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Show Centennial Event Ends; Appreciation Expressed nit? cut mm closes on one 01 the linost centennial postures pos-tures in Orem-Sharon community, with visitors from all over the state and other states in attendance. With approximately 7000 patrons visiting Scera theater during the past ten days to witness the centennial feature, the premier showing of the play "Brigham Young" and the most interesting display of relics. The management of the theater the-ater wish to thank the many who helped so generously with their time in collecting and preparing prepar-ing the display, which won such acclaim and admiration; Mr. and Mrs. Niels Anderson were general gen-eral chairman assisted by Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Jacobsen, Mr. Jacobsen being president of the Orem historical society, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Fielding, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Calder, Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig- Poulson, and Mr. and Mrs. Ashtcd Taylor. Mrs. Sharp Gillespie and Mrs. Lawrence Maycock assisted this group as hostesses. The stage show was a most popular feature, with W. M. Vernon as master of ceremonies. Appreciation is also expressed to this fine group of artists, consisting con-sisting of the male quartet composed com-posed of Moroni Jensen, James Jensen, Dee Adams and Arthur Shepherd; the girls trio, Marie Rohbock, Kathryn Christensen, Donna Stubbs, with Maurine Williams, accompanist; the dancers, danc-ers, Mr. and Mrs. Orin Selman, Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Young, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Nuttall, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Thurber, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Madsen, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Bunnell, Mr. and Mrs. Herschel dinger, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Madsen; the girls sextette, Beverly Byland, Marta Black, Shirley Kirk, Shirlene Sorensen, Verna Evans and Irene Hansen. Those receiving prizes on the different evenings for the best pioneer costumes were Mr. and Mrs. Orin Selman, Mr. and Mrs. Marcel Young, Mrs. Elvin Bunnell, Bun-nell, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Nuttall, Ludwig Poulson and company, Mrs. Emily Biggs, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Woffinden and daughter T TJ- ta : T TIT-11 uuiuc, iua uavis, iuena W11K-inson, W11K-inson, Mr. and Mrs. Pone. Mr and Mrs. Bernard Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Lorin Millet, Mr. and Mrs. Ashted Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Verne Thurber. The following merchants contributed con-tributed the prizes that were given these couples and individuals: indi-viduals: J. C. Penney's, Burr's Sporting Goods, Central Market, Simmons Lumber & Hardware, Bobbins Market, Save-U-Store, Mount A' Lake, Orem Appliance, Safeway's, Firmage's, Virginia Manor, Twin Pines, Wasatch Chemical, Orem Flower Shop, Orem Bakery & Coffee Shop, B. & H. Pharmacy, Dixon-Taylor-Russell Co. The beautiful basket of cut flowers in the lounge was presented pre-sented by Mr. and Mrs. Antone Rohbock of the Orem Floral. Windsor Leads M-Men's Teams, Second Half Windsor and Vermont M-Men basketball teams will clash this week to decide the lead for the second half title and Friday night the winner will tangle with Vineyard, first h?lf champs for the Sharon stake title. Windsor defeated Timpanogos and Edgemont last week to keep their record clean. "Case of Springtime" To Aid Geneva Ward You and your family are invited in-vited to a "Case of Springtime" a three act comedy in Timpanogos Timpan-ogos ward amusement hall, Mondav evening, February 17 at 8:15. The comedy will be presented by the Pioneer ward of Htah stake as a gift to benefit the Geneva ward building fund. It is being sponsored by Geneva ward MIA. The play includes a cast of twelve, directed by Mr. and Mrs. Vernal Williams. They ;ilso have their own orchestra 1o furnish entertainment between be-tween the acts. An invitation is extended the .sriieral public to attend, as well as all Geneva ward members. There is no admission charge but ributions for the ward build-fund build-fund will be appreciated. Orem Womens Club to Meet Next Wed. Tho mervbers of , the Orem '.'omen." dub will meet next .Ydw!ny. Feb. 1!), at th'e ! .m;a at the Scorn, at 3:15. 'iv. L. B. Tackett will give a ;k review of ' Immortal Wife", lis. D. Orlo Allen is chairman this occasion. . JOHN S, LEWIS TO HEAD RED GROSS FUND DRIVE Mayor J. W. Gillman announces an-nounces the appointment of John S. Lewis to head the drive for funds for the American Red Cross in the Orem-Sharon district. dis-trict. Mr. Lewis is well known a; a civic and church leader ii Hie community, is a faculty mcml ;t at Lincoln high school and a past president of Orem Lions club. Sterling Ercanbrack is the newly appointed fund chairman for Utah county. Mr. Lewis states that following follow-ing his meeting with other county coun-ty leaders a selection of district dis-trict chairman will be made, with detailed information to be announced in a later issue of the Times. HORTICULTURAL CONVENTION SAT, The annual Utah County Horticultural Hor-ticultural convention will be held Saturday, February 15, at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the Court room, city and county building Provo. State, federal, extension service, serv-ice, farm bureau and horticultural horticul-tural authorities will discuss, "What kind of legislation for fruit growers"? "What about quarantine and inspection regulations?" regu-lations?" "What about labor for 1947?" "What about the market prospects?" "What "What about D.D.T. and the spray program??' "What about artif ical polination?" "What did growers see on tour to Northwest?" North-west?" and "What about packages, pack-ages, spray materials, etc.?" Bring any question you may have and it will try to be answered, an-swered, but be sure and come and bring you neighbors. Geneva Ward Valentine Ball A Valentine Sweetheart Ball sponsored by the Geneva ward Sunday school, celebrating the successful conclusion of its building fund drive will be held at 9:00, February 14 in the Timpanogos ward recreation hall, according to Arden L: Rowley, Sunday School Superintendent. Super-intendent. A good time is promised for all with Reed Rowley's Row-ley's orchestra furnishing the music. Some enjoyable mixers are planned for the evening he kind Geneva Sunday school :s famous for. A beautiful Valentine orchid corsage will be given to some lucky lady who will be named "Sweetheart of the Ball." A floor show and refreshments refresh-ments will round out the evening eve-ning to which all Geneva ward members and their partners are invited. Meet With Orem Flower Club, Feb. 27 "You need the Orem Garden club and the club needs you." The club meets monthly and the officers have decided to hold meetings at the different wards instead of at the Sharon stake seminary each time. It is felt more may become interested in he fine programs by going to the various communities. On Thursday evening, February Febru-ary 27, the club will meet at Windsor ward chapel, with George Rohbock, local florist and landscape gardner giving (he program. His topic will be "Landscape Design, Clean-up. Lawns and Pruning". Geneva Ward Scout Banquet One of the outstanding affairs of ihe year was the animal .cunt banquet of Geneva ward scouts and their parents. Weil- resday evening at Timpanogos ward hall. Charles Rohbock was general gen-eral chairman of the event, which included a splendid program pro-gram during the banquet. xzm - Volume 15 Number 6 DORA DAVIS ACCEPTS MISSION CALL r f MI3S DORA DAVIS A missionary testimonial and social will honor Miss Dora Davis, daughter of Radical O. and Dell B. Davis, in Edgemont ward hall Friday evening, Feb. 14, at 8 o'clock. An invitation is extended all ward members, relatives and friends to attend- Miss Davis will report at the LDS mission school, Monday, Feb. 17 and will leave for the Eastern States mission within two weeks. Miss Davis is a graduate of Lincoln high school, Sharon stake seminary and has attended the Utah Vocational school. She has served Edgemont ward in a number of auxiliary positions. A fine program has been prepared pre-pared by the missionary committee. com-mittee. Following the program dancing will be enjoyed and ice cream and cake sold. The ladies of the ward are requested to bring a cake. OREM FIRE DEPT. BENEFIT SHOW Wednesday evening Feb. 19, at 8 o'clock in Lincoln high school gym., the Orem Jaycees will sponsor a boxing and wrestling wres-tling bout as a benefit for the Orem Fire Department. Ringside seats will be $1.50: General admission, $1.00; and students 50 cents. Some of the finest talent in the state will take part including Floyd Hansen, Han-sen, of Salt Lake vs. Billy Dftt-mar. Dftt-mar. Salt Lake in the main wrestling event:Pete Liapas, of Price, vs. George Bridgewater, Salt Lake; A horizontal bar exhibition ex-hibition from BYU: Floyd Rich- Pioneer Memories By Mrs. George F. Wells My grandfather, Patriarch John M. Murdock was born in Gaswater in the year 1820. His youthful days were spent as a shepherd boy, roaming the green heathered hills of old Scotland. He married Ann Steele, and together they embraced the L. D. S. faith, They were converted convert-ed by the sincere testimony of her young brother James who had heard the strange religion preached in England. Brigham Young hid as!v!o" that two shepherd boys with their Scotch collies be sent to Utah to herd his sheep: Franklin D. Richards, mission president at once contacted grandfather and shortly thereafter with his wife, two children, a companion, and the dogs, set sail on the Kennebec Ken-nebec from Liverpool on January Jan-uary 1, 1952. After nine weeks on the ocean they arrived in new Orleans where they chartered char-tered a steamboat for the journey jour-ney up the Mississippi River. A ten day delay on a sand bar decreased de-creased their food rations to a dangerously low level. James and Elizabeth, their sweet chfl dren. sickening on the oatmeal and blackish water began to waste away. Grandfather asked ask-ed a young man for some bread, but was curtly refused. A hurley stranger, seeing, ihe 'Children 'Chil-dren were starving, look the boy ashore and fed him. but he died that night. The little girl suc-cumeti suc-cumeti a few days later and was 'bought to have been buried at St. Louis, then an . outfitting camp for the western trek. Grandfather ; paid a ' "stranger, stepped up and after expressing sympathy, offered to sHid a wagon, free of charge to convey the child's coffin to the cemetery, ceme-tery, but insisted that he and grandfather walk by way of a short cut so as to be there when 1 1 OA I E O FGENKVA S'l USKL Acknowledgment I We know the entire community shares our pride in the wonderful success that attended our recent showing of that famous historical pichiiv, r.RKJIIAM YOUNG, at the Scera Theatre. We have received the highest of commendations from Mr. Charles Walker, District Manager Man-ager of 20th Century Fox Films, as well as from church and civic leaders throughout the stale. As great as the picture is, we cannot praise too highly the two attractions which supplemented the picture: pic-ture: the fine exhibit of pioneer relics and the prologue of songs and dancing presented on the stage. We desire to extend to Mr. and Mrs. Niels Anderson and their fine group of workers, our congratulations and thanks for making possible that over 7,000 people view and hear explained the interesting relics that they had collected from this community. Many of the most valuable articles in the exhibit had previously been collected col-lected by Mr. Niels Jacobsen of the Orem Historical Society. To Mr. Vernon and his group of dancers and singers, we extend our congratulations and thanks. It t-eemed so much fun to dance the Quadrille that we wonder why it isn't on every dance program. The songs given by the girls trio, the boys of '47 as well as the Junior girls were given with excellence. Both Mr. Niels Anderson and his workers and Mr. Vernon and his group of entertainers 'gave freely ot their time without a single cent of remuneration. It was a fine community service that they rendered. We desire to express to P. K. Nielsen and Mrs. Eva Gillespie of the Orem-Geneva Times our thanks for the wonderful publicity given this program. Many of our community activities would be impossible were it not for the splendid cooperation of our local paper. Victor C. Anderson. ardson, AAN Champion vs. Billy Mayne, Salt Lake; Horace Gillespie, BYU AAN Champ, vs. Paul Perkins, Salt Lake; Clarence Olmsted, BYU vs Bobby Bob-by Foster, Salt Lake; Elmer By-lund, By-lund, Lincoln H. S. vs. David Leavitt, BYH; and Ben Porter, Lincoln high school and Jerry Olsen, BYH. An invitation is extended the general public to attend. Timpanogos DUP At Nelson Home Mrs. Daisy Nelson was hostess to Timpanogos Camp, Daughters Daugh-ters of Utah Pioneers Thursday afternoon at her home. The interesting in-teresting lesson was given by Classleadpr Edna Larsen and refreshments were served. the wagon arrived. The grave was dug and dedicated by grandfather, grand-father, who then kindly thanked the stranger and with a heavy heart started back to camp. Enroute to camp he noticed a large building and thought he would go inside. As he entered, enter-ed, he saw a large vat of boiling water. To his surprise and horror hor-ror the head of his little girl, with her yellow curls came to the surface and disappeared. He later learned it was a dissecting establishment;. The so-called friend had sold the child's bodv for medical science. This sorrow' sor-row' he kept to himself for over thirty years. A month later this wearv childless couple, were blessed with a baby girl. When tin-baby tin-baby was eight days old. they started across the plains. Grandmother Grand-mother walked and carried the? babe the entire distance. After joining the Abraham O. Smoot Co , grandfather was set apart to nurse and bury the dead, since cholera was takiiiL' the lives of many. On one occasion oc-casion '.he 'covered his Scotch plidy over the bodies of nine in one grave. After many Indian scare, the iotirney was terminated when they reached the valley on Scp-'ember Scp-'ember 3. Brigham Young, accompanied ac-companied by Pitts brass band, personally gave the weary travelers trav-elers a hearty welcome and gave 'hem permission to stay in the Fort until their refuge could lie bl'ilt.'. ;.':::' 'V'' The shepherd boys with their Hoi's, the first in the valley, were doomed for moij1 disappointment. disappoint-ment. Brigham's sheep that he had purchased from emigrants enroute to Oregon had been nearly all devoured by wolves and coyotes. The remainder he had rented to his brother Lorenzo. Vermont Ward Plans Turkey Dinner All members of Vermont ward and friends are invited to a turkey dinner, Wednesday evening, eve-ning, Feb. 19, at Sharon ward hall. The affair is being sponsored by Vermont ward Relief Society and the ward building committee. commit-tee. Tickets are being distributed for the gala event, which promises prom-ises to be an outstanding affair. Future Farmers Lincoln Future Farmers have treated more than 200 dairy cattle for grubs. This is a good start on a project which is very much needed in this area. A demonstration on the melh- od of treating cattle was given John M. and Ann Steele Murdoctc Grandfa.licr- was ;4ivcn a flii-'gu-f; by hand, an acre u'id a half of potatoes, and he felt it was iiujeei a privilege to be cm-ployed cm-ployed bv a prophet of God. He and his good wife saved means to bring his widoweo" nio'her. her brother James and his good wife and two sons to i Utah. They started with the illfalecl Martin handcar! corn-any, corn-any, and Wee Granny, as she was called at the age. of 74 'Hilled her cart to the foot of Chimney Hock, where through heer exhaustion she laid down md died. Her last words were, ;'Tell John I died with my face '.oward Zion." James, a strong young man also succumbed and was buried at Bitter creek. 4 ! : np fifties THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1947 OREM JAYCEES NAME "MAN OF YEAR" Ray Hanks Ray Hanks, prominent real estate and insurance man, also active in LDS church and civic affairs was honored by Orem Jaycees as the "Man of the year" at their regular meeting Wednesday Wednes-day night. Mr. Hanks has an outstanding record in Boy Scout activities, and was recently named a member mem-ber of Sharon stake high council. coun-cil. He served in the Philippines Philip-pines and Japan during the re- cent war . He is secretary of Provo Real Estate dealers and business manager of the newly orgpnized community Theater Guild. He is the owner of Peterson-Hanks Realty Company. On Saturday evening Mr- and Mrs. Hanks attended the banquet ban-quet at Newhouse Hotel in Salt Lake City, for all state achievement achieve-ment award winners. Mr. Hanks stated Governor Maw was a speaker and lauded the part the Junior Chamber of Commerce is playing in the building of the state and the possibilities before them. Governor Maw cited the tourist business, with an aver age of $20.00 being spent dail by the more than one million tourists who visited Utah last year. He said that with proper roads built to the various scenic spots of the state, the tourist trade could easily prove to be fhe largest industry in the state and he hoped the Jaycee or ganizations would look to this matter. by Mr. Boyer at school. F.F.A. members treated their own cat tle. Several members also trea'ed the cattle of their neighbors. neigh-bors. The committee that has been ditnbuting itotenon dust is dis'r'buing Rotenon dust is and Melvin Guymon. JW? "UK, ft 3 ' f JF ,y' U - V 1 4 ? r on Their Golden Wedding Day. r , :; r ,. ri -o;:r;ige .-led .my "raw fa'b'-r ari l Its family on. ' f it i vi ar m Sail Lake, hov loader!. ; IMhe r possession? n a wagon and wilh their four 'auehters moved to upper Provo Vallev to what is now Heber City. A ;!;; for three blocks long by two blocks wide, was build ,ind under grandfather's supervision super-vision a log hall was erected, to erve as a church, school and i for -other gatherings. K built a dugout, in which to i hou-e his family until logs could l e ru. Canals were dug; sage brush grubbed; rocks hauled; and crops planted- Altho the reasons were Fhort and winters revere they pioneered and pros """"" " """' mkmxMM.mm,m i . : ) SO THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW! The educators of Utah, the school board members, the school officials and the teachers, have had introduced introduc-ed into the legislature this year a very ambitious program. pro-gram. Some of the legislation has been introduced by the State Tax Study Committee and a groundwork was laid for it in constitutional amendments proposed by the 1U46 special session of the legislature and approved by the vote of the people at the elections last November. Still more legislation has been introduced at the present regular session, calling for expanded school programs, pro-grams, greatly increased salaries for educators and increased in-creased benefits in many ways. Every right-thinking citizen of this state is anxious to see as fine an educational system as can be obtained, and at the outset, the educational program has a fereat many backers among parents, students and taxpayers. The program is an expensive one, however, calling for greately increased revenues for school purposes, a function which already is taking the largest share of our tax dollar. Legislators considering the many bills before them will be faced with the serious responsibility of making a wise decision as to how near we can come to the ultimate desire in a fine educational system and still stay within the bounds of how much the taxpayer can afford to pay. In the face of these weighty problems already laid before our legislators ,it is surprising to note that the educational groups have also had the termerity to introduce intro-duce into the legislature, Senate Bill No. 166, the object of which is to remove from our statutes the requirement that school boards publish, in their annual financial statements, an accounting of to whom, and in what amounts, all of these tax monies are paid. Taxpayers should support all efforts to provide for the students of Utah the finest educational system they can afford. Certainly they will oppose vigorously, this effort to "cover up" or withhold the records of how their money is spent. Geneva Ward Relief Society A quilt will be made Monday afternoon at Relief Society by ladies of Geneva ward, who are asked to bring their thimbles. The meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Dezzie juamb at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Delpha Davis will give the Literary lesson. PLEADS FOR CENTENNIAL COIN In a plea before the senate, Monday, Senator A. V. Watklns urged the passing of his bill authorizing the coinage of a Utah Centennial 50 cent piece. He stated there were five similar bills up before the banking and currency committee, but all with the exception of his bill were for 1948, so he hoped prompt action could be taken on the matter. Senator explained the mean ing of the Utah centennial celebration, cele-bration, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first settlers. He also told of the introduction of irrigation irri-gation which has meant so much to the western states since that time. GOLD & GREEN BALL FEBRUARY 18 Plans for the annual Gold and Green Ball for Timpanogos ward are complete, the date being set for February 18 in the recreation recrea-tion hall. A spirited campaign has been in progress for the Gold and Green queen, with Miss Carol Beagley named queen, Miss Elaine Loveless and Miss Laura Cook,' attendants. Howard Nelson's orchestra will play for the dancing, with a fine floor show during intermission inter-mission under the direction of the dance chairmen, Mr. and Mrs. Max Edwards. All members of the ward over Mutual age are invited to be present. pered as few have ever done. In 1862 he married as a plural wife a young scotch lassie named Isabel Crawford. He with his wives and children chil-dren took up a ranch 10 miles north of Heber and started in the sheep industry. He took a prominent part in every enterprise enter-prise from the first log cabin to the last public building; and in these efforts he donated both time and means. The blessing Brigham Young gave him, that he would prosper, pros-per, have houses, and herds was literally fulfilled. A father of twenty-two children he lived long and well and at the age of ninety he passed away, beloved and honored. For the past twenty-five years his posterity, numbering several hundred souls, have met in beautiful Provo Canyon, in a three day encampment where with song and pageantry they commemorate his memory. He endured many trials, and knew the pangs of want. He also knew the joys of prosperity, but through it all he never wandered wan-dered in his faith in God. He sleeps in lovely Wasatch Valley. Beside him lie his two faithful wives, who with him were courageous pioneers. HEAVY FOG CAUSES MANY ACCIDENTS The heavy fog of Tuesday morning caused a number of almost al-most freak car accidents on highway high-way 91 and the- lower Geneva' road, with but one injury being reported. . Mrs. Mary Liston suffered pos sible internal injuries when the car, which was driven by her husband was struck from be hind by another machine, whose driver was unable to see the first car because of the fog. A third machine swerved to avoid the first two, skidded and tipped tip-ped over as it hit the shoulder of the road, and a fourth car skidded into the second before the pileup stopped. . - On the lower Geneva road, a truckload of fish driven by William Brown Loy, 20, swerved to miss a pickup truck driven by Darrell Clegg, 19, and tipped over when it skidded and struck the shoulder of the highway. On the lower road about 8:15, Walter Durrant, deputy sheriff, said, "Doggonedest thing I ever saw. No one was hurt, and there was little damage to any of the vehicles, but they were really piled up." v ' Seven cars were concerned in this crack-up, with the Carbon Freight Lines truck and trailer, which slowed down in the first place to let an unidentified caf pull out ef a side road. The trailer jack-knifed and slid sideways side-ways across the road. Owen Draper followed the truck and swung out to avoid hitting it. A car following Draper, driven by Dean Lunceford, swung wide to avoid both cars and was struck by the Draper machine and ended up against a post. N. T. Provence, driving north, as were all cars concerned, rammed ram-med into the rear of the trailer; Leland Sorensen, cracked into the rear of the Provence vehicle and the sound of the crash hadn't died away when Owen Roper hit the rear of the Sorensen Soren-sen machine. The driver of the car coming out of the lane probably never knew what a mess he caused, as he went on his way unharmed. unharm-ed. ' Preparations Under Way For Annual High Priests Party August J. Johnson, president of Sharon stake High Priests quorum, announces that preparations prepar-ations are under way for the annual Sharon stake High Priests party, and for all concerned con-cerned to watch for the time and place, which will be announced an-nounced later. Spencer P. T. A. Next Wednesday The Spencer P.T.A. will meet next Wednesday, Feb. 19, It is Visiting Day, and the children will be dismissed at 12 o'clock. At 1:00 o'clock Founders Day orogram will be given at the Scera auditorium. From 2 to 3 o'clock will be consultation period of Teachers and Parents. All patrons of the school are invited to come. , True merit, like a river, the deeper it is. the less noise it makes. Halifax. |