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Show )0 the People May Know he End of a Period. i ' nr;tii the swearing in of new city officers' wth I 1VM m "vu VUG exception of James G. Stratton, a holdover member of the City Council,) Monday, a distinct period of Orem's history conies to an end. We now enter a post-war era and close a period characterized by the worst depression depres-sion and world war this country and the world has ever experienced. Mayor B. M. Jolley, Councilmen W. P. Williams and jlurvel Walker, and Recorder V. Emil Hansen, outgoing officers, are four men who served continuously during the major part of this tragic period. Others served for shorter periods and aided much in solving the civic problems prob-lems of those troubled years. , Strangely enough these same years, notwithstanding notwithstand-ing the enormous handicaps of depression and war may possibly go down in the city's history as the greatest period of civic development Not because all of the developments were spectacular, spectacu-lar, some of them were, will the period rate so high, but because so much was done in laying the foundation and charting the way for future growth. 1" These statements should become clear when the city's situation at the beginning of that period is compared com-pared with that of today. " A brief review should be enlightening: fv The Orem of the thirties was without city hall or park, Council meetings were held in homes, warehouses, ware-houses, schools, churches, in the Seminary, in fact most anywhere good natured citizens would let the city fathers fath-ers hang up their hats. The recorder's office was in the home of the recorder. J- There were no oiled roads off the main highway, no sewers, no cemetery, and a water system thought to be adequate for the times but still giving plenty of trouble, and the population was still under the 3,000 mark with the city's area considerably less than it is today, in fact in every respect, legally and otherwise it was a town. In the short period of time, and it is a short period of time as time goes, a City Hall much more commodious commodi-ous and palatial than cities much larger can boast, has been purchased and converted to use. A Park of 37 acres in the very heart of the city with an ample water right has been acquired. Some 16 miles of oiled roads off the main highway are in existence. A trunk line sewer has been constructed which should be the basis for future expansion as means permit. A new cemetery has been bought and developed to the stage where it is a spot of beauty and is now ready for use. Miles of new tt'otoii linoa haxra Yiaan aAAaA arr iha vaafor aiinnlv haa been more than doubled, in tact, the foundation has been laid for what many consider an ample water supply for the city for many years to come. This water program, however, needs following carefully care-fully and constructively to make it more effective. In doing this, water rights in the Deer Creek project have been contracted for which rights can be used for a basis of exchange for the Alta supply. .. New subdivisions have heen develoDed. A Zoning (Minance''-' The City has' been put in a position where it can grow on sound and sane lines and all this has been done, according to the records, without any increase in the per capita indebtedness of the city. This came about largejy because of annexations annexa-tions to the city which increased its assessed valuation, tod, of course, building development during the war period also contributed substantially. Much help was given by the Federal Government Jut it took a lot of persistence, work and patience to get the Government red tape overcome and the government govern-ment help translated into completed projects. The City's financial affairs are in good condition 6 a recent audit states and its collections on water and Other charges are in a better condition probably than ever before in the City's history. A new accounting system has been installed and hose acquainted with the city's books states that it has one of the best systems in the United States. From a country town, the city has developed where it Is on the point of becoming a second class city. Its population has probably doubled and its area greatly increased. To bring about this growth during such trying es of deDression and war would inevitably create ome friction and criticism. Be it said to the credit of Mayor Jolley and his- associates, they acted in good laith to do what they thought was for'the best interests of the city, in spite of any criticism that might be leveled lev-eled at them. It took courage to do that. For instance "fe apparent as time goes on that the city action in annexing an-nexing areas was a wise move. In the first place there eemed to be an obligation to the people in these areas w furnish them with pure water, in lieu of water from Jbeir wells which the State Health Department claimed wem seepage had polluted. In the second place the an-jeang an-jeang of these areas to the city made it possible for wem to get more Deer Creek water because its power W contract was increased in proportion to the increase in assessed valuation. Shortages of money, materials and man power and to ? wartime restrictions made it extremely difficult St care of the city's needs during the war period, m the city's officials made splendid progress. : It was inevitable, however, that under the circum-"faces circum-"faces that there would be a lot of complaining, much RPing on the part of a population which was sudden- cnr3n2J8ed md Wasnt USed t0 bdng restricted and ?ut the complaining will cease as time goes on. . wle will begin to realize what has happened and S 8UrCh men fls Mayor Jolley, Councilmen W. P. Wil-James Wil-James G. Stratton. Murvel Walker, Roy Gapp- pn j weus; v;ity isecoraer v. aum J?. to,a City Treasurer Axel F. Andreasen, and others oSfwtod a part in that' hectic period will get the Jwt they deserve and for the future this paper wish-lrwL!?5?nd wish-lrwL!?5?nd its congratulations and good wishes to tfyor Giihnan and his. associates who assume the burd-i burd-i itheaf 9Uished by the outgoing otBdOa. Good luck ' t lTot,:a a ariT l"u this paper hopes to discuss ia, problems ahead.) rem- SUNDAY SERVICES Stake Presidency and High Council meeting will be held in the Seminary building at 10:30 a.m. OREM - THE STEEL CENTER OF THE WEST .Volume 13 Number 26 THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1946 0REM-PR0VO SIGN WATER CONTRACT Orem will take approximately approxi-mately .786 second feet of water from Lost Creek springs in Pro-vo Pro-vo Canyon, as its share awarded sometime ago by the courts in a division of water with Provo from three canyon sources, according ac-cording to a contract signed by officials of the two cities this week. The total water trom the S sources, Lost Creek, Bridal Veil Falls and Guard Quarters springs, totals approximately 5.5j second feet- Provo will get the balance of the water from Lost Creek and all of Bridal Veil and Guard Quarters. Under regulations set by the courts many years ago, Provo is granted six-sevenths and Orem one-seventh of the water from the three sources. The court also provides that in case any one of the three sources of water does not flow, the amount applied for in the water claim application, Orem city shall stand its pro rata shar of the deficiency of one-seventh one-seventh and Provo in the amount of six-sevenths. Any costs incurred in effecting the proposed division of water will be apportioned in the same manner, man-ner, it was reported. OREM WOMEN TO HEAR ARTIST Mrs. Stephen Novakovich, president of Orem .Women's Club announces the next meeting meet-ing of the club Will be held Wednesday afternoon, January 16, at 3:15 in Scera .loungs. The hostesses for the affair will be Mrs. Thomas R. Biggs, Mrs. Milton Bunnell and Mrs. Clarence Bliss. The flag salute will be given by Mrs. James F. Morgan and the club litney will be given by Mrs. Harold R. Baker. 4- The progranwUl b to charged of Mrs. Lee Brooks, program chairman. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Valentine will present guitar and vocal numbers. Mrs- Arnold Burmingham, fine arts chairman will present Professor B. F. Larsen, who will give an illustrated talk on "Developing "De-veloping Artistic Eyes." All members are urged to be present. RELIEF SOCIETY PROGRAM Sharon Ward: The Theology lesson will be given by Mary Watts and Sadie Elder. The meeting begins at 2 p.m. In all other wards of the stake the Work and Business programs will be carried out and the visiting visit-ing teachers will make their reports re-ports at 2 p.m. Timpanogos Ward: Alice Watts who has recently returned from a mission will give the teachers' topic. Visiting teachers will make their reports. Meeting is Monday afternoon in the ward chapel at 2 o'clock. Other wards will meet Tuesday afternoon. Grand View Ward: Golda Davis will be in charge. Geneva Ward: Myrtle Kitchen and Mamie McDonald are in charge. Lake View Ward: Bessie Nelson and Iris Johnson in charge. Pleasant View Ward: Preal Jones and Rose Hansen in charge Vermont Ward: Grace Washburn Wash-burn is the classleader. Windsor Ward: Vida Lystrup will be in charge. Edgemonf Ward: Counselor Lydia Johnson will be in charge, at 1:30 p.m. Vineyard Ward: Sewing and a quilt will be made if possible, under the supervision of the presidency. CARD OF THANKS The family of Fred Ferguson wish to offer their sincere thanks and appreciation for the aid and sympathy of all their friends and neighbors in the recent death and funeral of their husband hus-band and father. or the many kind acts, to all those who called during his illness, for those who took part in the services, for the lovely floral offerings, and to tnose who helped in any way, we are truly grateful. Elizabeth Baum Ferguson and family. Orem Officials Take Office Monday Mayor J. W. Gillman and four city councilmen were sworn into office by Judge H. Vera Wentz, Monday at the Orem city hall, at ceremonies before the retiring city officials and a few residents of the community. Roy Gappmayer, Ephraim Twitchell, Vern Williams and Woodrow Jensen took their oath as councilmen. Roy Gappmayer Gapp-mayer served on the former city council and James Stratton is a holdoyer. ATHLETIC MANAGER FOR LINCOLN FFA Udell Clegg, 17, is the subject for the FFA sketch this week. Udell is the son of Lewis Clegg of Vineyard and is in a number of school activities at Lincoln high school, where he is an honor hon-or student. He is athletic man ager of the FFA club, as well as Orland Pyne, city recorder and Ada Skinner, city treasurer, also assumed office last Monday. The retiring officers are May-or May-or B. M. Jolley, Councilmen W. P. Williams, Murvel Walker and George F- Wells, V. Emil Han sen, city recorder and Axel F. j Andreasen, city treasurer. For the present the council meetings will be held on Wednesday Wed-nesday evenings at 7:30 each week. Appointments Maae ana Departments Allotted Allocation of departments and appointment of E. H. Johnson as justice of the peace, succeeding Hugh Vern Wentz and Mr. Wentz as city attorney, the position posi-tion being formerly held by A. H. Christensen. Mrs. Lois Downs and Frank Thorne were appointed appoint-ed on a permanent basis as custodians cus-todians of the city hall and grounds. Other city employees will remain for the present, it was announced following the meeting, which was held after the inaugural ceremonies. Departments were allocated as follows: Mayor J. W. Gill-man, Gill-man, public safety and finance; Roy Gappmayer and Vern Williams, Wil-liams, streets and roads; James G. Stratton and Woodruff Jensen, Jen-sen, water and sewers, and Ephraim E. Twitchell, cemetery, parks and city buildings. LINCOLN TO MEET WILDCATS FRIDAY Odds are with Lincoln Tig ers when they invade Provo and meet Coach Dave Crowton's BYU high Wildcats, Friday, in what promises to be a tussel fans will remember. In the wild game of last Frl day, Pleasant Grove Vikings grabbed an early lead, which the Tigers seemed unable to overcome. The final score was 23-21 in favor of Pee Gee, but the Tigers played fine ball. OREM DDP CAMP TO MEET JAN, 17 Mrs. William. M. Vernon will be hostess to Orem Camp, Daughters of Utah Pioneers, at her home, Thursday afternoon, January 17 ,at 2:30, and an invitation in-vitation is extended to all eligible eligi-ble members of the Sharon and Vermont wards to be present The officers request that those ladies having received their registration papers, please bring them in. A splendid program has been arranged. Sharon State Resumes Stalco VJido Priesthood footings Next Sunday Stake Presidency Urges All Members of Melchizedek Priesthood To Attend Meeting at Scera Auditorium Stake wide priesthood meetings for Sharon Stake as held before the war will be resumed beginning next Sunday, January 14th, is the announcement of President A. V. Wat-kins Wat-kins of the stake presidency. The meeting is for all members of the Melchizedek priesthood regardless of whether they hold an office in the various quorums. Also for Aaronic priesthood supervisors. Inspirational Selection The first part of the meeting will feature an inspirational program pro-gram of music and talks. The .second part will be devoted to departmental work for priesthood priest-hood officers and class instructors instruct-ors with a section for all members mem-bers of the priesthood who do not hold some special office. In other words there will be something some-thing of interest for all members mem-bers and they are all requested and urged to attend, President Watkins states. The general session will begin be-gin at 2 p.m. and will be held in the Scera auditorium. Pleasant View ward chorus will furnish the music for the general session next Sunday. There will also be an important message from the Stake Presidency. Parent-Teacners Meel Wednesday at Lincoln A combined meeting of all Parent-Teachers of Lincoln high school, Spencer, Sharon, Page and Union schools will be held Wednesday evening, January 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Lincoln high school. Vermont Ward Building Plans Ready For Approval Bishop Arch Pulham announces an-nounces that the architect has completed the plans for their new church building, and these plans will be presented to the presiding bishopric of the LDS church in Salt Lake City this week for approval. The plans were drawn by a local resident, Lewis Eric Sand-strom, Sand-strom, living in Grand View, who has a wide"experience in this type, of building. The estimated esti-mated cost of the structure will be $70,000, and will include all the latest improvements. The site for the edifice is on the corner of Fourth North and 4th East Streets in Orem and includes in-cludes fqur acres of bearing fruit trees, which will serve as a welfare project for the ward. There are apricots, pears, peaches peach-es and apple trees on the acreage. acre-age. It is the plan to begin the construction con-struction of the building in the early Spring, in March, if the weather permits. Members of the building committee com-mittee are Oscar A. Anderson, Mark Allen, assistant superin- B. M. Jolley, E. E- Twitchell tendent of the State Training I Reed Burgner and Allen Bel school at American Fork and in-. 'ows. structor in Psychology at BYU. wil be guest speaker, nis topic will be "Deviation in Intelligence. Intelli-gence. Their meaning and management." man-agement." Music will be finished finish-ed by Snencer school PTA and Earl Beck, principal of Union school will lead in community singing. All patrons of these five schools are urged to attend. J ; -,tf - .'.! Udell Clegg the school- He Is a member of the football squad and the school chorus. , In the Vineyard LDS ward, Udell is assistant scoutmaster of his troop and president ot the teachers quorum. The young man has carried beet and dairy projects for the past three years, which have netted him $1200. He is now a candidate for the state farmers degree. He is also a member of the leading league Future Farmer Farm-er Basketball team. FARMERS REPAIR COURSFATLIHCOLIi A resumption of Stake Mel- chezedek Union meeting will be gin at 2 p.m. in the Scera audi torium. These meetings were discontinued at the beginning of the war, owing to transportation transporta-tion problems. All members of the Melchezelek priesthood are urged to attend. Pleasant View Ward District Court of Honor for all scouts of Sharon Stake will be held at 7 p.m. Timpanogos Ward Meeting will convene at 8:00 p.m. The Gospel Message class, under the direction of Richard Rowley will present a mission ary program. Vineyard Ward The Genealogical committee will be in charge of the pro gram at 7:30. Victor M. Ander son and Malicent Wells are chairmen of this committee. Geneva Ward Meeting will begin at 7:30. The bishopric and their wives will be the speakers and special music will be given. Vermont Ward The Elders quorum,, with, Franklin Stratton, president, In charge, will present the program at 5 p.m. The Vermont ward ladies' chorus will sing and returned re-turned veterans of the quorum will be the speakers. Grand View Ward Sacrament services will begin be-gin at 7 o'clock. Windsor Ward Miss Alice Watts and Miss Orpha Laudie, recently returned return-ed missionaries will be the speakers. Meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. Lake View Ward Miss Johny Belle Holly, a student at BYU will speak on her conversion to Mormonism, at 7,30 p.m. Edaemont Ward Sacrament services will be under the ward Genealogical committee, with O. C. Marriottl, chairman In charge. Meeting Disk Court of Honor Sunday at PL View; ,;; A District Court of Honor will be held Sunday evening at 7' o'clock in Pleasant View ward ' chapel for all scouts and scout-ers scout-ers of Sharon stake, announces Cliff Fielding, chairman of ad - vancement. f Dr. T. Earl Pardoe will be the guest speaker, with Pleasant View ward scouts, under the di- rectlon of Harold Peterson, scout master, presenting the balance of the program. A special invitation is extend ed the parents of the scouts to be present , Liiierary ireai jpor Relief Society Ladies Literary Classleader Vanesse Woffinden announces that Mrs. Maud Beeley Jacob will give the Literary lesson in Timpanogos Timpan-ogos ward, Monday afternoon, January 21, at 2 p.m. and an invitation is extended any literary liter-ary classleader in Sharon stake, or anyone interested to be present. pres-ent. An invitation has been extended ex-tended the ladies of Geneva and Grand View ward Relief soci-ties soci-ties to attend In a body. The lesson is on "Bible In fluence as Revealed In Our Narrative Nar-rative and Epic Poetry.' Mrs, Jacob Is well known In the community, com-munity, especially for her know ledge In English and Litera ture, and this meeting - sheuld prove a real treat, according to Mrs. Woffinden. Farmers interested in repair ing any kind of farm machinery are invited to participate in a repair course at Lincoln high school. The repair periods are held from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday evenings for the next six weeks, beginning Tuesday, January 15th. Charges for the entire course are $1.00 for the use of the tools and equipment Both electric and arc welding equipment are available for the repair work. All large farm machinery plants are far behind on delivery of new equipment. This makes it important that farmers repair now during the winter months. Any person interested should contact Keith Boyer, farm shop instructor, at Lincoln high school, during the next four days. Army Desires Unwanted Clothing World War Two veterans throughout the west today were urged by the Ninth Service Command Quartermaster at Fort Douglas, Utah, to return to the Army any unwanted items of GI clothing and equipment still in their possession. Especially needed are woolen garments, including blouses, OD shirts and underwear, Colonel R. F. Bartz, quartermaster, de clared. Such issued items are retained by the soldier when discharged dis-charged from the Army. Veterans desiring to turn In clothing and equipment may dis patch them collect to the nearest near-est Army Installation in care of the property officer. All clothing returned to the Army will be renovated and repaired re-paired prior to reissue, Col, Bartz emphasized. ROLLER RINK AT LEHI J. B. Smuin of Lehi, announces announc-es roller skating on Monday and Saturday evenings, with free bus service to and from the popular pop-ular rink. Special rates to classes class-es and large groups. For bus schedule see advertisement on last page of this paper. HOME AGAIN TSgt, Monroe P. Tucker son of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Tucker. and -husband of Madge Walker of Pleasant Grove, has been released re-leased through the Fort Doug-, las separation center. Set. Tucker spent 27 months in Eng land, France and Belgium and has been awarded the nresiifoiw tial unit citation and one battle star for his ETO ribbon. ' , begins at 7 o'clock. Sharon Ward The Genealogical committee, present the program at 7 p.nv Stake Primary Union meeting meet-ing Sunday afternoon at 2:30, to meet at Timpanogos .ward hall. All ward Primary officers and teachers are expected- to be present T Hold Spirited Mooting Big Membership Contest Gets Under Way; Stratton Off ers Beef for Barbecue Although it was a stormy, blustery, snowy nigdt, large crowd 'attended the Mount A' Lake Association membership mem-bership and social last Saturday. Enthusiasm marked the reception of musical numbers and the talks that were made, and before the evening was over the one hundred and more) members of the Association now enrolled had divided them selves into two teams to put on a membership drive, which will reach its climax at the annual meeting of the Association to be held early in March. Stratton Offers Prise This phase of the program was brought to a head by the announcement an-nouncement of John B. Strat ton, president of the Association, that if three hundred members were enrolled by March 1 he would give a prize of a 1,000 pound baby beef steer for a big barbecue to celebrate the event, the winning group to be honor ed as guests and with a general invitation to all the members of the Association to attend. Manager Man-ager J- Morris Bird was elected to head one group and Mr. Stratton Strat-ton the other group. George Rohbock offered to contribute flowers for the ladies at the occasion, and still another member offered to pay for the orchestra for a big dance to go with the barbecue. Competition Keen When Mr. Stratton presented his offer, a large group in the audience began announcing they wanted to join and for a considerable consid-erable time there was lively excitement ex-citement caused by the leaders attempting to get to the new members before the other one could. It was pointed out by Master of Ceremonies, Mr. C. Wilford Larson, that it shouldn't be difficult to get three hundred members bv March 1. as there are over one hundred members now enrolled. Utah Being Drained The feature speech of the eve ning was delivered by W. R, Utah Wholesale Cooperative Association. As-sociation. "The Cooperative movement," declared Mr. Rob bins, "is reversing the trend now in existence in this state. Our resources are gradually being drained off by the big out of state companies operating here. The profits under that system finally drift into the hands of a few non-resident owners. Under Un-der the cooperative olan a local organization becomes a member of the State Wholesale Cooperative. Coopera-tive. The State Cooperative In turn becomes a member of the National Organization, which acts as the purchasing agent In a wholesale way for its member cooperatives scattered over the country. Each of the cooperatives coopera-tives which are members receive re-ceive their patronage refund or savings from the National Organization. Or-ganization. This comes back to the State Organization and the State Organization in turn sends the savings on to the Local Organization. Or-ganization. Hence all the savings sav-ings over and above the cost of doing business, both on State and National scale come back to the Local Organization which refund? to its members. Thus the present out flow of money in the form of profits is reversed," revers-ed," Following the speech a colored color-ed motion film showing the development de-velopment of cooperatives in Ohio, Ollinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin was shown. An interesting feature of the evening was the exhibit of products pro-ducts now handled by the Association As-sociation for its members-Refreshments members-Refreshments were served by Robbins, General Manager of the of C. Wilford Larsen. |