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Show wnvzRSAL mcnoFiunsa co?v 141 PIZRPOIIT AY;. SALT LAIC Cir:, UTAH s1 r A STEEL PLANT h tl H fl eneua Vol. No. 31, No. 2 OREM-GENEVA TIMES Thursday, Jan. 9, 1958 SUBSCRIPTION $3.00 PER YEAR I v r - f 1 r - , i i jd - if I vy , g . . j I vyV ' j ' w- 4 If ,! j i " - i i- , If ' " . , " " r- 1 w ' ' ,- . 5 I A - " ' . I V vl . 1 - - in. - ." i HUB QF UTAH'S F. r U tetw 32 Mew Mome Permits Issued 'Here Ira 1957 Despite Tig hi" Money OREM T ilk. What's Your Answer? Since Orem is rapidly becoming becom-ing highly urbanized, we throw out the following $64.00 question ques-tion to our readers with the hope that we will be fortunate enough to receive some answers or replies by mail: Can you own a dog and allow the pet to run loose and still be a good neighbor neigh-bor in a residential area? Steel Outlook What lies ahead for the steel economy of Orem. As usual, nobody no-body knows for sure, but we offer the following appraisal made recently by Roger M. Blough, chairman of the Board of U.S. Steel Corp. "Preliminary estimates indicate that 1957 was a record-breaking year for steel consumption and despite recent cutbacks in steel production, U. S. Steel considers the recent decline in orders as a breathing point in a long-range increase in steel demand. 'In other words the experts in the steel industry expect little change the first Six months of 1958, but anticipate gradual improvement in the iast six months of 1958. We hope the layoffs at the Geneva Works is only a temporary lull. Inside Story On How Orem Got Its Name Back in 1914 the Provo Bench Commercial Club (comprised of fruit growers residing in what is now Orem) was desireous of selecting a name for this fruit growing area other than Provo The fruit producers wanted a name printed on their basket labels that would bring the dis tinction to the area that actual ly produced the fruit. tKsar-heading tKsar-heading a movement to get the people together to formulate plans for finding a new name for the Provo Bench was Oscar H. Anderson, secretary treasur er of the club. Among the names ! suggested were Canyon City Sharon and Timpanogos. However, How-ever, Britt Woodward, president cf the club suggested that in asmuch as the Salt Lake and Utah Railroad would be building build-ing a railroad through the bench it might be a good idea if our community was named after W. C. Orem, the chief money investor in-vestor of the new railroad line and president of the same. The strategy in using the name Orem was mat it wouio . be a high honor to Mr. Orem, 1 . ..i i . .u. t u , i 1 DUk also ma i uie jDciicii mwu a good chance of receiving some worthwhile favors from the railroad promoter who lived in Salt Lake City. A 40 acre town-site town-site was purchased and laid out in the 8th North and State Street area and the name was officially official-ly adopted by the first city council coun-cil in 1919. The entire Utah and Salt Lake railroad line was nicknamed the Orem line, but the city of Orem was technically technical-ly named alter Mr. Orem and not actually the railroad line. This interesting story was submitted sub-mitted to us by Oscar H. Anderson, Ander-son, local realtor and prominent civic promoter for many years. New Subscribers Bless 'Em Paul Carroll, Orem Kermit Anderson, Orem Mrs. H. E. Dudrey, Provo Dale Kenney, Orem Renewals Lee Preece, Orem Earl Thompson, Orem Reed Moss, Orem E. F. McKean, Orem Sam Crosby, Orem Wayne J. Lunceford, Orem Verdin Llston, Orem KENT PRESTWICHE'S RETURN TO CALIFORNIA HOME Mr. and Mrs. Kent Prestwich recently returned to their home In Stockton. California after enjoying an extended vacation. Their parents, Mr. ana Mrs. ai win Prestwich of Orem, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Loy of Provo held lovely dinner parties In their honor while they were here. Services Saturday For Emily Wells n t V h i. X Funeral services will be Sat. at 12 noon in the Vineyard Ward Chapel for Emily Frances Cooley Wells, 92 who died early ear-ly Jan. 7 (Tue.,) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clinton (Jennie) (Jen-nie) Wakefield in Huntington. Services will be under the direction direc-tion of Bishop Ray Gammon. Friends may call at the Olpin-Sundberg Olpin-Sundberg Mortuary In Orem Friday evening from 6 to 8:30, and at the chapel from 10:30 till time for services. Burial will be in the Provo City Cemetery. Ce-metery. Mrs. Wells suffered a stroke 20 years ago which made her an invalid. She was born Dec. 11, 1865. at Hoytsville, Summit County, a daughter of Osborne Benjam in and Frances Isabelle Cooley, She was a native Utan poneer and the oldest Vineyard icrf dent. Most of her childhood she spent in Kanosh, Utah. On Dec. 31, 1882, she married Thomas Wells at Joseph, Utah Their marriage was later iole- minized in the Manti LDS Temple. The Welses celebrated their 67th wediing anniversary shortly before Mr. Well's death in June, 1950. They pioneered in Emery and Carbon County and for some t:me they lived in Victor, where she was postmistress while her husband served as the LDS bishop. She was an active member mem-ber of the LDS Church in its various auxiliaries. They moved to Vineyard 30 years ago where they had lived since. She was the mother of nine children, five of whom survive. They are George F. Wells and Mrs. J. Alma (Luella) Olsen, Vineyard; John Wells, Syracuse, , " , 1. ' ungion anu ivus. vyaKeneia, iiun- She also reared a grandson Delbert Mills, from Infancy. Al so surviving are 34 grandchil dren, 111 great-erandchildren and 30 great-grent-grandehil- dren and nine brothers and sis ters. They are Roswell and Free man Cooley, Mesa Ariz.: Mrs. Mary Spencer, Salt Lake City: Mrs. Geneva Young, Long Beach, Calif.; Mrs. Maria Hardy. Old Mexico; Herman Cooley. Murray; Antone Cooley, JCays-ville; JCays-ville; Mrs. Leona Butt, Copper-ton, Copper-ton, and Mrs. Ada Kartchner, Tempe, Ariz. Discount On Dog License Allowed Want to save money? Dog owners can save $1.00 off the regular license fee by purchas ing their 1958 dog license before be-fore Feb. 1, This Orem City Dog License is now due and payable at Orem City Water Dept. desk at City Hall. Regular fees are as follows: male dog, $4.00; spade female, $4.00; and female, $8.00. Jan. 5 Boy to John and Katherlne Eramtuste Elegante. Boy to Rulon G. and Dona Lee Lunt Craven. l- 1 iiewHmvais A total of 479 building per mits were issued during 1957 by Inspectors Lloyd Louder and Aaron Clinger for a grand to tal of $4,091,505 permit valuua tion. This is a decrease of $662,- 045 from the grand total of $4,-753, $4,-753, 550 complied during 1956, when 550 permits were grant' ed. Tight money during 1957 is one probably cause of the decline dec-line the past year. There were 302 new home authorizations during 1957 at' a valuation of $3,236,000 plus 58 residential additions authorized authori-zed totaling $100,525 or a residential resi-dential total last year of $3,-336, $3,-336, 525. There were 400 new 'home permits issued during 1956. New commercial authorizations authoriza-tions during 1957 totaled 19 for a valuation of $205,800. There were 6 commercial additions totaling $16,000 or a commercial total for the year of $221,800. Sixty-three garage permits were granted for $42,575 and there was a total of $293,205 in the "other'' building division. December Report A total of 15 building permits per-mits were issued in Orem during dur-ing December for a grand total of $141,900.00. There were 11 authorizations for new residences resi-dences totaling; $132,500; one residential addition at $1,000 or a residential total of $133,500' for the month. Two commercial permits were taken out for a total of $8,000 in this division. Tom Gurr at 978 South State received authorization authoriza-tion to build a fruit stand at a permit valuation of $6,000. Earl J. Clinger, 463 So. State was ' granted authority to build a I $2,000 commercial structure. There was one $400 garage, permit issued to F. B. Green -halgh at 542 No. Emery. I Thoes who received residen-! tial permits were: Philo Edwards, Ed-wards, 674 So. 500 East, $12,000; Elmer R. Skinner, 425 So Main, $9,000; Norman J. Rowan, 433 West 20 No. $9,000; Vern Short, 609 East 400 South, 11,000; Bert Carter, 1757 So 400 East. $11,-500; $11,-500; Leonard Judkins, 1826 So 350 East, $12,000; Andrew Tucker, Tuck-er, 515 East 1834 So, $1,00.0 remodeling re-modeling of home; T. C. Construction, Con-struction, 717 So. 800 East, $13,-000; $13,-000; T. C. Construction, 745 So. 800 East, $13,000; Bert Hales Jr., 349 No. 750 East, $15,000; Dan K. Price, 365 No. 750 East, $12,000; Neldon Neilson, 1855 No. 400 West, $15,000. Verlin Nicholes Called to Serve On Danish Mission Verlin Ray Nicholes has been called to serve on a Danish Mission Mis-sion with headquarters at Copenhagen. Co-penhagen. Denmark for a 2'4 year period. He will be honored at a testimonial meeting Jan. 12th at 5:30 p. m. at the Orem 7th Ward Chapel, 1500 North State, Orem, Utah. Elder Nicholes is the son of LeRoy G. and Emma S. Nichol es. He graduated from Lincoln High School In 1955 where he was active in sports and stu dent government. He also graduated from the LDS Sem inary. He has attended the BYU for the past two years and is i member of the U. S. Navy Re serve. Bishop Ernest H. Clark will bf in charge of the meeting. The program has been arranged by members of the family. r 'i - "; - : . .i - ; - j Road Commissioner Replies To C. of C. Appeal for South Orem Semaphore Mr. H. B. Sumner, President Orem Chamber of Commerce, Orem, Utah Dear Mr. Sumner: Thank you for your recent letter regarding the . hazardous condition at the intersection of 1600 South and U. S: 91 in your City. I assure you that our prime interest is to move traffic through your City safely. This includes not only the vehicles along U.S. 91, but also the local cross traffic. Minimum warrants for the installation of traffic signals sig-nals have been established through numerous studies both locally and nationally. To you they may seem severe or unjust; however, I am sure you realize that we must use a justification for traffic signal installations. You mentioned that the studies made at the inter-. inter-. section in question were conducted at times not realistic to normal traffic patterns. We are anxious that we have complete factual overall data at hand when decisions are made. We plan to conduct additional studies in this area, probably in the early Spring so that we may ob tain a better average of vehicle and pedestrian volumes. I have asked our District Engineer, Mr. Erin Leonard, Leo-nard, to contact you and arrange a meeting with you and the Orem City Officials to more fully discuss the overall traffic problems through Orem, including a detailed analysis of the problems you mentioned in your letter. We will arrange to have our Traffic Engineer, En-gineer, Mr. Ray Halverson, present also. Very truly yours, Ellis L. Armstrong Director of Highways Final Rites Held For Orem Woman J i" 1 X 1 J r: .V i V V Jennie Walker Johnson Funeral services were held Thursday at the Orem 6th Ward Chapel for Jennie Walkar Johnson, 77, life-long resident of Orem, who died Saturday at the Utah Valley hospital fo!low-fng fo!low-fng a long illness. Services were directed by Bishop Milton Smith. She was born Aug. 5, 1880, in Pleasant Grove, a daughter or Appollos Benjamin and Sarah Jane Holman Walker. She attended at-tended schools in Lindon and Pleasant Grove and also Brig-ham Brig-ham Young University and University Uni-versity of Utah. She was married to John B. Johnson Dec. 20, 1905, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. She was active in " the LDS church throughout her life, working in all of the auxiliary organizations organiza-tions and particularly in genealogical gene-alogical research during the past 25 years. She also taught school ir Pleasant Grove in Lindon for several years. She is survived by her husband, hus-band, three sons and two daughters: daugh-ters: Elain W., Alpine; Dean V., Mesa, Ariz.; Milton Ross, Magna; Mag-na; Mrs. Junius (Helen) Gordon, Gor-don, Olmstead and Mrs. Stewart (Meda) Allen, American Fork; 14 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Burial was In the Pleasant Grove Cemetery. CLAUDE WARNER IMPROVING FROM NOV. ACCIDENT; HOSPITALIZED Claude Warner who has been hospitalized since the last of No vember from injuries received in a traffic accident is Improving Improv-ing slowly but it will be some time yet before he will be able to leave the hospital. Mr. Warner War-ner had 9 ribs broken, 3 discs Injured, a shoulder blade damaged dam-aged and internal injuries. His wife is Mrs. Angle Warner and the family are members of the Orem 12th Ward. MARY JORGENSON IMPROVING AT HOSPITAL Mrs. G. E. (Mary) Jorgenson, who went to the Utah Valley hospital New Years Eve is still confined there. Her condition is much improved and she may be released to her home soon. Three Stakes Hold Dance Saturday '. Sharon, Orem and Orem West stake dances will be held Sat urday evening at the Sharon Stake house at 9 p. m. Music will be furnished by Bert Mur- dock and "his orchestra. Sharon stake house is located back of the U. S. Rock Wool, across road at 16th So and through subdi vision at Market Basket. Jaycees Seek Nominations For Service Award i Annual Distinguished Service Award Banquet conducted by the Orem Junior Chamber of Commerce will be held Thurs day, Jan. 23 at 8 p. m. at Park's Cafe, it was announced today by Kay Christensen, DSA chairman. chair-man. Any young man in Orem from 21 through 35 years of age, who1 have contributed their time and talent to make this community better during 1957, are eligible candidates for the DSA Award. Persons desiring to submit applications ap-plications for candidates are urged ur-ged to contact any member of the Orem Jaycees, who will p ovide the application blanks. T'-ckots will be sold to the banquet. The general public will be invited. Jesse M. McGee Called to Northern States Mission A farewell testimonial honoring honor-ing Jesse Merrill McGee will be held tonight Jan. 12th at 7 p. m. in the Orem 3rd Wara Chapel, 355 West 4th So. prior to his departure for a Northern States mission. Elder McGee is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey L. McGee. He is a graduate of Lincoln High School and LDS seminary. He has just been released from the United States Army after serving most of his two i years in Alaska. Elder McGee entered the mission home Jan. 8th and will leave for Chicago the middle of next week. The testimonial will be con ducted by Bishop William Ver r.cn. The program has been ar- , ranged by the family. ACCEPT OATH OF OFFICE Mayor Luzell Robbins, second from left, and Councilmen Earl Wengreen and Winston Crawford take oath of office from City Judge E. H. Johnson. The swearing in ceremonies were held Mon Adult Education Lists Classes Landscape Painting, Brlen- holt, Tuesday Jan. 14, Windsor 7;C0 -$3.00. Beginners Sewing, Baum, Men. Jan. 13, Orem High, 7:30, $1.00. Tailoring, Baum, Thursday Jan. 16, Orem High, 7:30, $1.00 Bookkeeping, Ladle, Thurs day, Jan. 16, Orem High, 7:30, $3.00. Landscape Planning Reims-chiissel, Reims-chiissel, Monday Jan. 13, Hill-crest, Hill-crest, 7:30, $1.00. Square Dancing, Beck, Thurs., Jan. 9, Sharon, 8:30, $5 per couple. Leather Craft, Bussio, Tucs., Jan. 14, Orem High, 7:00, $2.50 Upholstery, Paulson, Thursday Thurs-day Jan. 16, Geneva, 7:00, $1.00 P. E. for Women, Ogden, Wed. Jan. 15, Orem High, 7:30, $2.50. Hy-Speed Long Hand, Hinckley, Hinck-ley, Wed. Jan. 15, P. P. Grove, H. S., 7:30, $10.00. Lamp Shade Making, Bate-man, Bate-man, Tuesday Jan. 14, Orem High, 7:30, $1.00. Uriver Training, Q uilter, Thursday, Jan. 15, Orem High, 7:30, $4.00. . . . Childhood Ages (6 to 12) Jensen, Wed. 15, Lincoln Jr. High, 7:30, $1.75 Prerequisite Parenthood in a Free Nation. Home Nursing to be announced. an-nounced. Charm to be announced. Spanish For Farmers, Wil liams, Thursday, Jan. 16, Orem High, 7:30. Farm Machinery R e pair, Bussio, Thursday, Jan. 9, Orem High. Typewriting, Abel, 4 nights weekly, Orem High 7:30.' To register call FR 3-8268. Information can be secured by calling the school board office, of-fice, Ellen Brown, director of Adult Education . for ; Alpine School District FR 3-8268 or Mrs. Clarence York, or PTA chairman. Windsor, Mrs Robert F. Houtz AC 5-2107. Orem High Mrs. Wanda Jones, AC 5-0294. Jr. High Mrs. Miles Harris, AC 5-3139. Geneva, Mrs. Jack Finch (call Mrs. Boyd Boba, president AC 5-0900. Sharon, Mrs. Bert Wagstaff, AC 5-1003. Hillcrest, Mrs. Norman Duncan, Dun-can, AC 5-3655. Westmore, Mrs. Frank Wilk-enson, Wilk-enson, AC 5-2277. Edgemont, Mrs. June Robinson, Robin-son, FR 4-0794. Union Mrs. Gloria Williamson, William-son, AC 5-1209. Major David Hall To Address BPW January 14th Major David Hall from the Brigham Young University ituiv rorce will speak on "Na tional Security' before members mem-bers of the Business and Professional Pro-fessional Womens Club at Parks Cafe, Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 7:30 p m. All members are urged to be in attendance. Stella Oaks Sneaks At Sharon PTA A very interesting talk was given by Mrs. Stella H. Oaks, Thursday evening Jan. 9, Her topic was 'Operation Parent hood 1958". The program under the direction direc-tion of Mrs. Frank Stratton, the exceptional child chairman. A duet was sung by Nancy Wil-loughby Wil-loughby and Melody Clinger. Tap dance by Linda Kaye Thompson. An accordion selection selec-tion by Russell Anderson. An enjoyable evening was spent by all who attended. New Mayor, Council Tackle City Problems for 1 958 Luzell Robbins, prominent retired fruit grower and bishop of Orem 16th Ward, was "sworn in" as mayor of Orem City by Justice E. H. Johnson at ceremonies cere-monies held Monday noon at City Hall. Justice Johnson also "swore in" Winston Crawford, head of training at the Geneva Works, and Earl Wengreen, bus iness manager at the BYU Li brary as new council members. They will work with holdover councilmen V. Emil Hansen, Elwood El-wood Baxter, and Merlin Manning. Man-ning. Mayor Robbins succeeds LeGrand Le-Grand Jarman who has served as mayor for the past four years. Retiring council members are R'lell Peterson and Weston Kofford. The retiring council -ere present for the impressive occasion oc-casion as were Mrs. Robbins Future of Ufcih Valley Fruit To Be Aired At Fruit Growers Parley Sat. Orem fruit growers attending i special Utah County meeting of fruit producers Saturday vi!l have an opportunity to survey sur-vey the future outlook for the fruit industry of Utah y, discuss new methods of production produc-tion and marketing. The meeting is being arranged arrang-ed jointly by local fruit glowers, glow-ers, Extension Service, and the TJtah County Agricultural Agtnt Joel C. Barlow. City and County Building in Provo will be the scene of the fruit growers parley. par-ley. Highlighting the all day schedule, sche-dule, which begins at 9:30 a. m. and ends at 5 p. m., will be a talk at 10:30 a.m. on 'Training inj Pruning of Apples and Pears and Other Production Practices," by W. A. Luce, ounty agricultural agent from Yakima, Wash. Also certain to have appeal will be another t?Ik by Mr. Luce at 2:20 a.m. on "Stone Fruit Production." An important discussion 'What's Ahead for Utah County Fruit Growers" will be treated at 10 a.m. by E. O. Muir, looal fruit shipper. John W. Glllman, local pro- Homecoming Set For Elder Benson Returns Home Elder Ritchie Benson Following a two year LDS mlssin Jn California Mis- sion, Elder Ritchie Benson will be honored at a homecoming testimonial Sunday at 5 p.m. in the Orem Fourth Ward (formerly (former-ly Geneva) chapel. Elder Benson Ben-son labored in the Los Angeles area. A graduate of Lincoln High School, Elder Benson is now enrolled en-rolled for the winter quarter at BYU. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Benson 273 East Fourth South. day noon of this week. Outgoing city officials offi-cials are Mayor LeGrand Jarman and Councilmen Coun-cilmen Weston Kofford and Parlell Peterson. Holdover councilmen are Merlin Manning; V. Emil Hansen, and Elwood Baxter. Prepare To and Mrs. Crawford. Mrs. Earl Wengreen is at Utah VaUey Hospital following an operation performed last weekend. Minutes of the final council meeting of the retiring group were approved. The new council adjourned until ' the regular council meeting Monday night Principal business was the study of the Special Improvement District C. A decision will be made soon on this important project. The December 1957 police, building, and judge's reports, were reviewed and accepted. Also approved was the yearly police report complied by Chiei of Police J. Reed Burgder. These reports are covered in separate articles of this newspaper. news-paper. An executive session occupied the latter part of the ciuncil meeting. ducer, will report on the Wash ington State Meetings at 10:30 a m. Chairmen of the morning se?sion of the Saturday fruit parley will be Clyde M. Lunceford Lunce-ford of Orem. Chairman of the afternoon session will be Howard Ho-ward Riley of Payson. Peach growers are reminded that the election for the Federal Feder-al Peach Marketing Boards for North and South Utah Coun'.y Districts during the Cc'-.ity Horticultural meetings. FTrs. Earl Brckus Ejected President Vrvdcn Club in pnmin1 holiday party was bpir) hv th" Orem Garden Cub members with Mr. and Mrs. Chester Muir serving as host and hostess in their lovely new home. All joined in with prenaring the feast rvf hirkev nnrl all thi . trimmings. Cames wpro nlavprf and f,,n wa, had hv all. , Jan. 15 marks the beginning of the new year for the Garden C'ub. Past presidents Mrs. O. V. FaTsworth, having served three loyal terms, will be serving as advisor while Mrs. Earl Backus Back-us takes over as nresident. Mrs. Chester Muir, vic president, and Mrs. Welch McKenz'e, secretary. se-cretary. Other officers will be appointed. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Anthon B. Christensen, 273 No. 760 W. Jan. 15. will be the Place and 8 p.m. will be the time Learning "What Is New For Thil Year" will be the topic. Dues will be payable and new members are urged to Join in now. Exhausted Roosters To Pe Revived Re-actlvation of the Exhaust ed Roosters of the Orem Junior Chamber of Commerce is being contemplated, according to Dee Pyne, Jaycee president All past members of the Orem Jaycees over 35 years of age are urged to contact Weston Kofford, chairman of the Exhausted Ex-hausted Rooster revival. Later a banquet will be held tc officially kick-off the new organization. OREM COUPLE VISTS DELTA. ON BUSINESS Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cahoon west to Delta Monday on business. bus-iness. They also enjoyed visiting visit-ing with their parents and for mer neighbors. |