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Show urivstsAL mcroFiiJiOT- coit 141 PI2nP0!TT AVS. Farm Bcrcrj Issues State:;! Of Policy Regarding Eleciicn Issues Following is a statement from the Farm Bureau regarding re-garding the school election: HIGHER TAXES ANYOKE? On Tuesday, February 4, taxpayers of Alpine " School District will be at the crossroads cross-roads once more. Two roads are available. One leads toward property taxation for school purposes as it is now. The other leads to a raise in property taxes for school purposes equal to 8 per cent of the basic state program. pro-gram. This, if the "Leeway" is voted in Alpine District, will raise the property tax by 4 and one half mills. On a $10,000.00 home assessed at $1,500.00, this would amount to about $7.00 per year. On the face of it, this at first glance does not seem to be excessive. But with inflation in-flation and the continual hike in the cost of goods and services, ser-vices, the home owner is being "seven-dollared" to death. What about the farmer, who is currently struggling valiantly valiant-ly to keep his, head above water? A farm of 100 acres of good land has a current ' assessed valuation of $10,000, exclusive of farm buildings, Jivesltock and equipment If the leeway is voted, such a fanner would pay extra yearly taxes of $45.00 on his land alone. What of the businessmen with visable assets of considerable con-siderable -amounts? Their tax bills would be raised accordingly, accord-ingly, this year, next year and on into the unforseenable future. Out of one1 side of their mouths our school administrators administ-rators tell us that the "Leeway" "Lee-way" is necessary in order to provide full day seven class periods each day for grades seven through twelve. Out of the other side of their mouths they maintain that taxmavers should also vote the $2,700,000 bond issue to ibuild the buildings to provide pro-vide the classrooms that the expanded First Grade and hlsh school programs will require re-quire .Isn't this getting the "cart before the horse?" Again, in our six period high schools today, most in- fcttructors , teadh five periods each day , with one ( period 'free." Under the proposed seven period day, they could teach six periods a day with one period "free." In a 30-teacner nign scnooi tfhis would allow students a flexibility of 30 additional elective classes. And f would Ada Jane Clayton Services For Mrs. Clayton Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Jane Smith Stanton Clayton, Clay-ton, 73, were held Wednesday in the Orem Third Ward. ' Mrs. Clayton died Jan. 26 at Utah Valley Hospital following follow-ing surgery. , She was born May 3, 1890, in Spanish Fork, a daughter of Thomas W. and Truelove Mellor Smith. She lived in Payson, moving to Orem in 1945 where she resided since. On March 13, 1912, she married George Stanton. He died Sept. 4, 1942. She married Don C. Clayton on Feb. 2, 1945 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She was an active member of the LDS Church in the Orem Third Ward. Survivors include her husband, hus-band, Orem; three sons and two daughters, George Vernon Stanton, Payson; Reed Stanton, Stant-on, Kaysville; Gerald Stanton, Ferron; Pearl Stanton, Orem; Mrs. Max (Ruth) Johnson, Provo; stepsons and stepdaughters, step-daughters, Donald C. and Carlos Car-los Clayton, Mrs. Walter (Theresia) Pyne, Orem; Harlo and Kenner Clayton, Provo; Kay Clayton, Dugway; one sister, Rachel Stanton, Payson; 14 grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. Interment was in the Payson City Cemetery. fry, 4 ft - , K v - entail no additional teachers. Along about 1935, the enrollments en-rollments of the Alpine District Dis-trict high schools were fairly stable. It was then that the program was changed over from an eight to a six period day and no teachers were eliminated. It was just a matter mat-ter of programing. One could reasonable assume as-sume from the figures released by the Board of Education, tnat the $2,700,000 bond issue 4s necessary to build additional addition-al buildings, thus making current cur-rent revenue available to pay off bonds that are due: "This will not raise taxes," they say. This may be true. But like the individual who "consolidates "consoli-dates his debts," it will inevitably in-evitably increase the number of years that huge sums in interest in-terest must be paid. Debt service ser-vice in Alpine District is now close to $1,000,000 per year, and we haven't been retiring our bonds on time. The "Schools belong to the People." And the people certainly cer-tainly should have a voice in how they are financed. If you are a taxpayer, don't fail to vote on February 4. But by far, the most important import-ant consideration is to vote intelligently. Laird Billings Takes Dulbs Of Red Cross Drive Laird D. Billings has been appointed . chairman of , the 1964 fund drive for the American Ameri-can Red Cross, announces Charles Sampson, chairman of the Utah County Chapter. Mr. Sampson also announced the appointment of Verne Thurber as a member of the board of the county chapter. Mr. Thurber has served as chairman of the Orem City Chapter y until his new appointment. ap-pointment. Organization of the drive will get under way immediately, immediate-ly, Mr. Billings said. The fund - raising effort begins March 1, and culminates at the end of the month. ' : Active in civic affairs, Mr. Billings has been a member of the Orem City Council, served as bishop of the Orem 12th Ward and is a member of the High Council. Charles Anderson Ander-son was chairman of the 1963 fund drive. Council Buys 1 2 Aero Farm to Open Center Street, Studies Fund Bid Purchase of 11.8 acres of land on east Center Street was approved by the Orem City Council Monday night. The property was purchased from Merrill Mecham for a stipulated price of $30,000. Reason for the land pur- All PT As Meet Tonight On School Election Orem PTA organization will hold several joint meetings tonight to-night during which school officials of-ficials will answer questions on the coming bond and leeway lee-way elections. - . Date of election is Feb. 4, with two ballots to be decided. During tonight's meetings, a 23-minute film strip will be shown, with a question and answer period. A . representative represent-ative of the board of education and of the Alpine School District Dis-trict administration office will be present. Spencer, Scera Park, Lincoln Junior High and Orem High School will meet at 730 p.m. tonight at Orem High. Sharon and Windsor will also meet at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Sharon. Westmore and Hillcrest held their meeting on the subject last night. Orem Junior High School, Geneva and Union elementary schools will meet together at 8:30 pjn. In the Orem Junior High , to hear the election information. in-formation. Before this meeting, meet-ing, Geneva and Orem Junior High will hold bsiness sessions, ses-sions, as follows: Geneva, 7:30 to 8:15 pjn. at Geneva school to hear music demonstration by students of Gareth Baird and Reva Ahman, discussion on Identification tags by Frank Landvater and introduction of the nominating committee. Orem Junior High, 8 p.m. at the school to select a nominating nom-inating committee. III "-"Jiifri- t i -Ji Dennis Paul Rainaldi Kites Held For Rainaldi Boy, 6 Traffic Victim Mass of the Angeis was sung Monday in the St. JtiSucu Catholic Church for Dennis Paul Rainaldi, 6, of 515 S. 560 E., who was killed in a car-pedestrian car-pedestrian accident at 400 S. State Friday. The. boy . was Or em's second traffic fatality this month. The boy was struck by a car as he was crossing the highway, at 7:40 a.m. to catch a bus for the St. Francis oi Assisi School in Provo. Driver of the car was Leland Peter Makin, 19, Pleasant Grove, wmthibound in the middle lane. Another car in the inside lane had slowed for the boy. Mr. Makin told investigating officers of-ficers that he did not see the boy, who was carried 94 feet down the highway after impact. im-pact. ' , The child was pronounced dead at Utah Valley Hospital. Orem police are continuing their investigation - into ; the accident. " Dennis Paul Rainaldi ? was born May 24, 1955 in Provo, a son of Joseph A. and Dolores Santone Rainaldi5 He a student in first grade and was a member of the St.. Francis Catholic Church ' of Provo. ' Surviving are bis parents, Orem, grandparents, Mrf' and Mrs. Pete Rainaldi, Magna; Mrs. C. J. (Pearl) Santone, Englewoodj Colo., and a great-grandmother, great-grandmother, Mrs.- Carmella Santone, Denver, Colo.; four brothers and four sisters, Christine, Joseph P., Ann Marie, Susan, Robert J., Barbara' Bar-bara' Ann, M. Berry and Paul A.-, all-of .Orem. f ' " Mass of the Angels" was sung Monday at St. Francis Catholic ChurchrwithTather Dolman Colloty officiating, . ... Holy Rosary was recited Saturday by Father Colloty. Interment was in the Mount Calvary Cemetery, Salt Lake City. - chase was to facilitate the opening of Center Street east to the edge of the hill to tie in with a road to be constructed construct-ed connecting the Provo Canyon Can-yon Road. Councilmen said the value of the land would increase with the construction of of Center Street through it. The property could then be sold for residential construction construct-ion or for an important municipal muni-cipal use, such as a city park. Withhold Funds In other aetion, the Council voted to withold action on a request for funds by members of the Central Utah Theatre Guild. Gary Hopkinson and Roland Page said the organization organi-zation needed funds to finance fin-ance its first production scheduled for April. Herbert B. Stratton, presi dent of Orem Boosters, Inc., which had been asked by the Council to make a recommendation recommen-dation regarding the request of the Theatre Guild, presented present-ed a letter to Mayor G. Milton Jameson expressing the sup port of the Boosters. The Boosters suggested that the City consider giving the Theater Guild Financial support, sup-port, but not from funds earmarked ear-marked for the Boosters. In response to questions asked ask-ed by Cotincilmen regarding the operation of the Theater Giuld, Mri Page said that all services rendered by the production pro-duction staff and performers are to be donated. "No salaries will be paid to anyone," he said. The Council voted to table further discussion on the fund request until a later date. Officers of the Utah Valley Opera Association are coming next week to make a similar request," Mayor G. Milton Jameson said. Two ordinances were enacted enact-ed by the Council Monday night. One provides for the regulation of merchant police. It sets a $3,000 bond on the business and requires liability 'insurance of $20,000 per employee. VoL 34 No. 5 Scfceel Beerd Cilcs Classes Offered by Alpine School District of ficials say the seven-period day is needed for the following follow-ing reasons: 1. A seven period day would broaden the students' educa tional . background ... through participation in more subjects; provide 'the students with flexibility in registration and reduce conflicts over curricu lum choices. The academically oriented student would hav? an opportunity to register for classes in music, art tmd typ ing or other electives. Vy 2. To provide students from grades 7-12 with an equivilent of one full year of additional schooling beyond what ' they get in the current six period day offering. " , '3. To provide students in Alpine School District an opportunity op-portunity equal to that offered to students who are already on a seven period day. v At the present time, the school day in secondary schools of Alpine is organized into six periods of fifty-five minutes duration. This means that students spend three hundred and thirty minutes a day or five and one. - half hours in regular classroom instruction. in-struction. - Parents who have helped their children fill out a registration regis-tration card for a six period day have encountered : the difficulty, and often the frustration, frus-tration, in making a choice be tween a class in band, or a class in science, or a choice between foreign language or mathematics, or a choice 'between 'be-tween religious training and type. In three years of junior high school, a student can earn eighteen units on a schedule of six periods per day. The Utah State Board of Education has established required courses which involved twelve units of credit. This restricts the student to six units to use as electives. Students are us ually unable to take instru Annalee Greenwood 0IIS Sr. Named Attendant To Utah Jr. Miss Annalee Greenwood, 17, was selected as first attendant to Utah's Junior Miss Saturday night at the Cottonwood Mall Auditorium in Salt Lake City Annalee was one of ten finalists. fin-alists. A senior at Orem High School, she is daughter of Dt and Mrs. Rex Boyd Greenwood Green-wood of 475 S. 560 E. A Granite High School senior was "named Junior Miss for Utah, Joy Christensen, and Vickie Lee Worthen of Paro-wan Paro-wan High Schol was named second attendant. Annalee presented a gymnastic gym-nastic demonstration of free form exercise in the talent show. She also modelled ' a street dress and formal gown after passing a personal interview inter-view with the judges and physical fitness rout ine. Scholarship and physical fitness fit-ness were important in the judging. Social chairman of the GAA at Orem High, Annalee Is also head cheerleader at the school. She holds many tennis trophies tro-phies won in competition in the intermountain area. After graduation she plans to study nursing at BYU. She was one of 72 lovely girls who entered the contest sponsored by the Cottonwood Mall merchants. She received $50 In cash and other prizes! V" I 0 i : ' jyV- ' ryA STEEL PLANT hrinMh L'eed of Additional Sovcn-Pcried Day mental music more than two years because they nearly all take seminary, one unit; type, one unit; science, one unit; or math, one unit. Further conflict con-flict occurrs if they want to take additional classes in foreign languages, homemak-ing homemak-ing for industrial arts. r - In the senior high school, the situation is very similar. The State Program of Studies re quired is as follows: language arts, three units; social studies, two units; mathematics, one units science, one unit; health, one half unit; physical education, one unit. Nine units are required of a total of eighteen .units, which leaves nine units for electives. Students who want to spe cialize or major in a parti cular subject in high school are unable to take courses in fine arts such as music, art or foreign languages. If a young lardy elects to follow a business bus-iness course and also wants classes in religious training, she must take five units in business and three in religious training which leaves her one additional unit for other electives elect-ives such as fine arts. Students who follow math or science courses and religious training use up five elective units in science, ' three in religious training and have one unit for other electives. Those who follow fol-low agriculture 'are in a similar simi-lar situation. ; These choices can become very frustrating. Those who nave faced this decision have wished, in vain, for some way to z take additional elective courses for two or three years. Teachers in the fine arts areas are discouraged. These programs pro-grams have all but been forced out of the schools. !me onle ' best - solution to solve these problems and enrich en-rich the training of each stu dent is a seven period day. The disadvantagiJs usually given for a seven period day are (1) the time spent in classes clas-ses is reduced and (2) costs are increased. The reduced time-spent-in-class argument is a good one if class time were reduced to a 40-45 minute level. However, a combination of lengthening the school day and reducing class time will provide opportunity op-portunity without hardship. For example: classes which are now currently held for fifty-five fifty-five minutes could be reduced to fifty minutes and the school day lengthened." The argument that costs would be increased is valid. This cost would involve hiring hir-ing additional teachers and providing additional supplies. However, there would be no addtional costs for buildings, construction, m a i n t enance, transportation, and administration. adminis-tration. The increased costs would be a bargain when one considers con-siders that an additional year of schooling would be provided pro-vided each child over the six year interim. Dr. Stark Talks At Lions Meet -Dr. Orvil Stark of the Utah State University Extension Division talked on civic improvement im-provement before members of the Orem Lions Club last week at Mountain Valley Inn The Impression Utah makes on tourists is not complimentary compliment-ary to our state, Dr. Stark told the Lions. He showed film examples of some of the eyesores eye-sores along the highways tourist travel. Some before and after examples ex-amples were shown, graphically graphi-cally depicting the improvement improve-ment made in a clean-up campaign. He cited the little towns of Hurricane and Elsinore as excellent ex-cellent examples of civic pride. Special recognition was giv en Rex Naanes, Who is being transferred to Wyoming. About 40 members were present at the attractive Mountain Valley Inn, operated by Sterling Harding. SALT IJC CI?", hub Thursday, Jan. 30, 1964 V. Vernon Partridgie Vcrnen Partridge Heads Volunteer Fircrncns Unit Vernon Partridge was nam ed chief of the Orem Volun teer Firemen at a recent election meeting. Weston Cordner takes, over as assistant chief, with Ira Jensen, Merrell Reid and Wil lis Vincent as co-captains. In the Fire Wives auxiliary, Theda Burr was chosen president, presi-dent, with Norma Jensen, vice president, Genevieve Jacob-son, Jacob-son, second vice president, and Vernice Mayer, secreary. Loren Wells Duke Final Rites Held Saturday For Loren Wells Du!ce Final rites were held Sat urday for Loren Wells Duke, 61, 765 S. 400 E., who died Jan 22 after an extended illness. He was born March 8, 1902 in Wallsburg, a son of Ethan Allen andMartha Jane Par-cell Par-cell Duke. He married Mary Ann Edwards May 9, 1939. The marriage was later solemnized sol-emnized in the Sale Lake Temple. Mr. Duke moved to Orem as a child with his family where he has resided since. He had been employed at Geneva Steel Co. for 20 years as a crane operator. He retired in 1959 due to ill health. Mr. Duke was a member of the Orem 13th Ward, and held the office of high priest at the time of his death. He was a past adult Aaronic priesthood coordinator, past president of the elders quorum and active in ward theatrical productions. Surviving are his widow, sons and daughters, Thomas and Carl Gurr, Orem; Keith Gurr, Pleasant Grove; Mrs. Elno C. (Margie) Barnes, Col-ton, Col-ton, ' Calif.; Mrs. Norman (Ruby) Cox, Orem; Mrs. Lawrence Law-rence (Maurine) Payne, Lehi; Mrs. Dale (Maxine) Miller, Clearfield; Mrs. Ronald S. (Mary Jane) Tanner, Las Vegas, Veg-as, Nev.; 36 grandchildren; three brothers and three sisters Allen Duke and Gerald (Jack) Duke, Provo; Ethan Duke, Orem; Mrs. Bessie Duncan and Mrs. Bart (Violet) Haycock, both of Salt Lake City; Mrs. Perry (Emma) Harper, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove. Interment was in the Provo City Cemetery. ALMA D. BANKS INJURED Alma D. Banks 217 E. 800 No., is at home after hospitalization hospital-ization for a serious injury to his hand which occurred Thursday as he was working with a power saw. His hand is still in a cast but he Is feeling feel-ing much better. JL UTAH pso, or uTAirs rftfrt 71 .wmfr- Election Tuesday To Decide Vital fas Voters of Alpine School Dis trict will decide two important questions when they go to the polls Tuesday. Number one is: Shall the board of education issue $2,- 700,000 in bonds for new construction? con-struction? Number two: Shall the school boatid be authorized to maintain a "voted leeway" under which they hope to of- xer an improved educational program? The two issues will be vot ed on separate ballots. Only persons eligible to vote are those who are registered and who have also paid a pro perty tax within the district during the past year. Polls will open at 7 ajn. and remain open until 8 pjn. Voting Vot-ing in this area will be at Windsor, Scera Park, Hill-crest, Hill-crest, Edgemont, Westmore, and Geneva schools and at the Ralph Benson home. For a complete listing by voting districts, see the legal notice elsewhere in this issue. Because of the laws on school financing and the nature na-ture of the two propositions, the two questions must be decided de-cided separately. School districts funds are Principals Offer Election Service Answers to your questions regarding the issues in the school election Feb. 4 are of fered by principals of element ary scnoois of Orem. They "As principals of the Orem Elementary Schools, we are in favor of the two propositions that will be presented to the voters of Alpine School District Dis-trict on Tuesday, February 4, 1964. " "If you would like additional addition-al information, please feel free to call any of the following follow-ing principals: Elwood Baxter, Phil Buch-aan, Buch-aan, R. Penrod Glazier, Russell Rus-sell H. Hansen, Keith D. Hor-ton, Hor-ton, John M. Nicol, Fenton J. Prince, Richard cW, Robins, and Paul Willes. Bennett Urges Passage of Bond, Leeway Elections "The adoption of the seven-period seven-period day at the Orem High School will, in my judgment, serve the academic interests of our students better than the present program. I sincerely sincere-ly urge an affirmative vote for passage of the bond and leeway lee-way propositions." Leeman B. Bennett, principal princi-pal of Orem High School. Thorpe B. Isaacson To Be Speedier At Sessions of Orem Stake Confcrcr.ro r Elder Elder Thorpe B. Isaacson, an Assistant to the Council of Twelve Apostles of the LOS Church will preside at a quar terly conferences of the Orem Stake, Saturday and Sunday, February 1 and 2, in Orem. Accompanying Elder Isaac son will be Miss Belva Bar low, Representing the Church's Relief Society General Board, and Mrs. Amy M. Casto of the Primary Association General Board.' General sessions of the con PRICE TEN CENTS kept in separately arccounta for capital outlay and for operating op-erating expenses. Thus, if a. school district needs money for new buildings which must come from capital out-lay out-lay - it cannot take it from the operating expenses fund. The law provides, however, that if the district does not have capital funds for buildings, it may raise the money by, selling sell-ing bonds, a form of borrowing. borrow-ing. The amount it is allowed to borrow is based on the total to-tal assessed valuation of taxable tax-able property in the district. Alpine School District is allowed al-lowed to sell up to approximately approxi-mately $9,700,000 worth of bonds. At the end of this fiscal fis-cal year, the district will have $6,650,000 in bonds outstanding. outstand-ing. To issue new bonds for needed construction, the district dis-trict must have permission cf the voters. To repay these bonds, the district does not intend to increase in-crease taxes which are already al-ready at their legal limit for schools purposes but to lengthen the time of indebtedness. indebt-edness. The voters approval must also be had-on the leeway question. "Leeway" r is the term the legislature gave when it granted legal permission per-mission for districts to exceed the basic school prosranu Funds for this come from the operating expenses- account, and if more money is needed, the school district may ask voters for the "leeway" to raise the mill levy by as much as 16 per cent. -Alpine District is asking for an increase oi exgni per cent, which would raise the mill-levy by 4-5 nulls. If these funds are granted, the district dis-trict plans to Increase first grade classes to a full day, and to offer seven classroom periods per-iods instead of six in the junior jun-ior and high schools. District officials are , hopeful these changes can be made for the coming school year. Scout Fcn-O-tlccs Scheduled Feb. 7 Fun-O-Rees for Boy Scouts of the Orem area will both be held on Feb. 7, Alma D. Banks reports. Scouts of Orem and Orem West stakes will have their evenings of fun at the 4th-27th 4th-27th Ward beginning at -.7:30 p.m. Sharon and West Sharon Shar-on stakes scouts will meet at the same time that evening in the Sharon Stakehouse. The Sharon Fun-O-Ree was ori-iginally. ori-iginally. .scheduled a week later, la-ter, Mr. Banks said. ference will be held Sunday at 10:00 a.m. and at 2:30 pan. conducted by Stake President M. Dover Hunt. Visitors are welcome. Elder Isaacson was a teacher, teach-er, principal, coach, and district dis-trict school administrator before be-fore he became a prominent Utah life insurance and real estate figure. He has served 12 years on the Board of Trustees Trus-tees of Utah State University and four years on the University Uni-versity of Utah Board of Regents. Re-gents. Miss Barlow has been active in most Church auxiliary organizations. or-ganizations. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Utah, where she was an honor student. She is secretary to the dean of Cse University of Utah Graduata School. Mrs. Casto has served ts an efficer and teacher in nsort Church auxiliary orgtnlza-' tions, and was a missionary la the East Central tea fcr two years. Miss Barlow and llrs. Czz'.i will address special meet!r,i for Relief Society and rrir.r. leaders on Satur&y. Music will be furr-Ll:! j the Stake Relief idcy Lin ing Mothers and C.9 1 rl.-; :r Children's "Ctcrv. |