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Show "Pleasant Grove, the Most Beautifully Situated City in Utah County" VOL. LXIV, No. 25 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH 84062, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1968 SINGLE COPY 10c li . ' v WORLD CHAMPION Shawn Davis, Whitehall, Montana, will compete in the Strawberry Days Rodeo according to word received by local officials. Many other outstanding cowboys will enter the big RCA-Kerbe- y sponsored rodeo this week. Jaycees Selling Tickets Now for Fund Raising The public drawing for the Jaycee's Merrytiller tractor will take place June 21, during the second night of Strawberry Days Rodeo. Miss Pleasant Grove of 1968, will draw the lucky number from the box. Everyone is encouraged to become eligible to receive free, the Merrytiller garden work-horse. A donation of only $1.00 insures a chance. Much comment has been stimulated by the colorful "work vests" currently being worn by the Jaycees. They were produced by the nimble fingers of the Jayceettes. Nearly one-ha- lf of the resi-dents of the Pleasant Grove-Manil- a areas have contacted to purchase a zip code booklet. It is hoped that everybody will be given the opportunity. Paul Giles has accepted an appointment to serve on the Jaycee board of directors. His wife is the former Linda Hil-ton of Pleasant Grove. For the past several nights the Jaycees and their wives have been working on the float for Miss Pleasant Grove for the Strawberry Days parade. Carol Loader is chairman of the project. ' I mm mm,' Vs Q - . - a . WILLIAM II. GARST Utah County chairman W. H. Garst Heads Opposition to Liquor by fhe Drink W. H. Garst, prominent PI. Grove citizen, has been named general chairman of the Utah County Committee of the Citi-zens for a Better Utah through opposing Liquor-by-the-Drin- Other officers of the county organization were expected to be named this week. Chairman of the State Cen-tral Committee for Citizens for a Better Utah through Oppos-ing Liquor-by-the-Drin- k is Rich-ard Van Winkle, Salt Lake City, former chairman of the Utah State Road Commission. Mr. Van Winkle said forma-tion of the county chapters of his organization "will give us a lot of momentum for the task ahead." The ex-F- agent assured the the drink can be defeated, the draink can be defeated, and we will do it. This is an issue that touches every single resident of the state, and we are attempting to show them all how costly this proposal would be to them." The county organizations will make literature available to in-terested persons, provide spea-kers for public meetings and attempt to keep the press, radio and television informed about news developments during the campaign. State headquarters for the group is at 37 East First South, Salt Lake City. "Interested persons are invit-ed to join our group throughout the state," Mr. Van Winkle sta-ted. "This is an extremely dif-ficult task we face, and the organization can use every vol-unteer we can get." He said proponents of the liquor-by-the-dil- bill are ob-viously well financed and or-ganized. "I think that when the public is well informed on the issues of this matter, liqour-by-the-drin-k will be rejected, Mr. Van Winkle said. "I have a great faith in the judgment of Utah's citizens and believe, as Jefferson said, that once they have the light, they will find the way. Strawberry Days Parade Will Be Televised Today Pleasant Grove's Thursday morning parade will be tele-vised on a delayed basis by both KSL and KBYU. The KSL, Channel 5 broadcast will be shown at 2:30 p.m. according to Grant and Scott Clawson, KSL production executives. Tom Bradshaw is expected to do the announcing, along with Mrs. Boyd (Lynn) Carter, public relations coordinator for the Strawberry Days Associa-tion. KBYU, channel 11 will delay its broadcast until 8 p.m., ac-cording to Mark Hathaway and Joe White, KBYU production staff. Schedule of Events THURSDAY, JUNE 20 10 a.m. Mammoth Parade (TV showings at 2:30 p.m., KSL, and 8 p.m. KBYU Ch. 11) 1 p.m. Flower show, homemaking and fine arts exhibit at Junior High School gym. 6:00 p.m. Repeat of morning parade (reverse direction). 8:00 p.m. First Night of Big RCA Rodeo. FRIDAY, JUNE 21 2 p.m. Bicycle ,tricycle judging, up to 1 2 years, Competitive sports, 12-1- 4 years of age at P.G. Jr. High Ball Park 5:00 p.m. Five Little League Ball games Lindon, Manila, Grovecrest (2) and Central. 5:30 p.m. Model car show at Jr. High gym. v 8:00 p.m. Second night of RCA-Kerbe- y produced rodeo SATURDAY, JUNE 22 1 6:00 p.m. Stock parade - Main Street in Pleasant Grove. 8:00 Final night of Rodeo at Pleasant Grove Rodeo Grounds ALL THREE DAYS Carnival, Rides, Concessions, Strawberries and Cream at City Park in Pleasant Grove. City Council Session Monday Proves Relatively Short Meeting Valley were being asked to lend financial support to the cultural activities of the musical organ-ization. After discussion, a motion was made, seconded and pass-ed appropriating $75.00 to the opera association. Councilman Walter Reim-schiiss- el reported that the chain link fencing of the Mon-so- n Tanks and Brimley Well culinary water areas was al-most complete. The traditional problem of street flooding by irrigation water users came up for dis-cussion. Definite steps to elim-inate the costly practice will be taken later. A motion was made, second-ed and passed, authorizing the city to borrow $30,000 from Bank of Pleasant Grove on 1968 tax anticipation notes. Mayor Paul T. Fordham and all members of the Pleasant Grove City Council met in reg-ula- v semi-monthl- y meeting last Monday night at the city hall. It was a relatively short ses-sion, there being few problems of civic importance on the agenda for the evening. William Maxwell, manager of the Bn'D Lounge, asked per-mission to keep his place of business open until 1 a.m. As reasons he cited daylight sav-ing time and the fact that local cafes, which sell beer, are per-mitted to remain open until that hour. Mr. Maxwell's re-quest was approved. William E. Petersen was present at the meeting as pres-ident of the Utah Valley Opera Association. He stated that city corporations throughout Utah ?S Elodle perns ToDiightt at8p.Biii. Three Nights of Rodeo Are Slated for Pleasant Grove's Annual Celebration Top professional cowboys versus wily stubborn livestock promise rodeo fans exciting ac-tion Thursday, Friday and Sat-urday, June 20, 21. 22 at the 8 p.m. Strawberry Days Rodeo in Pleasant Grove. World champion saddle bronc rider Shawn Davis of White-hall, Mont., has indicated he will compete, according to ro-deo chairman Vernon J. Ah-nia- Other top-rate- d cowboys ex-pected to participate are Jim Steen, Glenns Ferry, Idaho, '66 pro rookie of the year; C. W. Adams, Atascadero, Calif., fin-ished seventh for 1967 bull rid-ing title; and Gary Leffew, Santa Maris, Calif., 10th for the 1966 bull riding crown and currently ranked sixth. Davis won the saddle bronc riding championships in 1965 and 1967. He is competing with a broken jaw, received when a bareback bronc rolled on him. The professional rodeo cow-boys will be competing for an estimated $4,500, in such events as saddle and bareback bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping and steer wrestling. As an RCA-approve-d (Rodeo Cowboys Association) rodeo, money won at Pleasant Grove will be added to cowboys' pre-vious winnings in the race for 1968 titles. Strawberry Days rodeo roy-alty Gail Ann Daniel of Walls-bur- g; Valarie Howarth of Lin-don and JoLene Johnson of Salt Lake City will ride in the grand entry each night. Valarie also has the honor of being selected as Spanish Fork's rodeo queen and Jo- Lene is an attendant to the Salt Lake Sheriff's Posse ro-deo queen. Cowboys' arena entries close at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 19. Arena Livestock is provided by D. A. "Swanny" Kerbey, of Salt Lake City. Glen Newman Resigns as Chief of Police In a letter presented to the City Council at the regular ses-sion Monday evening, Glen Newman submitted his resig-nation as Chief of Police for Pleasant Grove City. Mr. New-man stepped down for health and personal reasons. He did, however, ask to remain as a member of the Police Depart-ment. Mayor Paul Fordham and City Councilman Marvin R. Green, in charge of the Safety Department, expressed appre-ciation for the many years of dedicated service given to the people of Pleasant Grove by Mr. Newman. Mr. Newman was asked to continue as acting Chief until a replacement could be selected. He consented to this assignment. Mr. Green announcd applic-ations for the position of Chief of Police would be received un-til 12 p.m. on June 30, 1968. Any person having the quali-fications and experience, can make application by addressing a letter to the Mayor or City Council. The letter should con-tain a statement of interest or desire, qualifications, past em-ployment, pertinent personal history data, and a recent photo Debris in Springs Main Topic at Lindon City Meet LINDON The major issue at the Lindon City Council was in the Water Dept. headed by Bill Lewis. Counilman Lewis report-ed that the collection boxes at the springs in Dry Canyon have been cleaned of all rub-bish and that the flow of water from the springs has increased to double previous flow. Mr. Lewis issued a plea to those persons throwing debris into the springs not to do so, as the water supply will be seriously impaired. Mr. Lewis report showed that as of July 1 the water meters would be read and billed every two months, instead of three, as has been previously done. Rates will also be changed, due to the recent bonding, from $3.00 to $4.00 per month. A report from Leon Walker was made that the city police-man had enrolled in classes at the police training facility at Camp Williams. This will con-clude in one month. All landscaping of trees in Lindon park is completed, al-so Little League backstops are finished and given a new coat of paint. Harold Erickson, City Recor-der, brought before the coun-cil that a budget hearing is set for June 26 at 8 o'clock at the city offices. All citizens are in-vited to be present to hear the proposed budget for the coming year. All councilmen were present at the meeting, including May-or Joseph Christiansen, Lon Hooley, Nick Harris, Leon Walker, Bill Lewis, Paul Fage, and Harold Erickson city recor-der and EMe Erickson. f'ErTLE Creek I - -- Tfr - Well sir, if Battle Creek does not flood or a meteorite from outer space doesn't crash into the earth, the 48th annual Strawberry Days celebration will begin this morning with the traditional Big Parade. Af-ter all, 48 consecutive commun-ity blowouts could be a record, of sorts. Having seen them all and participated actively in most, the majority, when recalled by memory's nostalgic eye, seem petty much run of the mill. However, a few will always be vividly remembered. Take the first one, early in June. 1921. Strawberries then were a cash crop of consider-able proportions in these parts. And one of the chief aims of the initial celebration was to "drum up" business for the sale of the fruit. Aside from the parade, the chief drawing card 47 years ago was the "free strawberries with sugar and cream" that were dished out to everyone with strength enough to toddle up to the serving tables. As I recall, 600 fifteen-cu-p cases were served up at noon that initial one-da- y celebration. The first parade was a whing-din- g. All the floats were horse-draw- n and fashioned out of crepe paper on hay racks. The Strawberry Queen was in the upper one-four- th of a huge red straw-berry, that must have been 8 feet high. Then there was the year, and I can't remember which one, when it rained continually dur-ing the designated day and for two days thereafter. Finally, the parade did make it on the morning of the fourth day. But parade watchers are a hardy and persistent lot. Each morning they lined the streets and were there waiting at 10 a.m. When the parade was of-ficially cancelled by Jim Thorne, riding a horse over the sloppy parade route, the people would adjourn to the Rides and Shows in the Grove. The water got so deep and the mud so sticky, that loads of straw were hauled in to pro-vide at least a semblance of terra firma. But still the cele-brants wouldn't go home until lights out at midnight. Many of them said it was the best time they ever had in their lives. I shall never forget the year, when a band of Shoshone In-dians came down from Fort Hall, Idaho, to participate in the parades and the rodeo. They set up a real Indian Vil-lage south of the rodeo arena, complete with tepees and cook-ing fires that attracted much interest. Some of the Shoshone maid-ens, riding their pinto ponies and decked out in original Am-erican finery, were a sight to behold. Needless to say, color-ed film cameras were clicking wherever they went. And so it has gone over the years almost a half century of them. Something novel and new almost every year, to keep the interest alive and the people coming. The celebrations have survived three wars, two de-pressions, inflation and the Hippie uprising. As the old promoters and en-thusiasts passed on, others have taken their places. It's a never-endin- g chain of public spirit and community loyalty. Just to paraphrase a bit on what the Britishers say about their beloved England: "There will always be a Strawberry Day." So long 'til Thursday. DUP Log Cabin to Be Open After Strawberry Parade The Pioneer Museum and Log Cabin will be open Straw-berry Day after the close of the morning parade until time for the evening parade. Mem-bers of the local camps of Daughters of Utah Pioneers will be on hand to show visitors through the two buildings, and tell them about the relics hous-ed therein. Lions Club Receives Award for Outstanding Service Projects Pleasant Grove Lions Club received the D. A. Skeen award for outstanding community ser-vice and projects. The award was presented at the annual state convention held in Logan June 13 through 16. The award is given on a district basis and honors the Pleasant Grove Club as being the outstanding club in District 28-- which includes the Uintah Basin, Carbon-Emer- y area, San Juan and Grand Counties and Utah County. The service by P.G. Club members in the construction and furnish-ing of the Lion Shelter at the Swimming Pool Park was high- - ly recognized in giving of the coveted award. Club members attending the state convention were Vance West, Orval Carter, Marvin Jorgensen, George Jaynes, and Maron Oveson. Their wives ac-companied them. They report having a very enjoyable and enlightening convention. At the installation meeting held Wednesday, June 19 at the Shelter Past District Presi-dent Neil Jensen officated and installed the club officers for the coming year which include Vance West, president; Orval Carter, 1st vice president; Gordon Allred 2nd vice presi-dent; Daryl Huish. 3rd vice president; Keith Wamick, past president; Robert Secretan, secretary. Other officers in-clude, Borman Curtis, lion tam-er; Maron Oveson and Heinz Lionhardt, tail twisters. Jess Walker and Marvin Jorgensen were installed as two year directors and Bill Garst and Bruce Lundgren as one year directors. Robert Secretan was present-ed with an award for having the reports in to the district one hundred per cent of the time. Kiwanis Club Has Travelogue, Dairy Princess Recently Dr. and Mrs. Grant Y. An-derson provided slides and a most interesting travel lecture to Kiwanians and their ladies recently. Dr. Anderson presented slides on Egypt, Africa, India and Thailand, along with a descrip-tive and interesting narrative concerning the economy, cus-toms and living habits of the people of these countries. Special guests at the dinner meeting were Mr. and Mrs. Dellos Fotheringham and their son Allen. Mr. Fotheringham assisted in the construction of the stage at Kiwanis Park re-cently. The club was informed that water is being piped to the park and will be available in the near future. Beautifully inscribed Fathers Day Cards were presented to the club members by their wives. Lovely, talented Rosemary Smith, Utah County Dairy Prin-cess, spoke on dairying and dairy products at the Kiwanis Club meeting last week. Mrs. Stanley Smith accompanied Rosemary as chaperone. Also in attendance was Mrs. Lois Wright, State president of Dairy Wives. Rosemary related her exper-iences as a result of living on a dairy farm. She has had the responsibility of feeding, milk-ing and otherwise taking care of the dairy cows on her fath-er's farm. She pointed out that milk was for adults as well as young people. Mrs. Wright, praised the Ki-wanis Clubs for their purposes and ideals. She said that 'Dairy Wives' was instigated in 1961, to promote dairy products, and to act as chaperones for the dairy princesses as they travel about the state and nation. Garden Club Has Busy Month So Far This June The month of June has been a busy one for the Pleasant Grove Garden Club. In addi-tion to their regular meeting, they were hostesses at a spec-ial tea given in honor of the Strawberry Days royalty. The lovely tea was held at the home of Veatrice Stewart, club president, Saturday after-noon. Members of the club fur-nished the lunch and were for the affair. Honored guests were Elaine Lowe, Strawberry Days queen and her attendants, Eileen and Joan Barney; Miss Pleasant Grove, Carol Hall and her attendants, Rhon-da Edwards and Bonnie Bul-lock. The rodeo queen, Gail Ann Daniel, was present, but her two attendants, Valarie Howarth and JoLene Johnson, were unable to attend. Members of the city councils wives were present and Mrs. Paul Fordham was a guest. Other honored guests included mothers of the honored girls and ladies from the Strawberry Days committees. The regular meeting this month was held at the home of Bonnie Sapp with Mrs. Carl Perry acting as The evening was taken up by Lu-cille Hillman and Joyce Pitts who gave instructions and demonstrations on flower ar-ranging and rules for enter-ing flowers in the different flower shows. The rest of the time at the meeting was spent on plans for Strawberry Days and the flow-er show they are holding. Don Harrington to Announce Rodeo Tonight at Arena Don Plarrington of Butte, Montana, will announce the 1968 Strawberry Days rodeos Thursday through Saturday. Don first competed in rodeo events while in high school. After three years of Navy ser-vice he attended the University of Montana was a member of the college rodeo team four years and graduated in Busi-ness Administration. He first began announcing rodeos by accident when he was asked to pinch-hi- t for a regular announcer who had missed travel connections. He now announces about 30 rodeos a year, as far north as Edmon-ton, Alberta, Canada, to the southern border of the United States. He raises and trains quarter horses as a hobby. And be-cause of his having been a con-testant and rodeo secretary, Don has a background on most every active cowboy in com-petition today. Legion Auxiliary to Meet on Friday United States "Foreign Re-lations" will be the subject for study and discussion by mem-bers of Unit 70 American Le-gion Auxiliary Friday, June 21. The ladies will meet at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Geneva Dalton to hear a featured spea-ker and conduct the annual election of officers. A good at-tendance is urged, according to Sylvia Peterson, Unit 70 pres-ident. |