were named as the com mittee to arrange the next luncheon. C. A. Grant and Mrs. Owen Hum-phries Hum-phries put over a special stunt to the delight of the crowd. "'"Cambrian Concerts " Completely Wins Audience The Cambrian Concert artists which performed here Monday night in the . Alpine stake tabernacle completely won over the large and appreciative : audience which bad turned out to hear them. Their program was an txceptlonally Varied one "(consisting of , organ solos by the noted William If or Jones, baritone solos by Glanvllle Davles, a baritone of few equals, elections by Jeanette Christine, soprano of astounding technique, and vocal duets by the two Welsh singers. The organist and baritone gave' a splendid performance, while "the so-prano so-prano was a little slow in winning the . audience, which came gradually helped by her distinct personality whlch predominated in all of her selee . tions. Their technique1 would be hard .-- to beat ,aa. wan as taeir,clearness of tone and manner of interpietation. Their Informal attitude towards the ' audience helped considerably also. . The program which they gave con. slated of the. following numbers: 1. Organ: prelude in C Minor Mendelossohn. 1 2. Baritone: "Eol TTVerdl. 8. Soprano: ' "With Verdue Glad IV Hayden---. ..' '- 4. Organ: Tocotta In Q. Major Du BOIsTiiOdern French composer. .5. -Baritone: "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" Sargiant. 1 6. Soprano: Songs at the piano in cluding several familiar melodies. 7. Organ: Two Schozos Tcbal. kowsky,' Leware. 8. Duet .The Voyagers Sandoson, 'vK Organ: Finale, Including patrio. tic Bongs. .-" Skaggs Store To Be Operated By Local Business Man I... W areadvised-that-the--0. P, Skaggs System of American Fork, which has been opented by Mr. &. N. Hansen since the date of its opening, has recent?, b&n purchased by Mr. " Dm:yW?.;; . .w Mr. Ba',e lias beia a resident of American Fork all t his life and is well regarled in our community, 11 purchasing the !TVskaggs System ' store of American' fork Mr Bate's demonstrates that h is a progressive merchant and a believer in modem methods of merchandising. Mr. Bates "Will abandon his stare in the old location lo-cation and devote his entire time to Ihe operation ofth$ O. P. Skaggs System store. We feel sure that he will develop this store Into a real asset to the people cf American Ferk.1 To Lions On Aviation Professor Extolls Newspaper Advertising Provo, Feb. 4. Advertising Is one of the greatest factors of sue-" cess, if applied correctly, and If not,, one of the biggest wastes ' la the commercial and industrial world, said Prof. M. Wllfbrd Poul son, of the B. Y. U, In an address at the Provo Rotary club' Friday! He quoted the large amount of money expended annually for ad. vertising and called attention to the. .fact, that newspaper. ad vertising vertis-ing is still found to be the most desirable medium for the business world. He also declared that there is a constant trend among adver. tisers to use fewer superlatives, which, he said, often times border." ed on falsehoods. v Notice To All Former High School Graduates There will be a meeting in the City Hall Monday evening, February 13th, commencing at 7:30 P. M. for all former graduates f the American Fork High School dating from' the class of 1927 back past 1913. As many representatives as can possible be present are urged to do so. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the possibility of forming an Alumni Association of the graduates of the High School, and to make plans for a coming AlumnlDay to bo stag, ed in the very near future. Ross Nielsen, Niel-sen, chairman In charge of this move, ment will present before those pres. ent various plans of organization, onef which Will be chosen to govern Aj-loclaaonThcV. are all " new yjrtsa, vi Kuveruineiu very umereni from, the old method used, and it Is hoped that the Association, It found ed, will live and do a lot of good, both for the school and the community. com-munity. -Again it is urged that whoever TewlBnMBw1Tr-unB?ery power to help inaugurate 4his move ment and make possible a big crowd at the City Hall Monday evening at 7:30 P. M. sharp. One-Act Plays Presented At First ward ZZZ7. MakeJBigHit r' The two onejict plays presented In the First ward chapel Tuesday eve ning by the Recreation committee made a big hit ;The house, which was,, packed . to, capadGl callefor more and more. The entertainment was rich in comedy and tragedy, and had as special features between acts some splendid musical selections and readings of the highest type. The order in which the night's fun was staged appeared as follows: Reading by Mrs. Cytha Johnson of Pleasant Grove; vocal solo by Miss Detta, McBrlde accompanied on . the piano by Mrs. Mary Humphries; One-act One-act tragedy "The Girl" with the cast of players including Carl Bennett, Ray Shelley and - Clarence Grant; male quartet by four Pleasant Grove boys ; reading by ; Raymond Peterson of Pleasant Grove; one-act comedy "A Girl To Order" played by Thorn ton Birk, 'Wendall Bush, Parley Bloomquist, Hugh Cheever, " Carl Bennett and Miss Madolyne Jensen. With the exception of two or three players, the rest" of the cast In " the two plays were entirely amatur, but they indeed brought down the house with their fine acting. Special men. tlon might be given to Thornton Birk whbue fine" portrayal" -of Tglrf in i "A Girl To Order" could not be beat ELDERS QUORUM TO SP0SS0E . PROGRAM IX FIRST .' WARD SUJjfjAT SIGHT The Elder's quoruyi of the First ward are"featurin g'Jue progrann the .Sunday night ir hting comnjen': A iff." " 1 ing ai r. m. in er ward clfM They have aecu' ' jt.' James M. Grant as the epec fer, aid he tas a fine topitf for dls- i8ion. In addition to Wa Utt, spe' I musical numbers have been arrai tfor. t . It Is urged t! l 1 ent The gene Invited. ; oblic It cordially Grovers Easily Defeated , Local Hoopsters At w- Score of 64 to 23 ALFIXE DIYISIOJi Team Standing: ' W. L. 0 1 2 3. PC. 1.000 Pleasant Grove 5-4 5-4 3 2 Provo . . y, Lehl Lincoln ..... .80fk .600 .400 -L m A.t.an Dn.n I, 5 B.Y. H. S, .000 t Playing v. spectacular basketball, Pleasant Grove completed the first half of the Alpine season without a defeat by winning from American Fork,54,to 26, last Friday night, on the local floor - . - I Our Cavemen, whose defence work has puzzled every team met with this season, had nothing to atop the ac tivities of the Pleasant Grove for wards who' netted up 34 points be. tween them. ' Walker,' our dependable pivot man, was the high score man totaling 20 points. He was the only player who worried Pleasant Grove's - effective five man defence. .... ... . '..-.! The game however was intensely exciting and brought forth a lot of school spirit from the school rooters on the side lines. ' The score and line.up: PLEASANT GROVE G. T. 4 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 Kirk, rf. ............. L. Christiansen, If. , . . Hayes, c V. Christiansen, rg. Smith, lg ... Llnebaugh, rf. Johnson, rf. Halliday, c 0 Richards, lg 0 Totals 23 13 8 54 AMERICAN FORK G. T. F. 'P. Peters, rf. 0 111 Nicholes, If. 0 2 0 0 Walker, c 8 -4 4t2fl Webb. re. 1 1 1 3 Wag8tafr,-rf. . ,0 .., J). 0 . 0 Anderson, If. 0 11 1 Totals 9 ll 8 26 'Hy" Berrett's boys played witu Lincoln last night, but the . results were too late to print as we went to pressr It-was -the senttraent of evety MOhatJhegamejwojij be ours. Here's hoping that the "hunch" was correct . " o " FIRST WARD REU5I0N A ROUSIXG SUCCESS The entire membership of the First ward met in the- basement - of - the tabernacle Thursday afternoon and night where they held their annual ward reunion. The ' gathering was something inore than "If eunion, "it was lite the assemblage of one large family" being brought together" for the purpose of enjoying the fellowship and good will so prevalent among the membdrs of the First ward., During the, afternoon of the same day over 200 children under the age of 14 Tears were hilariously enter, tained. The Juveniles were enter. talned with games, a program and de licious refreshments, served to them by the' patrons andcommittee" In charge. At 7:30 P. M.the adult members of the- ward assembled toBether and enjoyed en-joyed a marvously prepared program presented to them by the Recreation committee, Clarence Grant in charge. A speech of welcome was given by, the Bishop in which he presented before ffie members of the ward the new budget system and the year round program of entertainments, and gave statistical-report of the- year 1927, followed then the program so ably given by the following who took part: Melissa Boley, Ina Taylor, Selma Seastrand, Mrs. E. J. Seastrand, Detta McBrlde,- Mildred Dunkley, Mrs.- Mary Humphries, Mrs. E. Ray Gardner, Clarence Grant Ray Shelley, Presi dent S. L. Chlpman and President James H. Clarke. The program was interspersed by honorary gifts of flowers given to the. oldest member present, oldest man, oldest women. youngest member, to. " . yAt l6:30li luncheonwas served In cajeterla style, during, which" "time after dinner speeches were given, Roy Greenwood acting as toastmastef. During the coursejBX the luncheon a drama pianologue was given by Mary Humphries and Clarence A, Grant, followed by popular songs by .Tabby" and "Bun. After the luaclreon dancing danc-ing was enjoyed by all until the mid. .k.vt V UWUt UVUi, - - . J - - V. i School Board Deposits s $15,000 As Sinking Fund ,At the regular board meeting of the Alpine district on Tuesday the clerk was authorized to deposit f 13,000 as a sinking fund to retlro bonds when they become due. The amount is to be divided equally between -the four banks in" the district. . ( . A motion carried to renew $163,400 c.' fire insurance on . fechool property surance company.-' g i j .,'. H- Dr. J: F. Noyeaand John Hunter and a commltttee from the American Fork Lions Club asked the board to provide in the next budget for a new heating plant in the new gymnasium and it possible for, the balcony ; for the same building. ; It was explained that a heating engineer had recently inspected Hhe "present : heating plant and estimated that the expenditure of 1125.00 In repairs I would make it operate successful when"" aU ateam from the boilers could be used. This question of repairs was referred to a committee composed of the superintendent, super-intendent, clerk and local board member. mem-ber. C '".'"'""" "" ""' '" - o " j"- Fourth Ward Eeunion To Be Held Next Friday Hear all ye men and listen all ye women and children of the American Fork Fourth ward.- The annual ward reunion will take place in the base, ment of the Alpine stake tabernacle, Friday, February 17th, to which. you are all invited and "expected to " be present The affair is . under "TSe direction of the Recreation " committee, commit-tee, with the bishopric in charge. At 4 P. M, all children under the age of 14 years will be entertained with games, a snappy program and refreshments. The Primary officer" are in charge of this and have a merry time planned for the children. Sharply at 8 P. M. Mrs. Emma Jenkin's "Brilliant Idea will be presented for your approval, along wlth other ' phases of entertainment, inclddinir stunts and ."gags". It tVsYW'be'Tpunctual or om4 th'g-siir urw"Tn1sleu7 according to tepVjrts" of those in charge. . Mrs. 'feeth Coddington will, be in charge of the refreshments.- The Sunday School, Relief 8ociety and the M. I. A. officers comprise the waj)ceCQmjUttee. A.. Everyone is working hard to make rciof pleasure- for-- everyone ana from the rate the plans are working, fa great time is in store for all. Following the program and refreshments, re-freshments, an evening of dancing will be enjoyed under the direction of ll B. Adamson. A large crowd is looked for to make this occasslon a big success. r.rjrT.rr"""'!!, - - " ; "'"7" Eecreation Committee OLTown To Meet , Next Thursday The Recreation Committees of the four wards of American Fork will meet in the Fourth ward Chapel next Tuesday- evening. Febrnart 14after the M. I. A. meeting. One of the features' of the meeting will be the discussion and presentation presenta-tion of new games and ideas of group entertainment Each ward has been assigned two games to present before the group, these games to be suitable for entertaining and creating fun in a large crowd. Other methods of fun making will also be taken up. It, Is very necessary that all mem. bers of the Recreation committees be present for this demonstration work. Dr. Beeley Pleases Many! With Lecture Wed. Night Dr. A. A. Beeley . in discussing "Personality: Problems of Childlftod" Wednesday evening to a large group of Parent-Teacher members pointed out preat taany vital- problems con fronting both the parents van 4 the teacher as regards to the child dur. tag the habit formidi age. His solu tions and advice on the subject were Tory interesting and practical. Every, one who attended, the meeting felt more than repaid for coming on t. Next Wednesday commencing at 7:30 P. M. in" the . City nail. Dr. Beeley. will again be in attendance to speak to this organization an'',any other community members lc csted la these social ! problems. : 'Mental Hyglenef of a Childhood" ; twill be the topic of his lecture. This discussion discus-sion will lead Into a. varied and more detailed account of , the one Mven this Wednesday evening. A good at tendance is desired. ',...4.'-, Proves f- . t ... B0y .Scout Anniversary Week wa celebrated all- over the .world from1 February , Bth.!; to ; 121k inclusive.- An outlined. 8Che4iU s!5t to .ezoh district showing the week's program of activities to be carried out by the various troops. The outline was car. ried out almost to perfection in this district ' under ".the able supervision of district commissioner, Clarence A. Grant, and the respective troop mas ters.':,;'v, ;'k :'h1vyy'---f- Sunday being Scout-Day, 'Uie boys attended the three sessions of religious relig-ious meetings in their , respective ward chapels, and at night they sponsored spon-sored a, splenlld program. In the First ward, A. B. Allen Was the treak-er, treak-er, bis topio being "Scouting." H. J. Stagg of Provo, spoke In the Second ward to a large and appreciative and. lence, The "Boy Scouts la this ward carried out a camp fire spirit type of program which was very interesting. The. other. i wards r provided special features on the program also, - ' - Monday the boys endeavored ; to make Scouting felt in the borne by doing a good turn .On Tuesday night. t their regular meeting .the parents were invited, to attend, cuss and observe' the type of work carried on in this department From all reports a fairly good representation representa-tion of the parents was present1 Over 200 boys - met at , the Cym Wednesday evening, where they re. committed themselves to the Scout Oath for the rr 1928, At this time, scouts from all over the world were doing the indentlcal thing at the same time. Following the ceremony eon. test basketball games were staged by the fellows. The First and Second wards 6f American Fork played with the victory going to the Second ward, while the Third and Fourth combated, the honors going to the Fpurtb yard. The. !!:: was ,,-:,playi.;-..bc Weesu . t-? Fourth and Second wards.-. which left the Fourth ward team the champions of the evening. " '... , . Community jCtood . Turn Day ent over on Thursday. The troops worked work-ed as a unit in doing something to better the town. . They assisted Jn gathering paper, rubbish and other trask from-tha streets .and sidewalks. A. A. Anderson was present Friday morning at the High,- school , and Grades where be sponsored an interesting inter-esting program. Mr. Anderson Is a member of the ' Timpanogos Scout council and a splendid example ' of this work. . This was School Day and it was their purpose to make Scouting Scout-ing felt in the school room and kindle the desire in every small boy to be a Scout " - 'v Today the boys are meeting on Main street at the cross section of the Peoples State Bank and the Amer ican Fork. Co-op., where' contests in fire building, water ; boUing, scout pace,, signalling and fire by friction will be demonstratedd by the contest- lngrartIcrpaatSi--r Tomorrow Is again Scout Sunday and the spirit of Scouting . will be carefully carried out in the religions meetings. ' ;' - ' - .-. . , --.--4 i i . . o.. PACIFIC MTSISfl .VCOXFAM ELECTS BOARD ...At the annual stockholders meeting of the, Pacific Gold Mining and Milling Mill-ing company held Monday a board of directors was selected "and" other business taken up. Those' chosen'to handle the affairs ' for the ensuing year are James H. Clarke, X. F, Crompton, E. IL DoleyJoin A. Wag- staff and J. W. Hall. i '4; The board organized electing James II. Clarke as president again, J. B. Parker, secretary and E. U. " Boley treasurer.. 1 Lenard Wilde went up to the prop erty on Wednesday to star "work; in place of . Mario w. Chamberlain who Cult to go 'to California. ;, '" e '' ' " Free Pruning1 To Be Shown tWalter Smithi ' asaiguinl! courlv aSriculturaT3agent, will conduct 'a demonstration ' in apple," pear "and peach tree pruning at tho Ivtied Robinson farm on the state road east of town Monday at 2 p. m., according to announcement made at the fistrlcul- tural agent'a ofHce this momlns.., Mr. Smith , will be assisted by , agricultural agricul-tural Inspectors, it Is s -fed. HiMlmUyrlsts from this "". district are :y urgea to attend tsia demc , : . . ' ' ! Lii Dcrt Contraclir ; V-i . Ij I ;l " L- ,""' ' ' 'i,. Reports , ianued . fn r rompany-' are tt t. have beon In the br.:n.3 men for tbo past. .U n c Uia farmers are s'pak f t' t." I ' Yi ar.l t: .;.. vp ia f a ' rt.SitlK:t' ossf su;;..f uusi ere fo-t, fo-t, .(!..U"l3' . j :ar b: ! shape, '-i v, -v' . lt "'present ,,'favoFiible'.' prevail the operetta f ta'ctory ''and" : cuttias ' alwilu cured.' Contract U.a'i ,r far; ahead of this time ! the feeling among tv a f o better. : All are duairous factory operate if possSjI-j making every effort t lav "II I II O t N .1 . ... Cat ' V. l .i-:l r ' it r -'I7ct;ccl!!! :r;ti:::;i ",.-. ; '' ' f , . to ALL- i:rrrrnrn ui BANDS: . Try Jlcnry f.:.r. i ' We cannot tell you -bow he 6wi It here. but; wo promlao yn:i b emJ demonstration . .In ' :mTU2 WIIOI.TI TOWNS TALKING" at V. s Can: eo next Friday Btrti,' February ITlh..; TO -AU.- wives : yraozi: - -nr;;- BAND3'PEHSIST- VI irVXYlSQ OH? NIGHTS: Mrs. HatUo f-.,...moi3 ti3 . Ihe ' best., plan ' yet 1 jH , '.t-uily adopt it It ycu cco r it T.oi'sc I out so come end f for yo'jreelf, - TO ALL DOWN KSAr.TTD LOT. ERS. Dont give up. Conie and watch Chester Dlnney, ; a"as ' LkezcI .Cli'p-man,; .Cli'p-man,; solve the,' problem..: He tm . a very .'comical'' but eJffcctlve - 'mdtbod. " Hell make yon lauei fisd rnrp pa! then hell show yon the v?? . TO ALL WOULD U1Z.::: There" is much, to learn do: In"Come out srj i )T : do it, then watci yoarstl TO ALL MOJ : ( C and see ja renl "f . I to " i:nN c? - . TYPE: Don't rur;..a yof i too harshly. Come and sea Donald Swift, the riovle direct, r, f for following a poor clus. (Now to all otLer ; C a-good-laS-. sl t i ' "' I enjoyment and a good c rid of that grouch we r' that you see the"TI t Talking text TA: 7 i CAST CF C'"-Henry C'"-Henry ClmraoEs..,..; ' Mrs. Hattie Lis. t r..:... Ethel Simmons...... .1 Chester T' ay T Roger CISv.. j Donald Ewlft Letty LytLe. U, Sadie . Eloora ........ 4 Annie, a maid.......... Taxi Driver,,,.,,.. . . Eally Otis.............. Lila ;WUson. ...... .1 - Dramatic Art r f- , , , Dramatic M-. a 1 Den Tilt's L 13 - V J " The popular and ni'ely t . . Loomla A'ictor . Recor'pg tr which ; famished tia danca r Wednesday at the Apo:io hall tLrc the efforta of Ma-r'r Kjy, C. wood has been euc el for a ret.:. engagement to bo next Wcdacsl r, February 15h. ..... ..They proved "themselves to : everything and more than was ' er. pected -Wednesday ii.j-Sit' 'Thia greur. which has; wfa-.r-riUonal ;wide fr-wi. drew one of the list crowds of d u e. rs that has gnfxi the ti:i tUa ? a-son, a-son, ' People from a"l c .-cr iV, county and Salt Lake coustr v ;-rt I attendance. ,'Tl..'!r; r -..ua ai,I t, .- oopation ; would . bo hard to t r ,t . well as their Variations .in (' eik! 1 movement. "A novelty of t; ccah ; ,waa ; several "popular soucs r,jr.r; ly "Don" himself . fn wt.ch lie wa$ ici ly accompanied by V ? p! '.o. Ida Chiptaan Her. y- ...... '-froa' I, . .Ida 'E. Chipman raturr from a buying trip tor Ix v rr'. ! t A- and Pan .Francisco wh"'- t.:! etltt!;.ti--t.-,,ia' her line of r.w 1. . -f ; 1 fonila her c. i. ... I' |