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Show j: liKerioii 'Fork CitiMi . fggfgIL . . tjTBim : prepare 1 a Entries I January 1 """L.v remaining tntrte. contest- dty letterheads Shtbe'entri fljursday. Jan-jljdt Jan-jljdt btf been con-f con-f committee to oaced that the con-tt con-tt January 19. VMbtt are empha-UtsTcoonuttee, empha-UtsTcoonuttee, for competing for C-BUrtberepresen-Ga, Fork city as a Tcoe particular ta-Cnt ta-Cnt I usable for ind fire truck " LjKtetfeelithat mod--ittb lettering or a 4 , effective over a fibo bare submitted g ton back, if they j duajts to conform Tdrtoents. irfn of the contest La tlthm American iod itudents of the Ui eligible. No city grnembers of their 'sis. end be character's. character-'s. Fort, and suitable jliesCB, the fire truck Snl purposes. ja should be drawn -jto fill a circle six hotter, or a six-inch bnbmltted in plain IK same on envelope liQ be received by kgpto, and Including, iffl be selected from ud their , decision Judging will be based '-General effectiveness , nd simplicity, bal- taoBT Till be import- 1-Origlnality of the best characteristic of itrit will count heav- OF THE DESIGN jk aeration, neatness alk wm be considered jp rot not be copied 2fcd designs or regis-urn. regis-urn. The winning it required to sup-iitt sup-iitt that the design is I. ?m win become the toatca Pork city. o . J Contest ) Cold .Medal ifj0 . American ( it Brigham Young I Presented a gold f hwo Rotary club i of the Rotary i delivered his win V?1 ln Front f at the club ? 1( took ud a de- i'Bdffltlerdotn, and rtnst Americans j5 themselves with of lynchings, i "Mown strikes be- Stw purif? e oratorical contest t Brigham i3To Speak M Ward Cj "Ptae, son of fCT' wm the VJrday evening k Ward' tne announced returned mission 2l.Church- His , "wona ward is "Ussiona ry com- vrogram la be. tw th. .W, freiuntly but STY' mnaoita S. L Contractors Break Ground For Building At H. S. i Ground was broken last week on a $23,000 industrial arts building at the American Pork high school, under an extensive program launched launch-ed by the Alpine school district. Immediately after being awarded the contract, O. Maurice Romney and company of Salt Lake City, the successful bidders, moved equipment to the site here and started conr structlon. The excavation had been completed, and footings were in, early this week. Also awarded last week were contracts con-tracts for completing three rooms at the Lehi high school, including the basement and classrooms, and construction of a playroom in the Central school at (Pleasant Grove. Wade Brothers of Ogden were the successful bidders, with an offer of $12,350 for the two units. Under the construction program, the American Fork high school will be provided with a modern industrial indus-trial arts building. It will house an agricultural room, shop and farm mechanics room, and demonstration rooms and offices. It will be constructed con-structed of modern tapestry brick, will be one story high, 80 by 95 feet. The contract requires completion of the work by March 9, 1939. The Romney bid was $23,016. In addition to providing adequate quarters for the industrial arts classes, the new building will re lieve some overcrowding in the high sen ooi. o Game Group To Elect Officers The American Fork Fish and Game association .will elect officers for the coming year, at a meeting Tuesday, January 17, at 8 p. m. in the city hall. Milton Adams, association as-sociation president, announced that other business of the organization will be discussed at the meeting. o Allen Addresses Lions Club Here Mark Allen, assistant superinten dent of the Utah State Training school, and school director, was the speaker at the regular Lions club meeting Thursday evening, January 12. The committee in charge of the meeting included Harold Holley, J. F. Walton and Leo G. Meredith. L.D.S. Leaders Stress Abstinence And Faithful Discharge Of Stressing strict observance of the their respective quorums and testi-Word testi-Word of Wisdom and faithful dis- fied to the satisfaction received in charge of church responsibilities, faithfully discharging their duties. Sylvester Q. Cannon of the L. D. S. Reports of their missionary labors council of twelve apsostles, Mark were given by Ross Burgess who Austin of the church security board, recently returned from the Eastern Marvin O. Ashton and Joseph B. ; states mission, and by Ray Marsh, Wlrthlin of the presiding bishopric, ' reCently released from the South and President Stephen L. Chipman African mission. Both expressed addressed sessions of the 'Alpine ; their pleasure at again being home, stake quarterly conference here'ancj related faith-promoting mis- Saturday evening and Sunday in the stake tabernacle. The Sunday evening session, under un-der direction of the Mutual Improvement Im-provement association, featured a talk by Ab Jenkins, world-famed racing driver. President Clifford E. Young of Alpine stake presided at sessions held Saturday evening, Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon. The opening session of the conference con-ference was devoted to the discussion discus-sion of priesthood work, with addresses ad-dresses being given by President Jesse M. Walker, Bishop Wirthlin, BishoD Ashton, Mark Austin and Apostle Cannon. Emphasis was placed upon the importance of attendance at-tendance at priesthood quorum meeting and the continuity of the meetings. Aaronic priesthood work and "responsibility of enlisting even boy in the church in the quorums of the priesthood was discussed by Bishop Ashton and Wirthlin. Elder Austin mentioned the growth of security se-curity work and complimented the priesthood of Alpine stake for their support of the program. The opening open-ing prayer was offered by Golden May and Earl S. Greenwood pronounced pro-nounced the benediction. At the 10 a. m. session Sunday, d-Trtldty ht!l President "Clifford fat flui gun,,, J, Tan address of welo IS:- Young" gave welcome and then in- tmrtiw..rt rvihprt. ChlDman. siane Aaronic priesthood supervisor, who gave a report oi Aarunu, .'"-"- ftrttvlUpn He railed uoon Wendell Hansen, deacon; John Walker, teacher; and Keith Miller, priest, who discussed the activities within FLIER GROUNDS COMPLETES Leaving his airplane in a field at Alpine after making a forced landing, an amateur Cedar City flier hoping to save the life of a two-year-old child continued his wild dash to Salt Lake City by automobile, only to have his mercy mission end in failure. The flier, Richard Batt. 24, was carrying sputum samples of little Qaylord Graff, who lay seriously HI with pneumonia in the Iron county hospital. Batt took the samples to the state board of health, where it was "typed". However, a search by telegraph SCHOOL HEAD TO ADDRESS P.-T. AGR0UP A feature of Interest to all parents par-ents and teachers will be a lecture by Dr. H. H. Ramsay, superintendent superinten-dent of the Utah State Training school, at a meeting of the Parent-Teachers' Parent-Teachers' association meeting in the Harrington amusement ' hall Wednesday Wed-nesday evening at 8 o'clock. The school band, under direction of Rulon Brimhall, will furnish musical numbers. A special invitation to the fathers of school children was extended by the officers in charge of the meeting. meet-ing. o Couple Observe Anniversary Of Marriage In '80 Mr. and Mrs. William E. Duncan of this city observed their fifty-ninth fifty-ninth wedding anniversary Wednesday Wednes-day at their home. Close friends and members of the family called during the day to extend their best wishes. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, lifelong residents of American Fork, were married January 11, 1880, by Mrs Duncan's father, Bishop Leonard E Harrington. A son of John and Eliza Bowman Duncan, Mr. Duncan was born August 15, 1858, at American Fork. He served as night marshal 23 years and was nightwatchman for Schram Johnson Drug in Salt Lake City for several years. He was also employ ed by the Utah Power & Light com pany for a number of years. Mary Harrington Duncan was born at American Fork, March ; 15, sionary experiences. President Stephen L. Chipman, addressing his remarks to the boys and girls present, recited an alphabetical alpha-betical code of health. He recommended recom-mended that the same rule could be fiir,tt'ort hv older Deonle, as well, adding that the best way to teach the word of wisdom is by example. Apostle Cannon called attention to the remarkable growth of the -i- ... Vw,o n fntal nf churcn w o m thP united 124 stakes in all parts of the United States. He predicted an J number of stakes and J" added respc y and wards. He rounseieu and integrity in the work of the wards. He counseled loyalty integrity in the work of the w t r; Mrredltn Olierea , n i tiiit sp nn. ana t. S-d the bene - Ra L'aru",r,lJ..JJ rc -pre diction. Six nunarea prison in attendance. Speakers at the afternoon session included Earl S. Greenwood, Stanley Peters Mark Austin, President Chipman and Apostle ' Cannon. President Greenwood expressed his ppreciation at the principles o t tne a J n 111 A SaD T f O Til 1 lA eospel and urged adherej.ee to Us Precepts The duties and responsibilities responsi-bilities of a Seventy, together with blessings received . through . labor in the quorum were discussed briefly by Stanley Peters. ADostle Cannon pointed out the difference between uie . . , t) t,,.1i1:u( for which th L. ' of Nations advocated by ...,u and tliOM the dictatorships tit the world. He read from the Book of Mormon that IN (FIELD, DASH IN AUTO revealed that the supply of the serum, which might help the child in his tight for life. Is exhausted. Batt was taken to 8alt Lake City by Dewey Bennett nd Emery Andrews of Alpine. He had left Cedar City at 1 p. m., but at Alpine Al-pine visibility became poor, and he nosed the plane down, landing in the field of Jack Strong at 4 p. m. The mercy flight was made in the hopes of getting the rare serum for the Graff baby, a son of Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Graff of Cedar City. Benefit Events To Raise Fund For Construction With proceeds to go to the Fourth ward 'building fund, a big benefit dance will be staged Wednesday night ln the Apollo hall. Of interest to dance lovers of north Utah county will be the appearance ap-pearance of the "Utah Buckaroos", who will furnish their pleasing dance music for the occasion. The "Buckaroos" have won wide favor as radio stars and dance orchestra. The Fourth ward recently approv ed plans to remodel the chapel and to build a recreation hall and new classrooms. Proceeds from the dance will aid materially in financing the project. A second benefit event will be held Wednesday, January 25, ln the form of a turkey banquet. The banquet will be held in the Alpine stake tabernacle, and special entertain ment "treats" between courses will be furnished by the Brigham Young university Service bureau. The general public is invited to both events. twin sister of Judge Daniel Harrington Harring-ton of Salt Lake City. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan are the parents of seven living sons and daughters: Mrs. Eliza Russell, Leonard Leon-ard E. Duncan, Mrs. Millie Prince and Mrs. Ina Murphy of Salt Lake City; Adelbert J. Duncan of Cambridge, Cam-bridge, Massachusetts; Mrs. Florence Flor-ence Whitehead of San Bernardino, California, and Mrs. Velma Willis of Seattle, Washington. They have 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. 1860, a daughter of Leonard E. and Mary Jones Harrington. She is a Church Duties persecutions now visited upon the Jewish people of the world are ln fulfillment of Divine prophecy. He decried the use of force as a means of bringing about national unity. The opening and closing prayers at this session were offered by Charles I. Sampson and Myron Moyle, new lv-sustained member of the stake High Council. The closing session of the confer ence, with C. A. Grant presiding, presented a moving picture show of speed runs made on the Bonneville salt flats by Ab Jenkins, noted race driver, who appeared in person and was Interviewed by Marvin O. Ashton. Ash-ton. first counselor in the presiding bishopric of the church In the in terview Mr. Jenkins emphasized the importance of observance of the Word of Wisdom and declared his endurance runs were possible only because he had never used tobacco He said many offers had made t0 hlm I flrms for tnc use by advertising the use ml his name to promote tobacco sales, b pr had alwavs been, "I em. tam-u aiu-iiuou (consumption of liquor in the state, and iirued members of the stake to and urged members be total abstainers. He said that the increasing numto-r-of-automobile accidents was due ln large measure to drink. He warned the young people -to steel themselves against the inroads of intemperance in their miHcit. C vde P. CrooKsion onerea lnK pm-PT and need Bur- a . . . gess pronounced the benediction, at this session. Attendance at the meeting was 812. Music at the conference was furnished fur-nished by the American Fork high school choruses, under direction of Kenneth J. Bird, and by the music department of Brigham Young unl-vcrsity-f Vocal solos were sung by Ross BhrRrss and Miss Lue Groes-beck. A. F. Hoopmen To Battle Lehi In First Home Tilt Tram Standing Alpine District Won Lost American Fork l o Provo i o Lehi i o Lincoln o j Pleasant Grove o 1 B Y. H. S 0 1 The first home game for the Cavemen will be tonight, when the Lehi Pioneers come here. A heavy ticket sale indicates the high pitch of interest in the battle, which means much to both quints. With their eyes on the Alpine dis trict championship ln region three, American Fork Cavemen battl'd uieir way to a M-io victory over Lincoln high school last Friday night. With Lehi and Provo, American Fork shares the top position in the district standing. Lehi defeated B. Y. H. S.. 40-24; and Provo trimmed Pleasant Grove, 34-22, in the other two district openers. The Cavemen are out to win another an-other trip to the Utah State High School basketball tournament. A strenuous campaign is in store, but local fans are predicting success for them. Melvin Anderson started the scoring scor-ing for American Fork at the game at the Lincoln high school gym. The Lincolnites failed to score ln the first quarter, missing eight foul tries in the first period. The team played a brilliant brand of ball, working smoothly as a team. The summary: AMERICAN FORK O T F P Anderson, rf 6 1 0 12 Lee, If 12 13 Parduhn, c 4 4 19 McTagye, rg 3 10 6 Ingersoll, Ig 0 10 0 Robinson, g 0 0 0 0 Holmstead, f 0 0 0 0 Durrant, f 0 0 0 0 Bateman, g 0 0 0 0 Hansen, f :. 0 0 0 0 Rhodes 0 0 0 0 Totals 14 9 2 30 LINCOLN G T P P McKay, rf 14 2 4 Jvins, If 4 2 0 8 L. Christensen, c 0 10 0 C. Christensen, rg 15 13 Bussio, lg 0 3 11 Boyce, f 2 0 0 Totals 8 15 4 20 Referee, Lamber; umpire. Kump. o Radio, Stage Star At Grant Hotel Nationally-known psychic and character reader, star of radio and vaudeville, Don Luis is attracting wide interest in north Utah county by his appearance here. Don Luis comes to American Fork from recent eastern triumphs, and has established his office in the Grant hotel. Mr. Luis has dealt with the problems prob-lems of persons in all walks of life, having practiced for 15 years, spending spend-ing a number of years touring major ma-jor vaudeville circuits and broadcasting broad-casting over many radio stations. Mr. Luis attributes much of his success to his gift of second sight, which he has had since childhood. He was famed for a number of years as The Wonder Boy, and The Boy Who Sees Tomorrow. A. L. Spencer, manager for Don Luis, announces that private con sultations will be given daily. o Gold and Green Ball Postponed To February 7 AsThe Citizen was going to press, M. I. A. leaders announced that the annual Gold and Green Ball Is postponed post-poned until February 7. It was originally scheduled for January 24. o MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR ANNUAL SCOUT FELLOWSHIP MEETING The Annual Meeting of the Utah National Parks council of Boy Scouts of America will, be held Sat urday. February 4, at the BY. U., Reed H. Robinson announced Thursday. Thurs-day. Scouters planning to attend should make reservations lor tne dinner early, as the seating capacity is limited to 250. : 0 Karak, Eskimos' Canoe Kayak is a canoe used by the Eskimos in arctic America. It is mad of sealskin stretched over a frame and kept water-tight above by a decklike covering laced about the occupant. Spelled backward s kayak is still a kayak. WORKERS ASK CITY TO LODGE PROTEST ON WPA FUND SLASH OLD FOLKS TO BE FETED AT PARTY WED. The annual winter Old Folks' party will be held Wednesday, January 18, In the Alpine stake tabernacle, with a reunion of acquaintance, ac-quaintance, a program, dinner and picture show featuring the affair. After the let-together In the morning, an excellent program will begin at 11 a. m. At noon the banquet will be served, after which the "old folks" wUl be the guests at a moving picture matinee. mati-nee. All persons 60 years of age and over, widows, widowers, and missionaries' mis-sionaries' wives are Invited to the party, o Birthday Ball Scheduled Here On January 30 American Fork will join with other oth-er cities over the nation in the fight against infantile paralysis, by stag-ing stag-ing the annual President's Birthday Ball January 30 and participating in other phases of the benefit drive. C. Clarence Nelsen of Salt Lake City, state chairman of the anti-infantile anti-infantile paralysis campaign, and LeRoy Johnson of Provo, county chairman, Monday appointed C. A. Grant as chairman of the drive here., American Fork will participate ln the campaign ln three ways, Mr. Grant announced. The big event, as in past years, will be the Birthday Birth-day ball. This will be held on Monday, Mon-day, January 30. 'The March of Dimes", a feature introduced by Eddie Cantor last year, will be given an important place. In this plan, coin mailing envelopes are filled with ten dimes, which are mailed to the national committee at Washington, D. C. Half of the money raised by this method comes back to the com munlty. The third phase of the drive will be the sale of anti-infantile para' lysis buttons. These will sell for a dime. The committees are as follows; the chairman being named first: General Clarence A. Grant, chairman; Beth Hutchings, vice chairman; Leo G. Meredith, secre tary and treasurer. Tickets M. L. Balrd, Mayor John A. Whitby, Bishop Harry Jerllng, co-chairmen; Albert Blrk, Clyde Chestnut, Byron Crooks ton, Len Jackson, Floyd Loveridge, Mrs. Weston Wes-ton Pratt and Mrs. Murray Murdock. Publicity Mrs. William Chipman Mrs. Byron Crookston, Karl Bennett Dr. G. S. Richards, Bernard Chris tensen and Mrs. T. A. Greenwood. ' Advertising William 8. Storrs, A. F. Gaisford, Alvin E. Monson and Mrs. Raymond Jacklin. Program Dr. H. H. Ramsay, Mrs Ora Chipman, Vern Holindrake, John H. Miller, Bishop Frank G Shelley, Mayor Albert Tregaskls. Hall and Music Harold Holley, Mrs. Grace Jensen, Mrs. Martin Nielsen, Irving L. Pratt, Dr. Kenneth Ken-neth E. Noyes. March of Dimes Joseph F, Walton, Wal-ton, O DeVere Wootton, Dr. V. P. Houston, Jesse Spaiford, Walter B. Devey. Decorations Wilburn Hoggard, Mrs. David Cahn, Miss Mary Pulley. o Bennion To Speak In Fourth Ward Samuel O. Bennion, of the first coimcil of Seventy of the L. D. S. church, and managing ecutor of the Deseret News, will speak at special missionary services ln the Fourth ward Sunday evening. He will also attend the Seventies' convention, which will convene at 2 p. m. Sunday, ln the Alpine stake tabernacle. The Seventies' convention will be held Sunday at 2 p. m. ln the stake tabernacle. Antone R. Ivlns, of the first council of Seventies and S. O. Bennion will be the speakers. O -r ....... ...... UNION MEETING Mutual Improvement association union meeting will be held Monday at 7:30 p. m. in the Alpine stake tabernacle. All M. I. A. workers are urged to attend. Asking the city council to protest to Washington on the 20 per cent reduction of WPA, representatives of the Workers Alliance of America presented their case at the city council session Monday night. Councilman A. F, Christensen made a motion that an investigation be made as to the attitude of other cities, and that a telegram be sent to Washington. Councilman William Will-iam s. Storrs seconded the motion, which carried. Mayor Albert Tregaskls and Coun cilman Storrs reported on their in vestigation of projects in other parti of the county. In most cases 'where large projects are being undertaken, ample money is available for the purpose, they pointed out. In regards to water rates, Councilman Coun-cilman G. H. Gordon reported that the mayor and water committee had met with the water superintenoent and discussed a collection program. It was recommended that delinquent accounts must be paid on at least $5 a month, otherwise service would be cut off. Applications for beer licenses by Mrs. Alfred Oman. Mrs. David Davis and Briggs Pharmacy were approved. approv-ed. Applications by Vern O. Boley for billiards and beer license, and by Marion C. Robinson for beer license, li-cense, were held for further investigation. investi-gation. Councilman Oordon moved that the case of Olen Boley be Investigated In-vestigated with regards to the club charter. The motion was seconded by Councilman Ray Ellison and carried. car-ried. -o Charming Event In Firmage Hall " Follows Wedding The marriage of Miss Owen Rlch- an, daughter of Mr. and Mrs,. W, B, Rlchan, and K. Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan E. Adams of Pleas ant Grove, was solemnized Wednes day at the American Fork Second ward chapel. Members of the Immediate Im-mediate families and close friends were ln attendance. Andrew Jensen, Jen-sen, L. D. S. church historian, offi ciated. A delightful affair was the wedding reception tendered the young couple, Wednesday evening in Firmage hall. The bride was charming ln a gown of white slipper satin, trimmed trim-med ln Venetian-point lace with a long train and a veil caught to her head with orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of rea rosebuds. The bridesmaids. Miss Fern Robin son, Miss Edith Clark and Mrs. Mer-ma Mer-ma Carlisle, all wore gowns of black taffeta and corsages of peach rosebuds. rose-buds. Wynn Carlisle was best man. Mrs. Rlchan, mother of the bride, was gowned ln a moon-blue crepe dress, and Mrs. Adams, mother of the bridegroom, wore a gown of mulberry crepe. Their corsages were of Brier Queen rosebuds. With J. Stanley Peters acting as master of ceremonies, a program was given during the evening. It Included a vocal solo, "Because", by Miss Mildred Mil-dred Chipman; vocal solo , "O Promise Me", by Kenneth J. Bird; reading, Mrs. Laura Tlmpson; and vocal solo, "Because You're You", Miss Mildred Chipman. The young couple will make their home in Pleasant Grove. o Junior Club To Hold Official Meet Wednesday Permanent officers of the American Ameri-can Fork Junior Chamber of Commerce Com-merce will be elected at an organization organi-zation meeting Wednesday, January 18, at the Bromley clubrooms. The maetlng will begin at 8 p. m. Twenty charter members, for the Junior service organization have been pledged, LeRoy Griffin, temporary tem-porary chairman, announced Wednesday. Wed-nesday. In addition to electing permanent officers, the prospective members attending the Wednesday night meeting will hear addresses by-visitors from Salt Lake City and Provo A dinner will be served. A large representation of young business men attended a meeting of the club last week, at which the membership drive and the constitution constitu-tion and by-laws were discussed. Temporary officers Include: LeRoy Griffin, general chairman, and Ernest C. Salerno, secretary-treasurer; membership committee Alton Tidwell, Kenneth Nielsen, D. Clark Conder, and James H. Sullivan; constitution con-stitution and by-laws O. DeVere Wootton and Keith Nielsen. I I ii i |