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Show if SP'gVA STEEL PLANT jjjgpHUB OF UTAH'S IJBSCtjj tetn Heneba m& VOLUME 28 NUMBER 37 Thursday, septembe 1955 SUBSCRIPTION 3.00 PER YEAR City Okehs Plats For Three Subdivisions -126 New Homes Orem's high building record continues soaring with the approval ap-proval by the Orem City Council this week of three new building plans at Monday night's council session. These subdivisions were recommended for approval by the Orem Planning Commission at last Wednesday night's meeting. They are: Lakeview Manor, located locat-ed west of 8th West and south of 4th North. Eighty-five medium class homes are contemplated for this area. The Charles Swan subdivision sub-division at 100 West 1000 North, and the Dexter Subdivision on 560 East between 600 South and 400 South. ' The Swan subdivision, which will be developed by Mr. Bagley of Salt Lake City, calls for 30 new homes. The Dexter subdivision subdivis-ion will be developed by Jim Dexter of Orem. About 16 homes will be erected in this subdivision. subdivi-sion. The subdividers of the Lake-view Lake-view Manor area are Richards Real Estate Co. of Salt Lake City. , Call for Bids The council approved the calling call-ing of bids for purchase of a new police car. The bids are to be presented to the city manager's office or police office at Orem City Hall between Sept. 19 and Sept. 23, inclusive. It is contem-lated contem-lated that the 1953 police car will be traded in on the new car. - Torval Nelson, Orem Civil De-. De-. fense chairman, and George Mc-Klnney, Mc-Klnney, Assistant Director ot Or em Civil Defense, met with the council to discuss civil defense in Orem. The council approved the setting up of a civil defense file at Orem city hall in order to better bet-ter correlate the activities. City Manager O. V. Farnsworth told the group that although Orem Or-em was one of the best organized organiz-ed communities in Civil Defense in the state, there was need for greater correlation between civil defense officials, school and business bus-iness organizations. Mr. Nelson recommended that a council of four members and a chairman be formed soon. He recommended that the council have a representative from industries, in-dustries, school, civic groups, and the city council so that all would be acquainted with the problems OREM RESIDENTS INVITED TO ATTEND FAMILY DAY OPEN HOUSE AT GENEVA ' I The E. Wayne Wright Family A special invitation has been buses shuttling from one depart- j Wayne and Maxine Wright and extended to the people of Orem ment to another. I daughter, Cheryl, 21 months old, to visit U. S. Steel's Geneva ( In ;ide the plant the tours will ; have moved into their new home Works tomorrow -(Friday). The j cover in detail every operation, at 415 E. 1864 S., Orem, from big steel plant is celebrating and department. Special ramps j Provo. Mr. Wright is a member "Family Day Open House" . and .have been installed' in several Of the Erigham Young University for the first time in its history departments to give greater ac- j faculty, serving" on the Counsel-the Counsel-the gates will be open for mass ! cess for the visitors. ing Service and as an Instructor public inspection of the 1500 acre j Among many unusual features of Personality and Guidance. A installation. i of the tour, friends and families j very busy man, he is also chair- "We wish to extend a cordial ' of Geneva's 5.000 workers will see man of the Utah County Youth invitation to all onr friends and one of the huge blast furnaces ; Vocational Guidance Placement families who live in Orem to under repair. Number three blajj Center Committee which consists come to Giiie-'i and Fee our op- furnace which hasn't been relin- of high school counselors through erations," Lawrenc F.. Black, gen- ed in four years is being rebuilt. out the county. ctui Buperiuitriiucnt, aumuutii'cu. More than 10,000 visitors are expected to visit the plant to- morrow. Special parking lots have quate parking for visitors' cars, Tours of the plant will be by TO AlU taOKlBALL LIGHTING PROGRAM Mayor LeGrand Jarman, right, receives check for $585 to be used in the financing of a new lighted softball field in the City Park. The check represents contributions made by public-minded public-minded citizens who have been anxious to further fur-ther Orem softball facilities. Other ward area softball teams, who did not participate In the and duties in the case of an emer gency. Bitrest Problem The defense chairman said that Geneva Steel plant was not rated as a prime target in case of war but tjiat the biggest civil defense problem would come from refugees refu-gees from the West Coast in case of attack. This would double or triple the population in case of such an event, he points out. He suggested there should be a ratio of five auxiliary police to each regular officer to properly preserve pre-serve law and order. Mr. McKinney gave the council a partial list of residents assigned assign-ed to civil defense positions. He explained tne value of the portable port-able medical unit now stationed at city hall which is completely manned by volunteer doctors, nurses, and other personnel and which could provide medical service ser-vice for over 600 casualties. Other business of the' council was the discussion of the state municipal convention to be held in Salt Lake City this week at Hotel Newhouse. Most of the Orem Or-em city officials are expected to be in attendance at this educational educa-tional convention. Kiwanians Prepare For Charter Night Banquet Preparations are going forward for the charter banquet of the i Orem Kiwanls Club to be held Friday, Sept. 23, at 73ft p.m. in the Orem First-Vermont Ward recreation hall. ' Members of the Orem Kiwanls Club, Provo sponsoring spon-soring club, as well as from other clubs in the valley, -and their wives are expected to ,-attend. Orem Kiwanls Club met jointly joint-ly with the Provo Kiwanis, Club Thursday noon at Keeleyr Cafe in Provo. Featured speaker for the noon luncheon meeting was Dr. EIRoy Nelson, vSalt Lake City, prominent economist and vice president of the First Security Secur-ity Corporation. Th Orem Kiwan-is Kiwan-is Club was recently organized under the sponsorship of the Provo Club. luiumer unique installation at Geneva is the in-plant closed circuit television system. In use on the runout tables in the fin this system' is one of the first in- tailed in an industrial piant. V, Farm Committees Elected for A .SC. Program The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Community Committees have been elected In the various communities throughout through-out the county with the follow ing men being elected in the Orem and Vineyard areas: Floyd Patten, Chairman and delegate to the County Conven- tion. Dean Gillman, vice cnairman ! and alternate to the County Con vention. Clarence Gammon, member. Virgil Cordner, second alternate. alter-nate. ' Dan Johnson, first alternate. Also elected to represent Provo, ; Grand View, Lake View, Pleasant , View and- Edgemont areas are the following: Elvin W. Bunnell. Chairman and delegate to the County Con-, vention. ! Dean B. Taylor, Vice Chairman and alternate delegate to the County Convention. I Rudolph Reese, member. I Robert P. Madsen, first alter-1 nate. J. Earl Stuibbs, Second alternate. alter-nate. These men have the responsibility responsibil-ity of assisting the County Committee Com-mittee in the administration of various farm programs within their community within the county- V The delegates will meet on Sept. 22 at 7:30 p-m. at the City and County Building in Provo, Utah, to elect a county committee. Both committees will serve for one year beginning Oct. 1, 1955. MEET YOUR NEW NEIGHBORS OREM WELCOMES Mr. and Mrs. Earl , Brown Now living at 550 Emery Ave. pre Mr. and Mrs. Earl S. Brown and children, Wendell, 12, Earl-me, Earl-me, 5, and Douglas,' 15 months. Ihey are former residents of Delta 'Colo., where Mr. Brown was employed by an ice cream company. At the present time he is a junior power and fuel engineer en-gineer at Geneva Steel. While in Colorado Mrs. Brown was associated assoc-iated with both social and civic clubs. Members of the LDS Church, the Browns attend the Beverly Ward where Mrs. Brown is organist for the Primary and Junior Gleaner Leader of the MIA. A registered nurse, Mrs. Wright . teaches prenatal classes for expectant mothers for Dr. SSSTS.?fKt??i attend the Crest Vlew ward' newspaper subscription contest held last spring1, are urged to revive the fund drive which will hasten the early completion of the lighting project. Shown above making the presentation are, left to right, Kay Christensen. Jaycee fund drive chairman; Harold B. Sumner, Orem-Gen-eva Times publisher; Wayne Gammon, Jaycee president; and Mayor Jarman. Three Coloradoans Injured in Freak Accident Here Two tourists were hostipalized and a young mother and baby received re-ceived bruises Wednesday about 6 a.m., when the driver of a 1953 Pontiac, William Stewart, 27, Clifton Colorado, apparently went to sleep while driving north on State Highway 91. The car veered veer-ed to the left across the highway on the west side of the street. It bounced over an irrigation head- gate, which apparently punctured the gas tank, and finally was brought to a stop when it hit a ;tree at 720 South State in front of .the E. E. Nimer home. The car 'caught fire and was completely j destroyed. The hedge in front of the Nimer home was also pat tly burned. Occupants in the car mir- aculously escaped death, accord- jing to officers. Passengers in addition to the driver were Leo Baxter Patter- son Clifton Colorado a soldier home on leave; Betty Batchelor, 17. Grand Junction, Colorado, and her 10 month old baby. Mr. Patterson and Mr. Stewart were hospitalized at Utah Valley Hos- pital with bad bruises and lacera- tioins. Mr. Stewart also had the misfortune of having his teeth j knocked out. The woman and I baby were taken to Salt Lake City by the highway patrol. There I she met friends with whom she planned to travel to Seattle, Wash. i M.. tj . . .. ..II me accident was investigated by Vern Stratton, Orem Pollee officer, and the highway patrol. The Orem Fire Department alsoi made a call for the car fire. Jaycees Begin Plans For Safety- Program A special Jaycee committee meeting was recently held to outline a traffic and school saf-ety saf-ety program. Chairmen of the committee are LaMar Anderberg and Shirley Johnson. -President Wayne Gammon conducted con-ducted the discussion as general plans were, made. Detailed, an nouncement will toe made at a later date. Others participating were Kay Christensen, Leo Daley, David Bowen and Reece Jameson. Jame-son. - Child with Matches j Causes $2500 Fire 1 Damage in Vineyard A fire Tuesday afternoon destroyed des-troyed an old-fashioned summer j kitchen and lean-to shed used for storage on property owned by Thorit Hebertson, north of the Vineyard church, Rt. 1 Box 183. The loss was estimated by Mr. Hebertson at approximately $2500 wnich was partially covered by insurance. A grainery nearby caught fire but was put out Immediately Im-mediately by Orem Fire Department. Depart-ment. ' The fire endangered an adjacent adjac-ent home occupied by the Delmar Palk and Wayne Madsen families. Had it not been for the promptness prompt-ness of Fire Chief Scott Thompson Thomp-son and 'the Orem Fire Department Depart-ment the loss could have been much more serious, according to Mr. Hebertson. The blaze apparently was caused caus-ed by a neighbor child playing wira maicnes and a candle near a rubbish pile which limited S the fire spread quickly to the drv shed and summer kitchen At the same time as the Vine yard fire, Orem Fire Department also received a call from Phillips uo oervice station on 1638 North State to extinguish a grass fire caused by illegal burning. The fire was put out before anv Droo- erty damage occurred. Here's Three-Day Weather Forecast Extended Forecast for the ier- iod Friday through Sunday: Temperatures continuing above normal, but with cooling trend toward latter part of week. Little or no precipitation indicated. . SGERA STOCKHOLDERS BOARD MEMBERS: TO HEAR FINANCE REPORT Annual Scera Membership and Financial meeting will be held lr j o, . . ... iwunuajr i o.io p.m. at me uvo Seminary building on the Lincoln High School campus. JZtZrXT? V? e ?ns - acted wlU be the election of three new Scera board members and to review the financial status of Scera for the fiscal year Sept. 1 to Aug. 31. Scera Board members whose terms expire are Sharp Gillespie, one of the original members of the first Scera Board; Dezzle Lamb, current president who has completed two terms; and Lee - ARE THESE REFUGEES ft. M - t LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL MEETS EMERGENCIES HEAD-ON tion of the new building addition to the Lincoln High School, which is shown under construction in lower photo, congestion, confusion, and emergencies are a common scene on the LHS campus these days. Typical of the expedient emergency-measures is the serving of nearly 900 school lunches each day on the campus lawn (upper photo) adjacent to the former school lunch room building. The latter is being used for three classrooms, since a portion of the main building is under construction and space is at a premium. When the new addition is completed, about Nov. 1, a modern new lunchroom will be located on the bottom floor. The addition was scheduled to be completed fey September 2 in accordance ac-cordance with the contractor's contract with the Alpine School District. According to school board officials, a penalty of $100 per day will be charged to the contractor for every day the project remains re-mains uncompleted. Meanwhile the students have adjusted to the makeshift conditions and have been good sports about it, reports L. B. Bennett, senior high school principal. About six classes are meeting in the Industrial Arts building where classroom partitions are formed out of canvas and tarps. Faculty members acknowledge that good weather has been blessing while adjustments and conditions are improved. Former Orem Resident Dies In California Funeral rites were conducted Wednesday in Santa Ana, Calif.. for Leno Baird Martin, 39, former Orem resident, who died Sept. 11 at his home, after a long illness. Mr. Martin was born Aug. 25, 1916, in Cowley, Wyo., the son of David and Ruby Baird Martin. In 1938 he married Jeraldine t In the Salt Lake Tern- P- He organized the Martin Overhead Door Co., first in California Calif-ornia and later in Utah. He was a member of the first bishopric of the Hill Crest ward until moving mov-ing to Salt Lake City where he served in the High Priest presi dency of the East Mill Creek Stake. Surviving are his parents, Salt Lake City; his widow; four sons and a daughter, Laurence, Loren, iteitn, Wilson and Linda, all of Orange, Calif.; a brother, David O., Salt Lake City; sisters, Mrs. C. R. (LaNeve) Kimball. Provo: Mrs. R. L. (Hazel) McCook, Jr., Tempe, Ariz.; Mrs. A. W. (Venice) (Ven-ice) Prlddis, La Hambra, Calif. TO ELECT THREE NEW man B. Bennett, who completes h imji a t 1""' vi Warnlck. Mr. Gillwnln repres ents the Edgemont area, Mrs. Lamb represents the Grand View 'and Crest View areas, while Mr. i R.nnoH ' 4v, v,.v Bennett represents the high school as a board member large. at All Orem residents residing In the Orem-Sharon area, who are the Scera stockholders, are In- vited to attend the meeting and PartlciDBte In the election nf new 'board members, M. Dover Hunt, 1 Scera manager, stated. OR A CIVIL DEFENSE ! T American Legion Auxiliary Installs New Officers Installation of new officers of the American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 72, was held Wednesday night at the Veterans Memorial Home in Orem. Mrs. Allen Stewart, Utah Department De-partment first vice president, conducted the ceremonies. In- stalled were Pearl Martlndale, i pres en?' e-llm v'c! president; Lily McQuivey, second vice president; Gena Gourdin, secretary; Reba . Loveless, treasurer; treas-urer; Retta Tolton, historian; Elsie El-sie Schenck, chaplain; and Barbara Bar-bara Broadhead, sergeant at arms. LaRue Thurston, District Four rom m n n ri pr ehAwofl a film vri membership, after which Legion and Auxiliary members enjoyed a potluck dinner. Members present were Mr. and Mrs. Reed Bench, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fielding, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Drake, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Houtz. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Martlndale, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Schenck, Mr. and Mrs. Max Broadhead, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McQuivey, Mrs. Retta Ret-ta Tolton and Mrs. Shirley Bake-well. Bake-well. At Utah Valley Hospital: Sept. 9 Boy to Gill and Louise Branson Johnson. Sept. 10 Girl to Keith and Es ther Fetterley Anderberg. Sent. 11 Girl to Georee and Dorothy Marie Babbitt Gibson. Sept. 14 Boy to Eugene and Kathleen T.vnn .Tnhnann I Sept 15 Girl to Herbert N. and Marva Kimball Pedersen. DEMONSTRATION? .1 1 YZ vVj Y 7 -1 -vY IJtl Due to the delay in the comple PARENTS EXPRESS URGENCY FOR INSTALLING SIDEWALKS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN'S USE A call to action is currently being be-ing Issued by alarmed parents in the Interest of correcting twd major safety hazards for school children enrolled in four Orem schools Lincoln Junior and Senior Sen-ior High Schools and Sharon and Westmore Elementary Schools. The crucial safety hazards are the lack of sidewalks on two key Orem roads West 8th South Stand St-and East 4th North St., which hordes of Orem school children use each day. Teachers and parents alike have expressed special concern over these two walking routes. They point out that automobile traffic is most congested and dangerous at the time school "7 "'"" wB returning home after school. Shift workers at the Geneva Steel Plant comprise the greater por - tion of the hustling motorists us- ing these two roads. Progress Bogs Down City officials report that some action has been taken by proper - ty owners along 4th North (East of Safeway Store) to grant right- of-way for a sidewalk on this street for children using this route to the new Sharon Elementary Ele-mentary School. It has been reported re-ported that a special Improve ment project has been Initiated in this area, but progress has bogged down pending full approv al of property owners Involved. Prospects for sidewalk improvement im-provement on Irth South (West of high school) are at a virtual standstill. The project, whether undertaken as a special Improvement Improve-ment city project or by a private construction contract, apparently lacks leadership to. initiate progress pro-gress among property owners. City officials point out that a waiting period of from 60 to 90 days Is necessary to organize proceedings pro-ceedings for a city sponsored special Improvement project. Willing to Farticlps One citizen close to the tide Iearly morning FIRE DAMAGES PARK'S CAFE Thirteen out of 14 members of the Orem Volunteer Fire De partment responded to the fire call at Parks Cafe early Thurs day morning. The fire resulted in loss of nearly $15,000. The blaze plus water from the firemen's hose causefl. heavy damage da-mage to the kitchen, its contents, and to the roof of the building. According to Fire Chief Scott Thompson, the fire started about 4 a.m. when an overheated cook stove ignited hot grease. The early morning cook had previously previous-ly turned the stove on in preparation prepar-ation for the early morning breakfast break-fast traffic. Unless water damage shows upt the new banquet addition to the cafe was unharmed. Chief Thomp son stated that adjacent build ings stood in jeopardy until the blaze was extinguished. Sweepstakes Winners Named for Geneva School Flower Show Jessie Christen won Queen of the Show honors at the Genva School Flower Show Wednesday with a single spike gladioli. Oth er sweepstake winners were. John Wootton, roses; Evelyn Far- rell, hibiscus; Kirt MangtEn, ruffled petunia; Joyce Fowers, chrysanthemums; Rusty Shepard- son, marigolds; and Christy Allen, Al-len, house plant, ivy. Entries from 205 children were placed on display and judged, with over 50 division winners announced. - M. D. Wallace, prominent Orem horticulturist and one of the judges, spoke to the audience at the PTA meeting held Wednes day evening in conjunction, with the flower show. He pointed out the appreciation for flowers and nature that children can gam through participation 1, tie Show. . ... -.',v ;-s - New PTA officers and teach1 ers were introduced to the parents par-ents at the meeting. Heading the organization for the coming year are Mrs. Oliver Stratton, president; presid-ent; Mrs. Neldon Bishop, first vice president; Principal Thorit C. Hebertson, second vice president; presid-ent; and Mrs. Leo Crump, secretary secre-tary treasurer. The committee in chage of the show Included Amy Fowers, chairman; Mr. Hebertson, publicity; publi-city; Theda Burr, staging; Fjifd Jolley, entries; Elma Clayton and Dorothy Grange, placement. The teachers assisting were Janet Sundblom, Mrs. Owen Rowe and Esther Mower. 'HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE As bU Geneva Times will leave the , above space vacant untU needed f ealk a'e ,iaaif? J&"Xll , 7"" " way store). The sidewalks are needed to relieve daily threats of danger to school children going to and from school. walk situation on 8th South reports re-ports that many residents not owning property on the street would be willing to participate in the cost of the project along with property owners if it would assure as-sure the early construction of the sidewalk. City officials state that there are other streets lacking sidewalks side-walks in th city which are needed need-ed for school children walking to and from school, but the need for sidewalks on 8th South and 4th North, they declare, Is most urgent at the moment. Orem City, like other cities in Utah, Is not financially able to finance construction con-struction of sidewalks, hence the property owners are required to pay for the improvements. .... LI I I 11.1,1,11- r in, ' :A I L ' r s iir ! |