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Show fVA STEEL fllP"17 OF UTAH'S gTS nt-.eneba Ctmeg Volume 29 Number 14 VOLUME 29 NUMBER 13 THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1956 PRICE 10 CENT: SUBSCRIPTION 3.00 PER YEAR 1 n n ft it HIGHEST OCCUPATION Flanole Painter Kenneth Wheeler of Salt Lake City provided some aerial entertainment for students at Lincoln High School -when he painted and repaired the school's 60 foot steel flag pole recently. Thrill seeking students (mostly male) a gthey walked under the perched painter would make remarks that would rattle the average person working at such heights. Typical remarks ere: "Anbody have a hacksaw?" and "Go ahead and fall, we 11 catch you." Opposition To Rezoning For Shopping Center Fails To Appear At Public Hearing Orem City Council conducted , , . . . . r a public hearing Monday night I7 ""V 5 t h R. Sc. G. RR, thence southeast- of the highway and north of x UB10" B"lu ' ui ?" Center Street or a planned cen tral shopping center as previously previous-ly approved by tho City Planning Plan-ning Commission. Approximately 20 citizcr.s appeared ap-peared at the hearing and all were in favor of ' rezoning this area to extend Commercial District Dis-trict 2 (C-2) over into an area presently set up as Residential District 2 (R-2) to permit the to beginning. The area involved is approximately 40 acres. Water Problems for Valley Farmers to Ee Discussed Friday Because of the deteroiration of the snow cover as revealed by ATMil 1ct Biirwvs. farmers and setting up of a central shopping j other ter-users in Utah Coun- center, Since Monday was Arbor Day, the city council did not hold their regular council session until un-til Tuesday night at city hall. At this time they approved a motion to amend the zoning ordinance. or-dinance. They authorized the city attorney to prepare an ordinance effecting such rezoning, such or dinance to be passed at a later meeting of the council. The specific area involved is as follows: Beginning at the intersection in-tersection of the westerly right of way line of Denver and Rio Grande railroad and the north line of Center Street, thence westerly to the east line of 200 West Street, northwesterly to the south line of 100 North St., thence easterly along said south line of 100 North Street to the ty will have a special interest in a meeting in Provo, Friday, Apr. 13, when the water problems will be discussed. Gregory Pearson, Snow Survey leader for Utah, will be present to discuss condi tions that exist on the American Fork River, Provo River, Hobble Creek and Spanish Fork River drainages. This discussion will be held as a feature of the annual meeting of the Timpanogos Soil Conservation District coopera-tors. coopera-tors. This will be open to the public. County Commissioners, Mayors of cities in Utah County and directors of over 75 irrigation companies are being extended a special invitation to attend. Representatives Rep-resentatives of other federal and state agencies will also be there. CITY AWARDS BID FOR WATER LINE; ADJUSTS SEWER FEE At Tuesday night's council ses- stssion, the city fathers reviewed bids received for the installation of a water line on 400 South from 1000 E. to 1200 West. They awarded th contract to Woods and Decker Construction Co. on a bid of $9,831.80. Because of in formalities in the bid of Noland and Pervelle, this bid was not accepted although it was for $8,-397.80 $8,-397.80 or lower than the Woods and Decker bid. The final plat ofthe Luegar Buena subdivision recommended by Orem City Planning and Zoning Zo-ning Commission was presented and approved by the council. An other final plat accepted was of Western Manor Subdivision located lo-cated at 1400 South tol500 South and from 605 East to 800 East. Several tentative plat plans were presented. Receiving approval ap-proval was the tentative plat of the Richard Adams property lo cated at 900 to 1000 South and from 150 West to 190 West; the Lsiie Byland subdivision locat ed from 1200 to approximately iwu worm and from 100 West to 200 West; the Plat B of KEYY Ridge Heights. Adjust Sewer Fee Another matter of business was approval of a motion that the charge for a connection to the Orem City Sewer System be limited to $125.00 only if pay ment for connection is made in full within ninety days after completion of the sewer line. The city attorney was instructed to prepare an ordinnace to this ef fect; such ordinance to be passed at the next meeting. A large Orem City Map was presented to the Orem Volunteer Fire Department for use in the fire station per request of Glen Burr and R. A. Brewer of the Volunteer Dept. TheMarch Bldg. report show ing a grand total of $693,600 was presented. A mistake was made in last weeks paper in the listing of tile grand total.The residen tial total included 64 permits for $678,600 which shows the continued growth In . this community. !- ,r'-" it 1 1 'Operation Clean-Up, Fix-Up, Paint-Up Week' Scarfs Monday. Jack Childress JAYCEES PICK NEW PRESIDENT Elected president of the Orem Jaycees for the coming year was Jack Childress, who was named at an election banquet held recently re-cently in a local cafe. Mr. Child ress succeeds Wayne Gammon. Other officers eleqted include Kay Christensen, first vice-president; vice-president; Vaunt Williams, 2nd vice-president; and Lee Moss treasurer. Newly elected direc-cents for a small dox vaccina. Immunization Clinics Slated Through the planning of the Orem City Health Council and the City-County Health Department, Depart-ment, the community immunization immuniza-tion clinics at the Orem City Hall will be resumed. Orem and Provo physicians will conduct these sessions. The first clinic will be April 20, from 9 to 10 a. m. in the as sembly room on the second' floor of the city hall. Parents are urged urg-ed to take advantage of this clin ic for their pre-school children to relieve the large attendance of pre-school children at the regular reg-ular school clinics. Records of immunizations completed will be given to parents. A fee of sixty cents will be charged for a series of three dipththeria, pertussia (whoop ing cough) and tetanus shots. Twenty five cents will be charg ed for a booster dose and fifteen tors were Lee Engleklng, Lee Bishop and Gerald Reeves. Holdover Hold-over directors are William Burr and Bruce Miller. tion. Welcome Home Set . For First Ward j Missionary A welcome home testimonial has been planned by the Orem First Ward to honor Elder Sam Johnson who returned last week from a two year mission in Aus tralia. The service will be held In the ward chapel Sunday, April 15, beginning at 7:30 p. m. Elder Johnson, the son of Mr, and Mrs. Ollie Johnson, stopped at New , Zealand, Hawaii and othfits Pacific Island While en-route en-route home. He was met pn his arrival last Saturdayat the Salt Lake airportby family members and close friends. BLAZE DOUSED IN FRONT OF FIRE STATION Orem firemen extinguished a fire which caused approximately $350 damage to 13 tons of baled hay being hauled from Delta by G. E. Densley of Rlverton, Utah. On being told by a passing motorist that the hay was on fire, Mr. Densley ironically stopped the semi-trailer in front of the new safety sign in front of Orem City Hall and the Orem fire station. He was met by the fire truck driven by Howard Jacob-sen, Jacob-sen, assisted by Police officer Murvel Wallker.' The entire load of hay was declared worthless. Hillcrest Slates Registration for Kindergarten Registration for children who will attend kindergarten at Hill- crest School next fall will be conducted Wednesday, April 18, at 3 pm., according to Lyle Tre- gaskis, principal. Parents will make the registration regis-tration and children need not attend at-tend the meeting. Birth certifi cates should be brought Wednes day to certify the child's fifth birthday prior to Nov. 1. CHECK THIS SCHEDULE FOR SDPERVISED TRASH BURNING DURING CLEAN-UP WEEK I It V ' 1 " i w . i . L-"'"'' Luiiiir-rm i' V niir i hi i - " " Last Rites Held For Orem Woman Final rites were held Wednes day In the Orem Sixth Ward chapel for Florence Hanson, 57, who died Apr. 7 of a heart con dition. Miss Hanson 'was born May 9, 1899, in Pleasant Grove, a daughter daugh-ter of Carl and Amy Swenson Hanson. Educated in Pleasant Grove schools, she was a member mem-ber of the LDS Church and was active in Primary, missionary and Relief Society work. She worked for the North Union Irrigation Ir-rigation Company for several years. She is survived by two broth ers, carl Hanson oi sealue, Wash., and Harold Hanson of Orem, and two sisters, Mrs. Nel lie Wilson and Mrs. Emily Mun-roe, Mun-roe, both of Provo. Burial was at the Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Seniors Plan End Of School Events PTA Meets Jointly For Last Time The last combined PTA meeting meet-ing of Lincoln Junior and Senior High Schools was held recently in the boys' gym. Mrs. Neldon Marshall, senior high PTA president, presi-dent, and Mrs. Fred Schwendi-man, Schwendi-man, junior high PTA president, were in charge. Displays and delmonstratlons carried out a "Get acquainted with school" theme. Featured were choruses, fashion show, Maori dancing, square dancing and tumbling. Approximately 140 students from both schools participated in the demonstrations. demonstra-tions. Displays of achievementss in history, science, math, art, etc. were arranged in the cafeteria. cafe-teria. Framed art work will be donated do-nated to the school, according to the art instructor. After the evening's ev-ening's entertainment the large crowd of attending parents were served refreshments. L. B. Bennett, principal of the Lincoln High School announced today that Baccalaureate Ser vices for the graduating seniors will be held May 20 in the Scera auditorium beginning at 1:30. Superintendent Alma P. Burton will deliver the sermon. Seniors are beginning to be a little restless thinking about their approaching graduation day, May 25. Speakers have been chosen by the faculty and plans are being arranged by the grad uation committee. The addresses will be given by Harry Olsen, Michael Van Quill, Merrilyn Rich, and Glenda Burr. Prayers will be offered by Teddy Ron- bock and Carl Ashton. Craig McArthur is chairman of the committee, with Joan Rowley and Jack Sumner assisting. Senior Day will be May 23 and is being enthusiastically antici pated by the senior class. The agenda for the day includes an excursion to Timpanogos Cave in the morning, swimming, and a final program and luncheon at At Utah Valley Hospital: April 5:- Girl to John and Virginia Stubbs Crandall Boy to George and Carma Bas- com Bryant April 6: Girl toGlen and Gladys John- - son April 7: Boy to John D. and Ruby Davis Stratton April 8: Boy to Arthur Ray and Florence Flor-ence Young Shepherd Girl to Jerald and Thelma Durrani Dur-rani Sharp April 10: Boy to Grant and Fern Muz- zell Penrod. Boy to Roy and Mary Lou Thorn Samuelson Girl to Howard R. and Carol Houser Lewis April 12: Girl to Buddy and Joyce Bard sley Glllman Girl to Boyd M. and Loy Vee Adams Collins Services. Conducted , For West Hills Bishop Bruce B. Clark of the Orem Fifteenth Ward conducted services Saturday for West Hills, 44, who died Apr. 4 of a heart attack. A son of Clinton and Lillie Ann Kimber Hills, he was born Jan. 11, 1912 in Provo. Educated in Orem schools, he was a former for-mer student of Henager"s Busi ness College. He worked on the family farm and as a carpenter during the construction of Geneva Gen-eva Steel, afterwards continuing carpentry and contract work. On Aug. 24, 1934, he married Fern Rawlings in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. A member of the LDS church, he was an elder and had served in the Sunday School superintendency and scout program. pro-gram. He was a member of the AF of L Carpenters Union, local 1498, and a member of the Orem City Volunteer fire department. He is survived by his wife and three sons, Ed R., Roy C, and Hy R. Hills, and one daughter, Daisy Sue Hills, all of Orem; two grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Lillie Hills, Orem; his grandmother, Mrs. Annie Ksm- ber, Provo; two brothers, Clinton Clin-ton Hills, Orem, and Everette Hills, Salt Lake City; three sisters, sis-ters, Mrs. Reed (Tillie) Dixon, Provo; Mrs. Orren (Lillie) Bone, Moses Lake, Wash., and Mrs. Ross (Audrey) Weight of Orem. a Interment was in the Orem ity Cemetery. COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS These Lincoln High School sen iors have been chosen by faculty members to give the commence- the Girla Home in Provo Can- ment addresses at graduation exercises May 25. Representing the I yon m afternoon. Betty Row-class Row-class will be, top, left to right, Glenda Burr, Marilyn Rich andhey, Harold Coleman and Clark Teddy Rohbock; below, left to right, Carl Ashton, Michael Van Wilkinson are in charge of Sen-Quill Sen-Quill and Harry Olsen. ior Day. Legion Auxiliary To Elect New Officers April 25 Members of the American Leg ion Auxiliary met Wednesday at the Veterans Memorial home, Business of the meeting included includ-ed a discussion of the group's sponsoring a girl to Girls' State. An announcement was made con cerning the District Auxiliary Convention which is to be held in Payson, April 27. The annual Past Presidents Breakfast .will also be held in Payson on May S. Several members of the Orem group will go to Salt Lake City Friday where they will meet the Nastional Auxiliary president, Mrs. Ruby Ward. Candidates for new officers of the Orem group were named at the meeting with Irene Baker nominated for president; Gwen Bench, for first vice president; Gena Gourdin and Myrl Drake, second vice president; Reba Loveless and Myrl Drake, secretary secre-tary and treasurer; Elsie Schenck for historian; Barbara Boardhead The burning of trash and re fuse in thickly populated areas in Orem during Clean-up, Paint- up and Fix-up week next week will be conducted on specific days in specific areas under the direction and supervision of the Orem Fire department No burn ing permits will be necessary next week as the fire truck will stand by in each area as per the following schedule, according to Fire Chief Scott Thompson: ' "The -northeast section of Orem" (Center Street north to north city limits, east of highway) will be allowed to burn trash on Monday from 8 ajn. to 12 noon. The fire truck will especially patrol the subdivisions of Mt. View and Drage during this time. Those living in the northwest section of, Orem (Center Street north to north city limits and west of the highway) will be allowed to burn their weeds E ld trash from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday. Mon-day. This Includes the Beverly and Geneva Heights Subdivi sions. On Tuesday from, 8 a.m. to 12 noon, residents of the southeast section of Orem (south of Cen ter Street and east of the highway) high-way) will be permitted to burn their trash. The southwest area (west of the highway from Center Cen-ter Street south to 20th South) will be permitted to burn without a permit on Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 5 pjn. In case of stormy or windy weather on the alloted dates, the burning will be delayed one day. All fires must be supervised and fire trucks will especially patrol the subdivisions in the allotted areas on the specific time allowed, al-lowed, according to the fire department. de-partment. . Farmers or those having over one acre will be allowed to burn their weeds, etc. any day during the Clean-up Week from 8 ajn. to 6 pjn., said Chief Thompson. iso miming will be permitted. however, in the commercial areas that is, around any business houses. Orem Student to Sing with U. Mixed ChorusDuring Tour An Orem student, R. Gail Bil lings, will sing with the University Uni-versity of Utah mixed chorus on a two-day concert tour through central Utah Monday and Tues day, Lprll 16-17. . . , IT . I . i? fv Ik concern have been dook- ed T the 60-member chbrus, according to Richard P. Condle, assistant professor of music at the U. and director of the chorus. Mr. Billings, a senior electric al engineering major at the U, is a son of Mr: and Mrs. E. G. Billings, 1206 N. 8th East, Orem. He sings bass with the U. mixed chorus. He is a 1952 graduate of Lincoln High School where he was active in music and foren- sics. City, Chamber of Commerce, Jaycees Ask Cooperation i Orem City Council has set up April 16-21 as Clean-up, Paint-up, Paint-up, Fix-up Week In Orem. It was previously scheduled for the week of April 9-14 but was post poned due to the fact that the water was out of the aquaduct part of the time last week la order to clean out the water system. sys-tem. Since Orem City would need nearly 50 trucks and 100 men to pick up trash and junk through out the entire city (much of which is rural area), only a limited lim-ited service will be available,' city officials say. "The city will cooperate aa much as possible, however. City Manager O. V. Famsworta reports. "People who have large lots or farms will have to pro vide their own truck haullaC service. However, residents In the large subdivisions who have junk and trash that won't bora are requested to place them in the streets and the city will haul the refuse away sometime during the clean-up week," the city manager stated. Cooperating with the city In promoting the clean-up, paint-up. fix-up week will foe the Orem Chamber of Commerce and the Orem Junior Chamber of Commerce. The C. of C, with Mr. Fame- worth as chairman, is urging that all Orem merchants join in the clean-up campaign by cleaning up their outdoor premises, both front and rear. The Jaycees plan to furnish some man power to aid the city in hauling trash and junk that can't be burned, ard in painting a nouse tor some needy family. The Jaycees invite citizens to nominate a needy family for this house ; painting project. Nominations Nomina-tions Should be 'turned in to Del-bert Del-bert Mills, chairman, or to his committee, Blayne Barton Bill Inglesbe. Geneva Kindergarten Registration Set Parents In the Geneva School area who have children eligible to attend kindergarten next fall are asked to register them Thurs day, April 19, at 2:30 pjn. T. C. Hebertson, principal, reports re-ports that teachers will be present pres-ent to give instruction and help in the registration. Parents are asked to bring the birth certifi cate of the child they are enroll ing. The children need not attend. They will be invited to visit the school at a later date. or New Real Estate Firm Opens Here Formal opening of Mitchell Swenson Realtors will be eon-ducted eon-ducted all day Saturday at 705 North State Street In Orem. The Orem office will serve aa headquarters of the' real estate firm, who will also maintain an office in Spanish Fork. Manager of the Orem office will be Jerry Buckley of Orem, former manager of the Rowan and Grow Realty Co. branch office of-fice in American Fork. Heading the Mitchell Swenson firm, which will provide real estate and insurance service for the Central Utah area are C. R. Mitchell, Spanish Fork, president; presi-dent; and W. G. Swenson, also of Spanish Fork, vice' president. The firm, which is a member of the Provo Multiple Listing DEAF AND BLIND SCHOOL Board, will also employ Alma TO PRESENT TV PROGRAM I Christensen of Provo as real es- Ogden School for the Deaf and tate salesman for the Orem and Blind will present a television Provo area, Connie Fautin of program Sunday from 11:15 to Pleasant Grove, secretary-recep- 11:30 ajn. over KSL, Channel 5. tionist for the Orem office; and Participating on the school TV Ada Walker of Spanish Fork, program will be several Orem, secretary - receptionist for the students. Spanish Fork office. Teenage Columnist To Speak at LHS , Elaine Cannon, noted teenage newspaper columnish, will speak at a fashion show to be held Wednesday, April 18, at 1 p.m. in the Screa auditorium. The Girls Organization of Lin coln High School and the Home- making Department of the school are combining to sponsor, the show which will follow a vaca tion and travel theme. Lois Anderson, An-derson, president of the Girls Organization, and Mrs. Alice Jensen, faculty advisor, are In charge. Girls from the 9th to 12th grades and their mothers are invited in-vited to attend. Refreshments will be served. u. J V.'-.- J LAMERO CLUB PLANS MEET Members of the LaMero Club will meet Wednesday, April 18, at the home of Mrs. Melvln Park. Activities will get under- and Teddy Day, sargeant at arms; way at 8 p. m. and Mrs. Lee Nlmer, chaplain. CALIFORNIA VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. Ray Price arriv ed last week from Inglewood. Calif., and are guests at the hme of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Baker. They plan to spend several weeks in Orem while Mr. Price is recovering from a recent Illness. NAMES REVEALED IN GUESS WHO CONTEST! Here are the names of the two merchants whose childhood pictures appeared in the Guess Who Contest conducted In the Orem-Geneva Times last week in connection with Oram's big trade at home promotion "April "Ap-ril Shower of Lucky Coupons." They are, shown above: left photo Weslon Kofford of Wesko Cabinet and Supply; right photo Bruce Miller of B mice's IGA Market. Winners of the first correct photo identifications on these two merchants were David Fielding and Mrs. Max Pederson, who will each receive a $10.00 cash prize. Two more baby photos of Orem merchants appear on the double page of lucky coupons in this issue. New contest rules are posted in order that all may have an equal opportunity to participate. I |