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Show s I Telephne TUT)! V f t Mftf f(f t Read the Herald's ( .,,0j!l : . . THE SPRINGVILLE (UTAH) HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1958 Price 10c Number Twenty-seve- n ii S'WVin )m bw My nnn Hmmmm Gov. Clyde Will Be Special Guest at Parade, Program, Rodeo, Ball Games Crowning of Miss Springville Set As Climax to Rodeo Event Tonite Those who would like to see an old-fashion- ed Fourth of July celebration complete with parades, programs, rodeo and other entertain- - . i ' ; M : A , Y i U; I ment features, should plan to spend this evening and Friday in Springville. An early morn-ing salute will usher in the event. Sponsored by two wards, the Sixth and Eleventh, committees are sparing no time or effort to see that everyone has a good time and suitable entertainment is provided for all ages. Beginning with a miniature parade 5:30 p.m., this evening, a continuous program of eventst is planned, highlighted by th crowning of one of the queens by Governor George Dewey Clyde at the Rodeo this even-ing at Spring Acres. Governor Clyde will also speak at the public program at the park following the minia-ture parade, from 6:30 until 7:30 p.m. Fourth Parade A large parade of floats from Springville and out of town will be featured at 6 p.m. Fri-day followed by a Donkey Ball game at 8 p.m. at Memorial Park. J. M. (Jim) Sumsion for whom services were held in the Springville Stake House Wednesday. Queens and attendants from practically every ward will ap- - ; pear in the parade Friday on j specially designed floats and one of them will have the honor of being designated Miss Springville at the Rodeo the evening before. In addition to the entertain-ment features, there will be booths near the City Park at which home-cooke- d foods and many other items will be of-fered by the sponsoring ward: organizations. The booths will open at 3 o'clock today. Throughout the day there will be pony rides for the children and all are invited to make the City Park headquar-ters for meeting old friends and generally enjoying events of the day. Tourists Praise Springville Scenery J. M. Groesbeck has made a lot of friends and answered many questions since being- in attendance at the Information Booth at the City Park. Many tourists praise the city and the scenery in this area and all are appreciative of the fine spring-water- Among interesting tourists the past week were the Rev. Levi Kline and wife who had made a tour of the canyons in southern Utah by trailer and stayed in iSpringville overnight and saw the art. The couple live near the LDS temple in Los Angeles and re-ported that they had toured the temple and were very much impressed with the building and with the LDS people. He was a Methodist minister in Los Angeles and it was their first trip here. They planned to tour Yellowstone and Gla-cier National Parks. Mr. Groesbeck reports that he has noticed especially the increased number of tourists from Canada this summer. ' H , , , --v '. I i th ; .: v' K ; If i.r-- r r?iv f : 1 I. 1 ' ' --H J: ; i ' .t 'V w" -- "hi )h ' : i - A w . X , r t 1 Ml) ' I: . .1 k, .w.,.-..- , .....j , ; v..:.: ' lie of these lovelies will reign as queen over the Fourth of ii lily celebration and will be crowned by Springville's own wemor George Dewey Clyde- at the big Miniature Rodeo ai;ht at Spring Acres. On hand to give the Governor a mUI invitation during his attendance at a reunion here aturday night are the queens selected from the various wis as follows: Right of the governor, Darlene Castleton, Eleventh ward; left of governor, Judy Woodward, Sixth 3ii, two sponsoring wards of the celebration. Clockwise front to back: Carolyn Simmons, Fifth ward; Jeannine Hol-le- y, Tenth ward; Collette Miner, Twelfth ward; Moani Third ward; Laura Cutler, Eighth ward; Verona Newby, First ward; Stella Kappas, Mapleton ward; Kathleen Lee, Mapleton second ward. Nan Harward, Second ward, and Judy Ostler, Seventh ward, were absent when picture was taken. No queens are representing the Fourth and Ninth wards, who are not participating in the celebration. Arnold Roylance Candidate for Attorney Position Arnold C. Roplance of this city has filed for to the position of Utah County at-torney on the Democratic ticket. He has served continuously as Utah County attorney since 1937, winning con-stantly since then, one or two of them in Republican land-slides for most of the rest of the ticket. Prior to service as county attorney, Mr. Roylance was city attorney for Springville City. He tookJjjs law degree from the University of Utah in 1932, and graduated from Brigham Young University prior to that. He engaged in private practice in addition to serving as Springville city at-torney prior to his election in 1937 as county attorney. Blinded at an early age, he pursued his studies to a law degree and has carried on his life and occupation without his sight. Mr. Roylance is a past presi-dent and active member of the Springville Lions Club and was a charter member of the Springville Junior Chamber of Commerce. A member of the LDS Church, he is currently ward teacher instructor in the Springville Ninth Ward. Mr. Roylance and his wife are the parents of seven child-ren. vv" v mm:mmmmmm t Attorney Arnold C. Roylance who has filed for to the Utah County Attorney post on the Democratic tick-et. Improving Willis Harmer of Mapleton is in the Heber Hospital after suffering a heart attack last Friday while fishing at Straw-berry Lake. His condition is reported as improving. Reintroduction of the elk into most Utah game ranges tok place from 1912 through 1915. Services Held Here Wednesday for J. M Sumsion, Dean of Contractors and four grandchildren; also three sisters, Mrs. Grace e, Mrs. Christie Lee and Mrs. Minetta Whiting all of Springville. Funeral services were held in the Springville Stake House Wednesday afternoon for James Mead Sumsion, 85, well-know- n Springville dean of contractors, who died Sunday afternoon at the family residence, 389 East First South, after an extended illness. Bishop Grant Nielson of the Tenth ward officiated at the services. Burial was in the Evergreen cemetery, directed by Wheeler Mortuary. Mr. Sumsion was born in Springville April 27, 1873, a son of George and Ann Eliza-beth Bird Sumsion, early Springville settlers and had made his home here always. At an early age, he became associated with his brothers, the late Ernest, George and Henry Sumsion in railroad con-struction work forming the Sumsion Brothers Construction Company. Later he was in partnership with several other early-da- y railroad builders. Shortly before 1923, he re-tired from construction work and engaged in the feed store business in partnership with the late Ralph Smart. After several years, he and W. W. Clyde formed a con-struction company and he again launched out in the work he loved. Other later-da- y contrac-tors with whom he worked on occasions were J. W. Whiting and also H. W. Glenn of Mur-ray and he also operated alone for a number of years. In 1949, with his sons James C. and Richard M. (Dick), the J. M. Sumsion and Sons Con-struction Company was formed and Mr. Sumsion continued working until ill health forced him to retire only a year ago. In recognition of the service he has rendered to the con-tracting industry, the Associa-ted General Contractors of America of which he was a member, presented him several years ago with a meritorious award. Memorials to his build-ing ability may be seen throughout the western states. He was an Elder in his ward at the time of his death. He married Ina Maycock in March 1908 in the Salt Lake Temple and she died the fol-lowing July. On March 9, 1926, he married Lela Coplan of Mesa, Arizona in the Salt Lake Temple. He is survived by his wife and two sons, James C. and Richard M. (Dick) Sumsion District Honors Won By Springville Lions Under direction of President Ron Thorpe the various committees of the Springville Lions Club have piled up an astounding amount of service hours and have also' contributed to many, worth-while projects to win third place among 30 clubs in the district activity program. Some of the more outstand-ing programs included their annual broom sale on which 194 hours were spent by mem-bers. Repairing backstops at the Memorial Park took 10S member hours; fireplace re-pairs at Kelly's Grove, 140 hours; winter skating rink, 128 hours; ta program, 68 hours and school evaluation work, 52 hours. In addition the club pur-chased glasses for three school children; sponsored a girl to summer recreation camp and a boy to Boys State. The club also contributed $50 for lights at Memorial Park and $50 to the Spring-ville Art fund. Members participated in sponsoring a benefit show; also a turkey shoot and assisted in the annual pheasant hunt pro-gram to help raise funds for their various welfare projects. r Carousel' Coming Ttt U. for Summer Festival Carousel will open in the Am, University of Utah, J)' 5 in the first of seven per- - nances. It will be repeated 7 through 12. The Summer Festival produc-;- i director, Dr. C. Lowell Md the musical director, Symphony Conductor arice Abravanel, said David Vinson's Utah appearance as "Jner Festival's Bill Bigelow 11 be his first role upon his "imphal return from Europe, fte show will co-st- ar Broad-y- s Betty Oakes as Julie JH supported by a distin- - :ed cast of intermountain the Utah Symphony k the University Theatre J :et Company. Registration Set For Summer Drama Classes Choric speaking, playing stories and poems and speak-ing with puppets will all be in-cluded in speech and dramatic classes for children at Memor-ial Hall, July 22 to August 19. Beginners from 6 to 8 years will meet at 10 a.m.; 9 and 10 years, at 9 a.m. and 11 years and over at 11 a.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. Groups will be limited in number and early registration is advised. Registration is to be made with Mrs. Wm. L. Schreiner before July 10, and may be made by card stating name, age, address and telephone. A small charge will be made for enrollment. The classes are part of the city's summer recreation pro-gram. Events Outlined For July 3-- 4 A complete holiday pro-gram of events outlined for this evening and Friday is as follows: July 3 Booths Open, 3 p.m. at City Park. Miniature Parade 5:30 p.m. (assemble at high school at 5 p.m., march to Main street and north to Cen-ter and to First West on Center. Public Program 6 :30 p.m. at Park. Governor Clyde to speak. Rodeo 8 p.m. at Spring Acres Race Track. Gov. Clyde will crown Miss Springville from July 4th queen entries. July 4 Early Morning Salute. Booths Open 9 a.m. Concession, Rides all day at City Park. Mammoth Parade 6 p.m. (assemble on Third North and Main at 5 p.m. march along Main St. to Fourth South disband on First East). All queen floats are to assemble on the west side of Main St., .all others on East side. Three bands are expected and many beautiful floats. Donkey Ball Game 8 p.m., at North Park. Bicycle Riders Hay Have Bikes Toped by Jaycees The Springville Jaycees are sending out a call to all bi-cycle riders, regardless of age, to call at the Brookside Con-oco Service Station, 411 East Fourth south, and have their bicycle taped with safety tape, July 10 and 11. There is to be no charge whatsoever for the service, club officers point out, the project being sponsored by the Jaycee Club as part of their Safety program directed by chairman Paul Willis. Bob Brereton, from whose station the tape will be dis-tributed is acting as chairman of this phase of the safety program and reports that the tape has proven a valuable safety device. He urges all parents to encourage their youngsters to have their bi-cycles taped for safety during the two days. Businesses Close For July Fourth All retail business houses will close for the Fourth of July celebration with exception of drug stores and will reopen on Saturday. The city offices will be clos-ed Friday and Saturday July 4 and 5, canceling the regular Sat. morning opening. City offices are open all other days from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. bices Today Litlle Boy eral services will be held , .' 1 p,m. for David O. U ates, son of Earl ; Gladys Goates, who died in a Provo Hospital ";ing an illness, unices will be in the ; wari church with :P Grant Nielson of the :; ward officiating. Burial "e m the Evergreen ceme- - .Je child is survived by the ;;jfits and a brother Kenneth, .?ij'?ville; grandparents, Mr. ;ivr 0rson Godfrey. Lehi ,;' and Mrs. David Goates Unison. Firemen Run to Dry Grass Fires Two grass fires Friday and on Monday this week resulted in runs for the local depart-ment. The blaze Monday was in the northeast section of town above the Theron Hall resi-dence and on Friday, the men were called to a grass fire near the railroad tracks in the vi-cinity of the powder plant in Spanish Fork Canyon. Firemen are cautioning against setting dry weeds on fire. Such fires should be set only in the morning and then only when a sufficient water supply is on hand to keep the blaze under control, they re-port. Hand-in-Han- tl History proves that the high speed of living has something to do with the high cost. Springville Man Made Bishop In St. Louis, Mo. Dr. and Mrs. Vernon, Tipton and five children have returned to their home in St. Louis, Mo. following a week's stty in Springville with relatives and friends. Dr. Tipton was recent-ly made bishop of a newly or-ganized LDS ward in St. Louis. He came to Springville espe-cially to see his mother, Mrs. Daniel Witney, who has been seriously ill and confined to the hospital five weeks. Joey Adams, well-know- n fig-ure in entertainment world: "My wife's idea of housekeep-ing is to sweep the room with a glance." Take Over Youth is going to tackle the things tomorrow that old age failed to accomplish today. Educator Visits Springville Art Dr. Belle Boone Beard, pro-fessor of socialogy at Sweet Brier University, Sweet Brier, Va. was one of the interesting visitors to the Springville high school Art Gallery the past week, reports Mrs. Mae Hunt-ington. Mrs. Huntington is at tne gallery from 5 until 8 p.m., throughout the summer and at other times by appointment. The visitor from Virginia was pleased with the collection of art and recognized the work of some artists with whom she had been acquainted. She makes a special study of gereontology and was on her way to Fairview to interview Mr and Mrs. Peter Peterson, believed to be the longest mar-ried couple in the United States. June Building Permits Listed J. Grant Nielson, 1029 East 40 North, $8,000; J. Grant Nielson, Building permits in Spring-ville for the month of June reached a total of ?69,050 for new homes, remodeling jobs, car ports, garages and miscel-laneous building. The list is as follows: New Homes Ralph Jacob-sen- , 639 Aaron Ave., $9,000; Harold Olsen, 1284 East Center, $6,000; Glade E. Binks, 960 E. 1st So., $11,000; Earl Otto Neel, 455 East 250 So., $10,600; 68 No. 9th East, $8,000; J. Grant Nielson, 977 East 40 No., $8,000. Remodeling Homes E. V. Boorman, 149 So. 2nd West, $2,000; R. L. Watts, 512 South 3rd East, $6,000; Reed Cle-ments, 614 So. 4th East, $700. Car Ports and Garages Bernell Jensen, 73 West 3rd North, $150. Storage Building J. W. Clark, 491 East 1st So., $200. vvay Leader nis Speaker r, Strong of Salt Lake chairman of the :31 tional highway program of the utah :e Association, will t.: - ,r! the Kiwanis Club meet- - evening at Kelly's il --'Lr").1'6 ,adies mg;ht with I 7 announces l C 0Iiver H- Daiton- - G- 4 fasteP dersn wiU be toast" t """"W has also arranged numbers. Campers Flooded At City Park What seemed to be a cordial welcome to two bus loads of poung people from Ann Arbor, Mich, camping in the City Park all night, turned into somewhat of a nightmare when the park became flooded with water dur-ing an irrigation turn. The young people were tra-veling to the coast and back, when one of the supervisors became ill and was removed to the Utah Valley Hospital and the travelers were marooned here for a while. When the water flooded them out at the City Park however, they were all removed to safer dryer quarters on the lawn of Memorial Park. Legion Auxiliary The Legion Auxiliary will i meet next Wednesday July 9, at 8 p.m. at Memorial Hall to hear a report on Girls State given by the three delegates, Patricia Kapp, Lorraine Tay-lor and Kay Johnson. Their parents are invited as special guests. The meeting will be in charge of the new officers, Mre. Marva Davis, president, in charge. Home from Hospital Ralph Snelson, Springville photographer, returned to his home Saturday from the Utah Valley Hospital where he has been the past three weeks as result of a heart attack. He will be confined to his bed for some time. Mrs. Ardilla Perry is in the Utah Valley Hospital for ob-servation and treatment. She New, virulent bacterium has been ill for several weeks. will take heavy U.S. toll. 'i'ss'st31 iUness occurs at all Siting with childhood. |