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Show Qeoeral Comments From Auditor Cooper's Report Orem City has one of the most complete and up to date accounting systems anywhere. Full use is being made of all facilities and postings are current. Care is exercised over all phases of the work and is accomplish-ed accomplish-ed with a minimum of personnel. Officials are properly bonded and insurance coverage cover-age is adequate and in order. Bonds and interest coupons were checked with payments pay-ments and found in agreement. All have been cancelled as required. Expenditures covering all costs incurred hav been allocated directly and reflect true operating requirements. require-ments. It is believed that Orem City has received more free money or assistance than any other city of its size. This is due to Mayor B. M. Jolly and members of the Board working overtime without compensation. All funds received and disbursed have been properly accounted for. RECOMMENDATIONS That the Trailer Camp Site be cleared at once. That Accounts Payable be currently and carefully reviewed and that delinquent lists be prepared monthly. That the Mayor and Board Members give full as- sistance to the Cemetery Committee and City Sexton in outlining the operaing policies. That the functional activities be recorded separately separat-ely as now prescribed. In the opinion of the writer the Mayor, B. M. Jolley, and the Recorder, Emil Hansen, together with the board members and other officers have done a .magnificent job. During the Emergency which has iasted three years this group of men have served Orem City with honor and trust. Not only have they accomplished their sworn duty in a business-like manner, but they have been fair and courteous to all. Appreciation is expressed to the Board and its officers of-ficers for the splendid cooperation extended. Respectfully submitted By Robert N. Cooper, Auditor. S.S& V. 0. Johnson Tells Prison Gamp Story Staff Sergeant Vivian Oliver Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. 1 Oliver Johnson of Edgemont, Ihas arrived home for a few days, " uciug way uum ms xam- ily for five years, three and a half years in a Japanese prison camp. He will go to Bushnell hospital at Brigham City for treatment this week. Vivian still looks like a 'youngster, and he says it is hard to believe that his little brother, Jjust a boy when he left, is now taller than he and a veteran of jthree years navy fighting. He is learning so many things, since his release, what the initials USO pieans, and all the government alphabetical agencies. Many, famous persons are just names' o him. He says he has no immediate im-mediate plans, but plans to f 'hang around and catch up on jt'i'ngs xor a wnue . He'll prob- iDiy enter school later. His story miaht be one from he dark ages, but he is recuper- mng m a splendid way: he now weigns over 150 pounds, which Is above his normal weight, but this has only been put on by the good American food the past two months. He went down to 90 pounds, and was given up for pead at one time, and actually furvived 39 malarial attacks, an fverage of nearly one a month pnng his captivity. Other prison camp diseases also had peir chance on him, as the doc tors in his camp had no medi tme or facilities, but did the best iey could. , f The young man was captured fPnl 9, 1942 ,on Bataan after lomg into the Infantry from the f"r corns ne mu4 - nu:n Pine air force did. He made the Peath march from Japan, going v j 0 G mtm -etieta OREM - THE STEEL CEISTTER OF TITTC WEST ; volume 12 Number 18 THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1945 Orem City's Audit Shows Its Finances In Healthy Condition Auditor Robert N. Cooper Files Audit With City Recorder. Heavy Valuation Increase Shown That Orem City Municipal Corporation has assets of $374,176.05 over and above its indebtedness is shown by the annual audit for 1944 made by Robert N. Cooper, certified public accountant of Salt Lake, which was filed with Orem City Recorder on Tuesday of this week. S. Sgl. V. O. Johnson v Orem City's property hold ings are given lolal valua tion of $597,859.16 and its total liabilities are listed as $223,176.05. The properties listed as mak ing up the city's assets are class ified under five heads: 1. Current Assets: $18,957.85 with cash in the bank of $12 487.40 as the principal item in this classification. REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS 2. Fixed Assets: $49,071.13 The largest item in this classifi cation is the City Hall and Post- office which are valued at $13, 921.14. The next largest item is the city park of 35 acres which is given the valuation of $7,400 The cemetery and improvements are listed at $6,778.51. Real estate purchased from the State of Utah with water rights amounts to $4,975.21. Other fixed assets such as road equip ment, trucks, automobiles and miscellaneous real estate make up the total of this classification, CITY OWNS WATER STOCK 3. Water stock in incorporated incorpo-rated companies: 61 shares in Alta Ditch and Canal Com pany, stock valued at $22,500.' Provo Reservoir Water Users' Company, 50V5 shares, $6,835: Provo Bench Canal and Irrigation Irri-gation Company. 14V4 shares, $4,350.00. Total for Water stock amounts to $33,685.00. 4. Orem City culinary water system: $403,954.99, 5. Sewer System: $92,190.19. (Note: this covers only the part of the project which was paid for in 1944, as the report covers only the 1944 period.) PROPERTIES UNDERVALUED The valuations given to the various properties are regarded as very conservative. For instance, in-stance, the City Hall and Post Office at $13,921.14 is probably a heavy under-valuation, as the building cost over $16,000 when it was new, and it has oeen greatly improved since that time. CITY'S INDEBTEDNESS Orem's indebtedness is prin cipally on water bonds. Its outstanding out-standing bond indebtedness as of January 1, 1945 was $185,500. j These are water revenue bonds payable out of water revenue and not out of general taxation. fellows in his outfit, about 160 men. "There are 18 of us known ; nf this flmoiint $45 nnn is listen to be alive, with several still 1 as sewer bonds wnich are se,f. missing. We got together when , iui-wine. It is rpnnrt that 9 1 1 3 - e 1 " r these bonds are paid off at the five days without a bit of food-?ney food-?ney were then herded into an enclosure and fed a few handles hand-les of steamed rice before con- f numg on their journey for 2 l"ie nays. eatings Receivad egularly " lie VMM rtin MW . . " m vuu tv a eatings become mutiny mrm led clothing for food outside ne camno anj . , iu. " were oeaten wnwi hUL caueht. but hunier Fye them to repeat the chance gWn and again. If one in the !p something against the he entire SrouP was pun-at pun-at one time all members r made to sit cramped and Crf 'egged, with their backs at C"1; attention. The first L. 0'slumPm in the burning ? La.nd tfiey were beaten with Wr8- As diversion, the fdil ,umPed their cramp-Cf?gs cramp-Cf?gs None of the group could f when It was over. t SS? sp Trtck of Iffi? has a Httle black book ptte he has the names of the we could and kept a record of those we knew positively were dead." Each page was tilled with little black crosses, "I put a cross by each one we knew certain was dead." Three Red Cross Packages Received Vivian received a pacKage from home at Manila while en-route en-route to Japan- The candy was wormy, but hunger drove him and his comrades to eat every scrap. "By that time we were so hungry, the worms tasted good". He received only three packages during all the time The young hero American defense, Philippine defense and Asiatic-Pacific rib bons, each with a battle star. He also has three presidential 1 citations and good conduct med- i al. He spent the last year of his : imprisonment in Japan and was there exactly a year to the day when liberation arrived. He regards it as a miracle that they escaped the B-29 bombings, j Their unmarked prison camp I near Nagoya was relatively un-; touched, while everything around was flattened. rate of $2,000 per year from charges for connection which are made to the main line of the sewer system. One-half of the cost of the sewer system was a grant from the Federal Public Works Agency. The sewer bonds involve no obligation on the part of the tax payers, it was stated. Also, the audit shows $82,500 of bonds, principally for water purposes, were issued and outstanding out-standing prior to 1941. Since that date, bonds have been issued is-sued to take care of improve- wears the i ments made necessary by heavy increase in population because of defense industries in this locality. lo-cality. On account of land and water purchased the city owes a bal ance of $10,183.11. Under current liabilities, are general notes payable which were partly tax anticipation notes which have since been liquidated, amount to $28,000. is that Orem's assessed valuation valu-ation increased from $1,448.-878.00 $1,448.-878.00 in 1943 to $2,248,403 in 1944 - an increase of approximately ap-proximately $1,000,000. or 64.54. U. S. HELPS SEWERS On the matter of the bonded bond-ed debt. Mr. Cooper, the Auditor, Audi-tor, makes the following comment: com-ment: "Change in the Bonded Debt status, (over preceding year) was brought about by the installation of a new sewer sew-er system and a city cemetery. With reference to the sewer system it will be noted that the U.S. Government is paying pay-ing the greater portion of the initial cost and that the benefits bene-fits will accrue to the City. In addition to providing a much needed service this utility should supplement the present pres-ent revenues." On water service collections the audit makes comparison be ginning with the year 1940 and showing a gradual increase in the moneys collected- In 1940 the water service collections were $11,721.89, while in 1944 the collection was $24,400.35. A comment bythr Auditor on the Water Service Department states: "The operating costs reflect re-flect careful management." EFFICIENCY SHOWN On the sewer system it has been the subject of considerable comment and discussion during the past year. The Auditor makes the following statement: "Sewer construction project was consolidated with the wa ter system expansion program as a matter of economy. The plan was outlined and accom plished in an efficient manner. Considering that the project was undertaken and completed dur ing an emergency without un due delay is very commendable. In addition to the grant made by the government, Orem City issued bonds in the amount of $45,000.00 which is intended to cover the entire cost of con struction. - Waldo Harris Home On Furlough Cpl. Waldo Harris, a former employee of Orem-Geneva Times and son of Mrs. Lexie Harris and the late Hyrurn Harris is home on 15 day leave, after 3V years in service in the army air corps mechanical division. The young man joined the army May 1, 1942, received his training in the states and landed at Glasgow, Scotland, July 8, 1943. From Scotland the crew went to Wharton, England, and . ( K iXH' - . - FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT BOUGHT BY OREM CITY Orem Citizens Elect City Officers Tues. Tuesday the voters of Orem will go to the polls to decide who their City officials shall be for the next two years. Not a great deal of interest has been shown in the campaign thus far, but indications are that Interest Vwill be aroused to the extent that there will be a fair vote on Tuesday. "Ins" Against "Outs" The election this time is pretty pret-ty much a case of the "ins" neainst the "nuta". Tho CM. Orem City has made the be- j zens' party has nominated as its ginning of a fire department by the purchase of fire fighting equipment from the Office of Civilian Defense, according to Mayor B. M. Jolley. It has long been the intention of the city officials to get fire fighting equipment as soon as it became available. The opportunity came when the Office of Civilian Defense De-fense was willing to part with some of its equipment, which it acquired early in the war and which is no longer needed. The equipment up to date consists con-sists of a skid-mount pumping unit with a capacity of 500 gallons gal-lons per minute, and accessories consisting of 200 feet of 1V4 inch hose, 400 feet of 2V4 inch hose, and two lengths of hard rubber suction hose, 10 feet each; 14 foot roof ladder and a 24 foot extension ladder. City officials are now trying to find a chassis on which to mount the pumping unit and carry the other accessories. Cpl. Waldo Harris five other sections of England, where they built air bases and made them operational. On D-Day they were worRlng on C-47 carrier planes and para-troop para-troop gliders, and after the invasion in-vasion Cpl. Harris joined a B-26 medium bomber group and went over to Normandy, landing on Utah beach, where they started operations within a week. As the army advanced the mechanical mechan-ical division followed closely, doing repair work, through France, Belgium, the lower Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, and the Austrian, German bord- lie Was a member of the first disarmament group, and Cpl. Harris relates that while at Passau on the Danube River, they located many loaded barges and tugs with German materials of war, which had to be salvaged salvag-ed and classified for allied use. They also found every type air plane Germany had produced, which were salvaged where pos sible and the different types were sent to the Wright Field, where they were studied by aeronautical aero-nautical engineers of the United States. Cpl. Harris left Germany in September and after his furlough fur-lough will report at Fort Douglas Doug-las for discharge. PLEASANT GROVE TO UNVEIL MEMORY PLAQUE A memorial plaque, listing casualties of World War II will be a feature of the Armistice day celebration planned by American Legion Post No. 70. The monument is now under construction at the northwest corner of the city park. E. A, Beck, post commander, and Mrs Milton Adamson, auxiliary pres ident, head the committee In charge, which includes Karl Banks, Irwin Jensen, Milton Adamson and H. C- Robertson Mrs. Lela Banks has been named chairman of a group to send Christmas boxes to veterans. CHARGES PAY COSTS Services charges are calcu lated to pay costs of operation and maintenance of the sewer and retire bonds as they come due. A detailed account of con struction expenditures has been kept and audited as required. ine audit shows that the citv cemetery bonds in the sum of $6,000 were issued. On the cemetery the auditor's comment is as follows: "The sale of lots and perpetual care should supply sup-ply needed capital for future development and maintenance and preclude the necessity of levying a tax." j Altogether the report is an interesting in-teresting document. It is on file with the City Recorder at the City Hall and may be examined by any citizen during office hours. Two of Vivian's brothers, have been home on leave hoping to see their brother, but have had to return to their camps. Verl is in the USN and wears three battle stars; Garn is in the Army and Dee, a still younger brother is also In the Navy. HEAVY VALUATION INCREASES ' The legal debt margin as of December 31, 1944, was $104,-1 $104,-1 808.36; which means that the city had at that time this sum yet available for improvements j if it wishes to issue bonds to 1 that amount, or incur any other I form of indebtedness. Another interesting situation, situa-tion, at shown by the audit. Vermont Ladies Chorus to Singr at Sharon Sunday Hour The newly organized ladies chorus of Vermont ward, under tne direction of Clive Pulham, with Miss Lucile Olsen and Miss Cumorah Gordon, as accompanists, accompan-ists, will furnish the musical program at Sharon Stake Sunday Sun-day evening service at the Scera auditorium at 730 p.m. Ethel Pyne is president of the organization, Miss Donna Hafen. vice president and Mrs. J. B. Ford, secretary. There, are 30 members enrolled at present. A trio, composed of Melba I Caldex Donna Hafen and Melba Mecham will sing "America, the Beautiful", and the chorus will sing "Your Land and My Land" and "The End of a Perfect Day". HARVEST BALL PLEASING AFFAIR A very large crowd attended the Timp-Geneva ward Harvest Ball Tuesday evening, which was sponsored by the two MIA organizations. The hall was gayly decorated with corn stalks, pumpkin faces and baskets bas-kets of fruits and vegetables. The feature number of the evening, eve-ning, which was enjoyed between be-tween dancing, was clever, with Miss Helen Bunnell singing, while nine Beehive girls did dance steps and pantomine, un der the direction of Mrs. Lettie Dixon, Geneva ward activity leader. A trio composed of Evelyn Eve-lyn Rowland, June Allen and Maurine Williams sang, accompanied accom-panied by Cumorah Gordon. Light refreshments in the Hallowe'en Hal-lowe'en color, were served under the direction of Mrs. V. J. Loveless, Love-less, president of Timpanogos ward YWMIA. TWO WARDS OVER TOP IN ERA DRIVE Mr. and Mrs. Fenton Prince, chairmen of the Era drive for the Sharon stake, reports that Edgemont and Vineyard wards have reported being over the top in the annual drive for subscriptions sub-scriptions to the Improvement Era. Mr. Prince states that all other wards in the stake are working on their drive at pres- sent, and hopes to report the entire stake over the top on their quota in the very near luture. candidates men who are, with one exception, of the present City administration. W. P. Williams, Orem business man, who has served in the City Council during the last eleht years is the Citizens' candidate for Mayor. The exception is Ephraim Twitchell.who is candidate candi-date for the two-year councilman council-man post. The Peoples' ticket is headed by J. W. Gillman, a prominent citizen who in the early days of the City served several terms ai Mayor. Other prominent citizens citi-zens were named as his associates associ-ates on the ticket. The two tickets are as follows: Citizens' Ticket W. P. Williams for Mayor: Murvel Walker, four-year Coun cilman; Roy Gappmayer, Eph raim Twitchell, and George F. Wells for two-year Councilmen; V. Emil Hansen, City Recorder; and Axel Andreasen for City Treasurer. Peoples' Ticket J. W. Gillman. Mayor: Wood- row Jensen, four-year Councilman; Council-man; Vera Williams and E. H, Johnson for two-year Council-men. Council-men. There are only two candidates candi-dates for the two-year Councilman Council-man post, which leaves one post vacant. Orland Pyne is running run-ning for City Recorder and Ada Skinner for City Treasurer. Rely Oa Advertising There has been some house-to-house work In the campaign, but for the most part, both parties par-ties have relied on newspaper advertising to reach the voters with their messages. Both tickets are regarded as representative, repre-sentative, and there is a general feeling that either group will give good service to the community, com-munity, should it be elected. The polling places are as follows: fol-lows: District No. 1 A. II. Lowe residence. resi-dence. District No. 2 -Orem City Hall. District No. 8 Tlmpanogoi ward amusement hall-District hall-District No. 4 Mrs. Lexia Harris Har-ris residence. Dr. T. L. Martin To Speak Sunday at Sharon Stake Meet Dr. Thomas L. Martin, Dean of the College of Applied Science of the Brigham Xoung University, will be the speaker next Sunday evening on Sharon Stake's Sunday Evening Hour at the community auditorium, according to an announcement an-nouncement made by President A. .V. Watkins, of Sharon Stake. X - " j '--ti .mi . J - Dr. ThomM L. Martin LOCAL ITEMS Mr. and Mrs. George T. Tucker Tuck-er of Geneva ward have received word from their son, Wayne, that he has arrived safely by clipper in Porta Rico. He flew from Salt Lake City to Florida ne win snend th wfnfer ir ALPINE DISTRICT TO GIVE COURSE IN SOCIOLOGY TRAINING Under the sponsorship ot the Alpine School District there will be given during the next three months a series of lectures and demonstrations upon various topics of current interest, de- The musical program will be given by Vermont Ward ladies Chorus, under the direction of Clyde Pulham. with Cumorah Gordon as accompanist. This music made a hit with the Sunday Sun-day Evening Program during the lastQuart,erlyjConference of Sharon Stake. Dr. Martin Is well known, lv educational, civic, and churct, circles throughout the entire Intermountain West. He is a member of the Deseret Sunday school board of the L-D.S. church, and in that capacity visits practically all the stakes in the church. Moved to Sharon Recently he moved into Pleasant Pleas-ant View ward of Sharon stake. The stake presidency feels that Sharon is fortunate, Indeed, to have a man of the ability ot Dr. Martin speak to the people. The Sharon stake series be gan several years ago, during the construction period of the Geneva Steel plant It was Interrupted In-terrupted for a short time, and then was resumed on a monthly All members of the commun ity, irrespective of church mem bership, are invited to attend this meeting, President Watkins states. J TO INSTRUCT AT ILLINOIS COLLEGE Second Lieutenant Reed W. Fautin, son of Mrs. Printha Fautin, of Orem, has received his honorable discharge from the army, where he served as laboratory labor-atory technician in the Sanitary corns. He has just spent a short vacation here .with his mother and enjoyed a successful deer hunt. He will join his wife, the former June Cellar of Chicago, and they will go to Champaign, Illinois, where he will be in structor at the University of Illinois. The young man is a eraduate 01 Monroe high school, and Brigham Brig-ham Young university. He received re-ceived his Master's degree and Ph. D. degree at the University of Illinois. Porta Rico, playing second base ( talJ?? Prram f which will be for the Mayaguz Baseball club ! pL,?hed ln next s week issue His wife and small son will Join I otS P?pe,r ... - , him soon in the southern city j lecturers will be given where he reports the team V 'wulty meml)e of the BYU enjoying both warm weather nV ' 80 arn,n tha and a warm reception " I the ,topics chosen are of interest I at the present time and will be Mrs LaPrelo Hoeft of Ran I give" by the Particular faculty Franrism f vlc! ...u ! memoer wno is oest qualified to ... "u.nuft mic wiin ner parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Rudy and other relatives. Another An-other daughter of the Rudy's Mrs. Cora Bell Beldon, an daughter June Beldon. of De- nance. Ohio, are also at the Rudv discuss the various problems. The schedule of meetings will consist of some fifteen in num ber, they will come each Monday Mon-day evening at 7 o'clock and will be rotated between the four larger centers, American Fork, Sharon School Holds , First PTA Meeting Xl A special meeting of Sharon Parent-Teachers Association will be held November 8, Thursday evening at 7:30 at Sharon schooL Superintendent David Mitchell of Alpine school district will be the speaker, his subject to be "The Building Program " All parents Of the Vermnnt and Sharon wards are urged to come out to this meeting, with their questions regarding the building of the new school. rcortn Hollywood. California, and Mrs. Emma Smith and son of Salt Lake Cltv visited with Mrs. Agnes Pace last weekend Mr. and Mrs. C. Lucius Laudie left Monday for a vacation and to bring their daughter Omhn Laudie and Miss Alice Watts home, after the girls have soenf the past two years in the Texas LDS mission. Th Laiidie's visited visit-ed with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cox. Tomer orem residents at De-Ws. De-Ws. Colorado, thev met Miss Watts at Alburkuroue. New Mexico, who lolned them In going go-ing to Carlsbad. New Me-rlnn wnere home and plan to remain with ' t m American ro, fh remam Wltn ; Lehi, Orem and Pleasant Grove. 1 The present schedule calls for Mr ani nfn . ! the next tw meetings November ..' " ,-t,,, D"rnPtt or ! K anA Knvamhar 19 at TT rington school at American Fork: November 19 and 26 and December 3 at the Lehi high school. The following three meetings will be held at the Lincoln Lin-coln high school at Orem, and then the group will assemble at Pleasant Grove for three sessions. There is no charge in the shape of a fee attached to this course. next Sunday and go through temple sessions there. They will come home by way of Los Angeles Ang-eles and other California cities. thev met Miss Laurif . panv tnen win go onto EI- Mrs T J CTvr an . Paso. Texas and then return to 1 Stanley haW tSnvSL attend the Lammite conference Colorado, with her mother; SUNDAY SERVICES Fast meeting will be held ln all wards of the stake immediately immedi-ately following Sunday school at 11:30 a.m. There will be no evening meeting in the wards, as the regular monthly Sunday Service will be held at Scera auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Temple Excursion for Sharon stake is next Tuesday, Nov. 6. Special Meeting Called For Vermont Ward Members Notice to all residents of Ver mont ward, members and non-members non-members aliket Please reserve Friday evening November 9, for big FREE banquet, ban-quet, when we shall discuss ways and means of building our -new chapeL -t Q. H. ANDERSON, : f, . C- V . |