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Show Universal I'licrofiliai rg Corp, HI Plcrpont Avenuo . r ft f t : r " 7 m 1 - "Pleasant Grove, the Most Beautifully Situated City In Utah County" VOL LIX, No. 7 CLAUDE A. HILL New Baptist Pastor Baptist Church Has New Pastor, Claude A. Hill Claude Ai Hill from Austin, Arkansas, assumed pastoral duties du-ties at First Baptist Church, in Pleasant Grove, on Feb. 3, 1963. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Tennes-see, Pastor Hill is a graduate of Texas Wesleyan College and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, both, of Fort Worth, Tv xs. ; . Pa Lor Hill served three years on active duty la the Naval Reserve Re-serve during World War II and for 21 months during the Korean Conflict. He has had pastorates in Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. Arkan-sas. He came to the pleasant Grove Church from the Old Austin Aus-tin Baptist Church of Austin, Arkansas. Pastor Hill and his wife will reside at 35 North Third East, Apt 4, Pleasant Grove. Mrs. Hill is the former Ollie Hutson of Clarendon, Arkansas. 2nd Ward Gold and Green Set for Feb, 20 According to Venetta Probst, activity director, the Second Ward Gold and Green Ball Will be held Wednesday, Feb, 20 from -8 to 11 pJn. This year the affair will be held in. the ward recreation recrea-tion halL The Nite Hawks will furnish the music for dancing and a floor show will begin promptly at 8 pjn. Everyone over the age. of 14 is cordially invited. Recuperates at Home Mrs. Dora Rees is recuperating at her home after surgery at the Utah Valley Hospital last week. 'fll Ml -M MM VI K J . I Begging the Indulgence of our younger and middle-aged readers, if any, (this writer hereby devotes the space In this week's column to the Older Folk of the com- " munity. . Of course this was all stimulated stimul-ated by our attendance at Saturday's Satur-day's party for the Senior Citizens. Citi-zens. It was wonderful to see ; them again, shake their toil-worn .1 hands and reminesce about olden times. It's only reasonable that folks in their 70's and 80's should live somewhat in the past and enjoy . talking about it You see, they have had so much of it As far as the future is concerned, thev can take it as it comes. After- all, there's a certain satisfaction sat-isfaction about reaching the age when an invitation Is extended to attend the Senior Citizens party. par-ty. It's an honor that has been earned by surviving life's trials, tribulations and pitfalls for three score years and more.-, more.-, The good folk who attended last Saturday's senior celebration have been around for quite some time. The older members of the select group know what it was to combat and survive the stern . rigors and privations of pioneer , life in Utah. f Practically all are graduates of the horse and buggy days, when the boy with the best horse and a rubber-tired buggy got the prettiest girl. Most all witnessed the advent of the automobile and the demise of the surrey with the fringe on top. The older ones witnessed the Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean Conflict and are now participants in the Cold War with Russia, PLEASANT CROVlUTAH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1963 C of C Banquet Saturday Night Features of the annual Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce Jaycees banquet ban-quet set for Saturday night, February 16, will be the naming of the C of C life Member and the recipient of the J.C. Distlng-. ulshed Service Award. .. According to CI don Johnson, Chamber of Commerce President, the event Is set for 7:30 pm. in the First-Fifth Ward recreation halL Other activities of the evening will include a resume of the 1962 activities of the two civic organizations organi-zations and the announcement of the newly elected members of the C of C board of directors. In addition to the traditionally excellent dinner, a short program-will program-will also be presented, Mr. Johnson John-son said. Reservation tickets may still be secured from the C of C or Jaycee off leers or may be picked up at the office of the Pleasant Grove Review. Sportsmen Extend Invitation to Annual Meeting The Pleasant Grove Sportsmen Association are extending an invitation in-vitation for everyone to attend their general membership meeting meet-ing to be held in the Pleasant Grove Junior High School Auditorium, Audi-torium, Feb. 18, at 7 pm. Jack Allshouse, President of the Utah County Wildlife Federation Feder-ation and president of the American Amer-ican Fork Sportsmen's Association Associa-tion has been asked to speak on the Central Utah Project, on the loss of good fishing streams and on passage of senate bills 110 through. 114 and their effect on sportsmen. Any questions from the audi-. audi-. ence or comments will also be encouraged at the meeting. The Sportsmen organization have been active in many projects pro-jects this past year, and everyone interested in their activities are urged to attend the meeting. They are also interested in signing up new and old members. Visits Daughter Mr. and Mrs. O. ML Shoemaker spent last Sunday In Salt Lake City where they visited at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Norman GilLman and with their grandsons Richard, Michael and Lee. Lee is recuperating at home after having hav-ing his tonsils out. . 7" r"i V1L1 liIL f.' flk 1 VV1V All have gone through depressions, depres-sions, recessions, food rationing, prohibition, local option, inflation infla-tion and are now plagued with income tax, sales tax and the ' five-cent postage stamp. They have helped to "make the World Safe for Democracy," have had their savings wiped out by the bank failures of the 30's, have received the benefits of the "New Deal" and "Fair Deal" and are how being taxed out " of house and home to support the "New , Frontier." ' :'- rrThey have watched,, with concern, con-cern, the rise of 'juvenile" delinquency delin-quency and the decline of parental paren-tal authority and discipline in the home. . . . They have passed through1 the age of the celluloid collar, the leg-o-mutton sleeve, the derby hat, the hobble skirt, the sack dress, and are now witnessing the fading of the "monster hairdo" hair-do" and the advent of the straw pile hair wig. With a background of. experiences exper-iences like these, who wouldn't have ' something interesting to talk about? And if the oldsters ' sometimes say, "that ain't the way we done it," they should be forgiven. .- Well anyway, here's a salute and a tribute to all over the age of Bixty. We wish them ' health, happiness, peace and contentment and especially a sense of humor, .in order to enjoy the funny side of the passing scene. Like the young smart Alec said "to the octogenerian: "Do you really like to be old?" "I certainly do," said the oldster, old-ster, "because, if I weren't old, I'd be dead." f So .long 'til Thursday. Slated for in First Ward Funeral Rites for Johnny Butt Held , On Last Monday Touching funeral services for Johnny Butt, 23, were held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, Feb. 11 m the Manila Ward Chapel. Steven Warnick of the bishopric, presided. pre-sided. Mr. Butt died last Friday at 9:00 am. in the American Fork Hospital of a lingering' kidney ailment Speakers who paid tribute to the short but kindly and purposeful pur-poseful life of the young man were Bishop Grant Christofferson and Bishop Harvey E. Smith. A biography of the deceased was read by Mrs. Jerry Butt. . Musical numbers consisted of prelude and postlude music by Nekla Warnick; a vocal solo, "Hold Thou My Hand" by Stanford Stan-ford Ekins accompanied by Gwen Adams; a vocal solo, "Beyond the Sunset" by William E. Petersen, Peter-sen, accompanied by Nora Larson, Lar-son, a mixed quartet "The Lord's Prayer," Dee Olpin, Winslow Christ ensen, Jeanne Walker and Joan Brady, accompanied by Pauline Olpin, and a selection, Til Walk with God," by the Manilo-ettes. Prayer at the mortuary was offered of-fered by Alex Wadley, invocation was spoken by Dr. Max Black-ham Black-ham and Dr. T. M. Thomson pronounced pro-nounced the benediction. The grave in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery was dedicated by Jerry Butt Pallbearers were Paul Haycock, John Y. Swenson, Ben Sorenson, Ronald Cook, LaMont Brown, K. V. Adams, Steven Haycock, and Vern Rowley. Flowers were cared for by the Manila Ward Relief Society. Johnny Butt was bom March 29, 1939 at Lehl, the son of William Will-iam F. and Lucille Boren Butt He was a graduate of the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove High School, where he was active in sports, playing on ' the state championship football team, Class B, for 1956. He attended at-tended Snow College at Ephraim, . in 1958. He married Joan Haycock July 23, 1958 in Pleasant Grove. Their marriage was solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple in Sept of 1959. He was active in LDS Church work and was a member mem-ber of the EJlders Quorum Presidency Pres-idency of the Manila Ward. He was assistant manager of the Grove Finance Co. He is survived by his wife, a ' son, Layne John, a daughter, Lisa Dawn, and his parents, all of ! Pleasant Grove. Also surviving is a sister, Dawna Lou, Pleasant Grove; a brother, Jerry Butt, Helena, Mont; and two grandmothers, grand-mothers, Mrs. Myrtle Boren and Mrs. Mary Ann Butt -both of Pleasant Grove. Educators Visit at Air Force Academy John Gourley and Chester A.-Stone A.-Stone of the Pleasant Grove High School faculty joined educators from the other secondary schools of Utah County in an ail-expense trip by air, Sunday to the U.S. Air, Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. . , ' While there they will receive a two-day briefing on the schol-. astic program of the Academy and a review of the qualifications -and requirements of high school graduates for admission. 7 Arrangements for the trip were made by Lt. Col. Oliver R. Smith of Provo, local representative of the Academy. High Priests to Hotd Winter Social and . Annual Dinner Party '; The winter social and dinner party for the High Priests, their wives and widows of High Priests of Timpanogos Stake is set. for Friday, Feb. 22, according to Joseph Jo-seph Ash of the presidency. The time is 7:30 p.m. and the place is the Manila Ward recreation recrea-tion hall. A program will follow the dinner. Those who attend should bring their own dishes. Legion Auxiliary to Hold Meeting Friday The regular meeting of Unit 70 American Legion Auxiliary will be held at 2 pjn.; Friday, Feb. 15 at the home of Mrs. Geneve Gen-eve Dalton, Manila. According to Mrs. Mary Washburn, Wash-burn, secretary, the topic for dis-"cusslon dis-"cusslon will be "community service." ser-vice." A special guest speaker will address the group. All -members are cordially Invited. PRICE 10c Harvey Named Vice President of Conservationists Mr. and Mrs. Leo P. Harvey returned . Friday from Denver, Colorado, where they attendod convention sessions of the National Na-tional Association of Soli and Water Conservation Districts. A feature of the conclave was the annual election of officers, at which Mr. Harvey was named vice president representing the western area, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. "The important work of the National Association in conserving conserv-ing our soil and water resources and putting them to beneficial use is growing every year in scope, and acceptance,'' Mr. Harvey Har-vey said. ELDER JERALD MAC FUGAL Farewell on Sunday Farewell Sunday Will Honor Elder Jerald Mac Fugal A farewell testimonial will be held Sunday, Feb. 17 at 5:30 pm. . in the Third-Sixth Ward Chapel for Elder Jerald Mac Fugal, son of Mr. ' and Mrs Jdttn' A. Fugal, prior to his departure for the North Argentine Mission. Elder Fugal is a graduate of the Pleasant Grove High School and four-year Seminary program. In school he was active in the Thespians, journalism, music and FFA. As a member of the FFA he was on two winning state judging teams and received national na-tional bronze and gold emblem ratings at Waterloo, Iowa at the national FFA judging contests. In church affairs he was active in the Aaronic Priesthood. He received re-ceived his Duty to God "Award and is a Life Scout The farewell testimonial will be conducted by Joseph D. Hilton, Counselor. Speakers for the service ser-vice are John Fugal and Harold R. Penrod. Musical numbers will be given by Loile and Anna Bailey and Richard and Mary Deveraux. . Remarks will be given by the parents and by the missionary. The Invocation will be-offered by Willis M.' Banks1 and the benediction bene-diction by Lot Robinson, grandfather grand-father of the missionary. All ward members and other friends of the family are cordially Invited to attend. ' Riding Club Fills Officer Roster at Recent Meeting Members of the Pleasant Grove Riding Club held their regular monthly meeting Feb. 6 in the city halL Principal item of business busi-ness was the completion of the roster of officers for 1963. -' Gordon Taylor was elected vice president and Linda Millar, assistant assis-tant secretary. Captain Ray Vik-lund Vik-lund announced the appointment of the following lieutenants: Gay-Ion Gay-Ion Blackburn, Douglas Nielsen, Vernon' Ahman, Paul Swenson, Paul Bezzant and Arnel Peterson. Peter-son. Evan Durfey was accepted as a new member. Gordon Taylor voiced a plea for members and other persons to donate AJR.H. Positive blood for the assistance of Heber Reese of the Wayne County Riding Club. Those who would like to. respond ' to the request should phone Mr. Taylor. Alse during tne meeting plans were made for the party honoring honor-ing the outgoing officers. This affair af-fair will be held Friday, Feb. 15 at -7:30 p.m. at Parks Cafe, Or-em. Or-em. Films will be shown. , Refreshments at the Feb. 6 meeting were served by Mr. and Mrs. Horace Gillman and Paul Bezzant Ground Hog Right Again, Weather Here Still Winter Mr. Ground Hog was right a 'rain. But there was none of it during the weather period ending at 6:00 p.m., Monday, Feb. 11. As he predicted, winter has returned re-turned to the Pleasant Grove area. At some time during Uie early morning hours of Lincoln's birthday, the thermometer, sank to 13 degrees. Several promising storms moved mov-ed over the area during the weather wea-ther week, but they dropped nothing noth-ing in the form of rain or snow. In Beveral parts of the state, strong canyon winds, from the east have uprooted trees, overturned over-turned trucks and blown in windows. win-dows. No wind blew In Pleasant Grove, however, thanks to our built-in stop gap, good old Mt Timpanogos. Skies were clear at 7:00 am. Tuesday morning when this report re-port was written. Fair weather with a warming trend was the promise of the weather prophets for the next few days. Statistics for the week ending February 11, 1963. Date High Low pre. February 5 70 40 o!oO February 6 - 68 32 0.00 February 7 55 29 0.00 February 8 62 27 0.00 February 9 63 28 0.00 February 10 - 54 27 0.00 February 11 43 18 0.00 Summary Highest for the week, 65 degrees on Febrtmxy 9. Lowest 18 degrees on February 11. Precipitation for the week, 0. 00 of an inch. Total, since Jan. 1, 1.63 inches. Sun risees and sets, locally, at 8:10 a.m. and 5:40 pjn." Harvey Re-elected Director of Provo -River Water Board Leo P. Harvey, Pleasant Grove, was re-elected a member of the board of directors of the Provo River Water Users Assn. at a stockholders meeting held in Provo, Pro-vo, Feb. 6. At the same meeting, the stockholders re-elected F. E. Seal, Riverton, president; Elmer A. Seal, Riverton, vice president and Myrl Wentz Burmeister and' B. Harold Mendenhau, were retained re-tained as secretary-treasurer and project engineer, respectively. Other board members re-elected include: R. Gam Holbrook, Lehl; John O. BeetJey, Provo; Frank C. Greenwood, American Fork; and Walker Kennedy, Fisher Fish-er Harris, Hampton Godbe and W. C. Hague, all of Salt Lake City. At the Feb. 6 meeting, stockholders stock-holders called for more definite information regarding costs water wat-er allotments and other information informa-tion relative to the CentraMJtah Project. "This information la necessary nec-essary before the association can consider approval of any water conservancy district," Mr. I Har vey explained. i ne association is awaaung- de tailed Information from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mr. Men-denhall, Men-denhall, project engineer, said. Lions Club to Hold Dinner Meet Feb, 20 "Juvenile Social Problems" will be the subject at the- Pleasant Grove Lions Club dinner meeting Feb. 20. Dr. Henry J. Nicholes of the Brigham Young University faculty, facul-ty, will be the speaker, said Max Blackham, who is program chairman. chair-man. Dr. Nicholes will discuss ways parents can help solve some of the problems facing youth. Dr. Blackham said the ladles' night program will be held at 7:30 pan. at Bill and Iva's Cafe in Orem. CHEER FOR PGHS Leading the Vikings this year at PGHS I 11 '- 1 1 4 i ft'--- 'I ' . : - 4 K t MiMMlMIBMMIIMBIIMMMMMaWBMIlWMaMMMIiMiMMMMII I 1 H mmm AH HlIM MHimi HllllBIIM TBTT "li T limn f 1 - ' w re ? ' ! ! ft. U i-L--. u ! v;J ' N I v sb v m. m PLANS LOOK GOOD Looking over plans for new Ranger Station Sta-tion are Karl Banks. Lao P. Harvey, Mayor Paul T. Fordham, Mike Wright local ranger and Gerald Belli ston. Groundbreaking Ceremonies Held for Forest Ranger Building Groundbreaking ceremonies for . the new Forest Ranger's office o be constructed here in Pleasant Grove were held Monday at 10 am. at the site, 390 North, First East Turning shovelfuls of earth In commemoration of the event were Mayor Paul T. Fordham; Leo P. Harvey, representing the North Utah County Water Conservancy Con-servancy District and Mike Wright local Forest Ranger.' According to Mr. Wright, the-construction the-construction of the new Ranger's office in Pleasant Grove was made possible through President Kennedy's allocation of, Acceler- Six Weeks Trip to California Includes Visit with Children t Mr. and Mrs. Burton H. Adams arrived home recently after spending spen-ding six weeks in California visiting vis-iting with their daughters and their families, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Phelps (Dawn) and their four daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Dan Naylor and their three children. . They report a very pleasant trip. They drove from here to Los Angeles where they spent three weeks with Dawn and her family. They were entertained on Christmas and New Years by Mr. and Mrs. Phelps at their beach home In Ventura where they enjoyed the ocean in the front yard, the mountains in the' back and the hibiscus and other flowers In bloom. After the holidays they drove to San Jose where they spent three weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Dan Naylor and family. While here Mr. Adams was asked ask-ed to speak in Sacrament meeting. meet-ing. He talked on the religious aspects of Russia in comparison with United States. After the meeting fifty ward members gathered at Joan's home and watched the films on Mr. and Mrs. Adams trip to Israel. They also spent a day with Mr. Adams' nephew and family, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lund, in' Mantica and a day with Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Kohler, cousins of . Mrs. Adams. PI A Founders Day Program Set for Thursday, Feb. 28 PTA Founders , progam has been set for Thursday, Feb. 28 at 8 p.m. in the Pleasant Grove High School, according to Mrs. Beth Olsen, PTA Council president. presi-dent. The meeting Is for everyone every-one In the Pleasant Grove, Lin-don Lin-don and Manila area - The program li being arranged under the direction of Mrs. Eleroy West, Council program chairman, with the assistance of the PTA program chalrmans from the schools In ;thls area, . . - the cheers for have been Judy - UlrKL:. : ated Public Works funds to U.S. National Forests. The AP.W. program Is designed design-ed to help in the Initiation and speed-up of local, state and federal fed-eral public works projects that would help' provide useful work for the unemployed and under- employed In labor surplus areas. is the Area Redevelopment Administration Ad-ministration of the U.S. Department Depart-ment of Commerce.. The Pleasant Grove Ranger Office Of-fice is only one of several projects pro-jects that have been Initiated' on the Pleasant Grove Ranger District Dis-trict since; -Sept. 14, 1962 when the APW program went Into ef feet , . According to forestry officials, Grove Ranger District were handled hand-led by 5 employees, with the Forest For-est Ranger being the only full-time full-time worker. In 1962 there "were 5 full-time employees and a peak employee roster of 48 workers. Public use of tthe National Forest For-est lands within the local district have made the expansion necessary. neces-sary. In 1962, 1,127,900 people visited the local forest area, which is an increase of 250 per cent since 1953, Mr, Wright pointed out Mayor Paul T. Fordham was enthusiastic relative to the size, usability and structural beauty of the new Ttanger Office under con- BU-ucuon. i nis is jusi anouier important phase of the new surge " of development here in Pleasant Grove," he said. Mr. Harvey, speaking as an official of-ficial of the North Utah County Water Conservancy District, said, "We are glad to see the progress currently being made In the conservation con-servation and public use of our natural resources. We appreciate the cooperation of the Forestry Department and especially the help of our local Forest Ranger and his associates." Construction of the new facility will proceed rapidly. Contractors expect to pour the footings this week. cngiisn i?in visits Howard Nelsons Carolyn Keight of Birmingham, Birming-ham, England Is now living at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Nelson. Miss Keight filled fill-ed a mission for the LDS Church and was a mission companion of Judy Ann Nelson in the Nottingham Notting-ham Shire District in England. When Mr. and Mrs. Nelson were visiting in England in 1961 they had the pleasure of meeting Miss Keight who expressed a sincere desire to come to the United States. An invitation 'was extended, ex-tended, with plans to materialize when Judy Ann had completed her mission. Since that time the necessary arrangements have been completed complet-ed for Miss Keight to come to - Pleasant Grove, Nelson, Nadine Nielsen, Karen Christiansen and Don! Christensen. 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