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Show Y Ul,.rl , t4i mfMi AtM Bam 'Peasant Grove, fAe Most Beautluly SIfuofed CIfy In Utah Count y" VCX. LV1II, NoT26 Musical Variety Show Slated For Provo's July 4th Celebration A giant musical variety show, themed to "Mueicei Frontiers," will bo presented during: the Panorama section of Provo's Fourth of July celebration July 4th. Several hundred singers and dancera currently are holding re. hearsals for the event to be presented pre-sented In the Brigham Young University Stadium at 8 p.m. on the evening of ndependence Day. The Panorama performance is one of the special events during the week-Ions:, community-wide Fourth of July celebration in Provo. The activities are epon- Johnson Voices Appreciation for 1962 Celebration Eldon Johnson, president of Strawberry Days Association, ' Inc., voiced appreciation for htm-. htm-. self and members of the Executive Execu-tive Committee to all those who assisted in any way in the success suc-cess of the 1962 celebration. "Everyone was just wonderful," he commented. Mr,. Johnson said that as soon as all revenues were banked and all bills paid, a complete financial statement would be published in the Review. "We sincerely hope to expend the profit from, the . three-day event for some worth-. while project of public benefit," he said. Those named by Mr. Johnson for special commendation were the following: Mayor Paul T. Fordham, the rut. ii ii j . . ment, the fire department and members of the auxiliary police; Pleasant Grove Chamber of Commerce, Com-merce, their board of directors and Grant Atwood, Chairman of the Queen Contest. The Tfcnpanogoa Stake Presidency, Presi-dency, Bishop Leon Walker and other bishops and workers of the LDS wards; chairman Kenneth Rv Gillmaa and- 4he Rodeo Committee; Com-mittee; Sara and Gary Jense, advertising ad-vertising chairmen; the Jeppson Guitar . Studios and the "True Tones'', Stake Relief Society; Mrs. John Thornton and Mrs. Clifton Harper and members of the Garden Club. :. Pleasant Grove's two riding clubs; Pleasant Grove businessmen; business-men; American Legion and auxiliary; aux-iliary; the Lions, Jayceea and other service clubs; the Pleasant Grove Review and Utah's Daily papers and the radio and television televi-sion stations. t Nothing could be more fitting than to beggin this week's epistle by paraphrasing a passage of scripture, Zedhariah, First; Chap-ter, Chap-ter, twelfth verse: "And the Mayor of Pleasant Grove answered ans-wered and said, O Utah State Road Commission, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Pleasant Grove, against which, thou hast had indignation these two score and four years." ; a v When it started id almost lost In the limbo of forgetfulness. But it must have been soon after the Highway ' 91 bypass was opened to traffic That was back in 1938, if my sources of information informa-tion ere correct At this time, even the most nonchalant and stupid of Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove's residents quickly ' recognized the potential danger at "Hell's Crossing." H.C. is the intersection of Pleasant Grove's Center Street and Highway 91. ' At airy rate, it wasn't long before be-fore organized groups and city officials began to implore the State Road Commission to do something to reduce the traffic hazard at the crossing. ''When you are traveling east on 91 and want to get into Pleasant Grove, it's like taking your life in your hands," they argued. - The State Road . top brass thanked them for their interest, said they would study the mat-, ter and do something' about it What did they do? Nothing. How many . times -since then this disgusting and discouraging performance has been repeated during the last 20 years is unknown un-known to this writer. But the number must be legion. Last spring, after prodding be-. PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH, sored by six stakes of the Church of Jesus Christ ' Latter-day Saints. The Panorama production will feature music from several of America's outstanding musical productions and will reflect periods per-iods in American history, according accord-ing to Francis Rowe, chairman of Panorama. ' Featured performers in the cast will Inoliude Robert Thompson, Thomp-son, Ina Lou Cheney, Carolyn Lee, the Clinger Sisters, Dave Jacobs, Carol Larson, John and Romona Berrnhard and Maughn McMurdie. Other special acts will spotlight spot-light the Totucords, a comedy singing act; a patriotic reading by Etta Thompson and a group of baton twirlers. - "The show has been designed this year to provide fast moving action and beautiful music," Mr. Rowe said. Mucis is being arranged arrang-ed by Dick Ballou and Larry Bastian. A demonstration of gymnastics will precede the show on the huge stage which soon will be erected in front of the stadium, Mr. Rowe said. ' Other officials who are responsible respon-sible for segments of the show include Dorothy Thompson, director; dir-ector; Karen Quarnstrom and Diane Chatwin. dance directors; Charles Henson and Lee Glffprd, stage designers; Dick Pratt and Evan Theobald, stage construction; construc-tion; Stewart' Biddulph, lights; Francis ' Boyer, sound; Wanda Carter, costumes; Carol Michie, make-up; C. R. Peterson, tickets; Karl Miller, ushering, and Le-Grand Le-Grand Holland and Les Tounng, programs. , , . Others are Rex Wadham, signs; Rudy Moe, pre-ahow gymnastics; Gerald Mathews, parking; Frank Stagg, construction labor; Sterling Ster-ling Jacobsen and F. L. Shurt-lifi," Shurt-lifi," stage transportation, and Phil Smith, publicity. Barrel! Newman Has Competed 4 -Weeks Of Infantry Training Pvt. Darrell Newman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack F. Newman Of 685 East 7th North, has completed complet-ed four weeks of individual combat com-bat training while attached to the Second Infantry Training Regiment at Camp Pendleton, California. During the training, young . marines learn to take their place in the small fighting units the four-ntan fire team and the 14 man squad. . ByK.& yond the policies of the SPCA, the State Road Commission said that they now had a plan that was feasible, possible and work able for "channeling' the intersection. inter-section. They also said that they were. ready to go ahead with the project, as soon as the local City Council gave the stamp of ap- provaL Within ten days following the announcement, the Pleasant Grove City Council approved the plan by unanimous and official ' vote. What has happened since then? Nothing Just recently Mrs. Mary Bac-ani Bac-ani Meyers of Salt Lake City died as the result of injuries suffered in a smashup at the intersection . on June 10. There have also been several Injury-property damage accidents at the . crossing this -' year. Chairman C. Taylor Burton, is it too much to ask that this 24-year-old hazard to safety be remedied now ? And we '" mean ' during the summer of 1962. Actual yy all that is needed is , a safety zone in which vehicles traveling east on 91 can wait . until west bound traffic dears , so that they can continue on into Pleasant Grove. . ' s t ; As a local driver put it: "When you stop in Hell's Crossing now, It's like standing naked in a swarm of yellow Jackets." ' ; No problem exists for drivers of west bound vehicles who want to enter Pleasant Grove. They j can merer curn ngnx m saieiy. . It takes a combination of real guts and gumption now for driv- Strawberry Queen Joyce Swen-ers Swen-ers traveling east to get into son, Donl Christensen as Miss Pleasant Grove In -ways other ' Pleasant Grove and their attend-than attend-than in an ambulance. ; ants reigned over the festival So long 'til Thursday. ' - with gracious lovliness. Their THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1962 m0" Ute by Public Under the direction of the City Recreation, the arena at the rodeo grounds will now be available avail-able for public use. The small gate by the ticket booth will be open at all time a We encourage those who have horses to take them there to ride, especially the young people who own horses. It is much safer than riding on city streets in the traffic. The Rough Out Riding Club uses the arena Monday nights. The Pleasant Grove Riding Club has it Wednesday and Friday nights each week. ' Any group wishing to use it for special occasions can call SU 5-2627 for information. " , GEORGE CLYDE RASBAND to leave on mission Farewell Sunday; Will Honor Young Missionary Members of the Lindon Ward and other friends, and relatives win honor Elder "George Clyde Rasband Sunday, July 1, at 5:00 pm. at Missionary Farewell services ser-vices in the ward chapel. Bishop Leon Walker will preside and give appropriate remarks. Elder Rasband, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Rasband, has accepted a call to labor in the Florida LDS Mission, v - - . ' He was born in Mayfield, Utah and attended school there and in Pleasant Grove. He completed his high school and Seminary education educa-tion in May, 1961. He then attended at-tended BYU, where he was a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps. ' Practically all of his life Elder Rasband has been active in the church in Priesthood and Auxiliary Auxil-iary Associations. He is a holder of the Duty to God Award. Special numbers on the Sunday Sun-day evening program will include Speakers, William Van Bus-kirk, Bus-kirk, - Orr-1- Hill, Lewis Jones Singer and his parents. ayeWrLeRoy 3ackTw afiii Blain Batty; Scriptural reading, Edith Rasband; Musical numbers, num-bers, Kathryn Ann Rasband, Pamela Dee Whitlock, Mavis Hill and Karen Rasband. ' ' l LOVELY QUEEN Joyce Swenson and her attendants ride float Days Parades. Attendants are Miss Charlotte Carson and Miss Strawberry Days, Parades and "Well it's successfully over for another year," said Eldon Johnson John-son Sunday morning. Mr. Johnson, John-son, president of Strawberry Days, Inc., was commenting on the 1962 three-day celebration. He was right The affair was a marked success and all members of .the association and others whc, assisted so loyally and m-'V geiflshly, should feel Justly proud. , Silver Dollar Days Winners Announced Pleasant Grovee Silver Dollar Days drew to a close Wednesday evening, June 20. with the second sec-ond and final drawing for $300 In silver dollars and cash coupons cou-pons good for merchandise, when presented to this area's progressive progress-ive business bonnes. Prior to the drawing and reminescent of the "Old Time Strawberry Days," a total of 750 happy shoppers' regaled themselves them-selves on free strawberries, sugar and cream. The berries and sugar were a gift to the public from the Pleasant Grove area business busi-ness and service Institutions. The Cream O Weber milk products Company f urnlahed the cream as a good will gesture. William E. Petersen, arrranged the shopping days events in behalf be-half of the Better Business Committee Com-mittee of the P. G. Chamber of Commerce. Bald Mr. Peterson, "We wish to thank all business who cooperated In manking possible pos-sible the 1962 Silver Dollar Days. It all helped in bringing before the North Utah! County public the advantages of shopping in Pleasant Grove.'' j Winners in the' June 20 drawing draw-ing were as follows: Peggy Bates and Nancy Makin 50 Silver Dollars each; Dot Culli-more Culli-more and June Searle, !!5 Silver Dollars each; Phyllis Powell and Lurena Warnick, (25.00 merchandise merchan-dise coupons each. Wallace Lindsay, Fern Engh, Ella Rice, Kate Ash and Elaine Peterson, ' $10 merchandise coupons cou-pons each. - J. L. Monson, Mary K. Nelson, Lorraine Oobbley, Don J. Hard-man, Hard-man, .Willis Randall, Jimmy Smith, Faye - Woolston, Naomi McFadden and Don M. Olson $5 merchandise coupons each. Pat Fenton Attendant At Lehi Rodeo Celebration Event Mrs. Pat Fenton of Pleasant Grove was chosen an attendant to the Queen of the June 28 through Jone 30 Lehi Rodeo at a contest held in the Lehi rodeo arena recently. Pat is the wife of Leland R. Fenton and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Fullerton. At the same contest, Mrs. Ber-nie Ber-nie Blackmore of Provo was chosen cho-sen Rodeo Queen and Mrs. Patsy Peterson of Lehi was named the other attendant. According to Mr. Fullerton, Pat has been riding since she was six years of age, and expects to be a serious content er for Strawberry Days Rodeo, Queen next year. "v.- - '. ;.Jt : : : . Tom Black Visits Here Visitors. Mr. and Mrs. Tom. Black with small son Daron, re- turned to their home in Reno, Nevada, on Sunday," after spending spend-ing 10 days here with Mr. Black's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Black and relatives in Salt Lake City. special floats in the parades drew., rounds of. applause from I the thousands who watched the colorful processions. ; In the opinion of many veteran veter-an Strawberry Days parade viewers, view-ers, the,, 1962 version of the now , famous event was one of the better bet-ter ones. Parade chairman Maron OvesmT and! tie hundreds who assisted with L time, work and cash expenditures should be con-., gratulated. - An estimated total of' 20,000 people watched the 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 pjn. Strawberry Days parades Thursday. - . - w '.y - LJ CHARLES W. CLAYBAUGH Editorial Ase'n. president C. W. Claybaugh Elected to Head Editorial Assn. Hershey, Pa., June 21 Charles W. Claybaugh. publisher of the Box Elder News and Journal. Brig ham City, Utah, was this morning elected President of the National Edltornal Association, representing 7.000 weekly and small dally newspapers in the United States. The election took place at the 77th annual convention of NEA On Tuesday of this week, Mr. Claybaugh had a thirty-minute private interview with Peseident John F. Kennedy in Washington D. C. discussing legislative problems prob-lems as they apply to the nation's newspapers. Mr. Claybaugh has served on the board of directors of the National Nat-ional Editorial Association since 1955, and this past year was Vice President of NEA when the 76th annual convention of the association was held in Salt Lake City. . - ' He has spent a lifetime in the newspaper business, starting on his father's newspaper the Pretty Prairie Times, Pretty Prairie, Kansas, and graduating from the Kansas State College at Manhattan; Man-hattan; Kansas with a degree In journalism. He came to Utah in 1942 and purchased the Box Elder News and Journal. Since that time he has never ceased to be active In the Utah State Press Association, serving on its Board of Directors and as Secretary, Secre-tary, Vice President and Prest-den. Prest-den. He is currently on the USPA board of directors. He is presently present-ly serving as president of the . Brigham City Rotary Club, past president of the Brigham City Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Utah Headliner Chapter ' of Sigma Delta Chi, Kappa Tau Alpha and the Salt Lake Advertising Ad-vertising Club. He served as a lieutenant in the Naval Ait Force during World War n. Mr. Claubaugh and his wife, Alwayne live in Brigham City with their three children, Charles Jr., Kathy and Van. . ' , ' Square Dancing to Start June 29 in P.G. Due to bad weather and Strawberry Straw-berry Days, the square dancing program of the City Recreation has been delayed in- starting.- It will begin on Friday, June 29. a' 8 o'clock on Che Jr. High Tennis Courts, People of all ages are welcome to come and have an evening of" free instruction in square dancing. at Strawberry Pamela Patch."' Pageantry, NoWj Over for Another Year in P.G. The parade route was a mile and a half long and cars were parked solid on both sides. Side streets were also filled with the vehicles of spectators who walked walk-ed to the line of march. '' In all 47 units participated in the parades, including, floats, bands, marching units and cars carrying church and civic offi-', offi-', cials and Utah royalty. Judges , awarded the Sweepstakes Sweep-stakes designation to the brown , colored float . entered by Allred Builders and Alpine Villa. It featured fea-tured a huge butterfly. : First Place in the civic division Benson to Address Sunday Patriotic Meeting on July 1 Reed A. Benson, churchman, world traveler and political science sci-ence scholar, will be the guest speaker at the traditional Patrio-" tic Program set for 7 JO p.m. REED A BENSON to speak here Sunday -' , City Council Approves Budget For Fiscal Year, Levy 26 Mills At a special meeting held last Monday night, the Mayor and City Council approved a budget of anticipated receipts and expen- , ditures for the fiscal year, July 1, 1962 to June 30, 1963. The same Is set forth in an ordinance published in this issue of the Review. Re-view. As per the ordinance, anticipated antici-pated receipts during the fiscal Flower Show Is Outstanding at Strawberry Days The flower show staged by the Pleasant Grove Garden Club is a feature of the first day of the Strawberry Days celebration was beautiful and well attended, according ac-cording gto Mrs. Berta Thornton, show chairman. ; , Guy Hillman won the queen of the show award with his display of "Dainty Bess" roses. Mr. Hill-man Hill-man Won the Award of Merit for his roses as also did Alice Simper for her delphinium, and Berta Thornton for her columbine. Special awards went to El wood Lund, American Fork for his Japanese floral arrangement ' and to Emma Harper for a miniature minia-ture rock garden. Lucile Hillman won the Tri -Color award with the best floral arrangement i Blue ribbon award winners were Jess Walker, Guy Hillman, Barbara Fowles, Edith Jones, Pat Seely, Ruth Oobbley, Fern Russon, Harriet Barrett, Jane Armitstead, Rhoda Nilson, Emma Harper. Mary Shoemaker, Mrs. Roy Ferman, Mary Winters, Berta Thornton, June Robinson, Claudia Brown; Merle Coombs, Jennie Glfixsrtr MraJohn WUliamsori, and Rae Christensen. - Blue ribbon winners in the Junior division were, Richard Gillman, Nancy Hillman, Lorraine Lor-raine Oobbley and Cheryl Kaye Glover. x . ' ' 1M,'""i hilt' MISS PLEASANT' GROVE With attendants Jeanne Turner and Jill Wilcken lovely Don! Christensen was feature of Strawberry Day Parades fast' Thursday. was awarded to the Jayceea for their pink, white,, red and green float "June in Bloom," s J' Manila Ward received first place in the church organization section for their gold, copper and white creation,' "Fairyland Fantasy." Fan-tasy." Smith Drug Company's silver and gold ,float,v "Fantasy In'Di mansion" won second place in the commercial section. Second place in the church division di-vision went to Grove and Seventh Wards for their gold, pink and yellow float, "Enchanting, Garden." Sunday at the Utah State Training Train-ing School amphitheatre. He is k the eldest son of EUlcr Ezra Taf t Benson, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and a member of the Council of Twelve, LDS Church. The announcement was made Tuesday by President Boyd L. Fugal. The program, sponsored by the TimpanogcM Stake presidency, is held each year on the Sunday evening nearest to the Fourth of July. All residents of the North Utah County area are cordially invited to attend. President Fugal said. ., . . . Musical numbers from wards In the stake are. also slated for the program. , Reed A Benson was employed by the Republican National and CongresnUnal Committees during 1954-56 and during the 1956 presidential pres-idential campaign, he was one of the most sought after speakers in America. . He has traveled extensively and talked with many world leaders i i - - m . . i i . . j : sonal discussions with such leading lead-ing communists - as Krushchev, the editor of Izvestia, etc. ' year were estimated at $248,734.-83 $248,734.-83 and the expenditures at the same amount. General Fund revenues including includ-ing property, taxes and $10,000 Class C Road Funds were estimated estim-ated at $139,755.83 and revenues rrom uie waier-eewer uunues were estimated at $108,969.00. ; Principal Kerns of expenditures were estimated to be as follows: Department, $29,400; Streets De-'partment, De-'partment, $45,152; Parks, $5,925; Cemetery., $5,700; Water Utility, $49,861 k. Sewer Utility, $59,108. Mayor Paul T. Fordham said that the tax levy would remain at 26 mills for the 1962-63 fiscal year, which is 2 mills less than the 28 mills aonroved ' bv the Council after the bonds for the new water storage tank were voted. - ; . -' -'; : He also stated that the Council Coun-cil voted Monday night to transfer trans-fer 2 mills from the General Fund to the Water-Sewer Utility. This will have the effect of paying off er, he said. . 1 The Mayor also reported that $23,000 in Sewer Utility bonds had been retired to date this year and that another $18,000 would be retired before the end of 1962." .... . ; Baubies, Bangles and Beads Day Friday Residents of the Pleasant Grove area are asked to cooperate with the Utah VaUey Opera Association Associa-tion in donating- articles to be used in oetuming the cast of the opera "Kismet." The items needed need-ed are all types of Jewelry, including includ-ing Tiitmatched earrings, fabrics of all kinds, cut flowers and sudh items as old drapes, bedspreads. Those desiring to cooperate with the opera association should leave the articles at the home of President Boyd L. Fugal or at the Smith Drug Co. as soon as possible. t ; ' ; Drawing enthusiastic applause was the v "Village ; Blacksmith" impersonated by C A Fugal, 85-year-old and still active Pleasant Grove blacksmith. His forge and anvil were mounted on a truck beneath the shade of a large leafy tree. The Iron he shaped was red Jhot,? j:i ', M M f The celebration closed with the stockman's parade at 6:00 p.m. Saturday evening and the most successful and best attended rodeo performance at 8:00 pm, Saturday night , , |