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Show Page Ten - The Springville Herald - January 24, 2001 Bm, Alienism ti fa honored $st The Springville Area Chamber of Commerce will honor some of its best on Sat., Jan 27, at the annual awards banquet. The Business of the Year that will be recognized is S.O.S. Drug. Citizens Citi-zens of the Year are Max and Grace Alleman. In addition to the honors, the chamber officers for this year will be installed. S.O.S. Drug was founded in 1909 by D R. Wightman as Central Drug, located next to Central Bank at 214 S. Main, and has remained a drug store at that location for 92 years. There have been several owners since. Alex Hcadquist purchased it from Wightmans. Next came Mark Trip. Paul Haymond. Ralph Daniels and Woodrow Selly. who remodeled the soda fountain and named the store S.O.S. Drug, which got it's name from Selly Olscn & Selly. Roland A. Oldroyd purchased the store from Sclly's in 1956 and at that time felt he couldn't afford to purchase a new sign and change the name. Therefore, the name continued as it still does today. Roland owned and managed the store until his death in 1986, at which time it was purchased from the Oldroyd Family by R. Kendal Oldroyd. Kendal has tried to maintain the store as a classic traditional drug store, one of the few remaining. re-maining. However, the prescription prescrip-tion department has been totally computerized to check drug incompatibilities, allergies, family histories, drug monitoring, patient pa-tient drug education, complete family tax records and insurance billings, while still maintaining the flavor of a traditional, personal, per-sonal, drug store. There are many pharmacy antiques and memorabilia on display at S.O.S., and they still maintain a complete prescription and O.T.C. inventory, with home health supplies, wheel chair, walker and crutch rental and purchase. Oldroyd also operates one of the few remaining soda fountains, selling premium hard ice cream, sasparillas and iron ports. S.O.S. Drug Store is one of the oldest continual businesses in Springville Spring-ville and by far the oldest drug store. "We pride ourselves on personal per-sonal one-on-one service and prescription counseling and are proud to continue a Springville tradition." said Oldroyd. Wm. Max Alleman was born Dec. 5, 1915, at his family's first residence on the north-west corner cor-ner of Main and 400 South in Springville. A life-time resident. Max has dedicated his time and talents to the Boy Scouts of America, Am-erica, the Utah National Guard, the Springville Museum of Art, the Kiwanis Club,- numerous callings in the Kolob LDS Second Ward and countless other acts of service. He served an LDS mission in Argentina from 1935 to 1938. This was in the early days of the South American Mission. Great American Restaurant 1460 North 1750 West-Springville at the Flying J Travel Center - 489-3625 r I I Borth served with choice of potato; vegetable, roll and salad. Offer good with coupon only - one couoon Der Dartv Offer not valid He joined Co. A, 115 Engineers, Engi-neers, Utah National Guard in Springville in Oct. 1939. Federalized Federal-ized in March 1941, he served in the South Pacific Theater in WW II. He was in the reactivated Co. A, 1457 Engineers in Springville serving many positions and retired re-tired in 1960 as a full Colonel. Max was employed by US Steel, retiring in 1962 as foreman. His hobbies include dutchoven cooking, camping, hunting and collecting antique guns. He had many opportunities to settle elsewhere but has never regretted choosing Springville for his hometown. Grace T. Alleman was born June 6, 1920 in the Bronx, New York (then a garden spot), later moving to Long Island. One of three daughters, her dad was a talented jazz pianist and her mother a concert pianist. Her childhood' was spent swimming on Long Island beaches, with vacations in Vermont. During WW II, she volunteered volun-teered time for the war effort, writing letters and rolling bandages. ban-dages. She met Max on a blind date to Coney Island. He was invited to dinner first so Mother and Father could pass on him. They were married Jan. 16, Deposit required for used park, CiaOi Sdtd Maples by Anne Woelkers Citizens using the park facilities facili-ties and the Memorial Hall in Mapleton are going to be held more accountable after action last week by the Mapleton City Council. Cou-ncil. In the past persons using these facilities only paid a $35 use fee. Now there 'is a $100 refundable deposit. Because of damage and untidiness the council coun-cil decided to charge the deposit. The Mapleton Trails Committee Com-mittee have been making progress. prog-ress. At the last meeting, there were many trails adopted as part of the Mapleton City General Plan, and trail specifications and drawings were adopted as part of the Mapleton City Code. The specifications for future trails were also adopted. Mayor Richard Young was quoted when the trails committee was formed as saying, "This is probably the best thing we can do for the city." The city council also adopted an ordinance stating that from November 15 through March 15 there is only two hour parking from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. allowed on city streets. This ordinance is to insure the streets are cleared for snow removal. In other business, Lew Bank-head Bank-head was appointed as a regular member of the Planning Com coupon"! " ' 11 1 1 WPI- Mill ' with any other coupons - 1943. at Mitchel Field. She fell in love with Springville Spring-ville and its caring residents and was eager to volunteer any place she could: Library Board, Art City Days, Springville Museum of Art, Beautification Committee, Safety Board, Hafen-Dallin Guild, Home Culture Service Club. City Coordinating Council, numerous callings in the Kolob Second Ward and the P.T.A. , In April. 1994, Max and Grace were the recipients of the Utah Governor's Silver Bowl Award for Community Service. They are now very honored by this recognition from the Springville Spring-ville Chamber of Commerce. .;, Max and Grace have been married 58 years and have five children: Diana (Lewis) McCur-dy, McCur-dy, Lynbrook, 'N.Y.; Duan? (Barbara) Alleman, Springville; Clifford (Terry) Alleman, Springville; Spring-ville; Tom (Kate) Alleman, Price; Mary Ann (Todd) Eyres, Spring ville. They have 18 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, the latest being born on Max's birthday birth-day and named Annie Grace. Two more great-grandchildren are expected this spring. Grace hopes her family will be worthy citizens of Springville and contribute con-tribute to its progress. mission, until 2003. Bankhead's term was up in Dec. of 2000. i The council adjourned this meeting until Feb, 7. That will be the first meeting on Wed. It will begin with discussions at 6:30 and the formal council meeting at 7. " ' " ' Free classes on parenting A series of free parenting workshops is being offered to parents of elementary aged children chil-dren attending school in Springville. Spring-ville. Free babysitting, and refreshments re-freshments will be provided. Dr. Annette Jerome, a Psychologist and BYU professor, will present the free workshops based on her ! MEMOS curriculum. MEMOS stands for "Making Every Moment an Opportunity Situation." The. first class will be ; held Wednesday, February 7, at the Grant Elementary School library located at 105 S. 400 East, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The classes will ran each Wednesday night for six weeks, the last class being held on March 21. You do not need to attend all six classes to participate. partici-pate. There are no fees and registration regis-tration is not necessary. Expires 23101 I ' . ijbr i.-7rr1 fiZ r j) cj "-7 . A o A- Just like in the old days, children and old folks still like to gather at the counter in S.O.S. Drug in Springville. One of the few remaining drug stores who still have a soda fountain and sell premium ice cream, iron ports and saspa rillas, S.O.S. Drug and its owner, Kendall Youth conference atSHS February 24 Thurl Bailey, former JAZZ basketball star, along with several noted people, will speak at the fifth annua Commitment to Youth conference at Springville High School on Saturday, February Febru-ary 24. Sponsored by the Springville Spring-ville Area Chamber of Commerce, Com-merce, the theme for the popular conference is Explore, Dream, Discover. Also on the program for the day will be Katie Ballenger, Miss Teen USA; Scott Anderson, noted youth speaker; Kathy Love I!" mmwmm 8 Springville Burger King I TO AN ORDER OF ! Offer ends 21401 I " Offer valid only at ;5pringville ft Burger King WITH 380 S. Main A WO RLD O F D IF F Bring this coupon in for a " free one week trial of the finest fitness equipment and facilities as well as the most professional staff available. less, professional motivational speaker and magician; Senator Jake Garn and others, who will make this the best conference yet according to Teddy Anderson, Chamber secretary. All junior high and high school aged youth are invited to attend the conference. Doors open at 8 a.m. in the Springville High School auditorium and main gym. Registration fee is $5, which includes a T-shirt, lunch, valuable coupons and conference materials. wmm wmm wmm FREE Cimt-mtmts PURCHASE OF BREAKFAST VALUE MEAL 0 D SPANISH n IT LTU La Li FORK Oldroyd, center, will be honored Saturday as the Business of the Year by the Springville Chamber of Commerce. Max and Grace Alleman Alle-man will be given the Citizens of the Year honors. Pre-registration starts Monday, Mon-day, February 5, at the junior or senior high school offices,- The Read Leaf or at the Chamber office inside the foyer of the City Center. The conference will also feature educational and career exhibits on display in the main gym, lots of information geared to young people. There will be lots of great door prizes including a Rossignol Snow Board package, ski passes, JAZZ tickets, TVVCR, mountain moun-tain bikes, vacation packages and much more! Be patient enough to live one day at a time as Jesus taught us, letting yesterday go arid leaving tomorrow until it arrives. invites vVry E RE N C E ONE WEEK TRIAL AT WORLD GYM Expires 3-15-01 ' UNDQN AMERICAN 7854000 FORK 0 0 798-7744 763-7979 It POORC |