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Show its 12 'i&i OREM - THE STEEL CENTER OF THE WEST THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1946 tottete Volume 14 Number 51 TESTIMONIAL TO IVAN J, LIEGHTY Sunday evening at 7 o'clock in Pleasant View ward chapel a missionary testimonial will honor hon-or Ivan J. Liechty, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Liechty, who will leave January 6 for the LDS mission home in Salt Lake City. He will serve in the North Central Cen-tral States mission. The young man is a graduate of Lincoln high school and Sharon Shar-on stake seminary and has attended at-tended BYU. He was In army service for 39 montns, 2a of which was spent in the Pacific theater. The following program will be presented, with the Pleasant View ward choir singing special numbers. Trio, Joy, Norene and Carol Allred; Remarks by the missionary. Piano solo, McKay Allred; Guest speaker will be Boyd C. Davis. Remarks, Bishop Bliss R. All-red. Missionary LINCOLN STOPS WASATCH 33-20 In a low scoring tilt, Lincoln cagers triumphed 33-20 over Wasatch high school quint Friday Fri-day night at the school gym. Lavell Edwards and Jack Ferguson Fer-guson led the scoring with seven and eight points each. The Tigers rolled into an early lead and maintained the pace all through the game, , Both teams were handicapped when it came to hitting the hoop, getting the ball down the floor countless times, but failing in the crucial throw. These pre-season games add up to good experience for the league games to come. g ft Ivan J. Liechty POST OFFICE BUSINESS DOUBLES PREVIOUS YEAR Orem City Operating Costs Set at $97,834.16 for 1947 Postmaster Lyle McDonald reports the holiday postal business busi-ness more than doubled that of any previous year. He states he was allowed two extra clerks and two extra rural carriers, but still unable to keep up with each day's mail. However, he stated all Christmas mail was delivered on ,time by overtime work. The regular personel at the j local office consists of Mr. Mc Donald, two clerks and two rural carriers, who should be commended for-the fine "way the" holiday rush was handled. At a recent meeting of Orem city officials a tentative budget of $97,834.16 for operating costs in 1947 was adopted. This sum Is slightly higher than the $92,144.51 budget for 1946, which is necessary owing to the setting up of a fire de partment and the increase in water department appropriations. appropria-tions. The increase amounts to $5,689.65. A public hearing will be conducted con-ducted Monday evening, December Decem-ber 30 at 7 o'clock in the city halL for any citizen who may desire to attend- The mayor and city council invites the general public to the hearing. Amounts budgeted for each department are as follows: General Fund $16,184.2. Public Safety, Fire Department Depart-ment $12,129.95. Debt Service $15,150.00. City Hall, Memorial Fund, Cemetery, Parks $5,554.96. Roads $15,380.06. Water Department $28,000. Public Sewer $5,434.95. Total $97,834.16. The city council also passed an ordinance on sewer district eight, setting up front costs and officially acknowledged completion comple-tion of the job. The detailed ordinance appears in this issue of the Orem-Geneva Times. The district, recently com pleted", involved an extension of at three points. Totaling about the city's present sewer system a mile and a half and coating about $16,000,' the areas included; includ-ed; East from the Timpanogos church, east from the city hall and east from U.S. 91 on Fourth North. i ' JAYGEES EXPRESS APPRECIATION The Orem Jaycees Christmas committee, headed by Lloyd Pyne, wish to thank all business houses of the city for their splendid cooperation in having Santa Claus visit in the many homes of the community. It all added to the fine community Christmas spirit which was so prevalent. The next f meeting of the Junior Chamber will be held January 8, and Jaycee wives will also meet that same evening at the home pf Mrs. Max Peter son. . INCREASED PRODUCTION AT -GENEVA PLANT With five open hearth furnaces furn-aces in operation and the sixth scheduled to go on around the first of the new year, work was resumed at Geneva Steel plant after the one day Christmas holi: day in all departments where it was possible, shut down and quiet for the one day. A third battery of coke ovens is expected to go on soon after the first, of the year, Drlnging this department to three-fourths capacity production. Total employment of the statewide state-wide Geneva Steel company j operations, in a recent report, I totaled 4,3Btf persons, largest single figure of the total was for the Geneva plant itself, with (3111, followed by Geneva's Horse Canyon coal mine with 598. The Ironton plant of the company was employing 323. The total employment figure in-I in-I eluded operations at the Geneva and Ironton plants, coal mines for both esteablishments, the iron mine near Cedar City and the quarry near Payson, all of I which were under the Geneva i Steel company on October 1, I 1946. Medic Graduate Dr. Carlos N, Madsen He that does good for good's sake, seeks neither praise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end William Penn. 1 Mrs. Elsie Javine of Midvale spent the weekend with her brother and family Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stubbs. Vermont Ward Christmas Dance Gay entertainment in a festive fes-tive holiday setting complete with more than enough free refreshments re-freshments and a score of popular popu-lar dance music was enjoyed by nearly 200 Vermont ward members mem-bers at their pre-Christmas dance Monday, December 23. Hosts to the ward members were the M.I.A. officers, Gleaner Glean-er Girl, DeLenna Bradshaw presented pre-sented arriving couples with a miniature "Dance Before Christ-man" Christ-man" program. Hall decorations were put up by hard-working M-Men and Gleaners who roofed roof-ed the hall with white and red crepe-paper streamers. Windows contained a sunburst array of streamers and fragrant wreaths of green pine boughs. Silhouettes Silhouet-tes effectively depicted the wise-men wise-men and shepherds seeing the new Star over Bethlehem. The popular refreshment booth was sparkling with smiling smil-ing Junior girls behind its evergreen ever-green boughs. Ice-cream cones, sweet orange punch, and stacks of cookies literally melted away. Scouts earned extra portions for each three numbers they danced and proudly presented their punched programs as evidence. Christmas carol singing by the group was followed by hearty and happy "Merry Christmas" Christ-mas" greeting. Ray Carter dismissed dis-missed the social with prayer. Comments of "best party ever", "lovely decorations", "those not here don't know what a good time they missed", and "see you in Mutual" were heard as the merry makers slowiy disperssed. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rowley and two children and Mrs. Rowley's Row-ley's mother Mrs. Martha Pyne, spent Christmas with a sister and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cutler and family at Phoenix, Arizona. They will then go to California and attend the Rose Bowl game New Year's day be-1 fore returning home. Spring Wedding Planned Mr. and Mrs. Pete Thomsen of Soda Springs, Idaho, announce the engagement of their daubh-ter, daubh-ter, Mary Jane, to David J. Jenkins, Jenk-ins, son of Mr. and Mrs. George T. Jenkins of Vineyard. Both young people are gradu-1 ates of Soda Springs high school and Mr. Jenkins served three and a half years with the 101st Airborn division of the US army in the European theater. The marriage date has been set for early spring. Quilt Made At Better Homes Club The Better Homes club met Thursday at the home of Mrs. Katherine Elder, where quilting was enjoyed. Those present were Mesdames Effie Millett, Y. Yasuda, Mary McEwan, Charlotte Char-lotte Skinner, Marjorie Nelson and Golda Mangum. Novakovich Family , Moving to Texas j Stephen Novakovich has ac- j ceptea a position as consultant engineer with the Stearns and Rogers Engineering Company at ElPaso, Texas . He is leaving here December 29 for Denver, Colorado, where he will organize organ-ize his crew and from there go on to El Paso. Mrs. Novakovich Novako-vich and their four children will join her husband later at ElPaso. Since coming to Orem the family have gained hosts ef friends, who regret their leaving, leav-ing, but wish them well in their new home. Mrs. Novakovich has been instrumental in-strumental in organizing the Orem Women's club, of which she is president. She is also president of the Lincoln high school PTA; a member of Sharon Shar-on stake Sunday school board and has given much time to the j present cancer and polio drives, and to the Spencer PTA. A number of social affairs i have honored Mr- and Mrs. Novakovich during the past two ' weeks in Orem, Provo and Salt j Lake City. CORDIAL' NEW YEAR GREETINGS llll 19 47 SUNDAY SERVICES Pleasant View Ward A testimonial at 7 o'clock will honor Ivan J. Liechty, who will leave January 6 for the North Central States mission. Sharon Ward Returned servicemen and new members of the ward v will oe speakers at 7 p.m. Edgemonl Ward Dr. Carlos Madsen to Leave for Honolulu Carlos N. Madsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Madsen of Lake View, was one of the thirty students stu-dents who received their degrees of Doctor of Medicine at special graduation exercises held Sunday, Sun-day, December 22, 1946 at the University of Utah. . Dr. Madsen is a graduate of Lincoln high school, Sharon stake seminary and Brigham Young university, where he was affiliated with Lambda Delta Sigma and Blue Keys. He will leave early in January Janu-ary for Honolulu, Hawaii, where he will serve his internship. The parents of Dr. Madsen, his sisters and their husbands, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sabey of Mid-vale, Mid-vale, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Williams Wil-liams of Lake View, and Kenneth, Ken-neth, Ronald and Lowell Madsen Mad-sen attended the graduation exercises ex-ercises on Sunday. TO EACH AND ALL When Vc Count Our Blessings we find many we had not thought about. Among the outstanding blessings in our list is the good will of the people of this community. WE THANK YOU most cordially for this good will and assure you of our deep appreciation. We wish for you a pleasant holiday, and a New Year that is the harbinger of many blessings to come. Bishop J. Golden Taylor will conduct the program at 7 p.m. A special speaker will be present, pres-ent, i Windsor Ward The LDS Girls organization will present a special holiday program at 7:30 p.m. Vineyard Ward " The Primary will present the program, with Mrs. Ruth Clegg in charge. Services will begin at 7:30 p.m. Vermont Ward Ward conference will be held at S o'clock in Sharon ward chapel, under the direction of Sharon stake presidency. The ward chorus directed by Clive Pulham, with Cumorah Gordon as accompanist, will render the music. Timpanogos Ward The stake missionary organization, organi-zation, under the direction of Lawrence Palmer, will present j the program at 7 o clock. Lake View Ward I A surprise program will be rendered at which all ward members and friends are Invited . to be present. The service will I begin at 7:30 p.m. Grand View Ward i The Relief Society will be reorganized re-organized at sacrament meeting at 7 o'clock. The choir will , sing. , Geneva Ward I Service will be at 7:00 in the i Timpanogos recreation hall, The I Aaronic priesthood will give the program with Dello Rowley, general secretary in charge. Ronald E. Madsen, U. S. navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mari. sen of Lake View arrived Sun day from ureal Lakes, Illinois, to spend the holidays with his parents and family. "MESSIAH"" RECEIVES HIGH PRAISE The eighth annual presentation presenta-tion of Handel's "Messiah" was received by an overflow audience audi-ence at Scera auditorium Sunday evening, under the direction of Elvis B. Terry. Principal A. P. Warnick made the announcements. announce-ments. Every detail of the finished production went off perfectly, with many of the visitors remarking re-marking that the rendition was of such perfection that all could well have been professional singers. sing-ers. Director Terry received the high praise of all present. J -- I .... V ..U .lii I Jl Christensen, Marie Rohbocfc, Gladys Tippets, who took the place of Carol Stubbs, who was ill, Moroni Jensen, Maurine Williams Wil-liams and Alene Edwards. Miss Donna Christenson gave the scripture reading and accompanists ac-companists were Sheree Terry, Maurine Williams. Kathrvn Christenson, Loye Allred, Don na cnristensen and Ruth Moss. Ruth Patten offered the invo- cation and Robert Holdaway the benediction. The chorus was made up of over two hundred voices from Lincoln high school and Sharon stake, with small group numbers being given by Don Allen, Earl Carter, Dale Harding, jfiugene Stubbs, Stan Cole, June Allen, Lee Anne Gourden, Joyce Farn-worth, Farn-worth, Evelyn Rowland, Birdene Terry, Norma Wells, Carol Mem-mott, Mem-mott, Merlene Smith, Romona Newell, Sheree Drage, Sharee Weeks, Evelyn Higbee, Arthella Newell and Evelyn Newell, Ruth Moss, Afton Finch, Inez Adams, Barbara Harding, Maxine Var-ley, Var-ley, Gene Clegg, Ardith Rich-ards, Rich-ards, Shirley Rowland, Twila Taylor, Shirley Johnson, Nedra Nuttall and Norma Wells. Beautiful poinsettas added to the stage beauty. Pictures of the entire personel person-el were taken following the service. Varieties Club at Twitchell Home The home of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Twitchell was the scene of a gay Christmas party when Varieties Varie-ties club members entertained their husbands. Games were played, gifts exchanged, ex-changed, causing much merriment merri-ment and a buffet supper served serv-ed to Mr. and Mrs Don Sackett, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Pyne, Mr. and Mrs. Marlow Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin R. Park, Mr. and Mrs. Clement Ercanbrack, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Newe:!, Mr. anj Mrs. Gordon Y. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Ercanbrack, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Christensen, Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. Carter, Mr. and Mrs. J. Reed Burgner, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Jacobson, J. Eph Twitchell and Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Twitchell. I Lake View Primary Presents Pageant A pleasing Christmas pageant was presented to an overflow crowd in Lake View ward Monday Mon-day evening, by the Primary children of the ward. The costumes of the children in the presentation of the various vari-ous events added greatly to the pretty affair. Wentz Family Moves To Mapleton Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wentz of Grand View ward have purchas ed a farm at Mapleton, and have moved there. Mrs. Wentz has served as president of the Grand View ward Relief Society and Mr. Wentz is a member of Sharon Shar-on stake high council. The good wishes of the community are extended ex-tended this family in their new home. M mm mew r |