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Show Unjvcrs-a ULcrofilaing Corp. 141 Wcrpont Avcnuo .i . i 1 1 t Pfeofont Grove, ffio Most Beautifully Situated City In Utah County i . VOL LX, No. 48 PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH 84062 THURSDAY; NOVEMBER 26, 1964 PRICE 10c mm . . A I I. : . ... ( v . - : i ix A-- A A. . ) J 5 W I THIRD WARD BISHOPRIC Ringger, seated front was sustained Sunday as new bishop in the Third Ward. Roy Halla- Carl IV. Ringger Is Of Pleasant Grovfr Carl Ringger was sustained Bishop of the Third Ward at a special sacrament meeting held last Sunday night He succeeds Bishop Jean A. Fugal, who had served in the capacity for nearly near-ly five years. Sustained at the same meeting meet-ing were Roy Halladay, first counselor and Don Smith as second counselor. John Hilton, Fred Atwood, and Jack S. Pace were sustained as ward clerks. All members of the old and new bishopric spoke briefly. Also released with Bishop Fugal, Fu-gal, were his counselors, Robert Rob-ert Anderson and Joseph Hilton, Hil-ton, and ward clerks, Thome Smith, Guy Sorenson and Elton Robb. Stake president Boyd L. Fu-- Fu-- gal presided at the meeting and spoke words of thanks for the retiring bishopric and gave encouragement to the newly sustained members. Bbop Oqrl W. Ringger was . born in Zurich, Switzerland, and came to Pleasant Grove in 1950. He attended schools and graduated in his native land. For the church he has been Welcome Home Sunday Set for Cloyd P. Atwood Missionary, welcome home -services, honoring Elder Cloyd P. Atwood, will be held Sunday, November 29, at 5 p.m. in the Lindon Ward Chapel, Bishop Leon Walker will presnde. Elder Atwood, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Atwood re-turend re-turend November 10 from the Swiss European Mission. He expects to enter BYU soon. All ward members and others interested, are invited to attend the Sunday evening services, Bishop Walker said. It's that time of year again. The painful injury of two teen- age girls at a Pleasant Grove street intersection, Nov. 18, is evidence again that alertness is the cardinal principal of safety. : The Injuries were caused by a two-car collision. Both operators oper-ators were adult, experienced drivers. The collision happen- , ed at an "open Intersection," with nothing to obstruct normal norm-al visibility. According to .investigations by the traffic officers, the cause of the accident will probably prob-ably go into the police records as "failure to keep proper lookout" In other words, lack of alertness on the part of one or both of the drivers. City street driving is hazardous. hazard-ous. And light traffic at many street intersections only adds to the danger. The "other ve hide" may be there when driv-. driv-. ers least expect it. Hence, the too often lack of caution. Police Chief Glen Newman said that I'Stop" or "Yield" traffic signs could not be placed plac-ed at every street intersection in Pleasant Grove. "If they were, the warnings would become be-come both commonplace and irritating to car operators," he .said. - day, left and Standing, left Atwood, Jack secretary of the Aaronic Priesthood Priest-hood under 21; superintendent and assistant of the MIA and ' Sunday School, teachers in the church auxiliaries and the Boy Scout program. He served in the Swiss army for 13 years and saw three years active duty during World War II. At the present time Bishop Ringger is Turn Foreman of Maintenance at Geneva Steel Pipe Mill. His wife Is the former Elsie Graeser. The couple have four - .'' ' f -" PI. Grove Man Is Injured Girl Killed In Auta Collision - Audrey Jones, 16-year-old Park City girl, was killed and Reed Irvln Bair, 22, of pleas-, ant Grove, was severely injured in a semi-truck and pickup collision col-lision at about 11 p.m. last Friday Fri-day Also receiving serious in1 juries was Nona Huggard, 17, Park City. The accident happened on U. S. Highway 40, about 15 miles north of Heber City, near the Peoa cutoff. - According to Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Joseph Giles, the pickup crashed into the rear , of a slower moving westbound semi-truck driven by Earl Denton, Den-ton, 47, Chino, California. Trooper Giles said the pickup was driven' by Mr. Bair and that the two girls were riding ' with him. Mr. Bair and Miss Huggard were taken to the Heber Hospital Hos-pital and were reported in fairly fair-ly good condition last Saturday. Mr. Denton, driver of the truck and a relief driver, Bobby. Bob-by. J. Haywood, 40, Anaheim, Calif., were not injured in the crash. Only one group of individuals can prevent traffic accidents, the people who drive the cars. Accidents are caused when dri-vers dri-vers do something, that they shouldn't, or fail to something " that they should. - - The winter- season is here again. Rain, ice, snow, mist, 1 fog and slippery streets will all add to the dangers of driving. Also, darkness comes earlier at night and daylight arrives later in the morning. Alertness and caution need to be doubled. The other morning this writer saw a stranger get out of his parked car on Main Street. Evidently, Evi-dently, the vehicle had been left in his driveway all night. Every window and the front windshield wind-shield were covered with thick frost. He had scratched a peephole peep-hole about a foot in diameter ' in front of the steering wheeL Otherwise, " his visibility was zero. This man was ' a dangerous menace to himself and every other driver and passenger on the streets. Certainly he was not cautions and alertness a-vailed a-vailed him nothing, since he could not see. ".Safe driving for all, and, So long 'til Thursday. BishoD Carl Ml. Don Smith, are his counselors. to right, are ward clerks Fred S. Pace, and John N. Hilton. Mew Bishop Third Ward sons and two daughters. - ' . :. t Arthur Roy Halladay was ' born in Provo and graduated from Provo High School. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. At present he Is employed by Geneva Steel and has worked there for the past 18 years. He is a Temper Mill Roller in the sheet jn, Mr. Halladay's previous service ser-vice for hia; church consists of Deancon's adviser, scoutmaster scoutmast-er and cubmaster, Elder's Quo-' rum president, MIA supertend-ency supertend-ency and a president of the 44th Quorum of Seventy. He married the former Karyl Christiansen and they have four children. ' .. ' , , - Don L. Smith was born in -Pleasant Grove and is a graduate grad-uate of Pleasant Grove High -School. He served 5 years in the U.S. Army, 2Vi years of which was in the European Theater during World War II, He is a local businessman, associated with Smith Drug Stores in Pleasant Grove ana American Fork. CSvically, Mr. Smith is a member of the local fire department de-partment and has been secre tary for 15 years. He also-is a past director of the Chamber of Commerce. He has served in the Ward Sunday School superintendency and as a ward teacher and home teacher. He is married to the former Betty Jeanne Huntington. They are the parents of a daughter and two sons. T John Hilton was born in PI. Grove and is a graduate of the local high school. He spent two and one-half years during World War II in the U.S. Army in the Pacific area. For the LDS Church he has held executive positions in the MIA and Sunday School At present be is a U.S. Postal letter carrier. Ie married the former Josephine Jo-sephine Madsen and they are the parents of five children, Fred S. Atwood was bom in Spanish Fork, graduated from Pleasant Grove High School, and attended BYU. He spent 5 years in the U.S. Army during World War II. For the Church, he has been active in Scouting and MIA and as assistant stake clerk. His wife Is the former Shirley Harris..They have two children. child-ren. Jack S. Pace was' born in Vernal,'. Utah -and is a graduate gradu-ate of the Uintah High School. - For the church he has been active in athletics, priesthood, and as a ward and home teacher. teach-er. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War and made a World Cruise in 1953. Currently he is a pipe repairman repair-man at Geneva Concrete Pipe Company. His wife is the former Laura McConMe. They have two girls. Homecoming for La Voy Christensen , Slated for Sunday A homecoming jwill be Jheld for Elder LaVoyTElmon uhris-tensen, uhris-tensen, son of Mr, and Mrs. Elmon F. Christensen, at the Lindon Ward Chapel, Sunday at 7 p.m.. ,- n Elder Christensen served in the Northwestern Mission field, and returned home last Monday Mon-day after his two-year term of service;' Dpn Crump Is Honored by : : Boosters Club ' Don Crump, former head basketball coach at Pleasant . Grove High School, was guest of honor at the Downtown Boosters Club breakfast meeting meet-ing last Thursday morning. Fred Keetch, club president, presided. John Gourley, assistant principal prin-cipal at Pleasant Grove High School, traced the highlights of Mr. Crump's life and accomplishments. accom-plishments. He eulogized Mr. Crump as an outstanding athlete, ath-lete, coach, youth leader, civic and religious worker. He told of Mr. Crump's service ser-vice in the U.S. Navy and performance per-formance as a minor league baseball player, stating that he put himself through college by ' working at Geneva Steel . "As a high school basketball coach, Don was one of the best Utah has produced," Mr. Gourley Gour-ley said. Mr. Crump gave a response, saying that he enjoyed living and working in Pleasant Grove "We like the community and the fine people who live here," he concluded. " , ' i V; C i ' ENGA NERDIN -Will be honored Sunday Open House on Sunday to Honor Mrs. Enga Nerdin . An open house will be held Sunday, November 29, 1964, at the Lindon Community Park building in honor of the 80th birthday anniversary of Mrs. Enga Nerdin. Friends and relatives rela-tives are invited to attend from 2 to 5 o'clock p.m. Mrs. Nerdin was born in Moss, Norway, November 22, 1884. . . She came to the United States when she was three years old. She married William Joseph Nerdin January 27, 1909. J&e died December 27, 1936. She has resided in Lindon until un-til last year. Now she lives with her four children William E. Nerdin and Arnold J. Nerdin of American Fork, Mrs. Albert1 (Anna) Peterson of Pleasant Grove, and Kenneth O. Nerdin of Orem. She has 12 grand children and 17 great grandchildren.' She has devoted her life to her family and friends and taking care of her mother-in-law and helped with her mother and father until their death. She was an active member of the LDS Church and especially enjoyed Relief Society. The family has requested no gifts. , y Lindon 2nd Ward Holds Banquet Last Saturday Night The Lindon 2nd Ward held a very successful banquet last Saturday night, at the Lindon Ward Chapel. All the ward was invited to attend the delicious turkey dinner with all the trimmings. trim-mings. .V.-'; V., -:v The decorations were done in. brown and gold with little horns of plenty for centerpieces. r , A delightful program was given with' Marion Johnson as master of 'ceremonies, i Numbers Num-bers given were a reading by Royce Walker, a skit written by Joyce Gillman with members mem-bers of the ward participating, a quartet, Stan Warnick, Ben West and Steve Walker, a dance by Janice and Dennley Fowlke, songs by the Sheriff sisters, Nona, Gwen and Sybil, a: dance by Dennley Fowlke and a dance by Judy Brimley and Kehaulani Erickson. Christmas (Decorations Sprdsce Pleasant 6r6vS.Mam-.Stre Pleasant Grove's - business section is all spruced up and colorful with the red, green and yellow the traditional Yuletide decorations.' Thirty .willing, able and public pub-lic spirited men, representing the local Jaycees, the Fire De- Vdndals Damage Warburton Ready Mix Equipment . Doyle Warburton, part owner of Warburton Readv-Mix of PL Grove reported Tuesday that approximately $4,000 worth of damage was done Monday evening, when vandals drove one of the large mixer trucks into the front of their building., Mr. Warburton said that the brick wall between two sliding doors was knocked in, one of the doors was broken up, the roof settled down over the area and the truck was damaged. He stated he believes the damage was done between 5:45 and 6:00 p.m. Monday evening. Pleasant Grove Police Chief Glen Newman and Officer Keith . Bills investigated the vandal-. vandal-. ism, and are continuing the .investigation. . v lGHS Wrestling, Schedule Opens rr On December 1 :, . Wrestling Coach Ronald Niel-;son Niel-;son is priming his Pleasant urove Viking wrestling team for the opening of the 1964-65 wrestling season. The Pleasant Grove team travels to Bing-ham Bing-ham High School for the initial " match, December 1st. Home matches, scheduled to date for the season include contests con-tests as follows: December 7, Wasatch; December 17, Tooele; January 15, Payson; January 49, American Fork; January 28, Lehi, February 2, Carbon, February 9, SpringvUle. All matches will begin at ; 3:30 p.m. unless previously announced. an-nounced. Admission charges have been set at 25 cents for visiting students and 50 cents for adults, Principal Grant Ingersoll said. i v 1 ..' Dr. Guy A. Richards b shown with Mrs. Andrew G. Nokei (loft) and Mrs. Thomas V. Chamberlain (right) during the presentation of an Ultrasonic generator to the Utah' ' State Training School. Dr. Richards is superintendent of tho school at American Fork. Ultrasonic Generator --Presented to Ufah Stdto Training School by United Cerebral Palsy of Utah United Cerebral Palsy, of Utah today opened its annual campaign for funds with the presentation of an Ultrasonic generator to the Utah State Training School at American . Fork. . - Mrs. Thomas V. Chamberlain, Chamber-lain, president and .: Mrs. An- drew G. Nokes, campaign chairman for UCP of Utah, pre-7 partment and Utah Power and Light Co. have been busy "after "af-ter hours" with the pre -Christmas chores. ' pi au hi. wim i j i. ,,1Mh t-jj NC . S 1 I V-V , A W i: ik ... ' i ''Vi r ROBERT DAVIS New Viking Coach . Robert Davis New Basketball Coach At PI. Grove High Robert L. Davis, a native of Panguitch, is the new head basketball bas-ketball coach at Pleasant Grove High SchooL ; : Mr. Davis, after spending two years in military service, entered enter-ed BYU, graduating in 1957. ; In the field of education, he .did his practice teaching at Pleasant Grove High SchooL under the supervision of Don Crump. Following college graduation, grad-uation, Mr. Davis taught mathematics, math-ematics, physical education and health and coached all athletics at Panguitch High SchooL for the past 7 years., - His wife, first name, "Beverly," "Bev-erly," lives with the coach and their six children in their home here in Pleasant Grove. "We enjoy living here," said Coach Davis. Coach Davis is now busy shaping sha-ping up his players for the upcoming up-coming basketball season. The first 10 varsity players have been picked as follows; Tom Giles, Billy Waker, John Thomson, Wayne Miller, John Jarvisf(and Don Klemm, let-termen let-termen andDave Klemm, Dee Jarvis, Craig Colledge and Wayne Stott, are the squad members.! sented the instrument to Dr. Guy A. Richards, superintendent superintend-ent of the Utah State Training School at American Fork. "This is the first jiece of physio-therapy equipment to be received since the Institution was founded in 1931." Dr. Richards Rich-ards declared. , "He Federal Government has given us a grant to obtain prof essional per- - 3ft Visitors to the business area will note that a brand new replica rep-lica of Santa Qaus stands at the head of Main Street The old one was demolished in the Christmas rush last year. According to Dr. Jay iiarm-er, iiarm-er, Jaycee president, the new Santa was purchased with the funds made available by Smith Drug Co., Bank of Pleasant Grove and the Jaycees. He also stated that Smith Drug has assisted as-sisted with the program over the years by providing storage for the Christmas decorations. No definite date has been set for me Initial 'Turning On' of the lights, but negotiations are now being made with a .real live Santa Claus to offlc-. offlc-. iate in this important event, Dr. Harmer stated. If things work out as planned, plan-ned, the lights will be turned on at dusk, Tuesday, Dec. L "With the cooperation of the Chamber of Commerce and other oth-er local organizations, we want to make the turning on a real community event," Dr. Harm- er emphasized. Lions Club Hears District Governor At Dinner Meeting Lions's District Governor Whit-- Whit-- ney D. Hammond, Vernal attorney, at-torney, was special guest speaker spea-ker at the PL Grove lion's Club dinner meeting last Wednesday Wed-nesday night Governor Hammond has ser- .' ved as zone chairman, and dep-: uty district governor of District 28A, He reported to Lion's i members and their wives on f the International Convention held in Toronto, Canada, last, summer, and on the things he heard and saw there. Also in attendance as special guests were deputy district governor James B. Nelson of ; American Fork and zone chair- man Clark Tolton of Alpine. I Mr.. Nelson installed Keith Warnick as a new member of the Pleasant Grove Club. The meeting was held at the Alpine Country Club, and was conducted by Lion's Club President Pres-ident Milt Jacob. sohnel but no provision was made for equipment or facilities." facil-ities." . ' Mrs. Nokes announced that funds collected in this year's campaign will be used to purchase pur-chase play, speech and hearing, hear-ing, and recreational therapy equipment for the Utah State Training School at American Fork. . .- |