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Show II 111, "j111 '" ' " " ' 11 1 1 si i ssjjjjsji ss jgQAN FORKrUTAII, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2171927 NUMBER 40 i 'ies To Be Treated By Firemen todays-Saturday i dti complete program tor the entertainment being sponsor. y promises to be a gala affair. , jar's lun does not begin until 2 p. m., at which, time a tree aaa will be given to them. Dur-, Dur-, tb picture show, Santa Claus j sake a visit, and remain with i until after the movie has ended. Santa will lead the procession , the theatre in a single line to . Community Xmaa tree . which ji at the intersection of the road ieen Main and Center streets, n the Firemen, assisted by their t, will help Santa distribute the A goodies and surprises to the irtn. ; ' Y"'" 1 is the Instruction of the Fire. i that no one over the age of 12 ii will be admitted to the free ie.tut if they so desire to attend t picture show, they may do so at jsall admission price. i v . ; jistinas Caroling To - Feature Tonight The Recreation committees of the wards Of American Fork are Wsoring Christmas caroling to jht. to commence" promptly . after a big Christmas Eve dance being 'ren in the Apollo Hall The Fourth krd have" already made definite ar-inzements ar-inzements to to on this tour. j An invitation has been extended to 3 of the townspeople to participate ( this event All of those wishing go. on this merry jaunt, are re- 3ested to meet at the City Hall rectly after- the dance, at which , 'iei transportation will be furnish- ithem by the Recreation commit-1 M ' It la the earnest wUh of tho in Sw?,. tbat . a Jare. crowd, twjre -.A i 1 At. J i A. - - .a no maae uia project, a worinwniie freat Those who nave ever . went aroling before can testify as to the Jot and pleasure which is derived from doing this sort of thing. Every. dy be aCthe City Hall Saturday right at , midnight "Let's sing In Christmas day with good cheer. X I. A. and Religion Classes union Meeting Attended By Many The M. I. A. and Religion Classes Tnion meeting which convened in, the alpine stake tabernacle Sunday after.. soon was attended by many and thoroughly , enjoyed. . Clande Crom. tt xt the General Board of the M. L.A. organization was In Attendance and spoke for a few minutes in the teneral assembly. At the separation of the two organizations, or-ganizations, Mr. Cromwell ' presided over the. Recreation department and fave some splendid Ideas and new thoughts in recreation work to this department His remarks were ap- ??3tel very much.. , ,,, .;..;.. ..Special work and plans were car ried out in each Of the other depart Bents and In the Religion classes as well. Native Son Passes Away In Spanish Fork A. tj. Adams received the sad news Monday of the sudden death of his brother, George Adams, at Spanish Fork. Mr. Adams was the son of Al-Plne Al-Plne pioneers, Mr, and Mrs. David Adam? and" spent his' boyhood days In Alpine until his marriage to Martha Devoy also of Alpine. They were ealled to settle - In - Arlaona, where ttey made their' home until after the death n his wife some 21 years ago. In 1910 he married Miss Emma Monk of SpaniBh Fork and. they made toeir home there most of the time !nce. He Ul survived by his wife, nd by seven children by his first lfe,aTTof whom live In Arliona at. 10 tv two brothers" and three sisters. ?Wal services will be held Satur-ay Satur-ay afternoon at Spanish Fork, o Mr. and Mrs. Ray D. Gardner are to happy parents of a winsome baby 'auchter born Thursday morning. H concerned are doing nicely. Mrs. Wayne C. Booth has sold her lme to W. B." Beach, a former rest-t rest-t of Lehl. Mrs. Beach and the kmily have moved Into If and are becoming settled. Franklin Harris Telia of iivcJ3in noiy Ijana At the weekly assembly of' the American Fork High School held Tuesday morning, Dr. Franklin Harris Har-ris president of the Brigham Young University, was the speaker. He told of his European travels, which he just recently made, bordering especially on the land of Palestine and the other cities in the Holy Land, connected with the birth and life of Christ One of the most interesting topics of his discussion was the comparison he made of life and customs . there with the living conditions of AmerlJ ca. The assembly being a Christmas program, Pr. Harris conveyed some beautiful holiday sentiments and de. voted the greater margin ot his speech on the life of Christ and his travels in the Holy Land. . The students stud-ents ot the High School were very enthusiastic and enjoyed Dr. Harris's discussion very much. . In addition to the talk, the as. sembly had community Christmas singing, and Miss Aileen Peterson, a student of the Brigham Young Uni-vorsity, Uni-vorsity, Bang two vocal solos, one of them being that famous Christmas anthem "The Holy City." o Utah County Dairymen Loses W. J. Thajne, County Agr. Agent. According to the figures, - Just re- -celved by the County Agricultural Agent from the Bureau Of Business and Governmental Research ot Ex- tension Service of Colorado, one-third . M A . m ft a ot the cows ot Boulder County are losing money for their owners. In this county, an . average dairy . county, a cow-testing association was organized organ-ized and accurate figures kept on each of 111 cows and .35 cows found to be losing 13,820.00 per year. If this percentage of cows in Boulder bounty are losing money, it Is pos- sible that a similar percentage of the cows ot utan county are losing meBejrfjff.thfilr.-O.wners, .andey are just ae liable to be loping as not. But there is only one way to determine and that is through keeping produc tton records on the cows. At the above figures, found to be true in Colorado, it one-third of the cows in Utah County were also unprofitable and lost the same ratio the farmers of the County would lose $92,340 every year through feeding, these scrub cows even "after their product Wan anM Mnd credited to them ; "The Colorado figures also shows some in terestlng figures on cost of producing butterfat, cost of feeding a cow per year, how production was Increased, etc. ' ' Boulder County Colorado Cow-Testing Association Results, Milk her cow .617 in 19178.165 Average butterfat per cow 295 1917326 In 1921. In Average return per cow, $99 in 1917 $S8 In 1921over feed cot. Cost of feed per lb. butterfat 31c Th917T7cTn Culled out, 33 qows saving $3,820 per year through saving feed, after product from these scrub, cows was deducted. ' Practically thirty percent of cows found unpofltable. Why not make a business of dairy- ling and keep records in" Utah County. If interested report same in your local Farm Bureau meetings. ' ' -O- ; Second.Presentation Of Fourth Ward Play ; Thursday Night The Fourth ward presented their play "Because I Love You" for tne second time at the Cameo theatre Thursday 'evening to an enthusiastic and appreciative audience. While not so large as the former, perform ance, the show went over in Just as jreat style and met with a much applause and response as before. The player were very well prepared In their parts and merited a fine second showing. i J " ,"; '"'.' Y .'...Y" r ." Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wright of Salt Uke City, were Sunday guests at the home of Mrs. R. R. Steele. Lions To Sponsor Biggest Event Of Year Next T&urs. The biggest event of ths year ia' to be sponsored text Thursday evening by the American Fork; Lions at their semi-monthly luncheon and program. The occasion being the last meeting In the year 1927, . crowning night has been arranged for to be given la in the New Gymnasium. at 7 0clocfc p m t0 whIch eT JJon and nis lady are to be present The hall will be appropriately decorated In holiday colors and a lighted and beautifully decorated Christmas tree will adorn the middle of the floor. Each Lion and his partner are requested re-quested to bring toy to hang on the tree the specified requirement -being that the lalies furnish a gentleman's gentle-man's prensent, the the gentlemen vice versa. Santa Claus will be in attendance to "distribute the gifts. The program is to be one of the highest class that has ever been featured. The Swedish Counsul will be the speaker of the evenI.ng.The Lions will no doubt wonder how such a distinct personage was. obtained to speak to this group. But as luck would have it the Counsul was " on his way to San Francisco and through the aid of investigators, Jt was found that he was stopping in Sandy for a visit with a near relative for the Christmas Holidays, and due to the ene'rgetlc efforts of the committee in charge, his services were engaged for next Thursday evening. It promises to be a rare treat for everyone, an event which no Lion should pass up. "Hap says so". The musical numbers of the eve. ning are to be furnished by the Elgin Four of Salt Lake City. This quartet is comprised of four of the best male voices in the state of Utah, whose blending of harmony and quality ot tone has rarely been surpassed. They are KSL artists, giving nnequaled concerts over the 1 named.! atatioa every Monday evening. Some New Tear's resolutions have been prepared by the tail twister. "Hap" Holmstead, which will be pre. sented and passsed upon. Following the program and lunch. eon, dancing will be enjoyed for tne remainder of the evening. While bordering on Llonlsm, It should well be said of them that they were the backers and sponsors of the Business houses exterior decorating in keeping with the Christmas spirit Never in the history of American nPorX'has'TEe t6wn""beeif 'so "beauU-" fully lighted and decorated for this time of the year. The Xmas spirit Is shown everywhere by the righted trees' on display in front of the business busi-ness houses and the other added touches of holiday spirit A lot of praise Is due the Lions and also all of the business houses' for their efforts In creating such a perfect set-tlng"-for'ChTtstmas?- . w. -.i-;.,.. . , , . . . . .. .-. Mrs. Uzzle Welsh orAshton, Wyo-mlng. Wyo-mlng. Is spending the winter here at the home of E. E. McBride.' R. L. Ashby. Miss Lucretia Ashby and Morrell Ashby attended the .funeral .fun-eral of Bryant Stringham held In Bountiful on Sunday. . John Jacklin and family motored .to Proyo Sunday and spent the day visiting1 with Mr.' ant Mrs.- Earl Roy- lance. Miss Alice Jacklin, who has been a guest at the Roylance home for the past ten days, returned home with "them. ' MrsrMargaret Robinson, Mrs. Jane Crystal of this city and Mrs. Laura Evans of Lehl, attended the funeral of their nephew, Isaac Thorne, held In Salt Lake City Sunday. The deceased de-ceased leaves a wife and nine children. child-ren. The B. B. Ladies "entertained at a Christmas party for their husbands Friday , evening. The social was given at the home of Mrs. Cora Chacjwlck The rooms were gaily decorated . In holiday symbols" and the Christmas colors of red and green. A lighted tree odorned one corner of the entertaining enter-taining room, laden .with gifts for 11 of the guests. Games were enjoy. ed, after which a .tasty lunch was served. A Jolly time was reported. Mrs. Myrtle Mercer wo hostess Monday evening to the E. T. O. glrlsT The entertainment was In the form of a Christmas party. The forepart of the evening they attended the theatre, after-which they progressed to the Mercer home, which was attractively at-tractively decorated In holiday colors and symbol. A glittering Christmas tree adorned one corner of the room ladened with gifts. Games and refreshments re-freshments comprised the evening's inmtv- after which the gifts were ' - - distributed from the tree. Presbyterian Church - Featuring . Christmas y. Pageant Tonight A beautiful Christmas pageant is being featured by the Presbyterian Church tonight commencing at 7:20 prompt In their chapeL The name ot It is "The'epirtt of Love." The page, ant is in the form of a tableau, during L which time the speaker reads the aCh picture Miss Gladys Parr will interpret the "The Spirit" while Miss Margaret Binns will do the reading. The tableau ot mother and babe will be formed during which time Mrs. Hapnah Bocth will sing a vocal solo "Mother." The next picture will be that ot father and mother. The choir will lng"0 Come All Te jaithful'! while this is being posed. While the pTt ot The Nnrse Is being portrayed, oft music will be played. The gifts of God will be shown by Rudolph Clark singing a vocal solo and Sadie Dixon playing a violin solo. The last numbor of the pageant will be " the Christ Child and Mary, the Mother, while the choir sings "Away In A Manger." The "Spirit" awakes to the music of four little children singing "Hush A Bye." ' ' Before the tableaux are presented the following numbers will be given: Reading by Lois Binns; vocal trio .Ty1?11!?". by. three small boys j recitation reci-tation by John I Willy Bunion ; reading by Grace Clark; dlologue "The Mean, ing of Christmas" by Sadie Dixon and Glen Bun ton. The Christmas greet, ings will be read by Wilford Boone. . Sunday morning the regular Sun. day School will be held with the Church meeting at night . Services Held For Early Pioneer The Parent-Teachers Association of Alpine District, -held a meeting in the Lehl tabernacle Thursday night December 22nd. The forepart of the evening was spent in listening to an Interesting program consisting ot the following number: Song "Christ. mas Lullaby" by the Lehl Third grade song "Toy Shop" by the First and Second grades of Thl'; long "Whose Down the Chimney" by Lehl First grade; address by Mrs. Reed, presi. dent of. the ParentTeachers Congress of Utah: In her address, she traced the history ' of this organization's movement in America. ed the following program of work. 1. Knowjrour school. 2. Know your currlculn&7TCh"ovf'' schooT TSpottflrtorethe-tlrth trf "Ellza1)eth, Tibe:waii 4. Know the school activities. 5, Know the Laws of the school. (. Know the needs ot the school. 7. Know what promotion mean. . .. . . Z Superintendent David Gourley next gave an address. He discussed the need of cooperation between the parents par-ents and the teachers. He stressed that civilization had advanced through education and" that" education "was at could to provide for her hillren -m,bnt,j(whpn.gniii:ljw(A jear ajr; jibe wnt to the cooperation. He further' discussed: County Inflrmaryrwhere ""she" was the revision of our tax : system in Utah. He outlined the needs of the alpine District as follows: 1. Kinder gartens. J. Full .day sessions tor First and Second grades. 1 Adequate and Centrally located Junior High Schools. 4. Senior High 8chools organized or-ganized for advanced high school wort1" y ,--rii;;:;:::,,j,;;. Following the program, the bust- DeBg meeting was held In the Lehl High School, where the constitution was adopted. The members were then entertained with games and re freshments as guests of the Lehl Parent-Teachers' organization. ' , o " . Mutual To Be Postponed . until January 3rd On account of the Christmas Holi days, the Mutual organizations ot the tour wards of, American . Fork are postponing their regular meeting night one week, and will again con tinue-their meetings- Tuesday evening, eve-ning, January 3rd, commencing at 7:30 p." m. prompt Tuesday1 evening, splendid pro. grams were featured In each of the wards, which met with the highest praise from everyone present Flno crowds were present, and the night was considered asnelrthTTargest attended during the whole year. Y It la urged by the officers In each ward that' everyone get enrolled for the year 1928, and keep the record well marked. A lot of splendid en. tertalnments are being planned for the coming year along1 with a lot of new ideas and plans for the outlined out-lined work In each department Everybody Is' Invited to be present at the next meeting t the new year. January 8, 1928. " Revered Pioneer Called Mrs., Margaret Walker Macklln, a former resident ot this city, passed ffientscause Mrs.; Macklln was the daughter of Thomas' and Hannah Finney Walker, and was born at 6t Helens Lancashire, Lanca-shire, England, October 18, 1842, being be-ing the oldest -child of a family of 11 Her father was a miner, working as Superintendent tor a number of years. Her brothers and. . also, Margaret, Mar-garet, worked in the coal mines as soon as they, were old enough.. Her mother, being a Catholic , was trained as a nurse in the Catholio Academy. Her father was a Methodist and thus each of her parents attended their separate churches. One morning on their way to attend church, two Eld ers of the Church of Jesus Christ ot Latter-day Saints (the first known In that section) were holding forth in meeting. ''-The singing attracted their attention, so, instead ot going to their separate meetings, they listened listen-ed to the humble Elders explain the principles of the Gospel. They were convinced of ito truthfulness: . and with their family, were baptized into that church. From that moment they were ardent members. Their home was open always to the elders and Mr. Walker was a great assistance to them and when he emigrated to Utah was president of the branch. Before leaving England for America about the year 1869, seven of their family had passed to the Great Beyond. Be-yond. Two of the remaining six children, Joseph and Richard, came to America. They worked tor two years, after which they purchased a little home on the lot where R, I Smith now livesTn which tha family moved, where they made It their per. manent home. '- Margaret at the age of 88, in the year 1875, was married to a widower by the name of Thomas Macklln who war 6 -years old." The- father- and mother objected to the marriage on account of his age, so on the back of mule they Journeyed to Alpine and were married there and later In the Endowment house at Salt Lake City. BhenggesrfTtHhIs-onionIxhlldren--were born:- ElIenWllllam, Henry, Mary Ann, Sarah and Elizabeth: Just be. left a widow. Their home was a one roomed log house north of where the Womans Suffrage under the leadership lead-ership of Hannah Laplsh, In the year 1893, built her a two room home. In 1918 her daughter, Ellen Conder, mother of a large family, died, which was a great sorrow to her. She was a hard working woman, doing all she arll tiV .... tr.. .-J 7" Vl- -"- coverage which now protects approx-hearlng approx-hearlng failed her and for months she' , v had longed for her .Father' call, j which came December 18, 1927 at 8 She died a thorough Latter-day Saint and is survived by three children: child-ren: Sarah Turner .of Lehl, Henry Macklln "of Magna, and William Mack lin of American Fork., Thirty two grandchildren and 15 great-grand children also survive as well as two brothers, William Walker, of High, land and John Walker ot Leyton. Utah.. Funeral services were held in the Fourth ward chapel Wednesday after. noon with Counselor Thomas Cod. dlngton in charge. The musical numbers consisted of the opening number "When The Mist Has Rpllel Away," another, selection "0 My Father," and the closing song "Rest For The Weary Soul" sung by members of the Fourth ward. Mrs. LaRue R. Morton sang- a-olo-J'Face Tp Face" and Mrs. Detta M. Taylor and Mrs. Lyle J. Grant sang a duet "Unanswered Yet". . "r " The speakers were Dr. James M. Grant William f?.-Robinson and Leo T. Shelley. " Each of them conveyed many beautiful thoughts, and all stressed her faithfulness to her religion. re-ligion. One thing" most noticable about her was her attendance at othefs' funerals, rich and poor alike The opening proyer was given by James H. Barratt and the benediction benedic-tion was pronounced by Martin Hansen. Han-sen. : - D. O. Phillips and family' have moved Into the Cropper home In the Third ward and will make their home there. ' ' Uoman to tier Reward " 11 fiunday Schools In FOUT Christmas fs to be royally celebrated cele-brated In the four wards ot Amerl. can Fork Sunday morhlag at the reg. uiar Sunday School meeting. Each ward has went to extra work to pre. pare an elaborate and special Christmas Christ-mas program, especially as the sacred holiday came on Sunday this year. - in addition to the splendid - pro gram, Santa Claus will be la attend-ance attend-ance tor the benefit of all the kiddle and give them each a gift Every thing la in readiness tor one ot the best celebrated Sundays for this great occasion. -. The. only outlined program received receiv-ed as we go to press is the one being -given in the First ward which will consist ot the following numbers; A violin solo by Milton Brown; an origl. nal one-act play "Santa's .v Lesson -written by Clarence A. . Grant and dramatized by Mrs. Irvin Johnson and three small children;, special readings and musical numbers by lima li-ma Singleton and Merlin McQrew; gf oup singing of Christmas : carol and anthems by everyone present An Invitation has been extended to everyone :Jn. the community to com : out tomorrow to the programHipon-" sdred by the Sunday Schools. They will each be held in their respective chapel. ;."';',.:v'-:Tn-'- - ' Chipman Interests ; Presents Employees With Unique Xmas Gift .The Jemployees lof. the Chipman Mercantile Company-and-tbe Cblp r man's affiliated banks consisting of the Bank of American Fork, State Bank of Lehl and the Bank of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove have received the unique Christmas present of a life insurance policy for $1,000. "Chipman 7 interest'" assume the-entire cost ot thia insurance in-surance program which is being written writ-ten by Clarence A. Grant local agent, -representing the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. An interesting-feature interesting-feature of the plan tt thafthe- em--ployees are insured without regard aa to physical condition. Insured . employees who' become" totally an4" permanently disabled will receive 'their insurance on a monthly Installment Install-ment basis. In this way the disabled employee is provided with a continuous continu-ous monthly income to replace, . in part his lost earning power.- ' . Thia wholesale method of purcha. Ing insurance under a group plan has been adopted by a number of pro. gressive' organizations In thls ;Titatl Jt serves to emphasize the Increasing-, 1 1 . m At. I- - - . , V.4 i imporuiDcv oi iuib lurm ui muuv Ing men for an aggregate amount In execs of jeynjbilljon dollwi-' The total amount of Insurance on the group is $68,000, coverlpg . the lives of 67 employees and director. ....:.., '. ..' 9 ' i-.;..,.. i. SAX JOSE MIS8I0SAMES TO v CITE PROGRAM OYER KQW- 1 ' FEIDAT, DECEMBER tOth, ' According to report received from" our local missionaries laboring in in the 8an Jose district In California. will furnish a program of musical numbers and readings over station . KQW, Friday evening, December 30th. The time will be 8:00 o'clock p. m. (Pacific, time)-or 9:00 o'clock p. nu- (Mountaln time). It Is the wish of these mieslon-arles mieslon-arles that you tune In that night and ' enjoy the evening with thenw - ' Glen Wrlght arrived home Friday night fromi southern" tTtahY He will spend the holidays with his mother, Mrs. June Wright an'dJ. other relatives.,- , " "'"". ' "i( Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Peterson and small baby of Bingham Canyon, arrived ar-rived here Friday to spend the Xmas holidays YwithTMrsY Peterson's" par--ents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Chrlstensen. , Last Innoculaion For ; Diphtheria This Week The last treatment for diphtheria' was held in the Harrington School Building Monday, where the school children, and prejehool children re. celved their final innoculation. - I r |