OCR Text |
Show eHeta - .1 MtlCULTuAI ' 9 Recreation THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1949 ' IMDUfTIT "v, VOLUME 14, NUMBER 34 Funeral For Mrs. Eliza Wentz Conducted Today Funeral services were con-ducted con-ducted today, Thursday, for Eliza C. Wilson Went. 76, wife of Ray V. Wentz. Services under the direction of Bis- vn0 r. Wilford Larsen and were held in the Timpanogos chapeL H. J. Murdock and Bishop Lgrsen were the speakers at the service. Myrl Wentz gave a sketch of Mrs. Wentz's life. Mrs. Wentz was born in Pay-son Pay-son on August 17, 1873. She attended Payson schools and the Brigham Young Academy. She met her husband while attending attend-ing the academy. They were married in the Salt Lake LDS Temple on June 1 1898. They made their home in Adamsville for a year before moving to Provo Bench. Mrs. Wentz was a member of the LDS church and was talented talent-ed in art, writing and music. She leaves her husband; four tons, Ray Cecil Wentz, Salt Lake City; Peter Leland Wentz- Chicago, Chic-ago, Illinois; Donald E. Wentz, Provo and Hugh Vern Wentz, Orem; two daughters, Mrs. Dean (Monta) Anderson, Provo; and Mrs. R- M. (Lorna) Ingersoll, Berkeley, Calif-; 23 grandchildren grandchild-ren and two great grand children. Baby Show Set For Highway Celebration Program Velvet Highway celebration committee members announced this week that a baby contest would be conducted in connection connect-ion with the celebration and that parents are invited to register reg-ister youngsters up to 18 months of age for competition. Three registered nurses will judge babies on health and appearance ap-pearance and will award a first prize of a handsome tinted photograph of the baby. Second and third prizes will also be given. A registration fee of 50 cents will be charged and registration regis-tration must be made at the chamber of commerce office before be-fore the show. The contest is set for 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10. ' Mrs. Merlin Finch has been named to head the baby show committee. PRICK FTVX CENTS 7 Fairest of the fair! These six young women were lht choice of judges at last Saturday's queen contest at Scera pool to represent Orem in the coming Velvet Highway celebration. The girls' won out over 29 candidates for the title. The group at left, in the usual order, includes Mary Holdaway. Colleen Kofford and Lila Mae McDonald. Miss Holdaway and Miss Mc- Senator A. V. Watkins, Other Dignitaries to Attend Celebration Senator A. V. Watkins will be in Orem for the Velvet Highway High-way Celebration and will be one of the Drinciral sDeakers at j the dedicatory program Friday night at 8 p.m. I According to a wire from the Senator in Washington late I Wednesday, he planned to leave for Utah that nfeht and plan-' plan-' ned to participate with Orem and Utah county residents in festivities Sept. 9 and 10 here. Other dignitaries at the cele bration program will be Walther W. Mathesius, Geneva Steel president; Gov. J. Braken Lee, and a representative of the! state road commission. Mayor J. W. Gillman will deliver the dedicatory address. The Velvet Highway celebration will get underway Friday at 6 p.m. with the parade from Scera to the City Hall and will be followed by an old-fashioned old-fashioned barbecue and the dedicatory ded-icatory program at the city park. Following the program a street dance will be held in front of the city hall with a 12-piece orchestra engaged for the festivities. festiv-ities. Saturday afternoon will be conducted a Huckleberry Finn contest for the youngsters under 12- along with a greased pig contest and fishing in the stream in front of the city park. A fish pond for the younger Donald are attendants to Miss Kofford who was chosen "Miss Progress". In the group at right are Barbara Carter, Charlen Peacock and Virginia Johnson. Miss Johnson and Miss Carter are attendants to Miss Peacock who was named "Miss Orem". All six of the girls will be featured on Orem City and Orem Chamber of Commerce floats during the celebration parades. Vineyard Team Sets Sights On Church Title Vineyard ward softballers, kingpins in the Scera-Commun-ity tournament and in the re-' cent District Six church tourney tourn-ey at Provo, were making preparations pre-parations this week to enter the all-LDS church tourney which will get underway Sept. 15-17 in Salt Lake Citv's Whit Park icnuaren will De erected, inner The Vineyard club, under games are slated. Vineyard! Coach Leonarrd Madsen swept crack softball team will tangle through the three games of the with Provo's 20-30 club in the division tournament by allow- sDorts highlight of the celebrat ing only four hit and two runs. ion. The game is set to be com- Scera Announces Treats for 8th Anniversary Souvenir brochures and a "birthday treat" will be given to Scera patrons Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in observance of Scera's eighth anniversary, according ac-cording to Victor C. Anderson, Scera -manager. Afternoon, and SEVEN HEW TEACHERS JOIN LINCOLN FACULTY? SCHOOL STARTS SEPT. 7 Seven new teachers will be : Registration fees, including act- ; ENLISTMENTS START SATURDAY I FOR OREM NATIONAL GUARD UNIT Meanwhile they gathered in 28 hits themselves. They defeated 'Alpine, University wara of Provo and Lehi on consecutive nights. pleted in time for Saturday's edition of the parade at 6 p.m. among the faculty members at Lincoln high school who will greet approximately 1,000 students stud-ents on Wednesday Sept. 7, when actual classwork will get evening programs are slated for under wa at the scho1- Monday, Labor Day. j New students and those who Mr. Anderson said that thehave not already registered will observance of the anniversary do so on Tuesday, September 6, will also include decoration oflfrom 8:30 to 1 1:30 -a m- for thf the theatre by members or the lltn and lita graaes ana at i Orem Garden club. Wives of Scera board members will serve the birthday treat. The love story "In the Good Old Summer Time" has been selected for showing during the anniversary period. Scera was completed Sept. 5, 1941, following the inauguration of a program to construct the building and establish a recreation recreat-ion and cultural program in the community about 18 months earlier by Mr. Anderson, Senator Senat-or A. V. Watkins and others. Money for the project was raised by contributions of local residents and by loans at two percent by many local people. The building filled a long-felt need for a stake house here and Funeral Services For James Madsen Held Monday Funeral : services for James Madsen, 88, were conducted in the Berg drawing room chapel on Monday. Mr. Madsen dieu jast Friday following a lingering illness. Mr. Madsen was born in Lake view on Jan. 7, 1961, a son of Peter and Caroline Knudsen Madsen. His parents were early Pioneers of this area. He was educated in Lake View nd ovo schools. He married Priscilla Stephen-sen Stephen-sen in the Logan LDS temple jn Jan. 25, 1888 and they made weir home in Lake View. He as a member of the LDS church and served for 25 years a secretary and treasurer of to Lake View ward Deacons 'of Provo: Mrs. Sarah Tullgren, Quorum. He also served as ward j Salt Lake City; Mrs. May Bean, clerk, a home missionarv. nres-. Santa Monica- California; Mrs. ident of the genealogical society .Anna Harding, Boise, Idaho; and. " cnairman cf the old folks committee in Lake View ward- p.m. for the 9tn ana lutn graaes Regular classwork will begin at 8:30 on Sept. 7, with buses running regular routes unless otherwise specified in certain areas. Students are asked to bring their schedule of classes with them as the schedules will be the means of enrolling in their classes. 'Duplicate copies of thel class schedules will cost .5 cents. ivity fee and deposit fee, will total $9 for the 10th, 11th and 12th graders. $7 for Ninth grad- Establishment of a Utah National Nat-ional Guard unit for Orem will get under way here Saturday when enlistments will be taken at the city hall, according to Major Glen Wright, command ers; and $4 for Seventh and ing officer of the 1457th battal-Eighth battal-Eighth graders. The fees will be i ion of combat engineers. He was well known as a farm er, sportsman and wildlife auth ority. He leaves his wife, and four brothers and six sisters. Charles Madsen. P. W. Madsen, David of a recreation and social center. Fred L. Markham of Povo was architect for the structure which has won national recognition for its beauty and utility. Frank B. Woffnden was building director. dir-ector. Scera is owned by the community com-munity and is administered through a board of directors elected by residents of the area. Mr. Anderson has been named manager of the program since its inception. First president of the board directors was Samuel H. H. Madsen and Mrs. Eliza M. BiaKe. r irst aireciors were wir, Startin, Lake View; Elmer Mad-1 Watkins, Mr. Anderson, Mr. sen and Mrs- Christina Harding , cume, nra n. uv, sau cer IViaasen, d. .rvai vmiswir sen, Henry D. Taylor, Sharp Gillespie and Raymond Vart: ridge. Mrs Marie Babcock, Pendleton, Present directors inauae James ciantr, presiuciii., oiiaip Oregon. Eighth and Ninth grades and on Sept. 12 for the 10th, 11th and 12th grades. Activity cards and lockers will be issued to all students at the time fees are paid and registration is completed. complet-ed. Seventh and Eighth graders will meet first in the auditorium at 8. 30 a.m. on Wednesday. Section Sect-ion assignments will be made at that time. Hot lunches will be served for the first time Wednesday. Regular Reg-ular prices will be in effect. Expanded facilities will greet students in nearly all depart ments. A new music room end art department have been constructed con-structed where the agricultural and industrial arts rooms have been in the past, with those departments de-partments moving into the new 'industrial arts building. New facilities are also available in the athletic department. Students are urged to be in attendance on the first day of school as the instructions on those days will do much to orient or-ient students for the year. The new teachers include Mrs- Louise Brown Shields, who was graduated from BYU in 1948. She taught at Toeele last year and will teach junior high school English and social sciences. Mrs. Shields is the wife of Gus Shields. They live in Christeele Acres. Frank Buffo was graduated from BYU last spring with a Timp Bowl Opening to Feature Motorcycle Races Sept. 5-6-7 What's doing with the Timpanogos Timp-anogos Bowl? That's the ques-uon ques-uon many sports fans are asking e days about Dean Park's Tit theater located just of the Orem City cemet-y- There was a great deal of "are concerning the bowl tv, .V was announced in 1946 nat Mr. Park was planning the X ction a mammoth stadr T,0 large it would be comparable com-parable with such structures as York's Yanktee staojiumv r Angeies Memorial Coliseum no Chicago's Soldiers' Field- situated as it is in tho renter busy Horace Bean, Dover Hunt, Wood- V .c W"J t tm,. teach book-keeping, shorthand i?",,;. ""tr 'and commercial law. His home uessie ivicuuiB, viu nr,-... . and A. P. Warnick. Trustee of bondholders is Henry D. Taylor. Clorene Lamb is secretary and .treasurer. few weeks he has been installing no less wan The gcera staff includes ap- seats in the bowl, 1,00 of which proxjmately 65 community res-have res-have cushion backs and seats, jdents who serve as ushers, This week it seemed that Mr. snaclc Dar waitresses, doormen, Park's plans are being realized, i etc TT .nnnnnKI thflt One Of the ' most thrilling motorcycling 'purses taken from a percentage, farm shop work. He was gradu-; gradu-; hirfnrv of the state of the eate. ated from Utah State A. C. last town is Spanish Fork. James Merl Greenhalgh was graduated from Utah university last spring. He will teach 10th grade English and the driving course. He will also be in charge of the year boolu Mr. Greenhalgh Green-halgh comes from Nephi. Maurice R. Lambert will be in charge of agriculture and SDectators will thrill and chill spring. He comes from Fillmore. at the hill climbing competition , Mary Lou Baxter comes here on the east slope of the bowl. ' from Salt Lake City. She was Several other races on the track, graduated from Utah university said to be the fastest in the state, this year and will teach senior will be iighlighted by agrand high school English, climax speed classic. Girls counselor and teacher Tickets for the headliner at- of junior high school English is 4 natural amnitheater Mr. Texas- Ace Farr, Ogden; Jimmy traction are available at Fams tany Kaipn a graduate oi utan dreamed oTsome da'v hav Hayes s?urgis, S D. Jerry Super Market and at Park's cafe university in 1948 and for the "one of Ui? Safest snorts Sarper also " of Ogden; and Throngs from all over Utah past year a member of the univ- arln in the worid Maurice Burton. Salt Lake City.1 county and the state ae expec- ersity exension division staff. the pa few years not Many oth"r cyclists from the ;ted to pack the bowl for this Reed L. Stone will teach in- "uch ha. y.ear' ,an...7.:.rn v.. in ner- snorts extravaeanza which may dustrial arts, along with Edgar 1 as Mrr1!!00" ZeJl r & the beginning of a series of Booth. He is a graduate of Lin- 7 Ceding and ian,i.w , ' Vptrans of the motorcycle successful sporting area. And during the past game will be competing will be staged three times over the Labor Day weekend, September Sept-ember 5, 6, and 7, at the Timpanogos Timp-anogos Bowl. According to Mr. Park, some of the country's best cyclists will appear on the program, including in-cluding George Brown, Dallas, Texas; Ace Farr, Ogden; Jimmy Those enlisting will be attached attach-ed temporarily to the American Fork National Guard unit until the Orem outfit can be established. estab-lished. Interviews for enusment will be conducted by Kent Fk.uJng of Orem between 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. He reports that the unit un-it will also require two full-salaried employes, a caretaker and an administrative assistant-Salaries assistant-Salaries for them will be between be-tween $200 and $250 to start. The local unit will be a., engineers en-gineers unit and will require up to 100 men for a full complement. comple-ment. Drills will be once per week. Pay for recruits is $2.50 per drill, or a total of $157.50 per year including camp. Privates will earn $163. 68 per year; PFCs will earn $189; corporals- $209.- The finale program in the city park arena behind the city hall will begin a 8 D.m and will feat- Kenny Williams is the key urte the Mendelssotyi ChonjM, player on the Vineyard club, the Ogden Legion drum and The personable pitcher was eas- bugle corps, and the Orem Rid- 84; sergeants, $241.34; sergeants ily the outstanding man in the lng club. The Kaiser car will be firt class, $283 50 and master recent tourney. I given away along with prizes sergeants, $346.50. Dale Harding was considered0' 'arm produce and livestock Mr. Fielding reminds . those the snappiest and best backstop, complete the program Satur-between Satur-between the ages of 17 and 18 in the league and has been a y- and one-half hat they may join tower of strength all season. 1 t . , ' the euard now and avoir! heinc rw au0 ln-noof .v, i Announcement has also been C " O MlVU, mA m ,- OV 111(111 JH IIIC aranca unaer me terms of the squad, has proved to be a valu selective service act. Jack Adams' To Get Sunday Dinner at Dairy Each week the Geneva Dairy, in cooperation with the Orem-Geneva Times, invites a subscrber for Sunday dinner din-ner at the dairy cafe. This Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Jack Adams, Rt, 2 Box 488E, are invited to enjoy the hospitality hospital-ity of the dairy. Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. W. O. McCarthy were ih guests of the dairy. Mr. and Mrs. Adams need only clip this article and present pre-sent it to their waitress, together to-gether with some means of identification- made of a baby contest to be conducted at 4 p.m. Saturday at the City Hall. The contest is under the direction of Mrs. Merl-in Merl-in Finch. able, first baseman for the team. On account of his size he deos the ball- Udell Clecg figures there are four ways of getting on base: either by a bunt, a TVjn PiriPq Tnvifp walk, error or a single. He us- riI,es inviies uaiiy gets on. Lewis McKelvys for Kay Madsen is another of the . , ... . boys who rarely misses getting Saturday JNlte OnaCK on base. He hits long. Dick Mad sen and Von Clegg, who two weeks ago were the teams leading lead-ing hitters, had the misfortune to break their favorite bat. Since then averages have dropped, but Manager Madsen has issued instructions to scour the town for the favorite bat's twin. Dar-rell Dar-rell Clegg deserves honors as the man who can really hit the I ball as a pinch hitter. On two different occasions he has drlv-' A Saurday night snack at Tin Pines. That's what some Mr. and Mrs. subscriber to the Orem-Geneva Orem-Geneva Times are in for. Beginning Begin-ning this week the local paper will start down its subscription: list and pick every tenth name for a Saturday night snack at Twin Pines- This Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. Louis McXelvy are invited to Twin Pines for a snack. en in four runs as a pinch hitter. .They should clip this article and Floyd Clegg, returned mission- present it to their waitress, to- Continued on Back Page gether with their identification. I r , v I- - 1 for events Orem's Timpanogos Bowl. in coin high school and a resident of Vineyard. The victorious Vineyard softball team, winners of the Division Div-ision 6 championship, are shown hero following their wins over Alpine, University ward and Lehi 3rd ward in three consecutive con-secutive nights of playing at Harmon Park. Members of the team are (left to right): Front row Dick Madsen, Kay Mad sen. Dale Harding. Udell Clegg. Middle row Robert Hod, way, Kenny Williams. Don Allen , Roy Williams. Manager Leonard Madsen. Back row Dr. E. Mansfield, physician; Darrell Clegg, Von Clegg. Leo Holdaway, Bishop Taylor Allen. Floyd Clegg was absent when picture was taken. |