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Show -Creates? Event" In Years Ver. am ur ij.. vtii Salt '7 VOL. L THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, August 20, 1953 NUMBER 25 COMING Citv-Wide ." a Pet and Hobby Show Expected To Draw Near 1000 Children The Pet and Hobby show spon-j sored annually by the City Rec-j reatlon Department and the Alpine Al-pine Stake Primaries Is expected to attract nearly 1000 children and their parents to the base-ball base-ball park tomorrow night when It will begin at 8 p. m. Prizes will be given In all divisions di-visions and all children who participate par-ticipate will be given a treat. Everyone who expects to enter the parade must be at the park at G p. m. to line up. The parade par-ade will get under way at 6:30. Don Overly and Mrs. Delbert Chlpman, recreation directors, are being assisted by Mrs. Frank O. Shelley, Mrs. Overly, Mrs. J. K. Walker, Mrs. Joseph B. Hansen, Han-sen, Miss Ardena Beck, and Melvln Mel-vln E. Dunkley, city councilman. Judges are Elijah Chlpman, George E. Jones, Mrs. Eugene Tuckett. Mrs. Francis N. Mor-tenson, Mor-tenson, J. Stanley Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hansen, and Elections Must Take Place In November According to the Utah Munic ipal League, all cities and towns of the state must hold elections' this fall even If the present of-j fleers have no opponents. j In past years some communities communi-ties have waived elections be-; cause of lack of contest for any . of the positions to be filled. But two years ago me attorney general gen-eral Issued a legal opinion to the effect that holders of public office of-fice are not authorized to perpetuate per-petuate themselves i In office under any circumstances by call-, lng off or falling to hold elections. elec-tions. I Third class cities (800 to 15,000 population) must elect a mayor,; and two city councllmen, all fori four year terms.. Towns must elect a mayor and two trustees, all for four-year terms. Third class cities, according to law, nominate tickets at conven-j tions to be held between Oct 5 and 19. The tickets may be, nominated on a partisan or non-: partisan basis. The final election elec-tion In all municipalities Is on the regular election day Nov.' 3 this year. j Just eight weeks remain be-' fore the final day when the nom-! inatlons must be made, and only 11 weeks from next Tuesday until un-til election day. Terras of office have expired for Mayor Wlllard R. Cleghorn and Councllmen Walter B. Devey and George E. Jones. Council-men Council-men Melvln E. Dunkley, Jared D. Keller and Leslie Searle all have two more years to serve. Korean Relief Drive Completed by Legion American Legionnaires last week- completed the city-wide drive for Korean Relief which; was oegan aoout monin ugo across the nation. - Commander Henry E. McNeill- turned over $144.50 to Mayor Wlllard R. Cleg-horn Cleg-horn who will send the fund to the state chairman. " Call for the nation was $5,-000,000. $5,-000,000. "an for Utah $58,000.- Mr; McNeill, at the request of the. mayor, organized the members of the organization who made a house to house canvass of the! city. - I Mayor Cleghorn expressed his! appreciation to me puouc as weu as the members of Post 49. National Convention Reported to Lions Elmer Bate and Leo O. Mere-dlth Mere-dlth made reports of the National Nation-al convention held in Chicago In July, at the Lions club meeting held Thursday night. Plans are being made for a family night which will be held at Rotary park Aug. 27. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Mortcnson are co-chairmen. co-chairmen. It will begin at 7 p. m. with games and fun for both kids and their parents. IMMUNIZATION CLINIC August immunization clinic will be held Friday night ,at 7 prm. In' the Red Cross rooms. The usual shots will be given. , Mrs. Eva A. Skinner. Leo B. Nelson will be the announcer, an-nouncer, and refreshments are being prepared under the Alpine Al-pine Stake Sunday School eup-erlntendency, eup-erlntendency, ' Lowell Bennett, Melvln Beckstrand and Harold Holley. and three women from the Primaries, Mrs. Ralph 8. Chlpman, Mrs. Francis B. Abel, and Mrs. Myron M. Bolcy. There are an additional 50 adults who are helping to put over the show. There will be entries In the following divisions: horses, donkeys don-keys and mules, cows, calves, sheep and swine, dogs, cats, and rabbits; chickens, guinea, hens, geese, turkeys, and miscellaneous. miscellan-eous. Hobby entries will be airplanes, air-planes, dolls, doll buggies; boats, scooters, tricycles, bicycles, wagons, wag-ons, and miscellaneous; floats, rhythm bands; costumes, commercial, com-mercial, western, old fashioned, nationalities, and miscellaneous. Alpine's Seventh Homecoming Set for Saturday Seventh annual Homecoming for members and former members mem-bers of Alpine has been set for Saturday Aug. 22. The day will begin with a 7 a. m. band serenade seren-ade under the direction of Ronald. Ron-ald. Strong and Howard B. Ad-amson. Ad-amson. Feature of the mid-morning will be a miniature parade which will be repeated at 6 p. m. The new Primary presidency. Allta Drew, Cleo Shepherd and Goldle Strong, have charge of this event. Frank Austin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Austin, and Maralee Beck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 3'. Paul Beck, win reign as miniature minia-ture king and queen of the celebration. cele-bration. Right after the morning parade, par-ade, a bazaar will open for the remainder of the day, and the concessions will be open from 10 a. m.' through the day. The afternoon will be filled with sports for both children and ad ults. There will be races, ping pong and horseshoe pitching contests, and at 4 p. m. games and contests on horseback. An outdoor program at 8 p. m. will feature a talent show. 'Only event of the day for which anyone will be asked to pay will be the roast beef dinner din-ner which wJU be served family style from 12 noon until 2 p. m. Charge will be $1.00 for adults and 50c for children. Other , committees in charge during the day are Relief Society, Soci-ety, Erma Burgess. Lois Shepherd Shep-herd and Blanche Bennett, bazaar; baz-aar; MIA, Vivian Terry, June Beck, Cleone Turner, Dan Clark, Ross Beck and Edward M. Bunker Bun-ker Jr., concessions; Sunday School, Clyde L. Anderson, Du-ane Du-ane Shepherd, and Lloyd H. Balr, dinner, with Erma Bate-man Bate-man in charge of the cooking, and the evening program. Ronald Ron-ald Strong and Howard B. Ad-amson. Ad-amson. Invitations, original verses written by Barbara Hunter, have been sent to all former residents, by Evelyn I. Strong, . Invltalons 'Chairman: Mary Williams Is-pub. llclty chairman. The annual Homecoming has: been sponsored for .the past! seven years by the ward bishop- to Pfwunf. mnhri am PM Burgess, bishop; Thayne Bate-j selors, William L. Beck and Evan Ev-an Shepherd, clerks. Ethan Peay Going To Nampa, Idaho Ethan Peay left Saturday for Nampa, Ida., where he win take over the managing of the dairy farm at the Idaho State Training Train-ing School under the direction of Dr. H. H. Ramsey. Mrs. Peay, David and Deanna will join him as soon as he can find a home. Miss Mary Beth Peay will stay In American Fork and continue with her work at the Peoples State Bank. J He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first instalment in-stalment on his debt. ' ' V-Seneca Steve Chipman Sparks All-Star Legion Team Steve Chipman Steve Chipman. who is placing In the American Legion Junior League for the last season CHe graduates next spring), made the play that brought victory to the picked All-Star team made up of boys outside the Salt Lake County area. The game was played at Derks Field Tuesday night against the Metropolitan team who had been given the edge to win. Score was 4-3. In the fourth Inning, Jay Mal-lett, Mal-lett, Layton. who had one strike against him, was replaced by Chlpman. He swatted the ball between the legs of the Metropolitan Metro-politan third baseman and allowed al-lowed two - men to make the home plate.- The next man at bat gave Steve the chance to finish his run. This game ends the Legion Junior play in Utah for this year. Ogden, state champions, are now in California playing I in the western Region tourna-Jmcnt tourna-Jmcnt for a chance at the National. Nat-ional. 125 4-H Girls , Take Part In Achievement Day One hundred twenty-five girls representing 12 4-H clubs In A-merlcan A-merlcan Fork and Highland took part in the annual Achievement Day held In Flrmage Hall last Friday, It was reported by Harriet Har-riet Mulllner, county demonstration demonstra-tion agent. Some of the girls entered several sev-eral articles and awards and ribbons were- given for first, second se-cond and third places. Judges were 4-H leaders from the Pro-vo Pro-vo area. In addition to the displays there were demonstrations of table setting, flower arrangement, arrange-ment, making of beds"and other homemaklng activities. County Achievement Day will be held Aug. 28, at the BYU Social So-cial Hall on the upper campus. Winners there will take their articles to the State Fair in September, Mrs. Mulllner said. Reid Burgess Named'Bishop Alpine Ward Reid Burgess, former counsel or In. the Alpine Ward bishopric but for the past two years a member of the Alpine Stake High : Council, was. .sustained" as bishop at the ward confeoence held Aug. r- He succeeds H. Arthur Smith who has served for the past five years. The change was made under un-der the direction of President Edward W. Burgess. Bishop Burgess chase as his counselors Thayne Batcman and Dewey Bennett, counselors to Bishop Smith. Elder Bateman has served the entire five years and Elder Bennett for the two years Bishop Burgess served with the high councU. At the same meeting both the Sunday School superlntendency and the Primary presidency were changed. Robey Forbes was released and his first assistant, assis-tant, Clyde L. Anderson, was sustained as , superintendent. Duane Shepherd, second assistant, assis-tant, was advanced to first and Lloyd H Balr was sustained as second (assistant. New Primary presidency consists" con-sists" Of Allta Drew, Cleo Shepherd, Shep-herd, and Ooldle Strong. Retiring Retir-ing officers re Wanda Johnson, Ardene Hatch and Maud Beck. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. n Cor' Srtf Use City Water Sparingly Use the city water sparingly for the next few weeks. Is the plea of city officials.. The long, dry, hot spell with excessive lawn sprinkling Is throwing an extra drain on the city supply. Spray lawns at nllit and as sparingly as possible ls'the plea of city officials so that no drastic dras-tic regulations will be ivoessary. This week the city replaced the two Main Street drinking fountains, one at Main and Center Cen-ter and the other at 66 West Main Streets The new fountain bases are ef concrete with a stainless steel bowl. They are of more modern drinking fountain type and will quench the thirst of thousands of citizens and tourists in the years to come. Disastrous Fire i Razes Burch Farm Buildings Fire of unknown origin completely com-pletely destroyed the barn, sheds and farm and milking equipment of Merrill and Stanley Burch, 415 South 1st West, Friday night at 11:15 p.m. Estimated damage Is near the $10,000 mark, which Is partially covered by insurance. -The big barn, one of the few remaining ones of the type, contained con-tained 600 bales of first crop hay, and part of the second crop. Also stored In the barn was newly purchased milking equipment which was to have been Installed Install-ed In a new milk house. Included In the loss was a new tractor, a new grain drUl, a wagon, wag-on, carryall, and air tanks. The fire was discovered by Merrll Burch who called the Volunteer Vol-unteer Department. ' But the blaze had such a. good start and all was so dry that little could be done but keep it from spreading, spread-ing, Chief Olen Chadwick reported. report-ed. By Monday morning the brothers broth-ers had decided to rebuild modern mod-ern type dairy farm structures. Clow Call at Wagstaffs Thursday night after dark the Department was called to the farm of David E. Wagstaff where they put out a blaze which could have been serious. Fred Wagstaff was pouring gasoline from a jug Into the tank of a car belonging to Orant Myers My-ers when the exhaust backfired and set the gas on fire. The boy quickly threw the Jug which landed in a small pile of old lumber and weeds where it ex ploded. Mrs. Wagstaff saw the blaze from the house-and summoned the Firemen but no monetary damage was done. Kate B. Carter Addresses Cedar Fort Ward Kate B. Carter, president of the Central Company, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, was the guest speaker at Sunday evening services ser-vices in th Cedar Fort Ward-She came at the request of North Utah- County., officer. ... , The speaker stressed the value to. women of theorganlzatlon and the distinct heritage of the Daughters. Music for the even ing was furnished by a chorus of 12 members of the Adams and Orecnwood camps, directed by Mrs. Leo T. Hansen, with Mrs. Leo Van Wagoner as accompanist. accompan-ist. Going with the group were Mrs. Jarvls Aydelotte, North Utah Ut-ah County president, Mrs. E. L. Russon, Lehl. and Mrs. Silas Bennett. Alpine, vice presidents, and Mrs. D. W. Jones, historian, Mr. Jones, Mr. Hansen and Mr. Van Wagoner. , Hartshorn Market Says 'Thank You" . Hartshorn's AO Market owners own-ers and operators were well pleased plea-sed with the response the pubUc gave them on their pfflclal opening, op-ening, last week end. Mr. Hartshorn Harts-horn wishes to extend-their thanks to the pubUo and says to watch for their future an-nounccments. an-nounccments. r Biggest1 Celebration Promised Steel Day City Wide Sale Opens Next Week In Am. Fork Sixty businessmen In American Ameri-can Fork are all set for the city-wide city-wide promotion of American ; Fork's "Steel Day Steals", set for Aug. 27, 28 and 29, when sensational sensa-tional buys will be offered all shoppers, said O. Easton Brown, chairman of the committee, yes-I yes-I torday when discussing the plan. ! A gift' certificate of $40. will j be given to both the boy and the I girl between the ages of 0 and 1 18 who writes the best essay on "Why I Like to Shop in American Ameri-can Fork." The certificate may be spent In any amount in any of the stores participating In the project. Essays must be In the hands of Mr. Brown by 5 p. m. Aug. 20, 1953. During the gigantic three day sales promotion event every type of merchandise and service will be offered to those who shop at home or come from the sur rounding area. Quality mer chandise of every dlscrtptlon win be on sale In every type store in our city. Prices will be reduced on all standard mer chandise. Watch for next week's advertisements and" announce ments. Three Local Men To Receive Degrees at BYU Three American Fork'men. wlU receive degrees at the summer convocation of th 78th commencement com-mencement exercises at the Brlgham Young University Friday Fri-day night. The commencement exercises are set for 7 p. m. in the Joseph Smith Auditorium. Walter M. Relmschllssel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Relmschllssel, Relmschl-lssel, will receive a masters degree de-gree In education. Since receiving receiv-ing his bachelors degree he has taught and for three years been principal at the Duchesne High School. Subject of his thesis Is 'The Transportation System In Duchesne County School District". Dist-rict". , Walter Robert Brock will re- Help for X 1 ' f - I I ; ! . TV S '' " a ill--- - Street Repair More Than Half Complete The American Fork City street resurfacing job Is ncarlng the three-quarter completion point tills week, City Manager Ray C. Nelson stated yesterday. Practically Practi-cally every street south of Main Street will be finished this week and within another two weeks all of the designated. streets for resurfacing will have been completed, com-pleted, unless some unforseen problems develop during the period. A very late start on the street job, the flood three weeks ago and last week a disputed : right of way from the gravel crushing unit all have slowed up the project. pro-ject. The Owen Dean Interests ob jected to the use of a road through their property and time to construct another road and the moving of the weighing scales held up the delivery of crushed road materials for several sev-eral days. However, now the deck seem to be cleared and the Job Is swinging forward at top speed and' soon American Fork's reign of dust and dirt and flve-mile-an-hour city travel will be at an end. ( When completed the city and its contractors will have regrad-ed regrad-ed and resurfaced a total of 58 blocks of city streets. clvo a bachelors degree from the coUege of arts and sciences with a major In sociology. Kenneth Ken-neth Reese Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Olen X Taylor, will receive re-ceive a bachelor of science degree de-gree with a major in animal husbandry and a minor In English. Eng-lish. Elder Mark E. Peterson, of the Council of the Twelve, will deliver de-liver the commencement address add-ress and during the afternoon the home of President Ernest J. Wilkinson will be the scene of a reception for the seniors and their parents. An estimated 140 degrees, 27 masters and 113 bachelors will be granted to students from 10 states and seven foreign countries. the 'Walking Blood Bank' - .: .... l - ' ' ... - Frank Baker, left, laboratory technician at the American; Fork Hospital, takes a sample of blood tor typing from the. arm of LnDcll Terry, active member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Jaycees are making a concentrated effort ' to have between 400 and 450 citizens' blood typed for a "walk- " lng blood bank" which would meet any emergency. Mr. Buker Is handling the work at the hospital. Give him a call. The Junior Chamber will appreciate your Interest. z"-' Plans for Steel Day are progressing pro-gressing and events promise to be mow attractive than ever before, be-fore, Chairman Walter B. Devey reported following the meeting of committee chairmen Monday night. Queen contestants will be entertained en-tertained Monday at the Hotel Utah Roof Oarden with luncheon lunch-eon and a fashion show. Choosing Choos-ing of the queen and her attendants atten-dants win take place Friday Aug. 28. . - Flower Show Programs, giving the rules and J sections of the Flower Show are in the hands of the Oarden club members and will be distributed during the next few days. Everyone Every-one Interested may obtain on from any member of tile Oarden Oar-den Club, sponsor of the event. - Theme wiU be 'Nature's Trea-- sures". Entries wlU be received from 6 a. m. to 9 a. m. Monday morning and must be left on display until the show closes al 9 p. m. Judging win take place between 9 a. m. and 12 noon. There are 17 sections listed, which include all summer flowers flow-ers as well as artistic arrangements, arrange-ments, house plants, and Juniors. Commercial exhibitors are invited invit-ed but will be non-competitive. First, second and third place ribbons will be awarded In each classification, one sweepstake In ' each section, and one Orand Champion award. Art Exhibit . Both amateur and professional artists are being Invited to show their work at the art exhibit which wiU be held In the west basement room of the tabernacle. taberna-cle. All exhibitors shoold. take their pictures, either framed or mounted, to the tabernacle eith- er Friday or Saturday so they can be properly hung In time for Monday. Parade Time of the evening parade has been advanced to 5:30 so it win be over before dark and allow everyone time to get to the evening show on time. More -concerns have committed them- -selves for floats than at this date any other year. Evening Show The fuU evening's entertainment entertain-ment has been signed up and some of the best available talent tal-ent wiU be on hand. Final act -of the- day will be the giving a-way a-way of the newL953 Ford sedan. i..-. 1 I .71. |
