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Show Citizemi 1 menca " NUMBER 32 xxx AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 1941 i; I i Officers , By Lion Auxiliary ,arluncneon meeting fSday evening at the 'J rooms, the American ladles AUM'-iary elected v sen- during the fj' Gilsfo"1 was elected un Leo (i. Meredith, Jsldent: Mrs. John H. L vice president; Mrs. secretary nnd treasur-5 treasur-5 Ririe. accompanist, j HaUiday. chorister; Mrs. joiners are Mrs. aipnun, president; Mrs. I Young, first vice presl- r W Madsen. second Lt Mrs. Harold Holley, JV G. S Richards, 'llrs. Lew Cirlfrin. re- chicken supper was ,T o'clock, the tables being decorated with tiny nnmlp daisies, carry- h jyju a r C dub colors of purple and L piacecard was a ffhy the lady comes to U ud each member read C written on her card. gag and Mrs. W. K. Haiu-. Haiu-. mral solo. "Friend of Umpanied by Mrs. Rlrie. Ufttee was appointed to co-0 co-0 the Lions club In spon-L spon-L nmemor's night and U party, which Is scheduled W jj. This includes Mrs. aipman, Mrs. Harold Hol-L Hol-L t f. Galsf ord. present were: Mrs. Fran-Din. Fran-Din. Clifford E. Young m Chadwkt Mrs. Walter i Ma Prank Gaisford. Mrs. ate, Mrs. H H. Ramsay, 2m Taylor, Mr3. William tlin Harold Holley, Mrs. Mday, Mrs. Olln H. Rlrie, f C. Jensen, Mrs. Delbert k tin. David S. Taylor, Mrs. jAddlt, Mrs. Leroy Orlffln, U H. Miller, Mrs. Grant Eta. C. A. Grant and Mrs. Jug Girl Dies In Fairfield Armstrong, 14 years of age, of Mr. and Mrs. Henry m of Fairfield, passed away fftnlng at her home In H Knvn lnmi 1A IftOT In wiu nuuab iu, ami ui i, the daughter of Henry and Oraa Armstrong and had ade her home In that m. d been active In church af-her af-her life and was a the Lehl high school at f of her death. Ft re her father and xl two sisters, Norma and P. m. in the Fairfield and burial will be In &ld cemetery. 'nrtrong family were form-Of form-Of American Fork. Jrict Le ion mention Held At Nephi fcNeill, Commander of TO. 4. Amnt.1. t i , Pullej-. president of A,,lf'rlcan Legion Jw of this city presided of the district conven-"w conven-"w these croups at Nephl f everliv,'. nd uxiliarv met In i "Pwtment meetings, "the Legion meet were 7n4n of C-Kden. Depart-der Depart-der of the Legion, Mr. nnt vlcr commander; A. lSLrpart4wnt adjust .l Rational committee- ES A xillary sessions Melba mils of Mldvale. )Tldont of the auxll-ffn auxll-ffn Movor of Provo. tnsufamt -the' depart- Goi.'.a McShane. de- cretary. co,1'"'ntlon sessions, m American Fork rMrs. A-lolphus Pulley, liim. ,rv McNeill, Mr. hffli "'' Unlock. Mr. and " Mr- and Mrs. W ;Mr ami Mrs. Stan- iW nnd Mrs- Don Kr N Peck, Mr. Ray T. Elsmore Wins Army Air Unit Command Community Pays Final Tribute To Joseph Nicholes The funeral services held Saturday Satur-day at 2 o'clock in the American Fork Second ward chapel for Joseph Nicholes, a life Ions resident of this city who passed away at his home here the previous Wednesday afternoon, after-noon, were very impressive. Friends and relatives filled the chapel for the services and the floral offerings offer-ings were many and beautiful, these tributes conveying the respect and high esteem held for Mr. Nicholes and his family. Bishop Joseph H. Storrs officiated at the services, which opened with a mixed quartet singing "Though Deep'nlng Trials". Members of the mixed quartet were Thornton Young, Vance Fisher, Mrs. Edith C. Young and Mrs. Hazel Walker with Mrs. Lydla Klrkpatrick as piano accompanist. accom-panist. Leonard S. Harrington offered of-fered the opening prayer. This was followed by a vocal duet, "The Morning Breaks" by Clare Chrtste risen and Harold Holley, accompanied ac-companied by Mrs. Mary Humphries. The speakers who conveyed high tribute to the life and character of Mr. Nicholes, brought out lovely gospel thoughts ajid words of consolation con-solation to the family members, were President Clifford E. Young, President Pres-ident Stephen L. Chlpman and Dr. P. M. Kelly of Provo, a brother-in-law of Mr. Nicholes. Miss Maxlne Taylor played a beautiful violin solo, accompanied by Mrs. Klrkpatrick and as the closing musical selection Mrs. Edith O. Young sang a solo, "Christian's Goodnight". The closing remarks were offered by Bishop Storrs and the benediction benedic-tion was offered by Thomas S. Pri-day. Pri-day. Interment was made in the city cemetery, where Washburn S. Chip-, man dedicated the grve. Former Resident Dies In Idaho City Funeral services for Mrs. Harriet Elizabeth Armstrong, 75, a former resident of this city, who died last Wednesday after a two years' illness at her home in Basalt, Idaho, were held in the Basalt L. D. 8. ward chapel Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock p. m., according to reports received here. Mrs. Armstrong was bom November Novem-ber 12, 1865 at American Fork and made her home In this community for a number of years. She married William Armstrong In 1885. He died several years ago. She moved to Iona, Idaho about forty years ago. Five years later she moved to Basalt, where she has since resided. All during her life she was an active L. p. S. church worker. She is survived by one daughter and four sons, Marlon, Alfred, Carl and Ellis Armstrong of Basalt, and Oscar Armstrong of Fort Hall, Idaho; Ida-ho; also six brothers and sisters, Oeorge E., Robinson, Alfred Robinson Robin-son and Lot Robinson and Mrs. Rose Penrod, all of American Fork; Mrs. Fannie Williams of Granger, and Mrs. Melinda Gough of Jerome. Idaho; also twenty-three grandchildren grandchil-dren and eight great grandchildren. Relatives attending the services from American Fork were Bishop and Mrs. Lot Robinson, Mrs. K. Morton, George Robinson, Alfred Robinson, Wayne Smith and Mrs. Rose Penrod. Mrs. Penrod had been with her sister for a week before her death and remained there until after the funeral. Bank Receiving Tax Payments ..Taxes are now being received at the Peoples State Bank. Citizens may call to pay their taxes any time during banking hours. o Major Ray T. Elsmore, a former American Fork man. was made commanding com-manding officer of the Fifth air l.i i' croup of the Fort Douglas air nu'-e at Salt Lnke last Frldav. ac-1 cording to announcement of Colonel Lowell H Smith, base commander. Major Elsmore was assigned to active duty on October 10. 1940. As commander of the Fort Doug las uroup. Major Elsmore will as- j Miine duties which Colonel Smith j lias been handling in addition to his work a.-, base commander and will be in charge of the 45 officers and 450 enlisted men in the Eighth materiel, ma-teriel, headquarters and headquarters headquar-ters and Sixth air base squadrons of the Fifth group. His headquarters headquar-ters will be at Fort Douglas. Major Elsmore s army career began during the World war, when he served serv-ed In this country as a flying instructor. in-structor. He was practicing law in Salt Lake City before that time and was a deputy Salt Lake county attorney at-torney both shortly before and after the war. For 12 years prior to 1940, he was commanding officer of the 329th observation ob-servation squadron, a reserve unit of what was then the 104th division. The squadron Included all reserve army pilots In Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming and Montana. From 1920 to 1940, he operated a law partnership with Irwln Clawson, and a branch law partnership in American Fork, known as Elsmore and Wootton. He acted as city attorney at-torney here for three terms. On August 1, 1928, he piloted the first airmail of the National Parks Airways from Salt Lake City to Great Falls, Mont., and for the ensuing en-suing 12 years worked as a pilot for that and its successor company, Western Air Lines. Between flights, Major Elsmore continued his law practice at American Ameri-can Fork, where he was bom In 1891. When called to active duty last year, he was a partner with Governor Herbert B. Maw and Vernon Snyder in a law office in Salt Lake City. He Is one of the organizers of the Airline Pilots' association, and has served as a vice president of the national na-tional organization. Other organizations organi-zations of which he is a member are the Fort Douglas Officers' club, Fort Douglas Golf club and the Utah Aviation club. o Don Berg Lambs Top Chicago List Men Elected To Scout Council From Am. Fork Two American Fork men were elected as officers of the Utah National Na-tional Parks Council, Boy Scouts of America, at the annual meeting- of the council Saturday ni-ht at the Provo high school auditorium. Bish op Joseph H. Storrs was cle( tod as a vice president and 8. 1. Packard, as treasurer of the coun il Dr. M. W. Merrill of Pj vo was reelected as president and other1 officers elected were 8. P Blake of Vineyard, O. C. Bowman of Cedar City. Ray Dlllman of Roosevelt, and S M. Nielsen of Mt. Plrs-ant. vice president; A. A. Andervni and R. W. Doman of Provo, scout executives; execu-tives; Verl G. Dixon, commissioner; Henry' A. Gardner of Spanish Fork, Dr. Merrill, Heber C. Johnson and T. C. Larson of Provo, national representatives. rep-resentatives. Departmental chairmen named are: Camping and activities, Roy Passey of Provo; advancement and court of h6nor, J. Wyley Sessions of Provo; organization and registration. D. O. Wight of Provo; leadership training, Harold 8. Walker of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove; health and safety. C. J. Hart of Provo, and senior scouting, Wayne B. Hales of Provo;. planning committee chairmen, cubbing and trail builders, J. Elmer Jacobson of Provo; reading the boys' life, Boyd C. Davis of Orem; uniform and appearance, ap-pearance, H. E. Hughes of Spanish Fork; troop budget plan, M. W. Bird of Springvllle; publicity, Oliver R. Smith of Provo and public relations, T. E. Pardoe of Provo. Nearly 300 scout leaders from all parts of the council attended the meeting which was highlighted by an address by Ralph W. Hardy of radio station KSL In Salt Lake City. Telling the scout leaders of the council that the scouting program develops "the very essence of a true democracy," Mr. Hardy stressed the points of the scout oath and law which develop character and citizenship. Alpine Stake Conference Next Saturday-Sunday The regular quarterly conference of Alpine Stake will be held Saturday Satur-day evening and Sunday, according to announcements made by President Presi-dent Clifford E. Young. Two of the general church authorities author-ities are expected to be in attendance attend-ance at the various sessions of the conference and will give special messages and inspiring talks at each meeting. Election Judges Named By Council At the meeting of the Mayor and City Council Monday evening the election Judges for the coming municipal mu-nicipal election on November 4 were named as follows: First District Mrs. Pearl Chesnut. Mrs. Lucy Bush, and Mrs. Mildred LaFleur. Second Districtr Jlenry Chlpman, Mrs. Sid W. Nicholes," Mrs. Leila Sykes. Third District -Russell Thompson, Rny le and Mrs. Zora Zabrlskle. Fourth District Mark Coddlng- The Saturday evening session, to i lolli Le(m Miller and Mrs. Amy CHICAGO, October fl. A large shipment of range lambs from Utah county topped the Thursday marcet at the Chicago Stock Yards this week. There were 1246 lambs in the lot consigned by Don C. Berg, of American Ameri-can Fork; they averaged 80.4 pounds per head and sold straight at $12.10 per cwt., the day's extreme top. o ' G. A. R. The G. A. R. (Grand Army of the Republic) was organized In 1866. October Draft Includes Am. Fork Boys A list of 32 draftees to fill the selective service quota of the north Utah county district for October 23, the second largest since the draft law went into effect, was posted Saturday by Mrs. Zenith Johnson, clerk of the draft district. Among the group were George Henry Pulley Jr., Warren Carter Boley, Paul Jorgensen Allen and Joseph Aston Ingram of American Fork, Howard Samuel Green of Pleasant Grove, Louis Conrad Peterson Peter-son of Alpine, Gayle Austin Brown and Robert Overn Johnson of Lehl and Lloyd Duckworth of American Fork, drafted from local f?6 cs San Francisco, California. All of the other boys were from Provo. begin at 7:30 p. in is a Priesthood meeting and is fur all members of the Priesthood Special music for this season will be furnished by a Boys' chorus. At 8:30 a. m. Sunday a special Welfare meeting will be held and all j stake and ward welfare workers arej urged to be in attendance. All stake and ward welfare committee com-mittee members, High Priest quorum officers and Elder quorum officers of all the wards are urged to be present at the welfare meeting Sunday Sun-day morning. A meeting of the Seventies will also be held at 8:30 a. m. Sunday, at which it is urged that all members mem-bers of both Seventies quorums be present. Regular conference sessions will be held at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. Sun day with special programs being arranged for each meeting. Music will be furnished by the choir, under the direction of K. J. Bird. M. I. A. conference will be held Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock and Is under the direction of the Stake M. I. A. officers. The entire program will be furn ished by the M Men and Gleaner girls of the stake. It will be carried out as a "Panelrama" and will emphasize em-phasize the theme "To Thine Ownself Be True". The problems confronting the youth of today will be brought out In a round-table discussion, with the following M Men and Gleaners taking part: Phil Jensen, George Relmschlissel, Will Wright, Cora Beck Adamaon, Orson Hyde, Maxlne Taylor, Ann Bureaa, Elma Single ton and Alva Ooodall A number of seats in the front of the center section will be reserved for M Men and Gleaners and they are urged to be present and take their places in this reserved section. All young people of the stake including, in-cluding, In addition to all M Men and Gleaners, the Junior girls, Explorers, Ex-plorers, Scouts and Bee-hive girls, as well as the adult members of the stake, because the program arranged is very Inspiring and will be of great value to all those attending. Sunday Schools will be held in the various wards Sunday morning for the smaller children, up to the age of twelve, all others being excused ex-cused for conference, President Young reports. A good attendance is desired at all sessions. o Democrats Name Candidates Real 'McCoy' ' The v amateur -ploy -wWehv three , youths presented at church performance per-formance in Evanston, IU., was billed as a side-splitting affair ln-Stond ln-Stond the 'audience walked out- to tears. It all came about when one of the actors. Robert Wall, fired a gun during the course of the play which he thought was loaded with blank cartridges. The -"blanks" turned out to be tear gas shells. Explained Robert: "I guess the cop I borrowed those shells from made a slight mistake." Missionaries Are Honored At Farewell Party sw(MwfflfxMsa , ,y.-; . IM-IIII) - v v jtK.. ' K MIW to W Courtesy Salt Lake Tribune Members of Alpine Stake gathered gather-ed at the Stake Tabernacle last Thursday evening to honor four young men. who are leaving to fulfill ful-fill L. D. S. missions, Douglas Pulley, who leaves for the Spanish-American mission; Kenneth. Beck, who leavesfor the Northwestern States; Lloyd Hayward, who goes to the Western States and George Relmschlissel, Relms-chlissel, who leaves for the Northern States-. The first three leave on. October 22, for their respective fields andErdcr KeitttaKhlIiei: leaves- for the mission school .on November 3 and will depart for his field of labor about November 13. The farewell program, which was arranged under the direction of the Seventies quorum of the Stake, included in-cluded the following numbers: opening open-ing prayer by Bishop Ernest J. Sea-strand, Sea-strand, talk by Douglas Pulley, vocal solo, "I Am A Mormon Missionary" by Phil Jenseiv, accompanied .by his wife; a talk by Mary Pulley, a talk by Frank Pulley, father o Douglas and a talk by John Pulley; remarks by Lloyd Hayward. missionary; vocal vo-cal solo, "TeaCh Me To Pray" by Thayne Bateman, accompanied by Mrs. Lydla Klrkpatrick; talk by the missionary's mother. Mrs. Martha Hayward; a talk-anri a violin solo, "Ava Maria" by Oeorge Relms-chllssell; Relms-chllssell; a talk by the missionary's mother. Mrs. Hugo Relmschlissel; .talk by missionary Kenneth Beck, vocal solo. "Danny Hoy" by Shirley Beok 'arid remark .,lTeTOV.;8V. father of Kenneth. Short talks were also given by Bishop Joseph If storrs and President Presi-dent Clifford E. Young and the closing clos-ing prayer was offered by Bishop Frank Shelley. Mr. Pulley is n member of the Fourth ward and lb- other three young missionaries are from the Second ward. .. Follpwlng tlj.c pri'i i am, dancing was enjoyed in the basement. At a Democratic Primary held Wednesday evening, candidates were selected to appear on the Democratic Demo-cratic ticket in the coming municipal election on November 4. John H. Miller was selected as the candidate for Mayor; E. Vernon iHollndrake, for 4-year councilman James Kelly, James W. Binnall and Ray Ellison, for two-year council men: Mrs. Hudson Gordon, for treasurer and Stewart Durrant, for recorder. Ray Shelley, precinct chairman, was in charge and a large number of citizens responded to the call of the Primary- The, two maxfield boys, accompanied accom-panied by their mother, Mrs. E. O. Maxfield, furnished several vocal (hiets. o Notice! To Lion Members Dean. Hie following polling places were designated: First District Timpanogos Motel; Second District Reuben Chlpman residence; Third District Mrs. Kate McTague's residence; Fourth District-City Hall. The W. P. A. Project which has just been completed was accepted by the council. The matter of the road bed of the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad company com-pany on East Main street was reft re-ft rred to the council to have repaired repair-ed by the railroad company. The repairing of the bridges on the new oiled roads was referred to the street committee to contat the W P. A supervisor. Ieo Meredith reported thae the blU boaid at the west side of town had paitly blown down and as ted the city to have tht same repaired cr turn it nvr w Turpanogos Cave Committee. It was ruggested .liut the city repair the Lame. It tu referred to the Property committee. o Two Am. Fork Men Trying For Y Football Team Two former American Fork high school athletes, who nave been vielng for positions on the 1041-42 football team of Brtgham Young university are ' Meivta ' Anderson, Gordon Lee, both juniors. Anderson, who starred on the Cavemen team while attending American Fork high school, Is one of the youngest men on the squad, being only 19 as a junior. Anderson Is trying for the wlngback post; weighs 165 and lacks being six feet in height by two Inches. His main attribute is speed, fortitude, and shiftiness. He will fullfil heavier assignments as-signments next year on Coach Eddie Kimball's eleven. Lee, who Is nicknamed "Gordy"; plays right end on the Cougar squad. He la 6 foot 1 inch tall and weighs 185 pounds. As he Is tall, rangy and plenty tough he has the neces sary requisites for a good end. With more seasoning he should prove to be a valuable asset on the Young eleven. o First Nutrition Article Released By High School In view of the fact that proper nutrition Is very essential In building build-ing a strong and happy nation and that great stress Is now being cent ered around the theme "Food for Defense" the students of the Foods department of the local high school are releasing articles on proper nutrition, nu-trition, the first of the series being given as follows and it Is hoped that citizens will benefit from their efforts ef-forts : Do High Incomes Guarantee That We Shall Be Well-Fed? High Incomes do RFC Accepts Terms On Alunite Plant Word reaching here Thursday from Washington stated that the Olln corporation and the Reconstruction Recon-struction Finance corporation, after several days of negotiation, had reached a complete accord on terms of two contracts under which the former will build for the government a plant at Lehl. on the sugar factory site, for making alumina from alunite, alu-nite, and an aluminum plant at Ta-coma, Ta-coma, Washington. The government is to advance the entire cost of both plants, which are to be built and operated by the Olin corporation, the two plants to work together. In both Instances RFC defers to the Judgment of the Olin corporation In the selection of sites, and also has agreed to obli gate Itself to advance funds for a second and third unit of the alumina plant as soon as the first unit goes Into operation and demonstrates its commercial feasibility. Agreement having been reached as to terms, the final writing of the contracts has been intrusted to the legal staff of R F C, working with attorneys of the Olln corporation, and the agreements are expected to be ready for signature In a few days. o Alpine District Represented At Convention At a meeting of the Utah Education Educa-tion association held Thursday afternoon af-ternoon of last week, in connection with the opening program, a new central committee was appointed. LeVere J. Wadley of the American Fork high school was elected as a member of this committee. Other members include Elmo Pack, principal prin-cipal of Cyprus Junior high, Magna; Emil M. Whltesldes, Instructor at Davis high school; Marva Banks, Instructor In-structor of Arlington achool, Murray; Mur-ray; Rodney A. Ashby, instructor In Dixie Junior college; Minnie Garff, Instructor in Hawthorne school, 8uU Lake City; Rulon H. Manning, Instructor In-structor of Box Elder high school and John F. Warner, instructor in Spanish Fork high school. Mr. Ashby was named chairman of the committee at a meeting following fol-lowing the house of delegates' ses sion. James B. Smith of the Alpine School board, and second vice president presi-dent of the State School board as sociation, conducted the meeting held for school board members, superintendents sup-erintendents and public school business busi-ness officials, Friday afternoon in the L. D. 8. assembly hall. The proposed drafting of a recommendation recom-mendation for Increasing teachers' salaries for the 1942-43 school year was placed in the hands of the officers of-ficers of the State School Board association and officers were Instructed In-structed by a resolution adopted to appoint a committee which will deal with the question preferably by January 1, 1942. At this meeting Thomas A. Barrett Bar-rett of this city, a member of the Alpine School district board, discussed dis-cussed responsibilities and proper attitudes of board members. o First Aid Class To Be Given A First Aid class will be conducted in American Fork, starting next Friday evening, October 24, at 7:30 p. m. in the City Hall. Mr. Harry Butler of Provo, expert in tills line, will Instruct the course. All persons over the age of eigh- All you who are going (Deer) hunting make a speedy return and get you and your. (Dear) costumed and masked for the big old-fashioned Hallowe'en party. Thursday evening-, Octobw . Committee Lion and Mrs. Delbert Chlpman Lion and Mrs. Frank Gaisford "Nuf Sed". teen are Invited to attena. me nnt. mmrRnteei course Is being given free of charge that we shall be well fed. The mid-'and will provide a wonderful oppor-hi oppor-hi nf nnr tvonie usuftllv are l tunity for citizens In this line. m nnmwi in iiiricement than Those who complete the course American Legion Membership is croning. At present: 11 member. Wati li the niemlM-rship (frowr tt-ilu- iu-xl work's report. . are the wealthy. If there Is no food to be bought, no money can buy it. Most of the less wealthy people have gardens from which they can get their vitamins, minerals, and other foodstuffs, while the wealthy class live In beautiful homes and do 'no f aniline; they go to the markets In the city and buy goods, which are oftentimes very harmful to them. Many wealthy people just buy any thing to become full. They do i)ot think of balancing' their day's diet It should be- balanced However, Mime rich people use Judgement as 7 ftwwV' a choosing- their ineals..a& '.She middle class does. Therefore, we :io not need an especially high Income In-come to be well fed By Helen Gardner, 8th Grade o- Weddings Decrease Regulations in the state of Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania requiring an applicant to wait three days before obtaining a license, has decreased weddings In that state" by 10.01)0. ' will receive certificates. First Aid Is an Immediate tem porary treatment to au ui or injured in-jured persons before the service of a physician can be secured. All those who wish to enroll ior the class are asked to contact Floyd Loveridge or Miss Llllie Shatter. It is being sponsored by the Red Cross cliapter. .... o Spotting Bad Potatoes A new way of "spotting" bad pc-tetoes pc-tetoes by looking at- Uieir. tuners . (part of the stem) through an ultra violet lamp- was described recently by Drs. V. E. Iversdn and H. C Kelly of Montana State college. They reported that bacteria-free potato tubers may .be discovered by cutting off n portion of the stem end of a tuber and examining It with the naked eye under an ultra-violet lamp. They also found that bacteria otherwise not visible were revealed by the lamp. The new method will be more rapid and. cheaper, the added. t , . V. K - '1 I I '-ft 1 n I 'i t |