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Show eitew i HOME OFGENEVASTEEL I ASICULTUe Volume 15, Number 40 Thursday, October 9, 1917 PRICE FIVE CENTS Orem Boasts Mile Of New Sidewalk Orem has another mile of side walk, city officials announced, with the completion this week of approximately 500 , yards of cement walk on First North street adjacent to the city park. Approximately one-half mile of walk was completed three weeks ago on the canyon road eastward from the Orem crossroad. The canyon road walk was fi nanced by the state road com mission with the First North strip paid for by the city. It was disclosed that the sidewalk on First North street culminated negotiations with the city council coun-cil and property owners for nearly near-ly seven years. Property owners deeded the city one and one-half rods of land for the construction of a road. Later an addition 10 feet was needed to complete the road in order to obviate the removal of a canal which is adjacent to the street- Property owners deeded the additional property upon condition that the city would install a sidewalk, which project was completed this week. VERMONT Blanche Christensen Phone 06S4-J-1 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Olsen and Mr. and Mrs. Burdell Bunnell Bun-nell enjoyed a fishing trip at Gooseberry lake last week. A family gathering honoring Faun Goulding on her birthday was held at the home of Blanche Christensen. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Orlo Goulding, Ruth, Thorald, Arlene, Bert, Zo and Maisie Goulding, Mr. and Mrs-Harold Mrs-Harold Monson and Mr. and Mrs-Lavar Mrs-Lavar Goulding of Provo and Mr. and Mrs. German Gouldling and three children, Alonzo Hancock Han-cock and Donna Christensen of Orem. Visiting and musical numbers num-bers were enjoyed and refreshments refresh-ments were served by the host-ess. host-ess. Willie Boucher is being treated at the Veterans hospital in Salt Lake City this week. Among those from the ward who attended conference sessions ses-sions in Salt Lake City last weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bradshaw, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle McDonald, Bishop and Mrs. Arch Pulham and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thome. Mr. and Mrs- Don Blair of Clearfield visited with friends in Orem last week and attended conference meetings in Salt Lake. They also visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Blair in Pay-son. Pay-son. We note that Lowell Varley now lives on East 4th North, in our ward. We welcome this fine family to the ward. Mr. and Mrs. Sutcliff oi Salt Lake City were Sunday guests of Lowell Christensen. They are formerly from Rhode Island and were friends of LaVar Kocher-hans Kocher-hans while he was in the mission field. Vermont ward mutual workers work-ers were among those who enjoyed en-joyed a party at the MIA canyon home last week. Lavar Merrill was toastmaster and game leader. lead-er. Olive Miller is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Rudy. Mr. and Mrs- Ralph Schenck returned last week from a trip to California. They visited with relatives in Caliente, Nevada, and San Jacinto and enjoyed Zions park, Cedar Breaks, Palm Springs and Bryce canyon en route. A family dinner and an afternoon after-noon of visiting was enjoyed at the home of R. R. Thorne in Provo. Beautiful roses decorat ed the rooms. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Thorne, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Ja-cobsen Ja-cobsen and Alf Keetch of Orem; Mr. and Mrs- Winfield Post of Delco, Idaho; Mr. and Mrs. David Da-vid B. Thorne, Lindon, and Mrs. Eva Fage of Pleasant Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Movel Hamel-wright Hamel-wright and girls, Kay ana Za-nita Za-nita of Salt Lake City were visitors vis-itors at the home of Frank G. Thorne on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Cuf . Gordon and Mrs. Orson PttAtwich are vacationing in Florida. The ward bishopric and youth leadership committee attended a special conference meeting Friday Fri-day evening. President Lyle McDonald was in charge of the opening social of the Vermont MIA. Lavar Ko-cherhans Ko-cherhans did a fine job of entertaining enter-taining with his magic "Flower of Power." Everyone present enjoyed en-joyed the program, dancing and refreshments. A large percentage of the la- FUNERAL FOR DAVID V. SKINNER HELD Oil MONDAY Funeral services for David Vonohn Skinner. Sr.. 77. were conducted Monday afternoon in the Grandview ward cnapei wun Bishop Milton Jameson of Hill Crest ward In charge. Processional and recessional music was played by Bessie Keetch. Opening prayer by Charles E. Perkins followed a solo, "In the Garden of Tomorrow," Tom-orrow," sung by Theola Tucker. A quartet, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hilton and Mr. and Mrs. Don Allen sang "O, My Father", Sneakers were Raymond Part ridge and M. E. Kartchner and remarks were given by Bisnop Jameson. Mr. and Mrs. J- E. By-bee By-bee sang "In the Garden" and "When We Come to the End of a Perfect Day" was sung by Theola Tucker. Closing prayer was offered by Chris Riding. The grave in the Provo city cemetery was dedicated by Patriarch Pat-riarch B. H. Jolley. Six grandsons of Mr. Skinner Skin-ner acted as Dallbearers- They are LaMar Perkins, Fred Paw- losky, Orville Bates, Merrill Skinner, Harvey Luncefora ana Daniel Bates, Jr. Mr. Skinner died Friday at his home in Orem of ailments incident to age. He was born in Provo Anril 17. 1870, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos M- Skin ner. Amos and Samuel Skinner, his father and uncle homestead-ed homestead-ed on Provo Bench. He worked with his father, grubbing sage brush, tramping ana selling n in Provo. He was educated in Provo schools and followed the occupation oc-cupation of farming. He married marri-ed Esther Ann Gillard at Pro vo, March 25, 1982. He ws a member of the LDS church and was a High Priest at the time of his death. He leaves his widow, three sons and two daughters, Phillip Skinner of Orem, Vaughn Skinner Skin-ner of Provo, Marion Skinner of Springville, Mrs. Wallace Perkins and Mrs. Roy Rowland of Orem; 21 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Hyrum Skinner of Provo, Morgan Skinner, Orem and William Skinner of Leni. NATIONAL MAGAZINE FEATURES FRUIT FARMER OF OREM John B. Stratton, prominent Orem fruit farmer, is featured in the current issue of a national reclamation bureau publication, "They Subdued the Desert," which tells of the benefit already al-ready received from Deer Creek project water. The reclamation article relates Stratton's contention that Deer Creek water he has receivtd in the past seven seasons has already al-ready paid for his entire Deer Creek assessment through added revenue from his fruits interests. In 1945, the article relates he sold $55,483 worth of fruit. Before Deer Creek water was available, Stratton related losing 2000 bushels of prunes one year. "Which dropped to the ground because we could not give the orchard one more irrigation." "Of course, we had unusually high prices during the war, but in the few years that the bureau has been delivering water on this project, I believe I have made enough additional money from my crops to pay off all my portion of the construction charges." SHARON STAKE MIA LEADERSHIP MEETING Mrs. Clarence Bliss, Sharon stake YWMIA president, announced an-nounced the that first leadership meeting of the year will be held Thursday, Oct. 6 in the Pleasant Pleas-ant View ward chapel. Leadership Leader-ship meetings will be held each month during the mutual year. Sharon stake officers and board members will meet at 7 p. m. and a general meeting for all ward and stake MIA workers will convene at 7:30. It is urged that every officer and teacher in the stake be present at these meetings. dies in the ward attended Relief Society meeting this week. Blanche Christensen gave the Theology lesson and testamonies were given by several members. The teachers topic was explained by Nina Stratton. Musical numbers num-bers were furnished by a trio. Leslie E. Liechty Leslie E. Liechty Accepts Mission Call To Central States Leslie E. Liechty, son of Mr. and Mrs- Ephraim A. Liechty, will be honored on Sunday at the Sacrament service of the Pleasant View ward prior to his departure in the. near future for the Northern States LDS mis sion. Mr. Leichty was graduated from Lincoln high school and the Sharon seminary, served in the armed forces in the South Pacific theatre of operations and attended BYU yast year. He will go to the mission home in Salt Lake City on Monday Mon-day and will leave for mission headquarters at Chicago shortly thereafter. Speakers at the Sunday evening even-ing testimonial will' include Sterling Muhlestein, Carlos Miller Mil-ler and Bishop Bliss Allred. LATE MARKETING OF SUMMER FRUITS HAMPERING OREM APPLE SALES With apples, last of the fruit crops for the year, beginning to move onto the market, Orem and Utah county fruit growers are closing one of their more successful suc-cessful crop years, Clarence D-Ashton, D-Ashton, Utah state horticulturist, said Saturday. Utah county fruit growers, who produce approximately 65 per cent of the state's fruit, have had short crops only in apricots, and prices, while in some cases below those of last year, have been high enough for profitable operation. MOVING SLOWLY The first of the county's apple ap-ple crop, just starting onto the market, is being disposed of with difficulty. Mr. Ashton said, and the price is below last year. This condition exists, he said, because be-cause consumers are still buying melons and other late fruits, which still are crowding storage plants. When this temporary condition con-dition ends in a short time, apples ap-ples will move at a brisk pace and an improved price, he predicted-Apricots were severely hit by frost, Mr. Ashton said, but other crops were average or better in size and decidedly better than average in quality, with more consistent spraying practices accounting ac-counting for much of the difference. dif-ference. Peaches, one of the county's larger fruit crops, came ov. .Wth a rush because of warm weather and had to be sold largely on roadside fruit stands or to local canneries rather than being shipped to outside markets. As a result, prices dropped from a normal of $2.50 in 1946 to approximately ap-proximately $1.25 this year. HIT BY BLIGHT Hit hard by blight, the pear crop was somewhat below normal nor-mal size. Pear prices started weak, but steadied and by the end of the season had been firmly established at $2.75 or $3. Berry crops also were better Open House Honors Mrs. Emily Aston Mrs. Emily Aston spent an enjoyable afternoon Sunday when she greeted over 150 friends and relatives at an open house reception In her honor. She celebrated her 80th birthday birth-day anniversary Oct. 4. Guests called on Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank) Williams. Gifts of flowers were added to the roses already decorating the rooms. Other gifts were presented pre-sented to Mrs. Aston. The afternoon after-noon was spent in visiting. Later in the evening a grandson-in-law, Alma Hansen, showed some motion pictures. CITIZENS, PEOFLES PARTIES SET DATES FOR NOMINATING " Officers of both Peoples and Citizens partips of Orem an nounced this week meeting of the party membership to nominate nomi-nate candidates for city offices for the election set for Nov. 4- Ora Healey, secretary of the Peoples party, has -announced that members of that group will gather on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p. m. at the City hall to nominate a mayor, one four-year councilman, three two-year .n-cilmen, .n-cilmen, a city recorder and a city treasurer. The Citizens party will meet Saturday at the Seminary building build-ing at 8 p. m. to nominate candidates candi-dates for the same- offices, according ac-cording to Rulon West, chairman of the party. Victor Durham is Citizens party secretary. Legion Members From Orem Attend Convention Representatives of the American Amer-ican Legion Post 72 and the Orem Legion auxiliary attended the 4th district convention in Spanish Fork last Saturday. Those from Orem who attended were Commander and Mrs. Ralph Schenck, Ethel Conover, 2nd vice president of District 4; Dorothy Broadhead, auxiliary president; Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Broadhead, Mr. and Mrs. LeEarl Burr, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Butler, But-ler, Mr. and Mrs. LaMar Peacock, Pea-cock, Mr. and Mrs- Lynn Spaugy and Richard Crowther. than average in volume and brought generally satisfactory prices. Mr. Ashton pointed out difficulties during the war years in getting hand labor brought about a drop in acreage of berry crops of about 50 per, cent, a drop reflected in a lesser degree with the fruit crops. Labor this year has been sufficient to care for all needs, with, some local exceptions, he said. CHECK FEED, FARMERS ADVISED Dairymen of Utah county were advised this week to take stock of their feed situation for the winter months by the state extension service. Lyman H. Rich, extension dairyman, dai-ryman, warned that the "best assurance of continued income on the dairy farm during the cold weather was an extra stack of hay and a few bushels of farm grains in the brfl." Roughage is usually the cheapest cheap-est feed on the dairy farm even though alfalfa is now above $20 per ton, he said. Despite the high prices now being paid for grains, Mr. Rich warns farmers against selling themselves short on feed. "Some farmers have been tempted to rush out and sell their farm grains and find themselves short of feed'next spring or they often sell their own ' grains and buy ready mixed feeds." Good alfalfa al-falfa silage and farm grains are good for a 350 or 400 pound herd level. Other good dairy practices farmers should observe, especial ly this time of year, include having plenty of bedding and an open shed or barn well-bedded down, also good feed racks in which to put the roughage. "Cows do not need to be kept in a warm place. But they do need a dry place and warmth where they lie down." CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO MEET SATURDAY Rulon West, chairman of the Citizens committee, announces that a meeting will be held Saturday Sat-urday evening, Oct. 11, at 8 p. m. in the Seminary building. Everyone interested in the Citi zens committee is invited to attend at-tend htis meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Clint Palmer of Mesa, Arizona, and Willard Guy-man Guy-man of Blanding, Utah, visited for several days with Mr. Palmer's Palm-er's brother, Lawrence M. Palmer Palm-er and family. They attended conference meetings in Salt Lake City. CITY COUNCIL OPENS AREA ON GENEVA ROAD FOR COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION Action by the Orem City Council Monday night opened more territory for commercial was taken in a special session of the council immediately following a hearing on a suggested amendment to the pres. ent zoning ordinance which proposed that Fourth North street from Fourth West to Sixth West be zoned as C-2 for a distance of 200 feet back from the property line on win siaes oi tne street The public hearing on the pro posed amendment which had been advertised for three weeks was attended in the main by property owners on the Geneva road. Mayor J. W. Gillman and city councilmen were also in attendance. A very lively dis cussion developed during the neanng on the advantages and disadvantages of opening more territory for commercial building. build-ing. MAYOR URGES CAUTION Mayor J. W. Gillman sounded a note of caution relative to opening future areas for business busi-ness development, although he expressed himself as being favorable fa-vorable to the opening of this particular section inasmuch as so few residences had been established es-tablished to date along the territory ter-ritory in question. Following the discussion a vote was taken by the property owners involved in the proceedings, proceed-ings, and all voted for th( amendment. It was stressed that an affirmative affirm-ative vote by the property owners own-ers did not bind the council to affirmative action, however the amendment was approved by vote of the council later in the evening. PROGRAM CHANGED AT SCERA MATINEE A change has become necessary neces-sary In the program for the S. S. S. Fun Club at Scera Saturday Sat-urday afternoon. Instead of the picture that was originally scheduled the children who attend at-tend the matinee will see "Blon-die "Blon-die Brings Up Baby," one of the early Blondie pictures starring Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. TRIAL OPENS ON SUNDAY CLOSING CASE The second step in a battle destined to reach the supreme court got underway this week when Judge W. Stanley Dunford of the district court called two witnesses to the stand in a court trial involving Orem's Sunday closing law. Richard D. Park, who was found guilty of violating violat-ing the law by the Provo city court, is fighting the case on an appeal. Defense Counsel A. Sherman Christensen drew from IViayor J. W. Gillman the statement that the principal effect of the Sunday closing law had been to close grocery stores. Mayor Gillman Gill-man qualified his answer with the assertion that this was true "insofar as he has observed," and pointed out that man articles ar-ticles could not now be sold on Sunday in those that remained Womens Club Sets Wednesday Meeting Mrs. Bolos Abraham and Mrs. Victor Brewer will be hostesses at the meeting of the Orem Womens club which is set for Scera on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 3:15 p. m. Mrs. Frank Woffinden will review a current book, Mrs. Neil Bunnell will be in charge of the music and Mrs. Ray Loveless will read the litany. L. C. M. CLUB The LCM club met last week at the home of Mrs. Gurnee Anderson. Sewing and chatting were enjoyed during the evening. eve-ning. Refreshments were served by the hostess to Lucy Rowley, Velva Maag, Thelma Kocher-hans Kocher-hans Carol Morgan, Hilda Stone and LaPriel Louder. PRIMARY CONVENTION Scheduled Oct. 11 A tri-stake convention for Primary workers from Timpa-nogos, Timpa-nogos, Sharon and Orem stakes will be held Saturday, Oct. 11, at the Timpanogos ward chapel. Meetings will be held at 10 a m. and 2 p.m. Visitors from the general Primary Pri-mary board will be present and all officers and teachers, both ward and stake workers are urged to be present. building in Orem. Thia action Vocational School Could Accept Orem Site Gift There would be no legal complications com-plications from the gift of a permanent Central Utah Vocational Voca-tional school site by a Utah rounty city, providing no protests pro-tests were raised or if the site w"e legally sold fcr a small token sum, in the opinion of Wilson W. Sorensen, vocational school superintendent. Mr. Sorensen expressed this contention today as he and other interested parties prepared to fully investigate offers of Orem to provide a site for the school. Efforts to buy a rite In Provo with money contributed from the county, city and four school districts have been killed by adverse ad-verse opinions from the state altorney general, who has ruled that such agencies cannot legally contribute money for this purpose. pur-pose. The site for Carbon college, Mr. Sorensen pointed out, was contributed by the city of Price, and the decision was never protested. pro-tested. He claimed any Utah county city could do the same, and that the offer could be accepted ac-cepted if no one opposed it. Ano'her method which might be used, Sorensen claimed, would be the purchase of the site from a city for a token amount. A meeting of site committee whih has been working on the problem, headed by Professor C. S. Boyle, is expected soon to determine de-termine the next move on the problem. open. Mayor Gillman stated that Insofar In-sofar as he knew the stores now remaining open ni Orem on Sunday Sun-day were attempting to uphold the law and not sell prohioted products. It was understood that he excepted the Esquire and Park's Super markets involved in the present tri.il- , The test case is being carried forward against Richard Park and his Super market, but identical iden-tical complaints have been filed against Ray Parr" owner of the Esquire market. Grocer associations throughout through-out Utah and the west are watching watch-ing the Orem case with interest inasmuch as the outcome might seriously affect "gentlemen's agreements" which have been in effect for several years. I: Yard and yards of cotton net arc used by designer Mary Muffel to create this very formal danc frock for big eTening on the can-pas. can-pas. In pastel and white, the straple bodice i garlanded in rosebuds and snugged for figure flattery. Orem Safely Coimci! Named; Tragic is Number 1 Proli-Sin The cause of public safety was advanced this week witi the appointment of an Orem Safety Council by the city coo- Lcil at its regular meeting at night. The appointment of the safety council was Burrtci as a means of solving traffic and other safety problems ia Orem at a recent meeting of citizens concerned about danger ous conditions in the city. VA TO FiiOSECUTE VETS ACCEPTING CHECKS NOT TIIEIilS In a determined effort to crack down on subsistence overpay ments to veterans in schools and job training establishments, the Veterans Administration nas an nounced a "get tough" policy, which will lead to legal prosecu tion of veterans cashing checks to which they were not entitled. Pointing out that word re ceived from the regional office in Salt Lake indicates that the VA in Utah has overpaid 2,256 veterans an amount still out standing of $169,960, Otis L. Burton, contact representative in charge of the Provo office of the VA, called attention to Public Pub-lic Law No. 2, which explicitly provides fines up to $2,000 and possible jail sentences up to one year for persons cashing government govern-ment checks to which they are not entitled. "In the past we have been very lenient in our attitude," the contact representative said, "and have accepted all manner of excuses in order not to work hardships on veteran who might possibly have been innocent of intent to defraud. Now that the matter has been given wide publicity, pub-licity, however, and we have also warned every veteran in writing upon his entry into schools or training, we will tighten up all along the line." Mr. Burton called attention to the fact that the veterans, themselves, them-selves, are responsible for most overpayments in the first place. They occur only where veterans drop out of school or training and fail to immediately notify the VA as also required by .aw. "If a veteran has dropped out of school in the middle of a month and receives a subsistence check covering the whole month, he should obviously know that he is not entitled to the extra money, and should immediately return the check for 'adjustment," 'adjust-ment," Mr. Burton pointed out. "But we have had cases where the veteran has gone on cashing the checks for several months. This is obviously fraud, and hereafter will be treated as just that." Teacher Praised on Performance Among others complimented upon their performances in Sunday Sun-day night's network broadcast of the Intermountain Little Symphony Sym-phony was Dale Johnson of Orem, a music teacher at Lincoln high school. Mr. Johnson's English horn work is quoted as being outstanding out-standing in the familiar "Going Home" movement of Dvorak's New World symphony. Playing the featured instrument in the Dvorak number, Mr. Johnson's performance was notable for its tone quality and artistic phrasing. phras-ing. Evelyn Young To Wed Oct. 10 Evelyn Young, daughter kf Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Young of Orem, will be married Friday, Oct. 10, to Kenneth W. Brereton. Mr. Brereton is a Provo businessman business-man and is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Austin Brereton. Both Evelyn and Kenneth graduated from the Lincoln high school and the Sharon seminary sem-inary and attended the BYU. Mr. Brereton served with the army in Europe. Parties honoring the young ' couDle will be staffed In the next few weeks They wiU We fo iew weeKS. iney wu leave lor a honeymoon m Los Angeles i I, , f S Sh SSfn J After they return from their trip they will be at home to friends' in meir apanmeni in JTOVO. the Orem city hall Yednesi:y Representing clubs and civic groups in the community, the safety council Is scheduled to meet in the near future to plan a city-wide program of safety protection and education. Those named to the committee include the following: Dixon Larsen of the Orem Junior Chamber of Commerce, Mrs- Leo Broadhead of the Orem Women's club, Ralph Schenck of Orem's American Legion Post 72, I. J. Burr of the Orem Lions club. Max Andrews of the Orem 20-30 club, Mrs. James Norton of the PTA, E. H. Johnson of the Orem Police Department and Victor Christensen, representing the city. The newly appointed Orem Safety Council will be affiliated with the Utah Safety Council, and will be aided in its work by the state organization. A chairman and a part-time secretary will be appointed in the near future to organize and plan the council's work. The Orem Safety Council, as now constituted, will act foi the balance of this year and through next year. fl':.::itl:.:stc:.:3 t0og style " Si, j'iVS V,."ZSl.'iV Featuring the latest fashions m lurruture, special exm.j and free entertainment, style shows sponsored by the UUh Furniture Association, will be held Wednesday evening, Octo ber 15, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at all member stores in Orem and Utah county, according to information received today. Style shows have been held successfully in Salt Lake City for the last 12 years, reports say, and now in Utah county style shows are to be held in an effort to get the general public con-cious con-cious of the home and its furn ishings. It will be demonstrated that the furniture stores have done all they could not only to create new ideas in home furnishings, furni-shings, but also provide new treatments for established lines. $1,700 TO BE GIVEN As a special inducement for the public to visit these style shows $1,700 in gift certificates will be given to those attending shows throughout the state. It was emphasized that no attempt will be made to sell furnishings fur-nishings and furniture during the style shows so that the public pub-lic can attend without being invited in-vited to purchase. OREM DEMOCRATS AT BUSINESS MEETING About 25 Orem Democrats met Wednesday evening at the Twin Pines cafe for a chicken dinner and a business meeting. The meeting was called by the chairman of the Democratic committee, C. L. Spaugy. Speakers at the meeting were Maurice Anderson, congressman from Springville, Norma Thomas, Thom-as, county chairman of the Young Democrats, and Mayor J. W. Gillman- Plans for the coming com-ing city election were discussed. SPENCER PTA BEGINS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE Mrs. Delia Aiken, membership chairman, announces that the Spencer PTA will conduct then-membership then-membership drive for one week, beginning Monday, Oct. 13. The membership fee is 25c for each parent and the PTA officers u " VJli" " : "wluuls jjcucer to,suPPrt them by Joing. En- veiopes will be sent h i;h u:, . , tne children for the purpose of member to fhe LZ ZIZ obtaim st |