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Show ' mm. Volume Sixty-eig- ht THE SPRINGVILLE (UTAH) HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1961 Price 10c Number 35 I ( - J X. . .. ; t - 1 v Elmo M. Jensen Arizona rites held for Elmo. M, Jensen Funeral services were held Wednesday at Avondale, for Ariz., Elmo M. Jensen, 45, a for-mer well-know- n resident of Mapleton, who died of a heart attack Sunday at his home. Burial was at Avondale, where the family has lived since 1950. Born at Mapleton, January 3, 1916. he was a son of Peter and Ruby Snow Jensen. He at-tended school at Mapleton and graduated from the Springville high school and LDS semin-ary. He also attended the Brig-ha- m Young University. He was employed for a time in the State Tax Commission office and was at one time agriculture inspector in Utah county. He served as Maple-ton city watermaster for a number of years and was also Mapleton town clerk. An active member of the LDS church, he was ward chorister and directed the Sing-ing Mothers choral group of the ward for 16 years. e was a public accountant at Avondale where he also served as Justice of the Peace. Mr. Jensen went to- - Arizona because of ill health resulting from arthritis. Surviving- are his wife, Mar-- ( Continued on Page 2, Col. 4) Teachers meet here Tues. for institute Neal A. Maxwell, prominent Utah educational church and business leader, will be the main speaker at the teachers' institute for the Nebo school district August 29, begining at 9 a.m. at the Springville jun-ior high school announces superintendent Russell N. Stan-sfiel- Mr. Maxwell was educated in the schools of Granite dis-trict. He is a graduate of the University of Utah and holds a Masters degree from that institution. During World War II, he was a member of the Central Intelligence Agency in the armed forces. Shortly after the war he became a Legisla- tive Assistant to Senator Wal-lace Bennett in the nation's capitol and left that position to become Administrative As-sistant to President Olpin of the University of Utah and Secretary of the Board of Re-gents. All supervisory personnel of the district, principals and teachers as well as non-teachi-personnel will attend this meeting. SetoI psiras mat mdi Approximately 3000 will register Monday for classes set Thursday Springville and Mapleton schools will open their doors Monday to register some 3000 boys and girls in the elementary grades and the junior and senior high school. Cards have gone out to sen-ior high school students in-forming them of details of re-gistration but for the benefit of new boys and girls, regis-tration day is Monday, from 8 to 11 a.m., for seniors; 11 to 2 p.m. for juniors and 2 to 5 p.m. for sophomores. Principal Paul K. Walker said Wednesday only a very few new students had contacted him for registration thusfar.. He expected the sophomore class of some 200 to be the smallest in the past three years. However the total enrollment at the senior high would be as in previous years, around 600. School will begin Thursday, August 31 with the first assem-bly at 9 a.m., when students will be given instructions and will procede to regular classes, the principal stated. Seventh grade boys and girls will register Monday Aug. 28 at 8:45 p.m. at the Junior high school; the Eighth and Ninth grade students will re-gister next Thursday, Aug. 31, the first day of school. Elementary grades Elementary school children will greet their new teachers in their respective rooms Mon-day, August 28, from 9 to 12 noon. They should report to the school designated on their placement cards. It is import-ant that all children be regis-tered on this day so that boun-dar- y lines can be made perm-- anent. j: All new students, or those who did not attend school here last year, should register at the school nearest their home, Supt. Russell N. Stansfiel-i- . an- - nounces. N j jdiool lunch I gvailable I ci first day Nebo School District s program, according to t Johnson is in read-v- ,, for school to begin and '' will be served the first U of school-Au- gust 31. 'l' Johnson stated that the tri'ct would be serving- - type f roeais as specified in the ? eement signed with the ernment. 0 special interest to par-p- - is is the fact that the cost Munches will be the same ' as last, 20 cents year '.' elementary school children ''I'd 25 cents for Junior and r' school students. nutritionally balanced, cooked meal is served in a and socially attractive I.'q"iomment. All children are J to take advantage of lunch program even if v live next door or just ross the street. Veto District this year has and made more fun-on-and attractive serving and lunch areas. New apartment trays and color-- j dishes have been bought make the dining areas more tractive in presenting the ;, home-styl- e cooked meals : which Nebo's school lunch :,gram is noted for. ! 'i r V j Frank Patten, principal of Westside school graduates Friday from BYU with Mas-ters degree Principal wins Masters degree Frank Patten, principal of the Westside school since its opening seven years ago, Fri-day will receive his Masters degree in education from BYU. Mr. Patten wrote his thesis on the subject, "People Avail-able to Elementary Teachers in Nebo District". In doing re-search on the subject he found that at least 150 people in Springville could come into the schools and were available to supplement the regular school program with their travel ex-periences, their hobbies and other valuable material. Principal Patten said that he believed the school program would become more valuable to students and that they would profit by using the avai-lable material. I I i i Dr. Richard K. Miner of this city, who has been named president of the Utah Coun-ty Civic Coordinating Coun-cil of which Mrs. Irene Dee-be- n of this city is a direc-tor. Aims of the group are to prevent duplication of community activities and to work to solve mutual city problems. Esther Harmer given party, goes to England Mrs. Esther Harmer of this city left Sunday to make her home in England indefinitely. She will be employed at the Mission Home of President and Mrs. Grant S. Thorn. In her honor, Primary fri-ends gathered for a farewell patio party arranged by Mrs. Grace Crandall and Mrs. Nell Alleman. A lovely gift was presented the guest of honor and the time was spent visit-ing climaxed with refresh-ments. Present were: Ida Bird, El-sie Thyrett, Lillie Wheeler, Mamie Blackett, Nadine Smith, Donna Whiting, Minerva Jess-e- e, Jessie Whitney, Jeanie Pierce, Laura Alleman, Mary Nell Hall, Sarabelle Stewart of Spanish Fork; Louise Wis-comb- e of Pleasant Grove; Etta Andrews, Long Beach, Calif. County Jaycees welcomes clubs At the recent meeting of the Utah County Jaycees, the Mt. Pleasant and Heber Valley clubs were welcomed into the County Organization by presi-dent Paul ' Willis who is a Springville Jaycee. Here-to-for- e, the County Jay-cees were comprised of the nine Jaycee Clubs within Utah County. Since Mt. Pleasant and Heber Valley are not within the County, a new name has been adopted. The eleven mem-ber clubs will now be known as the Central Utah Jaycees. The Central Utah Jaycees are dedicated to helping the member clubs by coordinating ideas and supplying informa-tion which will strengthen each local and build a stronger Jr. Chamber in the state. Each member club sends two rep-resentatives to the monthly meetings. These meetings pro-vide an opportunity to become acquainted with stimulating young men, to exchange ideas, create frindships and receive advice and support. With the addition of the fine talents from Mt. Pleasant and Heber Valley, the Utah Jay-cees can expect even greater accomplishments and contribu-tions from the spirited Central Utah Jaycees. Relatives at Logan service A number of Springville rel-atives were in Logan Wednes-day to attend the funeral ser-vices of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Felix, mother of Jacob Felix of this city, who died Monday at the age of 96, at a Logan rest home. She was a native of Swit-zerland and lived there after her marriage until 1906, when they came to America and settled in Rexburg, Ida. Her husband died in 1909. She has lived at Logan since 1910. Surviving are nine sons and 172 great grandchildren and daughters, 57 grandchildren, 18 gTeat great grandchildren. Services held Sere for I H. McKenzie Funeral services were held Springville Tuesday for Wil- - n Howard McKenzie, 52, a ::ve of this city, who died " at the St. Luke's hos- - al in Chicago, 111. of a art condition. He services were held at e Wheeler Mortuary and bur-- : was in the Evergreen cem- - ;rv. He was born at Springville ;dl 22, 1909 the son of Owen j Flora Harward McKen-H- e fas a member of the jS church. jjj A graduate of Springville :h school, he had attended 53 BYU where he received . B.S. degree. He was award-ti- e master's degree at the 8? versity of Utah and New rk University. At the time of his death 8' was serving as head of jlish, speech and humani-- y s department at Crane Col- - ;e. Chicago, 111. He was also instructor on the Dale Car-- j fie Institute staff. He had Slit at the University of iston, the Glendale Junior 8? 1!tge, Lawrenceville Prep at New York City, Nor-- . 'estern University and the lu wrsity of Maryland. ;,1iile affiliated with the 45 fersity of Maryland, he fht school in Europe for 'jears under the supervision 5? the US Army. He had also W privately. living hinT are two sis-0- 0 1 one brother, Aileen ie, Salt .Lake City; ' Douglas T. (Josephine) ,5V "ts, Driggg, ida.; and Earl Springville. Ie Census Bureau reports older. every n Americans is School Board considers business relative to the opening of year Numerous matters of bus-iness were taken up at the meeting of Nebo district school Board of Education, many of which were concerned with the opening of schools. Bids for various items were opened and the low ones ac- - cepted as follows: Curley's Ser-vice at Goshen to furnish gas-oline to district owned buses in that area at a net of .249; to Gerald A. Greenhalgh of Santaquin to deliver oil treated slack to the various schools of the district in a bid of $8 per ton for the year. Low bid Jack H. Swenson of Spanish Fork was the low bidder to write insurance . covering dis-trict owned busses and cars and to transport students dur-ing the year for bodily liabil-ity, property damage and med-ical payments. His bid, the lowest of seven, was $731.25. Dixon Paper Co. of Salt Lake was low bidder at $9.94 per case to furnish straws for school lunches. Superintendent Stans field presented requests that the board consider purchasing two pieces of property near the Rees school and the Junior high school in Spanish Fork. After discussion, the requests were tabled. Several change orders on contracts for the new senior high school at Spanish Fork as recommended by the archi-tect, were accepted. They in-creased the general contract by $1,327.11. The superintendent reported that work on the new Spanish Fork high school was progres-sing on schedule; that instal-lation of windows would be complete and the building en-tirely enclosed before winter sets in. Plumbing and elect-rical work is progressing nicely he said. Schools renovated He stated that summer maintenance work on the var-ious schools would be complet-ed for the opening of school and he invited board members to inspect the schools during the week of August 28 to Sept. 1. The clerk was authorized to call for bid quotations to write public liability insurance on trucks, cars and buses not used in regular bus schedule, to be received on or before Friday, Sept. 15. The clerk furnished the sup-erintendent and each board member a copy of he clerk's financial report for the school year ending June 30, for study and discussion. A copy of the report is on file at the district office and another copy is placed on file in the state school office. The board was authorized to employ Gardner and Hawkins. CPAs to make audit of the districts records and accounts for the year ending June 30. 1961. Next meeting of the board was announced for Tuesday evening, Sept. 5. Weeteir ifcirfell(iOiiiii pes ill fEi Mi!? Businessmen urge retention of 45 degree Main street parking There was no action taken by the city council on the Referendum Petition for the fluoridation of the city water at the regular council meeting Monday evening, which means the proposition goes on the ballot, to be voted on by Spr-ingville city taxpayers at the November election. The president of the Cham-ber of Commerce, Kenneth Metcalf and W. L. Snelson, store manager, were present representing the business men of the city, to renew their request as stated in a former letter that the Main street road improvement not change the 45 degree angle parking. The state road commission had previously stated that un-less the city agreed to parallel parking on Main street, from Center to Fourth South, there would be no improvement forthcoming from the state. Study parking The council agreed that more study and discussion of the parking proposition would be made before they made a dec-ision. Harold Perkins inquired ut the posibility of locating a new Rest Home in the city, asking if there were any re-stricted areas. He was inform-ed he would have to meet the city building code and receive approval from the state. The mayor and council fav-ored a proposition submitted by the Scouts to lease city owned property near Bartholomew power plant and convert it to a Boy Scout camp. It is proposed that the Hobble Creek district comprised of 44 units of scouts utilize the area. The council authorized Attorney Robert Sumsion to prepare a lease agreement for approval. Robert Frazier and Kenneth Long attended the council me-eting regarding power and water being made available to their lots in Hobble Creek Canyon, adjoining the lots the city developed in Kellys Grove. They were informed the util-ities would be made available on the same basis as other connections in the county. No license A representative of a Stu-dio made application for a license to contact door to door. It was moved by Coun-cilman Peay and seconded by Councilman Memory that such license be granted provided a $500 surety bond was furnish-ed. The voting was: Council-man Peay, aye; Memory, aye; Clyde, Packard and the mayor, nay. Councilman Crandall was not present for the voting. The license was not granted. The council approved the of the Fire Station and Councilman Memory was authorized to take charge of the improvement. It was moved by Councilman Crandall and seconded by Councilman Peay, a resolu-tion be adopted authorizing the mayor to sign deeds to lots sold in Kellys Grove. Convalescing Francis Snow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Snow, is convalescing from a recent major operation. sos A plea for blood for a little boy who is to undergo an open-hea- rt operation Sept. 7, is made this week by the little fel-low's mother, Mrs. LaVon Jolley, a war veteran's wid-ow. Another son died earl-ier this year with a brain tumor The little boy needs positive blood at the LDS hospital Sept. 6. Bishop Earl Child of the Seventh ward in which young Joel lives, will give transportation to anyone who can donate blood. ' His phone is HU9-615- 0. Donors must be 18 and not over 60 years. Joel suffered pneumonia this spring but he is a brave little fellow and looking for-ward to getting Into school as soon as his health will permit. Flower Garden club sets date for annual exhibit, Sept. 9 The Art City Garden Club is planning another flower show this fall and expect to enlarge the ex-hibits to include outstanding fruits and vegetables as well as many beautiful flowers raised in Springville. Mrs. Rosena Ennis is presi-dent of the garden club and Mrs. Nima Davidson is acting as chairman of the annual flow-er show. The date of the show is scheduled on Saturday, Septem-ber 9, the place to be announ-ced later. The theme will be, "Autumn Splendor." Mrs. Davidson said they hoped to have everyone who has any kind of flowers of ex-ceptional quality or fruits or vegetables to make plans now to exhibit them. They would al-so like to have flower arrange-ments or centerpieces using items grown in local gardens, Mrs. Davidson said. Meeting planned The Lions and their ladies will hear a report from two Boys Staters, Russell McKen-zie and Steve Curtis at their meeting tonight at the club fireplace in Kelly's Grove. President Kay Johnson will be in charge and there will be accordian music to add to luncheon menu. Kiwanis The Kiwanians will bring their entire families to their meeting tonight at 7 p.m., at the club fireplace in Kelly's. There will be games and a Walt Disney film for the youngsters. Last week at the annual Kid's Day program sponsored by the club, 102 youngsters were entertained being trans-ported to and from the area by some thirty members. j. i . i; i ( 1 i : v. I h J Orval C. Lowe of this city, who will be among the 800 graduates to receive degrees from the University of Colo-rado at Boulder, Colo, exer-cises Saturday morning, in the Macky Auditorium, col-lege officials announced Wed-nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Allred and daughter Diana and son Bill have returned home from a ten-da- trip to the west coast. They stopped briefly at Las Vegas to see a show enroute to Los Angeles. They toured Disney Land, Marine Land, the LDS temple, Forest Lawn, Knotts Berry Farm and Hol-lywood and traveled down the coast to San Diego, where they visited the zoo and other places of interest and spent a day at Tijuana, Mexico. Mrs. Hugh Roylance and son Grant are home from an enjoy-able vacation trip to Califor-nia. They went as far as Reno with a brother, Dr. Paul Olsen and also stopped at Lake Ta-ho- e. They visited relatives at Oakland, Calif., including Mr. and Mrs. Mell Kelly, former residents and Mr. and Mrs. Vic Graber. They visited Mr. and Mrs. Don J. Scalmanini at Ukiah and from San Francis-co, took a jet plane for the trip home which took less than two hours. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holmes and daughter Carol and son Glen returned recently from a trip to see the LDS pageant at Hill Cumorah, N. Y. They made the trip by car stopping at the many places of church interest in Illinois. They also toured Chicago, Niagara Falls and other points. Near Pal-myra, they experienced a car accident and while the car was being repaired, they took a trip to Washington D.C. seeing the many tourist attractions in the nation's capitol. They were gone in all about 15 days. ' . .' . t h I I - " ,r. advancfd piano students who will be ::3( in a recital Sunday afternoon at 1m'. in the 3rd-9t- h ward chapel by nx "istriictor, Mrs. Elaine Piukett, are HZ tlKH: Kav Hanks, daughter of Mr. V ) C" L,m Hanks; Sylvia and Soma thi U1hlers of Mrs. Theda Lynn and IaUst. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Pabst. The public is invited to hear which will include numbers I program well as several con-temporary bv the old masters as and currently popular also l a farewell for Soma, a 1961 hLh who is leaving to con-tin-L tn'rSchooling in Salt Laic City. Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Boyer and children left Thursday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Gregson at Cardston Alberta, Canada. They will be gone two weeks and will then move to Manti. where Fritz, who graduates from the BYU Friday, has accepted a posi-tion as art and English in-structor at the Manti high school. Mrs. Janet C. Bird and two sons Cyril and David have re-turned from a delightful trip to El Paso, Texas, where they visited a daughter and sister, Evelyn and husband, (Mr. and Mrs. George Fannin) and two children. They spent a week there and toured Juarez, Mex. Enroute, they stopped at Bryce and Grand Canyons. Dr. and Mrs. Wm It. Martin (Carma Crandall) of Balti- - more, Md., and their two daughters Nancy and Patricia have been spending their va-cation in Springville visiting Carina's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Crandall and other rel-atives and friends. Dr. Martin has returned to Baltimore and Carma and the girls will be here until Sept. 1. Several fam-ily gatherings and other par-ties have been given for the visitors including a trip to Las Vegas enjoyed also by Mr. and Mrs. Crandall, and Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Jackson and two sons. j The Berton Groesberks have two new grandchildren, a baby girl, born to their daughter and son-in-la- Dr. and Mrs. Glen Garrett of LaCanada, California, and a baby boy born to their son and daughter-i-n- law Mr. and Mrs. Rus-sell Groesbeck at Walnut Creek Calif. The new arrivals make three girls for Dorothy and three boys for Russell. Recovering Mrs. Rose Nielson is recup-erating from a recent major operation at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Merle Brown, 745 West 200 North, Prove Mr. and Mrs. Dick Carter have returned home from an enjoyable vacation trip spent with relatives and friends in various places in California. |