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Show Kite putt. VI. tit i LEIII, UTAH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1940 NUMBER 29 City Council Appoints Firemen; Purchase New Road Grader The Lehi Fire Department for the war 1940 was namea uy us ,vvi Jnd Council in a meeting Tuesday "bSbm Powers was reappointed to the position of fire chief, with warren Bone as chief assistant and Noble Evans, Alton Giles, Herbert Austin Robert Phillips, Glen Wing, Lowell' Brown and. Nekton Evans. firemen. Resigning firemen are GlenWan-jass GlenWan-jass and E. B. Worlton. Lowell Brown and Neldon Evans were appointed ap-pointed in place of these two men. A new street grader has been purchased for Lehi City by the Mayor and Council and has already teen put to use on some of the local streets. The grader was purchased from the Landes Tractor company at a cost of $1000.00, It is reported by council members. A more extensive street Improvement Improve-ment program will be carried out this year, it is stated, because of the fact that Lehi City will receive more money from the state auto license fund. Last year the city was allotted 4ifiS2.ll to be used on street im provement and this year it is stated that $2500.00 will be allotted to Lehi City for this purpose. The cost of the grader will be taken from this amount and the remainder spent in a road improvement program. IL T.Vance Suffers I Serious Injury In Auto Accident Harmon T. Vance, 40, of this city, is reported to be improving at a Salt Lake City hospital from injuries in-juries suffered in an automobile accident ac-cident at Second West and South Temple streets, Salt Lake City, on Sunday,-February 4. Mr. Vance, whose injuries in the three-car crash had been believed minor, consulted his physician the following day when he was unable to move his neck and shoulders. The doctor made an x-ray examination ex-amination and found ' a fractured vertebra in Mr. Vance's neck. He ordered him to the hospital where he wiU remain for several weeks. The doctor reported it probably will be two months before Mr. Vance can return to work. i Watkins Ice Cream I Co. Opens Store 1 At American Fork j W. D. Watkins, proprietor of the 5 Watkins Ice Cream Company of jois city, has announced the open- g of another store at American ' fork- His new business in Amer ican Pork will be located in the icnner Sinclair Service, across the road north from the Alpine stake wbernacle. Mr. Watkins will operate both t JjJ at Lehi and at American J and announces that he will n,?6 6 Same Uh quality prod-5 prod-5 a both places. They make own ice cream under strict fry, conditions and all those S kins t aeivea ac tne.wat- I ce ream company know that he had. Very best to J the new store there will be tljrt service and n A ... f erpam iu ttuwuon. to ice iuiicaes, etc. be ,Jr? ta American Fork will FncSTl? serve public on Mr to tf 5..". operated a ten , ; m ijem fr some c DRr. art A . .... ofWtw the SUpport ftlendiS: m-He aPPreciates your 'e in th Continue to 0Per- &e same fine manner. Peail feh iIr- Watkins the r?akir SUCCe5S ta his new un" "ple ,? Sorenson attended the tot week. 1 n ay of ?if TtHodaPP of American ot if, toy vlsltor at toe otifr- and Mrs. Carl Gun- Lehi Pioneers Stage Lively Play During Week In two games played during the week the Lehi Pioneers displayed some excellent basketball playing. The boys rallied together as a team and won from Pleasant Grove by a large score of 46-28 on Friday night and was barely defeated by the Provo team by a 30-26 score Tuesday night, after a thrilling battle bat-tle on Provo'sfloor. - In the game at Lehi Friday night with Pleasant Grove the main fireworks were reserved for the last quarter. The Vikings climbed Into a 8-3 lead in the first period and had an 18-13 advantage at the half, largely as a result of some sharp- shooting by Byron Carter, Pleasant Grove forward. In the last quarter quar-ter Jack and Dean Mitchell began hitting the hoop for the Pioneers and they ran up a comfortable lead by midquarter. The Lehi zone defense de-fense held the visitors to two points in the last quarter. , This game threw Lehi and Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove : into a tie for second place position in the district standing, stand-ing, Provo leading. , In Tuesday night's game the Lehi boys were going strong and were evenly matched with the Pro vo Bulldogs. The game was a fight from beginning to end, both teams holding the lead at various times during the game. Provo held a 7-3 lead at the end of the first quarter, then Lehi came forward with five points to catch The game was "nip and tuck" all the way through, however, Provo kept a small lead. The half ended 15-10 for Provo and at the end of the third quarter the score was 24-16 24-16 for Provo. Jack Mitchell was high point man, making 8 points with Dick Roberts and Howe Woodhouse each scoring seven points. : In the other games Tuesday night, Pleasant Grove defeated Lincoln Lin-coln 42-25 and American Fork defeated de-feated B. Y. If. high by a close margin of 43-42. The Provo-Lehi score: LEIII G. T. F. P. D. Mitchell, f 1 3 0 2 Woodhouse, f 2 5 3 7 D. Roberts, C 3 7 17 Carson, g ............ . 1 0 0 2 J. Mitchell, g ......... 3 4 2 8 R. Roberts, f .' 0 0 0 0 Evans, " g 0 0 0 0 Ash, f .. 0 0 0 0 r Totals 10 19 6 26 PROVO G. T. F. P. Mortensen, f 2 0 0 4 Preece, f 3 10 6 Nash, c 2 11 5 9 Warner, g 0 0 0 0 Gardner, g ..... 3 0 0 6 Prusse, i i.. 2 2 0 4 Rasmussen, f 0 0 0 0 Richins, g 0 2 1 1 Totals 12 16 6 30 Score by quarters: Provo 7 15 24 30 Lehi 3 10 16 26 Officials-Christiansen and Van Leuvan. Games remaining yet to be played in the district are:, February 16 Lincoln at Lehi, Pleasant Grove at American Fork, Provo at B. Y. U. high. February 23 American Fork at Lehi, B. Y. U .high at Pleasant Grove, Provo at Lincoln. March 1-Lehi at B. Y. U. high. Pleasant Grove at Provo, Lincoln at American Fork. AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY MEETING NEXT MONDAY A meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary will be held next Monday evening, February 19th, at the home of Mrs. Fern Larsen. Department officers will be In attendance. All members are urged to be in attendance. attend-ance. Sunday Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Davis of this city and Mr. and Mrs. Blaine - . wmrara Swenson of Fieasani ciruvc dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Noel Knight in Park City. 'Introducm' Susan' Will Be Presented Tonight Tonight (Thursday) play lovers of this community . will enjoy one of the outstanding dramatic productions pro-ductions of the year, a three-act comedy, "Introducin' Susan,", at 8 o'clock p. m. in the high school auditorium. The play is being presented under the direction of the Parent-Teachers' association, the drama committee having direct charge of the production. Miss Gerry Thomson has been directing the play and also takes a part in it. It is a "great" play according to reports of those in charge and will be entertaining to every member of the family. . Tom Woffinden will be seen as the young college professor and Miss Florence Jackson, as Susan, his wife. Rex Zimmerman will fill the role of Buddy Chalmers, a young football foot-ball star; Miss Lenore Lee, as Bobs, Buddy's girl friend. Donald Lott appears as Ross, an old competitor of Dick's; Miss Beryl Curtis fills the role of Dick's former sweet heart; Mrs. LaRue Prior, as Violet, a love-sick maid; Gerry Thomson, as Aunt Cordelia, Dick's wealthy aunt; Max Skinner, as Cyclone, a prize fighter brother of Violet's; Le-Roy Le-Roy Loveridge, as Susan's hot tempered tem-pered father; L. B, Brown and Dr. J. G. Jones, as attendants from the insane asylum. A matinee performance for the children was given Wednesday afternoon. af-ternoon. Junior Democrats Will Meet Next Wednesday A meeting of the Junior Democrats Demo-crats will be held next Wednesday at 8 o'clock p. m. in the Memorial building for the purpose of electing new officers for the coming year. Members of the county officers will be present and a program will be given. All members of the Junior organization organ-ization and all interested members are invited and urged to be in attendance. at-tendance. . GENEALOGICAL MEETING, SUN. The regular Genealogical Union meeting will be held Sunday at 2 p. m. in the Second ward chapel. All Genealogical workers and other interested stake members are invited and urged to be in attendance. attend-ance. . ' The Story of the Bible Told in Pictures M mi' -SV :f V"-,: Delilah and SamioD. Corrupted by the Philistines, Delilah sought the source of Samson's strengtn-Wearied strengtn-Wearied at last by her questioning, he told her: "If I be shaven, then my strength will fro from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man." Judges 16; 16-17. Delilah then made Samson sleep, and cut off his hair. The Philiines put out his eyes and imprisoned him. Samson's hair began to grow again however, and one day win the Philistine." gathered to make facrifices to their god, Samson was called' in to make sport for them. Samson ar-l;ed to be led to the pillars which supported the house, and took hold of them- "And Samson eaid. Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might- and the house fell upon the people th'-rcin. So t!.e dead which he slew at his death were more than they which be slew in his life." Judges 16: 33. In t'-e riarht foreground Merian, Seventeenth century cen-tury engraver, shows Samson being taken by the PhiliEtincs. and in the left background he shows the destruction of the house and the death of Samson. , " Genealogical Groups Will Give Broadcasts ' The Geneaogical committees of the L. D. S. stakes in the Utah county region have joined together for the purpose of stimulating interest in-terest in the Genealogical work and program, especially the Junior work and announce that their first project proj-ect will be a series of radio broadcasts broad-casts over Radio Station KOVO at Provo. ; The station management has allowed al-lowed the group of stakes a fifteen minute weekly period. This will be on Mondays from 2:00 until 2:15 p. m. The first broadcast will be given next Monday, February 19, and the broadcasts will continue for ten consecutive Mondays, each stake appearing on a fifteen minute program. pro-gram. The first eight minutes will be taken up with station identification identifica-tion and musical numbers and seven minutes will be given to a topic discussion. dis-cussion. Each week a special talk, relative to different phases of Genealogical Gen-ealogical work will be taken up. Lehi stake's broadcast will be on Monday, March 4. Musical numbers num-bers will be given and Lehi's topic1 will be "Appreciation of Parentage." The ten stakes decided to join together in an effort to create greater interest in this Genealogical work; These broadcasting programs ! are only a beginning of the proj ects that will be sponsored by this group of stakes. It is a junior project and it is hoped through the work of this combined group of stakes that this wonderful program will go forward with greater interest than ever before. be-fore. -They also plan to sponsor awards for achievement in Junior work, such as possibly a trip to the Arizona temple and other worthwhile worth-while things. The stakes in this group include Lehi, Alpine, TimpaiUieos, Sharon, Provo, Utah, Nebo, Kolob, Tintic, Carbon and Emery stakes. All members of the community are urged to listen in over KOVO every Monday from ! until 2:15 p. m. for these programs, which will be of great interest, to everyone. every-one. NOTICE There wil be a closed meeting for the Workers Alliance members next Friday, February 16, to nominate officers to serve for the next period. All members are requested to attend at-tend if the local is to be continued. The meeting will be at 7:30 p. m. in the Memorial building. E. W. Shelley, chairman. , Former Resident Dies Following Throat Operation Orin Ashton, 63, manager of the American Fork district of Utah Power and Light company, and a former resident of this city, died Saturday at 5:45 a. m. in a Salt Lake City hospital, following a throat operation. He had been 111 the past two months. Mr. Ashton was born at Lehi, Utah, December 28, 1876, a son of Thomas and Arminta Lawrence Ashton, who came to Utah in 1851. Before joining the Utah Power and Light company, he had been employed em-ployed for a number of years with the Telluride Power company at Lehi and Mercur. He married Elsie Hunter of American Fork, July 15, 1902, and the couple resided at Sunshine for two years. They moved to American Amer-ican Fork in 1904. Prominent In civic affairs, Mr. Ashton served as American Fork city councilman from 1926 until 1930. He was a charter member of the American Fork Lions club end had been active in Democratic party affairs for many years. Surviving are his widow; three sons, Leon and Lawrence Ashton of American Fork, and Carl Ashton of Lehi; a daughter. Fay Ashton of American Fork; two, sisters, Miss Emma Ashton and Mrs. Thaddeus Powell of Lehi, and four grandchildren. grandchil-dren. Funeral services were held Wednesday Wed-nesday at 1 p. m. in the Alpine stake L. D. 8, stake tabernacle at American Amer-ican Fork. Burial was made in the American Fork cemetery. Lehi To Give Program Over Station KOVO Lehi stake will present a half-hour half-hour program over Radio Station J KOVO next Sunday at 1 o'clock p. ! m. and all members of the com munity are expected to tune in for the broadcast. President Virgil H. Peterson will deliver a fifteen-minute address and. three musical numbers will be given, giv-en, including a male quartet number num-ber by Armond Webb and company, a vocal solo by Miss Ada Phillips, and a vocal duefe number. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rose and Mrs. Ellen DeWitt of Salt Lake City vis Med here Sunday with Mrs. Alice Tuckfield. County Agricultural Convention Will Be Held Next Week Lehi Farm Bureau Reelect Officers At Annual Meeting John N, Bushman was reelected to the office of president of the Lehi Farm Bureau at the annual meeting held Saturday afternoon in the Memorial building. Other officers reelected were Hy-rum Hy-rum Gray, vice president; Delbert Norman, secretary; and William Davis, board member. A committee of five was named on the Canning Crops committee aa follows: John Bushman, Niron Fowler, Reuben Russon, William Davis and Hyrum Gray. The Community Planning board was also reelected for another year, Frank Shelley of American Fork, president of the Utah county farm bureau, gave a talk at the meeting, relative to taxation and explained to the group what the legislature has done for the farmers. LeGrande Jarman, secretary of the Utah County Farm Bureau, also al-so gave a talk, and Miss Bessie IClrkham, Utah county home demonstration dem-onstration agent, talked relative to community planning. A large group of local farmers were in attendance at the meeting. Band Mothers Will Sponsor Dance . The Lehi Band Mothers organization organ-ization will sponsor a dance on Friday, Fri-day, evening of next week, February Febru-ary 23, following the American Fork-Lehi game which is to be played at Lehi, according to reports re-ports released by officers this week. A Jitterbug contest will be a feature fea-ture of the dance, with prizes to be awarded to the winners. Everyone is invited to attend at a small admission charge. The dance is being given to ob tarn funds to apply on the new uniforms, which are being purchased for the band members. A drive has been going forward for the past several months by the Band Mothers to get sufficient fund3 to purchase new uniforms for the band members. It has been worthwhile project" and the band mothers have worked diligently to succeed in their undertaking, however, how-ever, they still need additional funds before their quota Is reached and will appreciate the support of every one in the community. The band uniforms will include a purple coat trimmed with white braid, a cap, and white slacks. They are very attractive and will lend dignity and color to our band. They have been ordered and will be here about March 1, it is reported. Young Wife Dies Of Heart Trouble Relatives here were notified of the death of Mrs. Phyllis Taylor Allen, 24, wife of James E. Allen of Provo. She died Sunday afternoon after-noon at the Utah Valley hospital in Provo of a heart attack. Mrs. Allen was the daughter of John Eldred Taylor, husband of Mrs. Juliet Goates Taylor, formerly of this city. Funeral services ere being held in the Provo Second ward L. D. S. ward chapel today (Thursday) at 1:30 o'clock. THIRD WABD MEMBERS ATTEND EXCURSION Fifty-three members of the Third ward formed an excursion to the Salt Lake temple Tuesday, accompanying accom-panying Miss Laurel Hutchings, who leaves toon for the Northwestern States mission. Included in the group also were six people from Cedar Fort, and three residents of Salt Lake City. After a session through the tem ple, a luncheon was served In the dining room and a program given. Miss Hutchings Is leaving today (Thursday) for the mission field. A Utah COUntV ArMmHiiral Mn. vention will be held at Provo next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in the L. D. S. First ward chapel at Provo, officials reported early tills week. All farmers and all citizen with agricultural Interests of tins community are cordially invited to attend all of the sessions. The theme will be "Security In the Home, a Satisfactory Income1, a Healthier People." The program of the convention will be carried out as follows: First day February 21 10:00 a. m. General session Lee R. Taylor, chairman, Speaker-President Speaker-President E. G, Peterson, "Farm Philosophy". 10:45 a. m. Department sessions 1. "Fruit Marketing Problems", F. M. Coe, specialist 2. "Crop Improvement", Selvojr J. Boyer, chairman. 3. "Family Food Supply," Miss Elna Miller, specialist. 1:30 p. m. General session Lee R. Taylor, chairman. "The Need of Farm Organizations', President E. G. Peterson; "There Is No Substitute for Fertility ," Dr, T. L. Martin, B. Y. U. 2:30 p. m. Departmental sessions 1. "Fruit Marketing Problems," continued. Dr. O. J. Wheatley. 2. "Poultry and Turkeys, special spec-ial film. Carl Frischknecht. 3. "Use of Milk and Eggs in the Home," Miss Elna Miller. 3:30 p. m. Cold Pack Demon stration J?. M. Coe, specialist, session with Director Peterson, Of interest to those with lockers lock-ers in Lehi plant. 7:30 p. m. County Planning Board session with Director Peterson. Second day, February 22 10:00 a. m. General session David II. Jones, chairman. "Land and. Water Relationship", Special film, Director Peterson. 10:43 a. m. Departmental sessions. ses-sions. 1. "Dairy Problems," Lyman IL Rich, specialist. 2. "Planning the Farm In- . come," O. J. Wheatley, specialist. 3. "Cooperative Health" Mrs. Zatella Wardle, chairman, 1:30 p. m. General session. "Taxes "Tax-es and Finance," Dr. DilwortU Walker. 2:30 p. m. Reports from leaders who attended Adult Training "County Planning," Director Peterson. Pe-terson. Third day, February 23 10:00 a. m. General session, Frank G. Shelley, chairman. "Youth Problems in Utah County," Coun-ty," Arthur Gaeth, B. Y. U. "Youth Problems in Utah, Myrtle Davidson. 10:45 a. m. Departmental sessions. ses-sions. , 1. "Youth Problems," Pearl Blgler. 2. "Use of Utah County Canned Products," Mark Marcussen, chairman. 3. "Livestock Feeding," O. J. Wheatley, specialist. 1:30 p, m. General sessions. "Farm Bureau's Contribution to Farm Problems," Ward Hoi-brook. Hoi-brook. "Farm Problems as Viewed by an Industrialist," to be selected. 2:30 p. m. Departmental sessions. 1. ''Landscape Improvement, George Smeath, specialist. 2. ' "Farm Security Department," Depart-ment," Clark Allred, chairman. 3. "Marketing Poblems,', O. J. Wheatley, specialist. 3:30 p. m. General session. "Summary," W. W. Owens. This convention is being sponsored spon-sored by the Utah County Planning Board executive committee: Lee R. Taylor, chairman; Mary K. Mower, David H. Jones, Mabel Stewart, Frank Shelley and S'. R. Boswell, Clarence D. Ashton, Bessie J. Kirk-ham. Kirk-ham. SAVE OLD PAPERS AND MAGAZINES The Band Mothers organization, are asking ail citizens to save old papers and magazines and in the near future someone will call at your home and collect them. - They will be sold as junk and profits received will go toward the purchasing of new uniforms for the band members. A. B. Anderson was a Salt Laka City visitor on Tuesday. i |