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Show QrckR UA"fg$AL fie Rc FILMING SALT J-Akf CrlT 79 l1& O i yr i VOLUME 28, NUMBER 19, Thursday, May 12, 1955 Orem, Utah SUBSCRIPTION 3.00 PER YEAR PRICE 10 CENTS fn T2 gM STEEL PLANT gHUB 0F UTAH'S r,R ' Yum On The Lights Tues. For New Softball Fields MAYOR PROCLAIMS OPERATION SOFTBALL LIGHTING MONTH Whereas Orem-Scera Summer Recreation Program has received national recognition for its community-wide participation, and WHEREAS the Orem area, be- j ing one of the fastest growing ar eas in Utah, is In need of expanded expand-ed recreational facilities, now therefore I, LeGrand Jarman, mayor of Orem, do hereby proclaim pro-claim this city's support of the fund-raising project to light an additional softball field during the month of May, and recommend recom-mend to the citizens of Orem City and surrounding communi ties that they give this matter their earnest consideration and support. IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and had the official seal of Orem City affixed this 10th day of May, 1955. LeGrand Jarman Mayor Periodic Physical. Dental Exams Urged For School Children Alpine School District Health Department again reminds Orem citizens that physical and dental examinations for school children should be given periodically. To encourage this the school urges that all children entering school and entering the fourth and seventh sev-enth grades be given a physical and dental examination during the summer months so that corrections cor-rections may be made before fall school entrance. Appointments should be made with family physicians and dentists den-tists so that examinations may be made in their offices. The physical physi-cal and dental examination slips are now available at the various schools and also at the information infor-mation desk in City Hall. Orem Women's Club Slates Annual May Breakfast Members and guests of the Orem Women's club enjoyed their annual Mother's' Day Art Program held recently in the Scera. The meeting was conducted by Mrs. Jack Cameron, club president. presi-dent. The Litany was given by Mrs. Garth Nielson and the Flag salute by Troop 3030 den 4 of the Geneva Ward. Program arrangements w ere made by Mrs. Parlell Peterson who introduced Mrs. Renn Woot-ent Woot-ent of Heber City, who reviewed the book "The Song of Ruth" by Frank G. Slaughter. Music for the affair was furnished fur-nished b ya ladies quartet made up of Mrs. Merlin Finch, Mrs. Brewer, Mrs. Dale Larsen and Mrs. Neldon Marshall. They were accompanied by Mrs. Brent Nay. The quartet sang one song with original word by Mrs. Peterson. Nosegays made from pansies were presented to those pres ent and tasty refreshments were served by the club officers who were hostesses for the affair. Winners of the art contest which Is sponsored by the club were presented their awards by Mrs. Don Stubbs, art chairman. Winners were Tracy Anderson, Judy Mayor, Clint Lamph and Ronald Irvin The next club meeting will be the May breakfast and installation installa-tion of officers. The affair Is slated for Saturday, May 21st with Mrs. Raymond Willoughby, entertainment en-tertainment chairman and her committee in charge of arrangements. arrange-ments. MR. AND MRS. ROLAND HDD ATTEND CONVENTION Mr. and Mrs. Roland Tidd of Orem are spending ten days In the Hawaiian Islands on a Boy Scout Convention. Mr. Tidd is the assistant Scoutmaster of the Crest View 2nd Ward. ...... u4 "Turn On The Lights Tuesday" will be the theme of an all-out-fund-raising campaign to be launched in the Orem area next Tuesday night for the purpose of financing the lighting of a second sec-ond city softball field at the City Park. The. Tuesday evening drive will be in the form of a house-to-house canvass conducted by members of softball teams representing all LDS wards in three stakes: Orem, Sharon and East Sharon. Mayor LeGrand Jarman, stake presidencies, city officials, Scera officials, have all endorsed the fund-raising drive. They urge that all residents support the campaign. cam-paign. ' Participating in the public service ser-vice project is the Orem-Geneva Times, which is offering residents in the Orem area an opportunity to contribute to the project and to subscribe to the "Times" for one year. Of every $3.00 one-year subscription," the Times will con tribute one half, or $1.50 toward the softball lighting project. Under the proposed set-up the ward softball team selling the highest percentage of subscriptions subscrip-tions would receive free uniforms for their team members or a cash sum of equivalent value. In addition, ad-dition, a cash bonus of 30c per subscription will be awarded to each ward as an extra incentive. Orem-Scera softball officials have set a goal of $4000 as a must fund necessary to finance a large portion of the lighting project. The City Council has reported that the city at the present time has insufficient funds to finance the entire cost of the project. Spearheading the Tuesday drive as chairmen for their respective re-spective stakes will be Bob Cal-der, Cal-der, Orem Stake; Evan Baugh. Sharon Stake 'and Ralph Densley, East Sharon Stake Orem Public Service Phone Numbers Listed A new addition in the Orem City Hall is a clear line for the police department which was Installed In-stalled recently. All calls for the police will be answered directly at the city hall during the hours they are open at the receptionist's reception-ist's desk. If additional help is needed the Highway Patrol will be notified through special arrangements. ar-rangements. Numbers which should be remembered re-membered by Orem residents are: Police AC 54322. Fires only AC 5-2121 Fire station, all routine calls not related to emergencies AC 5-1314. Ambulance calls (call in this order to obtain driver) Scott Wilkins AC 5-9814; AC 5-3795. Frank Stapley, AC 5-3420; home, AC 5-0681. George McKinney, AC 5-1905. Charles Partridge, AC 5-9824; home, AC 5-1091. Mrs. Mary E. Jones, AC 5-2019. Anyone who wishes help in reaching an ambulance driver can call the Hardy Rest Home; Falr-banks-Qulst Funeral Home or the Fire Station, (AC5-1314). Any Orem . citizens Is entitled to the free use of the Orem City Ambulance which is operated by voluntary service of Ambulance Board members V I RATED UTAH'S LARGEST This king-size motion picture screen recently installed at the Timpanogos Cinemotor Drive In Theatre is reported to be the largest outdoor or indoor picture screen in the state. Actual picture size on the screen measures 53 feet by 106 feet. Erection of the enlarged screen marked the completion of an expansion program at the outdoor theatre. New projection equipment and lamp houses along with the new screen now make It possible for the drive-in theatre to present Cinemascope, Vista Vis ion and Super Scope film productions. Manager of Timpanogos Cinemotor is Glenn Bagley. 9 NVfTED TO SCOUT- 0-RAMA AIR SHOW Boy Scouts, Cubs and Explorers i'-om Orem, Utah have been ir vited to join Scouts from all sections sec-tions of Utah and a portion ot Wyoming in presenting the Scout -o-Rama Intermountain Air Show at Salt Lake City's municipal airport on May 21 More than 100,000 persons are expected to attend the show which will be a feature of the 1955 Armed Forces Day. The huge event is being sponsored by the Great Salt Lake, Utah National Na-tional Parks, Lake Bonneville, Cache Valley Boy Scout Councils of Utah and the Jim Bridger Council of western Wyoming, to gether with Utah military groups and the Salt Lake City Parks De partment. Pioneering, camping and conservation con-servation skills will highlight demonstrations to be presented by scout troops, commencing at 10 a. m. Cub Scouts will feature exhibits of themes carried out in past months programs. Sea and Air Explorerers will emphasize their special activities while other Explorer groups Will present pre-sent emergency rescue operations and other features of! their program. pro-gram. The spectacular afternoon Air Show will feature the Utah Air National Guard, the Chance Vought Cutlass Team from '.Texas '.Tex-as and for the climax the world famous navy jet precision team, The Blue Angels. Accompanying this thrlU aerial display will be nearly 100 mili tary and commercial static displays dis-plays of the most modern and interesting in-teresting air craft in existence in design, power and purpose. General William F. Dean, the Korean War Hero, will be an honored guest during the day's activities. A token admission of 50 for adults and 25c for children under un-der 14 will be made and all proceeds pro-ceeds derived therefrom will go o the scout councils for development develop-ment of the scouting program in their areas. Scout from Orem, Utah will have tickets for distribution and all are invited to attend utis thrilling spectacle, demonstrating the "Strength of America" in youth and in modern machines. WHO'S NEW Utah Valley Hospital May 9 Boy to Lloyd and Marilyn Jen. sen Christensen Boy to Ray and Rose Mae Finch Gurr May 10 Girl to Rodney and LaNeve Martin Kimball May 11 " - Girl to Gordon and Joyce Mac- Kay Christensen May 12 ... Girl to A. Ralph : and VaLoy Jones Morgan i "1 r" . ' . f : ,4 ; . i LM Clifford E. Young ELDER YOUNG TO PRESIDE AT SHARON CONFERENCE SUNDAY Clifford E. Young, assistant to the Council of 12 Apostles, will be the principal speaker at the quarterly conference of the Shar on LDS Stake, according to President Presi-dent Philo T. Edwards. Also rep resenting the general authorities of the church will be Alfred W. Uhrhan, of the Church , General Welfare Committee. The complete conference schedule sched-ule is as follows: Saturday 6:30 p. m. Welfare meeting for the Stake Presidency, clerks, high council, bishoprics and all scake and ward welfare committees. This meeting will be held in the Timpanogos Ward Chapel. 8 p. m. Priesthood Leadership at the Timpanogos chapel foi all Priesthood leaders, Bishoprics, mission presidents and all stake auxiliary officers. Sunday 10 a. m. General session at the Scera auditorium. - . . "' 2 p. m. General session at the Scera Auditorium. 7:30 p. m. Meeting in Scera Auditorium under the direction of the Stake MIA Organization. Music for the morning session will be furnished by the Lincoln High School Mixed Chorus under the direction of Elvis B. Terry. The Lincoln High School Boys Chorus under the direction of Mr. Terry will furnish music for the afternoon session. 14 Dog Complaints Handled By Police uurmg Past Month During April there were 63 citations ci-tations issued by Orem Police department. Thirty five cars were involved in accidents causing ap- nrovimatPiv moan .r f fVM fl VJV I.J VtUil- age and six individuals were sent to the hospital for treatment. Eighteen accidents were investi gated by Orem police officers and reports sent to the state tax corn- Three burglaries were investigated; investi-gated; five lost children found and returned to parents; 60 mis cellaneous calls were made: in vestigations were made on 14 dogs causing property damage; calls were made on two family fights and officers Investigated two re ports of children bitten by dogs. inirteen inspections were made by the department. 1 Other citations were as loi- lows: 7 disturbing peace, 18 speeding, 10 running stop sign; 6 running red light; 6 following too closely; 2 improper turns 2 public pub-lic intoxication; 4 illegal parking; t iaiiure to keep car under con trol; 2 reckless driving; 2 cros - sing safety island; 3 failure to .cep proper lookout and 4 fail- ure to yield right of way. CONSTRUCTION BEGINS oUnUUL ADDITION; BID v-onsiruciitm is underway onswt V T. 1 . ..... me iiuicuia xiign scnooi addition following the $303,260 contract awarding to Ralph Childs Con struction Company of Spring- vllle. Decision on the contract was made at a recent meeting of the Alpine School Board of Education. Edu-cation. The new addition, when completed com-pleted by September, 1955, along with the present facilities will become the Lincoln Junior High jNEW SUBDIVISION PLOT FLAN IS ti Another new subdivision plot plan was approved at this week's City Council meeting. The plot plan was presented by Mrs. Mary Camenish who plans a new subdivision sub-division in the area south of the CIO Union building on Columbia Lane to the south limits of Orem City between Columbia Lane and Highway 91. The Alta Ditch Company representatives repre-sentatives were present to discuss the piping of the Alta Ditch and it was decided to have the city engineer en-gineer make a survey to determine deter-mine the routing, size and kind of pipes needed for the Alta Ditch piping project. For the summer months, Orem City Council will meet at 8 p.m. rather than at 7:30. Regular council sessions are held on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month. Next Immunization Clinic Announced The regular monthly immuni zation clinic for the general pub lic will be held May 20 at 9:00 a.m., according, to Mrs. Ruth Croft, Orem public health nurse. Immunization will be given for Diptheria, Whooping Cough, Tet anus, and small pox. There are quite a few people who started shots but didn't com plete them, according to Mrs Croft who reports that it will be to the advantage of these persons to come to the Health Office in the basement of the City Hall on May 20 to complete their in munization. Final Rites Held For Joseph Adams Funeral services were held Tuesday tor Joseph Adams, 58, who died Saturday at the Utah Valley Hospital, following a heart attack. Mr. Adams was born in Orem on March 18, 1897 a son of George and May Evans Adams. He attended at-tended schools in the Orem area where he has spent his entire life. He was a fruit farmer. He was an active member of T tvc rk,, . , , the L135 church. holding the of- fie of an Elder at the time of his death. He married Blanehe Kleinman at Pangultch In May, 1918. The following September they were married in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Survivors include his widow, three sons and five daughters, Mrs. Omer J. (May) Peterson, John F. Adams, Mrs. Aaron (Lyle) Clinger, and Kay L. Adams, Ad-ams, all of Orem; Mrs. Jim (Gen-iel) (Gen-iel) Peno of Provo, D. Klein Adams Ad-ams of St. George, and Mrs. Gail (Fern) Harris and Mrs. Leon (In- lez) , Marchbanks, of Pleasant Grove; 18 grandchildren, and the following brothers and sisters, Glen G., Eldon H, John E., Ronald Ron-ald B. and William Dee Adams, all of Orem, Mrs. Carl (Maude) Radicker of Rowley, Calif., Mrs. Jay (Lulu) Backus of Mesa, Ariz ouu naroia Aaams and Mrs. VIv- ln (Alene) Christensen. Provo Funeral services were conduct- y Bishop Harold Bair n th Geneva Ward Burial was in the rtovo City Cemetery ON LINCOLN HlfiU TOTALS $303,260 WV"' The new Orem Hi oh School, also under construction, will be the senior high school and is expected to be ready for occupancy also by the fall of 1955. New facilities Included In the Lincoln High School addition are eight class rooms, a lunch center and, a gymnasium. The Springville firm submitted the low bid of three; high bid was $315,317. . . Joseph Adams ROAD-E-0 WINNERS NAMED Barbara Kirk of Kirk's Drive Inn presents the three lop scorers of the Orem Jaycee Road-e-o with their cash prizes and certificates. The three winners FLURRY OF AUTOMOBILE NINE PERSONS SUFFER Sharon School Slates Meeting Fo Parents There will be a meeting for all parents of Kindergarten age children chil-dren who live in the Sharon Elementary Ele-mentary School area on Tuesday, May 17 at 3:20 p.m. in the Shcron School according to Ivan Perry, principal. dren 5 or that will be five before or on Oct 31. Parents who have ! "e was given a cua ion lor ioi-not ioi-not yet registered their children owu, to .clof while.Mr Gun-for Gun-for Kindergarten are urged to , de fon received a citation for no bring the child's birth certificate j drlve's 1 censf; The accident was and do at this time. . investigated by Officer Burton Ivie. The purpose of . this meeung, At 8.50 near gth according to Mr. Perry is to lntersecti car drlveri b Joan better acquaint the parents with christ 2Q p d. , , , . . riicr.iioo attw T-rrKlnm a nr mioctinna a, : Z pcti viicj) uiajr iiu v w. i a.. cerned are urged to attend. Six Orem Residents Injured Saturday In Head-On Collision Six prominent Orem area resl dents were seriously injured ta'JJSL l J x n : : 1.. Saturday morning- above Deer Creek in Provo Canyon. Mrs. Jack (Ruby) Cameron and Ferris Olsen are still confined at the Utah Valley Hospital. Mrs. Raymond (Kathryn) Willoughby, Jack Cameron , Mrs. Ferris (Le-nore) (Le-nore) Olsen and Mrs. Willoughby have been released from the Heber He-ber Hospital to their homes. Mrs. Cameron is recovering from a serious head injury while Mrs. Olsen is recovering from Internal In-ternal injuries. Mr. Willoughby suffered a fractured hip and pelvis pel-vis plus bad lacerations. Mr. Cameron receive d a badly wrenched leg and bruises and cuts. Mrs. Olsen . suffered internal inter-nal injuries. Mrs. Willoughby was treated for shock and bruises. The group had gone to Heber for a ride and dinner to celebrate cele-brate Mr Camerons birthday when the accident occurred. Glen Gardner of Heber driver of the other car and his passenger passeng-er were also seriously injured. Both cars were completely demol ished. MITCHELL HUNTMEN'S VISIT IN ST. GEORGE Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Hunts men spent the past week in St. George visiting Mrs. Huntsmens father, who is ill. While there they went on to Las Vegas and visited the Paul LeBarons, who are former Orem residents. i! ADDS COLOR TO ARMED FORCES WEEK A National Guard scroll titled "I AM THE GUARD" Is received by Mayor LeGrand Jarman, left, from Lieut Bert Wride, commanding officer of the Orem National Guard unit. .The scroll has been placed on the wall in the mayor and council chamber. .Meanwhile, other events being planned for the local observance of Armed Forces Week, May 15 to 21, Include a display of portable army equipment in the Scera Theatre lobby Monday thru Thursday of next week and an outside display of heavy army engineer's equipment on Saturday, May 21. The latter display will be located at 720 South Street (north side of Seen Theatre) from 1 to 6 p.m. '- - ' ' "- h 'I'-"-. Mumbbm. ..i tt M lS.U wtm MISHAPS CONTINUES: INJURIES IN ONE DAY A series of three accidents last Friday caused serious injury to those involved and also consider able property damage, reports Chief of Police Reed Burgener The first accident occurred at 4:45 p.m. at 500 South State. A car driven by Wallace Jones, 28, Salt Lake City, ran into a car driven by V H. Gunderson caus- ing $350 damages to the Jones car and $100 to the Gunderson car. Mr. Wallace received lacer 'itions of the head- knees and gs. Iv Iiat1ris1 tnfrt a Sin itwiiuin Vv i7 wumvu Ail J a VCIi U11VCII U V H. Page, 17, Orerr,: $40 damages were incurred by 'the Page car and none to the Chris- tensen car. ' me unrd accident occurred at iu p.m near n boutn and State Street. A car driven-by Leo W. Johnson, 43, 563 So. 4th East, was traveling south on the wrong side east at 4th South, and drove head- nliT v .' " uy, 1".?' U UA ujiywooa, vaiir. Mr. Johnson was cut over the right eye and received : bruises ana suock. His wife Fiv ip- ceived bruises over thp entt-o body and lacerations. Their three sons, Jerry, 14, JLarry 12, and Buddy, 7, ; received shock and vcno i.iarK az, a passenger passen-ger in the Johnson car, suffered lacerations, bruises and shock. Mr. Dalton's injuries consisted of a bruised chest, bad throat cut, and lacerations of the face. Mr; Johnson was issued a citation cita-tion for driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Henry L. Isaksen Addresses O.F. Dr. Henry L. Isaksen of the BYU was guest speaker at the O F. Club which was held Monday Mon-day at the home of Mrs. Julian Fronk. Dr. Isaksen spoke on "Helping Parents Understand Parents." A discussion period followed. A delicio . luncheon was served serv-ed to the following members; Mrs. Boyd E. Asay, Mrs. Clay Dunn, Mrs Richard Brewer, Mrs. Lloyd Louder, Mrs. Woodruff Jensen, Mrs. Dean Olsen Mrs. Dwayne Pierson, Mrs Neldon Marshall, Mrs. G. Dale Larson, Mrs. William Wil-liam A Cox, Mrs. Merlin Finch and the hostess. ; " . - . ,4 competed Saturday in the State Contest held in Murray. Receiving their awards are, left to right, Larry Rees, 2nd place; Carlos Watterg, 1st place, and Kimball Burmingham, 3rd place. Teen-age Road-e-o Winners Named Carlos Watters, Larry Rees and Kimball Burningham were the three top scoreres in the Orem Junior Chamber of Commerce Teen-Age Road-e-o held May 5th at the Scera Parking lot. Carlos, 17, a son of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Watters received the highest total score in the written quiz and skill test. This test consisted con-sisted of common sense questions and the driving skills were si'"'i obstacles as a smooth star: and stop, driving forward and oj Reward Re-ward through fiva sets of balls, a serpemine course around barrells ami parallel parking. All three winners competed Saturday, May 7, at Murray in the State contest. The winner of the state contest will join with other state representatives on July 25-29 in Washington D. C. to compete in the National Teen- . Age Road-e-o which is co-sponsored by the U. S. Jaycees, UW erty Mutual Insurance Companies , and the' American Truckina Asso-. ,ciations. Inc. The three National winners -will ; receive college i scholarships of $1,500, $1,000 and ' '$500. : . . i Carlos, Larry and. Kimball re- $10 plus tropheys which were prebcriueci py amuei ievin ana Kirk's Drive-Inn. - Mother of Orem " ; Resident Dies Mrs. Thamizan Andrus Lund, 78, mother of Mrs. Elvis B. Terry of Orem; died Wednesday morning morn-ing in Salt Lake City, of a heart ailment. 1 " ' ' ... Born Dec. 1, 1878 at St George. Utah, she was the daughter of James and Laura Altha Gibson Andrus. She married George Rom ney Lund Dec. 23, 1896. He died January 4, 1923. Hits Lund lived in St. George until 1937. Since that time she has made her home with her children. . She is survived by four daughters daugh-ters and one son: Mrs. David B. Potter and Mrs. Delias E. Sullivan, Sulli-van, Salt Lake City; Mrs. Terry of Orem; Mrs Ernest Marcroft, Helena, Hel-ena, Montana, and Robert A. Lund, Seattle, Washington. Also surviving are thirteen grandchildren grandchil-dren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services wil be Monday Mon-day at 2 p.m. in the St George Third LDS Ward. Friends may call at Larkln Mortuary 260 East South Temple, Saturday from 6 to 8 pm. and at Cannon Funeral Home in St. George, Sunday, from 7 to 9 p.m. and Monday until 1:30 p.m. Alpine District Teachers Presented With Certificates i Retiring' members of the teaching teach-ing profession of. the Alpine School District were honored at a meeting and social held Monday, Mon-day, May 9. Professional certificates certi-ficates were Issued to all the teachers of the Alpine School District. Ford Paulson, president of the Alpine Education Association, Associa-tion, was in charge. A. P. Warnick presented the following retiring members with pins from the A.E.A.: Vera Martin, Mar-tin, E. B. Garrett and Elroy West. .: ... .. . , Each teacher was presented with a named certificate issued by the State of Utah to show that the teachers are properly certified certi-fied and qualified to teach in the state. These are to be displayed In the teacher's room. Following the meeting refreshments refresh-ments were served. LELAND McKENNA SUFFERS HEART ATTACK Mr. Leland McKenna of Orem is reported in fairly good condition con-dition at the Utah Valley Hospital. Hospi-tal. Mr. McKenna suffered a heart attack Wednesday. |