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Show vueeaitoers sraiterence Speali a Volume 76 - Number 22 PAYSON, UTAH, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1963 Aiden Neff Named Honor itizen of Santaquin of 1962 Aden Neff, 44, was named Sant: quin Honor Citizen of the yeut 1962 in a progrom held Sat. night in the Santa-qn Jr. High School. u jlr. Neff was cited for his outstanding leadership of the youth of Santoquin He 1ms acted as Scoutmaster, Piesi-deof YMMIA President and athletic director for the American Legion Post 84. He has nt ui oe or more of these capacities for the past 8 yeais. He was also instrumental in forming Little League b ll teams and in arranging to have Baseball tournaments held in Santaquin. The hours spent in getting the baseball diamonds prepared and in transpoiting youth to and from the neighboring communities to paitieipate in the various athletic events was especially noted. suv.d .se-ba- Aiden Neff Outstanding Citizen He is married to the former Betty Heelis of Santaquin, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Heelis. He is the son of the late Daniel and Rosa Enquist Neff of Nephi. The couple have three 16; Eddie, childien, Kathy, 14 and Patsy 11. The Named in couple have lived in Santaquin all of their manned life and Mr. Neff is employed by Geneva Steel Company. President of the Lions Club Jack Van Ausdal conducted the program and Alfonzo Kes-te- r acted as MC to the followWinners of the Poppy Poster contest sponsored by the Aux- ing program: prayer, Malcolm iliary to the Payson American Jolley; community singing led Legion, have been announced by Lawrence Clayson, accom- by Mrs. Gladys Larson, chairman. Cash prizes of $1, $2, $3 wdll be presented at the schools this week. Posters will be disGrginize played in local store window's. First place winners in each Reorganization of the Pay-so- n class will complete for district and Spring Lake Farm honors, judging to take place Bureau locals will be chief 29. March Friday, item of business at a meeting Winners are: scheduled for Thursday, Mar. Class one ((high school): 28 at 8 p.m. in the Payson r, Ben Wilson, f,rst; David West Ward church. second; Wanda HamSpeaker of the evening will blin, third. be V. Allen Olsen, Salt Lake Class two (junior high City, director of information school) no entries. and research, Utah State Farm Class three (elementary sch- Bureau. He will discuss the ools): Brad Horton, Wilson property tax load now being School, first place; Roger Sh- carried by agriculture and the epherd, Parkview School, sec- load of property taxes preond place; Glen Rosenbaum, sently being spent on educaWilson School, third place. tion. As judged by schools, winArlo Larsen, Spring Lake; ners were: Wilson, Brad Hor- and Ernest Rothe, West Pay-solocal presidents, are in ton, 1st; Glen Rosenbaum, 2nd; Harold Dean Hawker, 3rd; charge of the event and urge Paikview, Roger Shepherd, 1st; all men and women associated Lawna Payne, 2nd; Clella Hill, with the units to attend. Others 3rd. No entries from Taylor or interested are also invittd. Refreshments will be served. Peteetneet School. Winners Poppy Poster Contest by Aux. Farm Bureaus to Tonight Rind-lisbache- n, J. Earl McClellan, long time resident of Payson, will be honored by his family when he celebrates his 79th birthday Thursday, Mar. 28, at a social gathering at his home. Mr. McClellan, a builder most of his adult life, is a son of William C. and Elsie Jane Richardson McClellan. His father was a Mormon Battalion volunteer who settled in Payson after crossing the plains in 1851. Born in New Mexico and reared in the LDS Mexican Colonies, the venerable Mr. McClellan worked along side his father in all types of con- struction work trades after attending the Juarez Stake Academy. He brought his bride-to-bLois Elizabeth Hurst, to the Salt Lake Temple in company with seven other couples and where chaperonage, ample they were married Oct. 2, e, Mt. Nebo Group Sets Meeting Mt Nebo Wildlife Federation will hold their monthly membership meeting Friday, Mar. 23. at 8 p.m. The meeting will be held in the City Council chambers To be discussed at the meeting will be any matters for the state convention, fish pl- anting; and the annual spring ride for the big game count. All sportsmen and members are invited to attend. Dennis Smith Was Named Top Basketball Player Dennis Smith was named outstanding basketball player of the Payson High School team at the annual banquet held in the Payson Fourth Ward hall. At the same event, Tom Hudson and Lynn Warr were chosen as new captains of the basketball team for next year. Douglas B. Allred, coach at Dixie College, was speaker of :he evening. Remarks were also made by James Durrant, football coach at the local school; Bemell Evans, and Pnn. Harold Hawker. A gift was presented to John Benson, Payson High basketball coach who directed he team to honors won in the recent state tournament. Toasts were given as follows; Kent Oborn, to the cheer leaders; Steven Liddle, to the coaches; and Dennis Smith, to the team. A banquet was served to 80 PTA PURCHASES LIBRARY BOOKS Norma Jones, hbrai-ian- , Principal Merrill Ashby, and Mis. Ray Angus, PTA president, of the Wilson School inspect library books purchased recently as a PTA project. About $300 w as expended for books from funds raised by the PTA, school and matching funds from the school board. So. Utah County DUP Elects New Officers, Plans Made to Divide New of fi cere for Daughters Utah Pioneers, South Utah County were elected at a convention held recently at Spanish Fork Stakehouse. However, before the organwas ization of committees of Cancer Fund Drive To Be Made Here April 11-1- 2 is 11-1- 2, y, Cockleburs Leg- ion Hall. 1907. Returning to Old Mexico, A sorrell geldthey remained there until ing will be given away as a immediately before Mexican highlight of the event. Revolution, which drove many Funds from the sale of tickcolonizers out. With their two ets will be used for club prochildren they returned to Utah, jects, including the July residing in Provo and other Fourth races, improvements Utah County locations, where on the club cabin in the canother children were born. yon and the arena at the Pay-so- n To aid the War effort durRace Track. The public is invited to ating World War I, Mr. McClellan moved his family to Ace-qu- a, tend. Idaho, where they worked an 80 acre farm. Due to Payson Jaycees Will the severity of the winters, they later left the farm and Hold Trap Shoot moved to Payson to make a The Payson Jaycees will permanant residence. His wife held a trapshoot Sunday, Mar. died in 1928. After 16 years of single life, 31, 2 p.m. at the trap range Mr. McClellan married Miss west of the Payson City dump. The is invited to Daisey LaRee Evans of Span- attend public and participate in the ish Fork, also in the Salt Lake events. temple. For the past) 19 years shooting a have five they pioneered acre lot on the northeast slope of Peteetneet Hill, where they built a house by themselves and now maintain a conveles-can- t home. A free Glaucoma clinic will In conjunction with their be held in Spanish Fork on work in the care of the ill and April 5. Friday, Mrs. McClellan and Mr. aged, The clinic is sponsored by have spent several days a week for the past five years the Fork Lions Club at the Manti temple in the but Spanish Lions Club the Payson capacity of a Temple Mission. and the Santaquin Lions Club Mr. McClellans sons and are cooperating in, the project. daughters are: Clyde E. McEye doctors of the state and Clellan, E Louis McClellan, State Commision for the the H. Au Grant McClellan, Provo; blind are cooperating in spon(Lean-ore) burn, Calif; Mrs. Lee S. Hicks, Evanston, 111.; Mrs. soring the free clinic. Eye spRuth M. Chadwick, Spring-vill- ecialists and registered nurses Mrs. John Eldred( Reva) will make the test at the clinic. It is recommended that evAllred, Roosevelt. There are also 24 grandchildren and 12 eryone over 30 years of age take the test. great grandchildren. two-year-o- ld FFA Group Attends S.L. Convention Members of Future Farmers of America, Payson High School chapter, who attended the state convention Saturday at Newhouse Hotel in Salt Lake City Saturday were: Bryan McKinnon, president; Paul Horton, president elect; Jerry Bowen, Louis Peterson Bruce Winegar, Phill Green, Howard Morgan, Larry Dixon, Tim Green, Hal Finlinson ad James Moon. The FFA Sweetheart, Linda Larson, and her attendants, June Gay and Jetta Walton, also attended the event and participated in the contest for selection of State FFA Sweetheart. This honor was won by Manti girl. made and selection of appointive offices could be completed, there came a decision to divide South Utah County into either two or three units. Mis. Leah Francom, Payson, is chairman of the committee that will decide on the division. The matter will be effected at a meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 28, at the home of Mrs. Edith Davis, Spanish Fork. Officers elected at the convention will continue in offices to which they were elected and other new officers will be elected to fill in vacancies Created through division of the area. Those named to offices at the convention were: Mrs. Grace Wightman, Payson, captain; Mrs. Violet Diamond, Springville, first vice captain; Mrs. Effie Sabey, Lake Shore, second vice captain; Mrs. Bernice Thompson, Payson, recorMrs. Edith secretary; ing Koyle, Salem; corresponding secretary; Mrs. Florence Boyer, treasurer; Mrs. Springville, Isabel Peery, Spanish Fork, librarian; Mrs. Annie Moore, Spanish Fork; historian; Mrs. Ellison, Josephine Spanish Fork, parliamentarian; Mrs. Georgia Hansen, Palmyra, registrar; Mrs. Lulu Hermanson, Spanish Fork, organist. Mrs. Gertrude Clements, Springville, retires as captain of the South Utah County organization. Lynn Cowan Wins 1st in Region Speech Contest Lynne Cowan, daughter of Mrs. Lois Cowan, won first place honors in a Region speech meet held at Payson High School recently. She will compete in a state meet scheduled at Univerfor this week-en- d ity of Utah. Her talk on Individualism was entered in the oratory division. There were also extemporaneous and forum divisions. Finalists from the Payson school included George Dixon, named alternate to Miss Cowan; Mailha Bona, Merrill Samuels and Jimmy Jolley. Lions Clubs Sponsor EyeClinic e; . must abou' lie ihei-iu- be taught m thmi ,,, temple nvii.age, the and t n - Fireman Install Officers at Glaucoma a strange-soundin- g word. Certainly not a word which carries any special meaning to most people yet that word will one day sound bitter overtones to one out of every 50 Americans over 40 years of age. These men and women 1,000,000 of them are slowly losing their sight from the eye disease glaucoma because of ignorance and neglect Unfortunately, most of them do not realize that they face blindness Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness among adults in the United States. One out of every eight blind people you see is a victim of glaucoma. Practically all of them had normal sight most of their lives. But sometime during their forties, fifties or sixties, they went blind, for glaucoma rarely strikes until after forty. Here are the three main points to remember about glaucoma: Strikes after 40 in most cases. Is diffucult to detect in the fiist stages. Can usually be checked if enught early. Legion Auxilliary to Hold Meeting Mon. Payson American Legion Auxiliary will meet Monday, April 1, 8 p.m. .at the Legion Memorial Building. Mrs. Vione Reece will be chairman of the program on Child Welfare. Park Ward Sets Park ward will hold their anrual reunion Saturday night ward in the amusement hall. The reunion will begin at 6 p.m. at which time a meal will be served family style and all families are requested to sit tog ther Following the meal a program will be presented. d Ward members are requested to bring their own dishes. Salem Tops Quota Red cross Drive Sat-a- i Ga-se- day even ng, as Duane P assumed dutu s as new f re chief He succeeds D.ck Ilur-nas head of the unit. Mr. Harmei was master of ceremonies for a piogiam that included a reading by Mrs Hay lliatt. vocal tn by Mrs Frank Holm, Mrs Robert. Measo'i and Mis Biyanl Decker, accompanied by Sylvia Hiatt: toast to the fne-meMrs. Then on Hill, toast to the lachis, Theron IIul; .ong to the f remen. Mis. Dale t 3a nett and Mis. Dick Ilarmer. Guests included Mayor and Mis Eugene Hillman, city :ou cilnian and wives, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hill, Mr. and Mrs. J. Claik Elmer, Mr. and Mrs. Max Warner. Mr. Warner is also a member of the volunteer fire department. Mayor 1 liman and each of the councilman spoke briefly. Fherol Wilson and Jack rValkor, ass.stanats to the now fire chief were presented by Jick Ilaimer. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holm :i were men of the event ui presented the c sy. , -- Stake High Priests Set Social, Program Fri. The High Priests Quorum Stake will sponsor a program scheduled for Friday, March 29, 7:30 p.m. at Payson of Nebo Ward Church. An official of the State Training School at American Fork will be featured speaker. High Priests and their partners and also widows of High Priests are invited to attend. d Ot Douglas .Christensen To give Mission Report Missionary Will Give Report Douglas Christensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. McKay Christensen, Payson, will be welcomed home from his North-eas- t B' itish Mission Sunday, Mar. 31, 5:30 p m. He returned home this week from his two-yemission ar Payson Lions Club Hosts to Zone Party, Program Mon Lions Club was Payson host to a zoie party held at the Paj son Fourth Ward amusement hall Monday night Eugene Hillman, zone chairman, was in chaige of the party with Ilenry M.tarai, ! resident, in charge of arrangements. Mr. Hillman welcomed the guests and introduced the guests of honor and members if the visiting ebbs. Clubs attending m add.t on to the Payson club were Sn-taquMona, Noplu and Guests W'ere Jack Brough, District Deputy Governor from Nephi; Ray Jackson, International Counslor from Nephi and Jack Smeath, candidate for District Governor, from Piovo and their w.ves. Mr. Mitarai also gave a word of welcome and introduced the MC of the evening, Max R Warner. The program, film shed by the five clubs, lmludtd nv o- - cation, Hyrum Bradley, Santaquin; pledge to the flag, Milton Nielson, Mona; group singing led by Bary Avery, accompanied by Mrs. Avery, Nephi; duet, Dons Gasser, Carl J. Nelson, accompanied by Betty Winegar; duet, Dean Jolley, Dianne Bott accompanied by Diane Smith, Santaquin; vocal' solo, Rose Keyte accompanied on the guitar by Marion Green-halgMona; quartet Leo Chnstensen, Bary Avery, Duane Tidwell, Don Mickelson, Nephi; cluiinet duet, Kathy Kendell, Anita Ewell, Levan, accompanied by Crista Amos; the Goshen Harmonettes, Mar-den- e Nelson, Joyce Hopes, Winnifred White, Mary Boswell. Short talks weie given by James Nelson, from American Fo'rk, folknving which they showed a membership film produced by Lions h, 'tveuts of the Week THURSDAY, FRIDAY, MARCH for members and Funds in Salem was completed this week under chairmanship of Mrs. Eldon Brimhall. A tatal of $128 66 was collected, which for the first time in many yt ars exceeded the quota set for this community. Salems quota for 1963 was $125. Salem' was the first area to complete this years county fund drive and the first to exceed their quota. Services to Salem last year included approximately $750 in blood derivations. to retiring chief an arrangement of flowers in appreciation for his fforts of the past year. Park-Secon- m MARCH 28 Farm Bureau Meeting, West Ward, For Red Cross The Gaily dieotated Easter ergs ombined v ph y llo v daffn-lil- s and pie, w blows wa i e t ,1V "1 anged h cui- -t ous for the annual ruj.son Fire-nen- s n. Reunion Sat Park-Secon- Party Saturday md un g. lined Afternoon meeting In the afti i .an i tuitiog, Mis Iluyti'.o ,1 mo i the ..uat i of lu u .un pit cd story Haymond who nv d to the w ol Id the i u It ot keeping the word ot w is lent aod of keeping can bo ti s str ,og and installation barqtut In hn college youth he fame for bi eakmg a number of world track re-- ( ords Other spcakeis included high couneilmen Spencer J Snow and Sterling L. Spencer, Kelu f Seat tv President Gladys Wilson, Primary Piesident Lam ta Taylor, and George Staheli. Approved dutmg the confluence to be advanced to Iddi r m the Melchizedek lh--sthood were Sterling C. IIill, Akri D. Kenison, Philip S. d yn Ids, Waldon D. Francom a' d July D Stewait. MIA Sessions '1 he evening session was under direction of the Mutual Improvement Association with Ivy Hodgson, young lad.es pusulent conducting The La Nesta chorus piesented an outmusical standing program. r Dt l is and June Fullmer weie the speakers. Howaid Christensen performed a violin solo accompanied by Betty Winegar, and a tiio composed of Joyce Provstgaard,, Lor-lain- e Barker and Baibara Lea-thnsang two numbers. The chorus is directed by J. D. Christensen and accompanied by Nelda Oiton. i li st The Crusade Against Cancer scheduled for April to announcement according made by Mrs. Wallace Beag-leSpanish Fork, chairman of South Utah County. Funds are used for research, education and treatment. The education program is now under wfay, with B'aine Montague of Payson as chairman. He has films on the subject that are available for showing to groups desiring the infoimation. Committees on the Crusade are: Payson, Mrs. J. Clark Sherman chairman, Elmer, Loveless and Max Warner. Santaquin, Mrs. H. E. BradMrs. Edna ley, chairman; Huggins, Mrs. Merle Butler Hold and Robert Childs. Genola, Mrs. Gunnard JohnMrs. James Goshen, son; Fowler, Mrs. Hazel Cook; The big dance sponsored by Elberta, Mrs. George Oram-- . the Cocklebur Riding Club will be held Saturday, Mar. 30, at the Payson American aie young an - panied by Mrs. Kendall Hudson; trio by DeAnn Bott, Mane Martell and Kathleen Hudson, accordian selections, Robert Lofgran; song and gu,tar selections, Joel Kester; readme, Kathy Neff; reading, Ray Voorhees and guest speaker Alex Blight, Superintendent of the Juab Schools. He poke on Education. Everett Kester and Glen Milner accompanied the honored citizen and his wife to the stand where an oichid was pinned on Mrs. Neff and Mrs. Albert Hudson gave a tribute to Mi-- . Neff. The tribute was composed by Mrs Calvin Huggins. Mr. Neff was presented with a Sports trophy in the form of a clock by Jack Van Ausdal. The five previous Honored Citizens since the project was started in 1956 are Marion Ewell, Reed Chadwlick (deceased); Mayor Lynn Crook, Della Hudson, Estella Peterson and William Broadbent. Dance Saturday J. Earl McClellan Honored On 79th Birthday Today Ehia B .lluyniond of the Relief Society general board and Norma 6 Nichols of the Pnmaiy general board sioke m general sessions of Nebo Stake quai telly conference last Saturday and Sunday. Thtv ko couUated special meeting on Saturday for stake a id waid leaders of the Relief Soc.etya nd Primary. President Reed J. Money presided ow r the conference. Jane Cartel w k- mimed uct-- l it y counseloi to Ivy Ilodgron m the You'ig Women's Mutual Association Improvement 11a C. Rmdlisb ichei who was u leased Also d were members of the committee for Aaiomc Pnest-h- , over 21 due to a change in gcneial policy that only numbeis of the high council in.w constitute this committee. K. leased weie Frank Thomas, societury Heber Jones, Monte Cuitis, Lindon Crook, and Wil-liaW Hansen. A large chorus of singing motheis rendered 'Ram and "God of the Nations in the morning session They were directed by Joyce Piovstgaard and accompanied by May Dixon and Albert L Payne A choius of over 200 children sang "I Am A Child of God and "I Wonder When He Comes Again during the af-tnoon session. Lois Menlovc directed the group and Shirley Riley accompanied. President Money counseled everyone to teach the gospel in the home to prevent bag edy from occuring in childiens lives and urged that we be united and sustained each othei of the in the performance Loi ds work. President Harmer stated that we should cieate good memories for our children to remember us by that they will remember us for what we did whether good or bad Picsident Hill urged all to imp: o' e our actions to real.ze the blessings we have and to work hard in the church in the positions we hold. reiterated Mrs. Haymond that we must teach our children by example the things of the Lord She emphasized that motheis should remain in the home unless it is absolutely necessary that they woik outside the home. According to their basic natures, women are natural homemakers and characteristices have built-i- n and instincts to direct the affairs of our childien and the activities of the home Mrs. Nichols stated that parents and teachers must teach so well that children cannot go astray. It is a basic nature of children to want to do right but they will do what they are taught by both word and example in what they see and hear their parents and others do and say. Their patterns of life are set when they p.m. 29 IPgh Bursts Program, Mt. 8 Park-Secon- d Nebo Wild Life Meeting Chambers, 8 p m. Ward 7.30 City Council SATURDAY, MARCH 30 Park Ward Reunion, 6 pm. Coi klebur Riding Club Dance, Legion Hall SUNDAY, MARCH 31 Jayrce Trap Shoot, 2 pm. Welcome Home Douglas Christensen, Park Ward, 5 30 p m. MONDAY, APRIL 1 Legion Auxiliaiy Meeting, 8 p.m. |
