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Show Universal Elcrof liming Corp. 141 Plcrpont Atoduo f r - i ?.: . i Teasonf Grove, ffco Mosf Beaiitir'u.'.Y Situated City In Utah County" i ; I v - VOLLVIII, No. 49 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1962 PRICE 10c T"rT Christmas Shopping Days Start Tomorrow in Pleasant Grove i . I - i 1 RECEIVES AWARD Getting award for years of hard work In Jaycees to Ken ShoelL Bob Young, vice president made award. Jaycees Dedicate Club House, Ken Shoell Honored for Work A representative group of PL Grove citizen were on hand last Friday night for the dedication of the Jaycees Community Club House located at the local recreation recrea-tion park on highway 91. Jayoee president Harold Jacklin was in charge of the ceremonies. Quest speakers were Cart Ny-man. Ny-man. National Jayoee director for Utah; Richard Headlee, Jayoee National vice president and Mayor May-or Paul T. Fordham, Pleasant Grove City. Mr. Headlee gave the dedicatory dedica-tory address and Mayor Fordham expressed thanks and appreciation apprecia-tion in behalf of .the dtv. . An award of merit was present- Vernon Ahman Elected to Head Democrats Vaatwn Ahman m " lo Democrat Party Precinct Chairman Chair-man at a meeting' of District officers of-ficers held Friday night In the Pleasant Grove City Hall. Mrs. Jody Harris, Precinct chairwoman, presided at the meeting and conducted the election. elec-tion. The Precinct officers now include Mr. Ahman, Mrs. Harris and J. H. Harvey, secretary and treasurer. Several matters of business were also transacted at the meeting, meet-ing, Mm. Harris said. Battle Ws Americans are , pretty smart, in some ways, that is. We mads a space vehicle that is now on Its way to the planet Venus. When H gets there some time soon, It will circle the planet plan-et take pictures, send them back to earth and then go into orbit around the sun. We made atom powered submarines sub-marines that traveled under the Ice to the North Pole and back. - Ws made . "Telestar" which bounced television programs direct dir-ect from Europe to the United States and vice versa. Our automobiles will do practically prac-tically everything' now, except drive themselves and that accomplishment ac-complishment is not too distant say the auto engineers. . We have let planes that travel much faster than the speed of sound and the scientists tell us that there's practically no limit to the speed of air travel. These bugs Are-spitting monsters are controlled literally with the pilot's little finger. W have done all this and more. Yet there are .some little black objects flying about In the sir all over the United States, over which ye have no control, whatsoever. what-soever. Years ago In Europe someone called them "starlings." MTi wa,m ram wtf-h wtiAn some dim-brain brought them to the eastern seaboard. - , -r Since then they have spread rapidly acrosajhe country until now they are a damnable pest everywhere. 4 This writer saw his first pair of starlings in Pleasant Grove in the spring of 1953. Last Saturday, during a trip down "Sam White's Lane," two separate flocks were observed, each mads up of at 2k 'Vl ilf "' i I 1 I i ed to Jaycee Treasurer Kenneth Shoell for his loyal and untiring work In seeing the club house through to completion. In his report, Mr. Shoell stated that the facility, as tt stands today, to-day, is free of debt He also stated that the club house was now available to clubs, organizations, and other groups for the nominal fee of $10. Reservations Reser-vations may be made by contacting contact-ing him at his home or the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove Lumber Co. He said that stoves are available avail-able for cooking and that 35 folding chairs and three serving tables may also be used for banquets ban-quets and dinner parties. . Fireman's Auxiliary Holds Meeting Monday Evening Ladies of the Fireman's auxiliary auxil-iary met last Monday evening at the recreation room in the fire stataion and spent their evening ev-ening making poinsetta centerpieces center-pieces to be used in their homes during the holidays. Mrs. Velma Robbing instructed the group in making these centerpieces. ' Thelma Marrott, president, conducted con-ducted the business part of the eyening, and she, with Dora Hales and Naomi Keetch, served refreshments. re-freshments. Present were Clara Edwards, Ruth Cobbley, June Fenton, Evelyn Robbing, May-metta May-metta Johnson and Beth McNees. Creek L : ; least 2,000 birds. Had it not been for the fog, they would have darkened the sun. Quite an increase in-crease in four years. Now growers say that the devilish dev-ilish black-coated, winged critters crit-ters are knocking the profit out of the turkey business. They not only help, themselves to the feed in the troughs, but they contaminate con-taminate what they leave until the turkeys refuse to eat it . No control measures to date have worked. Shooting them is no good, since more turkeys are killed than starlings. Firecrackers Firecrack-ers on a long fuse have been used. The explosion didn't fright- . en the starlings very much; -but they sent the turkeys into hysterics. hyster-ics. .-. . ' . They are too cagy to enter traps and soo smart to eat poisoned pois-oned grain. They just prefer what the turkeys are eating. Scientists are currently working work-ing on two schemes to rid the country of the black pests. One ; is to develop some type of contagious con-tagious disease that will kill the starlings but prove harmless to other birds and animals. The other oth-er is to find some way to render the male starlings sterile, so the females will remain childless. Both of these two methods are In their infancy and are likely to stay that way for some time. In the meantime, it looks like a losing battle. Starlings will eat anything, except food loaded with poison. They are tough, smart and self-reliant They never migrate, mi-grate, except from one source of . food to another. "If you have em, you've got 'em." : Why not figure out a safe ' way to kill them? A fortune a-walts a-walts the person who does. So long til Thursday. Funeral Services Today for Harold Wootton Funeral services for Harold Wootton, 55, will be held today, Thursday, Dec. 6, at 1:00 P-m. In the Second-Fourth Chapel, un- . der the direction of Bishop Gerald Ger-ald Belliston of the Fourth Ward. Mr. Wootton, a resident and businessman of this community for many years, was killed at . 6:30 p.m. Monday near the intersection inter-section of Center Street and Highway High-way 91, here in Pleasant Grove. According to James Hall, police officer, who Investigated, Mr. Wootton was crossing Highway 91 from Carter's Service Station to the cafe operated by his wife, Mrs. ,WUma Wootton. He was struck by a north bound car, driven driv-en by James I Marker, also of Pleasant Grove. ' Mr. Wootton was evidently killed kill-ed Instantly and his body was carried on the front hood of the Marker car for a distance of ap-, proximately 75 feet , witnesses ' said. Mr. Marker was treated for . shock at American Fork Hospital, Officer Hall said. Mr. Wootton managed the MA1-hambra," MA1-hambra," how the Grove Theatre for several yean. Prior to that, he operated the machines for Albert Al-bert Van Wagoner, who built the theatre in 1919. Mr. Wootton was born in Heber, Jan. 15, 1907 a son of John and Martha Melvina Huffacker Wootton. Woot-ton. He was educated in Wasatch County Schools. He married Dez-zie Dez-zie West Oct 26, 1927 n the Salt Lake Temple. They were later divorced. He later married Wilms Hebertson West, Sept 15, 1951. . : He had worked for the Metro- politan Water District and for -the Provo River Water Users. At the time of the accident he was owner of Corleissen Cafe in Pleasant Grove. ' He is survived by his widow, j,rPleasant Grove; sons and daugh-ten, daugh-ten, Harold West Wootton, with the U.S. Army in Korea; Mrs. Stanley (Beverly) Williamson, John Bert Wootton, Danny A. Wootton, Varian Clayton Wootton, Woot-ton, and Mary Wootton, all of Pleasant Grove; stepsons and stepdaughters, Mrs. AJdo ( Val- : erie) Bussdo, Orem; Varian W. West, American Fork; Everett - West HH1 Field; Leonard West, Murray; . Jack West Garden Grove, California; brothers, Ren Wootton, Heber; Alma Wootton, Grantsville; Reed Wootton, Park City, and Ray Wootton, Boise, Idaho. Friends may call at the Olpin-Sundberg Olpin-Sundberg Mortuary, Pleasant Grove, today, prior to the services, ser-vices, ...... . Local Artists Have Work Exhibited in Salt Lake City Fay White Woolston and Harold Har-old W. Woolston, well known Pleasant Grove artists, had their work accepted for hanging at the Intermountain Print Exhibition, Exhibi-tion, which opened at' the Salt Lake Art Center on Dec. 1. The show will be open to the public through Dec 30, 1962 at 54 Finch Lane in Salt Lake City. , Artist "print makers" from Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming brought in their paintings around the middle of November. Judging by Angelo Oaravaglia determined the . 65 prints worthy of showing. . Both of 'the Woolston prints were "serigraphs." Mrs. Wooi-ston's Wooi-ston's was titled "Dancers" and Mr. Woolston called his work "Shades of Autumn." i - - Prints by Mary Chenoweth, Dale T. Fletcher, Neil Parsons, and F. Anthony Smithwere added to the permanent collection of the Center. ' Welcome Home Sunday Slated for Charley Langley Elder Charley Langley will be welcomed home Sunday evening, Dec, 9, at 7:30 pjm. in the First-Fifth First-Fifth Ward Chapel. Bishop Paul Blackhurst of the Fifth Ward will preside. " Elder Langley has recently been released after fulfilling a mission to the West Central States. He will make his official report Sunday Sun-day evening. Dr. Doyle Barrett will sing a vocal scto. , Everyone Is cordially invited. Bishop Blackhurst said. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce Better Business Committee, Com-mittee, Pleasant Grove's annual Christmas Bargain Shopping Days, got away to a good start last Friday. Maron Oveson is general chairman of the activity. Shopping bargains and special spec-ial money-saving services by the area's business houses are listed in this week's advertising section sec-tion of the Review. The sales promotion program will continue until Saturday, Dec. 22, Mr. Oveson Ove-son pointed out. ,' A drawing on Friday, Dec 21 at 3 p m. will be held for Christmas Christ-mas turkeys and merchandise certificates. cer-tificates. It will not be necessary for winners of these turkeys and certificates to be present at the drawing. $400 worth of prises will be given away. In addition, several merchants are conducting drawings ' in their own stores(fbr valuable prizes. Many stores and business houses hous-es are presently gay with colorful Tuletide decorations. More are expected ex-pected to follow suit, within the next few days. ;, Gerald Belliston stated that Santa Claus would be in and a-bout a-bout the business nouses for one hour each Saturday between 3:30 and 9 p.m. " He also stated that most stores would be open until 7 :00 . p.m. each Saturday until Christmas. Street Lighting Is Success; Santa Comes to P. G. The official "turning on of the lights" on Main Street last Saturday Sat-urday evening was a huge success, suc-cess, according t Eldon Johnson, ' and Harold Jacklin, presidents of the Pleasant Grove Chamber of Commerce, and Jaycees, respectively. re-spectively. k The streets were thronged with people, many of whom were enthusiastic en-thusiastic about the artistic and colorful beauty of the new Christmas' Christ-mas' decorations. ' 'i- Santa -Claus passed 4ut wore than 700 Christmas treats to the "good" boys and girls who were there to welcome him to Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove. Mr. Jacklin- stated that donations dona-tions to help pay for the street decorations will be gratefully received re-ceived from individuals, civic and social groups, church groups and business houses. Lindon Planning Outdoor Ice Skating Rink The City of Lindon Is building an outdoor Ice skating rink ac-crding ac-crding to . Gordon Taylor, . city . councilman in charge of recreation. recrea-tion. Mr. Taylor is being aided by ' Charles Rod aback, another mem- . ber of the city council. . The rink is located In the northeast north-east part of lindon across the street from the Paul Fages, on property owned by Harold Walker of Pleasant Grove. The pond is to be approxicately 60 feet wide and 120 feet long. The pond is being prepared now and with the cooperation of the weather, will soon be reaJy for ice skaters. . ; Santa Urges Kids Write Letters Early for Answer The following letter was received receiv-ed by the local Jaycees for the boys and girls in' Pleasant Grove. Hi boys and girls, Here at the North Pole we are making toys 'lor good boys and girls. I am sure there will be some just tor you. 1 am getting anxious to get your letters with a Est of toys you want Santa to bring you on Christmas eve. . . ,..-. Send your letters up here to me at the North Pole. Put them In the mail boxes so the postman may pick them up and deliver them to me. I am looking forward to hearing from you. ' Be sure and write, Love, Santa Claus. Lindon Second Word Slates Budget Banquet on Dee. 0 A Lindon Second Ward Budget Banquet will be held Dec 8, starting start-ing at 7 p-m. In the Recreation Hall. The dinner and program is for all ward members. The MIA will be in charge of the program, at which local talent tal-ent will be featured. DIGNITARIES Among dignitaries at Bayly Co. welcome banquet Tuesday were Bill Petersen. Peter-sen. J. T. Merchant Gov. George D. Clyde, L KEW PLANT STARTS UP Early construction shows walls now going up at new Bayly plant ov.vGeOa p. Clyde Welcomes A BayBy Mfg. Company fio Utah: Governor George D. Clyde paid a glowing tribute to the pioneer founders of the State of Utah Tuesday night in Pleasant Grove. He was guest speaker at a "Welcome "Wel-come to Pleasant Grove" banquet ban-quet for the Bayly Company, this community's new clothing manufacturing manu-facturing industry. The Governor pointed out that all of Utah's first agricultural stock raising and industrial enterprises en-terprises were cooperative efforts. He complimented the people of Pleasant Grove and the Bayly officials of-ficials for their loyal and progressive pro-gressive cooperative effort in establishing es-tablishing the new industry. "Since 1957," said Governor Clyde, "Utah has been able to develop de-velop sufficient industry to take care .of the employment of its own youth." We have energy, natural resources and wonderful people. When these are brought together, cooperatively Utah goes November City Extremely Light, The November calender of the Pleasant Grove City Judge, C O. Newman, was a light one. Much lighter than common. In all, 26 cases were handled and only (225 4 collected in fines and forfeitures.. Traffic violations occupied, by far, ttie lions share of the court's attention, with speeders, as usual, Donald Fordham Welcome Home Sunday, Dec. 9 . Missionary welcome home services ser-vices honoring' Elder Donald P. Fordham will be Sunday evening, Dec. 9 at 5:00 pjn, in the Second- vFourth Ward Chapel under the direction of Bishop Gerald T. Belliston. Elder Fordham is the son of Mrr-and-Mrsr- Blake-T.- , Fordham. ' He has served in the Danish Mission for 2Vt yean. He served as supervising elder and area supervisor sup-ervisor and as second counselor In the Mission Presidency to Levi B. Thorup. i Upon being released Nov. 9, Elder Fordham toured Belgium, France and Great Britain. He attended a session in the London LDS Temple. He also spent three days in New York City. ' Elder Fordham extends an Invitation In-vitation to all who are Interested' to share some of his missionary' experiences with him Sunday evening. -JJl forward, he pointed out. Speaking in behalf of the Bayly Company, was H. F. Phelps, chairman of the board. He said that the warm welcome extended by the people of Pleasant Grove was the most rewarding experience experi-ence of .his business life. He stressed the fact that the Pleasant Grove plant would be devoted to the manufacture of mens and boys leisure clothing. "This will be a new venture for our company," he said. In his address of welcome, Mayor May-or Paul T. Fordham praised the Bayly officials and the people of Pleasant Grove for their loyal and sincere accomplishments. Representing Utah County, Commissioner Rulon Nicholes reviewed re-viewed briefly the growth and progress of the North Utah County Coun-ty communities since pioneer days. William E. Peterson, Chairman Court Calendar Judge Says topping the list with 8. Other traffic cases were: Parking on sidewalk, 3; illegal exhibition of. speed, 1; running red light, 1; faulty brakes, 1; failure to yield right of way, 1; reckless driving, 1 ; improper registration, reg-istration, 1 ; driving with suspended sus-pended license, 1; driving with no operators license, 1. There were also 3 suspensions, 2 dismissals, and 2 civil actions. The police department was busy during November in their around the v clock activities. In : addition to making arrests and controlling morning and evening peak traffic, the officers per-ormed per-ormed the following separate services: ser-vices: Assisting out of town officers, 20; traffic warning tickets issued, 20; juvenile delinquency investi-gations, investi-gations, 15; petty larceny, 15; ac-cident ac-cident investigations, 15; children child-ren mischief investigations, 10; serving legal papers, 10; shooting within city limits reports investigations, investi-gations, 9; abandoned cars, 8. Bogus check investigations, 8; Stolen property recovered, 7; assisting as-sisting motorists in trouble, 7; family squabbles settled, 7; providing pro-viding transients a bed, 4; prowler prowl-er investigations, 4; dog troubles, 3; people sleeping in cars, 3. Break in investigations, 3; loose animals controlled, 3; assisting at funerals, 4; illegal garbage dumping, dump-ing, 1; grand larceny investigations, investiga-tions, 1; runaway juveniles located, loca-ted, 2; indecent exposure investigations investi-gations 2. J Bill Fisher, H. F. Phelps, Bayly chairman of the board, Bill Caret Mayor Paul Fordham, Lagelle Jeter and W. C. Palfreyman. in Pleasant Grove. Plant will open for operation soon after first of year, according to officials. of the New Industries Committee, of the local Chamber of Commerce, Com-merce, presided at the banquet and the program which followed. Hal Haycock played organ music ' during the dinner hour and Jo-Anne Jo-Anne Brady and Jeanne Walker sang vocal duets, accompanied by Irene Jenkins. President Ertmann Christensen and Bishop Gerald Belliston offered prayer and benediction. bene-diction. Approximately 175 industrial, civic and church leaders of North Utah County attended the affair. af-fair. Other Bayly officials present were vice presidents Lazolle Jeter and J. F. Merchant; William . Gorst, local superintendent Bill Fisher, work superisior and Dan Hayes, master mechanic. Prior to the 7:00 p.m. banquet, Governor Clyde, Bayly officials and local and county leaders made a tour of inspection of the new industrial facility on West Center 4 Street They also inspected the Battle Creek Debris and Flood ' Control Dam, the Army Reserve Training Center and the Senior High School campus. ' Standing on the bank of Battle Creek Dam, the Governor looked over Utah Valley and Mt. Timp-anogoe Timp-anogoe and said, "whenever any of you people get down in the dumps, come up here and look over ov-er this Jnpiring sight and your troubles will give way to a feeling feel-ing of strength and well-being. Magic Show at High Sen oof Dec. 15 Sponsored by Elders Wilford, the world's most spec-. spec-. tacular magician, brings his huge cast of unusual magic effects and thrilling feats to the Pleasant Grove High School Dec. 15, 7:30 pjri. Mr. Wilford has amassed a collection of outstanding illusions in 37 years of travelling the four quarters of the world. . Sponsored by the lindon Ward Elders Quorum, the show Is open -to the public at a nominaJ Mr. Wilford will also use 20 local people in addition to his company. The show is really worth while according to press releases. ' Gift Sale Friday In Second Ward House A gift sale sponsored by the Second Ward Relief Society will be held Friday afternoon at 3 :30 at the Second Ward Church. Gifts will be priced from 10 cents up and Items at one dollar will be a special feature. The public will be welcomed to this Christmas gift sale. - |