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Show 9,1 Jbrk P n 0 H'fjiTpirfji vjii ILllZLfl J ill nYfi a vp Ti r& $ Tfj IIUIHSU UlUsillL bLXXVin AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1940 NUMBER 46 s ort ertai ierS t. Lei It U at Pleaa ondl' t Is erm ud lUSTJ tie bJ I sit Jan J Mr Pleu her daw i in eaw r ft :5c wo Prominent Conununity Taken By of the largest funeral ever Cm American Pork, associates friends of City Marshal Clyde paiU 4Mb iCDfccvw v iuu held In the Alpine stake taber- with Bishop T. A. ureenwooa iting. ial Chesnut passea away ,y afternoon, January 18, of attack. He had undergone gppendectomy, January 9. and L-ntly was recovering wnen pUcat ,tlons arose causing uu Ctbe services Monday afternoon, take tabernacle was nuea tut- Lwrthir on the stand were pi O. DeVere Wootton, the pres-dty pres-dty council, and all former city adlmen who held office while , chesnut was the city marshal, as peace officers from Pleas-1 Pleas-1 Grove and Provo, and a num-cf num-cf state highway patrolmen. at were many beautiful floral kltMt Cjhop T. A. greenwood conduct- is services, which were opened I vocal duet, "In the Garden of borrow , by Mrs. rma Auanu lw ftmhi Ratrhelor. H. E. v f Weill offered the Invocation. sketch of Marshal Chesnut's was read by City Councilman Inlay Peters. Mayor O. DeVere Con, the first speaker, pointed the devotion to duty which lacterized Marshal Chesnufs En as a peace officer, and pointed the fine qualities for which he V held in high esteem by his lodates in the city government. remarks were followed by a vo-10I0, vo-10I0, "Link Divine", by Darrell knlaas. Bert Christensen, a member of the clty council under which U Chesnut served, and Dr. 8. Richards were the next Llwi Thalr remark were IOI- VtA bv a violin selection. "Perfect t; by a trio, Milton Brown, Alvin U&ladger, of Salt Lake City, and kline Worlton of Lehl. President Clifford E. Young, the m speaker, expressed the corn 's high regard lor Mr. cnes- md offered a comforting mess- to his widow and family. losma remarks were made by aop Greenwood, followed by the aing selection, a vocal solo, "Ere Sun Goes Down", by Ray Shel-sccomoanied Shel-sccomoanied by Mrs. Mary pphries, who also accompanied other numbers. The benedic- k was pronounced by Orville C. Strl per, and the grave was dedicated Stanley Peters. Biographical Sketch By Stanley Peters toes Clyde Chesnut was bom at Id Wrican Fork on February 25, 1900, son of Robert and Elizabeth lmce Chesnut. He was the sixth pi in a family of eleven. boyhood and early life were In American Fork where he vnitori tho miH1 shnnlt and p graduated from high school. Ihen just a young man he secur- employment In Bingham where did contract work in the High- Ed Bov tnlriA for thre vpars. 3n June 18, 1925, Clyde married qr Pearl Lerwill of Payson in the It Lake L. D. S. temple and to P happy union three children h been born James, LaVell and Mowing their marriage Mr. and k Chfsnnt. maHn t.tiplr home in flake City for a short time and pe worked as foreman for Ry-h Ry-h Bros. Construction company. I Wnrl- him Infn emifharn -- i . vw(h UIW uvwv..m K Nevada and California and he the i-stppm nt hla pmnlovers for faithfulness and devotion to du- Print of work that kept him away Pa his wife and famllv a sreat k-oJ time; ClydeTiuhVconstructlon-and ClydeTiuhVconstructlon-and returned to American sh. fiere -e was employed for nearly fo years by A. W. Pulley and f at their feed mill and on the p also engaged in tite poul- ousiness and was for a number ws a large oroducer of eggs and Ntry products. M3s,xsyde was appointed night fal of American Fork by Mayor B-. Adanwon ' "loositlon he fAjBitU February 1. - 1938. Upxm r aate, he was appointed marshal a or Albert Tregaskis and had been reappointed to the Wtolt " by Mayof ' 0" DeVfere W oftlcer of "the cltv Clvde Bon for himself a host of faith-' faith-' 'rtenos. His devotion to duty Ls clarity of purpose won for 11 the support of merchants and People whose property he for years safeguarded and demand-, admiration and respect of 'Continued On Page Four) Death During Past Week Called By Death CLYDE CHESNUT Mrs. Lewis Passes To Final Reward Mrs. Sarah Ann Harding Lewis, 77, mother of Mrs. Edna Meredith of this city, passed away Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ethel Boyack of Salt Lake City, following fol-lowing a stroke suffered Saturday. She was the widow of William D. Lewis, first bishop of Vineyard ward. Funeral services were held Thursday Thurs-day afternoon in the Provo Third ward chapel, with Bishop Maurice Harding officiating. Interment was in the Provo City cemetery. Mrs. Lewis was bom February 25, 1862, in Provo, a daughter of Samuel and Mary Stowe Harding. She was educated In Provo city schools and Brigham Young academy and was married to Mr. Lewis, December 15, 1882, In the old Salt Lake Endowment Endow-ment house. The couple first lived in Rlverton and moved to Vineyard in 1884. After 19 years there, they resided successively in Garland, Park City, Provo and Toppenlsh, Washington, returning to Provo in 1923. Mr. Lewis died shortly afterward. Mrs. Lewis served as president of the Vineyard Mutual Improvement association for many years, president of the Summit stake Relief society at Park City, the Toppenlsh Relief society and the Vineyard Relief society so-ciety and took an active interest in the Vineyard Y. W. M. I. A. Surviving are a son and five daughters: William J. Lewis of Provo, Pro-vo, Mrs. Minnie Gleason of Park City, Mrs. Fern Rosser and Mrs. Boyack of Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Edna Meredith of this city ;a brother, broth-er, Joseph Harding of Provo; three sisters, Mrs. Emily Collins and Mrs. Lydia Singleton of Provo and Mrs. Polly Ferre of Salt Lake City; 30 granchildren and six great-grandchildren. Wild Life Ass'n. Slates Meeting A meeting of the American Fork Wild Life Federation will be held Wednesday evening, January 31, in the city hall, at 8 o'clock. Principal business will be the election of officers offi-cers for the coming year. All sportsmen sports-men are invited to be present and participate In the meeting. 1 Hawaiian Town Hears Report: 'McTague Was High Scorer' ". . . and McTague was the high scorer of the evening;"' That phrase has a familiar sound in American Fork, particularly par-ticularly during basketball sea-ion. sea-ion. "Arid 'now, it Is becoming familiar to basketball fans in far-off Hawaii. " Wayne McTague, son of Mrs. Kate . McTague and one. of . a family of basketball players, is a member of the County basket-" basket-" ban 'te&tri " at " Kap&a; Kauai; " Hawaii, and one of the team's stellar 'players,' at "that. 'In a newspaper clipping giving5 an account ac-count of a recent game, appeared appear-ed the above comment on Mc-JTague's Mc-JTague's playing. The account follows: "Closing the first series of the All Saints Commercial basketball basket-ball league, the highly favored Leaders American Fork lost one of Its prominent leaders Sunday,. when Bernard Niels Christensen, former Utah county commissioner and past president of the Utah County Farm Bureau, passed away at his homi here, of coronary thrombosis. He was 63. The community paid last respects to Mr. Christensen at funeral services serv-ices Wednesday afternoon in the Alpine stake tabernacle. Bishop Joseph H. Storrs officiated. For the past five years Mr. Chris tensen had been a field representative representa-tive for the federal seed loan service, serv-ice, covering central Utah. Ha had been engaged in this work until Saturday afternoon. His sudden passing came as a shock to the entire en-tire community. Mr. Christensen was a native of American Fork. A son of Niels and Phoebe Chlpman Christensen, he was born here October 3, 1876. His father was a native of Denmark and a handcart pioneer of 1857. Mr. Christensen attended ' the schools of American Fork, and Brigham Young university and the University of Utah. He married Maud R. Driggs of Pleasant Grove, September 14, 1904. Mrs. Christensen for the past twelve years has been president of the Alpine Al-pine stake Relief society. From 1900 to 1903 Mr. Christensen filled a mission to New Zealand. He had been an active member of the American Fork Second ward for many years and was a member of the Alpine stake high school at the time of his death. Mr. Christensen was prominent In business circles, as well. For ten years he was manager of the Con solidated Wagon and Machine company com-pany branch, formerly located here. He also had operated a dairy farm here for a number of years. Surviving are his widow, three sons and two daughters, Clare B. Christensen of American Fork, Mrs. Clarence S. Barker of Salt Lake City, Paul D. Christensen of Tucson, Arizona; Miss Kathryn Christensen of Roosevelt, and Owen D. Chris tensen of American Fork; three sisters sis-ters and a brother, Mrs. J. P. Anderson Ander-son of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Mabel C. Reese of Salt Lake City, John S. Christensen of Cedar City, Mrs. R. Kendall Thomas of Berkeley, California, Cali-fornia, and four grandchildren. Interment was in the American Fork city cemetery. Mrs. Leah Greene Is Sustained As Primary Leader Mrs. Leah Greene was sustained as president of the Alpine stake Primary association, with Miss Amy Wagstaff as first counselor, at the stake conference held in the tabernacle taber-nacle Sunday. Mrs. Greene succeeds Mrs. Mae H. Marsh to the presidency of the organization. or-ganization. The second counselor will be chosen at a later date. Elder Stephen L. Richards of the Council of the Twelve represented the general church authoritites at the conference sessions, and Harold B. Lee, director of church welfare, talked on the welfare program at the afternoon session. ,The meetings meet-ings Saturday night and Sunday were well attended, and there was a large group of young people In attendance at the Sunday evening meeting. County quintet under coach Bert Ag-triaT came -through" with flying colors last Wednesday evening when it trounced the Young Men outfit by a 56 to 26 , score.' "The County team cinched victory when they piled up a 24 to 8 lead as the half ended. Continuing from where they left off, the County team, led by McTague, Mc-Tague, Cecil and Eddie Albao, " ratt lip" 58 points as the " game ended. McTague was the high scorer of the evening by piling up 21 points. . . ." McTague was one of the star players on the American Fork high school team. His brother, Harry, is now playing high school basketball, and another brother, Earl, was a hoop star of several years ago. Council Confirms Three Appointees Of Mayor Wootton Filling the remaining positions In the city administration, the city council Monday night confirmed three additional appointments made by Mayor O. DeVere Wootton. William Elsmore was named as justice of the peace, to aucceed Irving Irv-ing L Pratt, Dr. Guy 8. Richards was reappointed to the office of city physician, and Alfred W Johnson was reappointed dog tax collector. With the exception of the position of city marshal, left vacant by the death of Clyde Chestnut who had been reappointed by Mayor Wootton, the roster of city officials is now complete. Albert Birk is acting as a special police officer, and the council Monday night approved his continuing in that capacity. Action which is expected to liber alize American Fork's ordinances governing billiard halls won the city council's approval at the Monday night session. The police committee reported on their investigation of billiard parlors, and the council approved ap-proved a motion by Councilman Stanley Peters, seconded by Councilman Coun-cilman James Tattersall. that the billiard parlor ordinances be amended amend-ed and that a license be Issued to Marion W. Robinson. The matter of amending the ordinances was referred refer-red to City Attorney Ray Elsmore. According to the ordinances now on the books, the number of billiard halls Is limited according to the city's population, so that only two billiard halls are allowed at the present time. It is also stipulated that a billiard hall may not be operated op-erated below the street level. It is planned to amend these ordinances to allow any number of billiard halls, and to place no restrictions on their location, with regard to the street level. Action on the question was re newed at a recent council meeting, when a prospective bffltard hall op erator requested a license to operate one . The council deferred action and instructed the police committee, Councilmen Peters and Tattersall, to investigate. After reporting on their Investigation, the committee members placed and seconded the motion that the ordinances be amended, and the motion carried. Following announcement of the city council's intention to revise the ordinance, the following statement was made by Marlon C. Boblnson; "The owners of this expensive property prop-erty appreciate the amending of the local city ordinance, considering the property and fixtures have been un-rented un-rented and unused for three and one-half years, while heavy taxes have been paid against the same. Whether any minor claims will be filed has not as yet been determined by the owners." A variety of problems, Including a discussion of the WPA program, came before the council. With regard re-gard to the city's participation in WPA work relief projects, the council coun-cil heard an explanation of the WPA setup by Mr. Watson, the supervising supervis-ing engineer for Utah county. Mr. Watson explained the works setup, answered questions concerning the selection, financing, drawing up and management of projects, and offered suggesstions to the council on the selection of suitable projects. Fire Chief Walter B. Devey reported re-ported at the council session that three vacancies in the fire department depart-ment have been created by the appointment ap-pointment of firemen to other positions, posi-tions, and suggested that three men be added. The matter was referred to the fire committee. Physical examinations will be required re-quired of members of the fire department, de-partment, the council decided. Action Ac-tion requiring the examinations was taken upon motion of Couneilman William S. Storrs and Councilman Leo Nelson. February 12 was set as the date hy .which examinations are to be taken. Mayor " Or DeVere- Wootton- appointed ap-pointed Councilman Stanley Peters as chaplain of the council. "Report of city-officers were approved. ap-proved. Eugene Murdock Eugene Murdock passed away at his home here at midnight Wednesday, Wednes-day, following an extended illness. At the time this Issue of The Citizen was going to press, time of the funeral had not yet been arranged. ar-ranged. Mr. Murdock is survived by his wife, Martha Hoggard Murdock. qm Owners Equal Renter Home owners and renters arc about equal in numberi in most villages of the United States. Pioneers, Cavemen To Stage Battle At A. F. Tonight ALPINE STANDINGS W. L. Pet. Pleasant Grove 3 0 1.000 Provo 3 0 1.000 American Fork l. .. 1 2 .333 Lehl l 2 .833 Lincoln 1 1 J33 B. Y. High 0 3 .000 Tonight's Game Lehl at American Fork. When American Fork and Lehl basketball teams meet, the fans know enough to expect a big game, whether the hoopsters are fighting for the top spot in the team stand ings or playing just another game where nothing of consequence depends de-pends on the outcome. The Pioneers and the Cavemen will go to battle here tonight, and although neither team Is defending its supremacy in the division, the game is still expected to be one of the big games of the season. B. Y. High is all that keeps American Fork, Lehl and Lincoln from enjoying enjoy-ing the cellar spot, each having won one game and lost two, but despite the fact that neither Lehl nor American Fork has a lot to lose, fans can rest assured that the teams will be in there battling for all they are worth. American Fork dropped the game with Pleasant Orove, last Friday night, 44-30, whUe Lehl suffered de feat at the hands of Lincoln. A victory would be most acceptable to both the Pioneers and the Cavemen, and for that victory to be at the expense ex-pense of a traditional rival would be j that much better for either team. In the game at Pleasant Drove Friday night,' American Fork was the victim of the Vikings' superior scoring power. Kelly Giles, sensa tional sophomore forward, starred for the Vikings, while McTague and Holmstead both turned In excellent performances for the Cavemen, scoring ll and 9 points, respectively. The scores: AMERICAN FORK G. T. F. P. I 9 Holmstead, f 4 Beck, f 0 Robinson, c 3 McTague, g 5 Ingersoll, g I Christensen, f ...rT. 0 Welsh, c 0 TOTALS ll 15 8 30 PLEASANT GROVE O. T. F. P. Giles, f 6 4 3 15 Carter, f 3 3 2 8 Sundberg, c 3 117 Conway, g 0 0 0 0 Hendrickson, g 4 4 3 11 Beck, g 0 0 0 0 Harris, f 12 13 TOTALS 17 14 10 44 Score by quarters: Pleasant Grove 10 18 30 44 American Fork 5 13 23 30 Union Pacific's Potato Train To Stop-Over Here Because American Fork is the center of an important potato-growing potato-growing section, the Union Pacific potato train a ten-car special containing con-taining exhibits and demonstrations designed to help the grower who wants to make his potato crop more profitable will stop here February 20 S. R. Boswell, Utah county agricultural agri-cultural agent, and Edward E. Dav-ies. Dav-ies. agricultural agent for the Union Pacific Railroad, were in American Kurk -Wednesday-- to- ma-ke-arrangr--ments for the potato train here. At a. meeting of north- Utah- county farm leaders, a committee was selected," se-lected," as follows: Mr. Boswell, chairman; E. B. Garrett of Lehl, Wendell Movie of Alpine,.. Lp Rob inson, A. B. Allen. Elmer P. Bate and LeRoy R. Griffin of American Fork, Joseph Day of Pleasant Grove, Wsley Soulier of Orem: John Bash-i man of Lehl, A. H. Lowe of Orem. L. L. Bunnell and J. J.Madsen, of Vineyard. All farmers of the county are being be-ing invited to go through the potato train, when it stops at American Fork. Future Farmers of America of the high schools of north Utah county also wilL.see.the train.- o UNION MEFTING Stake Genealogical and Sunday School union meetings will be held Sandfly i fternoon at 2 o'clock in the Aln'ne stake t;ifcfrnn"le A good o t f.Mi-l'inrn nf nil l'm Ui'ri of tese two organizations 13 de.ued. County Officials Of Utah Select Clarence A. Grant As Association President Heads Association f.V- CLARENCE A. GRANT Gold, Green Ball Date Changed To Tuesday, Feb. 13 The American Fork Gold and Oreen has been postponed to Tuesday Tues-day night, February 13, because of conflicts with other M. I. A. activities, activ-ities, Mutual officers announced this week. The ban originally was scheduled for February 6. Contests for the selection of the queens In each of the four wards are nearlng their conclusion. Committees in charge of the ball were ' announced by the general chairman, E. H. Boley and Mrs. Jarvis Aydelotte, as follows: Arrangements Karl Bennett, chairman; Leo Nelson, Rollo Miller, B. F. Moffett and Lindsay Ovard. Advertising Clarence A. Grant, chairman; M. L. Balrd, Ray Shelley, Alton Storrs, Will Ashby and Wayne Robinson. Program Stanley Peters, chairman; chair-man; Hazel Cobbley, Norman Wing, Mrs. M. L. Baird. Mrs. Willard Peterson. Pet-erson. Reed Robinson, Ray Ellison, Velma Shelley. Invitations Edith Thornton, chairman; Alice Parker, Ellen Walker, Walk-er, Mrs. A. F. Galsford. Leona Kellv and Mrs. William Wright. I Flower Girls Committee Mrs. Milton Adams, chairman; Mrs. Marion Mar-ion Christensen, Mrs. Walter B.I Devey, Eileen Ferguson, Mrs. Jack) Iverson and Mrs. Edward R. Tuttle. i Queens and 'Escorts Committee j Mrs. W. R. Halliday, chairman; Mrs. V. F. Houston, Mrs. T. A. Greenwood, Green-wood, Mrs. H. E. McNeill, Mrs. Grant Ingersoll, Mrs. Will Roberts and Mrs. Stanley Peters. Decorations Owen Humphries, Birthday Ball Slated Tuesday; March of Dimes to Aid Campaign In keeping with the national drive against infantile paralysis, residents of American Fork and north Utah county will celebrate the President's Birthday on Tuesday, ;' January" 3d. The local drive, like similar drives In thousands ol - Aua-riean c(tie, will assume three phases: a dance, the march of dinies and the" 'campus canvass. , . XsPt'fttoV tlW.Mg.. daacA. wUi. beiiflld in the Apollo hall where Howard Nelson and his orchestra will furnish furn-ish the music. A corps of workers will swim? intoj action next Tnek to sell tickets for the big ball. No program pro-gram i scheduled to precede the dance, the. entire evening being given giv-en over to the enjoyment of dancing. danc-ing. This year March of Dimes will be conducted differently than last year when envelopes containing the coin were mailed. directly . to .the. prasR dent. Coin receptacles, plainly designated, des-ignated, have been placed in all business houses where those desiring to contribute may drop their climes. The money will.be taken up by the committee in charge, credited to this community's program, then turned over to the central committee. The campus canvass Includes dis County Clerk: Clarence A. Grant of American Pork is the new president presi-dent of the Utah State Association of County Officers, elected, at the concluding session of a two-day convention con-vention at Salt Lake City Friday night. Mr. Grant was advanced to the presidency from the position of vice, president He succeeds O. L. Hansen of Ephralm. Other officers to serve with Mr. Grant are Lynn C. Nlelson, treasurer treas-urer of Sevier county, rice president; Mrs. Anthony C. Lund, Belt Lake county recorder, women's vice president, pres-ident, and Harold O. Clark, Morgan county surveyor, secretary-treasurer. The new officers were elected at a dinner meeting at the Hotel Utah, Friday night. Concluding their convention, the officials launched a more to broaden the tax base and strengthen the tax laws generally, and heard a plea for stabilization of WPA employment The need for going before the 1941 legislature with a proposal to broaden broad-en the tax base was pointed out by J. R. Jarvis, Salt Lake county treasurer and chairman of the legis-.lative legis-.lative committee. He stated that the Ux-broadenlng program would in- volve elimination of "unwarranted" exemptions and abatement! of taxes, and, in general, "bring the tax problem closer home to more people." Last Rites For Elderly Matron Slated Saturday Mrs. Caroline Nelson Miller, 82, lifelong resident of American Fork, died Tuesday in Salt Lake City at the home of a son, Henry Miller, of Sal tLake City, of causes incident to age. She was born in American Fork on November B, 1857, a daughter of Niels Christian and Karen Peder-son Peder-son Nelson, pioneer settlers. .She was married to Henry Miller of American Fork In the old Salt Lake L. D. S. Endowment house. He died several years ago. She was active In church work, having served as Relief Re-lief society secretary for many years in American Fork Second ward. Surviving are her son; two daughters, daugh-ters, Mrs. Ray Andreason of American Ameri-can Fork and Mrs. Henry Falken of Salt Lake City; a brother, Niels Nelson of American Fork; nine grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 p. m. in American Fork Second ward by Bishop Joseph H. Storrs. Interment will be in American Fork City cemetery, directed di-rected by Anderson Brothers' mortuary. mort-uary. Friends may call at the home of Mrs. Ray Andreason- Saturday between 10 a. m. and time of services. serv-ices. chairman; Jay Parduhn. Clyde Nel son, George Scott, Mrs. LaVere Wad-ley, Wad-ley, Edward R. Tuttle, Mrs. F.-nest Seastrand. Dance Demonstrations Mac Groesbeck and Eda Ashby. tribution of enveloix-s to every school boy and girl that they may contribute a di:ne to the great national na-tional drivr. Half of all money raised will be kept, in the .coui.and -state, . to, be. used for relief and prevention of infantile paralysis, and" the balance--will be turned over to the national iund.. ,.,.. .,...,..,. .,, Heading the committoer. here are the following: . Leroy Johnson of Provo, county chairman; Clarence A. Grant, hval" chairman : ' Ifrs: " Ora Chipmah, chairwoman; Edith Thornton; treasurer; O DeVere Wootton, celebration. Stanley Peters, Pet-ers, publicity : Leo O. Meredith. Ma Lillian Nelson and Mrs. May Shelley home canvass, and J. F. Walton, school canvass. The ward captains in charge of .the drive are:, Mrs. T-A Greenwood, . First; Mrs...Dlen .... Sykes, . Second; Mrs. Zora Zabriskle, Third; and Mary Pulley, Fourth. Workers are Mrs. John Varney, Mrs. Ora Adams, Mrs. John H. Miller, Mrs. Elijah Chipman, Mrs. Marion Mercer, Mrs. William Wagstaff, Mrs. Stanley Peters. Mrs. Phillip Cave, and Mrs. Nan Peck. |