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Show f p?M f 1 IF n Dffl nnn pi m v n - -i J ) J ) i ) fi w I I wLdLdLdL-J- L u u , " fWUCIH-TUftl THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1949 4 VOLUME 17, NUMBER 35 PRICE FIVK CENTS ftMemont, PL View Ask Orem Annexation Study The possibility that the Edge-Bont Edge-Bont and Pleasant View areas may become annexed to Orem wis projected Wednesday at the 'regular meeting of the Orem ;Clty council. Mayor J. W. Gill-man Gill-man reported . that representa-iives representa-iives from these adjacent communities comm-unities had contacted him In regard re-gard to such a program. .. ' Mayor Gillman told the coun-!dl coun-!dl that civic leaders In Edge-mont Edge-mont and Pleasant View were confident that approximately ;90 percent of the people living fa these areas would sign a petition petit-ion favoring the annexation. Mayor Gillman reported that those backing the move had pointed out the fact that the an- l taxation would bring valuable jkreases in taxable property for the city. In addition, the water lines in the two areas are owned by the residents with the exception except-ion of the main line. , - In discussing the matter with the council Mayor Gillman stated that he was sympathetic with the people wishing to be annexed to Orem, but that he relieved, the council s first responsibility re-sponsibility was to the present resdents of Orem who must finance fin-ance he cost of the $211,000,000 waterworks improvement. He pointed out the fact that at the present time Orem City is second sec-ond in area only to Salt Lake City, and that administering such a large area presented many problems. The cost of sup-Plying sup-Plying water, improving roads, and furnishing police and fire protection are also points to consider, he said. However, the mayor and council coun-cil agreed that many advantages Continued on inside page Timp Bowl To Be Scene of Benefit Festival "The Legend of Timpanogos", E. L. Roberts' poignant story of Indian lovers and the mountain's (famous scenic cave, will be por trayed in the Timpanogos Bowl on Thursday, Sept. 15 as a Dene- , fit for the Vermont-Orem First ! ward building fund,' it was an nounced this week. The famous legend will be pre- sented as part of the Harvest Music Festival and will feiure i E. B. Terry and Elsie Urie in the 'vocal leads. Lyle DeLange will : be the reader, Eula Norton will I be accompanist. Olive Burnlng-!"ham Burnlng-!"ham and L. L. Terry will direct the musical. ' An elaborate supporting program pro-gram has been arranged for the Timp Bowl performance, ac-codiiie ac-codiiie to committee workers- 'Marylin Miller of Salt Lake City jwill play Mirimba numbers, Harod Brereton will sing "Ola Man River," and William Perry land Ralph Weight of Spring-'ville Spring-'ville will present their well-' well-' known "Honeymoon Skit." Other features will be a flag and cowboy drill demonstration by the Orem Riding club and a tap dancing skit by the Erick-son Erick-son Sisters of Orem. On the general committee for the festival are Dr. Nelson Snow, Bishop Allan D. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs J. D. Pyne and E. E. Twitchell.' "Committee members point out Continued on inside page J. George Stratton, as general chairman he has been wheel horse of the Velvet Highway celebration. Sharon Stake Conference To Mark 20th Anniversary; Watkins to be Honored Senator A. V. Watkins, first president of Sharon Stake, be honored along with other early Sharon stake officers f stake members observe the 20th anniversary of its establishment estab-lishment on Sunday evening at the Scera auditorium. The anniversary program will te held in connection with Sharon stake conference, general sessions of which are set for H un. and 2:30 p.m. The anniversary program is set for J30 p.m. Marion G. Romney, assistant to the council of the welve apostles, will represent the general authorities at fcneral sessions. A priesthood leadership meeting is set for J a.m. at the Seminary WU- Sunday School; j. Er val Christensen, YMMIA; Merle To be honored along with Wentz, YWMIA; Myrtle Cnrist-tor Cnrist-tor Watkins. will be Samuel tenson and Ethel DPyne, Pri- Blake, counselor in the pres- Vau0rum ' 7 and Axel F. Andreason, Pr!sts 4quorum- ... . N fl"t stake clerk AHeihort file 1 Guests will include x'. N. !. other couLelol wfkUled Taylor, president of Utah stake, in an ,u "-Cf.' w.as . . from whirh Sharon stake was ors air mc nnt v w ---e'-- Sharon stake was established lliip pR&ai mm i . f V & i v ' .-iN-. k tmfi ma mm u m" i in nmH " 'jtr-nrnr-r-i n Henry Campbell, t. ho has lined lin-ed up what promises to be the finest pair of parades in Oram's history. S 'tS-.-X!:.' 8:00 P. M. him v 'un, wno repiacea rr-"as moved out of the state. fflembers of th ti i L ni" nonorea are Kooeri t"ii "l ,-c,l r htm0 Sr, Leslie L- Bunnell, ' 15, 1929. It included all the wirhnd Harding. Orson Prest-1 wards north of Provo to Pleas-Joh Pleas-Joh oore Farley, Jr., ant Grose. President Watkins JPpr' Strattn and Franklin served for 17 years On Jan. 20, tcemu A11 former high council , 1946 Henry D. Taylor was made flafel and bishops in the stake president. His counselors indLu aUo sit on the stand were J. Clayton Watts and Wal-'"e Wal-'"e honored. ter R. Holdaway. John Naylor W annivei-sary program is was stake clerk. ' Tavln arranSel by Henry D. ' Sharon stake was divided on He ' present stake president. April 13, 1947, with the north, stake that heads of the Prtion becoming Orem stake-orEaniaulllaries stake-orEaniaulllaries in the original The stake presidency then in-ed in-ed t'on will also be honor- eluded, besides President Tay-Gi;, Tay-Gi;, group includes Eva G. lor, William C. Faulkner and wmm m Mrs. Ralph Knight, who has charge of children's activities Saturday afternoon. I 1 Relief Society; P. W. Philo T. Edwards. Jerry Buckley, who is taking care of sports eyenis and concessions. con-cessions. . CELEBRATION PROGRAM FRIDAY 5:00 P.M. , Softball Game City Park Vineyard, Scera and Central Utah church '; ' r league champs, vs. Provo 20-30 Club 6:00 P. M. PARADE Lincoln high to 1st North. "Spirit of Progress" theme Three divisions: Church and schools, Clubs, Musinesses. Will include six bands, Ogden drum and ; t ; , , bugle corps, Footprinters from Provo. , ; Springville Driun Majorette Corps. Comedy Floats i ; - Air Floats ' -1 ' ; 1 ' Three riding clubs Two queen floats Miss ' Orem and Miss ; i '.., , ,,. ', 'Progress. , 28 floats entered and more expected. Prizes , will be given for the best two in each division. : Henry Campbell, Parade Chairman PROGRAM, at flag pole on City Hall lawns Band number, Lincoln High School Introduction: E. E. Twitchell, Program Chairman. Welcome: J. G. Stratton, General Chair- man. " Trumpet trio: Tommy Moon, Kenneth Marshall- and Jan Peterson, . Speakers: Mayor J. W. Gillman, History of Pro- gress. Dave Wittenburg, State Road Commission. Com-mission. Ralph Glass, Vice President, Geneva Steel Company. Vocal Solo, Moroni Jensen I Speakers: ' U. S. Representative Reva Bosone. U. S-Senator A. V. Watkins. Vocal Solo: Moroni Jensen. Trumpet Trio: Tommy Moon, Kenneth Marshall and Jan Peterson. E. E. TwitchelL Program Chairman. 8:00 P. M. BARBECUE, At tables joining program area on City Hall lawns- The barbecue will begin immediately after parade and continue until all are served. Ed Wickman, Chairman, Barbecue Committee. Com-mittee. 8:00 P.M. CARNIVAL, Fred Williams carnival will be open all evening, Friday and Saturday. Satur-day. Rides, concessions, hot dogs, hamburgers, etc. Pony rides. Jerry Buckley, Chairman of Concessions. 9:15 P- M. FREE STREET DANCE, Dob Orton's 12 piece orchestra. Lanes will be roped off so that ones nearest City Hall can be used for dancing. Charles Swan and Mrs. . Richard Park of Jaycees in charge. SATURDAY 3.00 P. M. HUCKLEBERRY FINN FISHING, In Stream in front of City Hall. For boys up to 12- Prize for the best costume. cos-tume. Fish planted by State Fish and Game. In charge of Mrs. Fern Knight. 4 :00 P. M. BABY CONTEST, In City Hall. For babies up to IS months. Judged by two regi istered nurses, Mrs- Darlene Pickup and Mrs. Erwin Biglow. Winner's prize, a tinted photograph of self. (Register with Mrs. E. H. Johnson at Chamber of Commerce office in City Hall. 50 cent fee.) FISH POND, On City Hall grounds. For little folks. A penny a throw. A catch guaranteed. GREASED PIG CONTEST, For men and, boys. The one who catches and holds the greased pig may have it. Continued on inside page Senator A. V. Watkins, just back from Washington, D,C. He'll speak Friday evening after the parade and will be honored at the Sharon slake 20th Anniversary Anniv-ersary program Sunday-- , -. Stajje Set for Gala Tvo-Day Hi-way Celebration Ilere Nearly half a century of progress in agriculture, industry and transportation will be observed Friday and Saturday here when thousands of Orem and Utah county resident gather for an action-packed two day Velvet Highway celebration. celebrat-ion. The days will mark the completion of the city's new 20th North to 20th South highway. Although rides and concessions are already in place at the city park and in action, the official program will not 'get under way until Friday at 5 p.m. Main features of the program will be the street parades on Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m., the dedicatory program Friday Fri-day at 8, the barbecue just prior to the dedicatory program, street dance at 9:15 Friday; and a baby show, children's activities and the final program Saturday night at the city park arena where a Kaiser sedan i Joseph T. Smith, chairman of financial arrangements for the big celebration. 1. t'h E E. Twitchell, chairman of the program committee, who has arranged for a pair of standout entertainments. S 'n ' - V 4 Bill Baker, perennial worker for Orem. who is in charge of construction and procurement. OREM WINS FIGHT TO DIVERT ALTA Clyde E. Weeks Jr. District Judge W. Stanley Dunford. in a court decision Issued late today, . ruled that Orem City has the right lo change its point of diversion and use to the proposed new site of diversion lo fill the city's two-million gallon reservoir nearing completion- The decision marked the climax of weeks of testimony in court by Orem city officials and stockholders of the Alia Ditch Company who were seeking to keep the city from changing the point of di-version. di-version. In his ruling Judge Dunford found that the Alia Ditch Company Com-pany had no valid power filing due ! the failure of the company com-pany lo construct works for diversion and beneficial us as stipulated in the terms of the filing, fil-ing, proof of which was finally mad in order to comply with the law permitting the Stat Engineer to grant appropriation continuance of time to complete appropriation use. The judge ordered the board of directors of the Alia Ditch Company whose charter expired in 194S to liquidate the old company com-pany and. after payment of all debts, to convey to the stockholders, stock-holders, heirs or assigns their proportional indivdual interests in the old company, including Orem's 100 1-16 shares. The decision granting Orem the right to change its diversion point specifed several conditions which must be met by the city- Durng the construction of the diversion structure Orem City must keep the water flowing in the Alia Ditch without any al-teraton al-teraton in quality or quantity. It must also install and maintain a trash rack in the ditch and construct from abore the trash rack a concrete channel aboye the trash rack and bypassing the diversion works. Orem City must kep a flow going lo James B. Ferguson's culinary tank auf- GENEVA WARD MIA ticient to keep it full and install ' SETS OPENING SOCIAL a signalling device at Fergus-1 The opening social for the on's place in case of a washout. Geneva ward MIA is set for Mayor J. W. Gillman said lo- i Tuesday evening, September 13 day that he would call a special , at 7:30- MIA officers announce meeting of the city council for tnst a program will be present- Friday for the purpose of award-, ed and a social enjoyed. ing bids on the diversion structure. and other valuable prizes will be given away. , To be eligible for prizes patrons must be present pres-ent and must hold admission tickets; Highlight of the Friday dedicatory ded-icatory program on the city park lawn will be the appearance of Senator A- V. Watkins and Con-gresswoman Con-gresswoman Reva Beck Bosone, Both are recently returned from congressional halls and will speak briefly. Other speakers will be Dave Wittenburg of the state road commission, Mayor J. W. Gillman, and R. D. Glass, vice president of Geneva Steel. Featuring the Saturday program prog-ram in the city park arena will be the Mendelssohn Chorus, the Ogden Drum and Bugle corps and the Orem Riding club. The The highway project isTeing completed by the state road commission com-mission at a cost of over $3S0,-000 $3S0,-000 and includes the construe-ton construe-ton of a four lane highway between be-tween Pleasant Grove and the south limits of Orem. For 1-6 miles in Orem from Ninth North to Ninth South the highway high-way is eight lanes from curb to curb. The celebration will have as its theme "The Spirit of Progress," Prog-ress," and many of the parade floats are expected to express Orem's rapid growth from small farm community to the county's fastest growing city and the state's fifth largest. Reigning over festivities will be Miss Charlene Peacock as "Miss Orem" and Miss Colleen Kofford as "Miss Progress..' General committee members who are aiding Mr. Stratton in celebration arrangements are Joseph T. Smith, finance, Mrs. E. H. Johnson, general; E. E. Twitchell, programs; Ed Vtck- man, barbecue; Henry Campbell parades; Jerry Buckley, concess ions and Softball; Bui Baker, con struction; Mrs. Ralph Knight, children's activities; Grant Young, prizes, and Neff Smart, publicity. Miss Barbara Comer of Grand Junction. Colorado was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Brown and family over the weekend. Steel Workers More than 40 per cent of all factory fac-tory workers in this country earn their living by making and forming steel into useful products O Mr. and Mrs. Ross E-Harshman E-Harshman and family are living liv-ing in the Joseph Blake home- O Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Davis and family, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Adams and family of Pleasant Grove and Mr. and Mrs. Warren Cable and son of Salt Lake City spent five days vacationing at Yellowstone National Nat-ional Park. |