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Show THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1945 THE LEHI SUN, LEW, UTAH THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1945 The Story of Milling and Smelting at Midvale " ' III. 1 J ' X"" '' ' ',- . V IT:-: (vt 4.. TO. .v' ''.to: ;4 1 .......... .. v . Oil. "i. rtKC - ' ' ."S . . - - Mi - , t rVl f vfT'O . mm ,11:.- i u 1 m cn fits s m An Important spot on the smeltinp; map of the world the Midvale, Utah mill and lead smelter of the United State Smelting Refining and Mining Company. Oret from many western states and at times from foreign countries are shipped to Midvale for treatment. (Editor! Not! Thi u the flrrt of followed by the formal location In rated and In 1901 built a copper eriet of v rticie on th turn of mill- 2353 o tne we8t Jordan" Claim by smelter at Bingham Junction, now MMvatal melt""t 0I a group of 25 persons. Midvale, Utah. Shortly thereafter Situated In beautiful Salt Lake Other locations followed rapidly a lead smelter was added at the valley, one of the nation's leading and active operations In the area same plant and smelting or refining smelter communities, known in have been continuous. The United facilities were later provided at early days as Bingham Junction, States Mining company in 1899 ac- some of the company's planta In Midvale today Is the terminus of quired the "West Jordan" as part other states, ore and concentrate shipments from of the "Old Jordan" which, with the The United States Mining corn-many corn-many western states and from cer- old Telegraph Mine, became the pany and the United States Smelt-tain Smelt-tain foreign countries. Here the nucleus of the present United ing company were dissolved after large custom mill and smelter of States Mine, one of the Important the United States Smelting Refln-the Refln-the United States Smelting Refin- lead-zinc ore producers of the lng and Mining company was In-lng In-lng and Mining company silhouette country. corporated in 1906. Early in its his- the skyline of this agricultural and In the years immediately follow- tory this company became actively Industrial community. lng United States Mining company interested in the development of The development of the United made investments In other mining Utah's resources and from the States Smelting Refining and Min- properties in Utah and some out- beginning has been an Important lng company closely parallels the side states, and in 1901, recognizing factor in bringing Utah to the front growth of the mining industry Bince Utah's need for facilities for treat- as the leading non-ferrous mining the turn of the century. The dis- ment of ores from Its own and and smelting center of the world, covery of ore in what is now known other properties, the United States with Its Midvale Plant continuous-as continuous-as Bingham Canyon District was Smelting company was incorpo- ly occupying a prominent place in (THE SECOND OP THESE ARTICLES WILL APPEAR SOON.) t ll 1 J r- Am. Fork News Thimble Mrs. Kenneth McDonald was hostess to the Thimble club Thursday evening. Special guests were Mrs. Adair Bromley, Mrs. Will Ashby and Mrs. Keith Smith. The time was occupied with needlework and a delicious lunch served. Columbia Literary Mrs. Jack Cyphers, 386 Jef ferson Avenue, reviewed the book, The Human Comedy by William Soroyan, when the CO' lumbia Literary club met at the home of Mrs. Matthew Murphy, 104 Roosevelt Avenue, Saturday. During the business part of the meeting dessert luncheon was served by the hostess. The group voted to hold meeting but once a month during the summer months, so the next meeting will be held May 19 at the home of Mrs. E. R. Walton, 81 Wilson. . i- uvuuur vi rww""p w visited a few days last week with inenas, enroute to jjenvei, www. Mrs PrinoofOolmof-hiissel SDent several davs last week in Salt Lake City visiting with relatives. AMERICAN HEROES by WUUUT WW"'" Mr. and Mrs. John L. Firmage and CpL 'and Mrs. Luzell Chip- man spent Thursday afternoon visiting with Mr. and Mrs. ai-phonso ai-phonso Chlpman. Cpl. Chipman has been home on furlough and left last week end for a new assignment as-signment near Sacramento, Calif. His wife, the former Betty Jeanne Saville of Salt Lake City, and their two year daughter will remain in Utah for the time being. Federated Music clubs of the state were called to a special meeting in Salt Lake City Friday evening by Mrs. Comstock, Poca- tello. Idaho, district president. Attending from the LaTona club were Mrs. Adair Bromley, Mrs. Alvin E. Monson, Mrs. Kenneth McDonald, Mrs. Glen M. Boley, Mrs. Glen H. Gordon and Mrs. Keith Smith. - v.; . " : Mr. and Mrs. Warren Cave and Mrs. Ted Ross of Ogden visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Cave Sunday. Mrs. B. J. Reese of Provo spent from Thursday until Sunday visiting at -the home of - her daughter, Mrs. Glen L. Taylor. Also spending the week end with the Taylors were their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bleak of Salt Lake City. Mrs. Leslie Searle and daught er Myrna and Miss Alice Parker spent Sunday visiting in Lehi with Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Love- ridge, r ' - and In the evening at a dance. LaPreal Parduhn, president of Associated Women, was cnair- man of arrangements, and was assisted with the assembly by Mary Anderson, Madge Jones, and Lucile Okey, and at the dance by Alta Barratt, Blaine Brown, Shirley Berg and Helen Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Peet of Lehi spent Sunday here with his mother, Mrs. Daniel Peet. Joseph Karren spent part of the week in Lehi visiting with his daughter, Mrs. Nile Roberts. .Marriage - 4 PIERRE, South Dakota, can be proud of Lt. Robert Pershing Williams. Decorated with the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross, Lt. Williams, spotting a German sub while piloting a Navy Torpedo Bomber in the Atlantic, attacked the enemy without supporting fighter planes. He released four depth charges, all of which exploded close, sinking the sub and throwing enemy personnel into .v. Vnr Vile lierntcm onA Yf rjnrrlinirv achievement Lt. Williams U1U YVMIVJ. X V 1U j received the Gold Star. War Bonds buy. depth charges for such heroic service. J'i 'V.S.'trtasuryDeportmtnt DR. KENNETH E. NOYES Capt. (Dr.) Kenneth E. NnT: son of Dr. and Mrs .t x t,oyes, has sent his wife a s, commendation given the Evacuation Hospital which V with the 7th Army inFranSfi the outstanding work perW, during the Colmar SSSgf Dr. Kenneth Is a member Sr Stall c It reads in part, Reports hav reached me of the careful JS efficient attention to duty of th enlisted and commissioned tS of the 51st Evacuation HosSS and of the splendid professE attainments of the person charged with the direct mX and surgical care of the sick ar?i wounded. Realization that thi. type of medical support backing the Corps during thJ campaign is a splendid and en during morale factor and th undersigned is deeply apprecia tive of the important part phvprt SpitaldurthepeS IJLlUivu UU, The commendation io . by F. W. Milburn, Major General ij uuiuuiaiiu ui oeutenanf General Patch. nt Parents of the sevpmi u... men who are in the 7th armv should feel a little more at ease when they know the type 0f treatment accoraea the sick and wounded servicemen. JUBILEE SINGERS MUCH ENJOYED , , f5 Good Looking Light Weights FOR WARM WEATHER DAYS Protect yourself against warm weather wilt. Come in now and choose one of our impeccably-tailored, impeccably-tailored, lightweight herringbone tweeds. We've many other fabrics and styles at this price, o 37.50 45.00 T .- CHIPMAN MERC. CO. Main and Center : : : : American Fork Mrs. Ellis R. Terry was hostess for dinner Sunday in compliment compli-ment to her son Cpl. LaDell Terry who was home on furlough from Fort Benning, Ca. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. Walter Beckstead, Mrs. LeRoy Cardwell, and Miss Marge Beckstead, all of West Jordan, Mrs. Arnold Terry and Miss Katherine Johnson of Salt Lake City, Mrs. Alvin E De Long, Jean Terry, LaGrand Terry, Ter-ry, the host and hostess. Contract Mrs. William Householder entertained en-tertained her Contract club Friday Fri-day evening. Lunch was served to eight ladies. Mrs. W. L. Fad-dis Fad-dis and Mrs. Walter Stef fen won the prizes. NEWCOMERS BRIDGE Mrs. William M. Sculley and Mrs. Donald Swan were cohos-Itesses cohos-Itesses at the Scully home, 323 . Harvard Circle, Thursday of last I week to the Newcomers Bridge section. Extra guests were Mrs. I George Brown and Mrs. L. A. Underwood. Mrs. Carl Hogsett j won the prize for high score, the ' second prize was awarded to Mrs. F. Ray Friedly and the consolation consola-tion favor went to Mrs. Don I Paquette. Mrs. Alma Earl entertained at dinner Tuesday in honor of the 81st birthday of her mother, Mrs. David Conder. - Covers were laid for the guest of honor, the host and hostess, Mrs. H. W. Barnes and son Marlin of Lehi, and Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Earl and son David. Mrs. Conder was the recipient of gifts and cards of congratulation from children, grandchildren, and friends from out of town. Tint Doilies When doilies and table runners get that "washed out" look, tint them to harmonize with your china. Light green, for instance, makes a delightful background for Ivory or yellow dishes. Barratt-Salisbury Of interest to local residents is the marriage of Miss Vera Barratt, and Marvin Salisbury, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert -Salis bury of Richfield, which took place Tuesday, April 24. The wedding took place at the home of Mr, and Mrs. A. R. Morgan, Mor-gan, Provo, uncle and aunt of the bride with whom she has made her home for the past six years. Tall candelabra holding burning tapers, , banked with sweet peas formed the setting for the ceremony which was performed per-formed by Bishop Arthur D. Taylor Tay-lor of the Provo Third ward. The bride, who was unattended, wore a smart gold colored afternoon dress with a corsage of gardenias. A reception followed for the immediate a families and close friends. The bride is a graduate of the Provo high school and has been a stenographer for Geneva Steel. The groom is a graduate of the Richfield high where he was prominent in athletics. After a short honeymoon the young couple cou-ple will be in Richfield until May 10 when the groom leaves for military training. Among those attending the reception were Mr. and Mrs. Earl H. Barratt, Mr. and Mrs. Heber Barratt, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bennett, Ben-nett, Mr. and Mrs. Reese Nash, Mrs. Wendell Hansen, Marilyn Barratt, Douglas Nash, John Bennett, Ada Bennett, all of American Fork, and Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Rolfe of Lehi. WAR BONDS Jr7 I I H ! i t . 1 . ' wi GIRLS DAY Reign for a day was accorded the girls of the high school Friday Fri-day and the program put over proved they could do it, although one of the males got himself worked into a committee. At 9 a. m. an all girl assembly was held and the announcement made that Vern Clark had been elected the most popular man at the school. Two skits featured the program, Girls Day Is Here at Last, and original by Alta Barratt, Shirley Berg, Dora Dean and Karma Van Wagoner; and Ten Pretty Girls, played by Ann Clowers, Mariam Humphries, Edith Pawlowski, LaPreal Parduhn, Par-duhn, Lucile Okey, Shirley Storrs, Erlin Thornton, Bonita White, Roland Madsen, with Miss Henke as reader. Musical numbers were a cornet cor-net solo by Lorna Bateman, a flute solo by Joyce Houston, and an accordian solo by Miriam Humphries. Gladys Grant gave a reading. Vern Clark, captain and guard of , the basketball team who reached the finals in the state league, has plenty of personality, the girls said, when reporting his choice as most popular man. He is president of the band organization organ-ization and a member of the Bee thoven club. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Clark of Alpine. In the afternoon the girls pre sided at a fashion show and tea Oacitl U. S. Navy Photo "Diesel Stove." War Bonds furnished fur-nished Seabees with equipment needed to construct this stove from salvage on which pretty Philippine girl cocks meal for hungry folks on Tinian. y. S. Treasury Department Climaxing a ''season of outstanding out-standing musical concerts, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, who appeared appear-ed in the tabernacle Saturday night held an appreciative audience aud-ience spellbound through every number. When they sapg the spiritual "Were You There the silence in the audience could be felt. Negro singers with' three generations of musical tradition behind them, the group gave ah intense interpretation in-terpretation of the spirituals. Ruby Green contralto soloist, was Tecalled twice following her group of numbers.. Three en cores were graciously presented at the close of the concert. LaTona Concert Association, responsible for the lyceum numbers, num-bers, is planning on a bigger and better season next year. Pointless Pen A pointless fountain pen is now being manufactured in the Argentine. Argen-tine. It uses a ball bearing for the point, 'and the ink rolls out, instead in-stead 61 jpouring put, of the barrel. Using a : gelatinous, -quick' drying Ink, one filling will last the ordinary user six months. "BOUQUET OF ROSES" Junior Girls of the First ward held their "Bouquet of Roses" ceremony Sunday afternoon at the home of their leader, Mrs. Adair Bromley. Spring flowers made the living room attractive and the rose bouquet was gorge-ous. gorge-ous. June Slater, class president, too charge. Following the invo-' cation by Shirley Chesnut, Mir-iam Mir-iam Humphries played an accordian ac-cordian solo and Gladys Grant gave a reading. The Bouquet was formed and presented to Mrs. Bromley who in turn presented pre-sented it to the ward president of YWMIA, Mrs. Afton Steiner. Mrs. Ernest Seastrand, who had been chosen by the girls as the ideal woman of the ward, gave a talk on Womanhood Katherine Saxton gave a vocal solo and Helen Gardner read! original verses containing alius-! ions to all the girls. Others belonging , to the class are Doris Ault, Flora Mae Barratt, Bar-ratt, Chloe Bennett, Beverly Birk, Barbara Conder, Geraldine Francom, Belva Miller, Mae Jean Schreiber and Lois Stewart. Mothers of the girls were guests. STAR En r i c h e d FLOUR AT YOUR GROCER THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... "Judge, remember that place up In the moun-, moun-, ains where we went trout fishing last year?" ' "'iSUre A ,George" We a great tirne ip there, didn't we?" . ' , ."7 ... ."I'll never forget it But this will Interest you, Judge. I heard just yesterday that the revenuemen raided a big still right near . there. Gaess that', where all that high- :; priced moonshine we heard about has been. - -coming from." a "Wouldn't be a bit surprised. I saw fa tie paper the other day where the Government has raided thousands of such stills durine the past year." uiS "Sounds sort of reminiscent, doesn't it, Judge?" "Exactly and it's not hard to figure out As soon as the distillers stopped making whiskey and devoted their entire facilities to the production of industrial alcohol for the Government ,.. the racketeers muscled in again." . "1 hate to think of how that might have spread. Judge, if the Government hadn t found it possible, without interfering with our war effort in any way, to permit a short resumption of legal whiskey production, produc-tion, recently." - TlU i"ri' ponn hy Omfertnce ef AkckolU Beeertf lias Is fore Son ara ;:,'an Mi Dicki t!S Eicke :nic ?orp Wh ::ess( f.D: it B. pie. Irw: ::1S :atio: ood. )uplf nend itenj Cpl. entr arm "-r!e Mr. :ently 1 Sta: on ai lion at' innei .tfopc Mrs. ceive rtW to 5 4 th wen -cord ' Mr toed wif 34 tin r, Gl( rec hix an Re: for to in |