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Show ft mr -mnnv fTLOSE ,' i Piw i wlABOB DAY . lencsi DO YOUR " SHOPPING BASLY j.iliiWiilPTTI AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1940 NUMBER 23 ulkm I ' -.- m. chool Bells To Summon 5,000 Boys, Girls, Back To District Classrooms R Hospital its $1950 Loan From City Fund Igui or $1950 to the American Whrnltal. to be used to pay uie alnftU notes outstanding against jujjpltal and to finance' neces- , improvements to the building approved by the American Pork eouncll at its regular session afey night. The loan will be ie from the city's Cemetery Per- uil fund. pjgorol of the loan followed the gnUtlon of a report on the hos-il hos-il finances by Leo G. Meredith, umtr of the hospital board. B the 11950 it is planned to pay tbe $1700 loan from the Peoples h Bank, the amount remaining C the original $5800 loan which obtained to purchase the bulld-ind bulld-ind to remodel it for hospital tootti It is aiso pianneu vu ic- ftbe roof. jtx months period from January j junt 30, revealed tnai ine nos-il nos-il ended the period with cash on id of $315.02. although there was lefidt of $233.53 on January 1. renoei from the hospital for the months were $633954, of which StAH was from operation of the and miscellaneous sources. this Income from business the hospital would not be I-msUinlng. Mr. Meredith re- htd. Disbursements were $4,624.-ind $4,624.-ind the cash on hand on June IC1J.02. Accounts receivable at I end of the six months' period R (SXJ3. wring the period the hospital M was able to make substantial hunts on the Indebtedness, Mr, Jredtth reported. Six hundred ha was paid on loans p hospital cared for 187 patients pi the period. Mr. Meredith re ttcd. To date, the hospital has N for 1158 patients. pting the hospital's needs, Mr path suggested that approxi- JaJ tttj $2,000 would be needed for 1 hospital financing. A motion by ladlman James H. Tattmall. Mded by Councilman Leo B. Nel- that a loan be made to the hos- fl board in the amount of $1950. pea unanimously. Jesse Spafford, representing 1 Parent-Teacher association, at before the council In the tost" to-st" of the school lunch project. isawa that no hot water la avall-r avall-r ' lunch center, and re- f umi me city put in a gaa J nt heater in the Harrington E'ouuolng. Approving help to-the to-the project, the council ap- councilman William S. P and Leo B. Nelson as a com. r" investigate the matter Power to act. r winstensen. representing i ward, appeared at the "ation. He asked that the 7n from carrying on public J"" Sunday, the request being ""a because of work perform- Public roads on Sunday, Au-L Au-L e cuncll informed Mr. fn that the work was to order to get ready for 'contractor laying the rock It was the opinion of the " that work on Sunday would " done unless an absolute ne-p ne-p WNred it. as In this case, appropriation of $30 to the Jw Are department to he firemen to attend the P'te Firemen's association ,n at Log&n was approved. f Pairs of boots for apartment also was ap- jjgjtn Henry Parduhn re-V' re-V' c5etery dean- uti7?.- "mm- It was the w council that the appropriation to provide trans- ft r me Am.H JUa ft v,mi f vi tar;: Property (JJ the west side of Second k? between Main and First fVbLi rock UUZi under the KrtESS wa? Presented., . ..The Ki!rs fered to furnish tjjteriab for the lmprovement thihl7' ""tersan reported P-WdT Lynn s,.Rich- XU.0n,tocome Oownand Proems, at a lb, 22 Tehere- This meeting W Zfat near Mure date, ktai " cera were ore- W-n' bui, were approved for 8chool bells, will summon -more than 6,000 students back to the schoolrooms of Alpine district on Tuesday, September 3, ending a pleasant summer vacation and signaling sig-naling the start of another year of studies. For children of the elementary schools throughout the district, September Sep-tember 3 will mark the opening of class work. Teachers have been giv-eft giv-eft Instructions to start oil Tuesday with a full day of work in the elementary ele-mentary grades, according to Superintendent Sup-erintendent D. R. Mitchell. Junior and Senior high school students stu-dents will spend the first day with completing their registration and getting "lined up" with books and schedules to begin their work. However, How-ever, regular classwork will be well under way by the end of the week. Students returning to school will find fewer "new" teachers than in past years, according to Superintendent Superin-tendent Mitchell. This year there has been a smaller teacher "turn- , over" than last year there are 16 new teachers In the district this year, as compared to 26 last year. All buildings of the district have been renovated and cleaned, and the interiors painted, in preparation for the school opening. The remodeling remodel-ing program this year has been small. The Alpine district schools this year will stress methods of making our democratic institutions function in times of crisis, such as the country faces at the present time. Superintendent Mitchell said. "We are faced with many grave problems today. Our schools will place emphasis on loyalty to our democratic de-mocratic way of living, and learning to participate in and direct our institutions, in-stitutions, all with the objective of working to preserve our democracy. We will be conscious of our country's problems, and wt will strive to build future citizens who win be able to meet these problems In tf intently." Registration At A. F. Seminary Slated Tuesday Registration of Amertraa ftork L. D. A. Seminary atudrnU for the coming school year will be completed com-pleted Tuesday. September S. at the same time as the American Fork high school registration, according ta Prlnclnal XL Rav Gardner. With the registration starting this ' week, scores of students already have enrolled In the seminary classes or tentatively arranged their schedules to include religious education. edu-cation. Principal Gardner said. Help In drawing up schedules was extended ex-tended to Seniors on Wednesday, and to Juniors on Thursday. Today (Friday), sophomores are Invited to visit the seminary and enroll for the courses offered. Registration will be completed Tuesday and regular classwork will begin Wednesday. In preparation for the seminary opening, the building has been cleaned and renovated. An outstanding out-standing Improvement is the in stallation of modern desk chairs, In place of .the old type desks. The floor has been refinlshed and sand ed, as well. Interest shown in the seminary work points toward a most success ful year, Mr. Gardner reports. En rollment Is expected to equal or surpass the record established last year, when 254 students comprising 78 per cent of the L. D. S. students enrolled at the high school took the seminary work. Mr. Gardner and Lester M. Nor- bersr win be the Instructors again this Tear. Mr; Norberg will divide his time between the American Fork and LeM-.semlnaxtau , ... j Three courses Old Testament, New Testament, and Church History His-tory and .Dctrtoe7-re offered. Wta the school day starting at I;1S seven classes will be held, three ln New Testament, and two each In Old Testament and Church History His-tory and Doctrine. In the last-named last-named curse.'greatef emphasis wffl be placed on church doctrine, this having been shown by surveys as the preference of seminary students. The classes are so arranged that high school students will have no difficulty in working out thclr schedules to Include seminary work. o U. I. Railroad Mileage Tbe U. a has one mils of rail road for every 542 citizens. Officers Selected In Reorganization Of Stake Mutual Leo O. Meredith was selected as superintendent of the Alpine stake Young Men's Mutual Improvement association, and Miss Edith Thornton Thorn-ton president of the Young Women's in a reorganization completed this week. President Clifford E. Young announced Wednesday. They will succeed Clarence A. Grant and Mrs. May Halllday, re spectively. Joseph P. Walton was named first assistant and Glen L. Taylor second assistant to Mr. Meredith. Miss Mary Pulley was selected as first counselor and Miss Ellen Walker as second counselor In the Young Women's Wo-men's presidency. The personnel of the reorganized stake boards of the associations will be announced later, President Young said. Officers who have served faithfully faith-fully and well In the Young Men's and Young Women's were honorably released. Mr. Grant has been a member of the stake board for 13 years, and superintendent for eight years, while Mrs. Halllday has served serv-ed on the board for 18 years, and as president for 8 years. The outgoing out-going counselors In the Young Men's are Stanley Peters and E. H. Boley, and lrf the Young Women's Mrs. Hannah Aydelotte and Miss Edith Thornton. Candidates To Address Rally Tomorrow Night Two prominent Democrats, Abe Murdock and George Balllf, will make speaking appearances here tomorrow to-morrow night (Saturday), in the Interests of their campaigns for nomination on the Democratic ticket. tick-et. Tbe rally will be held at the city hsJL Mr. Balllf, candidate for attorney general, will appear at 8:30 and Mr. Murdock, candidate for United SUtes senator, will speak at 9:30. All citizens of north Utah county art Invited to attend. o Couple To Wed In S. L Temple Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Hanks an n ounce the approaching marriage of their daughter. Miss Donna Hanks, to Vernon Gardner of Salt Lake City. The marriage will be solemnized Wednesday, September 4, In the Salt Lake L. D. S. temple. The young couple will make their home In Salem. Miss Hanks Is a graduate of the American Fork high school. Mr. Gardner Is a former student of the Brlgham Young university. Mr. Gardner Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Gardner and Is now employed at the explosive plant now being constructed at the mouth of Spanish Fork canyon. o Fire Department Hangs Up Record A record for speed In getting the fire truck rolling to the scene of a fire was hung up by the fire department Wednesday evening. The record probably will remain re-main as an all-time record, because be-cause it was only a matter of seconds from the time the fire siren sounded until the truck was on its way. The reason: The firemen were already on the truck when the alarm sounded. They had been summoned only about five minutes before tot thelr regtuar ; Wednesday night drill, and 1 wnett' the "teal "fire' alarm came v were ready to go. The fire waa at the Utah State Training school property, .where . a grass fire nad gotten out of control. The firemen quickly checked the blaze. The call was the third this week, two nuis having been ' made Monday "af ternoon." "The " first was to the David Oonder residence, where a roof fire did damage estimated at between $200 and 1300. Boon after completing com-pleting their Job at the Conder ' place, the firemen were called to Lehl, where they assisted the Lehi department In fighting a blaze in which haystacks and barns at the Evans place were destroyed. I i ; 1 , . Impressive Rites Pay Tribute To Prominent Man Impressive funeral services for John Fletcher Crompton were conducted con-ducted Tuesday afternoon in the Second ward chapel by Bishop Joseph Jos-eph H. Storrs. Speakers at the services were President Clifford E. Young. Mrs. Bertha Sagers, and Stanley Peters Mrs. Mary E. Abel read a biographical bio-graphical sketch, and Bishop Joseph H. Storrs spoke briefly. The opening selection was a Vocal number. "I Shall Not Pa.ss This Way Again." by Mrs. Clifford E. Young. John Robinson offered the owning Prayer. Maxlne Taylor, uccomimn-led uccomimn-led by Barbara Taylor, played a violin selection. The closing number num-ber was a song, "O My Father." by Mrs. Young, accompanied by Maxlne Max-lne Taylor on the violin and Miriam Young at the piano. Ed. Paxman offered the closing prayer. Interment was Wednesday morning morn-ing In the American Fork cemetery. Biographical Sketch By Mrs. Mary E. Abel On July 28, 1863, Robert and Maria Martin Crompton were made happy on the arrival of their first child, whom they christened John Fletcher. They had left their native land, England, for the sake of the L. D. S. gospel, and after a trying Journey were Indeed happy to be in the Valleys of the Mountains. Fletcher, . being the oldest son, helped his father, Who followed the occupation of fanning. Much was required of him in the arduous labor la-bor Incumbent upon the early pioneers. pio-neers. He learned the lesson that nothing worthwhile comes to one! without constant labor and perse ye -rence. These qualities have been an assistance to him during his life. When of age, he was baptized Into the L. D. S. church.' He attended the district schools of American Fork and was beloved by his associates asso-ciates and friends, f On December 21, he was united uni-ted in marriage to' Mary E, Adam-son, Adam-son, daughter of James and Martha Cowell Adamson, who also had left their native England for the gospel. Four children were born to them, Martha, LaVetta, James and Elva. American Fork was made their permanent per-manent home. His occupation has been farming and stockralaing. He loved his home and family; his thoughts were always of their comfort com-fort and happiness. He was truly a kind, indulgent husband and father, fath-er, and accomodating neighbor and a good citizen. He enjoyed during his life the best of health until about eight months ago, when, on a trip to American Fork canyon, he took a heart attack from which he never fully recovered. He was taken by death on August 24. He Is survived by his . wife and four children, Mrs. Martha Hansen of Brlgham City, Mrs. LaVetta Jenkins Jen-kins of San Diego. California, James Crompton of American Fork, and Mrs. Elva Shellenberger of Muskoga, Oklahoma; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. NOTICE OF REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING OF FIRST DISTRICT, AMERICAN FORK PRECINCT, UTAH COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH Notice is hereby given that a mass meeting of the qualified electors of the Republican Party residing In the American Fork Precinct, Utah County, State of Utah will be held at The City Hall on Wednesday, the 4th day of September, 1940 beginning begin-ning at the hour of 8 o'clock p. m. and continuing until the hour of 9 o'clock p. m. to transact the following follow-ing business: 1. To choose and elect delegates to the Utah County Republican Convention Con-vention to be held September 10, 1940 In Provo, Utah. 2. To transact such other business busi-ness as may properly come before said meeting. All selections will be by ballot, and an qualified decto residing In said District believing in the principles of the' Republican Party, ana requested to attend and vote between the hours of 8 o'clock p. m. and 9 p. m. , ... .. j. Clyde-Blrki' -- District Chairman Clyde B. Nelson, District Secretary PRIMARY UNION MEETING Union meeting of the Alpine stake Primary association wilT be held Wednesday. September 4. at 7:30 p. m., In the Alpine, stake tabernacle. All Primary workers are urged to be In attendance. First Typewritten Manuscript The arst typewritten manuscript was of "Tom Sawver." by Mark Twain In IS7S Dr.CarlF.Eyring Is Speaker For Sunset Service Ds. Carl FV Eyring, dean of the college of arts and sciences of the Brlgham Young university, will be the speaker at Sunset Services sponsored spon-sored by the Alpine stake Mutual Improvement association. The services ser-vices will be held at 6:30 p. m. 8unday, at thexUtah State Training Train-ing School amphitheatre. Dr. Eyrlng is well known as an inspiring speaker, , Jhe M. I. . A,, officers feel fortunate in securing him for this Inspirational outdoor program, and are expecting a large crowd. An excellent musical program has been arranged. It will Include selections se-lections by the Second Ward String Ensemble, directed by Leland F. Friday; a violin duet by Leland Priday and Maxlne Taylor; a vocal solo by Kenneth L. Robinson; and a vocal solo by F. Rulon Nicholes. The Sunset Service will be an all-stake event. Railroad Starts $12,000 Project On Tracks Here Involving the rebuilding of ap proximately five thousand feet of track on Main street of American Fork, at a cost of about $12,000, an extensive Improvement program has been launched by the Salt Lake Ac Utah Railroad Corporation and Is well under way. Railroad construction crews have been working for some time on the right of way on the west approach into town. On this section, which was previously gravel-filled but not hard surfaced, the spaces between and at either side of the tracks! ire being flHed hrwith a surfacing tertal. Guard rails are being Installed Install-ed to prevent the material from working over on to the track or from forming a ridge. The section paved with concrete blocks, In the central part of town. will be repaired and Improved. According to company officials, this Job is a continuation of the company's policy of renovating its entire property, and with Its com' pletlon both the station and track facilities of the company in Ameri can Fork will have been completely renovated within the last year. The company is observing the poli cy which it adheres to in all sections of employing, local labor where pos sible on this work and buying such material as can be secured locally from the merchants In American Fork, having already placed two orders with local merchants for ma terials for the Job. The aggregate labor used on the Job will amount to approximately six thousand man hours. With the completion of the work, there will not only be a substantial Improvement to the property, but also to Main street. Levies Add Up To 47.11 Mills On Property Here American Fork taxpayers have been levied .16 of a mill more than In 1939, an announcement from the county treasurer's office discloses. This Increase brings the total levy of aU taxing units to 47.11 mills. Taxing units and proportions each will receive are as follows: Ameri can Fork City. 17.00 mills; Alpine school district. 14.75 mills; Utah county, 8.21 mills; and Utah state and state school, 7.15 mills.' . ..The city levy is the same as In 1939: with the school levy Increased and the county and state slightly '. ' O : r Country G FwgaC . . Death valley is 150 miles long. .B varies greatly In breadth, being la tew places less than 10 miles wide and in some placet having twice that breadth, while the distance from summit to summit f the bos derins ranees is 20 to 30 miles. o White Collar Worker A remarkable growth has takei place in the number of white collai workers since 1870. Population Density Washingun, Oregon, Idano am Montana are loss densely populate, than Russia Ballots To Offer Big Choice Of Candidates For Nomination; Citizens To Go To Polls Tuesday VOTING PLACES First District Mary J. Cunningham Residence Second District Addie Chipman Residence Third District Kate McTague Residence Fourth District City Hall Highland Ward Chapel- - ' - Alpine City Hall Judges of election for the districts of American Fork, Alpine and Highland High-land were announced this week by County Clerk Clarence A. errant as follows: American Fork 1 Terry Draper, Allda Ellison, Mildred S. LaFleur, Clyde 8chriber, Olive Kirk, and Lucy Bush; Leonard Jackson, constable. con-stable. American Fork 2 L L. Pratt, Harold Ramsay, Leila Sykes, Hazel Walker, Henry Chipman and Blanche Tatteraall; Glen Varney, constable. American Fork 1 E. Vera Hol-Undrake, Hol-Undrake, Zora Zahriakle. Walter Hunter, Fannie Chamberlain. Frank O. Shelley, and Hannah C. Ashby; A. D. Rhodes, constable. American Fork 4 Amy Dean, Aaron Oreenwood, John W. Butte, Mrs. J. W. Fnmips, W. J. Chadwlck, and William H. Roberts; Ross Cunningham, Cun-ningham, constable. Highland Pearl Outpman, Luella M Blnns, and William J. Greenland; Green-land; Alma Buhler, constable. Alpine Enna Bateman, Owen V. Beck and Mrs. Loy Beck; Robert Hunter, constable. Former Members Of First Ward Present Program A program of exceptional Interest to the members of the First ward was given by a group from Salt Lake City Sunday evening, August If. Several of the group were former well-known residents of the ward. Axel Bloomquist was in charge of the program, which consisted of the following numbers: Introductory remarks by Mr. Bloomqulst in which he expressed his pleasure at being present in his "old home" ward again. A vocal solo "Jeanle With The Light Brown Hair," was sung by Joseph Fernllius, accompanied by his daughter, Lavlne. Two readings read-ings by E. Oardwell followed. The speaker was Dorcey Wright a returned missionary from Sweden. Mr. Fernllius sang "Take Me Home Againf Kathleen," following which Miss In gar Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Helge Johnson played a piano solo. In the group that came with those who took part were Mrs. Axel Bloomqulst and son La Mar; Mr. and Mrs. Hulge Johnson, and Mrs. Dorcey Wright, aU Of Salt Lake; and Mr. Simpson of Idaho, a friend of Mr. and Mrs. Wright. An interesting inter-esting coincidence was that Mr. Simpson recognized a picture of Olen Oreenwood. a missionary now in Virginia, which hangs in the chapel, and recognized him as a former missionary companion. Following the meeting the party were guests of Mrs. Luella Greenwood Green-wood where refreshments were served. New Census Gives American Fork 3330 Population According to preliminary figures fig-ures released to the Citizen this f eek by the Bureau of" the Cen-sus, Cen-sus, the 1940 population of American Fork Is 3,330. The 1940 figure represents an increase of 283 over the 1930 census of the city. ..Ten yeara ago the official count for American Ameri-can Fork was 3,047. American Fork's percentage gain during the ten-year period was above the Utah average. The city had an increase of 9.3 per cent, while the increase for the state as a whole was 8.1 per cent. The preliminary census figures fig-ures are subject to revision. Voters of American Fork will face a ballot with 63 names at the primary pri-mary election next Tuesday, September Sep-tember 3. Republicans will have a choice of 31 candidates, and Democrats Demo-crats will have a list of 22 candidates candi-dates to choose from. Since this Is the first major election elec-tion to be conducted under Utah's direct primary law, the primary to arousing a great deal of interest. That a large turn-out of voters may be expected Is indicated by the heavy hea-vy registration preceding the primary. pri-mary. One hundred sixty-eight voters registered in American Fork, to become eligible to rote Tuesday. Importance of the primary election elec-tion is being stressed both by political poli-tical parties and non-political organizations or-ganizations and groups. By going to the potts Tuesday, citizens win taka part in the selection of candidates who will appear on the reapecUva party tickets In the November elections. elec-tions. For this reason, every citizen is urged to vote next Tuesday. American Fork Band Completes Successful Year 4ttoimi'f -' f- . . The American Fork high school band will complete a very successful season when they play at Parson Onion Day celebration September L The band under the direction of K. J. Bird has appeared in celebrations celebra-tions of the various cities. Pleasant Grove, for Strawberry Day; Provo "July 4th", Nephi "Ute stampede-. Salt Lake City "Covered Wagon Days". Heber City "County Fair", Lehl "Black Hawk" ana Salt Lake City "Brlgham Young Premiere". They have played many concerts in our own City park and at the Training School amphitheatre, July 3. The band played a concert at the Second ward anniversary at Mutual Dell and furnished the day's musical, Poultry Day. It was thru the bands efforts that many of the visiting bands appeared in the parades pa-rades on Poultry Day. , The invitation to play at tha Brlgham Young Premiere was a very special privilege as only four high school bands were chosen for that event. The band was honored in leading the Governor of Utah's section of the parade and played a concert at the Paramount Theatre, the first theatre in which the stars appeared, after which they were guests at the Studio Theatre. During their appearance ap-pearance in Salt Lake many compliments com-pliments on their splendid appearance appear-ance and playing ability were received. re-ceived. o Wedding Plans Are Made Known Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Young Card of Cardston, Alberta. Canada, announce an-nounce the coming marriage of their daughter. Ruth, to Mr. William Wil-liam C. Ashby, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ashby of American Fork, to take place, September the ninth. Miss Card is a graduate nurse of ' the L. D. S. hospital of Salt Lake City wijiere her mother,' ' Pearl Christensen (Card) graduated. For th past year Miss Card has been' at' toe 'Brigham Young' university as school nurse. Mx. Ashby ' recently re-cently filled a mission to France and Switzerland, is a graduate of the Brlgham Younff university In Chemistry and is now working on hla master's degree. They will make their home in American Fork. Monday being Labor Day, American Fork stores, the Peoples Peo-ples State Bank, the public library li-brary and publio offices will bo closed all day. I 1 t f . X V |
