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Show v.. UOX 147 Salt Lake City Utah VOL. XLJX AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1952 t NUMBER 24 '..HUM'.1 ''' 3teel Day Ticket Sales V'- - i Assures Financial Success . Between 40 and 50 per cent of the 1700 Steel Day ticket!, allotted allot-ted the service clubs hare been sold. LaMar 8. Erans, finance chairman, reported at the last meeting of the Steel Day Committee. Com-mittee. David S. Taylor has offered of-fered to bank any moneys for members who desire to check In lit any time. Ticket booths operated op-erated by the women's clubs will be set up on Main Street the last ten days before the celebration. ; John Evans, of the John Evans Float Company, designers and builders, has been in town snowing snow-ing sketches of floats available from $75 to $300 In a wide variety va-riety of designs. The company 'will build a complete float or any part of It A company rep-sentatlve rep-sentatlve will be in town Friday Fri-day (tomorrow), and anyone desiring de-siring to talk to him about a float contact Eugene Barker, parade pa-rade chairman. Mr. Barker reported that several sev-eral additional business houses had expressed a' willingness to enter the parade and th entire project was shaping up satisfactorily.' satisfac-torily.' H'. ... ' 'l.V Printed ' postal tarda, which can be used as Invitations to out of town friends and relatives, will be available In the postoffice and business houses. The show committee Is working work-ing out better methods of handling hand-ling the evening crowd and bleachers owned by the city will be erected In the ball park. Specific Spe-cific program for the day will be announced next week. Queen Aspirants Te Ge t Training The 16 girls vleing for honor as queen and Miss American Fork will be given an hour's, training in poise and charm at the tabernacle tab-ernacle Monday evening at 7 P-m , under the direction of Ruth Tolman, head of Tolman's School of Charm, Salt Lake City. Ora H. Chlpman, director of women's activities for the recreation recrea-tion department, , reports that Miss Tolman will give a lecture to the public at 8 pjn. in the tabernacle. All women of the community are Invited. CALL FIREMEN FOR RESUSCITATOR Following the drowning of the third child In the district, dis-trict, the following advice Is being given to parents by the city physician. " If you miss year child have someone call the Fire Department De-partment Immediately so the resascitator may be standing stand-ing by in ease ef drowning. There is only an eight minute min-ute period during which the resascitator may be helpful In ease of drowning Saving of a child's life will more than compensate for a few false alarms, the doctor said. Do not take time to go te the hospital The resascitator Is already on the Fire Truck and the truck can make a faster ran than a person can in a car. Third Child DroTOed Thursday In Highland Irrigation Ditch Third child in the district to meet death by drowning this year was Lee Ray Chidlster, 19 months old son of James Earl andtThelraa Strasburg Chidlster, Highland. .;- Mr. Chidlster said the child followed him out of the house Thursday 'morning and, must have fallen into the ditch while he was working. As soon as he missed his son Mr. Chidlster began be-gan a search and. the child's body bo-dy was located about a half mile from the home. . The boy was rushed to the American Fork hospital nut was pronounced dead upon arrival "uneral services were conducted conduc-ted Monday at one o'clock In the Highland ward chapel under the direction of Bishop J.LeOrande Adamson, who in speaking ex-pressed ex-pressed his appreciation for the famnyMdBpoke-of the joy " which will be experienced .with the uniting of families In ; a future life. ' Z ; Dr. O. S. Richards, who had attended the child at birth and - at death, spoke of the Joy of children in the home and the ' value of prayer in times of sor- Choosing of the queen will take place Monday evening, Aug. 25, at the Apollo hall. It was an nounced by the queen committee. Girls who are working toward the $50.00 scholarship are being given the opportunity of selling tickets right up until Steel Day. All 18 of the girls will be guests next week at a luncheon at the Hotel Utah, m : - The Queen's float, and Miss American Fork's float are now under course of construction with Homer Starr, G. Watson Eatough, Mrs. Bert Adamson and Mrs. Leo O. Meredith in charge. Local Artists Preparing Steel Day Show Associated Artists of American Fork are making preparations for their annual contribution to the Steel Day celebration, according ac-cording l to May W. Halllday, president The exhibit will be held In the basement of the tabernacle ta-bernacle Sunday Aug. 31, and Monday Sept. 1, which will be Steel Day." ' . ' - All pictures displayed will not have been shown before, Mrs. Halllday said. There will be many artists of note from throughout the state who will exhibit their paintings, as well as local artists. An invitation . is extended to anyone who desires to enter. Only On-ly requirement Is that the picture pic-ture must not have been shown here before. For detailed Information Infor-mation contact Mrs. Halllday, Harold Woolston or Ora H. Chlpman. - . Iron Men in Third Place In CU League By defeating Payson 8 to 4 Monday night the American Fork Iron Men Jumped to third place In the Central Utah baseball base-ball leaeue. The eame was Dial ed oh the home field with Lind qulst as pitcher and Edwards playing catcher position. Larson struck two timely hits and Edwards and Greenwood each one that drove In runs. One run was made in the first inning, three In the third, one in the fourth and three In the sixth. Last night Santaquln played at Springville, Spanish Fork at Payson and Nepal at Eureka which probably changed the standing from Monday night. C-U LEAGUE STANDINGS . , Won Lost Nephi 7 0 Santaquln 6 2 I Am. Fork ...... 4 4 Springville 4 j Spanish Fork 3 4 Payson 3 5 Eureka 0 7 row. Fred Bowen discussed the resurrection and LouCille Turner Tur-ner gave an appropriate reading. read-ing. Music Included two numbers by the ward Singing Mothers, Brahm's "Lullaby" and "My Peace I Leave With You";' and a solo, "Oh My Father" by Kenneth Ken-neth L. Robinson. , Mrs. Henry Oreehland accompanied the singers and Mrs. Kenneth White played the prelude and postlude. Prayers were spoken by David Strasburg, Leonard Hyde, Terry Chidlster, an 'uncle, and Ludwig M. Larson. Pallbearers were Vera and Verl Matthews, and Phillip and David Chidlster,' cousins. Members of the Relief Society cared for the flowers and served lunch in the home following the services. Lee Rav Chidlster was born Jan.-15y 1951, in American Fork. I Surviving besides his parents,) M t- . 1 T 1 W I are ioux orouiero, wcaiey, Mun,i Reed and Richard Chidlster, alii of Highland, and four grandparents, grandpar-ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Chidlster, Chid-lster, Salt Lake City, and Mr. and Mrs. Ever M. Strasburg, Highland. J State and County Officials Invited To Attend Steel Day Utah State, Utah County offi cials and mayors Of Alpine, Lent Pleasant Grove, Pro vo, and Or em will receive Invitations to attend at-tend the annual Steel Day cele bration Sept 1, it was reported following a meeting of the invi tation committee Thursday night in the City Hall. Special letters are being draft ed which will be sent to about 50 prominent persons in the state. Cars will be provided for them in a section of the parade. Members of the committee are Mayor Wlllard R. Cleghorn, who will act as chairman of the reception re-ception committee, A. Frank Gaisford, A. P. Hoelscher, and Leo G. Meredith. GOP Delegates Select County Nominees Sterling D. Jones and Duke Page, both of Spanish Fork, won out . as nominees for county commissioners at the Republican Republi-can county convention held in College Hall at Provo Saturday. Their names will be placed on the Primary preferental ballot for September. American Fork leaders In the political party took a prominent part in the days deliberations. Hannah C. Ashby addressed the group on the necessity of good government and said there was a need beyond human power. She also introduced the national slogan The Man of the Hour Is Eisenhower". Fred L. Fish was chairman of the elections committee and Paul L. Harmon substituted for the chairman of the credentials committee. GOP candidates for the state legislature .-were, introduced. They. were OrvWo-Gunther, C WUford Larson, Charles Peterson, Peter-son, W. Harrison Conover, Jack Swenson and Lane IL Barron. Don Mack Dal ton, LaMont Toronto, Tor-onto, Bob Bullock, Verl Dixon, and others who are seeking state and county positions were also in attendance. Others present from American Fork were Glen W. Baker, Karl H. Bennett Lucy Bush, Earl Chad wick, Walter A. Devey, Har old Holley, Ha Mortenson, Wal lace Peck, Gerald Sunderlund, Matilda Thomas, and Mr. . and Mrs. William Young Jr. Freedom of Press Colonial Story, Released in Films The story of John Peter Zen ger "The Story That Couldnt Be Told" is available as an 11 minute, 16 mm sound film from the Audio visual repartment of the University of Utah Exten sion Division, it was announced this week. " The film tells the classic story of a trial which won freedom of the press in the -colonies and established the right of the press to criticize the acts of public officials. , , ' . . The film Is excellent for use at -high- school and civic groups during- newspaper week, Oct.-1-8, it was pointed out by Qulntus C. Wilson, professor and chair man of the University'H depart ment of Journalism. Chipman Buyer . Visits Chicago Business , J. Stanley Peters, assistant manager of Chlpman Mercantile Company, and Mrs. Peters are home following a trip to Chicago where they were guests of Hart, Schaffner and Marx, men's clothing clo-thing manufacturers. The mammoth clothing con cern has- Just moved into a new eight story building in the heart of Chicago's loop district and now has all the departments under one roof. The move will make for greater efficiency and production of - better clothing, Mrr Peters eald.- One evening the Peters were guests of the company at the Chaa Paree, one of Chicago's fabulous night clubs. On the way home they visited hi St. Louis with other firms whose merchandise merch-andise Chlpmans stocks. Registration Dates .4.' f ; " In order to veto In the coming com-ing Primary election your name matt be on the regis-teration regis-teration list. Check-with your district agent to make sore. Registration dates are Aug 11 and 2C Other registration dates preceding the national election In November are Oct 1, 14, 28, and g. , Registration agents are: 1st Dlst Helen Mercer, 151 S. 1st E. , 2nd Mat Rlntha Chrlst-ensen, Chrlst-ensen, 151 W. 2nd 8. t 3rd DlsC BessU Robinson, 243 N. 1st . i ' 4th Dist Mae Laamn, 250 N. 2nd E. 4- New Counselors Named In I Relief Society Dorothy Rominger Mayberry, who has been serving as second counselor to Irene Wright in the First Ward Relief Society, was advanced to first, counselor and Fawn Bailey was named second counselor at services held in the ward Sunday night (The change was made necessary by the re moval of Helen Bennion from the ward. Other officers and teachers in the Society are Ina Conder, secretary; sec-retary; Ethel Oraft organist; Zella Thornton, chorister; Evelyn Morris, teachers topic; Arsena Robinson, theology; .Lucy Foul-ger, Foul-ger, literature; Mary Lloyd, social science, Edith Jones, magazine agent; Era Oarlick, work director, direc-tor, and Emma Stelned, assistant work director. New Store Opens Here on Saturday The new - State f Electronics store at 89 West Mdbv American Fork, officially opens-.Saturday, August 16, to the public. The company is giving special gifts to all ladies attending the opening open-ing and invites the public to drop in and see their new store. An official announcement appears ap-pears on page 5 of this issue of the Citizen. Junior Team American Fork Junior Ameri-can Ameri-can Legion baseball team, coached by Don Overly, won the team sportsmanship trophy at the state tournament held in Salt Lake last week end. The team also won second place in the tournament, being defeated only by Logan. The team was presented with a large plaque from Ford Motor Company for their sportsmanship sportsman-ship and each player will receive .1 i. 1 1 ii ii j)saBMMB'tmawvBW'e . I; : , ... r 1 r ' AMERICAN FORK JUNIOR AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL TEAM WHO WON. THE STATE SPOItTMANCIITP TT.OrilY SATURDAY NIGHT AT DERKS FIELD, SALT LAKE CITY, AND 'CAME OUT SECOND IN THE TOUENAMEOT. Front row, left to right. Gaylen Hollndrake. Guy Humphries, Paul Taylor, who was chosen as pitcher for the "All Star gane in rrovo Aug. 19; Eugene Laursen. who won the individual sportsmanship medal and was selected as the best catcher la the tournament; Dale Greening, who will play on the "AH Star" team. Middle row: Dolan Hyde. Wayne Blnch, Mack Chlpman, chosen as the outstanding third baseman of the tournament; Mackey Boley. Lee Taylor. Standing: Arlcn Greening, Richard Webber, Paul Varney, Jerry Parduhn, Harold Scholes, Charles Edwards, manager. . ; IEreirDii3g Famed Racer Enshrined In State Capitol One of the most famous rac ing cars in the world, Ab Jenkins' Jen-kins' Mormon Meteor III, was permanently retired to a place of honor in the state capltol Friday. The huge two-and-a- half ton Juggernaut which has set more speed records than any other car In the history of rac ing; the car which has done a such a tremendous Job'ln giving Utah world-wide oubllcltv for nearly ten years; the. car that is so closely associated with Utah's famed Bonneville Salt Flats will race no more. The Meteor was rolled into the state capltol and set up as a permanent display. Its racing career, as well as that of its intrepid in-trepid 69-year-old 1 driver, Ab Jenkins, has been "closed for food. ; ! The Meteor was displayed In the state capltol in 1943 and remained re-mained there until 1949 when Jenkins decided to make another speed fling on the Bonneville flats. Last year he set 24 records, driving officially at a speed of 199 miles per hour and unoffh dally at 243 miles per hour.' Jenkins himself is not certain Just how many record the Mormon Mor-mon Meteor in has set during Its tests on the amazing Utah salt flats, but the total runs into the thousands. The car has been completely repainted and redecorated and bean the state teal on Its huge fin as well as th4nsignl of -Us sponsors D-X Motor Oil and Fllnco Gasoline, Just as it appeared ap-peared in its final run last summer. sum-mer. Governor J. Bracken Lee participated part-icipated in a brief ceremony as the huge racer rolled into its final resting place. Wins State Sportsmanship a team picture and a certificate for winning second place, all the gifts of the Ford Motor Co. Eugene Laursen, catcher, won the individual . sportsmanship medal besides being selected as the best catcher In the toura-ment. toura-ment. Mack Chlpman was selected sel-ected as the best third baseman in the tournament. Paul Taylor, pitcher, and Dale Greening, pitcher pit-cher and short stop, were selected selec-ted to play for the state "All W' " ( j'r'sJ- vJ 7 ; i i - . - v - Iff TO American Fork City Utah County, and the State of Utah all set their 1952 tax levies this week. Setting ef the Alpine City Sets Plan To Rebuild All City Streets American Fork has authorised A. H. Sorensen, city engineer, to work out a concrete plan for regradlng and surfacing all city streets this rail and next spring following the sewer installation program. Practically every street in the city has been broken up by the" installation - of sewer mains and sewer connection lines. It will take time to settle the trenches and get the streets graded and smoothed down ready rea-dy for hard surfacing. It la planned now to grade out an streets and where neces sary to bring grades up to a straight line to assist in drain age and proper turnplklng. This work is expected to be completed this fall and give the winter period for necessary settling. As early as possible next spring the work of surfacing will begin and be brought to a completion Just as early as pos sible, it was determined by the city officials. ' ,.. ;y. . , It is estimated that fully ten miles of city streets will be treated trea-ted in this manner during the coming months. . c'--:- Engineers reported at ' the meeting that 93 per cent of the main lines of the sewer are now completed and the next - two weeks should see the completion of this part of the system. Home connection line work Is progres sing at a fast clip and the eom- tlng weeks will see this part of the Job also completed. City officers of-ficers urge home owners to get their applications In now and be ready for the connection per iod before fall weather sets in and there is a possibility of a weather tie-up. i . Star" team ' against the Salt Lake taty "All Stars", Tuesday Aug. 19, In Provo. Don . Overly and Charles Edwards who coached the American Fork team, will coach the state "All Star" team. ; sV ; . v The coaches wish to express appreciation to the following business firms for their' financial finan-cial aid In the Helper tourament where the boys won the district honors, also to the state tourna- .- v - ' '"V v x'O I '; '-I f 3 A. - . ... - "tj School District levy yet remains to be completed before the total tax load can be determined. ,, w American Fork City's levy Is the same as last year and total an even twenty; mills.' Utah County's levy Is 7.13 mills, also the same as a rear an. and thm state levy is 12 mills, a reduction of some 5.85 mills from 1951. - . AlDlne School District's 1952 levy, la estimated to be set at 20.65 mills or approximately , the aame as for last year. If the reduction re-duction of the state school fund levy reduces the tax money for ine Aipine District materially then the state equalization board may adjust the local school lew slightly upward. r, ' ' r American Fork Cltv'a levy la oroxen aown as iouows: Contingent s mlSa Water Works Bonds tA mills Streets and Sidewalks IA mllla Street Lights 2 mlOs City Hall it Memorials 1 mill Dept. of Public Safety S mills Parks and Public Prop. 1.5 tdUa Library ' : l mill Hospital Building Fund 1 mill ' TOTAL 20 mlSs Metropolitan Water District American Fork A mill. Utah County levy is broken down In the following units. Highway 2X0 mills General Fund ... 3X0 mills Poor and Indigant .' 40 mill ' County Infirmary , - M mill i Memorial Fund .21 mill : Exhibition-Advertising .10 mil) . Flood Control j&o torn Recreation M mill Weed Control ......- .10 mill , TOTAL .... 7.13 mills The state levy is expected to drop to a record tow of 7.20 mills this, year If present plans of assessment Are. carried through. A total reduction of state school levy of 5.80 mills will be chopped off the 13 mill levy of 1951. If these figures carry through the total tax load tor, American Fork property owners will be 55X0 mills or a total reduction of 9.41 mills below last year. Trophy ment: Barratt Builders 8uDDlT. Chipman Mercantile Company. Tlmpanogos Motor, star nour Mills, Devey's Men Shop, Taylor Drug, Alpine Motors, Salt Lake Tribune, McNeill Market,' and Robinson's Sport Shop. The many local fans' who purchased tickets come In tor a share of commendation the coaches said. (Continued on page 4) , 2. t I V |