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Show vol. XLvnr. AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1951 NUMBER 23 Public Institutions and .Persons v (!an be Investigated by" Jury; y L Panel During taming Flve Months ' Legal machinery was put Into vi a.uuut gruiiu jury institutions and problems that Judge William Stanley Dunford. who has been making a study of material presented to him for almost three months, called the jhc ui mc county to mi cnam-bers cnam-bers Wednesday at 11 a m. to make the announcement. In the course of questioning, Judge Dunford was asked: "Is 'this grand jury being -called especially ( with the American Fork Training School In mind?" I To this question he replied emphatically; em-phatically; "It is not being called call-ed specifically because of the American Fork Training School, .but to Investigate any problem which might be laid before the grand jury where the people of the county are concerned." - It Is a well-known fact in North Utah County, that a group of people have been agitating for an investigation of the Training Train-ing School for a kmrtev Judge Dunford however explained ex-plained to the press that the grand jury Is being called to investigate in-vestigate any public problems presented either by the court or individuals who wish to present testimony having to do with the public welL The grand jury is then duty-bound to Investigate the testimony and charges. Such general authority is given to the Jury by state statute. The statute provides special duties which the grand Jury must -discharge, one of them being to Inquire Into any person in jails of the county who has not been Indited or Informed against The grand jury must also Inquire Into In-to management and conditions of public prisons la. the county. It Is the statutory duty of a grand Jury 1 to see how - public jails are operated, and make suggestions sug-gestions for Improvements, and ' ven rebuilding or enlarging of the structures, among other duties. - v.... ' ! Judge Dunford stated that the -grand Jury may request counsel from the district attorney and the county attorney., The attorney at-torney general, at the request of the grand Jury may also appoint Eliza G. Jackson Pioneer In Delta, Utah, Project Although Mrs.' Eliza Jane Grant Jackson was the daughter of an American Fork Pioneer, later In her life she had the opportunity op-portunity of pioneering a section of Utah that was just as bare and desolate as any section the early settlers tilled and husbanded. hus-banded. When Eliza had been widowed "lor about 20 years she journeyed r ' t ", Eliza O. Jackson . to the then "frontier" settlement of Delta, Millard County, a dls- trlctthat had a land boom when Irrigation projects were completed com-pleted shortly after the turn of the century. In the Delta region she cooked for laborers and others oth-ers who were working on a project proj-ect owned by the Walker Brothers Broth-ers Bank of Bait Lake City. - While In Delta Eliza took up a ' homestead of 80 acres and, until Tlve years ago, when she sold her farm, had lived In Delta. She now lives In Pleasant Grove with a granddaughter. Mrs. Wllma West.-'.. ' Since she was widowed March 18, 1892, Mrs. Jackson made her Tovin living ty cooking; for wed effect yesterday for the calling 10 investigate any ana an puouc might come before it, judges of a special investigator and special examiner. - ; '-v'"''-' '' v ! It will also be empowered to inquire Into wilful and currupt misconduct of any elected or appointive ap-pointive officers of the- county, and will have free access to pri sons and records: -The court has the right to present questions to the jury, and charges brought to the court. - , : : I The grand Jury will be drawn from a jury list "prepared last January. .. The. Jury, panel must be bonified : residents of ... the county, certified voters and tax payers.' . .:." The clerk of ' the court will draw 15 name from thcpanel and in turn notify the county attorney . and treasurer of . the time and the place when the drawing of seven men, who shall constitute the Jury, ;, will take place. Five members .will constitute con-stitute a quorum. -4. , Members of the grand jury will receive $8 per diem plus traveling travel-ing expenses, and must be in session whenever there is bus! ness at hand. The grand jury automatically v dissolves : at the end of the calendar year. Judge Dunford said. .. u ,. The last grand Jury that has been called In Utah county was impanneled approximately ? 25 years ago. i ---- Dr. GabrieLjYlschl, luperin tendent of the American Fork Training School, stated that he would "welcome an investigation of the training school should the grand Jury, when impaneled, so desire." - Dr. Vlschi stated that since he has been at the school he has not seen anything that openly infringes on the liberty of any employe or patient. , "I- know of no detrimental fact against any employe or patient,' he said. dings, parties and doing general housework, until she moved to Delta and took up her farm. Although Al-though she had farmers to care for the heavy crops, she raised chickens, bogs, and a few sheep. The principal crop on her farm was alfalfa seed. Eliza was born in American Fork Aug. 3, 1869, a daughter of William and Harriet- Foster Grant, early American Fork pioneers. pio-neers. Her father was the owner of Grants Emporium, one of Utah's pioneer music, china, art and furniture stores. "I remember as a girl that when T had doxts my house work I went Into the store to wait on customers. Freighters from all over southern Utah, used to come in and buy things to take wnn them In their big covered freight wagons that were drawn by yokes of oxen or spans of horses. They would buy organs, pianos, dishes, evervthlni In the store. They came from as far south as St. George and Moab on the southeast," she recalled. On May 4, 1837, she was married mar-ried to a childhood friend, Thomas Tho-mas Jackson, of American Fork. They were married in her father's fath-er's home by Bishop William Bromley. The young couple then moved to Mammoth where Mr. Jackson taught school. Early In inarch of 1892 hef husband contracted con-tracted pneumonia, . and on March 16, he died of the disease, leaving her with a nine-months-old daughter. . -n. : It was then that Eliza started to make her own living in the world by "cooking and doing housework. One of the biggest gatherings she ever recalls cooking lor was when her father-celebrated his 75th anniversary, and the birthday birth-day anniversary ol her danchter Ellen, on Christmas Day, There were 300 guests at the affair. , Mrs Jackson is still in "pretty good health." &o reads and Gram). BEST FISHIN' in the city recreation factory. Most Don Overly, were co-chairmen Kids Have Big Fish Outing at Green Pasture; Trizesj Refreshments Given Scene of 4he American Fork recreation department "fish outing" out-ing" was "Green's Pasture" when Gabriel Don Overly blew his trumpet for a "heavenly f ishfry" and had it answered by 145 teenagers and smallfry. That was Saturday morning at 9 a. m., and by the time 1 p. m. rolled around, there was a group of happy boys and girls and, plenty of fish and prizes. Fishing was done in the Mar ion Green . pasture - below the sugar factory. And good news, kids. Mr, Green r has posted spring Creek in tOs pasture to De used officially only by the kids. Prize winners Include: , First fish caught, Jimmy Peters, Pet-ers, who received a fishing reel from Ron's Hardware;, longest fish, Lynn Healey, 18 ft Inch trout, who received fish scales from ' Western Stores; largest fish. David E. little, 1 lb. 4 c. fishing knife from Chlpman's; most fish. Earl Harris, 11, fishing fish-ing line from Oreenwood Motor e weir:. Over More Than Enough Certified Electors Sign Petition; $250 "Average Cost "T" ; More than a sufficient number of certified electors of American Ameri-can Fork signed the petition which will make a referendum on the proposed sewer project possible In the near future, Mayor Wlllard R. Cleghorn said Wednesday. . County Clerk Warren Kirk recently completed certification of the list of signatures submlt- ted, and only "a few" were turned turn-ed down for one cause or anoth- eT" 'It lS -pQyTfjB.aVMl-u- -Clifford E. Young Jr, president presi-dent of the Chamber of Commerce, Com-merce, led out in securing the signatures that will make possible pos-sible the referendum vote, which will probably take place before October L---..--.--.;.' : , In the meantime, a publicity pamphlet, which will include the sewer ordinance, will be published publish-ed and distributed to every home In American Fork. . Following this a notice of elec- crochets without - the f use of glasses. Her needlework.ls excellently ex-cellently executed and she en-Joys en-Joys doing pieces for her relatives rela-tives and friends. Mrs. Jackson is the mother of two daughters, Mrs. Ellen J. Hebertson, Pleasant Orove, and Florence J. Peterson, who died leaving a family of four children. She has nine grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.. ' "While it was sometimes hard, and an uphill business running a farm , without a husband, I still enjoyed working in the open and tending my farm, chickens and what little livestock I owned," own-ed," she concluded. Y cjiry I' EVER Here is part of a group Of 146 youne fishermen who aneled for nrlzea "fish outing" last Saturday ;ln Green's pasture below the old sugar , of the parucipants caught enough ; lor a "flshfrnf' Mrs. Ora Chinman and of the affair. Service; - youngest participant, Larry Roberts, four years old, pound chocolate bar from O. P. Skaggs; youngest to catch fish, Brent Whiting, 4, pair of fish scales' from Humphries Auto Supply. - Robinson's Sporting Goods furnished pop and tionuts during dur-ing the noon hour for each fisherman. fish-erman. - Baseball - The junior all-stars defeated the old graduates 4-3 last Sat urday la an T expertly-played game. Both teams . made . five hits, but th Juniors played pet. feet ball while the grads made three errors. . , i Last week's results In. Junior baseball saw - Southwest defeat Northeast 10-4 and ; Southwest again took the measure of North west by a track meet score of Finals for the first half in Junior baseball: ? . , . - ; ; W L Southwest --I 5 1 Southeast 4 2 Northwest ,...;,.;..;... 3 1 Northeast ...- 0 6 Pro jef tlon will be published In The Citizen and the ordinance print- fed ' iuVaMetf 5MJlaw;MTlie election must take place. 30 days after the publication of the election notice, Mr. Nelson stated. stat-ed. ' According to Mri Nelson the average single connection for homes and businesses will be approximately ap-proximately $250. This Is one-fourth one-fourth of the cost of $1000 per connection that has been rumored rumor-ed In many quarters In past months. A. Z. Richards, senior partner in Caldwell, Richards and Sor-ensen, Sor-ensen, city engineers, stated that it will cost $3 per lineal foot for furnishing all labor and material necessary for house service lines under average conditions (trenching with, machines and no shrubs) based on firm bids. Homeowners, he said, could dig and lay their own lines. Four-inch Four-inch pipe and jointing materials will cost approximately 30 cents per lineal foot, he said. The $250 average connection would include, the $100 for Joining Join-ing with the feeder and trunk lines, and cleanouts. In the past it has been reported report-ed by some business men and home owners that their cesspools and septic tanks are filled and tTiie:Tp)? Line Scores:- -: - R H E Northeast 100 30 4 4 Southwest 007 3x 10 5 Batteries Murdock and Bate- man; Laursen, Varney and War- nick. - - - 1 ' R H E Southwest 003 09921 8 2 Northwest 100 222 7 6 8 Batteries Laursen, Varney and Warnlck; Jorgensen, Oreen-lng Oreen-lng and Holindrake. R H E Graduates t 300 00-4 5 3 All-stars ... . 001 034. 6 0 Batteries Walker and Pierce; UtoliJldrake and Laursen. r Eecreatioa Scbedule: Thursday, Aug. 3 Art classes 9 sun. to 12 noon, Forbes; swim ming, 2 to 5 pjm. children up to 12; final tennis clinic, 7 to 7:30 Friday, Aug. 3 Jr. baseball, S to 7:30 p. m. - Gaturday, Aug. 4 No baseball. Junior game at Frovo. Monday, Aug. 8 Jr. Baseball 3 to 7:30 p. m. Tuesday, Aug. 7 Swimming 2 to 5 p. m, 12 to 19 year olds. Wednesday, Aug. 8 Playground Play-ground activities, Robinson Park. Elaine Jones Files Suit for Accident Elaine Clements Jones has filed suit In the Fourth District court against Ralph C. Memmott, Sciplo, seeking to collect $32,100 as result of claimed damages after an automoblle-pedestrain accident May 21, on Main street In American Fork. Mrs. Jones sustained a broken pelvic bone and other, injuries. She was crossing In the pedestrian pedest-rian lane when struck by the Memmott car, according to wit nesses. In disuse In many parts of the cUyThls. JsuiL.fflily...A .great inconvenience, but a health hazard-as well, -that, must , be met sooner pr later, Mr. Nelson said. J He aT&lsUtedrthal contractors arewary of erecting, new .homes in the city before the sewer project proj-ect becomes a concrete fact. American Fork Civil Air Patrol cadets who are spending two weeks at Las Vegas Nevada, where thy will be given work In meteorology, navigation and some actual flying. They Ml wa lnst "K.iturdav mornlnR. Left to riirht: Guv Humphries, John Richards, Melvin Roundy, rwi ti. fiiori... nimitt fiorrkm fjinrplt. Mackav Holcv. Wendell Skouscn. Olanl Durrani irl Lewis. Charles Dlmitt, Gordon Garrett, Mackay Holey. Wendell Skouscn. vimi uurran, T McNeill J. R. Price. Lehi; Dan Neal, Marvin BpII. (not identified), Billy Roach, Instructor l the right is Robert Wilson. Other Instructor could not be identified. . 1 J. on S (Iff Superintendent Expects 450 More Students; Faculties 7 Steel Day. Queens .are'; Sponsored Seven beautiful American Fork i1gWluTiB"YQsored-',80 far in the Steel Day Queen Contest, Con-test, it was announced Wednesday Wednes-day by Harold Holley, chairman. However, Mr. Holley stated that more entrants are wanted 1 for the coveted position, and 0' sponsors who will "follow through." - ' . . . . Aug. 6 Is the last day on which nomination votes will be picked up, and also the final day en tries will be taken for the queen contest, Mr. Holley stated. Queen entrants and their sponsors, up to press time Wed nesday Include; , Carol Beckstrand, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvtn Beckstrand, sponsor. Don't Sweet Ehoppe; Joan Gerber, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. John Gerber, sponsor, ice Chipman, CuL.Ur ct i..e late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Chip- man, sponsor, Moss Drive inn; Marilyn Miller, daughter of Mrs. John IL Miller, sponsor. Miller Theatres; Mary Lou Dev-ey, Dev-ey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. IL Devey, sponsor, Utah rower & Light Shirley Greene,- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Greene, sponsor, Thornton Drug; JoAnn Stoker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marlow T Stoker, sponsor, Midway Mid-way Market; Peggy Hansen, daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Elmo Hansen, sponsor, Etarllte Drive Inn, Saratoga. 1 1 , According to Chairman Holley, Mrs, A Frank Oalsford, and Mrs. Delbert Chipman, who are assisting as-sisting him, have selected workers work-ers to head the different civic organizations In the ticket booth which will be placed outside of Chlpman's, and to cinvass the business district, r , Those in charge of the booth are; Mrs. Robert' Edwards, Jaycee wives; Mrs. Ralph Sclbel, Lady j Lions; Mrs. Guy A. Richards, Ro tary; Mrs. Roy Ilampshire, Chamber of Commerce wives. Aug. 10-11 the Jaycee wives will have the booth In charge; Aug. 17-18, Lady Lions; Aug. 20-21-22, Rotary wives; Aug. 23-24-23, C3mmbcr.jQf ..Commerce, wlves . , Women who will canvass the business district include:,. Mrs. Harold Holley. Mrs. Phillip Cave, Mrs. Frank Greenwood. Mrs. Roy Hampshire, Mrs. Fred Fish, Mrs. Keith Nielsen, Mrs. Leo Meredith Mrs. Leonard E. Chipman, Mrs. n '(UU(i. s r, r .i rn Being Completed . School bells will ring out for approximately 7700 children and teenagers in the Alpine District on Monday, Sept. 10, It was fcj-nounced fcj-nounced Wednesday by Superintendent Superin-tendent David It. Mitchea. , ; t At the present time the open-lng open-lng date is tentative, as Superintendent Superin-tendent Mitchell Is awaiting word from Bupt. Wallace Brock-bank Brock-bank of the Nebo District. The two 'districts are trying to co ordinate dates, so as to have events and other school activities activi-ties in which they both partici pate. However, Superintendent Mitchell hopes that the Sept. 13 . date will remain. On Sept. 4 teachers of Alpine . District will start their annual Institute and workshop. This gathering will be held through Sept 7. . . Faculties in grade. Junior high and high schools are now being filled, and 248 teachers are ex pected to take up their duties when school berins. High school students In the district will register Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 10 and 11, Sup erintendent Mitchell said. There. will be approrim&V.y 4S3 more students, kindergarlta trr."h. ' s 1, ?n t- i soi;. :$ of t.;? c:..:.:..t. 1. ? i x Increase la school-aje chi.toA will be in the Orem-neaar.t Grove area. Here large Increases es are expected In the first and second grades. Superintendent Mitchell said. . Approximately 100 more students stu-dents are expected to register in Lincoln High School; 33 mora students in Pleasant Orove Illh School; 23 more students In Lehl High School, and only 10 more students In American Fork High School, he said. The district head said that the grade school at Pleasant Grove will be completed for the opening open-ing of school, "as well the new band and chorus rooms which have been made out of the manual man-ual arts shop. The junior hlh in Lent and the Westmore school In Orem may not be. completed for this school year. Superintendent Superin-tendent Mitchell said. Larry Lassen, Mrs. Robert Edwards, Ed-wards, Mrs. Irvin Chipman and Mrs.-Stanford DahL At the regular weekly meeting"" held Tuesday night In the city hall, reports were made on the concessions, carnival, , sports, decorations - and parade. The problem of advertising and pub- .Ufttty.al.so. .come..up,.' Seven applications have been . received for concessions and a meeting will be held In the near -future to tied Jet -whatlSpputaiito M shall sell. General Chairman Vern"Faddis stated Clifford. E. Young Jr. will call the meeting. ( r |