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Show Uni.vtre.ii fclcr of liming Corp. 141 Picrpont Avenue f " -' - I 'mi i i A -J 1 TT (" j r . N I i-J L ill mi AA. mm "Pleatant Grove, the Most Beautifully Situated City In Utah County VOL UX, No. 18 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1963 PRICE 10c tm mtmt m CHRISTINE KLEMM Three Pleasant Grove Girls Are Selected For Girls State Three Pleasant Grove High School Junior girls will represent their school and community at the annual American Legion .Auxiliary .Auxil-iary Girl State, scheduled for June 9 through 16 at Utah State University, Logan. Selected on the basis of leadership, leader-ship, scholarship, personality and studentbody activity were Chris- tine KVxnm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Klemm; Judy Barton, daughter of Mr And Mrs. George F. Barton and Judy Hales, daughter daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hales. - The girls were selected from a Rodeo Queen to Be Selected on Thursday, May 30 The Pleasant Grove Rodeo Committee, with Kenneth Gillman. as chairman, announced the annual an-nual Rodeo Queen contest to be held May 30, at 8:00 p.m. The contest will be held in the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove Rodeo Arena. Any girl, single or married, between be-tween the ages of 16 and 36, is eligible to compete. The only exceptions ex-ceptions to this are ' previous queens of the Rodeo. Girls participating must furnish furn-ish their own mounts and they will ho judged on horsemanship and personality and poise. The costumes or regalia worn by the girls will not figure in the final . Judging. The Queen and her two attendants attend-ants will receive cash awards and will be guests of honor oh numerous num-erous TV and radio shows. They will also be the guests of honor at various luncheons and activities. activ-ities. In conjunction with the Queen's contest a western program will take place at the rodeo grounds "May 30. There will be jackpot calf -roping, men and womens barrel bar-rel racing and several other exciting ex-citing events. , Battle Last Thursday I rode shotgun for. a friend who was going to Salt Lake City for a complete .- medical checkup. His date was for 9 am so we got an, early start. The traffic was heavy due 1 to 'the hundreds of office workers work-ers trying $o meet the same morning mor-ning deadline. , ' We pulled into the parking lot to the south of the three-story brick and stone edifice. The lot would hold a hundred or more . automobiles without scratching a fender. My friend's appointment was with one of 28 doctors at one of Salt-Lake's oldest-and llargestshuffle and he. might -have wound medical clinics. A posh establish- ment, If you ever saw one. He was an oldttme patient at the clinic. Had not been back for several years, so the first, thing he had to do was to register at the desk on the first floor. One of the four secretaries on duty took Ids name, address and -telephone number. She then stamped the identification data, on a small metal plate. He showed show-ed me the plate and it looked like . the gadget you hand to the service ser-vice station attendant when you buy gasoline on tick." "Carry this plate with you at all times and have it ready when ever we ask for it," the girl said. ; She used it to stamp his Went on the top of an appointment slip and said, "go and sit down" until we call you.", After awhile a nurse called his name over a "squawk box" and he followed her into the doctor's examination room. From there he trailed her to the first floor and the blood test laboratory. Following the blood-letting, he reported back to the registration desk, second floor, where a seore-. tary stamped his Went plate on JUDY BARTON number of eligible candidates nominated by the high school faculty. fa-culty. The final choice was made by a committee composed of representatives rep-resentatives from the local sponsoring spon-soring organizations. In charge of the committee was Mrs. Burton Bur-ton H. Adams, Girls State Chair- Two Local Ladies Appointed to Safety Committee Mrs. Leo P. Harvey, Peasant Grove, President of the Grove. Ward Relief Society, has been appointed ap-pointed a member of the new Utah County Safety Committee. Also appointed from the local area ar-ea was Mrs. Leida Atwood of Lin-don. Lin-don. The appointments were made by County Commissioner Sterling Jones, under whose Jurisdiction the safety department falls. The new committee met at the City-County . building April 24 with the new safety coordinator Claude Hawkins, who will select a four or five member policymaking policy-making board. No policies were adopted pending pend-ing the return of Mr. Hawkins after a vacation.. The next committee com-mittee meeting will be held early in May. Two Local Students Make Honor Roll at Utah State University Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carson and Mr., and Mrs. E. R. Allen, have received word that Charlene, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carson, Car-son, and Rial, son of Mr. and Mrs. Allen, have both made the honor roll at the Utah S'tate University during the last quarter. Rial was also presnted with a letter jacket for his wrestling. Charlene and Rial are cousins. Creek the slip from the blood testers, "Go and-sit down again," she said, "until the doctor calls you." Pretty. soon the squawk of the box sent him back to his doctor again. And so it went, through the entire gamut of x-rays, B-M-Rs, cardiographs, etc;, etc., " etc. -Finally at about 3:30 p.m. the nurse at the squawker summoned him back to his doctor for the .final ."evaluation.". Only then it dawned on me as to the value of the metal Identification plate; Without it, one .of his numerous cards could have been lost in the up . with a prescription for "morning sickness." - . -As it turned .put, his various test and treatment slips were all sorted out and placed in the, hands of the cashier for cash on the bar rel head or "special financial arrangements." ar-rangements." It's assembly line medical practice, with a little automation au-tomation thrown in for good measure. ' ' ' Things, doctor-wise, have cer-i ; talnly changed in the last 47 years. In September 1916 I took a physical examination in Pan-l Pan-l aca, Nevada in order to see if I 'was A-OK to teach school in the; Sagebrush State. ' Old Doc Campbell, a one-armed General Practlctibner from Pioohe gave me the once over. He felt my pulse, looked Into my mouth and asked if I had had the children's child-ren's diseases. He then took a piece of fools cap paper, pen and portable glass Ink well and wrote, "The bearer , is healthy enough to.perform the duties of schoolteacher in the State of Nevada." His professional profes-sional fee? One dollar. Quite a change. So long 'til Thursday. "1 XI 1 JUDY HALES man of American Legion Auxiliary Auxil-iary Unit 70. According to Mrs. Adams, the purpose of Girls' State Is to educate edu-cate young women in the duties privileges, rights and responsibilities responsibil-ities of American citizenship. This Is accomplished by lectures, forums, for-ums, discussions and actual participation par-ticipation in the election process and mechanics of government. Sponsoring organizations are American Legion Unit 70, Cadmus Cad-mus Club, Elysium Club, Mothers Study Club and Jaycee Gems. Adult Art Class Exhibits Paintings At Central School Paintings by adult art class students stu-dents from Pleasant Grove and American Fork will be on display during school hours at Central School auditorium, Thursday and Friday, May 2 and 3. The students have been learning learn-ing to- paint with the "Fauaett Method" under the direction of Mrs. Lynn Webster, instructor. The public is cordially invited, to attend the exhibit according to Mrs. Clifton Doyle, In charge of publitity. " - GLENN T. ROBB to leave for mission Farewell Sunday To Honor Elder Glenn T. Robb A. missionary farewell testimonial testimon-ial honoring Elder Glenn T. Robb, will be held Sunday, May 5 at 5:30 pjn. In the Third-Sixth Ward Chapel. Bishop Jean A. Fu-gal Fu-gal of the Third Ward will preside pre-side and give closing remarks of encouragement. Elder Robb, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Elton S. Robb, has accepted a call to labor in the LDS Great - Lakes Mission, with headquarters at Fort Wayne, Indiana. He will " enter the Salt Lake City Mission Home, May 6 and expects to leave for Fort Wayne, one week laterr Elder Robb was born in Provo and graduated from Pleasant Grove .High School In Mayl96ir He completed five years of Seminary Sem-inary training. Always active in the church, he has received several Individual Service awards. - He . is a member of the Pleasant Pleas-ant Gpove Army Reserve Unit and has spent months in military training at Fort Ord,-Calif. He has also received training in electronics elec-tronics at the Utah Technical Trade Institute, Provo. ;. , Speakers at the testimonial will be Parley Christiansen and Fern Nielsen. The parents of the missionary" mis-sionary" will give remarks and Elder Robb will respond. Special musical numbers will include vocal solos by Dianne Greaves, accompanied by Lor- '" ratne Ruffell and Marriam Robb accompanied by Maxine Fugal. Prelude and posthide music will be played by Colleen Fugal. The invocation will be spoken by Pat Ellington and David Shoell will pronounce the benediction. AH ward members and other friends of the family are cordially Invited. . -i r X ' frfltiamatum Mayor Paul T. Fordham has officially proclaimed Friday, Fri-day, May 1 0, and Saturday, May 1 1 , for Pleasant Grove's annual CLean Up-Paint-Up-Fix Up campaign and urged ! every citizen to participate in this year's program. The proclamation follows: WHEREAS, the general health and welfare of our cfti-zens cfti-zens depend upon wholesome surroundings and arising from good clean living conditions, and WHEREAS, the lives and property of our people are endangered by fire and accidents caused by litered and cluttered conditions in homes, factories, places of public assembly, alleys and streets and ' WHEREAS, a I clean and beautiful community is a proud and prosperous one and WHEREAS, unity of effort is required for future development de-velopment of our community, THEREFORE, I, Paul T. Fordham, Mayor of Pleasant Grove City, do hereby designate May 1 0 and 1 1 as Clean Up Days and most respecfully call upon all departments of this city, its commmercial organizations, civic clubs, schools, boys' and girls' clubs and all other associations and our peopple in gereral to take an active part in this constructive con-structive program of community improvement to insure its success. This the 1st day of May, 1963. PAUL T. FORDHAM, Mayor of Pleasant Grove City ' CDeasi Pp Pap Aire ivlay President Alice. Simper, President Presi-dent of the Pleasant Grove Garden Gar-den Club, has received a letter from Claire Acord, Utah County Agricultural Agent. The letter states that Dr, Arvil" Stark, nationally known horticulturist, horticul-turist, will come to Pleasant Grove Thursday, May 9 to emphasize empha-size the annual community clean- Strawberry Float Needs Building, Bids Are Wanted The Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Strawberry Days Association, are planning for a permanent float to he built for the Strawberry Days Queen and her attendants. In addition to the float being the point of attraction for our local lo-cal celebration, the Queen and her attendants will ride this float in other celebrations throughout the state during the summer. The C of C and Strawberry Days Association would like to have this float built by Pleasant Gove citizens. .They will accept bids from any organization Interested Inter-ested in building the float .Anyone interested should contact con-tact Eldon Johnson for more particulars par-ticulars and specifications. PAULINE EVANS Four more girls have availed themselves of the opportunity to compete' for the crown of Straw-s berry Day's Queen and Miss PL Grove, the contest elated In the Pleasant Grove High School Auditorium Aud-itorium on the evening of May J8. ; Joyce Davis, daughter of Mr. and- Mrs. Orvil B. Davis of lindon lin-don is a senior at PGHS. She is a cheerleader and reporter for KOVO. She is also very active In and an officer of Thespians. She s - -'-.. ' ' - f v Strawberry mm up, which has been set for Friday and Saturday, May 10 and 11. Dr. Stark will address a public meeting set for 7:30 pjn. May 9 at the Junior High School Aud- , itorium. He will discuss landscaping landscap-ing and planting problems, care of tropes, lawns and shrubs and will answer questions from the floor. This year's, cleanup will be sponsored by the local Jaycees, under the direction of Dwayne Iverson, club president. Mr. Iverson said that the Jaycees Jay-cees as a group will clean up the areas surrounding the Veterans Memorial Swimming Pool and the Jaycee Community Club House on Saturday, May 11. He also said the Jaycee Club members would gladly assist widows, wid-ows, and those physically' handicapped handi-capped in cleaning up their home areas. Requests may be made to Mr. Iverson, or any other Jaycee member. Mr. Iverson called upon all church groups, civic organizations, organiza-tions, businessmen and individuals to assume the responsibility of doing an outstanding job in the 1963 cleanup. City trucks will tour the city both Friday and Saturday to pick up refuse. However, the material must be placed in containers that can be dumped into the trucks easily, Mr. Iverson said. JOYCE DAVIS Days works extensively in the church and the 4-H. Her talents lie in drama, playing the piano and sewing. Pauline Evans, daughter of Mr. ' and Mrs. Guy H. Evans, is a junior jun-ior at PGHS. She has been FFA Sweetheart, finalist for Homecoming Home-coming Queen, a member of the Pep Club and has won honorable mention in the 1963 "make it with wool" contest. Pauline sings and dances and plays the clarinet. mmK. FIRST PLANTING Mayor Paul Fordham helps Garden Club Members with first planting at PI. Grove Rone Gardens. Alice Simper, Lucile Hillman and Claudia Brown are club officers. Planting Is Started At Rose garden Members of tye Pleasant Grove Garden Club and their husbands were busy Wednesday evening, planting 68 top quality rose bushes bush-es at the Pleasant Grove Library Plot, formerly the Old City Hall lot. The rose planting was the first phase of the beautiflcation planting plant-ing plans of the City Fathers, which include lawns, ornamental trees, and shrubs. Work accomplished to date lias included the removal of the old, unsightly trees, the leveling of Ivan Walker New President of Lindon Lions Club Ivan , Walker has been elected president of the Lindon lions Club. Mr. Walker will succeed W. E. l(John) Brandt, who has been president for, the past two years. Other officers ,elected were Gordon Meyer, first vice president; presi-dent; Floyd Herrick second vice president; John Brandt, secretary and treasurer. Other officers are to be appointed later. Mr. Brandt will succeed Charles Rodeback. The election, conducted by the president, was held following a diner at the Community . Park building. The committee in charge of the dinner was Mrs. Gordon Meyer and Mr. Brandt It was reported re-ported that the club was successful success-ful In selling the brooms made by the Blind Center In Salt Lake. The club's percentage of the money is to he used for playground play-ground equipment in the park. A financial report was read by the secretary, Charles Rodeback. Mrs. Brandt reported that the ladies were doing well with the raising of the money for a stove. ' Several windows in the Park-building Park-building have had .to be replaced. They were persumably broken by boys with BB guns and rocks. IRENE JEPPSON Queen Contestan ts Geraldine Carpenter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Oarpenter is a senior at Pleasant Grove High. She is extremely interested ' in all aspects of horsemanship, including in-cluding the . handling of horses and ponies. She is also interested in the outdoors and loves to hike. For her talent Geraldine will play the guitar and sing. Irene Jeppson is a Senior at PGHS and the daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Ovid" Jeppson. She is closely associated with the art ! 1 1 i m the area, the installation of ir- rigation and sprinkling piping and ; a new chain link fence along the eastern side. " Other future plans call for the establishment of a hard-surfaced parking area just south of the Library Li-brary Building, according to City Councilman Reed O. Walker, chairman of the city property committee. t Roses were planted Wednesday evening in the ."Mayors" and 'American Legion and Auxiliary" plots. Other plots will be planted soon, with funds donated by practically prac-tically all the civic and social clubs of the local area. The entire rose garden project is being sponsored by the Garden Club under the direction of Alice Simper, president, and Lucile Hill-man, Hill-man, project chairman.. v " Supervision of the other planting plant-ing phases will be done by the City Shade Tnee Commission. ' Building Permits Total $178,400 Since March 10 Building permits totaling $178-400 $178-400 have been issued by Charles Holman, Pleasant . Grove City building inspector between March 10 and April 30. Permits for 4 new homes were . issued totaling $47,700. Industrial building permits totaled to-taled $113,000 including a medical center, post office, parts store and a cafe. . , Permits for remodeling jobs totaled to-taled $7,300 and aluminum siding application permits amounted to $2,400. There were additions to present buildings, $5,000; garages and - carports, $1,500; storage facilities $1,000; a patio, $100 and a wall fence, $100, Mr. Holman's report shows.' GERALDINE CARPENTER of homemaking. She makes her ovn clothes, ' she is secretary of the FHA and she has won a' state Homemaker degree. She has al- . so won five individual " awards while teaching primary for five years. She will present a (reading to the audience at the Queen con.-t, con.-t, st. S - : ' ,--" " Mrs. Erma Klemm, chairman of the Queen contest wishes to remind all girls interested in entering en-tering the Qivsen contest that the deadline is May 4. : 4 |