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Show . I A b A ITTiTI T3 n (T 1 TTT Zi cjll UlA Ay zJL L V7 vlo Liz. COO 1 If H(TlT 1 l 11 LL& J JUL J. jr. AMERICAKFORK," UTAMrFmDAYTAPRl; 1937 7" NUMBER 10 joirxxvi rigation Company Officials Threaten Law Suit it Hoard President Lays Down Gauntlet In Culvert Dispute And insists uiy assume Whole Liability In Culvert Upkeep Boblnson, president of the mric irriEation company. & that American Pork City the full responsiDuiij maintaining and keeping ...fH within the city 11m- glght when officials of rations met to discuss mected with this prob- threatened a lawsuit uiuc assume this responsiuuuj. It the meeting were Mr. A. W. Miller ana jonn nf the Irrigation company. U city council members and kttorney. ficials contended that this i would, cost the city 5,uw and the mayor and council this job was one that be- kholly to the irrigation but could possibly be worc- Intlv by the city and Irrlga- W since both sets of offi- : the same group oi peopie. lengthly discussion of the aDoeared that the . Irriga toany representatives would :ity officials assumed no di- ionsibility for- the culverts hatter was left in this posi- on was: railed "to two cul-; cul-; which had been set too t city and another that was mi and the city streets t was authorized to investi-t investi-t particular culverts. comment on this question iieate that the public feels question is one that should , rei into court "and a bill I thousand dollars run up he city taxpayer and the en of the Irrigation com-; com-; ich are one and the same liis wouM simply bein the" of cases, the same group determining whether they fir Irrigation officers or officers to do a Job which case they must pay for out ne pocket. Of course there irrigators who are outside iho would not participate if lid the job but they would less 4han-f ivr per-centof ? Involved. ped that the officers of the company will take a dlf-w dlf-w of this matter than they Monday and will not i matter too quickly to a ;re the city will take the :ude. Should this occur It iat the city officials would fith an ordinance that ctically make it impossible rrigation company to opto op-to the city and then the uld be right back to the int and the public would re ,goat in having to dig their pockets to pay law pecause their officers were f a couple of overgrown al Dell M Opening Announced pell- the summer home of fk of Timpanogos, Alpine oiases, will be formally June 28th it was dcidi 1 a meeting of the Dell wnich Improvements Made by Local Business Houses In keeping with the general cleanup clean-up and renovating which has been going on in town the Chipman Mercantile Mer-cantile Co. have had an attractive new awning placed on the front of their building. The J. C. Penney Co. is also going go-ing to have a new awning installed in the near future. Some remodeling remodel-ing is going to be done on the inside in-side of the store as well. A new colored cement walk has been constructed In front of the store of R. L. Kitchen. The cement has been laid from the front door to the curb and clear across the front of the store. The outside wood-work oh the Second ward chapel is being painted white and new cedar shingles are Deing put on uie oia pair oi me chapel.- Thfrfiiterior of thebuUdtog is being cleaned.,, .The auditorium L. is. being painjted , and redecorated,. , ,. . , The Dixon-Tajlor-Russell Co. has Just -completed the redecorating of their entire store Interior, Including the papering of the walls and painting paint-ing of all woodwork. Boley's Incorporated is now finishing finish-ing the enlarging of their store and redecorating the interior. ... . ... . . : 0 Clean-Up Day' Highly Successful In spite of the Inclement weather one of the most successful Clean-up campaigns of the city was completed Friday. Groups of boys and men armed with rakes and shovels reported re-ported for duty early in the morning. morn-ing. The groups were well organized organiz-ed and soon had a good start on the raking and cleaning of the streets and city in general. Practically all of the roads within with-in the city limits were raked and the rocks and winter accumulation of debris piled up by the men and hauled off by trucks. The wind and dust storm seemed to get worse instead in-stead of better as the day advanced but despite this an excellent lob of cleaning was done by the men and boys of the town. The business houses closed for the entire day, allowing the men to join the workers on the streets. The work was completed soon after noon. In the afternoon the workers attended the matinee at the Cameo Theatre, made possible through the courtesy of Manager John H. Miller. Mayor Adamson and the committee com-mittee in charge of the Clean-up program were well pleased with the good accomplished during the day. The people may feel glad that they took part and displayed such a fine community spirit In the common Wedding Recep- 1 1 Crowned Champion Cook tion lenuerea Young Couple An interesting wedding reception of the season was given Thursday i night at the Apollo Hall in honor of the marriage the day before of Miss Ruth Makln, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Makln, and Lorin Rawlings, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rawllngs of Provo. The wedding group consisted of the bride and groom; best man and matron of honor, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Tay-lor of Provo; two bridesmaids, Miss Erma Watkins and Miss Fern Binns of Draper. The bride wore a typical bridal dress of white satin, princess style and form fitting. The sleeves were tight to just above the elbow and puffed at the shoulders. t A white lace cap held the floor length tulle veil in place. The matron of honor was gowned in a pale yellow sheer over yenow satin. Miss - Watktns wore an orchid floor length silk net over orchid satin. Miss Binns' gown was of orchid chiffon over satin and reached to the . floor. The bride's mother wore an Alice blue chiffon dress. -'- ' - - , 'xr' kit it J kli: 1 a Comedy Coming In May Primary Activities Activi-ties Outlined for Swarm Day Early in May the annual American Ameri-can Fork High School school play, under the direction of Miss Eklund, will be presented to the . public. "Nothing But The Truth" a comedy by James Montgomery, offers an outstanding cast. The parts are about equal, each player having an even chance with the other to show The story deals with one, Bob Rimnott vhn Kotc t10.IWl that Via The annual Swarm Day activities Lnn t fhB tPllth -nri not'hinff hut will be enjoyed next Tuesday eve-j txvth tor twenty.four hours. ning by all of the Bee Hive Girls and their mothers of the six wards of the Alpine stake. They will meet In the basement of the stake tabernacle taber-nacle on the 24th of April at 7:30 p. m. ""Under The" direction ofStake Beekeepers Bee-keepers Myrtle Seastrand and Hay-dee Hay-dee Iverson, contests will be conducted con-ducted and prizes awarded in the following: First Aid, Table Setting, Corrjr Chart and Respect for the Flag. Prizes will also be awarded for the best Honey Comb. The Honey Combs were started by the girls in the first year of Bee-Hive and are completed when the girls finish the last rank. Prizes will be given for the best original poems and songs. Honor will also be made to the mother and daughter resembling re-sembling each other the most. The program will be presented by the "Guardians of the Treasurer" or the third rank girls from all the wards under the direction of the following Beekeepers: First ward. Electa Monson; Second ward, Rin-tha Rin-tha Chrlstensen and Vlrgie War-nick; War-nick; Third ward, Laura Parduhn and Anna Boley; Fourth ward, Carrie Car-rie Beck; Alpine, Mrs. Russell Bates; Highland, Ruby Buhler and Mrs. White. Certificates of graduation will be presented by the Beekeepers to the Guardians. All Beekeepers will repeat the "Beekeepers Service". A unique candle ceremony and flag ceremony will be conducted. Games will be played and stunts, under the direc tion of the ward Beekeepers will be PRIMARY TO PRESENT FESTIVAL Was hnlrt In fna ifir. 4 a ; I Mun ol w wara iieeKeepers wui oe rllQ ImDrwrnmif m t.' 1 ::r: : i ru- u bought that f e the first wards no n -theatre will be finish, I used to good advantage A members, ke win Vu tu. . - mk: ursi 10 "eu. this year. Thv nu fton from June 28th to I timpanogos stake is fL!: ne w"ds of Al- r"e 'heir turn last, fiiSiS? 9thof August I until thii 9Hti, . . iu August. mmittee k Z rveofTh7th h meeting 0f the Junior n Mrs. Har- J Lillian Booth is LT "mmm- Mrs. N,lvon a-ill .. . Hira '"Pinan will sing f Jdred The Primary Association of the American Fork Third ward will present pre-sent their festival "Blossom Time," Saturday night, April 24th, In the Third ward chapel at 8 p. m. The characters represented are: Apollo, Roy Wagstaff; Mother Earth Faye Briggs; Her Daughter, Pers-phone. Pers-phone. Ellen Aylett, and Queen Bee, Kathleen Devey. Others of the procession pro-cession are: Bees, crickets, rabbits, frogs, poppies, butterflies, morning glories, lotus flowers and sunbeams. A small admission fee will be charged to help defray expenses. PRACTICE CALLED All Bee-Hive (iris and Beekeepers of the Alpine stake are requested by the Stake Beekeepers, Mrs. Myrtle Seastrand and Mrs.Haydee Iverson, to meet at the stake tabernncle Sun day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock to practice for Swarm Day. The various amusing and embarrassing embar-rassing situations In which he finds himself are very humorous. . The following strong cast was selected at a try-out held Thursday evening at the high school : Frank Gaisford, who will play the part of Bob Bennett; Dale Burgess, Clarence Clar-ence Van Dusen; Roland Hansen, Bishop; Orson Hyde, Dick Donnelly; Donnel-ly; Wayne Booth, Mr. Ralston; Virginia Vir-ginia Shelley, Gwendolyn Ralston; Irene Jones; Ethel Clark; Donna Lu Davis, Mabel Jackson; Virginia Holmstead, Sable Jackson; Beth Green, Martha the maid. The date on .which the play will be presented will be announced in the near future. o School District Adjusts Teachers Salaries for Year Adding some $8,000 to the teach ers' salary budget for next year the Alpine District School Board, thru its superintendent, will make an adjustment of salaries throughout the district. Contracts are being sent to the teachers this week for their approval. This additional $8,000 for salaries figures slightly under 5 per cent of last year's budget but a straight five per cent blanket raise is not figured. For some time the lower paid teach era have been .puj; pf line .with, the entire group since the salaries to commence with are set on a basis to try out the teacher and most times is quite low. This particular group of teachers will receive a substantial sub-stantial raise while the older teach er whose salary is more near what it should be will get but a small raise. It was pointed out by school officials. o FIRE DESTROYS STRAW AND SHEDS A fire destroyed two old barns, a straw stack and several chickens Monday at the corner of Center and First South- streets. The straw and chickens were owned - by Joseph Mecham. The blaze was started In the. dor. straw, by two three-year-old youngsters with matches. Fire Chief Pratl estimated the damage at about $50. . Just as the firemen had put out the original fire a small blaze on the side of a chicken coop owned by Bramwcll Dunklh and situated across the street was discovered. This blaze was quickly extinguished betore any damage had been done. C. A. Grant was master of ceremonies cere-monies and. the following: program am oi Lehl; prognostication, Mrs. Bert Timpsan; narmonlca solo, Mrs. Jennie Chad wick; short skit pre sented by Paul Wiser anq Arnold Terry. The remainder of the eve-riirrg eve-riirrg was spent in daiwtog' " " The gift table was attractively arranged In the north west corner of the hall and was presided over by Mrs. James White assisted by the Misses Laura Giles and Laurel Miller. The refreshments, consisting of bride's Ice cream and cake,, were served by Miss Helen Hanson, Miss NoUv Gray, Mlss Florence ... Watkins and Miss Beth White. o- : i Former Am. Fork Woman Dies Friends here were grieved to learn of the death Friday of Mrs. Sadie Thornton Willis of Murray. Mrs. Willis was born in American Fork, December 14, 1891, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Thornton. She received her education in the"Amer-ican the"Amer-ican Fork schools and was a graduate grad-uate of the American Fork High School. She attended the B. Y. U. for two years and returned here where she taught for one year in the American Fork High School. She was married to Hyde Willis of Lehl In 1914. She was an active worker In the L. D. S. Church and at the time of her death was organist organ-ist in the M. I. A. of East Mill Creek ward In which she lived. " Surviving besides her husband, are two sons, Emery and Ralph Willis; a grandchild, one brother, Alexander Thornton of Pleasant Grove, and four sisters, Mrs. Nell Binns, Mrs. Elmer Bate, Mrs. Elmer Chipman, all of American Fork, and Mrs. Clifford Clif-ford Lockhart, Ogden. Funeral services were held in the East Mill Creek ward Tuesday at 12:30. Bishop Cornwall was In charge. The opening song, "Oh My Father" was sung by members of the East Mill Creek ward. 8. E. White offered the opening prayer after which Earl Crookston, accompanied accom-panied by Lydia Olsen sang "Mother of Mine". The speakers - were Clifford E. Young and L. Goates. A sketch of the life of Mrs. Willes was read by Mildred Bate, and George Gunder-son Gunder-son sang a solo, "In The Garden of My Heart". -Bishop- Cornwall made a few closing remarks and the East Mill Creek Chorus sang the closing song. '.'Until We Meet Again." The benediction was offered by Mr. Woolsey. The grave in the Salt Lake City cemetery was dedicated by Mr. Bailey. O : THANK YOU EXTENDED FOR CLEAN-UP We wish to extend our sincere appreciation ap-preciation to everyone who helped in making the Clean-Up Campaign one of the most successful ever to be put over In American Fork. To the Business Houses, to the Committee tn charge of the organization, both Central and Ward Committees, to the Cameo Theatre for the Dicture show, to the school and especially to the workers who did such a fine Job, we are truly grateful for the fine cooperation given. Mayor and City Council of American Fork City. . o Mrs. Hannah Rhodes returned home the first part of the week. She has spent the past three months visiting with relatives ri California. America's champion cooking honors hon-ors this year went to Mr. Helen P. Angel) of Columbus, Ohio, shown above as she prepared a barbecued chicken on a modern automatic gas range in the second annual "Cook-off" "Cook-off" held recently in Grand Central Palace. New York, by a national women's association. Vflth a .degree of bachelor of science In household arts. Mrs,. Angell betted the oretm ftf tha natlnn'. nnb. I. .ui , contest City Appoints Deer Creek Water Board American Fork City took the final step prior to the actual vote on the quantity of water the community will purchase in the Deer Creek project subscription when the coun-icil coun-icil confirmed the appointment of ' Mayor Lloyd B. Adamson Monday of the American Fork City water board. Lott Robinson, general water-master water-master in American Fork for years, S. T. Shelley, postmaster, and William Will-iam Preston, councilman, were named nam-ed as the committee. . Mr, Robinson will serve for six years, Mr. Shelley for four and Mr. Preston for two years. This committee will meet In the near future and organize and otherwise other-wise acquaint Itself with the duties of the board. Other city units in the project have all selected their boards and the time Is near when the larger units will call their elections i on i the matter. Following these the other units will put the matter of the quantity of water desired to the vote of the taxpayers. Harrington School To Present Musical Musi-cal Festival Final Respects Pain P$tpr Tpncpn .Funeral services for Petex.Jensen. who died April 13th, were held Fri day at ,2. fl.'clQck. ia the Fourttvward J chapel with Bishop John W. Pulley in ":c&wipTh operiin aong ?'a sung by a quartet composed of Ray Howes, Virgil Jorgensen and Melvin and Jay Anderson, after which Lot Robinson offered the opening The American Fork High School Pyer. Band, Orchestra, Ladies and Male The speakers who spoke highly of To Participate In Musical Festival The ,Music Festival which Is being presented by the students of the Harrington school in the High School Auditorium on April 29, at 8 p. m. promises to be one of the crowning achievements of the year. The program which Is being presented pre-sented in three parts is aa follows: PART I , 1. Two-part singing Boys and Girls of Fifth Grade. 2. Two-part singing (Boys and Girls of Sixth Garde. r ; : - 3. Orchestra Numbers Boys and Girls of Fifth and Sixth Orades. PART II New Adventures in Flowerland Boys and Girls of First and Second Grades. PART in Festival of the Flowers Boys and Girls of Third and Fourth Grades. - All parents and patrons of the school are cordially invited to attend at-tend the performance given on """" Thursday evening. Since a special matinee is being given on Wednesday, April 28, at 2 p. m. for the Junior and Senior . High School students, they are kind- ly asked to stay away from the eve- " ning performance so .that the. par? ente will not be -dcrived of their I aU BO U1C DHC IMh J LOi . 11V charge will be made to students or patrons." "" 111 111 . 0 Glee Clubs,, string ensemble and. vocal vo-cal and instrumental soloists will attend the Regional Music Festival which Is being held in Provo on April 29th. 30th and May 1st. This Mr. Jensen as a fair dealer, .good neighbor and honest man were, Daniel Jorgensen and Earl 8, G.reen wood. Music for the occasion was furnished by Stella Hardman and region includes high schools from j Viola Beers of Pleasant Grove, who as far south as Nephi, as far west, sang two duets. Bishop Pulley made one as Eureka and- north t Lehi. r la-stead la-stead of a state contest the Regional Region-al Festivals will be held this year. Under the direction of Prof. Bird the Glee Clubs, vocal and instrumental instru-mental soloists will attend the festival fes-tival on Thursday, April 29th. The next day, April 30th the orchestra and string ensemble will go to Provo. a few closing remarks and the-clos ing song was sung by Ora H. Chip-man, Chip-man, who was accompanied by Del-bert Del-bert Ray Chipman on the violin and Elaine Smith at the piano. The benediction was offered by William Thome. j Burial was made in the Pleasant Grove cemetery where the grave was Following is the personel of the dedicated by Junius Weist. string ensemble: Maxine Taylor, Lillian Seastrand. George Reim-schilssel, Reim-schilssel, Norma Durrant, Virginia Shelley, Vilate Boley, Mildred Anderson An-derson and Evelyn Peck. On the last day, Saturday, May 1, the band will enter the street parade, pa-rade, in which it is anticipated that from 10 to 15 bands will be entered, and also the concert work. The soloists have not all been 4-H Club Prepare Summer Programs rator Welcom ed By Public The general public, and especially those who happen to use the telephone tele-phone a great deal, -are pleased to have Miss Leona Kelly back on the Job again after five months leave -on account of illness. Miss Kelly Is chief operator at the local telephone office and when she went out it was like loosing the inauf cog lh 'the'drive wneel rd r-r well balanced machine. The machine ma-chine Just couldn't operate with the precission it did with her at the helm although her assistants buckled in and rendered stalwart service. Miss Kelly was taken 111 In November No-vember and has been confined to the JjtJLhospital fipart of this time receiving medical attention. She is back home now and has been at her post in the telephone office the past week. We all hope she has completely recovered and will con tinue to function at her old Job. Young people interested in 4-H club work should contact Electa Monson as soon as possible. Mrs. Monson, 4-H supervisor, reports selected at the present time but the that all girls should be enrolled in the organization Dei ore May idui. The clubs offer Instruction in foods, clothing and home science. It is expected that there will be clubs organized In American Fork within the next few weeks. Each club will have an enrollment of from 6 to 8 girls. A training school for group leaders lead-ers will be held the first part of May in this vicinity. Several county outings as well as community outings have been planed plan-ed for the girls and will take place during the early summer months. An educational trip will be sponsored sponsor-ed by the supervisor and group leaders lead-ers late in the summer for all girls who have completed their chosen courses. The 4-H Club work Is a part of the national agricultural extension system. Through it rural boys and girls 18 to CO-years-'Of-ag'e-Brie' taught names of those students who enter the various solo contests will be announced an-nounced next week. o New Poultry Plant Completion Celebrated As a fitting celebration for the completion of the New Poultry Dressing plant the Poultry Producers Produc-ers Association members in connection connec-tion with the local Farm Bureau members and the turkey producers of the community enjoyed a social Thursday night in the basement of the tabernacle. Speakers on the program included, Frank Shelley, Charles Rudd. man ager, .of the, poultry, idr.essjng.depart;. ment of the Utah Poultry Association Associa-tion and Clyde C. Edmonds, general manager of the U. P. P. A. Musical numbers were furnished by Cecil Hansen and Alvin Goodall ; a chorus from Lehl, and a musical number from Pleasant 'Grove and a clever stunt, under the direction of Ora H. Chipman, was presented. The remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. Refreshments were served during the evening. There were between 400 and 600 persons per-sons present. Those in charge of the affair were: General Chairman H. E. McNeill; Mc-Neill; Program Committee, Kenneth Singleton and Jesse " W. Spafford; Arrangements and Invitations, J. L. Mower and Sidney Beck; Refreshments,- Theran Fransdon, Jack Iverson Iver-son and Lot Robinson. Request night will be the feature of the dance at the Ajwllo Hall Saturday night. Byron Dastrup and Ten Years Ago Now The first semi-monthly luncheon of the Lions Club, newly organised in this city, will be held next Thursday Thurs-day night at the High School where the Domestic Science department will prepare the dinner. A program for the evening is being arranged by K. J. Bird. Clarence Grant and E. W. Paxman. Ten Years Ago Now A social and dance for several returned re-turned missionaries of American Pork will be held next Thursday night In the stake tabernacle amusement amuse-ment hall. Those to be honored by the affair will be President and Mrs. S. L. Chipman, Eli B. Hawkins, Misses LaRue Robinson and Guelda Elsmore, who labored in the San Jose Conference in California, and John P. Aydelotte who fulfilled a short term mission to the Southern States. Ten Years Ago Now The first and second-grade stu- , dents or the local school did wonder- to use better agricultural and home- ! fuIty wen in tneir presentation of mating practices aim mj appreciate operetta "A Dream of Fairy -the finer and more significant lanH.. at th -omo tv,,,ho .f. ternoon and evening. Both the matl- ! nee and evening performances were clothing well attended and the audiences rendi- thlngs of rural life. 4-H Club work builds men and women. Some fine showings in and food exhibits have been made were well pleased with the by 4-H Club members of this com- tion. munity in past seasons and no doubt those enrolling this year will also have many articles to enter in the various fairs and exhibits. o ICE CREAM CONCERN CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY Cook's Ice Cream company, the only concern manufacturing ice cream in this section, celebrated its first anniversary Wednesday with a big sale of ice cream products. Tliis concern has enjoyed a fine business throughout the year and Mr. Cook anticipates even a better year the coining twelve months. his orchestra will play the dance Modern ice crenm mixing and freez-numbers freez-numbers as requested by the dune- ing equipment has been installed ers. Come to the Apollo Saturday nnd plenty of cooling and ageing night nnd dance to your favcVito ' packers are on hand to give the tunes. ! I public the best in frozen dishes. Ten Years Ago Now Mrs. Bernard N. Chrlstensen will head the local Parent-Teachers Association for the ensuing year. The election of Mrs. Chrlstensen to this office was made Monday night at a meeting of the Association held in the basement of the tabernacle. Luther Glddlngs was elected vice president, with Mrs. William M. Barratt as secretary-treasurer. Ten Years Agp , Now ... Oii Arbor Day, April 15th, sixty-six sixty-six hardwood trees were planted in the rity.(T.cuei.ery.iu conformity, with the beaut if ication plans drawn by Professor Emil Hanson of the U. A. C. These trees are of the Norway aiul Silver Maple variety. The trees were planted on the street running north and south in the center of the cemetery and on the south side of the cemetery. |