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Show ..n!J- IK IXXXV AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, THURSDAY, APRIL $2, 1948 NUMBER 8 lew. of American Fork High School )stufeParadrWihhefs'at Provo City Clean-up Drive School District to Drop Reaches Final 1 Stages Today and Friday Health Program In Vogue Here ForiYears :.. ' v.- 3m . 4 i. P; Honors Won By lerican Fork ' B. Y. U. Invitational Meet lean Fork high school L triple A rating to win a ,ce In the Senior girls ihool posture parade at igham Young - university Jonal track and field meet iy afternoon. Murray Iris also, won a triple A lisor an Valley high won a !A, and Lehl followed with an A rating, by flag bearers from the ity, the posture teams en-he en-he stadium track arid be-leir be-leir march which took nto the football field. At :jint they were reviewed ted by the Judges. . ausic from the Payson hool band the girls march-h march-h precision, displaying nt marching technique. L teams from Uintah high .1, American Fork, Grace, f Jordan, Murray, Wasatch, V Fork, Lehl, Gunnison icoln. big was done by Miss Schofleld, Provo city rec al director; Henry Ben I 6. navy; Sgt. Eugene U. "S. marines; David inach, U.,8. army, and t Welland, Utah national ig the track and field which followed the parade asburg caught the atten f the spectators as she the "75 yard dash in 92 . Close on he heels was Gardner who won second I Last jear in the . same .their positions were re 1 ' '" ae baseball throw 11a took place, being outdistanced Peterson, South Summit, ne Gardner, Vernal. can Fork ranked third in relay which was run by Healey, Jane Milhauf, Bunker, Joan' Carlisle, a Devey. Nautalia Eskel lara Mae Chadwick. .and erce. Two Am. Fork Men In Logan Plane Crash t Ofiboters- tifle Meet e Roseman. Highland. pn second place ; In the id Saturday, promises to une oi ine cracK snoot-era state, officials of the reported. He made 182 against. 184 for Gordon Junior winner. Young in is only 16. ie Senior teams American ton-third place with 879 Provo Legion Post 13 won 1th 909 points and Lehl .with 884 points. Members tocal team1 were George in, .' Wayne Roseman, Uomlnger, Harold Hansen trl Andreason. . , , ie election Reed Jones, J was elected president, ?rlce, Lew; vice president, m Peterson Provo, secre-iasurer. secre-iasurer. The local club Jet-April 26"to hold Its I and make plans for tip season. Warren Miller, 19, American Fork, and Alfred Meredith, 23, Orem, narrowly escaped death when their plane piloted by Meredith crashed 500 feet short of the Hillcrest Airport runway at Logan at 10 o'clock Saturday morning while coming in for a landingvtvThey were on a cross country flight and left the Provo airport earlier that morning. Miller crawled from the wreckage wreck-age dazed and with the one thought to get away before the gas tanks exploded. ' Meredith stumbled forward, but fell to the ground with a leg injury. Miller helped his brother-in-law to a saf e distance , According to reports the light all-metal Luscomb planeliost flying speed and then plunged to the ground from an altitude of 60 feet. The machine was owned by the Central Utah AviationjCo., Provo. The plane struck on its left landing wheel and wing, flipped over and landed upside down, badly damaged. ' The . injured men were taken to the Cache Valley General Hos pital suffering from severe shock, head and arm lacerations Meredith Mere-dith also sustained an injured nose and leg and Miller rib in Juries. James Miller, father of Warren, War-ren, drove to Logan Saturday, remained over night and brought his son and son-in-law back to American Fork Sunday "evening. Seasoned Chorus Coming Here FrldaESii The Mendelssohn Male Chorus, Provo, which is being brought to American Fork tomorrow night (April 23) by the LaTona and Scharmeer music clubs, has pro vided musical entertainment over a long period of time. First organized in 1912 with Earl J. Glade, now mayor of Salt Lake City, as manager, and Pro fessor C. R. Johnson, then of the BYU faculty, as director, the group has acquired an enviable reputation. Elvis R. Terry be came the director in 1938 and since that time the chorus has appeared over national broadcasts. broad-casts. In the Salt Lake tabernacle with the Associated Male chorus es of Utah with such celebrities as Richard Crook, Olgli, and Miss Lily Pons.';'ifv1' '' '':':' For over 20 years they, have been singing for the love of sing ing, ana navejieveiopea a splen did repertrolre which has been heard throughout the state.. The group will officially represent Utah at the Biennial music fes tival to be held In DallasrTex., early in 1949. .- - Tickets may be purchased at the door. . ' : i American Fork the City With The New Look! With this slogan before the townspeople great strides have been taken in the annual clean-up campaign, but there yet remains plenty, to be done. The campaign opened Monday and is continuing through Friday. With Eddie Smith as general chairman of the committee, ward captains have been named and these In turn have selected their block captains. The block leaders are charged with the re sponsiblllty of seeing that every family is notified and expected to clean up their premises. T The Jaycees are heading the clean-up drive this year backed by the city fathers represented by Councilman Jared Keller. Ward captains are First, Glen B. Greenwood; Second, John Var-ney, Var-ney, Third, Eldon Miller; Fourth, Blaine Clements; Fifth, David Ourrant; Sixth, Melvin W. Grant; Seventh, SI Bell Friday morning" bright ' and early trucks and crews will be scattered throughout the city to haul away piles of debris raked f rom In front of the premises and along the streets. Chairman Smith comes forth with these timely reminders: The business houses are urged to clean-up . front and back premises." (Eddie says he hasn't checked but It's been reported that some windows still bear the marks of Hallowe'en "artists"). Widows and aged will receive assistance from Boy Scouts - in cleaning their lots if Scoutmasters Scoutmas-ters are contacted. Don't expect the city to haul away tin can and ash accumulation accumula-tion from back lots, but do get these cleaned up - and - hauled away to the city garbage dump grounds. Dell Schedules Announced For Summer Months Plans are already in motion for the annual three day outings at Mutual Dell, summer MIA. camp in American Fork canyon, for the nine wards of Alpine stake. The Dell, owned conjointly by the Alpine, Lehl and Timpanogos stakes, this year will be opened by the. Alpine stake wards beginning be-ginning June 10th. The Alpine stake outings will - extend through July 10th. Hampered by the snow depth the MIA officers are unable to complete the extensive program of improvement which was begun be-gun lasJUyear. Sheet rock to line the Dell has been procured, the cabins are to be painted before be-fore the camp is opened, and a bulldozer will be taken up to level the grounds. The schedule of ward dates follows: -Second, June TO, II fand' 12; Third, June 14, 15 and 16; Fourth, June 17, 18 and 19; Fifth, June 21, 22 and 23; Sixth, June 24, 25 and 26, Seventh, June 28, 29 and 30r Alpine July 1, 2 and 3; High land, July 5, 6 and ?; First, July 8, 9 and 10. The-qtiotar-of-ft little better than $1800- assessed thl? stake; on the two-year Dell improvement precriiaia6letT)eenlinet; ynree or the nine wards, Seventh, Alpine and Highland have gone over the' top with their full quo ta; of the seven wards, two have not reported and the other five have turned In a good portion of the assessment. Attention was called to the eagerness of the Sixth ward Bee Hive Gatherers swarm to be of assistance. . At the recent stake dance these girls made and sold candy and popcorn, netting them a profit of $7.00. Of this amount $5.00 was turned to the Dell fund from their ward. ATTENTION! H. R GRADUATES OF '46 CLASS! Plans for a reunion of the members of the graduating class of 1946 is underway says Morris Smith, now at the USAC, who was the president of that year's class. A banquet will be held at 6 p. m, at the Alpine Grin after which all will come to the tabernacle tab-ernacle at 7:30 p. m. and attend the annual commencement exercises exer-cises in a group. The banquet price, Mr. Smith announces, Is $1.23 per plate and the members Model Home Now Under Construction Here With a view Jot i encouraging the building of homes and that individuals anticipating building may be able to watch the steps of construction a house Is being built at 116- West- 3rd North street In this city.' ' The project has been pushed by the chamber of commerce and service clubs in toe hope of in terestlng private Individuals in financing the construction of houses here, one of the para mount needs of our rapidly grow ing community. 5 The L. & L. Construction com pany (Larry C. Lassen and Nor man O. Larison) is building the home, a two-bedroom structure of rambler plan, built-according to FHA specifications. The cost Is being kept, as low as possible and the work being done as rap- Idly as possible and yet be kept consistent with good, building. The building began on April 1st and should be completed by June 15. None but good materials mater-ials are being used. .The foundation founda-tion ls4n, also tht ubflooring and the brick work Is pretty well along. Wasatch pink brick is being usetL-gLiU... , - - Prospective buyers have already approached the .construction company which states that the home probably will be sold before the building is too, far along to permit changes to conform with personal tastes. The lot Is 65 feet wide by 100 feet deep with curb and gutter already In and htrd. .. surface street to front.; Mr Lassen pointed out this lot was chosen as one of a number of . others throughout the community that can be made available with the aforesaid Improvements already paid for. v The plans call for no basement, utility room on the ground floor. garage attached by a breezeway, a flagstone bay window, in the dining space and other pleasing features. ; S. F. Grant is in charge of plumbing Installations; Frank Upright has the electrical ' in stallation in charge; Dave Rob erts is' the brick mason and Gunthers will install ' the f urn ace. . ' People interested in building are urged to visit the site and watch the progress of construc tion. , .. It is expected this is, the first of a number of such dwellings to be built her before long. High School Representative Students Named Geraldlne Penrod, daughter of Mr. and MrsTLeGi'ahde Penrod, and Richard Cook, sop of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Cook, will deliver the addresserTepresenllnighe'grad: uatlng da ot-- the-; American Fork hleh school for 1948. Com mencemeht exerclses wlll be held May 24, Principal Jesse M, Walker has announced. . f, - The eleven seniors with the highest scholastic standing were chosen by the faculty and from them the representative boy and girl were chosen by the class. Miss Penrod has been active in music and dramatics and this year has been program chairman of the student body. Richard has been one of the leading debaters, de-baters, has taken part In dra matics, and has been on the tennis and Softball teams. Terminating Termites Annual damage from termites In the United States !i estimated to exceed 50 million dollars, yet the in stallation of a permanent termite control system should not be more than 3 per cent of the "cost v of house. In sections of the South; more than 90 per cent of houses show termite infeiUUon. may Invite partners if desired. Reservations may oe made with Oladvs O. Williamson. 172 East Main street, or by mall to Box 286, American Fork... ; . -r. ILA STRASBURG ' 75 Yard Sprint Winner Final Respects Paid Samuel Barratt Funeral services for Samuel Barratt, 76, were conducted in the Third ward chapel Monday at one o'clock under the direction direc-tion of Bishop Walter B. Devey Mr. Barratt, a life long residence of American Fork, died at his home Friday at 7 a. m. of carcinoma. The invocation was offered by Earl Carlisle after which Mrs, Delbert Chlpman sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere", Warren F. Anderson spoke of the close friendship between himself and the family, develop ed through their fathers, men tioned the fine upright character of the deceased whose many good works were not known. Patriarch Joseph H. Storrs related lncl dents in the pioneer life -of the family and discussed the hope of life hereafter. Between speakers Paul Barratt, a nephew, who played the organ prelude and postlude, played as a violin solo "The End of a Per fect Day." Ray Shelley Yang "Face to Face" as a closing number and Mrs. Owen O. Hum phrles was accompanist. . The benediction was pronounc ed by Leonard S. Harrington and Wayne Chadwick offered the dedicatory prayer. Pallbearers were . William, Don, Jteed and Mark Barratt, Milton Shelley, and Mercer Christensen. -He was born Feb. 12, 1872, in American Fork, the son of Tho mas and Ellen - Julian - Barrttt, early pioneers of the community, He attended the American Fork schools and as a- young man worked in the Tintlc mining dls trict where in an explosion he lost an eye and a hand. For many years fie has been a fanner and poultry producer, being one of the' first members of the Utah Poultry Cooperative. Surviving are a sister and two brothers, Mrs. William H. (Ellen) Gardner, Heber Barratt, American Ameri-can Fork; Edwin Barratt, Salt Lake City.; and a foster brother and sister, James H. Barratt, American Fork, and Mrs. Karl M. (Nell) Christensen, Long Beach, Cat. City Cancer Drive Now Underway f wm you "invest "to ' save" "lives from- caneer? - Thlff wut "be the question put to the American! Fork public from now until the end of April by J. Ralph Seibel, chairman of the local cancer drive, and his committeemen. According to statistics in the United States a person dies from cancer every three minutes, Funds collected are . used for early detection of the disease which means probable cure, for research for cause and cures, and for treatment of those who are not able to take care of them selves. Contributions are being asked from the school children, . from the business houses, the service clubs and the Parent-Teachers association. Containers for Individual In-dividual contributions have been placed in the business houses and citizens are asked to be generous. The wlndup of the. drive will be a big dance in the Utahna ballroom, Provo, April 30 to which everyone in the county Is In? vited. The dance is being sponsored spon-sored by the 8quaw Peak chapter of the Footprlnters association. Heading the general committee with Mr, Seibel are Warren F. Anderson, Ronald Bate, Ray C. Nelson. Alvln Teuscher, and Mrs. Tnaonh R MllllllW teho is Work ing for the PTA. . Ti fm- Dynamiter Found Near Fire At Public Dump Six sticks of high powered blasting powder, lying along side a burning rubble heap at the city dump Thursday morning, caused considerable excitement when discovered by Carl Shipley, who had gone to the dump early that morning. . . , Carl immediately rushed to town notified Roy Hampshire, the first person1 he contacted, who in turn .summoned Police Chief J. J. Mercer by telephone. Officer Mercer, an experienced miner used to handling explosives, explo-sives, carefully gathered the, now well heated sticks of dynamite up,- rolled them In a sack and disposed of them in Spring Creek, he reported. r-ju .... A later checkup revealed' the facts that early Tuesday morning the powder was found In the rear of the Grant Hotel apartments, apart-ments, west Main, along with garbage, by city employees. These employees took it to the dump and placed it near the flrer figuring fig-uring it would soon burn up. However, Officer Mercer, stated there was considerable thoughtlessness thought-lessness on the part of the person leaving the powder with the garbage at the apartment and again with the city employees who left it at the dump. In either case children could have picked it up and any number could have become maimed or killed outright out-right had it exploded. Any kind of severe jar could have exploded explod-ed one stick.-which in turn would have set off the other sticks, it was declared. - Real Estate Office And Flower Shop Open -Saturday-- Two AmericanJEork firms are holding open house Saturday and officially entering business - in the former Orem railroad station building at 65 West Main street. The Home Town Real - Estate Company, - formerly - located on south Center street, occupies the west half of the Imllding and Fiowerland, a new flower shop, is to be operated by Dee Hunter in the east half of the building, with two separate entrances and the interior of the structure has been completely made over. Two spacious rooms have ' resulted, giving ample room for each concern. con-cern. The Real Estate firm boasts five separate desk positions along the. west wall and ample room for the office and public. The floral establishment , has installed refrigerator box, show room and work shop with -table space, etc., making for a beautiful beau-tiful flower store. Mr; Hunter will operate the shop alone, for the present. -The "Hotptdwri -Rear -Estate finn-4-mand--by-by-Louia--0. Johnson.: manager; Wilbur - R. Harding; sales manager; Warren War-ren J. Campbell, Allen Dixon and Lester J. McNabb, salesmen, and Miss Nina Nielsen, stenographer. New Assistant Recreation ; Director Needed Applications will be received for the position of part-time director di-rector of the girls and women's activities of the city recreation program. Applicant must be qualified to teach creative dancing, danc-ing, swimming, tennis, women's sofrball. She should also, if necessary, be capable of handling some of the handicraft work. . uoniaci eiiner iweivm js. uunx- ley chairman of the recreation committee, or Mayor David L. Greenwood. The regular meet ing of the committee will be held next Monday at 6 p. m. in the city hall to further plans for the opening ox tne year-arouna pro- Students of the Alpine school district will not be privileged to enjoy the health program In the future as has been conducted In past, years, .Leo Hansen, assistant assist-ant superintendent of the Alpine district stated at a meeting of the Alpine ' P-TA council last Wednesday. The board of edu- -cation has financed physical and dental examinations of students of the fourth, seventh and tenth, grades, and this program r has come under some criticism as not being enUrely in keeping with the policies of the state board. . . During the past year this health program has cost the dis trict around $1800. In view of the criticism directed against this district, the school board has made no provision to ; finance such an extensive program next year. . , ... s- . However the board of education educa-tion will assist in the formation of health councils to. : cooperate with the Utah state board of . health and the county medical association In formulating health programs In the various com munlties. The heatih councils will be a cross section of community organizations, or-ganizations, women's clubs, service serv-ice clubs and the citizenry 4 at large, and when completely set-up set-up an educational specialist win meet with the group to render all help possible. Incorporated In the council's function will be surveys of health needs in the community, fire hazards, safety hazards, sewer possibilities and health problems in the schools. It is the aim to outline a program pro-gram whereby patrons will pay" for the physical examinations of the students at a reasonable ' fate., , . Officers to head the Alpine Council of Parents and Teachers were named at the meeting : of principals and PTA officers held In .the Alpine district school Offices. ;. ;v.;.:-: - Mrs. W, G. Yergensen of Orem was selected president' for the two-year term and named to act , with Mrs. Yergensen were Mrs. Austin Moyle of Pleasant Grove, vice president; and S MrSiHArza-Adams, MrSiHArza-Adams, Manila, treasurer. ;s - The president and executive officers will select a secretary and committee heads later. - A report on the adult education educa-tion program conducted throughout through-out the district was given by Leo Hansen, assistant superintendent of the district. In all 50 classes were given, 40 of which were sponsored by local PTA. units and 10 by the agriculture department. A comolete new modern front has been erected in the building The -program was handled under the supervision , of Mr. Hansen and Mrs. Harold S. Walker of Pleasant Grove at a cost to the school district and the Utah state department of education of $2500. Jaycees Install NpcOfficers At Banquet Annual Inaugural banquet-for-offlcersxof the Junior Chamber of Commerce was held in . -the Third ward recreation hall Thursday, April IS. Al Hart, Kaysvllle, national committeeman committee-man who is running for state , president, was the afterdlnner ' speaker. He discussed the aims and Ideals of Junior Chamber work and the good a young man receives from affiliation, with the group. William H. Wright acted as master of ceremonies. Edward W. Smith lead in the pledge of allegiance, a trio composed of Mrs. Ray C. Nelson, Mrs. R. O. Gardner and Mrs. Welby W. Ricks, sang several numbers, and -the inaugural exercises were conducted con-ducted by Larry C. Lassen, retiring re-tiring president. Jaycee; Wives were guests. , ,., - G. Easton Brown was Installed as president,' Stanford Dahl as vice president: r. Mr, 8mlth as secretary; Richard . E. Hunter, treasurer; Ray Howes buck private,1 pri-vate,1 Douglas Nash, Wayne R.' McTague, Glen n. Gordon,' J. Ralph Blnnall, Glen C. Barratt, and James Damlco, directors. Mr. Lassen automatically becomes a state director. - |