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Show 11 4 XAVU:?- ffla kK W . ui til fv $4 This is the Centennial Year. Now is the time to Clean-up, Fix-up, Faint-up! Plant-ins Plant-ins colorful flowers, trimming shrubs, putting yards and houses in order results in a beautiul community. Time is precious. ACT NOW I Volume 15 Number 14 ACROSS THE EDITOR'S DESK Seventy-five years afo this April, America's first Arbor Day was celebrated in Nebraska. In the words of its founder Julius Sterling Morton who later became secretary of agriculture, it was the only national memorial mem-orial which looked to the future, rather than the past. It still is. It was natural, perhaps, that this ceremony based upon the planting of trees should originate in Nebraska, which, at that time, was regarded as being on the edge of the "great American desert". Lacking trees, Nebra- skans appreciated them more than those to whom forests for-ests were commonplace. They made a great start in iNebraska three quarters of a century ago. One million trees were planted there on that first Arbor Day. Mr. Morton himself could scarcely have foreseen the day when tree-growing would become a national cause, not alone on the treeless plains, but nearly everywhere. every-where. Forest industries have learned that trees are a crop, and more and more we are treating our woodlands, not as something to be cut down, but as true croplands from which successive harvests of trees can be taken. Expanding forest industries today provide markets which make tree-growing profitable. Consider this fact alone : In 1872, little more than 2,000 cords of wood were used for paper making in the United States ; today more than 16,000,000 cords are used annually for this purpose. pur-pose. In the day when our forests were almost untouched untouch-ed and the uses for wood relatively few, there was little incentive to grow trees. Today, farmers and other small woodlot owners who collectively own nearly 60 per cent of all our commercial forest lands are learning that forest management really pays. The pioneers of Arbor Day built upon a strong foundation when they selected the future, rather than the past, as their cornerstone. The signif icahce of Arbor Day is greater on its diamond jubilee than it was when it started. Traffic Safety Pays Governor Maw has heartily endorsed the Utah State Press Association's Program with a direct appeal to the citizens of the state for active and continuous participation in helpiilg solve the challenging problem of reducing accidents on Utah streets and highways. "Much is at stake.", says the Governor'Unless traffic accidents are checked, almost every Utah family will be affected within a brief space of time by the death or injury of a member or close friend." An encouraging sign that the public is thorougnly aroused are the requests for assistance by local safety organizations coming in to the state authorities who are responsible or highway safety. State assistance includes in-cludes a local survey and analysis of conditions on which to base efforts to attain the greatest results in reducing reduc-ing accidents. Orem On Honor Roll Heartening to Orem citizens is the receipt this week from the National Safety Council of an award to Orem City "In recognition of its accomplishment in completing the year of 1946 without a fatal motor vehicle ve-hicle traffic accident within the municipal limits." Only 153 cities in the nation with populations between be-tween 5,000 and 10,000 have -won places on the Honor Roll of the National Traffic Safety Contest. The only" cities in the state of Utah to have won this award are Orem City, Price, and Cedar City. Congratulations are in order to the Orem police and a safety-conscious populace. C. E. W. THE BICCEST LETTER ON EARTH THE TRAVELER THROUGH UTAH COUNTY CANNOT FAIL TO SEE WHAT IS CLAIMED TO BE THE WORLD'S LARGEST SINGLE LETTER RECLINING HIGH ON THE STEEP MOUNTAINSIDE EAST OF PROVO. THE 387 FOOT BLOCK'Y" (THE ARTIST MEASURED THE LETTER WITH A YARDSTICK) YARD-STICK) IS I0O0 FEET ABOVE THE VALLEY, AND COMMANDS A SPLENDID VIEW OF ALL OF UTAH COUNTY, THE LAKE. AND THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS. THE EMINENCE IS REACHED BY AN EASY SWITCH3ACK TRAIL FROM THE MOUNTAIN S BASE THE HUSE CEMENT AND ROCK-FIILED H 2 AND CLEANED OF OAK Y DAY CY lHt B.Y.U. HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF LIME E WATERS ine Afimen ni tuc kruiUtz. OA.K AC THE'fP.OiK FROM THE VALLEY FLOOR ' BELOW TO ACCOMPLISH THE ANNUAL VN M FACE LIFTING OF WMmffm r?SOf2? T - A LETTER IS WHITE-WASHED BRUSH EACH SHHINU UN )) tKC3HIYlPl f. B.Y.U'S 6 1 ANT SYMBOL. cprati - te Sharon Stake Conference Meetings Set For April 12-13 The first general session of ! the Sharon Stake conference will begin at 10:00 o'clock Sunday Sun-day morning at the Scera auditorium. audi-torium. Representing Church authorities, John A. Widstoe or Mark Peterson of the Quorum of Twelve will be guest speakers speak-ers at the conference meetings. The Stake Aaronic priesthood priest-hood chorus will furnish music for the morning meeting and for the general Priesthood session ses-sion at 2:30 Sunday ' afternoon atScera. The LDS Girls organization, organi-zation, under direction of Mrs. Eva Gillispie will conduct a Mothers and Daughters meeting in the Timpanogas ward chapel at 2:30. They will enjoy singing sing-ing by the Pleasant View ward girls chorus Saturday evening Ward anH Stake welfare committees will meet in the Seminary building NEW PUMP, RECEIVED FOR SCERA WELL The Orem City Water Department De-partment has received the new water pump which has been ordered for the Scera well, water wa-ter commissioner James G. Stratton said today. The pump is a duplicate of the modern Pomona puhp presently present-ly in operation at the well on the Canyon road. Work is progressing satisfactorily satisfac-torily on the Scera well, according ac-cording to Mr. Stratton, and it should be ready to serve the needs of the city in approximately approxima-tely two months. LOCAL MAN RECEIVES APPOINTMENT John L. Duncan The General Life Insurance company wishes to announce the appointment of John L. I jjuncan as ineir uisirici rtepre- Fentative in Utah County. Mr. Duncan resides in Orem with his wife and two little giiis. He graduated from the Lincoln High school and the Sharon stake seminary in 1939. He and his family have spent sometime in California and Idaho as manager of a tourist resort and restaurant. During 'he latter part of the World War II, Mr. Duncan served in I he U. S. Merchant Marines in the Pacific area. In April, 1946, the family moved back to Orem where Mr. i Duncan has been encaged in Ihe life insurance business with another company. At present he Is assistant ward clerk in the Vermont Ward and a member of the Orom Junior Chamber of Com merce and should be able to render a great service to his community through this new connection wtih the General American Life Insurance company. com-pany. Centennial Parade j Committee Meeting Ward representatives working on the Centennial parade are requested to meet in the agri-1 rulture room at Lincoln High J school Friday evening at 7:30. Keith Boyer will be in charge of the meeting. ( $sy$r ; j - I i v. - ' J V - 1 i HOME OF GENEVA STEEL OREM, at 6:30. At 8:00 p.m. a Priesthood Priest-hood leadership meeting will be held in the Timpanogos ward chapel. The concluding meeting of the conference will be held at Scera Sunday evening at 7:30. OREM WOMEN READY ART EXHIBIT ill '.' ' "''" i 4 ' J ' ' , I ..Mr - - ' t a,. ' : . ', i y , 4 i i 'V-.ti'. J Orem women taking an Utah Federation of Women's of the First District: Mrs. L. with the convention; Mrs. L. Christensen. President of the and Mrs. J. Stratton, chairman of SPRING CARNIVAL FOR OREM CHILDREN A spring carnival which may become an annual event for the i children of Orem, will be held on the Scera grounds Satur-, day, April 12 from 1:30 to 3:00 : o'clock. All children are in-1 vited to participate and parents will enjoy watching the games and contests that will take place. Children in the age group fr-jm 4 to ? years will be under un-der the direction of the Stake Primary play leaders. They will play games., hear interesting stories and iotn in song groups. : Older children, from 9 to 14 will meet on the lawn east of, the swimming pool. Carl Peterson, Pe-terson, Harold Nielsen, Don i Dixon and Mr. Briggs will supervise su-pervise a series of progressive i games, races and soft ball games ; Prizes will be given to the win-; ners. ; The weather can't spoil the , fun for if it should be bad wea- ther the younger children will ! gather in the High school au-j dilorium and the older ones in i 'he h'gh school gym. Students Compete In Cleanup Campaign A. king and a q'leen will li't rhoen from the school children participating in the cleanup campaign being conducter1 by the Pro-o Jaycees. Cards iis!-ing iis!-ing thinos 1hat could be don" to help clean and beautify the f itv are being given to aboi'l. 6000 students. Prizes are being offered by Provo business men and merchants for those making mak-ing ' : the ; -.greatest: effort and showing the most progress in the 'Campaign. , The young people are expected expect-ed to show great enthusiasm a-they a-they -.keep record of their cleanup clean-up activities and ' rv for the lonnr of b"'ig. crowned king or queen of the campaign. Rain increases road hazard Remember that a driver cannot can-not see clearly through a we1 winshield- Don't bury your head in an umbrella while you volk. You are leaving yourself your-self as unprosected as a blind man. UTAH Aaronic Priesthood Chorus Practice Members of the Aaronic Priesthood chorus will meet Friday, April 11 at 7:30 in the Timpanogos ward chapel to practice songs to be sung at the Sharon Stake conference Sunday. Sun-day. After the practice they are invited to attend the Boy Scouts Pow Wow in the Timpanogos Timp-anogos hall and they may attend at-tend the show at Scera at reduced re-duced prices. active pari in preparations for the convention of the First District. Clubs. Pictured, from left to right, are Mn. E. B. Terry, Officer B. Bennett, chairman-of the Art exhibit to be shown in connection S. Maycock, Pre a: of tl.c C:ora Women's Club; Mrs. J. Erval First District; Mrs.C. T. Pyne, President of the Orem Literary Club. the luncheon to be served during VERMONT WARD MISSIONARY Elder Herb T. Patten Elder Herb Terry Patten who has been called from the Vermont Ward to labor in the Spanish American Mission will be honored at a combination Testimonial and Social next Friday evening April 11. 1947 at 8:00 p.m. at the Sharon Ward chapel. The son of Floyd and Fanny Terry Patten. Herb was norn at Orem, Utah, September Septem-ber 14. 1926 where he has lived smre that time. He graduated from the Lincoln Lin-coln High School and the Sharon Shar-on S'ake Seminary in the Tiring of 1044 and since then he has been attending the Bri-! fihain Young University v.""-: v.""-: v r !v ' ' ' sp rt his many duties on the familys' large farm where- he has be :i his father's chief , helper since he other sihh entered the ermed forces. The familv's- pnrotim was well demonstrated by the gal-.'Tit gal-.'Tit efforts of the four sons "ho answered their country's enll to duty. One of them i-iy for long and bitter months in a German Prison Camp beinre being rescued by a 'Bulge Seasoned' Sea-soned' unit of which his brother bro-ther was a member. t:'(- '""') . -- - y : f i. .. : - r-- - - FEDERATED WOMEN REORGANIZE; TO ELECT NEW OFFICERS DURING CONVENTION SET FOR SATURDAY FOR CONVENTION the convention. SCOUT CAMPOREE FOR SHARON BOYS Junior and Senior scouts of Sharon district will meet at the Lincoln high school Friday, April 18, at 4:30 p. m., to begin a 24 hour camporee. They are to receive training in camping skills from local supervisors. Each troop must bring their own troop flag and an American Ameri-can flag. Each boy should bring his own camping equip ment, back-packed for the two mile trip to the camp site. Prizes will vbe given to the troop with the highest percentage percent-age of attendance, to the troop setting up the best troop camp and to the patrol with the fast est average time for making fires without matches. Other highlights of the camping ses sion will be the council fire camp stories, inspections, inter-troop scout skill games, demonstrations de-monstrations of camp gadgets, camp methods and tricks of the trade. Most of the scout troops in the district are expected to participate par-ticipate in this enjoyable and informative camping session, April 18 and 19. Orem Women's Club Meeting April 16 An interesting program under un-der the direction of Mrs. Thor-val Thor-val Rigby. chairman, has been arranged for the meeting of the Orem Women's club to be held at ihe Scera auditorium Wed-i Wed-i csdav. April 16. Several organ and piano numbers will be furnished fur-nished by students of Jay Keel-"i- of the H.-Y. U. music department. depart-ment. The--Pal tens anu the Terrys were among the early pioneers to come to Ulah, with some of 'hern taking active parts in the church before the death of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Killer Patten entered the mission home April 7th and will depart for the mission field on April 16th. He will be the 7th missionary now in the field from the Vermont Ward and will be the third one in the Spanish American Mission. All friends are cordially Invited In-vited to attend the Farewell Testimonial and Social. CREED Dedicated to the truthful, accurate reporting re-porting of pertinent happenings and the fair presentation pre-sentation of controversial issues whose outcome must rest with the people. "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire. . Orem Clubs to Act as Hosts; Paintings, Wood Carvings, Kodochromes Featured "A Greater Utah in a Better World" will be the theme of the convention when representatives of 50 ' women's clubs meet at the Scera auditorium Saturday, April 12. Elections will take place that will complete the division of the district' A three-part cultural exhibit will be shown in connection with the convention. , The work of some fine local artists is to be shown at the Lincoln High school for one week, beginning Saturday, Students of the Lincoln senior class are assisting In the assembling assem-bling and displaying of the paintings. The exhibit will be open Sunday to enable Sharon Stake members to enjoy It between conference sessions. The two hour luncheon period planned for the ladies attending the con vention Saturday will give them an excellent opportunity to see the exhibit. The list of artists contributing contribut-ing to the exhibit includes Flora Breinholt, Bessie Gour-ley, Gour-ley, Mrs. Melvin Fillmore, Edgar Ed-gar Jensen, Roman Andrus, B. F. Larsen, Paul Salisbury, Herbert Her-bert Breinholt, Fay Perkins, Verla Birrell, Mrs. Scott Tay lor, Clara Taylor and Margaret Johnson. Centennial Queen To Be Chosen For Orem Celebration Applications naming candidates for Orem's Centennial Centen-nial Queen are now being received by the Centennial Committee, according to word received today. Qualifications for candidates were set forth as follows fol-lows : candidates must be from seventeen to twenty-five years old inclusive as of May first ; must reside in the Orem-Sharon area; must be sponsored by a group of at least five friends or by any ward, organized club, or civic organization. Applications should be made on the form printed in this issue of the paper and addressed to Orem Centennial Centen-nial Committee, Oscar H. Anderson, Chairman. Rt. 1 Orem, Utah. Application forms may also be secured at the office of the Scera Theatre. All bishops of wards and officers of organizations are requested to select candidates to represent their groups. Candidates will be judged by out of town judges jud-ges on the basis of beauty, pioneer ancestry, charm and poise. All applications must be received by the Centennial Committee on or before May first. The judging will be conducted the first part of May on the stage of the Scera Theatre as a feature of the Centennial celebration in Orem. The Orem Centennial queen will reign over all Centennial Cen-tennial events in Orem during the remainder of the Centennial year. The Orem Centennial celebration has been set for for June 17, 18, and 19, according to Mr. Anderson. Specially featured will be an athletic carnival sponsored by the Lion's Club which is scheduled for June 17, the Centennial Parade which is being handled by the Orem Jaycess, and the hujre flower show that will be put on by the Orem Garden Club. Application for Centennial Queen Candidate Name ' Age Organization sponsoring candidate -i Remarks J. : 1. This must be received on or before May 1 by the Centennial Committee, care Oscar H. Anderson,, chairman, Rt. 1, Orem THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1947 A display of wood carving can be seen in the lounge at Scera. The fine work of Thomas Thom-as Almon, Utah Pioneer who resides in Provo will be shown along with other wood carving. An interesting feature of the convention will be the showing of some Kodachrome slides which are part of the Utah Centennial Cen-tennial circulating are exhibit This will be the first showing of these slides in the state and the public is invited to take advantage of this opportunity to see them. They will be shown at Scera Saturday at 12:15 and again at 1:45, during the luncheon period. The Orem Womens Club is sponsoring this art exhibit as a means of furthering the interest -in art In the community and in the schools. Everyone. In the-, community is urged to see this splendid exhibit. ' " rr -1 |