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Show STEEL QUEEN STANDING Jaalce Chlpman t3,Ca Marilya Miller tZM Feggy Hansen .... UJMt Mary Loa Devey lt2Ct Shirley Green ls,ttt Carol Beckstrand ... JJ,2ft Jo Ann Stoker Joan Gerber .......,.; ,09 (Count to Wed, morning) VOL. XLVIII AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1951 NUMBER 25 Supt. Do R. Mitchell Gives Facts On Schools, Costs In Alpine District Editor' Note: Superintendent David R. Mitchell explain that Alpine school district needs more money to take care of its increasing in-creasing enrollments." " - . By David B. Mitchell , An article recently appeared In the Provo Herald stating that the County , school taxes were approved, but that a delegation from Alpine School District protested pro-tested the Alpine boost. , ) A few facts might be of interest to the people of our district. A little history might help. - Up to 1940 Alpine was one of the poor districts of this state. The dlst7 rict was in need of buildings at that jtlme. but couM do nothing because it was busy paying a $500,000 bonded debt which had been refunded but had to be paid while other districts like. Nebo were able to build under "Works Progress Adminlstratloi ana Public Works Admfnistr tion. About 1940 the Steel Plafidt -was built; with this came an influx in-flux of population and a greatly Increased enrollment. For three or "four years, this plant was a government project and only tortck and mortar value could be taxed. Later it became the property prop-erty of the United States Steel Oompany and all of it became taxable. This boosted our tax values to $48,000,000 for the year 1951-52. Of the total tax Geneva Gen-eva paid about 57 and other corporations about 23 leaving other tax payers about 20 to pay. 1 ' This influx of population from 3940-1950 increased Alpine enrollments en-rollments from 4,904 to 7,900 for 1951. This made our elementary buildings entirely inadequate and required additions to our high .schools. At the end of this school year, Alpine District will have .spent $3,000,000 for sites for elementary el-ementary schools and additions. 'Grand Jury Visits iri American Fork; Goes to City Hall But Not to USTS Dr. Gabriel J. Vischi, superintendent superin-tendent of the Utah State Training Train-ing School at American Fork, .stated that the county grand jury had not paid, the school a Ttsit when It moved its Investigation Investi-gation here Wednesday.. The Jurors left Provo at 11 a. m. Wednesday and arrived at the American Fork city hail just before be-fore noon. Soon after, the Jury wisited the city JalL Public officials Indicated several sev-eral weeks ago that several hundred dollars worth of material ma-terial allegedly stolen from the Utah State Training School In American Fork was stored In a civic public building. ; During preliminary investigation investi-gation of alleged Irregularities at the school. Judge William iStanley Dunf ord of Fourth District Dis-trict Court, ordered the material held. State welfare commissioners commission-ers have verified that some of the : material taken from : the school eventually reached : an American Fork retail store. For Alpine Homecoming Saturday ' .ii 'i t Last minute details are being Ironed out by committee members mem-bers for the full day entertainment entertain-ment which will be provided at the fourth annual Alpine homecoming home-coming to be held Saturday. This event, which welcomes Uacfc all former residents of the little community, 4s sponsored yearly by the ward bishopric and worked out by officers of the auxiliary organizations. This year no special invitations are being issued, but everyone-who . ever Uyed Jn . Alplne Ujexpected to attend. ' ; , Highlights of the day will be the miniature parade which will be at 10 am., and 8 pjn. Chosen as small king and queen of the parade are Jlmmle Robinson, .son of Mr and Mrs. Grant Terry, and Betty Jean Ingram, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ODell Ingram. Cleora Adams, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Qulncey -Adams, .has been selected as "Miss v Alpine.- .. 'The day will open with a band and for high school additions. Our bonded debt at present is $1,480000 which must be paid by 1961. A four mill levy la made each year for this purpose. The last legislature passed a law permitting per-mitting a board of education to levy eight mills for four years for buildings. The Board, took advantage advan-tage of this law to permit it to partially pay for new elementary schools and additions at Lehl, Lincoln,: and Pleasant jpreveV. 7 . Provo tax levy for. schools was set at 37 mills as against 33.43 for Alpine. In addition to the levy Provo will get a substantial sum as a gift from the state. t Lake levy is two mills high- than Alpine. Granite's Is sub- tlally higher. A number of 'other districts could be- named that are as high or higher than Alpine, yet Alpine's per cent of increase in students has been as high as any other district In the state. . . p .' It might be said to the people in Alpine that the end is not yet. When-the original bond issue is-sue was paid the Board had planned plan-ned that certain buildings could be abandoned. Up to the present time, no building has been a- bandoned..IJncoln -High .School is terribly crowded. A new high school building is now needed In that area. We must either meet our obligations and build these buildings or have our children housed in halls, offices, and lunch rooms, and on the steps. If the State Legislature had met the situation squarely and passed Senate BUI . 75, the way would have been easier as large corporations -would have . borne more of the burden. As things are at present, : , the r building problem Is ours to meet fairly and squarely or to neglect and suffer future consequences.- Commissioners - said store management had agreed "to return re-turn the material. : ,. y Legislation passed In 1947 lim its the activity of the press in reporting as fully as previously actions concerning the grand Jury. , ar:V . ,., ..,. Secrecy of proceedings Is assured as-sured in the following oath which will be administered to witnesses witness-es appearing before the grand Jury; . .. w i "You do solemnly swear that the testimony which you are a-bout a-bout to give this grand Jury will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and that you will not disclose to any person other than this grand Jury any matter to which you have testified or to which any other person may have testified In your presence or to any other matter or thing before the grand Jury whatsoever, so help you God?" serenade under the direction of Ronald Strong. A bazaar will open op-en at 12 noon in a stand in the grove. Mrs. Paul Carlisle, Mrs. Evan Shepherd and Mrs. Frank Bateman are in charge of this feature. Beginning at 12:30 a family style dinner will be served under the direction of the Relief Society, So-ciety, the Old Folks and Genealogical Gen-ealogical committees. ' Concessions, Concess-ions, which will be open all day, have been turned over to the MIA and Sunday School. " Sports for the childrenriraces between married and single men and women will be under Frank Bateman's direction beginning at 2 pm. At 4 o'clock Ray Chavis and Duane Shepherd wil lconduct a good rodeo starring home town talent. ' Following the evening parade there will be a program held out of doors, v weather permitting. Ronald Strong and Mrs. Howard Adamson have this feature in charge. V ' . "Queens" to Have Dinner In Salt Lake Queen candidates for American Amer-ican Fork Steel Day Sept t, will bo honored at a -dinner to bo given by the Steel Day Committee In the Ambassador Ambassa-dor Club in Salt Lake City tonight, to-night, according to W. L. Fad-dls, Fad-dls, general chairman. - After tbo dance the tueen candidates will be driven homo where they will be presented at the "married folks" dance. Candidates who will go for the dinner are: Joe Ann Stoker, Sto-ker, Joan Gerber, Mary Lou Devey, Carol Beckstrand, Peggy Peg-gy Hansen, Marilyn Miller, Shirley Greene and Janice Chlpman. At a regular Stee Day Committee Com-mittee meeting Monday night Owen Tibbetts, parade chairman, chair-man, announced that 30 floats are "definitely W along with eight bands and four riding clubs. On Aug. II j there will be a 15-minute radio program on KOVO, at which time the committee com-mittee heads will be interviewed. inter-viewed. On Aag. 27, spot announcements an-nouncements wil Istart on the same station, It was also announced that Thornton Drag -will - carry special paper and decorations The queen candidates visited vis-ited Geneva Steel workers to sell .tickets to the show and prise-winning Chevrolet car. Motor Vehicle Law Goes Into . Effect on Sept. 1; ... Responsibilities Are Noted Public.. Safety.. Commissioner Joseph ,. W. Dudler reminded American Fork and North Utah County " motorists Wednesday that when the state's new motor vehicle safety responsibility law becomes effective Sept. 1, they most be prepared to pay for the damage they cause in accidents, up to $11,000, or have all of then-motor then-motor privileges suspended until they do... ' I Citing last year's high accident acci-dent record as an example, Com-! mlssioner Dudler said the legislature legis-lature was not only deeply disturbed dis-turbed about the amount of careless driving on Utah's highways, high-ways, but also by the fact that "a great many people Irresponsibly Irrespon-sibly use every trick and device to avoid even paying tor the expense ex-pense they have caused the vie tlms of accidents.' The1 new law, therefore, has two primary purposes, the commissioner said, as follows: "1. . To require motor ve-- ve-- hide owners and operators who are involved in accidents acci-dents to pay for the damage ' they cause or get off of the , road, as either owner or operator, op-erator, until they da ' "X To facilitate the state's ability .to put. habitual ac- cident causers off of the road permanently as either owner or operator Commissioner Dudler polntd- Responsibility Law Is not a compulsory com-pulsory .Insurance - act, saying: r;"asa"mctorMcie"wnerj or operator, are not compelled under any condition or circumstance circum-stance to carry Insurance. If you become subject to the law's number of choices as to how you comply with it. Bo if anyone tries to tell you this is a compulsory com-pulsory insurance law, you tell them that they dont know what they're talking about." Speaking to the entire state in a radio broadcast, Commissioner Commis-sioner Dudler gave the first official of-ficial explanation of . how the new law operates, which may be briefly summarized as follows: Beginning September 1, the driver of every car that is involved in-volved in a traffic accident resulting re-sulting in death or injury, or property damage to excess of $25, must file a written report with the Department of Public Safety within five- days. . The security requirements do not apply, ap-ply, however, unless the accident caused death or injury, or property prop-erty damage in. excess of $100. In that event, an owner or op erator who carried the proper kind or insurance at the time of the accident is not further affected af-fected by the Safety Responsl- Patronage Payment Declared by r Poultry Cooperative Many farmers and poultry-men poultry-men of this area are, receiving patronage payment checks this week from the Utah Poultry and Farmers Cooperative through thejocaj branch. J Directors of the Utah Poultry rKenlJdecJareXlal30,0O0 patronage pat-ronage payment on supplies purchased pur-chased through the cooperative in 1947. This amounts t oa return re-turn of about per cent on all purchases made through the local branch by members in this area. , . . , -Walter Stiffen,- manager of American Fork local, points out: "Since these supplies in most cases were purchased at prices under the market, this patron age payment represents a sub stantial saving for members." ., Utah Poultry recently distributed distrib-uted $170,000 in interest pay ments to members, making the total of repayments on interest and patronage payments amount to $200000 so far this year, according ac-cording to C. K. Ferre, assistant secretary of the cooperative. ' I 8TEELERS DEFEAT j ' HELPER MERCHANTS American Fork Steelers defeated defeat-ed Helper Merchants, 11-1, Tuesday Tues-day night behind the' left arm of Mel Marlowe. Tie entire team played good baELf This vrin keeps the Steelers In an almost dead heat ' with Bingham, . the nine that poured It on the locals for two defeats In the second half. blilty- Law . because - J . accepts such insurance as proof I, ability abili-ty to meet damage claims up to $11,000. An uninsured driver has a total of 60 days- in which to do any one of the following things: obtain a release from : liability signed by all other persons In volved, obtain a court 'decree that he is not liable, execute a written agreement to pay all damage claims up to $11,000, or prove that his car was lawfully parked or being driven without his permission at the time of the accident. If an uninsured driver driv-er is unable to do one of these things within 20 days after the accident, the Department ot Public Safety will call upon him to deposit collateral or bond In an amount sufficient to cover damages for which he may be held liable. This may be as little as $101 or as - much as $11,000. Should the driver be unable to cover his possible liability with security or bond within the remaining re-maining 40 days, the department must suspend both his operator's license and registration plates for all cars owned by him. Su spension will remain in effect until the law is compiled with, or one year has elapsed without suit for damages being filed. A plea of Innocence of blame cannot can-not be accepted, unless It Is In tlifC4ra"ixI-'"releasd- bytrietlSE" SAFTHMTISE other parties or a final court de (MonTheDcnajtmentolP lie Safety has no Jurisdiction whatever In the matter of who was at fault in the accident. Rat Population Being Diminished in District Under the supervision of the United States Wild Life Service, W. O. Nelson has been waging an all-out war against the rat population in American Fork and its environs. ' ' , , , Most of the larger poultry farms, the sheep and cattle yards - and theold - city-dump grounds have been ridden of the Infestation, Mr. Nelson said. s Anyone in the community who has rats on their premises will get free advice on .their eradication eradi-cation if they will contact Mr. Nelson. It will soon be the tune of the year for rats and mice to move from the fields into the city and this is a good time to complete the Job, Mr. Nelson advised. ' Rat bait is available. ' ixliriante , t: :.' .,' . .... t. lkevis Cify Dr. Houston Made Medical Staff Aide At School y Dr. V. F. Houston, well-known American Fork and Utah County physician for the past 25 years, has accepted a position on the medical staff of the Utah 8tate Training School, it was announced announc-ed Wednesday by Dr. Gabriel J. Vischi, superintendent. . Dr. Houston, who Is a native of American Fork, was born Aug. 17, 1897, to F. M. and Lydla Chip-man Chip-man Houston. He graduated from the local schools,' then attended the University of Utah, where he "1 7 I 4 A k L .t dim Dr. V. F. HOUSTON took his pre-medlcal training, then attended the , Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, where Tie' received his "doctorate. "doctor-ate. Upon graduation tn 1924 Dr. Houston Interned at the LDS Hospital for one year and ent ered practice in 1928 In American Amer-ican Forfc-:: t7 ,-rrpr.-rr Dr. Houston married Myrtle Coddlngton, a daughter of Mr. and. Mrs." Thomas Coddlngton, American Fork, in the Salt Lake Temple in 1921. They are the parents of three children: Mrs. Harry McTague, a teacher at the BTU; Mrs. Bruce R. Curtis, Salt Lake City: and Fred Houston, a student at BYU. Dr. Houston Is a member of the county and state medical associations, and Is also a member mem-ber of the American Medical Association. As-sociation. He is a member of the staff of the Community Hospital Hos-pital in American Fork, and the Lehl Hospital. , Dr. Houston and his family will live in one of the new cot tages at the school. His func tlon at the training school will be in the surgical and medical departments. He will be at the school In the mornings, and will be at his own offices in the Utah Power & Light Building from 1:30 pm. to 4 pm, and by appointment. According to Dr. Vischi, " DT. Houston started his official duties du-ties on Aug. IS. dltoyitttverttaa't 4rtnkand drive'-;: : : That was the conclusion of the National Safety Council after its figures for 1950 showed that in one out of every five fatal traffic traf-fic accidents the driver or ped estrian had been drinking. The 1951 edition of the Coun ell's statistical yearbook, "Accident "Acci-dent Facts," states that 17 per cent of the drivers Involved in fatal accidents and 22 per cent of the adult pedestrians killed in motor vehicle accidents had been drinking. Ceatary Old Service For more than a century expreif MpmenW have-moved in pawnger trains on American railroad. About 8,500 paisenger tralnt handle this traffic daily and in addition many traini handling exprpia anipmenta exclusively are operated between the larger eitiea at passenger train speeds, according to Hallway Express Ex-press Agency. Need A NewKallT A broken finger nail con be substituted sub-stituted with a fake one made out of two layers of cellophane tape cut to shape and covered with nail varnish. . . V 1 ' Special Bond Election Called for - ' Sept. 19,-Citf Valuation $3,204,804 The American Fork Sewer Ordinance Or-dinance was signed by all members mem-bers of the city council last Monday Mon-day night, and at the same meeting meet-ing the city tax levy was raised from 19 to 20 mills. Signing of the jewerlordln-ance jewerlordln-ance will make possible a special bond election which will take place Sept 19. Publication of the Sewage Disposal Plant Discussed . . By Planning Assoc. Possible -ways to finance the construction of sewage . treatment treat-ment plants needed to check the pollution of Utah Lake highlighted high-lighted activities of Utah County Planning . Association . during July said William H. Callahan Chairman, hf,Ls.J..:: . During the forepart of the month jnayori of the county met , with the County Commissioners and planning commissioners to review the findings of the previously pre-viously appointed committee. ; Plans presented at the meeting meet-ing proposed that a sewer district dist-rict be set up which would make it possible to construct the necessary nec-essary treatment plants on a levy of 1.7 mills on property within the district, while if the cities finance the cost on an individual in-dividual basis, the mill levy would range from 2.2 mills for Provo to as high as 6 to 7 mills for " some of the ' other ' cities. Only those cities surrounding the lake would be Included in the- district, ' according to the ccramlttee report;": :r American Fork Mayor, WUIard Cleghorn, this week had already voiced approval of the sewage district plan- as the cheapest, best and only practical solution to the pollution problem. Samuel 0. Strong Recalls EarlyrUtah County Events Samuel O, Strong, Alpine Pio neer, has every reason for thinking think-ing that he will live to be over 90 years old, and now is in his 88th year good health, a sest for living, and a liking for people peo-ple and events. . " Samuel O. was born in Alpine April 24. 1854, a son of WUllam J. and Julia Dyer Strong, who settled in Provo in 1852, but moved to the new village of Alpine four years later. - He was fifth in a family of 10 children.' child-ren.' Mr. Strong la the only survivor of the 10 children. On Dec. 15, 1888, Samuel O. married Fanny Ann Devey in the Logan -Temple. - She has been dead for 14 years. Their living "7 SAaiUELb.'STIldNG children are: Clifford O. Strong, Salt Lake City; William J. Strong and Estclla Clark, Alpine; Dee Strong, Magna, and Alice Peterson, Pet-erson, Salt Lake City: v Mr. Strong Is proud of the fact that his father organized the choir at Provo and at Alpine, lie stated that for ni any years the whole Strong family v.as in the Alpine choir, and took part in the early entertainment and cul- full sewer ordinance is made in this weeks issue of The Citizen. According ; to City Recorder Ray Nelson, there are two mora days on which to register to become be-come qualified to vote for the referendum . Sept. 4 and - 18 at regular voting districts of the city. r-v, . ,- The 1951 assessed valuation of American Fork City has been determined to be $3,204,804. The need for a raise in the tax levy from 19 to 20 mills vu rmmuI. tated by construction of the hos pital Mr. Nelson stated that when the hospital was erected the city took $20,000 from the cemetery fund, and that money must be returned to the fund at about $3,000 per year. . other purposes of the tax levy include: Contingent expense, 5 mills: waterworks, 2.3; streets and side- walks, 2A; utilities, 2.5: city hall and memorials, 1; department of public safety, S mills; parks and public property,. I j mills: main- structlon of hospital, 1 mii?, Total, To-tal, 20 mills. The 1951 levy Is the same for every department as for 1950, with the exception of the I mill for hospital construction. At the same meeting the coun cil authorized the American Fork Metropolitan Water District to assess X5 mill to help amortize payments on Deer Creek water. The assessment would amount to $1600. Lot Robinson, Thomas A. Barratt, Karl II. Bennett, board members, and Edith Christcnsen, treasurer, submitted the proposed propos-ed assessment. . Clothed la Eacka Each year more than 800 million feed and Cour tacks are turned inta clothingV draperies, ilipcoverg and ether household articteil Womea use the eottoo bag fabric for sew tngl fturaT pursuits of the town. Samuel O. has also had .the privilege of living through the fruition of the "industrial revolution", rev-olution", the . machine and atomic at-omic ages, and the decline of oxen and horses as beasts of burden and mode of travel. He kept up with the charge from horses to automoU'es, and still drives his "gas buggy", although he takes buses when he travels to Salt Lake Valley or to ether cities of Utah VaUIy. He Is a tireless traveler and prtj a great "thump" out cf recililnj early Utah County history with his old friends, or, for that fact, anyone who mill chat with hlta. Samuel O. has be.-: a f-irraer all of hU life, snd.fccVed with the . clearing, of, n:-ry. acres .of. land In Alpine. He also fn.-'-.-ht- ea ore iroia American i cr can- vnn fnr minv in anil YiaA numerous--thrilling .- adventures ounng inose umes. On two occasions Mr. Strong had the experience of being the first man with his team in the "canyon" to bring out frozen miners, one of them being Charles Tyng, a mining engineer engin-eer who was brought In bv the Asplnwald interests. Samuel O. still recalls with pleasure the excitement In the district wnen new ore was Discovered Dis-covered in Old Miller Hill, Miller Mil-ler Hill, The Dutchman, Pittsburgh,' Pitts-burgh,' Yankee and Globe mines. "And I have faith that there's .,111 1nti. W Vn out of those mines. Maybe they have only been scratched," he polntedoutr" He can still remember the "old smelter" In American Fork canyon, can-yon, and the narrow gauge railroad rail-road that ran through the area. But now that railroad, smelter, oxen and ore wapona are past history, Samuel philosophizes on the "new lock" of North Utah County. "Geneva Steel really has made a change here. Eorms that something always l.: rrr: ' atone to keep our county progressing," he said In closing. ALT. |