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Show if v ' V'1 ( ' 1 1 v. A will IW' lUJCATIJ.- j I i.wnHl.i.. I SCERA-COMMUNITY WINTER RECRE4TI0N PROGRAM STARTS HERE SATURDAY Plans were laid this week and supervisors were ready for the opening on Saturday of the finest Scera-Community winter recreation program in the history hist-ory of the area. Plans provide for gymnasium activities at Lincoln Lin-coln for age group from the 5th grade upward, and classes are set for each evening of the week, except Friday, and Saturday mornings and afternoons. Sponsors of the program are Scera, the Alpine school district, Geneva Steel corporation, and the Orem and Sharon LDS stakes. Supervisors are Mel Briggs, Parlell Peterson, Glen Zimmerman and Evan Baugh. Directors of the program emphasize em-phasize that it is designed to pt9- 20th North to 20th South y O. Q. Semi Thirty-six shopping days till Christmas! Yes, the fcig day is near at hand, and it's about time to start doing some holiday shopping. Local merchants are going all out this year to bring residents of the Orem-Geneva area outstanding values in toys for children and gifts for ewery member of the family. 0. G. Semit knows from past experience that you can make your Christmas dollars go farther farth-er by patronizing the local merchants. mer-chants. They usually do their best to please you. Eleciion Posi-Moriea Almost everyone agrees that this has been the most spirited election in the history of Orem. A lot of constructive ideas for civic betterment were projected by the thcee competing parties and a record number of people voted. Let's hope the worthwhile Planks in the platforms of all the parties will be considered for action by the newly-elected city officials. Such consideration on the part of the new council will win strong support and cooperation co-operation from every Orem resident. res-ident. YOU CAN'T WIN All summer as I rakea and hoed And strained each tired muscle In fighting bugs and stubborn weeds That gave me daily tussle, I thought late autumn days would bring Cessation to my labors, And I could be more leisurely And friendly with my neighbors; But now those tools are put away And fall's leaves are disposed of, Jspy a shovel for the snows That winters are composed of. Model Home Work is going forward on the Orem-Geneva Times Model Home at a rapid pace. The second sec-ond coat of plaster was put on ast week ami, this week the hardwood flooring was hammered hammer-ed down. The gas connection was made recently for the hot Water heater, but the water connection con-nection has yet to be made. Today the plasterers are put-"ng put-"ng the finish coat on the foundation. found-ation. Next on the docket is the installation of the furnace. The windows had better come pretty on, too. The fine weather m'ght not last' ORLAND E. PYNE Ciiy Recorder THURSDAY, NOVEMBER vide recreation for as many young men and boys as possible. 1 Skills will be gained in the sorting sort-ing events planned, but emphasis jis on participation, clean habits and sportsmanship, according to the supervisors. I The program will get under way at the Lincoln high gym j Saturday at 9 a.m. with classes slated for 5th and 6th grade iboys under the direction of Mr. Zimmerman. i On Saturday afternoon from 3:30 to 6:30, immediately after the Scera "Kids Matinee," the gym is reserved for the 7th and ! 8th grade age group of Boys. jThey will be directed by Mr. Baugh. On Monday at 6:45 to 9,45 p. m. the 8th, 9th and 10th grade boys will participate in the gym under the direction of Mr. Zimmerman. Zim-merman. The same age group is also slated for the Thursday evening period under Mr. Baugh. Geneva Steel employes will conduct their basketball league on Tuesdays from 6:45 to 9:45 p. m. with Mr. Briggs in charge. Wednesdays and Saturdays the evening period is reserved for Orem and Sharon stake M Men basketball league games. Mr. Peterson will direct those activities. , Program directors are especially espec-ially urging participation by the fifth and sixth grade boys throughout the area- Their Saturday Sat-urday morning ictivities begin at 9 a.m. The youngsters will be required to furnish their own gym suits and gym shoes. Towels Tow-els will be furnished as part of the program. Basketball teams will be named nam-ed and leagues formed in all the age groups as part of the program. pro-gram. AH four of the supervisors are experienced recreational and athletic leaders. Mr. Briggs is director of athletics at Lincoln high school, Mr. Zimmerman is head football coach and Mr. Baugh is head basketball coach. Mr. Peterson is the dean of Scera recreational leaders and has headed up the M Men athletic athlet-ic program of Orem stake during dur-ing the past four years. Funeral Services to Be Held Friday For Angus Mitchell . Funeral services for Angus Mitchell, 57, will be conducted on Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Timpanogos ward chapel with Bishop L. B. Bennett in charge. Mr. Mitchell died on Tuesday following a lingering illness. Mr. Mitchell was born in Elliott, Mo., Aug. 7, 1892, a son at William and Elizabeth Watson Wat-son Mitchell. The famly moved to Park City when he w a child and he received his education educat-ion there. He married Mary Ann Lunce-ford Lunce-ford on December 2, 1914 in Provo. They made their home in Park City until 1932, when tfriey came to Orem. Mr. Mitchell has been engaged in farming since they came to Orem. He leaves his wife, two sons. Edwin W. Mitchell, Provo, and Vernon E. Mitchell Orem; one daughter, Mrs. Catherine Daniels, Dan-iels, Orem, two sisters," Mrs. Ivan Burr, Orem, and Mrs. Jean Rambeau, Provo; two brothers, David Mitchell, Orem and Sam Mitchell, Los Angeles; adn four grandchildren. I E. J. SIMMONS Two-Year Councilman ttltt 10, 1949 Mayor J. W. Gillman public ... ! credit administrator, family man. 4 W 0 !.! . I - I W'nwmml " niimm iTT- aiMnniliriWiTl r iTTHhi m m nrrar irnT" his re-election as mayor of Orem. It was just 30 years ago, in 1919. that Mayor Gillman bega his public career as a member. later chairman, of Orem's first town board. Prior to that he had served his church on a mis sion ia Memphis. Tenn. and was to serve as his ward's Sunday School superintendent for eight years, as a member of the bisnopne tor i year, asd as member of the stake high council for 11 years. Other public jobs which the mayor has crowded into his "three score and a few" are member and chairman of the Utah County commission for 10 years, a dirclor of the national farm credit i ,o bMj4 loan. i,e in Provo River WateV Users association and of the Provo Reservoir since 1945. - . Add to that record of public service Iris career as father of 10 children five Boys and live girls and his development during fhe past 30 yee.rs of one of the finest fruit farms in Utah county It dds up to an illustrious Baie, ad obtieusly still sounds voters: Mayor 5. W. Gillman. Gillman Asks Support fop New Administration The earnest cooperation of all political groups of the city and of every Orem citizen was solicited sol-icited Wednesday by Mayor J. W. Gillman, who spoke in benalf of the Peoples party, successful candidates in Tuesday's municipal munic-ipal election. Mayor Gillman stated that the voting indicated approval of the present administration's program pro-gram for city improvement. He declared that the incoming members mem-bers of the administration pledged pled-ged themselves to continue the program of improvements just as Vapidly as the economics of th? area would permit. He expressed the - thanns of ithe party to Robert W. Olsen, party chairman; to Mrs. Ora Healy, party secretary; and to others who worked for the election elect-ion of the Peoples party candidates. RAY LOVELESS Four-Year Councilman etneta VOLUME 17, am . l' . j servant, enurenman, water conservanomsi. weuoie 0iivn.,i6i,.uliai, mi. mu mis. i,ts- apple grower and farmer-at , fmir western states since 1 936: stale director of public welfare fceiween fiaht for the Deer Creek dam RECORD ATTENDANCE r-HNFFRENCE h'EAFS ISAACSON SPEAK "Choose your Companions" was the theme of a talk given Sunday morning at the first general gen-eral session of the Orem stake conference by President Walter R. Holdaway. President Holda- way admonished young people to be discerning in whom they choose to associate with if they would have a richer, more abundant life, and prepare themselves them-selves for salvation and exaltat ion. He pointed out that a program pro-gram is underway in this com munity to win the young people by offering attractive recreational recreat-ional opportunities with no obligation ob-ligation to maintain high inural standards. He cautioned parents against this program as being an avenue of spiritual destruction- Praver a Blessing Bishop Thorpe B. Isaacson, representing the general authorities auth-orities of the LDS church, spoke on the blessings of prayer. THOMAS JACOB Four-Year Councilman NUMBER 44 . A .1... j:BA.IAf his home on Wednesday following. as chairman of the board of the company; and mayor of Orem goo to the majorilT of Orem'i AT 0EH STAKE Prayer is a blessing and a priv ilegenot a duty," he said- The morning session saw the largest attendance 896 people since the organization of the stake. Priesthood leadership meeting was held at 2 p.m. in the Scera auditorium. Bishop Isaacson stressed the importance of missionary work at the concluding session of the conference. General church authorities auth-orities and stake officers were sustained and several releases were made. A reorganization of the stake Primary was completed with Mrs. Lois Johnson. Mrs. Donna Kitchen and Mrs. Bernice Rawl ings released from the presid ency and Mrs- Rawlings sustain- led as president, Mrs. Kitchen, first counselor, Mrs. Barbara Day, second counselor and Joan Newell, secretary. Continued on Inside Page RALPH KNIGHT Two-Year Councilman Entire Peoples Party In Orem's 2-YEAR OLD KILLED BY TRUCK TUESDAY Larry Brady, two-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie L. Brady, was killed instantly at 3 p.m- Tuesday when he ran into the fiath of a truck driven by Mrs. Lucile Steele in from of the Brady residence at 1st East and 8th South Street. According I to Mrs, Steele, the child ran in front of the truck, and she was unable to avoid hitting him. A neighbor, Mrs. Mackay, heard the thud when the truck struck the child and dashed out to see what had caused it. Seeing See-ing the accident, she called an ambulance to the scene. Mr. Brady "who was home at the time, rushed to the boy and lifted the back of the truck off his while Mrs. Pierc?, another neighbor, pulled the boy from under the wheel and carried him to the lawn until the ambulance arrived. The accident was investigated ;by Kenneth Wilkinson, Orem 'police officer, and Owen Bear- dall. State Highway patrolman. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Timpanogos Timp-anogos ward chapel. Archie Larry Brady was born January 9, 1948. He leaves his parents, a two-month old sister; four grandparents, Mr. and Mrs-Lbrin Mrs-Lbrin E. Brady, Pleasant Grove, and Mr. and Mrs. Philo T. Edwards, Ed-wards, Orem, and two great mnnHnimhfr nil n . ,J II It om, nn, urove. , BlLL BAKER NAMED AS j POSSIBLE GOP C0NGRESS CANDIDATE Bill Baker, Orem builder, received re-ceived notice Wednesday from Vernon Romney, chairman of the Utah Republican state central committee that he was being - Kf" gressional positions and was asked to be present to be introduced intro-duced Friday at the GOP rally at Hotel Utah. Main speaker at the rally is Guy George Gabrielson, national chairman of the GOP. f 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Totab J. W. Gillman 151 99 9 80 96 82 84 76 67 891 70 37 1030 A. A. Richards 11 62 43 50 62 35 21 31 15 34 53 22 439 E. E. Twitchell 25 58 33 63 40 88 10 21 18 42 29 21 448 Thomas Jacob 140 99 89 87 85 80 76 54 58 50 66 29 893 Ray E. Loveless 142 102 84 79 92 97 72 62 56 66 63 32 947 Joseph T. Smith 23 68 54 67 66 66 32 64 32 86 58 24 640 Henry Campbell 20 66 45 66 72 52 24 36 19 47 56 26 52p Gerald Buckley 22 49 34 44 29 58 9 20 15 48 26 24 378 C. E. Weeks Jr. 19 38 28 29 33 48 7 7 8 17 22 18 274 Ralph W. Knight 146 103 91 95 90 108 77 83 67 80 68 32 1040 E.J.Simmons 126 73 86 75 72 67 68 4i 39 45 54 30 781 Richard Park 19 56 37 47 57 26 15 23 .13 27 48 25 393 J. D. Pyne 20 61 41 63 61 50 22 37 32 42 57 23 509 Charles Halford 17 50 34 38 41 63 9 14 16 34 25 18 359 J. Alvin, Higbee 35 74 46 52 54 81 28 49 23 79 36 28 585 Orland E. Pyne 155 123 120 100 109 100 92 97 76 119 85 42 1218 E. II. Long 12 42 29 40 43 34 13 19 11 19 45 22 329 Reese Pulham 16 51 33 49 39 65 9 12 10 25 20 15 344 E. II. Calder 123 84 87 90 . 94 . 82 - 79 86 58 68 67 37 953 Russell Bellows 40 100 58 58 61 86 23 21 25 67 35 23 597 Nell York 22 34 27 37 3$ 30 ' 14 19 12 25 48 20 326 E. H. CALDER City Treasurer PRICE CTVI CENTS Heaviest Voting Mayor J. W. Gillman was re term as Orem's chief executive in Tuesday s municipal election which saw 1917 people a record number vote in the three-way race for city office. Mayor Gillman and the entire slate of Peoples Party candidates were elected following follow-ing a month of unprecedented activity on the part of the three Orem political parties Peoples, .Voters and Citizens. Tallying 1030 votes, Mayor Gillman defeated the Voters party candidate, E. E. Twitchell who placed second with 44b' votes, and Citizens party standard bearer A. A. Richards who placed last with 439 votes. Peoples Party candidates elected include the following: v i v ) h Archie Larry Brady. 2, who suffered fatal injuries in an 8th South Street accident on Tuei-day. Tuei-day. City Wins Suit Brought by Kitchen A $7280 suit filed by Sam Kit ichen against Orem City several ! months ago and heard in the Fourth District Court Wednesday Wednes-day and Thursday was dismissed today on a motion of H. Vern Wentz, Orem city attorney, for non-suit on the grounds that the plaintiff had failed to establish cause for action. The suit was brought by Mr. Kitchen who contended that Orem City unlawfully removed four trees from the front of his home. The city contended that the removal was legal inasmuch as the roots of the trees were breaking the sidewalk and were in the way of the curb and gut- ter. Had the judge ruled that each tree was worth $50 the city UOW OREM CITIZENS VOTED BY DISTRICTS Elected - elected to a third consecutive Ray E. Loveless ana i nomas Jacob, four-year councilmen; Ralph Knight and E. J. Simm- ons, two-year councumen; wr- land E. Pyne, recorder; and E. H. Calder, treasurer. The Orem Voters party, new-. ly organized this year, came closest to placing a man in office, with candidates coming oft second sec-ond best for every post except one. E. E. Twitchell ran second to Mayor Gillman; J. Alvin Hig-bee Hig-bee was third to successful candidates can-didates Knight and Simmons in the two-year councilman race; Reese Pulham ran second to Or-land Or-land E. Pyne for recorder; and Russell Bellows ran second to Mr. Calder for treasurer. Joseph T. Smith, Citizens party candidate, ran next to the successful candidates in the four-year four-year councilman race. Philo T- Edwards, holdover councilman, serves for another two years to round out the five members of the city counciL Breakdown of the voting showed the following totals: For mayor J. W. Gillman (P), 1030; E. E. Twitchell (V), 448; A. A. Richards (C), 439. Four-year councilmen Loveless Love-less (P) 947; Jacob (P) 913; Joseph T. Smith (C), 640; Henry Campbell (C), 529; Clyde E. Weeks Jr. (V). 286; Gerald M. Buckley (V), 372. Two-year councilmen Knight (P), 1040; Simmons (P), 706; J. D. Pyne (C), 509; Richard Park (C), 393; Charles W. Hal-ford Hal-ford (V), 359; Alvin Higbee (V), 586. Recorder Pyne (P), 1218; Ed Long (C), 329; Reese Pulham (V), 344. Treasurer Calder (P), 951; Nell York (C), 326; Russell Bellows Bell-ows (V), 597. would have to pay $600 tnree times the value of the trees under un-der the law. However, the dismissal dis-missal of the suit forestalls any payment of damages. |