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Show 1953 Is Evenifu! for Springville . . . The year 1953 was an eventful one for Springville it would seem from a brief review of the items recorded in the Spring-ville Herald for the twelve months. Probably the news story which attracted most general interest war the disappearance of the Springville woman, Mrs. Ella Snow Young, 34, who left her home in September and has not been heard from since. There were two major robberies in Springville, one at the G. Lowry . Anderson Garage in which about $130 were taken and another at the Utah Service from which more than $400 was stolen. Springville elected A. W. Cherrington, mayor and Mapleton elected elect-ed Maston Wentz as mayor. Leo Crandall was named Springville member mem-ber of the Nebo school board of education. H. M. Weight was named president of the State Peace Officers Assn.; W. W. Brockbank, president presi-dent of the State Supt. Assn. and Harold Whiting, president of the Associated General Contractors. . Bishoprics were named in four LDS wards, bishops being, Ruel Crandall, Second ward; Edward Boyer, Eighth; Glenn A. Tipton, Fourth and E. A. Best, Seventh. Rev. Wilford Luce took over the pastorship at the local Community Church. The Catholic chapel, the first in Springville, was dedicated during the past year. Mapleton LDS ward dedicated their new church addition addi-tion and the new addition to the Second-Eighth ward church was also dedicated. Springville schools recorded 2384 students enrolled,. which was reported re-ported as 200 more than any town in the district. Teachers in Springville Spring-ville and the Nebo district were given a $100 blanket raise during the year. Springville twins, Mrs. Emily Crandall and Mrs. Emma Cranmer celebrated their 90th birthday. Among" other major events recorded in the Springville Herald were the $90,000 fire at Club Vegas; the death of a mother and daughter, Mrs. Ramola Norton and Mrs. Alvena Bunker, only a few hours apart. Springville had the largest amount of mail of any time in its history checked through the local postoffice during December. A Springville woman, Mrs. John Judd, won first place, is the federated club poetry contest and Miss Marilyn Moon, high school senior, took first place in the state Legion-Auiliary Americanism essay . cunLesL, Springville's first librarian, Miss Louisa Rowland, was honored by the board and a plaque in her honor placed in the library. The Springville Herald's picture of a bursting silo took first place in a University of Utah newspaper picture contest. The Herald also took first place in the state in general excellence. A Springville girl' and her husband adopted a little war orphan in Japan. The Herald recorded 127 marriages, giving stories of each during the year. There were 227 new babies reported and 39 deaths were recorded during the twelve months. The Herald also carried stories of the departure of twelve LDS missionaries to fields of labor in the United States and foreign countries. |