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Show ,1 " I ....,, ,, :J.X,u,l11t.fl'J-3i , AMERICAN PORK, UTAH SATURDAY FEBRUARY 28, 1931 XX NUMBERS aty&Iirigation ment Work Under Way Prof. Carl Young Delivers , . , .i V- . ' , ,- ' . u Talk on English Peoplei Co, Discu3 Diver-;i2;Ssionbf Diver-;i2;Ssionbf Water On New State School He It Ambitious ng of oemeat- at the ' new ainlng school north. of town icd Wednesday ' of this ?aewto big tubimr started I. n crave!, cement and water. went Into the basement walls if of tho boiler room. rw of thirty-five mon have tn tho job at tho building pee Wednesday. Eight town reive men are crowding tho itlon work on tho tunnel, Connects tho boiler room and fvloo building. Another crow pty odd mon are handling tho I work, forma etc U excavation work, which Is ge of tho Pulley Brother, la two-thirds dona, according to U yesterday. Tho farm dor-5, dor-5, engine room and tunnel, Ung tho main building are feted. About two more weeki required, to finish the bal- jf the excavating on tho largo LtulMlnr. ! contractors are crowding the f UBk mm fv Umo for completing live van- iucturoa ia limited and every peed must bo ueed If they complete tho Job as specified reported that a crow of twen- jn out of Salt Lake are now on ib. This might bo a project for i ilons club to work on and see k-e local men can be given worn it 1 at this time. 1 M American Fork zen Called To Reward Martha Bush Roberts, 7, of the late John Benjamin p.; died at her home Tuesday Roberts was bom at Rams- I cngiana, reoruwy i, hh. 1 . . m. . . 1,1, emigrated to America in isbb. ilng the plains and arriving at lean Fork In tho fall of the year. She was married to Benjamin Roberts. In 1847. has lived at American Fork since with the exception of a Vears spent in California was the mother of seven ren of whioh . three are still Louisa Jeffs of this city, e Kelly and Wm. H. Roberts fcg Angeles, California; are the ving children. There are ky-one grand children now 9- tho past several years Mrs. irts has been looking forward B19 tunc wiic n Biiv "uuiu t A s 1 l ..AU W. tn nnfiwpr the will of the' reaper, so that she might her husband and family who preceded her in death. iieral services will be held py at S o'clock -at-th Fourth chapel. The body may be d at the residence from 10 a. til 2 p. m. on Sunday. . Fork Defeats Old Lehi Rivals gierican Fork easily knocked her old rival, Lehi, last eve-ln eve-ln the last home basketball I k of the season, unleas a corn- upset comes In the league veek and ties are to be played 4 final sctfre was' 2? to li cals' having the lead the entire Iromes.ln the other districts venlng were: f'o JS. B, T. H. S. 20. isant Grove 23, Lincoln 18. Jerican Fork meets the Pleas- Grove leaders at Pleasant next Friday. If the locals lucpessful tn "tipping them Ihen anything may happen In fiffue. American Fork, Pleas- rove and Provo High can tie fst and second places, and a r of extra games will be fury. Stacked Againtt Him n there Is the pharmacy stu who fniU'd on tils examination Bse he couluu t remember er the minced chicken went third or fourth deck ou acluh Klch. Heavenly Beaaficaac mercy were not minified with tiowrr, this wretched world not subset one hour. Sir m DhTenMrt. Iroor Kind ot invention enkln' of Inventions." said i I'ben, "de man dat puts in Ime lnventln' nuffln' but eg. dont stand much show. Inglon Star Let th Bayer Beware re run le no efTer! ultlioul a When n thing Is offered at luin cont there Is n reiisoti f StakoCHeaner Girls Enjoy Annual Banquet Among lhV . outstanding aoclal vents of tho oeason waa tho Alplno Stake Gleaner Glrla banquet bold at Alpine, Thursday evening. There were one hundred : and twenty Gleaner Girls, l(. LA. officers and Stake Board members seated at the banquet, twenty to each table. The tables ware beautifully decorated with potted plants, tho color scheme being , pink and green with paper corsage bouquets In pastel shades as a favor for each on present. The banquet was cooked and put over under the auspices of the Alpine Mutual Improvement As sociation and much praise Is due them for the splendid way in which the meal was cooked and served. Mrs, Hannah Aydelotte was mis trees of tho evening and Miss Ia Re Chlpman the toast mistress, who handled the affair very clever' iy. - - The following program took place during the banquet: Address of welcome and introduction of the toast mistress by Mrs. Hannah Aydelotte of the Alpine Stake Board; response by Miss La Ree Chlpman, toast mlstrens; toast Modern Gleaner's Advice." Lorena Clayson, a Third Ward Gleaner Girl; followed by a few remarks by Mrs. Lillian C. Booth: "Toast To Gleaners" Mrs. Mable S. Nelson; Nel-son; " "An Appreciation" by Miss Millie Steel of the American gork First Ward; solo 'The Last Rose of Summer," Miss Lou Groosebeck, of Highland; reading, Mrs. Helen Hlsel, of the American Fork Second Ward; toast "Gleaners of Today and Gleaners of Tomorrow," by Miss Lena Able, of the Third Ward. Adjourned was then taken to the amusement room where the following follow-ing stunts were put on by the various vari-ous wards: - The first stunt was by tho Alpine Gleaner Girls who dressed one haff of themselves In a boy complete outfit and 0o other half in girls' costume and sang a number of verses, first as girls and then boys. Highland's stunt was called the long and short of It They had an extremely tafl-gttTand one very short, stand side by slda This waa indeed a contrast. Tho American Fork Second ward tunt , Miss " Maurtne Christensen read, "The Toung Locklnvar" and It WH0 por- t rayed In a grotesque manner by the Gleaner Girls. The First Ward's stunt was five girls with tall paper caps to represent pipes of a pipe organ, the rest of their Dodie being covered in prey. Their hands were arranged for keys and their feet for pedals of the organ. As Miss Metty McAllister played the organ, to center girl sang while the rest imitated sounds of an organ. The Third Ward was a portrayal of "When Grandmother Dreams." Miss Lucretta Ashby read, "When Grandmother Dreams," while Mrs. Charles Walker, as the grandmother, grand-mother, sat in a rocker and Mrs. Mona Klrkham and Mrs.Fay Peter- ,son danced. Although this was not ja funny stunt like the rest it was very M-nttmentKl and beautiful t. The remainder of tjhaoyfn.was. 'spent In community games led by Mrs. Adelaid Beach. Mrs. May Halllday dismissed with prayer. One particular feature of the en- tire evening was the beautiful caps k s Jv. i made by the girls and worn through out the evening. o M. I. A. PROGRAM AT THIRD WARD SUNDAY The program for Sunday night in the Third ward Is to be given by the "M" men and Gleaner girls. The program as outlined Is as follows: Opening Song, "Improve the Shining Shin-ing Moments," prayer, by Charles Jacklin, Slogan "We Stand for Loyal Adherence to Latter-day Saint Ideals." by Leo Searle. male Chorus, address; "Work" one of the Tools of Gleaning, Lucretia Ashby, address: What "M"Men are doing to promote their project "Non-use of Tobacco" Sherman Wing, violin Solo; address: "I will Gather Treasures of Truth", Gwelda, Elsmoro Bush, address: "Necessity for M. Man choosing an occupation In life", Gilbert Shumway, ladles Chorus and Benediction. o DR. RICHARDS OPENS NEW OFFICE Dr. O. 8. Richards opened up new offices on the second floor of the Peoples State Bank of American Amer-ican Fork building this week. His equipment has been all moved In and was put in readiness for use on Thursday. The office hours will bo from 1 to 5 P. M. each day. Vere Brabaion Ponsonbv. Earl of Bestborough, who has been appointed ap-pointed Governor-Oeneral of Can-tda Can-tda He is a World War veteran yid his wife is of French birth. American Fork Boys Drive Car Into River Orvtlle Despatn and Carl Andrea-son, Andrea-son, of American Fork with a girl companion. Miss Martha Pepper,19, of Salt Lake City, plunged their car into Jordan river at the end of Sixth South street. Salt Lake City at I p. m. Sunday evening, resulting in the girl's death and Injuries to the two youths. Ttve young people had loft the homo of Bert Despaln, brother to Orvtlle, only two blocks from the scene of tho accident and were going go-ing west on Sixth South. They were not acquainted with, tho street and did not know there was no bridge over tho stream at this point. Proceeding down the street at a speed of SO miles ths driver had no warning of tho danger and the car plunged head on Into tho five feet of water. Despaln was able to free himself him-self first and succeeded In getting the girl out and to the bank and then returned for Carl, who was rendered unconsioua Rescuing him they summoned help and la turn the police. Investigation disclosed tho girt had died from drowning and tho iboyi Were lnJurd about heaJ and shoulders. No blame was attached to tho beys for tho accident by tho Salt Lake police since there was no railing or other notice to warn a i driver unacquainted with the street that It was the end of the road. o J. L. Firmage Returns Home ,J. U.Hrmage, who has -been visiting In California for the past two months, returned to Utah yes terday to look after some business matters. He expects to be here for only a few days when he will return re-turn to the coast state where his folks are remaining until school is out Mr. Firmage Is rapidly regaining his health and is practically back to normal. His son, Billle, who also recently underwent an operation, oper-ation, is now out of the hospital and recovered. o ' American Fork Rifle "Team 'Shoota . ' . ' Tetovo Cltib The Provo Union Pacific rifle team with one lady member out ,hBn ,hv , ,u ' Whfin thpy Journeyed to the county seat. Out of a possible 1250 Provo shot 1229 and American Fork 1189. The m-nnutlonftl marksman of the meet wns Miss Catherine Dukson who tihot a perfect score of 10 on one of her targets. She scored 244, beating any of the local shoot- The Individual scores made are: PROVO C. Bee 249 S. Jorfrenson 246 Dm per 245 K. Nelson JQi.245 Miss Dukson 244 Total 1,229 AMERICAN FORK ' R. Chlpman 241 V. Walker 240 L. Varney 2JJ H Vartipy 288 C. Rohbock 2S1 Total 1,189 Alternate W. L. Johnson 211 In the practice match Monday the American Fork Club shot the following fol-lowing high scores. These scores were out of a possible 100. Charles Rohbock 9S jL. Varney 91 V. Walker 92 E. Chlpman 90 H. Varney 87 A Rohbock .It Members of the American Fork Irrigation company board and the Mayor and City ConncJJ met Satur day evening for ths 1 purpose of woYklnr out details ( M ue care of the diversion of Irrigation waters from tho American' Fork stream to tho thl , and Pleasant Grove streams to make up for the amount Of T. water taken -put by American Fork City for culinary purposes. Engineer JU. a t Blhards was present and made numerous suggestions sug-gestions as to types o measuring devices and proper weirs to Insure tho other cities their portion of the water taken out by American Fork. A suitablo by-pass right at tho irrigation weir at tho mouth of the oanyon which would take out of the American Fork stream ' the right amount and dump it Into the other two streams la tho type of diver sion rocommendod. A measuring device, at tho city system Intake would determine tho oxact amount of water necessary to divert at tho Irrigation weir. The matter waa Anally disposed of when a decision was reached that representatives of the city, Irrigation company and the engl near would inspect tho conditions on February 14th and then make their declslona Tho olty officials expressed a desire to 'construct suitable by-pass as soon as the Irrigation eompaay would accept a plan. ":?; A request waa granted the Continental Con-tinental OU companjr'to erect an lectrta aim on Mala and Center Streets If It confirmed to regu latlona ".-'w-'J.t Tho city offloora also agreed with tho committee. of the local farm bureau to assist In the cam palgn to eradicate old diseased orchards or spray all Infected trees In conformity with the state law governing thla ? Messrs. Rulon Nlcholea James T-Gardner and John Wright mads p the com IN THE CLOUDS All 1 know Is Just what I see from the air with this Captain Hawkes going 160 miles an hour. I am dinging. on this little Cor opt away up In lbs afr. We are in a Navy Curtis "Hell Diver" plane loaned to us by the Assistant As-sistant Secretary Secreta-ry of the Navy in charge or air. We thought we did some shows In Texas. But, Boy, when we got Into the old home State ot Oklahoma then they showed us how to lay out some shows. lam trying to keep this little diary. Tou just about have tlnu to write a few words in here and then we have to land and do a show. This is Monday; we are -oming Into Oklahoma Tfmti Texas. Its the only day we havent got a mintn W aaygfiow6; we otfiy'-Jve the opening show at Oklahoma City tonlfht. We land about ten oclock; Captain Hawkes goes to the hotel, and I get the man to drive me by the Capitol buildlnp. You se, I wanted-to gee the other Ok'r homn show the Legislature. I dont constitute con-stitute Oklahoma's file Comedy element. Then, too. I had never nu )jur new Govmor, "Alfalfa" Hill Murray. My dad had ku.iv.n b!m. They had served on the Con-Bi'tutlonal Con-Bi'tutlonal Convent, mi 'if Oklahoma abnut 13di. Papa always sM He crowning achievement cf t!..it Convention was that they male Hotel Red Sheets nine feet long He used to often say that he diilt know why they did It, "as so f of the Dell-Ktes Dell-Ktes had ever hnil much contact with sheets' Well, he Is quite a fa'low, this Murray. Klg bouse in Oalalioma City that ri-ht; got over tun thousand dollars. Tuesday morning Here we are lu the air again mi l early, as we have to be at Norman. Oklahoma, the home of Oklahoma's crack university. uni-versity. " This show was it ten oclock in the morning. Caiituln Hawkes would do an act. too, and the "Levellers" Quartette, who only did the night shows, they come down there that morning and sang for the university. Then to Chlcasha. okla. There an old Boy runs the biggest Bank that used to go to school with mo In Kemper Military Academy about 'it. There la a Girls School there. W R Criuev of Philadelphia ha!an4 gtturiod buslneso attitude as a- -.u r d .j . i with Bobby Jones and John D. ni Willi HIT inHKHk VWJ KVI Rockefeller and either motor golf wht the Prince of Wale Newell B. Cook New State Fish and Game Com. Newell B. Cook of Morgan, received re-ceived the appointment of State Fish and Game commissioner Wednesday Wed-nesday when Governor George H. Dern handed a list of state appointments appoint-ments to the senate, Mr. Cook succeeds Arthur Meach-am, Meach-am, who has served for tho ' past two years and who has apparently failed to satisfy the sportsmen over the state. The new appointment Is for four yeara mlttee. They asserted that under present conditions the orchardlst must either get action or Quit raising rais-ing first On recommendation of Engineer Richards the city officers authorised author-ised the payment of fSOO to the Forest Service to help replace the water supply at the Cave Camp. The city la to be allowed to furnish some used galvanised pipe as part of the amount. and we were In their Auditorium. Those Girls sho would giggle when anything did strike em funny. They are a great audience. We flew out of there for Ardmoro for our night show. Went out to mighty fine barbecue at Roy, Johnston's John-ston's house, waere we jolaed all the rest of our troop, The Revellers, Revel-lers, and Jimmy tlodgers, who was with us then (the Yodler Do Lux) and Chester Byers, the Roper. Now we are off and flying again over the old Ft and off for Durant for the night It's a great life this. Talk about playing tine nights stands. Some days we play a half dozen. Tbl$ Hawkes Is a sweet flyer, fly-er, and this Plane is a darb. We knock off 150 miles an hour right along. This is Thursday morning, nnJ we are to be at the Oklahoma A. and M. at Stillwater at ten A. M. I had never been there and always wanted to go, as I bad a Nephew graduated from thare, and he has turned out mighty good, and Its irreat school They win more prizes for fat Cattle thanany otbe.r Agri cultural School in the V. S. There is an animal Man there named Blizzard, Bliz-zard, and he Is a Bear. He showed u: all their fine cattle. Enid. Here she Is for the afternoon after-noon show. Frank is brining her In. Ho is h!rh and dropping and side slipping her in fast. You cant write when this thins Is lo- hr this, hall and a bfR hou.-o fuli. Now we are off for i'onca City. That's a great Utile city. That the place they lir.ve a statue ot the "Pioneer Woman." I was there and made a speech at the unveiling of It That fellow Mar- iln has done a lot for that town. Off again this morning early for Shawnee. Big crowd at the field. Here Is a niece here to moot me. I drive with her and her husband and. Boy, to the Theatre. Now we are off for Muscogee; four shows today. Getting back la my own old Territory now, where I know a lot ot folks. I used to go to school here t a Girls school. That's a fact Myself and tbs President's son were the only boys thera We even rocufrd la a great big dormitory room with elrl?. Wa wert ten years old. I better quit before I get too far Into this. ( mi. McNMfhi Silc. Isc.) Prof. Cart Toung or tho & T V . save members of tho local Liens jolub an "inside" Me of EagUsa customs, thoughts and attitude, to-ward to-ward tho American's In Ma talk at the luncheon Thursday evoolng. 1 During1 hi most' interesttng , dls-1 dls-1 course ho pointed out tho many differences between tho two English Eng-lish speaking countries and their Ipeopla , Outstanding thoughts to the comparison, com-parison, were:. compared with the usual up-and-at It American attttuda An Englishman fully enjoys each and every day of hist Ufa which Is a real contrast to tho 1 aator, bust' ness erased pace aot oy tho average aver-age American. lie made It clear that tho pre vailing idea UuU the English, are as a rule slow to appreciate Jokes waa mora or less a mistaken ides, As a people Uieyopnd more' "on ham wit for their fun than on jokes as do our peopla Prof. Young dwelt at length on tho college llfo of their youn men as compared ? to : tho Amerlcan'a Their mode ot education is different in many respoota Students are glv m but very little freedom In the school prior to college and when reaching the higher educational life tho discipline Is gmately changed for tho English, lad. Ho Is thrown entirely on his own resources tn tho domatory type oC oollege school, whioh ho reaches between II and 20. Ho Is given great freedom both in study and aoclal life lines, fines being be-ing tho chief mean of keeping than in check. J.,.,;J,v..i... . A splendid musical program was rendered by high school studenta Thornton Blrk gave two highly appreciated ap-preciated vocal numbers and Miss Ann Clayson and Leland Friday rendered two high class violin numbers. num-bers. Howard-Paxman . aeoom. panled both on tho plo. ' The luncheon, servedby tho high school domestic science department under tho direction of Mr Iva Carl son met with a treat deal of pralso from member 7" ! Business of the evening included reports on several matters. Lion Tottle informed tho members of tho progress tho Natural Gas company Is making. He stated that tho company com-pany had promised that work on tho lines would actually start not later than thirty days from tho date of their securing of a certificate of convenience and . necessity which will likely bo granted not later than. March 8th or itfc The matter of protesting against the AJpJno-Draper, road as request-, ed by tho Lehi Lions waa withheld until more Information is had on tho matter. The club voted their united support sup-port for Poultry Day and promised General Chairman Konold any assistance they could offer. A number of club members called call-ed attention to the great advertising advertis-ing benefits our city derives from this celebration and felt that it should be carried on and mad bigger big-ger and better each year. Lion Bird reported that a cast had been selected for tho minstrel and that the committee was ready to,go ahead with tho entertainment Drama and Dance To Be Given By Third Ward M. I A. The Third Ward M. L A. will present the following four one-act plays In the High School Audi torium, Thursday, March 6th, at 7:30 p. m.: "Friendship," "The Conspiracy," "Knter Roste" and "The Bank Account." Ac-count." After the plays, a dance will be Klven In the gymnasium. The public- Is Invited. 0 Local Boy Joins Eastern Fraternity The Utah notes from Washington, Washing-ton, published In the Saturday Evening Eve-ning new stated, among other Items ot Interest, that Bernard Walker of American Fork had been pledged to tho George Washington chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity. This is one of the outstanding col legiate fraternities in tho .U 8, and is deemed a real honor. Friends and relatives are sending Bud their congratulation Nonsupport Charned -Charging nonsupport, Mrs. Hattio Huggard filed suit for divorce "Wednesday from Cyril Huggard. - Sho asks for tho restoration of her maiden nam Hattio Ash. and I3S per monUT ali mony. , Thtr wero married in Salt Lake, January li, 1931. " First Ward Reunion Monday C The American fork; First ward will hold their ward reunion Hoo. day In tho stake taberaacla At l:S0 tn tho afternoon a dance and games for tho children of tho ward. 14 years and under, wttt be .had. This part of tho reunion Is under the direction r of tho ? Primary officers and teacher and a real treat by way of entertainment ia ia store for tho children. - " Tho evening' entertainment will , commence promptly at 7:41 o'clock with the following program: , Community singing; prayer by Bishop James T. Gardner; Address) of Welcome by Bishop T. A. Green- . wood; lodlea chorus, under tho rectlon of Mr lono Russon; remarks re-marks by President C. E. Toungj , 'iiajinnT'uot'' by Val Oaiaford and Max Walton; a tap danoo by Owen McGrew, and , . Fern" Green-" wood; reading, Mr C. A. Pear son and a musical comedy act under un-der the direction of Howard Men- denhall. T .-. , ; The rest of the evening will bo spent tn games and dancing. " : The general committee la, com posed of Kenneth Brown, Mr. and ' Mra.Helgo Johnson, Mr Myrtle geastrand, Roy Greenwood and Mrs. Jane Robtason. Following are tho' sub-committees; MuiiO, Kan- , neth Brown; , program, Mr C. A Grant and Mr. Howard MendenhaXI;; games and mixers, X3. A. Grant and Mra Frank GIsford publicity and r Invitations, Mr Myrtle Seastrand; ' decorations, Mr. Haydee lverson. Tho reception committee will 'on " slst of tho bishopric -v 1 ;. t .All members of , tho ward and former members are invited to at tend. This announcement la your Invitation. Children under If year" will not be admitted 'a night, - Firemen Basketball: ,"? ;V .,' Games Announced , The American Fork and Bpanlsh Fork- flro departments wUI pUy baskstbaQ In tho high school gymnasium gym-nasium here Monday-night at t o'clock- Tbey will also- play tho Sprtngvflle department Thursday ; at t o'clock. Both games are free -to tho public Tho local team l, very. enthusiastic slnco thsy hay?; nt test a gamo thU aeaaonlf j- - .' "0 "' ' - -..-T 'T . , - ... . Former Sesident - Operated .On Paul Nlcholes, son of Mr. and Mr Ray Nlcholes, of Eagar Arl-sona, Arl-sona, underwent a very seriouo mastoid operation at Albuerquerquey New Mexico, February 18th. Mr Nlcholes received a letter from her . son Wednesday stating that Paut" was doing fine and would be taken home about Sunday, , - ' ;' , J Funeral Services , Conducted Jer,te j . , . , . ' Funeral services over the remains of Alexander, Sykes were' held Friday, Fri-day, February 20th, at I o'clock tn the; Third Ward chapeL , Mr La DocJa Wagataff sang "Oh ' My Father, followed with prayer pro nounced by James Brown. , Mr. Leo Seari waa the first speaker. . lahla talkha expL the resurrection which makes ' It more consoling to those left behind. Mr. R. M. Brown played -violin solo. "Lsy My Head Beneath A Rose." Bishop Lott Robinson waa the next speaker. He stated he had known Mr. Sykeo also his parents-and parents-and spoke of their good qualitle Mrs. La Docia Wagstaff and Miss Lon Rhodea sang "Beautiful Isla" Mr. John Jacklin was the last speaker. Ho was well acquainted with Mr. Sykeo mother and told of how sho would get np In the nlgbt or what ever time ahe was called to care for tho sick or do any thing in any way aho could to help other She was a wonderful woman And waa ready at any time to give good advice to her children.' Tho benediction bene-diction was pronounced by Charles J. Goodall. ; " . : j;J There' was a good attendance at the srvleev Interment l rs ia the cemetery where Bishop Q. Ed ward; Abel dedicated tho grave. ; : Mr. - Sykeo Is survived by his wIfa"MraEfflo trsen Sykes and. three children. Dorthy, Delbert and Paul, also two sisters, Mrs. Carrie KWt of California, and Mrs. Mary Snow, of Magna, and one brother, LaMar Syksa of rieasant Grot ' '. m -I' . ... . . .. |