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Show i. on o '' VOL.' XLiX THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, April 10, 1952 NUMBER 6 T School Survey Commission To yisit Alpine District; TwoTestsToBeGiveii One high school and one elementary ele-mentary echool in the Alpine District wIHTe visited "tn the near future by members of the Utah Public School Survey Commission Com-mission and a fact finding committee, com-mittee, it was announced Wednesday Wed-nesday by Supt. David R. Mitchell. Mit-chell. - Superintendent Mitchell said that he did not know which schools will be selected in the district for a test to be given by the commission. The commission will give the test and grade the papers, he said. Leo Meredith, member of the survey commission from Alpine School district, and Supt. Mitchell, Mit-chell, will select a third person to act on a citizen's committee. Schools throughout the state's 40 districts will be visited by the survey commission In the nexi four weeks, Mr. Mitchell said. The inspections will be a Important phases of the overall study of the state's education program, which will be complet ed October 1, Mr. Mitchell quoted Adam S. Bennlon, general chair man, as saying. Commission members in each of the 40 districts, with fact finding committeemen, will vis it at least one elementary school and one high school In their group, supplementing their ob servations with information ob tained on other schoolssln their respective districts. The fact finding committees are made up of five lay citizens and five educators, directing their studies on instruction, or ganization, and administration, LATE ITEMS OF INTEREST J. BRACKEN LEE Governor J. Bracken Lee will be the speaker at a meeting set for tonight (April 10) at 7:30 p m., in the BYU Fieldhouse. He will speak to teachers and all others interested in education. His subject will be "The State's Relation to the School System". MUD SLIDES It is reported that a mud slide 10 feet deep and 40 feet wide, in American Fork Canyon, closed the Alpine loop Tuesday. Unlike the Spanish Fork area, where the Spanish Fork River is on the "rampage" flooding farms and threatening more than 100 homes in the high school district, American Fork has suffered no damage to date. The 1457th army engineers have done an excellent Job of clean' lng, logging and rip-rap in places in the creek. SEWER American Fork sewer is pro gressing as the weather lm proves. Fourth South Is finished finish-ed with the exception of boring under the railroad track. Work Is finished through Roosevelt Ave., and the backhoe has crossed cross-ed the highway and is working north In the fields east oi La- tona dance halL. South Center Street is finished to Main Street. Work will be started on another " streer"TOutnerii4aiir-OT-as- to avoid expected sub-water. Manager Ray Nelson urged residents to- sign-f or-the . sewer as "the contractor will have his crews in their neighborhood faster than they might think". Elder Vcrn W. Clark Released from Mission Elder Vera W. Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Clark, Al-Dine. Al-Dine. hiLi been released to re turn home after spending thel past 26 months in the Central Atlantic states mission. He is ..expected home this week end. : Since the organization of the Utah Centennial .chorus two months' ago, Elder Clark has been singing with the group and also serving as its spiritual advisor. The chorus has traveled throughout, the mission singing on radio, television, in schools and civic gatherings. Highlight ' was . Its , appearance ' between L games in the eastern division of ( the National Collegiate basket-; basket-; ball tournament before 19,000 , people. - -rf.. "j -'V- During the nine months pre-- pre-- ceding the organization of the j chorus, Elder Clark served as district president." staff and student personnel, plant superintendents transportation transpor-tation yand finance matters Superintendent Mitchell said citizens are being invited to participate par-ticipate in the "question, box" program, with Inquiries, suggestions, sugges-tions, ' recommendations and complaints being . addressed to the commission headquarters addressed at 317 State Capitol. Dr. H. Grant Vest, commission executive secretary, said that already al-ready many citizens had offered worthwhile suggestions in the state's educational program. In a letter to Superintendent Mitchell Dr. Vest stated: "As a followup of the meeting held on March 26, we would like to suggest that you work with the high school principals in selecting se-lecting the committees to evaluate eval-uate the instruction program. It 11 be several days before we be able to place Jhe instru ments in your hands but in the meantime the committees could be appointed and ready to go to work when these documents reach you." "We suggest that insofar as possible, the selection of the committees be given the approv al of the key commission com mlttee: the superintendent, the commission member and a third person chosen by them in each district. "We appreciate' your sugges tlon that we distribute all mat erials through your offices. We hope you will help us expedite the project by Immediately get ting the materials In the hands of those who win use them. Easter Observance Planned by Church Groups . SECOND WARD Sunday morning at 8 a. m. the American Fork Second Ward is presenting to the public the "Resurrection Morning", an Easter Eas-ter cantata with music by B Cecil Gates and the words by Ida R. Alldredge. The presenta tlon will be given In the ward chapel. Hannah C. Packard is director and accompanists are Evan Wride, organist, and Donna Richards, pianist. Soloists will be Belva Francom, Zola Anderson, Myra Mead, Naomi Devey, Sarah Monson, Jane Packard, Margaret Margar-et Sykes, and Cecil Ray Hansen. Eunice Wadley will be the read er. The early morning service will open with a men's chorus sing' ing "I Know That My Redeemer Llveth" and Bishop Stanley D. Roberts will preside. The meet ing will close early enough for all who desire to go to confer ence. COMMUNITY CHURCH Because millions of people in Korea, Palestine, and Central Europe have lost everything and need Christian help desperately, major Protestant denominations are-uniting in reliefs appeals again this year in "One Great Hour of Ebitix&r''m'""" At the dose of the Easter ser vice Sunday morning, the Amet-t lean Fork Presbyterian, Community Comm-unity church will observe "One Great Hour of Sharing". Remember Rem-ember to bring your sacrificial gift to be shared with the naked, hungry and homeless children of God. ; .. , . Christian Youth Council Easter Sunday Worship ser vice, sponsored by the Christian Youth Council, will be held at the Utah State Training School amphitheatre at 4 p. m., according accord-ing to Richard Dotson, president. Guest speaker will be Dr. Rob art D. Steele, president of West' minster College, Salt Lake City. Participating ministers will be Rev. Phillip K. Kemp, Rev. George Geo-rge M. Williams, Rev. Edwin F. Irwin, Rev. James H. Camp, all of Provo. The president wlu give the address of welcome, and a poem reading will be given by Miss Sally Irwin, Provo. : The American Fork Community Commun-ity Presbyterian . church choir will sing "O Morn . of ' Beauty" and "Sing Praise", and Miss Joyce Hassenfrlts will sing The Holy City".' v,:. -T- iWlll '' :. ! 1, V ; r f EUGENE BARKER A. F. Rotary Elects New Prexy, Aides Engene Barker, American Fork jeweler, was elevated to presl dent of the Rotary Club at a meeting held recently in the Crown Room, Orem. Mr. Barker takes the place of Ewing Albertson, furniture and appliance dealer, who automati cally becomes a director for one year. William Young Jr., Anderson's, was made vice president; and Harry E. Barratt, Barratt Lumber, Lum-ber, and Sam Sargis, Geneva Steel metallurgist, were elected directors. Milo Bean, chief clerk, Utah Power and Light,, was re-elected secretary-treasurer. Outgoing directors are Joseph S. Cook, Cook's Ice Cream; Dr. Guy A. Richards; Wayne E. Chadwlck, Insurance agent. Walter B. Devey, city councilman council-man and dry goods store owner, was accepted as a new member of the club. It . was also announced by the Rotary Park Committee that another unit of grass is being planted in the park south of the High School Baseball Nine To Open Here Against Lehi American Fork's Cavemen, the best baseball nine produced at the high school in several years, will open the Alpine league here against Lehi Pioneers on April 17, it was announced Wednesday by Coach Don Overly. Although the season has been a tough one on the practice field. Coach Overly stated that his boys look "pretty good" despite des-pite the weather,' and most of the positions have been filled. Two or three spots will undoub tedly be handled by two or more boys. Don stated that Mackey Bo- ley, sophomore wizard, will def initely do the catching to open the season. Overly considers Mackey a real find, and is a graduate from the Junior recreation recrea-tion league. von ureening, junior, raui Taylor, sophomore, and Kent Alma Sonne To Represent General Authorities at Stake Elder Alma Sonne, assistant to the Council of the Twelve, will represent the general authorities of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Alpine Stake Conference which will be held Sunday, according to Pres ident Edward W. Burgess. ; Sessions for the general public will be held at 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. At 2 p. m. there will be a stake missionary meeting at which the following are urgently requested to be present, the stake presidency. High Council, all . bishoprics, all - Seventies, stake ommlttee for adult Aarc-nlc Aarc-nlc Priesthood, stake - mission president, all stake missionaries, and stake executives of the Sunday Sun-day School; Mutual .Improvements .Improve-ments associations. Primary and Relief 4 Society; Seminary teachers, tea-chers, 'and such, auxiliary workers work-ers as are engaged In stake missionary mis-sionary work. . n ' ! Music for the day will be appropriate ap-propriate Easter numbers sung by several choruses. " AU missionaries who have re- Alpine Day At P. G. -On May 16 Alpine Day, the day of days for senior and junior high school students in American ForkTPlea sant Grove, Orem land Lehl, will be held on the Pleasant Grove High School campus this year on May 19. - f According to Principal Floyd S. Holm of the Pleasant Grove High Scholl, Alpine Day will be an all-day affair featuring senior sen-ior high boys and klrls track and field sports, and the same program in the junior high bracket. brac-ket. 1 . If ' As in the past, Principal Holm said, the girl's posture parade for senior and Junior high misses, miss-es, will be a feature 'xt the big school get-to-gether.jt Last year at Lehl) the senior high of American SFork High School won first place in the posture parade. American Fork ninth grade, followed suit and also won first place, to reap the lion's share of awards in that event. , The American Fork tenth grade girls won the girls' shuttle relay at Lehl last year. Both senior and Junior high boys and girls brought home many other first place awards from Lehl last year. This year coaches Don Overly, Leo Nelson and Helen Fulkerson, coach of the girls' posture par ade, are positive that American Fork students will make a bet ter record in all events this year at Pleasant Grove. - baseball field. According to Jesse Spafford of the committee, one more year will see the project completed. The park has been used extensively exten-sively by clubs, unions and families fam-ilies for meetings and reunions. Those on the park committee are: Yukus Inouye, Spafford, Heber Grant Inns, Dwlght Packard and William Young Jr. Walker, senior, will handle the pitching chores. Dale Greening has an injured arm and will be used in the outgarden. Lewis Garrett appears to have lb cinched; Don McCormick is on 2nd base; Kirk Dimmick, Galen Holindrake and Ronnie Hutch-ings Hutch-ings are all slated for work at shortstop. Don Greening and Kent Walker will handle 3rd base when not pitching. Mack Chipman will also see action at 3rd base. Craig Jeffs, Wayne Blnch, Blaine Hyde and Jerry Parduhn are slated for duty in the outfield, out-field, Don said. - Following is the schedule: April 17, Lehl at A. F.; April 24, Lincoln at AF.; April 28, A F. at P. G.; May 1, P. O. at A. F.; May 8. A. F. at Lehi; May 12, A. F. at Lincoln Conference turned home since the last quarterly -conference are asked to attend the meetings. ' , ELDER ALMA SONNE Hundreds Back AfrG "A 1 ROBERT A. VOGELER ' Communist-Held Vogeler to Speak In UtahCrusade' Robert A. Vogeler will give a first hand account of Communist Commun-ist brutality in forcing confes sions from Innocent Political Prisoners when he speaks at the Utah Republican "Crusade to Victory" dinner-rally, at Rainbow Rain-bow Randevu in Salt Lake City on May 22. Senator Everett M. Dirksen (Rep. 111.) will share. the speaking program. Mrs. Vogeler, who was primarily responsible for securing her husband's re lease after 17 months of solitary confinement in Hungarian prison, pri-son, will also appear on the pro gram. , Yoiing GOP Elect Officers, Adopt New Platform Max Shirk, Geneva Steel em ploye, was elected president of the Young Republicans club at a meeting held Monday night In the city hall. Besides election of officers the newly formed organization adopted a platform, which in eluded opposition to the unwarranted unwar-ranted entrance of government or continued participation of the federal government In fields of private business and profes slons; centralization of state functions in Washington; oppos ed the subsidization of special interests with their money and ours; would nominate candidates candi-dates of high caliber; . would oppose the encroachment by county,, state and federal gov ernments on community mat ters. :., ; It was announced at the meeting meet-ing that the central committee would meet In the southeast court room at 8:15 in the city and county building at Provo. Others who were elected Include: In-clude: Mrs. Oliver Patten Jr vice president; Beverly Blrk, secretary-treasurer. ' Jerry Bun aermaTmiameeman; 1st lla-- .trict; , Watson JEatough,, 2nd district; dis-trict; Tom Parker, 3rd district and, Uland Friday 4th district. Jaycee Nominees Await Election At then dinner meeting of the American Fork Junior Chamber Of Commerce held Thursday night at the Crown Cafe, nominations nom-inations for officers for 1952-53 were made. The meeting was conducted by Wlllard R. Devltt, president. . , ; Up for president areHeber Grant Ivlns and Lyman Wight; vice president, Kenneth Crane and LeOrande Terry; and. three directors will be chosen from the following six nominees, 'Preston Taylor, Luris Lamph, Harold Anderson, An-derson, Marvin Teuscher,- Robert Greenwood, and Robert Edwards. "Irvine M.t Chlpman -was the only nominee - for Buck Private. Holdover- directors are William R. Ellison, , Virgil Wootton and LeOrande Terrr. 'f4.'' i Election will be held Thursday April 17, Mr. Devltt said, and the Inaugural .banquet will be held April 30. .. eneva From 'Are 'Continue at-Work'-Ordcr Pleases Employes, Businessmen of District Training School , , hstalling;New Laundry Presses - With installation of the new presses in the laundry at the Utah State Training School output out-put cf the. plant will be doubled, with only half as many workers employed, Dr. Gabriel J. VlschL superintendent, said Wednesday. New laundry , equipment has been in the process of installation installa-tion over a period of several months. :; - ; However, in stating that half the numbers of employees that now work In the laundry would be able to handle the lob. ore- sent employes who are worth keeping will be aborbed In other positions, as there is plenty plen-ty of work to be done." . During short meeting at the school. Tuesday, ' attended by Welfare Commissioners William A. Dawson ad Dr. Philo T. Farns-worth, Farns-worth, the go-ahead was given to install new playground equipment equip-ment for the inmates. High School Track' Team iriTri-Meet American Fork High School thinclads will participate In a three-way track-and field meet with Cyprus and Murray High Schools tomorrow on the Cyprus field weather permitting. Coach Leo Nelson said. 'Leo stated that due to inclement incle-ment weather his distance runners run-ners above the 220-yard dash will not perform as they are not In shape. However If the meet Is held he will have men In the sprints and In the field events. Coach Nelson said that the Cyprus team will be the team to beat. The Jordan entry won second se-cond in the state meet last year, and all of the performers are back In schooL School Board Buys Land in Orem For School Building Alpine School District board of education bas purchased a .. .. 17-acr 17-acr tract of land east of the state highway la Orem, and Is negotiating negotiat-ing for another eight acres adjoining adjoin-ing on which to build a new Junior or senior high school, according to Elijah Chipman, district clerk. ' The 17-acre tract was purchased for 119,000 from Toffee Hauzen, and is located on Fourth East, at about Second South. : The eight-acre tract which ad-Joins ad-Joins the recent purchase is owned 6yrf8EancefPrd. MrrChap-man MrrChap-man said. " ' , . ToBe Doubled The American Fork area will Increase its celery acreage by 100 per cent, John Gerber, man ager of the Utah Cooperative Growers, said Wednesday. Mr. Gerber scotched the ru mor that has been making the rounds that there will be a small acreage of onions due to the late spring. We can put them in as late as the last week In April and still mature a- crop, although they may not be as big. It Is better to put onions in later then to have planted them In the past month's cold weather," ne said. ' " Mr." Oerber stated that there would be "plenty'of cabbage" but did not yet know the number of acres that would be planted with carrots. t M i . -t . Meantime, Dr. E. Milton Anders An-ders on, extension vegetable crops specialist, USAC, said there Is much danger that onions on-ions planted this year in major uerDerbaysuel On Ml . Hundreds of North Utah County Coun-ty Geneva SUel Company employ- . ees have returned to the mill after having received "continue at work" orderg from Phillip Murray, president of CIO. President Harry Har-ry 8. Truman ordered the government gov-ernment to take over the steel industry in-dustry Tuesday at midnight The "continue at work order from the national labor head, shortly after President Truman's . address to the nation Tuesday lifted lift-ed a pall from North Utah County at the prospects of workmen being without Jobs which had reflected in business In the past two weeks In the area. ' - , ' Loren J, Weathaver, vice president presi-dent and manager of operation, , Geneva Steel . Company, stated "that we will resume back to nor mal operations as fait as we can. We shut down Tuesday and it will 4 take four or five days to again be-in be-in full operation. We will go back into business as fast as we know how." ; Asked to comment on the preai-dent'a preai-dent'a address to the nation, Mr. Weathaver said: "It la not my place to comment on the preai- dent's speech. Wednesday' ' several employes contacted were pleased that they would have a chance to go on working, and the attitude of mer- ' chants and farmers changed from a negative to an objective outlook for the coming months. , Had the steel industry been struck. It la the oDfcilon of nif- ord E. Young; Jr., president of the Bwnan r otk unamoer or commerce, com-merce, that it would have led to , great hardship on those workers who are buying homes, automobiles automo-biles and other necessities of life. "And it will make a tremendous difference to the business houses of North . Utah Co. I know that they were beginning -to feel the ' pinch long before the day to strike. Then, too, many were depending? on steady work to be able to carry the extra burden of the sewer Th continue at work order will benefit bene-fit everyone In the district," Mr. " Young said. Although the strike had not , been scheduled until 12:01 Wed- t nesday morning, Geneva and Iron-ton Iron-ton were virtual ghost plants on Tuesday. At Geneva only one open hearth and about 20 per cent of the coke ovens were still operating, operat-ing, and the open hearth was scheduled sche-duled to tap Its last heat Tuesday. GOP Announce Coming Meetings Utah County Central Committee, Commit-tee, Republican party, will hold a meeting In the north t-nart room of the City and County Duucung m rrovo, Tuesday evening even-ing April IS. at 8 d. m. All mem bers are asked to attend .. ' DICK DEVEY- ON BYU DEBATE TOUE Richard Devev. sonhomor student at the Brigham Young University, this week is in California Cal-ifornia with the school forneshi squad to participate In the Pae--elfte- Invitatioal tournament- at-8tockton. at-8tockton. - ' , - rop ThisYear onion producing areas of Utah may mature too late for harvesting, harvest-ing, or may produce a large percentage per-centage of thick-neck bulbs; . In order to" Insure as good development of the onion rop as possible, it is recommerided by Dr. Anderson that growers use xairiy liberal applications of phosphate, which will hasten maturity. In' some cases nitrogen may also be advlseable, but the application should not be very heavy as to result In excessive top growth and delay In mat urity. I : Barnyard manure at the rata Of 19 to 20 tons ncr acre Id aU so good onion fertilizer. Where it is used the lower ftmmmts cl nitrogen are usually adcauate. Dr. Anderson said. ' ' : Growers with doubts- as to what fertilizer to apply can pet helpful information from ttia ilow cost soil testing done at ttia U3AC, Dr. Anderson said. |