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Show Memorial Hall Was Re-built for S15.000 For Recreation Activities 25 Years Ago 25 Years Affo . . . Reconstruction of the Springville Spring-ville Memorial Hall into a memorial memor-ial to ex-servicemen and as a recreational re-creational center began this week. The project is being sponsored by the American Legion financed by the city. The building when completed com-pleted will cost approximately $15,000. Plans submitted by Claude Ashworth call for a large recreation room with Legion and Auxiliary quarters in the rear. The LDS Church has deeded the property to the city and has also contributed $3000 toward the building fund. The work will be rotated as far as possibe and only unemployed men and heads of needy families will be hired. Verl Whiting, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Whiting, narrowly escaped es-caped serious injury Sunday eve- : ning when the car in which he was riding was struck by an Orem passenger car. Crossing Main street over the tracks, Verl said he did not see the Orem car and his car stalled on the tracks. He : sustained minor bruises and cuts to his face. Cattlemen feeding stock in the : west fields are faced with a problem. pro-blem. The cows wander out toward to-ward the lake on the thin ice for the "ink" weed and mire in the deep mud. One feeder found a cow 3 mile out from the shore line. Now stockmen are driving the cattle cat-tle from the lake daily. Fines and foreitures for the year 1931 totaled $686 according to a report from the police department. There were 154 arrests made during dur-ing the year. Of these 32 were for traffic. There were 398 persons S lodged in the city jail over night, 16 of whom were women and 23 children with parents. There were 36 persons injured in auto accidents acci-dents in the city during the year and two persons killed. Mr. and Mrs. G. Lowry Anderson Ander-son announce the birth of a son Sunday Jan. 17; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Jacobsen, a daughter at their home. Clay Fullmer, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fullmer is recovering from a painful experience last week when his truck stalled in a blizzard in Price canyon. He started star-ted to walk back to the camp and was picked up Dy a motorist but both feet were badly frozen. 20 Years Ago . . . A marriage license was issued last week to Miss Mildred Houtz of this city and Glenn, E. Bray of Provo. Mrs. Lydia Palfreyman left Friday Fri-day for Indianapolis, Ind. to visit her daughter, lone who is seriously serious-ly ill with influenza as is her little girl. In honor of Mrs. Golden Anderson, Ander-son, the former Charlotte Hall, a number of friends entertained at a shower Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Condie. Mr. and Mrs. A.. E. Jacobsen have gone to Oak City due to the serious illness of Mr. Jacobsen's mother. Under supervision of Wilford Mower, the WPA will provide winter win-ter recreation for children in the form, of sledding on Ostler Hill. Parley Madsen and his daughter, daugh-ter, Ardith, air stewardess will be among the first Utahn's to travel on the China Clipper when it crosses the Pacific soon on its way to Honolulu. Mr. Madsen is a forest ranger recently transfered from Springville to Heber. Ernest A. Strong was elected president of the intermountain branch of Associated General Contractors Con-tractors of America at the January Janu-ary meeting in Salt Lake City. George Wilson was treated at Dr. John Anderson's hospital recently re-cently for injuries received when he struck a big boulder while skiing ski-ing in Spanish Fork canyon. Frank A. Berrett, former assistant assis-tant to Clyde Crockett of the Provo Pro-vo J.C. Penney store, has been transfered to the Springville store as manager. Funeral services were held in the First ward Sunday for James Wignall, pioneer resident of this city who died at the age of 90 at the family home Thursday night. Funeral services for John A. Strong, 79, life-long resident of this city who died Tuesday after a long illness, were held Thursday in the First ward chapel. 15 Years Ago . . . Mrs. Blaine Miner is convalescing convales-cing from a recent operation for appendicitis performed at the Spanish Fork hospital. Miss Margaret Ewing, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ewing was married Monday in the Salt Lake Temple to Leo Paul Seibold of Newdale, Idaho. Mrs. Louise Childs, daughter of James Childs of this city and J. W. Olsen, Jr. were married recently recent-ly at San Pedro, Calif. |
