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Show I ' city r i v x Uvuil v 12 Two Slates In South Salt Lake Political Race Paul C. Moore Files for Mayor, Two Others for Council Posts 0tl) alt Sake H E S four-yea- FIRST, .the Individual Vol. 24, No. 43 Salt Lake City, Friday, October 27, Ten Cents Per Copy 1961 Westminster Homecoming Saturday Turkey Days Being Held In Sugar House Sugar House is now in the midst of its annual Turkey Days event which started continues Thursday and The ,13th through Monday. annual promotional event is sponsored by the Sugar House Chamber of Commerce, and nearly every store in the area is participating. Most businesses are offering special bargains to celebrate the event. r I Westminsters Homecoming queen and her attendants. Seated is Elaine Elder, Queen, and the attendants are, standing, left to right, Judy Chamberlin and Judy Miller. Lovely Elaine Elder of Burbank, Calif, will preside as Queen Saturday at Homecom-- . ing Day at Westminster Col-- : lege, and Judy Chamberlin of Ogden and Judy Miller of Forest Falls, Calif, will be her attendants. They were selected Wednesday at a student election. The days festivities will get under way at 10 a.m. with a gala parade of 10 or so floats through the' Sugar House busihess district. It will be headed by the queen and her attendants and featured in the parade again this year will be the Wasatch Academy Marching Band of Mt. Pleasant, Utah. The annual Homecoming football game comes at 2 p.m. in Dane Hansen Stadium with a clash between the Parsons and La Verne College of La Verne, Calif. Reservations have already been made for more than 150 students coming from La Verne. Crowning of the queen will be a feature between halves of the game. The annual Alumni Association meeting will be held at 1:15 p.m. in Robinson Room, recently completed addition to Hogle Hall, at which time new officers for the coming An year will be elected. alumni open house will be held following the game. The days festivities will be climaxed by the annual Homecoming dance at 9 p.m. in Payne Gymnasium. S.S.L. Chamber of Commerce Has Continuing Interest in Education American Education Week, November gives the business community of South Salt Lake the opportunity to again express appreciation for the leadership and dedicated service of school board members, school teachers and administrators. The South Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, says S. A. Andersen, executive secretary -- 5-1- 1, of the organization, is proud of and grateful for the many achievements of our school system, both academic and vocational. This has brought about a higher standard of living for our citizens and a better climate for economic growth. In the United States today over 99 per cent of all children (Continued on Page 4) During the four days shoppers are receiving turkey coupons free with purchases. These are redeemable at all Sugar House grocery stores for the purchase of turkeys, according to J. Gordon Sorensen, Turkey Days publicity chairman. Outstanding features of the coupons, Mr. Sorensen said, are that they are cumulative, making it possible for shoppers to purchase almost any size turkey they want. Coupons can be used until Thanksgiving. Free bonus coupons also are available at all participating stores and are worth a discount on turkey dinners at all Sugar House eating establishments. Stores will be open Saturday until 6 p.m. and Monday until The coming election on November 7 in South Salt Lake has taken on added interest with further filing by candidates for mayor and two council posts. Paul C. Moore, present city councilman, filed for the r term as mayor under the Peoples Party, and filing for four-yea- r term councilman were Reed A. Beck, 211 E. 24th South, and Harold K. Jamie- son, 219 E. Gregson Avenue. Incumbent Mayor J. Vern Bolinder and Councilman J.P. Oreno had previously announced they were seeking reelection and Nathan W. Adamson has filed for the other council post to be filled, all under the Taxpayers party. Marlow Callahan, presently a member of the council, is not seeking reelection, A statement by Mayor Bolinder was published in last weeks Herald. Mr. Moore issued the following statement: To the Citizens of South Salt 9 p.m. Turkey coupons are being issued with purchases on the following basis: one pound with a $7 purchase; two pounds, $13 purchase; four pounds with $25; nine pounds with $50, and 20 pounds for $100 or more. Turkey Days are on and shoppers were taking advantage of them Thursday and Friday and large crowds are anticipated the last two days of the event. Lake: Paul C. Moore Granite Awards School Contracts The Granite School District Board of Education Tuesday night awarded contracts to low bidders for contstruction of the Oakridge Elementary School at 4280 Jupiter Drive (3000 East). Total cost of the building will be $624,021, some $21,000 less than was estimated. The Culp Construction Co. was awarded the general contract for $484,300. The company said the building could be completed in 300 days. The mechanical contract was to the Taft Brothers Plumbing and Heating Co. for $109,921, and the electrical to the Wasatch Electric Co. for $29,800. Work on Street The South Salt Lake City Council Monday night opened the two bids submitted for construction of curbs, gutters, and sidewalks on 2nd East from Wentworth to Truman Avenues. The contract was let to 1604 South Salt Lake Marshal Henry Dipo has issued a warning that the citys ordinance prohibiting overnight parking on the curb during the winter months will be enforced, to aid in snow removal. The ordinance refers to the hours between 2 and G a.m. you and the City of South Salt Lake in an administrative capacity. I am deeply grateful for this trust which you placed in me and for the privilege of serving you in this elected office. My two years of council experience have allowed a first hand scrutiny of the city administration. This first hand view has proven to be an eye opener as to what is going on within our city. Contrary to what many of you believe, South Salt Lake is not the well administered, progressive city it has been Rather, I have pictured. found that all too frequently the city administration has been characterized by political patronage, harrassment and embarrassment of citizens, duplication of paid services, inefficiency and subordi- nation in appointed personnel, irregularities in council procedure, and cliquish favoritism. Bid Is Let For Straight Wall Forming Overnight Parking On Curb Forbidden Two years ago you favored me with election to represent Co., W. 4980 South on its bid of $6,708.85. The other bid for $7,962, was submitted by the Rex Moss Co. Work will start immediate ly. Feminine logic is fallacious, shallow, inconsistent, irrelevant, capricious, transparent- and irrefutable. Harold Coffin in the Wall Street In addition 1 found the leadership demonstrated by the members of the Taxpayers Party, who are now seeking re - election on the record, to have been generally ineffectual. This party displayed a reluctance to change antiquated laws, vacillated in decisions, and often lacked the imagination and enthusiasm to carry a dynamic, progressive community program. And all this has been passed off under the guise of competent city administration. Such leadership not only results in a loss of community prestige, but costs you, the taxpayers, money. There are those who would deny andor whitewash these irregularities. I speak however, not from rumor, but from first-hanknowledge. d And these irregularities, in- - appropriate attitudes, and efficient methods all add their in- (Continued on Page 4) |