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Show OREM-GENEVA TIMES Chronology Continued from Page 1 . The bid for the new elementary element-ary school was let to Tolboe & Harlin for $382,200. Week of July 8 Funeral rites for Ray Giliman were held. The Pleasant Grove Cannery in Orem began operationns. A call went out for cherry pickers to help harvest the fast ripening crop. Week of July 15 The Orem Chamber of Commerce Com-merce was circulating a petition supporting the proposed changing chang-ing of Orem's name to Geneva- The cornerstone for the new Vermont ard house as laid- Orem Republicans electea officers. of-ficers. Funeral services ere held for Leis H- Olsen and Annie Snow. Week of July 22 Construction in Orem went over the million mark with die issuing of a permit for $383,000 for the new Orem elementary for the construction of a $100,000 addition to the Lincoln Lin-coln high school ere announced by Victor C Anderson of the Alpine Al-pine School Board. - Virginia Manor as purchased by Orem veterans for a war memorial. Mrs. Loreen Bliss was named inner of the Orem-Geneva Times circulation contest- Geneva Ward Mr. and Mrs. Jack Carter of Logan spent the holidays with Mr. Carter's mother and Mrs-Carter's Mrs-Carter's parents, Mr. and Mr-s Leonard Beckman. M. and Mrs. F. J. Gurney and children of -phraim and Mrs- Rulon Fairbourn and children child-ren of Salina visited with Bishop Bish-op and Mrs. Wilford Larsen during dur-ing the holidays. Professor Charles Haggerty spoke at sacrament meeting on Sunday. Louis Gappmayer also gave a fine talk. Groups from the various MIA . classes spent an evening caroling. carol-ing. The evenings were climax-with climax-with parties. A good Christmas program consisting of musical selections, readings and the scene of the Nativity, was presented on Sunday Sun-day morning. Mr. and Mrs. David -ager spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs- Robert Sainesbury in Salt Lake City. The Sainesburys are leaving next Monday for a three-month mission to Florida. Mrs. Sainesbury Saines-bury is Mr. Eager's sister. The MIA officers extend an invitation to all ward members to attend the New Year's Eve dance in the Timp hall. BETTER HAIRCUT IN LESS TIME WICK SWAM . fflWWffl JjLa AT THE IIEWLY Goneva EDaitesr EsaipaGDsr Quality Products Butter 9 Cheese O Ice Cream Chocolate Drink O Orange Drink O Eggs Week of July 29 Orem became acknowledged as the fastest growing city in Utah county with a 14 percent increase in total assessed valuation. valua-tion. Mike Mills, associate director of Scera's softball program and scheduled teacher at Lincoln high school, accepted a position at the Pocatello high school. MacDonald's Clothing Store opened in Orem. Orem City's municipal improvement im-provement progra mshifted abruptly ab-ruptly from street improvement improve-ment to a water program. Week of August 5 The Orem Safety Council designated des-ignated September as Child Safety Month and outlined a 5-point 5-point safety program. Orem's proposed curb and gutter gut-ter program, once abandoned through apparent lack of support sup-port from highway property oners, received reconsideration by the Orem City Council following foll-owing the asurance by members of the Orem Chamber of Commerce Com-merce that over 90 per cent of the property owners involved were in favor of the project. Orem's tax levy was inc-eas-ed from 19 5 mills to 20 mills. Week of August 12 Preliminary engineering was begun on the proposed two-million two-million gallon reservoir. The third annual Orem Flower Flow-er Show was held at Scera, attracting at-tracting entries from all over the state. Glen Zimmerman and Evan Baugh were added to the athletic athlet-ic department at Lincoln high school. Week of August 12 "Change the name of Orem to Geneva" was the unanimous decision reached by the Orem Jaycees in a vote in a regular meeting- The 'Queen of the Show' trophy was on by Blanche Snow at the Orem Flower Sho. The Orem City Council was discussing the possibility ot the city taking over garbage disposal dispos-al in Orem. Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Ber-tha Swenson were held- Week of August 26 Tomato processing began at the Orem plant fi the Pleasant Grove cannery. New Orem Stake officers were sustained- The High Council of Orem Stake were hosts at a stake family fam-ily party at Canyon Glen. Week of September 2 A mass meeting was set to de cide the future of Orem's pro-; posed water improvement pro gram. Lincoln high school gridders began practice. Senator Arthur V. Watkins OPENED Featuring MOUNTAIN MEADOW MILK PEAK OF PERFECTION . " ::::: H'-'-i "I L Corner of State St. and 8th South OREM Phone 0359-J1 addressed the Orem Chamber of Commerce at a dinner meeting. meet-ing. Bids were let on two and one-half one-half miles of curb and gutter to be laid in Orem. Harry Butler, Orem Chamber secretary asked for action by the city council on the Orem name change. Week of September 9 LeGrand Jarman was named as candidate for state representative represent-ative in the Democratic primary elections, over Mrs- Edna uur-ham. uur-ham. Scera marked its seventh anniversary. ann-iversary. The legality of Orem's Sunday Sun-day beer closing law was challenged chal-lenged in a suiit filed by Leon Shaw, Orem tavern operator. Week of Septmber 16 Plans for a bond election to authorize the issuance of $175,-000 $175,-000 in bonds to finance a water improvement program in Orem were approved by the city council coun-cil and Orem citizens at a mass meeting. Registration hit the 100 mark at Lincoln high school. Bids were opened by the State Road Commission on the U- S. 91 widening project through Orem. The Lincoln Tigers won their first grid game of the season 7-0 over Wasatch Academy. Week of September 23 August Johnson, Orson Prest-wich Prest-wich and Horace Bean were elected el-ected to three-year terms on the Scera board of directors. Geneva Real Estate opened in their new quarters just north of the telephone office- The Alpine School board let the bid on the new Industrial Arts building at Lincoln high school to Davis and Witt Construction Con-struction Co-Leo Co-Leo L. Gardner and George A. Davis announced plans for a 25-unit subdivision to be built here. Week of September 30 The cornerstone was laid for the new Orem elemntary school at impressive ceremonies attended attend-ed by school and civic dignitaries. dignitar-ies. Norma Cook was named the new Orem City librarian. The Lincoln Tigers beat the BY high gridders 14-0. Week of October 7 Mr. and Mrs- Merlin Steed, California couple well known in Orem, donated a $100,000 art collection to the Springville Art Gallery. The Orem water bond election elect-ion was set for December 7. The Lincoln Tigers gridders defeated American Fork 13-0. Funeral services were held for William E. Cox. Week of October 14 James T. Blake was elected president of the Scera board of directors. Enrollment at Lincoln high school totaled 1020. Completion of their target range was announced by the Orem Rifle Club. Week of October 21 Plans were dropped for an Orem community fair in 1948. Cottage Cheese Whipping Cream Coffee The Lincoln Tiger footbhU team was leading the region after af-ter a 14-0 victory over Lehi. Week of October 28 Bill Baker was elected pres ident of the Orem Chamber of Commerce. ' The Region 3 football title was won by the Lincoln Tigers by beating Payson 26-0- Tickets were going fast for the Orem Library benefit dance- Week of Novmber 4 Orem City purchased 90 ac res from Utah County to be used as sites for the new reservoir and a nw garbage dump. Van Snow was elected presid ent of the Orem Garden Ciub- A good response was noted in the boy scout finance drive. Week of November 11 Lincoln high school was beaten beat-en 13-14 by Judge Memorial in the regional playoff for the State football title. The Orem City Council app roved the preparing of a health law by the city attorney. Week of November 13 j The Orem City Council an nounced that a city-operated garbage disposal service would be inaugurated by December 1 Funeral Services were held for Lafayette Carter. ; The annual Lincoln high school sch-ool football banquet was held. A Sharon-Orem district Boy Scout court of honor was held TO MV OUflV OF (THINKINl', A PINK -J.LEPHANT IS A BEAST OF BOURBO On the other hand, a "White Elephant" is what your car will become if you allow It lo fall apart from neglect. Our first rate mechanics and working facilities are your insurance ins-urance aganst mechanical failure. fail-ure. vaV1 '"ma in, V J 1 mmJ C 470 iv::Tr:Tr::ii I 9 ( wr ii ( S BOURBON.'! s& I Quality Products Grade A Milk Plain, Holstein Homogenized and Golden Guernsey Milk. 9 Cultured Buttermilk 6 Cultured Buttermilk Cream at the Timpanogos ward chapel. - Week of November 25 - Mark E. Kartchner was elected elect-ed chairman and John Giliman was elected vice chairman f the Orem Farm Committee. - The Geneva Clinic opened for business. Harry Butler resigned a sec retary of the Orem Chamber of Commerce. Reorganization of the Orem volunteer fire department . to meet the recommendations of fire underwriters was accomplished. accom-plished. Week of December 2 Clarence D- Ashton was elected elect-ed to a five-year term on the Alpine School Board. The Orem City council approved app-roved a tentative budget of $141,443 21 for 1949 with, a mill levy of 19 9. The city-operated garbage service began operations. Week of December 9 Orem voters gave resounding approval to plans to build a two-million gallon reservoir and other extensive improvements to Orem's water system by voting vot-ing 139 to 20 in favor of issuing bonds totaling $211,000 to finance fin-ance the program. Steven Christensen and Louis -dwards were named co-captains of Lincoln's 1949 football team. Funeral services were held for Winford Willingham, and Stena Olsen and memorial services serv-ices for David W. Asay. Weelc of December 16 The tenth annual presentation of "The Messiah" was attended by record crowds at the Scera theatre. The Orem City Council announced ann-ounced the completion of work on the curb and gutter through Orem. 1 This is I I 4 : think, to pledge ourselves to better serving you. X. We appreciate past favors and hope to merit your continued good wilL 4 Pate Heating 156 SOUTH STATE SIIAROII Jean AlacDonald 0893-J3 William Vernon was the main speaker at Sacrament meeting on Sunday. Members of the bishopric bi-shopric gave short talks. Carol Watts and Dora Prestwich presented pre-sented a vocal duet. Mrs. Kenneth Johnson has had her sister Beverly Sanders, from Fairview as her guest over the Christmas holiday. Mr- and Mrs. J- Clayton Watts had all their family home for Christmas. The Relief Society ladies met last week to pack Christmas boxes which were delivered by the presidncy to th wiciows, aged ag-ed and shut-ins in the ward. They also delivered Christmas baskets made by the Primary children. Alice Watts is spending the holidays here from Gunnison. MIA was not held last lues-day lues-day but will be held on Jan. 4 at 7:30. Bishop Stanley J. Finch of Sharon ward announces that tithing settlement day has been set Sunday, Jan. 2 at the ward chapel. He and his counselors, Clark Collings and LaVar Merr-ell, Merr-ell, will be at the chapel from 2 p m. to 8 p.m. and invite all ward members, old 'and young to check their records. They also al-so extend the season's greetings to all ward members-Youth members-Youth leadership meeting for Sharon ward will be held Wednesday Wed-nesday at 7:30 p-m. at the home of Bishop Stanley J. Finch. Week of December 23 The Orem Psot Office was do ing a record business, exceeding 1947's Christmas rush by one- third. a good time, we & Appliance Mrs. Maude Rowley and son, Norman had Christmas dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Al - vin Rowley. &iritriiriirufiifttftiifiiii4iiiiiriiiuMiitijntift(tiiiiifitiiiirttiiiiiMifiiiiirFijiiiiftiiiiitiiiiitfiiiiiiitiiiiiiMiiifiijttfiifftitriiitiiii!iiiMitintiiiiiiitiiitiijiiiiiiift4f Y we nope the coming year brings fulfillment of your fondest hopes. This is the time old friends meet, so we're in line to wish you well. United Soles 470 WEST 1st NORTH lW"'!MiHiMmmiiimiiiniiuiiiiiiiiiijHimiiNHimmiimm Q G G ED TO-NIGHT NEW YEAR'S EVE Gala Midnight Show Fun Galore for All 1000 Free Balloons TWO HILARIOUS FEATURES Cartoons Community Sinjr Doors open at 11:15 (All Seats 75 cents) FRI., SAT. Saturday only Continuous from 2:30 p.m. MON., TUES., WED. First Run, in 3 '"" 'i THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 12 13 Mr. and Mrs. William Vernon have had their son Leon and his jwife and baby from Ames, Iowa 'visiting with them. P. PROVO DEC. 31 - JAN. 1 JAN. 3-4-5 Utah County if Starring ROOCAf,:ERCN-ILG;:AnSSEY .nd ADRIAN EC3TH . FCHEST Tir.ER Also Added SCATTERBRAIN Starring Judy Canova - |