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Show It auattl d "Pleasant Grove, fie Most Beautifully Situated City In VOL LVII, No. 23 : (if ' kit V; a .si1- 1 GJEIAND REOPENING Identification: From left, Vaugh and Josephtni Earnett, stoore owners; Onel Barnett; Mayor Burton H. Adame; Bill Boydt, Ben Franklin supervisor; Joe Allen, Ben Franklin setup manager, and William E. Peterson, Pleasant Grove C. ci C. president. Ben Franklin Store Has Very Successful Grand Opening Promptly at 9:00 ajn. on Thursday morning, June 1, Mayor May-or Burton H. Adams cut the official of-ficial ribbon which permitted a throng of shoppers to enter Pleasant Grove's new Ben Franklin Frank-lin Store. MAYOR ADAMSTO LEAVE MONDAY FOR WASHINGTON Mayor and Mrs. Burton H. Adams will leave Monday, June 12, by jet for Washington D. C. where the mayor is a registered delegate to the International Conference of Local Civic Authorities. Au-thorities. Delegates from over 40 nations of the free world will discuss common problems incident to universal uni-versal peace. The conference will continue for several days. Following the conference points of interest will be visited throughout the East. Leland A, Clark Returns to Home in Pueblo, Colorado L. A. Clark of Pueblo, Colorado, Colo-rado, was a breakfast guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Banks Wednesday morning. Mr. Clark has been in Pleasant -Grove for the past two weeks renovating the Clark home on East Battlecreek Drive for new occupants. Mr. Clark left Wednesday for Colorado. He took with him a nephew, Gary Cooper-of Prove, for a visit with the Clark family in Pueblo. Battle " This week marks the opening of the "Battle of the Bairns," "Bairns," being the Scotch name for children. Mothers and fathers, too, are girding their loins and assuming that determined look upon their faces. Such is not expected ex-pected to change until school bells ring again the day after Labor La-bor Day. That's right, the teachers "gave up" with a sigh of relief last Friday Fri-day and the moms and dads, especially the moms, have taken over. For the next 14 weeks, the parents and kids are on their own, so to speak. Just how many times the question, ques-tion, "what can I do now, mom?", will be asked during the next three months, cannot be estimated esti-mated with accuracy. . However, the number would he astronomical.. astronomi-cal.. , , .WherL l4vas,a lad on the fam in " Lindon, I never asked that question. Dad and Mother always had such a flpck of jobs on tap, that my most urgent hope was that tJiey might forget some of them. . There were potatoes to weed, corn to hoe, cows to herd, berries to pick, hay to pile, ditcheg to clean, as well as the morning and evening ''chores''. If I ever had an hour or so or a half -day to call my own, there was always a stockpile of little things of my own just waiting to be done. Not what to do, but the time to do it was the big vacation problem, in those days sixty years ago: Now there are fewer farms and more children. And on the few 1 tfSgHjGeg PUSANT GROVE, UTAH, H 7 On hand to welcome the early shoppers were store managers Vaughn and Josephine Barnett, Bill Boyat and Joe Allen, Ben Franklin Store executives from Los Angeles, California, and William Wil-liam E. Peterson, local chamber of commerce president. The grand opening, which extended ex-tended through June 2 and 3, was well attended by a large number of customers from Pleasant Grove and surrounding communities, commun-ities, Mr. Barnett said. Shoppers liked the new modern store and merchandising facilities and were agreeably surprised at the complete and extensive stock of .new and various variety store items. The Barnetts expressed thanks and appreciation to the many shoppers and other friends who called during the three day festival festi-val of bargains. They also thanked thank-ed the numerous neighborly businessmen busi-nessmen who assisted in making the move to the Main Street location. lo-cation. American Legion To Jo Hold Meeting Tonight at City Hall The- monthly meetings of Post 70 American Legion have been set for the second Thursday each month.. The first meeting of the 1961-62 1961-62 activity year will be held Thursday, June 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the city hall. ' ; All members are urged at attend at-tend according to Commander Lowell Duvall. Greek By K. B. has taken over. Farmer's young sons don't pile hay or "shock" wheat any more. The machine does it. In fact, the hay is baled and the wheat threashed, right in the field. Far be if from this column to advocate returning to the days and ways, of the past. However, there are such things as the "penalties that came with progress." pro-gress." Lack of something constructive con-structive and useful for children and teenagers to do is one of them. , Happily, parents and educators are waking up to the fact that 14 weeks of nothing to do but be entertained is too much wasted time for young people. " The summer of 1961 marks the beginning Of two worthy but small scale, attempts to solve the - "what shall I do" problem. Sum- instruction in the Three JVs for retarded children and a Voca tional Summer School are certainly cer-tainly steps in the right direction. But far too little. 'TT'"T. Swimming,, baseball and dancing danc-ing are fine summer activities for th! younger children. But after aft-er all, these are only a form of. entertainment,, a few hours each week. Modem employment demands skill and knowhow. Such being the case, the sooner young people acquire this personal equipment, the better. Fourteen weeks is a long time ; for eager, active and intelligent youngsters to be asking, "Mom, what can I do now?" Mom doesn't always have the right answer. " Wis THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1961 P. G. To Confracf . . The rteople of Pleasant Grove have spoken. In the two bond issues projwwials voted on in Tuesday's upwlal e!.Htim, it was Water Improvements,, "Yes" and Main Street Extension. "No." The vote was decisive in earn case. For the water storage tank ami culinary water Improvements, Improve-ments, the vote was 289 in favor and 121, against.' On the proposal to spend $30,000 in tax revenues to open Pleasant Grove's "Dead End Main Street" the proposition proposi-tion lost by 82 votes -163 for and 245 agalnlst. Just two farts emerged from Tuesday's voting. The city council coun-cil can go ahead with their new 1,500,000 culinary water storage tank, and the improvement of the collection and distribution facil- ItiesT The $95,000 "Voted by tlWT taxpayers should be ample for tluse projects. The opening of Main Street will be postponed again, as it has for many years. Proponents of the propect have not given up, . .r-r ivr -yr---' -ti v ... " . - If y'X Ti f ' - BANK ESSAY WINNERS Identification, from left:-Marianne Washburne, Jay Lynn Walker, Arlene Farnworth, Marda Walker, and Bank" President Junius A. . West" Robert Gurr was absent when picture was taken. - Essay Winners Are Named Marianne Washburn won the first, prize of $50.00 in the recent Bank of Pleasant Grove Essay Contest, according to Junius A. West, bank president. The contest con-test was held as a feature of the Bank's 50th birthday celebration held recently. Miss Washburn is the . daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Veron Washburn. Wfnnerof second place and a $10 cash award was Marda Walker, Wal-ker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Walker, City Problems Are Aired Monday At Council Meeting Problems relative to culinary water, street improvement and curb and gutter occupied the atr tention ""of Mayor Burton H. Adams and the City Council members Monday night. Mr. Neff,-representing the Neff Engineering firm of Salt Lake City was present at the meeting, as also were the contractors, who had submitted ids on the new proposed water storage tank. Mr. Neff opened and read the . bids. However, the name of the successful bidder will not be announced an-nounced until the results of the Juns 6 ; bond election have been canvassed by ths council members. mem-bers. - Councilman Clifford Hales reported re-ported progress on the securing of a site for the proposed 1,500,-000 1,500,-000 gallon water storage tank. His report was favorable. . ' " Also discussed was the current program for the' improvement of the culinary water collection and distribution lines. Harold Clark attended the rpeeting and requested,, that the wfttep4iner on. First North be Utah County' .11 Single Copies 10c Award For Tank . - !.... howewr. Other ways and means may be found to ojn-n the dead end, they affirm. Bills on the water tank const con-st ruction were opened at Monday night's city council meeting. A contractor will be designated from the following list : General American Transportation Transporta-tion Corporation; Ik-hedule No. 1. J.'i 1.360; Draper Tank and Manufacturing Manu-facturing Co., .schedule No. 1, $56,360; Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., schedule No. 1, J 19,200; Will-hihnson Will-hihnson Company, schedule No. 2, $4,705; Talboe Construction Co.., schedule No. 3, $67,700; Clegg and Harmon Co., schedule No. 3, $64,027.07! Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel Co., schedule No. 1, $52,528; Walker Welding Constitution Con-stitution schedule No. 2, $7,659.40; Turner construction Co., schedule -No. 3, $67,111.65. Bids for schedule sched-ule No. 1 were for the steel reservoir. reser-voir. Number 2 bids were for a concrete base for the steel tank. Number 3 was for the reinforced concrete reservoir. Receiving the third place $5.00 cash award was Robert Gurr, son " of MrL and Mrs. Wilford Gurr. Fourth and fifth place $5.00 cash awards went to Arlene Farnworth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Farnworth and J. Lynn Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Walker.. Mr. West extended congratulations congratula-tions to the winners and thanks to all the students and teachers who participated in the contest. tween Main and First East be replaced with a larger one. According to. Councilman Paul Fordham the following streets are scheduled for repairs and oiling this summer. Third East from Second South , to Highway 91, including curb and gutter; Loader Drive; Ninth South Lane and Seventh East between be-tween Second South and Fourth North. - . r Mr. Fordham also mentioned -;the curb and gutter now being installed in-stalled on South Third East. He invites citizens who are interested interest-ed to inspect the project in order to see what is being accomplished by property owners,, by means , of city-owned forms and city engineering. en-gineering. . Irwin Jensen was present at the meeting and asked for city help in construction of the ce-ment ce-ment ditch or possibly curb and ' gutter on First South. The resignation of City Recorder Re-corder Lewis J. Harmer effective August 1, 1961 was accepted by the city council. Mr. Harmer has resigned due to his appointment as-Utah-CbtinyA,udlto, - . H v J ALFIIED J. IWK3EHS Funeral Friday At 1 o'clock For A. J. Rogers Alfr;I J. Rogers, life-long educator ed-ucator in 'the Alpine District Schools, died Tuesday morning at the American Fork hospital. He was 65 years of age and had been seriously ill for several weeks. Mr. Rogers was bom Oetoler 27, 1895, in LIndon, the son of Raphael M. and Florence Kate Culm or Rogers. He grew up in the family home Jnjjndmattendfd JJie Lindon and Pleasant Grove schools, graduating grad-uating from the high school. He attended University of Utah from which school he received a Uvichinp certificate. He later attended at-tended BYU and completed the requirements for the B.S. degree and a certificate in school administration. admin-istration. He taught in the elementary schools of Alpine District, Lincoln Lin-coln Higli School, Orem, and Pleasant Grove High School. He was appointed Principal of Pleasant Grove High School in 1052 and was retired from that position just prior to his death. Mr. Rogers was an active member mem-ber of the L.D.S. church and held the office, of high priest at the time of his death. He was a veteran vet-eran of World War I and a member mem-ber of American Legion Post 70 for many years. On July 17, 1917, he married Deris Hoggan in Lindon. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. Mrs. Rogers died June 6, 1958. Survivors include five sons and two daughters: Alfred J. Jr., Richard H. and Bruce H., all of Salt Lake City; Kennett H., Brig-ham Brig-ham City; Tyler H., Lindon; Mrs. Charles (Doris Jean) Handrahan, Page, Arizona and Mrs. Clifford (Anna Lou) Rhoads, Orem. There are 25 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held in the Timpanogas State House, Friday at 1 p.m. Friends may call or"" JOYCE BUCHANAN 3 Missionary Farewells Sunday Missionary farewell services for Sister Joyce Buchanan will be held Sunday evening, June 11 at 5:00 p.m. in the Grove Ward Chapel.. Bishop Ben E. Whiting will preside. Sister Buchanan has accepted a call to labor as an LDS missionary mission-ary in the North British Mission. She will enter the Salt Lake Mission Mis-sion Home on June 12 and will leave New York City for her field of labor on July 4. Sister Buchanan was born in New York City, the daughter of Eh;, and Mrs. William Dwight Buchanan of Ashville, North Car-. olina. ' ' ' ...She was educated in Stephens College for girls at Columbia, Missouri, and the BYU from which school she graduated in 1959. " During vthe year 1960-61, she-taught she-taught at Central School in Pleasant Grove. Always active in the church, she has served In all the auxiliary organizations. All friends and ward members are cordially invited to attend the Sunday evening services. The special program includes the following numbers. Talks will be given by Beth Shoell, David Buchanan, Elma Fugal, Mrs, William Buchanan, Sister Buchanan and Bishop Whiting. ' Rendering special music "will be Carol-Pulley,- iFwin-Jensen,- Mae Bezzant, Sister Buchanan's class and the ward choir. Prayers will be spoken by Calvin, Cal-vin, Walker and Junius A West Parade At 10 Will Open Strawberry Days Next Thursday Hands will play, flags will fly, HtlWicilIy decorated floats will mhh in review beginning at 10:00 n m, on Thursday, June l.". It will he Strawberry Days in Pleasant drove, Each year, without a single break, since 1922, th- loyal and civic -minded citizens of 1'lea.sun! drove have staged this unique, r;uiy summer celebration. That's a record of sorts and tins vear Three Rodeos Scheduled For , Strawberry Days Plans are complete for the 1961 Strawberry Iay8 Rodeos, according accord-ing to Kenneth R. Gillnian, committee com-mittee chairman. Three' shows ar. planned with the grand entry scheduled for 8 p.m. on the evenings eve-nings of Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 15, 16 and 17. Returning after previous suc-. suc-. ccssful "utamls." in. PUnwa-nt-Grove, Uie W alter Alsbaugh Rodeo organization will stage the 1961 allows. Featured, of course, will be the standard rodeo events with some of America's top flight hands contesting for honors and cash prize money. During the first night's p?r-formance p?r-formance a mounted' square dance will be staged by the Olympus Olym-pus High Riders of Salt Lake City. A feature of the Saturday evening eve-ning show will b? Uie appearance of the Salt Lake City Silver Spurs Riding Club, The riders will participate in the 6:00 p.m. stockman's parade and in the rodeo which follows. This group have appeared at the Rose Bowl parade and other top events. Of course, "there will be the usual mirth - provoking clowns and an announced master of ceremonies cere-monies to keep things jumping from start to finish. "We promise an excellent show each night and invite rodeo fans from the Intermountain area to join with us in three evenings of wonderful entertainment", Mr. Gillman emphasized. . at the Olpin-Sunberg Mortuary, Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. and at the family home Friday from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Burial will be in the Pleasant Grove City Cemetery. DENNIS ERCANBRACK Missionary farewell services honoring Elder Dennis LeGrand Ercanbrack will be held in the Lindon Ward chapel at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 11. Bishop Leon Walker will preside at the services. serv-ices. Elder Ercanbrack is the son of Mr. and Mrs. LeGrand Ercanbrack Ercan-brack and has accepted a call to labor in the LDS British Central Mission. He will enter the Salt Lake City mission home on Mon,-day,Jtme Mon,-day,Jtme 12. He expects to leave by air for his field of labor on Monday, June 18. . Elder Ercanbrack was born in Lanark, Idaho. He attended Pleas- ant Grove High School, graduating graduat-ing in 1959. He is also a 1958 Seminary graduate. While in high school he was active in" drama, athletics, music and studentbody affairs. T, '--'-r--&--. After completing high school, .' Elder Ercanbrack attended BYIfc for two years, majoring in electrical elec-trical engineering. He . also participated par-ticipated in wrestling and' inter-mural inter-mural athletics while in college. All, ward members and Others friends of the family are cordially invited to attend the farewell services. The program includes the following numbers: Speakers will be Elder Ercanbrack, Er-canbrack, his parents and Pro- fessor Robert C. Patch, Special music will be rendered by Rena Keetch; J. Reed Burgner, and . Karl Newren, : The ward cKoir will sing and prayers will be spoken by Verl Matthews and Dennis.- Phillips. . J' ; ... V ii ii if i j i ll L LLk 1 1 will b no exception. Excellent parades have txx-omc traditional as the feature Httr;ic-tion Httr;ic-tion of Stra.vberry Days. The 19(51 parade at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. June 15, will measure up to the high standard,, according accord-ing to Harold Jacklin, parade chairman. , Reigning over the three day celebration and riding the top float in the parades will be Queen Shelia And'ison and attendants Gayle Puce and Suzanne Wil-cken. Wil-cken. ' Occupying only a slightly less prominent place in the two processions pro-cessions will be colorful float carrying .Inneen Lis'on as "Miss Pleasant Grove" and attendants P th KeUey and Linda Harmer. Clubs, organizations, business houses and religious groups have pl.ins currently in the making for their contributions to the color and artistry of the paradefe. Concessions, sewings of lucious strawberries, with sugar and cream will round out the first day of furn and hilarity, climaxed w.itlLlhiL .first night rodiu show,. . at 8:00 p.m. in the arena. Thousands of visitors are expected ex-pected In town for the 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. parades. It has always al-ways been like that. Strangers, former residents and local townspeople towns-people will join together in a real homecoming. From Chamber of Commerce President William E. Peterson on down throught the various committees com-mittees and the man on the street, everyone is working. The 1961 dit ion of Strawberry Days bids fair to baing one of the btttor celebrations staged in recent years. One thing about Strawberry Days, everybody is welcome. It's the first community celebration of the year. Everyone is "itching" to go places and do things. They usually wind up taking in the Strawberry Days celebration. They enjoy the old fashioned hospitality hos-pitality always manifest on these festive occasions. Fred Keetch Jr. Is Visiting Grand .. Parents in Idaho Fred Keetch Jr. haa been in Grace, Idaho, for the past two weeks with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Steele, working at their ranch. He also visited at Soda Springs with Uncle Stanford Stan-ford Steele and his family. JANEIL FUGAL Farewell testimonal will be held Sunday,, June 11 at 7:15 p.m. at the 3rd-6th Ward chapel for Janeil Fugal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Y. Fugal. Janeil has hen called to serve in the Centra Cen-tra German Mission. She enters the mission home June 19, and will leave for the mission field on the 26th of June. Janeil has been very active in church, serving as ward organist, teacher of the Beehive girls in the M.I.A.. stake organist for the Stake Sunday School board. Shx hasalso given extensive service ser-vice as accompanist for special vocal and in9trmental musical numbers. Janeil is a graduate of Brig-ham Brig-ham Young University and has been employed as special speech therapist. .-in j, thaJpin.:Clwol District the past year. A cordial invitation is extended to all who wish to attend. The Fugals have another daughter, Lois, who, is currently serving in the NoriJiern British Mission. Numbers on the specially pre- pared program will include the following: Talks by Harold R, Penrod, Sister Fugal and her parents and Bishop Jean A. Fugal. Special musical numbers will be rendered by Steven Anderson, Mac Fugal, Clifton Asay,. Joseph Hilton, the Ward Beehive girls, Carol Pulley and Cheryl West. Prayers will be given by Parley Christiansen and.Royce Walker. : I . |