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Show Orem Building Permits Total $677,025 For Ail OREM Breaking all previous yearly records, Orem city issued $677,825. in- building permits during dur-ing 1846, Ed Wickman, building inspector, announced today. Mr. Wickman's report gave sup-4 port to Orem's claim as one of Utah's fastest-growing cities. "The 1946 building total is far In excess of that of any previous year," Mr. Wickman declared. The record is especially impressive impres-sive when it is considered that there were no subdivisions. All Fairbanks New President Of Orem Chamber OREM Lionel Fairbanks, local mortician, today had been elected president of the Orem chamber of commerce. Mr. Fairbanks succeeds Orville K. Harris, who was elected .vice president. Other officers named are Vic tor Anderson, second vice president; presi-dent; Alvin Higbee, treasurer; and Harry Butler, secretary. The board of directors in eludes the officers plus Russell Park, Howard H. Hall. Ted Sim mons, Kenneth Yates, and Victor Durham. The chamber had one of its most outstanding years in 1946 from a standpoint of membership and projects completed,, officers pointed out. One project was ex tensive advertising of the city, with brochures serit to various sections of the country. The airport air-port and vocational school committees-were among the most active of the year. Former Provoan Retires After 50-Year Service Frank Dusenberry. veteran employe of the Utah Power and Light company, has retired after 50 years of service with the company. com-pany. A former Provo man, Dusenberry has been pipe foreman fore-man in Hyrum, since 1939. In all probability, the family will continue con-tinue to live in Hyrum for some time. Mr. Dusenberry began his work with the power company in 1896 and since that time has served the company in Utah, Idaho and Colorado, much of the time on construction work. In Provo he was a chairman of the old folks committee for 14 years, and has worked in a similar capacity in Hyrum. He is past president of the Lions club in Hyrum. The Dusenberrys are the parents par-ents of eight children, five living with 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild. VJ t tic UtiaiLUII t Ui W 1 wivw many of her books about nature a: Limberlost cabin. Sylvan Lake, near Rome City, Ind. T i Tl 1 . BUT THATS NOT ALL...THEY'RE H )o - Time High home building was by private nwrtUri The pehnits include 137 resi dences totaling $462,350, 45 com- mprrial establishments costins a total Of 178,70U, ana oi garages, barns, ana cmcKen coops costing $38,725. . Mr. Wickman said 80 per cent of the garages and coops will be occupied by families as, living quarters untu - more adequate housing can be obtained. City Briefs Mr. and Mrs. Mae McClusty )ha rnrniti- Fthal Parol itnent Monday visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ramsey, Sr. The couple was entertained at luncheon. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Watkins and Mr. and Mrs. Max Andrews re turned to Provo recently after a ten day trip to southern Cali fornia where they attended the Rose parade. Before returning to Utah, they visited with relatives and friends there. Captain and Mrs. Alfred L. Newren, the former Beth Pendleton, Pendle-ton, and baby daughter, left Provo Wednesday, after spending spend-ing three weeks here visiting at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Pendleton and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Newren. While here, they visited with friends and, relatives in Idaho, Salt Lake City and various other points, in the county. They are being transferred trans-ferred to Washington, D. C, where Captain Newren will be assigned to duty In a meterology division. Miss Patty Nuttall, tiny six-year-old granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ramsey, Sr., re turned home after spending the past eight days visiting in Provo with her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. John Killgore of Salt Lake are spending the afternoon after-noon and evening in Provo visiting visit-ing with Mrs. Killgore's (Ethel Rambeau) parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Duckett and friends. Statistics BORN- At Utah Valley Hospital: Girl, to Leon and Thora Hale Mecham, this morning. Boy, to LaVar and Carma An-dreason An-dreason Oliver, this morning. Boy, to Merlin W. and Venice Wignall Finch, this morning. Boy, to Cornell and Iris Spear Smith, Wednesday. Boy, to Elma Lee and Bertha Madsen Jackson, Wednesday. Boy, to Philip S. and Ellen Binns Knight, Wednesday. Boy, to James A. and Arvilla Cunningham Hooks, Wednesday. LICENSED TO WED Melvin Leon Thompson, 20, Lehi and LaVenna Meril Thomas, 16, Lehi. M 0) JOo v Policeman Held Liable For $400 Damages City Attorney Dallas H. Young said today he will move for a new trial in the false arrest suit of Charles H. Springmeyer vs. Jesse Evans, Provo .policeman, which late yesterday resulted in damages being assessed against Evans of $400, plus as yet unde termined attorney's fees of the plaintiff. A district court, jury deliberated deliber-ated about an hour and a half late Wednesday and returned a verdict of $250 against Evans and his bonding company, plus $150 against Evans specifically to pay the bonding company's attorney in the case. District Judge W. Stanley Dunford said today . he will , make ever the Judgment of the $250 damages against Evans and in favor of the Glen Falls Indemnity company, com-pany, plus the attorney fee for Springmeyer which ts still to be determined by the court. Evans must stand the $250 : damages returned by the jury I against him and his bonding com pany, because of the terms of the bonding company's contract with him. Judge Dunford said. These terms were brought out by the bonding company s attorney and made a part of the pleadings of the trial. The verdict, plus the terms of the bond contract, means that Evans is liable for the $250 dam ages, the $150 attorney's fee for the bonding company, and the' attorney's fee for Springmeyer, which had not been set by press time. The jury went into session I Thursday already instructed by Judge Dunford that the arrest of i Springmeyer on June 8, 1946, was unlawful, on the grounds that the misdemeanor, if such were committed, com-mitted, did not occur in the officer's of-ficer's presence, and that the officer of-ficer had failed to obtain a warrant war-rant as the law requires in such a case. The instructions told the jury they must return compensatory compensa-tory damages, but that the amount, up to $500, was up to the jury. They were further instructed instruct-ed that the question of exemplary damages, if any, was to be decided de-cided by the court. The jury returned re-turned $150 compensatory damages dam-ages and $100 exemplary damages. dam-ages. Elton Danzie was jury foreman. Other members included: Heber Eugene Hansen, Heber Clark, Hayden Holindrake. William H. Child, Merrill H. Davis. W. R. Halliday and Albert F. Huish. The suit followed an incident involving a truck owned by the B. D. Palfreyman Construction company, of which Springmeyer was an official. He declared that Evans arrested him falsely on the charge that he permitted an unlicensed un-licensed person to drive the truck. City Attorney Young, in closing clos-ing arguments yesterday, charged Springmeyer had evidenced a complete lack of cooperation on nrzi n Caution To, A" Drivers:Sqfety Sally Ahead i i I ; , , lair Tiin ir "f " ,, fl- Franklin Madsen, junior traffic policeman at the Franklin school, emphasizes the purpose of a Safety Safe-ty Sally to a Provo motorist, while Walene Liddfard, left, and Gloria Clive, safely cross the street on their way to school. The students are all Franklin sixth graders. The- young junior traffic policeman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Madsen. 792 West First North. Walene is4he daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Liddiard, 208 West Second South, and Gloria is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David L. Clivc, 242 South Second West. 18 New 'Safety Sallies' Offer Protection For School Kids School children will be safer in Provo, with a little common sense cooperation from motor ists, when the 20-30 club turns over half a dozen more Safety Sallies to the police department this week, with an additional dozen doz-en to be presented soon. The sturdy little life - sized figures of a child are only the latest contribution of more than 50 which the 20-30 club has giv en the city since the club in itiated the project locally several years ago. Set up on the street at school crossings and cones, they provide a visual warn- what should have been a routine matter. He declared if Spring meyer had cooperated properly, the affair never would have happened, hap-pened, and classed the incident as 'trivial', claiming it should be disposed dis-posed of by small token damage award. Attorney A. Sherman Christen-son Christen-son for the plaintiff asserted his client had been arrested falsely, that the charges never should have been placed against him, and declared the incident was far from trivial but of "major im portance in the quest of a citi- zen's rights against false arrest. rui ui re JOB nr rzi C n ALL STATE TIRES T87 W. Center Phone 411 4 ft rl -,ffirt umi nu rm r 'Twniriixii'iii in and caution to motorists such as no printed sign nan do. They are credited by safety authorities as one of the most effective methods, outside of actual police patrol, pa-trol, of controlling traffic to safe speeds in school zones. Constructed of steel, yet lightweight light-weight so junior traffic policemen police-men can easily handle them, the Safety Sallies will last Indefinitely Indefinite-ly except for the two factors that require their renewal. Some are stolen, probably by juvenile young people with an even more juvenile sense of humor, and some are hit and crushed by motorists mo-torists whose disregard for safety would probably include a living child, it the latter were unlucky un-lucky enough to be in the spot instead of the Safety Sally. The all-steel figures are no small item in cost, costing at least $10 each, an investment the organization or-ganization feels is a good onej in view of the children's lives' they probably save. Under the general direction of 20-30 President Maurice Miller, the Safety Sally project is being conducted currently by. , a committee com-mittee consisting of Carl Lindley, chairman, and Charles Miller, G. L. Smout and Max Andrews. w u .in 'ST IT Ji f ' h,V v H -1. Geneva Structural Mill Reaches Two Shift Operation Another significant step was taken this week toward increased production of finished products! at the Geneva Steel plant when! the structural mill stepped up its: operation to two shifts per 24! hours. This puts two of the plant's three rolling units on a two-shift basis, -with the plate mill on three turns around tne clock. All are I on a five-day week. The slab I and blooming mill, which makes the preliminary breakdown for both the structural and plate mills, advanced from one to two shifts this week also. Six of the plant s nine open hearths have been placed in operation op-eration to feed ingot steel to the rolling mills. Three of the four ' batteries of coke ovens are now producing and two of its three blast furnaces. The third -blast furnace is undergoing repairs and will be blown in when these are completed and coal production is sufficient to maintain a three blast furnace operation. Washington leads all other states of the Union in potential water power. Ju 1 : I i - r-- , they're not 'on order' they're not coming soon THEY'RE IN PR0V0 RIGHT NOW! DAILY HERALD Thursday, January 9, 1947 Dream Mine Leader Retracts Claims Of Divine Guidance The myth of religious signifa-cance signifa-cance in connection with the so-called so-called "dream mine" located In the mountains east of Spanish Fork today had been exploded with a statement by John H. Koyle repudiating all claims to divine guidance with regard to the mine. Mr. Koyle, for more than 50 years the leading figure in the mine, signed a statement of repudiation of all divine Personnel Tests Scheduled Friday New freshmen and sophomore students who entered Brigham Young university at the beginning of the winter quarter will be given giv-en personnel tests Friday in Col lege hall according to Prof. An-tone An-tone K Romney, chairman of the student counseling service. The tests will also be given to other students registered in the counseling service, who failed to receive them during the autumn quarter. . Schedule for the tests is 11 a. m. to 12 and to 5 p. m. They will be given under the direction of Prof. Mark K. Allen, chairman of tests and measurements. During the 1 o'clock hour,' Prof. Romney will meet the students for purposes of orientation and collecting information for coun seling work. 'WV SAY COFFGG : I'U M mi i luBiA 7, x lxj.ui they're not samples. fo) LfO 550x16 ONLY claims wlth respect to the mine following a formal high council trial at Spanish Fork Tuesday night In his statement, he accented the stand of the LDS church first presidency regarding the mine. and retracted all statements he had made in which he said that the first presidency was mistaken. mistak-en. Mr. Koyle asked his followers and stockholders to make similar repudiation and retraction, asking ask-ing them to "regard this mine as a business venture without any religious significance. He accepted the "published statment of the LDS first presidency concerning the dream mine and asked his his followers to honor and sustain the first presidency "as the only ones chosen of the Lord to give divine direction di-rection on any subject pertaining per-taining to the church at large." . The high council trial was presided pre-sided over by President William, J. O'Bryant of the Palmyra stake and his two counselors, J. Angus Christensen and W allace H. Gardner. The statment was signed sign-ed in the' present of the stake high council andwas signed by two of Mr. Koyle's followers, as legal witneses; Quayle Dixon and Wallace Strong. The document was notarized by B. L. Isaac, notary public. I MEAN FOLGWSr K1 700x16 ONLY. 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