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Show iiotqi AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1939 Number 28 m 00! fen is 4 yn Square Frolic' To ark Opening Of Mutual r being complet- Q lor the Town Square C will be hold Tuesday " . a fn mark the Wnir i. - Mutual Improvement, 1 Tli ho the scene of tin wu . JoU ents whlch ta" i tour, u" -to. and program. The Lire will be a dance Btioom. All aneuum m their lunch and re- program and other will continue until $ have such a splendid , tfll expect to attend d, Tuesday night follow-.It follow-.It I A. officers stated, -program, the officers has been outlined by (fr0Bitakean4 ward M. A md they are working g t most successful event. fcnoftheM. I. A. gene- expected to be present, -grist events will be car- feouM p. m. to p. m. American i"orx iuk" L directed by Kenneth J. tto7:30. Viitr SHUT i W w o . w. t iTVtkArnflrlP ) 9:00 tO U be served free, during bour. it will be necessary i small charge for the nr for the orchestra. L will consist of the numbers: Trio, First ward Beth Donna Hanks and Beth I Highland ward Cora Mo, Second ward Mildred Betha Storrs and Doris Beading, Fourth ward t feincing, Third ward Inei l director. Vi Stripes dance: Dorothy Beth Varney, Dorothy Geneva Chlpman. Scarf link Hansen, Leah Dick- net Hansen, Colleen Rob- bee Houston, Rolean Shel- Baird, Louise Beck. Gyp- Joan Ellison, Kathryn by Alpine ward. pint, Mutual Improvement tuperintendent, is gen- pan of the Town Square c Responds P. O. Request pration by the public has Vtt to response to the re-P re-P by the Dostoffice that ffnin from calling at the tSrriers' mail ftrrnrrilncr pie Nelson. Only a few kve been made since the pst the practice was an-Nelson an-Nelson said. In ex- rivcuauuii iur Uie pUDHC 8 P. Camp To t Thursday of the American Pork aghters of Utah Pioneers jbeir season's acUvltles t nd social Thursday, '11 at tho m r$- The meeting will . iui a musical U4 mia. Mrs. Bernlece Old- Leah Greene. Miss 7" M give two read-vi. read-vi. Mori,.... . Ku. wo will If8801 on "Trees, Flowed Flow-ed ulh." All mem-to mem-to be present. OOD AND .JIPN.meet.,set monthly mating of tad Sevonties Quorums 6 A,plne ,tftk r P- m. next 8unday. ?JSf y n'ftl hold eeungat-.the aary association will J "Wing on a week jounced later. Sunday, aU Mel-IT00? Mel-IT00? Presidencies will JgJ". and all ward ! wood committee will PHttee 7n tw r0IUc Prte8t uestp,, ? worlt m-ttTw m-ttTw . 10 meet m the 5 00 0 clock Sunday. City Elections To Remain Under Convention Plan American Fork City municipal election will be held in accordance with the convention system of nominations, nomi-nations, according to Karl Bennett city recorder. Mr. Bennett stated that the election will be operated on the basis provided by an ordinance I passed in 1931. which regulates elections elec-tions of American Fork city officials. This ordinance is in conformity with the election laws of the State of Utah. Under a recent ruling of Attorney Attor-ney General Joseph Chez, cities may elect their officials by the primary, system, but before this is done, the city must pass an ordinance to regulate reg-ulate the election. "'" The primary system of elections would cost the city considerably more money to operate, inasmuch as there is need for more than one election. In the old system of conventions, the political parties nominate citizens citiz-ens for the various offices at a convention con-vention called for the purpose, which Is at no expense to the city or the political parties. Certificates of nomination must be filed with the office of the City Recorder not less than 15 and not more than 30 days prior to date of election. Federal Reserve Survey Reveals Business Upturn The September 1 Issue of the Monthly Review Issued by the Federal Fed-eral Reserve Banks of San Francisco contains the following summary of business conditions in the Twelfth District, together with a discussion Of changes in industrial employment and payrolls in Pacific Coast states in recent years, as revealed by this bank's recently revised indexes. The gains in Twelfth District business busi-ness volumes noted during May have been retained during the past three months. Aggregate industrial, output out-put in July was fully as large as in May, after allowance for seasonal Influences, In-fluences, while factory employment was higher than in any month since January. New residential construction construc-tion declined considerably in July following the sharp expansion in June. Movement of freight by rail has been unchanged since May and, Judging from information available on retail trade, consumer purchases of goods have been seasonally well falntained. Recovery In the lumber Industry has been an outstanding feature in the Twelfth District business situation situa-tion in recent months. New lumber orders received by district mills in July were higher on a dally average basis than in June, making the fifth successive monthly increase, a,nd further gains in the first three weeks of August carried the dally average to the highest level since 1929. Production Pro-duction of lumber has increased con tinuously and substantially since February of this year, but the expansion ex-pansion in new orders has been somewhat larger. As a result unfilled un-filled orders have increased considerably consid-erably and on August 19 were higher than at any time in more than two years. Average mill prices in the Douglas fir area have advanced about 4 percent from the spring lows, most of the increase occurring In late July and August. In the furniture and copper in dustrles little net change In output has been reported since April or May. Automobile assemblies have also been fairly stable since May, after declining sharply earlier In the year, while activity in the aircraft industry has increased persistently and is now at record levels. District flour mills continued to operate close to post-war record levels In July. In the' Important district "food canning Industry In which activity ls currently cur-rently at a seasonal peak, the total pack of fruits and vegetables will be about as large as In 1938, while the pack of canned salmon probabfy will be considerably smaller than a year ago,--"" ...w.., ..-.,,. ... Farm cash Income In the Twelfth District Is estimated at $470,500,000 during the first seven months of 1939, comB&red with $446,900,000 in the camparable months last season. More than half the gam In Income reflects larger Federal Government benefit payments to farmers. Gains in total farm income varied considerably consid-erably within the district. Receipts in Pacific Northwest states and In Utah were larger than in 1938, while Income in Arizona. California, and Nevada was smaller than a year ago. Last Rites For Accident Victim Held In Alpine John Gardner Schofleld. 48, was instantly killed late Friday night on the state highway in Spanish Tcrk canyon, when struck by a truck while he was walking on the highway high-way in Spanish Fork canyon. Mr. Schofleld's death was the fifteenth automobile fatality In Utah county In 1939. Walking up the canyon facing traffic, Mr. Schofleld wai struck by a truck driven by Le-Roy Le-Roy Dalton, 50, of Payson, which was traveling down the canyon. State Patrolman Charles .Allred of Spanish Fork Investigated. Funeral services for Mr. Schofleld were conducted Wednesday afternoon after-noon In the Alpine- ward chapel. Military ceremonies were conducted by American Legion post 49, of American Fork, In honor of the World War veteran. Mr. Schofleld was born September 8, 1890, at Spring City, a son of John and Charlotte Bunnell Schofleld. Scho-fleld. He enlisted In the United States army on October 4, 1917. He was honorably discharged four years later, after serving In the World War. He married Elsie Marguerite Mc-Danlel Mc-Danlel on October 12, 1917. He had lived in Spring City most of his life, but moved to Alpine with his family four years ago. He is survived by his widow, his mother, and a son and three daughters: daugh-ters: Leon, Alta and Lorraine Schofleld Scho-fleld of Alpine and Mrs. Ruth Mills of Joseph, four brothers, Clarence, Leon, Mark and Bernard Schofleld of Spring City, and a sister. Mrs. Duncan Anderson of Springville. o Motorist Fined $25 On Careless Driving Charge Lewis Girard of Sandy paid a fine of $25, after being sentenced by Judge Irving L. Pratt in city court Friday, on a charge of careless driving. driv-ing. Girard pleaded guilty to the charge, which arose from an accident acci-dent two weeks ago a mishap in which a Utah Power Si Light company com-pany transformer was damaged when a car driven by Girard Jumped Jump-ed a ditch and struck a utility pole. Arrested following the accident, Girard posted $25 bail for his ap pearance in court, to answer the charge of reckless driving. George Mayne was sentenced to pay a fine of $20 or serve 10 days in the city Jail, and Bernell Dudley to pay a fine of $16 or serve eight days, when they were found guilty in city court, on charges of disturbing disturb-ing the peace by fighting. They were arrested by Albert Blrk, night marshal, one night last week, reportedly re-portedly after staging fights in various var-ious parts of the city. They were serving the Jail sentences this week. o John Bunten To Take Position In New Residences, Of f ice Structure Going Up Here A fall building boom is in full swing in American Fork this week, with a professional office building and a number of new residences under construction and extensive remodeling programs under way. An outstanding addition to the city will be the new professional office building being constructed by Dr. Kenneth Noyes. The building will provide spacious quarters for consultation, X-ray and medical and surgical care. Built of brick, the new building located north of the Noyes residence is well toward completion. com-pletion. A fine buff tapestry brick home is being constructed by Mr. and Mrs. Owen Humphries, on First South street, between Center and First East streets. Work on this residence is progressing rapidly. Mr. and Mrs. Melvln Grant are building a fine home, also of buff tapestry brick -on -tb corner of First East and First North streets, near the Community church. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ingersoll are building a fine lumber home, on First East street, between First and Second North streets, and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hayes are building a lumber residence on First East, between be-tween Third and Fourth North streets. A site near the Stephen D. Chip-man Chip-man residence, on Second West street beween Main and First South, has been selected by Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wing for their new lumber home. Construction is going forward for-ward rapidly. A lumber residence for Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Miller, on Third North street between Second and Third West streets, has been completed. Also nearlng completion Is a lumber lum-ber duplex residence, being built by Howard Bush on the East State Road. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Bates are building a house In a good location, on Main street between Second and Third West streets. Nearby, on the other side of Main street, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Ault are building a lumber lum-ber residence. Extensive remodeling is being done at the First ward chapel, where a new roof is being constructed and carpeting and other interior work is going forward. A residence on First West street, Just South of the Main street intersection, is being remodeled as rental property lay Xhe owner, William 8. Storrs. Nielsen Team Fights Way To Series Semifinals With a chance at the championship champion-ship title in competition with soft-ball soft-ball teams from Utah and Wasatch counties, the Martin Nielsen Auto company team played in semifinals of the series at Provo Thursday night. At the time The Citizen went to press, the local garage team had not played their semifinal game with the Sunshine cafe team. However, a fivnrf nri Qlmril 'wln would advance the team to the Nielsen Auto team has made an outstanding Showing in the competition compe-tition at Provo, by defeating Amos Dairy of Payson, 20 to 2; T. C. Connolly, Con-nolly, 6 to 5; and Payson Merchants, 4 to 3, thus advancing to the semifinals. semi-finals. The garage team won the season's title in the American Fork Softball association league play, placing first in the team standings In each half of league competition. o LOGAN Graduates from the Utah State Agricultural college who qualified for teaching certificates In farm mechanics and vocational agriculture have received positions, It was announced by Professor L. R. Humphreys of the education department. depart-ment. Farm mechanics students who were placed In teaching positions are Eugene Jorgenson of Logan in the Madison high school at Rexburg, Clair Thomson of Ephraim in the Gunnison high school and Floyd Petty of Ferron In the Dixie high school at St. George. Vocational agriculture students who have received teaching positions for the 1939-40 school year are John W. Bunten Of American Fork in the high school at Overton, Nevada, Elvln Downs of Provo in the high school at Alton, Wyoming, Lyman Flnllnson of Oak City in the high schoolat Enterprise; RoscoeC. Hunter Hun-ter of . Holden. in the. Davis, county school district, Jack Fisher of Logan Lo-gan at Montlcello high school, Archie Perry of Vernal in the high school at Altamont, Edward Blaser of Montpeler, Idaho, - at - Ephraim high school and Joseph L. Yates of Brigham City hi the! high schooflat Driggs, Idaho. Professor Humpherys said that two former students, Allan W. Hatch who was graduated in 1938 and Wayne Hansen, a graduate of 1937, have accepted appointments in Cali fornia high schools. rO. ... .. .. .. REPUBLICANS TO MEET TONIGHT Call for all Republicans, Friday, September 8, at 8 p. m. Important business meeting in the big room of the city hall. Grover C. Evans, chairman. District Schools Commence Work Without Delays Schools of. Alpine district opened Tuesday for the year, and by midweek mid-week 5000 pupils In the elementary grades and Junior and senior high schools were seriously engaged In their scholastic work. Getting acquainted with new teachers and the "new kids" . . . breaking in those modern texts that present the three R's and other subjects sub-jects in a new, exciting way . . . finding classrooms, lockers, and laboratories lab-oratories these scenes were enacted In every school in the district as classwork began in earnest. Superintendent D. R. Mitchell said Wednesday that registration is go ing forward without delay, and should be fully completed during the coming week. Every high school entered Its scheduled program Wednesday, Wed-nesday, while elementary schools began classwork promptly Tuesday morning, he said. All facilities are complete, and schools are running in fine order. New facilities and remodeled and renovated buildings were ready for the start of school work. At American Amer-ican Fork high school, the new industrial in-dustrial arts building Is being used. the old shop quarters being used as a girls' gymnasium. Floors of schools throughout the district have been sanded, and cleaning, painting and other work has been done. An instruction program richer than ever before will be carried out during the coming year, according to Supervisor Leo Hanson. The high school curricula have been en riched by new courses and Increased facilities for shoo work, and the teaching staff has been augmented. In addition, new textbooks, with subject matter and makeup improved im-proved in accordance with modern trends, have been adopted. An innovation in the lower grades will be Instruction in the use of references. Reference material adapted to children of the lower grades has been purchased and placed In the various schools, and dudIIs will be taught the use of these books. With the objectives of Interesting every child in some game or activity, activ-ity, and to provide equipment suitable suit-able for them, supervised play activities activ-ities will be carried out this year, Mr. Hanson said. Play equipment of various sorts. Including balls for a number of different games, bats, mitts, and other supplies, has been purchased, and will be made available avail-able at the playgrounds. Playground equipment has been purchased with the idea of giving every child a "break." There are small size bats to be used by the smaller boys and girls, and larger for those who can swing a heavier bat. At a small cost per child, children will be occupied In htalthful outdoor activities at recess re-cess time, under the supervised play program. o Lions Club Sets Outdoor Party Mpmhers of the American Fork Lions club and their partners wfll hold an outdoor party Thursday, Rpntimhpr 14. at the Clarence A. Grant home here. The committee in charge of the event includes S. E. Faddis, LeRoy R. Griffin and Clarence A. Grant. They are preparing an interesting program for the evening. SUNSHINE PARTY IN FOURTH WARD Annual City Report Shows Over $12,000 of Uncollected Water And Cemetery Bills World Fairs And Weather Reduce Cavern Travel World's fair attractions In California Califor-nia and New York, together with Inclement weather on a number of Sundays during the summer, are believed be-lieved to be responsible for a decrease de-crease in Tlmpanogos Cave visitors during the season to date, according to Thomas A. Walker, national parks ranger. A decrease of 3.26 per cent below last year's figures to the end of August has been noted this year, Mr. Walker announced. To that date last year, 11,206 people visited the cave, compared to 10352 to the same date this year. While travel to the cave Is slightly below that of last year, the figure of nearly 11,000 still represents a ban ner year, In comparison to past sea-' sons. In 1938, there were more visitors than for any season in the previous ten or twelve years, and it is likely that this year's record will be approximately the same. The fact that out-of-state attractions attrac-tions are largely responsible for the slight falling-off Is Indicated by the report that the number of visitors from other states has decreased 24.45 per cent. Apparently, out-of-state tourists are going to other vacation attractions, Mr. WaHer said. While "foreign' traveras decreased, decreas-ed, state travel has actually lncreas- ied, by 2.37 per cent, according to Mr. Walker. The number of Utah visitors might be still higher except for bad weather on several Sundays, when most Utahns have the opportunity oppor-tunity for a canyon outing. The American Fork Fourth ward Sunshine committee will give a sunshine sun-shine party" next Tuesday afternoon after-noon in the ward chapel. The party will be In honor of some of the retiring committee members. All Relief society members are invited in-vited to be present. HIGH SCHOOL BAND COMPLETES BUSY SUMMER CONCERT SEASON Completing a brilliant season in which the group has nppeared In a number of celebratidi.s as well as home concerts, the American Fork high school band played and marched march-ed in I 'Uiie Golden Onion days parade at Payson, Saturday evening. The local band, with their excellent ex-cellent playing, superior marching and fine appearance made an Impressive Im-pressive showing at thePayson parade, pa-rade, and won praise from the spec tators and officials alike. The band 'accompanied the Miss. American Swiss Have Film Authority Fork float, which represented the Switzerland has organized the city in the procession Swln FUtn chamber to promote, iu- During the season whoch has Just pervise and regulate all activities I drawn to a close, the band, directed of the motion-picture industry. Kenneth J. Bird, has given regu lar Wednesday night concerts In the new city park. In addition, the band has played at celebrations and events in other cities, and has won recognition as one of the outstanding outstand-ing bands of the state. - -The band began the season by appearing ap-pearing in the Nephi band festival and in the Strawberry day parade at Pleasant Grove. At Salt Lake City's Covered Wagon days, the band was pointed out as an outstanding out-standing musical organization. Other Oth-er appearances were at Provo's Fourth of July parade, a return concert at Lehi, the Greater Orem days parade, and the community days at Saratoga, Tlmpanogos cave, and the Utah State Training school amphitheatre. Bigger And Better Utah County Fair Gets Under Way Bigger and better than ever before, be-fore, the 1939 Utah County Fair opened Thursday, featuring an exposition ex-position of the county's agricultural, industrial and commercial resources, and a parade of entertainment events which will provide fun and thrills for thousands of residents of the county. Based on the number of entrants already on the grounds in the various var-ious departments and a preview of the many exhibits, indications are that the event will go down in his tory as one of the best fairs ever staged in this county, fair officials declared. ) The entertainment program also is outstanding. Included in the sec ond annual Utah county horse show, sponsored by the Tlmpanogos Saddle Sad-dle Horse club and the Colburn-Sorenson Colburn-Sorenson rodeo, both of which will be held the remaining two nights of the fair, Friday and Saturday. Children's day will be observed Friday, when races, Softball games, bicycle races and other sport events will be held, beginning at 2 p. m., under the direction of the county W P A recreation department, with Mrs. Ireta Mason of Provo in charge. Horse pulling contests will be a feature of the Saturday afternoon program, when teams in three divisions di-visions will vie for honors. The annual county , style dress revue, to be held in the C C C recreation rec-reation hall, will open Thursday's program at 6 p. m. The rodeo and horse show will begin at 7:30 p. m. Herbert Hawarth of the Cherry Hilt stables near Denver will Judge the horse show. Cars Aggravate Dust Nuisance Fast driving on city streets has been the subject of numerous com plaints expressed at The Citizen, office recently. Driving at excessive speeds, it has been pointed oat by many citizens, stirs up clouds of dust, creating a nuisance to persons on the streel and to housewives as well. By cutting cut-ting down driving speed on the unimproved un-improved streets, the nuisance can be abated to a considerable extent. City water rates and cemetery bills still "out on the books" mounted to an even higher figure at the end of 1938 than at the end of the previous year, it Is revealed in a city financial report released by City Recorder Karl H. Bennett. The report shows water accounts totaling $9,074.43, nearly twice the amount outstanding at the end of 193714698.65. Cenietery accounts receivable also were higher than at the end of 1937, by approximately $500. Total outstanding at the end of 1938 was $3,553.80, compared to $3,101.05 at the end of the previous year. The financial report shows a reserve re-serve for doubtful water accounts of $1314.88, leaving $7,250.59 which are regarded as collectible. The reserve for doubtful cemetery accounts Is $1,184.60, leaving "good" accounts of $2369.20. Water rates and cemetery accounts have been the topic of discussion at numerous city council meetings, but the delinquent list has Increased over last year, by several thousand dollars. A total of $48,170.23 in cash was available for operation of the city government during 1938, and $39,-922.43 $39,-922.43 was actually used, according to the report. Cash on hand, January 1, 1938, was $3,038.79, and receipts during the year were $49,131.44, according to the report. A better cash balance was shown at the end of the year, with $8347.81 in the treasury. Major sources of revenue were Utah county taxes, $15,77238; water rates. $9 JBQ.lOi Utah . county . tax . sales and redemptions, $9,749.96; and loans, $7,100. Largest Items of disbursement dis-bursement were for payment of bonds and Interest, $10,432.54; salaries sala-ries of appointive officers, $485; WPA central park project, $3,488.56; electric lights, $3,420.03; and payment pay-ment of borrowed money, $3500. At the end of 1938, total bonds outstanding were $141,000, Including $133,000 of the issue of water bonds of April 15, 1930; and $8,000 of the waterworks Improvement revenue bonds of April 15, 1936. Capital assets of $274,499.17. consisting con-sisting of the $200,000 waterworks system and city buildings and properties, prop-erties, are shown; current assets total to-tal $42,528.67, and miscellaneous assets, as-sets, $4,514.33, making total assets of $321.542.17. , Liabilities total $165,-151.08, $165,-151.08, leaving capital surplus of $133,499.17 and current surplus of $22,891.92. , o President Grant To Be Speaker At Dedication President Heber J. Grant of the L. D. S. church will be the principal speaker at a public meeting Sunday at 2 p. m. in the Provo tabernacle, which will officially open the new Utah Valley hospital. The public meeting will precede the dedication ceremonies, which will be held at the hospital at 4; 15 p. m. President Grant will dedicate the institution. Other speakers at the meeting In the tabernacle will be Mayor Mark Anderson of Provo; Dr. M. H. Man-son, Man-son, representative of the Commonwealth Common-wealth Fund of New York City; Dr. Fred R. Taylor Jr.. chairman of the ' medical staff; Clayton Jenkins, secretary-director of the hospital board, and Mrs. Achsa Paxman. RELIEF SOCIETY TO HOLD SOCIAL A combined business and social gathering will feature the Tuesday afternoon meeting of the First ward Relief society, It was announced this week. All members of the organization organiza-tion are Invited to attend. Local Motorist Gets S100 Fine In Provo Court Alvln Peterson of American Fork was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 or to serve 30 days in jail, .when he pleaded guilty to a charge 6f drunken driving . Tuesday, In. Provo City Judge Tuekett's courr. Peterson was granted a 30-day stay of execution upon furnishing $100 bond. He was arrested after he drove his automobile into' 'he rear-of rear-of a truck about, midnight. September Septem-ber 2. o COUNTY D. U. P. TO MEET SATURDAY A county board meeting of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers wiU.be . held Saturday, September 9, at 2 p. m., in the pioneer memorial building build-ing at Provo, It was announced here this week. All county and camp officers of the organization are expected ex-pected to be in attendance. |