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Show ifcessFor r Celebration L te"5"rlse Tuesday fA 10.000 visitor, to SI ftivalwillbethe the day h JJu will not educational poul- .ad poultry ranch iCrmrtd to order to ac- i chicken sandwiches rftee. to order that Jisinple the product "Tpubllc anticipation of celebration is seen In (jlarted support given to 'the committees, 3 g parade committee. "I sxftfuoh willingness, ildedre to help," mem-'"jk mem-'"jk ptnde committee de- ltet tin holiday dress 'jaM iarthr day.- Flags, t fcotint streamers, and flitti will, transform the 3 id avenue of gay color. jojfflEgj and front parting U te cleaned up and cared Send Invitations Every American Fork citizen is requested and urged to send it least one and up to ten personal Invitations to out-of-town friends and relatives urging them to attend at-tend the, 1836 American Fork Home -.Coming and Poultry-Turkey day celebration, August 11th. - These Invitational are all. printed print-ed and postage paid and all you have to do la address them to your friends and relatives. These invitation cards are available at the American Fork Postoffice,, Do your part to make the day a success. Mail your quota of cards now. Citizen Expresses Thoughts For Poultry Day Veil, d'ose Forkers are at it again. Celebrating de day mitde rooster and hen. Sadie Bromley and Vill Chlpman are rantin' around, to get people to show off mit de town. Dere vill be gallons and cups of pink lemonade to drink vile youTe vatch-lng vatch-lng de beeg parade. Dere vill be a queen., to.rule ofer de affair., and Numerous Matters Pertaining to The City Handled A general clean-up of the condition condi-tion now existing at the city dump grounds, In accordance with the State Board of Health and the City Board of Health rulings, was discussed dis-cussed at the meeting of the city council Monday evening. It was reported that the city grounds are In a bad condition due to the dumping of dead animals ana cnlckens on the premises. A similar condition has been reported i from other parts of the city where dead turkeys and. chickens have been thrown Into the irrigation ditches. The matter of remedying these conditions was put into the hands of the Public Property committee with power to act. Nathan and John Robinson met with the council relative to the city purchasing the one acre 'lot belong, ing to their father, the late William Robinson, the lot to be added to the present city park. The Public Property committee and the mayor were appointed to Investigate, secure a price and report at the next meeting. meet-ing. Ten men were moved from the State Training School project to the T lot: 'ijn gin of the celebration at tr nake this day- out , H maTjV.iarfest- one-dar al bij tine vaudeville show a booked for the evening todudlng five star acta, later -popular aaovto atar & at screen fame. The 'ipected for nearly two hours ;1 the fireworks and car Miss American Fork, she vill be dere. 1 hour overtime each at 50c an hour. Some of you fellera make a float of i Chief I. L. Pratt and Glen Chad-soch Chad-soch size. Dot vill keep dem Pulleys j wick, representing the Fire Depart-from Depart-from gettin' de prize but you keeds ment, were present regarding the don't need to make any plan all de ; sending of the firemen-to the state .poiacf' -via. b. made.y -Bind -and , cem-entlon -inrOsfdciif Augmt eV. TJhlpley, his band. Dere vill be men droping i and 8th. The amount of 157.00 was out from de sky, if de saps get hurt, ! allowed for the expenses of six men veil shdukf-ve .d7;Maoy--4eViH-'to;atftewl the eoBvention. be a baQ game mit all of de stars, I The matter of the Fire Depart-long" Depart-long" time- since ve saw dem ;make ; mem attending fires IH the county all die errors.: Vould be nice, to see 'was discussed, also the recent fire Addle and Daddie slinging 'em in Alpine City. The county does not VWd,.J!tan mit de ground. Some smarty ylll be ' City. A committee was appointed latertala the ouunmothjdere ahnging some ropes making us to contact Mayor Whitby of Alpine jcawus, wis to we nopes. jana invite mm to meet with the A. B. Allen vill haf von beeg council at the regular meeting Au-poultry Au-poultry show. So get your thicken gust loth, fc discuss the use of the vashed up so dey can ail go. Ve vas local flre equipment. gotagto halfire ;yjorks up on de ML The .matter- of -the 133& -tax tevy; vuk wjwc (icuics ob sigm ; was Drougni up out no action iaxen vould kill, so not to hurt or bad 'because the assessed valuation had f sptes er Convention i U Will til m v 'ad Program omec m i Ass lr sV jeetef wrti: neetfcj to Set t jttlSv Kute iy.fi; Bore, unk f kader; sit xtaoa ;tansB iKn. a A. Grant, Mr, and ' 1 Greenwood, Mr. and Mrs. irte, Mn Glen Varney and I ttoraat were the delegates f American Fork Democratic 1 who attended the conven-I conven-I the Fourth Judicial Demo-'sarottoa Demo-'sarottoa "to Heber " City . convention. Judge Abe W. J m renominated for the i Judge. Dallas H. Young aWed to the office of judge 72ut Stanley Dunford, form--tf attorney, was nominated At attorney. : itef the convention meeting vere entertained at the Hot Pots at Midway at a a Rpper and swim. AH re-enjoyed re-enjoyed both the con-fodaxlaL con-fodaxlaL r City Pays Tribute to Mrs. Boise: A. Wells ' ' j The many friends of Mrs. Emma Christina Miller Wells,' were greaved j to learn of her death early Monday morning. Mrs. Wells Is the wife of ' Boise A. Wells of this city. Born in tihl August' 27; 1878, she j was a daughter of Uartn and Chris- i Una Peterson Miner. . As a girl she ! took an active part to. the church I work in the ward in w ilchehe lived. She married Boise l Wells of American Fork in 1800 and moved to this city where she ha since resided. She was an active n ember of the First ward Relief Bocl ty."-""-- She is survived by her husband and five children, MrsElma Proctor, Bcise Wells. Jr, Jay Wells and Mar-rion Mar-rion Wells, of American Fork, and Mrs. Katie Evans of) Lenl. Eight grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters ;also survive: George Miller, American Fork; Mrs. Elma Harker, Mrs. . Lottie Harker, Alma Miller and Frank Miller of Magrath, Alberta, Cariada. Bishop Harry JerUnk of the High land ward wa In charge of the funeral fu-neral services which vlere held Wed nesday in the Amerifin Fork First ward chapel. " I The opening songl "My Father Knows," was sung by the First ward chorus and the openlg prayer was offered by Samuel Grant. Mrs. Clara Rhodes and Mrs. LaDoda Wagstaff sang "That Wonderful Mother of Mine," accompanied by Mfs. Annie Interest Grows In Local Queen Contest Final selection of Poultry Day Queen and Miss American Fork will be made at the Cameo Theatre and dance at Saratoga, Saturday evening, eve-ning, August 8th. Votes are now be ing issued with each sack of feed purchased at the feed stores of this city. Due to the short time left In which Voting District Changes Effected By Commission Three voting districts of American Fork have been changed by action of the County Commissioners ; at their regular meeting Monday of this week. The resolution was pasted past-ed at the request of the chairman and secretary Of the Democratic and Republican parties and makes the districts conform with the ecclesias City Wins Honors At 24th Parade American Fork waa awarded outstanding out-standing honors July 24th when the float entered to the Pioneer Days parade In Salt Lake City by A. W. pulley and Sons waa awarded sec-, ond place to the float division, First place honors were given to a covered wagon train from Draper. Thr Z.-'C?i. ' L float depicttar "Utah the Star of the West", was awarded third place. T A miniature covered wagon drawn cf th church and will these young ladles wUl be selected. wllze voting numbers to these ' by oxen uv gold, silver and.broni u,c wuK" mLU m "v districts. are the awaros ior urs. ewi of interest for aU The names tH-oDutrlcthaslimj respectively.. Winners the contestants andThelr ltoifJi will be posted at the Utah Poultry J! slven a prize also - Producers , Association, A." W. Pulley - .ff,?,. Jia "Ehe Seyfloat l- .r4 .ml ! Wrf rvfflr- where w cwxiwwu -v - the votes may be cast. Elimination of all with ten thousand thous-and points and less will be made Thursday of next weet At the final count Saturday evening the The Pulley have been used, the Third District . -America TO -a. lS ha. never been large enough to was oeauvuui iu wiuw. secure two sets and as a conse- Uver. . . 1- vUviM. auence. in returns were buh.' kmger coming in. and Mis Mary Pulley, dressed In was the central figure with In additfoa the tour aman girls la egg ahett hatvea unai count eaiuraay evemng uio - "-77 ,, . . . on ..h ivB-ner. The amau fam girl with thehlghncf rourth lMstr Uusuato w .,ii v aJZZL report due to the large number of f J,"";, feelings tp make, ve vUl shoot dem from de middle of de lake. Ve vill haf a cement dance floor yaur shoes tp.vare out, dot ylll make J. C. and Chipmans and Marley not been received from the county. Permission was given the Poultry day committee to close Church street Jor concessions,,. Also, Cenjter street at Fourth North. 5th and 6th rahout TTe Vin lf prtaes for tacky mbltirWTIrst West street and 4th folks a swell V-8 vat b no Joke. North and First East to 6th North All you people vat lif out of town, win be closed for the convenience come and bring de whole family j of those attending the evening show down. No need to pile on relations in a bunch. Ve gif free sandwiches for your lunch. Tuesday, August de eleventh Is de day. 60 be making your plans to come dls way. You can park your cars on de city lawn and ve don't care if you stay till dawn. Laura L. Timpson. 0 Waltz Night to be staged on the high school cam. pus. Permission to hold the dance until two a. m. was given the Poul try committee. ; 0 Project Approved DC. i L1. 1 ,tr. , , 1 jit I -it Resident M In Salt lake City awrtces were conducted Ttfeniooc to the Mia Creek for Miss Rath Liddle, 5&r f Parley H. Liddle, I Mdeou of this city. Ruth fWtLake hospital Batur-allngertog,!! Batur-allngertog,!! JUUcOia. Kevada, July 17, Cn, 'fe American Fork ! attended the public J to the Second a large circle Iamuy tooved to "here they have it Her mother died a rraduation from the fin tLD- 8. Business Ool-Jatthepredd- iteaATT "hwss. She feentUcnof Elf" Jwthm and slaters: a w. uvue jr ---fflOwe. "Wtal w o , "flm Intelligent i 2 nrnc his oo!L: : bewae1 recognlae boplng that UqittfcJM ' "Vin; AMI" At Saratoga Afull moon, the girl you hke best to dance' with, the divine music of Byron Dastrup and his orchestra when they strike up the waltzes at the dance Saturday evening and you have Saratoga at Its best. The moon and the waltzes are a combin ation' you cannot afford to miss. The holiday dances at Saratoga exceptionally good the past week-end, the third largest crowd of the season attending the night of the 24th. There la always a good clean crowd and the dances this season la of the highest standard. Favorable comment for the management man-agement and the "clean" crowd has been made by the county sheriff, his deputies and many others who have visited the resort on dance nights. : 0 ; Weeds Should M Be Cleaned From Streets If we are to show off our city to the thousands who will be here on Poultry Day a much better impres sion of our community will be given If the weeds are cut or cleaned from the streets and sidewalks. In many parts of our city the weeds have been let go and are any thing but Inviting to the general public. Let's show a little pride to our lota and streets and get them cleaned up. The approval of a $2,000 W. P. A. project for the city water works has been made by the atate. engineer and the W. P. A. office to Provo. A copy of the project has been sent the National office in Washington. D. C, for final approving. - The project Is for the purpose of repair work to the city water ttnea to the canyon. Some rip-raping work will also be included to Insure greater protection to the water lines. Work wuTbe started as soon as the final approval is received from the wsfiomgum oxnee.. Bids Asked On School Improvement Bids are being received by the building commission of the 8tate Training School for the Installation of a large power boiler system which la to be installed at the school in American Fork. ' The boiler will be installed In con nectlon with a $8000 P W A proj ect now under way at the school. The project calls for the building of a rock fence around the south part of the grounds, landscaping the mith hill, lawns, shrubbery and trees and the building -of an am phltheatre in the cove to the east of the school grounds, and the boiler. The present steam plant building will be enlarged to accomodate the larger boiler which is expected to carry the load of the entire school for heating, cooking and laundry work. V QUEEN NOMINATION BLANK This nomination blank properly filled ont and mailed to Utah Poultry Day Committee constitutes the official nomination nomina-tion of your choice for the Queen of the 1936 celebration and gives yotir'Tiomineo 6000" votes Only- one nomination blank will be credited each girl named). A biographical sketch was read by Mrs. E. J. Beastrand. 8. P. Beck of the Highland Ward bishopric spoke of his long acquaintance with the' Wells family hr which time he knew them- as good to aQ they met and always striving to assist those less fortunate. JDjrJPj Noyes spoke of life and Its mission as a gift of God and the living iof a good life ss a Joy to all Death is a beautiful thing and not to be feared by any, Dr. Noyes said. "Oh My Father,, ras beautifully sang by Bukm JHclwie.-, A B. tAn-4 derson was the nexti speaker, relating relat-ing the story of thl ancestors of Mrs. Wells and thelf .Acceptance of the gospel and leaving their homes sahita,.ln,Zlon.r JUsh JerUng made the closing remarkaaad tha 4a chorus sang "Unanswered. Yet" The benediction was pronounced by An drew Christofferson. Interment was made In the Amer lean Fork city cemetery, where the grave was dedicated by, Bishop T. A. Greenwood of the First ward. Biographical Sketch The facts of this sketch were taken from the writings of Mrs. Leah Bushman of Lent, a lifetime friend of Mrs. Wells, also from the works of her daughter, Mrs... Emu Proctor. In the death of Emma Miller Wells, we lose the association of noblewoman. She was born In Lehi, August 27, 1876. She waa the daugh ter of pioneer parents, Martin and Christina Peterson Miner, wnocame to Lehi in the early days of Its settlement Throughout her life she distinguished herself by an unusual respect and love she had-for her parents. Her early nfe spent with her par' cnts when they were trying so hard to produce a living from the soil nd steadily build for the future, schooled Emma to splendid char acteristics. She was the personlfl cation cf industry and unassuming service. Her attitude was always humble. Christ-like In service. In the words of her daughter, Elma Mother found Joy In any kind of work. When one Job waa accomplished accom-plished she started another and she was always so cheery about, what the did. Che had such a pleasant way of getting others to work too, Whenever she called on a neighbor, if the couldnt do something for them her hands would soon be busy mendinc or crocheting. She lived Indeed the admonition of the Sa vior." . Early training, courage and faith must have sustained her through the difficult problems that she was called upon to face in meeting life. Characters of this type who have lived a good life are -not afraid of death. With her usual smile on he face she arranged the numbers for her own funeral. No doubt she looked forward to a new begnning when, she could go on working without physical bandl cap. The memory of her sunny dla position will ever be with those who taiew her and her lofty Ideals should ever be a guide. The following lines penned by Leah Bushman are a so- lice to the family: Be thankful that with you so long she was permitted to stay, Ood never makes a mistake -Tls He that has taken her away, Yt He called her back home - among the blcct . Tt felt her mission was filled and she needed rest; votes will be declared Queen the next highest Miss American Fork. The candidates and their present standing are as follows: Votes Fern Robinson 6,500 Glee 8ml th , 6.300 Affra McNeill 6,000 Edith Preston 6.400 Pearl Jbrgensen .777777. T."7:7r6,400 Idona Miller 6J00 Lois" Bums T. .7.'. . . . . . ... . . . . . 6400 Dorothy Rose Grant 5,000 Mildred Gammell 6,000 Donna Wootton 6,000 Helen Haslenv . ... iJOOO MlWred Oreenwoodt-JOOO Sarah Shelley 8.000 Helen Hicks 8,000 Bernlce Wilde . . . . ....... . . . . . 6,000 Helen Okey 8.000 Eda Ashby.M.,.,t,.... ., 8,000 Vera Bush ..... , . . . ,,.l 8J0O0 Fern Robinson 5,000 Emily Currie 6,000 MHdTed Onipman -v. vv-rv.w. Glee Smith 5.000 Band Concerts Popular voters. . The DroDOsltion to change was discussed at both primaries last fall and resolutions passed at that time asking thai the change be made. . The major change makes First East street the dividing line be tween the Third and Fourth Districts, Dis-tricts, alt residing on the block be tween Center street and.J1rst.East north of the railroad now belonging to the Thlid-DlstrictThose people living on the State highway, west of Third West are changed to the Third District ..Oounty .Clerk a A,. Qrant, .. ex rjlain&ihatJlvXlILnrt for the people who are to be trans ferred to reregister. The registra tion agents of the three district In volved win be called together and win affidalrv transfer the names of the district to receive the voters. Voters who art not registered this year andLwho desire to do so, will I have to register in the ne Wmtffiti as created. .The first registration dar is August 11th. Registration offices will be open on this day. 1 A meeting for the discussion of Lucille Pulley and Shlrtey Martin. Hanging from the mam platform t the float were string - sea sheila against a background of silver. The appearance, of L the. entire float ; was most outstanding, ana aaveruz-ed aaveruz-ed the city tn an excellent; manner. man-ner. .. -v :- TheUnerican Fork Poultry cay float was also seen la the Pioneer Daw we. r MIse-Mary Wattonu. was the central figure on this float ftanding beneath, a- large eelephone .. plume and against an egg tipped pointed background. An ensigma written in eggs on the aide of the float teOtog of PouMsryTurker day n fclaasedTtTWbriof ti advertising floats. Both, floats will be - Been" ter he local ' celehraUon parade. 0 ; To Meet At raltftiik Gty More. The weekly band concerts by the American Fork Wgh school band under the leadership of K. J. Bird are increasing in popularity as more people gather each vreek at the city perk. Mr, Bud has added variety to each concert in the form of special numbers which, with the sound system sys-tem in use this year, are greatly en joyed. The special numbers for next week's concert are: Vocal solo, Beth Ellison; trombone solo, Lyle Tregaskis, and vocal solo, LaMar Clements. New Open Air Dance Floor Work Starts Work was begun Tuesday on a double Tennis Court to be used for the official Pouttary-Turkey day dance. August 11th. The court 80x108 feet Is located on the North west comer ox the Harrington school grounds and is being built under a Joint project sponsored by the Alpine School Dis trict American Fork City and the Poultry Day committee. Each sponscrer will assume a third of the costs. - The matter of building a third court was deferred until a W. P. A. project is approved. The building of the courts is a community project and citizens are cooperating to the extent of donating donat-ing half the labor and materials are being secured at cost The cement work wiS be complet ed the first of next week which will give the floor time to set ready for the big open air Poultry Day ball on August Uth. NOTICE To All Democrats A meeting of the Democrats of American Fork will be held at the American Fork aty Hall, on Satin- day, August 8, 1936, at 8 p. m. for the purpose of selecting delegates to represent American Fork district at the state Democratic convention at Salt Lake City, August 15. 1936. R. B. Shelley, Chairman. Rest .from the pain and suffering that has lately been her tide. But she has not gone for long Time swiftly fllea, Tls only for a little while. Now God, bless her family, and help them to feel and say 'God glveth, and 'tis He that taketh "way - Blessed be the name of the Lord Look to Him for He can console with power. If you but put your trust in Him each hour. The registration agent of the four districts are as follows: Mrs, T. A. GmBmMdjnjateMVp Walker. Walk-er. Second; Mrs. Randall Shipley,' Third;, , and, .Mrs. Jared . Kellar, Fourth. The resolution as passed is as follows: - - WHEREAS, there has been a peti tion presented to the . Board of County Commissioners of . Utah County for. four (4) citizens of American Fork Precinct represent ing the two major political parties, which said petition requests that the boundaries of the voting dis tricts 3, 3 and 4 be changed and modified in American Fork Precinct" and - -- ! WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Utah County, on the 27th day of July. A. D. 1936,; has duly considered the merits of said petition and the expediency of making said changes. proposals tor a range program win be held August 6th to Salt , Lake City. The livestockmen of the state iroSrgetfliil so- as- to get an accurate cross section or opinion from the producers themselves them-selves relative to the proposals now on file. . . - . 1 At this meeting, educational Information In-formation win he presented and the views of livestock men will be secured secur-ed relative to and Including a range program and the Agricultural Con- ' servation program already In execu tion for farm ; land. No definite range program win be announced but a discussion with the stockmen cf practices which might be applicable applic-able to connection with a 1936 pro-grom pro-grom and to obtain suggestions for a range conservation program to 1937. ,'.' o , . j BE IT THEREFORE, NOW RE SOLVED: 1 -- : - That the voting districts 2, 3 and 4 of American Fork Precinct of Utah County, Utah, shall be changed as follows: District No. 3 to comprise aQ cf the territory west of Center Street and.8outh of 1st North Street except ex-cept that west of 3rd West Street to said prelcnct . s Dtarlct No. 3 to comprise the territory west of 1st East street and north of 1st North street to 3rd West street and to include aU the territory south of State street to the Lehi Precinct Hne. District No. 4 to include aU the territory north of Main street and east 'of 1st East street to the Pleasant Grove Precinct line, and all territory between Center street and 1st East street. Main street and 1st North street Dated at Provo, Utah County, Utah, this 37th day of July, A. D. 1936. Attest: J. W. Oillman, Chairman H. A. Robertson, ; William J. Johnson, Board of County Comm. (SEAL) , C. A. Grant County Clerk. By Orville L. Larsen, Beputy. 0 .Cecil Webb of Lehi. a recently returned re-turned missionary from the Northern North-ern states, will be the speaker at the meeing Sunday evening in the Second Sec-ond ward. The Mutual Improvement Improve-ment Association is to charge of the meeting as In the other wards of the city., . John Clarke will be the speaker in the First ward. Some exception. ally good musical numbers will also be given in this meeting. T. F. Kh-kham of Lehi will address ad-dress the meeting - to " the Third ward. Musical numbers will be furnished by Karl Bennett and others. An exceptionally fine program pro-gram has been arranged for the Fourth ward meeting. Ten Years Ago " Now (Taken from files of July 31, 1926) The City officers set the 1826 American Fork aty tax levy at 14V mills Tuesday In adjourned session, This Is mill higher than the 1929 levy which was an even 14 mlHs. The raise was made on the Library fund where It was found mill would not take care of the expense. The complete levy divided Into the various funds, Is as followsi . Con- tingent or general, 5 mills; waterworks water-works stoking fund, 4 mills; street and alley fund 3 mills; electric light 3H mills: public library. 1 mill. , . . Ten Tears Ago Now j. Arriving in time to see the city ablaze with summer blossoms, passengers pass-engers on the 8. 8. Mateonta which arrived in Honolulu Jury 13; were given a typical summer "alara" geet-ing geet-ing by Island people. Among those on board were Mrs. Elizabeth Buck-waiter, Buck-waiter, Miss Betha Storrs and Bish op sad Mrs, J. H. Storrs of this city. Ten Years Ago Now In honor of Grant XngersolL Alton Al-ton Storrs-and James Harrington, who left tills week for the Hawaiian Islands on. a mission, a farewell - was given Monday night in the base-- ment of the tabernacle and was attended by a large crowd. Ten Tears Ago Now The Fourth wards holds the honors of having the largest crowd to visit the Dell this year having had 53 girls and 41 boys participating. Much credit is due the leaders of the ward In making this the biggest and best outing so far. A moonlight hike to Tlmpanogos was . enjoyed during the outing, Ten Tears Ago Now The" American Fork baseball club continued their line of victories Wednesday when ey trimmed the -high hopes of Spanish Fork and sent that aggregation home on the small end of a 7-3 score.. This makes four " victories and only one defeat during dur-ing this half of the schedule. 1 My Choice for Queen. |