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Show Unlvurt-J. MicroXlluintf Corp. 11 ticrpoax Avenue "Pleasant Grove, the Moif Beautifully Situated City In Utah County" VOL LXI, No. 29 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH 84062, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1965 PRICE 10c ft FILLS CREEK BED Old creek bed is filled with rocks and debris in American Fork Canyon Just above Cave Camp campgrounds. Two Torrential Rainstorms Strike American Two torrential rainstorms of devastating cloudbursts fury struck the American Fork Canyon Can-yon area Sunday night and late Monday afternoon. The one Sunday night was by far the worst, bringing down a number of mud slides, which cascaded into the creek and sent water over the highway in torrents,, ripping the roadbed out in several places. Several families were still trapped between the mud slides, slid-es, but by Monday afternoon most of them had "made it out" except a few safe in campers camp-ers or house trailers, who. with City Council Holds Tax Levy at 25.5 Mills for Year of 1965 Mayor Paul T. Fordham directed dir-ected the regular City Council meeting last Monday night, with aS members present, except ex-cept Councilman William E. Petersen. The session was held, "mostly in the dark," because of the power failure caused by the severe Monday evening storm. The Council members voted to approve the 1965 city property proper-ty tax at 25.5 mills. This levy is the same as last year, according ac-cording to Millen D. Radmall, City Recorder. Councilman Gerald Klemm reported that the culinary water line enlargement project, from the Clarence Rasmussen property to the-Archie Nielson property, will be completed as fBATTLE p II Like the price of shoes and bacon strips, the cost of wars is going up and has been, ever since mankind has been stupid enough to wage mem. A friend handed me a little printed card the other day. It was headlined "Cost of War Cost of Each Enemy Killed." Five important and destructive destruc-tive wars and the cost of killing kill-ing a single enemy in each were listed as follows: Napoleonic Wac, 50 cents; American Revolutionary War, $8.00; American Civil War, $22; World War II, $5,000; Viet Nam War, to date, $85,000. Don't know where the author of the card got his figures; but a moment's reflection convinces convin-ces any intellligent person that the statistics are reasonably correct. If and when World War III is perpetrated by selfish and arrogant national leaders, the cost of killing each world citizen citi-zen would not be so high. The great powers now have the equipment and knowhow to kill millions with a single superbomb super-bomb blast. And there's another comforting comfor-ting thought for the economy minded, to-wit: In World War IV, the cost of killing each enemy will be practically nothing. noth-ing. Since everything mechanical mechan-ical will be destroyed in World War III, the few survivors, if i t i ' iMmTt- - r Sid ROAD CUT Swenson and Canyon. Fork Canyon l plenty of food and fuel, had decided de-cided to "ride out the storm." Many reached safety by traveling travel-ing the Alpine Loop to Provo canyon. No injuries were reported. re-ported. One slide diverted the course of the creek and part of it crashed through the back door and windows of the canyon home of Superintendent and Mrs. Thomas A. Walker. The torrent, 2 1-2 to 3 feet deep swept through the house depositing de-positing mud a foot deep in the kitchen, bedroom and living room. The canyon highway was cut of later this week. This enlargement enlarge-ment will greatly improve the service to homes in this area. The Mayor and Council mem - bers apporved and signed the application to the State Road Commission for Class "B" and "C" Road Funds for the fiscal year, 1965-66. The request is for $10,972.54, the major part of which is to be used in the following street and bridge projects: pro-jects: Oiling chipping: On Third West, from Fifth North to Ninth North, 1460 feet; on Third from Fourth East to Sixth East, 1455 feet; on 350 East, from Seventh North to Ninth North, 729 feet; Alpine Drive, 684 feet. Loader Drive, from Second (Continued on page 6) Creek v0 BrK.ll any, will have only the simplest weapons with which to fight. Rocks and clubs, never have cost very much. Well sir, modern man is smart; but really, not very. We can send Mariner IV to, within 5,000 miles of Mars, in order to photograph what is going go-ing on upon the mysterious "red planet." We can make machines that can actually do the thinking for us. We can move about above the earth in air ships that travel faster than the speed of sound. All these things and many more. But we just can't seem to get the idea through our individual and collective heads that it's better and cheaper to save life than to destroy it. If the "$85,000 per enemy killed" in the Viet Nam struggle strug-gle could be used to raise the living standards of both the South Viets and the Viet Cong, there would be no war nor any reason to fight it. If Red China's leaders would stop making atomic bombs and institute a nationwide program of birth control, they wouldn't need to covet the territory of other peoples, nor fight them to get it. It's just a matter of making the best use of the knowledge and resources made available by a wise Creator. So long 'til Thursday. V I XJ I mm Ezra Swenson, Mrs. John Y. sons look over damage in A.F. Photos by John Y. Swenson. rea to a depth of 15 to 20 feet in one place and the creek was still pouring through the gap Monday. Road equipment was working Monday mostly to clear away the mud, boulders and debris from the creek, in order to get the raging water back into the normal channels. Monday's storm struck again about 5:30 p.m. Forest Ranger. John R. Glenn hurried to the devastated canyon area in order or-der to assist in the emergency. When he returned at about 9:20 p.m. he reported that additional ad-ditional slides in the same area had about nullified the work that had been done Monday. "Water" 'was flowing again ' through the home of Supt. Walker.Mr. Glen stated. Mr. Glen said that in Sunday-night's Sunday-night's storm, the heavy rain falling in a relatively small area, saturated -the -soil and. caused the mud slides. Rocks and boulders three feet in dia- - meter lined the road and slabs of roadbed were heaved up and tossed about by the diverted - creek water. No accurate estimate of the damage in American Fork Can- yon was possible Tuesday. Leo P. Harvey, president of the Pleasant Grove Irrigation Co. said, that roughly the cost of repairing the damage could run between 20 and 30 thousand dollars. Sunday night's storm also did considerable damage at Alpine, where a torrent of water from Fort Canyon ripped out ' a bridge and flooded basements of a couple of homes. Utah Highway 68 west of Utah Lake was closed Sunday night between Lehi and Elberta due to damaging floods in the Elberta area. Parking Changed In Several Areas In Pleasant Grove In the interest of safety, the Pleasant Grove City Council and Police -Department have decided on certain changes in vehicle parking regulations within the city. In some areas parking will be eliminated at all hours and in other cases 45 degree parking will be changed to parallel. Parking Prohibited South side of Stake House and on both the east and south sides of thte First-Fifth LDS Ward Chapel. Changed to Parallel North side of Beck's apartments apart-ments on East Center Street, from Main Street to the east side of the police department driveway. South side of Post office, on First South from Main Street to First West. Vehicle drivers are requested to comply with these changes at once, in order to avoid confusion con-fusion and accidents, Police Chief Glen Newman said. Senior Citizens to Call for Bus Trips Senior Citizens, who desire to participate in any or all of the following bus trips this summer, sum-mer, should call Mrs. Lucile Page, 785-2251. LDS Microfilm Vaults; Park City Recreation Area; "Sound of Music" film, Salt Lake City; "Greatest Story Ever Told," film, Salt Lake qty. mmww Royalty Selection For Lindon Fair Now Underway LINDON Lindon Community Fair Board has selected a committee com-mittee for the big "Little King and Queen Contest." Chairmain of the committee is I la Brown and her co-workers are Joan Green, Gayle Holdaway and Verna Bean. This year the committee will select the winners by a drawing instead of the voting, as in other years. To be eligible to enter, the children must be either 5 or 6 years of age. Entry date is starting now, and will run until Aug. 7. There will be an entry fee of fifty cents to cover the cost of the contest and all those desiring to enter their child must contact con-tact either Ila Brown or Verna Bean. The committee urges strong support from citizens of Lindon. Lin-don. A little effort will ensure that both the community and its citizens and their children will benefit. 77 i 1 - ROY OSCARSON Swedish Consul in St. Louis Roy W. Oscarson Honorary Consul In St. Louis, Mo. Roy W. Oscarson, executive vice president of Edison Brothers Broth-ers Stores, Inc., and a director of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis, has been appointed Honorary Swedish Swed-ish Consul for St. Lewis. Mr. Oscarson was appointed to the post in a ceremony conducted con-ducted by B. G. Jarnstedt, Swedish Swe-dish General Consul in Chicago, held in the office of the President Presi-dent of the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Oscarson, who started his business career in Salt Lake City,' has been active in the leadership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and for many years has served as the Stake President of the St. Louis Stake. Mr. Oscarson was born in Pleasant Grove, Utah. He began be-gan his retail career with Edison Edi-son Brothers in 1932 as a salesman sales-man in the Baker's Shoe Store in Salt Lake City. He has been with Edison Brothers Stores, Inc. ever since as salesman, store manager and regional supervisor. He was elected vice president in 1949, made a board of diiector member in 1951, .and elected executive vice president presi-dent in 1961. Return from Tour Of Hawaiian Islands Three sisters returned home last Friday, July 16, from a very delightful and enjoyable tour of the Hawaiian Islands. They were-Vera Wagstaff, Verna Ver-na Robinson of American Fork and Iris Gleed, of Lima, Montana. Mon-tana. Thy left by jet on July 2 and after stopping at Los Angeles, flew on to Honolulu. Guided tours were made of the four major islands, Oahu, Kanai, Hawaii and Maui. An extensive tour was made of the LDS Temple and tabernacle. The Royal Palace, Robert Louis Stevenson's shack, with its original or-iginal furnishings and furniture and the "City of Refuge" and other beautiful and historical places were visited. Mrs. Wagstaff reports the trip was wonderful and "I almost al-most wanted to stay," she reported. School Board Awards Contract For Valley View School in PG At the last meeting of the Alpine School District Board of Education, the H. J. Miller Construction Co. was awarded the contract for the building of the Valley View School at PI. s Grove and the Shelley School in American Fork. Spirited competition marked the bidding, according to a report re-port from the school board. Companies from Logan on the Alp ine District School Board Sets Policy for Married Students This article was sent from the Alpine School District to the Review for publication to establish the policy for married mar-ried students during the coming com-ing year in Alpine District schools. Considerable concern has been expressed to principals, superintendent and various members of the board of edu- Senior Citizens Hear Talk by Edward Okasoki The City Hall meeting room was filled to capacity Tuesday night as Pleasant Grove's Senior Sen-ior Citizens listened intently to a talk delivered by Edward Okasoki, Utah State Director of the Council on Aging. The meeting was chairmened by Mrs. Lucille Page, public health nurse and coordinator of the local Senior Citizens activities. activ-ities. Mr. Okasoki began his talk by reviewing the problems incident in-cident to the changes in the American way of life in recent years. "People are living longer long-er and retiring earlier than ever ev-er before," he said. Eight per cent of the people of Utah are over 65 years of age, he emphasized. em-phasized. The speaker pointed out that the knowledge and abilities of the Senior Citizens are among the greatest assets of any community com-munity and should be utilized. Mr. Osasoki employed most of his time in explaining the opportunities available to Senior Sen-ior Citizens through the federal feder-al "Community Action Program." Pro-gram." He mentioned such projects pro-jects as adult education, combating com-bating poverty, research, and service in hospitals and handicapped handi-capped children 's institutions. He recommended that a community com-munity survey be made in order or-der to determine what is needed need-ed in Pleasant Grove and what the Senior Citizens have to offer of-fer in meeting these needs. Mayor Paul T. Fordham spoke briefly and voiced approval ap-proval of a plan to build and implement a Senior Citizens Center here in Pleasant Grove. "Such a center is truly in the realm of possibility if you Sen-. Sen-. ior Citizens want it," the Mayor May-or said. In her opening remarks, Mrs. Page thanked the Pleasant Grove City administration "for their sincere and cooperative interest in the local Senior Citizens Citi-zens program. "This is the only city in Utah County where funds for a Senior Citizens program pro-gram are set up in the city budget," Mrs. Page said. Ash Motel Sold By Broughts After 21 Years After 21 years of public service, ser-vice, Hattie and Oscar Brough have decided to take a well-earned well-earned rest. They have sold the Ash Motel. The new owner-operator of the popular tourist stopover, is Lloyd Ash, ason of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Ash. The motel was built and operated oper-ated initially by the late Owen Ash and his wife, Donna O. Ash. They operated the establishment estab-lishment for two years. Mr. and Mrs. Brough bought the motel and since then have remodeled the units and redecorated redec-orated several times. They also purchased additional lawn and garden space to the rear. The Brough's are now building build-ing a new modern home at 525 East 5th South, Here in Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove. "We are happy to be relieved of the 24-hour day and 7 days a week responsibility of motel operation. There are a lot of other things we will like to do, now that we have the time," Mrs. Brough said. north to Provo on the south entered en-tered the competition with the American Fork concern being given the contract on the low bid of $769,219 for the two build-ing build-ing package. Additional alternates alter-nates are to receive future consideration. con-sideration. Mr. Miller reports the projects pro-jects will be started immediately immed-iately and plans call for their completion early in the next calendar year. cation as to the influence that married students in regular attendance at-tendance might have upon their fellow students. It is the general feeling of those closely connected with the problem, that since married students occasionally hold respected re-spected student body or class offices, or ofttimes are prominent prom-inent members of athletic teams a sort of glamour might have become associated with student marriages and could be a factor in lending encouragement encourage-ment to young marriages. : It is further felt: that when students assume the responsibilities responsi-bilities of marriage and parenthood, par-enthood, they represent a different dif-ferent phase of the community culture and a more advanced maturity than unmarried students; stu-dents; that as these students move from the society of the single to that of the married, their new social interests and change of life patterns are so drastically different as to make it seem unwise and often incompatible in-compatible for their assuming positions of leadership among the unmarried students; that such time as they have free from their studies should log--ically be used in home planning plan-ning and income earning activities, activ-ities, rather than their being involved in-volved in activities with unmarried unmar-ried members of the student body. District leadership feels a definite obligation to employ all possible efforts to discourage early marriage. Lines should be drawn and policies established estab-lished which will focus attention atten-tion to the fact that the public schools are composed of a young, immature society,' in general, eighteen years of age or younger. v To set a standard in keeping with such feelings, the following follow-ing policy is established: Policy Stated No married or divorced student stu-dent shall be permitted to participate par-ticipate as a student body or class officer, on athletic teams, or in those extracurricular activities ac-tivities which are separate and apart from the regular class schedules and expectations for graduation requiremetnts. No married or divorced , student stu-dent shall hold membership in (Continued on page 6) II f l l-i'-'i-! ni mm i LEGION AUXILIARY Elected to head Post 70 Legion Auxiliary Aux-iliary were Arvilla Harvey, center, president; Alta Nelson, left, 2nd vice president; Laura Robertson, 1st vice president Arvilla Harvey Elected American Legion Auxiliary President for Year Mrs. Arvilla. Harvey was elected el-ected president of Unit 70 American Am-erican Legion Auxiliary at a membership meeting held Monday Mon-day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lela Banks. Retiring president pres-ident Mrs. Lydia Hilton conducted con-ducted the election. Elected at the same time were Laura Robertson, 1st vice president; Alta Nelson, 2nd vice president; Mary Washburn chaplain; Margaret Atwood, sergeant at arms and Geneva Dalton, historian. Hannah Matthews, was reappointed as Other Building Needs Also at the meeting, Superintendent Super-intendent Dan W. Peterson discussed dis-cussed the needs of the district for future building projects. The su)erintendent said there are three direct building needs which the district should meet in the immediate future. These are: a twenty room elementary school in northeast Orem, an addition of 14 classrooms in the Lindon area, and an addition to the Orem High School. With this introductory statement, the superintendent proceeded to project district building needs for the board's consideration. He went on to say: An elementary ele-mentary school in Orem, north of Center Street on eighth or tenth east is a must. At the present time we are transporting transport-ing six classrooms of sixth grade students from this area to junior high school; we have overloaded the Sharon School, and if we dispose of Edgemont School during the coming year we will have to provide space for some 150 students who will not choose to affiliate with the Provo District The approximate approxi-mate cost of this building would be about $650,000. Lindon Area The district needs to construct con-struct fourteen classrooms in the Lindon area. The multipurpose multi-purpose room and the school lunch area are in excellent condition con-dition and would not have to be replaced. The approximate cost of adding on to the present pres-ent structure would be $300,000. The Orem High School was built for a student capacity of 1,500 students. A student projection pro-jection study indicates that by fall of 1967 there will be 117 more students in the school than the building can accommodate. accom-modate. This means that the board of education must make some decision in the immediate, future to plan for the proper handling of these students. P.G. Army Reservists Now Training in California Camp Some 3,000 United States Army Ar-my Reservists are training in the middle of California's Mo-jave Mo-jave Desert. They include men from Co. B, 3rd Battalion, 38th Infantry from Pleasant Grove, commanded by Captain James Shurtleff. The men are all members of the 191st Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), which is made up of units from the states of Montana, Utah, Arizona and Idaho Id-aho the. northernmost unit 50 miles from the Canadian bord- 1L. 41 a r n -i tu, uie suuuiermnusi ou nines from the Mexican border. The men are training at Fort Irwin, California, a 1,000 square mile Army armor and desert training center, which is located locat-ed 35 miles east of Bars tow, Calif., and just south of California's Cali-fornia's famous Death Valley. V secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Harvey has appointed the following committee chairmen: chair-men: Lela Banks, Americanism; Sarah Monson, Music; Eva Adams, Ad-ams, Girls State; Sylvia Peterson, Peter-son, Child Welfare; Lucile H. Walker, Legislation. Emily Pederson, Education and Scholarship; Dora Fisher, CivilJDefense; Thelma Adam-son, Adam-son, God Star Mothers; Ida Pierson, Community Service and Lyduf Hilton, Rehabilitation. |