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Show - Volume Ninety-Nine Elmer Wiscombe, native son of Mapleton, has been chosen Grand Marshall of the city's annual Pioneer Day parade. The second of three sons, Elmer was born on the same farmstead ha she now lives to James and Nellie Wiscombe, May 6, 1914. He also has two sisters, Ruth Hooper of Mapleton and Edna Brown of Parowan. He attended Mapleton Elementary Elemen-tary through the 8th grade and then graduated from Springville High in 1932. Elmer was married in 1936 to Mary Johnson of Springville. Mary died in 1960 of cancer at the age of 43.. They are the parents par-ents of six children: Anne Gapp-mayer, Gapp-mayer, Orem; James Wiscombe, Mapleton (died 1991); Steve Wiscombe, Mapleton; Judy Grow, Provo; Marie Jacobsen, Mesquite, Nevada; and Colleen Illingsworth, Orem. Elmer married Naomi Binks 0 v & , 1 w i HI If Nebo School District strengthens existing citizenship policy A committee of parents, teachers teach-ers and administrators has recom-. .mended changes that will strengthen streng-then the Nebo School District Citizenship Cit-izenship Policy. The committee evaluated the policy to determine its potential in helping students achieve their academic and career objectives. It was recommended that an attendance policy be established School starts Aug. 22 If you are new, to Springville Spring-ville and your children are not registered for school, please take a moment to call or visit your nearest school. This will help. to make sure your children chil-dren are entered onto student rolls' and to help give a more accurate account of the numbers num-bers of students that will be attending school Jhis fall. School will be starting on Monday August 22. Most schools will have an open house or general registration prior to that time. Please watch for further infomation concerning concern-ing your school. If you are uncertain which elementary school your children will attend, you may call any of the local schools for help. A frfl y iAV -1 1 la & fix ' Atchison of Mapleton in 1961. To this marriage Naomi brought three children: Shirley Bushman, Orem; Linda Osborne, Mapleton; and Tom Atchison, Benjamin. Elmer has helped raise nine children and is the proud grandpa to 36 grandchildren and 28 greatgrandchildren. great-grandchildren. Over the years Elmer has been a member of the Mapleton, Spanish Span-ish Fork and Springville Cattle Association for nearly 18 years, serving as President for eight years until that organization was dissolved in 1972. Elmer served on the Mapleton City Council from 1950-56 and again from 1970-74. In 1950-51 he spent many hours with a team of horses preparing the new city park for grass and trees. He also served on the Mapleton Irrigation Board from 1954-60. In 1936 Elmer helped to tear down the old White Church and then do the excavation, gravel separate from the District's Citizenship Citi-zenship Policy. It was the consensus consen-sus of the group that the Citizenship Citizen-ship Policy was becoming too focused on the issue of student attendance. The Attendance Policy defines the ' responsibilities of students, parents and administrators in helping students to be in attendance atten-dance on a consistent basis. Attendance At-tendance has a direct impact on a student's level of academic achievement.- The Citizenship Policy defines appropriate student conduct in the classroom, on school property or at school activities. Issues addressed ad-dressed in the policy include: willful destruction of property; theft of school or individual property; vandalism; physical or verbal abuse; gang activity; disrespectful disre-spectful behavior or fighting. The. policy also includes the expectations expecta-tions and responsibilities of students, stu-dents, teachers, parentsguardians and administrators. The Citizenship Citizen-ship Policy and the Attendance . Policy both contain an appeals process.- The intent of the Board of Education in adopting- separate policies is to strengthen the partnership part-nership between parents, students and educators in helping to develop devel-op citizens who possess the skills necessary to live meaningful lives and citizens able to contribute positively to society. Via " ' -.tc' 'is Is Two of the dance troupes that came for the Springville World Folkfest were composed mostly of girls. The group from Jamaica were, left, were teenagers who were lively, colorful and had a stlye all their own. The group from Korea, right, were older girls, very professional and precise. Next year will be the tenth anniversary of the festival and will start July 8. Photos by Troy Blair i , -, . i i ' m-'-9 iii- u . j 1 1 1 1 . .. .i m. ..h.... hp mf ? . ? . r i , 3 iiss2 Jrr - j SPRINGVILLE, UTAH and concrete work for the new structure. All of the work was done with teams of horses. He has spent most of his life involved with farming and ranching. ranch-ing. He has always had a sharp eye for good stock and a special talent with the horses he has, owned and trained. For many years he preferred using his teams rather than the tractor, claiming that the horses were less destructive destruc-tive to the seed bed. Elmer has spent the better part of this life on a horse. He says he "cut his teeth" on a horse called "Maude" when he was just two years old. He has many good memories of riding his horse between Mapleton and Wan-rhodes Wan-rhodes trailing a herd of catde. They had to be moved both in spring and fall. Some of those days were windy and bitter cold, but the work was enjoyable and satisfying to Elmer. In 1946 Elmer hurt his back on a bucking horse resulting in an operation to fuse several vertebra. In 1978 open heart surgery gave him a new lease on life. This past May he celebrated his 80th birthday. birth-day. He still rides his horses on a . regular basis. Elmer has never been one to want attention focused on him- 1 Springville poets to read works at Art Museum July 27 Poetry lovers and art lovers are invited to the Springville Art Museum on Wednesday, July 27. That evening at 7:30 p.m. two well-known local poets, MaryJan Munger and Lance Larsen both of Springville, will read from then-works. then-works. The reading, titled "A Breath of Fresh Air," is co-sponsored co-sponsored by the Association for Mormon Letters and the Museum. Both MaryJan Munger and Lance Larsen are very successful poets. MaryJan Munger won the 1992 Eisteddfod Crown Competition for her poem "White Silk, Winter Wedding," and was runner up in the 1994 Eisteddfod Chair Competition. She has been poetry editor or referee for Wasatch Review International and BYU Studies. Her poems have been published in the book Women In the Covenant of Grace and in Cameo magazine, as well as in Wasatch Review International and BYU Studies. -She writes at home in Springville, -i: -"jr JI, - y 5 7 84663 - July 20, 1994 Elmer Wiscombe self, but he is one who genuinely cares about others. He visits the sick. He is a man of his word and honest to the "core." He has always given a day's work for a day's pay. He has a great sense of humor, a generous heart and is a true Christian. The parade will be Monday, July 25, at 9 a.m. where she lives with her husband, Casey, and daughters, Caitlin and Mikaela. Lance Larsen Has also won the Eisteddfod Competitions the Crown Competition in 1994 and the Chair Competition in 1988. He has been the poetry editor of the journal Gulf Coast, and his poems have appeared in such jornals as Hudson Review. New Republic. Western Humanities, Review, and Shenandoah. He is an assistant professor of English at Brigham Young University. He and his wife, Jacqui, have just built a home in Springville, where they live with their son, Derek, and daughter, Brooke. The reading is presented inconjunction witht he opening of the art show "Soviet Realism," 'which features art produced during the Communist regime in the former USSR. Patrons are invited to come early to see the exhibition and then to attend the reading. m ft V ' tz iff ' UTAH PRESS ASSOC 307 W 2C'i S SUITE 5)fl5 SALT mi LIU', ii m"i.'-lfji'-a-r-r i-raT ij ' ' - " Price $.50 MAPLETON PIONEER DAY CELEBRATION CALENDAR OF EVENTS Saturday, July 23 7 p.m. Dedication of Pioneer Log Cabin by DUP Mapleton City Park 8:30 p.m. Dance (Ages 18 & Over) Bob Rurch Orchestra ..White Church Sunday, July 24 7 p.m. Fireside-Lee Nelson , speaker Stake Center Monday, July 25 6 a.m. Wake Up Call by Fire Department 6:30 a.m. Flag Raising Ceremony .'. Mapleton Park 6:45 a.m. Hot Air Balloon (no rides) .'. Church Ball Field 6:45 to 10 a.m. Pancake Breakfast Mapleton Park 6:45 to 7:30 a.m. Fun Run Registration 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Fun Run 8:30 a.m. Parade Line-up 9 a.m. Parade "Our Pioneer Legacy" 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Entertainment Mapleton Park Gazebo 10a.m "The Stew" 11 a.m. "Confetti" 12 noon "The Dalton Brothers" 1 p.m. "The Alvey Tumblers" 2 p.m. Local Stake Talent 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bake Sale Mapleton Park 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Lunch Mapleton Park 6 p.m. Picnic & "Old Time Fiddlers" Mapleton Park 9 p.m. Regional Youth Dance (age 14-18) Tennis Courts Dance Cards Required! Bill Bradford to dedicate Mapleton Historical Museum William R. Bradford, a member of the First Quorum of . Seventy of the LDS Church, will say the dedicatory prayer for the Mapleton Historical Museum. The event will take place Saturday, July 23, at 7 p.m. as part of the Mapleton 24th of July celebration. The public is invited to the dedication which will take place on the south side of the Mapleton Park adjacent to the Roswell D. Bird home which will become the museum. The Bird home was built in 1895 by Roswell D. and Eveline Storres Bird. They lived there for. many years while they reared' their family. In 1992 Mapleton City purchased the home from Morris and Margaret Bird on a contract of sale. Morris was a grandson of the builder. The Mapleton Historical Society has received a $2,000 grant from the Utah Historical Society to begin renovation of the building. Future plans call ' - S. .' ., ,1 Number Twenty-nine for the gathering of historical photographs to be placed on the walls, artifacts and antiques to be acquired for the rooms and a library of histories, journals, etc. William R. Bradford 1 1 X 4 |