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Show THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, ' Thursday, January 17, 1957 Two THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN s v! Published Every Thursday at American Fork, Vtah, . . - by th ALPINE PUBLISHING CO. T" ; Entered as Second Class Matter, at the Postoffice at American Fork, Utah, under the act of March 3. 1879. Subscription Rate $2.50 Per Year Church-Belonging Americans Again are Americans greeted by church statistics, and again are the tidings good insofar as membership can be tak en as an index to some degree of religious expression. - More Americans than ever before (100,162,529) are re ported as affiliated with some church. A greater proportion of Americans than ever before (60.9 per cent) are numbered within some denominatioifc- And they-are; joining churches hall again as fast as the general population is increasing. These are the figures contributed .by 258 denominations to the "Yearbook of American Churches," appearing September 15. ; T - Certain allowances must be made, of course, in evaluating ' these figures. Statistics alone, obviously, cannot measure the depth of convictions or the sincerity of feelings. "Churches define membership differed tly Jience count from varying -bases, ' ': Social Security Rates Upped by Amendment District-Director of Internal fcevenue Charles L Fox today reminded Utah employer! that recent amendments hare changed chang-ed tax rates under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (Social Security) and filing requirement re-quirement under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act New FXOA. rates on wages paid on or after January 1, 1957 will be 2 percent each for employers em-ployers and employees, a total of 4 percent, Mr. Fox said. The changes in the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, he explained, ex-plained, provides that employers who had four or more employees on at least one day of each of 20 calendar weeks during 195S will be required to file Form 940 by January SI, 19S7. The filing of Form 940, Annual Federal Tax Return of Employers, was formerly form-erly required of employers who had eight or more employees. Mr. Fox said that copies Of this return hare been sent to most of the employers in this district However, he suggested that employers em-ployers who have not received this form by January 9, obtain copies from the local Revenue office at Salt Lake City, Utah (Post Office Building). Church Notice First Ward rtellef Society Lucy Foulger will give the literary lit-erary lesson at the meeting of the First Ward Relief Society on Tuesday, January 22, at 10 a. m. Everyone Is Invited to-attend. "BILL DING'S" Business IS BUILDING Business, 70 UVINQ QUARTERS,. DO BE FAIR, A RUMPUS ROOM 6AV$mARAN0TEAR W FUN. 1 PLANS MATERIALS FIAi!CllIG DO THE JOB YOURSELF OF WE WILL DO THE JOB COMPLETE FOR YOU. No Down Payment - Terms up to 5 Years ONE STOP SERUIGE ' liL. Prospecting For Prosperity P respecting and exploration for new mines Is a continuous activity that involves risking money and work. However, It Is a risk that must be taken if Utah's mining Industry Is to continue to be an Important contributor to our state's pros perity. -This activity benefits the mining Industry and the people of Utah who share in the exptnditures for labor and supplies during prospecting and development and In the actual operations of new mines. UTAH MINING ASSOCIATION "from the earth comes an abundant We for oft" Back-Log From ; Citizen News Columns TEN YEARS AGO ' L. s. Harrington, lifetime resident resi-dent of American Fork, celebrated celebrat-ed his 80th birthday Friday. Basketball encounter between Lehl and 'American Fork high schools held to every tradition Friday night. - The visitors brought a big crowd with them and though they fought to the finish and made the Cavemen play their best brand of ball the score ended 28-36 In favor of the local boys. " ' , First call to American Fork by the newly Installed mobile telephone tele-phone was received Sunday at 12:15 by Mrs. Eliza Buckwalter, American Fork, from her son John Buckwalter, manager of the Salt Lake City division of the Mountain ...S t a t e 4 .jrelephone Company. " TWENTY TEARS AGO . The Lions Club members met last night In regular - meeting. Business matters were discussed after which Judge A. V. Watkins oT Provo, spoke on the Deer Creek water project. Sufficient subscriptions are now in r sight for the project to Insure the construction con-struction of a small unit with 68,000 acre feet and a reservoir capable of holding 150,000 acre feet. . . Mrs. Stanford Briggs enter tained the Contract club at her home last Wednesday. Special guests were Mrs. Kenneth Noyes, Mrs. Elijah Chlpman and Mrs. Roy Olpin. -' American Fork Cavemen prov ed they are the well organized and well trained team they were reputed to be by winning the opening league game from Provo last Friday to the tune of 48 to 20. THIRTY TEARS AGO Ed Austin, 24, Salt Lake City, was arrested here Monday morn ing by Marshal Walter Durrant and charged with burglarizing the Jack Robinson lunch room and confectionery. Wednesday Austin was taken to Provo and lodged in the county jail. - - State Senator Clifford E. Young and. Representative George F. Shelley, elected to the state legislature at the election last fall, reported Monday for duty at the opening of the seventeenth seven-teenth session of jhe legislature. There was a good response to the invitations issued last week by the stake presidency to singers sing-ers of this city to join the tabernacle tab-ernacle choir. The initial practice prac-tice was held with 25 male members mem-bers and 49 female members In attendance. Total U. 8. petroleum produc tion In the past 10 years is valued valu-ed at 62 billion dollar- bout equal to the total value of all other minerals, metals, and fuels produced In the nation. Scouts Prepare For Annual v Jamboree America's youngest, newest and busiest city for over 50,000 per sons will teem with excitement next July 12 to 18. At the mo ment it doesnt exist. A 1,500-acre tent . city will house the Fourth National Jam boree of the Boy Scouts of America Amer-ica at historic Valley Forge In Pennsylvania. In It boys from all walks of life, of all races and creeds will live, together, exchanging ex-changing skills, swap home-town products, and learn about the customs and traditions of many sections of the nation. - "The purpose of the jamboree,1 says Dr. Arthur A. Scbuck, Chief Scout . Executive of the Boy Scouts of America, "is to strengthen the program of the Individual unit and to provide an opportunity for boys to be associated -with Scouts from all parts of their own country. This living together . in a spirit of brotherhood 'arid friendship Is one of continuing objectives of our movement and the basis up on which we undertake this gi gantic taak.7 Valley Forge Park Is owned and maintained by the Commonwealth Common-wealth of Pennsylvania which Invited the Scouts to camp there. After the jamboree the Scouts will have the grounds restored to their original condition. ' i Survey parties are allocating 1,292 troop camp sites each 90 feet by 90 feet. There will be 38 sectional camps each comprising 34 troops of 37 Scouts or Explorers Ex-plorers and three adult leaders, and also a sectional staff of forty leaders. The Scout city will have Its own water, electric power, and telephone systems, post offices, fire department, medical facili ties, an amphitheatre seating 55,000 persons and even Its own trading posts. It will be a self-sustaining venture with each participant paying his own way. Funeral Services Conducted, for Arthur (Ot) King - - e , Funeral services for Arthur (Ot) King, 81. were conducted Monday at 1 p. m, In the Anderson Ander-son and Sons MortuaryTjfiapel, under the direction of Bishop Gareth Seastrand of the Fifth Ward. Mr. King died in a Provo hospital at 1:45 p. m. Thursday, January 10. Opening remarks were offered by Bishop Seastrand and speakers speak-ers for the services included Warren F. Anderson, and F. Ru-Ion Ru-Ion Nlcholes, who spoke of their acquaintance with the deceased and his family; his neighborly- ness 'and wonderful sense of hu mor. '. ' Musical selections inclu d e d "Prayer Perfect by a vocal trio, Mrs. R. O. Gardner, Mrs. Ray C. 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Dunkley offered the invocation, and the benediction was pronounced by T. A. Greenwood. Green-wood. Frank Brown dedicated the grave in the American Fork Cemetery. Pallbearers were Wil liam C King, Frank Brown, Wayne Shelley, James Shelley, Melvin Dunkley and Ronald Strong." Members of the Fifth Ward Relief Society cared for the floral offerings and assisted in other ways. Mr. King was born November 2,' 1875, in American Fork, .the son of Robert Edson and Jane Purdy King. His mother was, a convert to the IDS Church and Immigrated to this country from Scotland. ," -. ' . He was a carpenter by trade' and had done some farming and a little mining during his lifetime. life-time. He was a member of the LDS Church. Survivors Include his aisiers, Mrs. Laura Dunkley, American Fork; Mrs. May Kirk, Salt Lake City, and Mrs. Fannie Payne, Provo. C li III Interest Paid On All . . . i . . avihgs Aeeiuir.fs HIGHEST INTEREST PAID 0 IIISUflED BAHIi DEPOSITS ML DEPOSITS INSURED UP TO $10,000.00 ' .' 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