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Show 141 iicrpoat vcnao "Pleasant Grove, fie Most Beautifully Situated City In Utah County" VOL LXI, No. 14 JAYCEE OFFICERS Ray Jarman, center, is new Jaycee president. Other officers are front, Alan Baird and Robert Cox, and back, Ray Jarman Elected as President by Jaycees; Young Men Asked to Join for Community Work The Pleasant Grove Jaycees met on March 25 and elected new officers for the coming year. Ray Jarman was elected as president, with Robert Cox and Alan Baird as vice presidents. presi-dents. Larry Lee will act as treasurer treas-urer and Grant Loader, secre- Jr. League to Sign Up Baseballers Sat., April 3, 10 All boys wishing to play Jr. League baseball this summer are invited to register Saturday, Satur-day, April 3 and Saturday, April Ap-ril 10. Registration will be conducted con-ducted during the hours of 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Pleas ant Grove City police station. The fee has been set at $5.00. Boys not able to register on these dates may contact Jack W. Taylor for Little League or Glen Newman for Pony League A birth certificate is required for 9-year-olds and new boys. Ages for participation are as follows: Little League, 9 thru 12 years; Pony League, 13 and 14 years. Age of boy on July 31, 1965 determines the league age. Battle I guess nobobdy knows how it all got started, but history doesn't record when April 1 became associated with fools and the foolish things they do. No doubt the custom hit its peak of popularity in Europe' during Medieval times. It was then that every reigning mon-. arch employed the services of a "Fool" or Court Jester. It was the duty of these freaks or often physically deformed de-formed servants to keep their masters cheered up and in good humjor. This was quite a job, too, since the supreme rulers often suffered from almost daily hangovers due to too much indulgence in the cup that cheers. Then again the monarchs were constantly afflicted with fits of melancholy, - worrying about poisoned food or drink or the assassins dagger. Being a Court Jester must have been full time employment. And so the custom has come down to us through the years. The first day of April is still "April Fool" to the young and young at heart. I suppose youthful and lively wives continue con-tinue to put salt in the sugar bowl and vinegar in the syrup pitcher. Explosive cigars and cigarettes still singe eyebrows and startle indulgers in the filthy fil-thy weed. However, in the forty years I if was engaged in the teaching that the cute, little green things profession, I witnessed a grad- will never amount to anything, ual decrease in the pranks the But just wait until next Au-kids Au-kids perpetrated on their pa- gust, tient teachers. Favorites were So long 'til Thursday. PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH 8402, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1965 tary. Tom Fenton, Dean Wilkinson Wilk-inson and Don Lis ton are one-year one-year directors and Bill Fisher is two year director. Dr. Jay Harmer, past president, is state director. The meeting was sparked by the attendance of Craig Mickel-son, Mickel-son, state vice president. He told the group that the greatest satisfaction in being a Jaycee comes through participation in community service projects and the knowledge that you are helping to shape your community commun-ity to be the kind of a place your children will want to live in 20 years from now. The Jaycees have decided to Manila Ward Slates Bazaar for April 10 The Manila Ward Bazaar has been scheduled for Saturday, April 10. The theme of the affair af-fair is "April Showers" A luncheon will be served at 12:30 p.m. and an outstanding program is promised following the luncheon. Elaine Clark of Provo will sing a number of classic folk songs, accompanying accompany-ing herself on the autoharp. Bazaar items will be sold beginning at 2 p.m. laying tacks on teachers chairs, setting mouse traps in teachers teach-ers desk drawers and putting the classroom clock ahead a half-hour or- so. In spite of the decrease in childish pranks by the young, there seems to be no. dearth in foolish things done by foolish fool-ish adults. And these outlandish outland-ish activities are proposed or consumated every hour of the day and every day in the year. Take the current Medicare Bill, soon to be passed by Congress, Con-gress, for instance. Under the provisions, now written into the bill, even millionaires, 65 years of age, or older, may receive free hospitalization and nursing home care. Working taxpayers will foot the bill. In several counties in three states of the union, not one Negro was registered to vote prior to March 1. And yet thousands thou-sands of Southern whites were foolish enough to believe that they could keep it that way. Too miany people, even in the sovereign State of Utah, go a-head a-head arid incur monthly payments pay-ments greater than their total take-home pay. Two classes of fools are involved here the vendors, who sell and the weak willed customers, who buy. Spring, although belated, will soon be here. Infant weeds will soon be peeping above the level of the soil. Too many of us are fools enough to believe Creek iKT1 Dean Wilkinson, Bill Fisher, Larry Lee, Tom Fenton, Jay Harmer, Grant Loader and Don Listen. Officers were elected last week. enlarge the scope of its activities activ-ities to make it possible for other public spirited young men between the ages of 21-35 inclusive, to participate. Those interested m serving the community com-munity and receiving growth through leadership . development develop-ment are invited to contact any member or officer of the club. Outgoing officers besides Dr. Harmer were Tom Fenton and Ray Jarman, Ken Shoell, Jim Hindley, Max Blackham, Harold Har-old Jacklin, Dean Wilkinson and DeWayne Iverson. , ELDER HOWARD W. JONES will leave for mission Farewell Sunday Will Honor Elder Howard W. Jones A missionary farewell testimonial, testi-monial, honoring Elder Howard How-ard Wayne Jones, will be held Sunday, April 4 at 7:00 p.m. in the Manila Ward Chapel. The services will be ' directed by Bishop Elliot C. Howe, who will also give remarks of encouragement encour-agement and counsel. Elder Jones, a son of Bishop and Mrs. Alva O. Jones, has accepted a call to labor in the French Mission, with headquarters head-quarters in Paris, France. He is a graduate of the West-dale West-dale High School, Ontario, Canada, Can-ada, and has attended BYU for two years. While attending the university he had been living with the family of Russell Jol-ley. Jol-ley. He is currently living at the Steven Warnick home. For the LDS Church he has served as counselor in the Ward MIA, assistant superintendent superin-tendent and teacher in the ward Sunday School . and Aaronic Priesthood adviser. Speakers at the Sunday evening ev-ening testimonial will be Steven Stev-en Warnick, Russell Schow and Nelda Wadley. Elder Jones will give remarks in response. As a special musical number num-ber the Hamilton Girls will sing; a vocal trio. , Counselor Alex Wadley will conduct the program. pro-gram. Prelude and postlude music will be played by Nelda Warnick. Invocation will be asked by William Magela and Ronald Mazey will pronounce the benediction. ben-ediction. All ward members and other friends are cordially invited, Bishop Howe said. r 7 : -v yixJ PRICE 10c Parade Theme for Strawberry Days To Get Prize Tickets Strawberry Days Association has announced a contest to find a stimulating and appropriate approp-riate theme for the annual parade par-ade which will be held June 18 this year. The winner will be given a free pass for his immediate im-mediate family to one performance perfor-mance of the Rodeo. All entries should be mailed to the Strawberry Days Association, Assoc-iation, P.O. Box 452, Pleasant Grove, Utah, not later than April 10. In case of duplication the entry bearing the earliest postmark will be chosen. Queen Pageant Contest Slated For May 8, Contestants Needed The Pleasant Grove Jaycees are moving ahead with plans for an outstanding Strawberry Days Queen Pageant to be held May 8 in the high school. A Queen and two attendants and Miss Pleasant Grove and her attendants will be selected to reign over the three-day festivities fes-tivities and represent our city at state-wide functions during the summer. A $100 scholarship to the school of her choice, will be given to the Queen and she will eligible to enter the Miss Utah Contest. Bill and Janice Fisher are co-chairmen of the event, and they have enlisted the aid of Dr. Jay Harmer, ticket sales; LaVone Ingersoll, judges; Carol Car-ol Harmer, special arrangements arrange-ments and Erma Klemm, contest con-test entries. Other committee members will be announced later. Contest rules are as follows: Contestant . must be a resident resi-dent of the Pleasant Grove area for at least 6 month prior to the contest, single and never Beautification Campaign Gets Off to Good Start in Lindon The Lindon Beautification Campaign got off to a good start Saturday despite the cold weather. To keep things rolling and give it a boost, the committee com-mittee will burn down an old bam and clean up the grounds around it, and then go on to other projects as time permits. The project will take place this Satursday, April 3. Last Thursday a successful meeting was held on the beautification beau-tification of Lindon at the Park -Building, with Robert Hassell, Utah county agent, through the extension service of the Utah State University, showing films on what is being done through j rp 11 1 ip J SriK ... i v if v 'j-JJL, - i - WINNERS Robert Oscarson and Robert Williams are winners win-ners in semi-final contest held Saturday for Sterling Scholars. Oscarson, Williams Are First Round Sterling Scholar Winners Two Pleasant Grove High School Senior ' boys survived the Sterling Scholar semi-final contest held last Friday afternoon after-noon at Brigham Young University. Uni-versity. They were Robert Oscarson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Oscarson in Art Crafts, and Robert Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Williams, in Mathematics. Finalists will meet again . next Friday, April 2 at the University of Utah. Judges will then select a winner and two Mayor Announces Withdrawal of ecial District Mayor Paul T. Fordham has announced that the city council's coun-cil's "Intent" to establish a Special Improvement District on West Center Street has been withdrawn. "Recent developments, both locally and nationally, have made the withdrawal advisable, advis-able, at this time," the Mayor said. The City Council will begin be-gin at once to study these new aspects seriously in view of taking advantage of them, he pointed out. The public will be kept fully advised relative to the progress made. Mayor Fordham expressed sincere appreciation relative to the fine start made in Pleasant Grove'i 1965 Cleanup, Paint Up and Beautification Campaign. The results to date have been highly commendable, he said. Mrs. Alice Simper and members mem-bers of the steering committee, ward chairmen, block captains and citizens generally deserve our sincere thanks, the Mayor emphasized. have been married, be of good character, and possess poise, pleasing personality, intelligence, intelli-gence, and beauty of face and figure. All contestants will be required to present themselves in formal attire, 3-minute talent tal-ent display, swim suit (for judges only), and answer selected selec-ted questions of a general nature. na-ture. Contestant for Queen must be 18 years old by Sept. 1, 1965 and not more than 27. She must be a high school graduate or senior who will graduate this spring. Miss Pleasant Grove may be 16 to 27 years old. Girls selected must make themselves available to fill all obligations and appearances required by the Strawberry Days Association during the year. Applications maye be obtained ob-tained from Erma Klemm and must be returned to her, with two wallet-size photographs, no later than April 24. Clubs and organizations are expected to sponsor contestants but a girl does not need a sponsor to enter. out the State and then some pictures of Lindon's ' unsightly grounds, along with some of flie lovely grounds, too. Mrs- Alice Simper, chairman of Pleasant Grove's Beautification Beautifica-tion committee was asked to speak. Also Mayor Joseph Christiansen spoke, assuring the commitee of the City's full cooperation on this project. Ken Gillman, chairman in charge of the meeting, thanked thank-ed everyone for their cooperation coopera-tion so far, and stressed again that the work could not be done in one week or one month, but would have to be a year-round project. runners-up in each of the 12 categories. There are 168 finalists. fin-alists. Names of these winners will be kept secret until April 8, when they will be announced on a prime-time television and radio broadcast over the" facilities facil-ities of KSL. The winner will receive- a $150 cash award and the run-nersup run-nersup will receive $50 each. Friday's judging will be in Orson Spencer Hall, U of U, Salt Lake City. )' POUCE. Pi a 1 r NEW AMBULANCE Bill Hamilton, Jesse K. Thome. Dean Jensen and Don Fowles, auxiliary police captain, stand by new city ambulance purchased for the use of Auxiliary Police. New Ambulance Ready for Use By Local Auxiliary Police Unit Pleasant Grove now has a newly - purchased and more " modern ambulance to serve residents of the city and the north Utah County area. The vehicle was purchased recently from the G. and J. Distributing Co. of Ogden, Ut. According to Don Fowles, auxiliary aux-iliary police captain, the purchase pur-chase was made by means of funds accumulated in the auxiliary aux-iliary ambulance fund and contributions con-tributions from Olpin Mortuary and Grove Finance. The new facility is equipped with two-way radio, oxygen, resuscitator, first aid supplies MP' LET'S SWEEP Co-chairmen Cliff Hales and Bruce Lundgren are ready to start Lions out on their annual broom sale. Lions Ready for Broom Sale on Wednesday Evening, April 7 "A new broom sweeps clean" is the way the old saying reads ! So, members of the Pleasant Grove Lions Club encourage all housewives in the area who are in a housecleaning frame of mind to be sure and wait for the Lions to sell them a new broom. This way both the local lo-cal Lions, and the housewives can make a "clean sweep." According to Cliff Hales, chairman, and Bruce Lundgren co-chairman of the Broom Sale project, Lions Club members will canvas the entire Pleasant Grove area next Wednesday Quarterly Conference Enjoyed By Timpanogos Stake Sunday President Boyd L. Fugal presided pre-sided and conducted the first general session of Timpanogos Stake Quarterly Conference at 10 a.m. Sunday morning. Total To-tal attendance of those assembled assem-bled in the Stake House and the Third-Sixth Ward Chapel, was 1,541. The opening song by the congregation con-gregation and High School Mixed Mix-ed Chorus was "We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet," directed di-rected by Harvey Rawlinson, with Nelda Rawlinson at the Homecoming Sunday Slated for Elder Melvin Robert Jones Welcome home services for Elder Melvin Robert Jones will be held Sunday evening at 5:00 in the Second-FouftETWard Chapel, under the direction of Bishop Wesley Jense of the Second Ward. Counselor Lloyd Walker will conduct. 1 Eider Jones, a son of Mrs. Melvina Jones, was recently released from the Argentine LDS mission. All ward members and others interested are welcome, Bishop Jense said. 4 - AMDULANCI and two modern stretchers. The fee for services is the same as before, Mr. Fowles said, $10 to any part of North Utah County, and $15 to Salt Lake City. The ambulance is operated and service by the auxiliary police corps on a free voluntary volun-tary service. All ambulance fees go into the ambulance fund. Other officers of the organization organ-ization are John Frampton, 1st Lt, Alvin Yocom, 2nd Li, and David Radmall, secretary. The active strength is now 11 members. 'I ; ! k i- 7 " evening, April 7. Teams of twp Lions will be assigned various districts in which to make door-to-door sales. The brooms are supplied to the Lions by the Utah Association Associa-tion for the Blind and are made by the visually handicapped at the Blind Center in Salt Lake City. The portion of the proceeds earned by the Lions Club members mem-bers wilLbe used to provide glasses to needy children in Pleasant Grove, or will go to further other worthwhile civic projects. organ. The invocation was asked ask-ed by Elder Cloyd Atwood. For the second song, the high school Mixed Chorus sang "I Wonder Where They Wander ed." Charles Soper directed and Ann Briggs was the ac companist. , The visiting church authorities author-ities were Elder Donald M. Bagley of the Church Welfare Committee and Amy M. Casto of the Primary General Board. Elder Bagley was the first speaker. He emphasized the value of the Church Welfare Plan in relation to the Family Home Evening activity. Following was J. Reed Peterson Peter-son of the Stake High Council. He discussed details and objectives ob-jectives relative to the operation opera-tion of the Stake Welfare farm. For the rest song the chorus and congregation sang "When Upon Life's Billows." Following the song, Ruth Christiansen, counselor in the Stake Primary organization, spoke of her responsibility in the Primary work and how the Primary helped children to become be-come better men and women. . During his remarks, Bishop Carl Ringger of the Third Ward (Continued on page 2) esc: |