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Show 1 AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1950 NUM SR-28 khipman, Prominent Business STEEL DAY PROGRAM I, Dies Here Wednesday at Age 75 L trine Chipman, 75, V . -irar and hllSl- 'Si adl R. Mitchell W Clinic School; Jration Today xlay teachers work-ducted work-ducted Tuesday and r of this week, was the essful to date, D. R. superintendent of the ool district said today, k-shop opened with a ssion at 10 a. m. on i the Lent high school, uldress during the first j given by Dr. E. Allen state superintendent isitruction. i Carlisle of the Utah hi college school of followed wth an ad- Siiperlntendent Mitch-Tith Mitch-Tith brief remarks. lncheon at the Lehi building, the high pen separated for de li sessions after hear-kd hear-kd address by Dr. Carl- elementary groups ps in their own facul ty morning the high i met at their re- ESfhwil hlltlrMnnc with Huuuuigd nivu ft principals in charge elementary instructors toe Genera school in general and depart- eetings. The group was !ch at the Geneva i continued workshop throughout the after- pin the district start-Ption start-Ption this morning. ness woman, died Wednesday Sept. 6, shortly after noon from circulatory complications following follow-ing a major operation. Mrs. inipman nad been ill for more than eight weeks. Funeral services have been tentatively set for Saturday in the Second ward chapel under the direction of Bishop Stanley D. Roberts. A daughter of Frederick and Eliza Howes Trane, she was born March 5, 1875, in Lehi. She was married Sept. 25, 1893 to William Chipman and has since made her home in American Fork. Mr. Chipman died May 14, 1947. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she was secretary in the first Relief Society in the American Amer-ican Fork Second ward and for many years was a block teacher in the organization. She was a charter " member of the Ladies Literary club and has served as club president. At the time of her death she was club historian. 8he had served as district president presi-dent of Utah First District Federated Fed-erated Women's clubs and had served on state committees. She was also a member of the Lady Lions. Following the death of her hus band she was elected president of Chipman Mercantile company, a position she held to the time of her death. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. J. Tracy (Luna) Wootton, Mrs. William D. (Mel-ba) (Mel-ba) Eldredge, Salt Lake City, and Miss Ora Jean Chipman, American Ameri-can Fork; four grandchildren, Richard T. Wootton, Mrs. Tony (Jean W.) Celio, James Wootton, Salt Lake City, and Wesley Wootton, Woot-ton, serving as a missionary in northern California; 4 greatgrandchildren, great-grandchildren, and two sisters, Mrs. William (Haydee) Thornton, Thorn-ton, and Mrs. Lawrence (Lexle) Briggs, American Fork. Natilda N. Wilde Dies Following Extended Illness Grant Webb Home at Me ervices for Lillian 50, native of Amer ce conducted in the pvy-nrst ward chapel Muns, bishop's coun-Mbbde(LatJier r rn avenue, Salt l Sunday morning of a nter of 'wmia anH Francis Grant, she "American Pork April Jan. 16, 1924, she In the salt Lake ' a- Victor Wohh nf Fhave resided in Salt F once 1926. member of the First -ne was a teacher in 1 "chool. ATrraduate -cucan Fork high e WCk an ofi x A " pari in - uaiics. T. VB her hllcHanl JpWH. Grant; Cal- "K i : a: oaniu?i V "ancis L., and rC11? a11 of Ameri h ;'tTs Grant, Wri' Mrs- "wis brMh7.W0.an Diego, Cal.; ktfwpti Grant, Gov10 half-sisters, tour. .J"00' P1(Jasant Matilda Nelson Wilde, 75, widow of Heber D. Wilde, died Sunday morning at 3 a. m. at the home of Mrs. Myrtle Granthum of a long standing heart ailment. Funeral services will be conducted conduct-ed in the Alpine Stake tabernacle today (Thursday) at 1 p. m. by Bishop F. Rulon Nicholes of the Fifth ward. Friends may call at the home of Mrs. Granthum prior to services. The daughter or Henry ana Ingry Bingstln Nelson, she was born Dec. 4, 1874, in Heber, Wasatch Was-atch county. She was married to Heber Daniel Wilde and they resided in American Fork until his death May 3, 1944, when she went to Yermo, Cal., to live witn her daughter. She had been back in American Fork for the past year. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and belonged to the First ward Relief Society. One son, Curtis E. Wilde, was a casualty in the battle for Iwo Jlma Feb. 22, 1945, and another son. LeGrande Wilde, was tne IvifMrtv nt. . mine accident , in American Fork' canyon"ia-'FeD: 1946. ' Survivors are a son, Mark N. WJWeerkaprkaJaugh- ter, Mrs. Felt A. (Laura) uoiaen, Southgate, Cal., three grandchildren grandchil-dren and one great-grandchild. PRONOUNCED OUTSTANDING SUCCESS I -1 , J ! Bennett Bbsone Win Nod; Peters Gains G. Easton Brown Chalrman-ed Chalrman-ed successful Steel Day shew. American Fork's sixth annual salute to labor and industry went down in the records as an overwhelming over-whelming success both from the standpoint of participation and sheer enjoyment. Hundreds of people witnessed the parades, the ball game, the vaudeville, the flower show, the art exhibit, the kids races and the horseshoe horse-shoe pitching as well as the other events that wentto make the Labor Day holiday an outstand ing celebration. G. Easton Brown was general chairman of the event and he and the hundreds of volunteer workers who assisted him are to be congratulated nd-commend-ed lor the fine show given the Steel Day throng. The parades, the flower show, the art exhibit, the horseshoe pitching, the kids races, the ball game and the vaudeville were all tops for entertainment. Well Attended It is estimated that wen over 10.000 people viewed the. two parades on Steel Day which featured a morning and early evening parade. Pulleys won the first prize award in the commercial float division with Star Flour finishing finish-ing second and the Timpanogos Motor company placing third. A far greater number of floats were entered in this division than last year. For the fifth straight year the Junior Chamber of Commerce won first place in the civic-clubs entries with the Lions club win nlng second and the Rotarians third. . ' Church Floats ' The Seventh ward walked off with first place honors in the church division with the First ward winning second and the Fifth ward copping -third place. Stanford DahL Jaycee official, was chairman in charge of the parade and was very successful in arranging for a number of outstanding out-standing floats and other attractions attrac-tions that made both parades events to be long remembered. Queen Royal The queen's float was beautifully beauti-fully done In pink satin, the work and design of Mrs. Bert (Mabel) Adamson who has designed many prize winning floats for all the Steel Day and Poultry day parades. pa-rades. Steel Day Queen Joyce Shelton and attendants, Colleen Moss and Cleo Wagstaff, were a pageant of beauty on their especially appointed float. LeRoy Griffin, Jr. was the winner win-ner of the 1950 Ford sedan at the vaudeville show. The former high school basketball star is now an employee In the accounting account-ing division at Geneva Steel plant. Art Exhibit "Largestrsnd best ever held in the city was the comment made on the art exhibit by the American Ameri-can Fork Associated Artists for Steel Day. All pictures shown by American Fork artists were on exhibit for the first time. Twenty-five pictures painted by Ogden artists were brought to the show by Walton E. Foulger, a former Ogden resident, -and a member of the local association. Other outside artists who sent pictures were Glen H. Turner, Springvllle; B. F. Lar.son, Bessie Gurley, Provo; Roseanti cornel ius Salisbury, Michael Cannon, Salt Lake City; Keith Eddlngton, Lehi, and Joan Adams, Los Angeles. Flower Show With over 500 entries in what was the largest and one of the best flower shows ever staged in American Fork, the Steel Day flower show was a pronounced success. Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Paxman, cochairmen, and their assistants are to be congratulated con-gratulated on the success of the enterprise. UIL PLAY-OFF GAME SLATED FRIDAY AT BALL PARK American Fork will be host Friday night to the winner of the Wednesday night game between Helper and Provo to determine the second half winner in the Industrial league. The Friday night contest will be the first play-off game between the first half winners and the second half winners to determine which team is master of the semi-pros. The second half ended in a three- way tie between Helper, Provo and Brigham City. Helper eliminated the Peaches Sunday Sun-day afternoon on the Timp diamond. The second game of the-league the-league playoff will be Sunday it either Provo or Helper and the third game will come to American Fork next Wednesday Wednes-day night. American Fork is favored to win the first game of the playoff play-off since they will have Al "Nig" Tate ready to take the mound and all the club's hitters hit-ters seem to have hit their stride after a mid-season slump. Paul Jones, an infielder, and Dick Taylor, an outfielder, outfield-er, have been recalled for the big series games. Both players play-ers performed with Payson in the CUL during the last half drive. Wayne Grazier, hurler with Spanish Fork in the same league, rejoined the local club last week and performed Monday Mon-day in the Steel Day game. Nomination 4 Annual Timp Ride Slated For Saturday & Sunday Chipman's Furniture Department Gets New Manager; Changes Slated Soon Leland Priday and Howard Gordon, two well-known men in furniture and business circles of Utah county, have joined Chip-man's Chip-man's staff to take charge of the furniture department. Leo Meredith, Mere-dith, general manager of the company, made the announcement announce-ment last Friday. Both Mr. Priday and Mr. "Gordon "Gor-don are former residents of American Fork and have been in the employ of a large furniture concern in Provo, before joining Chipman's staff. With the two new men in charee. Chipman's are anticipat ing ::xriidrsmAM. furniture and lurnismngs ana an entirely new purchasing policy for the department. "With these that Utah valley home owners might have," Mr. Meredith said. The two men join in inviting all their friends to come in and say "hello" at their new place of employment. An advertisement announcing a department-wide clearance sale appears elsewhere in this edition.- WITH THE SERVICEMEN Grant S. Evans, husband of Edith Phillips Evans and son of Mr. and Mrs. LaMar S. Evans, is leaving this week for Treasure Island inSan FranciscoBay,Jor se"rvrce'ih" "'the'' Urrite-" States Navy. Mr. Evans, who is a petty of- . . t .p, . .. J .. I . ... , of the department we will be able years during World War n, two to accomplish any home decorat- of tnem Demg comuat QUiy in ing or home furnishing problem' the Pacific theater. The annual Timpanogos ride will be staged Saturday and Sunday, Sun-day, Sept. 9 and 10, Glen Chad-wick, Chad-wick, president of the riding club announced this week. All riders are invited to participate in the outing, Mr. Chadwlck said. The Timp ride is sponsored each year by the American Fork Riding club and the riders camp out Saturday night and return Sunday after ascending lofty Mt. Timpanogos. Mr. Chadwlck has issued a call to all riders who intend in-tend to make the ride to meet at his residence at 240 North 2nd East street Friday night at 8 p. m. to arrange for transportation and pick a rendezvous for the Saturday night camp. A very entertaining campflre program has been arranged for Saturday, Mr. Chadwlck said, and among other things riders can laugh again at the fun they had preparing for the Steel Day parade. Wallace H. Bennett picked by GOP to oppose Sen. Thomas In' November. From unofficial primary election returns, Utah Republi cans picked Wallace F. Bennett, Utah manufacturer, to race Sen, Elbert D. Thomas In the November Novem-ber election tor the Utah senatorial sena-torial seat. Incumbent Reva Beck Bosone was overwhelmingly selected by the Democrats to make the race for representative a second time She will be opposed by Ivle Bak er Priest, Bountiful Republican, who had no opposition In the primary election. In the GOP race, Stanley Pet ers received 283 votes In the four local precincts while his oppon ent, R. Ward Webb, Lehi, received 81 votes. In the county tabula tion with 105 precincts reporting out of 109, Mr. Peters received a total of 2286 votes to 2213 for Mr. Webb. In - the Utah -jcounty races, Democrats chose . Burton : H. Adams to make the four-year commissioner race again. Royal J. Murdock was chosen to make tne two-year commission race Incumbent Theron S. Hall de feated challenger Henry M. Weight for the sheriff nomina tion and Mark Albert Reynolds was selected to make the county clerk race for the Bourbons. Lorln B. Creer was the winner for the assessor nomination and incumbent Thelma Vest defeated Ivan Monson for the recorder's nod in a close race. Claud E. Eggertsen was nominated lor county auditor. Enlists for Service Thcmas Chadwlck,- son of Mrs. Alfred Chadwlck, and Don Neal, son of Mrs. Fannie Neal, have enlisted en-listed "in the r-coTpsarid-teft Sept. 1, for San Antonio, Tex,, where they will take their basic training. . Richard Devey Returns From Summer School At Denver University In the Republican camp Vert G. Dixon defeated Incumbent Reed J. Knudsen for the GOP nomination for two-year commission com-mission post and Albert C. Hal- laday appeared to be the winner win-ner in the sheriff's race. Warren War-ren P. Kirk received the nod for the county clerk nomination and Incumbent Mildred Evans Ream was an easy victor for the recorder's re-corder's bid. Hugo Price was the winner for the county surveyor's sur-veyor's nomination. The American Fork precincts gave Bennett 296 votes to 69 for Rue L. Clegg. Rep. Bosone was an overwhelming over-whelming favorite locally, poling 306 votes to 21 for her opponent. The Republicans poled 365 votes In the primary while the ticket-leaders-in the Bourbon race poled a total of 327 votes in the local races. Grant Thorn, Springvllle, led the field of Republicans for the senatorial nomination while the other state' senate bid will go to Luke Clegg who ran second in a field of four. (179 districts of 952) REPUBLICANS U. S. Senate: Wallace F. Bennett 38,120 Rue L. Cleggi 8701 Supreme Court Justice: David T. Lewis .... 17J85 Joseph E. Nelson .... ........... 25311 DEMOCRATS U. S. Congress: Reva Beck Bosone ,....,.... 21,773 Charles R. Pedersen ........ 2,600 Supreme Court Justice: J. Allan Crockett .... 24,491 Albert H. Ellett .... 16,647 Leland R. Mitchell Dies Suddenly; Was City Employee Richard Devey, 225 No. 3rd West, returned last week ,from summer school at the University" of Denver where he took special courses in speech radio, and dramatics., dra-matics., , He Is a 1950 J graduate of I American ,Fork High school j where he was editor of The Forkaster during his senior year. ltiA I He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Devey. schcol students from all parts of the country who were awarded hnoi"holarshlps to-participate In the special program at the large Colorado school this summer. sum-mer. .. Leland R. Mitchell, 56, life long-resident long-resident of American Fork, died at his home Monday morning at 3 a. m. of a cerebral hemmorh-age. hemmorh-age. He was 111 only a few minutes. min-utes. Funeral, services will be held Friday at 2 p. m. in the Third ward chapel under the di rection of Bishop David E. Wag- staff. A son of Richard and Ingar Hansen Mitchell, he was born in American Fork March 25, 1894. In 1917 he was married In the Salt Lake LDS temple to Oma Hansen, Logan. He received his education in the American Fork schools and at the USAC from which he graduated. He taught In the American Fork high school for some. time and has since follow ed the occupations of farmer and carpenter. He was a past member mem-ber of the American Fork Lions club and at the time of his death was city building inspector. He had served in his ward as superintendent sup-erintendent of the YMMIA and as a teacher in the same organization. organ-ization. Surviving are his widow, six children, Mrs. Dean (Thersa) Smith, Mrs. E. Forrest (Dot) Cul-limore, Cul-limore, Leland and Marriner Mitchell, Mrs. Junior (Pauline) Storrs, and Mrs. Dale C. (Anna Mae) Miller, all of American Fork; six grandchildren, and two bwthers,..LeRny,-.Mltchell..t5alt.:... Lake City, and Francis Mitchell, American Fork. - Friends mar tall atthe" family home, 296 North 2nd West, Thursday evening and Friday morning prior to the services. THESE WERE THE WINNERS IN STEEL DAY CENTENNIAL PARADE 'Av-'i&' i- w.ti 1 . - . ;f '.Mir MtMMWHeMMeSBNMweMKWMtte - Inn Job rll" Pulley: jShnTvee and Andrea Pulley . .oi mvuirm John W. Pulley & Sons. Winner in the Church Division. AmericarT Fork Second ward. LaRene Cleghorn, Barbara Wagstaff and Elaine Greenwood,. Winner in the Civic clubs Commerce. , Phyllis Larson, Connie Chipman and Marsha Gordon, division. Junior Chamber of Linda Kelly. Trudy Anderson, |
