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Show Telephone News 'TUTf f f MW Tlf f Read the Herald's I VoluJf!t! - THE SPRINGVILLE (UTAH) HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1959 Price 10c Number Twenty-nin- e Speed-u- p in Mail Service Promised by Post Office I weeping improvements next-da- y first-clas- s let-vl- d fervice for most of the tefI of the state of Utah announced today by Post-ast- er General Arthur E. Sum- - merfield. The announcement was made in a release m issued Salt Lake City by W D Brewer, Denver Regional Post-al Operations Director. Mr. Summerfield states that postal patrons in the area are now assured that barring oc-casional human error in distri-bution, first-clas- s letters mail-ed by 5:00 p.m., or, in a few smaller offices before the last dispatch, will be delivered to their., destination., within the area on the first delivery trips of the following business day. The Utah mail improvement project is a part of a nation-wide all-o- ut effort to improve the postal service, Mr. Sum-merfield pointed out. Thirty-si- x major United States cities to-gether with various sized areas surrounding them have already inaugurated similar programs, and approximately fifty addi-tional ones are in the planning stage. However, the Utah pro-ject which includes more than 75,000 of the state's 84,916 sq. miles is the largest area yet to be included in a single plan, according to Mr. Summerfield. Except for Daggett and Rich, all or part of the state's twenty-- nine counties are included in the Utah mail improvement plan; and the total area is greater than that served by entire postal systems in many foreign countries. The great distances involved (in some in- - stances more than 400 road miles from post office to post office) require precise timing in collection, dispatch, and transportation schedules. Mr. Summerfield called the project the "greatest single improvement in mail service for Utah in more than a gener-ation." The program for better first-clas- s mail service has been in test operation since June 8. During this "shakedown" per-iod, results have exceeded ex-pectations. The entire area encompassed by the plan contains 240 Utah post offices or other postal in-stallations. That figure includes all 16 offices of the first class; all 47 of the second class; 71 third class; 106 fourth class. In addition 28 branches and stations are served. The total pieces of letter mail handled on an average day by these post offices exceeds one mil-lion. Distribution centers have been established at Ogden, Provo, Richfield, Price, Cedar City, and Brigham City, with Salt Lake City serving as the central concentration point. These are cities from which principal mail routes emanate. Mail from offices on star rout-es which enter these post of-fices is readily available for transfer to other distribution points, the concentration cen-ter or railroad post offices. "The improvement of first-clas- s letter mail service in Utan will be reflected in bet-ter service all over America. Since a large portion of U. S. mail originates or terminates in cities like Salt Lake, stra-tegically located to serve large areas, a metropolitan plan in operation here together with those already established and others to be organized in the near future are major steps forward in the Post Office goal of next-da- y delivery of a letter between any two major points in the United States," Mr. Summer-fiel- d concluded. Steal SMsi its Misss, Hope Seen by Some in Federal Mediation Service Plans Today Several hundred steel workers from the Springville-Mapleto- n area are among the 4800 laid off at the Geneva and Ironton works as result of the strike which went into effect Tuesday midnight. Throughout the month and especially the past ten days al-most every type of business in this area has been effected by the impending shutdown. Only the necessities including those in the grocery line, were be-ing purchased by steel work-ers. A general slowdown in realestate transactions, sales of autos and many other types of business is being effected, as workmen have no idea when another check will be forthcom-ing, businessmen report. A feeling of regret seemed general among both employees and management as many wor-kers have expressed disappoint-ment that negotiations could not have been reached before the Tuesday midnight deadline. The two plant's blast fur-naces were banked before mid-night and the open hearths were all tapped Tuesday and sealed to permit cooling. Skeleton Crews Only a skeleton crew neces-sary to maintain the plants were allowed inside as picket lines took up their vigil short-ly after midnight. Some predicted that the Federal Mediator and Council-iatio- n Service ordered by Pres-ident Eisenhower to step into the negotiations on Thursday would hasten the settlement but others saw a long delayed agreement which could stretch into months without settlement. In addition to the 4800 work-men in central Utah effected by the layoffs, there are some 235 iron miners in U. S. Steel's open iron pit near Cedar City on strike and approximately 800 Columbia and Geneva coal miners near Dragerton were laid off as the steel industry closed down. The strike has been describ-ed by some observers as one of the worst steel labor disput-es in history, coming at a time when the country's economy was booming after a recession. It is the sixth major steel strike since World War II. Special Consideration To ward off hardship and inconveniences resulting from the strike, many local business houses are offering special ser-vices and considerations to the men laid off. On some sales, regular installments are not required until the strike is set-tled; others are offering sales with no down payment and other payments after the strike. Many have purchased items with the understanding that in case of a strike, pay-ments will be defered. In many cases, however, it will be get-ting far behind in payments and for others even loss of items on which payments have been made. Annual limp Hike Scheduled Sat. Wear the right clothing, take a camera and also a cup to drink from the fountains along the way, is the advice given people from this area who are planning to make the Timp hike Saturday. Each year a number of lo-cal citizens make the trek which has attracted national acclaim. Many who do not climb the mountain will motor to Aspen Grove Friday evening for the pre-hik- e program. The popular things are out so far as footwear for the hike is concerned, those in charge recommending instead, a light oxford and comfortable cloth-ing, also a hat or scarf to pro-tect from sun and wind. A lunch to eat at the top but no eating along the way, is ad-vised. A light sweater for those who take the hike and a blan-ket for the pre-hik- e all-nig- ht campers is suggested. . -- i I t Jl ft Hp ? v " ,v j1 i . ; .mm i w ' . - .TAUiui ifr tj f " - - An Australian family, Mr. and Mrs. Frede-ric VV. Bennetts and their daughter Bar-br- a, some 12,0-3- miles from home, marv-eled at the quality and the number of pieces of art at the Springville Art Gall-ery while visiting here this week. Guests of 'Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Gonover, the Bennetts were taken on a tour of the Gall-ery by Mrs. Mae Huntington, a member of the art committee. They left Monday for the return trip home by train and plane with stops scheduled at Yellowstone, Van-c-j.-.v- Tokyo, Japan, several cities in China and then to their home town of Perth on the west coast of Australia. It is believed that the Bennetts probably traveled the further-es- t of anyone this year to see Springville's Art collection. Bishopric Named h Fourth Ward Sunday Evening Verl Whiting of Whiting and Haymond Construction Co., has been sustained bishop of the Fourth ward succeeding Glen A. Tipton who has served the ward five and a half years. New counselors are John C. Patrick and Calvin Baxter tak-ing the positions formerly oc-cupied by Lindsay Parker and Mr. Whiting. Retaining positions of ward clerk are Norman Tipton and Darrell Martin. The new officers took their positions Sunday evening. Home from Hospital Mrs. Wilda Rigby is home from the Utah Valley Hospital convalescing from major sur-gery which she underwent about 12 days ago. Jaycees Travel To SIC Morgan, Plan Meet Tonlfe The Springville Jaycees were well represented at the state planning session Saturday in Salt Lake and in the evening about 20 couples attended a meeting at Como Springs, Mor-gan. At the planning session held at the University of Utah, were Lamar Smith, local president, Bill Jones, Paul Willis, Keith Watters and Edgel Oldroyd, state The year's program as out-lined at the meeting and Mr. Jones of Springville was ap-pointed to take charge of State JC Week and film service while Paul Willis also of this city was appointed chairman on records and recognition. The Springville club came second in the most man-mil- es traveled to the Morgan meet-ing giving first place honors to Brigham City. Next Meeting The Clubmen will meet this evening at the home of Bill Jones, 436 Brookside Dr. at 8 p.m. In attendance will be J. H. Harvey of Pleasant Grove, a state nt and Glen Larsen" of Spanish Fork, na-tional director, and Mr. Old-royd, The meeting will be in charge of President LaMar Smith and all members are urged to at-tend. Unique Roadshow Set in Kolob Stake Something new in MIA Roadshows will be seen in Kolob Stake Tuesday evening beginning at 8 p.m., announces Mrs. Jessie J. Dalton, stake drama leader. The central theme, "Unto These Hills," will be enlarged upon in the various acts which will be presented rs in three locations: the Second ward, Springville Stake House and Mapleton. Suggested by the idea of the "Pageant Wagons," which were used during medieval times as portable theaters, the modern roadshow players will perform on each ward's gaily decorated stage, which will be built upon a truck bed. This arrangement will enable the performers to present their entertainment and move on to the next location. Each show will be preceeded by an Entracte. The following will be seen: "Heart of Tim-panogo-directed by Amy Cloward, First ward; "Four Seasons," directed by Grace n, Second ward; "Along Came John," Bonnie Snelson, director, Sixth ward; "Mail Or-der Bride," Carol C. Clark, di-rector, by the Eleventh ward; "The Precious Seeds," directed by Mamie Hjorth, Twelfth ward; "Mapleton in 1889," di-rected by Rhea Williams, Mapleton ward; "A Pair of Swiss Shoes," directed by Meri-ly- n J. Tuttle, Mapleton Second ward. The public is invited to see the various presentations. Spr'ngville Urn Iks First Record After a long tedious time and continued work, Glen Law is nearing the point of success it would seem from an announ-cement received this week. One of his recoi'ds entitled, "Bal-boa Bop," is being sung by Johnnie Ellis of Hollywood and is being played over KOVO and KIXX. With a Freedom label, a sub-sidy of Liberty records, the vocal arrangement for the new record was by Mr. Law who used the name Arthur Glenn in writing and he also helped with the accompaniment. He spent considerable time recently in Hollywood and- met a number of popular singers while working on various songs. He expects to have another re-cord released soon. In the meantime, he asks townspeople to listen to his first record as the number of requests it re-ceives determines its popular-ity and popularity means suc-cess for this local composer, well-know- n in music circles. Springville Firms Get Two SMg Jobs Two Springville contracting firms received major jobs the past week when the State Road Commission opened bids at the State Capitol Building. The biggest and costliest job ever let by the commission in' its history went to the W. W. Clyde Construction Company which submitted the lowest bid of well over two million doll-ars. Five other bids were subm-itted. The job consists of jrading about four miles of roadbed and constructing a toncrete culvert on Salt Lake City's north-sout- h freeway. Clyde's bid was $2,558,284 which was $568,000 below the engineer's estimate. The com- - Pany has 340 working days to complete the project, to another bid opened the same day, Thorn Construction Co., was low at $348,677 on a wad construction job in Beaver County. ' This project consists of cond-uction of an asphalt road j 'rom Beaver on Utah Highway 21 toward Minersville, a dis- - tanee of some ten and a half miles. Scholarship Goes To Timothy Moss, U. of U. Student Timothy E. Moss, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Moss of 195 E. 3rd So., Springville, has been awarded a $500 scholarship for the 1959-6- 0 school year at the University of Utah by Kenne-co- tt Copper Corporation. A senior at the U., he is a metallurgy major there and a member of Sigma Alpha Epsi-lo- n. College of Mines Dean A. J. Eardley reports that he is an outstanding student. At Springville High, from which he was graduated in 1956, he was a member of the yearbook staff, the science club, an officer and active in athletics. Australians Get Pieasing View Of Western U.S. Extremely impressed with the friendliness of the Amen- - can people with whom they came in contact, were Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Bennetts and their daughter Barbara of Perth, Australia who spent sev-eral days as the guest of Mr.) and Mrs. Harrison Conover and family in Springville. Having met the Bennetts on the Mariposa during their South Pacific tour returning from New Zealand, Mr. and Mrs. Conover invited them to stop here. Enroute they visited friends in San Francisco and Los Angeles where they saw many places of interest. They also went to Las Vegas and toured the canyons of Southern Utah. While in Springville, the Bennetts were guests of the Conovers on trips to Salt Lake, the Bingham copper mines, Brighton, Geneva, the BYU at Provo and the Springville Art. They left Monday to return home, going by train to Yel-lowstone Park, thence to Port-land, Oreg. and Vancouver, B. C, where they planned to take a plane for Tokyo, Japan and then to Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore, and over the Indonesian islands and to their home on the west coast of Aus-tralia. Mr. Bennetts is a drapper or dealer in general dry goods in his home town and is also in-terested in the Geraldton News-papers Ltd. The daughter Barbara is a school teacher and is presently on leave of absence as their schools are going on at this time of year. At Christmas time, they get their annual va-cations similar to our summer vacations but for a period of eight weeks, she said. Springville Gives S726 fo Heart Fund, Report Says In a report on the year's contributions to the Utah Heart Association for the fis-cal year which ended June 30, a total of $91,989.62 had been given, according to Dr. Merrill C. Daines, state president. The office of the Heart Assn. is moved to 250 East 1st So., Salt Lake City and is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. five days a week, he states. Free materials are available at the office on general precautions to be taken guarding against the many heart problems. Dr. Daines said the results of Heart Fund contributions in Utah County totaled $8,105.57, listed as follows: Springville, $726.62; Payson, $651.71; Pleas-ant Grove, $710,61; Spanish Fork, $1,037.22; Orem, $1,036.-7- 0; American Fork, $824.81, and Provo, $3,117.90. A man to be truly free must accept responsibilities. To be relieved of responsibility means to lose freedom and liberty. C. T. A. Sparks Springville Girls To Be in Pageant Five Springville girls have been notified of their appoint-ment to the cast of the famous LDS church pageant to be pre-sented at Hill Cumorah, the first week in August. The girls will leave July 24 at 7 a.m., from Salt Lake City and will travel by bus to the site of the pageant in Palmyra, N. Y. Included in the group are: Ilene Hunter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hunter; Mari-lyn Ames, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Ames; Darlene Cas-tleto- n, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castleton; Mary Best, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Best and Maria Weight, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. La-M- ar Weight. Each one received a letter this week explaining that three bus loads will leave Salt Lake with cast members and will re-turn the middle of August. They will dress according to certain specifications and each was requested among other things to bring her own Book of Mormon and Bible. It was explained also in their letters of instruction that their taking part in the pageant in which many missionaries in the vicinity of New York also take part, was a service of devotion to their church. i' fcn ii ii mam itfii rni I , X ' I , r ! t ' ' u j 4 f" " Marilyn Ames Darlene Castleton Ilene Hunter Maria Weight Mary Best Graveside Service Held for Infant Graveside services were held in the Provo cemetery Wednes-day for little Weston Sam Stre-be- l, son of Glen W. and Colleen Boyden Strebel of Canyon Road, Springville, who died at the Utah Valley Hospi-tal Monday. Bishop Wm. J. Pratt of the Springville Sixth ward officiated. Surviving are the parents and three sisters, Judy, Terri and Sherri all of Springville; grandparents, Mrs. William Boyden of Wallsburg and Mrs. Weston Strebel of Provo; great grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haycock of Salt Lake City and Mrs. J. C. Burgener of Midway; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Boyden of Provo and tin Strebel of Provo. Insurance Man Finishes Course Mauray Payne, Springville insurance agent, recently grad-uated from a Life Un-derwriter Training course and is to receive a certificate soon, according to notification re-ceived by him this week. Mr. Payne was among 18 companies which took the men representing different school in Provo with final ex-ams last May. Mr. Payne was also recently elected nt of the Central Utah Life Underwriters Assn. i ilng Permits N $30,000 'j For Past Month vil t0tal of $30,000 is repre-- r e(i in building permits is- - nL y city for the past V according to City Re-Ao- m yd Ashcraft. New . tllreses counted for expendi-- " il6'- - '000; remodeling, U0s;ar ages' WO and pa- - Ainmits Were Erantel the f Biesinger, 191 Jh 1050 East, for a $9,000 at 19,0mf; Eugene Palfreyman North 13th East and tfh 13th East for a $10,- - Ed , and a $9.00 home. Sde Dr Frshee, 54 Brook-to- r a ,;',KWas Siven a permit 'Glen tV remodeling job and (Wf 389 East Second Ath a $1500 project. 1, to Uay'T6 permit was issued Forth msion- - 110 East 1st iHiohlV ?400 building and for .WUey' 291 3rd ';t J0. w.150 Patio and also f 'ora $125 patio. er' 246 Brookside Clubmen to Hear Provo Speaker Tonite at Kelly's Verl Dixon, former Utah county commissioner, now as-sociated with an architectural firm, will speak on, "Pioneer-ing" at the Kiwanis club meet-ing this evening at 7 p.m. at Kelly's Grove, announces presi- - dent Vernon Cook. Merle Sargent is toastmaster for the evening and his son, Blair will furnish musical en-tertainment. In case of storm, the club group will assemble at West-sid- e School. You can't escape the respon-sibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln All education should contrib-ute to moral and physical free-dom and strength. Mary Ba-ker Eddy. Youth Receives USU Scholarship Dennis Lofgran, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray G. Lofgran and a delegate to Boys State at the USU at Logan, received a scholarship to the college, it was announced at the gradua-tion. He also won a county of-fice during the elections. Dennis plans to major in for-rest-and is planning to go to the USU after graduation next year. No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of years Cicero t ie w!Claration of Independ-jHh- ? Callecl a unanimous t WaS Pre" I ;' ii6 Public on July 8, f ;:tthe World Book En- - url reveals that it was ( n ST113 util July 19, ' 'JConpeW York legation I"16"131 Conress an- -' iim il favorecl the Responsibility walks hand in hand with capacity and power. |