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Show Universal iicrofilai in Corp. Kl Pierpont Avcnuo t 4 row "Pleasant Grove, the Most Beautifully Situated City In Utah County" VOL LIX, No. 48 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1963 PRICE 10c i Pi. Grove Christmas Turkey Days to Start Next Thurdsay "Pleasant Grove area's businessmen busi-nessmen are enthusiastically supporting the 1963 Christmas Turkey Shopping Days activities" activit-ies" said George Paul Tuesday morning. Mr. Paul is chairman of the local businessmen's organization, organiza-tion, sponsors of the events. Citizens Honor Pres. Kennedy On Monday Pleasant Grove was a solemn and quiet city during most of the daylight hours last Monday. The chatter of children on the way to school was not in evidence. AH schools were closed clos-ed for the day in heart -felt respect to the memory of President John F. Kennedy, whose funeral services were held Monday in Washington, DC. Pleasant Grove's business business section had the appearance ap-pearance of a Sunday morning. Business houses not open Monday morning and remained closed until 1 p.m.- City offices were also closed for the day in order that employees em-ployees could attend special religious services or watch the President's funeral on television. televis-ion. ' The local Bank and U.S". Post Office were closed the entire day and flags on Main Street and the schools were flown at half-mast. Many Pleasant Grove residents resi-dents motored to Salt Lake City in order to attend the memorial' services in the salt Lake Tabernacle, sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Seventh Ward Play Set for Tuesday The Seventh Ward MIA is going to present the play "The Case of tthe.Unspeakables" on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m. A cast of 35 young people is being used and at promises to be an entertaining production. produc-tion. Everyone is invited. Battle 1 J 3k, Unless an atomic bomb wipes us out or some cataclysm of nature disrupts the routine, this issue, of the "Breeze" will be delivered just prior to Thanksgiving Thanks-giving Day. Whether such is something for which to be thankful, is of course a matter of opinion. And "opinions" are our principal stock in trade. Don't know why the President, Presi-dent, Congress or some other national authority doesnt ar- ing comes on the same day of the month each . year, like Christmas, New Years and the Fourth of July. Rather keeps folks messed up on their dates, , as it is. Anyway, tomorrow is Thanksgiving, Thanks-giving, take it or leave it. As for us, we'll take it, as has become be-come customary:. : I well remember our Thanksgivings Thanks-givings celebrated in the old farm hrniSA in TJninn fchrpo- score years ago. Those dinners were something to talk about. We never had turkey, simply because we did not raise them. Thrifty soul that she was, Mother always served the Plymouth Ply-mouth Rock broilers she raised on "her own. They were none of your coop-raised, pamper-fed specimens on the market today. to-day. They were not filled with antibiotics to keep them alive nor artificial enzymes to make them tender. They were just tender and flavorful on their own accord. The roast chicken was always al-ways augmented by a tender loin pork roast from one of Dad's prime, young, corn-fed pigs. And oh, that rich, brown pork gravy! There were also vegetable dishes heaped with snowy white (not instant) mashed potatoes, po-tatoes, topped with a dollop of - w w JS We are receiving splendid cooperation co-operation from the Pleasant Grove Chamber of Commerce, he added. The activity this season is a 14-day festival of bargains in goods and services, extending from, December 5 to 20 inclusive. inclu-sive. As a special inducement to 6hoppers, who buy locally, $600 in prime Christmas turkeys turk-eys and merchandise coupons and services will be given away free to lucky ticket holders. hold-ers. Drawings will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 13 and Friday, December 20. Tickets will be drawn from the huge screenwire "squirrel cage" in front of the city hall on Main Street. Rumor has it that Santa Claus will be in town each of these two special days to do the drawing. Participating business houses will distribute the tickets to their customers during the period of the special shopping days, Mr. Paul pointed out. Xmas Decorations Add Festive Note To Holiday Season Pleasant Grove's new and colorful business section Christmas Christ-mas decorations are adding a continuing festive atmosphere to the upcoming holiday season. The local Jaycees, with a donation assist from the city administration, have secured the decorations for the pleasure pleas-ure of all who view them. Extending Ex-tending the "light pole" dress up as far as Second South on Main is also an appreciated gesture. The decorations were put in place over last weekend by the Jaycee workers assisted by the Pleasant Grove Firemen. Said George Paul, chairman of the local businessmen's organization, or-ganization, "We appreciate greatly and. wish to thank the Jaycees, Firemen and city officials of-ficials for making this fine community com-munity display of Christmas spirit." Greek fL ; 1 I - f v . r M , home-churned butter. Mother fortunately hadn't heard about "polyunsaturates." We had tender, browned parsnips, par-snips, sweet, boiled turnips, all raised in the home garden and . celery, which was one of the few things She bought. There were homemade pickles pick-les and relishes and cranberries cranber-ries simmered in sugar syrup until they were transparent. As for the staff of life, there were always "yeast biscuits,", fluffy, white inside and delicately deli-cately browned outside by the heat of the wood-burning Charter Char-ter Oak Range. The floor was freshly milled from our own wheat by Adamson's Roller Mills, two miles northward. V Finally, there were the deserts de-serts pumpkin pie, mince pie and steamed plum pudding, the latter with sour sauce or whip-per whip-per cream. The entire repast was served on a gleaming linen table cloth laundered to sparkling whiteness white-ness by means of a tub, washboard wash-board and homemade soap. , The eating implements were of steel (not stainless) and polished pol-ished to brightness by a onceover once-over with a mixture of brick dust, vinegar and elbow grease. Although we would hate to go back to the hard and rigorous rigor-ous life of sixty years ago, there was something rich and . rewarding about life in those days. Perhaps we enjoyed to a greater degree the material things that we had, because they were largely of our own . making. Seems to us that folks nowadays, are missing a lot when it comes to the satisfaction satisfac-tion that accrues from cooperative cooper-ative family effort. Today, we oldsters are most grateful for the memories of Thanksgivings, past. So long 'til Thursday. PGHS Class of 1943 to Hold Reunion Friday, Nov. 29, at Alpine Country Club Members of the Pleasant Grove High School Class of 1943 will hold their twentieth anniversary reunion, Friday, November 29 at the Alpine Country Club. According to Bliss Jarvis Brimley, committee secretary, the dinner party Is set for 7:30 p.m. Other committee mem 'A COUNTRY OF GREAT MEN' BY FRANK On April 12, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a heart attack. This nation was in the midst of. a second struggle strug-gle for world peace. The Monday Mon-day following Mr. Roosevelt's sudden death, many of the schools and churches throughout through-out the country held appropriate appropri-ate services for the memory of a great man. The principal of our school (Lincoln High) came to me early Monday morning mor-ning and requested that a fitting fit-ting program be prepared for the occasion. This was arranged. arrang-ed. In the closing summation I made the statement that Mr. Roosevelt would be listed as one of the greatest American presidents. It is doubtful that very many agreed or understood under-stood the statement. However, just three months later, one of our popular magazines had him listed in third rank among the presidents of this country. The rating was based on a survey made by students of government govern-ment and history. This week, millions of people in America and other countries have paid tribute to another great president, John F. Kennedy. Ken-nedy. Only history can determine deter-mine his relative position or rank with other presidents. A few years ago, I was asked to deliver a radio on President Lincoln's birthday. The title of the address was "Lincoln, the Man." Among the many eulogies eulo-gies made in the text, I stated that Lincoln's heritage, that of Puritan and Cavalier background, back-ground, made him potentially a great man. But, went on to say that he was greater than Puritan, greater than Cavalier, in that he was American. That in his great soul, were fused the virtues of both, and the faults of both were lost; that maryrdom, though infamously aimed, came as a fitting crown to a life consecrated from the cradle to human liberty. At this time, may we eulogize eulo-gize our beloved president, Mr. Kennedy. So much has been said of him the last few days, of a praiseworthy nature, that it is difficult to find anything that hasn't been mentioned several sev-eral times. But, as Lincoln was rightly called the "Great Em- Two Journalism Student Attend 'Y' Conference . Two journalism students from Pleasant Grove High School, Susanne Turner and Nancy Richards,, participated in the 28th annual High School Journalism Jour-nalism Conference at Brigham Young University, Saturday, ' Nov., 16..: .The local students heard Herbert Her-bert L. Price, director of personnel per-sonnel and industrial relations of the Newspaper Agency. Corporation, Cor-poration, speak on "The New ABC's of Publication," at the opening session following a welcoming wel-coming address given by Dean Conan Matthews of the College of Fine Arts and Communications. Communica-tions. Guidance sessions on the career car-eer opportunities in the fields of news writing and editing, advertising, radio and television, televi-sion, sports reporting and women wo-men in journalism were held during the morning. . Seven workshop sessions were held in the afternoon. These classes were writing school news, editing the duplicated dupli-cated newspaper, editing the printed newspaper, advertising, photography, yearbook planning plan-ning and production and radio broadcasting.. bers are Garth Gillman, Orpha Walker Conaby and Mack Walker. Eating, remlnscing and dancing, if desired, will be on the program. Mrs. Brimley stated Monday that reservations to date had been most satisfactory. "We expect a jolly, good time," she added. B. NEWMAN ancipator" of a century ago, couldnH we appropriately refer to Mr, Kennedy as a devoted "Emancipator" of his time. Like Lincoln, President Kennedy Ken-nedy was above big religious creed, greater than his racial heritage, stronger than his closely drawn political affiliations, affilia-tions, in that, he too, was an American. In his tragic death, he may be called a martyr, to the causes of human rights, liberty, lib-erty, justice for all, education for the masses, regardless of race, color or creed. This is a fitting crown to a life dedicated dedica-ted to these fundamental principles, prin-ciples, from the first day of his office as president, to the day of his untimely death, Nov. 22, 1963. The writer cannot think of any president, comparable to Mr. Kennedy in his command of the English language and his superb knowledge of local, national, na-tional, international politics and cultural matters. Now let us each cherish the traditions and heritage of our forefathers, build with a reverent rever-ent hand the type of government govern-ment that these men have so capably begun. From the heritage of the early ear-ly settlers In Jamestown, our first representative government; govern-ment; from the pioneers in Massachusetts, the beginnings of public education; from the colony of Maryland, the heritage heri-tage of religious toleration, written into law; and with the ringing declaration of Thomas Jefferson's 'unalienable rights' In 1776 and finally, the United States Constitution, the oldest written Constitution in the world today, a document, so labeled by the English Statesman States-man Gladstone, "as the greatest great-est document every struck off at a given time, by the brain and for the purpose of man," Then let us all be grateful that we live in a land with so rich a heritage. A great nation like ours, destined to guide the world in future peace, a principle prin-ciple that it has defended in the past, must remain united now and forever. In our common com-mon glory as Americans, we must carry the torch of peace, liberty, justice and march all one way. Board of Education Discusses Items of Interest to Patrons The following items of interest inter-est to local school patrons have been gleaned from the minutes of the Alpine District Board of Education meeting held November Nov-ember 20. In order to acquaint the Board of Education with methods meth-ods of instruction and various educational programs being taught in Alpine School District, a series of brief educational presentations will be presented at the beginning of each board meeting. The first of these presentations featured a demonstration dem-onstration in" Spanish instruction instruc-tion by Glen Probst and a few tenth grade students from Pleasant Grove High School. Mr. Probst and his students are participating in an experiment experi-ment sponsored by the Childon Publishing Co. in which a method meth-od of instruction, developed by the French Ministry of Education Educa-tion for teaching French, is being be-ing used.' The method emphasizes emphas-izes the speaking and listening approach and uses slide films and a tape recorder. After six ' weeks instruction, writing is introduced through a phonetic approach which establishes the foundation for correct spelling and for reading. The board thanked and commended Mr. ft i - i DEDICATION POSTPONED PI. Grove's new post office building, dedication of which Post Office Pleasant Grove's Post Office Dedication has been postponed Indefinitely, according to word received late Tuesday by Postmaster Post-master Ray Mills from the Regional office in Denver. Mr. Mills said that according to the word he had received, the dedication would be set ahead to sometime in January. VIKINGS TO START BASKETBALL FRIDAY Just like the coming of Thanksgiving, the Basketball Bug has returned to Pleasant Grove. Coach Don Crump and some 20-odd Viking Varsity team aspirants are working overtime in preparation for the coming season. Missing, among those currently cur-rently present at the drills, are five of last years class of 1963, who were lost to the team by graduation last May. They are Frank Mills, Norman Ekins, Frank Walker, Wayne Ercan-brack Ercan-brack and Lewis Singer. "These boys will be missed," said Coach Crump. Lettermen who are back this year to Moster the Viking hopes are Grant Atkinson, Dee Jense, Fred Keetch, Maurice Keetch, and Lloyd Hooley, all seniors. Returning junior lettermen are Tom Giles, Gary Ridge and Wayne Miller. Three other boys showing promise at this time are John Goss, John Jar-vis Jar-vis and Billy Walker. League competition in Class B Region Seven is the same as last year, comprising Lehi, American Am-erican Fork, BY High, St. Francis, Fran-cis, Tlntlc and Pleasant Grove. This is the last year of Class B competition for the Vikings. The changeover to Class A will be made before the football season opens next September. According to the official 1963-64 1963-64 basketball schedule, the Boys from Battle Creek, pry' the lid off Friday, Nov. 29, when they tangle with the Springville Red Devils on the Springville court. Probst and his students for their excellent work. The Board of Education continued con-tinued to investigate ways of ' improving the educational program pro-gram of Alpine School District. A course of action was developed develop-ed and will be put into action in the immediate future. Citizens Citi-zens and representative groups will be contacted and given a full explanation of the problems prob-lems facing the district and tf proposed .procedures for the solution of these problems. A report of inspections made by the Utah Highway Patrol on buses of Alpine School District Dist-rict showed that the only area that needed attention was the over-load of 152 children. All mechanical features of all buses bus-es were in perfect running operation. Mrs. Mary Camenish, Supervisor Super-visor of School Lunch, was presented pre-sented an award for excellence in school food service at the Service Convention held in Atlantic City. The Board of Education .wrote a letter of commendation to Mrs. Camen-. ish and thanked her for her service and devotion to the health and well-being of boys and girls of Alpine School District. dedication In all probability, the Postmaster Post-master reported, the untimely death of President John F. Kennedy Ken-nedy was the reason for cancelling can-celling the dedication ceremonies ceremon-ies from the Saturday date. The new post office opened just after Nov. 1 and plans were all made for its dedi- Other practice games are as follows: Dec. 6, Wasatch at Heber; Dec. 10, Judge Memorial at Pleasant Grove; Dec. 18, Spanish Span-ish Fork at Spanish Fork; Dec. 21, Payson at Pleasant Grove; Dec. 23, Provo at Pleasant Grove and Dec. 27, Carbon at Pleasant Grove. The league season opens Friday, Fri-day, Jan. 3 with Lehi at Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove, American Fork at BY High and St. Francis at Tintic. The Vikings close the league season Feb. 27 with a game with BY High at Provo. Coach Crump said Monday that prospects this year were encouraging. "We lack the tall men for rebounding; but speed and shooting abiltiy may compensate," com-pensate," he added. Application Date Cutoff Set for Military Academy WASHINGTON, D.C.-Appll-cations from prospective military mili-tary academy students will be accepted by Rep. Sherman P. Lloyd (R-Utah) through Dec. 20 The Utah Second Congressional Congress-ional District Representative has a total allotment of 44 nominations nom-inations to the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, Aca-demy, the U.S. Air Force Academy Aca-demy and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Mr. Lloyd said Utah youths may also want to compete for entrance Into the Coast Guard Academy. It is the .only academy aca-demy in which prospective candidates can-didates are not screened by (Continued on page 4) MISS AMERICA'S lUMMIWWW."" Itiltl ! 1 V " w . Donna Axum, daughter of Hurley B. Axum, an EI Dorado Ark., bank executive, shows her pleasure in recommending United States Savings Bonds as Christmas gifts as one of the first acts Of her reign as the nation's new beauty queen. "Ever since I was a little girl Daddy has given me Savings Bonds on my birthday and at Christmas," she says. Donna displays a red, white and blue gift envelope available free at all local basks Including her father's. was set for Saturday, has been postponed until sometime in January, says Postmaster. Postponed cation on Saturday. Reva Beck Bosone, Senator Frank Moss,-and Moss,-and David Trevithick, postmaster postmas-ter at Salt Lake City were to have been present at the dedication. dedi-cation. The President's untimely untime-ly and sorrowful assasination, and its accompanying upheaval in Washington made the dedication dedi-cation date change necessary. Lindon School to Start Memorial Fund Drive for JFK Children at Lindon School love the late President John F. Kennedy. So do millions of other American people. However, How-ever, there is a slight difference. differ-ence. The Lindon boys and girls want to perpetuate the memory of the assasinated President with a suitable memorial from "all of the children of all the people," throughout the United States. Tuesday morning at an assembly of respect, they launched laun-ched a plan whereby all American Amer-ican children who desire, will be asked to contribute a penny each toward some sort of National Na-tional John F. Kennedy Memorial. Memor-ial. It's a huge project for one small school to Initiate. So, the children are asking for assistance and advice. Tuesday the following, letter was mailed to President Lyndon B. Johnson, John-son, Washington, D.C.: Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States The White House Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President: - The children of Lindon Elementary Ele-mentary School, Lindon, Utah, are beginning a memorial fund to the late President John F. Kennedy. We feel that the children of other schools throughout the United States will want to join with us in this .gesture. Some years ago the children of the United States contributed to the erection of the Statue of .Liberty. In more recent time the USS Constitution, was renovated ren-ovated through money contributed contri-buted by school children. If by this act we can build (Continued on page 4) GIFT SUGGESTION V f- ' : |