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Show FOR VICTORY Buy UNITED STATES DEFENSE BONDS STAMPS MAKE EVKIJY I'AY DAY BOND DAY JOIN THE PAY- ROLL SAVINGS PLAN .LEHIUTAH, THURSDAY; APRIL 30, 1942 NUMBER 41 i F.H.A. Loans Available Him Local Bank i who 'are Interested In flic W"L h. occupied by now secure, fi, from their local bank, n, building itoWf pncumbrance. 0 ... .tmR await those I". raTJ; care to build bouse : defense - workers. MIp nnpv as well as 15 Sense housing should 0ml.l.-w ova through Sae idle money and these va-MHiid va-MHiid be put to ITsTpairiotic duty to help feIL workers. 'A fine Jtary . return awaits defense housing builds. ttis community, uotubu ft-nm sources of pri- rs has an pportu" owners of .vacant j ci lerty to help the city expand, Sts population increase. The de-Wingunitsax!aneffty K local property owucib lital do not take advantage of epilation, it's a cer- L that outside capital wiU move flie picture. aicu u rnat Happens annually to the dividends, will apply man uuiuub . Knt money paid by defense rafters. Let's keep this rent money Housing Problem Seeds Citizens Support D to influx of military and de- lea workers, seeking living quar- 3! ill Lehi, an appeal is made Sr BtiliuWuies to register with tit; clerk, every vacant fur s' or unfurnished room, suite if iaseskeeping rooms, home or iparcment. Renters await every un rated quarters. It is prefered that these living aarters be furnished. It is a cer- py that tenants will be available i lone time to come. Perhaps peral of Lehi's homes could stand it remodeline lob. converting bailable space in some homes into Jttag quarters. FHA loans are available for re-feline re-feline work of this nature. Please notify the citv derk if vaa k take in a 'tenant, in one or jure rooms. Remember, you live in a defense P and mav obtain nrioritv on fey needed equipment toward con- lerang an attic or basement Into pt quarters. of the community are pd to help solve the housing in the community bv no- Ring the city marshal. Rex Gard- F Thomas Powers of t.hn civic PProvement committee, if any liv- K quarters are available. the present tim a. reliable m is looking for a four nr five- pa modern home to rent. Announcement To puts W Parente ' Si! Vmve en J s . . . w "u inenas 01 ooys. Scouters and Scouts: There Tirfii v. krtrfv w 4 oy tscout U laor meetig to the Lehi ward at 7:3q p. m., Sunday t fit iI AM mm U w standing scouter s man, wffl be the guest Citizens Must Register For Sugar Rationing Citizens of Lehi will register for Sugar rationing on May 4, 5, 6 and 7 at the elementary school building. , , " There will be no more sugar sold until the fifth of May. Each family unit which includes all people living in one family with blood relationship or relationship by marriage must register for sugar ration stamps. One person may register reg-ister for the entire family, but that person must be a. parent of one member of the family who is 18 years of age or older. It is necessary neces-sary that every person be registered regis-tered during these four days in order to secure sugar in the fiitm-A One stamp will entitle each person to one pound , of sugar and each stamp is good for one-half of the month. That is, every two weeks each person may buy one pound ox sugar for use, but the stamps must be used durin? thosn twn weeks as different numbered stamps wiu oe used lor the next two weeks. Each family is. to declare the exact pounds of " sugar that the family has on hand at the time of registering. The family is permitted per-mitted to have two pounds per person per-son per family and for each pound of sugar over that amount, one stamp will foe deducted from the rationing book. Parents are to register for all their family over 18 years of age, regardless of their location unless that individual is married or confined con-fined in an institution. HIS HANDS Child of Former Lehi Resident Dies HEJAS.A JOB ON wintry r '-:t5'sv Vow ""jpWeral' services "are" beirigTKeld Thursday (today) in the Magna ward chapel for Patricia Ann Thur- man, 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Thurman of Magna and former Lehi residents. The child died in a Salt Lake hospital hos-pital Tuesday of pneumonia and peritonitis. She was born in Garfield December De-cember 10, 1935, the daughter of Douglas L. and Pearl Jones Thurman. Thur-man. Surviving are her parents, two sisters, Ruth and Lois; two brothers, broth-ers, Douglas and Donald. Burial will be in the Lehi city cemetery. Sugar Rationing PLAN FOR DISTRIBUTING TO CONSUMERS WAR RATION BOOK I DATES: May 4, 5, 6,7. TIME: 3:30 P. M. to 9:00 P. M. Each Day. PLACE: At the elementary school where your children attend or where they should attend if you had children in the elemenary school. ONE member of the family, who must be eighteen years of age or over, may register for the entire iamuy. unaer no condition can children register for adults. It will expeditejnatters greatly: if .only one member of the family comes td register for the entire family.. There should be an application filed for every member of the household house-hold whether there are more than six pounds of sugar per person in the home or not. Your application must be made in order that you can get sugar later on. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE COMING TO REGISTER Before coming to register you should have the following informa tion: (1) Name (2) height (3) weight (4) date of birth of the person per-son or persons for whom you are going to register and (5) the amount of sugar per person you have on hand in the home. "Shop at Home" Idea Proves Popular PLENTY OF CUT FLOWERS FOR MOTHERS' DAY Hot house blooms will be abundant abun-dant for Mother's day floral gifts. A fair range of selections will be available. Choice carnations, roses, snapdragons and sweetpeas in fine bloom await Mother's day floral gift shoppers. Plantings and Hotted flowers are also much in evidence. Callla lilies will be obtain able. n you iaa: ur uus meeting Is boys, that If vofu i Hjren .... i, fa &j; rr" to lead Amer- to it v. """wuig, toitering W?mca to a beacon to-;ana after this crucial tO CfiA 41 A ttach Joy, we re- yours' : r Chairman.' ot 25 PJELD, aQ aiairman. Earl Chilton Dies At Idaho Home Tho ntH a-vpar-old daughter, T.intii .Tuno nf Mr. and Mrs. Earl ii i v utiw - Chilton of Shelley, Idaho, formerly residents of this city, passed away at the family nome jviuuuj rheumatic fever. She was born in Lehi, February i; taia rm. mnthpr was before her ma-rriaaa vri June Beck. In addi tion to the parents, the child is survived sur-vived by two brothers, Kerlin and Ronald, two sisters, Marta and De-ana, De-ana, and its grandpartnest, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Chilton and Mrs. Alma Beck of this city. . .1 J H KM Short services were new j"-"-day at 6 p. m. in the Shelley ward chapel. Z' . .. . . Services will be held In me T-zi rViamA Thursday (to day) at 1 p. m. with Bishop George A. Ricks in charge. - Prior to the services inenas iuj view the body at the home of Mrs. Alma Beck. Burial will be in Lehi city cemetery. Scera Program To Appear In Lehi Sun For the benefit of those seeking information, from the amusement field, each week the LeM Bun wui r-arrv the coming week's attractions, appearing at the Scera Theatre at Orem. Many of our readers, through this arrangement, will be saved the necessity of placing a long distance call to secure this information. Pun to is typt of bemititchin which the Italian used to Jo warn or flaUh appliqued edf ea. Lehi To Get New Brick Making, Plant So quoted a local merchant when asked his reaction to this "Shop at Home" campaign, which has been a regular weekly feature of this publication since early in March. "The idea is solid, lots of meat to it," further stated this merchant. "I personally have all my savings invested in premises and stock. I made this investment, believing that my store was .a wanted business in this corriinanityf ?My faith in out city s future is unshakable. I am a home owner and a heavy taxpayer. If my taxes were to be assumed on a pro rata basis by the rest of the home owners here in our town, their increase would be felt by every taxpayer. Sure enough, my business makes it possible for me to meet my taxes and other civic expendi tures. Some years I make a fair profit; other years . . . why talk about a headache? Yes, I'm glad to know that the "Shop at Home" promotion is to be carried on by your publication." Operetta To Be Presented By Play School Mavor Dean Prior was assured from a reliable source today that Lehi had been selected for a brick makiner Dlant which will employ 4n to 60 local laborers and prove a welcome addition to this area. It is honed that this is lust the beginning and others will see fit to iouow this present plant. -Mavor Prior also states that we exDeriencinsr acute housing problems due to military needs for Camp Williams ana derense wont- Tt is nreed that prospective builders nvestigate the government FHA loans at the local bans ana lumber dealers. The tiny tots of the W P A play school will present a clever little operetta, "The Enchanted Wood," on Friday evening, May 8, in the high school auditorium at 7:30 p. m. . The little children do remark ably well in the entertainment. They enjoy this activity a great deal and are proud to present their play to the public. The teacher of the play school play, Mrs. Fern Johnson is working hard with the children in directing the performance and extends an in vitation to everyone in the commu nity to attend, !s The plot of the story centers around a little girl, who goes to the enchanted wood, where she meets the fairys, brownies, rainbow and flowers. Every child in the play school will take part and the ope-retta ope-retta promises to be a very out standing entertainment On Tuesday the mothers held a meeting to plan costumes for the operetta. LOCAL MAN SUSTAINS BROKEN WRIST I. L. Lott suffered a broken right irhfle eneaeed In ceiense work on a government project at Salt Lake City last Tuesday. Mr. Lott is resting easy and win be "on the shelf" for aooui weeks. - Chorus Wins Praise Of Am. Fork Audience Members of the Chantante chorus directed by Isabel Brown and ac-.ntnn&nied ac-.ntnn&nied bv LaPriel Goodwin with ohHfrotas by A. H. Wing, presented the program in the American Fork second ward Sunday evening. Mr. Wing and loss Goodwin also gave . TvnTTiTvr oa the program. . The group was complimented for the very fine program presented. : Following the program Mrs. Brown entertained members of the chorus at her home. Mrs. J ay Kicn-ards Kicn-ards of Oakland, Cal, was a special guest .- . Mayor Issues Statement On Defense Setup Mayor Dean Prior stated Tuesday Tues-day that contrary to the many heresay rumors regarding the status of Lehi in regard to the defense area ,!;, . "Lehi is as much a part of the Provo defense area as any o her, 'city in Utah county." The designation is convenience, for WPB and other federal bodies, more than it is geographical as applied to the town of Provo. Mr. Grover Weggland, FHA director di-rector for Utah emphatically stated at a meeting last Thursday at Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove that "All of Utah county is in the defense area and that all towns were entitled to, all the priorities pri-orities available to defense areas." "Any person who desires to build a home for a defense worker, for rent or sale, or whom himself is engaged in defense work either as a member of the armed forces . . . produces, either directly or indirectly, indirect-ly, to war effort (this includes miners), or . . Y is engaged in a branch of the U. S. government . . . are all eligible for defense priorities." prior-ities." Mr. Weggland also stated that defense project workers or others who will furnish housing for them can be asured that they also will be allowed priorities. Mayor Prior also was informed by the local banking institution that they would be glad to cooperate with any applicant seeking FHA building or remodeling loans. It was further stated by Mr. Weggland, according to Mayor Prior, that property owners are urged to .benefit themselves by the availability of F H A money and to build, particularly on locations near utility lines and thereby save on vital materials that may have to be used in extending feeder power lines, etc. Death Claims Peter Johnson Monday Morning Neils Peter Johnson, 79, passed away at his home Monday morning following an illness of heart trouble. Mr. Johnson was born in Wetham, Denmark, October 23, 1862, a son of Peter and Christina Jensen Johnson. John-son. He emigrated to this country with his parents in 1874. They resided re-sided in Lehi for two years, then moved to Pleasant Grove. He married mar-ried Ardella Holman on May 7, 1889, at Holden, Utah. She died in 1894. Later he married Janet Yates of Lehi. In 1910 they moved to Lehi to make their home. He is survived by three sons and seven daughters. They are: Bertha Young, Kanab; Lawrence Johnson Richfield; Milo Johnson, Souuigate, Cal.; Belva Strong,! Alpine; Itazcl Comer, Alta ; Parker and Bessie Famsworth, Los Angeles, Cal; Susie Jones, Harbor City, Cal.; Verda Kidd, Bluffdale; Leo Johnson, Lehi; two sisters and one brother, Annette An-nette McAffee and Christina Bate-man Bate-man of Lehi and Irving Johnson of Pleasant Grove; 32 gramlchll' dren and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services ! will be held Thursday (today) at 2 p. m. In the fifth ward chapel with Bishop E. B. Garrett in charge. Friends may view the remains at the A. H. Whig mortuary Thursday Thurs-day morning prior to the services. Burial will be in the American Fork cemetery. Whipple Ready With All BIdg. Information Lehi High School Wins Highest Rating In Provo Posture Parade Byron Whipple, manager of the Lehi Lumber company, is ready to supply information regarding necessary neces-sary procedure on applications to secure FHA loans for remodeling or construction of homes for defense de-fense project workers. If you own or can buy with clear mm inn mnrteaere entailment), a building site near a utility line, you are ehgiwe w appiy jut me necessary funds to build under the FHA setup and FHA is anxious loan funds to private panics to wanting to build for the purpose of furnishing housing to be occupied occu-pied by defense workers. Engineers Fix Locations At Steel Plant Plans designating the location of the plate, slab and bloom mill at the site of the $126,000,000 Geneva works of the Columbia Steel plant at Vineyard were completed Saturday, Satur-day, according to E. P. Jacobs, civil engineer of the defense plant corporation. . . The plans, besides giving the location lo-cation of the mills on the site, also show the general overall size, Mr. Jacobs said. The mill, which will be approximately approxi-mately one mile in length and 450 feet wide, will be located midway between the Lakevlew-Vineyard highway and the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad tracks, Mr. Jacobs said. Blast furnaces tentatively are set to be constructed construct-ed just east of the south end of the mill. Push Construction Construction of the administration administra-tion offices for the three companies doing preliminary construction on the project the Utah Construction company, the Pomeoroy company and the Morris-Knudsen company Is nearing completion. One wing of the building, which will be used by the engineering department, practically had been finished Satur day, and some office equipment was being moved. The other wing of the two-story T-shaped building which will have 35 offices is expected to be completed com-pleted during the present week, Wor kon jjoiaslructlng a, building to house the personnel division of the three contracting companies is now under , way and is expected to be finished shortly. Both building build-ing are being erected by the W. E. Ryberg company. Building Under Way A building to house the George A. Fuller company of New York and Chicago,' which will construct 32 of the permanent structures at the site, is now under construction and should be completed by the first of next week. A warehouse for this company also is under way.- Work on constructing a huge concrete con-crete mixing plant has been started by the W. E. Ryberg and A, E. Chrlstensen companies, which have Joined bands on the project will furnish all the concrete for the various structures at the site. Services Conducted For Bachelor Baby Funeral services for Brian Mack Batchelor, 19-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack Batchelor, who died Thursday afternoon at the local hospital of pneumonia were con ducted Saturday at 2 p. m. in the fourth ward chapel with Bishop Lionel Larsen in charge. The opening musical number was a vocal trio, "Beyond Today," by Leola Peterson, Rula Dorton and Lula Anderson accompanied by Marie Smith. The Invocation was given by Harry Stoker. The speakers were President Vir gil H. Peterson and Lester M. Nor- berg. Each of them brought out fine gospel thoughts and conveyed words of consolation to the par ents. Other musical numbers consisted of a vocal solo "Baby Mine," by Mrs. Edith Evans, accompanied by Lula Anderson, and "In the Gar den" by MarloGardner, accompanied by Mrs. Florence Gudmundsen. Bishop Larsen made closing re marks and as the closing number the trio sang "God Moves In a Mys terious Way. Joseph Roth offered the benediction. Interment took lace in the city cemetery where George Russon ded icated the grave. Lehi high school was one of the three schools to win the coveted triple A award rating by virtue of their performance Saturday in very highest given. The Lehi Young university's thirty-second annual invitational track and field meet. Murray and Provo high schools also received this honor, the very highest honor given. The Lehi Junior high school girls received a triple A rating In their division. The cold weather and hovering rain clouds that blacked out the sky for a good portion of the day failed to dampen the ardor of the small crowd who were well repaid for their loyalty by the beauty and thrill of the events. The sports enthusiasts, who were bundled in blankets and overcoats, were treated to a real thrill in the opening ceremonies which comprised com-prised the annual senior high posture pos-ture parade, flag-raising ceremonies by Sea Scouts and a . drill by the soldiers of the Pleasant Grove army camp. Despite one of the smallest entry lists in history of the event, with but six schools entered, the girls' posture parade, with 210 girls marching march-ing with a grace .precision and a military smartness that would do honor to a West Point graduating class, lacked none of the traditional beauty and thrills that annually accompany the procession. A thrill that could not help but send shivers up and down the back of any loyal American was presented pre-sented when the girls, after marching march-ing down the track and onto the grass of the football field, came to attention facing the spectators and saluted while the BYU band played "The Star Spangled Banned" and Sea Scouts raised "Old Glory" to the flagpole top. Thfc 53 YV tnd, i3rectf by Professor Pro-fessor Robert Sauer, let the procession, pro-cession, followed by a color guard of BYU girls. ; . Sea Scouts of the Provo ship S S Hanno of the Utah national parks Boy Scout council, directed by Skipper Skip-per Delbert V. Treageagle, conduct ed the flag raising ceremonies. . Approximately 125 soldiers . of subbase No. 2 of the United States army air base at Pleasant Grove, commanded by First Lieutenant D. R. Rundquist, gave an interesting exhibition of drills. The drill master mas-ter in charge of the exhibition was Technical Sergeant R. A. Magee. After careful consideration of all the fine points of marching and pivoting, Judges of the parade announced an-nounced the winners. Judges were Clarence Harmon, Sergeant James W. Iverson, army recruiting officer, and Chief Boatswains Mate Roland Smith, navy recruiting officer all of Provo. ' . Miss Leona Holbrook, associate professor of physical education for women, was in charge of the posture parade and directed the girls on the field during the maneuvers. Miss Vera Conder In charge of the Lehi girls, deserves a great deal of credit and recognition for her work with our girls. Their previous training was responsible for the splendid showing made at the meet. BAPTISMAL SERVICES SUNDAY Stake baptismal services will be held Sunday at 2 p. m. in the Semi' nary bunding. Cleanup Plans Curtailed By Weather Lehi's effort et ' a real cleanup Job, due last Friday, was seriously lntcrefered with through Inclement weather. The plan is to have citizens con tinue their Individual efforts toward making Lehi a clean city through the efforts of home owners' cooperation. coopera-tion. The appeal for completion of this cleanup Is on the basis of personal pride expressed by individual home owners and In their civic pride in a clean home lot, neighborhood and to the fact that their neighbor's effort In this cleanup job will not exceed their own finished Job as a cleanup specialist. The city will continue awarding family theatre passes for first class cleanup Jobs that receive the approval ap-proval of the inspectors. SEMINARY GRADUATION EXERCISES MAY 12 The Lehi Seminary graduation exercises will be held on Tuesday, May 11 |