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Show CUB SCOUT AMERICAN HERITAGE ESSAY WINNERS-These Cub Scouts wrote winning essays In American Fork Stake American Heritage essay contest. Essays were written on subject, "What I Can Do For My Country." They make outstanding July 4 reading. Winners were Brent Francom, First Ward; Scott Rackman, Second Ward; and Randy Beck, Third Ward, seated. Stanley Rushton, Eleventh Ward; Dennis Makln, Fifth Ward; and Douglas Nicholes, Tenth Ward. Absent when picture was taken was Mark Rowley, Seventh Ward. Cub Scout Essay Winners Tell "What I Can Do For My Country The Cub Scouts of Alpine DIs trlct have been given the op portunity to write an essay on "What I Can Do For My Country." The essay contest was conducted In each Pack In the Alpino Dis trlct, with each Pack selecting a first and second place winner. First place essays were presented pre-sented at the American Heritage Heri-tage Programs held in the stake tabernacle June 27 and 28. For your July 4 reading pleasure, plea-sure, we are pleased to print the winning essays of American Fork Stake. We ask that you read them carefully and note that each of the Cub Scout's feel a responsibility re-sponsibility to make America a stronger, better place through their efforts to do something for their country. First Ward- Brent Francom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Francom: Fran-com: " I love American and I will keep America beautiful. I will not be a litterbug. I will pick up trash and put it where it belongs. I will remind others to keep America beautiful too. Right now, while I'm nine, I'll go to school and to church and to my Cub' Scout meetings. When I'm older I will fight for my country if necessary, and I will vote for our leaders. I will be honest and if everyone else is honest this country will always be a good country and a good place to live." Second Ward- Scott Rackman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Rack-mam Rack-mam "There are many things I can do for my country. I can be a good Cub Scout, and obey the laws of my country, I can help keep my country clean and beautiful by not being a litterbug. I can learn to take good care of what is mine and not to destory other peoples property. I will always pay proper respect re-spect to the flag and my country. I will always study hard in school and be a good citizen, so when I grow up I will be of some use to my country. I am very proud to be an American, and I will do all I can to make America proud of! me." Third Ward- Randy Beck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Beck " I can be good and help my mother and father and I won't sUal, I won't swear or talk back to my mother and father. I will not stop to talk to strangers, or cheat. I won't make trouble for other people. I can help my country by following the laws of the government." Fifth Ward- Dennis Makln, son of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Makln: "There are many things I can do to help my country, and some of them are: I will help to make sure my mother and father vote to help pick the leaders of our country. Also, I can help pick up trash and not be a litterbug to help keep my country beautiful and clean. Also I can buy savings stamps to help my country. I can always obey the laws of my Cub Scout Pack and help my country by being a better citizen. Seventh Ward- Mark Rowley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Rowley: Row-ley: "I can obey the laws of our country and help others to keep them also. I can keep my country clean. I will not litter streams, lakes, parks and streets. I can take care of our country's flag and fly it often. I can keep my own home and yard beautiful. I can do as our leaders ask, and always be a good citizen." Tenth Ward- Douglas Nicholes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Nicholes: "I can learn to be a good citizen by obeying the laws and respecting other peoples rights and property. I can keep America beautiful by picking up litter around parks along highways and streets. I can be a good citizen by learning how to prevent Forest fires. The most important thing I can do for my country is to be Hew Arrivals Babies born the past week in the American Fork Hospital are: June 23 Boy to Ozwald H. and Florence Mills Gardner of American Fork. June 25 Boy to Dale M. and Diane Mecham Peters of Lehi. June 25 Girl to Larry and Norene Bylund Iverson of PI. Grove. June 25 Boy to Paul L. and Nina Lee Van Wagenen Hansen of Lehi. June 25 Boy to Eugene and Kathleen Finch Cover of American Ameri-can Fork. June 26 Girl to Eugene L. and Nadine Nelson Bushman of Lehi. June 26 Boy to Clifford and Cleo Miller of American Fork. June 27--Girl to Roland and Vicki FowlesHooleyofPLGrove. June 27Boy to Nile and Dar-lene Dar-lene Taylor BezzantofPl.Grove. June 28 Girl to Cordell and Carolyn Pitt Wold of-Terreton, Idaho. June 28Boy to Grant and Barbara Kimmel Park of American Amer-ican Fork. June 28 Girl to Betty Jean Conder Crookston of American Fork. June 28 Girl to Steve and JoLane Ferre Chadwick of Prove Pro-ve June 30 Girl to Wayne R. and Judy Olsen Pack of Alpine. The trouble with some self-made self-made men is that they insist on giving everybody their recipe. Will FREE PHIZES BIKE From Chipman's SILVERWARE GAS - MILK Just Fill in Free Enter Blank and Save on Gas and Milk at Superircn Serve Yourself Gas 309 West Main American Fork, Open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays 1 pjn. to 9 pm. proud that I am an American." Eleventh Ward- Stanley Rush-ton, Rush-ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rushton: "I am an American and I love my country, the United States of American. What can I do for this country that I love? I can keep the second commandment com-mandment 'Love thy neighbor as thy self. This means that I will treat every one, the same no matter what the color of their skin, their religion or the country they xme from. I can obey all the laws of the land and help others to do the same by being a good Scout and setting an example. I can show respect for our flag by standing at attention when the colors are presented and by learning how to take care of it. I can learn more about our country so I can defend it when others speak against it. I can serve others where ever I can at school, church and home. I am proud of my American Heritage, I hope I can always do my best to help keep America Amer-ica 'The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. " Runnerup essay winners were Bruce Francom, 3011, First Ward; Martin Reimschiessel, 3014, Second Ward; Timothy Valeria, Val-eria, 3012, Third Ward; Kevin Bennett, 3010, Fifth Ward; Dennis Den-nis Gray, 3019, Seventh Ward; Robert Winters, 3810, Tenth Ward; and Travis Fraughton, 818, Eleventh Ward. New Training Program Initiated For Am. Fork High School Students in'68-'69 A new class will be added to the curricular program at American Amer-ican Fork High School in 1968-69. This class will instruct a group of 21 students in practical techniques tech-niques of marketing and selling. Willard R. Devitt will be instructor instruc-tor for the new class. The new class, Distributive Education, has goals of instructing instruct-ing students in techniques of job skills, which they can apply In an actual job situation. The ideal situation is that these young people peo-ple will develop employable skills and that upon interview will be able to market their skills in community businesses. Many localbusinesses need and desire to hire part time employees. employ-ees. When students are hired on this basis, they will be supervised super-vised by both their employer and their Instructor. Close contact is maintained between employer and teacher, to Insure good performance perfor-mance on the part of the student. Businesses have in the past found many of their top employees employ-ees among these part time student stu-dent employees. Some students In the program have excelled and Passenger Car Taxes Are Relatively High in Utah Total taxes imposed on automobiles auto-mobiles in Utah are relatively high when compared with other Mountain States and the United States as a whole. This was the general conclusion conclu-sion reached in a Utah Foundation Founda-tion analysis of a 1968 survey of road-user and property taxes on selected motor vehicles prepared pre-pared earlier this year by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. According to the Utah Foundation Founda-tion report, total state and local taxes (gasoline, registration, property, etc.) on a typical 1966 model of a small imported passenger pas-senger car amounts to $60 in Utah, compared with an average of $48 in the Mountain States, and $52 in the United States. Utah ranked 15th among the fifty states in the tax burden on this type of motor vehicle. The total tax burden on a medium med-ium weight passenger car (1966 model) is equal to $99 in Utah, $79 in the Mountain States, and $83 in the nation as a whole. Utah has the 12th highest tax burden in the U.S. for this type of vehicle. For a heavy passenger car, the taxes average $172 in Utah, $125 in the eight Mountain States, and $128 in the United States. Utah's rank for this vehicle was 7th among the fifty states. Although the state and local taxes imposed in Utah on passenger pas-senger automobiles are relatively rela-tively high when compared with other states, the report notes that the total tax load on most trucks is average or somewhat below regional re-gional and national averages. Foundation analysts point out that the comparisons exclude Federal taxes but include state and local property taxes levied on the motor vehicles. In most states, property taxes have little or no direct relationship to highway high-way use, and revenues from this Our talented colorists custom blend and apply ap-ply glowing color to your hair, leaving it soft, natural-looking. JO'S FASHIONS Phone 768-3021 96 W. Main Lehi sur.ir.iER SPECIAL We Will Give You $20.00 on any old Lawnmower You Can Push, Pull or Haul Into Us on any New 18 inch TOftO or JAGOBSEU Mower in Our Stock duffs LAwnnove Sales and Service Phone 756-3613 260 East Main American Fork source usually are not earmarked for highway purposes. The collection col-lection of property taxes on motor vehicles, however, is closely associated as-sociated with payment of vehicle registration fees. The property tax comprises a substantial portion por-tion of the total taxes paid on moior vehicles in many of the states, including Utah. The Utah Foundation analysts observe that total state highway-user highway-user tax collections (excluding property taxes) in all fifty states during the 1967 fiscal year a-mounted a-mounted to $7.2 billion. This sum was equal to 22.4 of all state tax collections for the year. nave become sales managers, business managers and other po sitlons of responsibility. The program can only be jus tified on the basis that there will be mutual benefit to employ ers and students alike. Students can justify their selection of this class only If they are willing to be motivated and work to de velop marketable skills in the field of distribution. Also, the students who register for the class must be willing to apply these skills with honesty, Integ rlty, promptness and dependability. dependa-bility. Employers are constantly watching for these attributes in prospective and present employ ees. Students and teacher will be Involved in a DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) pro gram. In this program, students participate in socials, contests, etc. The state contest includes seven areas of talent: radio spot announcements, sales demon strations, job interviews' sales manuals, window aispiay, advertising adver-tising layout and public speaking, Winning students In these cate gories go on to national com petition in one of the big cities of our country, where soine re ceive great recognition and high honors in the field of selling The program was recently demonstrated at the local high school for Mayor F. Haws Dur fey, representatives of the city council, chamber of commerce representatives and business leaders of the community. 110 10 MARK IIP now OPEN Bread 5 for a Dollar Eggs AA Grade Doz. 40c Farm Fresh Homogenized L1ILK Gal. 45 2 Milk V2 Gal. Special Buy 2 Bottles Get 1 Free Supertron Serve Yourself Gas PJ& West Main American Fork Open 7 ajn. to 10 pjn. Sundays 1 pm. to 9 pm THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, July 4, 1968 Larry Conder Hurt In Lake Accident A 23-year-old American Fork man suffered back Injuries Sunday Sun-day about 5 p.m. when he lost his water skis near American Fork Harbor in Utah Lake, Utah County, Deputy Sheriff Dean Kirkham said. Larry Conder was listed in fairly good condition late Sunday at American Fork Community Hospital. He was skiing with Ronald Ron-ald Olsen, Lehi, and Jay Conder, Pleasant Grove, Deputy Kirkham said. 4-H Club News The Delicious Dishes of Am. Fork met at the home of Mrs. Ina Abel for another 4-H Club meeting. The meeting was called to order by cnadette Bailey. The prayer was offered by Meg Griffiths Grif-fiths following which the group had a recipe exchange day. Some persons do first, think afterward, and then repent forever. 3 Local Students On UTC Honor Roll Three students from American Ameri-can Fork, Utah attending Utah Technical College at Provo have been placed on the spring quarter honor roll, announced Erschel E. Shepherd, schc&rship and standards committee chairman. Students from American Fork receiving honor roll distinction and listed by department are: Kenneth Virgil Wootton, Electronics; Elec-tronics; Diane Hatch Martin, Marketing; and Patricia Olsen, Practical Nursing. Selection for the honor roll Is determined by the scholarship and standards committee at the college. A student must achieve an average of 3.7 or A- grade point to qualify as an honor student. Utah must look profitable to Hollywood. 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