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Show "Pi ; -Site- , RecRtftTlON MM if , QCATIOIt TOM MtlCULTudl THURSDAY, APRIL 21. 1949 VOLUME 17, NUMBER 15 PRICE FIVE CENTS j I' iwDutTy 20th North to j 20th South Br 0. G. Semi! ! Most folks hereabouts agree ' J Orem's State Street has ' ever before been quite so torn I !p from one end to the other. ! we've had sewer lines, water lines, gas lines and every other S of line Put under' the street on different occasions as J excuse for tearing up the road, but this road-widening : project tops them all. Orem's main thoroughfare has been ailing for a long time, What with drainage problems, traffic problems, dust in the summer and mud in the spring. And now it appears mai sju . . ... - mitt n tn9 Street IS UKe a nmu wi.u. a uau case of pneumonia it has to get a lot worse before it gets bad as it is. we don't tnanv complaints about the construction work this tune. Everyone is being very patient w,,it it all. because they realize that one day soon a spanking new four-lane highway tnrougn Orem will be a reality. rrran N THERE Have you noticed the mod ern new sign tnars nanging in th front of Park's Cafe? It's really a beauty, and a decided asset to Orem's business district. dis-trict. Dear Mr. Semit, ' Don't yoil think it's wonderful? wonder-ful? The new big city-sized tele phone directory that has been distributed recently, I mean. Yes, it is very wonderful, and I only wish the telephone company com-pany would give me phone service ser-vice so that I could enjoy mine more. And while we're on the subject, sub-ject, take a look at the cover of your telephone book. Here's what it says:, "Telephone Dir ectory ProvO, American Fork, Lehi, Payson, Pleasant Grove, Spanish Fork, Springville."- All those friendly, neighborly cities are mentioned but WHERE IS OREM? Nowhere on the cover does it even fainty suggest that Orem phone numbers might be found in the book, but if I'm not mistaken there are a few. It looks like somebody's played a dirty trick on Orem, doesn't it? Well, what are we going to do about it? J. C. Johnson Funeral Held for Farnsworth Child Funeral services for Bvron Walker Farnsworth, three-year- old son of Byron Eugene and Grace Walker Farnsworth, were conducted on Monday at the Quist mortuary. He died on Friday of pneumonia. He was born in Provo on March 3, 1946. Bishop Milton Jameson was in charge of the services and Floyd Johnson conducted. The speakers were Bishop Jameson and President Earl Lewis. Prayers Pray-ers were offered by Ivan Farnsworth Farns-worth and John Quist. Thelma Schfiuerhammer sang "Your Sweet Little Rosebud has left You" and Josephine and Kate Wagstaff sang "Sometime We'll Understand." Merl Anderson Played a violin solo. Burial was in the Wasatch Lawn cemetery in Salt Lake City, where the grave was dedicated dedi-cated by Hugh Sellers. He leaves his parents, - one Mother, Blaine and three sisters, sis-ters, Rebecca, Rita and Eileen; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs- Dean Reeves, Provo and Mr- and Mrs. Cyrus Farnsworth Farns-worth of Jerome, Idaho. G. C. Shaws Get Sunday Dinner At Geneva Dairy Sunday dinner at Geneva Dairyihat'i whet Orem. Genera Times subscrjbors been enjoying for the Past two months. Each week Y fifth name on the cir. Nation list of the local Paper it chosen to have Sun-oar Sun-oar dinner at the dairy as a means of acquainting people n the delicious food and nne service which it features. Last week Mr. and Mrs. . s Goulding were the in- led guests of the local dairy cafe. Nxt Sunday Mr. and Mrs. rfaham c. Shaw, Route 1. 279, are invited to enjoy hospitality of the dairy. T may identify themselves T ehpping this article and P'estntng it t0 tJiir waitress. I FIRE CHIEF ASKS AID OF STORES IN CLEAN-UP Orem Fire Chief Scott Thompson called upon all mer chants to help fight rising fire losses by a 100 percent participation partici-pation in this year's Spring Clean-Up week. Citing the fact that immaculate immacul-ate premises are more inviting to customers, the chief pointed out that a thorough clean-up brings in more business, results in bigger profits, more attractive attract-ive merchandise, and fewer fires. He reminded merchants (hat 43 percent of all businesses forced for-ced to close by fire never reopen. re-open. Store-keepers suffer not only loss of business but loss of employees who can not afford to remain out of work until the store re-opens, and loss of pres-tie pres-tie in the community. Clean Out Refuse Good housekeeping is the first step in a store check-up, the chief noted, suggesting that the shop owner clean out all refuse that may have Collected in the celar, behind counters, or in packing and shipping rooms. Thse are ready fuel for a care, lessly dropped match or an over, worked heater. Aisles and entrances should be kept clear for immediate exit. ex-it. Fire doors should never be blocked or obstructed by cartons or boxes. Woodwork and walls near steam pipes, heaters or the fur nace should be insulated. No combustible material should be placed near heaters. Electrical Safety Check all electric wiring for fraying, he suggests- See that cords aren't looped over nails or run through doorways where they can be crushed. Before add. ing heavy-duty electric appli ances consult an expert electric ian to see that , circuits aren t overloaded. Insist that smoking regulat ions be obeyed. '4 8 :'0 Viskha Krokowsky Violinist Sets Concert for Union Building Benefit Viskha Krokowsky. internat ionally famous violinist, has been engaged to appear in con cert at Bngham Young University. Univer-sity. The performance will be held Wednesday, April 27 at 8:15 p.m. in the Joseph Smith auditorium. Sponsored by the Briham Youne University Al umni Association, the concert will benefit the Union Building Fund, a project to which all BYU alumni and friends will lend organized support. Although Miss Krokowsky is well-known for her brilliant playing in this area, this con cert will be her only evening public appearance as a soloist in Provo before she leaves to trav el abroad. Miss Krokowsky began her career as a concert violinist by playing Tschaikowsky's concerto con-certo with the Chicago Symphony Sym-phony orchestra at the age of 12. After studying as a scholarship cfiiHent at Julliard. .Miss Kro kowsky was accepted as a pupil by George Enesco, the teacner who discovered and developed Yehudi Menuhin. After her New York debut in Town Hall, cho marie an extended Europ ean tour, appearing in Berlin, Paris, Rome, Madrid and London, Lon-don, where she played with the London Symphony for a series of broadcasts over B.BC. . a v.. A. Beck was honored at a birthday party given by the Sixth grade stuaenis ai union cKhnni nn Tuesday afternoon. A a decorated birthday cake was presented to him. A social hour, dancing and refreshments Were enjoyed- if. -'J J- Mrs. Pace Mrs. Agnes Pace, 80, Honored at Open House Mrs. Agness Pace, Orem octogenarian, octo-genarian, was honored at an open op-en house reception held Tuesday at the family home. Among the elderly visitors were Emma Poulson, Grandma Varley and Maude Reynolds. In the evenina ih fsmilv met at the Pace home with eight of Mrs. Pace's 10 living children present. Also present were 24 grandchildren and seven great Nettie Ejllis. a sfcier came from Layton to be with Mrs. Pace on her birthday. Pictures of the family were taken by William Duffin and) Rex Peterson, grandsons of Mrs. Pace Funeral Held For J. J. Madsen, Sr. Funeral services for ohn Joseph Madsen, Sr. were conducted con-ducted on Saturday in the Berg chapel. Ray Gammon of the Vineyard ward bishopric was in charge. Processional and recessional music was played on the organ by Mrs- Helen Allen. The invo cation was offered by Raymond Harding. The Allen brothers quartet, comprising Kirby, Taylor, Tay-lor, Leo and Elwood Allen, sang two numbers, accompanied by Helen Allen. Speakers at the service were Armand F. Carr of Salt Lake City and Henry Weight of Springville, members of the Ut ah State Fish and Game com mission; . and S. H. Blake, a neighbor of the Madsens. Howard How-ard Anderson sang a solo and the benediction was pronounced pronounc-ed by James T. Blake. The grave in the Provo city cemet ery was dedicated by Thorit C. Hebertson. Pallbearers were six grandsons grand-sons of Mr. Madsen, Preston, Wilson and Bert Madsen and Keith, Wayne and Leon Hebert- REGIONAL MEETING OF LEAGUE TO BE HELD III Fielding's Plea For Reinstatement Denied by Denver Word was received here from Denver this week that the application ap-plication by Fred Fielding for reinstatement as clerk in the Orem Post Office had been denied. deni-ed. C. L. Edwards, regional director dir-ector of civil service, ruled that Fielding, recently replaced at the Orem Post office by another veteran because he could not perform his duties adequately, had not been, discharged, but had been displaced from a temporary tem-porary appointment under postal post-al procedure. Fielding, who had been employed em-ployed on a temporary basis, was replaced under the law which provides that the postmaster post-master has the right to select any one of the three highest eligibles for a permanent ap pointment, according to Mr. Edwards. Ed-wards. The veteran who replaced Fielding at the post office scored 100 percent on the civil service examination, according to Postmaster Post-master Lyle McDonald, who sel ected him for the permanent position. Graveside Services Held for Infant . r"imcMp services were con. nn Wednesdav afternoon for the infant son of Garth and Rowena Thomas Nielson. The baby died a few hours after birth on Monday at a Provo hos pltal- v ; i 4 A t -2 Mrs. Kay Mrs. George Kay Honored by Friends On 80th Birthday Mrs. George Kay. celebrating her 801h birthday today, waff honored at an open hous by her friends and relatives this af iernoon. Mrs. Kay, now an Or em resident, formerly .lived in Mona. The open house was held at the home of Mrs. Kay's sister, sis-ter, Mrs. Harold Hansen. - Born in Mona, April 2.1 1869. she went to schools there during her youth. She married George Kay in the Manti LDS temple in 1869. The six children of the couple include Mrs. Enos Brim-hal Brim-hal of Provo. Mrs. Hansen, Mrs-Byron Mrs-Byron Thomas of Spring Lake Mrs. Richard Gouth of Payson, Lee Kay of Heber, and Arthur R. Kay of Mona. Mrs. Kay has been an active worker in the DUP and served many years as a Relief Society teacher. She is living with Mr, and Mrs. Hansen in Orem at the present time. Orem Gets $6,500 Money From State B and C Road Orem City today received a check for $6400 from the state road commission as part of its share of state "B and C money mon-ey funds distributed to cities from the state gas tax for use on city streets. .When additional application- is made, the city will receive more from this source. The additional funds will be forthcoming because of an additional ad-ditional allocation of money for class B and C roads made a-vailable a-vailable by the disbanding of the state department of publicity and industrial development road program earlier this year. The funds have already been earmarked for specified road improvements in Ore m son- UTAH IMIJCIPAL OREM FRIDAY Mayor J. W. Gillman and the Orem City Council will be hosts to municipal officials and employees from throughout the Central Utah area when they convene Friday at the Scera theatre for a regional meeting of the Utah Municipal league. One of 17 league meetings to be conducted throughout the state, Friday's confab at Orem will feature a roundtable dis- cusion of civil affairs and Business sesions will be held at 10 a m. and 2 p.m. in the Sce ra Theatre. Luncheon will be served at 12:15 p m. at the Silver Sil-ver Star cafe. The meeting will be under the direction of Curtis L. Miner, mayor of Logan, who is presid ent of the league, and Tom Mc Coy, executive director of the league. Special guests at the meeting will include I. Dale Despain, Utah county planning commission; commis-sion; George Smeath, Salt Lake City planning engineer; Howard M.. Hurst, health and sanitation specialist; E. Ray Christensen, Salt Lake City attorney; and A. M. Ferro. Orem's Mayor J. W. Gillman is immediate past president of the Municipal league. Services were conducted by J-Alvin J-Alvin Higbee of the Timpanogos ward bishopric at the Orem city cemetery. Burial was under the direction of the Olpin mortuary. The baby leaves his parents and two sisters, Linda and Diane Nielson of Orem, and three grandparents, A. F. Neilson of Sigurd and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomas of Payson. $2,000 FIRE HITS SKINNER HOME Damage amounting to $2000 was done Monday to the Phillip Skinner residence, 1639 South State Street, when a fire caused by sparks on the roof ignited the shingles and burned the roof and attic. The loss was cov-1 ered in part by insurance. ' The fire call was received at the Orem Fire Station at 3:45 p.m. Monday and was answered by Fire Chief Scott Thompson and 13 volunteer firemen. De lay in receiving the call resulted result-ed from the fact that the Skinner Skin-ner home is serviced by the Provo telephone office, thus al lowing the fire to gain consider able headway before relief arrived. ar-rived. Fire hoses were fed from a hydrant directly across the street and were connected as flames billowed through the at tic windows on three sides of the house- The fire was doused almost immediately after four large streams of water were turned on the roof and sides of the brick dwelling. " Neighbors and other early arrivals at the fire removed funiture from the home, reduc ing the losses mainly to the roof and attic. Division Track Meet Set Here Next Wednesday TCiffhtv-five track and field honefuls at Lincoln will com pete with athletes from other Alpine division schools on Wed nesday at 3 p.m. on the Lincoln field in the Deseret News-sponsored Pentathlon meet, according accord-ing to Parlell Peterson, general chairman of the meet for the division. The Lincoln athletes are being be-ing trained by Track Coach Mel Briggs and Evan Baugh-Events Baugh-Events will include the ball put, the basketball throw, the high jump, broad jump and 50 and 75 yard dashes.-- Participants will compete in size classes and winners will get trophies and medals. The events are for boys under 16- Mathesius Asks Caution in Using West's Resources An appeal to conserve wesU em mineral resources was sounded last week by Dr. Wal-: ther Mathesius, president of Geneva Steel company, at a luncheon address before the Los Angeles Rotary club at the Biltmore Hotel. "May I say a word of cau tion," Dr. Mathesius said, "which in my opinion applies equally to both the West Coast and the Intermountain production product-ion of iron andjteel- As compared compar-ed to the present and predictable predict-able market demands, the a-vailable a-vailable supplies and known resources of certain essential raw materials are limited. Everything Ev-erything possible should be none to see to it that the West shall receive the maximum yield in finished steel products from the raw materials on which its iron and steel industry must rely for its future production. "The days of 'high grading' and of 'robber mining' are "Careful conservation of avail-gone," avail-gone," Dr. Mathesius continued, able resources is the new order of the day, in the interest of the steel industry as well as in support sup-port of the greatest possible contribution which it can make to the common good of the Western States-" During his talk. Dr. Mathes ius also foresaw a promising future for western steel pro duction. "Western steel's sturdy gro- th to its present nealthy stat ure," he said, "has contributed creditably to the expanding e- conomy of the western tsates. Whie there may be trials and road blocks ahpad from tinte to time in the normal competitive compet-itive battles of free enterprise for its share of the market, and against the ever present threat of regimentation into more planned plan-ned economy, I can see no indication in-dication of any let down oi reversal re-versal in this western expanding expand-ing trend for a long pulL For this reason, I feel justified in saying say-ing that the future of western stel production is promising indeed." Ret. Douglas Richards was home on a short leave last week. He is stationed at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Denver, Colorado- Qiem Safety Program Praised Here By State Safety Official rx MABION a BOMNET luo:i g. f,o:.:;;ey TO ADDhESS Or.El.l COIIFEIECE Marion G- Romney, assistant to the Council of Twelve Apostles, Ap-ostles, will represent general church authorities at the meetings meet-ings of th Orem stake quarterly conference on Sunday, according accord-ing ot Walter R- Holdaway, stake president. General sessions of the conference con-ference will be held at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p m. on Sunday in the Scera auditorium. Music for the morning esssion will be furnished by the combined choruses of the Aaronic priesthood priest-hood boys and - the LDS girls of the stake. The Vermont ward choir will furnish music for the evening session. Musical numbers are under the direc tion of Gilbert E. Childs, stake chorister and will be directed bv Clive Pulham. All stake Driesthood and auxiliary offi cers are requested to be seated in the front of the auditorium for the general sessions. The Priesthood leadership meeting will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. A 100 percent per-cent attendance by priesthood officers is especially requested. The meeting will be held at the Sharon ward chapel. The stake MIA is sponsoring a mothers and daughters meeting meet-ing at 2 p.m. " in the Scera auditorium. Verna Goddard of Anp what poes our hero po with the minute anp a half he saves ? .GIVE A LOOK ! The Human Race Sam Scat&ack makes the trip raa HOME FROM THE SHOP EVERY BAY JJ-m IN l&fc MINUTES FLAT" - LA High praise was lavished on Orem's safety program by C-T. C-T. Bailey, executive director of the Utah Safety Council, at the public safety meeting neld Monday night in the Lincoln high school auditorium. Mr. Bailey declared that he was Orem Chamber to Ask Unity in Telephone System The Orem Chamber of Commerce Com-merce through its board of directors dir-ectors announced today that It will seek an early adjustment by the Mountain States Telephone Tele-phone and Telegraph company which will tie all Orem telephone tele-phone subscribers into the local telephone exchange. A spokesman spokes-man for the chamber said that the problem was discussed at the recent chamber meeting, and that this week's fire on Orem's south extremity emphas ized the need for a unification At the present time, it was pointed out, residents on the extreme north of the city are served through Pleasant Grove, and residents in the south ex tremities of the city are served through the Provo exchange. The chamber believes that the change is needed in order to unify the city. The chamber also pointed out that the change is needed in order to make the city a civic entity. Next meeting of the chamber is a night meeting set for Friday, Fri-day, April 29- Orem Chamber of Commerce Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hull- inger went to Vernal last week to attend funeral services for two of their nephews. One was killed in an auto accident and the other was returned from overseas where he was killed during the war. The two boys ere cousins. the general YWMIA presidency will be the speaker. The meeting is set for 2 p m-at m-at the Scera auditorium. Mrs. Norma Hales, Orem stake president of YWMIA, will be in charge of the meeting. Music will include numbers by a trio consisting of Janet Clegg, Jean Clegg and Erna Holda way, and numbers by the Hales sisters. elated with the progress Orem has made during th past two years since the Utah Safety Council set out to orgaulze safety groups throughout the state. He lauded Orem as hav. ingA one of the outstanding safety organizations and programs pro-grams in Utah. Mr. Bailey also commen.d students, teachers and parents for the efforts they had put forth in the slogan, essay and poster contests which had been . conducted. Welcoming those who aU tended the meeting was Feiw ton Prince, Spencer school principal. He reviewed the Youth Safety Week program which the meeting culminated, and introduced City Councilman Council-man E. H- Johnson, who presided presid-ed over the meeting and presented pre-sented prizes to the winning students- The Lincoln high school band opended the safety meeting with a half-hour concert Special vocal selections were furnished by a girls sextette from Lincoln high school. James E. Borg of the indue. trial relations department? training . division, Geneva Steel plant, presented two safe. ty fims: "Wanton Murder" and "A Safe Day." Winners in the slogan, poster and essay contests included the following: Essay Lincoln High SchooL Nyra Colvin; elementary divL sion, Irene Phillips, Page school. Honorable miention, Charles Pyne, Spencer; Ralph Mott, Spences, and Annaixlle Clegg, Union. Solgan High school divi. sion, Mary Jean Miller, "Alert Today, Alive Tomorrow." Elementary Ele-mentary division, Mary Brak, Page School, "Make Every Day a Safety Day Because Death Takes no Holiday." Honorable mention, Joyce Cordner, Spencer; Spen-cer; Norma Hull, Page; Norma Jean Ashton, Page; Jeanette Griffith, Spencer. Poster High school division, divi-sion, Luella Hodgkinson. Elementary Ele-mentary division, Don Qfearle, Page School. Honorable mention, men-tion, Beverly Booth, Spencer, and Joan Haws, Page. Boyd Ivie Named Lincoln Hih Student Body Prexy Boyd Ivie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don C- Ivie, was named president presi-dent of the Lincoln high school student body a elections completed com-pleted last Friday on the Lincoln Lin-coln campus. He won over Stephen Step-hen Christensfen. Named vice president was Jerry Searle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donad Searle. Other finalist candidate was Geniel Larsen. Announcement of the election elect-ion results was made at an elect, ion dance Friday by Ralph Will-ett, Will-ett, present student prexy. Marilyn Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Johnson, was elected secretary; Donna Stolworthy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Stolworthy, was named nam-ed historian; Gene Taylor, son of Mrs. Ida Taylor, was elected judge; Mary Eagar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs- Carl Eagar, was named Live Wire editor; and Lee Jones, son of Mrs. Alice Jones was named year book ed-' itor. Jones was a write-in candidate. can-didate. Lincoln Ranks Second At State Meet Lincoln high school ranked second In the state in the number num-ber of points acquired by the school's representatives at the Utah State Forensic meet on Friday and Saturday at the Jn-iversity Jn-iversity of Utah. Bob Workman and Lee List received top rating in the legis lature division of the meet and DeLon Selman and Kenneth Ashton received honorable men tion. Donna Stolworthy and Kaye Beatty, Lincoln's orators, ' both received honorable mention. Other Lincoln students who par ticipated in the meet, under the direction of Frank B. Newman. ' were Raauel Bennett and Bar. bara Carter, debaters, and Lor. een Olsen and Beth Lunceford, who participated in the extemp. oraneous speaking- ( |