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Show Umvfil Miustilminf C'f. 141 Pltiipont Avmiw In less than a week, the qualified voters of Measant Grove will go to the polls in a special election, On Tuesday, June 6, the people will decide two importont and far-reaching questions. Reduced to simplest terms the propositions arc these: First, shall the people of Pleasant Grove take the necessary neces-sary steps at once to provide adequate culinary water facilities facil-ities ond to improve the collection and distribution system for the same? Second, shall present plans go forward to open the "dead end of Main Street" from Center Street north to First North. Practically all of the ground work has been done for both of these public improvements. City officials and civic leaders have devoted a maximum of time, study and planning Neither of the proposals are a fly by night affair After oil the thinking and planning, it is the mature judgement of these gentlemen that Pleasant Grove should go ahead with both projects. They candidly and sincerely advise ad-vise that the citizens vote "Yes" on both propositions. Of course, there are some citizens who currently dis Ultttamtt draw ftwfero "Pleasant Grove, the Most Beautifully Situated City in VOL LVII, No. 22 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1961 ' TV . ,. ' . I"" .. 111 " n'm. Ps H-4UJ fcyj- &V "J A 1 0 RODEO ROYALTY Dixie Thornton, center was chosen Rodeo Quern Tuesday evening. fade -Thornton Earned Queen f the Pleasant Grove Rodeo In spite of the cool weather, a large assemblage of spectators cheered loudly as Miss Dixie Thornton of Lindon was chosen-1961 chosen-1961 Strawberry Days Rodeo Queen Tuesday night. The contest was held at the Pleasant Grove rodeo arena under the direction of Battle W 4 -1f2-J--, If Fidel Castro has a sense of humor, which I doubt very much, he must be laughing his head off these days. Af te crushing the ill-fated and U.S. supported "Cuban Invasion," he Is at the crest of his tyrannical career. The fact that he jailed several hundred of the Cuban invaders in-vaders is stimulus enough for his current chest-thumping. Now, after bringing us to almost al-most universal disgrace throughout through-out the world, he has placed us directly upon the horns of a dilemma. dil-emma. For a mere thirty or 40 million dollars worth of tractors, bulldozers and a five-year supply of spare parts for the same, he promises to set the imprisoned Cubans free. The way certain American "do gooders" are scurrying around trying to rustle up the equipment equip-ment is the joke of the century. Unfortunately, as has happened so often lately, the joke's on-us. This of course is nothing short of grand style blackmail, perpetrated perpe-trated by the world's most notorious notor-ious "gangster. It's no different,: except In scope, from jthe rackets perpetrated by hoodlums for years In order to get something for nothing. Of course the lives of the freedom-loving Cuban invaders are worth every cent that the tractors would cost But that isn't the point. 1 What assurance have we that the prisoners would be released - when the equipment was collect ed, paid for and delivered to the bearded dictator? Absolutely none whatever. Castro is a Communist. As such he. has risen to power on a succession of lies, broken promises prom-ises and misrepresentations. w 4L aft Selected as her attendants were Joann Nerd in of Lehi and Annette Walker of Lindon. Kenneth R. Gillman, chairman and members of the local rodeo committee'. Miss Thornton is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Veldon C. , Thornton. The out-of-state judges also selected two attendants, .Joann Nerdin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Creek v Furthermore, this first piece of blackmail would not be the" last. 'In spite of the dangers involved, in-volved, there are still a goodly number of American citizens still in. Cuba. Castro could easily arrest and .imprison these people on trumped up spy charges. The ranson for them could easily be a Cadillac for Castro and each of his topflight top-flight henchmen. When would it all end? Several of the South American nations are currently teetering on the brink of Communism. They might do a flip-flop any moment. mom-ent. There are thousands of Americans Am-ericans living and working in these Latin American countries. What would prevent them from pulling off a little "Castro blackmail" black-mail" or a reasonable facsimile of the same ? Anything could be expected these days. The whole Castro deal is just plain foolishness, -on the face of it. It's a shame that the Cuban invaders are in prison. However, they embarked upon the invasion campaign of their own free will. It was an act of war and those who engage in "military campaigns cam-paigns always run the chance of capture and imprisonment. It's a calculated risk that comes with it.' i We often wonder lately how the "Founding Fathers" would have reacted to such a barefaced act of international piracy such as the Castro blackmail. It was in . 1797 during the "XYZ affair" . with France, .when an . American . patriot said, "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute." Perhaps before we bow to the .latest " demands of Castro,we should take a tip from the pages of history. So long 'til Thursday. - I Xf 1 n r-v 1$IM approve of one or even both of the propositions. There always al-ways have been. Even 53 years ago, on the proposal to install the first culinary water system in Pleasant Grove by bonding the city for $20,000, the vote was a close one. However, sound thinking prevailed and the water system has been a blessing over since. In this connection, a wise man once said, "The value of o civic improvement lives on long after the price is forgotten." for-gotten." Salt Lake City would be in dire straits for culinary water todoy had not forward-looking citizens availed themselves them-selves of the opportunity to secure water for future expansion from the Deer Creek Reclamation Project in Provo Canyon We new have the opportunity to take a big step toward conserving and using more adequately the water supply we now hove In addition steps should be taken to odd to our resources at every opportunity. Nothing except loss will result from waiting. Opportunities hove no value unless we take advantage of them. If we fail, some ore gone forever. Of course the consumation of one or both of these pro- William Nerdin of American Fork and Annette Walker, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray O. Walker of Lindon. The three young ladies will ride in the threa Strawberry Days parades and will lead the grand entries at the rodeos on the evenings ev-enings of June 15, 16, and 17. Although the queen contest was the feature of the program, those who attended enjoyed to the limit the amateur rodeo events staged as a part of the entertainment. According to publicity chairman Keith Christeson, the winners of the events were as follows : Calf ropinff. Paul Ekins, Orem; Calf riding, Don Maxfield, Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, first and 3 year old Kevin Green, Pleasant Grove, second. sec-ond. ' Men's Barrel race, Marion Man-well, Man-well, Provo; Ladies Pole Bending Bend-ing Carol Hunter, American Fork; Men's pole bending, Dee Thresher, American Fork. Lew Deveraux Breaks Record at Skyline Finals Lew Deveraux, a former star athlete at Pleasant Grove High School, and now a Junior student stu-dent at BYU, broke the Skyline Conference record in the javelin jave-lin last Saturday afternoon with a heave of 234 ft. 10 & inches. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray A Deveraux.' The record-making throw took place during the finals of -the event in the Skylnie Conference track and. field meet held at the BYU Stadium. During the trials held on the day before, Lew -was runner-up to Krege Christensen of Utah. How- ever, when the chips were down, Lew beat out the Ute ace to capture cap-ture first place in the event and establish the 'new record. - . In all, 7 records were broken during the two-day trackfest BYU took the championship for the seventh consecutive year. This no doubt, is a record accomplishment. accomplish-ment. The Cougars scored 59 points, New Mexico was second with 504 and Utah State, took third with ,37v,Utah..with 26 points and alsor rans Montana, Colorado State, Denver and Wyoming" competed. In addition to the javelin, new conference records were established estab-lished in the pole vault, broad jump, mile relay, mile run, high hurdles and the two-mile run. ji Utah County" Single Copies 1 0c Ben Franklin Store Grand Opening Starting Today Pleasant Grove's Ben Franklin Frank-lin Store will hold a grand opening open-ing In the new location Thursday morning (today) June 1 at 9 a.m. according to Vaughn and Josephine Jose-phine E. Barnett, store owners. Ths Barnetts have moved into their new modern merchandise mart after severe years of successful suc-cessful business on West Center Street,, The new store is located at 50 South Main. . V The opening,, which will feature fea-ture a large number of special merchandise values, will extend through June 2 and 3. Attractive gifts will be presented to all adult shoppers and their children. The store will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 pjn. each day of the grand opening sale. Mr. Barnett announced that the store would offer newer and more extensive lines. Included will be children's ready-to-wear, ladies sweaters, girdles and blouses, small furniture items, play and tennis shoes, pictures shelf contact con-tact paper, rug and plastic curtains. cur-tains. In addition the store will stock the usual Items of notions, toys, tools, hardware and sewing needs. The new store, one of 2,400 Ben Franklin stores in the United States, is modern in every respect It has a floor space of 40 by 100 feet with three double space store length, self-help counters. In addition, floor to ceiling wall display shelves extend on three sides of the building1. The interior is finished in hardwood and soft pastel colors with accoustical tile ceiling. The Barnetts extend a cordial invitation to everyone to visit them at the hew location. LEWIS J. HARMER Lewis J. Harmer Appointed as County Auditor Appointment, of Lewis J. Harmer, Har-mer, former Pleasant Grove City coimcilman as Utah County Auditor Aud-itor to fill the unexpired term of Robert Q. Strong was announced recently by the Utah County Commission chairman, Sterling X. Jones. The term will continue until un-til 1962. Mr. Strong resigned as auditor to accept a position as acting Provo postmaster. " ; ," v - Mr. Harmer has been office manager and accountant for Utah Packers, Inc. This company, now headquartered in Ogden, took over ov-er the Pleasant Grove Canning Co Mr. Harmer had been with the Pleasant Grove Canning Co. since 1943. He worked at the Geneva Steel ' plant as an accountant during its construction, prior to 1943 and for Utah-Idaho Sugar from 1934 to 1941. He served as Pleasant Grove City Councilman from 1957 to (Continued on back page) (to jects will mean added public debt. And, .most people fear in creased financial obligation Oa,the othl"hand, if our city fathers had watted until they had the ready cash, e would still be drinking water from ditches, pouring our sewage into open drains or clogged cesspools and diving on dirt roods. Pleasant Grove's dead end Main street has been a disgrace dis-grace and o dam in the stream of economic progress ever since hitching posts disappeared from the business action To remove this unsightly ond inconvenient "block" will never cost less than it will today In fact, the present cost of adding to the downtown commercial area is reasonable from every standpoint. In this proposal, also, nothing but regret and added cost will- result from waiting Anyway, "the people will decide" on June 6 We have sufficient confidence in the good judgment of the people of Pleasant Grove to predict the go-ahead signal on both proposals pro-posals Polls will be open from 7:00 a m. until 8:00 p.m. All voting will be conducted at the city hall. Citizens are qualified qual-ified to vote who have paid a 1960 property tax within the City of Pleasant Grove. : S ; I ... . -v , , r s m V r , - , . -, m STRAWBERRY DAYS QUEEN Sheila An- .Saturday night, will have Gayle Pace and deson, selected as Strawberry Days Queen last Suzanne Wilckenas attendants at celebration. MISS PLEASANT GROVE uiar vote af the Saturday night contest was Kcllcy and Shelia Anderson Named Queen; Janeen Listen Is Miss Sheila Anderson, a smiling brown-haired Miss, was chosen 1961 Quesn of Strawberry Days at the annual contest held in the high school' auditorium last Saturday Sat-urday night. She is the daughter of Mrs. LaVon Anderson. A group of six out-of-town judges headed by Mrs. Ora Chip-man Chip-man of American Fork selected Miss Anderson from a near-record group of 12 beautiful and talented tal-ented Pleasant Grove girls. Silver Dollar Da ys Start Today in P G The welcome mat will be out by all Pleasant Grove business and service institutions beginning Thursday morning,' June 1. The traditional Strawberry Silver Dollar Dol-lar Days will be staged throughout through-out tbtf local area with bargains and special service's for all.- .' ' According to Maron Oveson, Chairman of the C of C Better Business Committee, a united effort ef-fort will be made to provide shoppers shop-pers with the best goods and services ser-vices at the lowest possible prices. A perusal of the advertising section sec-tion in this issue of the Review bears'out this statement. Opening on June 1, Silver Dollar Dol-lar Days will fx tend through June 14. Shoppers who trade in Pleas-an,t Pleas-an,t Grove will be eligible to participate par-ticipate in the drawings for .val . -r ". ' ' -J" V -'V i c- il i i in k . f ' Selected by pop- JaneTiTTTiston In making the queen selection, judges considered poise and personality per-sonality displayed in formals and swim suits, answers to questions and talent shown in numbers given giv-en during the program. By popular vote, Janeen Liston, a tall and striking blonde, -was chosen Miss Pleasant Grove. Miss . Liston's parents are Mr. and Mrs' Gfendon Liston. Named, as attendants to Queenv Sheila were Gayle Pace, :'daugh- uable gifts at 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 10 and Wednesday, June 14. Ticket holders must b3 present at the drawing in order to receive their gifts, Mr. Oveson said. In keeping with the early fruit season, free strawberries, sugar and creahiill b dispensod from 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 10, according to George Paul, chairman of this feature. There wilf be plenty for all, Mr. Paid said. Local business and service, nien are cooperating loyally in the... 1961 effort to stimulate better business in Pleasant Grove. They call attention to the fact " that" this community is second to none in providing things that peopla need at prices they can afford to pay . Boyd L. Fugal Speaker on Memorial Day' President IVyd L. KiiipU of TM,iiiiig.4 St:i'i vim Ui fed-tur-d 'itor a. the trnditlorul Memorial l.iy :eriv hld t I'lcitiant f!mvi Cly Cemetery Ttiiufcliiy morning. The lojrrain was Himirvi by American Li" Ki'n 1'oxt 70. under th direction of C'onimunder Ted J nes. Preident Futf U crlbd attention ti the sacrifices of AnierUw' do-(vjuted do-(vjuted servloo'men, who erved thi-ir country . loyally in all of the Rreut wars. . "It in tor u.t'w living, to strlvo valiantly f-T inwe hi th.tt the horrors f wnr will never a R.iin be visited irw. tb youth of America." Presldcnl Fugtvl wild. Musical mimb: rs v cw render-el render-el by U'llli.mi V.. Petersen and Carol Pulley. Mr. Petersen sang "Stout Hearted Mm" ond Mlsa i Continued on back page) r i -. . . . S . Miss Pleasant Grove,- and Beth Linda Harmer, attendants. PI. H-er of Mr. and Mrs. Jack S. Pace a'nd , Suzanne Wilcken, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wilcken. ' Attendants to Mis3 Pleasant Grove ara Beth Kelley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eustace Kelley and Linda Harmer, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Lewis J. Harmer. ' In their display of talent,' em-ceed em-ceed by Mrs. Eunice Wadley of American Fork, Shfila sang and danced, Janeen danced and played play-ed the piano; Gayle gave a dramatic dra-matic reading, Suzanne a piano solo, and Beth and Linda each presented a dramatic reading. Also appearing on the program pro-gram were the other six contestants, contest-ants, LaRae Johnson, Delia Walker, Walk-er, Janet Maxfield, Peggy Anne Peterson, Karen Robinson and Judy Shannon. . The new queen was crowned by Miss Deanna Rods, 1960 Strawberry Straw-berry Days Queen and Mrs. Wad-ley Wad-ley presented gifts from the Chamber of Commerce and numerous num-erous local business houses. Others appearing on the evening even-ing program were Chester Stone at. the organ, William E. Petersen," Peter-sen," Maron Oveson,- Mrs. George-Smith, George-Smith, Ben West,, Stanley Warn-ick Warn-ick and Steven Walker. Prior to the contest the contestants con-testants were guests of the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce at a 1 p.m. luncheon. lun-cheon. Mrs. Beth West was in charge, of this event.... The queen and Miss Pleasant Grove and their attendants will ride specially decorated floats in th two mammoth mrades. scher duled for 10 a.m. and 6 pjn. on Thursday, June 15, according: to. Harold Jacklin. parado chairman. Srove |