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Show "Pleasant Grove, the Most Beautifully Situated City in Utah County" VOL LXVI, No. 25 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH 84062, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1970 SINGLE COPY 10c Mayor and City Council Hold Busy Session Last Monday Mayor Jack E. Cook and members of the Pleasant Grove City Council held a busy ses-sion last Monday night at City Hall. All answered to roll call, except Councilman Michael Vicchrilli, who was excused. A group of citizens, residents of the 100 North from 700 to 900 East area, requested paving of their street. They were told that this work was scheduled to be-gin next week, depending on the weather. The same group also asked if the street could be widened and were told that the widen-ing would entail the piping of the irrigation ditches at prop-erty owner's expense. A group of citizens from the 700 North, 600 to 900 East areas discussed the possibility of cul-inary water line enlargement. They were told that this pro-ject is a part of future develop- - ment under the HUD program. The program will begin when the federal grant is approved. However, the enlargement of the Battle Creek pipeline will have first priority, they were advised. The Strawberry Days Royal-ty were introduced to the may-or and council. The girls invit-ed the city officials to attend the celebration. A request was made by Mountain Bell to construct two telephone lines on city streets at various locations. The re-quest was referred to City de-partment heads for study and recommendation. Brent Bullock, representing the city employees, asked for a meeting with the city coun-cil prior to the public hearing on the 1970-7- 1 budget. The coun-cil agreed and set the date of 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 22 for the meeting. Councilman Cornell Haynie reviewed the urgent dog prob-lem. He stated that all dogs, not on leash will be picked up if found roaming on the streets. They will be impounded until a $5.00 fee is paid. "This action is necessary because of the abnormal dog population," he stated. Councilman Marvin Green re-ported that the repairs to the rodeo arena grandstands are nearly completed, at a cost slightly exceeding the original estimate. Councilman Paul Blackhurst stated that a sidewalk, curb and gutter crew had been em-ployed to install improvements throughout the city. The council discussed the new ctiy business license fees. Coun-cilman Walter Reimschiissel recommended that the fees be based upon net receipts rather than gross receipts. The prob-lem was referred to Council-man Michael Vicchrilli for fur-ther study. The council also discussed the HUD-23- 5 and 236 homes. These are low cost homes made available through government financing. They are FHA ap-proved and meet all city build-ing codes. Councilmen agreed that it was a good plan, avail-able to middle-clas- s citizens. K - - - ... - - . , -- - w - v - - , a f ; . 4 1 v J", 1 ' - - " ' r i i ." 1 r" ' i5- - H'""l iWl.r.W- - 1 ":, ...ill liiiiiiil! ! iilllllHilu DRIGGS-GAMETT-WES- T HOME Renova-ted home owned by Jack West has been sel-ected as a historical site by State of Utah and will be designated as such today at the home site. Open house will be held all after-noon during Thursday for visitors and friends P.(5. Home Certified On "Utah Register of Historical Sites" The Driggs - Gamett - West Home, 119 E. 2nd South (Battle-cree- k Drive) Pleasant Grove, will be certified as a historical site on "Utah Register of His-torical Sites," according to Dr. Milton C. Abrams, chairman of the Governors Historical and Cultural Review Committee. The certification was made of-ficial June 3. 1970. The certificate of registry will be presented today, Thurs-day, June 18 in special cere-monies held at the home at 11 a.m. (or as soon after the par-ade as the crowd clears). Receiving the certificate of designation will be Mr. and Mrs. John (Jack) West, Sono-ma, California, present owners of the pioneer residence. Pre-senting the certificate will be Dr. Charles Peterson, Director, Utah State Historical Society, and. Keeper of the Registry of Historical Sites. A bronze placque will follow as soon as one can be struck. Other officials expected to at-tend are Governor Calvin Rampton or his representative, Elder James A. Culliniore, Assistant to the Twelve, LDS Church, and Gary Forbush, Utah Heritage Foundation. A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held prior to the awarding of the certificate. The house is the first in Utah County to be designated as a State Historical Site Home. An open house will follow the offic-ial certification and will con- - tinue until noon. The open house will resume at 1 p.m. and con-tinue until 6 p.m. The Driggs - Gamett - West home has a history steeped in pioneer lore. The property was deeded to Nellie E. Ashton in 1872 by Mayor John Brown, "steward" of the land. Olivia Pratt Driggs, wife of B. W. Driggs, bought the land from Mrs. Ashton and that same year B. W. Driggs built the two-stor- y, soft-roc-k home, in 1882. It was in this home that W. King Driggs, father of the fam-ed King Sisters, was born. In 1918 the Driggs family sold the home to Clarence A. Gam-ett and Manetta Armitstead Gamett and it was there they reared a family of two girls and four boys. Following the death of the Gamett father and mother, the home was sold to John H. (Jack) West, Sonoma, Calif., an interior decorator and re-storer of historical buildings. Since that time, Mr. West and his wife Evelyn have been restoring the property inside and outside, in harmony with its pioneer heritage. They hope to make it their future perman-ent home within a few years. Utah County GOP Parley Set for Provo This Friday Congressman Laurance J. Burton will keynote the Utah County Republican Convention scheduled for Friday, June 19 at Provo High beginning at 7:30 p.m. according to Glen C. Shaw, chairman of the County Central Committee. Also scheduled to address the county delegates is Bryan Rampton of Bountiful, a Repub-- . lican candidate for the U. S. Senate, and Richard Richards, of Ogden, who seeks the con-gressional seat being vacated by Mr. Burton. Some 460 delegates will hear nominating, seconding and ac-ceptance speeches by candid-ates for county offices and their supporters. Provisions have also been made to in-troduce candidates for Utah State Senate District 16, and Utah State Representative Dis-tricts 39 and 42 to the dele-gates from those districts. Delegate Voting Voting will take place and Republicans competing for the same job will be hoping to cap-ture 70 per cent of the delegate vote. Should a candidate do so, he would be designated as the party's nominee. However, fail-ing to do so would cause the the Republican voters in the Primary election in September. All county offices except hold-over commission chairman Stanley Roberts will be contest-ed this fall. The following Re-publicans will be seeking nom-ination at the convention, for a four year term on the county commission: Paul A. Thorn, Orem, and for a two year com-mission term, Verl D. Stone, Spanish Fork. For assessor, Harrison Con-ove- r, Springville; for attorney, M. Dayle Jeffs, and Gary D. Stott, both of Provo; for audi-tor, Elwood L. Sundberg of Orem; for clerk, William M. Huish, Orem and Jerry M. Young, Provo; for recorder, Mrs. Nina B. Reid, Springville ; for sheriff, Ralph Chappie, Pay-so-n and LeGrande J. Baker, Provo and for surveyor, Ken-neth M. Warren, Spanish Fork. Timpanogos Cave Sets Summer Hours Schedule Don H. Castleberry, Super-intendent of Timpanogos Cave National Monument, has an-nounced that the summer cave hours are now in effect. The cave and cave trail open at 8:00 a.m. Cave ticket sales at 4:00 p.m. The Visitor Center is open from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m. Visitors should bring a light coat or sweater for the trip through the cave. Pets are not permitted on the trail or in the cave. The round trip normally requires three hours. Tours are conducted every day of the week including Sunday. The National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service are presenting evening slide pro-grams at Timpanogos Cave Na-tional Monument Visitor Cen-ter. These programs will be given each evening except Sun-day during the entire summer. The programs consist of dem-onstrations and illustrated lec-tures. Programs begin at 8 a.m. in the Visitor Center located in American Fork Canyon on Utah State Highwaqy 80. Schedules of evening pro-grams are posted in Forest Ser-vice campgrounds in American Fork Canyon. Information con-cerning specific programs can be obtained by calling 756-449- Census Bureau Wants to Be Sure of Count Mayor Jack E. Cook of Pi. Grove is in receipt of a letter from Walter A. Freeman, Re-gional Director of the Bureau of Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, Denver, Colorado. In the letter Director Free-man states that the 1970 Cen-sus enumeration in Pleasant Grove is officially covered, with record results for com-pleteness and accuracy. Nevertheless there may be some individuals or families who have expressed doubt that they were included, wrote Mr. Freeman. If such "missed" families or individuals exist in Pleasant Grove, they are urged to call at the City Hall at once and re-ceive a short census report form titled "Were You Count-ed." The form should be filled out and mailed to the Census Bureau, Population Count Cen-ter, Jeffersonville, Indiana, 47130. Mayor Cook sincerely asks that all "missed" persons or families comply with this re-quest as soon as convenient. Sportsmen Will Sponsor Drawing For Clubhouse Pleasant Grove Sportsmen are sponsoring a drawing dur-ing Strawberry Days. Proceeds from this drawing will go into the new clubhouse building al-ready under construction. Lucky ticket holders need not be present to win, but they can get a Winchester Model a sleeping bag, cooler, fishing pole, tackle box and a thermos kit. Tickets will be sold at the rodeo grounds or from anyone on the board of directors of the Sportsman's organization. A $1 donation is asked for each tic-ket purchased. Winning numbers will be drawn at the Saturday night rodeo. Craig Green Goes Back to San Diego ' Craig Green recently comple- - i ted his basic training and has been advanced to Seaman 1st Class in the U.S. Navy. After ' spending ten days at home, he , and his wife, the former Susan Fautin, returned to San Diego where he is now attending a machinist school. tl Creek ' J -- -- - - - Whether 'tis sun, wind, rain hail Or snow, this morning the good people of Battle Creek will be "putting on" Strawber-ry Day again.- - Nothing has stopped them during the past years and I suppose, nothing will stop them in 1970. There were a couple of times during World War II, when it seemed that the continuous chain of celebrations might be broken. Money was scarce and so many things needed for the celebrations were either ration-ed or unavailable. On top of that many people thought they were just too involved in other things. However, town pride and pat-riotism overcame real or im-agined excuses and the shows were put on the road without a miss. Thus it has been ever since. I well remember the pros and cons prior to the first celebra-tion. Some folks said it was a fine thing. Others argued that civic leaders were "fools for attempting it." I recall that Jim Thorne, Roy Smith, West Jacobs and I made a trip to Brigham City to talk to the boys up there about the "Peach Days" which had been a going concern for a few years. We came back, built up in our faith that a fruit festival of similar character was pos-sible in Pleasant Grove. Straw-berries were an important cash crop in the local area at that time. There was no Chamber of Commerce in Pleasant Grove during the early 1920' s. Howev-er there was a reasonable fac-simile of the same, called the "Wasatch Club" of which Jim Thorne was president and I was secretary--treasurer. Jim, I, and 8 other tried and true community boosters comprised the board of directors. But, the Wasatch Club was broke. So in order to get "working capital" all ten of the board of directors went to Bank of PI. Grove and signed a personal note for $50 each in order to get things moving. No one needed to tell any one of the 10 to work like the devil to make the first celebra-tion a successs. We had an in-terest, other than love of straw-berries. After the first celebration proved entertaining, cultural, and a financial success, John R. Halliday, bank president, and also a Wasatch Club direc-tor, charged the club 10 cents each for the notes we had sign-ed. That was in lieu of interest. That first celebration featur-ed two parades, a carnival, a rodeo, an evening dance, free strawberries, sugar, cream and a bread and butter sandwich. Farmers donated the berries, the dairies gave the cream and butter, the bakeries the bread and the sugar makers, the sug-ar. The rodeo was held in a cow pasture "west of the tracks" during the afternoon, since there was no lighted arena. It seemed that the riders strived a little harder to stay aboard their horses due to what the cows had left on the fiedl pre-viously. During the rodeo a tier of moveable bleachers collapsed. No one was injured, except a Lehi woman who sustained a badly sprained ankle. She was a good sport and settled out of court for $25. If that first celebration did nothing else, it developed a lot of self confidence and commun-ity loyalty, pride and a spirit of cooperation. Perhaps these are the chief values that come from any un-ited community effort. So long 'til Thursday. - yr . ' ,v .?''.,, .if ; - j If At ; fAI,;. . .- -. t I - M---- - kj'"k -- -,-: ' . M . ';'.''" . - ." " "" '" " ".-'- ', ; --:.:. - , ". DANGEROUS BRAHMAS Clowns form an integral part of the rodeo acts, helping to lure dangerous Brahmas away from cowboys, and also providing a bit of hilarity as well as thrills when they bait the dangerous Brahma bulls in the arena. lde Starts Tonight in PI. Ciirove More than $3.8 million was won by professional rodeo cow-boys in 1969 a record year and these unique athletes have pocketed nearly $55 million since 1953. They are members of the Rodeo Cowboys Association, and they'll compete in the Strawberry Days Rodeo, set for Thursday, Friday and Satur-day evenings, June 18-2- 0 in in Pleasant Grove. At the 1969 rodeo here, 134 entries competed for $5,700 ii prize money. The same amount is expected to be up for grabs this year. Competition will be in saddle and bareback bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping and steer wrestling. The Strawberry Days Rodeo is one of more than 500 ap-proved annually by the assoc-iation. Money won here will be added to cowboys' previous winnings in races for 1970 ev-ent championships, a There were 533 association- - sanctioned rodeos in 40 states and four provinces last year, evidence that pro rodeo is not a regionalized fun feature, but rather a highly-competiti- na-tional sport, the association said. Competition will be conduct-ed under nationally-recognize- d rules, with 19 pertaining to the care and treatment of rodeo livestock. They were written by the association in conjunction with a national humane organ-ization. One of the winningest cow-boys is Larry Mahan, 26, Brooks, Oregon. Often called "Super Saddle," Mahan has won four consecutive all around cowbov championships. He earned $40,358 in 1966, $51,996 in 1967, $49,129 in 1968 and a record $57,726 last year. Cowboys' arena entries clos-ed at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, and the arena livestock will be provided by D. A. Kerby Rodeo Co. Democrats Hold Convention in Orem Saturday The Utah County Democratic Convention wound up its busi-ne- s Saturday night in Orem, after electing or confirming 161 state delegates and voting on all of the contested races with-in the Utah County party. In the race in legislative dist-rict 37, Dean Prior, Lehi, elimi-nated Arthur Eldon Harris, also of Lehi, by getting more than 70 per cent of the total delegate vote. Votes were also held on the other contested offices, but none of the other candidates could muster the needed 70 per-cent vote needed to eliminate his opponent. All candidates will face each other in the pri-mary to see who represents the party, with the exception of Mr. Prior. Delegates to the state conve ention which will be held in Salt Lake City on July 18 from each of the voting districts in the county were confirmed from the dist-ricts. Some districts did not make recommendations, how-ever, and six delegates were elected at the convention. They were Keith Melville, Mark Boyack, Wayne Winters, Na-din- e Bellows, Norma Thomas, and Howard Pace. These six brings Utah County's total strength to 161. USC Lists Degrees Given June 6 at Commencement Rite Among the almost 2,100 can-didates for degrees at the 77th annual commencement at Utah State University, June 6 were the following who were can-didates for bachelors degrees from Pleasant Grove: John Brent Jarvis, Elaine M. 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