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Show urivpRSAL hicropiuiiro. cop; . 141 PlSnPOrT AV2. 1YC QlT.-t UTAH Vol. 35 No. 34 Thursday, September 2, 1965 PRICE TEN CENTS Lighting Hearing Creates Spirited I m - LT trri ttlEVA STRPi. PLANT fl fj ft ft HjHUB OF UTAH'S . .'." I ' y PICTURED above are officers of the Lincoln Junior High School PTA, From left to right they are: Mrs. Richard Allen, Secretary; Three Offices at Stake In City Election Nov. 2 With Orem City's municipal election slated for Just two months from today, the political pot was beginning to simmer this week. At stake this year are three positions on the Orem City Coun- Back-To-School PTA Meeting Set for Tonight The new P.T.A. organization under the direction of President Fielding Harris, cordially invite all parents with students attending attend-ing Orem High School this year to attend their Back to School Night, Thrusday Sept. 2, 1965. Beginning at 6 p.m. the school lunch will be served to all those who wish to have their evening meal .at school. They will serve until 6:40 p.m. All tickets must be purchased ahead of time and will be avallablefrom Tuesday 31st to Thursday 2nd. This evening is planned so the parents will have the opportunity to visit with the teachers to find out their objectives and other pertinent information relative to the classes. It will be necessary for parents to bring their students class schedule with them. You are urged to bring your P.T.A. membership money with you. We hope all parents with students at Orem High School will take advantage of this night. Business Men To Meet at BYU Sept 8-10 About 60 prominent Utahns from business, labor, government, govern-ment, education, industry and communications will form the Third Rocky Mountain Assembly Sept. 8-10 at Brigham Young University. For three days the local leaders lead-ers will discuss the problem of The Congress and America's Future." The conference is sponsored spon-sored Jointly by BYU and the American Assembly, which was founded by Dwight D.Eisenhower in 1950 when he was president of Columbia University. Chairman Is Dr. Ernest L. Wilkinson, president of BYU, and director is Dr. John T. Bern-hard, Bern-hard, state senator and dean of the BYU College of Social Sciences. The American Assembly is a national nonpartisan educational organization which regularly holds nationwide, regional, state and local meetings and publishes books on vital current topics, all in the interest of producing a more informed clticenry. Orem Man Pleads Guilty To Battery Charge Wendell R. Brimhall, 761 N. 120 E., pleaded guilty Wednesday in Orem City Court to charges that he committed battery upon the person of Claudine Brimhall, his wife, with his hands and with a fishing pole. He was ordered by the court to pay a fine of $50 with the fine suspended on condition con-dition that he stay away from the plaintiff. cil: the mayor and two council men. Mayor G. Milton Jameson will complete his first term in of fice Dec. 31, 1965,, and the terms of Councilmen Lowell Thomson and Paul Washburn expire then, asweu. Mr. Thomson was elected to a four-year term on the Coun ell In 1961, and Mr. Washburn was appointed to complete the unexpired term of former Coun- cilman Earl W. Wengreen last year when he was named Orem City Manager. Weather the Incumbents whose terms expire this year will be candidates for re-election is the big question mark at this point, although all three have In recent re-cent Council meetings cast some doubts as to their availability. CONVENTIONS DUE 1 In OremAas well as In all other third-class cities and towns in Utah, nominating conventions must be held this year between Oct. 4 and 15 and the tickets must be filed by Oct. 16. There will be two registration dates in Orem-Oct. 13 and 26. The election machinery set up in Orem consists of two po'Iti-cal po'Iti-cal parties designated as the Citizens Party and Peoples Party. Par-ty. Conventions of these two parties par-ties are held in October, and candidates can-didates are selected to appear on the ballot Nov. 2. PARTY CHAIRMAN Clyde E. Weeks is chairman of the Citizens party, with Earl Farnsworth vice chairman, and Evelyn Faden, secretary-treas urer. LeGrand Jarman is chairman of the Peoples Party, with Rulon Craven, vice chairman, and La-Var La-Var Rockwood, secretary-trea surer. Two years ago each of these organizations went on record as being against changing the names of their parties and against align ment with either Democratic or Republican national party labels. Elder Bawden Steven Bawdei Called On Mission ij Elder Steven Clyde Bawden, poa of Mr. and Mrs. Orval Bawden will be honored at missionary farewell testimonial services to be held this Sunday, September 5, 3:00 p.m. at the Orem 13th Ward Chapel, 641 So. 400 E. Elder Bawden is an Orem high school graduate and was a three-year three-year graduate of the LDS Seminary. Semin-ary. He held rank as an Eagle Scout and has attended the BYU He has been employed by Geneva Steel. Elder Bawden will enter tha mission home September 6 and will leave for the Mission field September 13. He will serve In the Canadian Mission r ': ' ' ' f"". . r fi.' Mrs. Howard Lewis, Treasurer; Mrs. M. R. Rogers, Vice President and Mrs. Wilford .Oveson, President. A delicious breakfast was served ser-ved at the home of Mrs. Willard Oveson for the board members of the Lincoln Jr. High School P. T. A. recently. It was served by the active officers, Mrs. Richard Rich-ard Allen, Sec. Mrs. Howard Lewis, Treasurer, Mrs. M. R. Rogers, Vice President and Mrs. Wilford Oveson, Pres. Mr. Evan Baugh, Principal, told of new faculty changes, explained school policies, and the changing of classes from alternating days to to classes by semesters. A board meeting was held following fol-lowing the breakfast during which they were entertained by the Lowe boys: Phillip, Steven, and Dick. Phillip also played a piano solo. Those attending were: Mrs. Oveson, Mr. and Mrs. Evan Baugh, Mrs. M. R. Rogers, Mr. Kermit Anderson, Mrs. Richard Allen, Mrs. Howard Lewis, Mrs. Robert Anderson, Mrs. Stewart Steed, Mrs. Milton Hardy, Mrs. Mack Swain, Mrs. Gerald Green-halgh, Green-halgh, Mrs. Richard Lowe, Mrs. John Huish, Mrs. Keith Trane, Mrs. Jay Willis and Mrs. Jay Kallas. City to Give Employee Training Program Further Study Before Action ; A detailed proposal for train lng city employees termed by one Councilman as 'too sophisticated for Orem City at this time, "was mrnea down by the Orem City Council Monday night. The plan, presented by former Intern city manager John Bingham Bing-ham as part of Ms educational project with the city, was a two-phase two-phase program which would include in-clude grants for educational assistance, as-sistance, as well as in-service training under the Alpine School District Adult Education Project. Under the educational assistance assist-ance program the city would pay one-half of all expenses of the student-employee up to a maximum max-imum of $100.00 per year for training )o be given ac the Utah Trade Technical Institute andor Brigham Young University. All training under this program would be on the employee's own time. The in-service training program pro-gram comtemplated the city's paying full tuition costs for the employee, and holding classes 50 per cent on 'company time' whenever when-ever possible. Elder Farley Elder Farley Receives LDS Mission Call Elder Ronald Merrill Farley, son of Merrill and Sylpha Farley, Orem, will be honored at farewell fare-well testimonial services to be held Sunday September 5, 4:30 p.m. at the Orem 4th-27th Ward Chapel, 575 S. 400 West. Elder Farley Is a graduate of Orem High School and a four-year four-year graduate of the LDS Semi nary. While in high school he was a member of the Kev Club. He will enter the Mission Home Sept. 6 and will leave for the Mission Field followine 12 weeks language training at the B.Y.U. ! 'niilLJJ.-mjJiinji,,ll i.jjmm mgWJJi .Lin -.i.Li.. i.Jl ... Mi Council The Orem City Council cham bers were filled to overflowing Monday night with citizens at tending a public hearing on pro posal to create a special lieht ing district In the south part of town. Over 50 people presented their 16-Year Old Faces Charge Of Car Theft A 17-year old girl from Orem was turned over to juvenile authorities recently on a charge of car theft. Orem police reported that the girl was brought to the police station by A.L. Snow, 1058 W. 450 No., Provo, who told them the girl had stolen his truck from a service station and had wrecked wreck-ed it on the freeway at 1300 So. Barney McGarry, 837 No. 350 W Provo. reported to Orem police that a coll and oil breath er had been taken from his aufc mobile Wednesday night while it was parked in the Scera parking lot. REQUESTS PRESENTED . Mr. Bingham presented eight requests and Justifications for training under the educational assistance program submitted by Orem City Employees. In discussing the proposal, members of the Council praised Mr. Bingham's work in its prep aration, but seriously questioned Orem City's ability to enter into such a program at this time. A prime concern was the llkli-hood llkli-hood that an employee whose qualifications were up-graded as the result of such training would leave the city's employ for a higher high-er paying job. PLAN DISAPPROVED On the motion of Councilman Lowell Thomson, the proposals In their present form were tabled, and City Manager Earl W. Wen-green Wen-green was Instructed to give further study to a training program pro-gram and come up with some specific proposals regarding training of Individuals or departments. depart-ments. In other action,' the Council enacted three ordinances which had been formally approved at earlier meetings. These include the setting of new rates for commercial sewer users, new provisions governing the connection con-nection of homes to sewer line s, and prohibitions against parents leaving children unattended in cars. Elder Flygare Elder Flygare Welcome Home Elder John Kay Flygare, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fly- gave, will be honored at mis sionary welcome-home services to be held Sunday September 5, 5:30 p.m. at the Orem 23rd Ward Chapel, 641 S. 400 East. Elder Flygare served in tlte Central States Mission for the LDS Church. i if : 1 ' Sv Meeting views both for and against the! project which had been requested neany two years ago tnrough a petition of property owners In the area. As outlined In the proposal, the new lighting district would be constructed under a contract with Utah Power & Light Co. over a 10-year period. Property owners could either pay their share in cash at the beginning of the period, or pay 10 equal annual installment. i LIGHTING LOCATIONS Lights would be installed on 250 East from 1800 South to 1950 South and east on 200 East to 1838 South. Lighting would also be Installed along 800 East from 1300 South to 1700 South, except the portion already lighted, and on 166 South to 605 East. Principal protests came from residents of 680 East who recently re-cently had gas lights Installed oa their street. , . Suggestions were also made by citizens for changes in the lighting light-ing plan to be considered by the Council. LAW EXPLAINED City Attorney HughVernWentz explained that under the state law, the Council had only three options: approve the project as advertised; kill the entire project; pro-ject; or make deletions from the original plan. "The Council does not have the authority to make changes in the advertised location of lights," he said. , Councilman Lowell Thomson said, legally, written protests from two-thirds of the property represented, would kill the entire project. With less than this per centage of protests the Council could still excerclse the three options outlined by Mr. Wentz. DECISION POSTPONED At the conclusion of the public hearing, the Council agreed to take the matter under advisement and make a final dlcision at the next meeting of the Council set for Sept. 13. John C. Huish John C. Huish Promoted In Military Rank The appointment of John C. Huish to the position of Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Colonel in the 945 Carrier Group out of Hill Air Force Base, has been announced. Mr. Huish was previously promoted pro-moted from the rank of Major t his Carrier Group and is serving as Comptroller at the Base. The new position went into effect August 17. Mr. Huish is a 1951 graduate of Brigham Young University. He served in China-Burma-India Theater during World War II and has been actively engaged in the reserve for 22 years. He is a former Deputy Commander and Administrative officer of the 9628th Air Force Reserve Recovery Re-covery Squadron at Provo Airport. Air-port. Mr. Huish's wife, Fawn and four children, Shari, Todd, Scott and Jacquline are living at 824 East 500 South, Orem. Mr. Huish is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Huish. ... f S" THE ABOVE picture shows fire-fighters in action attempting to extinguish flames which occured at a fire on the property of Dennis Zubeck, 314 E. 1200 So., August 31, at 4:18 . 1 -ri r THE PICTURE above features an Orem City fire truck that was forced to play train by traveling down the railroad cracks In order Carry-All Added To Orem Fire Station Equipment Chief Howard Jacobsen reports that the Orem Fire department has secured a used carry-all from the U.S. Forest Service for utiliaztion in the department. Chief Jacobsen said the carryall carry-all will be used to transport extra coats, gas masks, and tools which cannot now be carried on the fire trucks. It will also be used by the chief for his work. The vehicle was delivered this week and will be put to. immediate im-mediate use by the department. Chief Jacobsen also reported that fire calls answered by the Orem Fire Department his a new high during the month of July with a total of 66, or more than two per day. He reported that so far in August the fires have occurred at the rate of one per day. Lions Club Holds Meeting Members of the Orem Lion's Club and Wives enjoyed a fine steak dinner at the Lion's Paval-lon Paval-lon in Orem City Park. Club members hope that the citizens of Orem will utilize and enjoy the pavallon and new fireplace. Lion President Murray Kesler was in charge of the program. Deputy District Governor Howard Farnsworth gave a talk involving his duties and several accordion selections were rendered by Terry Tucker. Lion Ephraim Twitchell received re-ceived an award from Lion's International which was a certificate cer-tificate of appreciation presented by Lion's Care. Lion Twitchell was also appointed District 28A Chairman of Care and sight conservation con-servation for the coming year. District 28A consists of 30 clubs in 6 counties of Central and Southeastern South-eastern Utah. $800 Theft Staged in Orem Grand larceny involving the theft of carpeting valued at $800 has been reported to Orem police by Lynn Bullock, 185 E. 500 No. Mr. Bullock told officers that two large rolls of carpeting, several sev-eral smaller pieces, and mats were taken from a building at 1182 No. State. Marvin E. Sabin, 925 S. 500 E., Orem, reported the theft of his wallet while swimming at the Scera pool last Saturday. ft:'? i-mf , . r- I, ;-. Wf Wt.,' ; Scera Election Set Septo 20 , The annual meeting of Sharon's Community Educational Recreational Recrea-tional Asociation (SCERA) will be held at 8 p.m. Sept. 20 in the little theatre of the Orem Mrs. Johnson Enid H. Johnson Called by Death .... . . . ;, t .... " . ' I I' f Enid Harmon Johnson, 77, died Sunday morning August 29 at the Eldred Sunset Hospital of a lingering illness. Mrs. Johnson was born July 23, 1888, in Huntington, the daughter of Oliver John and Al-mira Al-mira Terry Harmon. She attended schools In Huntington Hunt-ington and Price and graduated with a normal degree from the University of Utah. She taught school in Lindon. She married Victor C. Johnson on Oct. 29, 1913, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. Tem-ple. He died March 26, 1961. Mrs. Johnson spent most of her married life in Lindon and Orem. She was active in the LDS Chruch, serving as president of the Primary and active teacher in the auxiliary organizations for over 50 years. Survivors include four sons, Oliver K. Johnson, Lindon; Win-fred Win-fred H. Johnson, Meadow Vista, Calif.; Floyd and Warren Johnson, John-son, both of Orem; 17 grandchildren; grand-children; five great-grandchildren; seven brothers and sisters, Melvln Thomas Harmon, Salt Lake City; Joseph WUlard Harmon, Har-mon, Lovell, Wyo.; John H. and Wilford Glen, Berkeley, Calif.; Almira Robertson, Zelma Mc-Intyre, Mc-Intyre, Salt Lake City; Lor a Thompson, Provo. Funeral services were held Wednesday, in the Orem Sixth Ward Chapel, with Bishop Hariey Gillman officiating. Interment was in the Orem City Cemetery. p.m. Children playing in a field, where tires and fuel oil were kept for orchard heating are attributed with starting the Are. Estimated damage was set at $450. .to get in a position convenient to work on the Zubeck fire. It may be an out-of-the-ordinary method but nevertheless It -was successful In dousing flames. High School, according to Clyde E. Weeks, SCERA president. "All residents of the Orem area are shareholders in SCERA and are urged to attend and participate in the business of the meeting," Mr. Weeks said. An important business of the annual meeting will be the election elec-tion of three members of the Board of Directors for three-year three-year terms. One board member will be elected from District No. 1, which includes the area on both sides of State Street north of 800 North. LeGrand Jarman is the incumbent incum-bent representing this area. Also to be elected is a board member from District No. 5, which includes the Lakeview and Vineyard areas. Rex Blake is the incumbent in this district. A representative will also be elected from District No. 6-the area within the city limits be tween 400 South and 1200 South west of State Street. Woodruff Jensen is the incumbent in this area. Hold -over directors include Elwood Sundburg, S. Grant Stev-; enson, Robert Gillespie, Con Brady, James M. Paramon a:vd Mr. Weeks. An interesting part of the annual an-nual meeting are the reports of SCERA Manager M. Dover Hunt and Recreation Director Parlell Peterson. Developments of the orgaaiza -tlon during the past year and plans for the future will be outlined out-lined at the meeting. Vandals Cause $400 Damage at Canyon Park City Manager Earl Wengreen, reported recently that approximately approxi-mately $400 damage resulted from vandalism at Orem City's canyon park in Provo canyon when someone shot the connectors connec-tors from a transformer connected con-nected with city culinary water nnmnc Mr. Wengreen said the vandalism vandal-ism caused the motor which operated op-erated the pump to burn out. Water then overflowed and washed wash-ed out a section of the road. The pump Is connec' ad with the collection boxes which gather water from the city's canyon springs. a |