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Show Universal Microfilminc Corp Ihl Pierpont Ave Salt Lake City, Utah 8U101 Sieel Days Events raws Large Crowd: A. F. Farm Bureau Talent Find Slated July 31 Competition for the American Fork Farm Bureau Talent Find Till be held Monday, July 31, In the stake tabernacle. Personal contact will be made to all Farm Bureau families for this event, which is the largest, statewide talent discovery pro gram in Utah. Rulon Nlcholes, president of the American Fork Farm Bureau, Bur-eau, has expressed the desire to have all members of the Farm Bureau support the Talent Find. Jhe public is also cordially in-vlted in-vlted to attend. The winner of the American Fork Talent Find contest will represent our community in the Utah County competition. Participants must be members mem-bers of Farm Bureau families, which includes husband, wife, and all unmarried children, with membership to be on record in the State Farm Bureau office by September 8, 1967 to constitute eligibility. All finalists contestants must be prepared to present more than one number and numbers must not exceed five minutes. Contestants are limited to no more than four persons in any group appearing in the talent find. . Divisions and age limits are as follows: Junior division, up to and including ten years; Intermediate Inter-mediate division, 11 through 16 years; Senior division, between 17 and 20 years of age, inclusive. inclu-sive. Local talent contestants may secure further Information from Mike and Kathy Bromley, Utah County Farm Bureau Young Marrieo?s Committee. GRA Barbeque Slated July 29 Geneva Recreation Association members are requested to send In for their barbecue tickets this week, according to Leonard Harris, chairman of the event. The barbecue is to be held July 29, at the GRA Park. Mr. Harris stated that park capacity for car parking and barbecuing bar-becuing 1800 pounds of beef limits the number of tickets available for this party. 'In the past there haven't been tickets available the week before the barbecue, so if you want to attend, get your tickets now, he said. BULLETIN An old fashioned 'Welcome 'Wel-come Home" is being planned for the return of the Am. Fork Band, presently in Edmonton, Ed-monton, Canada. The group plans to return late Sunday. Busses will stop at Robinson Park. Time will be called ahead. Plan now to honor this fine marching band and let them know that they are appreciated by the people in town. THE SAINTS" PRESENT PROCEEDS FROM TEEN DANCE-to Mayor F. Haws Durfey and Councilman Norman E. Shumway, left, following Friday dance. Combo includes Gred Morgan, on bass; Randy Morgan, lead guitar; Dave Mecham, drums; Jack Boswell, rhythm, and Clair Call, organ. The combo Is from Springville and have been organized four years, adding the organ at the Inning of summer season. They have played regular dates at outstanding youth dances in state, competing in statewide J. C. Battle of the Bands. Management of Latona Dance Hall cooperated co-operated in presenting proceeds from Friday evening dance to Steel Days Committee. Boosting American Fork Thursday. Highlights of Steel Days Parade V L f J'; fins- V i anal -v , .. MAMMOTH PARADE HIGHLIGHTS STEEL DAYS EVENTS-Above EVENTS-Above are pictured some of the floats seen at the Steel Days Parade. 1. First, Fifth, Eleventh Wards, best church entry. 2. Penney's and Alpine Publishing Co. 3. Belva's Beauty Salon, best commercial entry. 4. Holley Auto, Tri-Clty and Halstrom Motor. 5. Rotary Club, tied for best civic clubs award. 6. Provo entry. 7. Lions Club, tied for civic clubs entry. 8. Devey's, sweepstakes winner. Cedar Fort to Hold July 24th Celebration Cedar Fort will hold a 24th of July celebration. Events of the day will get under way with a program to start at 11 a.m. and games to follow at 12 noon. At 1 p.m. the boys softball team will have a game with Pleasant Grove and at 3 p.m. the girls team will play a team from Clover. Clo-ver. A rodeo will be held at 6 p.m. with a plate lunch to follow and a dance at 9:30 p.m. will round out the events of the day. Proceeds from the day's activities ac-tivities will go to the Cedar Fort Building Fund. Hub of North Utah County July 20. 19S7 rr 1 c it J. ' i iii It ' .in 1 Alpine Stake M-Men, Gleaners Car Wash Saturday The M-Men and Gleaners of the Alpine Stake are planning to hold a 'Car Wash," Saturday, July 22, at the parking lot west of the old Seminary building, (about 50 East 4th North). Cost of a wash on your car is only $1 for an expert Job. The group are asking the support of the community residents. An invitation is extended to all the M-Men and Gleaners in the stake to support the regular regu-lar meetings which are held each Sunday evening in the old Seminary Sem-inary building at 8:30 p.m. The meetings are truly outstanding. NUMBER 22 ll liH 7 - "h-i'M"''- ef J.- w Seven Injured in North Utah County Accidents Sat. Seven persons, four from Utah County, were injured in accidents in North Utah County on Saturday. The first occurred shorty before be-fore 11 a.m. near the Junction of U. S. 91 and 1-15 at Lehi when a pickup truck and camping trailer Jack-knifed and overturned. Mrs. Betty Fehrenback, Salt Lake City, was listed in critical condition with head injuries at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City following the accident. Her ihree-month-old son, William, was im serious condition with head lacerations. lac-erations. Mrs. Fehrenback' s husband, Jack, driver of the vehicle, a son Stephen, nine, and a daughter, Patricia Ann, five, were uninjured. unin-jured. Investigating officers said the accident occurred when the driver driv-er suddenly applied the brakes 'as a car in front of them made a left turn. The trailer then whipped whip-ped from side to ride, throwing Clegg Realty Opens Branch Office in Am. Fork Clegg Realty opened a new branch office in American Fork recently at 75 North Center in the Ivins Building. The new business bus-iness is owned and operated by Carl B. Clegg who has had eighteen years experience in Utah County in the Real Estate and Insurance In-surance business. Mrs. LaNeve McCandless, sales consultant, is presently serving as manager of the Am. Fork branch. Carol Farmer is secretary and two addltlona! employees em-ployees are to be added to the local branch In August. Clegg Realty specializes In new construction and Is at the present time In the process of building several new homes in the Am. Fork area. Clegg Realty Invites anyone in the area to drop by and discuss any matters concerning Real Estate. A most successful Steel Days Celebration drew to a clo.se Saturday, Sat-urday, climaxing a festive three-day three-day celebration. Many thousands of area residents joined with local celebrants, enjoying a variety of exciting cultural, entertainment and sports events. The excitement began with the sidewalk sales on Thursday morning, mor-ning, with most businessmen finding ready and waiting customers cus-tomers on hand well before doors were opened for business. Bargain Bar-gain hunters thronged the streets, with all merchants reporting excellent ex-cellent response to the three-day bargain event. The holiday fare Included two 1 if. -4. mm tmt. r ti i 'in I,. ,,i f Hi- . U : te.vVJ'iU - - i the vehicle off the road. It landed on Its top. The injured were taken to American Fork Hospital, then were transferred to the Salt Lake LDS HospitaL Five persons were injured about 6 p.m. Saturday evening in a three-vehicle crash at the Junction of U 80 and U 74, 2.3 miles north of American Fork. Taken to American Fork Hospital Hos-pital were Gerald W. Craig and his wife, Connie, American Fork; Mack F. Underwood, Murray; and Marilyn Clayton, Salt Lake City; and Mrs. Joycelyn Anderson, Lehi. Le-hi. Mrs. Craig was treated and released re-leased following the accident and Mrs. Anderson was held over night at the hospital Charles Clive Anderson, Lehi, was not injured. Miss Clayton suffered a compound com-pound finger break and possible Internal injuries; Mr. Craig received re-ceived back and arm Injuries; and Mr. Underwood had a possible concussion. The vehicles were driven by Mr. Craig, Mr. Anderson and Mr. Underwood. v r r r c &j Z r- r;t ft, m fc I " mi II iiii nil : ', 1 . - 32 ; if 3' ivi - NEW REALTY BUSINESS IN TOWN-Jesse Spafford, secretary secre-tary of the Chamber of Commerce and H. Grant Ivins, welcome Carl B. Clegg and the Clegg Realty Company to American Fork. Mrs. LaNeve McCandless is presently serving as manager man-ager and sales consultant of the local office. Jerry Buckley and Bill Brown will also be working in this and other areas of the business. showings of the mammoth parade, a swim meet, flover show, art show, variety entertainment, pet and nobby show, boat show, a chuck wagon breakfast, dancing, fireworks, carnival, horse races, horse shoe pitching tournaments and a baseball game. Something to please every member of the family was evident. A well attended art show featured fea-tured paintings In several media, with striking portraits, still life and scenic paintings on display. Various techniques were also evident, ranging from traditional to modern Interpretation. Of specui interest was the Library Fund Project, with lo- rx' .1 ' - ; - s .... II . u . uJAlX. Ii -4' Americanettes To March in Days of '47 Parade The Americanettes, a precision preci-sion marching group from Am. Fork, will appear in the 'Days of '47 Parade" this week on behalf of the United States Treasury's Trea-sury's 1967 Savings Bond Program. Pro-gram. Commenting on their participation, partici-pation, J. J. Leete, State Bond Drive Chairman, said, "The Industrial In-dustrial Payroll Savings Bonds Drive organization is pleased to have the assistance of this colorful, color-ful, patriotic group in promoting the sales of Savings Bonds and the new Freedom Shares. Volunteer participation such as this is the key that will make It possible for Utah to reach this year's sales objective of more than $26 million." mil-lion." Winners of five parade trophies for best marching group, the last being won Saturday in the Steel Days Parade, they will perform Monday, July 24, In a special TV performance between 8:30 and 9 a.m., prior to the parade. Mrs. Kaye Bond, Am. Fork sponsor and teacher for the group, describes the Americanettes' American-ettes' performance as a "military "mili-tary dance routine." i'VJ cal artists donating their time and talent to painting delightful miniatures, which were sold for $3 each or $5 per pair. The Am. Fork City Art Board will preset a check for the proceeds to the Library Fund to aid the $100,000 library project. A striking Summer Sky delphinium del-phinium entered by Mrs. Leslie Les-lie (Charlotte) Carson took Quean of the Show honors at the Steel Days Flower Show sponsored by the Early Risers Garden Club. Other winners Included Mrs. LUa Hansen, who won the trl-color swetpstakes award for her arrangement ar-rangement of clnnebar llllies and yucca leaves; Mrs. Alexander (Miriam) Park, who won the Award of Merit with a bouquet of sweetpeas; Mrs. Eldon (Nancy) (Nan-cy) Reese, who won a sweepstakes sweep-stakes award In the potted plants division with her star pine entry. Ronald Stlne won a special award for the most blue ribbons In the show, garnering four blue ribbons in the horticulture and three In the artistic division. Ten-year-old Gleanne Shields won the sweepstakes award in the Junior division with entries of petunias and dwarf zinnias. An appreciation award was presented to J. Newall Stephans, Southern Division Manager, Utah Power and Light Co., for making the auditorium of the local offices available for the flower show. The crowd pleasing parade was one of the best in many years, offering breathtaking beauty, novelty and color in a panorama of delight as the 75 unit parade captured the hearts of viewers. Prize winners were announced as follows: De vey' s, Sweepstakes award; Church, first, fifth and eleventh wards; Commercial, Belva's Beauty Salon; Out of Town, Pleasant Grove Strawberry Strawber-ry Queen; March groups, Americanettes; Amer-icanettes; Riding Clubs, Brid-lettes; Brid-lettes; Civic Clubs, Lions and Rotary Clubs. The ten-block parade route was lined with throngs of holiday seekers both morning and afternoon after-noon for the Saturday parades. Entries from throughout the area ranged from the thundering Mountain Howitzer, a five pound cannon manned by Reed RadmaU and Bob Hadfleld, to the elegant blue and silver entry of Provo Steel Supply, which featured a bride and groom, with a shining silver Salt Lake Temple replica on the front section of the float. Musical aggregations played stirring marches, smooth popular popu-lar numbers or Jazzed up stan dards to provide music and color to the parade. The American Fork High School band gave an excel lent performance, with precision drills, sharp appearance and top musical execution. Prancing twiners, color bearers and the snappy drum major brought ap plause all along the parade route. The 1457th Engineer Battalion of the Utah National Guard provided pro-vided the impressive color guard, with E. J. Lee portraying the traditional tra-ditional 'Uncle Sam." Parade mar snails were MelvlnFrandsen and Jim Christensen, who kept the parade moving at an enjoyable rate. Bands, floats, dignitaries, marching groups and representatives represen-tatives of the cultural, civic, religious re-ligious life of the valley were reflected in the pleasing parade arranged by Roy DahL The "Curtain Timers" wowed an enthusiastic audience at the high school Friday evening. One wry note in the celebration came shortly after Norm Nielsen's curtain" speech enjoined the audience au-dience to keep an eye on the stage for 'at least one tragedy" which usually took place before their eyes. The near professional troupe was almost half-way through their performance when the temporary stage, erected on the track adjacent to the football stadium, collapsed. Luckily, no one was injured seriously, and the bouncy Curtain Timer's switched from the colorful dance group numbers to single and double acts, proving their adaptability under adverse circumstances. The show provided humor, beautifully executed dance numbers num-bers and some fine musical talent. tal-ent. The accompanists, also excellent ex-cellent performers, provided top background or accompaniment to keep the show rolling. Dick Devey introduced the Curtain Cur-tain Timers and actpd as M. C. Troop 12 of the American Fork Tenth Ward posted the colors and Mrs. Charlotte Anderson sang the national anthem. Mrs. Naomi Shaw was the accompanist. Prayer Pray-er was offered by President Stan D. Roberts, of the American Fork Stake. The Curtain Timers brought a vivacity and an Infectious humor with them, and the colorful costumes cos-tumes added to the enjoyment of the fast paced show. Betty N. Brady was chairman of the show, which was climaxed with a spectacular fireworks display. dis-play. Local firemen were on hand to keep the fireworks show moving. mov-ing. A teen dance at the Latona hall foUowed the outdoor variety show. Music by the Saints provided pro-vided a holiday mood for the younger set. Proceeds from this event were donated to the Steel Days committee by the manage ment of the Latona and thcSaints. Sports activities were enjoyed throughout the three-day cele bration, beginning with the Am. Fork City Championship Horse Shoe Tournament Thursday eve ning. Winners Included: Senior Divi sion, W. w. Whltaker, champion; Alma Madsen, second, Larry Beck, third; Cody Johnson, fourth. Junior Division, Gerald Han sen, champion; Reed Mitchell, second; Craig Gardner, third; Bruce Frandsen, fourth. There were 24 participants in the tournament. The First Annual Swim Meet Invitational was held at the local pool on Friday, with the Orem Scera Barracudas' taking first place honors with a final tally of 261 points. The Springville Seals took second place with 214.5 points and American Fork drew third with 131.5 points in the meet. Trophies were awarded to the winning teams and ribbons were presented to all finals participants. par-ticipants. Members of the parents organization of the local swim team assisted with the tournament tourna-ment and operated a snack bar at the pool for the convenience of those participating In the daylong day-long event. Saturday sports events included includ-ed a gala boat show at the Tlmp Marina, where the latest in boats, motors and marine equipment was on display, with free rides on Utah Lake and other water sport demonstrations enjoyed by those attending. Horse races at the Am. Fork race track also drew a good crowd, with winners as follows- Flrst race, two year maiden; Step High, owned by Ron Ferguson; Fergu-son; Sky Skooter, owned by Ron Zimmerman; Broken Drum, owned own-ed by Fred Jermaln. Second Race, 22 quarter horse open, Sandy Saddle, Don Oake-son; Oake-son; Flying two bars. Chancy Watts; Clamber Stone, Eddie Epperson. Ep-person. Third Race, 2 year old open, 22 yards; Vino Saddle, Gene Fullmer; Full-mer; Saddle Ride, Gene Fullmer, Fly Open, Chauncy Watts. Fourth race, three year old and up, six for long thoroughbred, Temp-N-Okee, Glade Stelner; Tnxie, Dale Peters; Old Fox, Edith Blackfurn. Fifth race, 550 yard open, Tuffy Tony, Jerry Jensen; Big Count, Max Carson; Rondo Jent, John Grennlg. Sixth race, three eighth mile open, Jane Solo man, Violet Heaps; Punkln Buttons, Eddie Epperson; Wise Spender, Glen Mills. The races were sponsored by the American Fork Men's Riding Club, who also operated a snack bar at the race track during the afternoon meet, with E. J. Lee, president of the club directing the events of the day. Results of the Steel Days Open Horse Shoe Tournament, open to members of the National Horse Shoe Pitchers Association was played at the Robinson Park pits Saturday morning. Clive Wahlln,UtahState Champion Cham-pion horseshoe pitcher, clinched top berth in the class A events, going 50. Carl Davis was second, sec-ond, with 41; D. Gilber Moe-singer, Moe-singer, third, with 32. Merlin Swain, fourth, with 23. Oscar Funk, fifth, with 14 and Alma Madsen, sixth with an 05 series. Class B competiUonjcinners were Henry Benson, first,. 40, William Brln, second, 31; Harold Har-old Chipman, third, 22; Floyd Holley, fourth, 13; and Lynn Buys, fifth, with an 04. Class C horseshoe tourney winners were Gordon Paul, first; Arthur Balllnham, second; Robert Rob-ert Strom, third; andE. L. Wright fourth. In the final event of the celebration, cele-bration, the Steelers defeated Tooele's Dunn's Oil in an evening eve-ning game at the city ball park. Bill Casper to Play Exhibition Round at Alpine Billy Casper, recent Canadian golf champion, and one of golf-dom's golf-dom's leading money winners, will be at the Alpine Country Club on July 27 and 28 to participate in the giant LDS all-church finals scheduled for these two dates. Mr. Casper will play 18 holes starting at 2 p.m. on the 27th, in an exhibition round, then on July 28, he wlU play division winners In a nine-hole playoff, then starting at 4 p.m., Casper will conduct a clinic for club members. It is disappointing to hundreds of golf fans that planned to watch Mr. Casper play to know that play is closed to all but club members and guests. Phil Cannon, pro at the Club, will assist Mr. Casper, as qualifiers quali-fiers from various zones compete for the LDS Church's top golfer awards. |